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    Help on value for Jackson's Napa Soda

    My fiancee' has a brother who used to manage a storage unit complex in California. He found this pre-1900 Napa Soda in an abandoned unit. Values for similar in Kovels run 175.00 up to 800.00. It does seems older than the stuff I'm finding in Nebraska. It does NOT have the word carbonated...
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    Thoughts about hill digging

    I've been attacking the top of an old ravine in the oldest part of Omaha. In the same area I've found a flat area thats giving up pre-1900 bottles, but not packed in a tight bunch like in the ravine. The ravine hole i've dug (about two foot wide) is now three feet deep and is densely packed with...
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    Railroad surprise & 'Cure' Question

    I found a huge old dump in a ravine here in Omaha. After going down three feet and not (yet) getting past about 1920, i got tired and mad and decided to walk the tracks down below. (i've never done that before with my eyes peeled) Imagine my surprise to find a Piso's Consumptive 'Cure' (in...
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    Whites XLT Detector Settings

    I'm a third owner of an XLT !!! I wonder if the guy with the ideas on the lead cans (having their own sounds) might share his XLT digital settings here so I can do a save on my own detector settings ?? -Dave
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    tree debris theory...

    I have found this theory to be true twice at one hillside dumpsite and would like further thoughts from members: In the scan I'm enclosing the artwork is of a rather steep hillside with old trash at base and some along the incline. QUESTION ONE:In the section marked A i am finding old...
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    More about cans...

    Thanks for all the ideas about cans ! :) The last one i read had me intrigued. Every can I've ever dug has the same boring brown look. These can't be brought back to life in some way can they ? i only ask because I've seen a (dead) link on the net about how to bring rusted beer cans back to...
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    dating area by amount of cans ??

    When were cans first used for simple packaging of food items ? I'm finding no tin cans in the very old sites and more cans than bottles in the 20's to 40's sites. It might help me understand where to dig and what to pass up if someone would tell me more about cans and the amounts made in the...
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    help dating coca cola ?

    found this on top of ground at a dump site. Its certainly the oldest Coke bottle I've seen. Super thick glass makes me think Hutchinson or some other self-stoppered bottle. Bottom says c.c. in huge letters. The top is broken offf, sorry to say . Reads coca cola bottling company, Omaha neb...
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    First 1800's Pot ??

    Hi all. Found this in a tumble-down ravine behind some homes in Bellevue Nebraska, Its oldest town. Part is missing and i did not see the piece in the few minutes i was exploring today. Can anyone fill in the missing words, orcome up with an age/worth if it was intact ??? Thinking of asking...
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    Green etched glass ?

    Found this at my 1900-ish digging spot. Its the only piece that surfaced. I' ve never seen etched glass before. Can someone id this and the year ? -Dave
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    Bitters question and a ' money' shot

    Found two mysteries tonight. Ramsey' s Trinidad Bitters, 8 or 9 inches tall, olive green bottle. Not on the Kovel site or in their book, OR in the third edition of Polak book. Its my second bitters ! The first was an excellent Saxlehners from same dig. its my new fave ! This new Trinidad has...
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    Time to buy a probe

    I think I was advised to contact another member here a while back about having a probe made for me. Who was the guy, please ? I' m looking for something to help me locate the dumps and private pits here in Omaha. Not ready for privvies yet. After reading O' Dells booklet on it, it sounds like...
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    My First Hutchinson ??

    Very thick glass, figure eight metal clasp, stopper still on end. (you can see it thru the glass) The embossing reads CURO MINERAL SPRINGS, SOUTH OMAHA. Thats just down the street from my dig. Bubbles, uneven bottom inside glass. Looks pretty cool. None of you might have heard of this one since...
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    Any help dating this Sanford Ink !

    Hi. Found this above ground behind an old home/ravine today. Thought dating it would help me decide to dig. My two guides do not show a rounded on three sides flat on the fourth like this. It reads Sanfords ...3...298 on the bottom and the word SECOND is embossed on the shoulders. Any ideas ...
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    The Spirit of Goodwill ?

    Found this small glass artifact at a new dig site. About 5 inches. I haven' t been able to ' date' the dig yet, was thinking 1930s to 50s. If this little guy is Lindberg, would that push it into the 1920s ?? The wings and the wheels are broken off. Was there a Propellor as a screwtop ? What...
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    What in the World ?

    Found this at my 1900-ish dig site. its about eight inches long, seems to be of a pottery material, very heavy. What IS it ??? -Dave.
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    My first intact pottery jug !

    Found this in my ' spot' the other day. Almost all items coming from this dump are 1900 or close. This jug is seven inches tall, no marking on the bottom. Can someone tell me its age ??? -Dave.
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    Great Medicine find

    I got looking at new finds on here tonight and got the bug to go back to my dig. Found this oldie, with embossing on all sides BARRYS/TRICOPHEROUS FOR THE SKIN AND HAIR/NEW YORK/DIRECTIONS IN THE PAMPHLET. I see a pontilled bottle from this company lists pretty high in the guide, (625.00) but...
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    Happy Surprise

    Neat bottle, seam ends partway up the neck. No words at all. What was this used for and the approx. year ??? -Dave. Back to digging ! :)
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    My first ink ! Maybe ?

    Its not old; the seam runs over the top. The only letters i can read on the bottom are NY. Is this an ink ? How old ? Thanks in advance. -Dave.

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