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    Researching Common finds: Historic Lamps, pottery, bricks etc...

    Here are a few good links for investigating various common (non-bottle) digging finds. For lamps, kerosene heaters etc...: http://www.milesstair.com/ http://www.earlycat.com/ https://artoluys.com/index.php/en/ http://www.aladdinlamps.info/index.htm...
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    Does anyone have photos of NYC area porcelain stoppers? I'm trying to document as many as possible.

    Post photos of your NY area porcelain stoppers I already have photos of the following (but post them anyway in case there are multiple addresses or versions.) Obermeyer & Liebmann A. Krumenaker Jacob Ruppert Hobby Bottling Co., Mt. Vernon The Deer Park Brewing Co., Port Jervis, N. Y. Briarcliff...
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    Blob-top bottle partial-label

    I'm trying to find out whatever I can about this bottle from NYC area. Very little of the label remains, I can make out the letters ER, which may be from the word "water", and beneath that the letters "bl", which could be from "table". If anyone knows anything about labels, or can provide me...
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    Southern NY diggers?

    Hey, I'm relatively new to digging. I'm a young-ish (25) guy, and I'd be real glad to shadow any experienced diggers. I definitely know about a dozen places where I dig, so it would be good to have some partners, but I'd like to help someone at a different site for a change. Looking for diggers...
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    How to transport bottles?

    I've been wondering exactly how I should transport bottles home from a site. I've tried a couple of different methods of carrying bottles (duffel bag or backpack wrapped in newspaper or rags etc.), but I dig sites way in the woods, and there are waaay too many bottles to bring back even a...
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    Torpedo Bottle Embossed "KB"

    I've been finding a bunch of Kilner Brothers bottles in the ash pit here in New York, some labeled and some smooth. This one torpedo bottle has the mark "KB" embossed on the body. This is different than this round-bottom bottle that was mentioned in this old thread ( 'Torpedo Bottle'...
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    Old Pocket Watch

    Found this old pocket watch while looking for bottles! Wish I knew more about it. I can't open it yet, although I'm trying to clean it off in hope of finding out the manufacturer. But I haven't seen that pattern in the sears roebuck catalog (but there are many years I haven't checked). I think...
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    New here, digging in ash pit.

    I've been digging in an ash pit & making some decent finds. I'm new to hunting bottles, but I've hunted for arrowheads for years. (Looking for arrowheads, I don't excavate... Just find 'em on the surface... But it's trained my eye to pay attention to minute changes in the soil & stones. Long...

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