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    some TOC stuff

    Here's some TOC stuff i've been finding at a dump i just recently started digging. It's mostly post 1900... but with a few older things mixed in here and there. It's a fun dump to dig... got some nice age to it, it's not trespassing, and there's a river about 30 feet away from the hole i'm...
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    Found a local, and a not-so local

    I had a moment the other day before work, so i decided to go dig for the bottles. Here's what i found, a nice local pharm. and an OP turlingtons, that seems to be in great condition. Enjoy my poor-quality picture.
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    nice weather dig

    Herd about a dump with some good age to it, so i went to check it out... The stuff's about 3-4 feet down and i'm finding stuff from what looks like the late 1860's to the early 1890's. Here's the first thing i found: cute little ink well... with a big crack in the lip. It's camouflaged with...
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    Bricks...

    "gasp" THis is so... unexpected (finds): Heres some ohio... or west virginia... or maybe even pennsylvania bricks i found recently. Some were part of the Aetnaville bridge, and some of them came from a culvert along the Cleveland and Southwestern traction line.
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    recent junk

    Heres some junk i picked up along railroads while lookin' for insulators, gaage sales, and antique stores in the past year or so. I like bottles and all, but i have a difficult time finding any around here so heres what i got. from right to left: BIM 3-in-1 oil found in New York, i'll go back...
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    Bottle show insulators

    Got these at the mansfield botle show. Thanks to the man who sold me the columbia! It'll be the center piece of my power collection. Did anyone else here go the the show and take any pictures?
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    LRI's

    Seems like people dig up alot of lightning rod insulators (L.R.I.'s) in dumps and such so if you got one i'de like to se a picture of it. Recently i'm more interested in these little pieces of glass so i would be interested in seeing what styles the people here have managed to find. I'll post...
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    It was a Great hunt...

    ...In the ghetto. Todays hunt got off to a rough start, at first we didn't even plan on doing anything even remotely related to insulators but when our plans got canceled we found the time to go and hunt on a line where we knew we could find some Lynchburg 44's and olive green hemingray 40's...
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    Street fair insulators

    Got these for $12 at a street fair today, the bullet was made from the same mold as the ice aqua/green one i posted earlier but at a later date in a different factory and by the same company. The hemingray 40 was made around the late 1910's up till 1921 when the style was replaced by the...
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    Hilliard, OH digging

    If ayone comes to hilliard ohio for a dig let me know, i'll tag along. I just keep the insulators asuming we would find any, enless i dig up some weird bottle.
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    Insulators?

    Does anyne have any insulators mixed in with their bottle collections? I'm bord so i'de figured i'de ask. (post pictures if you have some)[:)] Heres some i "dug" (they were only half burried) up.
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    Great insulator find!

    So, We figured we are screwed already with gas prices and all so we drove an hour or two to go to a flea market. Man was that place disappointing! There were so few insulators at the market and surrounding antique stores that i was (and still am) able to remember the prices and locations of...
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    Another glass turtle

    Bigger one this time, measures 6 inches long by 4 1/4 inches wide. Got it from ebay for $30.54, expencive as far as i go but it was well worth it. Some shade of orange or yellow amber. Hope ya like it, if ya dont then you are friggen crazy![;)]
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    What is this little green thing?

    Got this bottle today but i dont know what it is. I have been told it is BIM and is from sometime before 1900 but other than that i dont know. What i want to know is what is it? Intil someone can come up with somthing better, i am going to pass it off as a canning jar[:D]
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    Whats your opinion? clear demijohn

    So here i am walking through this antique store that never yeilds anything when i see a familer sight. It's a wicker covered demijohn thats clear, i have never seen a clear one before. The bottle directly resembles the smaller wicker covered one on this page...
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    was asked about a thredless insulator

    I was asked about the possible value of a thredless insulator from a member "baltbottles" but i am not able to contact the member. If you still need to know about the insulator reply to this post and i will help you out. Apperantly your email no longer works. I would like to help, i just cant...
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    Glass turtle!

    Well i will compromise. It's not an insulator or bottle ar jar or what ever, it's a turtle. Not the most eliquent chunk of glass yet you would be surprized at how nice it is. It was made by the hemingray glass company in Muncie Indiana around the earlie 1900's and is in mint condition. These...
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    inkwell info?

    I dont know much about this inkwell but a friend has offered to sell it to me. Any info on it would be appriciated. No embossing and it is not a pontil (i dont think it is atleast) Thanks in advance, Bryan
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    Big bubble, thin glass!

    Saw thais ball jar in an antique shop yesterday. I dont think it's anything rare (correct me if i am wrong) but it does have a jiant bubble in it! Also a small chunk of metal in the lip or whatever you call it. I think it's a "ground lip" and it reads 2 over 10 on the base. Also picked up a nice...
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    ohio diggin

    i am looking for any 1 who knows about any dumps in columbus or hilliard ohio. Atleast in the general area. Also looking for any collectors that might live near me, i live on the border of columbus/hilliard. Let me know what you know and maybe we could go digging some time or i could just go...

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