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    Fantastic Dump available in Scotland

    There is a large 50acre dump pre-1920 just one mile outside Kirkcaldy,East Fife on a Farm field on main road to Dunfermline , they wll be starting to clear to build housing estate in next two years,in previous years fly diggers have found lots of blue stuff and coloured top ginger beers ,pratt...
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    Who were the first Glassmakers in your Country

    when did they first make glass bottles and jars in USA, Canada, Australia or did they depend on Imports from England,, Ive seen many types of Kilners in my country and no one collected them or Insulators,, why does collectors in America do.. What glass was made in USA.and when
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    do you have them in your country

    In Uk we find dumps by watching out for Juniper Tree's they always grow over old humus ground especially where old dumps are, and even underneath jaggy nettles I dont know i you get these in usa or other countrys, old embankments of railway lines they used to dump ash and rubbish along sides of...
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    anone tell me what model this is

    Birth fathers car what is it called I know he had in 1947.when in states
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    What do you think of these

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    I collect Native American Stone Pottery

    I collect old stone Native American pottery best finds are from Southwestern States,I have a collection of over 150 bottles and vases,, rariest I got recently is Onion shaped and these are black to make waterproof for carry distances,I collect other things but this is what I love second my...
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    Freeblown pontil scarred Cobalt ?

    Freeblown pontil scarred Cobalt medicine bottle ? open to offers would put pic but dont know how..??????
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    1977 Find of a Lifetime

    It was 1977 august, myself and angelo Maloco got sole permission to empty Gilbert Rae Lemonade works was in operation from 1868-1948, the building was a typical old Victorian building as seen on their large tin signs, we hunted high and low for ginger beers with no luck ,so Angelo searched...
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    Where are they now,first met in 1978

    Alan Blakeman,Pete Savage, Mike Smith, Terry Duggan,Chris Hunt,John England Ted Fletcher,Roy Morgan,Roger Green,John Sutherland,Ben Davis,Eddie Berry, Gordon Litherland,Mrs Helen Scougall.KM Gallon, Angelo Maloco,
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    Rare Coloured Codds still used in India and Japan Today

    You can get Codds in many Colours in Japan as well as India,so this is where to take a holiday to get the illusive Black,Cobalt,Amethyst, Banta Bottle is a very popular summer drink especially in India. This lemon (nimbu-pani) beverage is made locally. The unique part of the heavy glass bottle...
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    Did you ever Buy

    Does anyone remember buying a Blue top or a green top ginger beer bottle for Barracloughs of Rishton,they used to first sell at £100 each ,around 500 sold before they found out they were fakes ,,made in Perthshire ,,I once met the potter I was quite surprised when he told me the names of the...
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    Multi coloured Codds and Hamiltons

    Do you know you can still buy coloured codds and hamiltons today and still used in India and in Pakistan to sell mineral waters,some are left from the days of the Rajah when the Victorian English were there,others are still being made..Im sure you can get an illusive black and amethyst coloured...
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    Whats the Rariest Figural in USA

    Whats the Rariest Figural in USA ,,today Does Americans still collect Avon bottles an Milk bottles..
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    What happened to the

    What happened to the Alan Colville Ink collection,, who bought it..
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    Digging Free4all

    In UK you have to get permission to dig on land belonging to others do you need permission in Australia and USA or is a Free4all
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    REF: Dixon of Lieth Whisky Bottle

    In 1976, I found that first Thistle Bottle it was in dark aqua ,and it did have a diamond reg mark. The first one I found was at Kinross on shores of Loch Leven in a dump there which I had sole permission to dig,it was sold at first to Roy Morgan of Kollectorama he said it was only worth...
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    Bottle digging in USA

    Best way to find nice old bottles in USA is outhouse digging you find some good finds there another great finds to be made is in old gold mining towns,I was taken to a old town in White mountains in AZ and the friends I was with started metal detecting under floors of many old houses and shops...
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    Make extra cash

    Go along beach and pick up 26 small flat stones all colours then you can engrave Runes on them ,make a little cloth bag and then you sell genuine handmade runes. nice jewellery can be made from various flat stones with a little hole drilled through them.
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    Why dont you try making your own bottles

    Collect all the broken glass you find at dumps and throw all into a skillet and melt down and then blow your own,, or if you do tumbling go to Beach and pick up all old glass thats found in pebbles then when tumbled they look nice
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    Best way to Clean your Bottles etc

    If you dig bottles and they have that odd rust on them what to do is soak them in Jenolite its a rust remover . Glass bottles from some dumps have lots of irridence on them, there is no way to clean that irridence off, some people like them that way if you rfind a rare bottle for your...

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