Went out digging first time this yr and found a broken bowl but nothing great. No whole bottles or anything but did locate a new dump that hasnt been touched yet. Heres the bowl.
I have a question has anyone ever gotten sick from digging in the dumps? I heard diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis stay alive for a long time. I personally havent gotten sick from digging.
Im gonna be selling a bunch of bottles. Ill post a pic of the bottles later today. I want to narrow my collection down. Roughly about 50 or more bottles. Nothing rare mostly commons. Let me know if anyone would be interested.
I hope everyone is ok from the storms that hit in Tennesee and surrounding areas. I also hope that the bottle collections are ok too. [;)] I would be taking the bottles to the storm shelter with me lol.
I have a bottle that says The U.P.T.Co. NY. It has a skeletal elephant on the bottle too. The bottle is from around 1880s. Can anybody give me any kind of information? I dont even know what category the bottle is under.
Lets hear some digging stories. I got quite a few stories. Ill tell one for now. I was digging by my father-in-laws camp with a friend once. The dump was from around the 1930s. There was nothing that great up there but found a few soda bottles. Well anyways just when we were finishing up...
The first bottle on left is a stoneware inkwell. It has a chip on the lip though. The middle one is an unknown bottle. The theme stops in middle of neck. The last one is an underwoods inkwell. Gl on the bids all. This is gonna be for one week. Starting bid at 1 dollar.
I found 5 seven-up bottles from the early 30s in a dump last yr. Seven-up was invented in 1929 for a great depression drink. The drink was made as a mood upper. Now I keep seeing values as 100 dollars a piece. Does anybody have a pic of the first seven-up bottle? Heres the bottles I found...
I found 5 seven-up bottles from the early 30s in a dump last yr. Seven-up was invented in 1929 for a great depression drink. The drink was made as a mood upper. Now I keep seeing values as 100 dollars a piece. Does anybody have a pic of the first seven-up bottle?
Hello i never introduced myself properly. My name is Jake and Ive been into bottles all my life. I was raised on bottle hunting because my dad is also an avid bottle digger also. The past 8 yrs Ive been into bottle digging more than usual. Ive found alot of bottles from the 19th century in 8...