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    bottle thief charged

    Surveillance cameras are a great idea if you ask me. The problem has become so bad here on the West Coast it's an epidemic, something needs to be done. The business as usual mentality from many dealers in regard to being ripped off is getting old. Wake up here folks because next it may be your...
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    VALLEJO BOTTLE SHOW THIEF IDENTIFIED

    THIEF IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. [/align]Some eight months later after Paul Wisnyi of San Francisco & the Napa Valley robbed numerous vendors at the Vallejo bottle show justice is finally being served to at least one of his victims. The thief eluded authorities after an arrest warrant was served...
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    VALLEJO BOTTLE SHOW THIEF IDENTIFIED

    It should also be noted to give all criminals equal time here that known bottle thief Mark Espinoza showed up on Saturday with his son. Like father like son his dad taught him to follow in his foot steps of criminal activity. His son was caught by a dealer stealing a bottle off his table. The...
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    VALLEJO BOTTLE SHOW THIEF IDENTIFIED

    A thief named Paul Wisnyi age 61 of St. Helena & San Francisco California has been identified as the person who recently victimized show vendors by stealing several valuable antique bottles off their tables at a Vallejo California bottle show. It is believed that Wisnyi is largely responsible...
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    Got Gas?

    Hey nice shot. Three years ago my inexperienced digging partner whom I cautioned about the gas line, probed right through a 1/2" plastic PG&E gas service to a home on a permission dig. What a shot, he it it dead center. We immediately called 911 on that Sunday afternoon. It took PG&E almost 3...
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    Sunday's digging results

    Wow coooool dig ! I once dug a 8- 10 inch deep loaded 70s trash pit that that had five cobalt Western sodas among numerous other bottles. After years of digging I've learned not to over look those shallow just under the surface clicks. What flavors of bourbon did the dude drink besides...
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    Your Best Heartbreaker

    Okay, here's a real tear jerker and most likely the top Western bottle. Circa 1858-59 open pontil large cathedral pickle bottle embossed on three sides: "BAKER & CUTTING / GLASS & PICKLE MFRS. / SAN FRANCISCO" in a bright yellow green color. We dug this unit about six months ago from a 12' deep...
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    Western Whiskey

    To the best of my knowledge there is only ONE mint example of the Log Cabin whiskey bottle and two or three damaged ones. The good one was dug from a shallow dump in San Francisco about 30 years ago. The original finder sold it for 1500.00 about eight years back. It's a great looking bottle and...
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    BRINGING BACK THE DIGS!!

    RE: Watch us 'digphilly' No matter how many holes I dig, I never find girls like that.
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    My 1st puce flask

    Now that's one nice flask !
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    Western Whiskey

    And another
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    Good luck Bottle Karma

    Great topic ! It's long been evident to me that it is possible to manifest your own destiny and have the ability to change certain courses in the path of our lives. Some of the things that often make the cosmic bottle gods shine on my life are as follows; 1. I never bring empty boxes, their...
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    Probe length

    How true that is. I've seen more than one good bottle popped by machine gun prober's after a pit is located trying to hit glass or what ever it is their doing. Stick it just enough to determine size and where layer starts then dig. My worst experience was a former partner stuck his probe through...
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    Probe length

    For a good starter probe this is the formula I use. Stand up straight with your digging boots/shoes on. Hold your arms out perfectly level/straight with palms facing down. Now measure the distance from your palms to the ground. That's the length you want to use for just some basic shallow...
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    8' Spring Steel Rod?

    You could also stop by here if your in my area too. Those flat blade digging paddles really are cool tools and all we ever use, glad you like it.
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    8' Spring Steel Rod?

    If your seeing longer lengths of probes here in Northern California they may be coming from my shop. I usually carry with me on our digs an assortment of rods from 3-20'. Knowing how deep your going and where a layer starts is important. I've been building & selling custom made probes for over...
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    T.V. or Bottle

    Definitely it would be the bottle for me because I'm not much of a TV person. 10 years from now your TV will be a worthless hunk of junk and the bottle worth at least double of what it is now. I get more enjoyment looking at a nice bottle than any TV could ever provide. Most of the big box...
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    Auburn Show

    You bet I was there, I wouldn't of missed it for almost anything. Just about 2 1/2 hour drive for us, we live near the Coast in Sonoma County. I think I may have met you and your mom at the Downieville show ???
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    Auburn Show

    Wow, what a GREAT show ! I've done bottle shows for decades and don't think I've ever seen a show as packed full of people and nice bottles as this one was. There's no recession here when it comes to collecting and selling bottles. Many of the key pieces I brought were sold within minutes of...
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    Clean dig sites

    It's those dig-n-dash self centered bone heads that totally ruin it for the ones who do good work. I've spent hours myself filling/fixing craters created by un-responsible half ass Northern California diggers. In todays world we should be doing all we can to do a good job to avoid any possible...

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