tigue710
Well-Known Member
There does seem to be a major gap in the age of collectors that I think is the result of easy diggings have dried up... that said almost 90% of the people Ive dug with over the years were green horns and Ive dug with a lot of people... All of my girlfriends over the years have loved the bottles also but didn't care for digging much. I think thats why we see a large majority of men old enough to have dug in the 60's and 70's as the main body of collectors. Just a bunch of treasure digging boys grown up! I think in the future we are going to see a new face in bottle collecting, hopefully a purchase driven collecting base, compromised of women and men alike although I do think collecting is driven somewhat by the instinct to hunt, a primal need to go out and collect a bounty carefully hunted that is programed in every male from birth! Also we have to remember that many people get back into hobbies after retirement when they have time... I know a lot of people who are not active now because they just dont have the time and money but Im sure will be sailing full wind when things do slow down. There is still a lot of stuff in the ground too...
]. It's got a lot going for it as a life long interest/passion.
