downeastdigger
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I did some diving and digging over the summer, not a lot during the hot months, as it usually is for me. But September is when I crank it up.
I haven't dug a great bottle in a while. And I haven't found a bottle like this... ever!
I was crawling around at the bottom of a river ( somewhere in the Eastern U.S.). I had seen two discarded bicycles, some hobbleskirt Cokes, and a lot of 1910s stuff. I found the neck to a pontil looking bottle, so that was a good sign. Then my elbow bump into something. I thought it was a cut log, that someone had chizeled the sides of, for some reason. Then I flipped it over, and saw it had a top of some sort, so I thought it was a gas canister of some sort.
Then I felt embossing.....
My brain had been sorting through depression era bottles, not 1850s stuff........
I started to get a weird feeling. I tucked the huge bottle under my arm and hit the inflate button on my vest, and floated carefully to the top of the water. I lifted the bottle out of the water just high enough to see the letters INK......
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HOLDING!
I haven't dug a great bottle in a while. And I haven't found a bottle like this... ever!
I was crawling around at the bottom of a river ( somewhere in the Eastern U.S.). I had seen two discarded bicycles, some hobbleskirt Cokes, and a lot of 1910s stuff. I found the neck to a pontil looking bottle, so that was a good sign. Then my elbow bump into something. I thought it was a cut log, that someone had chizeled the sides of, for some reason. Then I flipped it over, and saw it had a top of some sort, so I thought it was a gas canister of some sort.
Then I felt embossing.....
My brain had been sorting through depression era bottles, not 1850s stuff........
I started to get a weird feeling. I tucked the huge bottle under my arm and hit the inflate button on my vest, and floated carefully to the top of the water. I lifted the bottle out of the water just high enough to see the letters INK......
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HOLDING!
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