Sand_pontil
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Dropped in at the six foot level and right on top of three embossed pontils including a liniment from Sing Sing NY. Nothing rare. Moving upstream the bank abruptly sloped down to about 18 ft. Slope was covered in boulders, sand at the bottom of slope. In this section I picked a 9-1/2" free blown gin with blowpipe pontil scar, free blown (I think) black glass porter, a Geyser Spring Saratoga Springs mineral water and a medium sized embossed rectangular bottle with applied lip (forgot what it says). Passed up a bunch of commons.....slug embossed blob top sodas, a Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root, a nice applied lip whiskey which may have been Stoddard type glass, etc. etc.....because I did not want them clanking around in the bag with the fragile pontils. Cached the larger bottles at the top of the drop and went back for them on the way out. They all need an oxalic acid bath but Im headed to Nova Scotia tomorrow so will post pics when I can.
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