Grogan14
New Member
Howdy all! I came across the forum while google-ing last night. I've just recently regained an interest in hunting for bottles. I've did some reading through the posts and have already found the forum to be a wealth of knowledge.
I've attached a couple of pics of some bottles that I was able to find just laying around the edge of my property today in just a half an hour of searching. The heat index was approaching 110, so that was about all I could take after working in the heat all day, lol. I've always kinda liked both pyro'd milk bottles and acl soda bottles, so was quite happy to come across one of each. The milk bottle is from the Marsh Dairy of Bridgeport, Conn. The Twin Lights bottle is from the Thomas Wilson Beverage Co of Rockport, Mass, which is only a few miles from me here.
My house was built in 1897. We've lived on the property going on 40 years now. My father had us digging for bottles some in the mid 70's. There were several obvious dumping areas on our acre and a half, as well as at an old foundation nearby. All I remember us keeping was anything blue. I still have several Milk of Magnesia bottles that we dug. I do remember us using a lot of the bottles for target practice, I hate to admit. We never really dug down very far. Unfortunately, we sold off a half an acre containing a large portion of the dumping area, and there is now a septic system in that location. There was also an old stone-lined well, but that has long since been filled.
Luckily, there is an area of the dumping spot still accessible. This was the area that my dad had deemed just too dangerous for us to dig in, with lots of broken glass and other junk. We will be selling and leaving the area before the end of the year, so I have some hope of finding some old relics there, to remember our time here by. There are also some 1800's-era foundations way up in the woods out back, and I do hope to spend some time up there searching. I've always spent most of my free time in the woods, and this will just be another great way for me to enjoy the great out-of-doors
I've attached a couple of pics of some bottles that I was able to find just laying around the edge of my property today in just a half an hour of searching. The heat index was approaching 110, so that was about all I could take after working in the heat all day, lol. I've always kinda liked both pyro'd milk bottles and acl soda bottles, so was quite happy to come across one of each. The milk bottle is from the Marsh Dairy of Bridgeport, Conn. The Twin Lights bottle is from the Thomas Wilson Beverage Co of Rockport, Mass, which is only a few miles from me here.
My house was built in 1897. We've lived on the property going on 40 years now. My father had us digging for bottles some in the mid 70's. There were several obvious dumping areas on our acre and a half, as well as at an old foundation nearby. All I remember us keeping was anything blue. I still have several Milk of Magnesia bottles that we dug. I do remember us using a lot of the bottles for target practice, I hate to admit. We never really dug down very far. Unfortunately, we sold off a half an acre containing a large portion of the dumping area, and there is now a septic system in that location. There was also an old stone-lined well, but that has long since been filled.
Luckily, there is an area of the dumping spot still accessible. This was the area that my dad had deemed just too dangerous for us to dig in, with lots of broken glass and other junk. We will be selling and leaving the area before the end of the year, so I have some hope of finding some old relics there, to remember our time here by. There are also some 1800's-era foundations way up in the woods out back, and I do hope to spend some time up there searching. I've always spent most of my free time in the woods, and this will just be another great way for me to enjoy the great out-of-doors
