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been out swimming a couple times this week , been to 3 different locations and found some bottles at 2 places . nothing really incredible so far , what you'd expect for this area and what I've been finding in years past .


at this location found 2 broken or damaged milk jugs , one is from Acme Dairy Toronto . other just says " Loaned Return When Empty "

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also found this small 7oz green bottle , no real markings on it other than a 4 or a p on bottom . likely for some sort of paper label ginger ale , maybe local or from the city

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at another busier location I've been to before found more bottles . nothing really that unusual , type of bottles I've found there before , mostly 40's-60's stuff .

in pictures some coca cola , Brown's Beverages Gravenhurst , pepsi , double cola , Kist , Huntsville Beverages , an old beer bottles , Welch's mini juice bottle , crush , no deposit bottle , corked medical bottle

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found this clear corked medical bottle when swimming there and when I found it I knew it was a corked bottle but couldn't tell if it had writing on it or not , keep saying to myself , please having a name on it , then got to dock and saw it was clear and not a single marking . sort of an odd find as it appears to be much older than other bottles I found .

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the 5 brown's bottles all cleaned up really well , the Huntsville beverages is missing all the acl label and still has rust in it so not in good shape .

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the one double cola bottle still has a surprising amount of acl left , cleaned it up a bit and a lot is still there

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That "Loaned Return When Empty" bottle looks like a pretty early one. I'd guess 1910's or 20's? And I think your little green bottle may have been a Guinness bottle if it's that dark. The local ones were usually lighter.
 

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That "Loaned Return When Empty" bottle looks like a pretty early one. I'd guess 1910's or 20's? And I think your little green bottle may have been a Guinness bottle if it's that dark. The local ones were usually lighter.

the milk jug was missing the bottom and any markings it might of showed , does look fairly old .

Guinness ? not really sure what it was for . it is a bit bigger and darker than local paper ginger ale I have , but the bottle does look similar which is why I though it might be for that
 

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typical 1940 and 50s stuff ok I guess.


sort of the problem with this location a lot of stuff but not a lot of really old stuff , is an older location with a lot of history so should be old bottles down there somewhere , if I can ever find them
 

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