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Truth1253

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Wall metal detecting in the woods I ran across a trash pit with hundreds of bottles. I just grab something examples and I want to know the approximate age and if they're old enough I'll go back it was pretty deep in the woods.
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says bottle made in USA
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Some look like they could be early 1900's while others look like they could be from the 1950's? To me it looks old enough to dig. I don't mind digging dumps after 1900 or after TOC (turn of the Century) but many do. Some only like pre 1900 stuff & some are if it's not pontiled pre 1860's it not old enough for me. I'd dig some more & see what else you can find. Hard to date from what I see there but looks like it's got Potential. LEON.
 

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That stoneware bottle gives me hope there could be some oldies in there.
 

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I would go back for sure.


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Grab anything that is embossed well enough to read from a few feet away. Plain bottles don't command much interest or value.

Nothing in there looks to be before 1910. As was earlier said, a lot looks like older bottles, but they're not.
 

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...and grab any milks embossed with the name of a local dairy.
 

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The stoneware bottle looks to be much older than the others, like in the 1890's to 1910's range. It could have been a "late throw" that sat in someone's house for 30 years before being tossed, or it could signal that there's an older section of the dump. So I'd definitely look around where you found that! And yes hold onto any local embossed milks or sodas.
 

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Looks like 20s-50s.
Definitely worth a dig to see if this started out as a dump with newer stuff at the top.
Any foundations? Bring a metal detector if you can get one.
 

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Looks like 20s-50s.
Definitely worth a dig to see if this started out as a dump with newer stuff at the top.
Any foundations? Bring a metal detector if you can get one.

There's a 1860's house across the street. The trash dump is in the woods by the river. A old mean rich geezer went off on me like a maniac because he said I was on private property and he was gonna call the law on me. He was calling me a SOB and everything else under the book LOL I was thinking he has no idea how lucky he is that I totally respect my elders.


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