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Valentine's Meat Juice, Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey, Plum Bros., etc.

Had an exhausting yet fun day digging today. Finds include: 1. Valentine's Meat Juice 2. Plum Bros. Boardwalk Atlantic City (BIM made by W. T. Co.) 3. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey For Coughs and Colds (BIM) 4. Ball Perfect Mason 5. Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extract (X2) 6. Slick Olive Oil...
- UnderMiner
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- Jul 26, 2023
- bim medicine patent
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Digging and Finding
Empire Graduated Nurser (Murder Bottle)

Today's finds: The Empire Graduated Nurser was the highlight of the dig: Uncovering the bottle: These early baby bottles were difficult to clean and resulted in many babies dying from bacterial poisoning. They became known as murder bottles by the press in the late 19th century. Dr...
- UnderMiner
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- Jul 13, 2023
- baby bottle bim bottle med milk turtle
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Digging and Finding
Tooled Seltzer, Ink, Med, etc. (July 9th 2023)

Today's finds (all BIM): From left to right: 1. Richert's Pharmacy 2. Evers-Rehm Co. 419-421-423 E. 24th St. NEW York (In small print: "B.&M. S. CO" Bottler's & Manufacturer's Supply Company of Long Island City, New York, circa 1897-1920). 3. Ink "Fill Only To Here" 4. The little white thing...
- UnderMiner
- Thread
- Jul 9, 2023
- bim crown top ink med seltzer tooled torpedo transition water
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Digging and Finding
Glass egg- Most unusual find

In 2021 I came across this white glass egg in an area of the woods where nearly every bottle was shattered in tiny pieces. This egg is hand blown with very thin fragile glass, to replicate a real egg. Research tells me they were put into nests to stimulate chickens to lay eggs. I can't figure...
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 17, 2022
- antique bim decoy hand blown laying egg milk glass nesting replica white
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries