This is what the finds from one of my typical digs look like. Most bottles date from the 1910's-1920's. It is difficult to break through to the 19th century, as I'm sure most of us already know the mass production of the early 20th century lead to alot of cheap and disposable glass.
So I was just wondering around killing time at the local vendors mall today, and was lucky enough to find these amongst some old Nat Geo's. I cant find other copys of some online let alone most of the makers mark charts and pictures. Is there money in just putting the these charts out there? Or...
So I’m walking in my forest, with a metal detector and I’m striking big fat zeroes. My metal detector starts going crazy! I get a hit that is long and big, so I start digging it out and it is a 2 foot tall mortar shell! These are them all cleaned up. Big one is Soviet, pretty obvious because of...
Out walking an old railroad line with my 3yr old son a bit ago, he was riding up on my shoulders. He spotted this and we brought it home and it cleaned up ok. I was amazed at how heavy the bottle is. Thick glass! My boy has found a few other bottles and definitely has an eagle eye!
My only...