A couple of "finds"

[whiskeyman]

Picked these two bottles up Saturday (among others) up in SW VA.

This 1st one isn't so scarce nor unheard of...

 

[whiskeyman]

This one though is a whole nuther ballgame. 1st one I have seen. When a guy told me about seeing it, I told him he was mistaken...it had to say Lynchburg,VA and not Bluefield,VA.
He assurred me it was an L.Lazarus / Leading Liquor Dealer and from Bluefield,VA....ya know - he was right.[8D]

 

[whiskeyman]

close up...

 

[Road Dog]

Shows you what I know. I still like the blue soda.[]

 

[whiskeyman]

ROADY...it does look neat, doesn't it? 1st one I've owned...in the past they were too expensive for one like me who liked mostly whiskeys and would rather put monies in that direction...
Quite a few were dug when they built the new stadium in Nashville...kind of lowered their value a bit.

 

[Trying not to break it]

hi whiskeyman, nice finds. i'm partial to blue, but i like the shape of the 2nd one better. is it turning lt. amethyst? again very nice, rhona

 

[BRIAN S.]

Great find Charlie !
Very unusual Whiskey and great Ottenville also .
I heard from James Hale quite a few years back , that they dug a lot of nice stuff at the World's Fair Site in Knoxville when it was being built. Did you get to dig any there ?
Brian

 

[whiskeyman]

Thanks RHONA...yes it is slightly amethyst.

BRIAN...No, I didn't dig the Fair site. Did go down several times and dug the Vineyards site with Rick Cogdill and Harold Carlton,,,,found a lotta good stuff. Even dug a Knoxville mini scratch jug in perfect shape....would have liked to have kept it,but Rick wouldn't hear of me leaving for home with it. He & I ended up doing some trading .

Also dug on Woodland Ave. with Rick, and down near the new Coke plant with Mike Barbera. Didn't do so well on those digs.
One trip,we dug 40 Greenes' sarsaparillas out of a cistern....that was a messy but fun chore. It was full of water , ash, and trash - we had to work for our bottles that time. I found a stencilled mini Knoxville jug there, missing the handle - Mike got it ,as it was his site and I was there at his invite.

Been a few years since I have been back down there.