Are there any updated price guides for bottles out there? Everything appears to be years old and probably outdated!!

[delphinis]

Yes indeed, I have a hard copy - good book! As you know, it centres primarily on ocean bottle hunting, whereas I concentrate ( by necessity ), on fresh water lakes and rivers. There are numerous tricks of the trade and tools to help with the hunt - the more subaqueous antique garbage hunters I meet, the more I learn, which makes the hobby all that more enjoyable; why, I even take in the occasional Y/T episode of "BottleNed", even though he's a privy guy ( helps to pass the winter months ).

There's another book that I have that I also found to be excellent and informative. It's The Field Guide to American Trash: The Hunt for Historical Treasures Underground and Underwater by Bram Hepburn.

 

[sandchip]

Sorry for my late reply, but yes, as Delphinis said, it's the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors at fohbc.org There really should be an icon/link on a-b net's banner at the top of the page as a resource for members. Also, the virtual museum is full of beautiful bottles to look at. As far as I know, it's still free because of covid. The site address is fohbcvirtualmuseum.org