Bottles for them, bottles for me

[tigue710]

Are you guys digging in shorts?! Sweet spot, is it a dump or were you digging privy's? Is the carters you dug an applied lip one?

 

[Digswithstick]

Hi ,like that smart weed ,i have only found a shard of that one . Do you know if Erie Pa is the only place that was made? Why is St. Jakobs Oel spelled like that ,the one i dug is spelled that way as well ? Hope you find lots more bottles before it gets covered for good ,i would set up lights and dig, dig ,dig !

 

[JOETHECROW]

ORIGINAL: Digswithstick

Hi ,like that smart weed ,i have only found a shard of that one . Do you know if Erie Pa is the only place that was made? Why is St. Jakobs Oel spelled like that ,the one i dug is spelled that way as well ? Hope you find lots more bottles before it gets covered for good ,i would set up lights and dig, dig ,dig !

Not sure why they used old english on those bottles, all I've seen are spelled that way... Kind of like the word gaol, that my wife remembers from "The Old Gaol" in York, Maine.

 

[JOETHECROW]

We had a run in with the owner (kind of an ass) of the property next door today,...He was concerned about us undermining his footer, Laur and I were the only ones there at that point....We grinned through our teeth while we assured him "no worries". Anyhow, in a way it was bad, because that's where the promising stuff was coming out, but in another way it was good because it steered us right to where Laur made the awesome find of the day...An awfully cute little ink I've never run across. "FRED D. ALLING ROCHESTER NY", great color, crudity, shape and embossing....Here's a few pics.

 

[JOETHECROW]

It still had some residual blue ink in it....but otherwise perfect. It was under a huge boulder w/ an old plate protecting it...I was up top and heard the hollow ring of potato rake hitting glass, Tom said "broken!" keep digging,...Laur said "STOP!"...glad she stopped.[] Anyone familiar with this ink bottle?

 

[JOETHECROW]

Home cleaned up...(us and the bottle)[]

 

[Digswithstick]

Have not seen that one ,but is is nice one ! Maybe give the neighbor a bottle ,he might lighten up a little ,funny how he steered you to the ink .

 

[RedGinger]

DWS and Fred, did you get my PM's? Anyone in this area want to come dig it up before it's gone??
Tigue, it was the dump of the old Independent Bottling Works. The lip on the smartweed is "real gloppy", in Joe's words...It is an applied lip.

 

[RedGinger]

Here's some interesting vr. old shards, including what looks like the neck of a flint glass cologne or med.....a clay pipe from four feet down, and some crude flask pieces....

 

[Digswithstick]

Yes i did and thank you ,sending PM back now .