Yes I meant “creek” not “creel”. That’s nice to know because I thought the creeks in my area weren’t public. I did some more research and found to be navigable it has to be at least 30 feet wide. I found out the creeks In my small town are both 30+ feet! Thanks !!!
I hate spell check. Nothing can make you seem more illiterate.
US TEXANANS CALL THING DIFFERENT
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I meant nothing makes "ME" look more illiterate. Not you, sorry about that.
They weren't neatly piled or anything. Some where broke. And some and a lot of stuff was worthless that NO ONE would store and keep. There was a piece of tin if I can remember on top of a lot of stuff too.
OH. Haha. Its okay! I was like: "man that guy is a snob". I'm happy we don't have a grudge between each other. Thanks for the clarity.
You seem to have all the excuses you need to take from someone else. I'm blunt, not since I was a child did I enter a property and take something. Didn't understand the implications. As an adult I'd never steal from anyone because I know karma exists and strikes every single time.So today I was going down a back road with a family member in a very rural area and stumbled across a old abandon homestead. Since it wasn’t fenced off and it was a quite rural area I poked around for about 10 minutes. Quite honestly this is the best day of my barely one year career in the bottle world. I think that if even a long time bottle collector would be stoked to find this place. I went to the small square shed of the grown over homestead and peaked through one of the many large cracks in it. What I saw was amazing. 100+ bottles lying on the floor. Absolutely everywhere! I found a large space to craw in and started picking for around 5 minutes. I would describe the quantities of things from what I could see like this (mind I was only in one space of the small shed and bottles where under things); 1900s/1910s (4/10) 1920s/1930s (7/10) 1940s/1950s (6/10) 1960s/1970s (7/10). Sadly I didn’t have my phone on me so I didn’t get any photosHere are some of the things that I found.
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View attachment 2212881933, Plant 7, Mold #3, Owen Illinois large apothecary bottle. Just looking at it, it seems like it holds a gallon and a half. Would you agree ? That’s a $50-$80 bottle too!!! I can’t exactly find this particular bottle in the 1933 Owens Illinois catalog. I have found similar sets but it just doesn’t seem like this one made it in the 33 catalog. Too late. Unless the drawings are slightly off.
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Ball Ideal 1910-1923 logo jar. Yeah yeah I can already hear it. That’s super duper common. Well it’s pretty. Okay ?And anyways how could I leave this being a big jar fan? This particular example has never been underground and is sparkling clean. Very elegant strong embossing too. The closure wire is missing but that would be fun to replace in the future. This beaut is a number 3. No number 13’s today :/
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1940s Anchor Hocking food product jar.
I know what your thinking. Why in the hell would someone pick that up and take it home. Well I think it deserves a home and I think it’s a nice jar. This isn’t something I would pick up in a antique store though. It doesn’t even talk a Mason jar lid.
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I strictly use bottled water and filtered water for bottles which I have personally ran out of. Our house doesn’t have a water softener so it is hard. There are 2 problems that rise when using mineral water to clean glass items. Increased agitation with minerals on glass and mineral build up.
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It’s machine made. What would have been in it? Horse radish, mayonnaise, mustard, mini pickles, olives, etc... ? Was this type of bottle used for multiple food products?
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Another ideal Mason. The closure wire is still present but the glass lid is gone. I have replacements so I can put one on after I dissolve the rust with salt and vinegar.
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Almost all bottle diggers have trespassed before. Where this is at is on a property but the county road passes though the property. Where the old homestead is, is totally unfenced. If a road passes through where are the boundaries? I personally don’t see anything wrong with poking around on a abandon house that is unfenced. I intend to return but is there a legal defense for me since no boundaries are set on a property where which a public road goes though?
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Later French’s mustard jar
1960s Lady Betty prune juice.
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