cannibalfromhannibal
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Made a return trip to the last dig site where I was finding a good pocket of glass on the other side of a rock wall before I filled it in. As it turns out, it was more of the dump style terrain, but with more bottle glass than the barrel hole. Not much depth to it but not complaining, as long as bottles are there! Didn't find anything too extraordinary except a weird Smith's Bile Beans. Didn't notice until I got it home and cleaning when I was trying to get at some stubborn dirt on the inside when I thought it might be caught in the lettering on the outside. I suddenly realized why it had a shorter neck, slightly larger (than the largest I have ever seen) and looked like a slug plate for the embossing, that it read SmiHT's! Due to the fact that the other features don't add up, I believe it to be a counterfeit competitor! Never seen or heard of one and find nada on it. Anyone else seen or heard of one? The other cool ones were the sapphire blue coffin and the forest green Parke Davis in a nice large size. Found another early Hannibal soda with some lip chipping but only one I have seen marked A&DHC instead of the usual C&I. Also turns out the rock wall gave way to a brick wall that eventually made a 90 degree turn away from the dig zone, indicating what I was hoping for, a brickliner! Has a serious cement cap on top, preventing me from probing it in the beginning, so will have to break out the ol' sledge hammer and chip away at it. Should be fun, haha! Hopefully, (many) more bottles and pics to come after today......Jack