Found a nice bottle dump today.

[bottlerocket]

Is the paul's drink bottle a Decco?I can't get a good look at it.Is the glass really heavy and thick?Cool looking soda.It sounds like you had quite a bottle adventure.

 

[hemihampton]

The tops I pictured from 1962-67. Your Hamms top is from around 1967-70.

The "seamless aluminum" was invented by Coors in '59 and giving time for the patent to run out and/or be sold that make sense.

Yes, But those were flat tops. The first pull tab known as a zip top came out in 1962. As far as I know Coors for some reason was never made in a zip top pull tab. Which is highly unusual. LEON.

 

[cowseatmaize]

So the seamless aluminum used a can opener? That sounds easy to crumple on opening.I bet those early aluminum Coors are very sought after. I'd like to have one even though I don't collect cans since looking into this.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

BottleRocket, I'm not sure if you could call it a Deco soda-pop; but, yes, the glass is thick and heavy. I am having quite a bottle adventure, and as an inquisitive creature I pay attention to other aspects of the dump too--for example, I've been learning about the family who used it. Here is what I've gathered:
Firstly, someone had a drinking problem. Someone had experience as a welder. There was at least one young girl, and one young boy born to them in the 1950s--I'm afraid that, although I found aspects of the boy's life in different layers going on for several years, but the little girl's stuff I'm finding stops when she was still a little girl... Why am I not finding more on her? Makes me fear the worst. They remodeled at some point; they threw out everything down to the kitchen sink--and I'm not being figurative there, either, as I found two faucets also. They drank lots of lemonade and orange juice concentrates. They got their milk from Farr View Dairy. They used Roman brand bleach. Someone required numerous bottles of medicine--two main types, no labels. They liked Coca-Cola, and also fruity-flavored pops. They owned a gun, and owned a truck. They seemed to prefer blue paint. Someone smoked. They liked chicken. They had used at the same time three mixed sets of silverware. They were middle-class. The house had electricity (it's set back in the woods on a dirt road, so can't be too sure back then.) They burned some of their garbage. Someone bought a lot of canned food. They may have had a dog. They didn't throw out their toys much. For home decoration, they were more for the simple stuff. All this from two mounds and a scattering of bottles/cans. Expect me to keep posting stuff I've found there into next week. Sadly I had to stop an hour early as I cut my paw which wouldn't stop bleeding whilst I was digging (trying to feel if it was an intact bottle or not. Well, it wasn't. [:-]) I brought back a Muskegon ACL Coca-Cola though. Also another Farr View Dairy (mom loves the dairy bottles.) I turned up several broken soda pops. I think I found a hood ornament--but as it's so large, I don't know. I think the mirror went to a truck. I found an ACL shampoo. Also a better-condition Sunrise bottle. I will have to bring out a larger shovel, as anything left of true interest is down in the small hills of household trash. When you get down a certain depth, you realize some of it is well preserved. This will be my first true dig. I found a smaller Roman bleach bottle not far from the other Farr View. I found a barrel to a toy gun, a shell casing right by it, several auto parts, a couple wrecked toys' pieces, and many other things. It's quite fascinating--learning about the lives of a family 50-60 years ago is. The 1957 quarter was a wonderful discovery.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

The '60s Coca-Cola has a damaged (cracked) mouth, but is intact and local. The SunRise has most of it's front ACL still here. The Farr View this time is from 1960. The Roman bleach has no handle and is a smaller version this time. I found three sets of silverware, bringing home a few silver-plated pieces as they look unique and can display in my museum--pretty far gone; they were buried in a pile for some reason.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Here is the lovely Sunrise. Also a broken '60s Pepsi-Cola bottle.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

The three Farr View dairy bottles are on display in the kitchen. 1953 ACL, 1956, and 1960 embossed. This brings my total number of milks to four.

 

[Bert DeWitt]

If the quarter where a 1954 it would have been silver and worth $1 to $2. Quite a nice find though.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Is this a hood ornament, or did the mirror attach to it? Anyone know when and what these went to? You also see my ''little'' bottle with I think it was an octagonal base.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

More oh the hood ornament-- the inside had numbers. Also, I found this crate in a different area this morning. Anyone know what it'd been used for?