Hello from Northern Ontario

[algomadigger]

Hello everyone.I came to this wonderful site last year after my wife and i found an old dump on hiway 129 north while on our May long weekend camping trip. It was a "Wishing Well'' soda bottle that sparked our interest. We found allot of old bottles and cans and wanted to know more about them so i came here to snoop. Well it changes my summer of fishing into a new adventure in old dump searching and digging. We have found lots of cool things since we started and are waiting for the snow to melt so we can get back at it. We are digging old 1900-1940 Logging camp dumps out in the bush on crown land. Here are a few of our finds. I have allot more but these are my favorites.

 

[algomadigger]

a few more

 

[algomadigger]

and these

 

[algomadigger]

Lots to learn but its intersting. [] We have been to one of our dig sites moving the snow around to make it melt faster.[] Hope to get some time in before bug season starts.

 

[botlguy]

Welcome to the forums. You'll find limited interest here in the age of items you are finding but helpful folks to give you as much information as we have. Search the archives here for previous discussion on specific items. Good Hunting. P.S. Don't stop the fishing altogether.[]

 

[algomadigger]

Thanks for the welcome Botguy. This is all new to us so we know very little about what we have. We are enjoying the hunt though.

 

[ACLbottles]

Cool bottles. I like that Doran's painted label, do you have a picture of the back?

 

[mctaggart67]

Some really great stuff has come out of Northern Ontario dumps, which are particularly easy to find because they are seldom buried very deeply, on account that nobody would have taken the time to excavate the granitic Canadian Shield to make room for a dump. Consequently, they are on or very close to the surface, with very thin overgrowth on top. They are also easy to dig because they are shallow, and once you hit the Canadian Shield a foot or two down, you know you've reached bottom. I have several nice handmade specimens in my collection from Northern Ontario dumps. The best is the 8-ounce Hartz to the left of this pic:

It was found in a dump not far from Blind River, Ontario, which goes along nicely with its cousin to the right, which came out of the basement of a pharmacy in the same town.

 

[botlguy]

Those are really, really, really nice.

 

[deenodean]

Welcome to the forum and to the hobby. Nice looking bottles you have there. I know a guy here is Nova Scotia who collects bottles from the New Liskard area...