I can't believe I found one!

[coldwater diver]

Nice bottle find Bob. That memory that comes along with it is priceless.

 

[cobaltbot]

Makes it all worthwhile when you pull something like that out of the soup! That mug base is Phat!

 

[tfredrich]

By the way, I am the other guy whose generally along with Bob when he finds all of these incredible things! We have been bottle diving for about 14 years together. I have only counted on one hand how many times he has swam in from his area with a glazed over speechless look on his face! I know instantly he got a special one! Here is a shot seconds after he climbed back in the boat! He collects just Wisconsin hutches so there couldn't be a better recipient of this find!

 

[GEEMAN]

Good deal Bob. Can't think of anyone more deserving to find a beauty like that one.

 

[MIssissaugadigger]

That is a beautiful bottle![]

 

[rockbot]

Worth a quite a few tanks of air! awesome catch.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Just looking back at this post and I don't think I saw the last few replies. So, thanks for jumping in Tom, Brian, Miss, and Rocky!

Tom said that I had a glazed over look when I returned to the boat. I certainly was excited that I found that bottle. One of the first things we ask each other upon returning is how we did. Because I knew Tom would be able to relate to how that base felt and that the blob was 'wrong', I made him close his eyes and then handed him the thing bottom down so, he would literally feel what I was talking about. Tom knew something was up, so he very carefully examined it and felt the shoulder embossing (which I hadn't noticed at the bottom). There aren't many bottles like that so he guessed "amber hutch?" right away.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Here is one of the pictures Tom took on the boat while we were still out there.

 

[Steve/sewell]

That adventure sounds like a lot of fun and great excitement in the find. It makes all your dives worth while Bob, Congratulations ,nice color almost looks dark puce in the latest photo. Steve

 

[blobbottlebob]

Thanks Steve. It really is amber - but I wouldn't have complained about puce.

Here's some pictures of the bottle that I originally thought that I had found and the amber hutch (at left). This should help show visually what my mind was doing as I first felt it.