I still gotzit

[Trying not to break it]

hi E, some nice finds for your 1st time back. yes you still gotzit, if you have any extra can you send it my way[]. is there some way to pull some sort of tub that would float behind you? good luck. rhona

 

[E]

Farmville is TOUGH these days, I went to college there in the late 70s/early 80s and was about two years too late to get in on the bonanza. A local fella who is now quite a renowned Virginia historian (Robert Flippin) had just beat me to every dump in town - including the old town dump that had bottles back to the mid-1850's. I scratched around behind him for years picking up the stragglers.

I have found some good creeks in the adjacent counties = Amelia, Cumberland, and Charlotte. If you can find historic maps you can sometimes find forgotten places, my Amelia spot I believe was a small settlement of freedmen/descendents that faded away sometime prior to WWII. No more clues (its the only good spot I got left).

Flaschendagger: I am still struggling with my Photogue skills - but am improving, I will post better picks of some locals later. Do you have any preference on bottle types?

E

 

[VirginiaDigger]

Very nice finds! Im glad your back at it & your right its been HOT. Im from Harrisonburg & I collect Virginia soda's &local Water Bottles. Im dieing to know what the 4 sodas are you found. PLEASE post pics Do you have any Harrisonburg Va stuff? Thanks & Good Luck!

 

[VirginiaDigger]

A pic of my Farmville Flask

 

[E]

Va. Digger,

Your pic is Newport News flask, but that's fine - despite alot of digging in th tidewater I have never come up with one of those. I am not familiar with any Harrisonburg bottles in my collection, I would have to check. Actually rarely if ever have I found any Shenandoah Valley bottles in the piedmont/tidewater.

I may be hitting a place in Charlotte Co., next week - that's a little closer to you, maybe I'll find an odd valley treasure.

the 4 locals are featured up a few posts = poor picture, hope to improve pics later: best is dark amber Lynchburg coke, 2nd best amethyst Petersburg coke, other two are nice locals: "Farmville Mineral Bottling Co." "CL Martin, Farmville Bottling Co." - have found these two types before.

Would love to see some of your valley goodies...

 

[VirginiaDigger]

E...Would you be interested in selling or trading your Petersburg Coke or the CL Martin, Farmville Bottling Co?

 

[E]

Va. Digger,

I would have a hard time parting with any strait cokes or pepsis = there are no two alike. Let me go through the "the shed" to see if I have any Martins or Minerals stashed away - if so I would gladly make a trade. Are you interested in Lemon/Mint/Hayo Colas and other Va sodas as well? I think I may have a "Drink Me" or two from Lexington, Va.

I have been totally kicking myself lately regarding the thousands of nice crown sodas that I left behind during the 80's. There was one particular marsh in Suffolk where I left about 100 strait-side aqua cokes and numerous taka colas and pepsis on the bank - I was so into the torpedos (Cantrell & Cochrane junk) the site was yielding that I left the crowns behind. I went back about 5 years ago to see if the cokes/takas/pepsis were still there - nada. The marsh had even been drained and picked clean. Oy vey...

 

[VirginiaDigger]

Yeah I collect Virginia Sodas so ill be interested in any you have. I have a few doubles of va strait cokes & pepsi I would be willing to trade. I really want that Petersburg Coke because I dont have any cokes from that part of Virginia. Im not really sure the value of it but im sure we can work something out.

 

[E]

Went through a few bottles in the shed: "Drink Me" is an art deco bottle from Roanoke, also found another art deco: "Choc-O-Let" from Lynchburg. Both are delitefully ugly. Those and a couple Richmond Taka-Kolas and Suffolk strait Pepsis that I didn't know I had. Still have 3 or 4 big boxes to sift through but I am pretty sure that I don't have another Petersburg Coke.

I hope to sneak back to my creek next week, good chance that I may find dupes. You ever come down this way to dig? I have been thinking about travelling up to the old Charlottesville city dump (have an idea of where it is) some time soon = from what I hear it yielded incredible treasures. Surely it has been turned over several times, but may be some things yet to find for those willing to work hard/get wet & muddy.

 

[VirginiaDigger]

Ive heard some nice stuff about the c-ville dump, Im about 45 min from Charlottesville so whenever you wanna tear it up there will be 2 strong backs waiting. Im free for the next 3 weekends so lets set something up.

We can always hope for that Rawley Springs Hotel Bottle