Mon-Wed diggin in NH-Maine

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Cobalt NY Pharmacal, somehow no damage

 

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Oh yeah, then there are the killer shards.
They include a Lafeyette Coventry Flask, a Stoddard Glass Works Eagle flask, a Binnengers of some sort, and an awesome Boston Medicine, I believe it was a huge aqua 8 sided pontil. I'll show a pic of it next. Any guesses? I thought I knew all the Boston pontilled meds!

 

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pic

 

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Here's the old pontil mystery shard. It looks to have been 8 sided, pontilled, aqua, and large , like 8"+ or so. The only embossing is " .. RATOR" as in "invigorator", and "STON" as in Boston. Use your imagination, I'd love to know what it went to. I collect rare shards that I dig, so this one is really interesting. Let me know !!!

 

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pics are being difficult tonight.... or maybe it's me...

 

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super huge crock - pottery shard, lot's of cobalt from "Ballard Co. from Bennington Vt." Would have been nice...

 

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That stuff was from the Epsom river dump(s) on Mon and Tues afternoon. Today ( Wed ) I dug for a few hours in the morning with Joel from up north at a dump I found up there. It isn't old, but there are plenty of whole bottles, some stuff to sell on Ebay, and maybe a goodie or 2 here or there. We came upon a slightly older vien and took home a few bottles. Right towards the end, I pulled up a fruit jar that looked pretty cool. Little did I know it was the best bottle I dug all week! It is an aqua quart, ground lip, embossed " THE SMALLEY JAR" with no damage at all. Surely worth getting cleaned. I went to work, and after I got home finally tonight, checked my Red Book, to find that it listed for $300-$400 five years ago! yee ha. It has no lid, so that counts for alot, but still a great jar!
Had a great great time out in the woods! No colored pontilled killer medicines to break the bank, but great fun, fresh air and exercise, and a few boxes of nice stuff to add to the pile! I feel lucky just to be out there digging!
Good luck with your digs, Bram

 

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jar

 

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Hey Bram, Nice finds and great tails. Good to be out diggin aint it.

You should be able to pick up a lid for the Smalley pretty easy. They seem to be a little more common than the jars.

I enjoyed the pics and story.

 

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I am pretty sure I have a lid for that one if your interested....I will look and see.....

DF