To the best of my knowledge, they are fairly uncommon. My brother has one, but that is the only one anyone in my family has dug whole in over 20 years of digging in the area. The company began in 1908, but I'm not sure how long they were in business.
This works everytime, you're gonna need to let the cork dry out for a few days so put the bottle near a window that gets alot of sunlight to help dry it out...