Mrmark
New Member
Hello everyone! My ancestral home sits on the site of an old New England mill built in 1855. It burnt in 1912 and was abandoned until my folks bought it. We discovered where the mill dump was located and I've collected around 250 bottles so far, and just scratching the surface. I would surmise that the first bottles I'm finding are no older than 1912 with some going to the 1890s. I'm guessing the deeper and farther back I dig, the older they will get. I picked up many just below the surface of the dump along with many different artifacts. I found a lot of Bromo bottles any many other types of bottles. I guess most are probably not real valuable, maybe around $5.00 each. In looking around the net, some seem to be worth $25-$45. But the value to me is that these antique artifacts are historical to the property of the home where I live. Part of my home was part of the mill and it's where I was born. My folks were blue-collar and built it all from scratch, scrounging building materials from here and there. I hope to communicate with some other diggers who could help me identify some of them, and learn something from you all. Thank you!