Well I haven't gotten a bottle out of this one area for months and decided to give it another go. I found that the rain had broken the ground up and collapsed some areas. After clearing an area I started finding broken glass and then jackpot! This amber Hires is BIM and has some very nice texture. You can tell the maker had the mold slightly tilted as the neck is slightly crooked and one seam is heavier than the other. Not sure exactly when Hires made this bottle but the rest of the bottles around this site have been earliest 1907. I'm confident that this is a pre-1900 crown top.
If anyone knows anything about this please feel free to share.
thanks
John
If anyone knows anything about this please feel free to share.
thanks
John