Quick Creek Dig

[BenTheDigger]

Hi everybody, I decided to go to a creek today to check it out for bottles. When I got there I was surprised to find 1000's but they didn't seem to old. So I decided to grab a few that caught my eye. One whiskey said I.W. Harper which is from around the 1920's, I found a few sodas, I found a small amber colored bottle maybe medicine and a few miscellaneous bottles? I attached pictures on the bottom, can anybody tell me around what date range I have and anything about the bottles. The bottles are also still mucky any idea on how to get gunk out of them?Thanks and have a Merry Christmas!!-Ben

 

[sunrunner]

hay it's great you were abele to get out to the creeks to look . The first group of bottles you have is a mix . The dr pepper and pepsi look like there from the 1950s . So do's the bubal up. The whisk may be from the 1930s or 40s , but the beers look modern , like a red strip and a import German beer. That catsup may also be from the 1930s .

 

[CanadianBottles]

The little brown beer looks like one of those Canadian stubby beer bottles used from the 60's to the 80's by most breweries. The woods and rivers are full of those things up here.

 

[BenTheDigger]

Thanks for the responses! I do collect Dr pepper so I am happy to dig one of there signature bottles. So should I throw out the three beer bottles, the green one, the small amber one and the big amber colored one? Thanks,-Ben

 

[CanadianBottles]

Yeah I'd say the recycling bin is the best place for the beer bottles.

 

[BenTheDigger]

K thank you!!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

What does the base of the Dr. Pepper bottle say? Also, does "Dr." have the period in it still or not?

 

[sunrunner]

you have a lot of area to cover , keep looking you will find some thing good. so good luck!

 

[BenTheDigger]

Spirit bear the Dr pepper says 10 2 4 which is the time your supposed to drink Dr pepper each day. Dr pepper removed its period in the early 1950's so this bottle is from the late 1950's to 1960's so it has a period. Its a pretty common bottle but i'm happy to dig it being a big Dr Pepper collector.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I meant the base as in bottom. Mine says, "DR. PEPPER BOT. CO. / 9 <(I)> 5. / MUSKEGON / MICH." (1945.) Your second sentence did not make sense. I think they removed the period in 1947, but I could be wrong. Yours should not then have a period if it's from the '50s.