Quick Creek Dig

[BenTheDigger]

Wow I just read my sentence and it doesn't make sense. I meant to say mine doesn't have a period since its from the late 50's to 60's. The base has a few numbers but there batch number etc no location.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Duraglass in scripted form, (I), <(I)>, 56-89??? Could you type it out or photograph it, please. I know it seems odd, but I'm curious.

 

[BenTheDigger]

Sure Ill include a photo but the scripture is 20 O 65 (probably a date code) Then at the bottom 20127 - weird symbol

 

[Robby Raccoon]

On just above the heel (where base attaches to sides,) is there a little indented circle? Should be on the back. The (I) is one of Owen-Illinois's many symbols: <(I)>, (I), Duraglass.... should be 1965, I think.

 

[sandchip]

If your creek is in or downstream from an old town, you may find something real nice. I've been looking the same one for 40 years because it's nearby and like an old friend. Although I've never found anything earthshaking and you have to put up with the modern junk, it'll give up a goodie once in a while. After a big rain, creeks always change and you never know what's gonna show up. Hope springs eternal. [attachment=flask.jpg] [attachment=lock1.JPG] [attachment=pet5.JPG]

 

[sandchip]

I hope that none of this is interpreted as hijacking, but hopefully as an incentive to keep looking. Here's a few more that I failed to get creek shots of. [attachment=barber1.JPG] [attachment=blade.jpg] [attachment=eldridge.JPG]

 

[CreekWalker]

I agree, the creeks are home to a new present after every storm, washed out bottles in the drifts, and creek bends. Check the washed banks every spring. You never know what may turn up! Remember dig them out , don't pull 'em out! Merry Christmas!

 

[BenTheDigger]

Hey spiritbear,Ya there is a little indented circle on the base, how long has Duraglass been around for? Sandchip and Creekwalker those are some nice bottles! I especially like the drug store one. Hopefully a storm comes up soon so I can maybe get my hands on some older glass! Creekwalker the bottles were sticking out of the mud, so do you suggest I dig down?Thanks,-Ben

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Duraglass: circa mid 1940s if not early 1940s. Used until the 1960s(?) They (the bottles) tend to last due to some special stuff in/on the glass that made them durable glass items-- hence the name.
Look in the hills along water areas as well. Today, whilst walking my dogs by Lake Michigan, I found signs of bottles and crystal glassware in a muddy-faced dune overlooking the channel. One bottle was one I love to see--the company went out in the '40s and started in like the 1880s, so who knows (just a shard of the bottle--enough to identify it.) Bring a hand trowel to poke around, and learn the feeling of using either a tined rake or a stick on glass in the water/mud--test it out, it's more useful than vision and safer than hands. Good luck and keep us posted on all finds--bottles, coins, sign, anything. Keep an eye out for coins. Last trip I pulled out a badly corroded but always-a-nice-find '40s Wheaty. You see a small circle-- grab it.
Sandchip, amazing!!

 

[BenTheDigger]

Sorry for the late response I was on vacation. Thanks for the information on duraglass. I will remember to bring a hand trowel next time I go to the creek.Thanks,-Ben