Recent diving finds

[ChrisP1]

Hey Guys (and Gals?),

I'm new to the Forum and new to bottle finding/collecting, but I wanted to share a couple photos of some recent finds. I do not have the bottles here with me at the moment so I cannot provide any better shots beyond these iPhone photos, but you get the idea.

I've been finding mostly round bottoms (both smooth and embossed with various "Belfast" names) which I know are very common and nearly worthless as well as many torpedo bottles which are almost all smooth, but I did find two that are embossed with a New York name. These last two are blob top and of the what I guess would be called the "ten pin" type as they do have a very small flat spot on the bottom although the overall profile is torpedo.

The photo below is what I believe to be the oldest of the bottles I have found with the nicest being the Davenport and Co. soda on the left. The bottle on the right is from NJ from what I could find online.

I will post a couple shots of the torpedos and round bottoms just to give an idea of what I've found.

I look forward to any comments you may have an apologize in advance if this stuff is too mundane or my pictures not sufficient to warrant any comment...

 

[ChrisP1]

Torpedos...

 

[ChrisP1]

More on a shelf...

 

[ChrisP1]

Sorry about the picture size...will get it right next time!

 

[bottlekid76]

Nice bottles Chris. The Davenport is one i've been looking for for quite awhile. Let me know if it ever becomes available. Nice finds!

All the best,
~Tim

 

[LC]

Hello Tim and welcome to the forum , the two sodas at the top are quite nice , then too I have a weak spot for sodas . I think back about the first unembossed torpedo soda I ever saw over twenty years ago . I was visiting relatives in Maryland and came across one in a small shop . I gave ten dollars for it thinking it just had to be something very rare lol ! Of course I found out later that was not the case , I do think they are neat , even the unembossed ones .

I wish I had the capability to do some diving , too old and broke down to think about it now . I know of a spot in the Ohio River that I am sure would produce some really good bottles . There was a pig bitters taken from there years ago . Oh well , maybe in the next life .

 

[ChrisP1]

Hey L C,

Thanks for the warm welcome...

I don't think it's ever to late to dive!

When I found my first round bottom and torpedo while diving, I was pretty psyched, but now I have so many I don't even bother to pick them up unless they look different in some way. During my last dive I passed up 20 round bottoms and about 10 torpedos.

I was hoping to find a market for both through a local antique shop or similar, but I don't think there is one.

At the same site I have found two whole stoneware crocks, decorated but not signed, and many other smaller ceramic straight-sided vessels that must have been used for jam, jelly or mustard, I guess. My wife loves them so it keeps her happy!

If I find any other interesting bottles I will post them.

I do want to post pics of the two embossed NY ten pin/torpedos...

 

[LC]

I believe if it were me I would pick up the torpedoes and round bottoms that is as long as they had blob tops . You could sell them for a few bucks to an antiques store possibly and other people as well who didn't have one .

 

[creeper71]

ORIGINAL: L C

I believe if it were me I would pick up the torpedoes and round bottoms that is as long as they had blob tops . You could sell them for a few bucks to an antiques store possibly and other people as well who didn't have one .

around here (south central Pa)the slick torpedos sell for around 8-10.00 each some have theres for 15.00 cause most people think they are rare an expensive bottles.. To bad your torpedos didn't have some embossing on them...

 

[LC]

You are probably right as for selling to collectors , but I was thinking in terms of if he wanted to sell them quick to a dealer . I have not seen a plain torpedo sell for a good long time . It is possible he could sell to a dealer at five bucks each if that is the case .