Rock dump pontils

[GuntherHess]

strange embossing on shard

old one from fleabay...

 

[Digswithstick]

Thanks Joe ,dug the best half of it (i think) so far , gnats were bad chewed up my ears ,rocks were large 200 lbs + ,broke stick had to get spud bar .Thanks Madman ,close up ,seam goes to top of lip but not over ,appears to have had cork and metal shot cap .Gunther thanks for posting that one , wish mine would have been whole,maybe next one .

 

[tigue710]

nice digs... gotta move those rocks!

 

[cobaltbot]

Love the railroad piece, I'd say a salesmen's sample - that's an interesting tie plate design, many narrow gage rails had no tie plates, the rails were just spiked on with smaller (3-4") spikes.

 

[jkdigger]

digswithstick,
you can follow the following link for info on B. J Coghlin, you also might want to contact them about the sample of the patent that you have. they can give you the patent number also, i looked through 217 patents and did not find his, will keep looking as i am a web digger better then a bottle digger. http://www.wajax.ca/history.asp

tanks,
jkdigger

 

[downeastdigger]

Great Great stuff, really interesting. Love that Sloans, never seen it. Thanks for the post

 

[Digswithstick]

Thanks for replies ,Tigue thanks,yeah gotta move them ,seems common thing for the undug dumps around here to be covered with them,always enjoy seeing your finds ,pictures and glass knowledge.Joe & Cobaltbot i was thinking sample as well .Jkdigger,thanks for that link ,web digger wow thats i skill i wish i had .Bram thanks,i sure was glad to get it (Sloans) after finding all the shards and recognizing them from posts here i was getting a little discouraged then out it came,have you been diving since that last incredible find ?

 

[diggincajun]

Hey Rick, I'm still trying to make it up there again this year. I have those bottles for you and will just bring them with me for you. Wow great stuff, hitting pontil era is always a super feeling.
Kim

 

[Digswithstick]

RE: Rock dump pontils back again

Hi ,went back to this spot again ,almost a year later pretty much same story just found a different pontil bottle and more shards ,the intact bottle was amazing to find undamaged ,must have rolled to side and got buried in mud ,still had cork in neck that helped too .Lots of heart breakers ,posted here as some of these are shards of previous shards (lol)!

 

[Digswithstick]

RE: Rock dump pontils back again