Some River Finds 7/9

[RIBottleguy]

I haven't been digging much with the 90+ degree heat. My best rake also snapped back in May, so I've been toughing it. I recently had a good friend of mine repair it for me and he did a great job. Since I was itching to test it out, I visited a well-dug spot I've all-but exhausted. Fortunately for me there are always a few more!

I was pretty excited to find a broken historical flask shard (sheaf of wheat) from the 1860s. I later found a broken London condiment bottle with a really gnarly pontil.

I found three good bottles total in a pocket I missed, plus some marbles and a tomahawk axe head.

Whole bottles are: D.L. Ormsby New York (XX on back), Palmer & Madigan Importers Providence, RI, and plain medicine with nice mold leak at the shoulder.

Darn fragile flasks! They never seem to survive.

The gnarly pontiled London shard

 

[botlguy]

NICE ! ! Glad those didn't get left behind.

 

[epackage]

Good finds Taylor, too bad about the flask and London...

 

[msleonas]

And you didn't invite me!

 

[RIBottleguy]

Lol sorry Leona, it was a spur the moment deal.

 

[msleonas]

Just playin'. I went to a salt marsh area yesterday at low tide, but only found a few pieces of broken pottery, a thick piece of black glass, a melted bottle, and newer bottles.

 

[KBbottles]

Lets see the axe head!!!

 

[riverdiver]

Ditto, the bottles are awesome especially that Sheaf of Wheat shard, please show the axe head too.

 

[blobbottlebob]

The soda looks really nice. Congrats.

 

[tftfan]

WOW... thats good stuff ! Thanks for the pics.