What was that first bottle you found that got you hooked?

[logueb]

Here is a pic of the one that got me hooked. Found it in a log crib where the house had burned years earlier. The crib was packed full of bottles, jars and stone jugs. I took this one and tried to locate the owner of the property. At age of 15 years old I was reluctant to take more. Before I could locate the owner, a bulldozer wiped out the crib[]. Broken glass everywhere.[X(]. I always say that I saved this one from the dozer.[]

 

[logueb]

Close up of the base.

 

[logueb]

Close up of glass seal.

 

[alan23t5]

the amber beer was one of the first bottles that really got me hooked, i wasnt feeling good that day and dug a hole 4-5 feet straight down, i about passed out and my buddy dug this up for me, and im really thxfull he got me into this hobby, u know who u r, hope u get that jackpot you've been waiting for down there

 

[zanes_antiques]

Nice whiskey Buster

 

[logueb]

Thanks Zane, Any idea as to the age and value of the Paul Jones whiskey. Is this a mold-blown or free-blown bottle? When you hold it to a light you can see the rings up the sides from the blowing process and there are no mold seams anywhere.

 

[zanes_antiques]

Maybe it's a "Turn-Mold". I'm not sure of the process involved in making them but your bottle appears to have a mold mark on the bottom (raised bump).

 

[epgorge]

Hey guys,
Here is a great site for seal bottles written by Richard Morcom.
http://www.glswrk-auction.com/034.htm
Joel

 

[logueb]

Thanks EP, So the seal was like an applied label where the stamp or impression was pressed into a blob of molten glass and then pressed onto the bottle while still hot. If the bottle was blown in a turn mold as Zane suggest then no embossing would be possible. Was the use of glass seals widespread in America?

Zane, Is it possible that the raised bump could be an improved pontil? There is also that little string of glass next to it. Sort of like something was pulled off.

 

[treasurekidd]

Great thread! I've been an avid metal detectorist for a few years, and loved hunting coins, jewelery and relics, but had never given bottles much thought. About 2 years ago, while hunting with my friend in some woods on his property in the boonies of CT, we stumbled on a trash dump loaded with metal that made the detectors scream! Started digging, and out came the bottles. First some 1950s Cokes, Pepsis and other sodas, and some common unembossed medicine bottles. The last bottle that came out of the ground that day was the oldest, a beautifully embossed aqua W.P. White's Bottling Works, Danielson, CT soda (1920 or so) and as soon as I saw that, I was hooked. Wish I had a pic, but that one stayed with my friend, as it's from his town! Been digging that dump, and a few others we've found in the same area, and buying RI bottles ever since. Here a WP Whites hutch I bought off eBay last year.