monsterdigger
Well-Known Member
I live in illinois and I cant seem to find anyone interested in bottle collecting??????maybe its because im new to the hobby...........anyway I found an old blocked off trail in the woods and at the end of the trail was 2 old foundations that looked like houses. I started sifting through the leaves and saw many old broken bottles everywere. Just west of the first foundation on the other side of the trail i saw a hole in the ground, it was rectangle and made of brick and a pipe sticking out of one wall of the hole, it was about 3' X 4' , any idea what that could have been? Good place to dig? Anyway I made my way towards the other foundation, and this one was really hidden by the trees, i kicked some leaves away and saw a bottle sticking out of the ground, i pulled the bottle out of the ground and saw it was a whiskey/flask shapped bottle. On the front of the bottle it was embossed: Federal law forbids re-use or re-sale, and on the bottom it is embossed:jos seagrams & sons ltd, under that was: canada, and than under that it says: made in usa. The bottle to me does not look too old maybe 60's 70's, but i was told if a bottle is embossed with that federal law thingy it was made between 1933-1970. what year is this bottle, any takers? Anyone want to come dig with me?