Straight-side Coke and Hutch found

[Tom Bigbee]

I found the Coke bottle on 12/24 and the Hutchinson on 12/26. No digging needed, both had been uncovered by erosion. My health won't allow me to dig those holes anymore. No cracks or chips. I have been searching these areas every winter since 1991. I have found a few in the past but they are getting harder and harder to find. To clean the insides I cut a piece of SOS pad just big enough to fit in the bottle and then take a manipulated coat hanger, grab the pad with the end of it and scrub. I remove the pad with a long hemostat. They still need to be soaked in muriatic acid to get the stains off. I had a pretty good Christmas. Good luck to everyone in the New Year!

[Mackaydon]

Here's a 'no sooner than' date for both bottles:
COLUMBUS ICE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI was created on November 9, 1881.
Source: https://business.sos.state.ms.us/cor...orp.asp?114497
Great finds !!
Don....

[Tom Bigbee]

Great link Don, Thanks!

[Mackaydon]

The company was located "on the same square with the Gilmer Hotel".
Source:
http://books.google.com/books?id=eMX...ssippi&f=false

Don....
Happy Hunting in the New Year!

[Tom Bigbee]

The Gilmer Hotel is still in operation after several renovations but the bottling plant is now a parking lot. Several years ago before they paved the lot they dug out a huge hole and I found a hutch from Greenwood MS. and one from Pennsylvania. I have always wondered how/ why they were there. Steve

[gleaner1]

I love to see those straight-sided cokes, never found one in forty year's diggin. I'm gonna flip out if I ever get one. Nice finds!

[Tom Bigbee]

Thanks gleaner...I've always wanted to find a nice bitters bottle.

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds. Love those old coke bottles.......Highly collectable