Big SURPRISE open pontil ink found at old mining camp in Colorado

PikesPeakCharlie

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My brother and I were playin around in a very small mining tent camp in Colorado ,dug into a small depression ,some nice bottles were poppin,but then a first for us !!! .This little open pontiled ink popped up and said HI :headbang: It caught me off gaurd with the wide lip , flipped it over and there was the pontil . I know this might not be to exciting for the diggers back east,, but for us ,it is a rare,rare,rare find !! In 30 years of diggin we have never found a whole open pontil in our area of Colorado, In the 1990s I found a iron pontiled decanter,and now this little ink ;D I'm sure it predates where it was found by at least 30 years. All smiles. HH,HD
 

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now that's a sweet find !!!
 

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Holy cow that lip is crazy! Cool find :thumbsup: jgas
 

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That seems unusual for an ink. I think this could be something else. But it probably is an ink. I can't remember ever seeing one like it.
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sodetraveler said:
It's amazing that the lip is undamaged - sweet!!! :notworthy:

How about showing us pictures of the other bottles?
:icon_thumright: Will be posting pic's from all our summer outtings here in Colorado soon,the ground is about to be frozen >:(
 

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Thanks everyone for the replies !!!!! It was a rush for us to find this,I'm always looking at Jgas's Flask's with green eyes,I have heard of a couple of Pikes Peak flask's being found out in eastern Colo a long time ago. I found a piece of a historical flask in New Mexico once ,buuuuuut
 

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