Bottle Newbie

[bigrig40]

I know next to nuthin on bottles but while hunting a old mill site i found what appears to be a bottle graveyard so to speak.I brought a few in decent shape but i know nothing on findind out age or value.I have a few pics,maybe you can help.

bigrig

[root]

Nice finds Big....
These are obviously screw tops and have little value. The ABM (automatic bottle machine) came into play around 1903. Youll notice these are seamed all the way to the top. Depending on the age of the mill there may be older bottles the deeper you go. Keep digging!!!

HH,

root

[1320]

I'll take a bottle over a coin anyday! Thanks for posting....like seeing 'em.

[jeff of pa]

the bottom three altho I cant say absolutely, remind me of ALKA-SELTZER Bottles. a friend once told me, if you look at the bottom, some bottles have a 2 digit # & that this is the date of the bottle. Example 32 would be 1932

[lonewolfe]

the bottom three altho I cant say absolutely, remind me of ALKA-SELTZER Bottles. a friend once told me, if you look at the bottom, some bottles have a 2 digit # & that this is the date of the bottle. Example 32 would be 1932

That's true Jeff,

I've hunted bottles for a long time, and in the old days, they put 2 #'s on the bottem (sometimes within a circle) and that is the date it was made in!

[Leon]

Great finds!
I don't know nut'n about bottles either, but that brown one looks a little familiar...

[bigrig40]

i plan on hitting the "bottle graveyard"at the mill site tomorrow.will post any new items.

bigrig