jgas
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Hello all you treasure hunters just now waking up from hibernation! Sure am glad the winter blahs are finally easing up a bit. I was thinking though that it still is only February and we are lucky to be getting out this soon to start a new season of digging and treasure hunting.
I’ve been eyeballing and researching an area of town where a small apartment complex was going to be demolished. Very close proximity to the center of the town and dates back to the 1830-40 time period. If you recall a couple years ago we dug the pit with all the scroll flasks and Moffits. All pontiled. Well this site is a stones toss away from that so our hopes are high. And yet again the site is a construction area so we only have a limited time to get out and dig before it’s a forever parking lot.
So we did find a pit and set out on Sunday to get it done. The construction crew was gone and we had a nice 40 degree day, albeit very windy. But we weren’t thinking of the cold because we knew we had a chance to find some history. Under an asphalt layer we went. Dug about 3 feet down. Gary got that started before I arrived after work. At around 4 feet or so I was plugging away when I heard the distinct sound of glass on the shovel blade tip. Yikes!!! You all know what I’m talking about. The sound that either makes your heart beat faster or it sinks to a new low!!! Ugh I felt that I blasted it. So I slowly wiped away the soil to see a very large whittled bottle. Couldn’t see what it was but I took the time to take some pics of it insitu. Pretty good so far. Fingers crossed as I uncovered the rest and slowly pulled the beauty out. At first I thought it was a larger Cherry Pictoral or something along those lines. But Gary blurted out “ Does that say Rock Rose on the side?” I wiped it off and sure enough it was. Then the shocker when I flipped it bottom side up to see a great Iron Pontil mark. Then New Haven on the other panel and finally Myers’ on the face. WOW!!!! What a fantastic start to the year.
This one was filled by numerous other bottles like an umbrella ink, a master ink in Olive Green. A Standard fruit jar. Numerous lids and about 8 Fellows Chemists from about 1880. Two squat sodas and tons of slicks. I was still on cloud 9 about the Myers’ Rock Rose. It’s a stunner for us. Upwards of $500 or so I guess they go for but who cares really. It’s the darn history of The New London Glassworks in Connecticut that just keeps us pumped and hunting for more. Crazy start to the new year and this ain’t even the big dig that we left last year and plan to hammer out soon. WOW what a day !!!!! Thanks for looking. Hope you enjoy the pics. I cleaned her up a bit and it is about the most crude bottle I have found. Good luck out there and happy hunting. Jgas.
I’ve been eyeballing and researching an area of town where a small apartment complex was going to be demolished. Very close proximity to the center of the town and dates back to the 1830-40 time period. If you recall a couple years ago we dug the pit with all the scroll flasks and Moffits. All pontiled. Well this site is a stones toss away from that so our hopes are high. And yet again the site is a construction area so we only have a limited time to get out and dig before it’s a forever parking lot.
So we did find a pit and set out on Sunday to get it done. The construction crew was gone and we had a nice 40 degree day, albeit very windy. But we weren’t thinking of the cold because we knew we had a chance to find some history. Under an asphalt layer we went. Dug about 3 feet down. Gary got that started before I arrived after work. At around 4 feet or so I was plugging away when I heard the distinct sound of glass on the shovel blade tip. Yikes!!! You all know what I’m talking about. The sound that either makes your heart beat faster or it sinks to a new low!!! Ugh I felt that I blasted it. So I slowly wiped away the soil to see a very large whittled bottle. Couldn’t see what it was but I took the time to take some pics of it insitu. Pretty good so far. Fingers crossed as I uncovered the rest and slowly pulled the beauty out. At first I thought it was a larger Cherry Pictoral or something along those lines. But Gary blurted out “ Does that say Rock Rose on the side?” I wiped it off and sure enough it was. Then the shocker when I flipped it bottom side up to see a great Iron Pontil mark. Then New Haven on the other panel and finally Myers’ on the face. WOW!!!! What a fantastic start to the year.
This one was filled by numerous other bottles like an umbrella ink, a master ink in Olive Green. A Standard fruit jar. Numerous lids and about 8 Fellows Chemists from about 1880. Two squat sodas and tons of slicks. I was still on cloud 9 about the Myers’ Rock Rose. It’s a stunner for us. Upwards of $500 or so I guess they go for but who cares really. It’s the darn history of The New London Glassworks in Connecticut that just keeps us pumped and hunting for more. Crazy start to the new year and this ain’t even the big dig that we left last year and plan to hammer out soon. WOW what a day !!!!! Thanks for looking. Hope you enjoy the pics. I cleaned her up a bit and it is about the most crude bottle I have found. Good luck out there and happy hunting. Jgas.
