Hammer Stone
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I found this 44yrs ago near the mouth of the St.Johns river. It was in a sand quarry near the river, close to a small cove. The site is just below Ribault Column where Jean Ribault erected a stone column bearing the coats of arms of his French King Charles IX to claim Florida for France. The Timicuanan Perserve and Ft.Caroline are very close to it.
A friend's big brother, a bottle collector used to take my friends and I digging at the site. I had a collection of 5 bottles similar to this one, along with some old Cureall bottles like the one called Swamp Root. I Had some arrow heads and enormous Sharks teeth. Well I sold 4 bottles at a bottle collectors show he took us to. They were like this one but had no seams. I lost everything else through many living arrangement moves.
He said it was a spirits bottle that was carried on the old ships, probally held wine, the top was hand blown. He seemed to be an experienced collecor with a huge collection of bottles.
Well I was unpacking an old box & found it today 44yrs later... suprise!
Do you think he was right about the bottle? Does it have any monetary value?
A friend's big brother, a bottle collector used to take my friends and I digging at the site. I had a collection of 5 bottles similar to this one, along with some old Cureall bottles like the one called Swamp Root. I Had some arrow heads and enormous Sharks teeth. Well I sold 4 bottles at a bottle collectors show he took us to. They were like this one but had no seams. I lost everything else through many living arrangement moves.
He said it was a spirits bottle that was carried on the old ships, probally held wine, the top was hand blown. He seemed to be an experienced collecor with a huge collection of bottles.
Well I was unpacking an old box & found it today 44yrs later... suprise!
Do you think he was right about the bottle? Does it have any monetary value?
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