Saved a little SURVIVOR yesterday

[Steve in PA]

Yesterday I was walking down to the local garage to pick up my car. I was walking by a vacant lot that they have been dumping fill on for years. Every time they dump some fill dirt, they bulldoze it flat again. The ground was nice and flat, but no grass was growing, so I decided to walk over it thinking I might spot a marble that washed out. Well there were lots of bits of white china and some cork top bottle necks circa 1900. Then I see a base of a bottle flush with the ground and pull it out expecting it to be broken....but it wasn't!! It was an intact circa 1910 Carters Ink bottle.

This bottle survived getting dug up, hauled off, dumped, and ran over by a bulldozer!! Since they are advertising to sell and develop the ground, it's days were numbered. I was happy to save it

Fresh from the dirt


Cleaned up

 

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[A2coins]

That cleaned up nice good save I find alot of broken China also never a whole piece. Good job on that ink bottle she is nice......Tommy

 

[NZ49er]

Good save! That's gorgeous! Never found one myself

 

[MKW]

Nice! I'd try to find out where that fill dirt came from.

 

[islamoradamark]

thats a nice eyeball find

 

[Calabash Digger]

very nice!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Well done on the find and cleanup...sure looks good!

 

[Steve in PA]

That cleaned up nice good save I find alot of broken China also never a whole piece. Good job on that ink bottle she is nice......Tommy

Thanks Tommy

Good save! That's gorgeous! Never found one myself

Thanks. Hope you cross paths with a nice one someday!

Nice! I'd try to find out where that fill dirt came from.

This last fill dirt has been there for quite a while. Looks like they are done putting it down and they have FOR SALE - WILL BUILD TO SUIT sign up.

thats a nice eyeball find

Thanks. I have always been a baller

very nice!

Thanks CD

Well done on the find and cleanup...sure looks good!

Thanks. A lot of luck involved on this one.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

That’s a cool find! I’ve seen a number of broken ones. But never intact. Congrats

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice eyeball find Steve. You sure cleaned that bottle up nice. I would be looking around that place until they sell it.