bottle question

[Cachefinder]

This might sound stupid, but hows does one go about looking / finding old glass bottles?

I mean where do u even start?

I live in Arizona any help would be appreciated.

Cachefinder-

 

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[goldie1959]

anywhere someone lived there is always a trash pit.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Cachefinder,
No silly questions here.
If your any type of hunter your keeping
your eyes on the ground.
Why is what you see down there?


First sign in the woods, in my area,
would be small shards of glass. just
have to keep looking.

Glass shards=bottles

Just keep looking when your out.
look for old sites; they did something with their
garbage, after a bit they burned it off; if fire
not too hot, bottles remain

Try:
http://antiquebottles-glass.com/brooklyndig3.htm

Do a Google
"finding old glass bottles" lots of info.

have a good un..
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Cachefinder]

thanks SHERMANVILLE

the only glass i ever see on the ground in newer beer bottles
but will be on the look out when in more forest areas

Cachefinder-

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

thanks SHERMANVILLE

the only glass i ever see on the ground in newer beer bottles
but will be on the look out when in more forest areas

Cachefinder-

you're welcome.

 

[BttleDiggerDrew]

First place to look are old foundation pits, Shermanville is right, anywhere there is broken glass, there are bottles to be found....Second place to look would be dry stream beds because in earlier times, they didn't recycle and usually dumped bottles in unfarmable land such as streams, stream banks and swamps, and when you find a bottle dump, you hit paydirt...Good luck!

 

[iseekthere4iam]

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from: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,12643.0.html

 

[brendan1414]

First place to look are old foundation pits, Shermanville is right, anywhere there is broken glass, there are bottles to be found....Second place to look would be dry stream beds because in earlier times, they didn't recycle and usually dumped bottles in unfarmable land such as streams, stream banks and swamps, and when you find a bottle dump, you hit paydirt...Good luck!

Exactly right, my grandfather has some land and i found his stash of garbage, i picked out PLENTY of bottles from it. just gotta get lucky i guess.

 

[Produce Guy]

Look for old maps of your town and try to find where farms once stood or old neighborhoods,or better yet talk to the old people in your town and ask them.

 

[davidpitt]

Check all the trash pits in your locality. Next, visit some antique traders to get some old bottles.

 

[joesdigs]

The ask an older person is the best method I think... If you are going past any old buildings or neighbourhoods keep an eye out back for rises in the land. This can be an indication of an old dumping mound. If you can find early bars or taverns they will have a tonne of stuff dumped not too far behind the property.. If you can find old pharmacies in the area they will have very valuable poison and medicine bottles out in their dump... The more you research the area the less time you will spend hitting blanks.. It may take a lot of test holes to find the spot but when you do it's payday.. I've just uncovered a dump and in 2 hours today I've taken 120 bottles and there is evidence of old Crockery bottles further down. It took a lot of asking and research to pin point the area but I have been told there are around 10,000 crockery bottles under the old glass ones.. So keep the eyes and ears open and a shovel in the boot