Denver whiskey jug!

[diggingthe1]

I had a huge garage sale and met a few locals and got this wonderful permission. I didn't find much detecting but I started digging a nice trash pit. The American Liquor company!!! Larimer street has lots of history. I used to ride my bike down there when I was a kid from Golden. I am excited to go back today! Happy Hunting out there!!!

 

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

Man what a beautiful piece!
Did it come out in good condition or is the finger loop gone?

Date wise, are you thinking late-1800s.
Dave

 

[diggingthe1]

Hi Dave, it came out picture perfect. It was a few feet down and full of water. With our harsh winters it is amazing it survived. The stuff around it was 1920s 1930s. I'm guessing it was made around 1900. even the bottom looks beautiful to me!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Nice jugs!

 

[Timbermaster]

That is a sweet find. Nice job!

 

[xr7ator]

Congratulations on a fine recovery and thanks for sharing that beauty with us.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great find! Can't beat a perfect jug like that! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Beautiful save in terrific condition! Congrats!

 

[Steve in PA]

Great jug! Intact whiskey jug with the company name and address. Those are hard to find in one piece. They usually used them until they broke.

 

[fistfulladirt]

That sure is a sweetheart, what prompted you to dig?

 

[Carolina Tom]

Great find.

 

[diggingthe1]

Thank you all very much for the post's. Fisyfulladirt I love digging bottles more than detecting and I love detecting a lot but I am always on the look out for an old outhouse. This is a trash dump that had a small depression. Good thing my probe sank and didn't hit all the junk. I'm still digging it but only a few 30s bottles have popped out. Steve someone must have held on to this one and dumped it later. Hopefully I will hit an old layer! Xr7ator the Denver stuff is some of my favorite finds! Thanks Arfieboy Kray and Tom, I'll be smiling for a while with this one. I offered the lady half of what it is worth but she said to keep it and keep digging!! She is very kind!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Hi Dave, it came out picture perfect. It was a few feet down and full of water. With our harsh winters it is amazing it survived. The stuff around it was 1920s 1930s. I'm guessing it was made around 1900. even the bottom looks beautiful to me!

Digging bottles is tough dirty work my friend, personally I prefer detecting.
If a bottle pops up in the hole that's a bonus for me.

I primarily detect farm fields, so finding any complete glass or pottery is amazing.
Here are a few of my eyeball finds from the field this year & 2019.

Best of luck to you on finding something old there,
Dave

 

[pepperj]

What a beauty you got out intact. Congrats
From digging many sites and digging up untold numbers of broken shards I know the rarity of getting one intact is up there.
It seems that the pottery is doomed to be broken-it goes to the dump whole in the first place there's the other heavy trash being dumped on top, or kids and rocks, then the moisture freezing cycles that will finish most off.

 

[diggingthe1]

Thanks RJ! Those are some great finds Dave. Sometimes those areas that are full of signals can go down a ways! It gets exciting when you can pull 100 plus bottles and relics out of a hole. I keep a bottle probe in the car. Usually trash pits are loose and easy digging, it the overburden that is a pain. But yes it is hard dirty work, not for everyone! Lots of times you can tell when your probe hits glass. Most old farms and houses had their own trash pit. Lots of times I will dig the ash layers around here with good luck.
Thanks pepperj, it's my first jug with writing and I couldn't be happier with it. I wish the pit would start showing stuff as old as the jug. I'm giving most of the bottles to the owner. I kept these unique insulators, the black one is a fiber/plastic rubber. The horshoe is some kind of rubber that says Brownie.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Killer! Did you dig it in Denver, or closer to where you live?
I managed only 2 jugs when I lived out there, and that one beats them both!
Kudos!
Carl

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Thought I recognized the name, here's a couple of good for tokens from American Liquor Co.
Again, fantastic find, I'm sure you'll dig more!
Carl

Token books says it was around from 1896-1915

 

[diggingthe1]

Killer! Did you dig it in Denver, or closer to where you live?
I managed only 2 jugs when I lived out there, and that one beats them both!
Kudos!
Carl

Thanks Carl, I couldn't be happier with it. It came from the edge of town here in Victor. I'll have to keep my eye out for that Denver token to go with it. Thanks for the information!!

 

[washingtonian]

Wow! That jug sure came our of the ground nicely. Cool!!