Recent content by Marauder1998

Amen to that..

For some, there's no identifying to do. Some bottles are completely unmarked, others will have a patent number, some have old name brands on them.

Are you in Northeast Michigan?

Most of the bottles I find are impossible to tell if they're old gin, wine, or soda bottles. I haven't cleaned any of the containers except the Vernor's, Coke, and the Dehring's soft drink bottles.

There's some cleaning to do...I gave my best finds to my grandfather. There was a 1927 Vernor's ginger ale bottle and a 1965 Coca-cola bottle.

See, I've tried metal detectors, but even with a discrimination setting, it still goes off just for an old, rusty tin can. The way I see it, you'll have better luck just using the detector to find a sire to dig and just freehanding from there on.

I dig up old bottles anywhere from the 1890's to the 1960's out near Hubbard Lake, Michigan. I've found early glass Listerine bottles, Karol's syrup, a 1927 Vernor's bottle, Pepsin and antiseptic bottles, even old utensils. There are tons of old junk piles in the area.

Saw the topic, got curious.

I found these at the back of my property a few years ago and never found out what they are...anyone have an idea what model car these are part of? Being the area I live in, they might be part of an old Alpena Flyer... (The knife is just for scale of the..i think it's a part of a...

I know logging is a MAJOR part of Alpena's history..let alone, the state of Michigan..and William Boeing's father has ties to the town, or more or less, has left a trace there by accident in his logging career...on Google Earth, look just a ways northeast of the Lafarge Alpena cement plant. If...

You have any idea what these kegs and bottles were sealed with? If they were airtight and waterproof...well, then there's a pinch's chance that there may be some "prohibited" liquor resting on the lakebed....

I read Richard Kellogg's book, "The Wall of Silver" and he said the Englishman's name was Sabin Stone...think he may have changed the name to throw off record tracing efforts?

What connection do you think the U.S. Military has to a myth of treasure? Would the government actually be in pursuit of this treasure?

My grandpa who lives near Traverse City, Michigan was helping redo the walls of an old house and in the walls they found stacked safety deposit boxes, some still with their contents from the 1940's.