Awesome weekend dig!

[RelicDude]

After the success of last weekends dig there's no doubt I was going to head back to the riverbank. So here's the spoils a schencks pulmonic syrup. An ayers sarsaparilla , a beautiful whittled three piece mold cylinder and my favorite but it's a crier a pontiled dr ss Fitch med bottle. Does anyone have any info on these bottles. Thanks for looking and thank you for the help- Justin

 

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[RelicDude]

The hole

 

[Harry Pristis]

Knapp's 2006 Price Guide (based on past auction prices) lists a Fitch 707, OP, 6 inches, flared lip, at $56.00. Nice find!

 

[john glassman]

Nice bottles you found your dig holes by the river around look like 6 feet deep ? I dont see any other broken glass I guess not to much trash?

 

[RelicDude]

Nice bottles you found your dig holes by the river around look like 6 feet deep ? I dont see any other broken glass I guess not to much trash?

There's a lot of trash it's all piled up on one side.I also dug out two mill stones if they weren't so big and heavy I would grab them. And the hole is probably six feet deep.

 

[RelicDude]

Knapp's 2006 Price Guide (based on past auction prices) lists a Fitch 707, OP, 6 inches, flared lip, at $56.00. Nice find!

Very cool harry thanks for the info it's a shame though the flared lip pretty broken in it.

 

[Goldenplug]

It's tough digging pontiled medicine bottles with flared lips. They are almost always damaged I think. I'd still keep it personally. Very nice bottles!

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Glad you got some nice stuff!

 

[john glassman]

There's a lot of trash it's all piled up on one side.I also dug out two mill stones if they weren't so big and heavy I would grab them. And the hole is probably six feet deep.

I can see those stones in the pic I would hit that area in between the trees in the pic it look good. I get good vibe in that area in the pic!

 

[MuckyBottles]

Riverbanks...I love'm...it appears others do as well..nice digs, like the pontiled med.

 

[MuckyBottles]

*note..

If you ever need a hand digging, I would be obliged to help..lol

 

[Bass]

Good digging Justin. That open pontil Fitch is a nice find. Sorry about the chipped lip. Still, it's a great addition for your collection. Thats a great area you're digging in and I'm betting the farm there's more. A little info on James cook Ayer.....
" In 1843, James Cook Ayer mixed up a cherry cough medicine in a Lowell, Mass., apothecary while his boss was on vacation in Europe.
The cough medicine, known as ‘Cherry pectoral,’ marked Ayer’s first step on the road to a fortune. It was followed by a strong laxative called Cathartic Pills, a blood medicine called Sarsaparilla that was supposed to cure syphilis, a cure for malaria called Ague Cure, and a hair restorer called Hair Vigor."
"James Cook Ayer would become the most successful patent medicine manufacturer of his age. He accumulated one of the great fortunes of the era, an estimated $20 million."
"In 1874, Ayer managed to win the Republican nomination for Congress from the district representing Lowell. He lost, because of his ‘cold manner.’ According to his obituary, opposition to his candidacy was so strong he became unhinged. He was so violent he was confined to an insane asylum in New Jersey for months.
James Cook Ayer died at the age of 60 on July 3, 1878 in Winchendon, Mass.
The town of Ayer, Mass., was named after him."

 

[Goldenplug]

Great info Bass!

 

[RelicDude]

Good digging Justin. That open pontil Fitch is a nice find. Sorry about the chipped lip. Still, it's a great addition for your collection. Thats a great area you're digging in and I'm betting the farm there's more. A little info on James cook Ayer.....
" In 1843, James Cook Ayer mixed up a cherry cough medicine in a Lowell, Mass., apothecary while his boss was on vacation in Europe.
The cough medicine, known as ‘Cherry pectoral,’ marked Ayer’s first step on the road to a fortune. It was followed by a strong laxative called Cathartic Pills, a blood medicine called Sarsaparilla that was supposed to cure syphilis, a cure for malaria called Ague Cure, and a hair restorer called Hair Vigor."
"James Cook Ayer would become the most successful patent medicine manufacturer of his age. He accumulated one of the great fortunes of the era, an estimated $20 million."
"In 1874, Ayer managed to win the Republican nomination for Congress from the district representing Lowell. He lost, because of his ‘cold manner.’ According to his obituary, opposition to his candidacy was so strong he became unhinged. He was so violent he was confined to an insane asylum in New Jersey for months.
James Cook Ayer died at the age of 60 on July 3, 1878 in Winchendon, Mass.
The town of Ayer, Mass., was named after him."

Woah awesome info bass Mr Ayers sounds like he had quite the life.

 

[RelicDude]

Does anyone have any info on the schencks?

 

[MuckyBottles]

Does anyone have any info on the schencks?

Here is some general info..
it's a fairly common bottles, but cool none the less.

Bottle Pickers

 

[RelicDude]

Here is some general info..
it's a fairly common bottles, but cool none the less.

Bottle Pickers

Very cool thank you much. I really like the embossing and shape of that bottle. When I first saw it I thought it was going to be a blob top.

 

[jgas]

Any day finding pontils is a great day. I saw a fitch in a pit once and yes, it too was broken. Like small puff bottle, very thin glass. Congrats on all the finds, keep at it. jgas