curbdiggercarl57
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Been Awhile Since I've Posted, Cool Tokens, Killer Bottles! Update!
Between work, sleep and procrastinating, it's been awhile since I've been able to post more than the occasional comment.
Plus a drought of digging anything too worthy to post here. Finally able to submit something.
The coins and tokens are from four different hunts.
The photo that has the Hartford Tires watch fob in the top left corner next to the W.R. Thompson token was a two site, one day hunt.
The next photo of the 1876 Seated Quarter with the Electric Buffet and the Branowetz Bros token were found two days apart, at the same site.
The shot with the large Schuttler Wagon token, two Seated Dimes, 1883 Indian includes my oldest token, a 1833 Hard Times, and was dug at an early railroad site.
The two bottles shown are nice, very nice.
They are a result of a two month streak of digging only common, found by everyone bottles, while at the same time watching my digging buddies repeatedly unearth glorious examples of rare, hard to find items.
The first is a beautiful "Indian Wigwam Remedies Compound", Denver Colo.
It is the smaller of the two amber varieties, and quite scarce.
It is also one of the best condition bottles I've ever pulled from the earth. No chips, dings, or staining. It looks like it had never been in the ground.
The other bottle is an amber "F. M. Streamer, Druggist, Boulder Colo" Citrate of Magnesia bottle.
Just got the phone with one of the premier local bottle collectors, who is very knowledgeable of Colorado medicine and pharmacy bottles, and he informed me that I'm the owner of the second known example. It's the only one produced in amber, all others either clear, aqua, or an equally rare cobalt.
To say I'm ecstatic would be an understatement.
So enjoy!
Update...
Cindy and I really created a buzz with the three bottles we managed to dig.
Her "Del Norte" hutch was the hit at the Leadville Bottle show, and my two had people talking at our next club meeting.
I decided to sell the Citrate to a local collector, he lives in Boulder, and has been been bottle collecting with his dad for years.
Apparently when he was a teen, he had a chance to purchase the same bottle, but lacked the funds.
Wanted this bottle for a real long time.
Very first time I met him, he and his buddies were digging here in Denver, and I was detecting nearby.
They graciously let me detect their piles, and I managed a few decent coins, and one token.
Next thing I know, they are pulling him out of the caved in hole that they were digging in, and it was obvious that his right arm
was badly broken.
Next time I saw him was about eight years later, and he mentioned that the club he belonged to was having a
Leadville Dump hunt. That dump is famous around these parts.We joined that club a few days later, and it's been downhill ever since!
Plus, it got to the point that I was afraid to even hold the bottle, let alone attempt to do do any further cleaning.
Got a real good price for it, and a very nice standing offer for the Wig Wam.
That one I plan to keep, no insecurity with the occasional fondling, it just feels too good in my hands.
Carl
Between work, sleep and procrastinating, it's been awhile since I've been able to post more than the occasional comment.
Plus a drought of digging anything too worthy to post here. Finally able to submit something.
The coins and tokens are from four different hunts.
The photo that has the Hartford Tires watch fob in the top left corner next to the W.R. Thompson token was a two site, one day hunt.
The next photo of the 1876 Seated Quarter with the Electric Buffet and the Branowetz Bros token were found two days apart, at the same site.
The shot with the large Schuttler Wagon token, two Seated Dimes, 1883 Indian includes my oldest token, a 1833 Hard Times, and was dug at an early railroad site.
The two bottles shown are nice, very nice.
They are a result of a two month streak of digging only common, found by everyone bottles, while at the same time watching my digging buddies repeatedly unearth glorious examples of rare, hard to find items.
The first is a beautiful "Indian Wigwam Remedies Compound", Denver Colo.
It is the smaller of the two amber varieties, and quite scarce.
It is also one of the best condition bottles I've ever pulled from the earth. No chips, dings, or staining. It looks like it had never been in the ground.
The other bottle is an amber "F. M. Streamer, Druggist, Boulder Colo" Citrate of Magnesia bottle.
Just got the phone with one of the premier local bottle collectors, who is very knowledgeable of Colorado medicine and pharmacy bottles, and he informed me that I'm the owner of the second known example. It's the only one produced in amber, all others either clear, aqua, or an equally rare cobalt.
To say I'm ecstatic would be an understatement.
So enjoy!
Update...
Cindy and I really created a buzz with the three bottles we managed to dig.
Her "Del Norte" hutch was the hit at the Leadville Bottle show, and my two had people talking at our next club meeting.
I decided to sell the Citrate to a local collector, he lives in Boulder, and has been been bottle collecting with his dad for years.
Apparently when he was a teen, he had a chance to purchase the same bottle, but lacked the funds.
Wanted this bottle for a real long time.
Very first time I met him, he and his buddies were digging here in Denver, and I was detecting nearby.
They graciously let me detect their piles, and I managed a few decent coins, and one token.
Next thing I know, they are pulling him out of the caved in hole that they were digging in, and it was obvious that his right arm
was badly broken.
Next time I saw him was about eight years later, and he mentioned that the club he belonged to was having a
Leadville Dump hunt. That dump is famous around these parts.We joined that club a few days later, and it's been downhill ever since!
Plus, it got to the point that I was afraid to even hold the bottle, let alone attempt to do do any further cleaning.
Got a real good price for it, and a very nice standing offer for the Wig Wam.
That one I plan to keep, no insecurity with the occasional fondling, it just feels too good in my hands.
Carl
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I have dug a yellow gunwas,but have never dug a wigwam. I have also dug 2 Cripple Creek citrates,,,,but they werent amber. Between you and Cindy,you've been kicking it !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!! You dug 2 bottles that would turn any Colorado bottle diggers eyes green,they did mine. I also know what cindys bottle is and how rare they are,I know of 2 in a California collection,one is like Cindys,no damage,clean and sparkly,the other has no damage,but is frosted pretty heavy. Anyway ,one question, whats next, a Endlich & Good ,or maybe a Denver ale & Brewing 
Outstanding bottles , tokens , and coin finds , 
Every single one of your finds rock! As much as I like cool old bottles, it's the old trade tokens that pop my cork. LOL Great stuff man!
P.S. Don't be a stranger.
