Bottle Dig Trumps Detecting!

[romeo-1]

My plan was for a combo dig this morning...start at the bottle dump and then swing the coil for a while. Detecting only netted me a musket ball...but the bottle digging was a great success.

I went back to the bottle dump I found on the river bank and got some more digging in! I cannot believe that the Foot Warmer was not broken!

The one type of bottle that I have wanted to find since I started digging bottles was a local pharmacy bottle...cross that one off the list! Royal Pharmacy, Bridgetown, NS. Also found a "Nerviline" bottle from Kingston, Ont.

Now for a little research on the age of the bottle and on what the heck "Nerviline" is...

 

[umrgolf]

nice bottles Romeo! foot warmer is cool.. you still ought to run out to the field

 

[romeo-1]

nice bottles Romeo! foot warmer is cool.. you still ought to run out to the field

Yeah, I know...I'm hitting another field this afternoon on the other side of the river...should be something over there...so says the old maps!

 

[The Patriot]

great bottles there romeo...wish you luck on the other side of the river..keep us posted

 

[lidigger]

That foot warmer is very cool, I've never seen one before.

 

[deanv63]

sweet recovery

 

[romeo-1]

Yep...bottle dig wins hands down...the results of the coil. The milk glass ox horn tip is kind of neat...but even that is glass!

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Nice!! The cool thing is.. bottle digging turns up cool relics too.. one spot we dug turned up two great CW era buttons.. a VA and a Conn in the same spot!! Plus a bunch of late 1800s era buttons... you never know!

MB

 

[terpfan]

That "improved" foot warmer is really cool! I've gotta try bottle digging some day, it looks like a blast.

 

[MaineRelic]

That foot warmer is a cocker ! Looks like you could still use it ! Beautiful display piece ! Dumps are fun ! MaineRelic

 

[HomesteadHunter]

I am really enjoying your bottle dig posts. The foot warmer is a beautiful relic, and I can't believe its not broken. You've got me thinking of a few bottle dumps that I have found over the years. One in particular I found last year is huge, I walked thru it and didn't really pay much attention to it. I'll bet you have a couple bottles that are worth a bit of cash, i'd keep digging there as often as I could!.

James.
HomesteadHunter

 

[ticm]

That foot warmer is somthing you won't dig up often

 

[romeo-1]

That foot warmer is somthing you won't dig up often

I'm lucky to have dug this one. I hit it with the shovel but got lucky.

 

[Syrena Hunter]

Nice finds. I bottle hunted years ago and found some cool stuff but not as cool as that foot warmer!!

 

[detectahead]

Awesome!!

 

[birdman]

Yes that foot warmer rocks!!!

 

[pepperj]

Cool foot warmer! Never dug a complete one, the Nerviline bottle seems to be quite rare also. Great day digging Romeo.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Sweet glassware

 

[{Sentinel}]

Some nice little quality bottles there....Many times in the past has bottle diggin trumped detectin!

 

[Mr Tuff]

killer glass!!!! MR TUFF