Bottle digging.. Hate when this happens!

[HutSiteDigger]

Got out too King George,Virginia last week too hit a spot that was a mid 19th century house til the union soldiers came in and made the property a regiment camp for some Cavalry camp... Found a bottle that I broke the top off with a shovel that says "Consolidated Bottle works Norfolk,VA" dates to the 1880s-1890s. Then dug a few pieces of glass one with "port" and the other I think was part of a cw pickle jar.. Dug a Cavalry (C) and a few bullets,few flat buttons and 1 civilian button, 19th century pliers.

I also want too show photos of this revolutionary war officers liquor chest that im trying too sell...

 

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[flyinryan2]

Cool finds. That Eagle C is in great shape! I've been to King George on a go-kart race finish 33rd, my first time on asphalt wasn't good. But still had a blast so that's all that matters.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Ammonia soap worked wonders on this button! took a few days too clean it up right but she even started showing some gold.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds HutSiteDigger!

 

[surf]

Hello HSD,

Man, that pickle would have been a nice one. They were made for some time though. Any visible makers mark on the base?

"The very large (13" tall with an approximate 1.5 gallon capacity) hexagonal pickle bottle to the far left was a common gothic shape made by numerous bottle makers for an extended period of time. The pictured illustration is from the 1906 Illinois Glass Company catalog and is almost identical in shape (and size) including the shoulder design and the "scallop" effect at the bottom of the indented body panels. These large bottles with their makers mark (I. G. Co.) on the base have been noted by the author although the pictured example does not have base markings and was likely made by another glass company..." Food Bottles

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Thanks Surf!!! Yah i dig broken glass like this all the time.. I use too be able too dig like 1 full bottle a week but lately it is been nothing but broken bottles!! I am more into getting the signal out of the hole than worrying about being careful for glass and boy do I mess up a lot! I wish they really had glass detectors!