Bottle dump,stitches,coin,and trade silver

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I had quite an adventure yesterday. Myself and a couple of friends had a whole day of
treasure hunting ahead of us split between two sites.
We began at a bottle dump. It started well. I found a nice "giraffe bottle" and a neat
old buckle.
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My friend's son asked me if I was going to where jeans to dig. I assumed I'd be fine
in shorts. He warned me more than once but it took a slip and fall to wise me up.
I got a gash on my shin(I'll spare you the photo). I left them at the dump and spent
3 hours in the ER. In the end I got three stitches. I hurried back to the dump.
In my absence they found many bottles and a 1893 Columbus Half dollar.
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After my return we moved on to site #2.
We were now looking for Indian artifacts. The first signal dug was a very nice
trade brooch.
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We found another small silver trade brooch and a fantastic trade silver ring.
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Last photos shows a couple of "gun parts",a buckle,what appears to be an
old copper patch and a piece of rim sherd off a clay pot.
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In the end we had a great time.
 

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That bottle is a "tonsiline" bottle. The Tonsiline Company was located in Canton, Ohio in from the late 1890s through the 1920s. The advertising using a giraffe to promote their product for sore throat, hoarseness, sore mouth and diphtheria preventer proved very successful. The bottles sell for around $10.00 . Yours appears to be an older one.
 

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:icon_thumright: very cool finds ,be easy on them stitches :icon_thumright:
 

neat finds, how do you find an old bottle dump,espeacially in phoenix. :thumbsup:
 

I love your finds! That bottle is awesome. And you sound like you think like me," um....stitches and pain meds in place....check.....back to hunt! Gotta be something else out there!" LOL... ;D ;D Great story....thanks for sharing!

HH,
Moon
 

Very cool finds...................love the bottle............... :headbang:
 

Love the bottle. Must have been some powerful stuff to reach down to the bottom of a giraffe's throat :laughing9:
 

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