Check it out my finds today digging at my first hole in Minnesota. !!spoiler!! Did I find my first coin? Also UV green marble? Plus fine china

[Imsolucky2day]

Y'all think that's a coin? Maybe a large cent? 1892 stone where lid I think? Fancy marble, 6th from this hole so far... Also almost got a fully intact china teacup with handles! They are impossible to pull with handles intact it seems advice on cleaning up that potential coin without destroying it? I wonder what that China piece would have been worse if it was intact good condition...

 

[ToddsPoint]

Keep digging. You’ll surely find at least one valuable bottle in there. Good luck!🍀

 

[Blackfoot58]

Nice stuff! I like the multi-wrench.
I wonder if it came with a tractor or vehicle.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice finds !

 

[Red-Coat]

Cool finds.

The Laughlin Pottery Company was founded in 1871 by Homer Laughlin and his brother Shakespeare Laughlin in Newell, West Virginia.

“King Charles” was a design shape rather than a pattern, introduced in 1903 and advertised in 46 different decorative patterns. By 1905 there were 75 patterns, after which the number declined, and by 1908 it was no longer listed. “Patent Pending” is likely from the very early production period.

Semi-vitreous china is a medium-price material from selected clays but fired at a lower temperature than fine china.


The lid is indeed from a stoneware fruit or preserves jar, held closed by a cast iron cam clamp pivoting on a wire bail hooked into two depressions in jar’s side. Like this:

The 1st March 1892 patent was originally filed by William Teamer of Evansville, Indiana but he died before it was granted and it passed posthumously to Rachel Teamer as administratrix of his estate.

Seemingly, she licensed it to the Weir Pottery Company of Monmouth, Illinois and William S. Weir subsequently applied for a patent on a very similar closure on 7 September 1900, which was granted on April 16, 1901.

 

[Imsolucky2day]

Cool finds.

The Laughlin Pottery Company was founded in 1871 by Homer Laughlin and his brother Shakespeare Laughlin in Newell, West Virginia.

“King Charles” was a design shape rather than a pattern, introduced in 1903 and advertised in 46 different decorative patterns. By 1905 there were 75 patterns, after which the number declined, and by 1908 it was no longer listed. “Patent Pending” is likely from the very early production period.

Semi-vitreous china is a medium-price material from selected clays but fired at a lower temperature than fine china.


The lid is indeed from a stoneware fruit or preserves jar, held closed by a cast iron cam clamp pivoting on a wire bail hooked into two depressions in jar’s side. Like this:

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The 1st March 1892 patent was originally filed by William Teamer of Evansville, Indiana but he died before it was granted and it passed posthumously to Rachel Teamer as administratrix of his estate.

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Seemingly, she licensed it to the Weir Pottery Company of Monmouth, Illinois and William S. Weir subsequently applied for a patent on a very similar closure on 7 September 1900, which was granted on April 16, 1901.

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Thanks for the info I have great news cuz I have the stoneware jar too. The middle isn't all intact though with the lever and everything but now I have the lid and the jar complete that's too bad these aren't super valuable but I can't seem to get any complete unbroken pieces anyway :/ I hope I look into something real valuable digging there soon. It seems to me though that the type of stuff I've been digging and the time period etc isn't necessarily going to be real valuable stuff it's just all worth like 5-10 bucks a bottle maybe and targeting bulk might be the route. Which is frustrating cuz some advice I got previously was too slow down, where is possibly speeding up could be the only way to make it worth the time?

 

[pepperj]

Y'all think that's a coin? Maybe a large cent? 1892 stone where lid I think? Fancy marble, 6th from this hole so far... Also almost got a fully intact china teacup with handles! They are impossible to pull with handles intact it seems advice on cleaning up that potential coin without destroying it? I wonder what that China piece would have been worse if it was intact good condition...

The rusty round disk isn't a coin. Knockouts from electric panels have often fooled folks.
Nice recovery on the creamer, digging pits, dumps they're often broken. Getting one intact is a big bonus.

If your sole purpose is for monetary purposes it will never pay the rent usually.
Collection purposes and recovery of history is warranted.

 

[Gare]

You did good

 

[Digger RJ]

Y'all think that's a coin? Maybe a large cent? 1892 stone where lid I think? Fancy marble, 6th from this hole so far... Also almost got a fully intact china teacup with handles! They are impossible to pull with handles intact it seems advice on cleaning up that potential coin without destroying it? I wonder what that China piece would have been worse if it was intact good condition...

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Imsolucky2day]

The rusty round disk isn't a coin. Knockouts from electric panels have often fooled folks.
Nice recovery on the creamer, digging pits, dumps they're often broken. Getting one intact is a big bonus.

If your sole purpose is for monetary purposes it will never pay the rent usually.
Collection purposes and recovery of history is warranted.

Any ideas on a road to sell a large collection of bottles?

 

[pepperj]

Any ideas on a road to sell a large collection of bottles?

Bottles are somewhat collectable if they're in good condition.
Most screw tops aren't, and they were fillers in a collection till an older one was found.
Embossed bottles will hold more appeal than plain.
Same goes for colored glass over clear.
Cobalt blue, Ambers, purple, Aqua blue.
Medicine bottles appeal to collectors.

The bottles have to be washed, clean of all cracks, chips, and bad scratches even to hold any value.

Just because there's a large quantity doesn't equate to $$$.

Example my siblings sold 600+ turn molds, beer wine, embossed bottles for $600. These were all dating from 1885-1900.
Most people dig for building a personal collection not for a income/profit.