Continuation of finds from over the years

[Gilligan]

Some more. The one pic is an 1834 5 C piece. The tootsie toys I found in 1992 in Tukwila, Wa at my childhood home in the 60's, early 70's. My brother and I were not too careful with our cars I guess. They were all about 2" deep and I can still recall playing with them! The B key is the beginning letter of our last name, so Dad must have lost it. The 50C pieces were in the same hole. When I detected the home, it was sadly all boarded up and is now gone. My Dad is also passed away. Detecting my childhood home was probably the greatest detecting experience of my life. Finding items my family and I lost as a boy.

 

[seger98]

Well Mr. Muddy, those are indeed some nice finds, I really like the bottles. Anyone of those bottles ya like the best? Post a pic of it!

 

[Gilligan]

Well Mr. Muddy, those are indeed some nice finds, I really like the bottles. Anyone of those bottles ya like the best? Post a pic of it!

I think the best was an embossed, amber, Goldsboro Pepsi bottle that I sold on Ebay. It went for $308. I was shocked. It even had a small ping mark on the bottom, kind of like a chip. I was later told that if the bottle did not have that ping, it would have been a $1500 bottle. Man, I wish the people who pooped in that hole years ago drank a few more of those and threw them down the hole. One more interesting story was a Coca Cola bottle that I found in a privy that I dug. It sold for $18.50.......the buyers address was Beverly Hills, 90210. I had to chuckle that this lowly Coke bottle went from being at the bottom of an old outhouse pit to being displayed, perhaps in a mansion, in Beverly Hills. Good stuff. I will have to get a pic posted sometime if I can find one of it. Take care.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice bottle collection. Looks like a used car lot

 

[Gilligan]

Nice bottle collection. Looks like a used car lot

Ya, a bunch of cars I drove when I was about 8 or 9!! I'm 45 now.

 

[johnreb1980]

Nice finds.

 

[phantomfinder]

WOW thats some sweet photo's , I like the bottles.... congrats on your finds ....

 

[camb1]

Great Finds. You got a nice collection of Tootsie Toys.

 

[Gilligan]

Great Finds. You got a nice collection of Tootsie Toys.

thank you, the cool thing is that my brother and I lost them when we were kids back in the 60's, early 70's, at our old home in Seattle that was all boarded up. Awesome hunt.

 

[allen]

way to go on those great looking finds...