Couple of goodies before iron trash brain damage!

[atomicscott]

Hi Everybody! Swung the Patriot today near old dumping area for Chinese RR camp. I absolutely hate this site, there is visible iron sprinkled on the ground like gravel! It gets frustrating very quickly. Years ago I found a 1931 CA license plate here and some other cool relics. So, I dug a shotgun shell and a couple bullet casings and then hit this item my wife described as a shoe clip. May possibly be silver though! Then I was detecting a singletrack path going back to my truck and saw part of what I thought was a mason jar, flush with surrounding ground. As I carefully dug around it, I realized it was a complete bottle. Never heard of Horlicks, Malted Milk Lunch Tablets, but I believe it to be from 1920's or so. Fun times, but this place would give any detector fits!

 

[Rookster]

Nice bottle and other thing.

 

[Ogre1190]

Nice. I remember Horlick's malted milk tabs from the 60's. Old company.

 

[atomicscott]

Nice bottle and other thing.

Thanks rook! Haha, I said to my wife, "I bet you never seen one of these before" she said right away, that's a shoe clip, the 'well to do' ladies would wear them as 'bling' on their shoes in the early 1900's. That bottle was a trip though, so many times this field has been plowed, yet it survived for nearly 100 years, fully intact!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Scott. I searched Google and found...

EBay: VINTAGE HORLICK'S MALTED MILK LUNCH TABLETS BOTTLE



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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the cool bottle recovery!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice couple of finds. I like that bottle, then again I like all older bottles ! They display very nicely.

 

[atomicscott]

Thanks you guys! I thought it was pretty stuff!

 

[atomicscott]

Nice finds Scott. I searched Google and found...

EBay: VINTAGE HORLICK'S MALTED MILK LUNCH TABLETS BOTTLE

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Thanks so much for your great info VP!

 

[thrifty76now]

Yep, remember chucking Horlick's down like candy in 60's.

 

[Qball]

I like the name.