Dayton Diggers, privy digging 04/05/09

[daytondigger]

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[River Rat]

That 2nd bottle is really unique...what is it really?

RR

 

[daytondigger]

That 2nd bottle is really unique...what is it really?

RR

The stoneware bottles is a German mineral water bottle. Not rare or too valuable, but still neat to find. We also dug some local sodas and beers from this hole.

 

[deepbeep]

Datondigger,
Are you sure that second one is a "mineral water bottle"? I bought mine, burried in the bottom of a "dollar box" at an auction. When I pulled it out, a man who had just walked up offered me $10.00 for it. When I refused, he told me it was an original German beer bottle, probably from Zoar Ohio, brought or made by the Zoarite seperatists.

I have just always assumed he knew what he was talking about. Here is a pic of mine....

 

[daytondigger]

They quite possibly used these containers for beer as well. They are foreign, so I don't find them often. Mine is debossed with Nasau Water in German. Research shows that this style bottle is considered a German mineral water bottle. The ones I've seen pictured on the internet were all labeled as mineral water bottles.