Definitely a Happy New Year

[Colonel Ken]

Until today my last hutch soda was found 15 years ago. This has been a very long and cold winter. Not only is this my first soda in a very long time it is the first Oahu soda that I've ever found. This correct spelling Arctic Registered is turning straw. Also found a Hollister medicine last night.
I want to say thanks to the Oahu gang that adopted me and got me back back into the bottle madness. I am also glad that my son is now interested in bottle collecting too. Mahalo to 808 Bottle Diggers, hawaiiandigger, 808kaz, ringman, hawaiian bottle hunter, and buggahcherreh.

 

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[Da Sand Crab]

I was glad to have been there to experience your find. Congrats again my friend. Remember 1400 - 1730 is when I usually report for digging duty so when you can, come down.
Ringman.

 

[hawaiiandigger]

Congratulations on a great find !

JUICY!

 

[808kaz]

Awright... awesome find, must have been shaking and praying at the same time LOL...glad you found your first Oahu bottle!!!, good one too...sold a amethyst one for 800 last year, the straw one is even harder...glad to be part of your bottle experience...waiting to find my first Big Island bottle, possibly planning on a Big Island trip this summer when I go on vacation...

 

[Colonel Ken]

Cleaned the Arctic Registered a little better. This bottle has a really nice color. I'll bring it to tomorrow's bottle club meeting. I need to soak this bottle in acid to clean it out better. Then it will be time for a sun tanning.

 

[HawaiianBottleHunter]

howzit hilo: glad to know you and yours are well and fine. super stoked for you and your find - braddah, if you had to have that wait you sure got a super-colored reward to end it.

acid-soaking my eight-sided right now because it's attached to what appears to be the footing of an old bath tub. one day in and still not yet. i got the replacement and not the true muriatic, but it's always worked well for me in the past. we'll see in another 24. pray all goes well. see you tomorrow

 

[808 bottle diggers]

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[Colonel Ken]

Have you guys ever had a straw bottle start turning amethyst. I've had the Arctic in the son a few weeks and seems like there is a slight tinge of amethyst. Now I am afraid to subject the bottle to ultra violet rays.

 

[808kaz]

Have you guys ever had a straw bottle start turning amethyst. I've had the Arctic in the son a few weeks and seems like there is a slight tinge of amethyst. Now I am afraid to subject the bottle to ultra violet rays.

HBF> When a bottle has selenium in it, it will have a yellowish color to it, it will not get any darker if exposed to UV lights, yellowish color bottles does not get any darker, what you see is what you get...
On the other hand manganese will turn amethyst, the more manganese in the glass the darker it will get, some of bottles has a mix of both, I also had a straw/smoke/amethyst Register Arctic that I sold in past so I know what you are talking about.
As for my smoke straw Hollister I keep it out of direct sunlight to keep it yellow, I don't want it to turn amethyst in case they are traces of manganese in it.
I'm not 100% sure but I've noticed that when a bottle has smoke and straw in it tends to turn a light tinge of amethyst if exposed to UV lights, I think it's something to do with the smoke, it probably has some traces of manganese in it and when UV light hits it, the manganese is activated and can over ride the selenium, causing to lose the yellow color which is replace by amethyst. It seams as though your bottle has manganese in it, if you do not want it to turn any darker amethyst you should not expose it to UV lights...
Remember it all depends on how much manganese is in the glass and how long it is exposed to UV lights will determine on how dark amethyst the bottle can get... I've seen a smoke/straw bottle with a tinge of amethyst turn darker amethyst and lose all the straw color when the bottle was exposed in a germicidal light box, another way of exposing a bottle to turn amethyst faster and darker, powerful UV rays exposing the bottle 24-7 will speed up the process in turning the bottle amethyst, a process that can take many years with the sun, but can be done in just a few months...
Not to be confused with irradiated or "Nuked" bottles, still another process to turn a aqua or clear bottle dark amethyst purple, smoke or amber...there's a few nice amethyst purple Hawaiian bottles floating around and a lot of colored Hobble Skirt Coca Cola bottles, those amethyst, amber and smoke colored Cokes are all irritated, some collectors like it some don't and some are totally against it...They are nice but...Got be careful and not get mislead thinking it's a rare bottle...
Maybe the other guys might have more to say about this... Here is couple of pictures of a straw colored bottle that basically has no smoke in it and irradiated bottles that once was aqua in color>>> I hope all of this helps.
Aloha 808Kaz

 

[HollisterHonolulu]

Information provided by antiqueandbottleshop.com:

Naturally and artificially sun colored glass. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, oxide of manganese was added to aqua glass batches to produce clear glass or “white” glass, as it was originally called. Bottles blown with this additive have the peculiar habit of turning amethyst after prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultra-violet rays. The result was a whole new category of bottles called “sun colored amethyst” or SCA. Bottle collectors couldn’t get enough of these uniquely colored examples. They began lining their windows with clear glass, patiently waiting for them to turn amethyst. In Australia, they took advantage of the blazing outback sun by covering their rooftops with clear glass, which eventually turned amethyst.

Impatient Americans discovered that the process could be accelerated, by bombarding clear glass with artificially generated ultra-violet rays. Early on, hospital x-ray machines were used and in modern times the same machines used to irradiate food are put to work “purpling” clear glass. Artificially turned glass is usually a deeper shape of amethyst (actually purple) than that of sun turned, but depending on the type of machine utilized and the amount of “cook” time, the results from artificial rays can produce shades identical to true SCA. Around 1910-20 manganese was replaced by selenium as a clearing agent. Selenium blown bottles will turn various shades of amber when exposed to ultra-violet rays. These shades of amber are invariably unlike any produced in antique glass and are easily identified.

Despite the widespread knowledge that most amethyst bottles now in circulation came about their color artificially, they remain extremely popular. Amethyst adds a special touch of color to a grouping of bottles that is irresistible to many. As window bottles they are hard to beat. There remains considerable controversy between those who maintain that artificially colored glass has no place in the collecting world and the seemingly greater majority who whish to own it. Many bottle shows have a disclaimer on their fliers forbidding the sale of “purple” glass. Yet at every show, purple bottles are on the tables and they consistently enjoy brisk sales. While we respect the opinions of those who believe artificially turned glass has no place in this world, we hear a much louder voice that doesn’t care how it got that color -- they just want it. We voice our position on the matter by buying and selling such pieces when available.
Aloha Hollister Honolulu

 

[hawaiiandigger]

Great info-

 

[Colonel Ken]

Great info HollisterHonolulu - thanks. Congratulations again on all of your awesome finds.