Detroit canning jar.

[Mich. Wolverine]

I found this jar a couple of months ago it rolled down a 30 foot hill of dirt and landed against a piece of clay that had a cement block behind it. I was wondering if anybody has found one and if you know any information about it. Thanks.

Wolverine.

 

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[DanMI]

I love the jar!! Great find. I can't tell you much about it, but i found on for sale on the web for $78. here is the site http://books.google.com/books?id=Zl...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
HH Dan

 

[Great Lakes]

I have a book of Fruit Jar values from 1999, That says The Vacuum Seal... Handmade, clear, quart, tapered neck, paper disc. $80-$100. Jars are usually valued by size, color, condition, scarcity of course, the unusual and unique closures with original lids tend to bring more.

Nice ground score.
Brett

 

[Michiganne]

Wow, very nice!

HH

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

Thanks for the info. and comments. I just did a google patent search and the patent for this jar is on there. I wondered what the closure looked like, but found out you used paper board and melted wax to seal the jar. The guy who has the patent is William W. Vaughan and when i put his name in google books it shows he owned a pickling and perserve company. I wish I would of thought about doing a patent search before I posted. Thanks again.

Wolverine.

 

[mlayers]

nice jar find it always neat to find something old when you are out detecting....Matt

 

[fistfulladirt]

I've been into bottles and jars for almost 30 years, and that's a very nice specimen! FFD

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Mich. Wolverine,
outstanding find; thanks for posting.

have a good un....
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

Thanks Matt, Fistfulladirt and Shermanville. I've been bottle hunting for the since 81 when I found a bottle dump on the farm and found a Dr. Koch's and remedies and flavoring extracts bottle. I now have over 600 blown in mold bottles in my collection. This jar is one of the few that has come out the ground looking this good.
Matt metal detecting and bottle hunting can go hand and hand, because I have found a couple of glass oil lamp fonts (tanks) and while metal detecting found a wick adjuster and the brass attachment that go's on the font an screws into the wick adjuster. The hard part is finding a compleat shade, because they were commonly broke while removing them to light the lamp. Thanks for the comments.

Wolverine.

 

[Giant056]

That is a very cool fruit jar I always dig a lot of them fruit jar lids in hopes that they will be a complete fruit jar but the only cache that I've found was a ball half gallon fruit jar with dried up contents I suspect was sauerkraut. I guess from what I've read people use to bury sauerkraut cause it would work fast being buried.

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

Thanks Giant056. When I was kid back in the 70's my grandmother made her own sauerkraut. She had a 5 gallon crock and kept a big rock in the house that she put on top of the cabbage in the crock to hold it under the water while it fermented.

Wolverine.

 

[Urban Grund]

Now that is sweet looking! I'd bet theres many like it in basement's across Detroit.