Found a turn of the century bottle/trash dump today

[gxray]

I decided to go out and hunt for an hour or so this evening in a recently picked cornfield where last spring some friends had found some buttons ( possibly Revolutionary War era). I wasn't getting many signals until I got to the middle of the field where I got a big iron signal. Hoping for artillary or something , I decided to dig. I hit a large piece of iron that turned out to be an old pitcher pump. Then I noticed a bottle top in the hole. I carefully dug around it and pulled an old beer bottle out of the hole. Another scrape of the bottom of the hole revealed more glass, bricks and iron pieces. Soon I was expanding the hole and pulling out more bottles and pieces of bottles and china. I found 4 intact bottles and many in pieces. One of the bottles is an old Coca Cola bottle of the straight sided variety(1900-1915) that pre-dates the hobble skirt design we are all familiar with. Another bottle says MOTHERS FRIEND embossed on the front and ATLANTA GA on one side and BRADFIELD REG'L CO on the other side. It started to get dark so i quit for the evening and will probably return with a bigger shovel this weekend.

Thanx for looking and HH y'all

 

[allen]

that coke bottle is frigging awesome !!!

 

[Newt]

Is that Coke from ATL?
Newt

 

[Cappy Z.]

You're the bomb.

 

[gxray]

The Coca Cola bottle has Mt Olive NC embossed in it. It also has the Coca Cola script embossed in the bottom of the bottle.

 

[Newt]

The Coca Cola bottle has Mt Olive NC embossed in it. It also has the Coca Cola script embossed in the bottom of the bottle.

I was just wondering. I'd really like to find a website on the values of the older coke bottles.
Newt

 

[gxray]

The Coca Cola bottle has Mt Olive NC embossed in it. It also has the Coca Cola script embossed in the bottom of the bottle.

I was just wondering. I'd really like to find a website on the values of the older coke bottles.
Newt

Here s a place to start http://www.antiquebottles.com/coke/

 

[spartacus53]

I would be back there tomorrow and look for more Coke bottles, they fetch a pretty penny

 

[Moonshadow]

What a great discovery! I love finding sites like that! Keep us updated......

HH,
Moon

 

[johny mc.]

gx- keep going down deeper and when you start hitting stuff from 1860 let us know and we''ll all really be envious....

 

[peterdrury]

where is this place, longitude and latitude will do. lol

 

[Argentium]

That old Coke bottle is a nice find - keep us posted when you find out more about rarity/value

 

[jewelerguy]

cool straight sided coke