Loving it!!!

[mreese1849]

Hey guys, I metal detect every chance I get and have been detecting at a turn of the century site. I would love to find something silver or gold, but I have actually loved digging up the old bottles lol I see why people love it so much. I found a vicks vaporub bottle, a hazel atlas bottle that I have no clue what was in it, and today a very tiny bottle that says "the name st joseph assures purity" on it. I actually put the detector down today just to hunt for some bottles. May be equal to metal detecting lol

 

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[unclemac]

it gets contagiousness doesn't it?

 

[mreese1849]

It sure does lol hey, how do you guys get all of the hard to get to dirt out of the bottles?

 

[unclemac]

small brushes....

 

[unclemac]

actually if you Google "how to clean dug bottles" or something like that, you will get a bunch of ideas. I actually like a little "oldness" left on my bottles. And for the love of God don't clean a bottle that has that rainbow-desert-salts patina on it....

 

[Joshr29]

I take copper shot and toilet cleaner. Fill the bottle half full with each and go to shaking. That is what I've done to all mine that I've ever posted. I make no guarantees but I have never broken one doing it that way. Is that St. Joseph's wide but very thin? I think I have one like it. HH.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Hey Josh wouldn't that be a coincidence if mreese had the same kind of bottle we found?

 

[Joshr29]

That would be pretty cool. I couldn't believe it when I dug mine intact. It's so fragile.

 

[CoilyGirl]

I can see how someone would really get hooked on finding bottles,some of them are so pretty.

 

[Bass]

Its when they knew how to make things. Now you just get cheap packaging and cheap products.

 

[mreese1849]

this isnt mine but this is the exact bottle.

 

[Joshr29]

this isnt mine but this is the exact bottle.
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Not the same. Ours Is about 3 inches wide but only about a half inch thick.