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- All Treasure Hunting
I found a very productive mudflat in an area I don't think anyone else has ever searched. I ended up finding many blob-top bottles, jars, and a 1910's era Perko bilge pump (maybe from a nearby wreck).
Here are most of the good finds from three days of hunting the area:
#1
This is a circle slug plate embossed Lembeck and Betz beer bottle from Jersey City NJ. The bottle is marked "Karl Hutter" on the bottom indicating it was produced between 1877-1900. Henry Lembeck was David G. Yuengling's brother in law and apprenticed under him in the brewing industry.
The bottle in situ:
#2
This one reads: Fred W. Fleer Graham Ave. Brooklyn NY and it has a horseshoe in the center.
In situ:
Fresh from the mud:
#3
This one is embossed "Frank Meng" from Morris Ave. NY.
Fresh from the mud:
#4
This one is a Chas H. Bevers from Hastings 'On the Hudson' NY. Here is a picture of the tiny brewery/hotel, 'The International' that produced it:
#5
This one is Engelbert Bick from Brooklyn NY.
In situ:
#6 + #7
A large and small example of H. Straehle from New Rochelle NY.
In situ big:
In situ small:
#8 + #9
Samuel Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. One good, one painstakingly reconstructed in full from fragments.
In situ, good one:
#10
Cannington, Shaw Co. LD. (1892-1913) British imported, three piece molded with applied top.
#11
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, tooled crown.
#12
Moutarde De Diaphane, mustard jar. Created by Louit. Freres & Co. of Bordeaux, France. Similar jars likely lay within the wreck of the RMS Titanic as this was the official mustard of the White Star Line at the time.
#13
Rochelle Club soda bottle, New Rochelle NY.
A couple of bottles that didn't quite make the grade:
An unknown blob top too smashed to discern.
A David Mayer bottle missing its top. David Mayer was a Confederate soldier who moved to the Bronx after the Civil War to brew beer. The bottle still lays in situ.
I also found this 1910's-era brass and copper Perko bilge pump:
I initially thought it was an old oar lock but as I was cleaning it I discovered the top part could be pressed into the bottom, and in so doing it squirted me with mud. Yes, it is a 110+ year old bilge pump that still works, it just needs a new wooden piece for the handle and a cleaning.
Here are most of the good finds from three days of hunting the area:
#1
This is a circle slug plate embossed Lembeck and Betz beer bottle from Jersey City NJ. The bottle is marked "Karl Hutter" on the bottom indicating it was produced between 1877-1900. Henry Lembeck was David G. Yuengling's brother in law and apprenticed under him in the brewing industry.
The bottle in situ:
#2
This one reads: Fred W. Fleer Graham Ave. Brooklyn NY and it has a horseshoe in the center.
In situ:
Fresh from the mud:
#3
This one is embossed "Frank Meng" from Morris Ave. NY.
Fresh from the mud:
#4
This one is a Chas H. Bevers from Hastings 'On the Hudson' NY. Here is a picture of the tiny brewery/hotel, 'The International' that produced it:
#5
This one is Engelbert Bick from Brooklyn NY.
In situ:
#6 + #7
A large and small example of H. Straehle from New Rochelle NY.
In situ big:
In situ small:
#8 + #9
Samuel Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. One good, one painstakingly reconstructed in full from fragments.
In situ, good one:
#10
Cannington, Shaw Co. LD. (1892-1913) British imported, three piece molded with applied top.
#11
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, tooled crown.
#12
Moutarde De Diaphane, mustard jar. Created by Louit. Freres & Co. of Bordeaux, France. Similar jars likely lay within the wreck of the RMS Titanic as this was the official mustard of the White Star Line at the time.
#13
Rochelle Club soda bottle, New Rochelle NY.
A couple of bottles that didn't quite make the grade:
An unknown blob top too smashed to discern.
A David Mayer bottle missing its top. David Mayer was a Confederate soldier who moved to the Bronx after the Civil War to brew beer. The bottle still lays in situ.
I also found this 1910's-era brass and copper Perko bilge pump:
I initially thought it was an old oar lock but as I was cleaning it I discovered the top part could be pressed into the bottom, and in so doing it squirted me with mud. Yes, it is a 110+ year old bilge pump that still works, it just needs a new wooden piece for the handle and a cleaning.
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