My Oldest Whole Bottle Yet and Much More

[NorILdigcollector]

Went out for a few hours to the old farm site with my son and had some decent finds. The first find was the Philadelphia Magneto button. From what I could find out this is a uniform button showing the symbol for the City of Philadelphia. The back was iron and was corroded very badly so It was unreadable and coming apart. A strange find for an Illinois farm site.
The spoon handle is pewter and was found right above the bottle. If I had not heard the shovel hit glass I would not have found the bottle. The bottle says "Dr. U. C. Roe & Sons" on one side and "Preparations" on the other. I believe it contained a blood cordial and was made in Franklin Grove, IL. From what I could find out the bottle is from the 1870s. I also found the watch and the 1959 Five Centavos coin about 20 feet away. Most of the things I dig here are at least 8 inches down. I also found a ring box, minus the ring . Otherwise a great hunt!

 

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[Javadroid]

What a terrific and interesting set of finds! And must be some interesting backstory for that site -- congrats!

 

[Rookster]

Great finds. Congrats

 

[Truth]

Now that’s a beautiful hunt. Love that bottle myself. Congratulations

 

[Hawks88]

Nice variety of finds. Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations! Hunting with your son...priceless!

 

[Nick79]

Nice finds, love finding bottles