Need Help on Old Liquor Bottle

[cambria09]

Hello All. Dug this yesterday about a foot down in a small trash dump. I don't see a mold seam going all the way up so it is pre-bottle-machine era...I guess. Nothing on the back side...must have been a paper label there.

LMK if you can shed any light on this one. Thanks for the view and Good Luck out there. C9

 

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[HuntinDog]

Your Warranted Flask was produced from around 1890-1910.
They are fairly common and value around $3-$5.
Cool find and I would be scratching around there looks for more goodies.

 

[lookingharder]

Cool old bottle. Do you have a bottle probe ? I make mine from 1/4" cold roll steel about 3 feet long, A piece of steel pipe about 6 inches long. Drill a hole through one side of the pipe and insert the 1/4" steel rod into the pipe and weld it. Semi sharpen the end, Not too sharp or you will damage the glass. You can probe the ground and when the probe taps glass it will ping. You can cover a lot of ground at old dump sites put save yourself hours of digging. I also have a small one made for a 12" 5/16" drill bit with a 5" wooden dowel handle.(old style broom sticks work great) Drill the hole in the dowel and inset the "bit" end into the handle and again, semi sharpen the tip. This will save you from breaking valuable bottles with your shovel. Look at the big probe as your metal detector and the small one as your pin pointer. Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[cambria09]

Your Warranted Flask was produced from around 1890-1910.
They are fairly common and value around $3-$5.
Cool find and I would be scratching around there looks for more goodies.

Hello HuntinDog. Yep, I figured it wasn't worth a lot and the time frame is about what I was thinking.

You are correct on the scratchin' around some more...we have ID'd a couple of good dump spots on this site we need to revisit.

Thanks for the reply and Good Luck out there. C9

 

[cambria09]

Cool old bottle. Do you have a bottle probe ? I make mine from 1/4" cold roll steel about 3 feet long, A piece of steel pipe about 6 inches long. Drill a hole through one side of the pipe and insert the 1/4" steel rod into the pipe and weld it. Semi sharpen the end, Not too sharp or you will damage the glass. You can probe the ground and when the probe taps glass it will ping. You can cover a lot of ground at old dump sites put save yourself hours of digging. I also have a small one made for a 12" 5/16" drill bit with a 5" wooden dowel handle.(old style broom sticks work great) Drill the hole in the dowel and inset the "bit" end into the handle and again, semi sharpen the tip. This will save you from breaking valuable bottles with your shovel. Look at the big probe as your metal detector and the small one as your pin pointer. Good luck and keep us posted.

Hello lookingharder. Yes I have a nice probe similar to the one you described...good idea to make a smaller one. When I get into a bottle dump I will usually do a lot of hand digging with delicate shovel or hand trowel work.

I love finding bottles and have spent hours on one hole, finding all manner of glass and relics till getting to the bottom of things.

Thanks for the reply and Good Luck out there. C9