New York Hunt

Old Dude

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TNET members Inspector and G.A.P.metal graciously invited me up to hunt with them and and I finally took them up on the offer yesterday. It was a beautiful day in New York and I am very happy I went. Needless to say, I was pretty beat by the end of 4 hours swinging the old coil after not doing it for so long, but I sure enjoyed the great company and the scenery of rural NY state. We hunted one of Inspector's fields just around the corner from his house and my best find of the day was this beautiful little 12-sided bottle that escaped the plow's wrath somehow.

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I cleaned up a lot of broken pottery and farm bits such as an ox shoe, square nails, rusted old iron and tack/harness rings too. During one of our breaks to see what one of my hosts had found, Gary brought out a little bag of silver coins he had brought and said " I brought this to give to you". I started chuckling when I saw this:

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You oldtimers to the forum will laugh too, I am sure. This was a day of my life well spent and I am so thankful for the generosity of these two great guys. Thank you much Greg and Gary!!
 

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GaRebel1861

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I 've got a bottle very similar to that one that was marked on the side as "Dicky's eye wash" and is from the turn of the century. Cool find.
 

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Old Dude

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I 've got a bottle very similar to that one that was marked on the side as "Dicky's eye wash" and is from the turn of the century. Cool find.

Thank you. This has no markings other than the maker's mark on the bottom.


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Greg said he suspected it was probably some type of old medicine bottle and that he had found a nice little square one this size there.
 

digging440yrs

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Wildcat1750

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Nice little bottle there and it sounds like a great spot to hunt! :thumbsup:
 

cjon455

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Awesome, glad you finally got to get up there and hunt along side some good guys! That bottle is really cool and the ole OD Nickel is awesome lol!
 

blugotti1

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kool digs!!
 

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Cool old bottle find! :occasion14:
 

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Old Dude

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That is a very cool bottle! Congrats! :icon_thumright:
Thanks. I like it too!
Thank you.
Nice little bottle there and it sounds like a great spot to hunt! :thumbsup:
Thanks. It is one field where the farmer still tills.
Awesome, glad you finally got to get up there and hunt along side some good guys! That bottle is really cool and the ole OD Nickel is awesome lol!
Thanks Chris. We were close when we went to Towanda, lol.
kool digs!!
Thanks.
Love the OD nickel! :icon_thumleft:
Lol. I don't know who had the bigger grin between Gary and me, lol.
Cool old bottle find! :occasion14:
Thank you. As Gary said, it's hard to believe it dodged the farm equipment all that time.
 

cjon455

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Lol that's funny because I've driven further north into new york a few times
 

Inspector

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That's a sweet bottle Dave, glad you were able to pick that out of that big field, It was a real treat to have you join us for the hunt & really look forward to our next meet.
 

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Old Dude

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That's a nice OD nickel OD! Cool bottle too!
Thank you much!
That's a sweet bottle Dave, glad you were able to pick that out of that big field, It was a real treat to have you join us for the hunt & really look forward to our next meet.
Thank you much. Hope your wife had a good Bday!
 

WHADIFIND

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Well shut my mouth!

He *does* get out!

OD nickle and all!

Nice to see you "back"!
 

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