Old bottles from river

[metaldetecta]

I eyeballed all of these bottles while going down a river in a tube. I need advice for cleaning bottles with lots of build up on the exterior. I also need some help dating the flask looking bottle with the swirls. Thanks for looking!

 

[sunrunner]

nice

 

[metaldetecta]

nice

Thanks!

 

[Bass]

You can clean the outside with a plastic scouring pad and soap

 

[metaldetecta]

Thanks bass! I got alot of the build up off with water and paper towel, but I will try your method for the left over build up I can't get off.

 

[bottles10]

Its called a whisk broom flask. about 1885 to 1910. Probable a whisky with paper label. The good ones are imposed or still have the label. 5 to 10 bucks

 

[metaldetecta]

Thanks bottles10! I am relatively new to bottle hunting and appreciate the help. I tried looking at the seam and couldn't tell the age.