Pat. Nov. 30th 1858 Mason's Jar (May 5th 2023)

[UnderMiner]

Was digging in the 1924-capped landfill today and found a Pat. Nov. 30th 1858 Mason's Jar with a grounded lip.

This is my first jar of this type! So excited! Interestingly I also found a 1910 V nickle next to the jar. I need to bring my metal detector to see if there are any more coins.

Another interesting find was this bottle of pills, they were buried for a minimum of 99 years and yet still seem to be as good as new:

Letting them dry in the display case:

Mason all cleaned up:

Base plate:

Anyone know what year this jar might be from? I'm guessing 1870's 80's? Pretty sure this is the same kind of jar the KGC used for their cashes!

 

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[Centsless Detecting]

Wow that bottle of pills is really unique and a cool find. Did ya try one yet? Ha! Well I've been trying to get a date for your jar but I'm looking in the wrong places it seems. Do you know the letters in the monogram? F J C & Co. Possibly? I'd say your guess is probably correct 1870s 1880s. Cool finds UnderMiner.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Was digging in the 1924-capped landfill today and found a Pat. Nov. 30th 1858 Mason's Jar with a grounded lip.
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This is my first jar of this type! So excited! Interestingly I also found a 1910 V nickle next to the jar. I need to bring my metal detector to see if there are any more coins.
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Another interesting find was this bottle of pills, they were buried for a minimum of 99 years and yet still seem to be as good as new:
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Letting them dry in the display case:
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Mason all cleaned up:
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Base plate:
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Anyone know what year this jar might be from? I'm guessing 1870's 80's? Pretty sure this is the same kind of jar the KGC used for their cashes!

What's in the pills? Have a contest on who can guess how many pills are in the bottle... I imagine a chemist would have a field day examining those!

An old unbroken intact jar... absolutely cool...and a medicine bottle with pills...what a great curio piece!

 

[pepperj]

Wow that bottle of pills is really unique and a cool find. Did ya try one yet? Ha! Well I've been trying to get a date for your jar but I'm looking in the wrong places it seems. Do you know the letters in the monogram? F J C & Co. Possibly? I'd say your guess is probably correct 1870s 1880s. Cool finds UnderMiner.

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[pepperj]

Great looking Mason jar, and liking the bottle of pills.
It would be cool to find out what they were used for back in the day.
Probably a cure all from having shingles to marriage issues to having a rash.

 

[Plumbata]

Unless you have giant hands that 1858 is a pint size "midget" Mason, rather more scarce than the larger ones. Great digs!

 

[oldmxrat]

Too cool, keep 'em coming! Your posts are quite fascinating.

 

[UnderMiner]

Update to anyone interested: Thanks to the research of user moodorf from www.antique-bottles.net I am now quite certain that this jar dates from the year 1878-1883.

The jar has no apostrophe in the word Masons and this aligns with the description and visual representation of one of the jars from the 1987 Creswick Mason jar reference guide:

 

[Gare]

NICE finds thanks for sharing

 

[Digger RJ]

Was digging in the 1924-capped landfill today and found a Pat. Nov. 30th 1858 Mason's Jar with a grounded lip.
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This is my first jar of this type! So excited! Interestingly I also found a 1910 V nickle next to the jar. I need to bring my metal detector to see if there are any more coins.
View attachment 2082005 View attachment 2082004

Another interesting find was this bottle of pills, they were buried for a minimum of 99 years and yet still seem to be as good as new:
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Letting them dry in the display case:
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Mason all cleaned up:
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Base plate:
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Anyone know what year this jar might be from? I'm guessing 1870's 80's? Pretty sure this is the same kind of jar the KGC used for their cashes!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!