People posting common 20th century bottles... why???

[Bass]

JOliver... Don't worry about it and we'll forget about it as well. Now, go find something really nice and redeem yourself.

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[TrickyVik]

OK young tenderfoot, we love to see everybody's finds even if the bottles were made last night.

 

[jeff of pa]

JOliver... Don't worry about it and we'll forget about it as well. Now, go find something really nice and redeem yourself.

HaHaHa Yea You just need to get out there & find all those 18th. & 19th. Century
Bottles & Post them here to impress us all

 

[JOliver80]

HaHaHa Yea You just need to get out there & find all those 18th. & 19th. Century
Bottles & Post them here to impress us all

These were the big three from the other day Healy and Bigelow (kickapoo) Indian Sagwa, Geyser Springs mineral water (beautiful bottle) and of course the Orcutts. If I find anything remotely as cool tomorrow I will be thrilled

 

[unclemac]

i post stuff to help narrow down a date to the site I am picking at....and some of those old product jars were pretty cool in design. in 20 years they will ALL be plastic and we will be drooling for a screw cap.....

 

[Bass]

JOliver, those are all great finds. Can't decide which is my favorite. Keep hunting and keep posting

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[surf]

Hey JO,

I like that Geyser Spring Saratoga. This guy is looking for one: Bottledude's Website

Lot 110: "Geyser Spring. / Saratoga Springs. / State Of New York​

 

[austin]

Back a bit, at a local flea market, there was an old man and woman selling bottles from all eras filled with colored sand, marbles or shiny pebbles they had tumbled and polished. I talked to them because I thought it was a clever idea. Most of the bottles were fairly new(50's, 60's, to present) and they were really cool. They charged $5 for them, $2.50 to kids. As we talked, the lady confided in me that they did that because they couldn't get by on their social security and this gave them money for grandkids at Christmas and to keep from having to use food stamps to help them eat. I realized that I was looking at true Americans, people like my parents who worked hard all their lives rather than taking government handouts...

 

[TrickyVik]

Back a bit, at a local flea market, there was an old man and woman selling bottles from all eras filled with colored sand, marbles or shiny pebbles they had tumbled and polished. I talked to them because I thought it was a clever idea. Most of the bottles were fairly new(50's, 60's, to present) and they were really cool. They charged $5 for them, $2.50 to kids. As we talked, the lady confided in me that they did that because they couldn't get by on their social security and this gave them money for grandkids at Christmas and to keep from having to use food stamps to help them eat. I realized that I was looking at true Americans, people like my parents who worked hard all their lives rather than taking government handouts...

I agree.

 

[TrickyVik]

Back a bit, at a local flea market, there was an old man and woman selling bottles from all eras filled with colored sand, marbles or shiny pebbles they had tumbled and polished. I talked to them because I thought it was a clever idea. Most of the bottles were fairly new(50's, 60's, to present) and they were really cool. They charged $5 for them, $2.50 to kids. As we talked, the lady confided in me that they did that because they couldn't get by on their social security and this gave them money for grandkids at Christmas and to keep from having to use food stamps to help them eat. I realized that I was looking at true Americans, people like my parents who worked hard all their lives rather than taking government handouts...

Hard working Americans.

 

[Plumbata]

I dug my first bottle by accident when I was 5 or 6 while digging a signal found with my father's newly purchased detector. It was a screw-top 1930s perfume bottle that kinda resembled a christmas tree. I was so excited that I neglected to dig the dime signal, lol. Purely from the money value standpoint it is worthless and I'd never look twice at such things now, but I have it displayed proudly right next to 3 and 4 figure bottles I've obtained subsequently. That first bottle was so enchanting and wonderful to my vivacious little kid self, and provided literally hours of deep pondering regarding the "what-ifs" of its origin and intersections with long-gone human lives. The seed was planted, and 20 years later has grown into an active pursuit of the most rewarding hobby I can imagine. Everyone has to start somewhere, so despite the mundane nature of many of the common and worthless finds posted, they may likewise represent the spark that ignites a deep burning passion for digging and collecting old glass; finds both worthless and priceless at the same time. I can't blame you for considering the common crap to be crap, but if you react negatively to the inexperienced novices seeking information then their newly-germinated seed of interest may likely be destroyed, and this is very bad for the hobby as well as their potential future life satisfaction. Detecting is great, but bottle digging is a hundred times more interesting, rewarding, and lucrative if the latter is your thing. And this is coming from someone who started out collecting old coins, and still does.

 

[unclemac]

I have a fantastic coin collection of US, Canadian and Australian coins and bills....but the ones i like most are the worn ones I still proudly display that I found as a kid in my change.

 

[jgas]

Just think a hundred years from now those darn catsup bottles will be worth tons! Always dream of late throws in a pit that is full of 1940's stuff. They are out there, dig em all. Thats what we do. Mark it off the list and move on to the next pit or dump or whatever. Heck I started out with a nice Dr. Kilmers cure. I was hooked and have not stopped digging since. I've done my fair share of research as well on all things including common stuff. Its a great way to learn. Here's to all diggers everywhere, hoping the next find is a Race and Sheldons Magic Boot Polish! jgas

 

[unclemac]

love that "swamp root"!

 

[Plumbata]

Always dream of late throws in a pit that is full of 1940's stuff.

One of my best finds was a particularly rare embossed emerald green Iron Pontiled pickle dug in a 1910s deposit next to early ABM stuff. Those late throws can kick butt!

 

[CoilyGirl]

I am completely obsessed with bottles and have never found anything old yet except for the bottom of a Hutch soda bottle that Surf identified for me.i actually am guilty of posting a pic of a 1970's barrel type beer bottle a few weeks ago I found that I had never seen before but everyone was really nice about helping me and I know they will continue to do so,everyone seems to want to help here.

 

[surf]

One of my best finds was a particularly rare embossed emerald green Iron Pontiled pickle dug in a 1910s deposit next to early ABM stuff. Those late throws can kick butt!

Hey Stephen,

Have you still got that on your shelf, or did you buy a car with the proceeds? I disremember. Would love to see that again...

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[RelicDude]

If got a nickle for every ketch up I've dug u would have a lot of. Nickels lol.

 

[Tom Bigbee]

I've probably left more brown snuff bottles behind than any other type.... Always heard the raised dots on the bottom had something to do with rarity... Looking back I can think of a lot of bottles I wish I had kept.

 

[surf]

I had always "heard" that the dots had to do with the potency of the snuff. The more dots, the stronger.

"OLD BROWN SNUFF BOTTLES

#1231

Dr. George Avery of Stephen F. Austin presented a program on old bottles at our monthly meeting of the Valley of the Caddo Archeological Society at the First United Methodist Church in Paris on March 15. For years I have seen and wondered about the meaning of dots on the bottom of old snuff bottles. I just knew it had to do with the age of the bottle, like dots on Case pocket knives. Never having dipped, I didn’t know there were different strengths of snuff. The dots referred to the potency with one being the mildest and six the strongest. There are other candidates for dot reasons that we will get to later. Those with five or six dots were relatively rare and I don’t recall ever seeing one. Some people sniffed the stuff but those with five and six dots were so strong they were not recommended for sniffing." eddietrapp052112

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