Squirrel is still digging! Dog tag, silver, old pennies, bottle!

[Squirrel322]

It’s been kinda slow but I have managed a steady trickle of finds lately. Not shown below is a small mountain of trash and a lot of effort. Results of the past couple weeks -















Thanks for looking!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Man your knockin it down Squirrel ! I like all of those finds.

 

[creskol]

Way to go, Squirrel ... That is definitely a fun variety of quality "nuts."

 

[Johncoho]

Nice bunch of finds, Squirrel. What does the star on the ring mean? Star of David would be 6 points I believe.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[DirtDigginDan]

Nice finds! To bad the Injuns aren`t in better shape, but I would love to get that many of them in two weeks!

 

[Tuberale]

I would LOVE to find that many Indians. I like the Indians.

 

[ToddsPoint]

You're killin' it. If I could find half that stuff this fall I'd be thrilled. Gary

 

[smallfoot]

Very productive couple of weeks! For a minute, I thought you dug up creskol...

 

[ROIGuy]

I can only imagine the pile of trash it took to dig up all those cool finds... Congrats Squirrel!

 

[Squirrel322]

Nice bunch of finds, Squirrel. What does the star on the ring mean? Star of David would be 6 points I believe.

It’s an occult symbol. I think it could mean different things based on its orientation. Its commonly recognized as the pentagram and associated with witchcraft and satanism. Nothing I’m going to wear....

 

[Plumbata]

Nice variety of finds! If you aren't aware, your hand-blown bottle is a "Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root", with the central recessed panel representing the outline of a kidney. It's a classic patent med bottle, it looks like yours was a weak "blow" into the mold and only some dimples from venting holes got filled in.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Found this in reference to your dog tag.
Actually really interesting info on the history of pet food.

https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/rival-packing-co

Great finds, Kudos!
Carl

 

[Haldean]

Wow! That little shovel is way cool.

 

[DiggityDiggity]

Love that Indian button. Good work!

 

[Squirrel322]

Nice variety of finds! If you aren't aware, your hand-blown bottle is a "Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root", with the central recessed panel representing the outline of a kidney. It's a classic patent med bottle, it looks like yours was a weak "blow" into the mold and only some dimples from venting holes got filled in.

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Thank you for the ID. I don’t know much about bottles and was under the impression that hand blown ones had a spot on the bottom where it was snapped off the rod? This bottle has bubbles but no spot on the bottom. I wish mine had the lettering but I love it anyway! It was sticking out of the ground where the city had stirred the dirt.

 

[Squirrel322]

Found this in reference to your dog tag.
Actually really interesting info on the history of pet food.

https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/rival-packing-co

Great finds, Kudos!
Carl

Thanks for the info! Someone else here found one of these dog tags recently. As soon as i pulled this one out of the ground I recognized it from their post.

 

[Squirrel322]

Love that Indian button. Good work!

Thank you! There was a local Indian school here. I really like finds with something of a local connection. I found a bigger one last year that was unfortunately crushed. This one is an ugly rusty-color but I guess that’s better than being crushed. Maybe next year I’ll dig a better example.

 

[xcopperstax]

Great finds there! I really like the toy soldier. That Indian service button is interesting too! The pentagram ring is pretty cool!