What's your 'holy grail' ?

[NJKLAGT]

Hey thanks man I appreciate that. I know it’s been a while, and it’s not for lack of trying. Most times the situation hasn’t been right and I didn’t get good/enough footage. And yeah the weather has been a factor. Hopefully this spring it’ll be back to the old ways. I did find some decent stuff this fall, maybe I’ll get around to making a post here.

Yeah man, maybe it's just that you're the quality-over-quantity sort, and that's totally understandable. Watching an hour-long video where someone finds only a single Baker's extract is never that fun, haha, but at the same time, the landscapes you moved around in were so different, so it was always interesting.

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Yeah man, maybe it's just that you're the quality-over-quantity sort, and that's totally understandable. Watching an hour-long video where someone finds only a single Baker's extract is never that fun, haha, but at the same time, the landscapes you moved around in were so different, so it was always interesting.

I’d like to think of myself as the quality over quantity type but other people would probably contend otherwise. Anyways I appreciate the support. I found a bunch of cool stuff in a river outside Boston this fall but I didnt get any good footage really so I never made a video. It was fun picking tho. I like going places most people wouldn’t want to search because it feels more original, like I’m blazing my own trail. At least I can imagine and dream...

 

[OZARKS]

GW Button would make me have a heart attack for sure...hope I don't find one...

or, do I?

LOL

 

[sandchip]

I can't limit myself to just one Holy Grail...

 

[NJKLAGT]

I’d like to think of myself as the quality over quantity type but other people would probably contend otherwise. Anyways I appreciate the support. I found a bunch of cool stuff in a river outside Boston this fall but I didnt get any good footage really so I never made a video. It was fun picking tho. I like going places most people wouldn’t want to search because it feels more original, like I’m blazing my own trail. At least I can imagine and dream...

Well it'd be nice to see some pics of what you found around Boston, anyway! And I get what you mean about searching in the weird places. Excepting one privy (that darn 10-footer, valuable lesson learned), I have yet to dig a place that was dug before me, all of my spots are virgin sites. To discover the place yourself, and then discover what secrets it holds, is where it's at.

 

[NJKLAGT]

GW Button would make me have a heart attack for sure...hope I don't find one...

or, do I?

LOL

That's what this thread is all about! Heart attack artifacts.

 

[NJKLAGT]

I can't limit myself to just one Holy Grail...

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You go right for the throat, don't ya? Holy smokes, 'Chip, you really did take the "holy grail" thing to heart! What a beautiful bottle.

 

[GB1]

That's what this thread is all about! Heart attack artifacts.

i don't don't want to find ring with the finger still in it

 

[jgas]

I’m not asking for much here. But a trifecta of these in pristine shape would do just nicely. Jgas

 

[Bass]

Lol, not asking for much. I may be confused but isn’t that the one that went for highest bottle price ever?

 

[NJKLAGT]

i don't don't want to find ring with the finger still in it

"don't don't" - so you do! I see what you did there. I remember starting out and finding my first animal bones and being convinced for a brief moment that they were human, quite the rush, haha

 

[NJKLAGT]

I’m not asking for much here. But a trifecta of these in pristine shape would do just nicely. JgasView attachment 1549444

Guys, I was hoping for some more, like, realistic holy grails too, but...

Haha! No, this will do just fine. I thought I saw one of these on eBay not too long ago? I think they were asking for 12k or something like that. But you'll get one, jgas, right at the bottom of that deep and dangerous privy you're gonna finish for us this spring!

 

[Goldenplug]

This is a bottle I’ve really wanted to dig. Anybody here have one of these?

 

[lairmo]

I can't limit myself to just one Holy Grail...

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ok...i'm pretty sure my dad has 2 of these (maybe..have to check)...been over 25 years since I have seen them in the bsmt....? If I remember right one was dark brown/amber? maybe the other one as well...don't remember a green one....?

 

[Road Dog]

Looking for a Dr. E.C. Balm with W.R. Strong embossed on the side panel. A link to some info on the balms. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/135068-dr-e-cs-balm-bottles

 

[NJKLAGT]

View attachment 1549569This is a bottle I’ve really wanted to dig. Anybody here have one of these?

Another great bottle! And I'd be compelled to say all the same things that I did about the first bottle you posted - a beautiful picture bottle with classic embossing, and amber again, too! Is that just a coincidence, or are we starting to understand what kind of bottles you like?

 

[NJKLAGT]

ok...i'm pretty sure my dad has 2 of these (maybe..have to check)...been over 25 years since I have seen them in the bsmt....? If I remember right one was dark brown/amber? maybe the other one as well...don't remember a green one....?

If he does, tell your Dad that I said hi and that I love him, and miss him very much.

 

[NJKLAGT]

Looking for a Dr. E.C. Balm with W.R. Strong embossed on the side panel. A link to some info on the balms. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/135068-dr-e-cs-balm-bottles

Even though it lacks the "W.R. Strong", that sapphire blue example in the first picture is yuuummy. Good job on the article, by the way!

 

[Road Dog]

Thanks. Only pontil example in that color I've seen.

 

[sandchip]

Lol, not asking for much. I may be confused but isn’t that the one that went for highest bottle price ever?

Great bottle and it went for a heap, but I believe this one brought the highest price for an antique bottle, sold publicly at roughly $176K. I've heard of others selling privately for more.