glass

  1. Heavy green tint inkwell base Help identifying time please

    Hi.. I have a heavy large inkwell stand made of galas, 16 x 6 and 1+ inch high. It has a greenish tint, and a wood stand for the calendar. Is it Depression Glass?
  2. Pitting and Age of Hudson Bay Beads - a question

    Does the pitting on these Red Whiteheart beads indicate anything about age or history? These beads are about 3mm. I can't find any resources with specifics about pitting or patina on glass beads of any origin. Can I use pitting to be certain about any characteristics of these beads? For example...
  3. Theo Young Blob Top - Amber Variant

    Theo Young Blob Top - Amber Variant

    I have finally found an elusive amber variant of the Theo Young blob-top beer bottle. This one is an especially dark example too. It is around 120-130 years old!
  4. 19th Century Soda Bottle

    19th Century Soda Bottle

    Found this blob-top soda bottle on June 3rd. It appears to be an applied blob. It has no embossing. 1870's-1880's.
  5. Bronze Portholes

    Bronze Portholes

    I recovered these three portholes from the site of an old forgotten shipwreck on April 6th 2024. They consist of two seven-inch portholes and one five-inch porthole. All found resting in alignment with eachother from where the wreck disintegrated in place around them. They are all still operational.
  6. Holyrood brass double hands dish

    I'm hoping someone can help me correctly identify, or give any guidance of who I can contact, regarding this piece. There is little information online and it has only been speculated in a 1990s article that one could possibly exist. I found a brass double hands dish while thrifting. This is...
  7. Valentine's Meat Juice, Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey, Clay Marble, Mason Jar, etc.

    Had an exhausting yet fun time digging today. Here are some of the keepers: Finds include: 1. Valentine's Meat Juice 2. Plum Bros. Boardwalk Atlantic City (BIM made by W. T. Co.) 3. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey For Coughs and Colds (BIM) 4. Ball Perfect Mason 5. Burnett's Standard Flavoring...
  8. Lehing's Beverages Quality Supreme

    Lehing's Beverages Quality Supreme

    This is a Lehing's Beverages soda bottle from 1924. The company operated at 404-406 Jackson Ave. Long Island City N.Y.
  9. Booze, Meds, & Mineral Water (May 17th 2023)

    Booze, Meds, & Mineral Water (May 17th 2023)

    These are all finds from a dig I conducted on May 17th 2023. Highlights include Seipp's 2 1/2% Beer (1917-1919), a tooled Jacob Rupert's Beer (1910-1913), Scott's Emulsion, Coli-Actine, Major's Cement, Burnett's Flavoring Extracts, and a Flushing Mineral Water.
  10. Mary T. Goldman Hair Tonic

    Mary T. Goldman Hair Tonic

    This is a Mary T. Goldman hair tonic bottle from St. Paul Minnesota. It is machine-made and dates from about 1920-1924. Excavated May 8th 2023.
  11. C. V. Garrison Blob Top Beer Bottle

    C. V. Garrison Blob Top Beer Bottle

    This bottle was made in 1908 at the Karl Hutter bottle and glass factory. I excavated it on May 7th 2023.
  12. Need help identifying glass

    Hi, I’m new here and I hope it’s okay that I’m posting this here? I had bought two of these glasses from a second hand shop years ago and I absolutely adore them but I recently broke one and have been desperately trying to find new ones ever since. Sadly, I do not know the brand or what the...
  13. I can't seem to date these bottles... Help please!

    Hi! I have these bottles (Some are from different locations) and I can't seem to date them. #1 (7.6 in tall) says "The W.H Cawley Co., Regis Tered, Dover NJ". It has a monogram of DBW I believe.The back of the bottle says "This Bottle, Not To, Be Sold" and on the bottom it says K. Hutter New...
  14. Identifying and value. I think fenton not sure

    I think this is fenton not sure. No Id marks.
  15. Help Identify Glass Coke Bottle

    I found a glass Coke Cola Bottle that is sealed with no soda pop inside. The cap is white and has a Football on it. I'm guessing this is a special addition and may be rare? The imprints on the bottom of the bottle are, (B) 8 91 10.* I would like to know any information you have about this...
  16. Old medicine bottle and a jar. (how to restore them?)

    My father and I went on an adventure yesterday to the back of his property where he had found a pile of goodies he ask me to help him carry some stuff and I would get to keep some goodies for myself! We found a lot of mostly broken unidentifiable items but we did find a lot of Snow Crop orange...
  17. What are your top 3 finds?

    Show us your top 3 dug bottles! I know some people on this forum have dug some crazy rare + cool stuff, and I'd love to see everyone's personal favorites. It's hard to choose, but my best 3 are probably my R. B. Webster squat porter and ale, my Charles and Co whiskey, and my John A Darlington...
  18. Year's first dig and my first squat

    I got sent home from campus due to coronavirus, but the weather hasn't been ideal for digging until yesterday. The wait was totally worth it, because after two hours I pulled up this! The neck showed first, so when I pulled it out of the dirt I thought it was a broken blob because it was so...
  19. Help Identifying Bottle.....????

    Hello Treasure Net! New to the site! Glad to be here! I hope I am doing this right and I hope someone can help me figure out this bottle. The embossing on the front says “REGISTERED” on the top “LIBERTY & MURPHY FALL RIVER, MASS.” The back embossing says “THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD” on the...
  20. What is this stuff? Looks like glass!

    Hi can someone tell me what's up with this stuff? Where I ride my dirtbike I see this every once in a while, it looks like a volcano of glass that just froze in time coming out of some red clay hills.. so I broke this big chunk off an brought it home to find out what it is.. it's really heavy I...
  21. New to the collection

    I try to avoid buying bottles, as I'm running out of space as is. However, I found all of these for 3 or 4 bucks each at a local antique market. At that price, I couldn't pass. I dig up plenty of S. Liebmann Sons bottles(along with a few Obermeyer and Liebmann's), but never their older blob...
  22. Recent Bitters bottle pickup and very little info anywhere about it

    I recently picked up a box of bottles at a yard sale and one is seemingly almost nonexistent online. I was able to locate two online but neither showed a price or even an estimate of price, and barely any info too. It's a Dr. Bishop's Wa-Hoo Bitters from New Haven, Connecticut. It appears to be...
  23. Went to a1800's site FOUND BOTTLES!!!

    Hello! I went detecting in a park that had an old one room school house in the 1800's. I didn't find anything metal worth keeping but I found these bottles. The green one isn't that old I don't think... or the brown one with the screw on top (I think it's just a modern beer). But the other brown...
  24. Large 10'' Punch Bowl

    It has and ringing sound to it but I believe its glass if it's any special kind of glass I would love to know. It's 10'' with no markings. I bought it from Goodwill for 5.95
  25. Latticed glass bowl... Could it be Steuben?

    I've recently purchased this item. I think it might be a Steuben glass latticed basket as this is the only manufacturer of this type of item (that I know of). It is approx. 9.5 inches high by 15 inches diameter at the widest point. It's got a ground pontil at the base. Could anyone give me any...
  26. Found my first square nails!! And identified a 1930s glass shard

    Hey guys, I went to a 1910 property but it seems like someone might have got there first because I found a few square nails but no old coins. A few oddities as always... I love when I find cool glass shards while digging a signal, i even found exactly what this one was by the design...
  27. Some kind of glass/ bottle ?

    :3coins:pCan’t remeber where I got this. Wanted to research it put it in a box packed it away forgot about it . just found it again . It is 6 1/2 inches tall approximately 6 inches wide . Blue in color .Mouth is about 2 1/4 inches wide . There are no mold marks the bottom looks strange like...
  28. Philadelphia Glass

    Hi Fellow hunters, I'm looking for a decent bottle hunting spot around Philadelphia. They don't even need to produce whole bottles, I can use the glasses for an art project i'm working on. The old colored bottles are really neat so that's what i'm after. Anyone know a spot and want a hunting...
  29. How to tell if its glass or diamond

    Hi! I found some gemstones hidden under tree branches and leaves in malta. Anyone knows what they might be. They are heavy, scratch coins and glass easily (colorless or whitish streak) and look a lot like diamonds to me 😊 i dont want to go to the expert yet, unless its verified its not a glass...
  30. Super bright orange vintage Marbles

    Found these two similar orange marbles in the aftermath of a burn pit. They seem to be hand made and are a clear orange glass with fracture veins in a pentahedron pattern. Any info on these would be greatly appreciated, as I am no marble expert but Veteran of losing them.
  31. New here - my new finds

    I recently moved to family land in the Texas panhandle. I've been walking the property picking up metal and glass and started finding buttons. Back in the day, my grandma did laundry and would drain the ringer/washer out behind the wash house. I have found some interest stuff on the surface...
  32. ✅ SOLVED Anyone know anything about this green vase?

    Can anyone help identify this vase? I don't see any words or markings other than what you can see in the picture. Most likely purchased by my grandmother between 1930 and 1970.
  33. Found A Buried Wagon In Missouri On A River Bend Need Help!

    This is crazy, SO the other day I was kayaking the Missouri river and headed down a little side creek. When out of the corner of my eye i saw what looked to be a old wagon wheel with wood spokes. I decided to go closer and to my supersize it was! So with my wife and I both being on our day of we...
  34. LARGE/ GIANT yellow bottle or vase?? Help Identify please

    What is it?? A vase, never seen a bottle this large, any guess on the age and origin ? I Notice the bottom is smooth and flat and green.
  35. Help Identifying a Carnival Glass Pattern

    I've just gone through over 1000 patterns on a website and have done google searches too countless to mention. The closest match I've found is hobstar but that's not it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!
  36. Non-collector browses marble auction listing...

    ... and goes "YIKES!". https://new.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/94363_northeast-marble-meet-2016-auction I can see how someone can get stuck on collecting marbles. Some of those modern ones are stunning!
  37. Found a pair of RC Royal Crown Cola bottles

    I found these RC cola bottles back in the woods behind my house about a week ago. I think they are from the 50s.
  38. Amber bottle. New to hunting bottles.

    I am in central Mississippi. I normally hunt petrified wood in one particular area. But I found a neat bottle near my hometown. Is there any way you ladies and gentlemen could help me out identifying this piece?
  39. What information do you know about this?

    I am going through items of a passed family member and selling them for her estate. I came across this vase which she always talked about donating to a museum, and I was wondering if anyone could share any information they may have on this piece. The only marking reads "schneider" but I can't...
  40. Yet another Gem jar, looking for some info!

    Hey Y'all, I'm not sure why I keep taking home Gem jars, it's not like I have a preference for them or something, but anyway here's yet another. I was torn between this half gallon jar or a Haserot Cleveland quart. This jar was a few dollars cheaper, but what really attracted me was its unusual...
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