Cool Bottle Dump Finds!!

sfox87

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May 21, 2013
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Hey everyone, today I went to a bottle dump that was a boys orphanage from the 1870's to 1920's. I was digging for bottles and found a bunch of really cool things including a military button which i found on the surface and says Evans & Co. No. Attleboro Mass on the back, some other military thing maybe? lol, that says Troy NY Oct 9. 1909. I also found a bunch of beads in various sizes and colors, 2 clay marbles, a red glass marble, a Sanford's ink well and other bottles. Thanks for looking, Sarah :)

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Awesome finds, Weird place to find a military button.:headbang:
 

nice finds ... love the ink well and red glass marble ...... would love to see a close up of that marble !!
 

nice finds ... love the ink well and red glass marble ...... would love to see a close up of that marble !!

Hey, Thanks. Here's a close up of the marble, it's not in good shape, it was probably most definitely played with a lot. Sorry about the blurry pic.
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Oh yeah i forgot to say the the beads are glass too
 

Sounds like a great place to hunt. I'd bet there is a lot more there.
 

thank you for postin the close up of the marble !!! played with is a plus in my book !! thanks again
 

Hello Sarah,

Welcome to the joys of dump digging and TNet, and thanks for showing some of your finds. I'd encourage you to show the glass stuff to the gang down at the Bottles & Glass Department.

Looks like you're flirting with the TOC. That Sanford's is an early ABM example, I believe. What's the base look like?

Happy digging.

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Those are some interesting finds right there Sarah! :thumbsup:
Bottle digging is hard thankless work, until you find a keeper that is!

I used to dig bottle a lot of dumps up here in Canada when I was younger,
I guess that's why I metal detect now instead! :laughing7:
Love the look of the logo on the ink well, very nice condition!

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Hello Sarah,

Welcome to the joys of dump digging and TNet, and thanks for showing some of your finds. I'd encourage you to show the glass stuff to the gang down at the Bottles & Glass Department.

Looks like you're flirting with the TOC. That Sanford's is an early ABM example, I believe. What's the base look like?

Happy digging.

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Hey thanks. I've been bottle digging for probably the past 10 years and i've been to this spot a bunch of times and always walk away with some cool bottles and marbles. I know there's older bottles there but all i find are broken pieces, maybe i'll have some luck today :). Here's a pic of the base, it says Sanford's on the bottom.

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