Dug bottles in my Back Yard

[Witnee]

I found these bottles while detecting in my back yard!? They were not very deep in the ground.? I also found some broken China and a lot of metal flat top beer cans (too rusted to identify).? I wondered if anyone knows how old they might be, what they may have been used for, and if they could be worth anything? The two clear ones on the right have an embossed "2oz" around the rim.
In the same hole...I found a bottle (not pictured) that has measurements on the side and the glass is pink.

 

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[lonewolfe]

I'd say 1930s - 1950s

2 of the bottles appear to be screw top, and the 2 on the rgt look like late inks...

a buck or 2 a piece for retail values as these same types can be found at local antique shops by the 100s across the country for that money..

Cool finds no matter!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Witnee,

nice finds, and right in your back yard.

have a good un..................

 

[Pangus]

Looks like snuff jars to me

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Nice bottles.

 

[Witnee]

How do I know if I should keep digging? All of the items I found, including a lot of trash metal, pieces of borken china, a broken piece of depression glass, and these bottles all came from the same spot. I didn't even have to dig very deep.
We have 3 acres that are mostly wooded. The main road that goes behind our house has been there for about 150 years. This small site that I found is about 50 ft from that road.
I guess someone could have just buried their trash there....or do you think it could have been a privy? And I just need to keep digging? Or am I just wishfully thinking?
Thanks for all the great info!!
Whitney

 

[Wetgreenie]

I say keep digging! sounds like you have an old garbage pit. I would love to have one of those to work again. my Dad and me used to do it all the time. You may not find coins but the artifacts generally get older as you dig deeper. Dad has an old rattlesnake tonic/cure all bottle that is too cool.

 

[JakePhelps]

I would take it bucket by bucket and store it in the garage for winter, over time it will dry up and during winter when ur bored you can still sift it and find cool relics! Try running over the area with a good magnet to remove alot of the iron relics. Then use the detector to find the other relics that arent magnetic. Looks like you got a nice dumpsite from the early 1900's. But i bet if you look carefully you could get some relics from the 1800's.

 

[slow sweeper]

I say keep digging. Look for glass that has air bubbles in it. Also bottle necks that have a seam that does not go to the top. These are signs of older bottles. Different colored glass is a good sign too. If all the glass you're finding is clear and amber it's probably not an older dump. But even if it's from as late as the fifties there are a few types of bottles that can be worth some money. Embossed milk and dairy bottles for example.
I'm almost brought to tears remembering all the embossed dairy bottles my friends and I used to just toss over our shoulder while digging down to get the bottles from the 1800's. They just didn't have any value back then.