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I'm happy...

but aching too much to do the happy dance. Long story short, our farm helper was digging a trench next to the workshop in order to treat for termites. As he was digging he was seeing broken glass and managed to save one bottle, when I heard about the bottle I had to investigate...taking a long handled screwdriver to use as a probe I starting searching. I never dreamed that I would have to actually dig under the cement slab to find what I found. Back in the late 1800's, well the original owner was born in the house in 1876, so all the buildings are pretty old here. This workshop was originally the carriage house, with the dirt foundation pretty well packed, and the building practically falling down, my FIL tore down the building, had sand hauled in, then had the slab poured, and built the current workshop back in 1965.

Some of these finds are a first for me, I did some searching on the www to learn more about them.

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Rabbit hole digging :icon_scratch:

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Armadillo hole digging :help:

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A few finds 8)​

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Hard to reach​

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Hard to get​

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Whew! Got it :headbang:

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Boyd's Genuine Porcelain Lined with the "Hero Cross", embossed with the HFJ Co in the cross; a first of this name brand jar lid for me :thumbsup:

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No clue...pretty neat :dontknow:

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All the non broken :hello2:

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I didn't do it :'(

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Royaline Oil; Royaline Med Co Ltd; New Orleans...1st to ever see or hear/read about this bottle
Hey, maybe it's a collector's item. Only 1 website about this company and it was a bottle collection out of NOLA.

I :love4: old bottles. But, what a pain it was to get to these. :tongue3:

:wink: RR
 

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I know that it was definatly worth the 4 hours and the pain your feeling this am I too LOVE OLD BOTTLES and will dig and dig to get them out looking like yours! Now go have Alden dig the other cornors out for you!
 

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Bottles are very cool to dig! So much excitement! You get the thrill of the find and then the excitement of recovering it without damaging it. :icon_thumleft: Very nice bottles you found! :headbang:
 

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Great Post! Excellent digs!
Nice job on the recovery with the tools at hand.
Porcelain HERO fruit jar lid liner. 1880's.
Keep on diggin!
 

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maybe a pain, but what fun pain! thems some nice nails great for diggin under foundations?
 

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HI RR Nice bottle, congrats

tinpan
 

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Judie, Judie, Judie....I vote we all go to Judie's place and hunt her yard! I'd donate $20! ;D
Girl!!! Those are super bottles!!! I KNOWWW yer happy!

Nana :-*
 

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The fact is lousiana is hot, in the pasture,or a long as its along the coast, there is treasure everywhere.
 

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Congrats my friend on the bottles. If you and yours get out this way you know your welcome here. I don't dig bottles but, I know where an old bottle site is. Cheers...Mike and Maggie
 

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JUDIE!!!! Way to go my friend! Now....if we could just get all these T-Net boys over to yer place and jack up yer house.......Us girls could have a great hunting party!! ;D :tongue3: :laughing9: :laughing7:........Good job girlie!! :icon_thumleft:

HH,
Moon
 

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Thank you all for the replies. :-* I wish I could jack up the shop and bust up the cement, but I think my A$$ would kill me first. :laughing9: Now if I could get him to dig up that old well he filled in eons ago. But, there's a huge live oak tree planted over that area. :(

I've not been this excited of finding anything here other than the Civil War button...I do love the old relics I find though, even if they're crusty, rusty iron.

I spent the afternoon at the Louisiana Treasures Museum, of the thousands upon thousands of bottles Wayne has, he only has 2 of the Royaline bottles. So they seem to be rare.

I will post pics of that one bottle under "Bottles", hopefully someone will chime in with more info on it. The WWW has nothing to speak of other than a listing of New Orleans Medicine Bottles - Patent Medicines.

Thanks again, y'all are so sweet.

:wink: RR
 

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Great bottle finds RR. Some real beauties! :icon_thumleft: I love finding old bottles too.
Congrats,
MM
 

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Nice discovery and digs, Judy. I bet there's more to be found ::)
 

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