halfdime
Silver Member
I've mentioned in other sections of Treasurenet that our church bought a bar in Pittsburgh to close it down. I've done very well there, with about twenty silver coins and two gold rings, as well as a large clay marble. We also bought two condemned buildings behind the bar to expand the property's footprint. They're due to be demolished soon, so I've spent a lot of time the last few weeks treasure hunting. We've scrapped lots of steel, and I was given whatever treasure I could find for my expenses (parking, gas, time, etc.). That has meant lots of brass, aluminum and copper which I've turned into cash. Both the bar and one of the condemned buildings have dirt floors; when a building is over a hundred years old that means archaeology! Yesterday, I decided to do a little sifting in the condemned building, figuring there had to be something. I was right; I managed a clay and a colored marble, indicating that children once played in or near this basement. I took pictures of those with my phone, but we've all seen marbles so I won't go to the trouble of retrieving it. I texted it to my daughter in school, just to make her jealous! Near the end of the day, a spadeful of dirt yielded this little treasure, a Bromo-Lithia Chemical Co. Philadelphia U.S.A. I assume it's a forerunner to the Bromo-Seltzer bottles that are so common. I only wish this was blue, but an old bottle is an old bottle and we'll display it proudly!
