RelicHunter97
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Boredom is ensuing alongside with detecting withdrawl, so I decided to gather up all the old bottles I've found in my years of detecting/bottle digging and finally have them all on display at the same time. The first pic is the group shot, the second pic is a group shot, with the bottles numbered 1-22. You will notice that there are different colors for the numbers. The last shots are a few bottles I selected for individual photos.
The red numbers (1-4) are bottles I have acquired as the dirt piles, a place where a local historic town (dating back to 1660's) dumps it's dirt from new construction, etc. We find lots of great stuff in these piles. Bottle 1 is my favorite, and my oldest. It's a clay bottle I found when Norma, Bob, and I were digging in a gloryhole of a pile, this being the best find from that particular pile. Bottle 2 is a standard medicine bottle I believe, post-1910. Number 3 is a generic "Franklin* Bottle Works, Turners Falls, Mass." (not the town I found it in, but it is the town in which I reside.) Again, post 1910. Bottle 4 is an interesting bottle, hexagonal with one pair of opposite sides about half as lond as the others. Post-1880. Found it in a pile that appeared to have come from a burned down house.
The green numbers (5-14) are bottles that came out of a local river, which has produced so much in my two visits to it. 5 is a generic wine bottle. 6 is a generic household bottle. 7 is a Pond's Jar (small). 8 is another generic household bottle. 9 appears to be some sort of perfume, with a rubber stopper. Still contains some original liquid. 10 is probably some kind of cosmetics jar. 11 is another Ponds Jar (large). 12 is another generic household bottle, as are 13 and 14.
The blue numbers (15-19) are the complete bottles that came from the dump at my former place of residence (built 1900). 15 is an inkwell (ca. 1930s). 16 is a Bayer Aspirin, 24 tablets. 17 is an unknown use, but it is my second favorite. I love the thick glass and shape. 18 is a generic jar, but it was my first complete bottle digging item. 19 is another generic bottle. It's interesting because half of it is shattered but it remains intact.
The purple bottles (20 and 21) came from my current living place (built 1929). I found them at at least a foot down. 20 is a whiskey flask, I presume. 21 appears to be a perfume bottle, my smallest bottle.
Last but not least is a Hamden* Bottle Co. bottle I found in the middle of the woods. It reads "Drink Hamden Beverages." I date it between 1920-1950.
*Hamden county and Franklin county are two of the 4 counties in Western Mass. Now I just need to find bottles from the other two counties!
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
-Anthony
Boredom is ensuing alongside with detecting withdrawl, so I decided to gather up all the old bottles I've found in my years of detecting/bottle digging and finally have them all on display at the same time. The first pic is the group shot, the second pic is a group shot, with the bottles numbered 1-22. You will notice that there are different colors for the numbers. The last shots are a few bottles I selected for individual photos.
The red numbers (1-4) are bottles I have acquired as the dirt piles, a place where a local historic town (dating back to 1660's) dumps it's dirt from new construction, etc. We find lots of great stuff in these piles. Bottle 1 is my favorite, and my oldest. It's a clay bottle I found when Norma, Bob, and I were digging in a gloryhole of a pile, this being the best find from that particular pile. Bottle 2 is a standard medicine bottle I believe, post-1910. Number 3 is a generic "Franklin* Bottle Works, Turners Falls, Mass." (not the town I found it in, but it is the town in which I reside.) Again, post 1910. Bottle 4 is an interesting bottle, hexagonal with one pair of opposite sides about half as lond as the others. Post-1880. Found it in a pile that appeared to have come from a burned down house.
The green numbers (5-14) are bottles that came out of a local river, which has produced so much in my two visits to it. 5 is a generic wine bottle. 6 is a generic household bottle. 7 is a Pond's Jar (small). 8 is another generic household bottle. 9 appears to be some sort of perfume, with a rubber stopper. Still contains some original liquid. 10 is probably some kind of cosmetics jar. 11 is another Ponds Jar (large). 12 is another generic household bottle, as are 13 and 14.
The blue numbers (15-19) are the complete bottles that came from the dump at my former place of residence (built 1900). 15 is an inkwell (ca. 1930s). 16 is a Bayer Aspirin, 24 tablets. 17 is an unknown use, but it is my second favorite. I love the thick glass and shape. 18 is a generic jar, but it was my first complete bottle digging item. 19 is another generic bottle. It's interesting because half of it is shattered but it remains intact.
The purple bottles (20 and 21) came from my current living place (built 1929). I found them at at least a foot down. 20 is a whiskey flask, I presume. 21 appears to be a perfume bottle, my smallest bottle.
Last but not least is a Hamden* Bottle Co. bottle I found in the middle of the woods. It reads "Drink Hamden Beverages." I date it between 1920-1950.
*Hamden county and Franklin county are two of the 4 counties in Western Mass. Now I just need to find bottles from the other two counties!
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
-Anthony
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