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OxShoeDrew
08-21-2017, 09:01 AM
I came across a bottle dump this AM. No apparent cellar hole nearby but a current house about .5 mile away. These bottles were just sitting on the surface. I'll start digging down when I go back. One bottle is embossed "blueing" and it still has the dye in it!

Digger_O'Dell
08-21-2017, 09:23 AM
Some nice bottles, congrats! Can't wait to see what lies below.

Digger Don
08-21-2017, 10:12 AM
Nice looking bottles Drew. :congrats:

Lodge Scent
08-21-2017, 10:45 AM
That will be fun Drew. I know nothing about collecting bottles but some are very collectable and I am amazed at the $$$ they can fetch.

OxShoeDrew
08-22-2017, 12:59 PM
Thanks guys! I went back this AM for an hour and grabbed these-

Tony Two-Cent
08-22-2017, 01:14 PM
Wow, these are wonderful old bottles, Drew! It's unusual to find them unbroken. Any ideas on age? I would guess early 1900s.

I bet there are more there! :yes:

OxShoeDrew
08-22-2017, 01:41 PM
Thanks Tony! Yeah, I was guessing turn of the century. I haven't looked at a dating site yet. I hope there are more, I've only scratched the surface (literally). Yesterday's were ON the surface, today's were half buried, just below the debris.

del
08-22-2017, 02:34 PM
I see a Davis bottle and a ringneck medicine type , looks to be 1890's to 1910 era for most of them bottles Drew , but keep at it you might snag an older pontil type .

OxShoeDrew
08-22-2017, 03:40 PM
Thanks, Dan! I'm hoping they get older as I start to dig. It seems to be a very small dump, everything is in a 10x10 area. Lots of shards and cans too.

OxShoeDrew
08-23-2017, 11:26 AM
Today's take-

The Rebel
08-23-2017, 01:28 PM
Nice finds Drew! I had that happen to me a few years ago & filled up my backpack with them. Weighed a ton and took longer to get back to my car. Definitely early 1900's.

Digger_O'Dell
08-23-2017, 02:35 PM
Those are some neat bottles, love the blue one!

aloldstuff
08-24-2017, 12:05 PM
Drew, some interesting bottles. Hope that there are many more buried (and intact). Interesting top on your last picture.