Found some glass...............

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I finally tracked down the owner of a construction site where a building is going up. It is an old site. Most of the good stuff is covered by ground up ashphalt and gravel, so there was not too much to show for about an hour and 45 minutes. I noticed a lot of old glass, and while digging a target dug an old bottle. I kept picking them up as I went and got a few old metal items too. I even got an insulator. Some are 1900's, but a few date to the 1890's and older. One of them is AWESOME!!!!

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Anybody remember Steam Boat Willy? (Mickey Mouse)

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Two old mini bottles (quarter is for size)

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Here is the best metal item found today.

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And here is the best find of the day! There was a bunch of top dirt that was rolled into a pile. Just on the other side laying in the grass where the dozer had pushed the dirt was this beautiful 1868 bottle! Not broken and in awesome condition! Embossed on the side is
(RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS)

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On the bottom embossed is Patented March 10 1868

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[steve in so la]

Steamboat Willy was the very first animated cartoon. You might have a valuable thing there. The green bottle is nice - indented bottoms are neat. Good digs bud ! Steve in so az

 

[seeker41]

i have some bottles that i found on the surface of old bottle dumps. i think i will go out just bottle hunting sometime.

 

[Joe G]

Never dug a bottle before... sure would like to see something like that in the dirt!

 

[Pete in MI]

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[Greg from Mi.]

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[Paul(NWO)]

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[Mike Chgo area]

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