I was asked about a month ago to speak at the Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club. I mainly shared about relic hunting for Civil War relics and older. This was a smaller speaking engagement than I am used to but was fun none the less. There were 13 people.
Here I am sharing about this display of CW bullets found in Mississippi. I brought 8 display cases full of relics.
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Now John, who is very knowledgeable about antique bottle is telling us about a bottle I brought in.
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Here it is. It is a Turtle type nursing bottle. Turns out it is a rare type mold from about 1890 worth between $50 - $100.
I bought it a few years back at a garage sale for $1.00
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They had a raffle at the end. No cost, they just put several nice items on the table and then everyone got a number. The winner got to pick from the lot. The winner decided to let me take my pick! I chose this beautiful Hollywood Whiskey bottle from before 1880. I don't drink, but loved the amber color. This is a very nice bottle that is a foot tall. It will go nice in my collection.
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Here is my favorite relic I got to share. At the hunt I went to a few weeks back I found this nice cedar display case that fit it just perfect!
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Here I am sharing about this display of CW bullets found in Mississippi. I brought 8 display cases full of relics.
[attachment 90725 DSC00503.JPG]
Now John, who is very knowledgeable about antique bottle is telling us about a bottle I brought in.
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Here it is. It is a Turtle type nursing bottle. Turns out it is a rare type mold from about 1890 worth between $50 - $100.
I bought it a few years back at a garage sale for $1.00
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They had a raffle at the end. No cost, they just put several nice items on the table and then everyone got a number. The winner got to pick from the lot. The winner decided to let me take my pick!
I chose this beautiful Hollywood Whiskey bottle from before 1880. I don't drink, but loved the amber color. This is a very nice bottle that is a foot tall. It will go nice in my collection.[attachment 90728 DSC00504.JPG]
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Here is my favorite relic I got to share. At the hunt I went to a few weeks back I found this nice cedar display case that fit it just perfect!
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Sounds like a lot of fun and viewing some nice items! Congrats on the bottle from the garage sale that you will be turning a $ into 100 $s.......Ya sure know how to detect and being young you have many more years to do it! 