CTpilgrim
Elite Member
Found a new dump with a lot of promise yesterday and I was able to snag a few keepers among a lot of heartbreak. The dump is behind a house built in 1744 and there are several old houses nearby so this may have been a community dump. All of the stuff is very shallow, maybe 12-18 inches deep which is probably why most of it is broken. Right off the bat I found the bottom of an open pontil bitters bottle from south reading mass and several other pieces of open pontil bottles. I also found several pieces of broken drakes bitters bottles so I’m hoping that some of the good ones may have survived. Anyway I was able to grab a few whole ones which I’m sure to seasoned bottle diggers are like finding wheaties metal detecting but I think they’re awesome. They’re all blank probably medicine bottles and the bigger one was probably an olive jar? I opened up a spot about 12x12 and the place is pretty big so I’ll definitely be headed back there soon.