Marbles and Milks

teotwawki12

Elite Member
Joined
Apr 7, 2017
Messages
1,219
Location
Michigan
Was just too hot today to go metal detecting under the sun. So I went to the woods where there was shade (aka the old town dump) and sat in a nice cool pit (and sweat profusely digging but hey, it was cooler and shady!). Mid century trash makes me happy :D

Scored six marbles and six milk bottles... well, seven marbles but one was shattered and fell apart when I threw it in the bucket. Three of the milk bottles were ACL half-pints; knowing this dump and how ACL reacts to the air, I knew the printing would be gone soon, but I photographed 'em while they still had their green writing. The other three were embossed: Lockshore Dairy (Kalamazoo), Arctic Dairy (Detroit) and Uni Dairy Pak (Jackson).

A few other odds and ends and the day was a dirty, filthy success. Still checking for ticks..... Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I FINALLY got an unbroken Hi-Klas! I've found so many broken and wiped ones... okay, there's a chip on the bottom but it's a keeper! (I just looked up that little "Sanfords" bottle with the lid still rusted onto it in the photo of the little bottles and it appears to be ink...I haven't decided if I'm gonna acid soak the rust off it or just leave it on...

The Ball Jar reference chart indicates that the one I dug today is 1923-1933. I love them blue canning jars, every one!

Added a photo of a silver quarter I found a couple days ago. Was soooo hot I just felt no motivation so that yard was left for a later time (but I scored the quarter before leaving).

On the same day, I thought I would wander through a corn field and try to find an arrowhead. I didn't, but I found this cool little fossil in the last photos. The fossil itself may not be all that amazing but the quartz that grew inside of it is fantastic!
 

Attachments

  • KIMG1543.jpg
    KIMG1543.jpg
    82.2 KB · Views: 333
  • KIMG1544.jpg
    KIMG1544.jpg
    77.1 KB · Views: 364
  • KIMG1546.jpg
    KIMG1546.jpg
    43.4 KB · Views: 369
  • KIMG1547.jpg
    KIMG1547.jpg
    116.5 KB · Views: 349
  • KIMG1549.jpg
    KIMG1549.jpg
    112.5 KB · Views: 347
  • KIMG1551.jpg
    KIMG1551.jpg
    37.5 KB · Views: 314
  • KIMG1552.jpg
    KIMG1552.jpg
    35.4 KB · Views: 354
  • KIMG1553.jpg
    KIMG1553.jpg
    32.7 KB · Views: 305
  • KIMG1554.jpg
    KIMG1554.jpg
    41.9 KB · Views: 313
  • KIMG1555.jpg
    KIMG1555.jpg
    62.6 KB · Views: 304
  • KIMG1556.jpg
    KIMG1556.jpg
    67.2 KB · Views: 314
  • KIMG1559.jpg
    KIMG1559.jpg
    61.9 KB · Views: 304
  • KIMG1539.jpg
    KIMG1539.jpg
    52.4 KB · Views: 319
  • KIMG1538.jpg
    KIMG1538.jpg
    119.4 KB · Views: 327
  • KIMG1560.jpg
    KIMG1560.jpg
    53.9 KB · Views: 305
  • KIMG1561.jpg
    KIMG1561.jpg
    48.5 KB · Views: 298
  • KIMG1562.jpg
    KIMG1562.jpg
    25.5 KB · Views: 307
  • KIMG1563.jpg
    KIMG1563.jpg
    31.7 KB · Views: 296
  • KIMG1542.jpg
    KIMG1542.jpg
    126.2 KB · Views: 314
Last edited:
Cool finds, i love old marbles, and just found a couple more digging in my yard doing landscaping. Congrats on the silver!
 
Well, teo, some nice marbles, some milks, a '42 silver Qtr., an old tiny doll, and that nice deco soda. What's not to love? It's too dang hot/humid and overgrown in my neck of the woods right now so good that someone's out there combing the dirt. :neat:
 
Cool post! You got a good day's haul from digging, and the quarter and fossil are great finds too. Never seen a quartz-filled fossil like that!
Those rusted caps usually bust apart with a little tapping around the top. I use a deer antler to tap tap tap until it cracks apart and falls off, without chipping or breaking the glass.
 
Back
Top Bottom