Old Hospital Medicine Bottle/Jar Dump. Over 40 found.. Minis!! Pics Added

Papa Plug · Apr 15, 2014

Years ago my uncle told me about this place that used to be an old hospital from around 1870-1940. It's now a park. Said he went there as a kid and found old bottles and a gold pocket watch just sitting on the bank of the creek that runs behind the building. Well I got curious about 2 weeks ago and decided to pick my cousin up and check it out. Didn't find much with the metal detector. Almost everything was a surface/eyeball find. I know the building used to be 4 stories, I'm guessing they took all the trash and burned it then pushed it into the creek, a few of the bottles are melted.
I know I still need to clean them off.. Please forgive me. Lol But if anyone can help ID anything or have an idea of value I'd appreciate it.

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Papa Plug · Apr 15, 2014

Having trouble uploading multiple pictures at a time. Trying to figure this out I guess. Give me a minute. Lol

Dubay420 · Apr 15, 2014

I actually have asked this very same question in the past. T.C.W Co is also known as the Wheaton glass Company. Check this thread out, I had a lot of these same questions before. ( i am still a bottle noob, but the folks helped me out a lot with my Wheaton bottles)

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=115674

Papa Plug · Apr 15, 2014

Dubay420 said:
I actually have asked this very same question in the past. T.C.W Co is also known as the Wheaton glass Company. Check this thread out, I had a lot of these same questions before. ( i am still a bottle noob, but the folks helped me out a lot with my Wheaton bottles)

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=115674

Thanks for the link man. Definitely helped me out with the Wheaton bottles. Finally got the pics to works. Haha

Dubay420 · Apr 15, 2014

Not a problem man! it looks like You found quite a few nice ones, a lot of the bottles i found were Mini's as well. A lot of the same makers too! Lots of Vaccination stuff in those dumps. I never found a syringe, But i did find a Babies vaccination tag with a name and is dated 1954 (no pics). Here is actually the thread i made awhile back containing most of my photos.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=115601

( I also found a cast iron piggy bank from around 1918 out there!) I know a the dump I found, after some researching, i found out that Dump fires back in those days were fairly common. There were at least 2 bad ones at the site I found, so there is plenty of melted glass. I like to go back to the area after the spring floods, as the one i located, is also next to a river.

Papa Plug · Apr 15, 2014

Good stuff man. Looks like you found some nice ones. That pig crazy. Haha

You guys think we should go back? I'm sure there'll be a lot more if I do some digging.

Dubay420 · Apr 16, 2014

I say why not? If you like bottles, its something nice to keep in your back pocket in case you can't go detecting, but can go bottle hunting for some reason. Not to mention you never know what you could find back there! Just watch out for the ticks

Papa Plug · Apr 16, 2014

Dubay420 said:
I say why not? If you like bottles, its something nice to keep in your back pocket in case you can't go detecting, but can go bottle hunting for some reason. Not to mention you never know what you could find back there! Just watch out for the ticks

I mean I like them and think they're cool and everything. It's just that if I go back and return with another haul like that I'll be buried in them. Lol
Any idea if they're worth anything? I really like that cobalt blue one, and those super tiny broke ones.

gordonquixote · Apr 16, 2014

I would have left those there and walked away so fast (just me, not knocking your efforts at all). They have screw tops/needle tops and aren't that old. The Ponds cream are junk as well.

If you like them, do what you will.

Detector Nut · Apr 16, 2014

Nice finds, congrats!

hello · Apr 16, 2014

gordonquixote said:
I would have left those there and walked away so fast (just me, not knocking your efforts at all). They have screw tops/needle tops and aren't that old. The Ponds cream are junk as well.

If you like them, do what you will.

I would keep them- they are so cool.

Congrats on the bottles!

Papa Plug · Apr 16, 2014

gordonquixote said:
I would have left those there and walked away so fast (just me, not knocking your efforts at all). They have screw tops/needle tops and aren't that old. The Ponds cream are junk as well.

If you like them, do what you will.

Haha. Oh well. Maybe I'll sell them in a lot on eBay minus the mini cobalt blue.
Are they all screw/needle tops?

gordonquixote · Apr 16, 2014

Put 'em in the dishwasher and see what ebay brings.

Papa Plug · Apr 16, 2014

gordonquixote said:
Put 'em in the dishwasher and see what ebay brings.

I don't have a dishwasher. Lol But I will clean them up and sell them. Not expecting much. If/when I do I'll post and update.

Kemper · Apr 16, 2014

Nice stuff. Put that light bulb where it won't get broken. I agree on the dishwasher for the bottles. Stick it on rinse and hold for a while after you run them through on heavy clean if they still need cleaning. If you have to you can finish them up by hand. Those stopper or cork bottles are collectible as well as the milk white ones.

Papa Plug · Apr 16, 2014

Kemper said:
Nice stuff. Put that light bulb where it won't get broken. I agree on the dishwasher for the bottles. Stick it on rinse and hold for a while after you run them through on heavy clean if they still need cleaning. If you have to you can finish them up by hand. Those stopper or cork bottles are collectible as well as the milk white ones.

Which lightbulb? I'm assuming you mean both, but which do you think is older? I was surprised they weren't broke after so long.
So if they don't have a screw top they are a cork or stopper bottle? Sorry, I'm not a huge bottle collector.. I gain you could call me a hoarder of the old. Lol

Hurricane · Apr 16, 2014

Needle tops always give me the creeps too! I don't think you have anything old enough but hang on to anything marked Poison or with the skull & crossbones. They are usually brown but sometimes green molded.

Kemper · Apr 16, 2014

Papa Plug said:
Which lightbulb? I'm assuming you mean both, but which do you think is older? I was surprised they weren't broke after so long.
So if they don't have a screw top they are a cork or stopper bottle? Sorry, I'm not a huge bottle collector.. I gain you could call me a hoarder of the old. Lol

The smaller one is a radio tube.Yes the bottles probably take a cork unless you found some glass stoppers for them. Wrap the light bulb and just put the stuff away dirty. If you ever sell them they should bring just as much that way if they are not damaged.

Papa Plug · Apr 16, 2014

Hurricane said:
Needle tops always give me the creeps too! I don't think you have anything old enough but hang on to anything marked Poison or with the skull & crossbones. They are usually brown but sometimes green molded.

Nothing that cool. I'd be kinda scared if I found one with old sediment in them.

Kemper said:
The smaller one is a radio tube.Yes the bottles probably take a cork unless you found some glass stoppers for them. Wrap the light bulb and just put the stuff away dirty. If you ever sell them they should bring just as much that way if they are not damaged.

Sweet! Thanks. Wrapped up in paper towels and into a shoebox they go.

Papa Plug · Apr 16, 2014

Umm... I "forgot" to mention that I found an almost complete teacup with dirt in it.. Well I scrapped the dirt out of it and found what I'm pretty sure is a human finger bone.. I left it there unfortunately.

I am not surprised by this as my uncle told me he found a human skull along with the gold watch he found.. He turned it into the cops.. The place is a park now with jogging trails 5 feet away from the creek where I found the bone.. Kinda weird.

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