My First Bottle Dig. 1950s-70s

EyeDetectLove · May 11, 2015

I came across an old gas station while exploring. I found it's bottle dump in the back. So I spent about 5 hours digging. I know these aren't old, but figured for my first dig, I'd have fun with it, clean them up and show them to you guys.

Pepsi-Cola 1957

Eye drop/Ear drop medicine bottle - 1969

7-up - 1971

Duragulas Medicine Bottle - 19??

I have no idea what this bottle is. Anyone?

Coors - 1971 "Please Help Fight Litter"

Heinz 57 bottle

Pepsi-Cola - 1973

Coca-cola - 1970

Ball jar

Ball pint jar

Pepsi-cola - 1967

Esquire Scuff-Kot shoe polish - 1950s

GLASSHOPPER1955 · May 11, 2015

That red/white Pepsi is 1957. You did better than you thought. Take some #4- 0000 steel wool and some auto paste wax lightly over it and it'll clean up nicely. ? what that ribbed bottle is but it IS odd.

EyeDetectLove · May 15, 2015

GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
That red/white Pepsi is 1957. You did better than you thought. Take some #4- 0000 steel wool and some auto paste wax lightly over it and it'll clean up nicely. ? what that ribbed bottle is but it IS odd.

Ahhh, thanks for the correction. I'm so new to this. Thanks for the cleaning tips. I added more bottles to original post and fixed the photo sizes.

junkdrunk · May 15, 2015

Nice!

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-j

GLASSHOPPER1955 · May 15, 2015

EyeDetectLove said:
Ahhh, thanks for the correction. I'm so new to this. Thanks for the cleaning tips. I added more bottles to original post and fixed the photo sizes.

Your pics load a lot faster now.

You can immerse those other bottles in a strong lye solution for a day or two and that cleans 'em up nice using a brush inside and #0000 steel wool. Probably shouldn't do that with the painted label ones, though.

EyeDetectLove · May 15, 2015

GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
Your pics load a lot faster now.

You can immerse those other bottles in a strong lye solution for a day or two and that cleans 'em up nice using a brush inside and #0000 steel wool. Probably shouldn't do that with the painted label ones, though.

Thanks again for the tips!

Here are the not-so-exciting bottles I found at the same dump.

Some I have no idea what they are, including this first one...

I want to say baby food? There's measurement numbers embossed on side.
The lid won't come off easy and I don't want to break it. But I believe the food is still floating around inside.

Bireley's soda - 1970

Howdy's soda - 1970

?? Rootbeer?

Lentheric Cologne - 1970s?

Random medicine bottles, I believe

The one on the left I believe is a Tabasco bottle?

The dump site

That's it!

Gaspipe · May 15, 2015

You need to find a much older dump cause sooner or later your gonna dig a dirty baby diaper in that one . :laughing:

sunrunner · May 17, 2015

I can see most of the stuff is late 1950s and early 1960s .not much collecting value . when looking for the dates on a late bottle on the bottom you will see groups of numbers if they are dates they will be the last two numbers at the far right usually.

GLASSHOPPER1955 · May 17, 2015

That bottle with the stuck cap, immerse it in water upside down for a day or so and then see if it'll come loose. If not spray some liquid wrench or equivalent (bottle upside down so it'll flow into the threads) for a bit. Don't be afraid to use a little force to unscrew the lid.

EyeDetectLove · May 18, 2015

Thanks for the tips!!

DougF · May 18, 2015

that Bireley's bottle is neat - I have the sign that goes with it - also found in a dump.

muerte33 · May 18, 2015

Great finds. I love bottle hunting, almost as much as metal detecting

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EyeDetectLove · May 18, 2015

DougF said:
that Bireley's bottle is neat - I have the sign that goes with it - also found in a dump.

Wow! Nice!

GLASSHOPPER1955 · May 18, 2015

I agree! That sign looks like it's never seen the outside. :wow2:

DougF · May 19, 2015

GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
I agree! That sign looks like it's never seen the outside.

When I said dump, it was more of a truckload of trash dumped beside the road, I don't think it had been there long when i found it (1989).

GLASSHOPPER1955 · May 19, 2015

DougF said:
When I said dump, it was more of a truckload of trash dumped beside the road, I don't think it had been there long when i found it (1989).

10-4 once we found a pile of Chesterfield signs with onionskin sheets still between them like that. But those were probably laying outside for a few years before we found them, and many of them had some rusting around the edges. These were those kind of signs with the 45 degree bend like those old tetephone signs you used to see all over. They sold like hotcakes; I didn't even keep one for the collection.

EyeDetectLove · May 20, 2015

finally got this bottle cleaned up.

Enfamil Glass Baby Bottle - 1950s/60s

Jamflicker · May 20, 2015

Fun stuff. Congrats on the bottles.

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