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Old Bottle Question #6868019
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I went out with my metal detector today, just out on the farm to see what I could turn up. While going along an old foundation I came across an old dump pile that was full of broken glass. In that pile was a nice little blue bottle that was intact. Bottom of the bottle has BOURJOIS 16 on it. Best I can find it is from a line of perfume and toiletries called An Evening In Paris that was popular between 1920 and 1950 or so. Anyone know anything about these bottles. I only have the one pic but the bottle is around 4" tall and has a wider mouth than a bottle that size would normally have. Makes me think it was a talcum powder bottle from that line of toiletries.

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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868305
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Clean it and set it in the window. They look nice with the sun lighting them up. Post a picture of it standing up and a close up of the top/ neck of the bottle.
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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868310
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Don't know much about bottles but like that you picked it up..I save all old ones I find too out detecting or just nosing around. I try to research them some and there is tons of info online... I do think sometimes the blue color can be more rare?
I know I'd have that one cleaned up and sitting in my window. Just because it's older and cool color.

Mac


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: Macthediver] #6868316
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Old bottles are cool. About every old farm here in Wisconsin has a "junk pile" out in the back 40, usually in a ravine or someplace to dump
stuff before there was a landfill near enough to haul things to.
When I am out in the field surveying I like to look through them, pretty cool stuff.

Zim

Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868631
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I do not have any info about the bottle A great web site for that kind of help is t.net.com.There are any number of forums that have info concerning treasure hunting Here is a six pack of bottles [Linked Image]
I found All from the same company and all from the same dump .But different versions

Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868718
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Animals Only, w side rd 151 or anyone else what are you doing to get the bottles that clean. I have tried different things, I read about and can't say they worked that good. I have a number of old bottles and jars I have found over the years.
This is a Sheyenne Bottling Works Co Root Beer Bottle Valley City ND 8 OZ
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A Jumbo Peanut butter Jar
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A cologne bottle
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Whiskey bottle that has turned purple
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Small brown bottle, that was sand blasted by nature and wore a hole through it and neck is very uneven.
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I have a beer bottle with a hole wore through it from sand and a honey jar also. They came off Chirikof Island AK. They were found by the communication site, that was there in the 1940's.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868736
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Milk of magnesia came in a cobalt blue bottle back in the day-I have found several at old dump sites.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868851
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The one on the right looks like the bottle Evan Williams bourbon comes in.

Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868869
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Carrie Nation vinegar bottle.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: Zim] #6868885
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Originally Posted by Zim
Old bottles are cool. About every old farm here in Wisconsin has a "junk pile" out in the back 40, usually in a ravine or someplace to dump
stuff before there was a landfill near enough to haul things to.
When I am out in the field surveying I like to look through them, pretty cool stuff.

Zim


My brother and I used to collect old cork top bottles we'd find in them old dumps. We found hundreds and sold most at local flea markets when we were kids. The deeper we'd dig once a farm dump was located, the older the stuff we'd find would be.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868897
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older cork bottles are made in 2 pieces, the top where the cork inserts was made separate. You can tell this because the mold line on the bottle will not line up with the mold line on the top.

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MJM. There are some bottle tumbling tutorials on YouTube that will some you how to clean your bottles. You can also send them out to be cleaned. I have dug bottles since l was a kid and continue to when I can find a good place. Mostly in old privey or cisterns.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: farmnhunt] #6868934
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Originally Posted by farmnhunt
older cork bottles are made in 2 pieces, the top where the cork inserts was made separate. You can tell this because the mold line on the bottle will not line up with the mold line on the top.



A lot of times there wasn't even a mold line on the neck/top and you could see where it was slightly twisted when it was stuck on. Those were the ones that went for more money.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6868955
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6 months ago I was walking through the woods. A big tree, maybe 2' across, had fallen over and the root ball was a little taller than I was. Hanging in the roots was an old coke bottle. The bottle was filled with dirt and the roots were grown around and into the bottle. I took it home and cleaned it up. Apparently, there were so many makers of Coke bottles that it's hard to tell exactly how old a Coke bottle is. From the information on internet, this one seems to be from the early 1960's.

I'm guessing that someone threw it away next to a little sapling 60 years ago and the tree grew over the bottle.


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To clean mine out I make them about 1/3 full of simple green ,or magic orange and than use a bottle brush after it has soaked for a while .And on the out side I will use very fine steel wool .It really helps to get rid of light surface scratches on the glass . It sometimes takes several repeats of the process . I also use a small wire brush that fits inside the opening Depending on what they look like inside plain white vinegar works also

Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6869311
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Always interesting to find those old bottles.


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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: AnthonyT] #6869312
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i'll take a pic of the bottle wall in the new store later. wink









Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: MJM] #6869319
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Originally Posted by MJM

Whiskey bottle that has turned purple
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Small brown bottle, that was sand blasted by nature and wore a hole through it and neck is very uneven.
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Glass that turns purple like that is pre WWI. Manganese turns the glass purple when exposed to sunlight and the Germans cut off the supply lines from South American manganese mines during WWI.
That little brown one looks like it could be a Hoppes bottle.

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Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: Animals Only] #6869406
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Is that a pig bitters bottle in the cabinet?

Re: Old Bottle Question [Re: Slick Pan] #6869422
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Here are some I pulled out of the scallop dredge while in the ocean

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