Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Finding Old Buried Bottles

ONE CAN USE A METAL DETECTOR TO LOCATE OLD BURIED ANTIQUE BOTTLES BECAUSE USUALLY THEY ARE FOUND AT OLD DUMP SITES AND HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF METAL MIXED IN WITH THEM.  IF YOU CAN FIND THE LOCATION OF AN OLD HOME SITE AND GET THE LAND OWNERS PERMISSION TO SEARCH THESE ARE EXCELLENT PLACES TO LOOK.  IF THE LOCATION IS IN A HILLY SECTION OF THE COUNTRY TRY YOU LUCK DOWN THE HILLSIDE AS MOST OLD DUMP SITES WERE LOCATED DOWNHILL FROM THE OLD HOUSE SITE, BUT USUALLY WITHIN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS OF THE MAIN HOUSE.  IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND AN OLD DUG WELL SITE, OFTEN WHEN THE WELL WAS ABANDON THE OWNERS WOULD FILL THE HOLE WITH TRASH. UNFORTUNATELY THE DEPTH ONE MANY HAVE TO DIG HERE IS A DEFINITE DRAWBACK.  I HAVE A GREAT COLLECTION OF OLD BOTTLES I HAVE DUG UP OVER THE YEARS MANY DATING BACK TO THE PERIOD BEFORE 1900 AND SOME PRE-CIVIL WAR. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SEARCH.
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