Recovering Relics #31 – 1800′s Bottle Digging
Today, I got up early in the morning to do some bottle digging at the old beach dump. The tide was very low today, so we were able to find some nice old bottles. I found some old soda bottles and an 1800′s Holbrook & Co. Wostercer Sauce bottle. My grandmother found a full pontiled bottle. We found some great bottles today and we had a lot of fun!
Video Rating: 5 / 5
October 22, 2010
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Helloo i have watched all your videos over and over i think your awesome! there some nice bottles. I have about 6 beaches around where i live but they seem to have no bottles on them. I looked for about 4 hours but no luck, and i also dont know where to look for bottle dumps. There are old home sites and 1800′s buildings but i dont know where they could be hiding HH:)
dude at 2;4 thier is a ring.
Where is the beach (if you don’t mind telling)? Also, did you dig deeper at the land dump you posted about, where I suggested deeper would likely produce older bottles?
The bottle your grandmother found is a wine bottle and the base is what is called a kick up, not a pontil. Nice digging and best of luck with future digs!
The Holbrook & Co bottle was a sauce bottle and an import from the UK,
its later than you think.
from about 1890 up until 1920, made at a UK glass factory.
We used aqua glass longer than the US due to the expense and availabilty of the manganese used to remove the green tint in the melt.
Thanks! Keep looking, there are still a lot of nice bottles out there! HH!
nice job! I ALWAYS get my good bottles brocken.
Thanks Biofilmz! I’m glad you liked it. Good luck on your next hunt and HH!
This was something different and fun to watch. Thanks for posting. I look forward to the next. HH
Thanks History Digger! Thanks for being a fan.
Thanks for watching! That place has so much glass you really dont need to dig. HH!
Hey! Nice finds Recovering Relics! Your my idol:)
Thanks for watching Armymanis!
Thanks! You too, you found the oldest bottle of the day!
Thanks for watching! HH!
Thanks for watching RRR! Good luck on your next hunt and HH!
Thanks for watching! HH to you too!
Thanks for watching Dave! Good luck and HH!
Thanks for watching! HH!
nice bottle finds!
YOU SURE HAVE A KEEN EYES! Great finds!
Awesome place! Nice bottles!
Congratulations on those bottle finds. Your Grandmother found a nice one too. Nice video.
Amazing what you can do with the right gear & knowledge!
Nice to see items being restored opposed to thrown away. Good job.
shutup you moron. id like to see you do that…
This is so gay. Lame!!
Anyone know what the paint code is?
this what gold and silvers restoration they got you to do right?
nice work man
watch?v=GejjiPRzHsE&feature=channel_video_title
put youtube infront of this
Rick’s a miracle worker, right here on earth !
Very cool seeing how this was done, after watching this on “Pawn Stars.” Great job with it Rick, you & your team really know how to bring old stuff back to life.
Rick u kick butt!!!
Looks better than it did when it was new.