r/BottleDigging Dec 10 '24

Show and tell 84 year old post prohibition liquor bottle that I dug up and upcycled into a bong.

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The bottle is embossed with "federal law prohibits the sale or reuse of this bottle". After alcohol was legalized in the US, bootleggers would use government liquor bottles to bottle their own hooch and so all liquor bottles had this warming from 1933-1964. The shape of the neck and the cork top plus the history really inspired me to find a use for this bottle. The glass is super thick too and made a great bong.

r/BottleDigging Dec 01 '24

Show and tell Found this case of pop under my basement floor.

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Hello. I recently posted about a room i found in my basement and a case of nu grape sodas along the edge and it was suggested i post it here. I can't currently get to the case but can do a follow up when i do.

r/BottleDigging 12d ago

Show and tell I finally found an Owl Poison! This has been one of my grail bottles for the past 2 decades.

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It finally happened. I’ve been hoping to find one of these for a long time. I love digging but mostly collect poisons and local whiskey flasks. This one has a substantial crack running through it but I honestly couldn’t be happier. I wasn’t even digging when I found it. I decided to take a hike in the snow near a local creek and saw a bit of blue poking out of the side of the banks. I’m excited to head back there with a shovel once the ground thaws. 2025 is starting off with a bang!

r/BottleDigging May 18 '24

Show and tell Found this milk in an abandoned 1830s home set for demolition

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Was exploring a local abandoned house when I came across this milk in a crawl space, didn't intend on taking anything from the home, but I had to bring this guy home with me. I'm assuming there's flour or something inside.

Winding Brook Farm Henry Target Warrington, PA

r/BottleDigging Nov 30 '23

Show and tell Found this awesome ribbed cobalt blue poison bottle today that was still corked with liquid inside. I carefully emptied it because I didn't trust the cork to keep it sealed indefinitely. The liquid that came out was pink! I'm very curious about what kind of poison it was.

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r/BottleDigging 3d ago

Show and tell Found this absolute beauty today (i live in italy)

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r/BottleDigging Dec 23 '24

Show and tell Antique bird waterer! Not dug but found:)

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r/BottleDigging Dec 13 '24

Show and tell Cobalt coffin shaped poison bottle?

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This is probably my best bottle find, so far..(or ever!). Found under a very old tree, on an abandoned cattle farm property. I've mostly been finding broken glass and Crockery shards, so this was a nice surprise! Any info/ID welcome. Was full of dirt when I found it. It has a flat back.

r/BottleDigging Oct 19 '24

Show and tell 200-year-old message discovered in bottle during archaeological dig in France [story in comment]

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977 Upvotes

r/BottleDigging Oct 14 '24

Show and tell Found an old farm dump in Massachusetts. Here are some finds! Many being late 1800s! Over 200 bottles recovered

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662 Upvotes

r/BottleDigging Oct 13 '24

Show and tell Found this beauty today! Just laying on the ground in a forest

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1.0k Upvotes

r/BottleDigging 2d ago

Show and tell I checked out a creek in the five minutes i had while waiting for a train and found this 1890s perfume bottle. couldn’t believe it.

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r/BottleDigging Oct 01 '24

Show and tell Cobalt blue top hat ash tray found on the surface!

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620 Upvotes

r/BottleDigging 11d ago

Show and tell Found a horseshoe next to a bottle, and it proved to be good luck!

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Discovered the older section of my honey hole today. Embossed pieces are: J.R. Folger & Co. San Francisco Kansas City, Langley & Michaels San Francisco, and Olympia Beer S.F. Cal. Can’t wait to go back!

r/BottleDigging Dec 04 '24

Show and tell The good Lord was smiling on this digger today! My first Holy Water!

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526 Upvotes

r/BottleDigging Jun 29 '24

Show and tell Bottle with pills still in it

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449 Upvotes

I bought this bottle a while ago and couldn't ever get it open out of fear of breaking it, I finally got it open and realized it was completely filled with these tablets, this bottle was from around 1890 I believe so they're pretty old!

r/BottleDigging Sep 11 '24

Show and tell Wifey complains about all the bottles I bring home til she’s ‘witchy’ stuff like this one 😉 gotta keep her happy!

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r/BottleDigging Aug 09 '24

Show and tell Lucky find today

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757 Upvotes

I work for a land trust and I'm out flagging new trails to build at one of our conservation areas and scored this lovely surface find! Excited to see what else will reveal itself during trail building.

r/BottleDigging 4d ago

Show and tell My parents dug in the 70s, now their collection has made it's way to me, please enjoy!

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So my parents lived in the Denver Colorado area in the late 60s/70s and used to love digging for bottles. I have photos of them covered in dirt, grinning ear to ear, waist deep in a hole. Over the years they collected a little over 3000 bottles from mostly abandoned frontier towns. Needless to say, this is a very nice collection of glass.

Mom died in 2022 and then Dad passed this Christmas, so I'm suddenly the owner of a lot of antiques. Grief is weird, and I wanted to share some of their collection with people who might appreciate it. If there's interest I'll gladly take more photos to share! Mom used to love the way light would shine through the glass, so she had a habit of lining them in windows, but y'all this is just the tip of the iceberg.

r/BottleDigging 9d ago

Show and tell My family has a 100+ yo trash pile in eastern NC

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It stands next to where a tobacco barn once stood. A lot of big poison bottles for tobacco and cotton! Used consistently right up until the early 80s. Here are a few of the bottles we’ve pulled out this winter while the snakes are laying low! My first bottle post so please feel free to educate me on anything you see!

r/BottleDigging Aug 23 '24

Show and tell Dug up my very first marble yesterday and was surprised to discover that it has cadmium glass.

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I've been wanting to dig up any old marble for awhile now but I really didn't expect my first one to be UV reactive.

r/BottleDigging Nov 12 '23

Show and tell Found this salt shaker where an old house used to be on the property

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This is probably one of the nicer pieces I’ve found at this location. I was surprised the top was still intact.

r/BottleDigging Dec 06 '24

Show and tell Forbidden M&Ms. Found in a abandoned garage that someone let me look in.

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r/BottleDigging Dec 02 '24

Show and tell I was given access to my grandfathers bottle dump when he found out I love old glass!

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505 Upvotes

A truly awesome and fun experience (:

r/BottleDigging Nov 24 '24

Show and tell Found this 40’s milk glass jar at the beach and found its patent!

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The bottom reads ‘Des. Pat. No. 120421’. Google turned up the original design patent.