The Borden bottle is pre-1936. That's the year that Elsie and several other cows became the mascots for Borden, including Blossom, Bessie, and Clara. Within a short time, Elsie was the publics favorite cow of Borden. My Grandmother, born in 1907, was named Bessie, when my Mother was born in 1941, she was named Elsie, after the Borden cow. Elsie the cow is still the mascot to Borden. On a side note, Elsie's "husband" was Elmer. You might know him better as the cow on Elmer's glue.
Hey folks, thanks for watching today’s video! If you’ve come to the comments to express a complaint with the title- I understand your disappointment if you clicked with the hopes of seeing decomposing human remains and were presented only the ‘body’ of a porcelain doll- that WOULD be frustrating. I hope though, while you were here, you enjoyed yourself- And rest assured my weekly videos will continue to be as high-quality, educational and entertaining as possible- regardless of title and thumbnail. Have a great day!
Well Brad, it _was_ a body, lol. And you never said anything about it being a person. Still and all, a not so disappointing video! Thanks Brad, for sharing with us what you do.
With all the bones we found in the first dig we could have put together a small calf skeleton and the title would have been appropriate for that video! Not to mention all the leather from the shoes, uppers and soles!!!
@GMMD I’ve got a confession that I hope you don’t find too creepy. I love watching your videos for a lot of reasons. I enjoy the finds, the history and the scenery. But mostly I watch because you remind me of my son Matt. Y’all are almost doppelgängers. Your mannerisms, how you express yourself, the things you take joy in, and you look alike to a point. He’s 1600 miles away and today is his birthday. I’d love to see a video of your collection of finds. Maybe you’ve done one but I’ve not seen it.
When our neighbors moved into their house, one of the leftovers from the previous owners was one of those tools. The previous owners were prominent in the community. Everyone at least knew OF them, if they weren't connected in some other way. The stamp might have been from any number of organizations husband and wife had been involved in. But, alas, it was a stamp proclaiming the long-deceased Mr. as a Grand Master of the KKK.
@@jramsdenbb Justice of the Peace?...Registrar?...Bank?...the anticipation grows. I hope we get to see the restoration project and reveal. Could be historically significant, or at least satisfy curiosity.
Quarter Hoarder Jason did his Giveaway Live Stream tonight with 1,200 viewers. They mentioned you as did hundreds of the viewers, all good. 1:57 Salt Glazed Stoneware Ink Pot. The ink came in it, you removed the cork, dipped the pen and wrote after carefully wiping the excess ink on the inner edge. 12:38. The pocket knife brand is 'Old Timer'.
I love the fact that you are back for a 3rd visit, it is such a fab place and I love all the different bottles and finds here. I hope you both do more here in the future :)
Most guys of his age got their tattoos in the military, at least that’s what I found as a nurse. I never found one man (patient) who admitted getting them on their own. Funny, I have 15 men in my family who served in the military and only one has tattoos, one of my sons.
Long story but here it is. About 30 years ago I was a member of a motorcycle club before moving to where I am now. The step-son of a friend that I grew up with was getting out of jail and needed a place to stay until he found a job and an apartment. I let him stay in our home rent free. He was a tatto artist and offered to do tatoos for free including doing my club colors on my back at a very reduced rate. He stayed with us for about 6 months or so and I ended up with a lot of tattoos. In case you're interest I rode a Harley 1975 XLCH Sporster. I added electric start to it after friend broke his leg trying to start it.
@@gregorymanchester oh cool! Thanks for taking the time to indulge this curious and somewhat nosy Alabama mind! You were getting free tats 30 years ago and I was a brand new babe 30 years, 2 months ago to the day😎🤓 Stay awesome and please PLEASE continue to let Brad come dig with you at your bottle dump! The two of y’all’s humor goes together like fine wine! 👋
I hope you were able to check the cologne bottle for a scent, I found a perfume in a 1870’s dump with a stopper and when I open it you can still smell it! It’s crazy it smells just like grandma 😂
I use to go dump digging as a kid with my brothers. Still several items including a toy wind up rabbit that I put out every Easter. Loved watching this. Thank you!!❤
Borden was one of the drive around type of milkman companies we used when I was a kid in the midwest.. Elsie was their logo cow. They left glass bottles on the porch in a metal milk box. Ours were half gallons and without the top fat cream area. They had both an inner cardboard w/ pull tab disc and an outer celluloid sort of cap that snapped on. Our grade school used both as counters for learning math in the primary grades. Forgetting to bring the milk in, could result in finding frozen bottles the next morning. If you were lucky, the 2 caps had pushed upward on a column of frozen milk. Unlucky mornings were those where the milk had frozen over night and those big bottles had broken. Suddenly you needed to dispose of shards of glass mixed into a large quantity of, for the moment, frozen milk. Not a good thing!
Mathis Dairy in Atlanta did the same thing. We always had the metal box on our doorstep. That was the most delicious milk I've ever had. I miss it very much!
it is notary seal they look the same today - The notary seal is used to transfer authentication or official recognition by the Notary Public to the document with the Notary's signature
Great video! The little brown croc is a ink bottle. Otherwise known as a "Pork Pie". The cobalt blue ink is stunning. There are a couple of UK youtubers I watch that are mudlarks and are really amazing. Alot of what you were pulling out and can be connected back to England. One is Dirty Secrets of Scotland, his name is Willy Scott. He digs lots of bottles, metal detects, and forages. He gives wonderful backgrounds on the bottles he finds. The Northern Mudlarks also are just as fantastic.
You're not wrong I've learnt a lot from the mudlarkers of England and Scotland so many great people. Thanks great video, its very interesting to see the finds in America too x
The small ceramic vessel you found at the beginning is indeed an inkwell, the small white vessel is a marmalade jar, and I believe the little broken figurine you found might be a Frozen Charlotte. I learned about a lot of these items by watching videos by Mudlarkers from England. There's a lot of fun history to uncover about the Frozen Charlotte in particular :)
My dad and I would dig bottles when I was very young. The greatest find was a very old bottle that looked like a light bulb..it was most likely an extremely old wine bottle. This brings back so many memories!
Not a rivet setting tool but a stationary embossing tool. Many were used by public notaries and or courts, townships, businesses etc to emboss on official paperwork to authenticate it.
I grew up in the sixties, and we had an insulated metal box on our porch where milk orders were placed, and orders left for the milkman. Borden’s was one milk delivery service, we got ours from a dairy local to our state. I still have that box.
I started bottle hunting after you shared Antique Archaeology. And Brandon. If you have any questions about bottles he is the person to asked. I've been doing it for two years now and I love it. Been a fan of yours for 5 years now. Love to the family 🌼.
40 or so years ago I found a bottle dump in Louisiana while working on an old home site and it was still exposed. I did not gather many bottles but? I was an Orange Crush drinker and I found a brown orange crush bottle that was ribbed horizontally and still had the painted lettering on the side of it. I carried that and about 30 other bottles around for all of these years and a few years ago I gave them all to my son that lives in north Idaho. I hated to get rid of it but I also know that my son will probably keep it tilll he hands it off to my Grand Daughter. I have only found one other bottle dump in my lifetime and it was on private property here in east Texas and will not ever be allowed to dig it. I am so adicted to looking for them. Have a Great day and a better Tomorrow...
The brown earthen ware bottle is an “ink” for sure. Here in UK mudlarks on the Thames call them pork pie bottles cos they resemble pork pies! Enjoy all your videos, thank you
Catching up on your videos! Great to see Buffalo NY get some mention! The Larkin company was huge here! The whole area around the original Larkin building has transformed into a cool summer hang out area called Larkin Square. Food truck Tuesday's, weekly music, some breweries and distilleries in repurposed buildings. Great to see revival! I have several Larkin items including a desk my Grandfather got for selling Larking products. You could sell items and get stamps or coupons to turn in for prizes!
Hey Brad. Longtime subscriber. Yours is the only detecting site I watch anymore though I use to watch everybody's. You're genuine and sincere in your love of what you do. Just do me one favor. If you're going to continue digging bottle dumps, I hope you do, please invest in a plastic garden trowel for digging around the bottles. More efficient with minimal damage. Keep up the good work !
the round ceramic glazed on only one side piece is a tile, found many in bottle dumps of round, square and octagon shapes... maybe bathroom tile or from a kitchen
I think you are correct. It seems out of place here. Maybe it was brought from London from a trip or a friend brought it to someone here. It's beautiful though.
i might have told on here before but we used to dig in our creek bank. only about 1-200 feet from the house. i found a cobalt blue three-sided bottle in the mud once it had 2 flat sides and one rounded side. i figure the rounded side was for a paper label as it was smooth. the other 2 sides were embossed w/ LAXOL. i found it in a repro sears catalog from 1908. which is a good way to date some things. if you dont have one already you should get one. bookstores carry all different time periods of them. we figured out the flat sides were meant to be sidled up against 2 other bottles for a display on the countertop so the labels would show. i also have 2 or 3 bromo seltzer and phillips bottle as well. i love cobalt blue.
I believe the doll that you found is what is known as a "frozen Charlotte", because they have no moveable joints and have been around since the mid 1800's. They were usually baked into cakes or were a favorite bath time toy. Nice finds!!
The story of why they are called frozen Charlotte goes much deeper, named after a little girl Charlotte who drowned in an icy cold pond after breaking through the ice. Look it up it’s an interesting story.
The first white crock you showed I believe was a meat paste like marrow, the second is a pork pie ink. The doll is a frozen Charlotte, her arm would have been made of the same material.
As a child we drank Bordens Milk. Elsie the cow was kind of a mascot. Hadn’t thought of Bordens in many years. Your bottle brought it back to mind. Enjoyed.
The brown bottle you found at 4:19 minutes seems to have a small "silver mirror" in one of the bands. Silver was used as an antibiotic - when children were born, a silver nitrate (0.2 %) solution would be placed in the eyes to protect the newborn from certain infections they could pick up from the mother during birth. It is no longer used. However, if the bottle contained a solution which had silver nitrate in it, a "silver mirror" could form on the glass. This is also used to "silver" the insides of Christmas ornaments to make them shiny.
I just love these glass and pottery finds! I’m always intrigued because they are always accidental finds since there is no such thing as a “glass detector”
Phillips Milk of Magnesia, still made today. Had an old one and gave it to my phacrmacist for her collection. Love the blue inkwell. I love any blue bottles. Another pretty blue bottle, bromo seltzer! Cool! Borden still makes Eagle Brand condensed milk. That doodad might be for attaching an official seal to papers, like a notary or judicial seal.
I believe that rivet set is really a seal stamp, we had one just like it you could place different seal plates on the top and bottom, used to put seals on paper.
Oh, my Gosh!!! That is an embossing stamp you found there at 11:37. My mama had one when she was a member of the laundry workers union here back in the 50s-60s. We used to play with it all the time.
Brad, A nice departure from your standard "dig", but fun. Thank you both for a really entertaining time!. I bet your son would have been fascinated:) Cheers, Rik
I think the canning jar lid was to a snap ring top jar. That's a gorgeous milk bottle! I would take a brick trawl with me on those digs. That and a really good brush are what archeologists use. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
That little hand press, could it be a fabric button press, to make fabric covered buttons? I used to work in auto & furniture reupholstery when I was 14, we had two of them, I made buttons all the time. One was similarly small and it only made one size button, the newer one had interchangeable dies that was 5 or 6 sizes.
I have seen some mudlarking lady's find the small clay ink bottles. They say sometimes you can see the fingerprints from the maker on them. I have a few Borden bottles but from an antique store. My Grandpa used his gi bill for college to become a dairy specialist. Moved to Fort Wayne Indiana to help run the big Borden plant here. It closed down in the late 1980s (don't quote me on that). He met his second wife there and my uncle worked there. Fast forward to when Edy's ice cream bought and remodeled the plant. Me and my brother worked there. Great finds as usual.
Wingsandbeaks here. ~ Brad Martin! Where are your gloves?! No, you’re doing fine. Last bottle video, you got a huge amber bottle, not a crock, but a beauty, anyway. First grab today was a perfect ceramic container, not huge, but lovely, just the same. Beautiful blue ink bottle. Greg seems a great guy. How nice for him to share that stash. Hah! I knew you needed gloves 😂.
Old beer bottles can be worth quite a bit. My grandfather came from a German brewing family in Central Minnesota. The last Litchfield Lager bottle to change hands went for $400+
The rivet stamper is actually a seal stamp for documents. There is a seal on the top and bottom of the “machine” so when you put paper between the top and bottom of the stamper, lower the handle and press hard you have the seal on your document. Mostly for company documents.
Yes, that's what it is. I have 2 of them, slightly larger. I guess my mom once worked for a company that made the seals and that is how I ended up having them.
The ink crock was really cool. Love all blue bottles & clear like the Larken Co & the one Greg found. Nice rivet setter. The Bordens bottle was a great find. Bottle dumps are so much fun & surprising.
I have a client similar to you. He is incarcerated and he has a special sence of humor I understand. Sometimes it makes me sad my client will complete the program and EOS back where he came from, or, hopefully, someplace new where he can start over an honest man.
also, ceramic disc might be what lined the zinc canning lids that were used i dont know when. ive only seen milk glass ones, but who knows. it was meant to keep the acidic juice from 'maters or fruit from touching the kid and penetrating it. which i did often enough. when you used those, you had to have what was called 'rubbers' (i know i know. weird name) which were essentially a really thick red rubber band to seal the jar. they sat on the edge of the little ridge about 1/4-1/2 inch below the very top edge of the jar, not just under the lid.
The device at 11:30 is a paper embosser of the type used by certified public notaries, professional engineers, and others who are registered by the state to do business. If you clean off the anvil you may be able to read the text if it's not too corroded. My father had several of those when he was a professional engineer and the town building inspector.
Brad, drop that rivet press in muratic acid then baking soda and water after a time...repeat till it functions again.....and there ya are...perfect for your holsters and backpacks. Pretty cool.
The Listerine bottle may be a salesman’s sample bottle. Also, the desk top find was probably a stamp tool to emboss the person’s name or initials on an envelope or letter. Excellent finds guys!
Love it! Thank you! Hey, maybe show off your finds on a snow day? You’ve found some amazing things that you get to save and I was thinking it would be a great idea to showcase them to all your viewers?
Great finds and a good day for digging. the Mason jar lids might make a nice sun catcher project. just my thoughts. Thanks to the land owner for the opportunity. Happy holidays.
The Borden bottle is pre-1936. That's the year that Elsie and several other cows became the mascots for Borden, including Blossom, Bessie, and Clara. Within a short time, Elsie was the publics favorite cow of Borden. My Grandmother, born in 1907, was named Bessie, when my Mother was born in 1941, she was named Elsie, after the Borden cow. Elsie the cow is still the mascot to Borden. On a side note, Elsie's "husband" was Elmer. You might know him better as the cow on Elmer's glue.
My grandmother, born in 1902 was also Bessie!
My father worked for Bordens in Hamilton Ontario Canada
We had lots of ice cream and I still love it
Elsie gave of herself for her product, but Elmer really put himself into his product!
I think the cows were a good mascot move for Borden, rather than the eagle!
elsie is my name and also the name of 3 of my grandparents
Hey folks, thanks for watching today’s video! If you’ve come to the comments to express a complaint with the title-
I understand your disappointment if you clicked with the hopes of seeing decomposing human remains and were presented only the ‘body’ of a porcelain doll- that WOULD be frustrating.
I hope though, while you were here, you enjoyed yourself- And rest assured my weekly videos will continue to be as high-quality, educational and entertaining as possible- regardless of title and thumbnail.
Have a great day!
Well Brad, it _was_ a body, lol. And you never said anything about it being a person. Still and all, a not so disappointing video!
Thanks Brad, for sharing with us what you do.
With all the bones we found in the first dig we could have put together a small calf skeleton and the title would have been appropriate for that video! Not to mention all the leather from the shoes, uppers and soles!!!
I knew it was going to make me smile….and it did. Brad’s grin made it worth the wait.
Thank you Greg!
Notary stamp. How awesome!
@GMMD I’ve got a confession that I hope you don’t find too creepy. I love watching your videos for a lot of reasons. I enjoy the finds, the history and the scenery. But mostly I watch because you remind me of my son Matt. Y’all are almost doppelgängers. Your mannerisms, how you express yourself, the things you take joy in, and you look alike to a point. He’s 1600 miles away and today is his birthday. I’d love to see a video of your collection of finds. Maybe you’ve done one but I’ve not seen it.
The two of you make a great team...hope there are more dump expeditions in your futures.
The item at 11:45 is a stamp/embosser for documents. I have one from the early 1900's from a local 'society' on my shelf right now. Great finds Brad!!
Notary maybe? It would be cool if the stamp dies were still intact.
Definitely a Notary Stamp. My fraternal Grandmother was a Notary and had one.
When our neighbors moved into their house, one of the leftovers from the previous owners was one of those tools. The previous owners were prominent in the community. Everyone at least knew OF them, if they weren't connected in some other way. The stamp might have been from any number of organizations husband and wife had been involved in. But, alas, it was a stamp proclaiming the long-deceased Mr. as a Grand Master of the KKK.
Yes, like a Notary seal. Clean it up and see if / what it prints......
@@jramsdenbb Justice of the Peace?...Registrar?...Bank?...the anticipation grows. I hope we get to see the restoration project and reveal. Could be historically significant, or at least satisfy curiosity.
Yes. At 12:00, it's a paper letter press. We had one growing up from our grandfather's house. Should clean up to reveal the seal art.
Your enthusiasm and passion is a welcome Friday morning, welcome to GMMD Greg
Quarter Hoarder Jason did his Giveaway Live Stream tonight with 1,200 viewers. They mentioned you as did hundreds of the viewers, all good. 1:57 Salt Glazed Stoneware Ink Pot. The ink came in it, you removed the cork, dipped the pen and wrote after carefully wiping the excess ink on the inner edge. 12:38. The pocket knife brand is 'Old Timer'.
I love the fact that you are back for a 3rd visit, it is such a fab place and I love all the different bottles and finds here. I hope you both do more here in the future :)
Me too!
Am I the only one wanting a background story on Greg’s tattoos??? Really enjoy your videos Brad! Stay awesome!
No you are not!
Most guys of his age got their tattoos in the military, at least that’s what I found as a nurse. I never found one man (patient) who admitted getting them on their own. Funny, I have 15 men in my family who served in the military and only one has tattoos, one of my sons.
Long story but here it is. About 30 years ago I was a member of a motorcycle club before moving to where I am now. The step-son of a friend that I grew up with was getting out of jail and needed a place to stay until he found a job and an apartment. I let him stay in our home rent free. He was a tatto artist and offered to do tatoos for free including doing my club colors on my back at a very reduced rate. He stayed with us for about 6 months or so and I ended up with a lot of tattoos. In case you're interest I rode a Harley 1975 XLCH Sporster. I added electric start to it after friend broke his leg trying to start it.
@@gregorymanchester oh cool! Thanks for taking the time to indulge this curious and somewhat nosy Alabama mind! You were getting free tats 30 years ago and I was a brand new babe 30 years, 2 months ago to the day😎🤓 Stay awesome and please PLEASE continue to let Brad come dig with you at your bottle dump! The two of y’all’s humor goes together like fine wine! 👋
I hope you were able to check the cologne bottle for a scent, I found a perfume in a 1870’s dump with a stopper and when I open it you can still smell it! It’s crazy it smells just like grandma 😂
I use to go dump digging as a kid with my brothers. Still several items including a toy wind up rabbit that I put out every Easter. Loved watching this. Thank you!!❤
First find: High fired salt glazed ink well. Looks amazing!!! 🌞
Small bottle with metal twist lid and MCC is probably a McCormick extract bottle, like vanilla. What a fun dig!
Great day at the dump, some great finds. Not to mention spoiling how other dumps may not give up as much as this one.
Some great old stuff coming out ! Awesome location 👍👍
So much fun to watch! Thank you to you both!
I live in Oklahoma and we still have Borden Dairy Products available! I love seeing that bottle!
Borden was one of the drive around type of milkman companies we used when I was a kid in the midwest.. Elsie was their logo cow. They left glass bottles on the porch in a metal milk box. Ours were half gallons and without the top fat cream area. They had both an inner cardboard w/ pull tab disc and an outer celluloid sort of cap that snapped on. Our grade school used both as counters for learning math in the primary grades.
Forgetting to bring the milk in, could result in finding frozen bottles the next morning. If you were lucky, the 2 caps had pushed upward on a column of frozen milk. Unlucky mornings were those where the milk had frozen over night and those big bottles had broken. Suddenly you needed to dispose of shards of glass mixed into a large quantity of, for the moment, frozen milk. Not a good thing!
Mathis Dairy in Atlanta did the same thing. We always had the metal box on our doorstep. That was the most delicious milk I've ever had. I miss it very much!
Why stop at a trilogy when your viewers are clearly enjoying your adventures digging with Greg? Loved the finds on this video.
Penny ink, or pork pie ink well! I love them!❤
it is notary seal they look the same today - The notary seal is used to transfer authentication or official recognition by the Notary Public to the document with the Notary's signature
White ceramic disk possibly is the insert for a lid on a blue ball jar. Lids where metal with a white insert.
Yay love Greg's bottle dump!!!
Thanks for sharing with Brad, Greg. Good day 😎👍🏼
It's always a pleasure to spend a morning finding stuff with you, Brad.
Great video! The little brown croc is a ink bottle. Otherwise known as a "Pork Pie". The cobalt blue ink is stunning. There are a couple of UK youtubers I watch that are mudlarks and are really amazing. Alot of what you were pulling out and can be connected back to England. One is Dirty Secrets of Scotland, his name is Willy Scott. He digs lots of bottles, metal detects, and forages. He gives wonderful backgrounds on the bottles he finds. The Northern Mudlarks also are just as fantastic.
I came here to call out that pork pie too lol. Two other great mudlarks from the UK are Nichole White and Si finds.
You're not wrong I've learnt a lot from the mudlarkers of England and Scotland so many great people. Thanks great video, its very interesting to see the finds in America too x
Try Nicola White and Si-Finds. Both excellent too!😁
@@gnasherred3847 Ah. I just noticed you'd already recommended Nicola and Simon!😁
@@joysherriff8461 yes, they are wonderful.
The small ceramic vessel you found at the beginning is indeed an inkwell, the small white vessel is a marmalade jar, and I believe the little broken figurine you found might be a Frozen Charlotte. I learned about a lot of these items by watching videos by Mudlarkers from England. There's a lot of fun history to uncover about the Frozen Charlotte in particular :)
My dad and I would dig bottles when I was very young. The greatest find was a very old bottle that looked like a light bulb..it was most likely an extremely old wine bottle. This brings back so many memories!
Wow, what an amazing haul for a day of digging! That's incredible! What fun! Thanks for sharing, Brad!
Not a rivet setting tool but a stationary embossing tool. Many were used by public notaries and or courts, townships, businesses etc to emboss on official paperwork to authenticate it.
I called that too when it came out of the ground! That was a great find, he might be able to clean off the base and see who the owner was.
So cool to see a younger, older guy friendship!
I grew up in the sixties, and we had an insulated metal box on our porch where milk orders were placed, and orders left for the milkman. Borden’s was one milk delivery service, we got ours from a dairy local to our state. I still have that box.
the doll you found is called a Frozen Charlotte or also called a Penny doll. They had no joints and were made from about 1850 to 1920.
I started bottle hunting after you shared Antique Archaeology. And Brandon. If you have any questions about bottles he is the person to asked. I've been doing it for two years now and I love it. Been a fan of yours for 5 years now. Love to the family 🌼.
40 or so years ago I found a bottle dump in Louisiana while working on an old home site and it was still exposed. I did not gather many bottles but? I was an Orange Crush drinker and I found a brown orange crush bottle that was ribbed horizontally and still had the painted lettering on the side of it. I carried that and about 30 other bottles around for all of these years and a few years ago I gave them all to my son that lives in north Idaho. I hated to get rid of it but I also know that my son will probably keep it tilll he hands it off to my Grand Daughter. I have only found one other bottle dump in my lifetime and it was on private property here in east Texas and will not ever be allowed to dig it. I am so adicted to looking for them. Have a Great day and a better Tomorrow...
The brown earthen ware bottle is an “ink” for sure. Here in UK mudlarks on the Thames call them pork pie bottles cos they resemble pork pies! Enjoy all your videos, thank you
i to got into bottle digging while metal detecting. It's a wicked joy digging antique bottles. Thanks. Bottle in the hole
Awesome day out there finding bottles love the history of your fines stay blessed and see you again on the next episode ☃️🎅👍
We dug some great thing and had a fun time doing it! There is still some places left to dig. Hoping for next summer!
Catching up on your videos! Great to see Buffalo NY get some mention! The Larkin company was huge here! The whole area around the original Larkin building has transformed into a cool summer hang out area called Larkin Square. Food truck Tuesday's, weekly music, some breweries and distilleries in repurposed buildings. Great to see revival! I have several Larkin items including a desk my Grandfather got for selling Larking products. You could sell items and get stamps or coupons to turn in for prizes!
I love these dump digging series, awesome finds Brad!
Hey Brad. Longtime subscriber. Yours is the only detecting site I watch anymore though I use to watch everybody's. You're genuine and sincere in your love of what you do. Just do me one favor. If you're going to continue digging bottle dumps, I hope you do, please invest in a plastic garden trowel for digging around the bottles. More efficient with minimal damage. Keep up the good work !
Love it when you and Gregg go digging 😊
the round ceramic glazed on only one side piece is a tile, found many in bottle dumps of round, square and octagon shapes... maybe bathroom tile or from a kitchen
I believe it's called a pork pie ink, watch some of the mudlarkers in London, any in those areas. Loved all of your finds.
I think you are correct. It seems out of place here. Maybe it was brought from London from a trip or a friend brought it to someone here. It's beautiful though.
Yes! It is a Pork Pie Ink and don't you thinkhis "body" is a Frozen Charolette? I just commented same.
@@cdd4248 the head doesn't seem right though. The body really looks like a frozen Charlotte.
i might have told on here before but we used to dig in our creek bank. only about 1-200 feet from the house. i found a cobalt blue three-sided bottle in the mud once it had 2 flat sides and one rounded side. i figure the rounded side was for a paper label as it was smooth. the other 2 sides were embossed w/ LAXOL. i found it in a repro sears catalog from 1908. which is a good way to date some things. if you dont have one already you should get one. bookstores carry all different time periods of them. we figured out the flat sides were meant to be sidled up against 2 other bottles for a display on the countertop so the labels would show. i also have 2 or 3 bromo seltzer and phillips bottle as well. i love cobalt blue.
Hehe good prank Brad. 6:07 for the “body”
More like click bait. I didn’t need a hook to watch his video. Disappointing. I never liked pranks because someone along the way gets the worst of it.
Excellent video! I would have been in Heaven digging up those beautiful bottles ❤
Morning Brad & Greg, I agree your first find was a vintage ink well..
I believe the doll that you found is what is known as a "frozen Charlotte", because they have no moveable joints and have been around since the mid 1800's. They were usually baked into cakes or were a favorite bath time toy. Nice finds!!
The story of why they are called frozen Charlotte goes much deeper, named after a little girl Charlotte who drowned in an icy cold pond after breaking through the ice. Look it up it’s an interesting story.
Dump digging is the best! I used to do it with a buddy of mine in MI. It’s been many many years.
I love watching bottle digging. The old bottles are very cool.
The first white crock you showed I believe was a meat paste like marrow, the second is a pork pie ink. The doll is a frozen Charlotte, her arm would have been made of the same material.
I wonder if the head he was pairing with it was truly the head of that Charlotte. That bit of a face looked more likely.
Some of the clear bottles will turn amethyst when kept in the sun... 🙏🏼🕊️🙏🏼 Crick diggers and Digger Dave are very well versed in bottle digging 👍👍👍💯
As a child we drank Bordens Milk. Elsie the cow was kind of a mascot. Hadn’t thought of Bordens in many years. Your bottle brought it back to mind. Enjoyed.
The brown bottle you found at 4:19 minutes seems to have a small "silver mirror" in one of the bands. Silver was used as an antibiotic - when children were born, a silver nitrate (0.2 %) solution would be placed in the eyes to protect the newborn from certain infections they could pick up from the mother during birth. It is no longer used. However, if the bottle contained a solution which had silver nitrate in it, a "silver mirror" could form on the glass. This is also used to "silver" the insides of Christmas ornaments to make them shiny.
I just love these glass and pottery finds! I’m always intrigued because they are always accidental finds since there is no such thing as a “glass detector”
Phillips Milk of Magnesia, still made today. Had an old one and gave it to my phacrmacist for her collection.
Love the blue inkwell. I love any blue bottles.
Another pretty blue bottle, bromo seltzer! Cool!
Borden still makes Eagle Brand condensed milk.
That doodad might be for attaching an official seal to papers, like a notary or judicial seal.
I believe that rivet set is really a seal stamp, we had one just like it you could place different seal plates on the top and bottom, used to put seals on paper.
Bottle believablE! Love it!👍👍😘😘
It’s amazing to me how much stuff DOESN’T deteriorate in the Earth. Very educational and eye opening.
Oh, my Gosh!!! That is an embossing stamp you found there at 11:37. My mama had one when she was a member of the laundry workers union here back in the 50s-60s. We used to play with it all the time.
Brad,
A nice departure from your standard "dig", but fun.
Thank you both for a really entertaining time!.
I bet your son would have been fascinated:)
Cheers,
Rik
A great bit of Treasure Hunting !!! Awesome Fun !!.
Thank you guys for the adventure and seeing some amazing bottles
Very cool finds! I hope you and Greg do more, I love seeing what you find in there.
I think the canning jar lid was to a snap ring top jar. That's a gorgeous milk bottle!
I would take a brick trawl with me on those digs. That and a really good brush are what archeologists use.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
Yes, a brush is a great idea.
I have one of those from my grandfathers farm. I’m told it’s a riveting device. Mine is stamped 1909. Nice find.
That little hand press, could it be a fabric button press, to make fabric covered buttons? I used to work in auto & furniture reupholstery when I was 14, we had two of them, I made buttons all the time. One was similarly small and it only made one size button, the newer one had interchangeable dies that was 5 or 6 sizes.
Some nice old bottles coming make lovely displays
I have seen some mudlarking lady's find the small clay ink bottles. They say sometimes you can see the fingerprints from the maker on them.
I have a few Borden bottles but from an antique store. My Grandpa used his gi bill for college to become a dairy specialist. Moved to Fort Wayne Indiana to help run the big Borden plant here. It closed down in the late 1980s (don't quote me on that). He met his second wife there and my uncle worked there. Fast forward to when Edy's ice cream bought and remodeled the plant. Me and my brother worked there. Great finds as usual.
Wingsandbeaks here. ~ Brad Martin! Where are your gloves?! No, you’re doing fine. Last bottle video, you got a huge amber bottle, not a crock, but a beauty, anyway. First grab today was a perfect ceramic container, not huge, but lovely, just the same. Beautiful blue ink bottle. Greg seems a great guy. How nice for him to share that stash. Hah! I knew you needed gloves 😂.
I have a large fountain pen collection so to me those ink bottles are like finding gold.
Awesome. Congratulations.
Old beer bottles can be worth quite a bit. My grandfather came from a German brewing family in Central Minnesota. The last Litchfield Lager bottle to change hands went for $400+
The rivet stamper is actually a seal stamp for documents. There is a seal on the top and bottom of the “machine” so when you put paper between the top and bottom of the stamper, lower the handle and press hard you have the seal on your document. Mostly for company documents.
Yes, that's what it is. I have 2 of them, slightly larger. I guess my mom once worked for a company that made the seals and that is how I ended up having them.
"Embosser". My Grandfather used to emboss his checks with the company seal.
so much fun...good to see you greg
The ink crock was really cool. Love all blue bottles & clear like the Larken Co & the one Greg found. Nice rivet setter. The Bordens bottle was a great find. Bottle dumps are so much fun & surprising.
I have a client similar to you. He is incarcerated and he has a special sence of humor I understand. Sometimes it makes me sad my client will complete the program and EOS back where he came from, or, hopefully, someplace new where he can start over an honest man.
also, ceramic disc might be what lined the zinc canning lids that were used i dont know when. ive only seen milk glass ones, but who knows. it was meant to keep the acidic juice from 'maters or fruit from touching the kid and penetrating it. which i did often enough. when you used those, you had to have what was called 'rubbers' (i know i know. weird name) which were essentially a really thick red rubber band to seal the jar. they sat on the edge of the little ridge about 1/4-1/2 inch below the very top edge of the jar, not just under the lid.
Love bottle digging used to do a lot of it when I was younger your stoneware ink is the find of the day 👍🦀
Good finds. Those inks are beautiful too
You can reuse the glass toppers as coasters. That is what I have done with the dozen I had found at my 100 yr. old farm
Bordens is still in operation here in south Louisiana. In fact I live 2 blocks from a Bordens ice cream shop here in Lafayette.
Thanks for sharing your bottle digging adventure.
The device at 11:30 is a paper embosser of the type used by certified public notaries, professional engineers, and others who are registered by the state to do business. If you clean off the anvil you may be able to read the text if it's not too corroded. My father had several of those when he was a professional engineer and the town building inspector.
Thanks Brad ☃️
The small brown stoneware is called a pork pie, I believe it is an ink. Nice bottles. Great finds! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brad, drop that rivet press in muratic acid then baking soda and water after a time...repeat till it functions again.....and there ya are...perfect for your holsters and backpacks. Pretty cool.
Enjoying every Friday, can't wait for more
Bottle digging is always fun, its like a box of chocolates...........
Love the bottle dig's, please keep it up, thanks
The Listerine bottle may be a salesman’s sample bottle. Also, the desk top find was probably a stamp tool to emboss the person’s name or initials on an envelope or letter. Excellent finds guys!
It may be a stapler.
@@kimsweet-buzzard6905 , very well could be! Great guess. 😉☺️
Love it! Thank you! Hey, maybe show off your finds on a snow day? You’ve found some amazing things that you get to save and I was thinking it would be a great idea to showcase them to all your viewers?
I would also love to see them
Me too!!
If you are on Facebook he posted pics of them yesterday and I shared mine today.
I’m not on Facebook
It's called a Frozen Charlotte Doll, we get them in the UK dumps too. They have a really gory history!
All the digging I did as a kid was an upstate Ny farm dump and a dump for some log cabins up on Mt Washington on the Massachusetts side.
So cool to see all those old bottles. I found a lot of those bromo seltzer bottles unfortunately they were all broken.
Great finds and a good day for digging. the Mason jar lids might make a nice sun catcher project. just my thoughts. Thanks to the land owner for the opportunity. Happy holidays.