ANTIQUE COKE BOTTLE AGE | HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF COCA COLA BOTTLES
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- DATING ANTIQUE COKE BOTTLES | HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF COCA COLA BOTTLES
Quick tutorial on how to date antique coke bottles. There are so many bottle variations it can be difficult to tell the age or value of a bottle. After many years of bottle digging and collecting antique bottles I figured it was time to share a bit of what I have learned.
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Here is a link to us digging a straight side Coke in one of our local dumps! All bottles shown were dug by me. th-cam.com/video/PCPjX8w8fRs/w-d-xo.html
I hope you can help me, but all I have is the base of a coke bottle with Chicago ILL on it, with no pebbeling. I found it looking for sea glass here in Chicago and I'm wondering how long it's been out there, thanks.
I've not seen any information on : clear glass, straight sided, RIBBED, Coke bottles. I've seen a few variants on line listed as : antique, rare, and valuable, but, with no specific details. Do you have info on these ? Thanks !
Thank you, this was very informative
Dug a circle slug straight side coke today, coshocton ohio bottling works.. have you seen any slug cokes brandon?
u@@ZacLowing
I dated a Coke bottle once. She left me for Big Red.
Big red is parked in my front yard, 1960 front wheel drive ford, got his name on it
Update on Big Red… he wasn’t making enough money for her so she dumped him and married a doctor. Dr. Pepper is his name.
This is just what I needed. I just learned about bottle digging by stumbling across one of your videos two days ago. I am hooked and can't wait to go and do it myself. Thank you for the information.
Awesome and welcome to the hobby!
Thank you! I have several and hadn't figured that out yet. Appreciate your time 😃
Years ago I worked for Coke in rural Australia. All of our bottles were made by Australian Glass Manufacturers Ltd in Adelaide, South Australia. We were trained (read brainwashed) every Friday morning on the Coke Company and its history. I recall that the marketing thinking behind what you call the Hobble Skirt (?) shaped bottle is that Coke's object was that if you were in a dark room anywhere in the world and were handed a Coke bottle you would instantly recognise what it was. So the bottle shape patent was closely gaurded by Coke and was the subject of much litigation in the USA by other drink companies wanting to poach the shape. We were also told the colour was patented and is called "Georgia Green". Cobalt and other elements are added to a white glass mix to get Georgia Green and our glass makers often had trouble at the start of a Coke run getting the colour right. And so we could get some blue coke bottles one of which i rescued from the cullet pile. I really enjoy your videos so keep up the good work. I have to say that i am really alarmed at the amount of rubbish in your creeks and that it seems that it is being added to by the current generation (?)
Riddle me this!
There are three youtube digging channels to watch but only have time for one, what do you do?
#1 One that shows you what they get or #2 One you won't forget or #3 another teaches you along the way.
Adventure Archaeology of course what else is there to say!
Wayne your shoutout is coming!
Exactly! Best bottle channel I have found on youtube and look forward to each new video!
I love this bottle channel, I am learning so much.. as I said before in another video. I have so many bottles here, I got out of an old barn. And I never really looked at them till I started watching this channel. Thank u guys so much
I've been cleaning the parish canals and ditches around south Louisiana and I can tell you I have over 50 skirt coke bottles and from different states and cities . I'm running out of room lol
I really appreciate you taking the time to give us this type of information, Brandon. Thanks!!
No problem! I really appreciate yall coming back week after week and watching my videos! 😁
Regarding dating Pat D bottles you have to use the 2nd number for the year if there was an L instead of a dash. Laurens glass company placed the year 2nd. Example I have a Pat D with a code of 15L42.
that is some good information. I had never really hunted bottles before but will be on the lookout now
Keep your eyes pealed 😎
I found a WWII era patent d coke up near Lake James in NC. The manufacturer was in Asheville and the date said 1943. Not as rare as a straight side or an amber bottle but still a cool piece of history nonetheless
A proper coke or pepsi bottle find would make my day .
Just keep looking!
You guys are absolutely crazy!! Those holes?!
Lol
Thank you for sharing your expertise! Very informative video.
Thanks Phyllis!
like this kind of info video.
Thanks Mike!
Whats the price range of a nov 16 1915 coke bottle ?
Thank you for the video I just dated a some of my coke bottles I have been having for a while after watching the video
Awesome!
I found a 48 oz 1976 coke foam bottle while on a hike. Is it worth anything?
I found a pretty flawless straight side from Terre haute, our local bottling company. It has all the lettering from the middle down, and somehow it survived a recent creek dredging.
We found the mother load of bottles right as it started getting dark today and can't wait to get back to dig it out.. We noticed a christmas coke and a old dr pepper sticking out of the creek wall and realized bottles were sticking out everywhere!
Good info again! Thanks!
No problem!
Hey thanks for the info. I have the last bottle in your video however there is no date on the bottle. What's missing from my bottle is what you explain at 3:28.
How do you know what year it's from then?
I was wondering the same mine has no date, hobble skirt
What year was the glass, 1 litter, wide mouth aluminum twist off cap, coke bottle made?!?
I have 2 unopened glass bottles. Under the coca cola engraving logo it only reads world of coca cola. the number codes are 9 dash 51 and 9 dash 14. what it mean when only a 9 as this 'date year'? Thnx Add: top cap reads coke classic with ingredients listed underneath
i have had a pile of coke bottles that I dug up years ago, now I know what i have after all these years Thanks!
Found one with a Dec. 25th 1923. It has a C37 below. What does that mean, if anything?
I have a green straight bottle and all it has Coca Cola bottling co. On the shoulder on the bottom is has E1LGW2 on the bottom. I’ve looked all over internet and can’t find one like it anywhere. Any suggestions on where I could find out information on it?
I have about 15 vintage green coke bottles that have flat bottoms. I looked at the numbers, as explained here, and about half have single digits. I found on two sites, that the heart in a circle, on the side, actually is a V and an M. It stood for Vidriera Monterrey, of Monterrey, Mexico. My question is, how do you tell the age of the single digit? These are still the same recyclable 6.5 oz green bottles.
"the second number doesn't mean anything" 😂
Hi, not sure if you still check msgs here but I have a question. I just acquired a case of older bottles. Watched this helpful video. 1 of the bottles I'm not sure of the date. PAT D 1929 all it has is a number 4 on the curve. ALSO it doesn't have just a dash between the two numbers it has a symbol that looks kind of like a spaceship for lack of a word/visual. Any thoughts?
Ok I found one like the very last bottle you show but the numbers on it are 18 & 41 with a strange mark between these numbers that look like a welding helmet in ways so do you have a idea on what year & who made it because I looked for the symbols used by the different glass makers for coke and I didn't see anything that looked similar . There are no numbers on the heel at all other than what I found on the skirt but it does say Hudson Wisconsin on the very bottom . I was out walking on my property & found it laying next to a rock wall & barbed wire fence that separates my property from the old farm that's still their but it was on my side which I do know at one time my place used to be a farm as well but the barn is long gone along with the horse stable .
I have a 26 ounce coke that is still full with the number 7L 56 on the bottom. Can you tell me what that means please?
What’s does the 1578-2 on the bottom of the Coke bottles mean I found two today with that stamped on the bottom.
Thank you, great video, very helpful, war eagle
Haha Roll Tide!
Hi Adventure Archaeology this is great information. I have a couple of coke bottles that are different than these one has the 1923 patent date it is clear and a different shape than a typical coke bottle on the side says soda and on the bottom says Coca Cola Plattsburgh NY would this have had a paper label? another one is clear Coca Cola Canada the date code on the bottom from 1940s were Canadian bottles clear?
Im not exactly sure to be honest I only keep up with local bottles in my state.
How can I tell if the "Christmas coke" bottle I found is original or one of the reproductions from the 80s? Context: found a message in a bottle today, dated 1939. The bottle has that patent date on it but im wanting to be sure this is bottle is authentic and therefore the note found in the bottle.
So I found a PAT-D coke bottle in the creek behind my house. The date code on mine is 6©️46. Would that mean it’s from 1946?
I have a mini coke bottle it shows 1915 and Minimum volume 650Z i hope it means something very rare i was planning to sell it i just need to ask you how much can i sell it for
I found one that looks like the 3rd one on your video pic for how old bottle video... but mine is amber color and says Chattanooga tn. Can you tell me about it?
Any idea how much a straight sided Coke bottle from 1910-1915, still full with the original cap would be worth?
i feel like mine is not in your collection
Can you help me ? there's no date on it. The only thing I see is 2 triangle 56 written under it
hey brother, i just found a bottle in a bottle dump on ascension island. the date says 13 C 44. does that mean its a 1944?
What if mine just says “Coca-Cola, Trademark 10fl oz.” And around the bottleneck it says “no deposit, no return.” It says nothing about the years. It doesn’t have a date code, or anything.
Hello,,,from land o' lakes,wi...I love to find coke bottles in my area!!this vid the best.!!!..I have found a vertical ribbed coke bottle,marked coca cola on a strip horizontally...??😯...what is it?? it is clear,,I found two whole and other broke,,in a old camp dump,,,1900s +.....please send comment soon...big fan,pat...
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Hmm not sure. I only keep up with southern bottles.
Thanks SO MUCH for this helpful video!! You cleared up some things I had been wondering about! I have been reading & looking for videos on how to best determine the age of antique bottles in general, and what the various bottle making techniques and methods were over time, so that I could study a bottle and identify manufacturing methods & it's approx. age.
Would love to see a video on signs of applied top, tooled top, mold seams, pontil marks, etc
Thanks for this great video - and for such excellent quality & content! This is one of my favorite channels! 🙂👍
We will cover those techniques in a future video for sure!
I have a straight side Coca-Cola bottle that is not scripted. Fort Pierce, Florida.
Sir can u tell me how much value price of 1916 small coca cola bottle
I never dated coke bottles. They always politely said no thank you when I asked them out.
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I need some info on a green Coca Cola bottle that was given to me. Any info would be appreciated!
How could I get a picture of it to you?
ok I have a number of Coke bottles. I have a clear one with a code of 15*45 no location on bottom no trade markings coding how old is it? 3 Green Pat-D's coded (29*45 from Oakland CA), 2 (4*45 San Fran Ca) I was told the first number was the lot and last was the date, I have 1 Yellow (3*41 from Illinois). All where brought out of the ocean at a WW2 war site? How much are they worth and how old are they?
Over the course of the past month I’ve found a 1915 patent, a 1923 patent, and a 1952 dated bottle just on the surface while I was doing volunteer work for the Preserve district.
Ty. I went fishing today (sat. 6,2024) and i found a coke bottle in the stream that i was fishing in. and i put it in my back pack and went home. just now, i was trying to do research on the year of the bottle and like you said it was on the side of the bottle. 54 and the bottom is stamped with fort smith arkansas with an L in the middle. so 1954...Thank you again for the info Sir!
Hello, what would be a 53-12
Thanks for that Brandon! Well done.
Thank you for watching!
I also find a lot of Pepsi bottles, so that might be an idea for a future video on how to date them.
No doubt!
@@adventurearchaeology good info. Thanks
Thanks James!
@@adventurearchaeology how about old mt dew bottles and old big red those ever worth anything
@@jamesm611 Occasionally but they are a good bit newer.
great very interseting video . do you have the 1 litre bottles . we used to have them in Australia . I remember buying them over 20 years ago
Is that just for Alabama? I’m from Ga, and find quite a few coke bottles. But I’m just learning about bottles since stumbling on your channel!
Yes but the L, and F bottles some of them had numbers like 86 they can’t be from 1986 of its a pat d any bottle I ha a a C pat D bottle first 2 numbers say 06 it can’t be 1907
This was super helpful, thank you! I have an Apalachicola bottle I found years ago beachcombing and always wondered how old it was. Well the answer is 1915! Blows my mind how something so old survived for so long out in the wild.
I am looking for more information on our Coca Cola Bottle. It's a Codd Coca Cola bottle with the early 1900s diamond label on it. It still has the marble in it. If anyone has info on how rare it is, please let me know. Thanks!
i have a coke bottle that has both december 25th 1923 and also that little date code you pointed out in the video. my date code is 75. is my bottle from 1975 even though it says december 25th 1923 on it also?
Awesome! I was wondering the age of a straight-side coke bottle I have that says "The Live Oak, FL Coca-Cola Bottling Company" on it. This helped a ton!
Awesome! Sounds like you found a good one!
Hi there. I have some coca cola bottles that I dug up out of the dirt way in the woods in the middle of nowhere on my papa's land. Ive not seen any like this one. I also have one that has no date code.. Can I somehow email u some pics? I have found SO many bottles in the creek and diff places.
Some of the 1915 Coke's have date codes along the heel. I have one that says root 19 another that says root 25 and another that says EC 24. Some bottlers here in NC used straight sides up until 1917. And some used 1915 cokes until the mid twenties like the two I have.
Yep every where was a bit different. Just depended on how cheap the local bottler was hahha
Thank you for the information! That helps a lot. I do have a 1 pint, 10 ounce bottle, from 1955. that I won in a raffle. I have it set up as a sprinkle bottle for ironing clothes to show how we did it with the "sad" irons (heat on stove, cast iron) and no starch. I have a 14 1/2 oz. Linda Pinkmans Medicine bottle, that would be my oldest one besides my Ball Jars.
No problem!
mine has date code 13 then 53 down there , has trademark D 105529 what that mean
I found a 10oz bottle with straight sides, coca cola is surrounded by a white boarder and 73 on the end of a number...
I've got a bottle with no date code on the side, no date by the trademark. under CocaCola written in script, it says "Trademark Registered in US Patent Office", on the other side it says "Trademark Registered Contents 12 FL OZS" On the bottom it says X-16, under that S an "I" with a circle around it, then "60" (i think), then under that "15". Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
I'm 75 and, I remember when a bottle of Coke was a nickel from the old coke machine... The Coke bottles always had the name of the city it was from...As a kid,we used to go along the roadside and sell them back to the store for the 1 cent deposit.. Back during those times,a penny was good for a candy bar! Not the Hershey's chocolate bar... Those cost a nickel! If you had a dollar, you were rich😂!!!! I don't believe
that you're gonna buy anything for a penny these days....A Hershey's chocolate bar will run you about a dollar.... Time flies....
I have one of the DEC 25 1923 patent date bottles.It was actually made in CHATTANOOGA TN in 1931,per the DATE CODE (CHATT 31)on the bottom-side of the bottle.Opposite side has the number 73.Bottle-Bottom says ETOWAH TENN.
Here in Hawaii Coke was first bottled by Robert Rycroft in 1907. Unmarked 1915s are said to be found in Wahiawa and on Maui. Our Christmas and later are marked towns and islands. No one is sure what the 1907-15s were. Regular Rycrofts? Wasn't Coke fussy about using specially marked bottles. A Ryctoft with a paper label is OK?
Cool. I found one like your last one hiking in the woods that is marked 61-53. It's in good condition too.
Great information and great video. Thank you new subscriber here.
I’ve noticed not all the Pat D bottles do not
Have the date code The C bottles yes but the F bottles seem to use a different system because I have clearly a PAt D f bottles that says 96 😔
,,,,,,,,,thanks so much for replying to my comment!!!this bottle has narrow vertical ribs,logo is on bottom 1\2 inch....says coca cola bottling co. ????a northern bottle!???O.K...thx,pat..
I have a chunk of what I think is an old coke bottle that came up when diffing in my garden. Pretty sure its a chunk of the bottom part, but only markings I can read after cleaning it are 7626 and then a copyright symbol then 2S then another letter I cant make out. Its got that blue tint to it, and Ive held plenty of old coke bottles. Wish I could tell if it was a coke bottle or not.
I have a straight sided, ribbed Coke bottle. On the side (in print, no script it says: property of Coca- Cola bottling co. Min cont. 7 FL OZ
On the lower side it says: design patent pending
It does not look like any of these bottles. I have found a few similar online but the dating is all over the place. Any chance you happen to know what I have?
I found a hobble skirt that has no date codes except "04". No -, no other letters or numbers, just 04. That seems before the hobbleskirt was "official" by a decade, but 2004 it would have been printed with additional code data I think. This one has me stumped.
Glad I found your video, helped me with an estimated date my aqua straight sided Huntsville Bottling Works Coca Cola and 2 amber straight sided Coca Colas, one Chattanooga TN and the other New York NY
I thought mine was it us a pat D . It's made in Clarksville Tenn. Although where yours shows two number then the last 2 numbers. Mine has only 1 number a C with a circle around it ( thought that was a copyright sighn ) so mine says . 5 C 47 ( the C has a circle around it . Can anyone help ? Thanks ahead of time . Godbless
Thank you! Just dated my straight side with your help! It's the newer one. It's semi unique in that it is just as purple as it can be! Beautiful! It's my understanding that the manganese in the glass oxidizes when exposed to sunlight. This oxidation turns the glass a sort of deep amethyst color. Found it in an old farm house dump in Georgia. Score!!! Subscribed and rang that bell!
Welcome to the channel!
I have a 1928 hobble then, ( just found it in a demo job ) ..it has no patent date under the logo, but does have a date code on the side that says 28. Kalamazoo Michigan embossed on the bottom... What's it worth?.. no cracks or chips, letting it soak in hot water to loosen a bit of dirt on the inside presently..
Great info!..thx for the detailed video..hh
Thanks!
I have a hobbleskirt-D with a 12 L 40 date from Plant City, FL. Couldn't be 1912. Maybe the L meant something? Thanks.
I found a key west bottle in the ocean. Pat-d and the numbers of the year code are 11 - 60. Would this mean it's from 1960?
Yep
@@adventurearchaeology thanks Brendan! I actually think it says 50 now that I'm looking closely, would that also be plausible?
@@rebeccameerbeek4097 sure would!
I got a question. I literally just found a coke bottle at a job site in the ground. It looks like a hobble skirt. Says trademark registered in us patent office. Its a 12 oz bottle. The bottom of the bottle has a shield and anchor logo, and the numbers in order are 5 57 33. Can you help me date this
Mine only has 'Trade Mark Registered' underneath the Coca Cola logo. Only 1 line of text.
Maybe it's because I'm in England so i assume our bottles varied?
Humm maybe u should collect a coke bottle from every year if its possible that would be a task in its self what ya think adventure archeology?🍾🍾🍶
Haha my wife would divorce me! Im already out of bottle room lol
😂tell u wanna open up a museum
Tell her
Lol if only!
it is very interesting that in USA the crown seals were used so early. here in Australia-crown seals didn't really appear until after about 1915. Average 1920's. So when you are getting crown seals here in Australia-you know your 1918-1930. Usually all blob tops before that here.
I have a bottle . In my point of view is it should be a antique peace.the bottle not a shape of coca-cola ,it is an eagle shape.and this bottle is more than 165years old (mfd-1855).
I have a short, straight sided, green glass bottle that has Coca cola on the middle in regular, not cursive letters. Along the bottom it says Zanesville Ohio as well as on the bottom along with Coca cola co. and a c with a circle around it with the number 1 below it. I was wondering if you could give me a ball park age???
Whats the story with coke bottles that have a 1848 on them with a copyright symbol between the 18 and 48
I have a old coke bottle I thought was 1928. The numbers on the lower part of the bottle are 28 on the left a I in a circle in the middle and 48 on the right.
Can you accurately date this for me? Thank you in advance.
Anna
Hey this is Kevin Cromeans my dad has a really old bottle it says on the bottom of the bottle Red Bay AL bottling CO if you can find out anything about it he put it in the Red Bay AL museum they dont even know of a bottle co. There thanks
My grand paw gave me a 1923 coke bottle one with out the cap on it and it looks like new when he found it in the dirt of a Kentucky garden from his row tiller plowed it up out of the dirt I saw him do it from out of the winder of the houses thanks Koch brothers
I found a coke bottle yesterday the coke logo was painted on it on the lower side it has 72. 12.the bottom says Hilo Hawaii also on bottom says trade mark bottle has a circle with a R in it.bottom center has a circle with a 8 also a f ? does anyone know if this bottle has any value.
Thanks. I found out that I have a 1963 bottle from your video. I restored a early 50s Cavalier Coke Machine C-51 for my house last winter. I get the 6 oz bottles at Walmart for like $4.68 for 6 & sell them in my machine for 5 cents.
I have a coca cola bottle that seems to be old but it doesn't have any dates on the side, I don't know for sure though because some of the writing is a bit faded and it's hard to tell. One thing it has on the bottom is "l A G 55" on the bottom, I don't know if that means anything but it might help to tell the date.
My hobble skirt coke bottle’s time code says 90-31, does that mean it was bottled in 1990? I find that highly unlikely...
Some times the codes are inverted so it could be 1931
I have a 2002 world champions coke with the drink in it how much do you think it cost
I have a coke glass bottle that says it was made in Utah territory (before Utah was made into a state in 1896). Would it be valuable?