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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: apostasy on March 02, 2013, 11:19:19 PM
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Hello, first time poster, long time collector. I recently bought some land up in New Hampshire, and while digging the foundation of the house I found two of these bottles, I'm guessing they are from the civil war era, there is what looks like a stamp on one that is nearly unreadable. Any info on these would be appreciated, also what they are actually called ??? Thank you.
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They would be better if they had writing on them. It's late I'll check tomorrow.
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Stonewear bottles..might pre-date the civil war.... you were lucky to have found them intact...
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A quick search of eBay shows that the plain Ginger Beer Bottles seem to sell in the $10 - $20 range. Regardless of value, they are still a interesting piece of history.
http://www.antiquebottles.com/gingerbeer/ (http://www.antiquebottles.com/gingerbeer/)
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Yep !! We had one like that posted here a while back !!
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How old is the house? There's your first clue.
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How old is the house? There's your first clue.
He bought some land..and was digging the foundations of the house....i.e. No House...
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Maybe he was under pinning. If that was said properly.
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How old is the house? There's your first clue.
He bought some land..and was digging the foundations of the house....i.e. No House...
Like that should stop you? Nothing like a little resourcefulness...
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Yep, no house, the land was just a patch of woods on a dirt road. Makes you think though, who had these way out in the middle of nowhere?
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You might be surprised !! It was a common drink early 1800`s !! Even Grandma needed a buzz every once in a while !!
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Yep, no house, the land was just a patch of woods on a dirt road. Makes you think though, who had these way out in the middle of nowhere?
it does get the old brain cells,jiggling about...as they were buried..then..whoev er buried them..did so with the intent of coming back...either that..or they were concientous and didn,t want to litter the landscape..
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I agree with Rauville. I have about 15 of these bottles. I would say 10 to 20 dollars is about the right price range. I think it would be really cool to dig them up.
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Possibly that was a dump site ?? But you said it was around a foundation ?? If so they were likely in the root cellar !! Root cellars were often built under the house although not nearly as deep as we know cellars today !! Just a few feet !!
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your cheaters ain,t up to it again...what he said was it was a patch of ground, with no house...therefore ..no existing foundations...no root cellar...zilch..."jist twa wee stane boatles lyin in the grund jist waitin tae be fund"... ;D...
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Sometimes bottles will actually float up. When we were building houses in Manyunk We hit a landfill from the turn of the century. We had to put in pilings. It was sand and seashells. The bottles would be lying on the ground the next day.
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you want to stay off the G&T,s... ;D...btw, i don,t hate your chair....i,m just low on firewood.... :)
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She is right Wullie !! They will float up !!
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Bigwull, lol I have some bills you could burn.
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Did,nt take you for a G&T person....more like...a coors..sort of person...float up...in the middle of a New Hampshire forest....you sure you,ve not been taking some of my RD,s... ;D
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Bigwull, lol I have some bills you could burn.
;D...the problem with bill burning..is the senders always have back up copies...
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Lol ;D
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If he was digging the foundation, that implies that there must have been a foundation to dig, whether there was a house there or not. A quick trip to the county seat could get you the tax and/or building history of the lot, and therefore a useful range of dates. You could do it with a single visit or even a phone call. 8)
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If he was digging the foundation, that implies that there must have been a foundation to dig, whether there was a house there or not. A quick trip to the county seat could get you the tax and/or building history of the lot, and therefore a useful range of dates. You could do it with a single visit or even a phone call. 8)
..Yep, no house, the land was just a patch of woods on a dirt road. Makes you think though, who had these way out in the middle of nowhere?....No house...implies no foundation..."he was digging the foundation of a new house that was going to sit on the patch of woods....
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I work 40 hours a week with archaeologists and no house most definitely does not imply no foundation. If it did they'd all be out of work! :D :D
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I work 40 hours a week with archaeologists and no house most definitely does not imply no foundation. If it did they'd all be out of work! :D :D
this argument has no basis of a foundation...perhap s the topic starter should have said...I was digging a New foundation for a new House that I planned to build on this patch of woods in the middle of nowhere... ;D
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I think they may not have old house sites in the UK !! I have hunted many of them with metal detector where only a foundation was left !! A line of bricks or rocks !! No house !! ::)
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I think they may not have old house sites in the UK !! I have hunted many of them with metal detector where only a foundation was left !! A line of bricks or rocks !! No house !! ::)
That seems strange, but OK. Over here people routinely excavate old foundations for houses that are no longer extant. Its called historic archaeology. Bottles like these are often found.
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this is like the like taking 3 steps forward then 2 back....he said there was no house there, he was not looking for old foundations of a non existent house...he was excavating in order to make a new foundation for a house that he wanted to build...are you with me.....
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The question really seems to be are YOU with ME, the answer being 3 steps back... ;D
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That,s it...we both agree to disagree....or its ...Handbags in our Gladrags at Dawn....... ;D ;D
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Agreed sir