It's not junk...it's treasure!

[Stalker62]

Having already walked the dogs at 04:00 hours this morning, and having then been unable to fire up the power washer for the truck, I decide to head off again for a bit of a yomp with the dogs.

Just at the spot where I let them off their leads, and let them run riot into the forest...I spy something that catches my eye.




Bit of old pipe or something more interesting?

I drop down into the ditch, and begin to execute my finely tuned archaeological skills.

It is the work of a moment.



Funny how the simple things can give a man pleasure.

I manage to get it home in one piece, and wash it (by hand) in luke-warm water. Using your wife's dishwasher on 'full wack' is dangerous on two fronts. It upsets your wife and it can (and did) break a previous 'find" - ask me how I know.


Just a silly little thing, but it has rather made my morning.

 

[gs jon]

Having already walked the dogs at 04:00 hours this morning, and having then been unable to fire up the power washer for the truck, I decide to head off again for a bit of a yomp with the dogs.

Just at the spot where I let them off their leads, and let them run riot into the forest...I spy something that catches my eye.


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Bit of old pipe or something more interesting?

I drop down into the ditch, and begin to execute my finely tuned archaeological skills.

It is the work of a moment.

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Funny how the simple things can give a man pleasure.

I manage to get it home in one piece, and wash it (by hand) in luke-warm water. Using your wife's dishwasher on 'full wack' is dangerous on two fronts. It upsets your wife and it can (and did) break a previous 'find" - ask me how I know.


Just a silly little thing, but it has rather made my morning.

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nice find that one.
JB

 

[NOTSHARP]

Well done that man.

I dug these two up from my garden, and have been using them for 20 years.





Steve.

 

[Smellydog]

That's rather cool.
A friend found an old small glass bottle.
It was stoutly made and would of made a nice small powder flask but he would not let me have it. Miserable s.....

 

[Smellydog]

Well done that man.

I dug these two up from my garden, and have been using them for 20 years.





Steve.

Were the wooded spoons in them?

 

[NOTSHARP]

Were the wooded spoons in them?

Yes, held in place by all of the mud, but they cleaned-up fine.






Steve.

 

[Stalker62]

I shall add today's find to my very modest collection, of other "stuff", I have found over the years...




The large 'orange' bottle on the left, (still with its stopper), is marked "Poison" and was found alongside the site of a small hospital.

 

[finnbear270]

That big brown poison one probably contained full strength Iodine.

 

[Stalker62]

That big brown poison one probably contained full strength Iodine.

Well it didn't taste of iodine...

 

[finnbear270]

You may start to glow in the dark!

 

[sh1kar]

Having already walked the dogs at 04:00 hours this morning, and having then been unable to fire up the power washer for the truck, I decide to head off again for a bit of a yomp with the dogs.

Just at the spot where I let them off their leads, and let them run riot into the forest...I spy something that catches my eye.


View attachment 389528

Bit of old pipe or something more interesting?

I drop down into the ditch, and begin to execute my finely tuned archaeological skills.

It is the work of a moment.

View attachment 389529

Funny how the simple things can give a man pleasure.

I manage to get it home in one piece, and wash it (by hand) in luke-warm water. Using your wife's dishwasher on 'full wack' is dangerous on two fronts. It upsets your wife and it can (and did) break a previous 'find" - ask me how I know.


Just a silly little thing, but it has rather made my morning.

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I have one like that somewhere. Does it have a stamp on the bottom?

 

[Stalker62]

Does it have a stamp on the bottom?

@sh1kar

Nothing 'decent', just some minor 'scratches' which, if you are minded to, can form the numeral 7...

 

[old keeper]

In my village a bottle "dump" from very many years ago was discovered, it appears all unwanted glass and china was dumped there. I got quite a collection of different bottles from it, it was quite a large area.

 

[Smellydog]

I shall add today's find to my very modest collection, of other "stuff", I have found over the years...


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The large 'orange' bottle on the left, (still with its stopper), is marked "Poison" and was found alongside the site of a small hospital.

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That bottle right and back was like the one I wanted for a powder flask.

 

[merlin]

I have one like that somewhere. Does it have a stamp on the bottom?

I just googled "stamp on the bottom".

Let's just say that the websites I found were not related to bottles and leave it that shall we?

 

[Pete6.5]

I know of a pit where the soldiers leaving for d day through their rubbish. Some interesting stuff I've found are knives, spoons and forks some plates and tins

 

[Smellydog]

I know of a pit where the soldiers leaving for d day through their rubbish. Some interesting stuff I've found are knives, spoons and forks some plates and tins

Did you find a pair of shoes?
You always see one of a pair on the side of the road. Only the other day I noticed a well made walking boot on the side of the lane. Only the one! Where's the other? How do they just lose one?

 

[Stalker62]

How do they just lose one?

Reminds me of the old gag.

Chap sees a “Gentleman of the road”, who is only wearing one boot.

“Did you lose a boot?”

“No sir. I found one…”

 

[Dalua]

Yes, held in place by all of the mud, but they cleaned-up fine.



Steve.

You're lucky - I have to win mine in rifle-matches.

 

[finnbear270]

Back of the Duke of Westminster's estate, their bottle dump was discovered in the river Dee ... quite a few valuable "Onion" bottles got recovered.