Finds 12AUG2011 Woods (Pasture Site)

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Finds 12AUG2011 Woods (Pasture Site)

Hi all, done a little bit of digging, found loads of smashed stuff, Glass, Pottery, Jars etc, to many bits of iron to use the detector, so just eyes only, I possible think the hole I dug was part of the spoil heap from the original digs that have been done before here, I did find a couple of nice glass bottles, they may have been left as 20th Century. First one is a Vaseline Bottle, TRADE MARK VASELINE CHESEBROUGH NEW-YORK, I found a YouTube video of one saying that it is approx c.1924 so earlier than I thought, second one is an H.J.HEINZ Bottle, and this also seems to be early 20th Century. Nothing special but I am pleased with them, will return with a bigger digging tool next time

If anyone has any more precise dating or any more information on these please let me know, thanks for looking, Dave

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Screw caps stated being extensively used from about the 1920s IIRC.
When we used to bottle dig in the 70s, anything with screw caps or clear glass (as opposed to greenish tint) was discarded, but that was 40 years ago, so i guess it's not as relevant now
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Thanks, I did wonder if they had been left behind from the 1st dig

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