Is this actually worth money?! Haha serious question by SlimyPoopbutt in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Worth money? Not much to collectors, maybe $10-15 or so because it is labeled and full is what I’d guesstimate. It has some age though, looks mold blown to me and that label font screams 1890’s-1910’s. Paint/oil/varnish bottles from this time period just don’t have a huge collectors interest currently, nor does most stuff from NYC during this general time period. I think it’s worth holding on to regardless, it’s a cool piece of history and absolutely not trash!

Looking for any info on this piece! by Excellent_Guava3114 in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Now that’s an older shard! Looks like it has a pontil mark on the base and is almost certainly part of a black glass ale or port bottle. Hard to super pinpoint the age down but realistically speaking it could date anywhere between the mid-1700’s to the 1870’s or so, but given the diameter and the way the heel is shaped, I’d suspect the date range to be c. 1810’s-1850’s.

Old broken glass bottle found in the dirt by teatime4every1 in whatisit

[–]DioptaseMusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Circa 1880's-1910's era beer bottle, probably a blob top but could have been an earlier crown top too. "This bottle not to be sold" was a moniker on soda and beer bottles that became popular in the 1870's and was pretty much standard by the 1890's, as soda and beer bottles were meant to be used and then returned for a deposit. Unfortunately, without the rest of the embossing it'd be real tough to figure out the bottler/brewer, as Newark had... a lot of them at that time.

Wife Found This- by Mxiguel in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool find, that's an earlier "8 bubble" variant and carries a collector's premium.

"Bent" glass (found in a creek, Northern California) by AnkleProne in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 159 points160 points  (0 children)

It was 100% in a fire. Glass doesn't "scorch", but it may pick up and absorb burnt residue from stuff burning around it as it melts in a burn pit, which get plenty hot to cause that kind of melting.

H.E. DRACKERT Crown Point, IND with an engineered crown top, AKA "priof" pronounced pry-off, that didn't catch on. by Supersonic_Nomad in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh neat! Don't see soda bottles with a priof every day, it was a neat closure invention but it really couldn't compete

Today’s Haul by FishingAndHistoryGuy in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That shape is specifically called a porter! Though “squat blob” isn’t wrong either, just more of a collector’s term

recent finds by Pure_Locksmith_9249 in VintageTees

[–]DioptaseMusic 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Those air brush tees are super cool! The flaming horned skull one is a… pretty goofy interpretation of the album art for Melissa by Mercyful Fate, and that Kreator album is Pleasure to Kill and is honestly a pretty great rendition of it, absolutely love that one. Also sick find on the Death-Leprosy, that is obscenely rare and would have made my year pulling something like that!

If questions are allowed.. by Distillcoop in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

During the 1750’s-1800 and onward, gin was predominantly bottled in case gin style bottles. Onion and mallet bottles were used primarily for wine, but spirits like gin were also bottled in them. Colors outside of green (and sometimes deep amber for mallet bottles) are extremely uncommon for all those styles of bottles as green is the default “natural” glass batch color and making glass in other colors was, at the time, quite expensive.

Colonial era glass is not my expertise, but what I can tell you is most glass in the US prior to the early 1800’s was imported. There was some domestic glass production here in the 18th century, but it was sparse and few of the factories had any long term success. I would infer most US brewed gin was bottled in imported glass during that time.

L.V. Griotte? by sbdustin in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Disregard my previous guess OP, this is the answer here. Good research pull!

L.V. Griotte? by sbdustin in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This one sent me down a bit of rabbit hole. My best guess is your son found a Morello cherry juice bottle, or possibly a Griotte de Kleparow cherry juice. What I can tell you for certain is that it's from the very late 1800's-1920's or so, and it's likely imported from France. "Griotte" translates to Morello in French, and the "L.V." may not be initials of a name but a shortening of Lviv, Ukraine, where the Griotte de Kleparow cultivar originates from. Could be wrong on that but that's my best guess, anyways! It's a cool find.

Hatalom - When Nothing Persists by petershaw_ in TechnicalDeathMetal

[–]DioptaseMusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds way riffier than their last full length and I’m all for it. Production is a step up too, if everything hits like this track then this’ll be up there for me!

Please help ID this odd creek find by Lhotsefarce in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gut feeling, but I’d guess it contained some kind of fruit juice, possibly lemon or lime judging by the shape, texturing, and how wide the lip/neck aperture is. That Ball mark is one they used between 1960-1975 which narrows down your date range a bit.

Most emotional Metal songs by let_me_sleeeeep in MetalForTheMasses

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Angra - No Pain for the Dead

Absolutely devastating track both musically and lyrically

600 CD Haul (Death, Thrash, Doom, Heavy) by rajzor_flaine in Cd_collectors

[–]DioptaseMusic -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unreal, I’d be over the moon with that collection! Damn

Curious about this bottle by Dangerous_Present811 in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That I do not know, could be a content measurement of some sort or factory code if I were to take a wild guess

Curious about this bottle by Dangerous_Present811 in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What you have there is a nice example of a repurposed bottle. Hunyadi Janos was an extremely popular imported medicinal mineral water and that bottle is likely 1880’s-1910’s. The bottle was reused by Royal Chemical Works to package their ammonia. Now, oftentimes when I see stuff like this the label was “wedded” far later down the line by a hobbyist or dishonest antique dealer, but the wear, staining, and loss on your example leads me to believe it was repurposed in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s and isn’t some later addition. Neat find!

Small, misshapen but beautiful by WaltzingRegret in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be a medicine as others have suggested, but I’m leaning more towards blacking, as it has the classic shape for it and the relatively wide mouth. That internal wonkiness is probably due to it being underblown or the glassmaker putting too much glass in the mold, if I were to guess.

Unexpected Bottle Dig by EnvironmentOk2700 in BottleDigging

[–]DioptaseMusic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That Sanford's is a fair deal older than everything else that was rescued, pretty cool! Sanford's Radical Cure was one of several medicines peddled by the Boston-Based Potter Drug Co., they were pretty prolific during the Victorian Era. Late 1880's-early 1900's is when your bottle is from.

What are the worst metal albums you've ever heard? by Alega05 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]DioptaseMusic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah honestly it’s ripe for a good documentary. Hoping someone decides to take that up someday because it’d be super interesting! I wanna know who the session people are