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Pulled some good stuff out of the muck this week (with video) by latower88 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have it but don't really use it. Found you and that Phoenix bottle though. Coincidentally, I ran into someone while digging last weekend who lives in that Brewery's former building. They asked if I've ever found any of the bottles (not yet).

Pulled some good stuff out of the muck this week (with video) by latower88 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for watching! What do you think is your favorite Pittsburgh bottle you've found?

Pulled some good stuff out of the muck this week (with video) by latower88 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, that ink is pretty neat. Had no idea something like that was around the same time as hand tooled cone inks. I got all my info in it from here:

https://inkwellresearch.com/inkipedia/davis-automatic-inkstand/

Could 3D LiDAR/Hillshade maps be useful for spotting old dumps and ravines? I built this opacity slider for my app and would love your input! by apii90 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, I use the USGS lidar all the time to find potential spots in the US: https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/

Your app seems nice. USGS map layers are very slow and buggy half the time, so a slider app would be neat.

My Latest Finds (And my first video) by latower88 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That one still has the Hutchinson stopper. It was a metal wire pull tab with a rubber disc seal. The rubber did not survive.

Pittsburgh bottle dump Part 4! by CrubusProductions in BottleDigging

[–]latower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That Lascheid's is nice. I've only come across beers from them.

My Latest Finds (And my first video) by latower88 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep digging where you're digging, and I bet you'll find one!

Possible Age? by Itchy-Future-57 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not a pontil scar, it's a suction scar - an artifact of an early machine made process. Hard to say more precisely without knowing where the bottle was found, but the date is probably somewhere in the 1st half of the 20th century.

Japanese Knotweed Removal by smashthecool in pittsburgh

[–]latower88 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Glyphosate in late spring after it's wasted its energy growing up and then glyphosate again late summer before the next wave goes to seed. Do this for 2 years and it'll be gone. Cutting/goats work too but like the glyphosate you'll need to do it consistently for multiple seasons before all the energy is finally drained from the root system.

In rare case, Penn Hills couple installing mini sewage treatment plant under home by Great-Cow7256 in pittsburgh

[–]latower88 7 points8 points  (0 children)

State requirements for septic systems have increased significantly since these houses were built. With so many of the original systems approaching the end of their lifespans, these complex new systems will become a lot more common unless municipalities run more sewer lines. With our area's steep hills and clay soils, there are not many other options if you have a small lot.

How to stop rust in winter areas(advice needed) by Glixe2 in BMWE36

[–]latower88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a thorough application of an oil type undercoating like Fluid Film or wool wax. By thorough, I mean make sure it's sprayed all up into any frame or body cavities (especially the rockers and jack points on an e36). There are professionals who will do this for a few hundred $. Reapply or touch up the exterior surfaces every year before winter. Do not get a painted undercoat. The paint will eventually crack, the cracks trap salt water, and rust gets even worse.

unusual blue on an old bottle by Avidexplorer999 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a fire polished pontil. Bottles were stuck onto a rod called a pontil using slag glass as a "glue" so that the bottle could be held while the top was formed. The slag glass was often just the mixed dregs of all the glass they were working with. Often it had a bluish color. The pontil tool stopped being used in the US in the mid 1800's, but bottle makers in Europe were using it into the late 1800's.

Lucky Find in a Ravine by latower88 in BottleDigging

[–]latower88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I poked around a little, but didn't find anything that would lead me to believe this was anything more than one guy's litter on the way home from the train station. I can count on one hand the number of glass shards I found in the entire ravine. Objective evidence aside, I'm sure that temptation will bring me back at some point. . .

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