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    I used a painters marker to highlight the embossing of my bottle collection. I have many more in storage that I'll leave un-touched for now, but the ones here are much easier to read now.
    "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee

  • #2
    Looking real good Ethan
    South Dakota

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    • #3
      Awesome. Like the civil war stuff too. I’ve got 3 detectors and haven’t used em yet.

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      • Kentucky point
        Kentucky point commented
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        All of the Civil War relics on the shelf with the bottles are from Gettysburg. Most of it was found by the Rosensteels, or relic hunters right after the guns fell silent. The stuff on the bottom shelf came from different places. Shiloh, Manassas, Chancellorsville, Perryville, Stones River, and many more. Also not pictured is a Hotchkiss artillery shell...

    • #4
      what a great display!!

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      • Kentucky point
        Kentucky point commented
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        Thanks! It's actually a wreck right now. It's usually much neater than that.

    • #5
      Very cool!
      SE ARKANSAS

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      • #6
        Nice looking display. I'm not big on civil war stuff but I do like the bottles.
        NW Georgia,

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        • #7
          I like the bottles too. That's a slick idea. Nice relic display.
          keep on keepin after

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          • #8
            Super great display, Ethan. Your interest in history is commendable. That is enriching your life now and in the future more than you can now imagine.

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            • #9
              Nice! Kp
              SW Connecticut

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              • #10
                Looks good! Is that a ceramic ink well on the extreme left?
                Headwaters of the Little Miami, Ohio

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                • Kentucky point
                  Kentucky point commented
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                  Yes, dug from a Civil War infantry camp winter hut, by my dad in 2005.

              • #11
                What a great display!

                That is a cool idea for bottles. I have some old ones in storage, I'll have to remember that trick. Not that it really matters if you like it, but does it hurt the value of them? (Cleaning coins almost always lowers the value.)
                Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida

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                • Kentucky point
                  Kentucky point commented
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                  It doesn't have any effect on value, but some people won't buy them. It all matters on personal preference.

              • #12
                Just the kind of lineup I like, when plinking with my super six !
                Lubbock County Tx

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                • Kentucky point
                  Kentucky point commented
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                  I know, ha ha!

                  Half of the bottles you see on the shelf will be sold in the next month. I decided to stick to collecting local bottles, Schuylkill county PA bottles, and Straight Sided Coca Cola bottles. That narrows it down a bit!

                • Lindenmeier-Man
                  Lindenmeier-Man commented
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                  Coke bottles are cool, I have three Texas Longhorn bottles, 1923. Only four are known to exist that were from Sweetwater Tx...

                • Kentucky point
                  Kentucky point commented
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                  Now that's impressive!

              • #13
                That is one super display really impressive. I've never found an un broken old bottle but hope to. Value ? just can't put a value on some things and these are one of them.
                SE IA

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                • Kentucky point
                  Kentucky point commented
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                  Since I paid for most of these, I can assign a value, lol! The ones you dig are the best. Creeks, river banks, construction sites and dumps are the best place to find them
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