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Just thought i would upload some pictures from my other hobby, bottle digging...

Ginger beer bottles













Potted meats



Holloways ointment pots



Not sure what this was, maybe a small baby feeder



Codd bottles



Hamilton bottles





Haven't been for such a long time, might have to go for a dig at some point this year!

A great collection x_plore. Well done ! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Pinz

I Marvell at the quality of things from bygone eras. Everything was meant to last and that's why fortunatlely you are finding them and we can see them. Much better than the plastic we now get. I remember pop bottles with that flip top, and taking them back for pennies. Good stuff Xplore.

What a good collection you have found xplore.
Thanks for sharing with us.Well worth the searching if you find those sort of things,

Great piece of history.

Wow where do you look to find bottles like that?

There's a site of an old brewery next to the Wallasey tunnel which would reveal some interesting finds.

Thanks everyone just need to do some research and find where the old tips where and dig on those sites

As always, excellent finds.

Typical advert for Holloways Ointment, 19th century.

Cheers bert, thanks for the adverts

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The phraseology and wording of adverts of that era were amazing. Penned with the supreme confidence of the Empire and all its might. From piles to nervousness, one pill cures the lot ! The Trades Descriptions Act was a million miles away !

Thing is they probably worked too well...no good for Big Pharma.. no money in it.

Very nice. I've not been digging since 2013, this was the last haul I got:

Just still trying to put pic up of my meagre finds.