Tip from a friend

A friend of mine said he knew where there was about 40 old bottles and I could have them if I wanted them.  (They were in his Grandmother's shed.)  If I didn't want them, then he throw them away.  I'm primarily a Gold Prospector and Relic Hunter and I don't really do anything with bottles.  Rather than see them end up in a land fill (or someone else getting them) I took the 30 minutes drive.

Turned out there were about 70 bottles!    , however they are mostly from the mid-60's to the mid 80's!     There are a few older ones.

So I came home Tuesday night and soaked them all in Dawn and hot water.  (Filled up 5 - 5 Gallon buckets!)  So last night, I thought I'd try and see if I could clean up some.  (I have to get a better bottle brush!)

The bottle on the right end is "Buffalo Ginger Ale" (1 still full and 3-4 more empty, still soaking, bottled in CHARLOTTE, NC.  (Where I live.))  Next to that the bottle says "BLUE BIRD" and there's a date at the bottom 'Oct, day date, 1925'.  The brown bottle in the middle is a Budweiser bottle.  There's 2 I have to look up.  One is a "VIRGINA DARE" (That's to the right of the 7 Up bottle) and other one that simply reads, E. L. (picture of a stag) B. Co.  (E L Bottling company, but I'm curious what the E L stands for and how old.) 

I still have 3 buckets of mostly 6oz Coke embossed and 10oz Pepsi embossed bottles left to clean as well as reclean the bottles when I get a better bottle brush today. 

Here are the pics so far.





Bufflo Ginger Ale by itself:


E. L.(Stag) B. Co.


Still to clean:


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Thanks!  You have to wonder how a bottle from Texas Bottling Co. made it's way to North Carolina.  (Especially oen that was never opened.)  I need to clean it up.

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		Quote:			Posted by BitburgAggie_7377
	you'd be surprised how bottles can get around (especially the major bottling companies).   When I was growing up in Texas I regularly checked to see where the soda bottles came from.  Wasn't so uncommon as to be rare to see a bottle from way out of state.   (of course the E.L.B. bottle getting to North Carolina would be a bit more challenging unless someone picked up on a cross-country trip and forgot about it). Here's a link for info on the Virginia Dare bottle You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/virginia.html BA

I meant to post my follow on, but I started a new thread instead by accident.  Great information on Virgina Dare company, thanks, Brian (Charlotte49er)


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