Category Archives: Digging and Finding

Recent finds in the Digging, Diving and Antique world.

I was a very close friend of Tommy Mitchiner

Posted on 30 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I was a very close friend of Tommy Mitchiner 30 August 2013 | By Mike Newman I was a very close friend of Tommy Mitchiner, as our relationship went back 32 years. I was just a newlywed with no money … Continue reading →

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G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters, San Francisco

Posted on 30 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters San Francisco “Lightning Strikes Twice” 30 August 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V If you read below, I’m going to repeat a phrase I used yesterday to describe the situation when I … Continue reading →

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The unlisted German Army Bitters – Ironton, Ohio

Posted on 29 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The unlisted German Army Bitters Ironton, Ohio Ferdinand Meyer V & Gary Beatty 29 August 2013 (R•040919) It is not often nowadays to come across an unlisted bitters. It does happen and it is somewhat akin, I suppose, to finding … Continue reading →

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Humboldt’s German Bitters – Stephen Deschauer – Chicago, Illinois

Posted on 27 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HUMBOLDT’S GERMAN BITTERS Stephen Deschauer – Chicago, Illinois 27 August 2013 (New photographs added 03 September 2013) It must be Octoberfest in August this year because I keep stumbling on extremely rare or unlisted German bitters bottles. My first encounter … Continue reading →

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Two rare and early ‘Southern’ Bottles

Posted on 24 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Two rare ‘Southern’ Bottles Southern Alterative | New Orleans Southern Tonic | Matagorda 24 August 2013 I received the above picture of a good piece of a Southern Alterative | New Orleans bottle (could be a word or two missing) and the below advertisement … Continue reading →

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Patience Paying Off – Three Amazing Finds

Posted on 12 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is my first bitters find and I don’t think I could be any happier… Patience Paying Off – Three Amazing Finds Hi Ferdinand! Cody Zeleny here, Just thought I would share some more recent finds that I am really … Continue reading →

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Houston paths and long forgotten scenes – Part III

Posted on 8 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I can only imagine what must be beneath the soil, along the banks, beneath the criss-crossing Interstate Highway overpasses, under the office towers and parking lots and beneath the bayou when I take my frequent runs or when I walk … Continue reading →

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My Pink Dream

Posted on 7 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

MY PINK DREAM 07 August 2013 (R•102013) Did I dream this? I can not remember. Was a Memory Bottle found recently that had a hint of a Drake’s Plantation Bitters within as the covered bottle structure? Was it at Manchester? … Continue reading →

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Yesterday was a Good Bottle Day

Posted on 5 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Yesterday was a Good Bottle Day “What you spend on the peanuts, you save on the bananas” Ferdinand: Yesterday was a good bottle day, a very good day. One of my pickers from up north paid me a visit. The … Continue reading →

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Jerry’s Hippie Dippie Bottle

Posted on 3 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jerry’s “Hippie Dippie“ Bottle I was sitting at my table at the FOHBC Manchester National show and Dr. Charles Aprill alerted me to a real oddball striated flask somewhere far across the showroom floor, almost as far as San Francisco is … Continue reading →

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