Category Archives: Digging and Finding

Recent finds in the Digging, Diving and Antique world.

XR Bottle Find in St. Louis – Catawba Bitters

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

XR Bottle Find in St. Louis – Catawba Bitters Extremely rare Catawba Bitters found under floorboards in 1874 St. Louis building 12 December 2012 (R•120613) Received an interesting email about a square bitters bottle I was unfamiliar with. A quick … Continue reading →

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The earliest and latest with the blue W. Wolf’s Pittsburgh barrel

Posted on 6 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T H E   F I N D  –  C H I C A G O   A R E A The gorgeous blue W. Wolf – Pittsburgh figural barrel found in a Thrift Shop for 70 cents this past summer … Continue reading →

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XR New Orleans bitters bottle on ebay – G. N. Morison

Posted on 2 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

G. N. MORISON’S INVIGORATING BITTERS 02 December 2012 (R•031114) (R•072214) “This just turned up at the Magazine Antiques Mall on Magazine street” Gene Baudouin “The other one was found about 30 years ago by a woman who decided to dig … Continue reading →

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Log Cabin Series – Drake’s Plantation Bitters

Posted on 28 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Log Cabin Series – Drake’s Plantation Bitters 28 November 2012 (R•090615) (R•090218) (R•110718) D R A K E ‘ S    P L A N T A T I O N B I T T E R S There is no bitters … Continue reading →

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The One Worth Coming Back To

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The One Worth Coming Back To TOM LEVEILLE Everyone who digs bottles at some point or another will have a situation that they are faced with, for one reason or another… “Stop”. The phrase worse than “NO” when asking permission. … Continue reading →

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Bottles on the Steamship SS Republic

Posted on 24 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BOTTLES ON THE S T E A M S H I P   S S   R E P U B L I C 24 November 2012 I wanted to circle back after honing up on the Steamboat Arabia (Read: Looking … Continue reading →

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The Tippecanoe Bitters Figural Log and Mushroom

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Tippecanoe Bitters Figural Log and Mushroom 19 November 2012 Lance and Brianna Westfall (San Diego, California) were in H-Town (Bayou City) visiting family over the weekend. Lance said he was able to get in a few probes in Old … Continue reading →

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Latest news from Outhouse Patrol up in Montana

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“We awoke to a very cold early October rainy morning after trying to sleep through high winds whistling through the broken out windows and creaking old door.” Always nice to hear from my friend James Campiglia and the Outhouse Patrol … Continue reading →

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Looking for Bottles Carried on the Steamboat Arabia

Posted on 16 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T H E    S T E A M B O A T    A R A B I A Looking at famed Civil War author Jim Schmidt’s interview with Andrew W. Hall and the Galveston-Houston Packet this morning made me … Continue reading →

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Charles Lediard and his Liquor Products

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

C H A R L E S   L E D I A R D  and his Liquor Products 12 November 2012 (R•020116) (R•061318) (R•070718) (R•082819) With my post the other day on OK PLANTATION Bitters (see: OK Plantation Bitters – the … Continue reading →

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