Category Archives: Treasure

Bottles under the pier in Fredeiksted, St. Croix

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bottles under the pier in Fredeiksted, St. Croix by Vince Staley 13 February 2014 This U.S. NAVY PEPPER bottle above, and a MUSTARD were found under the pier (see above) in Fredeiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. For several years … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, Diving, History, Pepper Sauce, Questions, Sauce, Treasure, Utility Bottles | Tagged Anchor, bottles, David, Denmark, Diving, Earthquake, Fredeiksted, Frederic, Germany, Hugo, Hurricane, islands, Monongahela, Mustard, navy, pepper, pier, Sailor, St. Croix, tsunami, Vince Staley, Virgin | Leave a comment

Memphis, Yellow Fever and “The Great Bottle Treasure Map of 1880”

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand, here is the article on “The Great Memphis Bottle Treasure Map of 1880“. The newly founded National Board of Health conducted a Sanitary Survey in the winter of 1879-1880. Yellow Fever hit Memphis hard in 1878, over 5,000 people … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Article Publications, History, Publications, Questions, Regulations, Treasure | Tagged Memphis, National Board of Health, outhouse, Outhouse Patrol, privy, Reggie Shoeman, Sanitary, survey, trash, Yellow Fever | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Diving, eBay, History, Museums, Pepper Sauce, Pickle Jars, Pottery, Questions, Spirits, Treasure | Tagged 49'ers, Admiral David G. Farragut, Baltimore, Battle of Mobile Bay, california, Confederate, Fells Point, Georgia, Gold Rush, Hurricane, John W. Lovitt, Mexico, New Orleans, Nicaragua, Russell Sturgis, Savannah, Sierra Nevada, SS Republic, Steamship, Tennessee, Union, USS Mobile, Vera Cruz, William Walker | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Dinnerware, Display, Flasks, History, Museums, Questions, Treasure | Tagged Arabia, Bertrand, Bob Hawley, bottles, Captain William Terrill, cargo, Elisha Sortor, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri River, museum, paddlewheel, Parkville, Quindaro Bend, Steamboat, Treasure, William Boyd | 2 Comments

Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand – Part 2

Posted on 14 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand Part 2 14 September 2012 T H E B E R T R A N D B I T T E R S B O T T L E … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, Museums, Publications, Treasure | Tagged Bertrand, bitters, cabin, Celebrated, Demas S. Barnes, Drakes, Hostetter's, Jacob Hostetter, Kelly's, Missouri, Montana, Nebraskaa, omaha, Patrick Henry Drake, Plantation, Schroeder, Steamboat, Stomach, Virginia City | 2 Comments

Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand – Part 1

Posted on 13 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

James Campiglia, in a series of recent emails, embedded the following statement within one portion of his commentary which inspired this post: “Also found a picture of a shard you may want to post. “Kintzing” early, beautiful green square is a … Continue reading →