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Vintage Soda Bottles Found Along the Banks of Treasure Coast Waterways.Something a little different today while we're waiting for the beaches to improve.
I'll go left to right.
First a Pepsi bottle embossed Pepsi Cola. This one doesn't show where it was bottled. The bottles that are found on the Treasure Coast come from all around Florida and all around the world.
Second, a soda bottle embossed Red Rock Co. Jacksonville FL. Its nice when the bottle tells you where it came from.
Third, as you can see a vintage 7-UP bottle. No location.
Fourth,a bottle embossed Stuart Bottling Works. I don't know what the bottle contained. It looks like a soda bottle to me, but I don't know. I'll have to find out where the Stuart Bottling Works was and what they did. Maybe someone out there can help with that. I sold another one like this before.
I especially like the local bottles.
Fifth, a Coca Cola soda water bottle. On the bottom it is embossed Fort Pierce Fla. Another local bottle telling a little about our local history. I've sold one or two of these before. Vintage Coca Cola items are usually easy to sell.
These are just a few examples that have been eye-balled along the Treasure Coast.
As I've said before, items like these, while having some value of their own, give you information about people and locations of the past.
One Treasure Coast bottle was sold to someone in Australia. Another was sold to a guy that was writing a book on Florida pharmacy bottles
There are all kinds of things to be found. When you are looking for cobs keep your eyes open for other things.
I've mentioned before that my introduction to bottle hunting came after Hurricane Andrew. I was detecting for coins and found some old bottles washing up on the beach. I found some bags and started picking up the bottles, which turned out to be worth more than the old coins I found that day.
I think about starting a site just to display various types of Treasure Coast finds but never got around to it.
Dropping lake levels in Texas exposed native American archaeological sites. Many looters have been arrested.
http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/Dropping_Lake_Levels_Expose_Ancient_Artifacts_And_Looters_Have_Noticed_130746858.html?ref=858
I'm not aware of Native Americans using concrete thousands of years ago. If looters were digging under concrete, it would seem that the site had already been disturbed, so any disturbance done by the so-called looters would be secondary at best.
Here is a nice article about recent archaeological discoveries in the historic Hudson River Valley.
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Dig-under-way-at-historic-Saratoga-battlefield-2188054.php
As you know, both gold and silver prices have dropped significantly lately. Gold has gone from around $1900 to around $1600, and silver from around $40 an ounce to around $30. It's any body's guess where they'll go next.
After a big drop and bounce, OMEX stock seems to be dropping too.
Treasure Coast Beach Forecast and Conditions.
Philippe seems headed west. It might be coming our way.
And the surf web sites are now predicting 7.5 foot seas for next Thursday. That is the big news today. Seas that high could really improve conditions for us. As you probably know, it depends upon other factors as well, but seas that high give us a good chance for something good to finally happen.
Today the wind is out of the north/northwest. Seas are relatively calm, and the surf web sites have decreased the level of the seas expected this weekend.
We do finally have something hopeful to look forward to.
Happy Hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
