So everyone is posting their pictures and I thought I would join in and ask for input too!
Yesterday I went out to get the data needed to break down Section 9
The east side is now a state road so I am waiting for those HWRW maps. *SOON Hopefully* Shoot in the fences and head west to the S1/4 corner. Nothing. So I go on to the SW corner and discovered this:
So closer examination and:
Hmmm... so I look over the bottle..
Very interesting. No other evidence found.
So I return to the office and pull up the notes
So they don't match. Very strange. But then I starting thinking about that bottle. I am pretty sure it isn't the original location. One - because of the notes. Two - the bottle age seems to be off. That is my question for you. I believe the bottle is probably from mid 1900's not the later 1800. Sections were done in 1880 and I don't think screw on lids have been created. Especially with a inside gasket. Clear glass doesn't seem to work with the times either. So.... what is your thoughts?
Regarding the screw-top lid, that would be from the 1920s at the earliest, and were expensive until the 40s when they started being used on beer bottles. It wasn't until the 70s that they became the standard.
Looks like an old ALKA-SELTZER bottle.
Your bottle looks to be a machine made bottle, not 1880's vintage.
It appears to be straw colored from the photo.
I think you got it.
Plop plop fizz fizz
Pickled olives bottle. I would date that as 1960+- ten years.
> So.... what is your thoughts?
Keep looking! 🙂
> Pickled olives bottle.
That's what I was thinking too. My dad used those bottles for eggs on camping trips. Crack the eggs into a clean bottle and they stay separate and intact. Just pour each one out into the skillet. Like an egg Pez dispenser.
Didnt they put the year on the bottle of the bottles back in the day or am I mistaken?
OK so nobody else asked...what was in the bottle? Treasure map?
I am with you on that one.
I think that it is a list of the Boys in the Scout Troop.
We have found those several times.
First, the paper appears a bit newer than the parchment types done in the 1800's (I'm supposing here).
The paper color appears lacking in typical yellowing - especially if exposed to any light whatsoever. The fact that you were able to unroll it without damaging it also has me questioning the age. Paper gets pretty brittle after a few decades.
It almost seems as if it was a draft copy of an original, but ultimately was discarded in the bottle. Without some identification of the writer it has questionable, but still historic, value.
Looks like a minning claim to me?
Sorry guys.... I've been out and about and haven't had time to login. Thanks for the input. I have to agree that the bottle is newer. I would say around 1950's. The paper is very brittle and I couldn't pull it apart. Didn't see any writing on what I could do. The screw type lid definitely puts it after the 1920's. I didn't find any other evidence for the section corner. Today I went out and tied in a few more section corners to see how everything fits. Not a mining claim either, none in this area. Will know more on Monday.
