r/BottleDigging

Unfortunately not a piece I dug and one I doubt many people would find in privy’s but an incredibly interesting piece of history nonetheless if you’ve never seen one before. This is a late 1800s Boston Feeder baby bottle, also notoriously known as a ‘murder’ bottle. A rubber tube with nipple would be attached to the top for the baby to nurse out of, unfortunately this was before people were well informed about harmful bacteria and mold that would grow inside these tubes and it resulted in a catastrophic infant mortality rate that lead to the deaths of tens of thousands of children before the age of 1. I don’t usually like purchasing bottles, I prefer to find my own. But for a couple dollars, this piece was too interesting to leave behind.

Found in central WI while on a run today. Tons of bottles and cans. Looking to go back with proper time and PPE.

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I found this bottle while excavating an old privy beneath my carriage house in Newburgh, New York. The building dates to around 1850. This is only one of over 100 intact bottles I recovered, but this one I find most interesting because it appears to still have its original contents and is sealed shut. I’m looking for more information if anyone knows about this bottle, I didn’t even know what a privy was when I started, I was just trying to do some repairs to the floor structure but when I started digging for something solid to place my jack on I kept pulling up bottles. 😅 then did some googling and discovered privy digging is a thing. if anyone has any information I would be very happy to know . Thank you

Here is an Imgur link with photos of the perfume Lubin perfume

The embossing is fairly faint but it reads ESS BOUQUET and LUBIN below that.

Hey, I found these bottles in a small river in Germany.
I‘m having trouble identifying them and was wondering if someone could help?

- The second bottle is about 4,5cm big
- the green bottle has some air bubbles and the number 6 on the side

Found about 3-4 ft deep, marble was found close by, i think its from a old spray paint can

tell me what you know!

Gorgeous mid century ACL bottle I couldn’t pass up at an antique sale for $10. The image of the whale sold it for me.

This is one of many in my grandfather collection, it’s very tiny, no larger than 2in by 1in, there’s something inside, not loose dirt… something whole and too big to wiggle its way in during its time underground, unless it’s a bugs nest (kinda looks like a hornet/wasp nest) but i’m thinking it could’ve been in the bottle during its time of use. let me know what you think it could be based on the bottle/size. also, what could the bottle been used for? age?

Glass seems very broken up so im not sure if i should spend my time digging.

Whole area runs about 500 yards wide, 200 yards tall. It seems the pile might be 2-5 feet deep indicated by some deep groves of erosion made by water.

I will add only half of this trash pile is legally accessible, other half is on private land but not marked by a fence. Im planning on attempting on contacting the owners for permission to access and possibly dig.

Im pretty excited to get to it tho

I think I put the right flair on this. I only found this sub yesterday so didn't get a chance to look up the markings on this bottle yet. I found this bottle close to 20 years ago.

I found this bottle of wine in my basement, I couldn't find anything looking like it on internet. Have you already seen it ?

This is not all I have, but most of them

Saw this beauty sticking out the bank while doing some fishing in Wilmington, NC. How about this error bottle. It says wilmington, W.VA.

Just curious about this bottle. It doesn’t look that old to me I’d still like to get an opinion on the age and what’s in it.

I love the old blue label, and I love the distinct ridges on the bottle

Double barrel soda bottle

Decided to hold onto these as they are in great condition. Two of my favorites out of my collection.