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Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:54 pm
by 60south
RVbldr wrote:OK, not a bottle, but it is an un-damaged coffee cup, no cracks, no chips,found over the weekend in the silt at about 100'. As far as I can tell, this is the old ASC logo, which seems to have disappeared from 1927 - 1931 when the new logo showed up.
Ah, now that could be put back in service! Beauty.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 6:05 pm
by RVbldr
[/quote]Ah, now that could be put back in service! Beauty.[/quote]

It was! First coffee that cup has seen in close to 90 years possibly! :-)
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Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:49 pm
by ScubaJess
Wow so cool! I bet that cup has a lot of stories :)

What kind of coffee is that? It looks delicious :luv:

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:02 pm
by Gdog
I love that story!!

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:34 pm
by H20doctor
RVbldr wrote:OK, not a bottle, but it is an un-damaged coffee cup, no cracks, no chips,found over the weekend in the silt at about 100'. As far as I can tell, this is the old ASC logo, which seems to have disappeared from 1927 - 1931 when the new logo showed up. Capture.JPG
I have one of those pretty cool find Alaska steamship company

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 3:42 pm
by oldsalt
I agree that this is an epic find. You should have fun over the years creating stories of how it ended up in you possession. I had a similar find years ago, not as old and certainly not as rare. For my own reasons it was special. I was diving the old "crab pier" at Mukilteo. During the Cold War it was an Air Force pier connected to Paine Field, but during WWII it was a Navy ammo pier. I saw a porcelain handle sticking out of the mud. It was connected to a coffee mug, the type used on the mess decks of navy ships. It said "USN 1943" on the bottom. That was when my dad was in the navy! I cleaned it up and it became my favorite coffee cup. Then, an old navy shipmate of mine was visiting and he said, "Curt, if you ever find another one of those, can I have it?" I knew I was never going to find another one, so I gave him mine. While I never found another vintage cup, a young friend of mine gave me a new one that he bought from a navy supplier. I photographed it in front of my dad's internment flag.
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Treasure your find, Curt :rawlings:

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:04 am
by Cetacea
Recent finds...

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:03 am
by 60south
Cetacea wrote:Recent finds...
Wow, that's amazing!

(yummm, botulism...)

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:48 am
by orcasc205
Is that “a peck of pickled peppers?”

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:13 pm
by Cetacea
Love the post with the coffee cup filled with coffee. I have the espresso cup from the same ship possibly. Here are some treasures from sitka.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:12 pm
by Tom Nic
So cool! I miss Sitka diving!

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:57 pm
by RVbldr
Cetacea wrote:Love the post with the coffee cup filled with coffee. I have the espresso cup from the same ship possibly. Here are some treasures from sitka.
Nice collection from the shipping lines! I see the old logo on the plate as well.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:27 pm
by 60south
The latest find from Port Townsend. Not as old as I first thought, but old enough to be Edwardian...

"By Appointment to His Majesty the King"
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Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:55 pm
by Nwbrewer
Nice find!
60south wrote:The latest find from Port Townsend. Not as old as I first thought, but old enough to be Edwardian...

"By Appointment to His Majesty the King"

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Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:05 pm
by H20doctor
60south wrote:The latest find from Port Townsend. Not as old as I first thought, but old enough to be Edwardian...

"By Appointment to His Majesty the King"

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Dang ... I need to make another trip out again

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 6:05 am
by ohopdiver
5/5/19 Lake Washington Madrona Beach 80 ffw
No stamps or markings of any kind sides or bottom. Holds 2 1/4 cups, 8 1/4 tall
Appears to be 3 piece, the container has a diagonal seam and the neck slightly crooked with a taper on the lip edge
The glass is a bit smokey but I don't know if that's original.
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Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 5:34 pm
by Gdog
Very cool!

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 8:57 am
by 60south
Oooo, nice, clean. Not sand-blasted like most of the ones we find in the ocean.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 10:35 pm
by ohopdiver
How old is it? It has a grab mark on a side and bottom. Bottom is smooth except a bit of an edge that seems like its a cap. One small bubble.
Label side is flat the other rounded.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 7:37 am
by 60south
ohopdiver wrote:How old is it?
Molded but with an applied neck... Probably 1890's - 1910's era, rough guess. Hard to say definitively without embossing.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 2:52 pm
by H20doctor
Nice bottle

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 7:27 am
by Cetacea
Here are a couple recent finds from the sound. The whisky was found by a dive buddy and is estimated at $1000. (I probably swam past it thinking it was junk) there are still a few treasures to be found out there.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 7:37 am
by 60south
Cetacea wrote:Here are a couple recent finds from the sound.
Nice finds! I especially like the Macy & Co. drug bottle.

Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:05 pm
by 60south
Well, something a little different today from Port Townsend. Live ammunition, circa WW I? And a few older bottles, the two on the right are probably from the 1890's.
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Re: The Bottle Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:19 pm
by JimbobAK
Found a couple good ones today, my 1st Dr J Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and for you Seattle guys a Claussen Brewing Assn beer bottle.