I took a wander down my beach to an old dump - found bottles

[bdahunter]

This isn't my normal gig but I've been reading some of the posts on bottle dump hunting and decided to give it a whirl. It was a nice minus tide today but the water wasn't beckoning so off to the dump (now nature reserve) I went. It's only a 5 minute walk and I know guys who excavated the two ponds in the nature reserve are bottle collectors so I thought I might find something they missed, so why not? The regrooming of the dump has been well done and it is hard to recognize this dump in Somerset, Bermuda that served the town since the late 1700's. I found a few bottles intact that are fairly old and parts of bottles that are quite old. At least in my newbie opinion they seem old but this is the reason for this post. What do you think of my finds today, Junk or Keepers?
The first bottle looks like a whiskey bottle with a seam down either side and the markings 'Donald Scott & Co., Glasgow Scotland, Bottle Made In Gt. Britain" (green one). The second bottle is an 'Absorbine Jr., 12 Fl. Ounces' bottle, the bottom reads 'W F Young Inc., Springfield Mass USA 1'. I also found a glass jar with no screw top just a raised lip at the top, I'm still cleaning it so I have attached a pic.
Any and all thoughts are Welcomed.

Cheers,

BDA

[gordiesgirl]

Great finds, I found a pre 1900 bottle yesterday on a hunt, Just the top was sticking out of the ground, I love bottles. WTG

[Buster]

Cool bottles BDA. I would hang on to them for sure...Congrats...Buster...

[EBCIII]

Nice bottles BDA. I would keep both. They are very cool. In general the further the seam runs up the neck means the bottle is newer. If the seam stops at the shoulder the bottle is older. If the bottle was "hand blown" no mold it "can" be very old. Some of the reproduction bottles can fool you. Good hunt, Beale.

[ERnurse]

They look like keepers to me. Can you see bubbles in the glass?

[bdahunter]

Originally Posted by ERnurse

They look like keepers to me. Can you see bubbles in the glass?

Lots of small bubbles in the whiskey? bottle, none in the absorbine jr. bottle. I found parts of bottles that are handblown today, including an old soda bottle with the kink in the neck to hold a marble and two pieces that were early 20th century. (1906 and 1911 Bermuda was the writing on each piece)
I really should check out the beach near the old glass factory and the convicts graveyard, there should be very kewl stuff there.

Cheers,

BDA

PS I won't be going into the graveyard, full stop.

[Dylan]

Great finds Bda!

[JohnWPA]

Great pics and nice bottles....WTG!

John

[Lt1stone]

Nice bottles!