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The Forgotten Art of Bottle Digging | Where to Look & What to Keep

Whether you’re a collector or just curious, bottle digging is a fascinating way to uncover history buried beneath your feet.
USA Today

Discovery inside unearthed bottle would’ve shocked the scientist who buried it in 1879

In 1879, botanist William J. Beal filled 20 bottles with soil and seeds and buried them on what is now Michigan State University’s campus grounds. In April 2021, the 16th bottle was unearthed, and its ...
Berkshire Eagle

This modern-day treasure hunter from Stockbridge has collected more than 5,000 glass bottles in rivers and streams

W earing chest waders and armed with a flashlight, gloves and pitchfork, Nick Fredsall of Stockbridge is ready to start hunting. His prey — century-old bottles. ¶ The ideal day for a dig is the sunny ...
PBS

In The Privy Digging Bottles

Mark McDonald joins Jack Klotz on a dig for bottles in Louisiana, Missouri. Mark McDonald joins Jack Klotz on a dig for bottles in Louisiana, Missouri. Aired 03/11/2022 Illinois Stories is a local ...
UPI

Archaeologist's message in a bottle found at dig site 200 years later

Sept. 24 (UPI) --Students working at an archaeological site in France made a surprising discovery: a message in a bottle from an archaeologist who worked at the same site 200 years earlier. Guillaume ...