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The day I dug up a 1940s soda bottle and it made my whole season
Last summer I was out on a dig near an old farmstead in Ohio, nothing special just a pre-construction survey. We had been finding broken pottery and random farm junk for two days straight. I was so bored I almost fell asleep standing up. Then I hit something with my trowel that made this solid thunk. Dug it out carefully and it was a whole Royal Crown Cola bottle from 1947, still had the cap on it. No idea why that one bottle got me so excited but I literally yelled and my supervisor came running over thinking I found something huge. Rest of the week was still just nails and brick fragments but that bottle made it all worth it. Anyone else ever have one random find that saved an otherwise terrible dig?
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the_logan18d ago
Bet that bottle still had that faint cola smell inside it if you popped the cap. Those old soda bottles are interesting because they tell you what people were actually drinking in that spot, not just what they broke.
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paulw8718d ago
My buddy found one of those old Coca-Cola bottles buried in his backyard a few years back, must've been from the 60s or something. He swore he could still smell a little bit of cola when he twisted the cap off, not strong but definitely there. It was wild because you could barely read the logo on the glass, but that scent was locked in. He put it on his shelf as a decoration and people always ask about it. Ever find anything like that with a weird smell still hanging around?
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