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Dumpdiggers: Abel is selling some historic Toronto bottles on eBay
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. Abel is selling some historic Toronto bottles on eBay. Http:/ www.ebay.com/itm/James-Walsh-Co-124-Berkeley-St-Toronto-Ca-Hamilton-Torpedo-Soda-Water-Bottle-/201383978288? Above is a link to Abel's antique bottle sale on eBay which may only be active for a few days longer (has it already ended? I think the sales have already ended but its worth getting a second look at these gorgeous bottles,. GS (George Stephen) Ross Toronto C.W. (Canada West) Soda Water Torpedo Bottle. This Great ...
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Dumpdiggers: Bottle Dumps on Country Roads
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Bottle Dumps on Country Roads. The autumn landscape is bright yellow, orange and red in. The fall colours excite me and my fellow history hunters; the end of summer ignites a burning desire to explore crimson forests in search of old stories. Dumpdiggers had another outdoor adventure. Armed with a small spade shovel and a garden fork, I wandered the country roads around. How To Find Bottle Dumps on Country Roads. Look for surface tins and rusty cans. The Dumpdiggers Handbook ...
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Dumpdiggers: The Quest in Campbellford Ontario
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Friday, June 15, 2007. The Quest in Campbellford Ontario. About this time last summer a digger named Little Hole went looking for Campbellford's first municipal dump. He found it. And although it had been probed by other diggers, to his surprise it was still full of gingerbeers and early Canadian glass. The survey map above was made in 1878 and shows Campbellford as a thriving settlement on both sides of the Trent River. Notice the black dashed line that bisects the image? X marks the spot! August 17th 2...
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Dumpdiggers: How To Find Old Dumps #3
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Saturday, January 19, 2008. How To Find Old Dumps #3. Of the six different types of dumps mentioned in How To Find Old Dumps #1. The most common example is the farm dump, and that’s because every farm had one (and sometimes two). The average farm dump is born from the land owner’s natural instinct to protect his fields from soil erosion. and he had to dump his broken junk and rubbish somewhere. That being said, Dumpdiggers will sometimes find a pocket of absolute joy in a farm dump. The goody veins found...
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Dumpdiggers: Find Rare Coins in Pocket Change
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Monday, January 28, 2008. Find Rare Coins in Pocket Change. The Wise Old Man is a good numismatist that ponders his pocket change. He sometimes smells the bills in his wallet and studies the stamps on his letters, and he inspects every coin he receives for clues to the currents in his life. Tomorrow, while I wait for the bus,. I'll check my change purse for a 1969-S Lincoln cent penny. Cent penny with a doubled-die obverse is the subject of Treasure Hunting’s January 24th post. Article that was written b...
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Dumpdiggers: Canadian Fine Art sold in Snowstorm
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Canadian Fine Art sold in Snowstorm. A severe snowstorm swept through. January 1st, 2008. Snowflakes the size of soda crackers fell from the sky as we drove west from Cobourg through the blizzard to buy some good Canadian Art. This was especially unfortunate weather for Randy Potter; the auction entrepreneur was hosting a high profile estate sale this morning inside his own converted automotive garage turned auction hall at. In the snow clogged heart of historic Port Hope.
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Dumpdiggers: How To Find Old Dumps #2
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Thursday, January 17, 2008. How To Find Old Dumps #2. Much like a Kung Fu sensei reminds an acolyte, ‘ only by evolving beyond your greed will you ever become rich. 8217;, I used to feel the same truism applied to treasure hunters. The Dumpdiggers Handbook instructs each reader that ' only by fostering a genuine passion for local history can you ever hope to uncover lost historical relics. Just as obvious as rusty junk sticking up out of the grass on the surface of the land, metal detectors with big sear...
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Dumpdiggers: Antique Glass Bottles Found Under Southcore Financial Centre & Delta Hotel Toronto, The Story of Rees' Wharf
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Saturday, August 13, 2011. Antique Glass Bottles Found Under Southcore Financial Centre and Delta Hotel Toronto, The Story of Rees' Wharf. I was standing on the north side of Bremner Ave, halfway between York St and Simcoe St surveying the future site of the Southcore Financial Centre and Delta Hotel Toronto towers. This patch of land on modern day Bremner Ave wasn't a big city dump, like other sites nearby, but rather it was another stretch of the Toronto lake shore that was filled in with debris, and a...
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Dumpdiggers: 2015 Toronto Bottle Show, Sunday April 19th at Pickering Recreation Complex
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Monday, April 20, 2015. 2015 Toronto Bottle Show, Sunday April 19th at Pickering Recreation Complex. This 21st annual Toronto Bottle Show and Sale is a monumental undertaking by the Four Seasons Bottle Collectors Club. And was held this year at the Pickering Recreation Complex located at 1867 Valley Farm Rd. Much better than previous incarnations, this year's bottle show was very well attended by the public. Expertly conducted by Four Seasons Bottle Collectors members the show went off without a hitch.
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Dumpdiggers: Glassblowing with Eric Davy, Funerary Glass Artist in Toronto
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Friday, June 26, 2015. Glassblowing with Eric Davy, Funerary Glass Artist in Toronto. Thursday 23rd of June 2015, Dumpdiggers watched Eric Davy. Make a custom glass funeral urn in the glassblowers' studio at the base of the Mississauga Living Arts Center. While researching an article for Digital Journal, on how cheaper cremation services increases demand for funerary glass. Which dramatically cut costs and impart a willingness on family members to do more to honour their dead relative. Eric Davy started ...
