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DiverDave76
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can't really speak for your area but if you're willing to travel, try the Cooper River in SC (Charleston). That river is known for it's megalodon sharks teeth along with other fossils, but we have found a lot of really cool old bottles there as well. It's not easy and the bottles are more difficult to find than the teeth but it has given up an awful lot of bottles.
Dave
Dave
wrekdiver2
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There's a spot or two near Sandy Hook that I occasionally frequent this time of year. I've gotten a couple nice bottles out of there over the years.
Just need to watch the tides....
....and I agree with Dave about the CooperRiver because I found a really nice one in the Cooper River last year....and it was from New York!.
PM me if you are interested in meeting up and giving them a try in November...
Brian
jerseybones
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Brian is correct! I live nearby, many nice old bottles are found there, also almost anywhere up and down the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers especially by boat. Poor viz mostly, but shallow and lotsa bottles If you need more info let me know, Ken
FrankF
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Rookie move here, but I've seen some stuff out here about bottles. What exactly are bottles in this context?
jerseybones
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"The only stupid question is the one not asked" We're talkin "Antique Bottles" not air tanks Frank....actually quite a few divers "bottle dive"
adder70
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That here in Richmond, the James river near downtown has a lot of bottles. THe local LDS is servicing a guy who has been doing a lot of vottle divinig lately and said that he has been getting a bunch of great bottles there.
Edit: Oh yeah, and he had to define "bottle diving" for me as well. Diving any popular boating/skiing area (preferably when boats aren't so numerous!) can net you some awfully neat stuff.
Edit: Oh yeah, and he had to define "bottle diving" for me as well. Diving any popular boating/skiing area (preferably when boats aren't so numerous!) can net you some awfully neat stuff.
wrekdiver2
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Just curious what the water temp is down there in the James River this time of the year...
scubaspider
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The Delaware Water Gap, I dont know the exact place since I have not been there yet. But it is known that an old freight train carrying Miller beer bottles jumped track I believe in the 50's and bottles can be found around the site.
http://njscuba.net.master.com/texis/master/search/?q=delaware+water+gap&s=SS
Try this link.
good luck
http://njscuba.net.master.com/texis/master/search/?q=delaware+water+gap&s=SS
Try this link.
good luckReply to dutchfin: I have been an antique bottle digger in central NJ for 32 years. I know of many sites where there may be antique bottles underwater. I am not a scuba diver, but I wish I were. I would be glad to share my knowledge for a share of the bottles found. Please contact me at jgorrin@comcast.net
Thanks, jgorrin
Thanks, jgorrin
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