Free blowns

[Zodiacdiverdave]

The other night my diving buddies and I (I am reluctant to call us a club, if I did we might have to have meetings and take notes and all that other crud that clubs do) got together and had a little show and tell over a couple of barley sandwichs
One of the things we wanted to do was to get sum pixs of all the free blown bottles we have collected over the past 30 sum years of diving. Unfortunately not everyone could attend but most of us, 10 in all, made it. Here are some pictures of 90 % of the collection. I will post more pictures of the other goodies once I get better quality pixs from my buddies.

Other things we wanted people to bring was a few of our more interesting artifacts we have found on the bottom and all the gold coins we have collected last season. Those pixs will follow as well.

If you have found some nice free blown bottles please post some pixs, I would love to see what other collectors are getting. Thanks;
ZDD

 

[AeroMike]

Your title is VERY misleading!!!! Lol

Sorry, I had to say it. Those are some really nice bottles you guys have there. I am partial to the blob top bottles but I want to add an onion bottle and a South Carolina dispensary bottle as soon as possible.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

onions are very rare up here but I wont give up looking.
Oh yea the title, I guess I could have been more explicit.
ZDD

 

[AeroMike]

I need to take some pics of my bottles. I only have 4 but they are cool. I have a John Ryan, Savannah, Georgia Cider blob top that is really cool and I found a Germania Beer bottle last year from Charleston, South Carolina.

 

[pond skipper]

I have found some neat bottles here in Savannah, Jas Ray, John Ryan, Carolin Dispensary, lots of others too. Some days you change from a tooth diver to a bottle diver. Either way its great history and fun to discover.

 

[AeroMike]

Here are my bottles, I do not have a bunch but you have to start somewhere right?

My John Ryan Savannah, GA Cider bottle

Another bottle from Savannah, GA I think it is a Jason ???

I actually purchased this bottle at an antique store
It is a Charleston, SC bottle

I found this one last year at low tide on the Wando river, it is a Germania Beer bottle

I hate to say it but that is the extend of my bottle collection.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

You got some nice bottles there Mike, please post your finds for this year.
ZDD

 

[mjr0112]

What is the "thing" that looks like a wheel in these pictures. Probably a dumb question, just was wondering what it is.

 

[AeroMike]

You got some nice bottles there Mike, please post your finds for this year.
ZDD

I will Dave as I find them but I have only been out twice this year and nothing. I am going diving tomorrow so GAME ON~~!!!!!!!! LOL

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

What is the "thing" that looks like a wheel in these pictures. Probably a dumb question, just was wondering what it is.

That is a bronze cannon wheel. This was located on a un-named, 18th century treasure wreck, one the the famed Robert Marx told me about. One of my buddies found this and it weighs about 50 lbs. and has the broad arrow on it that designates that it was from a British Navel Ship.
ZDD