HOW TO FIND TREASURE ON YOUR HOMESTEAD
You can profit, even establish a homestead business, by finding these buried riches and selling them to the folks who want them. Here's how to hunt for antique bottles and sell these finds. A boot strap business.
By SHIRLEY PARENTEAU
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A few years ago my teen-age son, David, became interested
in antique bottles when the highway department dug through
an area used as a dump by the settlers of a nearby city.
Collectors who learned of the discovery turned out in
droves and that field was churned and sifted and dug
through until it looked like a battleground. Glassware came
from the dirt in every variety and color. There were
drugstore jars with names and emblems forming a raised
design . . . graceful wine bottles and tiny opium vials . .
. "punkinseed" whiskey flasks and odd-shaped food and
cosmetic containers. All were old and, when David pointed
out that all were valuable to collectors, our whole family
became interested.
Soon afterward, my parents bought an old home in the Oregon
Cascades. When we helped them rototill the back yard for a
garden, every churned-up furrow brought to light bits of
glass, old bottles and even little porcelain dolls. We
checked and, sure enough, collectors again were more than
willing to buy our finds.
COLLECTABLES ARE BIG BUSINESS
The fascination in collecting anything old seems to grow
stronger and appeal to more people every year, all across
the country. You can profit, even establish a homestead
business, by finding these buried riches and selling them
to the folks who want them.
BOTTLES ARE WHERE YOU FIND THEM
You don't have to live on an old homestead to take part in
this treasure hunt either, as long as you can get
permission to explore and dig on private property. When
you're biking or hiking, watch for signs of old homesteads,
lumber camps, mining towns, railroad stations . . . any
place where people gathered and left trash behind. All are
potential treasure troves.
Coins and watches sometimes slipped through wooden
sidewalks and floors. Children played with silver spoons
and left them buried. Banks were few and unreliable, so
many people hid their savings . . . then sometimes forgot
or were unable to return for the cache. And everywhere,
empty bottles were tossed aside . . . where they still wait
for you to find them.
Go over these sites with a sharp eye. Watch for bottles,
glass insulators, iron toys, buttons, stamps, license
plates, old checks, spoons, campaign buttons, even barbed
wire. Anything old will attract a buyer.
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