This time round we went armed with some big plastic boxes to put the broken retrieved glass in and the other box we filled to the brim with no end of unbroken bottles .
The pond runs alongside a track , and the bank slopes down and it was here all along we were finding later bottles from the 1930s era , most were in very good condition yet further out into the pond the bottles were much earlier 1880 - 1905 time period .
No other ginger beer bottles showed up other than the Hudsons which is quite hard to find so pleased to have found another one . We had five of these out in both digs and gave one to the owner . Five Hudsons in one tiny pond is pretty good going considering I have only ever dug one before about two years ago , they don't show up very often as the company was not around for very long .
The two little jars with the quaint print on them are also nice to find , we had a couple each all in one area but we failed to find any lids which was very unusual especially considering what we were finding but alas not this time , not even a broken one . The two little jars sit neatly on a huge sea shell , had to bring that home because it was in such good condition and was a big old lump , cleaned up well .
Despite this just being about two feet deep , I would say the digging was much harder than I usual tip even thought the holes are a lot deeper .
We will be going back to finish tidying up and have one more prod about for old times sake , there is definitely more in there but we have a very limited time span and soon the rain we be here this week so thats scuppered anymore digs here for the time being .
It has been fun and a bottle diggers dream to chance upon a small tip such as this , ponds can and do pay up with rewarding finds and in this case some nice little gems surfaced .
The final remnants of todays efforts .
