Buried Treasure

We are privileged to have long stretches of sandy shorelines where I live and I love to beach comb! The above area was once settled by many homes and in the past a lot of their refuse ended up in the ocean, which makes for interesting finds in the present. Too, our area is known for having very rough seas that no doubt contributed to several shipwrecks that occurred along here many years ago. There have been a couple of occasions over the years where those shipwrecks have become uncovered with the shifting sands.That's the excitement with beach combing, you never know what you'll find when your there!

Even in Winter the sand banks and shorelines are relentlessly being beaten by the wind and the waves which means the beach is always changing.You can go exploring anytime, but you have to dress for the weather as you can see with my sidekick above taken on a cold January day. Jasper is a very, very energetic Bichon Frise who also loves the beach...anytime! This was taken a few years ago and it was after a very violent storm that eroded a lot of the sand dunes there and to my delight uncovered a little gem for me to discover.

It had a plastic brown coloured stopper with internal threads and an orange rubber seal which was unique to me. Curious, I did a little research on the specific details of the bottle and stopper but came up with no concrete source on the origin of the bottle. Have you seen this type anywhere before?

The markings on the bottom of the bottle  were also unique to me as it was 0 comma 5 with a written L  indicating a possible UK origin. If you have any idea as to the origin of the bottle I'd love to hear from you.

I have also recovered old bottles that I knew the history behind them such as this common bleach bottle that many households would have had in them. Today we buy bleach in larger, plastic jugs so it puzzled me as to why the older bottles were so small, was it more potent I wonder? It had a metal screw on cap and it was about a 500 ml size with the word Javex on the side  and base of the bottle.

Then there's the bizarre findings that come about through excavating for a new development or repairs to existing infrastructure. Such was the case when my husband was excavating an old bridge to do upgrades on it due to its deteriorating state. In the process an old, brown bottle was uncovered and brought home to add to my collection, it had been buried for possibly 40 years. It had no distinctive markings other then the scrapes made by the excavator bucket claws!!

Each of these bottles now sits with the rest of my little collection each of them linked to a little piece of our history. Now they have a new story to go with them as to how they were like buried treasure uncovered once again by nature and machine!