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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
Tropical storm Grace is also headed into the Gulf.
It doesn't look like we'll get any significant erosion from either of those.
The low pressure area east of North Carolina is headed south and forming. It might do more for us than either of the others.
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| Tropical Storm Grace |
The surf predictions for the Treasure Coast show nothing more than a three of four foot surf lasting only one day.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
Looking at the river, we're getting some waves coming from the southeast. That could help the one spot I've been watching lately.
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| Sandsharked Decanter and Stopper. |
Most mudlarked (or sandsharked as I've been calling it) bottle finds are basic utilitarian. Some glass finds are fancier though. Here is a cut glass decanter with a nice glass stopper. The stopper was actually found at another time, but it its pretty well.
And the bottom of the bottle gives a lot of information.
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| Bottom of Same Decanter. |
The MTC maker's mark in the middle indicates the Thatcher Manufacturing Company.
You can also see a date code. There is a 62 (though blurred) in this photo, which indicates 1962. Its not old, but still nice.
The stopper was found at another time and place, but is also nice.
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| Found Glass Bottle Stopper. |
I always like finding stoppers because they often come in handy. This one is nice on its own. I have no idea of the age of the stopper.
Here is the information on the Thatcher Manufacturing Company.
Thatcher Mfg. Co., 1889-1946
Around the turn of the century, an Elmira lawyer named Francis E. Baldwin and a group of investors purchased Dr. Thatcher’s bottle business. Baldwin took direct control of the corporation’s daily activities in 1902 and the struggling business once again started to flourish under his leadership. In 1904, under the directive of Baldwin, the company purchased an Owens automatic bottle machine, which Baldwin had seen in action in an Ohio glass factory. At that time, Thatcher Glass had three plants located in Kane, Pa.; Ottawa, Ill. (later located in Streator, Ill); and Elmira, N.Y. The Owens machines were so successful that Thatcher Glass expanded in 1920 by purchasing four rival companies and their factories in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Winchester, Ind.; Dunkirk and Lockport, N.Y; and Parkersburg, Cedar Grove, and Clarksburg, W. Va.
Thatcher Glass Mfg. Co., 1946-1966, and Thatcher Glass Corp., 1981-1985
Some of the Thatcher Glass plants would continue to operate for several years, with a few of the locations closing due to higher production costs. Between 1923 and 1926, the factories at Kane, Mt. Vernon, Clarksburg, and Winchester closed. In 1966, the business was acquired by Rexall Drug & Chemical Co. (later Dart Industries) and Thatcher became a division of that company. In 1981, the division was sold to Dominick & Dominick, where it operated under the Thatcher Glass Corp. name. In 1985, Thatcher declared bankruptcy and Diamond-Bathurst, Inc. acquired its remaining assets.
Here is the link for more about that.
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Debra R. found this nice crystalized shell.
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| Crysatallized Shell Photo by Dedra R. |
Here is what she said.
She was wondering the type of shell. I couldn't come up with it, although it is a common shell. Anyone able to name it?
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Keep watching for devvelopments with the weather. This is the season and there is a good bit of activity out there now.
Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net