2/13/22 Report - A LIttle Mudlarking Along the Treasure Coast With Finds. Coca Cola Bottling History. Rogue Waves.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Two Clips From Yesteday's Video.  
Each Shows A Find.  Can you find them?

Yesterday I said I did a little shallow water eye-balling and showed you a video that was in hyper-speed or something.  I haven't yet learned how to slow it down to normal speed, but above are two clips showing items that I picked up.  On the left photo, you might be able to find the partially buried Coca Cola bottle, and on the right another item.  

The Coke bottle isn't easy to see, partly because of the shadow, but is about halfway between the middle of the photo and the bottom left corner.  The other item is right in the middle of the photo on the right.  That is pretty much how I saw it too.

Below is the bottle.  It is green, although the coloring in the photo isn't great.

Below is a little of the history of the bottle as presented in the MOAS web site.

When Coca-Cola was faced with the challenge of other competitors, bottlers agreed upon having a bottle that would stand out to the public. Benjamin Thomas and his associates set a deadline for bottling companies to come up with a distinct, marketable bottle for the ever-so-popular soft drink.

Among the eight to ten participants was the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana. Members of the Root Glass Co., Chapman J. Root, William Root, Alexander Samuelsson, Earl Dean, and Clyde Edwards, worked endless hours in complete secrecy, manufacturing what they hoped would be the new, unmistakable bottle for the beloved carbonated beverage. They created a bottle in which they nicknamed the “hobbleskirt,” due to the resemblance of the skirt-style in 1910. Their historic bottle was derived from the shape of a cocoa bean, with an elongated shaped and distinct ribs. Once the bottle was developed, Root Glass Company put forth a patent under Samuelsson’s name. The patent was granted on November 16, 1915. This date was later included on the final design of the bottle.

In the early 1916, a committee composed of bottlers and Company officials met to hopefully decide on the design of their bottle. Without a doubt, the Root version was a clear winner. The Coca-Cola Company and the Root Glass Company entered an agreement in which the bottle was to be made throughout six factories in the United States. The contract also called for the bottles to be colored in “German Green,” which was later changed to “Georgia Green.” The weight of the bottle was to be no less than 14.5 ounces and was filled with 6.5 ounces of Coca-Cola, which means that the bottle weighed more than a pound!...

And here is the link for more about that.

The Root Family and Coca-Cola (moas.org)

The Root Family donated a large amount of Coca-Cola memorabilia to the MOAS Museum, which is in Daytona.

My understanding is that this is the first patented packaging, which of course, was designed to distinguish Coca Cola from competitors.  

The bottle was used up to close to 1930 - some say 1928, but no earlier than 1916.  I've also heard it said that those with no city name on the bottom, including both the blank bottoms and the bottoms with the script are the earlier ones.  Don't know how true that is.

I've seen similar bottles listed online for nearly $200, however that, being the top of the range, could be an unrealistic price.  The found bottle has defects and is in far from perfect condition, but in my opinion should still be worth a few bucks.

I wasn't expecting anything interesting at all when I stuck my fingers in the lip to pry it out of the mud.

I just added this bottle to my tgbottlebarn.blogspot.com site.

And below is the item that you might have found in the other photo at the top of the post.  At first glance it appears to be silver plated, with a good bit of the plating worn off.  I haven't cleaned or inspect it well yet. 

Silver-Plated Spoon Found in Shallow Water Saturday.

So I didn't make any great finds yesterday.  In fact, finds were scarce, but it is never a bad day when you can walk along the river and enjoy nature at the same time you scan for interesting items from the past.

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A "once-in-a-millennium" wave that broke off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, in November 2020 is now considered to be the most "extreme" rogue wave ever recorded, Canadian scientists have found. 

A rogue wave is considered to be more than twice the height of other waves breaking around the same time.

The wave, detected off the tiny town of Ucluelet with a sensor buoy, was recorded at 17.6 meters tall or 57.7 feet while other swells around the same time were only 6 meters or 19.6 feet tall, making it three times higher, CTV News reported...

Here is that link.

Wave off Vancouver Island in 2020 was 'once-in-a-millennium' event, scientists say | Fox News

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Maybe you've noticed that the fronts that have been coming through are preceded by a day or two of north wind prior to the peak surf.  The wind often comes first from the west or northwest before shifting around to the east.

Looks like we still have a good chance of a nice size surf for a day or two.  It will probably improve detecting conditions on the Treasure Coast only a little.  It could be enough to open up a few nice spots, but still it will be mostly accumulated modern items.  There will be a few spots where things are a little better than the typical.  That will be where any longer-term trends have not been interrupted by fill events.  There are a few of those spots around.  I won't point them out since they are so few, and I don't want everybody rushing to those few spots.  And you might find others anyhow.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

Enough of the war against the workers.

Happy hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net