Buried Treasure: Bottle Cache

[Detector]

Back in 1965 the Arkansas experienced one of it's 30-40 years floods which made a mess out of pretty much everything south of the tracks. At that time the Pepsi/Coke bottling plant was on Trail near Wright Park. It was flooded contaminating all the bottles and were not destroyed but buried.

They were taken to some property owned by them in Wilroads Garden at the time were a trench was dug, and they were buried. It is said the 10,000 cases were taken out and buried.

Now I can't remember whether there was 12 or 24 bottles to a case back then but even at 12 per case that would be 120,000 bottles. These vintage bottles are worth roughly $1 each bring the buried treasures value to either $120,000(12 per case) or $240,000(24 per case).

[Highwayman]

Those should be the old wood cases and I believe there was a metal corner reinforcement on those, assuming they were buried with the cases. Maybe enough to pick up if they aren’t too deep. Expect some breakage.

I believe a case back then was 24.

[Detector]

The cache of bottles has been found. We dug a test hole with the bobcat and bingo. Some are from as far back as the 1940's

[lurker]

I'll drink to that.... Corngratulations!

[Detector]

Lets see. At the very least of a 5 cent depost per bottle at 240,000 bottles = $12,000

[Made in the USA]

Originally Posted by Detector

Lets see. At the very least of a 5 cent depost per bottle at 240,000 bottles = $12,000

Minus the broken bottles, digging, cleaning, hazmat, and labor costs= $1.50? That is a cool find though Detector!! "You be da man"!!

[Highwayman]

Sadly I recognize some of those bottles even with all the dirt. Like the old 10-2-4 Dr Pepper clock face bottles and some of the older Pepsi bottles before the twist style versions.

Nice find Detector!

[lurker]

When Detector cashes-in all those bottles he can become our BESTESS FRIEND EVER!

[Made in the USA]

He can play a "never ending game" of spin the bottle, with the sistas!!

[Detector]