A bottle dig in an old dump site starts with the kind of finds collectors dream about, including Orange Crush, Icy, NuGrape, ...

They say the ground keeps secrets. Ours just coughed up a firearm. Between the relics, the dirt, and the existential dread, this bottle dig might be the most unexpected history lesson yet.

GREENWICH — For two hours a day, low tide along Long Island Sound exposed a mud bank that conceals antique glass bottles, pottery, marbles, hotel tokens, pocket watches and coins. But when the tide ...

To history experts, the scenario goes something like this: A Union officer stationed on enemy Southern soil drops a handful of iron nails into a bottle, adds some personal effects — clippings of his ...

W earing chest waders and armed with a flashlight, gloves and pitchfork, Nick Fredsall of Stockbridge is ready to start hunting. His prey — century-old bottles. ¶ The ideal day for a dig is the sunny ...