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mmerc20 Valued Member United States 372 Posts	Posted 03/30/2014 07:02 am A friend and I have been digging a local former WWII Army camp for awhile now as we have been working for a non-profit trying to establish a museum dedicated to the soldier who trained there. Like any old dump site, we have come across a lot of bottles. We haven't been able to determine what was in them until now. We found an extra nice one! This Vat 69 bottle is in near perfect condition. It has a few scratches on the outside and no chips or cracks. Now I just want to find an original full 1940s era bottle to go with it. That is unfortunately proving give difficult. Mike Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/30/2014 07:51 am I guess that the contents of a full 1940's bottle of Vat69 would be worth more than the bottle! Man, that WOULD have some maturity and mellowness to it. Report this Post to the Staff
mmerc20 Valued Member United States 372 Posts	Posted 03/30/2014 07:56 am They are worth more of course, but since it's a blended whisky, it doesn't have as much value as a single. Although I haven't seen one yet, it looks like they might be between $100-200 USD. We have found more bottles then the museum will ever need so I am keeping a handful aside to reuse for bottling the mead I'm making. Of course all the bottles are going through a very thourough cleaning and sterilization process. Mike Report this Post to the Staff
persistnt Pillar of the Community Canada 726 Posts	Posted 03/30/2014 3:03 pm they burried boose in ground to make it...could still do it today I suppose....I look for fancy or special bottles because I like to make wine....got no old ones though.... Report this Post to the Staff
excist New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 04/16/2014 9:56 pm Very cool old bottle! I hope you find other neat stuff for the museum! Report this Post to the Staff
mmerc20 Valued Member United States 372 Posts	Posted 04/19/2014 4:22 pm I will have to post more pictures of our I finds. We have quite a bit to include over 800 legible dog tags. Report this Post to the Staff
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