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Message:: [QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 569238, member: 1242"]oasis, Nice finds! I understand how the German workman felt as my ex-wife is from Germany and has much of the same feelings. Most Germans are decent and honorable and a very proud people (volk) and while the stigma of what happened before and during WW-II hangs over them, they hate anything that reminds them of it or has anything to do with it! I was stationed in Germany when they found a whole bunch of brand new Messerschmitts still in their crates and packing grease in an underground hanger at Mannheim. They assembled a couple of these and even flew one off of the field in Mannheim. I don't know what happened to all of planes that were found but I do know that one was donated to one of the main German Museums. Too often, most folks don't even think of or steer away from looking in old trash dumps or pits! When I was working in Key West in the late 70's to mid 80's, I used to go digging with a friend in old trash pits. Although I never found any bottles that were collectible and had any significant value, my friend always seemed to find at least one or two Rum bottles from the1700's. He has a very large collection of bottles that ranged from the black Rum bottles (from Holland I think) with the seal in the shoulder of the bottle to the large blue/green Rum smuggling bottles. Most of the bottle in his' collection were worth from $300 to $2,000 each and some were worth much more than that! Frank[/QUOTE]