Detroit Demolition Find.

[Leon]

Past couple of days been climbing under old house crawlspaces of Abandoned house looking for old cans & bottles. I did get a real nice bottle today. got a few bottles under a few different house's but this McBride Earl & Pollard Hutch Bottle by far the best. Attic mint with mint intact Hutchinson Stopper. Probably dates between 1900-1910 roughly. Could be 1890's but no later then 1910. LEON.

UH, Double click pic to double supersize

[Flat_Top]

Very nice find. Did you have someone watching your back?

[Leon]

NO, I don't need anybody watching my back. You gotta be aware of your surroundings at all times, people pop up from outa know where. LEON.

[Diamond State Boy]

Leon Hampton: The beer can collector that makes the bottle guys drool too!

[canhawk]

Do you know if this Hutch held water or soda? Are there beer Hutchinsons?

[OhioCanGuy]

Anyone ever wonder what guys in the 1850's collected and what happened to their collections ? My grandfather and his father each collected coins which put things back into the 1880's. I still have some. They also collected tobacco cards.

That's an interesting thought.

My grandfather had a paper route for several years as a kid during the great depression, circa 1930's. Back then, apparently, Indian head penny's would pop up in change somewhat frequently like wheat back penny's used to say 20 years ago (and still do occasionally). He saved them and I now have them. Over 100 of them.

[canman65]

Nice work LEON! Stay safe and keep on crawling!

[Brent Gesland]

Great find Leon...…

So what kind of value would these bottles have? The only reason I ask is I am clueless on bottles and just a can collector....Please inform me as it might be something I should look for....

Brent G.

[pinnacle-project]

Anyone ever wonder what guys in the 1850's collected and what happened to their collections ? My grandfather and his father each collected coins which put things back into the 1880's. I still have some. They also collected tobacco cards.

Collecting prior to WWII was a pastime reserved primarily for the rich. After WWII, an increase in the size of the middle class led to an increase in collecting.

[mrlager428]

Leon those Bottles are Awesome!...There so Cool!

[Leon]

Do you know if this Hutch held water or soda? Are there beer Hutchinsons?

I'm about 99% sure all Hutches contained Soda but a small amount may of contained Mineral Water & other miscellaneous like Birch Beer, Ginger Beer, Root Beer, Cider, ect, ect. Even though a small amount of Hutches where made by Breweries & say Brewery right on bottle & I have a couple of those I've been told by a Hutch Specialist/Expert that they never contained Beer. LEON.

[Leon]

Great find Leon...…

So what kind of value would these bottles have? The only reason I ask is I am clueless on bottles and just a can collector....Please inform me as it might be something I should look for....

Brent G.

Brent, Usually they average around $10-$30. For some reason Alaska Hutches & Hutches that say Territory Instead of just the states name & a few others will easily get over $100 & some over $500. The good thing is I could buy a super Rare one of a kind or only known Michigan hutch for $100 while the same one of a kind Michigan can, can cost you Thousands. LEON.

[Leon]

Some day I'm going find a whole case of Mint but Dusty Regals in there original cardboard case box laying under a house. Or that's the Plan. LEON.

[Leon]

Pic of the original Hutchinson Spring Stopper intact in the top of Bottle. No rust on the metal spring stopper (unusual) & Rubber Stopper 100% mint & intact like new. Very Unusual. LEON.

[kamsquared]

Very nice find. Did you have someone watching your back?

Have you met Leon?!?!? The locals are probably freaking out about seeing him coming to the hood......

[Leon]

Very nice find. Did you have someone watching your back?

Have you met Leon?!?!? The locals are probably freaking out about seeing him coming to the hood......

I'm not that ugly. I believe I met Chuck at Frankenmuth can show about 10+ years ago. LEON.

[Flat_Top]

Very nice find. Did you have someone watching your back?

Have you met Leon?!?!? The locals are probably freaking out about seeing him coming to the hood......

I had the pleasure of meeting Leon at Frankenmuth back around 2000. He is a strikingly hansom man.

[Leon]

Thanks for the Compliment

[pinnacle-project]

For those who have not met Leon, here is a recent picture taken while he was dumping in the slums of Detroit. Nobody messes with him.

[kamsquared]

Thanks for the Compliment

My post WAS a compliment!! Leon is a bad mother trucker!!

[renokenn]

I always thought he was a caveman!

[Leon]

Thanks for the Compliment

My post WAS a compliment!! Leon is a bad mother trucker!!

NO, I was saying Thanks to Chuck. He called me Hansome

[Conehead]

I always thought he was a caveman!

Yep, this is the real Leon. That other guy is an imposter.

[Conehead]

Outstanding find Leon! I love all the bottles you turf up.

I always wanted to dig one of those privy's.

Here in Logan they just took out a half dozen turn of the century houses on the main street. I wondered if there could have been some good stuff on the lots. There's going to be a large hotel placed there so we'll never know.

Jim

[Leon]

Outstanding find Leon! I love all the bottles you turf up.

I always wanted to dig one of those privy's.

Here in Logan they just took out a half dozen turn of the century houses on the main street. I wondered if there could have been some good stuff on the lots. There's going to be a large hotel placed there so we'll never know.

Jim

Bummer, Wish I could of been there on Main Street. I bet good chance I would find something. Did you look. LEON.

[Conehead]

Did you look. LEON.

No, no time. It was also fenced off.

[Leon]

Wow, I'm on a roll, Friday after work got the attic mint Hutch & then come Monday after Work I rescue Cobalt Blue Hutch from it's 100+ year old resting spot. From a old Lot that had it's house torn down like 6 months ago. They never filled the hole in yet. Figured I'd recheck hoping the rain has wash out some bottles from the dirt & it did. LEON.

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[canman65]

That is a really cool bottle, LEON.

[Leon]

That Blue one will go good with my other Blue ones. I got a similar one with the same Transition top but it's a darker blue, this one a lighter blue. LEON.

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