Hezezilla
Well-Known Member
Long time no see. First proper dig in quite a while. We checked out a spot in central Oahu that was once nearby a plantation camp. The gulch bank was made of glass! I should've taken a photo or two, it was quite the sight. I was just too busy looking through all of it lol.
We pulled quite a few Japanese beers. Nothing too rare but as I'm writing a book on them, I took a couple unusual variations
The left three are all from the Dai Nippon Brewery Company which lasted from 1906-1949. It accounted for roughly 70% of Japan's beverage industry and held still popular brands such as Asahi, Sapporo, and Yebisu. Here are some text variations. The layout of the left-most is different from the others and the one at center has smaller embossing.
Second from right is a pre-war Kirin beer. Nothing special but this one is a slight color variation from the one I already have. On the far right is a mildly uncommon 1930s Calpico which is a sweet lactic acid drink to help settle the stomach. I don't have this one yet, and I cannot find another like it. This company was founded in 1917 and you can still buy it, and all of the other products today.
Unfortunately all of these are broken but I will be cutting them down into cups. On the far left is a late teens early twenties Wahiawa Soda. Next to it is a blank bimal Soda, then a Kawamata Soy sauce bottle and lastly, a throwback Kirin Beer from the 1910s.
Some odds and ends here. A beautiful amethyst lamp base. I'll be cutting the top off and turning it into a vase. In the middle is an almost intact tea cup and half a rice bowl. On the right is a cosmetic container from Hirao Bunten. Picture of the embossing below.
That's all I have for you lovely people. Hopefully it's something a little different than what you normally see.
Hope to be digging more often now. With love from Hawaii, Aloha . . .
We pulled quite a few Japanese beers. Nothing too rare but as I'm writing a book on them, I took a couple unusual variations
The left three are all from the Dai Nippon Brewery Company which lasted from 1906-1949. It accounted for roughly 70% of Japan's beverage industry and held still popular brands such as Asahi, Sapporo, and Yebisu. Here are some text variations. The layout of the left-most is different from the others and the one at center has smaller embossing.
Second from right is a pre-war Kirin beer. Nothing special but this one is a slight color variation from the one I already have. On the far right is a mildly uncommon 1930s Calpico which is a sweet lactic acid drink to help settle the stomach. I don't have this one yet, and I cannot find another like it. This company was founded in 1917 and you can still buy it, and all of the other products today.
Unfortunately all of these are broken but I will be cutting them down into cups. On the far left is a late teens early twenties Wahiawa Soda. Next to it is a blank bimal Soda, then a Kawamata Soy sauce bottle and lastly, a throwback Kirin Beer from the 1910s.
Some odds and ends here. A beautiful amethyst lamp base. I'll be cutting the top off and turning it into a vase. In the middle is an almost intact tea cup and half a rice bowl. On the right is a cosmetic container from Hirao Bunten. Picture of the embossing below.
That's all I have for you lovely people. Hopefully it's something a little different than what you normally see.
Hope to be digging more often now. With love from Hawaii, Aloha . . .
