The Downeast Digger
A New England based hobby Website for Antique Bottle Diggers, Scuba Divers, and Relic Hunters
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My name is Bram Hepburn, a.k.a. The Downeast Digger. Since about 1975, I’ve spent as much time as I can hiking the woods of New England, and diving in it’s rivers and harbors, in search of antique bottles and other cool treasures.
About me, my past ventures, and current published writings
I owned and operated Great Bay Gallery Banquet Facility in Somerworth NH, which began as Great Bay Catering in Dover,NH 1989. After he recession that started in 2008, I finally decided to throw in the spatula, in 2010. It’s a rough business, and 22 years…
Treasures I’ve Found!
Fall of 2017 I found this threadless insulator in a shallow scratch dump in the woods. These three other colorful items came from a 1930s roadside dump, they are a poison bottle, a “slag glass” car door bud vase, and roadster gear shift knob…
Hamming it up for my daughters college assignment
My daughter Annie called me from school at U Maine Oromo, and said she needed to do a 5 minute documentary for her new media class, and could she do it on me bottle digging. Of course I said yes because I want to…
