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Old 21-04-2010, 09:25 AM
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Very nice Codd. I'm no expert on bottles, just an enthusiastic amateur moocher. I spent all day yesterday digging a local ash tip. Dug some local Codds,( all necked for the muggy) one local black beer( Grand Hotel, again broken) and some plain scent? bottles.
I did have a bit of good fortune on Saturday, found this washed up on the riverbank. Its a brass trout reel c1880 made by Thomas Pape (i havn't found out yet if he is one of the Amble born Papes of gunsmithing fame



You're in the right place anyway if there are Codd bottles, you'll find something the kids have missed at some point I'm sure.

nice reel, potentially quite collectable are they not (going off Hardy reel mania)?
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