Brighton Bottles

My favourite tool is this glass bottomed bucket

I've found a lot of really good bottles and signs

in riverbeds using this bucket,

(see 'digging' page addition 12th Nov 2007)

Its one of the buckets you might see outside a florists shop.

I cut out the bottom with a disk in a Black&Decker

The glass was cut to a paper template and

seated with bathroom sealant.

I painted the inside matt black to reduce reflection on the glass

and added a strap to carry it while wading.

The height of this bucket hepls viewing in deeper water.

This is my home made bottle detector.

It is hollow steel with one end flattened for gravel riverbeds and

the other end has a c1900 stone marble glued in place for use in mud banks,

 it makes a distinctive sound when it hits glass or stoneware.