Besides digging and trading, Gorrin also buys bottles. The most expensive bottle Gorrin now owns is a circa 1900 wine bottle, in the shape of a ram and hand-painted. Growing up in neighboring Old Bridge, Gorrin told a schoolmate about his coin-collecting hobby. The friend told him about bottle-collecting. In past times, garbage was buried or used to fill in the holes of outhouses.
Landfills are other potential sites for bottle-diggers.
As a kid, Gorrin could dig a hole 12 feet deep and 5 feet by 5 feet wide in a few hours. I would have my mother drop me off at daybreak and pick me up at sundown. 1930s bottles, I wouldn't go more than an hour for. It's a way to get a couple extra dollars, get some exercise and have fun.