Bottle Digging- Basement bottles
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- I went out with the idea of metal detecting a site I had dug before. It's an old house site nearby and I had hopes of finding civil war buttons, bullets and a few other camp related items. But, due to the weather conditions (high winds and rain) it would not have made a good video. Flat out...I was miserable. It just goes to show that, some days, the best laid plans go to waste.
With the intention of digging to the bottom of a rubble pile in a foundation to reach good dirt to sift, I stumbled upon these bottles. Protected by the foundation, I was able to make this into a pretty cool bottle dig video. I never expected it out of the day! Sometimes when those things happen, you have to rethink what you are doing and adapt to the situation.
I guess it goes to show you that you never know until you look. Always take chances and have fun, even on the hardest of days.
After all of this, it got me me curious if you have ever found anything while at a site that you have passed up multiple times? Or do you have a story that is similar to mine? Please consider sharing and leave me a comment below!
Photo credit Jeff Zabodyn
Really enjoyed this.
Great video! Amazing to see those jars intact with mounds of fallen brick on top of them!
He should have saved the whiskey four nice beverage later on.
I liked how you showed the items cleaned up at the end. Thanks for sharing
I dig in the UK. My village has 2 dumps. On one side is a Victorian dump & on the other side is a mid century one. Have brought back some real gems from both tips. Been interested in bottle digging for over 30 yrs now. Love watching fellow diggers from the US. Don't recognise alot of what's found , but I know Coke & Pabst bottles , oh & the California Syrup of Figs Company of course
Fun , would definitely do that more ! When I was growing up in NY I found lots of old house foundations in the woods made out of field stones, what I’d give to go back & dig them now 😊
Cool fun video. Love watching bottle digging video. You had some awesome finds. Thanks for sharing.
Epic finds great hunt I enjoyed watching
That was great! I had fun just watching you dig it out . Thanks
Thanks!!! Im thinking about doing another corner of that place, do you think I should??
@@GoneDiggin I would! also look for there old dump and clothing line .
Cool finds turn up in the strangest places. Cool video.
Yes they do! Thanks for stopping by
Very cool finds! TY my friend 👏👍🌷
looks like fun!
Great video Matt! That looks like a lot of fun! 🙂👍I love finding bottles!
Awesome dig and excellent bottles/jars. Finding places like that are rare. Enjoyed the video alot!
Thank you!
I've dug in a few foundations over the years. Usually they have very little to offer, but I did dig in a really interesting one once. It had hundreds of bottles that were dumped into it along with some metal. They were mostly 30's-50's screw tops, but when I dug in the floor like you did I discovered that someone had used the floor as their dump around 1900 and found a few nice older bottles and a few other bits. I've also found a lot of dumps that appear to have been directly behind the house against the foundation. I found some 1870's flasks along a foundation wall once.
They are not normally my go to but I was having a pretty rough day Metal Detecting so this made up for it.
Fun video, nice job 👍🏽🇺🇸
Thanks Aggie!
Back in the day people stored their jars of food and drink in the cellar /basement on shelves .
It was sort of a cooler 🙂👍🏼 That’s likely how those jars survived the bricks falling .
This is so cool
Thanks!
Dig on the outside of the wall, they would throw garbage in when they backfilled the foundation so it will be of the time period of the house .They sometimes also put a coin under the corner stone for good fortune for the house
Cool video
Thanks Ricky!
Awesome video I love watching treasure hunting videos!!! those bottle were sweet!!!
Great video Matt! That looked like it would have been a lot of fun.
I like bottle dumps. You just never know what is going to come up. Hh
Me to Karen!
What a fun video!
Cool video Matt, That is something I could really dig... Keep them coming, buddy...
That was a fun dig matt! Love them ol' whiskey bottles!
Thanks Wes
Very cool video! Left you a big like!
Thank you!
Man, that looks like fun, thanks for sharing!! Was hoping a bunch of silver coins would dump out of the Mason jar in the beginning haha..keep on diggn bud! Great saves! HH-Ray🍀
Enjoyed the video.
I LOVE bottle digging !!!
Hard work paying off. great video man! I agree, it is surprising that the majority of those bottles stayed intact. This video made me realize it's been way too long since I had a good bottle dig, lol. Take care!
Thanks Relic. Next time I hope to find something a little older!
Hi Matt.. Awesome to see you saving some history under those bricks!
Thanks for sharing mate👍👍👍 enjoyed it
GL&HH Flynn F
Thanks for stopping by!
This looks like a ton of fun. Lol. Who knew. New supporter here from Pusa live stream. All the best with your channel!
Thanks Miss Dee!
That's stretching hoping for good stuff in that mess but as long as your having fun that's all that matters. Let me tell you this when my kids were little I worked and fished all the time truly wish I would have stayed home more .your kid is brand new but when she gets a little older I don't want to see you as much and in the long run you'll be happier 😎
Thanks for the words of advice my friend
Gone Diggin the way you are that is from what I can tell on UA-cam you would probably not do like I did anyway I'll figure you'll be wrapped or rather she will have you wrapped around her finger 👍🏻be safe out there and have a great day
Great location. That area looks like its gonna yield a lot more treasure. Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Happy Hunting
Nice masons Matt! I love finding the blue Mason jars. They look great once cleaned up and they are collectible, especially if you can find the zinc lids for them. And they look good too if you put your CW bullets in them!
I was hoping to find some lids. I may have a spot I can do that!
Love the vid Matt bottle digging is what I love to do besides metal detecting got an late 1800s to early 1900 dump I dig love oh bye the way may get to meet u at div 44
Are you going to 45 as well??
@@GoneDiggin no just 44 didn't know what I was doing and was to late to do 45 when I figured it out that ok though
Mark Sexton maybe we can catch up one evening
@@GoneDiggin hope so bud
That looks like so much fun! It would be nice to see someone use the old bricks, perhaps for a stone pathway or in a garden. God bless you!
Most are broken here, but some huge bottle dumps at the old mines, oh and howdy Matt
I’ve heard you can find some really epic bottles in some of those 1849 camps.
Matt, that is so cool..a porcelain button and old bottles, it's amazing what u can find..this is a very interesting channel..great video!!
I knew I was gonna enjoy this video. And I was saying noooo don’t stop it’s not dark yet.
Years ago while in Texas I ran across an old man tearing down an old building made of red bricks like those and palletizing them. He said he sells them at a $1.00 each. Can’t keep up with the demand. HH
Lol! It was a lot of bricks to move. If I could get a dollar a piece there would be a lot of money sitting around there
Bottle digging does look like some down right dirty, messy fun :-) The masons are cool with that awesome blue color ! Happy Hunting :-)
Enjoyed the video. Thanks! Seems to me that you found the privy (outhouse). Reason is all the lime, especially when emptying out some of the jars. The deeper you dig, the older things will be. Some of the mason jars are sought after by their collectors, #13 seems the most. Agree with you about the bricks. Some of them might be collectable and others want them to make garden paths etc. Look forward to seeing what else you find there :)
Thanks, next time I will have to work around the fire places a little more!
Nice!
Thanks!
Matt, Great Video! This was very interesting. So much so that i watched the entire video. Kept waiting for a bunch of coins or buttons to come out of one of those jars. It looks like you'll be spending a lot of time at that location. I have a entry level metal detector and have found about 45 cents, and a lot of pull tabs, I've only been out once. Thanks for posting, Can't wait to see more!!
Interesting video. I dig in old Cellar holes but I am searching for remnants of Iron Stone Crocks that I can piece back together things like that. But what makes these Cellar holes unique is they are all sites from an 1800s tornado path. If I remember correctly the mfg mark on that pitcher changed over the course of many years so it could be older than you think it is I would definitely research that mfg mark.
I will definitely look that up Deej!
First thumbs up. There might be more there. Just get a shovel and bigger rake. Forger Forget sifting, unless you find good amount of stuff to make it worthwhile. Love fruit jars. Enjoyed.
That was a lot of fun digging something different! Get over there and clean out the chimney/ kitchen area! A lot more work looking at it but your goodies will be over there where the majority of their time was spent! Love the bottles, was so hoping the pitcher was going to be complete! Did you find anything special from the sifter? Thanks for sharing and HH
Those canning jars are dated 1855-present. The first looked early like a wax-pressed seal top. And the Lock Port is around the same time frame. I take that back. I just saw the wrap-up and those jars are closer to 1900. Oh, I meant to ask, have you probed the ground for provides? With a house site that old, I'm sure there are plenty. Even a farm dump somewhere on the property would be cool to go through.
cool glass bro ;)
Awesome video! Great finds! Thanks for sharing and happy Hunting! ~ Gypsy
Thanks Gypsy
I have heard it said that collectors of Mason jars like jars with the number 13 on the bottom. They say moonshiners would smash the 13s because bad luck would get you caught.
I will look in to that I have a place that you can dig mason jars until your arms fall off!
13 jars are very rare.
from what i researched,that lockport mason may have been made by lockport glass works before 1908,,,
,,, about a 30-45 minute drive from me.
That’s cool. I need to tumble that one. I hope it cleans up
Maybe it's just me, but right after you disregard the bone, at the 6:10 point of the video, something appears that in my opinion looks sort of like a ring that is gold in color. You disregarded the bone and made three passes with your digging trial and there it is near the top of the picture at the bottom of that roundish thing. Then you innocently covered it over. Am I seeing things? Maybe, but it's at the 6:10 point of the video near the top. I'm not embarrassed to be wrong and redfaced if I am wrong.I guess it's goldish or the video has me fooled. It just looks like something. Meanwhile, that dig looked fun. Thanks for sharing.
Edit. Great finds.
Thanks Steven!!
Hey man just finding your videos. I'm Peter from ga just got into bottle and relic hunting the past 2 years. Do some research around your area, and dig up old maps and what are called Sanborn maps.... happy hunting!!!😉😉😉
Best thing to do is go dig some bottles and stay away from everyone....LOL. I am just staying in the woods for 2 or 3 months.
That’s not a bad idea either! I hear you can’t catch that just underwater so I think that sounds good too. Points and teeth!
Save the whiskey for a nice beverage.
I’ve got a couple clear ones sitting out in the sun for a little purple color
@@GoneDiggin I mean you should have saved the liquid in the bottle in case you got thirsty.
Hahaha That completely went over my head!
Go on google and search how to date a ball mason jar and there are charts with different logos so you can find out how old those jars are.
Looked like a coin under that brick that fell at 6:17-6:18 in the video 🤞🏼😁
Dang it!! Now I’ve got to go back!
I had found a 1890s basement dump in a small town
What was in it?
I found A old Mason jar full of barber halves and barber dimes before the mail man seen what I dug and said he wanted to get him A metal detector now.. That was about 15 years ago.
That’s incredible
You got lucky that time that brick almost busted it
Yes it did
Set those whiskey bottles in the Sun they may turn amethyst
Im gonna do it!
Back for another great video Gone..love it...smash the like button for you ...stay connect eachother :)
Awesome video an what state is this
Virginia
There's a joke in there somewhere about the color of those balls, but I'm not saying lol
Haha I don’t know why I didn’t think of that! I’m stealing it!
@@GoneDiggin well yeah, you can ask visitors if they want to come see your .... lmao
rough and reckless.. >.
Any other ways to be?
@@GoneDiggin yeah but they *are* less fun
About ten years ago I found a cobalt blue bottle .it says bromo seltzer Emerson drug company Baltimore
Thats a great bottle to find! I always enjoy finding them!
When can we do a collaboration video I'm new to relic hunting this year and started a UA-cam channel for it I've got 11 subscribers so far LOL I live in spotsylvania Virginia and I met you at Andora farm not too long ago 😊. I got to dig a couple weeks ago with Bill and squeak but we didn't get enough targets to make a video.
We can catch up sometime this winter
@@GoneDiggin that would be super cool 👍🇺🇲
Just seen you on ps stopping by to supportt great video hope you visit me sometime
I will thanks for stopping by
Hey, Matt, I can't find your email. hit me with a message on here. Thanks.
Ynpto804@gmail.com
Thanks