I just found and really enjoy your channel! In the early 1990's I worked for a company that was building a new marina on the edge of the Detroit River, north of downtown. They dug up and dredged what what must have been a dump for the city (circa 1890's-1910's) because they unearthed THOUSANDS of intact bottles. I collected a few of the nicer ones and still have an ink bottle. There was every kind of medicine, drug store, beer, liquor, etc. I remember the blue glass bottles and the octagonal-sided ketchup bottles. No fine china though!
Awesome bottles Tom that one with the sun burst is really awesome. I bet you are tired by the time you get the pit done. Then you have to fill it in .love your videos. Never know what you will find
In the mid-60s, I got to do small digs like yours in some of the old mining towns in Colorado. It was lots of fun and interesting to young man. I really like that you have provided back ground on many of the items you unearthed. Well done. Thank you for sharing.
That's hard work digging through decades of compacted layers of soil. I really enjoy reading the history of some of the makers of the bottled products. I have a few small bottles I found in my grandmother's junk pile out back by the shed. That was in the hills of northern Pennsylvania. I'm 75 now, She was born in the late 1880s. So I have no idea of the age of these bottles. Probably circa 1900. Thanks for your interesting videos. I really enjoy them. I live in Italy now btw. You can't dig a hole anywhere here without discovering some history haha. God bless.
Thank you for sharing your digs. I teach 8th grade history and always start with a unit on primary sources. When we discuss artifacts, I tell my kids to always look where an old outhouse may have been. They think it's gross, but I cannot wait to show them your videos and see what you find.
Super dig, and brilliant camera work (as always) getting in on the detail especially the tiny stuff. I love when you find the stoppers and lids, little cold cream jar blew me and the tiny ornate white bottle. Wow! Thank you so much, your videos never disappoint. Always hoping the best for you both.
Hi Tom, what's the difference between a tooled top and applied top and which came first and then there's the ground top, nice array of finds from a seemingly ordinary group of settlers, cheers!!
I just discovered your channel about a week ago. It surprises me that pickle jars and catsup bottles, dressings.. the bottles seem so much smaller than ones we have today. Curious as to your thoughts about whether it is because families made their own for the most part or these condiments weren’t used in the quantities that they are today. Or did the bottle manufacturer determine the size of the bottles? So interesting. Thank you for being enthusiastic and educational. Love your videos.
haha thank you! well.. i honestly think it was more of a luxury item.. not like caviar would be today, but maybe something more akin to a nice bottle of wine, that regular people only have a few times a month. i seem to find more of the condiment bottles in places that served food, and nice households. but yeah, ive noticed that some of them can be pretty small. BUT.. they did make larger bottles, especially once you start getting into the machine made era (post 1910)... i think sometimes the size can be a little misleading on camera. they were for sure smaller than some of the stuff you would find today, but not by a whole lot.. but yeah, ive noticed that some of the earlier stuff we find, tends to be in smaller bottles. it seems counter intuitive, because you would think that the glass bottle would comprise a larger part of the cost of the item, because the manufacturing was more crude, and would have been more time consuming. the only reason i could think to explain this is because basically all items sold in disposable glass bottles would have tended to be more of a luxury, that the average person might only have bought maybe once a month. so i just assume that the small sizes was simply because they were pricey items to begin with, and the seller could get more return on his product if he sold more bottles, with less volume.. hard to say tho! ive got about a million questions id like to ask about the manufacturing process and lifestyles of people back in the day, maybe one day ill come across some book that goes into detail on why they did what they did. anyways! glad you found the channel. thanks for watching
When our town uncovered a old dump to put in flood prevention , i found so much uranium pieces ..Put pieces in old ball mason fruit jars and at nite i would shut off lights a use a blacklite to gett the glow going. So cool.Havent seen any in your pits ?..Everytime i watch you guys i want to get out and dig.Thanks for the motivation :)
I live in a 1870 log cabin in Laramie, Wyo. While trying to remove a rather invasive vine I found at 2 feet down was trash/treasure. F the vine, found all kinds of bottles which are now in my museum/house. Anytime I build a permanent structure like a greenhouse I have to do a archeological dig. It's fun. The vine did go. The wedding vine that the UPRR brought from China I think cause it made a great fence. Oops.
I think when I started watching this channel you had msybe 8k subs. And I remember thinking, 'this is such a great channel, I wonder why only 8" Anyway, now youhave 61k and growing fast! I, apparently, wasn't the only one thinking the same! Congratulations...it is an easy road to 100k!
I was most impressed with the almost intact chamber pot or gazunder as we often call them in the UK. They were so called because almost everyone had one and it guzunder the bed!
Just stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and have been binge watching. So interesting. Id love to see you do a video compilation of your best finds! They are all cool to me, but i know very little. Makes me want to start digging in my families yards. We live in rural indiana and the houses around here are extremely old.
Just stumbled on your channel..so interesting...amazing knowledge and enjoy the descriptions provided with each find...fantastic. I particularly love the old advertising you show with finds...and I really like the old china..Best wishes from Australia
I would definitely metal detect as you move layers down, you're probably missing many valuable coins, some coins are priceless, I would definitely detect at the bottom at least👍
Your vids give me a lot of enjoyment. They are very relaxing to watch. You never get over excited yet you are enthusiastic.. and this is very cool. Keep up the great work.
Do you have a video of your best finds over the years? Like a montage of them all and information and value? Would love to see a collab of them all and there worth, would be really cool👍
My great grandfather built a home in Yankton around 1910, and it is still standing. I also have a photo of the home circle 1915. Might you be interested in checking it out? I would be happy to meet you there or send you any information I have from my family research.
Thank you for showing the Ball Mason jar . That's a glass top,the wire bail is missing that clamps the top down. I asked if you find any and you showed us one.
@@felinefaye8550 walk a straight line out of the back door to the property line. Lots of times there will be flat stones leading from the door to where the pooper used to be. If they're still there they're probably a couple of inches under the grass bow. If you get close to the property line and see a depression in the ground, bingo! You've found at least one. The older the home, the more likely it is that more than one was dug. If that fails, get a probe rod. There are videos on UA-cam about how to probe for privies.
I’m a potter and last year I started burying all my broken pots or seconds along with fun stuff for a digger to find. I never thought of burning glass but I guess I should. Let’s all start burying fun stuff for the archaeologist?
i have dug in a 1900 to 1912 dump with the same Mixter of very early machine made and hand-blown stuff. I learned that the Owens and john bull machines were in full production my 1910.
Go get your stick! That trowel sounds like it would break the hell out of everything. But what do I know? You're great, love that tiny bottle. Working my way through all your videos, fascinating. Cold cream will lid!!!! I work in yard a lot. There is nothing more calming to me than " digging in the dirt.Thank you for my hours of enjoyment.✌
Hi Tom, I adore your videos this is such a better take on mudlarking when you know where you are going to dig and you have permission to be there. I would love to know what do you do with all the finds thanksxxxxx debbie from UK xxx
Always anxious to watch each video...this was a good one and I love you knowledge and history behind all of them...I love the tiny bottle the best...keep on digging...🥰🥰
George the Antique Nomad has taught me that really old coffee cups had no handle. The coffee was poured into a saucer to cool, and then was sipped from the saucer. 🙂
This would add another level of labor to everything, and be extremely low yield relative to the cost of good metal-detecting equipment. Whereas, he obviously knows that these pits will have a good amount of bottles, so he puts his labor into the latter. I sometimes watch 'depths of history', which is a good metal detecting channel.
17:00 "old lock, looks like it needs some WD-40" 20:00 "bright and early" maybe early, I don't know about bright! Keep 'em coming Tom, I love golden hairy arms in the sunlight. Come to Minnesota!
Awwww dang, I thought you were going to dig up some underground bunker with a family still living in it from "Blast from the Past"! Now THAT would be totally cool lol.
@@acerone10 I'm sure some don't want any of it.... I'd want all of it tho! 😂 I'd also be out there helping him, however. I find this stuff fascinating!
You are doing so much better at giving us time to look at the embossed bottles! My wish is that you would wipe them a little more thoroughly and extend the time a few more seconds for the unusual ones...BTW, your countenance on the intro is much friendlier as well! As always, I do so appreciate the research and historical blurbs. Keep up the good work!
Actually I never thought you needed to beef up your friendliness at all. I like your dry, laconic style!!! It suits you well. Overly bubbly, peppy, and gabby youtubers drive me crazy. Stay the way you are! We are lucky to have you share your work with us and I don't think it is any of my business to shape your personality or style. And I don't blame you for not wiping the bottles perfectly clean! You need to get out of those holes asap and not spend time spiffing up the muddy bottles! Hang in there! We love you!
I see you found a Parke Davis & Company bottle from Detroit. Have you ever found a bottle from Stearns Brothers? They were another pharm company in Detroit, across from and up a couple miles from Parke Davis. The Parke Davis and Stearns buildings still exist, renovated into condos and lofts.
Your digs are like therapy.
A great escape from this crazy world.
You keep digging and I’ll keep digging it.
Thank you 🙏 ❤
Perfectly stated! 💥👍
I just found and really enjoy your channel! In the early 1990's I worked for a company that was building a new marina on the edge of the Detroit River, north of downtown. They dug up and dredged what what must have been a dump for the city (circa 1890's-1910's) because they unearthed THOUSANDS of intact bottles. I collected a few of the nicer ones and still have an ink bottle. There was every kind of medicine, drug store, beer, liquor, etc. I remember the blue glass bottles and the octagonal-sided ketchup bottles. No fine china though!
Me and the girls taking a shot each time you say tooled top 😂 we love your videos x
U guys will be wasted in no time 😂
Ur not gonna last long 😂
@@joanedwards9380ikr 😂 he sometimes says it twice for a bottle too...when he pulls a plate or pot out we're like noooo 😂
I’m 5 mins in and you folks are already in deep trouble. Lol 🍻
End of the video edit: Did any of you survive? 😝
End of video,you girls gonna have a terrible headache tomorrow 😮😊
Awesome bottles Tom that one with the sun burst is really awesome. I bet you are tired by the time you get the pit done. Then you have to fill it in .love your videos. Never know what you will find
Looking forward to the video! I know it will be good. UK
I like it when you look at the crockery items as well as the bottles. They have character too and the pieces could be glued together 😊😊😊❤
In the mid-60s, I got to do small digs like yours in some of the old mining towns in Colorado.
It was lots of fun and interesting to young man. I really like that you have provided back ground on many of the items you unearthed. Well done. Thank you for sharing.
I dont remember you ever finding so many different kinds of bottles in one pit before. That was awesome.😊
That's hard work digging through decades of compacted layers of soil. I really enjoy reading the history of some of the makers of the bottled products. I have a few small bottles I found in my grandmother's junk pile out back by the shed. That was in the hills of northern Pennsylvania. I'm 75 now, She was born in the late 1880s. So I have no idea of the age of these bottles. Probably circa 1900. Thanks for your interesting videos. I really enjoy them. I live in Italy now btw. You can't dig a hole anywhere here without discovering some history haha. God bless.
...1880's 😉💜‼
@@youn8e Yeah haha 1880s. Hey, I said I was 75 and it's late in Italy now. Done with my excuses. 😉👍
Thank you for sharing your digs. I teach 8th grade history and always start with a unit on primary sources. When we discuss artifacts, I tell my kids to always look where an old outhouse may have been. They think it's gross, but I cannot wait to show them your videos and see what you find.
Super dig, and brilliant camera work (as always) getting in on the detail especially the tiny stuff. I love when you find the stoppers and lids, little cold cream jar blew me and the tiny ornate white bottle. Wow! Thank you so much, your videos never disappoint. Always hoping the best for you both.
I second that, we love your videos!
Good to see you Tom. Love your videos!
Lots of great stuff today.
Hi Tom, what's the difference between a tooled top and applied top and which came first and then there's the ground top, nice array of finds from a seemingly ordinary group of settlers, cheers!!
Love the videos you post, thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Really enjoying the addition of illustrations from the companies. The notes for each one are very interesting. Great job!!
This place has more interesting bottles, always I am looking for your videos.
Question. Do the land owners want any of the artifacts you find? Love watching you dig!!
I have not seen him reply to anyone.
@teresacastanedacastaneda6555 he has a couple times. Just thought I'd take a chance and ask him. 😊
I did send him an email and it took a couple weeks, but he answered my question
@@marebear606
Well, do the land owners of the land keep anything?
He offers the landowner what they want and gives some to the local and the historic society. What does he do with the rest, idk
I learn so much from you videos Thank so much Granny
I'm so addicted to this channel! :)
Some good finds. Like it when you have cleaned and show them. Stay safe.
Whoa , another huge group of awesome glass ! Always amazing watching these unique pieces come out of the ground ! Love it ! Thanks for sharing
Awesome as always tom !!!
I love seeing the passion and excitement of the guys during the dig! I’m glad they’ve found their calling!
pleasure watching you amazing
I love how neat & tidy you are to be able to leave the place as you found it. Great find!😊
It is awsome to see you find things you have never seen.Your reaction is legit!!
ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS.
That was incredibly soothing. And definitely FUN!
I just discovered your channel about a week ago. It surprises me that pickle jars and catsup bottles, dressings.. the bottles seem so much smaller than ones we have today. Curious as to your thoughts about whether it is because families made their own for the most part or these condiments weren’t used in the quantities that they are today. Or did the bottle manufacturer determine the size of the bottles?
So interesting. Thank you for being enthusiastic and educational. Love your videos.
haha thank you! well.. i honestly think it was more of a luxury item.. not like caviar would be today, but maybe something more akin to a nice bottle of wine, that regular people only have a few times a month. i seem to find more of the condiment bottles in places that served food, and nice households. but yeah, ive noticed that some of them can be pretty small. BUT.. they did make larger bottles, especially once you start getting into the machine made era (post 1910)... i think sometimes the size can be a little misleading on camera. they were for sure smaller than some of the stuff you would find today, but not by a whole lot.. but yeah, ive noticed that some of the earlier stuff we find, tends to be in smaller bottles. it seems counter intuitive, because you would think that the glass bottle would comprise a larger part of the cost of the item, because the manufacturing was more crude, and would have been more time consuming. the only reason i could think to explain this is because basically all items sold in disposable glass bottles would have tended to be more of a luxury, that the average person might only have bought maybe once a month. so i just assume that the small sizes was simply because they were pricey items to begin with, and the seller could get more return on his product if he sold more bottles, with less volume.. hard to say tho! ive got about a million questions id like to ask about the manufacturing process and lifestyles of people back in the day, maybe one day ill come across some book that goes into detail on why they did what they did. anyways! glad you found the channel. thanks for watching
love ur videos and the research you put in always look forward to the next one😁
Love to see your process of cleaning these things up. What do you do with the things you find?
Very nice display. Stay safe. Thanks.
Love the blue
Wow that’s an amazing dig with so many different things. Take care and thanks for sharing 👍🙏❤️
Some great finds!! Thanks for bringing us along. 😊
I would love to see all your finds cleaned up!
Nice to see embossing on some bottles
Very nice. Interesting.
When our town uncovered a old dump to put in flood prevention , i found so much uranium pieces ..Put pieces in old ball mason fruit jars and at nite i would shut off lights a use a blacklite to gett the glow going. So cool.Havent seen any in your pits ?..Everytime i watch you guys i want to get out and dig.Thanks for the motivation :)
Awesome finds!
Cool dig---but I was underwhelmed by the mug, lol! I liked when you found the lid for the cold cream jar---and the Sunburst flask.
Loved this one lots of embossed pieces, See you on the next adventure
Another great dig. Cool bottles
I live in a 1870 log cabin in Laramie, Wyo. While trying to remove a rather invasive vine I found at 2 feet down was trash/treasure. F the vine, found all kinds of bottles which are now in my museum/house. Anytime I build a permanent structure like a greenhouse I have to do a archeological dig. It's fun. The vine did go. The wedding vine that the UPRR brought from China I think cause it made a great fence. Oops.
I think when I started watching this channel you had msybe 8k subs. And I remember thinking, 'this is such a great channel, I wonder why only 8" Anyway, now youhave 61k and growing fast! I, apparently, wasn't the only one thinking the same! Congratulations...it is an easy road to 100k!
Great dig! Lots of shoe polish bottles of all sizes !
The anticipation of waiting for your videos once a week is intense!
I was most impressed with the almost intact chamber pot or gazunder as we often call them in the UK. They were so called because almost everyone had one and it guzunder the bed!
Great bottles wow so many .Can you share with us the best items you have ever dug . Thanks for sharing 👍♥️🗝️🇺🇸😊
Enjoying your content. Thanks for sharing!😊
What a Great Haul - nice early Stuff as well - well done and many Cheers from Australia !!!!
Nice one!
Just stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and have been binge watching. So interesting. Id love to see you do a video compilation of your best finds! They are all cool to me, but i know very little. Makes me want to start digging in my families yards. We live in rural indiana and the houses around here are extremely old.
Nice job I now look for sinkers and lures when l go fishing after watching your videos Darren from Australia
Just stumbled on your channel..so interesting...amazing knowledge and enjoy the descriptions provided with each find...fantastic. I particularly love the old advertising you show with finds...and I really like the old china..Best wishes from Australia
That little bottle is awesome! There was a couple really cool pieces I liked. Thanks for sharing with us!
Awesome digging!!
I would definitely metal detect as you move layers down, you're probably missing many valuable coins, some coins are priceless, I would definitely detect at the bottom at least👍
Your vids give me a lot of enjoyment. They are very relaxing to watch. You never get over excited yet you are enthusiastic.. and this is very cool. Keep up the great work.
Thanks guys. Enjoyed the video. As always.
Guys please have a live dig with live chat! That would be awesome 😎 Love your videos 😍
Neat idea but internet 🛜 connection might be an issue.
I’d watch!
Thats great!! Enjoyed, hope you got some rest after!! Always great to see the older finds.😊😊💖
Do you have a video of your best finds over the years? Like a montage of them all and information and value? Would love to see a collab of them all and there worth, would be really cool👍
It's crazy how much this is like trilobite hunting. These vids are awesome.
My great grandfather built a home in Yankton around 1910, and it is still standing. I also have a photo of the home circle 1915. Might you be interested in checking it out? I would be happy to meet you there or send you any information I have from my family research.
I just came across your videos, LOVE THEM :)
Looks like fun.
Thank you for showing the Ball Mason jar . That's a glass top,the wire bail is missing that clamps the top down. I asked if you find any and you showed us one.
Awesome pit!! Love those cherry bitters bottles!
exiting dig Tom , looks like more is on the property , older . Nice bitters
Pretty nice haul! 👍
Wow amazing video
This is awesome, I’d love to know what is buried in my backyard
Worms and rocks lol
I have a very old house in Minnesota. I know there was an out house. I want to see what's buried in it!
@felinefaye8550 how old?
Jimmy Hoffa ?
@@felinefaye8550 walk a straight line out of the back door to the property line. Lots of times there will be flat stones leading from the door to where the pooper used to be. If they're still there they're probably a couple of inches under the grass bow. If you get close to the property line and see a depression in the ground, bingo! You've found at least one. The older the home, the more likely it is that more than one was dug. If that fails, get a probe rod. There are videos on UA-cam about how to probe for privies.
I’m a potter and last year I started burying all my broken pots or seconds along with fun stuff for a digger to find. I never thought of burning glass but I guess I should. Let’s all start burying fun stuff for the archaeologist?
i have dug in a 1900 to 1912 dump with the same Mixter of very early machine made and hand-blown stuff. I learned that the Owens and john bull machines were in full production my 1910.
Go get your stick! That trowel sounds like it would break the hell out of everything. But what do I know? You're great, love that tiny bottle. Working my way through all your videos, fascinating. Cold cream will lid!!!! I work in yard a lot. There is nothing more calming to me than " digging in the dirt.Thank you for my hours of enjoyment.✌
Just found you today. Subscribed. Best wishes for you.
Im curious of you test for radon before you dig???
Hi Tom, I adore your videos this is such a better take on mudlarking when you know where you are going to dig and you have permission to be there. I would love to know what do you do with all the finds thanksxxxxx debbie from UK xxx
Always anxious to watch each video...this was a good one and I love you knowledge and history behind all of them...I love the tiny bottle the best...keep on digging...🥰🥰
George the Antique Nomad has taught me that really old coffee cups had no handle. The coffee was poured into a saucer to cool, and then was sipped from the saucer. 🙂
Nice dry pit ! No swimming today. LOL
Love you videos!
That's a fun outhouse dig.
Cool
those are great finds. congrats
Beautiful soil
I think the mug was a shaving mug, very cool dig.
Do you ever metal detect the dirt you dig out? Coins may fall out of their pockets while using the outhouse. I enjoy your videos very much!
That's a great question. Would be wonderful if you could find coins too.
I doubt the coins could survive the acid of the urine.
This would add another level of labor to everything, and be extremely low yield relative to the cost of good metal-detecting equipment. Whereas, he obviously knows that these pits will have a good amount of bottles, so he puts his labor into the latter. I sometimes watch 'depths of history', which is a good metal detecting channel.
17:00 "old lock, looks like it needs some WD-40" 20:00 "bright and early" maybe early, I don't know about bright! Keep 'em coming Tom, I love golden hairy arms in the sunlight. Come to Minnesota!
You are very efficient.
Just love watching your vids! When you come across "Blueing" liquids, are there any toxic concerns? What is in blueing and what was it used for?
Awwww dang, I thought you were going to dig up some underground bunker with a family still living in it from "Blast from the Past"! Now THAT would be totally cool lol.
What do you do with all your finds?
I was about to ask that. Does the home owner get to keep any of it?
@@acerone10 I'm sure some don't want any of it.... I'd want all of it tho! 😂 I'd also be out there helping him, however. I find this stuff fascinating!
@@2horns8myhalo Me too
They have said they give some to the property owners, some to the local historical society and they keep some!
It's David again what is the oldest bottle you everfound digging.. good job good videos keep up the good work...👍👍🙏🇺🇲
You are doing so much better at giving us time to look at the embossed bottles! My wish is that you would wipe them a little more thoroughly and extend the time a few more seconds for the unusual ones...BTW, your countenance on the intro is much friendlier as well! As always, I do so appreciate the research and historical blurbs. Keep up the good work!
Actually I never thought you needed to beef up your friendliness at all. I like your dry, laconic style!!! It suits you well. Overly bubbly, peppy, and gabby youtubers drive me crazy. Stay the way you are! We are lucky to have you share your work with us and I don't think it is any of my business to shape your personality or style. And I don't blame you for not wiping the bottles perfectly clean! You need to get out of those holes asap and not spend time spiffing up the muddy bottles! Hang in there! We love you!
@@betsybrown1818 agree, there's only so many hours in a day, great entrainment.
I see you found a Parke Davis & Company bottle from Detroit. Have you ever found a bottle from Stearns Brothers? They were another pharm company in Detroit, across from and up a couple miles from Parke Davis. The Parke Davis and Stearns buildings still exist, renovated into condos and lofts.
Love the history. Do they sell any of the items?
fascinating stuff!
Couldn’t that piece mean East Liverpool Ohio where many dish companies were located