Yes me too, I don’t fully understand what the point is, are they valuable, are they displayed or just stocked up in a warehouse somewhere, for the love of it maybe?
Tom! What a trove of Hutchinson bottles; the Holy Grail! Sorry you had to be ankles to eyeballs in a pit of 💩 to get them, but, glad you made that haul!
Tom, that was an incredible dig, then I saw the ground water and thought he is going to get muddy. Loved the teal hutches and the embossed Minnesota bottles. So happy you found the North Dakota blobs. You must have been exhausted. I never worry about your safety as you are truly a professional with what you do. Take care.👏👏👍😀
Fantastic take on this huge pit Tom. I was so happy you got those green/blue soda bottles. They were an awesome color. Then a few new ones on the dig. Great video. Just be careful. I saw that wall toward the end with the big crack opening up. I was so worried a collapse could pin you in the Privy!😢 Well you know what your doing. Have a good hot shower and can't wait till your next dig. It is exciting!!!
Man! I bet that hot shower felt good!! Terrific dig! I couldn't help but think, when you were doing the recap, you still had to fill the hole and pack up your treasures. Love your new channel!!
Yes, extreme bottle diggin' for sure! I know I speak for everyone when I say thank you for the great content, and the labor involved in bringing it to the world. ♥
I so enjoy your videos! I’ve got my 7 and 5 year old granddaughters watching and wanting to know when you can come to Idaho and dig so they can watch!!
Hey, Tom, Love this episode! The fact that you scouted out this area 10 years ago sheds some light on why you are so incredibly knowledgeable about your finds. Are you self taught ? Wouldn't be surprised. Your passion for digging speaks for itself, along with the tenacity you showed digging this pit in spite of being freezing cold, tired and covered with mud. Rock on!
I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now. This particular dig was like finding a gold mine. In my imagination I visualize that you must have a huge building or store to display all of your finds. Would love seeing your cleaned up and cataloged collection with commentary done by you on some of the history of your finds. That in itself would be a fascinating video to watch.
Thanks for watching! I actually end up donating or selling most of my finds. I then use the proceeds to stay on the road and to fund some book projects I’ve been working on, which will showcase the best of my finds.
Tom, that cold water looked miserable! I’m sure it was not the most enjoyable dig, but man you were rewarded with some great finds. Love all the hutches! Looking forward to the next video.
I'm so glad you found the teal hutches and finally the Fargo hutches...the teal cleaned up well...love your videos and so glad you have a channel up and running. ..🥰🥰
@TomAskjem. Dude I watched below the plains for year's!!! And in the last month I was WTF this guy hasn't released anything in awhile??? Damn I seen a Facebook post and bam!! I watched 4 of your videos today!!! I have an 1874 house on land plats that is probably 1840"s to 1850's found the privy glass and ash as I probed 6' compaction and the good feeling of glass and ash !!!
That was a Monumental Dig!!! So many great finds, but I can't help but hold my breath the whole time you are digging! Not sure if it's because of what it must smell like or because I'm worried about your safety! Thank you so much!
Tom, have you ever dug around New Ulm, MN? My parents were born around there and I know it was settled in the 1850s and earlier. Many, many homestead farms, probably some great finds. An outhouse was still standing on my dad's family farm in Lafayette, just north of New Ulm, when I was a little kid circa 1960. That farm was in the family in the 1870s, first settlers in the 1850s. My great-grandfather's 200 acres shows on an 1885 map. I wonder if anyone's dug near the Schell's Brewery in New Ulm? Built 1860. Can only imagine what would be under that place.
I’ve tried with smaller pumps, even a pacer semi-trash pump and they all clogged very quickly with mud. It would have to be a very powerful pump which I would consider at some point but would have to get a bigger vehicle to haul it around.
Hello Tom, thanks for the upload. Do you ever ask to get the people who own the property's for there reaction? We as fans would love to see what people think about 100 - 110 year old treasure on their land.😁👍
The thought has crossed my mind. I have filmed some folks for a documentary I’ve been working on. It seems some are a bit hesitant about being on film. On top of that, we’re often digging until dark and don’t have much free time after getting the pit filled in.
@@TomAskjem.LostHorizonshello seen you on fb and I bottle dig a bit also but was curious if there’s any websites for good marble info . Or if you’d be willing to identify some
Yay for the beautiful embossed wine flask didn't explode in your hand this time!!!! That was so unexpected and I was so sad after all your hard work that day the best bottle self destructed. Stay safe in those deep pits😘
Well, I am glad you got ONE unbroken Hutchison Soda bottle! Nice dig! thanks Tom! take care! ps lol extreme bottle digging should be a sport with Tom Askjem as "Olympic Hopeful"
Tom, Tom ! I guess it's the Grandpa in me yelling at the TV --- "Tom, Look at your boots --- Tom, Look at your knees, --- Tom, Look at at your pants ! -- You're muddy wet to your butt !" 🤣🤣🤣
I suggested previously that he wear mud boots or waders, because he always ends up covered in mud. lol He said that he owns them, but by the time remembers to put them on, it's too late. He's already in the hole and excited to dig for treasure. I get it though. 😉
The waste that once filled that pit breaks down and over the course of 100 years is largely turned into humus which is absolutely less nasty smelling than that pit did on the day it was covered up. Though it is true in this one with that water involved which can prolong the nasty smell. But 100+ years largely decomposes everything. I'm sure he could tell you which pits smelled the worst and how old or what conditions they were in. Any kind of stagnant water would be brutal of course.
If you’ve ever composted anything before you’d know u could turn that out into compost that smells like earth in three weeks with addition of some grass clippings 😂 let alone 120 years.
@@TomAskjem.LostHorizons That would be awesome. I sell items on eBay. I've been in e-commerce for over a decade. Let me know if you have any questions about selling online. 👍😉
I watched an archeology team in Northern England dig up a very wet area right in an old town. They found intact leather shoes, clothing, organic materials from the Viking age. Even a braid of a girl's hair. Water definitely preserves.
Good thing there was some "stability" on the sidewalk wall. Tom, that was something to watch, holding one's breath. Literally wonder how much restraint you show digging in, it's got to be "closer to barnyard strength odorific pits. Kept wondering why didn't they sell by kegs with the quantity consumed or whether each business created their own brand and bottled it in the bottles that became available. We were a horrible "throw away society" a hundred years ago, too. Now it's wax coated wine cartons and aluminum cans. Not quite the "treasures" that future offspring will place any value on😂.
I see the North Dakota wind is alive and kicking. I don’t miss that. You sure did find a lot of nice glass, it’s too bad about the water. On other sites I keep hearing that the hutches being a holy grail. Darn, it kept on giving, that privy.
You found someone’s bottle collection! Seriously, if you didn’t have a collection of TOC/pre-pro beers, one would be into a great start with variety, all out of one pit. Excellent dig. This one produced. Always waiting for that backbar Bitters to show itself that they threw down…
Hey everyone? I've got an idea! Now this is just me but uhh.. I think it would be soooo Awesome if there was an episode of our main man Tom showing us his personal bottle collection.. I think (as Tom would say) it would be" Monumental" to see? You know and I know that it has to be one of thee greatest's of all time. I couldn't even Imagine the stories he could tell. Keep it up Tom. Nk.
He says he only has 10 in his collection. Those are very rare and probably expensive. I think he he usevto have a big collection but sold most of it, if not all of it, to finance publishing a book.
Interesting comment you made about export Coca Cola having a paper label. I would love to have seen that description explained in the overlay.---That exploding bottle was very scary to watch. Can't imagine the terror of being in the pit with it.---I was scared for you down there Tom, how long were you down there? At least it sounded like the prairie wind finally died down.
It was an afternoon project. It was getting a bit sketchy, which was part of the reason we abandoned it. Had there been Dakota Territory era bottles in the bottom, we would have braced it up and cleaned it out but with it bottoming out around 1905, it seemed like more trouble than it was worth.
Wow! Was that ever fun! But the whole time i was wondering if you drive home all muddy like that and do you throw your shoes out? Lol! You are such fun to watch... thank you 😊😊😊!
I found one of those Virginia dare wine bottles just chillin on the side of a culvert. 😂 I also dig a Virginia dare extract bottle recently. This is Michigan. Amazed how they pulled off logistics back on the day.
I would like to see a video of you cleaning up your finds and explaining more about them
And what's done with them afterwards
Yes me too, I don’t fully understand what the point is, are they valuable, are they displayed or just stocked up in a warehouse somewhere, for the love of it maybe?
Well Mike Rowe would be proud--that was one dirty job! Great haul and lots of lovelies. The thrill of discovery never gets old. Thanks for sharing!
Lol, good one
Love Mike Rowe...met him in 2019 at a book signing. He is a very kind & intelligent man ❤❤❤❤
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Showing the real history, what people were doing on day to day. Tom, u r the treasure.
This was the first time I have ever seen you get tired, but you kept smiling and digging. Have an Awesome weekend
Tom! What a trove of Hutchinson bottles; the Holy Grail! Sorry you had to be ankles to eyeballs in a pit of 💩 to get them, but, glad you made that haul!
I am so impressed by the quality of your videos. I haven't seen any other videos about this topic that come even close to yours!
You seem happier in this video than you have in a while! Glad to see it 😊
I thought the same way as you. He seemed happier and really excited to just keep digging 😅
Tom, that was an incredible dig, then I saw the ground water and thought he is going to get muddy. Loved the teal hutches and the embossed Minnesota bottles. So happy you found the North Dakota blobs. You must have been exhausted. I never worry about your safety as you are truly a professional with what you do. Take care.👏👏👍😀
That was an amazing dig. Who knows how many bottles remain hidden down there. You were in hutch heaven - congrats, Tom!
It's always a good day when you post a new video, Tom.
So true!
Amen
I am so glad there is no such thing as smell a vision
These drop Saturday afternoon, right before a 12hr night shift so I've something to chill to before the onslaught begins! Cheers, Tom!
Fantastic take on this huge pit Tom. I was so happy you got those green/blue soda bottles. They were an awesome color. Then a few new ones on the dig. Great video. Just be careful. I saw that wall toward the end with the big crack opening up. I was so worried a collapse could pin you in the Privy!😢 Well you know what your doing. Have a good hot shower and can't wait till your next dig. It is exciting!!!
Man! I bet that hot shower felt good!! Terrific dig! I couldn't help but think, when you were doing the recap, you still had to fill the hole and pack up your treasures. Love your new channel!!
Yes, extreme bottle diggin' for sure! I know I speak for everyone when I say thank you for the great content, and the labor involved in bringing it to the world. ♥
Thanks for watching!
I so enjoy your videos! I’ve got my 7 and 5 year old granddaughters watching and wanting to know when you can come to Idaho and dig so they can watch!!
I may dig Montana at some point!
Shoutout to your camera guy he does a great job! Thanks guys
Hey, Tom,
Love this episode! The fact that you scouted out this area 10 years ago sheds some light on why you are so incredibly knowledgeable about your finds. Are you self taught ? Wouldn't be surprised. Your passion for digging speaks for itself, along with the tenacity you showed digging this pit in spite of being freezing cold, tired and covered with mud. Rock on!
I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now. This particular dig was like finding a gold mine. In my imagination I visualize that you must have a huge building or store to display all of your finds. Would love seeing your cleaned up and cataloged collection with commentary done by you on some of the history of your finds. That in itself would be a fascinating video to watch.
Thanks for watching! I actually end up donating or selling most of my finds. I then use the proceeds to stay on the road and to fund some book projects I’ve been working on, which will showcase the best of my finds.
Tom, that cold water looked miserable! I’m sure it was not the most enjoyable dig, but man you were rewarded with some great finds. Love all the hutches! Looking forward to the next video.
I'm so glad you found the teal hutches and finally the Fargo hutches...the teal cleaned up well...love your videos and so glad you have a channel up and running. ..🥰🥰
I love your enthusiasm and your appreciation for the beauty of relics found in the crap!
Badassery as always Tom!!!
Thanks for watching!
@TomAskjem. Dude I watched below the plains for year's!!! And in the last month I was WTF this guy hasn't released anything in awhile??? Damn I seen a Facebook post and bam!! I watched 4 of your videos today!!! I have an 1874 house on land plats that is probably 1840"s to 1850's found the privy glass and ash as I probed 6' compaction and the good feeling of glass and ash !!!
Glad to find your new channel! Looking forward to your new adventures.
Awesome dig!! I love Hutch bottles and these have such color...and the special...perfect! Really enjoyed this water challenging dig. Thank you!!❤
Man, that was some epic dig - I’m in awe of the urge that keeps you excavating in such horrendous conditions. Respect to you Tom Askjem!
Thanks for watching!
That was a Monumental Dig!!! So many great finds, but I can't help but hold my breath the whole time you are digging! Not sure if it's because of what it must smell like or because I'm worried about your safety! Thank you so much!
A happy enthusiastic Tom! ❤
Tom, have you ever dug around New Ulm, MN? My parents were born around there and I know it was settled in the 1850s and earlier. Many, many homestead farms, probably some great finds. An outhouse was still standing on my dad's family farm in Lafayette, just north of New Ulm, when I was a little kid circa 1960. That farm was in the family in the 1870s, first settlers in the 1850s. My great-grandfather's 200 acres shows on an 1885 map. I wonder if anyone's dug near the Schell's Brewery in New Ulm? Built 1860. Can only imagine what would be under that place.
Hello Tom, those Hutchinson sodas are awesome. Great program, stay safe, and take care. 👍
Thank you Tom for your hard work, i enjoy your finds too , i especially like seeing those little ink wells come rolling out .
Thank you Tom 🙏
Thanks for watching!
That was wild! Thanks for another awesome video, Tom.
Beautiful hutches. Bless your heart. You may be never clean again. Lots of awesome bottles.❤❤❤❤
Tom I still say you need to get a small mud pump so when you run in to ground water alls you have to do is pump the water out and just keep digging.
I’ve tried with smaller pumps, even a pacer semi-trash pump and they all clogged very quickly with mud. It would have to be a very powerful pump which I would consider at some point but would have to get a bigger vehicle to haul it around.
Whatever will you do with all those lovely hutches Tom. How amazing were those finds. Wow
I’m not sure yet. I’ve got them on my shelf!
Wow! Talk about chock a block loaded!!! Wild. Love the shot glass- can we see it cleaned? Those sodas were awesome!!! Keep diggin' and be safe.
Holy crap!! That is the definition of pit!! Good digs!!!
Sam, would you ever keep going if you found one that deep? Uff da.
@alanatolstad4824 considering the age, location, and potential, I wpuld
Great job Tom!
I always look forward to seeing your videos!
I enjoyed watching, thanks!
Hello Tom, thanks for the upload. Do you ever ask to get the people who own the property's for there reaction? We as fans would love to see what people think about 100 - 110 year old treasure on their land.😁👍
The thought has crossed my mind. I have filmed some folks for a documentary I’ve been working on. It seems some are a bit hesitant about being on film. On top of that, we’re often digging until dark and don’t have much free time after getting the pit filled in.
@@TomAskjem.LostHorizonshello seen you on fb and I bottle dig a bit also but was curious if there’s any websites for good marble info . Or if you’d be willing to identify some
@@GS-fi8pj
That's a good question
Greatest......messiest dig ever! Keep em coming!
Yay for the beautiful embossed wine flask didn't explode in your hand this time!!!! That was so unexpected and I was so sad after all your hard work that day the best bottle self destructed. Stay safe in those deep pits😘
Amen
Wow and I also learnt something I didn't know before about dry state. Thanks can't wait for the next one . All that cleaning to do now . Thank you
The dark orange and green bottles shown at the end are incredibly beautiful colors❤
Well, I am glad you got ONE unbroken Hutchison Soda bottle! Nice dig! thanks Tom! take care!
ps lol extreme bottle digging should be a sport with Tom Askjem as "Olympic Hopeful"
I’m curious what you do with all your bottles? It’s seems like sometime you donate to museums but what about the rest?
Some are given to the property owner and the rest is thrown back for the next person to find
Hope you dont get sick Tom.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Never has yet!
Sick from what?
Tom, Tom !
I guess it's the Grandpa in me yelling at the TV --- "Tom, Look at your boots --- Tom, Look at your knees, --- Tom, Look at at your pants ! -- You're muddy wet to your butt !" 🤣🤣🤣
I suggested previously that he wear mud boots or waders, because he always ends up covered in mud. lol He said that he owns them, but by the time remembers to put them on, it's too late. He's already in the hole and excited to dig for treasure. I get it though. 😉
@@StaceNyourFace Exactly --- I feel his joy when encountering a rare find that gives him to smile ! --- He's quite a lad !
@@jaygee999 I agree. He's so knowledgeable and he obviously loves what he does. 👍
Love your stuff! Thanks Tom!!!
The odor in that pit must be nauseating. I couldn't do it.
Kudos to you. ✌️
The waste that once filled that pit breaks down and over the course of 100 years is largely turned into humus which is absolutely less nasty smelling than that pit did on the day it was covered up. Though it is true in this one with that water involved which can prolong the nasty smell. But 100+ years largely decomposes everything.
I'm sure he could tell you which pits smelled the worst and how old or what conditions they were in. Any kind of stagnant water would be brutal of course.
If you’ve ever composted anything before you’d know u could turn that out into compost that smells like earth in three weeks with addition of some grass clippings 😂 let alone 120 years.
dude, theses are well over a hundred years old. Time and ground water infiltrates the earth, tends to disseminate any nastiness !
Hi Tom, so.....many bottles! Great dig!😊
Oh there you are Tom😃 I’ve been looking for you!
Welcome back!
@@TomAskjem.LostHorizonsI was lost without your videos...but i found you again..yaa
Nice Fargo Hutch here Blob Top. My favorite bottles next to straight side cokes which you never seem to find in your location.
I’ve never dug a straight side Coke. I’m guessing Coca Cola wasn’t introduced up here until the hobbleskirt era
I wish I lived closer to you because I would love to buy some of the bottles from you, if you were willing. I live in Virginia though. Great finds. 👍🤗
I’m still hoping to start an online store at some point. I’ll post a notification once it’s up and running but will likely be a while.
@@TomAskjem.LostHorizons That would be awesome. I sell items on eBay. I've been in e-commerce for over a decade. Let me know if you have any questions about selling online. 👍😉
I'm from virginia, too
Wow. You must have been exhausted. What a great pit. Congrats on finding all those hutch’s. I’m sure you were thrilled.
Always nice of you to show a few washed up finds after the dig
I try keeping at least a few to show. I’d like to clean/photograph them all but I’m usually on a time crunch
Rocking it again Tom!?
I watched an archeology team in Northern England dig up a very wet area right in an old town. They found intact leather shoes, clothing, organic materials from the Viking age. Even a braid of a girl's hair. Water definitely preserves.
My goodness you were up to it in that pit. Good job!
Awesome dig!!!!
Seemed to be a bigger hole than expected
Awesome amount of bottles. Great job
I liked when the pic of the glass companies/ breweries were shown. The brick architecture was amazing😊
🤩Fantastic dig!! All I have to say is that Page N.D. must have been one wild and crazy frontier town🥴🍻
What’s the rarest bottle you dug out? Awesome find Tom and thanks for sharing 👍
In this pit, probably the Breckenridge bottle.
Awesome dig! Thanks for the pictures at the end too.
Good thing there was some "stability" on the sidewalk wall. Tom, that was something to watch, holding one's breath. Literally wonder how much restraint you show digging in, it's got to be "closer to barnyard strength odorific pits. Kept wondering why didn't they sell by kegs with the quantity consumed or whether each business created their own brand and bottled it in the bottles that became available. We were a horrible "throw away society" a hundred years ago, too. Now it's wax coated wine cartons and aluminum cans. Not quite the "treasures" that future offspring will place any value on😂.
Never a dull moment with your videos. Great finds! How do you manage to get all the dirt back in the hole and appear like no hole was dug?
Another incredible dig Tom. Amazing
Tom, I would love to own one of those Wooster, Ohio bottles you dug . I live in Wooster and collect Wooster adv.
I see the North Dakota wind is alive and kicking. I don’t miss that. You sure did find a lot of nice glass, it’s too bad about the water. On other sites I keep hearing that the hutches being a holy grail. Darn, it kept on giving, that privy.
Hey Tom, I love watching your videos on here and below the plants is anyone ever told you that you look like Tom Petty or Dwight Yoakam?
I’ve heard that before haha
Ugh...brutal all right. Glad it's you not me. Thanks. Love seeing your finds and the info you give us about them.
You found someone’s bottle collection! Seriously, if you didn’t have a collection of TOC/pre-pro beers, one would be into a great start with variety, all out of one pit. Excellent dig. This one produced. Always waiting for that backbar Bitters to show itself that they threw down…
Legendary dig!
😅what a whole and packed full of bottles the hutcgs are a very pretty colour. You lootired and wet and dirty .. bless you!!
Wow made me tired watching you dig. Good job Tom. Ya just never know what you find. Good stuff man.
What’s up my man ! Tom playing in water again! Awesome finds
Thanks for watching!
Another invigorating adventure 💪😎⚡
Hey everyone? I've got an idea! Now this is just me but uhh.. I think it would be soooo Awesome if there was an episode of our main man Tom showing us his personal bottle collection.. I think (as Tom would say) it would be" Monumental" to see? You know and I know that it has to be one of thee greatest's of all time. I couldn't even Imagine the stories he could tell. Keep it up Tom. Nk.
He says he only has 10 in his collection. Those are very rare and probably expensive. I think he he usevto have a big collection but sold most of it, if not all of it, to finance publishing a book.
PIT BOSS strikes again! Legendary dig ✨
Tom, I hope that you are up to date on your vaccinations. Good job! Enjoyed!
WOW! Soda bottle City!! Awesome!!!
Interesting comment you made about export Coca Cola having a paper label. I would love to have seen that description explained in the overlay.---That exploding bottle was very scary to watch. Can't imagine the terror of being in the pit with it.---I was scared for you down there Tom, how long were you down there? At least it sounded like the prairie wind finally died down.
It was an afternoon project. It was getting a bit sketchy, which was part of the reason we abandoned it. Had there been Dakota Territory era bottles in the bottom, we would have braced it up and cleaned it out but with it bottoming out around 1905, it seemed like more trouble than it was worth.
Wow what a dig!
That Teal Hutch cleaned up to be GORGEOUS ! Tom; I hope you have someone special to massage you sore muscles after a dig like this !
They’re some of my favorite pieces for sure. A classic style in an amazing color.
EPIC DIG TOM!!!!!
Wow. Dig & swim!
Best digger in the World!!!😁Pretty bottles!!
I was raised in Oneida - would love a chance at that bottle if possible
🤣 NICE CATCH TOM!!!❤
Oh my gosh !! What a haul !!!!!
Nice dig!!!
Awesome finds!
I hope you have someone there with you for safety.
Wow! Was that ever fun! But the whole time i was wondering if you drive home all muddy like that and do you throw your shoes out? Lol! You are such fun to watch... thank you 😊😊😊!
I found one of those Virginia dare wine bottles just chillin on the side of a culvert. 😂 I also dig a Virginia dare extract bottle recently. This is Michigan. Amazed how they pulled off logistics back on the day.
I love those Hutchinson sodas. I actually found one in a recycling center and its embossed with the words Queen City Bottling works
Lucky find for sure!
@@MarciaShackelford-st5bt I need to find it and get it out.
What a pit, and great reflexes to