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  • @gregorymanchester
    @gregorymanchester 2 роки тому +66

    What a fantastic day for digging, the weather was perfect and we found a LOT of really unique bottles but the jug made my day! Especially after all the pieces of that we found of broken crocks. My wife really enjoyed the video until the end and then she couldn't stop laughing as I drove away on my tractor with the jug beside me. It was to big for the cabinet and is sitting on the mantle over our fireplace.

    • @ChristaFree
      @ChristaFree 2 роки тому +3

      Thanks for inviting us all along!

    • @willong1000
      @willong1000 2 роки тому +4

      Thank you, Greg, for inviting Brad to dig with you on your property so that we are able to vicariously enjoy the experience through his videos. It's been ages since I have dug a turn-of-the-century dump in person. Making a living took precedence for more than four decades. Retired now, I find that other diggers' excavations, rural development and repeated logging operations have made it exceedingly difficult to find untapped logging camp, farm and homestead dumps here in the Pacific Northwest West. I'm in WA, and anything older than 1890 is virtually unachievable but for chance, lucky finds. Probing out privy pits on urban lots, which has never been my preferred way of bottle digging due to the knocking on doors to seek permission to dig up someone's yard prerequisite, are still possible sources of older bottles I suppose; but I prefer forays in forests. I recognized a number of those bottles that you and Brad retrieved even before they were fully extracted and brushed off, but the old thrill of "What's this one?" returned several times through the video.
      Thanks again Greg and Bard!

    • @greghomestead8366
      @greghomestead8366 2 роки тому +2

      From one Greg to another Greg.
      Awesome finds👍
      Have a Jesus filled day everyone
      Greg in Michigan

  • @ellendoyle1957
    @ellendoyle1957 2 роки тому +47

    I grew up living in a house that was built in 1875. My dad found a huge bottle dump that was in a concrete shelter undeground. He found 100s of antique bottles in there. We had a book on antique bottles and some were worth quite a bit. I have a few of the tiny bottles from 50 years ago when he found them. I also found a small silver mug underneath the house when I was 5 years old. I still have it 60 years later. I think it was left there when the house was being built. I used to use a metal detector on the property and would find antique bottles where old moonshine stills were on the land. My dad had met a man who used to pick up the moonshine with a wagon pulled by a mule in the 1930s and take it into town to sell it for the former owners of the property back then. This was in Florida and to this day I love digging in the dirt. I love your channel. Thanks so much for sharing your finds with us.

  • @jeffplawrentz269
    @jeffplawrentz269 2 роки тому +84

    Very cool finds! That stoneware jug takes the prize. The cobalt blue bottle with the "M" on the bottom is a Phillips Milk of Magnesia bottle.

  • @jeanaardsma7169
    @jeanaardsma7169 2 роки тому +6

    My maternal grandmother used to make root beer when my mom was little (1930s). She'd give my mom 5 cents to buy a bowl of ice from the corner store to use in the making. Then Grandma would store the bottles in the basement for a certain amount of time and when it was ready, the whole family found have a root beer treat. Thanks for reminding me of the memory of my mom telling that story!

  • @ktyler1984
    @ktyler1984 2 роки тому +33

    I could watch you dig for bottles for hours. Love your videos.

  • @EZDiggin
    @EZDiggin 2 роки тому +1

    Some nice bottles on the day Brad. That jug that Greg found is awesome!!!

  • @lindagreen1105
    @lindagreen1105 2 роки тому +25

    This was the best bottle dump video I have seen. Thanks to the wonderful man wo invited you up there.

  • @momtrips6783
    @momtrips6783 2 роки тому +50

    More of you and Greg digging please! This was great!

  • @Laura-vv6cf
    @Laura-vv6cf 2 роки тому +2

    Great day! The jug is an incredible find. Congrats to Greg.

  • @andreabrown8297
    @andreabrown8297 2 роки тому +19

    Oh man.... I could sit there forever digging away at something like this.... How relaxing and exciting!

  • @rondathiesen9317
    @rondathiesen9317 2 роки тому +1

    Wow what great digs! The iron and jug are the the best of the finds! The bottles are great too! Have a great weekend! 👍😘

  • @bells1054
    @bells1054 2 роки тому +4

    Wow!! Congrats Brad, so many wonderful bottles!! That jug was to die for!!

  • @tattooRGBharley
    @tattooRGBharley 2 роки тому +1

    I love seeing all the old bottles.

  • @jaytwadelle8053
    @jaytwadelle8053 2 роки тому +1

    12:20 I have one of those too in mint shape. Nice find.

  • @spooderdoggy
    @spooderdoggy 2 роки тому +3

    It’s the dream of every bottle hunter to find a bottle dump where most of the bottles are intact. What a grand time Brad and Greg!!! 🥳💪🏻🇺🇸

  • @normkirkland1999
    @normkirkland1999 2 роки тому

    Wow! You never know what's going to see the light of day after being buried for more than a century. What fun.

  • @kristenberg4906
    @kristenberg4906 2 роки тому +1

    This video made my night, it would be a dream to dig for bottles with Greg. 😊 #connecticutbottlediggingal

  • @teeteepalooza
    @teeteepalooza 2 роки тому +5

    nice to meet you greg & thanks for inviting us to your delicious dump!

    • @gregorymanchester
      @gregorymanchester 2 роки тому +1

      You're welcome and I'm glad you came along for the ride! It has been a lot of fun.

  • @richardthomas1743
    @richardthomas1743 2 роки тому +4

    9:39 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an amazing and surprising find! WOO HOO! I would be so stoked !!!

    • @gregorymanchester
      @gregorymanchester 2 роки тому

      I was. We found so many pieces of broken crocks it was amazing to find a whole jug.

  • @chuckborghoff8443
    @chuckborghoff8443 2 роки тому +1

    I found one of those Hires bottles in Merrimack, NH in 1981. I have collected them when I see them. Found 2 in Quechee,Vt antique shop, one in a Sedona ,Az shop, and a bunch more that I can’t remember . They came in clear, green and blue. Quite decorative in the 1950’s Hires wooden crate I found in Hill City, SD. Made it into a shelf to display the bottles. The bottler was in Rapid City, SD.

  • @DowntoEarthDetecting2000
    @DowntoEarthDetecting2000 2 роки тому +1

    What great finds plus a bootleg jug, well done to Greg too 🙋‍♀️🫶🤗

  • @uptoolate2793
    @uptoolate2793 Рік тому +1

    As a kid in the 70s, we made hires root beer in 5 gallon batches using that extract. It still came in a glass bottle with a metal cap.

  • @deborahhatch1856
    @deborahhatch1856 8 місяців тому +1

    My dad use to make us root beer when we were kids in a big old crock. Yeast was used for carbonation. It had to ferment for a while before drinking and you had to pour it out slowly so you didn’t get the yeast fronm the bottom of the bottle in your glass. It was really good.

  • @ericromero9708
    @ericromero9708 2 роки тому +3

    Love finding bottle dumps...haven't found an 1800's dump but found a early 1900's...many jugs and medicines...favorite of all was a rat poison bottle with a huge embossed rat...love the channel man👍

  • @fedupnow61859
    @fedupnow61859 2 роки тому +2

    what a treasure trove of bottles. I have really enjoyed your time there at his property. It was fun

  • @vacuumtubesinc4828
    @vacuumtubesinc4828 2 роки тому +10

    Cool dig! Laundry "bluing" adds a tiny amount of blue pigment to clothes to fool the eye by balancing against the yellowing that happens in most white clothes. Modern detergents like Tide also contain a ultraviolet enhancer that again makes one perceive clothes as more white than yellow. This is why a lot of white clothes shine brightly under UV light

    • @knightwing51
      @knightwing51 2 роки тому +2

      my grandma use to use that blueing all the time. would put it in the rinse tub water for the sheets and any white item.

  • @dawncornwall6268
    @dawncornwall6268 2 роки тому +13

    It’s amazing how many of the food companies are still in business. Hires, Durkee, Lea & Perrins. My woods was filled with Clorox bottles. Great finds!

    • @scottsatterthwaite4073
      @scottsatterthwaite4073 2 роки тому +4

      And you can always tell if the farmer had daughters. Ponds Cold Cream & Noxzema jars.

  • @richardbeee
    @richardbeee 2 роки тому +3

    Pretty cool. Reminds me of a guy in SD. Same method of digging too. Love them old bottles.

    • @bethcorey6022
      @bethcorey6022 2 роки тому

      Under the plains ??

    • @richardbeee
      @richardbeee 2 роки тому

      @@bethcorey6022 yep! Digs with a dowel, lines the bottles up, even prints what they say.

    • @richardbeee
      @richardbeee 2 роки тому +1

      @@bethcorey6022 Actually it's "Below the Plains🙂

    • @bethcorey6022
      @bethcorey6022 2 роки тому

      @@richardbeee yes that’s the one . Love watching him too

    • @richardbeee
      @richardbeee 2 роки тому +1

      @@bethcorey6022 Recently i discovered him and have been a loyal subscriber since.

  • @anniecorbin7998
    @anniecorbin7998 Місяць тому

    I find myself laying here just smiling through your whole video.

  • @russelrogers2540
    @russelrogers2540 2 роки тому +18

    What surprised me was how many bottles were not even chipped. Most would have just been tossed and broken. That jug is impressive.

  • @RiverDocs
    @RiverDocs 2 роки тому +1

    Very cool video! Bottle digging is a lot of fun! Thanks for posting.

  • @norinedaw2513
    @norinedaw2513 2 роки тому +5

    So cool! Never thought I'd be excited about bottles from a dump!! Hope you get to come back and dig with Greg again!

  • @jeffriedel2587
    @jeffriedel2587 2 роки тому +1

    wonderful history un earthed - thanks for taking us along

  • @debbieobryan5607
    @debbieobryan5607 2 роки тому +1

    Thankyou Brad,, and also Greg for allowing Brad to explore on your property. This was great.

  • @c.h.9193
    @c.h.9193 2 роки тому

    The Crock was a fabulous find. Congratulations! KEEPER!

  • @joebrown1382
    @joebrown1382 2 роки тому +3

    Congrats to Greg with the jug & bottle with the stopper. Some very nice bottles found. Looks like a lot of fun.

  • @davettasheppard7636
    @davettasheppard7636 2 роки тому +1

    You just keep getting better and better.

  • @jackblack2166
    @jackblack2166 2 роки тому

    I have an old wooden, dovetailed Father Johns medicine box. My parents were antique collectors/dealers in the 60s and 70s. They used to go bottle digging in northern Maine on the weekends. This video brought back many fond memories of my youth. Thank you! Love your videos.

  • @marykaystreasures
    @marykaystreasures 2 роки тому +1

    Good morning I enjoyed your bottle bug video you both had wonderful finds Bottle digging is like metal detecting just one more Brad thanks for sharing your video Keep on digging ⚒️ and keep up the good work 👍👍♥️🗝️🇺🇸

  • @justinhommerding3693
    @justinhommerding3693 2 роки тому +2

    That was fricken awesome,. I grew up at an old Dr's house. Used to find little bottles as a boy digging holes in the yard

  • @atsavageriver
    @atsavageriver 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. Might I suggest putting a point on your dowel. Other bottle diggers I've watched do this and it helps the dowel penetrate the soil. Happy hunting in the future.

  • @mc-py9bo
    @mc-py9bo 2 роки тому +3

    Wish there was a value posted for each. Super cool finds!

  • @jennywalborn7769
    @jennywalborn7769 2 роки тому +1

    Love it! Fun dig! Great finds!

  • @jimson1969
    @jimson1969 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, the Worcestershire bottle had me speechless, then the jug!

  • @sherryhunt8049
    @sherryhunt8049 2 роки тому +1

    Love these kind of bottle digging videos to. Yours are always great. Any you bring us. Keep it up.

  • @Wigzy23
    @Wigzy23 2 роки тому +6

    Great finds mate, I love the jug!! Nothing better than being in the outdoors with good company. Keep digging, its addictive, best wishes from Western Australia 🇦🇺

  • @kena8539
    @kena8539 2 роки тому +4

    Nice to see when you have someone to share the excitement with.

  • @johnpatton6470
    @johnpatton6470 2 роки тому

    Brad: I used to have an extensive bottle collection, and Moxie is among the first Commercially made Soda's ever made by a Dr. Augustine Thompson in Massachusetts patented in 1885.
    The blue bottle is Phillips Milk of Magnesia.
    I have watched every one of your videos; watched your hat deteriorate, am a big fan, and have been into antiques, collectables and metal detecting for most of my 62 years.

  • @russbonk1372
    @russbonk1372 2 роки тому

    Bottle digging truly soothes my soul.....great video Brad!

  • @tonybrowning5371
    @tonybrowning5371 2 роки тому +1

    Great day digging bottles, hopefully you go back and get some more!

  • @justanotheralmaroad1923
    @justanotheralmaroad1923 2 роки тому +1

    I wouldn't be able to stop. Every chance I could get I would be there digging!

  • @jimmymendoza730
    @jimmymendoza730 2 роки тому +7

    Good morning ! Really enjoy your your videos. Like the change up to bottle hunting. I’ve found quite a bit of them in this way myself. I feel compelled to warn you that rubbing bottles with your bare hand can be a really bad idea as the soil has glass splinters that can mess you up. Not only painful but contain contaminants, many of them from the bottles themselves, that can lead to a serious infection. So enjoy but please be careful.

  • @davidryder6025
    @davidryder6025 2 роки тому +3

    An American that can pronounce Worcestershire Sauce correctly! Kudos Brad 👍

  • @melmcnichols6673
    @melmcnichols6673 2 роки тому +3

    I would prefer to award you nine more "Thumbs Up" for this following bottle adventure in the mountains of Vermont, but U Tube only allows one!!

  • @MrBottlecapBill
    @MrBottlecapBill 2 роки тому +1

    That was a nice haul for such a small pit. Plenty more there I imagine. Good stuff!

  • @janas7088
    @janas7088 2 роки тому

    Awesome root beer made at home bottle. Beautiful complete jug. A lot of great finds for the both of you.

  • @jessakent2049
    @jessakent2049 2 роки тому +3

    I *love* the bottle digs! Greg is a stitch. The blue bottle you found was likely a Milk of Magnesia bottle, which was made in Stamford, CT. The first ones were embossed, but later ones had a paper label on them, but did have an M embossed on the bottom like yours! Very cool. My favorite find of the day, I have to admit, was the bottle with the stopper still in it.

  • @EXENTR1K
    @EXENTR1K 2 роки тому

    You will never get the good feeling of digging dumps until you actually dig one. It’s awesome.

  • @normazarr3106
    @normazarr3106 2 роки тому +1

    Love your Adventures in nature! I remember back when my parents made the homemade root beer. Used to be a treat., evidently we couldn't afford the few soda pops there were. Alot of what you pull up out of the ground, I remember! Ha! I'm an oldie! ❤ your videos. GBU.,SM.,NZ 🤗

  • @henrypallmerine8317
    @henrypallmerine8317 2 роки тому +4

    Hi Brad & Greg. Carbona was a stain remover that you could buy up to the 1960's. It was Carbon
    Tetrachloride which was also used in fire extingushires. I used to by it when I was a kid collecting stamps as it could be used to detect watermarks in certain years of US stamps. I stopped using it when I found out that it was a powerful poison if inhaled and that it would go through your skin into your bloodstream and dissolve your liver. nice find.

    • @gregorymanchester
      @gregorymanchester 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for the great information Henry. I have limited space so I don't keep a lot of the bottles and let Brad take them so I can't research them. It's nice to know the history about the ones he doesn't have time to do in the videos!

  • @pappawmiked2162
    @pappawmiked2162 2 роки тому +6

    This mat well be the best bottle dig I have ever seen! The crock complete was phenomenal! Awesome video!

    • @ellenmorrell8332
      @ellenmorrell8332 2 роки тому +1

      Love watching you videos.I have many of the same things . I grew up in a house that was built in 1775. My grandmother saved a lot of things from ancestors

  • @fartzr.schmelli3351
    @fartzr.schmelli3351 2 роки тому +2

    I would love to see them all cleaned up. I really like the blue or blue/green glass from the Era. Cool stuff for sure!

  • @T_Burd_75
    @T_Burd_75 9 місяців тому

    It's always cool to see old bottles recovered from these old pits. I'm also subscribed to Below The Plains for that same reason.

  • @rogerdempsey7227
    @rogerdempsey7227 2 роки тому

    Will great work for you guys outdoors and fun for you guys love the fines awesome young man stay blessed and see you again on the next episode Brad 👍🙏

  • @kayesdigginit1519
    @kayesdigginit1519 2 роки тому +2

    One of my dream days is digging in a bottle dump 😃
    I agree that the clay jug is the find of the day, though darn near every embossed bottle and jar is a gem all on it's own 👍☺️

  • @WizzardofOdds
    @WizzardofOdds 2 роки тому

    You got the trifecta, Ketchup, Mustard and Mayo. Nice finds, love the old jug. I had a great bottle digging dump about 50 years ago until a beaver dam broke above and washed it all down into a bigger river.

  • @peggysmith5202
    @peggysmith5202 2 роки тому +3

    Great video. Noticed all the pretty leaves too!! I learn a lot from you Brad. Thanks

  • @baystateplugflipper7061
    @baystateplugflipper7061 2 роки тому +2

    Nice job boys!! The sawyers crystal blue was added to the whites in laundry, the hint of blue made the white clothing look whiter……my mother told me and she remembers using it in the 1930’s on her family farm in New Jersey. I found the exact bottle in a bottle dump in my back yard as a kid in eastern Massachusetts.

  • @kinderjenni
    @kinderjenni 2 роки тому +1

    love your videos, look forward to your sweet little family outings

  • @jennifergriffith2095
    @jennifergriffith2095 2 роки тому +1

    Brad we bought property that was Swiss settled , I found one small bottle with nothing on it but I started digging and found pieces of different kinds of glass and stoneware , I love it , I put the smaller pieces of glass chips in my little bottle to display, please do another bottle dig

  • @Historynerd42
    @Historynerd42 2 роки тому

    Wow. That's a lot of bottles.
    Good morning and have a great weekend.
    Thank you for the excellent videos.

  • @flanjivfur1
    @flanjivfur1 2 роки тому

    That was awesome, Brad. Hope you find more treasures 😃

  • @haroldharwell7078
    @haroldharwell7078 2 роки тому +3

    I have picked up & dug up bottles for for many years. Probably have around 150 in my collection. Great fun.

    • @conniewojahn6445
      @conniewojahn6445 2 роки тому +2

      Keep on going and going. No end of enjoyment. Just be sure to clean yourself thoroughly after being in a dump, never know what kind of germs are there. You don't want to find out!

  • @steveclark4291
    @steveclark4291 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for the adventure and seeing some amazing finds !

  • @laurenoreilly4140
    @laurenoreilly4140 2 роки тому +5

    The stoneware jug is a fantastic find! You guys found so many great bottles. I’d love to see more videos of you two dump digging again.

  • @tammyreeves168
    @tammyreeves168 2 роки тому

    Wow. So many beautiful bottles and that jug. Oh my that jug is great. I wish I knew what came in the bright blue bottle.

  • @DixieHomestead
    @DixieHomestead 2 роки тому +1

    That's an incredible dump! Congrats on the great finds! 👍🏻

  • @jimschafer9196
    @jimschafer9196 2 роки тому

    WOW what a treasure trove of goodies, thanks for the share.

  • @KathysTube
    @KathysTube 2 роки тому

    Beautiful bottles and amazing jug ✌️😎👍

  • @665123
    @665123 2 роки тому +1

    Fun dig and cool finds! Brings back fond memories of digging bottles with my Dad as a kid. Get yourself a potato rake. Best bottle digging tool out there!

  • @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat
    @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 2 роки тому

    Brad you are going to get hooked on bottle digging. Awesome old embossed bottles. 😀👍👏

  • @brooklyntreasurehunter
    @brooklyntreasurehunter 2 роки тому +2

    What an awesome dig, with some great finds.

  • @karenyoung1759
    @karenyoung1759 2 роки тому

    I helped my grandparents make homemade root beer in the Summer in the 1960’s! After it was bottled and capped, we had to carry it outside every day to lie in the sun. That made it ferment. Great memories!!!

  • @Treasure-Charger
    @Treasure-Charger 2 роки тому +1

    Bottle digging is such a fun time. The history, colors, and embossing bring the past to life. Great video and super fun to watch. Nice work!

  • @marcelmallory2761
    @marcelmallory2761 2 роки тому +2

    That was a really cool video. When I was a kid in the late '70s I found two different dump sites on old farm properties. I still have some of the old bottles I found but back then I really had no idea what I was doing. Just thought that they were really cool looking.

  • @paulbishop4712
    @paulbishop4712 2 роки тому +2

    Hey Brad just wanted to thank you. I enjoy catching up on your latest adventures, as an old guy who has spent most of my life
    following my own curious path on Vancouver Island, its fun to see another person out and about.......take care....... Paul

  • @old5andimer713
    @old5andimer713 2 роки тому

    Hi Brad .. Another great day of being "down at the dump" .. A plethora of pretty crisp "dug" bottles from the late 19th / early 20th centuries, good digging ! .. For those viewers who have never tasted Father John's Medicine, and I'm pretty certain that most have not, let me confidently say that from my childhood memories ... It's is Horrid ! Almost unfit for Human Consumption ! Yet it was a popular household medicine until post WW2 / mid century, then thankfully disappeared .. The Jug is obviously cool for remaining intact .. I like the Moxie bottle .. This dig actually has unearthed some wonderful small display bottles .. Your within the "time period" of many valuable bottles that are "lusted" for today by collectors .. Thanks for sharing the day at the dump, and many thanks to the land owner.

  • @maryhay5082
    @maryhay5082 2 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed this one, reminds me of the time in CT when we found a dump on our property and dug up some great old bottles similar to your finds!

  • @jim-do5pt
    @jim-do5pt 2 роки тому +2

    Another awesome dig!
    Brad, use a plastic cultivator as a digging tool

  • @johnhamaker8441
    @johnhamaker8441 2 роки тому +1

    What an awesome bottle dump !

  • @lindamesa5122
    @lindamesa5122 2 роки тому +2

    Wow that ceramic jug is amazing but the make ur own root beer was a big surprise, I din't know they had root beer in 1890! This was fun Brad we should do it again!

  • @leonacrowley164
    @leonacrowley164 2 роки тому

    Awesome finds guys. The big white jug is great

  • @davephillips7550
    @davephillips7550 2 роки тому +2

    Nice Moxie. I drink it when my parents go to Maine and bring me back some. Doubt I'll ever dig one here in western PA.

  • @roxannaweaver2155
    @roxannaweaver2155 2 роки тому +2

    This was an exciting day dig. When Greg pulled that jug out I just had the biggest smile at the excitement that generated for you both. Some day someone is going to be digging in our dump areas here and find all kinds of old bottles too. Some of those are going to be the big batch that my husband and our cement contractor found in the basement crawl space when I had the foundation redone. Hubs threw them away of course because he didn't want me to keep any of them. Ding-dong. I was sooooo mad! I was at work when that happened. Hubs worked nights so... Anyway, enough grousing. This was a fun video. Thanks.

  • @edwardblasingame9002
    @edwardblasingame9002 2 роки тому +4

    Incredible! All the things we threw away. I remember a lot of those jars my grandma's house and great grandma's house as a kid growing up. Along with so many boxes and other things that have disappeared with time or changed

    • @conniewojahn6445
      @conniewojahn6445 2 роки тому +1

      People think of items as common place when they have them today, but a hundred years later, the stuff isn't so common because nobody kept something they thought was plentiful.

  • @digginghistory76
    @digginghistory76 2 роки тому +2

    Super cool finds. That jug is amazing!

  • @lauravance2467
    @lauravance2467 2 роки тому +1

    I so enjoy these digging videos! So neat to see all of your discoveries, thanks for sharing!

  • @andrewpetrie2103
    @andrewpetrie2103 2 роки тому

    By far buddy!! One of the best yet!! 🇨🇦🥓💥🤗

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce 2 роки тому

    Awesome finds on this dig. Love the jug!🎃

  • @jeremyo8233
    @jeremyo8233 2 роки тому +2

    oh my....so much fun...I think I have to dig some bottles! Another great episode Brad!!