148 Year Old Map Found in an Attic Leads to an Unbelievable Jackpot Buried in a Back Yard

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  • @chasetonga
    @chasetonga Рік тому +6

    Never get rid of your opening intro. It is awesome! Simple and precise.

  • @lanaschnekenburger2736
    @lanaschnekenburger2736 Рік тому +12

    I just love any type of archeological digs….even if it’s a small part of someone’s backyard 😮😊

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому +5

      He ain't found the great big million dollar golden turd yet but we all encourage him to keep on tryin for the big prize below outhouse depths... My last dig out back behind the big barn we did indeed find a petrified skunk and turkey buried side by side. No note in the dirt as to who actually won that battle....

    • @Triple316
      @Triple316 5 місяців тому

      Love digging up the past do ya

  • @chrisrichard2526
    @chrisrichard2526 Рік тому +5

    30 years ago used to dig privies in Brooklyn. Thanks for taking me back. Outhouse pits there were sometimes as much as 20 ft deep.

  • @nada7.077
    @nada7.077 Рік тому +9

    What a wonderful treasure trove of old bottles. It’s amazing they have been buried all these years and are still intact. I so appreciate the history you provide and showing the marvelous old advertisements.

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому +2

      Just proves they didn't throw money down the toilet back then not like they do now days anyway..

  • @dannmccord1923
    @dannmccord1923 Рік тому +13

    Boy both pits had some really nice bottles. That chamber pot was really nice. Do you ever wonder that some day you might find a skeleton in one of those pits. Someone was trying to get rid of?. Love your videos Tom. Keep digging and Making videos. Always waiting for the next one

  • @chintasvegankitchen2021
    @chintasvegankitchen2021 Рік тому +7

    I am in awe of how many things are buried under the surface...such history...this always amazes me when you dig these things up. Thank you for the videos! Is that a special pitchfork you use, it really sinks through the clay.

  • @tedpreston4155
    @tedpreston4155 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for taking us along! It was interesting to learn about the history of Sinclair Oil Company. I grew up in Wyoming, where Sinclair operates an oil refinery in the town of Sinclair, Wyoming, and another in Casper. In recent decades, Sinclair Oil was based in Salt Lake City, along with the "Little America" hotel empire, both of the companies owned by Earl Holding.

    • @lamars2486
      @lamars2486 Рік тому +1

      I had a relative that worked for lil America, didn't know this.

    • @tedpreston4155
      @tedpreston4155 Рік тому +2

      @@lamars2486 Yes, Earl Holding owned both Sinclair and Little America for many decades. I once worked for a state agency that regulated the Sinclair refineries. When we met with Sinclair to discuss regulatory issues, we nearly always met at Little America in Salt Lake City.
      I had grown up visiting Little America in Cheyenne many times. The restaurant was always reliably good. When I first saw the Salt Lake facility, it was obviously built and decorated to the same high standard.

  • @justaguy-69
    @justaguy-69 Рік тому +1

    i did this when i was 13-17 years old in indiana, had lot of fun and huge collection, im 62 now

  • @clidemorrow8786
    @clidemorrow8786 Рік тому +9

    Wow, what an amazing haul!!!! You're videos are one of the only channels I get excited for, thanks for all your hard work guys

  • @larisarogers2649
    @larisarogers2649 Рік тому +5

    I just love it when you find the pottery intact, love the journey!

  • @eboyd53
    @eboyd53 Рік тому +4

    I really enjoy watching you dig up early historical items.

  • @marlysmithsonian5746
    @marlysmithsonian5746 Рік тому +6

    Not sure if you've heard of it, but there is a city in Ohio, Springboro, that was part of the underground railroad. It's actually fascinating. The old (1800) buildings are still downtown, and on Main St. I worked in one and was told there were a ton of old bottles under the building. No one has gotten in to the places under the buildings and I wonder what you could find. There is a plexiglass piece covering the steps that lead down to the underground. It used to be a candy store with the plexiglass right in the middle. They are so proud, and rightfully so, to be steeped in history like that, they may let you go at it in that area. We lived there a few years and went on haunted house tours, etc. A huge amount of history and a lot of mementos of the times under these buildings and nearby. Maybe take a look?

  • @juliebrace8637
    @juliebrace8637 Рік тому +1

    Hi I've just fell upon your channel. I live by Hanley England. My first job was in a pottery firm sticking handles to cups. We are famous for Pottery. I've subscribed to your channel. Love history 😊

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  Рік тому +1

      oh wow! i knew what you were gonna say right when i read the word "Hanley" lol.. yeah we come across stuff from there a lot. ive had to actually learn about how your cities are set up because i kept finding the terms "stoke-on-trent" and "hanley" and i wasnt sure which one was correct.. then i found out how it worked (kinda) lol
      well im glad you found the channel! and thanks for leaving us a comment!

  • @cdd4248
    @cdd4248 Рік тому +5

    Amazing Age! These pits were so interesting! And, Hey- 45k! Nice Work!

  • @billstaff4655
    @billstaff4655 Рік тому +6

    Excellent video as always! Love the history & bottle & glass type information you post. Always excited to watch your videos, especially when you find local or other small town bottles.

  • @samsager1
    @samsager1 Рік тому +12

    Absolutely awesome dig dude!! Just sick how you found that pit right off the concrete like that!! Level: Expert

  • @jorahmormont1154
    @jorahmormont1154 Рік тому +23

    I love that history that you put in the videos! fun to watch and educational, I think that's what really sets it apart. really liking the writing you've been doing lately. it's always more interesting when you write about something that's still around today in some form. It's crazy to think about how the past ties back into the modern day. great editing, I know that stuff takes a lot of extra work, and you guys pull it all together so well. thank you

  • @karendavis7988
    @karendavis7988 Рік тому +3

    Thank you again for a tour through history. ❤

  • @sarahtalbott4025
    @sarahtalbott4025 Рік тому +2

    I really enjoyed this episode…can’t wait for the next one.

  • @1BlueH2oDiver
    @1BlueH2oDiver Рік тому +8

    Great dig. I’d like to see the bottles after they’ve been cleaned.

  • @Pricklypear1737
    @Pricklypear1737 Рік тому +4

    Fascinating stuff found in what was an outhouse! Amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us!

  • @melindaharry1852
    @melindaharry1852 Рік тому +2

    Enjoy your content. Love that you're in Kansas!

  • @soonzach4017
    @soonzach4017 Рік тому +2

    So interesting I can’t stop watching,thank you for sharing.

  • @andrewowens9382
    @andrewowens9382 Рік тому +2

    Well Tom and jake some great finds special some of the bottles had the name of the local town and a early date it's great to bring back memories of the places after all it's your history all the best Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

  • @n3wfie222
    @n3wfie222 Рік тому +19

    It's pretty amazing how all those years those bottles are all intact 😊

    • @uptoolate2793
      @uptoolate2793 Рік тому +8

      Poop makes for a soft landing....

    • @n3wfie222
      @n3wfie222 Рік тому +1

      @@uptoolate2793 hahaha true

    • @fanoboss
      @fanoboss Рік тому +2

      and 3 feet down and the soil is so soft that it just wipes off

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому +2

      Its soft landings in the outhouse they say until I sit on the lid that is everything shakes rattles & or breaks & rolls...

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому +1

      @@uptoolate2793 Wasn't that how the poopie cushion was invented?

  • @nicholaswarman7553
    @nicholaswarman7553 Рік тому +3

    I'm so glad I ran across your video. There are so many people out there that you can tell are faking it and it's pretty obvious that you're digging this out for real. Keep up the good work thanks for the history lesson

  • @gregorypoole5648
    @gregorypoole5648 Рік тому +5

    Hello,Tom and Jake: Greg from B.C.in Canada here...I've got to say I really enjoyed this latest video.The age was as well as the documentation.Must say Kansas has been good to you so far, better than your recent Dakotas visits.If you read the trash pockets and outhouses like I have in 40+ yrs. of digging,you noticed that Mr.Bishop was either a non-drinker and behaved himself at home or possibly made visits to a favorite nearby saloon!

    • @willong1000
      @willong1000 Рік тому +2

      All those pharmacy bottles could simply indicate an alternative source of alcohol, as noted in the Jake's video annotations. With Kansas being officially a dry state from 1880 until 1949, a person's "medicine" might have been a more socially acceptable source of alcohol, not to mention legally safer. On the other hand, given the hard drugs such as opium, morphine, heroin and cocaine that were constituents of many 19th century medicines, patent and otherwise, the bottles recovered from the two pits could point to an even more insidious addiction than alcohol.

  • @MrMattDat
    @MrMattDat Рік тому +5

    Absolutely crazy!! It is just amazing how you find these spots and reveal the finds!

    • @thekingsilverado3266
      @thekingsilverado3266 Рік тому +1

      I don't necessarily even have to dig or own a shovel here at my vintage old place every spring the ground hog out back tosses out daily lessons of pioneer life right out in the open no diggin necessary just pick the crap up and try to find out what the hell it used to be. I'm thinkin maybe he should have a you tube channel with this dude..

  • @joycemusgrave161
    @joycemusgrave161 Рік тому +1

    Pop's here. Have you ever used the pottery pieces for mosaic projects?

  • @davidmurray9844
    @davidmurray9844 Рік тому +2

    Great job. Really enjoyed the age of that last pit.

  • @jon4915
    @jon4915 Рік тому +4

    Love your content as always! Keep it up!

  • @alisonmary1443
    @alisonmary1443 Рік тому +1

    Lovely old bottles, 1875 was the year my great grandma was born, my Dads gran, wow I am old enough to have known someone from that era 🤣hit home watching this episode. I was 13 when she passed in 1974. Thank you that triggered happy memories.

  • @CreatingwithWinglessAngel
    @CreatingwithWinglessAngel Рік тому +2

    Nice dig, cool stuff. Love the bake lite items 😊

  • @tinaj984
    @tinaj984 Рік тому

    Wowee, another great dig!! Enjoyed this so much, thank you!!!😍😍😍

  • @gregadamo4423
    @gregadamo4423 Рік тому

    What a great video!
    A lot of cool finds !!!
    Thanks for sharing

  • @raydunhill5160
    @raydunhill5160 Рік тому

    Great vid Tom!! You sure hit the druggist bonanza on these two!! Congrats on the goodies!!! 👍👍👍

  • @cheryla.wright5348
    @cheryla.wright5348 Рік тому +1

    I was born in Coffeyville KS, great to see yoy went to that general area. Great finds!! I enjoyed seeing you get all the local bottles. Thank you

  • @charliebrown9086
    @charliebrown9086 Рік тому +3

    I just found your channel and I’m hooked! You’ve probably been asked this 1000 times or more, but how do you locate where the outbouses were? Is it ground penetrating radar or something?

  • @debbielake-marchant5314
    @debbielake-marchant5314 Рік тому

    I cannot believe all the bottles and cold cream jars you find and even lamps. I thoroughly enjoy your digs

  • @thatonetrucker2584
    @thatonetrucker2584 Рік тому +1

    Found some really old bottles on the grounds at the Colorado State Fair while replacing some water pipe underground. Would be real neat if you could come dig here, bet it would be a jackpot for sure! Love watching your channel.

  • @michaelschuenemann3505
    @michaelschuenemann3505 Рік тому

    Two Pits from Early 1870's to about 1900 - Old and Rare Bottles - Jackpot for sure ! And a near Perfect Chamber Pot - wow ! You sounded very Happy ! Many Cheers from Australia ! And as they say in Australia "GOOD ONE SON" !!!!

  • @deepestbluesea_6351
    @deepestbluesea_6351 Рік тому +2

    That's a fun dig to watch. Nice to see an Atkinson bottle turn up all the way out there. That Co used a huge range of embossed bottles and transferred pots over a 100+ year period. Probably best known among diggers for their Bear's Grease pomade pots, with pictorial transferred lids.

  • @glenkennedy5226
    @glenkennedy5226 Рік тому +1

    Anyone can dig a treasure hole but you take it to a another level. Your knowledge is impressive.
    For years in the Great Lakes and nearby rivers I loved scrounge diving from fishing lears, musket balls to old bottles. Unfortunately over a short period of time, invasvie zebra muscles covered the bottom like lumpy cement. Very hard to find stuff now. I really enjoy your passion.

  • @marycoleman3711
    @marycoleman3711 Рік тому +1

    You and shoveling dave are my favorite diggers really enjoy your videos

    • @billstaff4655
      @billstaff4655 Рік тому

      Thought it was Digging Dave & Shoveling Shelley. Lol.

  • @timjozwiak2293
    @timjozwiak2293 Рік тому +1

    It is so interesting that our link to the past is the former outside john! Keep up the great work!

  • @sos13sunshine
    @sos13sunshine Рік тому

    Another wonderful dig completed. Always enjoy your videos. Happy Digging 😊

  • @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat

    Tom exceptional digging in Kansas. Very nice embossed druggist bottles. Loved th old mason jars, too bad not intact. The chamber pot was cool. A different dig with not many alcohol bottles. Beautiful permission and awesome back story.👏👍😀

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  Рік тому

      haha thank you! yeah kansas had some amazing stuff.. but the sad part is that we probably dug like 15 pits, and i think all but 4 had been cleaned out.. we were basically digging out pits that they dipped, but didnt take everything out.. even that cottage house pit in cherryvale must have been cleaned out at least a few times.. can you imagine if we found a pit that loaded, but from the 1870-1900... would have been amazing. i think the towns must have had an ordinance where they were supposed to clean out the pits when they got full.. very good finds, but.. we struck out a bunch too. thanks for watching!

  • @marykaystreasures
    @marykaystreasures Рік тому +1

    Tom you have some really awesome finds thanks for sharing your video I enjoyed it 👍♥️🗝️🇺🇸🗝️⚒️

  • @cherylhansen6333
    @cherylhansen6333 Рік тому

    I love your channel, please keep it coming. so interisting.

  • @jeanpowell7072
    @jeanpowell7072 Рік тому +1

    Your just wonderful educating us I just love it

  • @warrenmink2429
    @warrenmink2429 Рік тому

    Whoa ! What some age there ! Amazing the history your uncovering! Just awesome! Thank you for sharing all that great glass man ,

  • @abobymous
    @abobymous 10 місяців тому

    Interesting! I've recently found your channel and am enjoying the content. I'm from N.Dak and live in KS, so you've caught my attention. Keep it up and thank you.

  • @debbiecantrell7577
    @debbiecantrell7577 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed every minute ❣️

  • @nvs4u2
    @nvs4u2 Рік тому +1

    Got a great start in a local druggist collection. Nice variety, another great dig!

  • @jont8707
    @jont8707 Рік тому +1

    3rd 😂 I love what you do and tell the history of things you find keep digging 👍

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340

    some lovely finds enjoyed watching

  • @philipcallicoat3147
    @philipcallicoat3147 Рік тому +7

    Let me be the first to thank you for another excellent post... You guys are saving the history of the wild west,, in the Dakota's mainly!!!
    You're a truly dedicated and knowledgeable group of people that we need more of... I'm 75 so, I will stick to the cheerleader ranks...🎉
    PS.."Cough Syrup" before,1906 had enough morphine in in the contents that several people, including c😢hildren died from overdosing.... You didn't need a prescription before the Pure Food and Drug act Congress passed into law the mandatory listing of the ingredients and forbidding the addition of narcotics to the home quacker remedies.,. So called homeopathic medicine....😂

  • @shaneapplegate1975
    @shaneapplegate1975 Рік тому

    Lamp chimney😮 here I always thought it was a globe. I always turn the lamp chimney black then draw cool stuff in it.👍 awesome stuff 🍻

  • @bobgaylord8883
    @bobgaylord8883 Рік тому +1

    Another great video !! Thank you.

  • @allenlange3181
    @allenlange3181 Рік тому +1

    Very cool finds i collect a few bottles up in wi learn alot from you

  • @williamfreyholtz4267
    @williamfreyholtz4267 Рік тому

    Glad to hear that you are learning more about the processes that go into of the manufacture of porcelain and semi porcelain china, etc.

  • @Ben-Carr
    @Ben-Carr Рік тому +1

    Nice potpourri of Independence medicine bottles. Some of those were very old too. Good thing they dug another hole rather than scooping out the first one.

  • @poorjohn100
    @poorjohn100 Рік тому

    Great videos. Great commentary and annotation and notes

  • @jimmieloge575
    @jimmieloge575 Рік тому

    I am learning tons of interesting things from you guys; I feel Blessed that I stumbled across your channel completely inadvertently! One thing I don't understand is how y'alls muscles can tolerate so much of the type of physical work it takes to do what you obviously love doing? I pray you stay physically in shape so you can keep at it: God Bless you!

  • @deweywallace6314
    @deweywallace6314 Рік тому

    I loved digging at the old city dump in Gainsville, Fl. Found a lot of great stuff!

  • @MissBlondie981
    @MissBlondie981 Рік тому

    Loved listening to all the history behind the pieces you dug up! 😊

  • @marenjeworowski9859
    @marenjeworowski9859 Рік тому

    I love what you do! Just found your channel. Really interesting videos to watch... you're living my dream. All I ever found in my garden was half a butlers sink, in London, UK. Where there used be farmland before the house was built in 1860's.

  • @angelarodriguez2212
    @angelarodriguez2212 Рік тому

    So interesting ... One suggestion and it's super easy.. Flash us a smile 😂 during your intro ...You remember me of a friend ...Live life & love what you are doing.

  • @davelester1985
    @davelester1985 8 місяців тому

    outhouse. good work. I would like to see those bottles cleaned up, show them.

  • @detecting_with_matt3643
    @detecting_with_matt3643 Рік тому

    Like always, great finds! You have to come to MD and hit some of these real old privies with me! Haha

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  Рік тому +1

      dude i would love to do that! we are looking for resources in further away states, and thinking about expanding outwards a little more over the next year.. possibly once it starts to cool down this fall.. if you wanna add us on facebook, you can DM us over there.. tom runs that, so if you tell him you talked to jake in the comments, and you wanted to see if we'd wanna go out the the east coast sometime, you can do that.. its too hard to carry on a conversation in the comments here, and tom kinda does all the planning on where we go.. our facebook name is just "below the plains" ..and thank you for watching

  • @robinw.darnell4269
    @robinw.darnell4269 Рік тому +1

    Great finds! Thanks!

  • @terrancemiller8350
    @terrancemiller8350 Рік тому +1

    Just made Home made Chili, some soda crackers and butter, turned on U-Tube and there you were one of my favorites, so I enjoyed your channel and my chili&crackers and if you were near I would bring you some, your a bit far for door dash but was good. Hi goes out to Jake and the same goes for you Tom it was a pleasant time in the hole with you. You guys have a wonderful time and I will see you soon. Lot of love. Afriend.

  • @carolynsimone8647
    @carolynsimone8647 Рік тому

    I'm always amazed as to the item you dig up...love it..🥰

  • @leewitte4580
    @leewitte4580 Рік тому +1

    I just find this fascinating! Thank you!

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  Рік тому

      glad to hear it! i really appreciate that! thank YOU

  • @ElizabethBattle
    @ElizabethBattle 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for another soothing and iinformative video. I bet that chamber pot fell in by accident when someone was emptying its contents into the outhouse.

  • @BestSellers2122
    @BestSellers2122 Рік тому

    Another beautiful video. Thanks!

  • @BillGuyHawaii
    @BillGuyHawaii Рік тому

    Excellent content. Good luck and great finds

  • @sarahstrong7174
    @sarahstrong7174 Рік тому

    Great finds.Thankyou for sharing.

  • @jeanpowell7072
    @jeanpowell7072 Рік тому +1

    You are finding some great ones!

  • @jamesshepherd9171
    @jamesshepherd9171 Рік тому +1

    I didnt know anyone actually excavated like this, very impressive and interesting. Ive never dug for bottles but have found a few under houses.

  • @midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272

    Very well explained and educational! Nice job

  • @cindyrissal3628
    @cindyrissal3628 Рік тому

    First time I've seen your videos. Cool finds! If that's an old outhouse pit, I keep wondering how much old poop you're digging through...🤣

  • @rickburr2934
    @rickburr2934 Рік тому +4

    I’m curious, what do you do with all the bottles you dig up?

  • @WKOPjustin
    @WKOPjustin Рік тому

    Great history! Thanks for the video.

  • @paulettegatheridge2048
    @paulettegatheridge2048 Рік тому

    I enjoy your digging! I am from Minnesota .

  • @jamesonheche2899
    @jamesonheche2899 Рік тому +1

    thanks for sharing guys! not the fullest pits, but they were pretty amazing all the same!

  • @tinacunniffe5062
    @tinacunniffe5062 Рік тому +1

    Hope you fill in the holes again , nice finds

  • @angelaweglarska8428
    @angelaweglarska8428 Рік тому +1

    It’s amazing what you can find ❤

  • @suemount6042
    @suemount6042 Рік тому +1

    Who knew a hole in the ground could be so fascinating wish I had one in my back yard like that I’ve subbed now I want to see more of you adventures into the past

  • @arranbriar1
    @arranbriar1 Рік тому +1

    Fascinating,I'm watching from the uk,
    That little round ink,we call a cotton reel ink, because it's shape is like a cotton reel. There's three mudlarking folk I follow here in the uk( you might find interesting), nicola white tideline art, Si finds ( both London area) and Manchester mudlarks, I see so many similarities in bottle designs, here & there, I used to bottledig in my youth, bit too old 'n creaky to do it now. I find your digs interesting as its an eye into how people lived, what commercial products they consumed etc a window into diet and health back then,Interestingly I have a couple of bake-a-lite bits I've collected here n there,including what was either an old bomb or demolition wire or battery box, my dad had it for years and I inherited it. And I have a bake-a -lite chalice fruit bowl, with a chromed centre pedestal circa maybe 20's 30's, anyway, really interesting. Look forward to seeing more. 😊

  • @heidihalderman1118
    @heidihalderman1118 Рік тому

    I watched the last night. I was surprised that a bottle without embossing was the exception. Very exciting.

  • @manderson3231
    @manderson3231 Рік тому +1

    Great finds!!

  • @sunrunneroldbottels223
    @sunrunneroldbottels223 Рік тому

    all good stuff. thanks for the show.

  • @violethouseworth5943
    @violethouseworth5943 Рік тому

    I love old bottles>>>awesome find

  • @mtrombley23
    @mtrombley23 Рік тому

    Awesome bottles and great age pits.

  • @m.c.master4622
    @m.c.master4622 Рік тому +2

    Guess the pits were from families of teetotalers ~ no liquor/beer bottles. Another enjoyable, informative video. Thanks so much for all you do, Tom and Jake!!

    • @cdd4248
      @cdd4248 Рік тому +2

      I imagine with the alcohol & Morphine found in those medicine bottles, beer and whiskey would have been redundant! LOL! ;)

  • @andrewchase7684
    @andrewchase7684 Рік тому +1

    🔥🔥🔥your content is fire🔥🔥🔥

  • @darlene1967
    @darlene1967 Рік тому

    Hi Tom. Ready for the video 👍 🇨🇦

  • @patevangelista622
    @patevangelista622 Рік тому

    Love the good finds I have an old house but wouldn't know where to start

  • @mvtc96
    @mvtc96 Рік тому

    Amazing finds! Love your videos ❤