Strange Sink Holes Opening in a Vacant Lot Lead to an Unbelievable Discovery Buried for 125 Years

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  • Excavating two privies at the former site of the Heaton Hotel, in Heaton, North Dakota.
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  • @BelowthePlains
    @BelowthePlains  8 місяців тому +119

    hey everyone! just wanted to say thanks for watching! The channel just turned 2 years old last week and its been really great to read all of your super nice comments! we really appreciate it. should be having new videos coming out for the next few months at least. we have a few extra videos available right now on our patreon if you want to watch now, and be sure to follow us on our socials. links are in the description. Thanks!!!! you guys are the best

    • @KolbeHoeper
      @KolbeHoeper 8 місяців тому +4

      Hey man huge fan of of your channel started watching channel since it started before you had 10 subscribers! A bow to you and your camera man from MN your Catholic Subscriber!

    • @patablanche5075
      @patablanche5075 8 місяців тому +3

      Love your videos.

    • @bobkirk942
      @bobkirk942 8 місяців тому +1

      Badassery as always tpm !!! Great video as always ❤❤

    • @broadstken
      @broadstken 8 місяців тому +4

      The stack of glass panes may also have been photography plates, they looked to be the right size. Have you ever run a metal detector over the spoils from these pits? I have found a lot of coins and tokens and keys that way

    • @bouncerslabrealnature9143
      @bouncerslabrealnature9143 8 місяців тому +1

      Uh huh 🤔?

  • @juanalvarez9420
    @juanalvarez9420 8 місяців тому +14

    Thank you for including us in your bottle hunting adventure.

  • @tracyallan7078
    @tracyallan7078 8 місяців тому +19

    You are my favourite when it comes to bottle digging. Love not only the history you give when showing what you dug but also the dig itself

  • @kylesundquist5076
    @kylesundquist5076 8 місяців тому +3

    Can't tell you how much I enjoy these. You must feel like a time traveler sometimes.

  • @carolgates-xh7fr
    @carolgates-xh7fr 8 місяців тому +9

    For some reason I like the shape of the bitters bottles, the pickle jars, and I really like an olive oil bottle you dug up in a previous dig. What a fascinating job you have. I call it a job but as they say if you like what you do it's not work. And it's obvious you like what you do. Remember you are out there digging for all of us who wish we could.

  • @rockfishmiller
    @rockfishmiller 8 місяців тому +18

    Another jug for you personal collection? The collection we'd love to see.

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  8 місяців тому +12

      I surprisingly dont have much of a collection. I sold most of it to fund a couple books Ive been writing

    • @luna_belle5029
      @luna_belle5029 2 місяці тому

      ​@BelowthePlains That's fantastic! Good luck with the writing. I'm keen to know more when the time is right.

  • @marylavine2632
    @marylavine2632 8 місяців тому +1

    I love history. I really enjoy where you dig and what you find. Stories start forming in my mind. I have driven all over the Midwest.

  • @nickt7658
    @nickt7658 8 місяців тому +6

    Sweeeet! Always waiting for you guys and your next video s! Rock on Tom!! N.T. NorCal ca.

  • @marlene7969
    @marlene7969 8 місяців тому +6

    Congratulations on two years! Love all the history information you give when you dig something out. My old eyes have some difficulty with the small print, but I stop the video when I need to so I can use my magnifying glass! Keep up the great work!

  • @Looter8TreasureHunter
    @Looter8TreasureHunter 8 місяців тому +1

    another awesome dig. Love all the embossed beers and that mineral water!

  • @papeep2694
    @papeep2694 8 місяців тому +5

    Awesome dig. Thank you for sharing.

  • @chowmein7801
    @chowmein7801 8 місяців тому +2

    I could easily say this every time, What a cool look back through time! And I’m here for it

  • @terrencebuller7676
    @terrencebuller7676 8 місяців тому +5

    Hello Tom, another great program and some really cool finds, Nice work. Take care and stay safe. 👍

  • @alisonmary1443
    @alisonmary1443 8 місяців тому +3

    Happy 2yrs, thanks for coming on UA-cam and sharing, a great journey, privy by privy through Dakota 😂 I would never have thought it would be so interesting with beautiful finds.

  • @dannmccord1923
    @dannmccord1923 8 місяців тому +4

    Awesome video as always. Found some beautiful bottles. And that little jug was really cool. The little donkey or ox was really neat. Love your Tom. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @joang.cavanna2046
    @joang.cavanna2046 8 місяців тому +2

    Enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.

  • @andrewowens9382
    @andrewowens9382 8 місяців тому +2

    Hi Tom and jake it's always amazing to see open fields we're once there was a town if it wasn't for the bottles you wouldn't know it ,got some good items from the pit

  • @iminsmim
    @iminsmim 8 місяців тому +3

    Uk fan here,great show, would love to see some of your personal collection sometime...

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  8 місяців тому +6

      I surprisingly don't have a collection. I sold most of it to fund a couple books Ive been writing.

  • @patty4091
    @patty4091 8 місяців тому +1

    Congrats on your two years! Nice finds!

  • @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat
    @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 8 місяців тому +3

    Very nice finds Tom, the roots looked difficult. I was amazed that the handle was still on the pitcher. Loved the crock. I was hoping more dish ware would have been in there. Great dig.👍👏😀

  • @deloradeabel8487
    @deloradeabel8487 8 місяців тому +2

    Love the town history,& the hotel ware pitcher!Great job guys!❤

  • @akster8434
    @akster8434 8 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations on your channel's 2nd anniversary. I love seeing the bottles and miscellaneous items you dig up.

  • @tiffanyjames7150
    @tiffanyjames7150 8 місяців тому

    Love your videos they are so therapeutic and I love learning about the past and seeing your wonderful treasure finds!!!

  • @kennethsmith2952
    @kennethsmith2952 8 місяців тому +1

    HA, Tom. Would there be a way you could display your website to where we could purchase your bottles?
    Also. I'm a newer follower, and have spent hours & hours, through days of catching up on all your videos, which I think are GREAT. Thanks for having us along.

  • @PaulaBlessing-on6ue
    @PaulaBlessing-on6ue 8 місяців тому

    Love this! I can feel you are an OLD SOUL❤ CURIOUS what got you interested in this endeavor.

  • @clarklindquist8137
    @clarklindquist8137 8 місяців тому

    I like these shorter versions best. Even if they are two parts. Great video. Thanks

  • @IndridCool54
    @IndridCool54 8 місяців тому +1

    It’s nice to know that things I have used will be available to folks a hundred years from now. I only drink bottled beer and when bottles are no longer available I will stop drinking beer. Cans suck.

  • @kangarafarmer6552
    @kangarafarmer6552 8 місяців тому +2

    Really interesting to watch , love the back stoires to some of these places , i am from queensland austraila

  • @warrenmink2429
    @warrenmink2429 8 місяців тому

    Awesome digs man , I absolutely love that salt glazed liquor jug ! Very cool . Nothing like that around here . Thanks for sharing. Would be interested in the jug .

  • @PragmaticPerson
    @PragmaticPerson 8 місяців тому +4

    I am sure others have asked this, but what do you do with your finds? I assume some pieces are valuable. I will be looking at bottles in antique stores a lot differently now. Thanks for the great information! From Colorado.

  • @johnwayne2103
    @johnwayne2103 8 місяців тому

    As someone who loves glass, I am just giddy watching you dig up bottles.

  • @judyhobday4760
    @judyhobday4760 8 місяців тому +2

    I do love watching as you dig for treasures. You do not seem fazed by the left over excrement, which being ancient guess it is not dangerous. Me being an old female I tend to worry about such things as that. On the other hand your ability to find places to dig and the things you find is just so much fun to watch. My ex was a scuba diver and found places where in the old days people would dump in the water. Out of sight, so forth.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 8 місяців тому

      I'll bet you were always a worrywart. A lot of old females are never fazed by things like that.

  • @suzettecalleja3122
    @suzettecalleja3122 8 місяців тому

    Love to see a video where you talk about how you got started doing this. What has been your most favorite finds. The in's and out's of digging in these outhouse pits. Etc. I sometimes get a bit grossed out just thinking about where you're digging. 😂❤

  • @shariberry3123
    @shariberry3123 8 місяців тому

    I am so happy for you, Tom! Congratulations on your continued channel's success! So interesting and cool to watch and learn about!

  • @lorrieburgess8171
    @lorrieburgess8171 8 місяців тому

    Your amazing you find a lot of nice bottles

  • @Hinkdogg
    @Hinkdogg 8 місяців тому

    Great digging!! I always learn something new every time I watch.

  • @rogerb4971
    @rogerb4971 8 місяців тому

    Love your channel, love your commentary. I hear the smile in your voice when you find something nice, not ear-splitting yips blasting the mic. Keep up the great work!

  • @daviddarrall9384
    @daviddarrall9384 8 місяців тому

    😅Thank you for all your descriptions. Good filming as usual. Regards UK.

  • @carolynsimone8647
    @carolynsimone8647 8 місяців тому

    Another great dig... couldn't believe the jug and the pitcher ...keep on digging...🥰🥰

  • @karenwright8556
    @karenwright8556 8 місяців тому

    Good dig😊Stay well,keep digging I'll keep watching. Happy New Year,too. Like to read your book when it's done.

  • @robgepford1547
    @robgepford1547 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing with us.

  • @joannah.185
    @joannah.185 8 місяців тому +2

    Hello, I am enjoying your channel. I like the background info that you give on an object when you pull an object out of the ground, however, the print is kind of small for me to see on my phone. I was wondering if you could enlarge the print and just maybe put it across the screen in sections or so.

  • @Pentax47
    @Pentax47 8 місяців тому

    I took a ghost town photography day trip with a friend the summer after we finished high school in 2008 and we stopped in Heaton. There were still a few buildings left then. Some of my favorite photos came from that trip.

  • @juliem.679
    @juliem.679 8 місяців тому +2

    Do you ever run across abandoned cemeteries in these types of ghost towns? Does the state or the municipality ever take responsibility for maintenance of these sites? Thanks for the interesting videos!

  • @pamlaenger6870
    @pamlaenger6870 8 місяців тому

    Happy Belated Birthday!!!
    I’m amazed at the number of intact bottles you find!
    Have you ever found human bones?

  • @ABeautfulMess
    @ABeautfulMess 8 місяців тому

    Some of the colors are absolutely amazing 😮

  • @truthseeker2900
    @truthseeker2900 8 місяців тому

    Love it. Congrats on two years !

  • @SaltwaterSean
    @SaltwaterSean 8 місяців тому

    Awesome as always. All the best.

  • @002howard
    @002howard 8 місяців тому

    Do you clean the bottles up after your shows? would you mind showing what your bottle finds look like after they are cleaned up if you dont mind?

  • @AmphibiousDetecting
    @AmphibiousDetecting 8 місяців тому

    Great video guys. Congratulations on 2 years!

  • @laurelyoung-canaday9439
    @laurelyoung-canaday9439 8 місяців тому

    I’ve found some cool stuff, but never anything close to the wonderful things you guys have found. You sure know your stuff too. You’ve taught this old gal quite a bit, which I thank you for. I only wish I had started digging a lot earlier, it sure would have been easier than it is now…lol…

  • @wadehendryx7378
    @wadehendryx7378 8 місяців тому

    Happy birthday to your channel. Another great video as usual. See you next week. Hope you're doing okay.

  • @samsager1
    @samsager1 8 місяців тому

    Good digs!! Wish we were digging now!! Givin me the itch 😂

  • @bobgaylord8883
    @bobgaylord8883 8 місяців тому

    Great video! Whoever is doing your video recording, is doing a great job! Makes ther vid just that much more interesting. You should introduce him/her to uis !!

  • @MarcinNorbert
    @MarcinNorbert 8 місяців тому

    Nice video again. Great to see the history this way

  • @jonwilliams9125
    @jonwilliams9125 7 місяців тому

    Super interesting, as usual.

  • @jenniferdougherty1315
    @jenniferdougherty1315 8 місяців тому

    Love watching your videos, my hubby and I want to know why you get so excited to find soda bottles? Are they worth good money or just a favorite for you to find? Have you ever come to CT to dig?

  • @marisaphoenix1893
    @marisaphoenix1893 8 місяців тому +2

    Hi from Australia 👋 I love seeing your finds. Thanks for documenting your digs 🤗

  • @Digger-rn9yh
    @Digger-rn9yh 8 місяців тому

    Great video!!!!! Did the cast iron toy clean up well? Was there any kind of makers mark???

  • @BluDawg
    @BluDawg 8 місяців тому

    Thanks love the fun finds :)

  • @soonzach4017
    @soonzach4017 8 місяців тому

    Good see you Tom, have a wonderful 2024, always love your channel 👍🙏

  • @FloCreasy
    @FloCreasy 8 місяців тому

    Enjoyed this video as I do all your videos

  • @jerrysadventures8952
    @jerrysadventures8952 8 місяців тому

    awesome digging this week thanks

  • @andygulick6085
    @andygulick6085 8 місяців тому

    2 more cool digs

  • @heidiwilkinson8514
    @heidiwilkinson8514 8 місяців тому

    Love your show tom keep up always find coolest stuff too

  • @Thetimecapsuletx
    @Thetimecapsuletx 8 місяців тому

    It blows my mind to think people in the past threw their garbage down the hole, thinking it will never be seen again. If they knew people over 100 years later would be digging it back up, their minds would be blown too.

  • @trinahansen2925
    @trinahansen2925 5 місяців тому

    What do you do with all of the things you find? I would love to see that side of your adventures!

  • @paularobinson6602
    @paularobinson6602 8 місяців тому

    I love the show, one of my favorites

  • @BadWolf762
    @BadWolf762 8 місяців тому +2

    The Lagina brothers should take you to Oak Island to dig up out house pits. You would find more and better things than they have for the last 10 years.

  • @michelemcneill3652
    @michelemcneill3652 8 місяців тому

    Very cool.

  • @bradbauman7594
    @bradbauman7594 7 місяців тому

    Was the pitcher intact? Couldnt quite make out if the spout was broken.

  • @marilynbergemann6927
    @marilynbergemann6927 8 місяців тому

    Do you ever dig in Minnesota?

  • @kimberlyolander2403
    @kimberlyolander2403 8 місяців тому

    What do you do with all the bottles that you find?

  • @aleksanderpopov5060
    @aleksanderpopov5060 8 місяців тому +1

    I wish I lived in an area thats old and can produce things like this, but I'm in Cali where we go old mine diving

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  8 місяців тому +2

      Ive actually dug bottles out there in old mine camps and explored some old mines in the black hills. I didn't find anything remarkable but I know some people do. Some old levis would be alright haha

  • @Zalgud
    @Zalgud 8 місяців тому

    I believe the glass plates at 18:25 were old 5X7 glass plate negatives.

  • @angieautio-mowrer4193
    @angieautio-mowrer4193 8 місяців тому

    Please show the haul cleaned up at the end! It's fascinating, but we'd like to actually see what you dig up.

  • @dottiehelton2975
    @dottiehelton2975 8 місяців тому

    What do you do with the bottles and pottery that you find? Do you have a shop that you sell them on, or what?

  • @HobbyMoose79
    @HobbyMoose79 8 місяців тому

    I just wish you’d use a metal detector at least a few times, what if I mean really what if? Well fun to watch. Good luck on your finds.

  • @valeriefrench9405
    @valeriefrench9405 8 місяців тому

    Just saw a video of Havre, Montana where the town literally moved underground to the building basements after a fire burnt the entire town down. Bet their out houses are great

  • @funkadidgerous
    @funkadidgerous 8 місяців тому

    I love how archaeology calls ancient garbage dumps "caches". We learn so much from what ancient civilizations discarded as useless junk.

  • @toddpowell6313
    @toddpowell6313 8 місяців тому

    You dig a lot of common bottles, what do you do with them?😎

  • @jayneharrison5672
    @jayneharrison5672 8 місяців тому

    Your videos would make a great drinking game! Take a drink for every liquor flask or beer bottle 😂

  • @josey1473
    @josey1473 8 місяців тому

    You should try putting in the estimated worth of some of the bottles and stuff it Would help with the excitement

  • @488ci
    @488ci 8 місяців тому

    If you can find the old outhouses there should be all kinds of valuables in their because I don't think people were to eager to climb down them and get what they dropped.

  • @johnmoyer243
    @johnmoyer243 8 місяців тому

    The second place you dug was maybe a ladies rest room as always see you on the next one

  • @chasetonga
    @chasetonga 8 місяців тому

    That Franzen building was knocked down a while ago.

  • @thisguy3800
    @thisguy3800 8 місяців тому

    What do you two do during the winter?

  • @cherylcarnes4207
    @cherylcarnes4207 5 місяців тому

    What becomes of all this stuff you uncover?

  • @thepoetthatwasi1722
    @thepoetthatwasi1722 8 місяців тому +1

    We all need to spend a little more time down outhouse holes, eh. Can you dig it? 🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭

  • @sandrareeder9884
    @sandrareeder9884 8 місяців тому

    Why are there so many prescription bottles in the holes.lots of beer bottles too

    • @Philip-gn8wx
      @Philip-gn8wx 4 місяці тому

      Before Congress made it illegal to buy and posse certain substances, anyone who had the money could purchase morphine, and cocaine as well as opiates of all kinds, on demand by the friendly staff at the local apothecary... So, the presence of all the drug bottles, is clear... Wikipedia is a very good site to give the details about our Grandparents and the dope they were using for life's little glitches....

  • @melissalillegard7945
    @melissalillegard7945 8 місяців тому

    There may have been a pharmacy next door to the hotel.

  • @plainsman
    @plainsman 8 місяців тому +1

    Do you register your finds appropriately with the pertinent State Archaeologist Office?

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  8 місяців тому +4

      We've actually tried working with them, and some of the folks from the state historical society were absolutely bitter and refused to work with us, unfortunately.

    • @plainsman
      @plainsman 8 місяців тому

      @@BelowthePlains - "Historic and prehistoric sites that are found or located upon any land owned by the state or its political subdivision and are significant in understanding and interpreting the history and prehistory of the state is subject to review by the State Historical Society (NDCC 55-02-07)" This seems pretty understandable, but then I work primarily in Iowa, where state and federal laws regarding historic and prehistoric sites on public land are pretty carefully watched over.

  • @Blah00766
    @Blah00766 7 місяців тому

  • @barbarahatcher4552
    @barbarahatcher4552 8 місяців тому

    So glad for another video great to see you guys again ❤😊

  • @Hamingja6266
    @Hamingja6266 8 місяців тому +3

    Weird Question:
    I would love to know what Tom Askjem uses to wash his Laundry with because he has the most muddied clothes then the next day still has clean clothes in all his videos all this time!???😮

    • @BelowthePlains
      @BelowthePlains  8 місяців тому +3

      Tide!

    • @Hamingja6266
      @Hamingja6266 8 місяців тому +1

      @@BelowthePlains
      I thought it might be that! Thanks

  • @BigKevsPlace1
    @BigKevsPlace1 8 місяців тому

    “Solid use layer”, was that a pun?? lol

    • @darknes7800
      @darknes7800 8 місяців тому

      AKA decomposed poo layer !!!!!!!!!!! LOL

  • @atuuschaaw
    @atuuschaaw 8 місяців тому

  • @MarthaChappell-k3t
    @MarthaChappell-k3t 8 місяців тому

    You realize where you find bottles of glue and ink the residents were literate and wrote letters.

  • @clack1
    @clack1 8 місяців тому

    it is kind of sad that these buildings in historic areas were all razed/torn down. Lots of places like this in the United States and now there are only buildings built after 1950 or none at all like the video.

  • @cnd140
    @cnd140 8 місяців тому

    I think the bar, hotel and drug store shared a garbage out.