I just read an article from an archaeologist complaining about Tom digging their future dig sites. Like most college educated people, they think only they know how to dig artifacts. Consider this archaeologist are slow, they require a large amount of money to get them started and they use their students as slaves to do the work. Plus they want to stop people from using their own property by passing laws to stop digging and building until they have the time to study the area. and only they are allowed to say yes or no to a building project. It is all about money... and their ego. In my opinion Tom is doing a great job. Keep up the good work.
My answer to that is the same one I have for people who comment about how 'terrible' it is that 'classic' cars are being destroyed in demolition derbies: if you wanted it saved so badly, you could have gone out, found it and bought it, just like the derby driver did. If 'real' archaeologists want to dig these sites, why aren't THEY tracking them down and contacting the property owners, themselves?
Academics are painfully slow to start anything. Then drag it out for as long as possible. All the while getting paid. Like the gentleman said - if you want it go buy it.
In Europe in general, and Ireland in particular, it is a painful process to do anything that digs into the ground. And heaven help you if they find even the smallest thing on your property.
I think every video of Tom's I've seen yet has been on private property and he has had permission to dig, so that archeologist can check his ego and give his head a hard shake.
I'm retired from the Tulsa Area Medical Examiners Office and you dig almost like a forensic dig, which is a HUGE compliment! I used to use a tea strainer to sift thru layer of a dig for bone fragments and evidence, and 2" an hour was FAST for me with all the photos I had to take. THOUSANDS (sometimes tens of thousands) of color slides to document EVERYTHING in the grids. When and if I found what NOBODY wants to find, the artist's brushes come-out to brush away the dirt and the squeeze air bulbs to "preserve the evidence". The glass changing color tells you "stuff" if you are smart enough to know what it's telling you about what it's been in contact with, how long. In 34 years, my NOSE became a forensic tool too. You do great work. You should be very proud of preserving some of our History.
Here I was thinking this was your day job.Apparently you are multitalented. I was amazed to see your collection and restoration of vintage cars , sleighs, original 2 seater Pontiac carriage,and the stove.How did the guy who did the video manage to gain entry to your inner sanctum.You did not appear to be top comfortable with it.Your a serious guy but very serious regarding your endeavours.Amazing .. 🙏🏻🫣😉Stay safe 🙏🏻
Weren't the advertised graphics so delightful in the day? The artwork, the beautifully dressed subjects with colorful attire and hats. Very romantic-like.
I know this is old video but I am 63 year old nurse I have been collecting from my childhood. Those long slender amber pieces you do not know what they are! They are plunger for syringes. You will also find them white to go with clear glass syringes, and frosted. I knew all of my great grandparents they and my grandparents lived into their 100s. Glad you enjoy keeping history alive.
not currently! but if you wanna add us on facebook you can DM tom over there, and he pretty much responds to all the comments. we are gonna start saving some more of the stuff we find in the future so if there was anything you wanted you can message us and hopefully we will have it. or if you have any requests just message us over there and we will write it down. i already got a little list. its just "below the plains" over on FB as well. thanks!
Thank you Tom for not using curse words or any vulgar language, that is almost impossible to find these days, a UA-cam channel where in the host does not care what manner of Filth comes out of their mouths! May God keep you and Jake add whomever else works with you guys safe in everything y'all do! BTW, I collect old wheat pennies, my oldest is from 1917.
I think if I were to hangi out with you my blood pressure would return to normal! Love your channel! When I was a child I wanted to be an archeologist, all my friends wanted to be Cinderella 😆. Glad I finally got to see what you look like too! 48:34 . You're so cute! Anyway, thanks for the digs.
I'm new to your channel, but have been a bottle collector since the early 1970s. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but those amber glass syringes you found so many of, are syphilis syringes. The fact that this was a hotel site where you are digging, should give you an idea what went on in the mid-western hotels of the 1800s. The good news is, those vials are usually hand-made and worth a good sum. The early dumps in New Orleans are full of these.
Had a wonderful day helping you with the digs...I learned some things and appreciated your teaching and cheerful wholesome manners. Thank you. See you at sun up!
I really appreciate all the hard work and dedication you guys put into your videos. This one was truly amazing. Thanks for taking us along for the ride
I would love to know more about you, Tom. How did you come to discover digging outhouse pits as a thing? How did you learn all this information and history about, well everything you discover in these pits? These videos are just wild! Thank you.
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I really enjoy watching your digs. Every time you dig up a blue Bromo bottle it reminds me of my Grandpa standing at the kitchen sink mixing and drinking his Bromo. Back in the early 60’s. Makes me smile every time.
haha oh wow! ive never actually seen it in real life! yeah those bottles are really pretty, i noticed whenever i post a video with them on tiktok that the video does very well.. probably because theyre just so cool! thank you for leaving us such a nice comment, we really appreciate that! and thanks for watching!
This one was amazing! I really appreciate you giving we viewers a few seconds to check out the findings by holding them up for us to see! Really like that! Can't wait for a new dig!
I watch for 1905 items because that is the year my grandma was born. It is interesting to see what was available when she started her life. Thank you so much for doing the digging and research that allows me to think about her.
I think the Cottage House might have had a little side business. I can’t even imagine how many amazing items were broken. I really enjoy y’all’s digs. Even if something is as common as a listerine, you give it a moment in the spotlight. Awesome finds!
thank you! i really appreciate that! and yeah its fun to learn about some of these companies and im happy to parse thru it and find out whats most interesting and share it. i really appreciate that. and yeah, we are pretty sure that the same outhouse pit what used and cleaned out multiple times, because we found 1 bottle from 1885 inside. and there were no other pits on that lot.. god i can only image the stuff that they cleaned out of that thing, kinda makes me sick thinking of how good it could have been. anyways! thank you for watching and leaving us a comment!!
@@BelowthePlains Have you ever located a site where honey dippers (those businesses that removed privy contents and carted them away) emptied their tanks?
Found & subbed right away over a year ago. I've watched all your vids & never miss new ones. You work so hard, share your vast knowledge & make this old ladies day❣ This dig was amazing. Thank you so much.❤
haha thank you! wow, youve been watching for that long?! we were just getting started about 14 months ago. thanks for watching and sticking with us! cant wait to get to working putting out another 14 months worth of content. thank you!! thats very kind, and we appreciate that very much
I'm an active dump digger from NJ and this is my favorite digging channel because I enjoy his professional digging technique style and knowledge of what he finds. I find some of the same things he finds. I am a metal detectorist also. Its amazing how he gets so many permissions to dig in so many areas. I share his videos on Facebook.
All of the info and advertisements you put into your videos is what makes your channel stand far above all the others. i appreciate your knowledge and hard work that you put into these things. thanks for sharing, glad you found such a good one
Your knowledge of antique bottles boggles the mind. Knowing exactly what a bottle is simply by its shape or size, while it is still in the ground is pure talent and very impressive. I'm a 61 yr. The old woman who started bottle digging at the young age of ten when my older brother let me tag along with him and a friend. I think he just wanted a pack mule since I carried all of the equipment for them, lol. But that was fine with me and gladly did it as I liked spending time with him, especially bottle digging. Suburban Archeologist. When I got a few years older, my dad went to the local Radio Shack and purchased the latest model metal detector. I fell in love with that hobby too, and have a couple of different model detectors. I live in the N. East, and most privies in our area were very deep, some 15 ft down before you hit the top layer. Most we have dug have been brick or stone-lined and in amazing shape( the homes they served were built in the late 1600- early 1700s). That deep of a privy pit usually takes a few people to open up and haul up the buckets of dirt as well as the finds. This privy you are digging is a dream pit for many. I would rather find them this shallow, especially now that I am getting old, lol. I did convert an old golf bag and caddy into a bottle-digging cart. It's perfect for long-handled tools as well as gloves, rags, hand tools, and different-length picks that I made. I installed a small 6-pack sized cooler onto it as well to keep the" cool wraps" and my lunch. I also use it for metal detecting sometimes. It had 6 " wheels on it, but too thin for rolling in the woods. So I installed some wider, solid rubber tires onto it. You impressed me enough to gain my subscription, and that is saying a lot for me. You remind me of my brother and his knowledge of bottles at age 13. Heck, he started digging at age 8 when a new kid moved into the neighborhood and introduced him to the hobby. They instantly became best friends and when they were not wandering the town looking for new dumps, they were playing with their GI JOES or Major Matt Mason's.
@CrossGrain Wood Products you're a fount of info and ideas. Be cool if they had you on as a guest! Small world! Really enjoyed your comment and insights about your brother😊❤🎉❤
Thanks so much for sharing your story! It’s a neat look back “into the day”. It’s great that you have such great outdoor hobbies to keep you occupied. Would love to see Tom tackle one of the digs you describe lol! Again, thanks for sharing your wonderful story!
This was the most amazing dig. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the next gem to come out. Was super excited for you. I love collecting bottles and I was so jelly. That ♡ bottle priceless. I can’t wait for the next one. I really love what you do.
I am from Australia & subscribed close to about a year ago & have watched all of your vids. Really enjoyed this dig, well done mate, looking forward to see what you pull up in the future.
That was quite the hall, very fun, thanks for dig, lots of broken glass glad to see you wearing your gloves. Be safe, you and Jake keep the history alive, lot of love. Afriend.
thank you! that really means a lot to us. and yeah, lol.. we do wear gloves more than it may appear in some videos, the only time we take them off is to operate the filming equipment.. we get cut from time to time, but we are generally pretty safe.. but you have no idea how many times we get that comment lol. thank you. and thanks for watching and leaving such a nice comment
I do realize that you ware your gloves but sometimes when you get excited because the object has embossing, so you throw off the right hand glove but through the excitement you don't always put back on right away and as you say, your working in an old outhouse generally, bacteria, tetanus, and all thoughts crazy thing from back then and yes I know you are, and do try, I'm just a worried old fart that doesn't want any thing happening to, 2 of my favorite u-tubers, so bare with me, I'm on the worry watch. Lots of love. Afriend.❤
So much broken glass. I was praying for your knees and screaming "Gloves" when you reach for another bottle. Y'all definitely heat the 'mother lode', what a wide assortment, many I have never seen on past videos, very exciting. And so many cold cream jars and the other bottles with embossing of company and product name. Great job team.
I am enjoying the thrill of the find! Your videography and inclusion of us as if we are there with you makes this such an enjoyable "experience". Thank you. This is one of the busiest more bottles than most.
The Kilmer building is right down the street from my old business. It still stands today. I believe it was called Kilmer's "Swamp Root". Binghamton, NY (also the hometown of Rod Serling)
haha yeah i know.. i look back and criiiiiinge! but i understand that i had to make all those mistakes to learn to not do them ever again.. the wind in some of those videos made me physically ill the first time i heard it.. the only way to fix it was to spend everything we made the first half of a year to buy better equipment!.. there are a few videos that i think i could remake and update them to the current format and im planning on doing that in the coming months.. i wanna re-do that one where we found those target balls. thanks for watching!
My new favorite YT channel! Makes me want to go to my great grandparents farm and look for the outhouse pit to dig it! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us!
Its amazing how the glass was made to last. I lived in TOledo where LibbeyGLass had a factory...we all had glassware products from there...i still have mine from the 1950s...no chips or scratches.
This was a fun one. My husband's family is from Kansas and his grandmother was born in Pittsburgh. I love how you always appreciate the patterns on the China wares....enduring.
It hurts my ears when you scrape, but the finds are incredible. I love history and historical sites. I get to live through you. I feel like I'm right there with you.
Absolutely amazing!!!I can see the back breaking work your doing and understand how difficult it is to do this type work , but holy cow what an reward in this pit ! Absolutely the best bottle digging video I’ve seen to date , bar none . Thank you for your dedication, and congratulations on this phenomenal day ! Thank you for sharing.
These videos are awesome. They are demolishing an over 😊100 year old site near my work. And I find myself looking at the dirt piles for bottles. Those construction guys probably find lots of cool stuff. It's fenced off so no one can get close.
oh yeah, they find stuff all the time! whenever we see them ripping up a block we will go up to them and give them our card and tell them that if they find anything else, they should call us. we've snuck onto construction sites on sundays before when no one is working, but we havent done that in years.. found some good stuff! thanks for watching!
Hi , I’ve fortunately just found your channel and find it fascinating. I would love to know more about the process of finding where to dig and see your collection of rare items you may decide to keep ? I think everyone would really enjoy seeing how you clean and possibly restore finds. Thank for sharing your hard work.
I watch a lot of mudlarking videos and came across your channel. I love how much you know about the bottles and explain it to your audience. It drives me a bit crazy seeing all the broken blue china, spongeware, etc. left behind. All I see is great material for mosaics lol… And I think a lot of those broken bottles could be cut and polished to be used as vases…. You could have a side business selling shards etc to crafters and artisans.
Just discovered your videos a few days ago. Very fascinating to see younger people doing what my father did for years when I was a growing up. These bottles you find are so beautiful and important to our history. Your so well educated in this field, it blows my mind. My only question is, why are you not going through the dirt that is pulled out? Or are you? Seen a few coins pop out during your digging and I cringe every time...lol just sayen I get what you're after... Maybe try a more thorough search some time. Could make for a great video. This could be a history channel show in the making in my opinion. Your pretty good on camera and your formula works. Not to mention, you know what you're doing. Thanks for the videos.
Wow, Tom; you certainly discovered the “Mother Lode” with this Dig! Overwhelming with the amount of artifacts there! Truly love the Cobalt Blue Bromo-Seltzer bottles! Intrigued with the massive collection of C. H. Ward bottles and wondering if you might know what names the Initials may stand for. Amazing the amount of hard work y’all put in to bring these videos to us! Keep Safe & Healthy!!!
Love your channel, grew up digging up sinkholes in Texas and collecting bottles, love seeing what you find, your knowledge of things, and seeing the history being dug out of the ground, so many treasures below the plains! ❤
In the mid 1990s I purchased 150 acres of land in New Mexico from different land owners. There was an old Inn that was once on the land. The only remaining part of the Inn were the remains of three outhouses. The Inn was demolished circa 1920. In one of the outhouse remains, I dug down about 2' and found a stash of gold and silver coins from Mexico. There were hundreds of coins from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. The box and contents weighed 85 pounds. All coins are safely kept in a very secure location since the found treasure is very valuable. I don't need the money by selling them, but have chosen to hang on to them for when the SHTF.
I disagree. Local pharmacist put a lot of things beside pain medicine in there embossed bottles. I've had embossed bottles the same bottle with 20 different labels .
Wow what a loaded pit. You really found some beautiful and amazing bottles .i bet you guys are really tired when you work so hard to make a awesome video. I just love your videos. Cant wait till the next pne
The hutch bottles you can made drinking glasses out of them. You are being blessed brother. Congratulations on all ur finds. I from chanute ks. Happy digging.
1:08.10 That is almost certainly the bottom of a Budweiser beer bottle. Adolphus Busch was the co-founder of Anheuser Busch and he created a separate glass manufacturing company in 1878 to manufacture the bottles for his breweries.
Cherryville is part of my childhood. My grandmother love to drive over and have lunch. We lived in Coffeyville. Do you ever sell your bottles I would love to buy one! Really enjoyed this video.
Where we lived in rural Illinois (admittedly, it was more rural prior to my arrival) the trash, tree leaves and clipping ended up on a pond in the rear of the property. Dad had dreams of filling in the pond (the pond was referred to as the swamp in mosquito summer), but there was only so much to place there. Some neighbors would sometimes dump their refuse there. My uncle worked in oil burners for heating and would cart out slag removrd from furnaces he serviced. The pond would dry up to some extent and dumped glass bottles would float up when the area refilled. My older brother (and later scientist) remarks how much he enjoyed throwing rocks at floating glass bottles. In the winter, we could skate there in areas without too much plants poked through the ice surface. Although it didn't occur to me at the time, I guess the vegetation contributions probably could have been considered compost. This comment is already too lengthy, but ... quite a few deceased pets from our Chicago relatives came to be buried on our property, but none to my notice ended up in the pond itself.
When you fill in the pit, do you discard all the broken items or take them elsewhere? I still would like to know if you sell any bottles on ebay. Thanks.
we arent currently selling anything on ebay. we are considering starting a store, but we im not sure when that would be. if we end up doing it we will for sure let it be known in a future video. and yeah, the broken stuff we just put back at the bottom of the pit, cover it with some of the cleaner dirt, and then we fill the pit in on top of it, so that way we dont further break anything. we actually give away a bunch of the stuff to local historic societies and museums or the landowner. we drive around with such a packed vehicle with all the equipment, that we usually dont have room to take everything with, so we just take the best stuff. thanks for watching.
Happy Easter ! Sooooooooooo many Embossed Bottles - how exciting - some You never see before - must be Rare ?! That Ceramic Hen Egg was a Great Find ! Hey - that Ward Fellow really Love You ! ****Jackpot**** my Friend ! That was a Brilliant and Long Dig and what Reward - wow ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!
haha thank you! yeah it was probably the highest value of any dig we have on the channel.. other than maybe one other video. this one was really good. i think those ward bottles were rare before this day.. which kinda sucks because it really brings the value down, but.. what can ya do! happy easter my friend! glad you liked the video!! it always blows my mind when someone says theyre watching from australia. thats so damn cool. the analytics tell me the cities around the world that my views come from, and i found out sydney was in the top 10 and melbourne was in the top 15.. thats F*cking crazy! so cool to me. thank you! again, glad you liked. hope you had a great easter, though i suppose that was almost a day ago for you! take care! and thanks for commenting!
haha yeah.. we get lucky, but we strike out a bunch too, and we dont really ever show that! but.. ive found that the best places to focus on are train depots, hotels, pool halls, saloons, and rick peoples houses.. they seem to have by far the best and biggest pits in them. so.. theres some skill to it, but a lot of it is just finding a good places to target. thanks for watching!
I've lived in Fort Smith Arkansas for 22 years now and never knew about the sparks drugstore until I read the info you posted about that bottle. There are 2 main hospitals here, one was St. Edward's and the other was called Sparks. Theyve both been bought out by larger corporations now..Sparks was in the old part of town and has been around for a long time. I guarantee that the Sparks name comes from that pharmacist.
yeah, thats the most interesting thing that i find, is when i find old brands that are related to modern ones.. those "amour" face creams and stuff i found out is the same company that makes all those canned meats today, like i think "armour's vienna sausage" and possibly even spam. whenever i can make that connect to the modern day, it blows my mind. thanks for watching! and thanks for the info
What a dig!! Cherryvale Ks - birthplace of Vivian Vance(I Love Lucy) and silent film star Louise Brooks…who grew up in my hometown of Wichita. An ultimate dig would be the old Occidental Hotel in Wichita.
Wow fantastic dig great finds so much embossing this time , this dig was my favorite of yours so far. I live in the vicinity of Binghamton , Ny . I have found a few of Dr. Kilmer’s bottles , but not the one with the heart ❤️ that’s an awesome find !
This guy has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of bottle glass...combined with the ability to dig like a badger!
I just read an article from an archaeologist complaining about Tom digging their future dig sites. Like most college educated people, they think only they know how to dig artifacts. Consider this archaeologist are slow, they require a large amount of money to get them started and they use their students as slaves to do the work. Plus they want to stop people from using their own property by passing laws to stop digging and building until they have the time to study the area. and only they are allowed to say yes or no to a building project. It is all about money... and their ego. In my opinion Tom is doing a great job. Keep up the good work.
My answer to that is the same one I have for people who comment about how 'terrible' it is that 'classic' cars are being destroyed in demolition derbies: if you wanted it saved so badly, you could have gone out, found it and bought it, just like the derby driver did. If 'real' archaeologists want to dig these sites, why aren't THEY tracking them down and contacting the property owners, themselves?
Academics are painfully slow to start anything. Then drag it out for as long as possible. All the while getting paid. Like the gentleman said - if you want it go buy it.
In Europe in general, and Ireland in particular, it is a painful process to do anything that digs into the ground. And heaven help you if they find even the smallest thing on your property.
I think every video of Tom's I've seen yet has been on private property and he has had permission to dig, so that archeologist can check his ego and give his head a hard shake.
I'm retired from the Tulsa Area Medical Examiners Office and you dig almost like a forensic dig, which is a HUGE compliment! I used to use a tea strainer to sift thru layer of a dig for bone fragments and evidence, and 2" an hour was FAST for me with all the photos I had to take. THOUSANDS (sometimes tens of thousands) of color slides to document EVERYTHING in the grids. When and if I found what NOBODY wants to find, the artist's brushes come-out to brush away the dirt and the squeeze air bulbs to "preserve the evidence". The glass changing color tells you "stuff" if you are smart enough to know what it's telling you about what it's been in contact with, how long. In 34 years, my NOSE became a forensic tool too. You do great work. You should be very proud of preserving some of our History.
Here I was thinking this was your day job.Apparently you are multitalented. I was amazed to see your collection and restoration of vintage cars , sleighs, original 2 seater Pontiac carriage,and the stove.How did the guy who did the video manage to gain entry to your inner sanctum.You did not appear to be top comfortable with it.Your a serious guy but very serious regarding your endeavours.Amazing .. 🙏🏻🫣😉Stay safe 🙏🏻
Weren't the advertised graphics so delightful in the day? The artwork, the beautifully dressed subjects with colorful attire and hats. Very romantic-like.
I know this is old video but I am 63 year old nurse I have been collecting from my childhood. Those long slender amber pieces you do not know what they are! They are plunger for syringes. You will also find them white to go with clear glass syringes, and frosted. I knew all of my great grandparents they and my grandparents lived into their 100s.
Glad you enjoy keeping history alive.
Hi everyone! just a reminder to hit the like button and leave us a comment. it really helps us out if you do! thanks, hope you enjoyed!
Do you have a website to sell your finds?
not currently! but if you wanna add us on facebook you can DM tom over there, and he pretty much responds to all the comments. we are gonna start saving some more of the stuff we find in the future so if there was anything you wanted you can message us and hopefully we will have it. or if you have any requests just message us over there and we will write it down. i already got a little list. its just "below the plains" over on FB as well. thanks!
@BelowthePlains glad you are in a position to collect. Go UA-cam!
Thank you Tom for not using curse words or any vulgar language, that is almost impossible to find these days, a UA-cam channel where in the host does not care what manner of Filth comes out of their mouths! May God keep you and Jake add whomever else works with you guys safe in everything y'all do! BTW, I collect old wheat pennies, my oldest is from 1917.
I think if I were to hangi out with you my blood pressure would return to normal! Love your channel! When I was a child I wanted to be an archeologist, all my friends wanted to be Cinderella 😆.
Glad I finally got to see what you look like too! 48:34 . You're so cute! Anyway, thanks for the digs.
I'm new to your channel, but have been a bottle collector since the early 1970s. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but those amber glass syringes you found so many of, are syphilis syringes. The fact that this was a hotel site where you are digging, should give you an idea what went on in the mid-western hotels of the 1800s. The good news is, those vials are usually hand-made and worth a good sum. The early dumps in New Orleans are full of these.
They didn't have TV in those days, haha. Can't imagine inviting friends over to view your syphilis syringes...
Do you save the bottles etc. and sell them to pay for future digs. I really admire the depth of your knowledge. Thanks for sharing. Julie
Had a wonderful day helping you with the digs...I learned some things and appreciated your teaching and cheerful wholesome manners. Thank you. See you at sun up!
I really appreciate all the hard work and dedication you guys put into your videos. This one was truly amazing. Thanks for taking us along for the ride
Thank you very much!
Very nice videos. Appreciate the imagery and historical facts on screen. So interesting and Tom is extremely knowledgeable. Thanks!
I would love to know more about you, Tom. How did you come to discover digging outhouse pits as a thing? How did you learn all this information and history about, well everything you discover in these pits? These videos are just wild! Thank you.
Yes, we want to know! Like...all of it.
@@christinetarquin3773 Sure beats getting high on drugs or sitting in an office with a boring job.
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I really enjoy watching your digs. Every time you dig up a blue Bromo bottle it reminds me of my Grandpa standing at the kitchen sink mixing and drinking his Bromo. Back in the early 60’s. Makes me smile every time.
haha oh wow! ive never actually seen it in real life! yeah those bottles are really pretty, i noticed whenever i post a video with them on tiktok that the video does very well.. probably because theyre just so cool! thank you for leaving us such a nice comment, we really appreciate that! and thanks for watching!
A never ending story! And that's just one small patch! I would never have the energy. Well done for all your work. UK
That dig is what dreams are made of. Thanks for taking us along.
Man, what a find. I love finding old bottles. I've never hit a mother load like that b4
This one was amazing! I really appreciate you giving we viewers a few seconds to check out the findings by holding them up for us to see! Really like that! Can't wait for a new dig!
I watch for 1905 items because that is the year my grandma was born. It is interesting to see what was available when she started her life. Thank you so much for doing the digging and research that allows me to think about her.
glad to do that! and glad we could bring back some fond memories for ya! thank you for watching and leaving us a comment!!
I think the Cottage House might have had a little side business. I can’t even imagine how many amazing items were broken.
I really enjoy y’all’s digs. Even if something is as common as a listerine, you give it a moment in the spotlight.
Awesome finds!
thank you! i really appreciate that! and yeah its fun to learn about some of these companies and im happy to parse thru it and find out whats most interesting and share it. i really appreciate that. and yeah, we are pretty sure that the same outhouse pit what used and cleaned out multiple times, because we found 1 bottle from 1885 inside. and there were no other pits on that lot.. god i can only image the stuff that they cleaned out of that thing, kinda makes me sick thinking of how good it could have been. anyways! thank you for watching and leaving us a comment!!
@@BelowthePlains Have you ever located a site where honey dippers (those businesses that removed privy contents and carted them away) emptied their tanks?
Found & subbed right away over a year ago. I've watched all your vids & never miss new ones. You work so hard, share your vast knowledge & make this old ladies day❣ This dig was amazing. Thank you so much.❤
haha thank you! wow, youve been watching for that long?! we were just getting started about 14 months ago. thanks for watching and sticking with us! cant wait to get to working putting out another 14 months worth of content. thank you!! thats very kind, and we appreciate that very much
I'm an active dump digger from NJ and this is my favorite digging channel because I enjoy his professional digging technique style and knowledge of what he finds. I find some of the same things he finds. I am a metal detectorist also. Its amazing how he gets so many permissions to dig in so many areas. I share his videos on Facebook.
Holy hell, what a find. Lets get these guys to 100k subs.
All of the info and advertisements you put into your videos is what makes your channel stand far above all the others. i appreciate your knowledge and hard work that you put into these things. thanks for sharing, glad you found such a good one
Your knowledge of antique bottles boggles the mind. Knowing exactly what a bottle is simply by its shape or size, while it is still in the ground is pure talent and very impressive. I'm a 61 yr. The old woman who started bottle digging at the young age of ten when my older brother let me tag along with him and a friend. I think he just wanted a pack mule since I carried all of the equipment for them, lol. But that was fine with me and gladly did it as I liked spending time with him, especially bottle digging. Suburban Archeologist. When I got a few years older, my dad went to the local Radio Shack and purchased the latest model metal detector. I fell in love with that hobby too, and have a couple of different model detectors. I live in the N. East, and most privies in our area were very deep, some 15 ft down before you hit the top layer. Most we have dug have been brick or stone-lined and in amazing shape( the homes they served were built in the late 1600- early 1700s). That deep of a privy pit usually takes a few people to open up and haul up the buckets of dirt as well as the finds.
This privy you are digging is a dream pit for many. I would rather find them this shallow, especially now that I am getting old, lol. I did convert an old golf bag and caddy into a bottle-digging cart. It's perfect for long-handled tools as well as gloves, rags, hand tools, and different-length picks that I made. I installed a small 6-pack sized cooler onto it as well to keep the" cool wraps" and my lunch. I also use it for metal detecting sometimes. It had 6 " wheels on it, but too thin for rolling in the woods. So I installed some wider, solid rubber tires onto it.
You impressed me enough to gain my subscription, and that is saying a lot for me. You remind me of my brother and his knowledge of bottles at age 13. Heck, he started digging at age 8 when a new kid moved into the neighborhood and introduced him to the hobby. They instantly became best friends and when they were not wandering the town looking for new dumps, they were playing with their GI JOES or Major Matt Mason's.
@CrossGrain Wood Products you're a fount of info and ideas. Be cool if they had you on as a guest! Small world! Really enjoyed your comment and insights about your brother😊❤🎉❤
That sure beats getting into trouble with the law or getting stoned with drugs, but still weird for young kids.
Thanks so much for sharing your story! It’s a neat look back “into the day”. It’s great that you have such great outdoor hobbies to keep you occupied. Would love to see Tom tackle one of the digs you describe lol! Again, thanks for sharing your wonderful story!
This was the most amazing dig. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the next gem to come out. Was super excited for you. I love collecting bottles and I was so jelly. That ♡ bottle priceless. I can’t wait for the next one. I really love what you do.
That really was an awesome dig. Thank you for saving our history one piece at a time!!
thank you, and thanks for watching and commenting!
I am from Australia & subscribed close to about a year ago & have watched all of your vids. Really enjoyed this dig, well done mate, looking forward to see what you pull up in the future.
That was quite the hall, very fun, thanks for dig, lots of broken glass glad to see you wearing your gloves. Be safe, you and Jake keep the history alive, lot of love. Afriend.
thank you! that really means a lot to us. and yeah, lol.. we do wear gloves more than it may appear in some videos, the only time we take them off is to operate the filming equipment.. we get cut from time to time, but we are generally pretty safe.. but you have no idea how many times we get that comment lol. thank you. and thanks for watching and leaving such a nice comment
I do realize that you ware your gloves but sometimes when you get excited because the object has embossing, so you throw off the right hand glove but through the excitement you don't always put back on right away and as you say, your working in an old outhouse generally, bacteria, tetanus, and all thoughts crazy thing from back then and yes I know you are, and do try, I'm just a worried old fart that doesn't want any thing happening to, 2 of my favorite u-tubers, so bare with me, I'm on the worry watch. Lots of love. Afriend.❤
So much broken glass. I was praying for your knees and screaming "Gloves" when you reach for another bottle. Y'all definitely heat the 'mother lode', what a wide assortment, many I have never seen on past videos, very exciting. And so many cold cream jars and the other bottles with embossing of company and product name. Great job team.
It would be nice to see some of the best or at least your top 10 finds cleaned up. Nice work your a digging machine!
I am enjoying the thrill of the find! Your videography and inclusion of us as if we are there with you makes this such an enjoyable "experience". Thank you. This is one of the busiest more bottles than most.
ah thank you! glad you are liking the channel, and i really appreciate you letting us know!
What a dig, greatly appreciate all your hard work and editing, great content! Continued good luck and digs like this.
thank you! thats very kind. we appreciate that, glad you like the channel! and thanks for watching and leaving us a comment!
The Kilmer building is right down the street from my old business. It still stands today. I believe it was called Kilmer's "Swamp Root". Binghamton, NY (also the hometown of Rod Serling)
Have to tell you how much your videos have improved..since I found your channel, I've gone back and watching the older videos..great job...🥰
haha yeah i know.. i look back and criiiiiinge! but i understand that i had to make all those mistakes to learn to not do them ever again.. the wind in some of those videos made me physically ill the first time i heard it.. the only way to fix it was to spend everything we made the first half of a year to buy better equipment!.. there are a few videos that i think i could remake and update them to the current format and im planning on doing that in the coming months.. i wanna re-do that one where we found those target balls. thanks for watching!
Wow this pit just keeps giving and giving. Amazing finds.
thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow, I have never seen so many different bossed bottles and slicks in my life coming out of that hole. Congratulation Tom and Jake.👏😀👍
haha yeah it was a good one, i think we found more embossed drugstore bottles than slicks actually! thanks for watching!! and always commenting!
Off the charts guys ! What an amazing jackpot of finds. Surely one of your best digs ! Best regards and wishes always !
My new favorite YT channel! Makes me want to go to my great grandparents farm and look for the outhouse pit to dig it! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us!
No doubt they would want you smelling like a sewer when you turn up for dinner!
I was just thinking the same thing! Who would have ever thought we'd consider such a thing! Great grandmother would be horrified!
I would love to see a video of the bootles you have dug up already. Your knowledge on bootles is increadible! You are inspiring!
I can’t believe how much you found, and you were only about 8ins down, that was incredible!! I love the cobalt blue Bromo bottles, how cool is that?!!
Its amazing how the glass was made to last. I lived in TOledo where LibbeyGLass had a factory...we all had glassware products from there...i still have mine from the 1950s...no chips or scratches.
This was a fun one. My husband's family is from Kansas and his grandmother was born in Pittsburgh. I love how you always appreciate the patterns on the China wares....enduring.
Wow! A very productive pit. The number of folks moving through the area must have been 10 fold vs. North Dakota during the same time period.
It hurts my ears when you scrape, but the finds are incredible. I love history and historical sites. I get to live through you. I feel like I'm right there with you.
Absolutely amazing!!!I can see the back breaking work your doing and understand how difficult it is to do this type work , but holy cow what an reward in this pit ! Absolutely the best bottle digging video I’ve seen to date , bar none . Thank you for your dedication, and congratulations on this phenomenal day ! Thank you for sharing.
What a haul. Be great to see the bottles cleaned up... especially the rare ones.
Wonderful dig, mesmerising, one of your best yet for sure. Enjoyed every minute, thank you for taking us with you👏👏👏👏
These videos are awesome. They are demolishing an over 😊100 year old site near my work. And I find myself looking at the dirt piles for bottles. Those construction guys probably find lots of cool stuff. It's fenced off so no one can get close.
You gott wait till they go home for the evening and make your way in places like that
oh yeah, they find stuff all the time! whenever we see them ripping up a block we will go up to them and give them our card and tell them that if they find anything else, they should call us. we've snuck onto construction sites on sundays before when no one is working, but we havent done that in years.. found some good stuff! thanks for watching!
Hi , I’ve fortunately just found your channel and find it fascinating. I would love to know more about the process of finding where to dig and see your collection of rare items you may decide to keep ? I think everyone would really enjoy seeing how you clean and possibly restore finds. Thank for sharing your hard work.
Well that was exciting!
Thanks for taking the time to add in all the old adverts and historical details. Enjoyed that very much.
Grew up in Kansas and I never thought someone would find treasures in an outhouse pit! Love it 😍
I feel your excitement for the find. Congratulations on such a great find!
I watch a lot of mudlarking videos and came across your channel. I love how much you know about the bottles and explain it to your audience. It drives me a bit crazy seeing all the broken blue china, spongeware, etc. left behind. All I see is great material for mosaics lol… And I think a lot of those broken bottles could be cut and polished to be used as vases…. You could have a side business selling shards etc to crafters and artisans.
Awesome finds, I was telling you all the way through this how amazing the finds were 😂Thank you so much, totally shared your excitement.
haha glad to hear it! thanks for watching and leaving us a comment, we really appreciate that!
Just discovered your videos a few days ago. Very fascinating to see younger people doing what my father did for years when I was a growing up. These bottles you find are so beautiful and important to our history. Your so well educated in this field, it blows my mind.
My only question is, why are you not going through the dirt that is pulled out? Or are you? Seen a few coins pop out during your digging and I cringe every time...lol just sayen
I get what you're after... Maybe try a more thorough search some time. Could make for a great video. This could be a history channel show in the making in my opinion. Your pretty good on camera and your formula works. Not to mention, you know what you're doing.
Thanks for the videos.
Experience & knowledge must guide them to spend their time wisely. People just don't toss money down outhouses, so why bother?
Wow, Tom; you certainly discovered the “Mother Lode” with this Dig! Overwhelming with the amount of artifacts there! Truly love the Cobalt Blue Bromo-Seltzer bottles! Intrigued with the massive collection of C. H. Ward bottles and wondering if you might know what names the Initials may stand for. Amazing the amount of hard work y’all put in to bring these videos to us! Keep Safe & Healthy!!!
Love your channel, grew up digging up sinkholes in Texas and collecting bottles, love seeing what you find, your knowledge of things, and seeing the history being dug out of the ground, so many treasures below the plains! ❤
I love these kind of videos because I myself love to find old bottles and different items like that!
What a day and what a treasure trove !!!! Especially that dr kilmers ocean weed heart remedy bottle
Where can I get one of those flat, 2 prong diggers?
Wow, that must have been fun! Just about every scoop brought something out. Nice pit and great video.
WOW Awesome finds👍 Thank you so much for y’all’s hard work and time.
ah, thank you for watching! we really appreciate the nice comments!
Amazing dig, now this is the best in forever, so awesome to be apart of it. Good job, thanks made my weekend.
So excited, new episode AND it's over an hour long!🎉🎉
In the mid 1990s I purchased 150 acres of land in New Mexico from different land owners. There was an old Inn that was once on the land. The only remaining part of the Inn were the remains of three outhouses. The Inn was demolished circa 1920. In one of the outhouse remains, I dug down about 2' and found a stash of gold and silver coins from Mexico. There were hundreds of coins from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. The box and contents weighed 85 pounds.
All coins are safely kept in a very secure location since the found treasure is very valuable. I don't need the money by selling them, but have chosen to hang on to them for when the SHTF.
wow, that was unbelievable! im not even through the entire video yet and im blown away. thanks for sharing
what a lucky haul. really happy for you guys, you deserve it.
Incredible dig. Congrats on all the amazing finds.
haha your name is awesome! i know ive seen you comment before and.. thats so funny! thanks for watching and commenting!
I think C.H.WARD had somebody addicted
He said the city was under prohibition… I’m guessing the local druggist was addressing the people’s needs.😅
Yep, you beat me to it. Was about to say the same thing
Someone was clearly not doing well, but probably felt no pain.
Hhhaaa!!!
I disagree. Local pharmacist put a lot of things beside pain medicine in there embossed bottles. I've had embossed bottles the same bottle with 20 different labels .
So many lovely bottles. Great haul!
Wow what a loaded pit. You really found some beautiful and amazing bottles .i bet you guys are really tired when you work so hard to make a awesome video. I just love your videos. Cant wait till the next pne
Spent a lot of years in that area so I’m truly extra appreciating this one!
The hutch bottles you can made drinking glasses out of them. You are being blessed brother. Congratulations on all ur finds. I from chanute ks. Happy digging.
1:08.10 That is almost certainly the bottom of a Budweiser beer bottle. Adolphus Busch was the co-founder of Anheuser Busch and he created a separate glass manufacturing company in 1878 to manufacture the bottles for his breweries.
What a crazy video! Glad u guys got a good one. You work hard and make great content, you deserve it. Thanks for sharing, happy easter
thank you! we appreciate that
Great dig, I enjoyed every moment and every bottle you pulled out.
haha thank you! thats awesome, glad you liked it! appreciate you watching and leaving us a comment!
Excited to watch new upload. I just love what you do. Brings history right in from of us.
Cherryville is part of my childhood. My grandmother love to drive over and have lunch. We lived in Coffeyville. Do you ever sell your bottles I would love to buy one! Really enjoyed this video.
I like it when you get excited and start digging fast .. I would be the same way !! 😊
Wow, you fellows hit the jackpot, Great finds . Thanks for sharing. Look forward to your next program. Take care 👍
Now thats an awesome bottle dig, all tooled top and variety! 👍
the most legit treasure hunter on youtube finally gets something epic! congrats
Where we lived in rural Illinois (admittedly, it was more rural prior to my arrival) the trash, tree leaves and clipping ended up on a pond in the rear of the property. Dad had dreams of filling in the pond (the pond was referred to as the swamp in mosquito summer), but there was only so much to place there. Some neighbors would sometimes dump their refuse there. My uncle worked in oil burners for heating and would cart out slag removrd from furnaces he serviced. The pond would dry up to some extent and dumped glass bottles would float up when the area refilled. My older brother (and later scientist) remarks how much he enjoyed throwing rocks at floating glass bottles. In the winter, we could skate there in areas without too much plants poked through the ice surface.
Although it didn't occur to me at the time, I guess the vegetation contributions probably could have been considered compost.
This comment is already too lengthy, but ... quite a few deceased pets from our Chicago relatives came to be buried on our property, but none to my notice ended up in the pond itself.
When you fill in the pit, do you discard all the broken items or take them elsewhere? I still would like to know if you sell any bottles on ebay. Thanks.
we arent currently selling anything on ebay. we are considering starting a store, but we im not sure when that would be. if we end up doing it we will for sure let it be known in a future video. and yeah, the broken stuff we just put back at the bottom of the pit, cover it with some of the cleaner dirt, and then we fill the pit in on top of it, so that way we dont further break anything. we actually give away a bunch of the stuff to local historic societies and museums or the landowner. we drive around with such a packed vehicle with all the equipment, that we usually dont have room to take everything with, so we just take the best stuff. thanks for watching.
That’s really good. Now it’s left for someone in the future to find and they’ll probably have better restoration facilities.
I love the milk glasses you find it's all amazon to me I love watching your treasures you find.
I like the medicine bottle with the heart shape on it! Love your work! Good job!
we really appreciate that! thanks for watching, glad you like the channel!!!!!!
It’s 3 am! Couldn’t stop before the end of your video. What a fascinating dig. ❤. You have a new fan.
Another amazing video!! I think this is the best one yet. So many wonderful bottles. Thank you for taking us along.
This privy was loaded with a lot of nice and unique bottles. Great dig and video. Thanks.
This dig was so much fun to watch! Never seen so many cool finds in one pit! Thanks for sharing
Well done! ❤❤❤
Stumbled across your vids. Cool finds! I appreciate the little inserts showing the labels or history snippets.
Happy Easter ! Sooooooooooo many Embossed Bottles - how exciting - some You never see before - must be Rare ?! That Ceramic Hen Egg was a Great Find ! Hey - that Ward Fellow really Love You ! ****Jackpot**** my Friend ! That was a Brilliant and Long Dig and what Reward - wow ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!
haha thank you! yeah it was probably the highest value of any dig we have on the channel.. other than maybe one other video. this one was really good. i think those ward bottles were rare before this day.. which kinda sucks because it really brings the value down, but.. what can ya do! happy easter my friend! glad you liked the video!! it always blows my mind when someone says theyre watching from australia. thats so damn cool. the analytics tell me the cities around the world that my views come from, and i found out sydney was in the top 10 and melbourne was in the top 15.. thats F*cking crazy! so cool to me. thank you! again, glad you liked. hope you had a great easter, though i suppose that was almost a day ago for you! take care! and thanks for commenting!
Bro, you have a gift for finding these awesome things! I love the history!
haha yeah.. we get lucky, but we strike out a bunch too, and we dont really ever show that! but.. ive found that the best places to focus on are train depots, hotels, pool halls, saloons, and rick peoples houses.. they seem to have by far the best and biggest pits in them. so.. theres some skill to it, but a lot of it is just finding a good places to target. thanks for watching!
how do you know where the pits were?
I've lived in Fort Smith Arkansas for 22 years now and never knew about the sparks drugstore until I read the info you posted about that bottle. There are 2 main hospitals here, one was St. Edward's and the other was called Sparks. Theyve both been bought out by larger corporations now..Sparks was in the old part of town and has been around for a long time. I guarantee that the Sparks name comes from that pharmacist.
yeah, thats the most interesting thing that i find, is when i find old brands that are related to modern ones.. those "amour" face creams and stuff i found out is the same company that makes all those canned meats today, like i think "armour's vienna sausage" and possibly even spam. whenever i can make that connect to the modern day, it blows my mind. thanks for watching! and thanks for the info
What a dig!! Cherryvale Ks - birthplace of Vivian Vance(I Love Lucy) and silent film star Louise Brooks…who grew up in my hometown of Wichita.
An ultimate dig would be the old Occidental Hotel in Wichita.
Yes love that blue bottle. So much hard work.
I think I have a new found love of finding outhouse pots o’ gold.
Absolutely amazing to watch such fantastic finds. You really know your stuff sir!
Practice makes perfect.
Wow fantastic dig great finds so much embossing this time , this dig was my favorite of yours so far. I live in the vicinity of Binghamton , Ny . I have found a few of Dr. Kilmer’s bottles , but not the one with the heart ❤️ that’s an awesome find !
I live between Cortland and Norwich NY and think the kilmers oiment pot was a great find. Good luck in your upstate hunting.
@@markandrews2942 I really like upstate Ny. I am in Pa. Just south of Binghamton, yes agree that also was a rare find !