Watching you guys dig has made me start again after too many years. I have a hole going in my home town dump. It's the part of the dump we wouldn't dig 45 years ago because it was to new. Now I'm 5 ft down in an ash dump that is 1930s and 40s and haven't hit bottom. There a house built on the old part of the dump we dug in the seventies and that was 1880s. So far a local milk and a small crock stenciled with a R in a circle. I only get there on visiting mom. I need to get a probe. Love your videos. Keep finding goodys
Love it! Happy we could help to rekindle the fire Mark. Glad you enjoy our videos and much appreciate the comment! Let us know what you find on your next digs!
Thanks so much Chel! I really appreciate the feedback! I'm always trying to make the videos shorter (cutting out dull parts) because I'm not sure if the majority prefer longer or shorter videos. Glad you enjoyed!
I definitely prefer longer vids cant get enough of bottle digging I just love the history and you know your ages of bottles which i enjoy to hear. Thanks for the reply to and a big hi form the UK x
An old school bottle digger in my area told a story about digging a pit where apparently the folks were urinating in their old bottles during a bitterly cold winter and corking them up to avoid having to go out to the privy in the cold and then dumped them all in the privy when it got warmer. They had a couple explode in the heat in their car and stunk it up to high heaven. I'd be careful drinking dug contents. I can't imagine what 150 year old corked up human urine might taste like but I don't imagine it would be all that good.
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers too bad the hinges are on the right hand side there is a variant that has the hinges on the left hand side that makes them quite a bit more valuable.....
A sweet dig for sure and that lot was a killer find. I really liked that cough cure with the side hole. Super crude and funky! The Thomas Eclectric bottle was a bogus made up name, a cross between eclectic and electric? No such word as Eclectric, but there it is. Have dug a few and are always crude looking. Some nice early sodas, esp. like the pictorial. Looks like maybe the capitol building? George Eagle had a similar bott made for an exposition in New York City about 1853 with a very similar looking building embossed. Oh, and btw, it only took me 40 years to dig my first Warner's safe cure! Talk about a long wait! That stone I believe Robert is correct. I dug one in Idaho with cross hatching on it like a file. Donated it to the native American Museum in Coeur 'd Alene even though they were unsure of its origin. Anyhoo, keep the videos coming!
Thanks for watching man! Been watching your recent videos and you've been getting in some good pits! This lot has been our best lot so far. Both quantity and quality! Wow that's a long time for not finding a Warner's! As common as they are, it seems they aren't very common to dig them for whatever reason. Guess you just have to be in the right time frame and the right pit/dump. You keep the videos coming as well, been enjoying them!
That definitely looks like a very early stone tool....it has all the bells and whistles.... don't let anyone tell you otherwise.... I search for such things myself. I believe you found a good piece.
Thanks Steve! Thats the rule, isn't it? LOL 😆 I was so sick of seeing those walkers vinegar bitters. They are such teasers. Old, crude, and large bottles in mint condition but no embossing 🤮
One of my favorite digging tools for scratching around a bottle, is a deer antler or and older style plastic tent stake. The stake is something my friend uses and he gave me one for myself. The deer antler piece is long and flares out making the perfect handle. Because they naturally are not sharp on the end, if it scraps a piece of glass and leaves no mark on it. I made and sold them for a while and some have hand-turned handles that I have made in my shop. I'd be happy to send you one, just let me know. 😉
Sounds sweet! You're more than welcome to send us one if you'd like. We are usually slacking on our little hand tools and dig with sticks, broken pieces of something, our hands, whatever 🤣 You can email us at dumpdigger607@gmail.com
Shane, Amazing video!!! I can't believe how many flasks y'all dug up. There were some brilliant colors, unfortunately those were broken. My favorite would have been the citron bottle. The star flasks are sweet looking too. Would you be interested in selling one of them and also the weird stopper. Just let me know. The stoneware beer was interesting considering all stoneware beers I've ever seen were a lot smaller. Is it American made? Thanks for giving us a front row seat to your video.
The citron would have been one of my favorites too!! The stoneware beer is American made, yes. It is a sort of larger size, but not uncommon to see them this large. Some are round like the one here, and some are paneled. I've always wanted to dig one! Have dug them broken, but none intact... Yet!
Really interesting to see the bottles that you dig over there. The videos help to pass the time in the winter over here in the UK . Great dig, look forward to the next one.
What a crazy pit that was! The Whiskey Pit! I grew up right across the Hudson River from Newburgh, NY. Y’all can send those slicks from the first pit to me if you don’t want them 😂😂
Haha thanks Matt! We did end up keeping them. We hardly ever throw intact bottles back into the pit unless they are extremely common and I think it's sometimes cool to leave something for possible future diggers (you never know!) We did keep all of those slick VB bottles though. They are actually really crude and nice bottles, just wish they were embossed! We have set many bottles aside for future giveaways as well as auctions, which we plan to do here on the channel sometime in the future
I was born in '68 and moms mom's family were trusting in the Lydia Pinkham tonics. Not saying my cousin and I are products of a baby in every bottle, but both mothers took a bottle and got pregnant with us.
Nice finds, some real nice colors and patina popping out for you guys. I dunno about the stone id hafta see it in person but definitely interesting 🏴☠️⚡️🍀
Boy, that salt glazed jar would have been beautiful. The cobolt design was so dark and crisp with no smearing or fading of the design. That is the down side of digging in old dumps. So many beautiful items, but somewhere a long the way, they broke. The privy you dug with almost the entire set in there was gorgeous. You called it a kitchen privy. I'd like to think that the husband came home late, again and it was the last straw for her. So she opened the hutch and began throwing his grandmother's priceless & cherished china set at him as he ran around the house trying to avoid anything from hitting his head, lol.
I really like the John Erns' with the big long bubble in the face. For me, the bigger the bubble the better. They are more fragile and generally don't survive either quality control or the years of being buried. Also, they just plain look really cool. That has to be one of the biggest bubbles I've seen in a bottle.👍
Hello 👋 from New York where do you Guy's find or get your maps to find your dump sites and you're privies I found 4 of the dump sites I dig Because I know some Guy's that are older that use to dig dump sites a long time ago and they told me how to get there or drew maps out for me that was the only reason why I found mine but how Would I go about finding the maps that you Guy's look up for my state I would really appreciate it If you could give me some pointers or information on how to do that Thank you for bringing me along with you Guy's I can't wait to see what you find next😊
Hey Tarra. The maps will help find privies, but usually not dumps. They are sanborn fire insurance maps that would list all structures in the yard (at least the ones that were insured). Often times people didn't insure their outhouse so they weren't listed on the map in that case. Sometimes just helps seeing the house and what other structures were there. Can give you an idea of where the privy may have been, even if its not on the map. You can access sanborn fire insurance maps on library of congress website for free! Hope this helps
I remember digging one pit and all I kept pulling was Dr pepper and Coke bottles it only a handful were actually intact The rest were mainly bits and pieces
My girlfriend used to work in honesdale. I used to stay over her house on the weekends, and hit some of the antique shops in Honesdale/Hawley area while she was at work. Pretty neat area with tons of awesome history. Would’ve loved to have brought my metal detector out more while I was there. But I hate going places by myself. You never know what you’ll get into.
Very unlikely, but we appreciate the concern! Most of the pits we dig are shored by stacked stone walls. In this video, they were wood liners. Though the wood has usually long decayed, there is a thick clay layer preventing the surrounding ground from becoming unstable.
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers wow cool didn’t know that. Regardless, be careful out there. I’ve seen disturbed soil do some squirrelly things. I’ve nearly had a couple of bad days myself even with mechanical shoring. Good luck to y’all.
@@SordSwingrr1 appreciate it man! Digging old dumps can be a different story and can get really sketchy! Still, have to be careful no matter what, no matter where. Hope you enjoy the vids!
You found some awsome bottles. It might have been easier if you had dug out the side walls and pulled the roots out when they're in the way versus tunneling. I'd also try a trowel versus what your using. It may prevent some of the breakage.
My son lives south of Syracuse in a house blt in the 1850's. Though he has little interest in bottles, I've suggested he consider getting in touch with y'all . Gotta be a privy or two on the property. I did give him your web site & will encourage him...of course the ground's frozen right now.
This is a pit where an outhouse once stood (commonly referred to as a privy). There were 8 in this yard and it was very common back then for them to use them as dumps for their bottles and other household trash. They didn't have trash pick-up like we do today, so this just made sense. The hole was already there, as indoor plumbing wasn't invented yet, so it was the perfect place other than hauling it off to the town dump
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers Also, if a husband had a wife who didn't like drinking, the out house was the place to privately have a drink and of course a great place to throw away the evidence. Although, as a child our cabin at the lake had an out house and I can't imagine eating or drinking anything in that stench, ugh.
When you're talking about the Warner's bottle you dug up, you mentioned how sharp the embossing is. I know I'm probably telling you something you already know but, the sharper the letters the older the bottle. Fresh molds have sharp, crisp, letters and over time, as the molds wear out the letters become flatter and lose definition. the crisp ones are the ones you want. After all, the molds wont start out with flat poorly defined letters and get crisper....
Great point Brian! I'm sure many molds were made for Warners though, being such a popular product. I think this one was an 1880s bottle. Blob top variant, though. The ones even older than the one I dug have a collar lip.
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers Really good idea. I took a class in stained glass years ago and that sounds like it could be very appealing. Making a kind of a "collage" of the broken pieces with interesting embossing.
Hey Charles, all of the music we use is my cousins group "Underground River". That song at the end is called "Bog". Here is a link to that "ua-cam.com/video/g-bcy2KJPMg/v-deo.html" & Here is a link to their channel: "ua-cam.com/channels/Ls6rI4XSriKBnBagUDTSbw.html"
Mine is "Bottlebingbottlebroome". I sell many other things, not just bottles. To buy something directly from us, for a better price, reach us by email at dumpdigger607@gmail.com
I heard once that those super smooth stones were sometimes used as toilet paper. 😮😦😳🤯🤓😂🤓 But, it could possibly also be Native American like maybe a gorget or sharpening stone??
@@DavidJones-smiley 1 prong is good for digging around a bottle thats already revealed, but I don't like it to actually dig with. Unless the stuff is really loose I guess
Watching you guys dig has made me start again after too many years. I have a hole going in my home town dump. It's the part of the dump we wouldn't dig 45 years ago because it was to new. Now I'm 5 ft down in an ash dump that is 1930s and 40s and haven't hit bottom. There a house built on the old part of the dump we dug in the seventies and that was 1880s. So far a local milk and a small crock stenciled with a R in a circle. I only get there on visiting mom. I need to get a probe. Love your videos. Keep finding goodys
Love it! Happy we could help to rekindle the fire Mark. Glad you enjoy our videos and much appreciate the comment! Let us know what you find on your next digs!
Awesome dig! Love how long the vid is to always love watch bottle digging vids so thank you guys x
Thanks so much Chel! I really appreciate the feedback! I'm always trying to make the videos shorter (cutting out dull parts) because I'm not sure if the majority prefer longer or shorter videos. Glad you enjoyed!
I definitely prefer longer vids cant get enough of bottle digging I just love the history and you know your ages of bottles which i enjoy to hear. Thanks for the reply to and a big hi form the UK x
Great digs! You guys are killing it! That piece is a sharpening stone, I’ve dug many of them in New England dumps over the past 55 years.
Thanks Robert!! Sweet, I thought it might be
An old school bottle digger in my area told a story about digging a pit where apparently the folks were urinating in their old bottles during a bitterly cold winter and corking them up to avoid having to go out to the privy in the cold and then dumped them all in the privy when it got warmer. They had a couple explode in the heat in their car and stunk it up to high heaven. I'd be careful drinking dug contents. I can't imagine what 150 year old corked up human urine might taste like but I don't imagine it would be all that good.
Phenomenal digging gents 👏👏👏
Thanks Chris! Glad you enjoyed
have fun guys
Always do!
Awesome haul guys!!
Thanks!!
That flask pit was awesome! I like the Warner's cure. I have one of those I dug in my area of the Genesee Valley/
Was happy to finally dig one! Gotta be one of the most attractive looking "common" bottles out there! A classic
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers too bad the hinges are on the right hand side there is a variant that has the hinges on the left hand side that makes them quite a bit more valuable.....
@@daveparnell3886 Yep we said that in the video. Also other variants like diabetes cure and the tonic etc
Nice video and bottles
Thanks for watching Jimmy!
A sweet dig for sure and that lot was a killer find. I really liked that cough cure with the side hole. Super crude and funky! The Thomas Eclectric bottle was a bogus made up name, a cross between eclectic and electric? No such word as Eclectric, but there it is. Have dug a few and are always crude looking. Some nice early sodas, esp. like the pictorial. Looks like maybe the capitol building? George Eagle had a similar bott made for an exposition in New York City about 1853 with a very similar looking building embossed. Oh, and btw, it only took me 40 years to dig my first Warner's safe cure! Talk about a long wait! That stone I believe Robert is correct. I dug one in Idaho with cross hatching on it like a file. Donated it to the native American Museum in Coeur 'd Alene even though they were unsure of its origin. Anyhoo, keep the videos coming!
Thanks for watching man! Been watching your recent videos and you've been getting in some good pits! This lot has been our best lot so far. Both quantity and quality! Wow that's a long time for not finding a Warner's! As common as they are, it seems they aren't very common to dig them for whatever reason. Guess you just have to be in the right time frame and the right pit/dump. You keep the videos coming as well, been enjoying them!
Awesome dig!
Thanks!
Another masterpiece of slinging dirt to find treasure. 💪😎
Thanks!!
That definitely looks like a very early stone tool....it has all the bells and whistles.... don't let anyone tell you otherwise.... I search for such things myself. I believe you found a good piece.
Beautiful little story. Now he won’t be forgotten. R.I.P.
Great finds, always so many broken good ones as usual in the pits. 👍
Thanks Steve! Thats the rule, isn't it? LOL 😆 I was so sick of seeing those walkers vinegar bitters. They are such teasers. Old, crude, and large bottles in mint condition but no embossing 🤮
these are fun digs ! im binging tonight !
Glad you're enjoying them!!
Wasn't that a song that went along with "Smoke'n in the Boys Room" ????????
"Drinking in the Outhouse" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Crazy nice.
Thanks!!
Magnificent collection of oldies
Thanks Leroy!
One of my favorite digging tools for scratching around a bottle, is a deer antler or and older style plastic tent stake. The stake is something my friend uses and he gave me one for myself. The deer antler piece is long and flares out making the perfect handle. Because they naturally are not sharp on the end, if it scraps a piece of glass and leaves no mark on it. I made and sold them for a while and some have hand-turned handles that I have made in my shop. I'd be happy to send you one, just let me know. 😉
Sounds sweet! You're more than welcome to send us one if you'd like. We are usually slacking on our little hand tools and dig with sticks, broken pieces of something, our hands, whatever 🤣 You can email us at dumpdigger607@gmail.com
Just found this subject and "Below the Plains" So cool seeing you in my home county! Thank you!
Awesome ! Awesome !! Awesome !!! 👍👍
Thanks for watching man!
The more the better
Shane,
Amazing video!!! I can't believe how many flasks y'all dug up. There were some brilliant colors, unfortunately those were broken. My favorite would have been the citron bottle. The star flasks are sweet looking too. Would you be interested in selling one of them and also the weird stopper. Just let me know. The stoneware beer was interesting considering all stoneware beers I've ever seen were a lot smaller. Is it American made? Thanks for giving us a front row seat to your video.
Thanks Debra!! Send us an email at dumpdigger607@gmail.com
The citron would have been one of my favorites too!! The stoneware beer is American made, yes. It is a sort of larger size, but not uncommon to see them this large. Some are round like the one here, and some are paneled. I've always wanted to dig one! Have dug them broken, but none intact... Yet!
Really interesting to see the bottles that you dig over there. The videos help to pass the time in the winter over here in the UK . Great dig, look forward to the next one.
Glad to hear it my friend! Thanks for watching
What a crazy pit that was! The Whiskey Pit! I grew up right across the Hudson River from Newburgh, NY. Y’all can send those slicks from the first pit to me if you don’t want them 😂😂
Haha thanks Matt! We did end up keeping them. We hardly ever throw intact bottles back into the pit unless they are extremely common and I think it's sometimes cool to leave something for possible future diggers (you never know!) We did keep all of those slick VB bottles though. They are actually really crude and nice bottles, just wish they were embossed! We have set many bottles aside for future giveaways as well as auctions, which we plan to do here on the channel sometime in the future
I was born in '68 and moms mom's family were trusting in the Lydia Pinkham tonics. Not saying my cousin and I are products of a baby in every bottle, but both mothers took a bottle and got pregnant with us.
Nice finds, some real nice colors and patina popping out for you guys. I dunno about the stone id hafta see it in person but definitely interesting 🏴☠️⚡️🍀
I'll have to show it to ya!
Boy, that salt glazed jar would have been beautiful. The cobolt design was so dark and crisp with no smearing or fading of the design. That is the down side of digging in old dumps. So many beautiful items, but somewhere a long the way, they broke. The privy you dug with almost the entire set in there was gorgeous. You called it a kitchen privy. I'd like to think that the husband came home late, again and it was the last straw for her. So she opened the hutch and began throwing his grandmother's priceless & cherished china set at him as he ran around the house trying to avoid anything from hitting his head, lol.
Hahaha interesting theory! 🤣I like it
I really like the John Erns' with the big long bubble in the face. For me, the bigger the bubble the better. They are more fragile and generally don't survive either quality control or the years of being buried. Also, they just plain look really cool. That has to be one of the biggest bubbles I've seen in a bottle.👍
Gotta love the ones with character! I love crude bottle bubbles and flaws
I enjoyed the video, I subscribed and gave you a thumbs up!
Awesome thank you!
Hello 👋 from New York where do you Guy's find or get your maps to find your dump sites and you're privies I found 4 of the dump sites I dig Because I know some Guy's that are older that use to dig dump sites a long time ago and they told me how to get there or drew maps out for me that was the only reason why I found mine but how Would I go about finding the maps that you Guy's look up for my state I would really appreciate it If you could give me some pointers or information on how to do that Thank you for bringing me along with you Guy's I can't wait to see what you find next😊
Hey Tarra. The maps will help find privies, but usually not dumps. They are sanborn fire insurance maps that would list all structures in the yard (at least the ones that were insured). Often times people didn't insure their outhouse so they weren't listed on the map in that case. Sometimes just helps seeing the house and what other structures were there. Can give you an idea of where the privy may have been, even if its not on the map. You can access sanborn fire insurance maps on library of congress website for free! Hope this helps
I remember digging one pit and all I kept pulling was Dr pepper and Coke bottles it only a handful were actually intact The rest were mainly bits and pieces
That third bottle is beautiful. Only got 3 bottles in before I had to comment. Got to see the rest of the video
Hope you enjoyed the rest! 🙂
My girlfriend used to work in honesdale. I used to stay over her house on the weekends, and hit some of the antique shops in Honesdale/Hawley area while she was at work. Pretty neat area with tons of awesome history. Would’ve loved to have brought my metal detector out more while I was there. But I hate going places by myself. You never know what you’ll get into.
Nice haul
Thanks!
As a former utility worker (ditch digger) all I see is the potential cave ins
Very unlikely, but we appreciate the concern! Most of the pits we dig are shored by stacked stone walls. In this video, they were wood liners. Though the wood has usually long decayed, there is a thick clay layer preventing the surrounding ground from becoming unstable.
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers wow cool didn’t know that. Regardless, be careful out there. I’ve seen disturbed soil do some squirrelly things. I’ve nearly had a couple of bad days myself even with mechanical shoring. Good luck to y’all.
@@SordSwingrr1 appreciate it man! Digging old dumps can be a different story and can get really sketchy! Still, have to be careful no matter what, no matter where. Hope you enjoy the vids!
You found some awsome bottles. It might have been easier if you had dug out the side walls and pulled the roots out when they're in the way versus tunneling. I'd also try a trowel versus what your using. It may prevent some of the breakage.
Awesome vid, haul & showcase! NEW SUBSCRIBER here. Keep picking & digging and keep posting that great content!
Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed and we definitely will
Yes, awesome dig!
@@micellehuff278 Thanks!
The bottles you didn’t like are really cool. They look very old and crudely made. Nothing wrong with them .
Just common stuff is all. Nothing wrong with them, but not as exciting when you have dug tons of them
The smooth Native American looking rock is more than likely someones personal Ass Wper..
I'll forever cherish it this day forward
Butt scraper good soft rock
My son lives south of Syracuse in a house blt in the 1850's. Though he has little interest in bottles, I've suggested he consider getting in touch with y'all . Gotta be a privy or two on the property. I did give him your web site & will encourage him...of course the ground's frozen right now.
Thanks Gary! We would love to check it out. You (or him) can email us at dumpdigger607@gmail.com and we can discuss it further. Thanks!
Do you guys check your back dirt with a metal detector for coins👍🏻
We should. We usually don't
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers Thanks👍🏻
I'm an hour in and it looks like a gully got used as a dump and then got filled in to level out the yards.
This is a pit where an outhouse once stood (commonly referred to as a privy). There were 8 in this yard and it was very common back then for them to use them as dumps for their bottles and other household trash. They didn't have trash pick-up like we do today, so this just made sense. The hole was already there, as indoor plumbing wasn't invented yet, so it was the perfect place other than hauling it off to the town dump
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers Also, if a husband had a wife who didn't like drinking, the out house was the place to privately have a drink and of course a great place to throw away the evidence.
Although, as a child our cabin at the lake had an out house and I can't imagine eating or drinking anything in that stench, ugh.
When you're talking about the Warner's bottle you dug up, you mentioned how sharp the embossing is. I know I'm probably telling you something you already know but, the sharper the letters the older the bottle. Fresh molds have sharp, crisp, letters and over time, as the molds wear out the letters become flatter and lose definition. the crisp ones are the ones you want. After all, the molds wont start out with flat poorly defined letters and get crisper....
Great point Brian! I'm sure many molds were made for Warners though, being such a popular product. I think this one was an 1880s bottle. Blob top variant, though. The ones even older than the one I dug have a collar lip.
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers Interesting.
Do you sell your bottles??
We do! You can reach us at dumpdigger607@gmail.com. Soon we will be doing auctions here on our UA-cam page as well
I’m from right next to honesdale pa that mineral water is so cool man !!!
Thanks dude!!
Okay so those aqua in the beginning I found a top to one of those
Do you. Any. Upcycling. Cutting tops. Of. Broken. Embossed bottles. Turning. Them into nice glasses. Candle holders etc ??
We save a lot of the "good" broken pieces, but haven't done anything with them yet. Honestly don't have the time
I have several in my collection
I sent all my. Codds and. Codd Hamilton bootles to my. Sis in law to Canada. Novelty. Wore off. Collecting. 😮!!!
If a broken bottle is cool enough, I'll keep it as kind of a place holder until I find one that is intact.
Same! I keep them if they are really rare or i'll even keep pieces sometimes to use for art projects depending on what it is
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers Really good idea. I took a class in stained glass years ago and that sounds like it could be very appealing. Making a kind of a "collage" of the broken pieces with interesting embossing.
What is the song at end
Hey Charles, all of the music we use is my cousins group "Underground River". That song at the end is called "Bog". Here is a link to that "ua-cam.com/video/g-bcy2KJPMg/v-deo.html" & Here is a link to their channel: "ua-cam.com/channels/Ls6rI4XSriKBnBagUDTSbw.html"
Where’s the eBay store?
Mine is "Bottlebingbottlebroome". I sell many other things, not just bottles. To buy something directly from us, for a better price, reach us by email at dumpdigger607@gmail.com
The stone does resemble a stone native Americans would have used to grind grains and acorns.
I heard once that those super smooth stones were sometimes used as toilet paper. 😮😦😳🤯🤓😂🤓
But, it could possibly also be Native American like maybe a gorget or sharpening stone??
Haha maybe both! 🤣
Sticks, straw, branches....ouch !
Ever thought about rethinking about the tool you use to dig with? LOL just saying . Great job guys
Which one? And how come lol
@@ParlorCityPickersDiggers that 4 prong tater digger . Seem awful big in that hole . Look like 1 prong would be better in a small small hole.
@@DavidJones-smiley 1 prong is good for digging around a bottle thats already revealed, but I don't like it to actually dig with. Unless the stuff is really loose I guess