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

@victoriabaker4400

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Yeah, with land at such a premium they would be.

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

@thekingsilverado3266

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

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

@thekingsilverado3266

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

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

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

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

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

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

@lamars2486

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

@tedpreston4155

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

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

@uptoolate2793

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Poop makes for a soft landing....

@n3wfie222

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@@uptoolate2793 hahaha true

@fanoboss

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

@thekingsilverado3266

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

@thekingsilverado3266

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

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

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

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

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

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

I really enjoy watching you dig up early historical items.

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

@willong1000

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

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

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

@thekingsilverado3266

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

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

Thank you again for a tour through history. ❤

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Love your content as always! Keep it up!

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

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

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

Your just wonderful educating us I just love it

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

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

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

Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed every minute ❣️

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

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

Another great video !! Thank you.

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

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

Great finds.Thankyou for sharing.

some lovely finds enjoyed watching

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

all good stuff. thanks for the show.

Love the finds! Wow! Congrats!

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

Great history! Thanks for the video.

Another beautiful video. Thanks!

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

thank you.

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

I just find this fascinating! Thank you!

@BelowthePlains

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

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

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

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

Great finds! Thanks!

It’s amazing what you can find ❤

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

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

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

Very well explained and educational! Nice job

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

Amazing finds! Love your videos ❤

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

Another amazing dig!

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

@BelowthePlains

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

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

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

You are finding some great ones!

Fasinating!

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

NEAT STUFF!!!!!!!!!!

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

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

Amazing so many bottles in one piece. Although being English it makes me smile when you find someone just over a 100 years old and are amazed by it 😁

@BelowthePlains

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haha yeah... i watch some other channels of ppl digging in the UK and i honestly get jealous! i like the stuff here.. but where we are from, you never gonna find anything before the civil war.. even stuff before 1885 is pretty rare.. if i even go to england, im just gonna spend the whole trip walking along the Thames.. im not even joking. lol thanks for watching! maybe in a few years we will have a video from somewhere on your lovely little island

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

Awesome bottles and great age pits.

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

So Damn good!!!!

I love old bottles>>>awesome find

Lots of cool finds in those two hole!

Great finds!!

Great vid guys!

Great videos. Great commentary and annotation and notes

Awesome finds !!!

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

@BelowthePlains

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

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

congrats on your finds

Nice!

very nice!

We live in warren county Pennsylvania..totally crazy huh wow! Amazing!

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

this was a good one!