A Strange Dip in a Field Leads to a Historic Discovery at the Former Site of an 1870s Military Camp

Excavating 2 privies at the former site of a United States Army Railroad protection outpost.
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  • @user-dg7sy8cz3b
    @user-dg7sy8cz3b4 ай бұрын

    Just west outside of Montrose Colorado, on the south side of hwy 50, there’s a museum you need to visit. The gentleman that built it was the chief archeologist on the Little Bighorn battle site. When I met him several years ago he told me he had dug like 800 outhouse pits. His collection is incredible. A lifetime must see.

  • @crpb5293
    @crpb52934 ай бұрын

    My grandfather worked for Lea & Perrins for many years. I always love when you bring up the old L&P bottles. Very cool.

  • @aleksanderpopov5060
    @aleksanderpopov50604 ай бұрын

    The pits are better and older every video, this is awesome!!! And always thank you for not only entertaining us, but also teaching us fun to consume history of America.

  • @lorrie5422
    @lorrie54224 ай бұрын

    Thank you for showing clean bottles at end of video! Do more of that.

  • @wadehendryx7378
    @wadehendryx73784 ай бұрын

    Yay! Another old one. Watching now. I usually wait till the end of the day to watch your videos. That way I know I've got something good to watch before I hit the sack. Hope you're doing well. 😊

  • @jimmylarge1148

    @jimmylarge1148

    4 ай бұрын

    I imagine it’s not super easy to find successful holes to did and make a vid abt. Tough kind odd channel to keep current content flowing

  • @withoutdestination7840

    @withoutdestination7840

    4 ай бұрын

    I think what the guys are doing is re-editing them

  • @AxeC345

    @AxeC345

    4 ай бұрын

    I would imagine it's kind of hard to dig in the middle of winter.

  • @wadehendryx7378

    @wadehendryx7378

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@AxeC345 there are times, a lot of times that you just can't dig in the winter time. But any kind of break in the weather and the ground is not frozen. The anticipation of what you might uncover is overwhelming. Besides that. It's a blast.

  • @aicirtkciub9167
    @aicirtkciub91674 ай бұрын

    The slate pencil reminds me of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Little house on the prairie. A librarian introduced me to those books when I was young.

  • @carolynsimone8647
    @carolynsimone86474 ай бұрын

    Each one of these digs gets more interesting... Thanks so much for sharing your finds and knowledge ...🥰🥰

  • @DavidJohnson-ty8qz
    @DavidJohnson-ty8qz4 ай бұрын

    Another couple of unique items. The round bottom ginger Ale bottle was so cool. Love the reason why it had a round bottom. Thanks for the digs. 😊

  • @williammetropulos1757
    @williammetropulos17574 ай бұрын

    That sulphide huge marble is nuts!

  • @larisarogers2649
    @larisarogers26494 ай бұрын

    These were some really cool finds, I see how you casually keep going with a finger cut open. 😊Be careful and Blessed

  • @joejoebus8814
    @joejoebus88143 ай бұрын

    Your interest and or knowledge in each piece you dig is so exhilarating. ThX again for sharing.

  • @bouncerslabrealnature9143
    @bouncerslabrealnature91434 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this marvelous adventure. 💪😎⚡ Nice Sulfide Marble. 💰

  • @aliciaschultz309
    @aliciaschultz3094 ай бұрын

    I have a love/hate relationship with this channel now. I showed this to my grandkinds cause i love this channel. Now, i have many holes in my backyard! 😅. We live in east Tennessee by a local historic homestead, and they are convinced they can find treasure. So, thank you for encouraging the future archeologists. Keep up the awesome work you do. You have 4 new subscribers.

  • @ToddTheJoker
    @ToddTheJoker4 ай бұрын

    This was a great Saturday viewing surprise! Love these earlier digs, hope you get more of them Tom! Thanks guys! Take care!

  • @malinda8668
    @malinda86684 ай бұрын

    How cool that you found all the pieces to the brown transferware plate!

  • @mariamaria2751

    @mariamaria2751

    3 ай бұрын

    Nah , he planned it there

  • @jackraglin5526
    @jackraglin55264 ай бұрын

    So the marble you found is called a sulfide. It’s considered a marble rather than a paperweight. They are all hand carved, and a squirrel is one of the more common figures you see it, but they are all rather rare. You can even polish the surface to get a better and clearer review of the marble interior.

  • @wadehendryx7378

    @wadehendryx7378

    4 ай бұрын

    I kind of thought that it might be a large marble. It has no flat surface to be a paperweight. Thank you for the info though.

  • @anitaodom5155
    @anitaodom51554 ай бұрын

    Excellent finds! Thank you for the time to spend to share your adventures.

  • @terrancemiller8350
    @terrancemiller83504 ай бұрын

    It's alway a pleasure watching your videos and to listen to the encyclopedic knowledge in your brain and the fact you are able to recall all your back ground knowledge. You make me so proud that your into history and bottles of all sorts. Just watch those deep dark holes your getting yourself into. Be safe, much love. Afriend.

  • @soonzach4017
    @soonzach40174 ай бұрын

    Always love your channel, thank you for sharing 👍🙏👋

  • @garbagearchive
    @garbagearchive4 ай бұрын

    I love those torpedo bottles, I found one a few years ago in a neighbors yard that they were landscaping, mine has a more crude blob top, not sure the age

  • @jimnorthland2903
    @jimnorthland29034 ай бұрын

    Thanks for a fun dig!

  • @luanncolistro879
    @luanncolistro8794 ай бұрын

    Love love watching !!! Great job !!

  • @MrJerryleyva
    @MrJerryleyva4 ай бұрын

    Another amazing dig! I love the fact that in this and other videos that you repair and put together both porcelain and glass pieces. Whenever I see that you've dug up all of the pieces my OCD kicks in and I need to see the pieces put back together! I like the fact that more and more you're showing your finds cleaned up and restored. I was wondering what is the oldest pit you've ever dug? Thanks Tom for your dedication and great videos showing us the past.

  • @sawdust2556
    @sawdust25564 ай бұрын

    So cool to see a new video of your historic discoveries come up!

  • @KathyGutierrezlythauslvr
    @KathyGutierrezlythauslvr3 ай бұрын

    Always a lesson in learning about the history of each and every item pulled from the depths of the earth. Appreciate your expertise, stories, and experiences. Thank you for presenting such informative videos that fill our minds of our past.

  • @dannmccord1923
    @dannmccord19234 ай бұрын

    ❤ those old bottles. So pretty. Love that glass ball with that animal in it. Awesome video as always❤❤

  • @billiehydrick6417
    @billiehydrick64174 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your videos my friend 😊 😅❤

  • @fiorenzaattanasio4796
    @fiorenzaattanasio47964 ай бұрын

    Fantastic. Thank you

  • @cindythomas3138
    @cindythomas31383 ай бұрын

    It's 1:15 in the morning, and I just finished watching one of your videos. I live in a 104 year old home and can hardly wait to find my pit!!! I am learning so much. I wondered what you do with the bottles with broken tops and the jars, as I watched a show where the man sawed off the broken parts, to a good looking spot and sold them in his Etsy shop. People who do mosaics, use the makers marks from broken china as well.....Just in case you were unaware of such a thing. Be careful out there and HAPPY DIGGING!

  • @FloCreasy
    @FloCreasy4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for another great dig

  • @karenwright8556
    @karenwright85564 ай бұрын

    That was a interesting dig. I love the history.

  • @IamCareyann
    @IamCareyann4 ай бұрын

    This was another great dig! Thanks for sharing ❤ I get to live vicariously through you lol

  • @dbdriggers3690
    @dbdriggers36904 ай бұрын

    Love the History You really Do your Home work love to Hear How you find the maps And History of the land Thanks 🙏

  • @smplyizzy
    @smplyizzy3 ай бұрын

    It amazes me to think how common those bottles and other various items must have been. To me it seems like they could have been repurposed. However they have to very common and relatively cheap.

  • @baileybailey5798
    @baileybailey57984 ай бұрын

    This pit had a little of everything!! Awesome video as usual!❤

  • @sharondinwiddie308
    @sharondinwiddie3084 ай бұрын

    Always fun and educational!

  • @kgreen7918
    @kgreen79184 ай бұрын

    Love your passion!

  • @zappa3543
    @zappa35434 ай бұрын

    Thanks guys ...

  • @wsbill14224
    @wsbill142243 ай бұрын

    We dug up old bottles like that in our yard when we were kids. We grew up in a very old house, and the soil you're digging in is the best potting soil imaginable.

  • @JLingelbach1
    @JLingelbach14 ай бұрын

    Another awesome dig! 👍🏼😎

  • @juliewierson6458
    @juliewierson64583 ай бұрын

    Love the history you add, like the reason for the round bottom on the bottle.

  • @pixielated2003
    @pixielated20034 ай бұрын

    Love watching your interesting digs and finds . I always want the videos not to end so interesting. Jen uk

  • @jeffclark2725
    @jeffclark27254 ай бұрын

    This is the way to spend a Saturday afternoon, thumbs up great video, yes,you always have permission, are the homeowners surprised at the finds?

  • @samsager1
    @samsager14 ай бұрын

    Wow man!!! Unreal finds!!

  • @Edgy01
    @Edgy013 ай бұрын

    Thank you for inserting the period product advertisements!

  • @missx.5028
    @missx.50283 ай бұрын

    Proud of you old friend, beautiful finds 😍 keep up the good work -Jenna

  • @karynbrown7519
    @karynbrown75194 ай бұрын

    Love your digs!

  • @marylavine2632
    @marylavine26323 ай бұрын

    Really enjoyed the 1880 digs, each and every item of great interest.

  • @Looter8TreasureHunter
    @Looter8TreasureHunter4 ай бұрын

    Sweet dig sir! Looking forward to the next one!

  • @andrewowens9382
    @andrewowens93824 ай бұрын

    Another great bottle adventure tom and jake more early bottles pits, great finds 👍 👏 👌 Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧

  • @evanpeterpaul6566
    @evanpeterpaul65663 ай бұрын

    So did he get extremely lucky where they dug up a tree, it became an easy excavation site with many treasures? I did love the history lessons

  • @tinaj984
    @tinaj9844 ай бұрын

    Sulfide marble. Looks like the sitting lamb, but too cloudy to tell. Great dig!!❤

  • @tammyaskjem9871
    @tammyaskjem98714 ай бұрын

    Excellent dig!

  • @dananderson128
    @dananderson1284 ай бұрын

    Loved that paperweight!!!

  • @mcemtpockets1775
    @mcemtpockets17753 ай бұрын

    Came back to see what ur diggin up... good stuff again!😊

  • @philipcallicoat3147
    @philipcallicoat31474 ай бұрын

    Research pays! Good job ,!!!

  • @warrenmink2429
    @warrenmink24294 ай бұрын

    Man , another great dig man ! Great saves congratulations

  • @user-wt2ot1zx5b
    @user-wt2ot1zx5b4 ай бұрын

    Cool little haul have a great day

  • @melissafedele6568
    @melissafedele65684 ай бұрын

    Awesome finds.😊

  • @Droopybear
    @Droopybear3 ай бұрын

    I enjoy when you find more than just bottles.

  • @dirtclodmetaldetecting
    @dirtclodmetaldetecting4 ай бұрын

    Neat finds!

  • @bettypaysour5298
    @bettypaysour52984 ай бұрын

    I love watching your videos!

  • @terrencebuller7676
    @terrencebuller76764 ай бұрын

    Super finds, really enjoy watching your program and all the history you share with us. Thank you. stay safe 👍

  • @katerockhill7726
    @katerockhill77264 ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @vanessahuman7607
    @vanessahuman76074 ай бұрын

    Awesome bottles

  • @lukehorning3404
    @lukehorning34043 ай бұрын

    What a awesome dig

  • @Merlijnvv
    @Merlijnvv4 ай бұрын

    Nice, congrats!

  • @beverlyhanlon8376
    @beverlyhanlon83764 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the bottle displays. I like the glass ball a lot. Stay safe.

  • @beverlyhanlon8376

    @beverlyhanlon8376

    4 ай бұрын

    You work hard to find the treasures you find. Thanks. For liking my comment

  • @roybal1975
    @roybal19754 ай бұрын

    coming up on 100,000 buddy🤣🤣🤣👍

  • @angelinatesta3918
    @angelinatesta39184 ай бұрын

    I also watch before bed I find it very relaxing

  • @ABeautfulMess
    @ABeautfulMess4 ай бұрын

    So cool

  • @thomasgoldman7403
    @thomasgoldman74034 ай бұрын

    Love your stuff man!

  • @lisathomas1622
    @lisathomas1622Ай бұрын

    Dang… a slate pencil. I would have just thought it a weird stick and tossed it aside. I’ve never even heard of one, I thought they used chalk 😂. You sure know your stuff!

  • @fishinwidow35
    @fishinwidow354 ай бұрын

    Some really nice finds this time around.

  • @SaltwaterSean
    @SaltwaterSean4 ай бұрын

    Another great video

  • @deloradeabel8487
    @deloradeabel84874 ай бұрын

    Love the 🐿marble!

  • @patty4091
    @patty40914 ай бұрын

    Nice!

  • @dai-nippon_digger
    @dai-nippon_digger4 ай бұрын

    In Japan, they call those round bottom bottles "Cucumber bottles" [キューリ瓶]. In fact, the original Ramuné drink was sold in such bottles.

  • @thumbalinamom
    @thumbalinamom3 ай бұрын

    I would really love to see the pieces that you found once they’ve been cleaned. There’s so much more that can be identified.

  • @rockfishmiller
    @rockfishmiller4 ай бұрын

    Paperweight! WOW and that toiletry bottle, so cool. Thanks for posting. What do you do in winter?

  • @alisonmary1443
    @alisonmary14434 ай бұрын

    There may not have been much but what you did find was quite awesome, squirrel in a glass ball blew me! Early Worchester sauce bottle was gorgeous, all together a great watch. Keep thinking that dig was the best, then comes the next video and it's even better 😂 Thank you have a good weekend. Edit,,, unbelievable Turpentine in Jacobs oil 😨

  • @FireFighterDetecting
    @FireFighterDetecting4 ай бұрын

    Amazing finds seen in this video. I’d love to figure out how to find and locate some of these spots near me.

  • @garretk9574
    @garretk95744 ай бұрын

    Tom, would you be willing to make a video sharing your probing technique? Maybe specifically showing what the soil on the end of the probe looks like when it peaks your interest. Every time I probe, I’ll see some color change on the probe and feel what I think is glass but just ends up being a clay layer and rocks or bricks.

  • @nickt7658
    @nickt76584 ай бұрын

    Tom? You guys rock man. N.t.

  • @Patriot1777
    @Patriot17773 ай бұрын

    I am a old time bottle digger, glad to see your channel. Get a metal detector too 😀

  • @JT-bx8fq
    @JT-bx8fq4 ай бұрын

    I don’t know why, I really like those army hospital bottles. You’ve mentioned digging an early fort site, is that a video we’ll see at some point? Another great set of digs!

  • @stubstoo6331

    @stubstoo6331

    4 ай бұрын

    Tom mentioned on his Facebook page last week he showed some army caps he found some years back weren't filmed he just showed the pictures.

  • @reliclife
    @reliclife3 ай бұрын

    Really interesting site! I’ve watched this twice now, and I’m very curious about why the military guarded these old railroad camps. Did the workers get attacked/robbed by outlaws or something?

  • @Ben-Carr
    @Ben-Carr4 ай бұрын

    Usually you have a paragraph at the end where you share your opinion of the wealth of the home/building/town, along with potential explanations of why unusual items were in the pit or why there was an inordinate number of something in a pit. I know you gave some brief ideas as to why there was a pump in a privy at a military fort of all places and why the ash pit had so few objects, but often those are followed up in your paragraph at the end. Great video, but it just felt like something was missing not having your paragraph at the end while showing the key finds. That is a very interesting part for me.

  • @LuisRomero-fw9sx
    @LuisRomero-fw9sx3 ай бұрын

    when i was little we used to have an outhouse , and every time a new hole was dug to move the outhouse we used the old hole to dispose of our trash which we mostly burned leaving behind the metal n bottles that didn't burn !!

  • @dangray
    @dangray4 ай бұрын

    I love old things but never considered that digging old outhouses would be so fascinating.

  • @wadehendryx7378

    @wadehendryx7378

    4 ай бұрын

    You really never know what you're going to find in an old loud house.

  • @ravenfeather7087
    @ravenfeather70874 ай бұрын

    I and friends and relatives collected bottles and rummaged through old garbage dumps in the 50's and 60's. And later some of us got into collecting beer cans. I suspect most of it was eventually returned to another disposal site - the local landfill. Maybe it's best left in the ground.

  • @sailorhms
    @sailorhms4 ай бұрын

    A hello from Scotland! Great vids and amazing history. The diamond reg mark has a letter of the alphabet on the right side, yours looks like an E or an F denoting 1881 or 1873.

  • @annelyceimgrund6884
    @annelyceimgrund68843 ай бұрын

    Love your videos! I wonder, do you keep the broken pieces of decorative dishware you come across? You often show them & check the makers’ marks, but do you sell them? Just asking b/c I come across sooo many people who *intentionally* break decorative vintage & modern dishes to repurpose in mosaics, wind chimes, jewelry, landscape pots, etc. bet they would snap up your prettier broken finds in a heartbeat. You’re probably 💯aware already, but thought I’d share JIC. Thanks for the entertainment and history!

  • @johnl1685
    @johnl16854 ай бұрын

    Hi Tom! I watch every one of your great videos! Would you guys someday be coming East to dig in Philadelphia or Boston etc.where the 1700's stuff is?

  • @user-mj1ow3sw4q
    @user-mj1ow3sw4q4 ай бұрын

    I am enjoying watching your videos. I am curious..what do you do with bottles and other things you find in your digs?

  • @wadehendryx7378
    @wadehendryx73784 ай бұрын

    I don't know when this dig happened. Do you still have the squirrel marble? That is very cool.

  • @jameshaselmayer8492
    @jameshaselmayer84924 ай бұрын

    Dude.... Love this shit....

  • @DarrylDigger
    @DarrylDigger4 ай бұрын

    Not a paperweight, a sulphide marble. Nice!

  • @bessiewilson1784
    @bessiewilson17844 ай бұрын

    Those plate & cup pieces could be broken up and placed on top wet cement stepping stones would be really nice to look at at

  • @donglass9072
    @donglass90723 ай бұрын

    When the guy dropped his pocket knife, in the outhouse. He probably said, exactly what he was do-doing!!lo

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