It would be cool to see a final shot of all your finds cleaned up really nice for us to see the details and what not of each piece.

@RunningGrass-we7tm

5 ай бұрын

Been asking that for years

@OldGrizz59

4 ай бұрын

Yes me too

@user-pt4gf6vk7z

4 ай бұрын

agreed

@IanV10

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

Idea for more content, I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d like to see it, but additional videos containing, cleaning/finished product, more history, final price listing, display setting, in a collection of similar pieces or complimenting pieces from the time

@dianesnow9806

4 ай бұрын

Would you please answer some of our questions?

I remember when you first started using a wooden dowel to dig,& not really knowing how to use social media to show your craft,you have come a long way!So proud of you gentlemen!

I'm sure each one of those bottles has a story to tell. Crazy they would've never seen the light of day without your hard work. Thanks for the education as well.

Thanks for saving some videos to air during winter.

There's a huge number of sites along the old Southern Pacific rails through Texas. Most were construction camps, sidings, water supply locations and some big stations that have been abandoned and deserted. Most were in place from the 1880s into the 1950s with numbers of stationed employees. Almost all had dump pits. Those pits have been covered over, but are pretty easy to locate, and they are FULL of all kinds of artifacts. I'm searching!

I don't know about anywhere else, but here in Wisconsin back in the day, the farmers and homesteads had a separate pile for glass garbage.And it wound up being buried over time. That looks like what you've found. These are so much fun to dig in!

I know that you are an expert, but I kept saying to the screen as you wee digging, "Be careful!" every time I herd your trowel hit something. The way you were prying on the glass made me nervous also! This video was intense for me! Thanks for this blast from the past.

@garywheeler7039

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I am tempted to make a plastic bladed trowel from 50 gallon barrel plastic to avoid you scratching glass with steel! As a teenager I once thought you could not scratch glass with a razor blade, but left scratch marks on an old couple's windows when cleaning off paint that was left over. I was quite wrong. BTW, my understanding is that early pewter often had lead in it. Lead being cheap and easy to work. I remember when the foil caps over wine bottles were made of lead, as was christmas tree tinsel circa 1960.

Wow, I have never seen you pull these types of jugs and bottles out of the ground. Thank You for sharing your Love for history through outhouse pits, it's always a Joy watching them.

Wow those jug's are beautiful Thanks for sharing I could hear how happy you were digging that pit ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍⚒️🇺🇸🗝️

@Marysservant

5 ай бұрын

Those jugs are Red Wing pottery and collected .

*Circa 2140:* _"Oh, it's a plastic PepsiCo bottle. It even has the original screw top!"_

Tom? Just remember.. you rock all things bro!

These pits must be all over America. The rapid expansion, booms and busts, it all kept moving people across the land. So many towns and villages just faded. What we find as treasures were simply not worth the time or effort to keep around. They literally tossed these items in poo. lol

I expect those squat, flat bottomed liquor bottles came from the bar cart on a train. They're the right form factor. More stable than other options. So likely purchased expressly for the train. And they'd have to offload them somewhere. The station outhouse seems like a convenient spot. That was a great dig! Cheers!

@poepiebuitendijk3988

5 ай бұрын

So no recycling then 😂😂😂

That was a great dig. I'm surprised at the physical condition of the bottles. It appeared there was very little breakage in the pit. Decent regional material, but surprisingly no local stuff.

@Gotholia

5 ай бұрын

These botlles were inside a wooden trunk, that's why they are in such a good condition. You can see the remains of the trunk on the sides of the pit.

I can feel your enthusiasm for this as you dig - the joy when you find new bottle or complete jugs, really just made my day. Thanks for sharing your interest in history and the joy x

Wow!! This was so cool!! Absolutely love the blue bottles and big brown jugs, congrats on finding them!!😍😍😍😍

Making memories, saving history! We're all thankful for your passion and attention to details. Great excavation skills! ♥

These are rapidly becoming my favorite KZread videos. I get a strange satisfaction watching people dig in the dirt. I've done plenty of it myself, looking for archeological tidbits. Last summer, I found a sedimentary rock embedded with tiny shelled creatures. I've loaned it to a university for analysis. I have a ton of questions - how did you start all this, what's the most interesting thing you've found, what do you with the artifacts you find, do property owners expect/demand a share of the booty, do you ever work with volunteers ... and so on.😊 Thanks for your time. No need to answer all my questions unless you're really bored.😉

@FrankGreenway

5 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t it be cool to know exactly how all those bottles were deposited into that one location and so many were intact? I love history.

Tom, I continue to be amazed how you find these office pits. The age of the bottles were awesome. The two jugs were in beautiful condition. Looked like a lot of hard work with the thick soil. So fun to watch. Great video work Jake. Stay safe.👏👍😀

@Marysservant

5 ай бұрын

Red Wing pottery (jugs) is very collectible.

There is an interesting history with that town how it started and where the founders came from. I thought it was supposed to be a dry town way back then. Hmmm

Awesome thanks! You find the coolest stuff!

Did this same thing in Idaho in the mid60 to late seventies, alway looked for the outhouse indentation in the ground. Around the old mines you could load up on the bottles most in good shape. Keep on digging !

Hello, I wanted to let you know you dug up an outhouse pit. I lived in an old ghost town in Montana and can tell from experience and the condition of the bottles. People who came to explore the town would ask if they could dig up the old outhouse pits. Good luck in your future digs.

@jameswest4819

4 ай бұрын

Pity it's too young to contain any coprolites.

@barbie5697

3 ай бұрын

He’s well aware he’s digging in an old outhouse pit. That’s what he does. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Now this is what I live for. I think I get more excited about this glass than you do. Lol. When I see 1800s holes. I'm grinning ear-to-ear. This is kind of stuff I used to dig. And earlier. Thank you for sharing.

What a wonderful video, lots of fun and some great finds, perfect dig, can't complain, I find the way you take time to explain your finds, very helpful and enjoyable. You be safe, much love. Afriend.

Hi Tom and jake another good bottle pit dig 👌 those glazed jugs 2 at that and the whiskies bottles were all in good nick specially for the age that's what I mean not only are digging bottles you are telling your history as well 😉 all the best Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧 and a happy new year to you all

Back in the early 70s, I use to walk through the woods near my home. Breaking glass was a favorite pastime for me and I did it with predictable regularity. One day I saw an old bottle on the ground, covered by leaves. As I hurled a rock at it, I saw the embossed raised print on the bottle. The date was 1898 (I think). Probably was worth something….not anymore.😢 It was a lesson I learned to appreciate things and not destroy things willy-nilly.

Unbelievable pit!! Congrats on those Liquor jugs!! Jealous as hell!! Great digs Tom!! Great camera work Jake!!

Happy New Year's 🎉..... hopefully anyway.

This is my favorite dig of yours. Those botts are amazing! I love the colors! Those embossed brandy bottles and jugs (2!) must have been exciting to pull!

I’ve been a heavy equipment operator for over 50 years. And in my union newspaper a gentleman that owns a very large construction company would advertise every month that he was paying up to $125,000 for a certain whiskey bottle. Operators would unearth, many interesting artifacts, while digging ditches and excavating For you To find those bottles what a score !

@Marysservant

5 ай бұрын

Wow! 125000 would pay off 1/2 my house (and then some).😮

I have a younger brother he is a rock hound he also likes to collect and find old bottles about the same way you do he goes out to old homesteads early 1800s landfills you would be surprised what he found

Fantastic finds. The Bromo bottle brought back memories. My dad used to "live" on Bromo Seltzer. He drank it daily. He had no side effects that I know of. He was addicted to the stuff. He claimed it was the only thing that helped his symptoms. He died at age 89 - NOT from the side effects of toxic sodium bromide. I used to take it too before they took it off the market. It was good for stomach upset and headache and the taste was pleasant. It was better than ibuprofen and aspirin for pain.

I find your bottle digging very interesting. If I were you I don’t think I would have anything more than a path in my home and the rest would be bottles.

I really find your adventures to be entertaining. My uncle loved digging for old bottles in Northern Nevada in the 1970’s. He had quite a collection. If he was alive today, I know he would enjoy watching your adventures. Thanks for your willing spirit to dig up the past.

What’s the oldest bottle you found? Also, how do you know where to stop digging? I always feel like only a few inches more and something great is waiting to be discovered.😊

I wanted to come through my phone and start digging with you. Once upon a time I enjoyed doing just that. How i came upon this is beyond me, but I'm glad i did. 😁

Great dig! Love the colors amber, aqua, just beautiful.😊

It would be great if you could tell us where these finds end up and show us what you have found cleaned and curated as a collection. Thank you for digging in poo to show us history.

Very impressive dig. Lots of fun watching this. I can only imagine the conversation between you and your mother when you borrowed her garden tools and told her that you were going to spend the day in a hole full of broken glass! ... I remember that conversation with my mom back in the day ;)

maybe those fancy bottles were brought in for a wedding party or a meet and greet for a newly elected official?? 1st time I've noticed flies in the hole with you.. was it stinky? thanks for sharing dig time and the excitement that comes with it, with us!!

Have you considered that while some drinking probably happened at the depot, some of those bottles might have been taken from the trains by conductors and porters when they cleaned the cars and dumped in pits dug nearby to dispose of rail-borne litter? I think that might account for a lot of the smaller flask-style bottles.

@SPUDHOME

4 ай бұрын

You are right there were pits Dug all over. often with a small shack over them. You would recognize them by a quarter moon carved above the door. They smelled bad.

The pit that keeps on giving. A most rewarding dig for you. Excellent video.

Pretty cool, love the jugs. Good work, keep it up and happy new year!

Very interesting what you are finding in that pit. I remember going to Williamsburg Virginia and marveling at the artifacts that were recovered from long ago filled in wells in the restored area. Back in colonial times they would throw their junk into dried up wells.

@SPUDHOME

4 ай бұрын

They also hid their empty booze bottles from their wife. Throwing them in the outhouse pit when they were finished. Don’t be fooled by modesty. Most were outhouse. Nobody threw trash in a well.

Those early Red Wings were awesome and quite valuable!

Awesome finds, was missing these. But I new the weather wasn't good for you. Congratulations.

It was wonderful watching Tom get so excited. You know the finds are fantastic when that happens, lol…. Wonderful finds for sure.😊

Nice to see you all toasty and warm, which we all know it’s not currently the weather there😂 Thanks for all you guys do!

What a honey hole you found!

I'll bet those Stoneware Liquor jugs are going into Toms personal collection. The collection we'd love to see by the way. Well done, nice dig.

The condition of the glass in this pit is remarkable! I wonder what composition of elements in the dirt caused this sort of preservation? I've had that Atwood Bitters. The small aqua Maltese bottle appears to have a Maltese cross on it. (I couldn't really tell cos there was so much muddy dirt clinging to it...)😊. Great episode!! As usual, the videotogrify and commentary are excellent! Thank you for the photos of some cleaned finds and for sharing your hard work and expertise, Tom and Jake!

@kaolinwasher

5 ай бұрын

the demoins glacial till has much lime in it . probly kept the acids down

@jlgrizzly7972

5 ай бұрын

This was the outhouse pit, they had a tub of lime to keep the smell down and those bottles got tossed down into human waste. These waste pits got dug down six to ten feet and were lined with wood going up to the outhouse. They would use them until they were full. They would cap them off with dirt and repeat the process digging a new pit.

WOW, you 🍀 Lucked out, one of the cleanest hoards I’ve ever seen ❗️✔️ UR very keen on your historical timelines too on manufacturer’s, makers, etc. Good Luck to you 👍🏻

I just absolutely love watching your videos. So educational, calming and your expertise has taught me so much

Great finds. It's amazing how everything even filled with ground water survived. The glass is in great condition. The earth there must be perfect ph to have not destroyed the glass.

@ScullCandy56

5 ай бұрын

glass is HIGHLY resistant to pH differences. There's a reason its used to store sodium hydroxide as well as sulfuric acid. pH of ground soil would do almost nothing to degrade/destroy the glass

Awesome digging lots bottles and jugs

Cant stop saying WOWWWWW!! So many amazing intact items...fantastic!!!!😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤

Amazing. Keep at it. I’d like to see them washed and with values indicated.

The stoneware was amazing. So many great finds!fantastic dig!

Yankton, South Dakota

Hi,Brandy,whisky, all kinds of bottles.but those jugs i love.take care and blessings.

This is a treasure of a dig! Awesome

So cool!! The jugs….oh my!!! I want them! Thanks for sharing!!

so cool when you get so excited...it is a great dig..thank jug, oh man!

Nice haul😀 so amazed that most was intact! Love watching☺️

Tom, do you sell your finds? You find such amazing bottles and other pieces of history! It would be lovely to be able to buy some of your finds!

I am always amazed at the bottles you find.

Great video to start the year,My hometown Port Dover,the old Norfolk hotel built @ 1812 is being demo'd,it had the towns jail in basement.In 1980 a new addition was being dug and 2 privy pits were tound,only one was partially dug before construction srarted again.

Wow!!! Nice pit!! The poop "use" layer was nice to these bottles , glass and stoneware containers. 😊❤

Thank you for sharing , what fun!

Vary exciting video. ThX for sharing.

Fantastic dig.

What a great find! That brown jug is beautiful.

The jugs were fantastic. I have a special appreciation for stoneware. My brother is a potter, all he makes is custom stoneware. Plates, coffee cups, tea pots and so on. Nothing in his cabinets was purchased at a store. Proper stoneware will last for thousands of years, as long as you don't drop it. Thumbs up from me

22:15 -- My brother lives 10 miles from Georgetown, MA -- site of Dr. Moses Atwood's business for making "Atwood's Jaundice Bitters". (BTW Dr. Atwood (1810-1892) ended up in Kansas.)

What do you do with this Is it for sale or do the property owners keep it? Good museum stuff

It is amazing that so many of the jugs and bottles are not broken, simply by the act of tossing them into the pit. Hard to explain how that could happen.

@trainchasersatwork

5 ай бұрын

It’s an old outhouse. It had lots of deposits to protect the bottles and glass, lol😂

@boydgrandy5769

5 ай бұрын

@@trainchasersatwork That would explain it. Kind of makes you wonder what the hell was going on in the outhouse to generate that much of a bottle and jug cache....

Some men's trash are other men's treasures. Great finds!

Great finds Tom , what an awesome pit. So many early bottles, and big jugs. Take care 👍

Very nice finds, Tom and Jake, thank you for showing up. Those jugs are beautiful. Love the information you give on the history of the bottles. I looked up the town of Amenia and it seems to have had an interesting history as well. Take care in that cold, now.

Excellent finds! Love the Ale bottles, they are great. Regards UK.

The jug is sooo cool! What a beautiful shape!

Awesome dig and great pieces.

Awesome dig Tom and associates👍👍 the Davis painkiller is very common around these parts in Canada, some dumps we dig have more davis than anything else, really like them because there three pannel embossed with a few cool tones of aqua

Great dig! Love all of the bottles that we don’t get to see you dig often. Nice jugs too!

Great find! So cool to imagine how much fun and what drama those folks were having back then with all that liquor! Probably more heartache than fun!

So excited to see you pull out a bottle from Georgetown Massachusetts, which is town right next to me! It makes what you do more relevant to me. Thanks, great fun to watch.

I'd be interested in one of those Wright and Taylor bottles

These bottles are in the best shape, I think, since I’ve been watching.

Thank You ! For another awesome video !

Way to start the new year good on ya keep it up!! Thanks for taking us along! God bless and save our Republic.

Excellent finds on this one! Another fine job, fellas!

This was a great find

I miss that beautiful rich soil of North Dakota!! Just east of Pettibone, North Dakota is an abandon town and I wonder what could be there. I don't remember it's name! It's between Pettibone and Woodworth, there is a train track there too. If you're Iinterested, I could find out, I know someone who would know. Love watching this type of video!❤

Bottle digs! My favorite!

Great dig, thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to go on a undig sight. Dream of mine. Video next best thing. Hope you find great bottles on your next dig.👍👍👍

I really enjoyed this dig as it had jugs I've never seen! Well done!

I'm anxious to see you guys working on the old buggies and other Old pieces of vintage things... The bottles are wonderful but I saw a short clip when you were in your shed working on a vintage four wheel. Buggy...How bout it Tom??? Please share more of your craftsman ship. .. Ain't many guys like you...

Brilliant finds, don’t suppose there’s much digging going on at the moment ?! 🥶