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@ShereeBjorlee 10 күн бұрын
He doesn’t look too happy but he sure is cute 😂❤
@LiquidDaylight 10 күн бұрын
I'd sleep with one eye open if i were you 😂
@APalmer-op3np 10 күн бұрын
Adorable!!!❤
@SnapScavenge Ай бұрын
Awesome. I wasn’t exactly there recently but I was close by and I got. 6lb piece of uranium glass just laying out in the woods lol. I put a video up of it.
@SnapScavenge Ай бұрын
What do you do with all of the glass?
@theglassdigtective 29 күн бұрын
I use it to melt into new items, and I sell it in chunk/cullet form as well.
@pokerdealer2003 Ай бұрын
Love it! love Americas history with Glass Manufacturing awesome content. subscribed for sure cant wait to see more
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
Thank you for subscribing! I’ll have more videos up soon of more glass hunting adventures.😄👍
@jamesdeel5347 Ай бұрын
This is pretty cool to see, especially since my uncle, who deals with glassware, just brought down some westmoreland and cambridge glassware for the rest of the family to go through on thanksgiving! Nice video!
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for sharing your story! 😄👍
@ericday604 Ай бұрын
Looks like you all had beautiful weather for the dig! Its 27°F and gusty as i watch this. Thanks for the look at some Pa history! God bless brother!
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
It was a perfect day for digging! Glad you enjoyed the vid and thanks!👍
@lelonbond6682 Ай бұрын
dont you have a tile saw to cut pices open to see what is inside?
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
I do have a wetsaw but not worth getting it set up to cut this. Figured I’d take the quick way lol.
@lelonbond6682 Ай бұрын
looks like you could use one of the fold up wagons.
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
I take a wheel barrow sometimes, just depends on how much I’m looking to get. It’s good exercise hauling it out- to a degree lol.
@shakascloset1700 Ай бұрын
Awesome haul.👍
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
Thanks! It was fun to see what everyone found. 😄👍
@deloradeabel8487 Ай бұрын
Thanks for taking us along,love your channel!
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
My pleasure and thanks for watching!👍
@jasonsummit1885 Ай бұрын
The only glass piece that I have kept as is, is a sidewalk vault light of purple manganese glass
@veronicapace7198 Ай бұрын
It is actually located in the village of Grapeville. I had a lay-a-way in the gift shop when I was still a teen. I used to walk those tracks to Jeannette quite often. Never heard of train police. lol You can enter the factory easily from the village. At least you used to.. Good hunt!
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
Thank you!👍
@jenniferbutcher8393 Ай бұрын
As a rockhounder, i found this so cool!! Subscribing.....😊
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
Thank you for subscribing! I will have more videos up soon of more adventures.😄⛏
@jenniferbutcher8393 Ай бұрын
@theglassdigtective looking forward to it! I think Fenton glass has been shut down for awhile, wonder if you are able to poke around their old factory. I love watching them work, and I was so sad to hear they closed.
@kristapecchia9038 Ай бұрын
Where do you find that path?
@anneinfurna8528 Ай бұрын
Go check out the old works in Virginia--The Fenton Glassworks. I knew someone from around there that had huge blocks of glass from the furnace redos that happened now and then. In Business since 1905 i believe. Bet you could dig up some interesting things there!
@theglassdigtective Ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up! I’m always looking for new places to dig and explore, so thanks. I’ll have to research it and take a look on GPS.😄👍
@deloradeabel8487 2 ай бұрын
Second video I have watched of yours & had to sub.this was a lot of fun,interesting & relaxing!love the doggies & kitty!Good luck on the hunt for glass treasures!
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for subscribing! I’ll have more videos up soon of more glass adventures- pets included!😄🐾👍
@julianp2868 2 ай бұрын
I'd never have thought I'd find this subject interesting.
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! I’m glad you found it interesting. I like finding glass in various forms to collect (bottles, cullet, marbles, etc.), as well as use in my hotglass work.😄👍
@IslandEclectic-y4p 2 ай бұрын
Your video was on the suggestion list, so decided to take a peek. You have a well modulated voice, which is one of my parameters, love your puppers, and you have an interest in some of the stuff I collect. Cool beans. Do the pups ever get to accompany you? I hope you and your channel do well.
@IslandEclectic-y4p 2 ай бұрын
If I lived in your area, I would collect bricks, to make a small paved pathway. Unless you live in an apartment. Love bricks.
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! My dogs usually come with me on site to dig, but the dumping grounds of glassworks (like in this video) are filled with glass shards and too hazardous to their paws. Both are trained to stick with me while I dig- my lab Hutch is trained to get me things like digging gloves, water bottles, my hat- basically everything I forget after I’m back in whatever hole I’m digging.😂 My last lab was trained to do the same stuff for me on-site too- dogs are awesome.😄👍🐾
@IslandEclectic-y4p 2 ай бұрын
@@theglassdigtective 😁Wow, your dogs are so cool. Forgot about the sharp glass. I thought maybe it was that you never know how peeps will react to dogs. You are swell dog Dad!👏
@BBQNBLUES 2 ай бұрын
While watching the video I kept thinking.. Man, I would Love to melt all the Uranium Glass into a Huge chunk :) ha then you did that.
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
I’d like to make a giant cube of it honestly!😂 It would take about 19lbs of glass cullet to make a 6”x6”x6” (1/8 cubic foot) piece. I find a lot of little cullet pieces that would be perfect to use for it, so it may happen one of these days. I’ll def make a video of it if I do.🔥👍
@brianredban9393 2 ай бұрын
Look at those vines taking over the trees. Those are all Asian bittersweet, an invasive vine of corse from Asia China that is killing millions of trees all over the US
@georgiaware3248 2 ай бұрын
Like to see your jew.elry pieces Thanks 🙋♀️
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Sure! I can gladly message you some pics tomorrow.👍
@shawnoshea7730 2 ай бұрын
I grew up about 1 mile from there. I clearly remember the trucks coming up out of the factory onto the main road. The old boarded up building at the beginning was a post office originally. I can remember going in there with my mom when I was a little kid.
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
I wasn’t sure what that building was, so thanks for the info on its history! I was impressed how the entire glassworks was built into a steep hillside and sandwiched where it was.👍
@Doxymeister 2 ай бұрын
That's fascinating. My Mom collects uranium glass, has a whole lit cabinet of the stuff. I started designing jewelry and discovered that the Czech glass bead makers started reviving the uranium glass craze all over again, so I purchased some beads to make some earrings for my Mom. It just never occurred to me to look in dumps for it! Hugs to the doggos from us!
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! I used to collect the uranium glass tableware, vases, etc., but now I like to dig and collect the cullet. I melt some of the glass I find into jewelry and marbles, and some I sell as large and small chunks/cullet. I’ll definitely give the dogs some extra hugs for ya as well!😄🐾👍
@ZacLowing 2 ай бұрын
I would love to find ways of lighting that kind of glass from underneath
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
If you make a shallow box with UV lights inside, and put a sheet of glass on the top, you can light glass from underneath. Or use a solid top on the box and just cut appropriate sized holes for whatever pieces you wanted to light from underneath. Just my 2 cents.😄🔨
@gordonmiles9995 2 ай бұрын
If you use a Geiger counter, you'll find the green glass is not uranium glass because it's not radioactive at all. The Orange glass, which became illegal to dispose of in public dump sites, back in the early 1960's. The orange glass is highly radioactive if it is real uranium glass. The green glass is just depression glass but not uranium glass
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Some orange and yellow glass in the past contained cadmium and that’s why they can’t dispose of it in public dumps. Not all green glass contains uranium, and I use a UV light and a geiger counter to confirm it does (end of video).👍 Cadmium, selenium, and most other colorants (beyond thorium which is slightly radioactive) are not radioactive. Some depression glass does contain uranium oxide too- usually green or yellow if it does. I’ve been a glassblower for 23 years, and collecting uranium glass for over 30 years, so trust me on this lol.😄👍🔥
@gordonmiles9995 2 ай бұрын
@theglassdigtective my wife and i had an antique shop for close to 60 years and we would have been run out of business if we ever tried to pawn off green depression glass as uranium glass. Because of thorium doped glass becoming amber over time, it was never used by commercial glass companies like uranium was. Thorium was mainly used in optical formulas for WWII aero-photography. Anything can be done in videos and after having been a photographer for 55 years, you'll have to trust me on this See how easy that works? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
@@gordonmiles9995 Yeah I see how that works- you making a misinformed ass of yourself. What I do isn’t magic😂- I’m not tying to fool anybody- unless you already are one. Use something better than Google AI to do your research buddy. Take care.👍
@drcurioustube Ай бұрын
Glass that fluoresces bright green under UV light does so because of uranium in the glass.
@gordonmiles9995 Ай бұрын
@drcurioustube wrong. Buy yourself a $125 Geiger counter and learn the truth.
@SnapScavenge 2 ай бұрын
Havnt been there but I want to. Not far from me
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
It’s about 4 hrs from me, but worth the drive to visit.👍
@davidg813 2 ай бұрын
Interesting video but your fast camera movements are making me dizzy
@lisacox8109 2 ай бұрын
That was amazing. But we always called it slag
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Slag is technically a byproduct of iron production, however there’s a style/pattern of glass called “slag glass” that has layers of color in it (in so many words). Both are byproducts and scraps of an industrial process.😄👍
@mitchellmadarish5921 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing material!!! What do you use it for? Art? Bulk sales? Super fun video! Water, and a couple pups is always pure heaven!!!
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
I use the glass for torchwork and melt it into various things. I also sell it in bulk for various uses. I’ve had a blast going to get the stuff, so it’s only fair the dogs have fun too!😄🐾👍
@tippieagle 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful finds. happy to watch along. Would love to see some of it in person.
@SnapScavenge 2 ай бұрын
There’s a place by me like that. Nice.
@robertshatto2995 3 ай бұрын
Where in Pa. are you lolocated? I'm in new cumberland,
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
I’m from York PA.👍
@dayc801 3 ай бұрын
This was a fun video, two dogs one cat, a pick up truck, avoiding cops and trouble, finding cool stuff, perfect
@theglassdigtective 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Digging old glassworks and their dumps has become really fun- and challenging to find the colors and types I want. I’ll have 2 new cullet hunting videos up soon.👍⛏
@TheHeadlessHorseman 3 ай бұрын
If my parents house is ever dug up sometime in the future, someone may find some old Boonsfarm bottles that some friends and I disposed of after we were done drinking them
@TheHeadlessHorseman 3 ай бұрын
why is there so many bottles thrown down there do you think?
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
There was no trash pick up back then, so they found different places to stash their garbage.
@captainflint89 3 ай бұрын
flintknappers would do well to practice on this glass, good market for it
@tippieagle 3 ай бұрын
what a neat adventure! subbed.
@theglassdigtective 3 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’ll have more videos up soon.👍
@raman5329 3 ай бұрын
The orange glow is manganese, not cadmium...
@theglassdigtective 3 ай бұрын
Manganese glows a light green or blue under 365nm and 395nm uv light. Manganese in high concentrations makes purple glass.
@deloradeabel8487 2 ай бұрын
@@theglassdigtectiveyou are right & that’s why your the glass detective!
@ericday604 3 ай бұрын
Sweet adventure and finds brother!!! That seemed to pay off for sure. Hope to see you at morning sun soon.
@theglassdigtective 3 ай бұрын
Thanks man! I’m headed to check out a new dump in western PA tomorrow for a few days. Won’t be at market this weekend but maybe next week.👍⛏
@gwilymthomas3699 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. This has been very helpful. I was out this morning and found what I thought was obsidian. Cleaned it up and did a few checks and discovered the existence of slag glass :) Not only does this explain the “obsidian”, but also a bunch of previously unknown green rocks I’ve found over the years. All of them have been found on semi-rural paths where presumably industrial by-product has been broken up for a bit of surfacing. Coincidentally, all of this has been found in Yorkshire (UK) :).
@joegodbout830 3 ай бұрын
You should sift the soil for smaller idems like coins and jewelry before you refill.
@odessafrankson1478 4 ай бұрын
Beautiful glass cutting
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@hellomcflyy 6 ай бұрын
if you have really nasty grime - oxalic acid does excellent
@bouncerslabrealnature9143 6 ай бұрын
We find the best dumps and insulators in the woods off of the railroad tracks in different places...Some are huge dumps that might have been there before the railroad tracks but still not sure. 🤔 Thank goodness I find multiple colors of glass insulators and not that porcelain stuff. Here's the cleaning secret for insulators.... Barkeeper's Friend dissolved in warm water to soak them in.... Easier than anything else. (Except having someone else clean them..😂)
@Travelling..Bottle..Digger 6 ай бұрын
Nice insulator site you got into... good stuff
@theglassdigtective 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Insulators aren’t my usual thing to hunt, so I was hopeful on the spot. Worked out good and fun to dig for sure.👍
@Mr.XJ.96 6 ай бұрын
Thats the mother load in my books lol. I really enjoy looking for blue stone especially along the lake Erie Shore line. I've never found a giant piece yet I know they exist around here in Butler County Pa and surrounding countries. I've been spoiled with a local dirt road having them spread out in the stone for a couple miles. I've been Picking there for years till now. They recently have put a new layer of rail road ballist down on the whole road. They not as easy to find anymore. I've got several 5 gallon buckets full. I'm near several furnaces Bradys Bend Sarah's furnace Rockland Furnace. Where's the best places to look? Do modern-day methods make the blue slag? The blue and green slag I've been picking for years was mixed in with limestone on the road base. The road base was put down roughly 2014 till now wen recently topped over with new stone so my Pickins are slim. Every since I've recently been addicted to Pickin blue stone and rock huntin Its been my goal to find the mother load.l and to me Sir what you found was the mother load. What advice do you give as where to look?
@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 7 ай бұрын
That was a close call👍
@theglassdigtective 7 ай бұрын
Thankfully they preferred going downhill vs up! I would have had to scare them off as “politely” as possible if they started getting too close.😁👍
@FreethemGuyz 7 ай бұрын
Skunks all in poison ivy…. 🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉yyeahhhhhhhhhhhh sign me up….
@theglassdigtective 7 ай бұрын
😂yep! I made sure to keep my distance from both.👍🦨