125 Year Old Map We Found Online Led Us to a Jackpot Buried in a Back Yard

[@BelowthePlains]

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[@ChrispyMulder]

You find the best stuff. And you are so laid back about what you find or don’t find. I’ve so missed you when I’ve watched someone else because they don’t tell me about it. I’m spoiled now

[@saraanddarrinmoneer3696]

Fast becoming the BIGGEST digging channel on utube!! I am so proud of you two Tom and Jake!!

[@screwthecabal6453]

Bullshit. Bottle dump.

[@aprilthomas1734]

That pit was awesome!! It was so exciting. Haha thank you for being above the mark of all other bottle digging videos, I have never ever learned so much till you guys. Thank you! 😊

[@oystersnag]

I absolutely love the blue bromo seltzer bottles. The color is amazing. What a neat dig!

[@jerrysadventures8952]

Thanks for taking me along today

[@JUNEYMOON9881]

Wonderful video, made my day. Thank you guys, your the best.

[@williamheden6794]

Another high quality adventure! Thanks for saving our history and taking me along. From Ohio.

[@Bluewaterpinessantarosabeach]

Thank you! Nice dig.

[@dawnhaynes7784]

Love the video and the finds are awesome can't wait for the next video guys 😀 love the bromos

[@woolaminajunkjournals]

Absolutely love your adventures and thank you for adding the history of your finds!

[@iliketocomment8144]

You found a honey pit. Nice! 👍 I like how you showed some of the bottles cleaned up at the end.

[@AmeliaBucks]

Fun watching you! I wish you would discuss how you know where to build and why you got into this. As a child I always begged my parents to let me dog in the backyard, never happened! You live my dream and I get to watch! ❤️ Love the history of the places and even some of what you dig up! Keep up the great work! 👍

[@JamesWestAZ]

Some really cool bottles guys. Love the color on those old Bromo bottles.

[@bonnitahinson6296]

You have GOT to be a bottle expert. Love what you do

[@DavidJones-smiley]

🍿🍿love watching your videos.

[@kararit6851]

Have just found watched my first ' below the plains ' video and I'm hooked LOL It's 3am, I should be sleeping but I'm going back for more. Great job guys 🙂

[@hchilless3467]

Great video Tom. Always enjoy. 😀

[@Dirtflicker]

Awesome man! Love your videos! 👊👍

[@lorrainebritton3802]

You really have found fascinating historic treasure, well that’s what I think anyway. As always thank you for sharing and peace and love from the uk 🇬🇧 x

[@glennmurphy1820]

Great dig.Enjoyed it.

[@janecroft4896]

Brilliant dig, the labels were amazing, thank you for sharing, love your vids❤️

[@jasonfaber2870]

I had to watch this again. Just an amazing pit you know they aren’t all that awesome. I wait for you videos to come out. Guess you can’t dig frozen dirt. Cheers. Incredible. Ty for sharing your adventures.

[@BelowthePlains]

haha well.. we had a few years worth of our digs recorded before we even started the channel.. we just kept pushing it off lol.. so we do have a stockpile.. but yes, you are right.. the ground just froze up here about a week ago. so we do only have like an 7 1/2 month window where we can actually dig, since we live in a frozen hellscape.. but thank you for all the nice words! glad you like the videos. you have no idea how surreal it feels when someone says they like our videos.. thank you so much

[@brentlittle8075]

Any novice collector would gain a ton of knowledge from you guys. Been collecting bottles for 50 years plus. Really enjoy this channel.

[@jerryblum277]

congrats on the op bottle!

[@steven2212]

Great dig! My mom lives in Shakopee MN.

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

Gotta say great garbage in the old days 👍 awesome bottles beautiful stuff.

[@cellrob]

lets see the collection !!!! - or a before and after cleaning - or your cleaning process!!!

[@mrmchaney]

This was a great dig with a nice variety of bottles.

[@BBQNBLUES]

So Enjoy your digs ! Being in a wheelchair, I'm unable to explore like you. Have become hooked on your channel & Brandon's :) Purchased a few soda bottles off eBay.. but LOVE so many Cobalt's & patent medicines you keep finding.

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

Tom, that was a fantastic location. The Leeds bottles were so cool. Bummer on the St.Paul bottles being busted up. A great variety of finds. Great job to Jake also. Take care.

[@doreensarco1734]

I don't know why your content popped up in my youtube homepage but im glad it did. I enjoyed this and got excited to with every bottle you find. Those are cool, beautiful old bottles. I can imagine the times they were still being used. Thanks for your content

[@kimberlymariebell3140]

I have so many bottles I have found on our 28 acres, and some are the blue ones. Love watching your videos.

[@warrenmink2429]

Great finds man , killer old stuff. Things you never see. Thanks for sharing

[@tommychew6544]

That was a great pit! Wouldn't you like to find more maps that show where old boarding houses were? I could only imagine what might be found in one out toward the northeastern US! Thanks for sharing!

[@tomroberts7221]

Great dig. That pontil bottle is awesome.

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Some lovely bottles well recovered

[@bobkirk942]

Awesome bro!!! Great video as always 👍 this video is in like super HD!! Ya get a new camera?

[@marykaystreasures]

I enjoyed your video thank you for sharing 👍 It's amazing to see the label's on the bottles you found a pocket full of bottles nice keep on digging and keep up the good work ⚒️👍👀♥️🗝️

[@johnlord8337]

Also in reference to beer bots - Busch was the one making lady's leg beer bots. This did not happen with the Ohio Bottle Company plants within the American Bottle Company. So this lady's leg beer bot sampler is a Busch made product. It is also known that Busch before, (and this sampler proves - during), that domestic Busch glass plants were making these beer bots (confused with wine and whiskey bots) - and also having Germans sending beer bots to America helping fill up Busch's need for containers - that could also be (unmarked) lady's legs. But this bot is very rare and highly proven to be a Busch-made American Bottle Company beer bot at the Belleville, Streator, or St Louis plant.

[@TnTaur125]

What is different about this dig that produced so many bottles with full or partial labels?

[@therelicextractors4761]

Dryer conditions will help preserve the labels

[@vernaraney9870]

Really love the cobalt blue bottle’s

[@joesmith-es1zy]

That pontiled bottle was an amazing find considering where you found it.

[@marciclark8266]

Love seeing the teapot...usually just found bottles

[@budboggess5575]

I'd want to ask...what is your digging stick?... Oak? Hickory...also in FL I found a Barry's of New York .."Tricopherous for the skin and hair....(panel bottle?) ..."Directions in the pamphlet"... wonder if you ever found one?... just found you and I'm hooked!!

[@budboggess5575]

I'm guessing hickory...by the way

[@aprilthomas1734]

I had asked the same question, it’s just a wooden dowel. Crazy huh? I figured it was also some type of hard wood :)

[@budboggess5575]

@Tom A hey Tom.....I'm a Land Surveyor...so I wonder if you have a background in Surveying...your use of old maps... plats....and old photographs suggests a serious amount of research and planning goes into every dig!... I find every dig fascinating!!!... Plus the fact that you get permission!... Are you personally stocking a Dakota museum?...id love to know the backstory of how you got into this!!

[@deltadawn679]

New sub here, love it guys! 💖💖💖

[@Melissa54321]

Really cool how so many still had their labels on them and even a shoe survived.

[@ksealskimmer]

just found you guys this is awesome. do you sell what you find? if so please put a link to your store in the description please

[@ksealskimmer]

so...do y'all sell it items? the broken dishes?

[@mandybrown7758]

Another incredible dump and beautiful finds 😁👊👊

[@JUNEYMOON9881]

Do you donate the bottles and fines to the home owners or to the historical society Of Leeds? You guys sure found some unusual bottles in this pit. Congratulations!!!

[@stulynn2005]

Now that you have so many cool bottles. You should do something really cool with them

[@melissaslate1621]

Nice haul!!

[@patablanche5075]

Amazing finds

[@Ben-Carr]

Four Leeds soda bottles and two of each variant, that is amazing.

[@shepherd4406]

That was a gem.

[@daisyorpington784]

I'd like to know HOW you determine where it is you want to dig..you mention maps and library ALOT but again how to pick where to go and search? Thanks..loving the content

[@osvaldolavagnino3519]

I supose he search for old photos and history to determine were was an house on older times

[@V8Deuce]

AWESOME

[@patriciapierce19561]

Im amazed at some of the earth s secrets. Very interesting. 🖐

[@lauradwyer8584]

I love your content. I think your one of the few bottle diggers on KZbin to date that takes more of an archaeological approach to your digs. I also love your intro music. Who is the artist?

[@therelicextractors4761]

His father is a musician so that would just be my guess...??

[@lauradwyer8584]

I found it! (the music that is). It's Take Your Time by Dan Lebowitz. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJWciHpjaNZoiM0

[@mrsseasea]

I love your content, i learn more for your videos than any other video of digs I watch. Do you sell any of your bottles? I would love to buy one.

[@pokemontepig31]

I’m wondering if some of the early embossed broken stuff could be repurposed by using them in a stained glass type creation. I understand that it would be very labor intensive but could be very cool

[@ISCDesignArchitect]

thanks Tom. beautiful dig! i often see you refer to ‘ tooled top’. can you kindly explain what that is. ive heard it often but dont know.

[@ISCDesignArchitect]

@Tom A thankyou

[@googlehub6629]

Do you ever find cod or Hamilton bottles?

[@angelan2764]

I know that probably this is a dum question but where do you find a 125 year old maps?

[@angelan2764]

@Tom A thank you for explaining that to me

[@robertwilson9423]

I like viewing your chanel you find some great things. My brother does the same thing in New Mexico. I use a metal detector to find my treasure.

[@BestSellers2122]

Nice!

[@ethanshinabarger4390]

I've noticed you've not done any compilation videos of all the fine stuff you found, I could be wrong but if not could you do one because your channel is completely fascinating, and it's a rarity among KZbin channels these days( in my opinion of course), because you just give facts there is no stupid music and none of that other stupid stuff that I've just gotten so bored with. I could sound pretentious but at this point you got quality stuff I'm acknowledging that! Plus you remind me if a Rankin/Bass character from the old stop motion Christmas shows we used to watch as children! You're adorable!

[@Putt6523]

This is very interesting what you do. Just wondering what you do with your finds?

[@joanneachildoftheking4199]

Just found your channel. Curious to know if you have to fill back in the dig hole?!

[@heathermurray9939]

In England we have a " Leeds " in South Yorkshire England

[@cicipine1]

Curious, what do you do with all of the bottles you find..?? I have, maybe, 5 boxes or more of what I've found over the course...

[@kristidavis9945]

There’s a guy in England that preserves his labels by putting the label where it can’t be scratched off then he soak the bottles with the labels in water carefully then he lets it dry and sprays it with clear coat. It makes it to where you can read the labels and see what colors they where originally.

[@joycemusgrave161]

Pop's here. I've noticed in your older videos you're using a dowel rod to dig with and some of your more recent videos you use a trowel. The trowel seems to work better.

[@stephenbrown8455]

Are these old outhouses that you're digging up just curious because I know that back then they dumped everything in the outhouses

[@claymonsterpottery]

Oh my gosh! That chicken! I love chickens.

[@johns4584]

Homer Laughlin is just south of me in Ohio, they still make Fiesta ware and such today. Most everyone around this area has some in their kitchen that they still use, I still have a bunch from the 40's and 50's.........We had lots of pottery places along the Ohio river post civil war, not many left now. There is a pottery museum in East Liverpool that I believe is still open limited hours, an interesting history of the area before the turn of the last century.

[@triciac1019]

How do you know where to dig? I just found you today, my second video of yours.

[@glennsmith3303]

This is your second vid I watched. I understand the map research you are doing, but I feel like you are seeing outlines of pits from the surface? Is that correct, because I do not understand. Very interesting, thank you.

[@sethbrandenburg4080]

How do you find the maps online. You find them at libraries online or is there some other website you're going off of

[@mrfixitferg]

What maps are you finding and what are your keywords to search for to find these maps so that I may be able to fins some in my local area.

[@sandramowery6727]

The Pit appears to be a Dump and Burn site from around the late 1800s to early 1900s.

[@hopenoack4087]

I’m new to the channel so maybe you have mentioned this but do you make drinking glasses out of the bottles with broken tops?

[@lauriefleming8834]

Hi Tom, I'm a new subscriber. Really enjoy your videos, your knowledge of your finds is impressive! Just curious, what do you do with all the bottles you find?

[@rustynail8484]

What do you do with all the bottles you find? You must have thousands. Thanks

[@vickyesperanza8267]

Can i come dig with you! How fun!!!

[@DianaSwi]

Maybe you could do a video of explaining with showing the different things you mention finding items…

[@chrismiller3201]

Estimate about how much you made on that dig tell me the answer

[@kurtschlick3891]

the bottles with broken tops you can cut them down and make drinking glasses.

[@therelicextractors4761]

I have the psychine and ozomulsion bottles too lol

[@starfox1340]

Do you sell the stuff you dig up ?

[@odnewdylee]

Is there a video where he explains how he knows where they dumped at? I survey land and think this is the coolest I'd love to see if we could find something

[@nikkilesavoy1327]

How do you find old maps online?

[@az55544]

Coulter disc from a lightweight plow

[@dgc940]

Question My house was built in 1903. How does a person find where the outhouse areas were? shouldn't be to hard as the back yard is only like 60x150 When I was kid the old horse n wagon shed sit in back 16x16 area so eliminates that area.

[@mfdoom1898]

A map lead you to some old bottles?

[@johnlord8337]

Finding out more history of the American Bottle Company (slant) AB and AB Co monogram. There are some with "B" and "S" markings on bottom that relate to the Busch-owned and -operated "B" Belleville, OH, and "S" Streator, IL glass houses. Some of these same have 6, 7,8, 9 (as 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909). YT Mass River Pickers just pulled out amber bottle with "L and 3 or 33 on the base, that can only be the Busch St Louis MO plant, the "S" taken by Streator and L for St Louis. The 3 or 33 would then be 1913 or least-likely a ghost mold of 33 as 1933 when prohibition stopped and beer manufacturing was restarted with clear bots. So check out the maker's mark on the bottom of this American Bottle Company bot - as the compatriot 4 plants of the Ohio Bottle Company with 1 plant at Newark OH, 2 plants at Wooster OH, and 1 at Masillon OH did not use any plant or date codes. It is also highly suspect at the American Bottle Company was licensed to use Owens bottle machines, and through its existence (1905- said 1916) Owens was buying up the Ohio Bottle Company plants ... and only 1 Ohio plant and the 1 Busch Streator plant lasted to the end ... and were sold off to Owens Bottle Company. It is after this time, and much confusion of Adolphus Busch making beer bots before, during, and after American Bottle Company, that Busch could have taken up the (slant and bold) AB and AB Co maker's mark post-1916 ... and not before this time period as other bot author(s) imply. So the maker's mark on this clear machine made beer bot and its specific mark and identity provides massive historical revision and correction to these bots.

[@therelicextractors4761]

John where ya been lately ?!

[@samsonian]

The old patent meds were hilarious! That Psychine stuff claimed to cure everything under the sun…pretty optimistic considering its sole “active” ingredient was 10% (20 proof) Alcohol. Didn’t know slightly weak wine could cure so much!

[@Leslie-wb8cb]

I feel like this is like digging potatoes!

[@whathappenedtomyYThandle]

Anyone ever go back and sifts all that ash and dirt? Looking for the big payoffs might be missing something caked in mud or tiny. I'm finding amazing small items like a wood button the size of a pencil tip, sm bead, 1 1/2 heavy metal bee or beetle medallion, 2 bullets 1800 Era, bead earing, and too much more to list. But it's on my property that was part of a plantation at one time so more time to look over days.

[@chrismiller3201]

Do you actually sell a lot of these bottles you find are people buying them