142 Year Old Map Found in an Old Library Led Us to an Absolute Jackpot

Excavating the earliest privy at a residence in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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[@BelowthePlains]

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[@stewartdowouis9218]

Do you guys have a website where you sell the bottles you unearth?

[@Flippsbigcountry]

Have you ever found one of those jugs filled with coins?

[@barrywainwright3391]

You mean future videos are going to be cut for non payers? If so that's not a good thing to do if you want to grow your channel.

[@whalesong4401]

We bought a house built in 1945, while doing a little remodeling we pulled up part of the floor and found a photograph of a young mother holding her baby son, they were the original home owners. We found that their family was still in the area and we were able to return the photo to the son's grandchildren.

[@Vanguard_Codm]

Bro how are u still alive lol

[@mikespex8505]

When you say we you mean your parents?

[@gargamel3393]

@@Vanguard_Codm They said they bought a house that was BUILT in 1945. Not that they were born in 1945.

[@gargamel3393]

@@mikespex8505 They said the house was BUILT in 1945. Not that they were born in 1945. Both people who responded to this comment need to read more carefully.

[@Vanguard_Codm]

@@gargamel3393 ik i meant that as a joke

[@d-lowz-no9931]

My grandpa used to be a big time metal detector guy, it was his biggest hobby aside from tinkering around in the garage on old cars and bikes. He was walking his land back in 2004 and got a hit, he used to get us kids involved because it gave us a reason to “dig for treasure” lol well one day on the southwest corner of his land under an old hay awning we started digging and found an old Harley buried about 3 ft under the ground laid on its side wrapped in about 5 tarps inside a custom made steel box. After about 3 months of research and tracking down the owner, it was a 1954 Harley Davidson FL Panhead and the old man had passed away many years before this. It was stolen in 1979 and never recovered. We claimed ownership after a great deal of paperwork and time. Of course the frame and everything was shot but we completely rebuilt the motor and everything salvageable back when I was 22 in 2012. Cost us a very shiny penny. That was the last project we finished sadly before my grandpa passed away. The bike is still sitting in my garage to this day. Just repainted it last summer actually lol we call it “tougher than dirt”

[@leehambleton9919]

My granddad hap a picture of the queen mother 😂😂

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I don't know if your grandpop is Lou Sallo from Center Valley Pa. About 1990 1991 he dug up a stolen Harley that was totally taken apart and buried in a steel military coffin. He also tracked down the original owner but I think the Harley was a 61. My dad dated the coffin to the vietnam war era he said they were sold at surplus stores all over our area in the mid 1970s you could buy em ammo cans and gun crates we had piles of that crap in our garage. Lou and his dad that just recently passed away a few months back did just that with the bike they redid the engine among other parts most of the bike was intact and had been neatly taken apart. The only missing piece to the bike was the front wheel which they used a bit later model wheel. I think possibly the wheel would not have fit inside the coffin the engine back wheel and frame mostly took up all the room the coffins were pretty narrow if ya ever seen one. One of the other things in the coffin were foreign porn magazines wrapped in a plastic like wax paper. We found a 22 pistol that had been stolen on Philly circa 1966. Mostly Lou got to keep everything because everyone in the matters was dead and gone.

[@racerx4152]

I wished you could have filmed your adventure and put it on utube.

[@bobopolliwog2832]

What a treasure to keep in the family.

[@cheshirescarf2065]

What a story! And the reply…fantastic! I grew up with no grandparents involved. Yours sounded an absolute fascinating character.

[@mr.hanger]

I fell a large pecan tree years ago and hit something with my chain. I cut above and below it and discovered a cannon ball that had been in the tree since the civil war. Not worth much, but it makes a cool conversation piece to set on the mantle. I love old stuff!

[@matthewlambert8789]

As a plumber in Chicago...when we dig up water or sewer mains we find many many items from the Chicago fire ...I have several old pewter coins from the horse and buggy tokens and super cool medicine bottles etc 😎 I love these videos 📹

[@matthewlambert8789]

@@SPotter1973 yeah we dig about 6 to 15 foot deep and we find old horse bones wrapped in blankets ..kinda cool to see the old tradition

[@triciac1019]

how fun!

[@colejarvis3098]

That's pretty cool. I've never dug a hole and found anything other than snakes and worms. Not as interesting. 🤣🤙🍻

[@1582len]

I also used to be a plumber back in the 1970’s in Hudson County New Jersey. All old towns. Digging up old water and sewer lines I found many marbles. It seems they would drop a marble or 2 in the trenches. Or even under a basement floor before cementing. I started saving them, and have a bag of about 40. Some pretty clean, some chipped, a few with cement stuck to them. All from days gone by.

[@jernigan23]

Thats awesome

[@got2kittys]

There was a colonial era dump under my parent's old woodshed. When they tore down the ancient building, they dug up the dump for antique bottles, and paid off their mortgage with the proceeds.

[@triciac1019]

Now that would be wonderful!

[@spammerscammer]

Pictures or it didn't happen.

[@blee30]

Where do you find out what they're worth? I've got old medicine bottles too I dug up, old shoes, pepsi bottles, etc

[@Starfish2145]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ go away! 🤦‍♀️

[@barrywainwright3391]

They must have been pontiled bottles from tge Civil War and prior.

[@handyhippie6548]

just goes to show, outhouses were not only toilets, but trash pits as well. whatever you had, that you didn't want anymore went into darkness under the thunder box. when it was full, you just dug a new hole somewhere else, and put the old house over the new hole. when my parents bought my great grandfather's farm in the late 60's, even though there was an indoor toilet, the outhouse was still standing over the last hole. as a kid i used to find tons of old quaker brand whiskey bottles stuffed in the walls, rafters, and every other small space you can think of, in all of the outbuildings where my grandfather had stashed them to hide them from my grandmother.

[@jomardale5940]

I think this is one of the most interesting things I've ever seen on youtube. It's almost like watching you open a time capsule. Love it!

[@69ChevyGarage]

Love old relic discoveries. Just knowing someone else was there right where you are so long ago, is almost like there is a bond to that past that is hard to describe.

[@dutchschultz3076]

Got family in Grand forks. The slominski family had a farm in the 30s and 40s and turned into a tile company. They immigrated here from Poland and Germany pre ww1 or during. I remember as a kid going there and getting rides in the crop dusting planes. Great memories and love from Ronald Schultz of Detroit.

[@jackaustin3576]

If the pilot sat in the back and the dust in the front where did you sit....

[@dutchschultz3076]

@@jackaustin3576 with your mother Jack ass

[@BADD1ONE]

As a construction contractor that has seen several trenching collapses this gave me the chills. It's always the hole your positive that won't collapse that does

[@Twistnthewind]

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

[@kfiscal01]

Yea, people do crazy things when treasures are involved, myself included. Found an old 1700s brick lined well years ago and of course me and a buddy had to in it and dig. We hit water! It was about 15 ft deep and decided to take all the bricks out from the top down. Crazy to think we did that but came out ok. Got 400 bucks for the old bricks.

[@BatOneTwo]

@@kfiscal01 WOW, scary and cool story at the same time! I bet there was coins under all that water! Glad it turned out so well. Blessings,Fran

[@turkeyrunfarms]

Yes, had the same thought. Yikes!

[@BADD1ONE]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ AMEN

[@TheEAGLESEYES007]

love how you guys researched all the finds and show us the company where they came from

[@swissuz]

This is absolutely fascinating. I'm a history and antique buff and never heard of or thought of an "outhouse" being used also as a trash dump. All those liquor bottles make me laugh...as if the owner was trying to hide the evidence of maybe a little excessive drinking. At that time, no one would check out the privy to locate anything. I'm in the middle of writing a book about the 1800s and the daily life of people living at that time. It never occurred to me to question where trash went. I always thought it would be composted or burned. Obviously, things that you are finding couldn't be disposed of either way. I need to research when trash collection evolved. I'm addicted to your channel now. This is wonderful knowledge of how our ancestors lived in the city. I used to live in San Antonio, Tx. One of the early houses that were downtown and no longer standing was the home of a very prominent family. Early in the 1900s, they were having the house remodeled and a big tree removed. As the stump was being taken out, one of the workers stuck in a shovel and hit something hard and metal. When digging more, it was a cache of gold coins that the family had buried in the yard during the civil war. The family living there were descendants of the family and just let the workers divide it. That was in a news article from about 1925-30. There is a high-rise building there now. There is no telling what is buried under our cities to be found one day in the far-off future. Don't let anyone say there isn't anything left to explore! The possibilities are endless.

[@oystersnag]

Not sure how I ended up here, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Really neat finds along with well researched tidbits of information to go along with the finds. I appreciate you taking the time to include this extra information and sharing your finds with us. I would love to have seen the shoes you found. To know someone's story is to "walk in their shoes" so I think it could have been a neat and personal thing to see, even if they were really deteriorated.

[@BelowthePlains]

yeah we have started to focus more on all of the finds, instead of just the unbroken bottles.. and wow, i really appreciate that.. i know, its such a random thing to have a channel about, but its just something we've been doing for a long time. thank you for the nice comment, glad you found your way to the channel!

[@misfitking_0143]

😆 Me as well... Cool Stuff! Makes me want to dig up my yard...

[@claredegroff1491]

my wife has a plan to do a story about shoes. you know that single shoe in the middle of the road, hanging on a power line, at the beach, pretty much everywhere people have been. each had a story or stories even. "lost soles" if you steal it you will be sued. she has been working on it for years and was smart enough to protect her ideas. but I'm interested in knowing any stories you may have and want to include (yes you will be credited).

[@BatOneTwo]

I wanted to see those shoes also!! Oh the stories they hold..lol Blessings, Fran

[@tracielliott681]

@@BelowthePlains I have loads and loads of the old ironstone fragments from my digs......what do you guys do with all of the old china and pottery pieces....just a nosey question from an avid digger upper.....

[@delanyx2310]

I'm no archeologist, only a big ass 'time team' fan but holy shit the way you're digging up the pieces and how you removed them made me so anxious 😂

[@fanofthechase1249]

Where's mick when you need em?

[@tracycombs1484]

Love Time Team ❤

[@taffythegreat1986]

Looks like a refuge pit, where people dumbed their rubbish. We had one on the farm. The farm house was over 700yrs old. My brother use to go digging in the corner of the field, where he knew there was a pit. He found hundreds of old bottles mainly, going back 100yrs of years along with other finds. Bring back memories your video 👍 it’s nice to keep what you find. It’s a great hobby as well

[@karensky3456]

Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why things from the Victorian era were so far below ground.

[@prostyle1626]

Refuse pits were common back then because they didnt have sanitation departments like we have today. And like your family we had pits on the farm also. I just never thought to go digging up anything. Unintended time capsules.

[@taffythegreat1986]

@@prostyle1626 so true 👍

[@fishinwidow35]

Not in the USA, where was this?

[@prostyle1626]

@@fishinwidow35 I lived in Tennessee in the USA.

[@handimanjay6642]

Growing up in Connecticut we would locate circa 1800 or earlier homesites, locate the back doors and walk out till the ground drops off. This was the typical home dumpsites. We found many interesting period pieces. Some in pieces others whole.

[@curiouscharacter1]

Once had a girlfriend whose Dad was a bottle enthusiast. He had a similar technique. First, he'd find an old abandoned house in the woods. He would go to the back door and throw a junk bottle as far as he could. Walk to where the bottle landed and start looking/digging. Apparently, a lot of drinkers back in the day would dispose of bottles this way. It was effective; the walls of his house didn't have room for pictures. Every inch was covered with shelving floor to ceiling to hold his bottle collection.

[@JoeyDecay]

I wanna dig up my backyard now

[@williamhyde2310]

I saw some guys a few years ago that were digging old outhouse pits from the 1800s in New York city and they were finding lots of whole bottles but also coins, jewelry, knives, and pistols. Basically things people dropped in them and said "ok that's gone." Lol

[@diegoroswell302]

I grew up in connecticut with a forest in my backyard, my grandfather took me target shooting at an old farmer’s bottle dump that must have spanned an acre. Shot up everything, didn’t know or care at that age. Later on my father and little brother excavated the site and recovered thousands of items as old as the revolutionary war. Our entire basement canning closets were filled with blue glass telegraph pole connectors and bubbley blown glass of every imaginable size and color. Got to the point where they only kept the most valuable items, later sold it all. The fun was in the discovery

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I grew up and lived with my kin folks near Kutztown Pa. Same deal dumps that went back to the revolutionary war not just the civil war. Most farms had huge dumps if U knew where to look. We had old bottles and coins from early 1700s & 1800s one penny from 1759. Some of those early coins were British coins probably tossed out after losing their original value because of our money system. Most notable treasure I save is an oil lamp a Milk Glass lamp made in Lancaster England. The appraiser my dad took it to back in the 70s around the bicentennial was one old guy. When he saw the lamp he immediately offered my dad $100 for the lamp because one it was in perfect condition even had a brass wick collar not steel or tin. I have no idea of the actual value but being it was parlor lamp not a table lamp it stands about 2 feet tall with the beautiful shade. Whoever buried it did just that they buried it perhaps not wanting to break it because it was that beautiful with the flowers in the glass shade. I have a farm house now in the coal regions and that is all I dig up is old wire insulators and leather shoes. I have gotten a few bottles and vasoline bottles and even got coke & beer bottles from the early 1950s were on the top. I never really dug the pit open here. Some of things I did find I did not dig for the stuff the back yard ground hog jettisoned the stuff while digging his holes under my firewood piles. My first year here I did find some coins and two silver dollars from the 1890s one I think is 1895. I found a gold coin it's the size thickness of a modern nickel but nobody locally knows what kind of coin it is that that worn. One local collector suggested it was an Italian or Spanish coin from the early 1700s. Mostly this area was inhabited by the Irish and Pa Dutch like me. Most of the other ethnics came along after WW I...

[@sandrajohnson9926]

Lavender color is valuable in old glass wire connectors.

[@larisarogers2649]

I love watching what comes out, from a historical perspective because everything tells a story.

[@TargaWheels]

I wonder if people from a hundred years ago would have ever thought someone would love digging through their rubbish pile.

[@redlight3932]

Half of archeology lmao

[@bettymukami]

One man's garbage is another man's treasure

[@MegaShiels]

in a hundred years people will film themselves digging through our landfills

[@Tealtra]

Now that's what an untouched pit really looks like. Loved 😍 all the snuff, jugs, and Kickapoo bottles.

[@debraadkins-brown399]

Potato forks, from my experience, ended up in the pit when the kid tasked with digging the potatoes decided that if the fork was stolen or disappeared that the potatoes could not be dug. That only happened once. LOL.

[@BatOneTwo]

🤣 My luck, that would be the first place my Mom looked for the potato pitch fork to be stashed..lol Blessings, Fran

[@BatOneTwo]

I live here in North Dakota, and you have got me wanting to start checking my yard out more! lol I do have a metal detector, I will start with that. I have no idea how I found this video, but I am so glad I did. I enjoyed watching the haul unfold, and what a haul you have! Thank you for sharing this with us all, you have planted a seed in my head..lol Blessings, Fran

[@kelleydays3907]

I live next to a golf course that was a farm for 200 years. My husband is about to get really angry at me because I’m about to start digging up my property line along the golf course. 😂😂😂 I can’t imagine what I’ll find. This is the first video I seen of your and I’m so glad I fell upon it. You had an amazing time today great job.

[@DetectiveHeatherHolmes]

Just remember, deeper=older. 😁

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Also remember, unsupported ditches can and do collapse. Be safe 😊

[@deborahbaker4770]

It’s amazing that most of the cool pieces you found are still intact !! 👍🏻

[@voncielrussell6260]

Interesting! Years ago I had a magazine on treasure hunting and there was an article about digging up old outhouses and finding valuable items. Especially in public outhouses in the south. We had an old outhouse on our farm in WA and I talked my husband and his friend into digging it up. I know it seems like a nasty job! All contents have turned to soil in an old outhouse. We found no valuables! The article stated that when a person was sick in the household all their dishes and utensils they used where thrown away in the household to prevent the spread of the sickness they has.

[@williamheden6794]

You guys do an amazing job. Thank you for saving our history and allowing me to come along. From Ohio

[@annehenry6243]

Hey, from Ohio, you know the Museum of Natural History in Cincinnati has a display of outhouse history from around the Cincy area. It's pretty cool.

[@williamheden6794]

I'm 5 hours from Cincinnati but I'll check it out thank you

[@Dball10-4]

Gay

[@williamheden6794]

What a lovely singing voice you must have

[@incog30]

I'm from Streator Ill. The Owen's glass company was the world's largest producer of glassware. It's nickname is the glass capital of the world. Great video and keep up the good work!

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

i have family in streator, do you know where the old glass and bottling factory was located? Is it near the vermillion down town? Bet theres a lot of bottles in the vermillion near streator

[@incog30]

@@Quantrills.Raiders it's located next to the am track rail line. It has a viaduct that crosses the rail and also goes over the mountains of crushed recycled glass.

[@djmiklethun]

It would be interesting to see what the bottles you decide to keep look like after they’re cleaned up. I’d be also curious to learn why you decide to keep a particular bottle and what they’re worth.

[@djmiklethun]

I realize it’d be more effort from a production standpoint, but an outro with you showing and talking about those items was what I meant.

[@adelineunderwood9525]

He should keep them all

[@larrynazzaro5216]

I second the comments here. Love to see the cleaned up items at the end. I see you have shown a couple here. Really nice!

[@laurelshugars2866]

Your videos outshine many others due to the effort you put into history and documentation: I absolutely love the graphics that you insert!! However, I have timed the views you give us of embossed bottles and it's right around 4 or 5 seconds. More, please. Thank you for all of the time you put into entertaining us, Tom!!

[@craigdutton6072]

142 yrs old ya throw nothing away lol 😂and most bottles have been found before mate and have a market price to find any value of any bottle is really so simple ya will scoff at it lol 😂 ya just type the brand of bottle into ya search 👀 and it will take you to a auction page that has sold the bottle you have 👌

[@Chimonger1]

From those layers of ash/soot/charcoal, Looks very like you’ve excavated the old family burn/trash pit! That’s another way folks used to deal w/trash…dig hole, burn trash in it til no more fits, layer w/dirt, dig new hole. Repeat. If it was the outhouse hole, there would not be such significant evidence of burned layers. You’ve found some very nicely salable collectible items!

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

Tom, OMG that was an amazing dig. Nice variety of stoneware, snuff jugs and crocks and embossed bottles. Loved the Redwing jug made in our state. Very exciting watching you pull so much out. Congrats.

[@davidrussell8795]

Ppl ppl ppl,do we have to say: oh my God? For everything that impresses you,thalt shall not take God's name in vain!!! He's listening,but if he spoke you because you said that,how would you react? There's: oh wow! And don't be saying holy shit either,that's another no no! After all,it's just someone's old trash,not a miracle! And that impresses you?

[@collequ]

@@davidrussell8795 shut up sickening

[@jerimow8400]

Today is September 6, 2022. I just happened to trip over this video and I am completely hooked. This is amazing! I can’t talk right now because I’ve got a lot of binging to do! Thank you so very much! Sending great respect from Central Florida.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Near the Everglades ?

[@jerimow8400]

@@paulsuprono7225 No, nearer the Gainesville/Ocala area. Horse country.

[@roberthern3057]

And I thought I was the only one that got excited when I find an old trash pit while I’m running my excavator! So cool to see!

[@triciac1019]

That must be so fun! Bet you want to dig through it for days.

[@boonedog1457]

I'm sure a collector would pay dearly for this treasure! Thanks for sharing your treasure hunt!

[@SweetSassyMuffins]

I just became addicted to these kinds of videos, it's so fascinating to watch. I love that you put research stuff on what you are finding. I got curious and started looking up some of the ingredients on some of the old RX bottles and OMG they used some really toxic stuff back then 😮

[@idiotburns]

And they still do

[@SweetSassyMuffins]

@@idiotburns Facts 😂😢

[@glennblackledge8021]

My dad was a VERY good carpenter in a VERY old New England town in Massachusetts. He only had an eighth grade education but, man, he should have been an archeologist. He found a plethora of old bottle dumps and the bottles he found were incredibly old. You can tell by the seam on the bottle. Great video. 👍 Thanks for uploading.

[@cdd4248]

Really beautiful and an interesting assortment of finds. Lovely Stoneware and Decorative pieces. The Liquour Jugs and Snuff Jars are fantastic finds.

[@Scriptorsilentum]

seagrove, sc is a pottery mecca even in colonial times. I bought a small set of blond pottery for every day use there 10 yrs ago. Colours and patterns were beautiful. potter told me it was a pattern from an old bowl he found buried in similar circumstances as this video. reckon it was 1740s design.

[@jameserwin3544]

magnetic attraction to dug up junk ! always tough to say okay lets call it a day ! thank you for recording this project...jim

[@JamesWestAZ]

Tom..... Jake....... WOW. Now that was one loaded pit for sure. All those different bottles. And those old whiskey jugs, and snuff containers.......... AND coming out intact.......... Pretty amazing. Definitely worth you guys time digging that one out. One of the best I've seen for a while.

[@rajun1231]

Tom, I absolutely loved watching your dig especially when you found the whiskey jugs. That thrilled me so because I am a co-owner of a distillery. You certainly found some treasures. Happy digging.

[@markstahl1638]

There used to be a place across from my mom's house that I used to dig. It got covered over and made into a park. I think because parents, maybe my own, were afraid it could cave in on me and my friends. It probably wasn't as old as that but had the potential for older stuff. I was pulling out inkwell bottles, other bottles and other interesting things. We used to call it the ditch because of the stream next to it and we could pull the stuff right out of the embankment wall.

[@bensontroy1526]

Fascinating that you ran across a bottle associated with the Kickapoo medicine company. I recall that the late Hollywood silent film actor, Buster Keaton, best known for his film, "The General", mentioned somewhere that his father was somehow associated with what Keaton referred to as the "Kickapoo Medicine Show".

[@aprilthomas1734]

Stuff just kept coming! Oh my gosh I bet that was a fun one to do. Definitely did seem a little tight in there hahaha. Seriously your guys videos just keep getting better and better. You can really see that you guys put a lot of work into them, cause it shows. 😃 thank you as always for sharing and taking the time to do these 😊 be safe out there!

[@synchro505]

Treasure indeed! So fascinating to see it almost magically appear as its being dug up. Appreciate the hard work put into making this. Thank you.

[@regularguy6501]

Very cool that you took your time to carfully extract the items. Good job and nice finds.

[@cefcat5733]

Nice bottles. The ceramic pieces with designs are cool too. As young people we went into abandoned homes and most things had been taken already. A friend looked in old dumps from the time, every farmer had his own and he gladly added many tiny old bottles to his collection. You can't take it with you is so true. One time we found an upright piano in a shed in Wisconsin and another time, a huge huge pot belly stove out nowhere, in a collapsed hut, totally alone in Nebraska. Hear the wind?

[@CodeGrayHere]

Really fascinating to watch you dig and see what comes up! Edit: oh my gosh, toward the end you're scaring me with your tunneling off to the side! Be safe!

[@jamesexploringonline872]

Great content, amazing the old bottles 🍼 you recovered. Look forward to your other posts . Ty James 🇦🇺 💙

[@catsarereallyfurryaliens]

I have never seen anyone dig a hole that deep and come up so clean! Honestly he hasn’t even got dirt under his fingernails!

[@Smo1k]

Gloves help. Am puzzled that he grips the spade handle with the thumb around it, though, that tends to give you nasty sores... 🤨

[@oldyoungArt]

Gloves

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

@@Smo1k that's why I always get nasty sores using one. The more you know..

[@wilharrison8883]

Hardly any dirt in that hole, just treasures!! Nice dig! It's oddly satisfying to watch dem dar treasures gettin un--earthed!

[@marykaystreasures]

Wow that is amazing the surface find of that age so cool I always enjoy your videos thank you for sharing and have a great digging good time this week ⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️♥️👍👍👍🗝️

[@waynedrummond6583]

Growing up in the 50's in NZ it was common practice for households to have their own mini landfill pit as no regular rubbish collection. Later the Council opened a landfill site that people could take their rubbish to (for a small fee).

[@reginaromsey]

I really love the extra effort you have done in identifying your finds with the notes on the picture! Have you ever tried one of the little hand garden claws to Hephzibah you get things out?

[@nosillalaluna7078]

Always interesting! Thanks for your hard work , it's appreciated ☹️🙈🙉🙊✌️

[@shainazion4073]

Thank you, very interesting, there is no explanation in your "About" section on the channel, perhaps write a small intro about your interests and what you do and post. How did you get started? Did you study archeology? Did you collect old bottles before digging for them?

[@robertpray1064]

Love the fact that you added the descriptions on the vid. Great vid!

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

The Indian Sagwa bottles were always my favorite to find while digging in Minnesota back in the 70s and 80s ...they would get a premium price back then, not so much anymore. The snuff jars (2 varieties) were found in piles , just like northern Minnesota hutches. Gilka Gins also had a good value in those days.

[@trishleet2760]

I love watching videos like this- finding old things with you was intriguing. Old Pennsylvanian here. Lots of interesting finds to be found...Thank you for sharing this experience with us.

[@artiejohnson703]

So awesome, love looking at the history you have found. So cool.

[@deborahbaker4770]

Do you ever imagine who the people were when you find anything like what you have found ? I would definitely love to have the interesting item’s you found no matter how far you are digging into that pit you keep finding something it’s so cool !!👍🏻😊

[@annehenry6243]

I imagine how much those ppl would be cracking up knowing that we're digging through their out house looking for valuable artifacts. 😁😅

[@spammerscammer]

"Do you ever think about stuff?"

[@laurelshugars2866]

What fun! I watch a lot of digging videos, but have never seen snuff pots. The Sagwas were also cool. As an aside, try a blacklight on the Vaseline jars...I was pleasantly surprised to find several uranium glass bottles among my many finds!

[@oldyoungArt]

No TV back then 🤣

[@lisacates4185]

Love the snuff jars💗too cool,makes my heart happy when you dig with sticks,your the only one that does this!!!

[@dannybell926]

Nice dig buddy! Also, I noticed you've gone beyond 10,000 subscribers... congrats

[@patstats1]

The Grand Union supermarket is a popular, local grocery store I knew most of my life. Although, they had stores across the US and especially in the midwest. It changed hands a number of times. It went out of business in 2001 under a chapter 7 bankruptcy but has been revived in several stores across New York state. Check out the wiki. It says they started in Scranton, PA and were known as Jones Brothers Tea Company in 1872. In 1980s they innovated the look of supermarkets to incorporate specialty sections for baked goods, teas & coffees that displayed goods in baskets and had a modern yet old-timey look to the stores.

[@RobCantonJr]

I remember Grand Union in Schenectady ❤

[@anthonyperkins6364]

Nice finds, as a metal detectorist and history buff , I come across bottles, salt and pepper shakers often. Old maps do hold the key to success in finding this stuff. Do you display your finds ? Sell your finds ?? The probably is a market for bottles intact? eBay ?? Nice finds and good luck with future digs !! 😃

[@jamescarlson6723]

I was digging a hole for a fence post in my back yard. I found several old bottles. I kept expanding the hole finding more glassware things. My house was built in 1926 and realized at some point the land was used as a dump. Sandy soil it was easy to dig. In older part of Denver. If I have time I have thought of digging out more areas.

[@jaywhoisit4863]

You’ll make a shit pile of money with antique glassware. Especially if you can find depression glass.

[@deborahbaker4770]

I think stuff like this is so interesting just like Archeological Site’s and all that kind of stuff I love watching anything like this and I also like going into abandon place’s house’s ETC It’s all so interesting ‼️👍🏻😊

[@richardthompson6265]

Just found you , absolutely fascinating love the content , greetings from across the pond , oh and yes I have subscribed, love it.

[@triciac1019]

This looks like such fun and you are finding such great things! I just realized this was in a backyard.

[@dellingson4833]

Great video. That's one block from where i grew up in Grand forks, ND. Towards the end of the video i noticed the races running at the fair grounds in the background, you were digging on a Friday night.

[@wokefordaze7329]

Just imagine all of the things buried in this world undiscovered 🤯

[@Airik1111bibles]

Just keep digging ..digging digging... just keep digging digging more. I LOVE this stuff.... My dad used to go bottle digging after major floods where our town used to have their old boat docks . He would find lots of blue glass medicine bottles , it's very addictive .

[@thebottlebug5729]

Well that was a fun pit! I feel for folks who don't do what we do,or can't,there's just nothing quite as fun as digging a privy full of old bottles! BTW,I hope you kept that spading fork,you know that would make an awesome "two prong",'it would just have to be good luck!!

[@aborch7]

Just came across your channel & I’m already becoming addicted 😂 awesome videos!! 💜

[@tommychew6544]

Man, you hit the greatest spots! Hopefully someone wanted a lot of those treasures!

[@brandonweeks]

Had no idea a video like this would be so entertaining to me. Great job

[@snarklar]

I really want to dig places that aren't all rocks and roots. New England is fantastic for finding tips, yet is also really frustrating because so many potentially great dumps also were for throwing unwanted rocks into. Or just in general there are rocks everywhere. If not, so many older dumps have so many roots to work through, or both rocks and roots and a bunch of amazing, but broken bottles. Can't complain too much. I've found a lot of great stuff, just way more heartbreaking stuff. Outhouses too. So many ended up being filled with unwanted rocks, just breaking everything.

[@Random-JustAnother]

Ugh. I feel like I've experienced that just around my home, gardening, planting trees/shrubs, etc. I've been wanting to try. Live in Maryland btw... Still going to try!

[@phillipengland8936]

I am amazed at your knowledge as I watch your videos! Love what you do! Phillip... Australia

[@Teeveepicksures]

@25:50 My pottery studio is in Lydia Pinkham's old factory in Lynn, MA. It's been repurposed as an Arts Center and her original home still stands next door. She was brilliant and one of VERY few self-made, independently wealthy women of that era.

[@LifeLuvWe]

Hi, joy in my heart ❤️to find your channel. I was born in Grand forks N.D. . My father Bob Kennelly owned B.K.Electric. Building still there. We are at that time we lived on CottonWood St. Split level home . I was 8 when we moved to Rural Grand Forks. They started a Horse Farm and raised Arabian Horses. My Sister & Myself went to Manvel School. My Beloved Grandmother (Nana),Anna Beatrice Sanden. Known to her many friends as Bee. Gosh I miss her 💕.Well she would take me , because I loved to be with her but we would go to old abandon , literally falling down places, she had no fear haha as she would go into dirt basements sum filled with bottles. Your channel brings back my memories & to actually see you & who are willing to dig & find our lost history. 👏The old farm place we owned, still exists along the hwy to Manvel . Buts it was a huge covered riding arena hay barn,ect. Clavas purchased & turned into farming & use the huge Riding arena to store farm equipment. Well along r.r2 there many old places . Back in 70s we, would ride horses all back by Red River. As many farmers from late 1800s passed down their farms, to family. Many Are now abandoned. You should check out Manvel N.D. the old Victorian homes are torn down sadly! I know there's history in that town. You should check Out? So We moved to Florida. Disaster . Move. I still miss deeply Grand Forks & it's good people. I plan to actully retire back there. My name is Kristy kennelly . I thank you very much 🫂 looking forward to all your finds . Good Luck ,you deserve our thoughts of gratitude . 🙏

[@Roberttttttttt]

I once found an old map in my attic, After days of searching we finally found my dad

[@josephwalther5979]

Nice too see a legitimate digging video instead of ones with fake finds, with loose dirt around it instead of packed dirt.

[@stulynn2005]

Watching this makes me want to go back to the roadside dump I found in the 70s I’m sure it’s buried in someone’s front yard. I found many bottles like those and two sets of 1917 license plates I still have.

[@Goldengategobbler]

sounds like someone was runnin from the law!

[@philc7192]

Looks like you found the location of an Outhouse. We had these when I was a kid. We tossed a lot of stuff in them and then filled them in with dirt as we dug a new hole for the new Outhouse. Lot of good finds in Outhouse holes.

[@brockbaker3able]

Definitely where you find the “ good shit” 😂

[@philc7192]

@@brockbaker3able lol!

[@samsonian]

@19:36 that enamelware pot is highly collectable “Druware” I believe from Holland. It might be worth more or less based on the fact it is over 100 years old regardless of just the condition as it might clean up reasonably well.

[@belabotum876]

The day you find watch parts and metal buttons, a metal stove frame and tin photos you’ll never forget lol this is amazing!

[@jerryblum277]

Great dig Tom that pit was full of awesome treasures!

[@janetcrane59]

New sub. I loved this video. My grandpa lived outside downieville ca. & built an old cabin there. It burned down in the 70's. He was a gold miner & also found some cool stuff on his travels. Wish we could teleport back just one day & see what life was like.

[@badapple65]

Long ago a man sat there in his outhouse wondering if in 100+ years someone would dig through his pit. He then shook his head and said “Nah”!

[@donaldevine668]

Good find my friend, informative with history items and enjoyed the video. Cheers

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

I was raised in an old shotgun house. 2 Blocks awais a railroad track. Across the tracks Ft. Star 70380. I have found vottles not even trying. It's been said the town fell to the union Early in the war and there were over 100K union soldiers camped in the area. Grandad worked for the city and they have found cutlass, cannonballs, bullets, you name it it's still out there too.

[@cherylburkitt9722]

I enjoy watching you digging n discovering items from the past. So interesting. I'm in Australia

[@davidball3081]

Is it advantageous to keep the liquids in the bottles like sewing machine oil or any medicine with a solid sealed cork for value if it can be verified not just ground water....? Thanks David.

[@Jay-jr1nq]

Wow ! A Map in the Library led him to a 18th/19th century trash dump for back in the day... but kinda enjoyed seeing him escavate the things and I guess old bottles can be worth a few Bucks. Who knows what ya might find if you dig up the rest of the yard :)

[@stevehands4262]

Love watching the way all these little treasures come to light, reminds me of when I emptied out an old well, had to stop at 12 feet, the water was coming in too fast. Keep digging

[@shecat1964]

Funny how someone's garbage mixed with poop becomes valuable.

[@marywatson2283]

I was browsing and cam across your channel 😀,and Iam HAPPY i did, very interesting to find AWESOME TREASURES, Thank you for SHARING, I will be watching, have a BLESSED DAY

[@frankdelucey2137]

I knew a awesome place to find old stuff that was buried. They built over it to put in a new highway interchange to a toll road. It was a old garbage dump site from the late 1890’s to early 1920’s. Most people didn’t know it existed. Found and sold lots of old glass in that garbage dump. Neatest thing I ever found was a collection of glass cars with drivers. All sold a long time ago but the memories are always going to be there.

[@paulsuprono7225]

It's amazing how that phrase - 'One man's trash is another man's treasure' takes on real meaning ! 🤗

[@frankdelucey2137]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ AMEN

[@jillfarley520]

Nice haul! Digging up old ash pits,finding antique bottles and jars etc was my mother and my hobby in Pretoria during the 1970s until we moved away, back to the coast

[@shunga1962]

LITTLE TIP WHEN DIGTING IN AND OUT OF PARTS. AVOID AT ALL COSTS TO SHAKE THE PIECE YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THE GROUND. Because when you want to take out one of the big pieces, you have to pull from left to right and it weakens the objects already, very often cracked, even more. Use a brush for painting...one 10 cm wide and clean, not too abruptly to clear the part as much as possible...if it does not want to come out...try delicately with a small kitchen fork, to scrape around the object and then...you clean again with the brush.. YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO TAKE OUT VERY FRAGILE PIECES...IN THEIR ENTIRE STATE. GOOD LUCK...I ENVY YOU FOR NOT BEING WITH YOU TO HELP YOU.