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

[@user-dg7sy8cz3b]

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

[@crpb5293]

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

[@aleksanderpopov5060]

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

[@wadehendryx7378]

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

[@withoutdestination7840]

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

[@AxeC345]

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

[@wadehendryx7378]

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

[@aliciaschultz309]

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

[@carolynsimone8647]

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

[@DavidJohnson-ty8qz]

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

[@Edgy01]

Thank you for inserting the period product advertisements!

[@ToddTheJoker]

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

[@aicirtkciub9167]

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

[@williammetropulos1757]

That sulphide huge marble is nuts!

[@joejoebus8814]

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

[@soonzach4017]

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

[@luanncolistro879]

Love love watching !!! Great job !!

[@MrJerryleyva]

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

[@larisarogers2649]

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

[@billiehydrick6417]

Thanks for sharing your videos my friend 😊 😅❤

[@baileybailey5798]

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

[@jimnorthland2903]

Thanks for a fun dig!

[@sawdust2556]

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

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

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

[@Suz9006]

Great find with that sulphide marble. They are valuable to a collector.

[@dannmccord1923]

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

[@pixielated2003]

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

[@IamCareyann]

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

[@cindythomas3138]

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

[@karenwright8556]

That was a interesting dig. I love the history.

[@dbdriggers3690]

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

[@malinda8668]

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

[@mariamaria2751]

Nah , he planned it there

[@KathyGutierrezlythauslvr]

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

[@marylavine2632]

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

[@anitaodom5155]

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

[@warrenmink2429]

Man , another great dig man ! Great saves congratulations

[@jeffclark2725]

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

[@FloCreasy]

Thanks for another great dig

[@juliewierson6458]

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

[@JLingelbach1]

Another awesome dig! 👍🏼😎

[@missx.5028]

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

[@terrancemiller8350]

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

[@Looter8TreasureHunter]

Sweet dig sir! Looking forward to the next one!

[@wsbill14224]

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

[@sharondinwiddie308]

Always fun and educational!

[@philipcallicoat3147]

Research pays! Good job ,!!!

[@angelinatesta3918]

I also watch before bed I find it very relaxing

[@beverlyhanlon8376]

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

[@beverlyhanlon8376]

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

[@andrewowens9382]

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

[@MarvinHuff-u7u]

Cool little haul have a great day

[@karynbrown7519]

Love your digs!

[@dananderson128]

Loved that paperweight!!!

[@Droopybear]

I enjoy when you find more than just bottles.

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Fantastic. Thank you

[@tinaj984]

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

[@kgreen7918]

Love your passion!

[@samsager1]

Wow man!!! Unreal finds!!

[@jackraglin5526]

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

[@wadehendryx7378]

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

[@mcemtpockets1775]

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

[@zappa3543]

Thanks guys ...

[@lukehorning3404]

What a awesome dig

[@katerockhill7726]

Great video!

[@Patriot1777]

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

[@vanessahuman7607]

Awesome bottles

[@bettypaysour5298]

I love watching your videos!

[@smplyizzy]

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

[@lisathomas1622]

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

[@tammyaskjem9871]

Excellent dig!

[@olddog2361]

outdoor crapper pit?

[@terrencebuller7676]

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

[@dirtclodmetaldetecting]

Neat finds!

[@AlienJT]

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

[@thomasgoldman7403]

Love your stuff man!

[@fishinwidow35]

Some really nice finds this time around.

[@thumbalinamom]

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

[@melissafedele6568]

Awesome finds.😊

[@rockfishmiller]

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

[@dai-nippon_digger]

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

[@evanpeterpaul6566]

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

[@Merlijnvv]

Nice, congrats!

[@SaltwaterSean]

Another great video

[@dangray]

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

[@wadehendryx7378]

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

[@deloradeabel8487]

Love the 🐿marble!

[@monteengel461]

Where is this (a general description)?

[@LuisRomero-fw9sx]

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

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

Well I have been metal detecting for 37 and my absolute favorite stuff is militaria and you had me in the ash dump, I would have been detecting the area, lol. Not much country here in North central Texas to detect after the Californians came in and bought, bulldozed and put 10ft fences around it. Who thought Texas could change so much in 3 yrs, it's insane.

[@ABeautfulMess]

So cool

[@ravenfeather7087]

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

[@diggindiggenit6540]

0I got to try that probing, not sure how you can determine whats under the ground by doing it, must be the feel/drag sound maybe vibration while pushing have fun

[@wadehendryx7378]

You can't beat having a probe. Tells you what you want to know.

[@FireFighterDetecting]

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

[@sailorhms]

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

[@garretk9574]

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

[@nickt7658]

Tom? You guys rock man. N.t.

[@virginia5]

At 4:03 (approximately) could that be an atomizer? For perfume or meds.

[@johnl1685]

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

[@patty4091]

Nice!

[@reliclife]

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

[@Ben-Carr]

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

[@alisonmary1443]

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

[@etainafuzz]

A couple of years ago we decided to egress our basement door on our 1882 Victorian in Denver. We ended up having to dig down about 12 feet where the floor of the current basement was located. In that process we found the old cistern, but we also found something very, very strange (at least to us.) When we got to the basement floor level and were about 5 feet out from the house foundation we hit a perfectly flat and solid 3" thick or so slab of granite. I tried to keep digging further into the yard to see where it may end, but after going a few more feet out I still couldn't locate the end of it. I tried looking at the library for any information about the house or property location but couldn't find anything. Also, when our house was built the house on the left and right of us were built exactly the same. I asked the neighbors (who have owned their house for over 50 years) if they had ever dug that far down but hadn't. Even when we had a new sewer put in to replace the old clay pipes we didn't have to go down that far so I don't know how far this slab goes for or why it's there? My only guess was that the house originally had a different footprint than what was built and they changed their mind after they had placed this large slab in there? Sadly, we didn't find any cool bottles or anything like what you've found. :(

[@LindaCanada-d7t]

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

[@clairedesrosiers7398]

We all wish to see the bottles » after cleaning » What do you do with them!😊please share with us Always great finds , love to watch you from Quebec Canada

[@annelyceimgrund6884]

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