Collecting Bottles From The River

Here I search the river for collectible bottles that have worched out of the river bank and been swept downstream. I also use my homemade underwater viewer for a little while. I find some milk bottles and explain what I see as it pertains to nature, animals, wildlife, dumps and how to best search them.
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Metal detecting, treasure, history, coins, river treasure, adventure, nature, animals and MOAR! That is what my channel is about. I enjoy caving, SCUBA diving and flying my powered paraglider. I foster sick and injured pets. My channel is family friendly. My videos are meant to be fun, educational and informative.
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[@davefox1857]

Thumbs up if you think Chigg looks cool wearing the RayBan Wayfarers!!! 👍👍👍

[@shelleystewart3398]

I like that the guy kept the scare on the recording 22:03

[@jeffboomhauer3001]

You should make a video showing how you clean your bottles

[@kathyberry4229]

Hey Aquachigger your polaroid glasses have to be horizontal to work! has to do with how there made. Thanks for the adventure's

[@lakeshadow100]

Old washing machine ringer...pre-spin dry cycle era. lol

[@CatalinaThePirate]

Coupla nice finds, that Eldridge bottle is very cool. I don't mind if the vids are long, as they are usually interesting, informative, and amusing. Heh! Looking forward to the 2nd half of this bottle-hunting vid! As always, GL&HH, and PLEASE travel safe! d8^)

[@Idolmakercat]

All that trash is just terrible! Some group or organization should come and clean that area up!

[@joekalista3615]

I like your longer videos. Thanks for making these, been watching for about a year now. maybe one day ill do some Junk hunting of my own, but more importantly, id like to get on the rivers one day. I used to go rafting once or twice a year, absolutely loved it. your videos remind me of it so much, so thanks. I was reading in the comment just now and someone asked about seeing your collection. during the winter when you have some down time, you should make a video showcaseing and explaining your favorites within your collection, I say favorites and not best because sometimes the story makes the peice and not the value of it. Just a small suggestion.

[@jamesbutterson426]

very cool .

[@kevinsukdolak5007]

The dump is on or above the bank...dig

[@jeffreygarcia6549]

love your vids

[@h3xith270]

One time I was behind my friends house at the creek and found model pistol

[@Iprodeltaelite]

the crank looks like couple of sticks of dynamite

[@EmeraldCityTreasures]

I neeeeed a collaborative video with @Exploring Alabama

[@EmeraldCityTreasures]

I know. You're a lone explorer. ;)

[@christiewilley7677]

The rollers look to small to be a wringer washer.

[@oilerfreak]

Time to eat crow ROFL!!!!

[@jimmyroberts3]

"chigging" should be in the urban dictionary for water hunting. lol

[@robertk9043]

Likewise, "Chiggling" when the Chig laughs.

[@matthewmartinez8874]

I like when your videos are longer

[@angelinaduganNy]

Matthew Martinez Me too.

[@spotonmetaldetecting5024]

+Angelina Dugan I do too. 😊

[@brokenarrowfarm2364]

I do too! So relaxing at work, even just to hear the nature sounds.

[@ddl2k7]

Where dose Chigg keep his gold coins?... In the river bank!! Haaa

[@DadLifePOV]

Can you make a video showing all your collections of things you have found??

[@trumanrudloff6776]

Ben Moore He usually does a showcase at the end of the year

[@dallmydyjr.6968]

I would love a showcase of his lifetime collection

[@lizzymoore54]

The big insulator is very collectable, Beau. Go back and fetch that one!

[@landen.26]

Aquachigger you are really fat

[@ryantrench]

I suffer from anxiety and depression, and this is just refreshing to watch. Thanks for sharing

[@Syphian]

Me too. His calm way and longer videos like this help take my mind off of all that stuff. At least for a little while.

[@eelsinkie1]

ryantrench I know what you're going through, I hope you feel better soon.

[@JMXZOO]

ryantrench I'm the same. Depression and anxiety. I'm hooked on the chigg

[@wolfedavid3700]

me too

[@metalshelly735]

Me too lol

[@samilt13]

Aqua Chigger, My dad worked for Elridge Dairy when I was born, he drove a milk truck for them and that was 1957. In Hagerstown, Maryland.

[@Jon75zzz]

Love ya Chiggles

[@Lazypancake]

do you ever bring any from of self defense on these river adventures?

[@bigfishboss2103]

to clean that bottle spotless from the inside you add lemon juice, dawn soap, mountain dew and water.... you will be amazed

[@RonaldPaulvanDam]

tastes less well!

[@pussyfootproductions]

I would have a hard time leavingany bottle behind whether it's a screw top or not!! Especially the blue Noxema one!! lol

[@iaagg]

From the Wampole and company bottle, OH, the in intrigue: " Philadelphia, April 25, 1908 Charges of defalcation and misuse of his firm's funds, made when the body of Henry K. Wampole was found on September 8, 1906, in North River, New York. after his mysterious disappearance from a hotel in that city, were recalled this week when Albert J. Koch and S. Ross Campbell, his surviving partners, filed an answer in Court of Common Pleas. No. 5, in the suit of Henry S. Wampole, administrator of the Wampole estate, for a full accounting by Koch and Campbell. A brief history of the firm is given in the answer, telling how it was organized in 1886 for the manufacture of pharmaceutical and chemical products."

[@crikeysting3220]

I live near an old town but I live in Florida so if I attempted to go in the river I would probably be eaten by a gator so I have complications :)) But I would love to try this somewhere else

[@sonsofthunder915]

Type in your youtube search bar *Jay Diggz*. He's in FL and finds amazing bottles. I haven't seen him in a river, it's on land hunting. Perhaps you can ask him for tips or, just learn by watching his videos or, both.

[@FatKiki]

When you said Quahog all I can think is Family Guy!!

[@corey2112]

Coming from a newer city it amazes me the selection of bottles that are available to you. Those botles with slight chips would have made my day! Great video keep it up :)

[@CarbonTalon]

Love your videos btw, forgot to mention that, but I really enjoy your content and sense of humor. can't stand some of the other people who do similar vids but yours are always very well done and I really appreciate the historical information that you include about the items and what they are. I'm down in Tampa FL so no chances of finding any of that awesome stuff down here so I have to live vicariously thru your videos lol. I suppose I could travel over to the east coast and scuba if I had the equipment and try to look for coins and such but no cool war stuff for me, Anyway keep up the great work and looking forward to many more. take care man.

[@gracierangel1549]

I love your enthusiasm

[@ohhhrexahhh9061]

notification squad where you at

[@incognitogamer13]

The insulator definitely has collector value if it's glass.

[@yangtse55]

Glass insulator collecting - one of the first things I learned on the WWW - along with "Barbie Trivia".

[@CarbonTalon]

when I was young My father and I were using a 10 gal tank in the gulf of Mexico as a way to see in the water and using a sane net to pick up star fish and some other types of fish but interestingly we saw a octopus scurry into the mouth of a tall boy beer can we picked it up and looked inside and there were tons of octopus babies inside of the can along with the grown one we left it out there but it was pretty cool to find...no relics just fish and stuff was still fun.

[@erichaskell]

Shame about the trashed out rivers, would remedies of cleanup make the problem better or worse from stirring up all the sediment? Tears.

[@rightleg5920]

Hahaha the crawdad was awesome! Best laugh of the day! Thanks man

[@KERose307]

I don't understand why they dumped trash in a river, the people must not have known what was going to happen to the environment and rivers back then.

[@TheStwat]

Bell end lol. Sorry, British school boy humour,,,

[@raidermomcathy2043]

Go back for that insulator! That was awesome!

[@h.v.schainsawtrees4967]

The insulator tops sell for 75 to. 100 buck man

[@charlenehoward6582]

the chainsaw collector 360 I was shocked because I've never seen one so big.

[@stefancollector]

please go to the pepsi and coca cola bottle place again

[@vicconi3723]

14:08 the term is a clothes wringer.

[@tjhoyer6112]

My gma was missing a finger that she apparently crushed as a kid by one of those

[@CastIronBBQ]

Thought it was funny seeing you with sunglasses. I bet you got a great deal on them....

[@happycebu]

You should have changed the angle of your glasses on the camera. It looked like you had them 90 degrees from how you wear the glasses when you put them in front of the camera. Polarizing filters are made up with lots of little parallel lines. The amount of glare that is reduced depends on the angle of the lines with respect to the glare. Try holding them up in front of you and look at the glare, then rotate them. You will see the glare change as you change the angle.

[@adventuresunknown1013]

i thought that was a cool big insulator. If I had my own place I'd put that in my garden.

[@sbuzz5889]

such debris- we ruin our own. makes me wonder about the human race? i can not see u being able to pick it up. but maybe your videos will help to show us the destruction.

[@kevincarver9949]

Great video as usual. Moar

[@hellohellohello111]

BARTLE DO!

[@MrRocket6373]

It's sad how much pollution is in the water.

[@HappyInsanity]

Wow really loving all these Aquachiggers videos lately ! Can't get enough of the Chigg ! lol

[@BigfootDigger]

looking forward to part two enjoyed part one neat milk bottles and the wild life living in them... good luck... BigfootDigger

[@GWoods-rc5xw]

Great Vid! Very good finds! Need to get back out to the rivers here in Colorado and search. Starting to cool off here tho. Keep up the good work

[@justhangin56]

I saw some questions on cleaning bottles. The best way "not the safest way" I've found is soaking them in the works toilet bowl cleaner. I put them in five gallon buckets and pour it on. leave them in there for a couple days. they wipe clean. BE CAREFUL WERE THICK RUBBER GLOVES, DO THIS OUTSIDE, DON'T BREATH THE FUMES, WEAR GOGGLES FACE SHIELD COULDN'T HURT.

[@shovelwrench]

You totally should've kept that spark plug!!!! Some of those are rebuildable, and VERY valuable!!!!

[@Spacecase40]

I watch every video. "HOLD YOUR BREATH". LOL one thing, you got to stop eating and drinking crap you find in the rivers. YUCK. Keep the videos coming. Great job Aquachigger

[@Max13077]

"I know the video is going to be terribly long already." You make it sound like a bad thing! It's definitely not! Today is Dec 15. It's 23 degrees, snowing and blowing like crazy. Your videos help stave off cabin fever! Make 'em long Chig!!!!

[@billybob1151]

Way off base here with a question. You look to be the best one to ask. Have you ever hunted streams in Florida? There was Civil War ( War Between the States, Virginia boy here) activity/battle in Olustee, Fl. Thinking on driving up and checking out Olustee creek staying away for the battlefield park. Not sure if the gators would make that a bad idea. Your post are always great. I've learned a lot from them.

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEL ELDRIDGE QUART MILK BOTTLES LIKE YOURS USUALLY SELL $5.00 to $25.00 DEPENDING ON CONDITION, AREA! AND WHAT YOU THINK IT'S WORTH! THE COMPANY IS FROM HAGERSTOWN, MD. I LOVE OLD BOTTLES AND OLD INKWELLS!!! WE HAVE A LITTLE RIVER IN THE BACK YARD BUT SO TERRIBLY POLLUTED YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING! OUR CITY EST. 1640. NICE VIDEO.😇😎😉

[@snyper069]

Many landfills (pre-Solid waste Act 1965) burned their garbage as a means of reducing volume. Perhaps the burned bottles were from that type activity. Great vids!

[@CalvinsCorner72]

30's & 40's ISN'T old? Man Cattywhompuss is older than that. LOL

[@caratcranker5874]

They make polarized lenses specifically for cloudy OR sunny light. Incase you didn't know this. Jack Erskine used to make both of these.

[@notinmanitou]

I live near the Kalamazoo River in Michigan and there are local groups that organize "clean ups", usually in the spring along the river banks. Our waterways are getting better. Northern Michigan is much better, maybe they were never as bad as the more populated areas. The Kalamazoo was awful when I was growing up because of all the paper companies dumping waste in it. It was white/milky green...could not see the bottom. I always thought that my fingers would fall off if I touched it. There are people that would love the bottles you discard. People also buy old glass shards to use in art projects. It would help if you could post the coordinates of where you are hunting, so others can collect.

[@Chili-Gringo]

Hey Beau, have you ever thought using a reverse funnel design for your view finder? I understand perhaps to bulky for your conditions just an idea, Thanks buddy for the great videos. I watch you every Sunday evening. You give me a great feeling!!! Happy!!! Me and my brother went bottle hunting all the time years ago. He passed and you take me back to that time.

[@HipsterYoda]

I live in NSw, Australia and down by my local lake I've found some old bottles. But when I say "old bottles" I mean bottles from the 1920-1970s. Unfortunately, locally, that's just about as old as history gets (some artefacts from the 1800s would be around but still)

[@lizzymoore54]

If it's cobalt blue glass, Noxema, Vicks, Pepto Bismal, is collectable, screw band or not. Simple because it is glass because all new products are sold in plastic containers. Old colored glass is becoming extinct. Sell them on E-bay, they will sell.😊

[@robertk9043]

Nice milk bottle finds! I have found a few I made a viewing device similar to yours using two number #10 tins tops and bottoms removed, duct-taped together with a round piece of plexiglass on the bottom, and a handle attached. While I was going up a river years ago,, a fisherman scolded me for poaching with a gaff, he thought, until I showed him my old bottles.

[@babycornell49]

love ur videos. I learn still from u that I never knew before. keep up the great work and great videos

[@ghosthunterchris8423]

I live in Colorado Springs, near fountain creek, theres alota interesting things in there. ima Rockhound i dig for Crystals and Agate types. I find alota agate in that creek. found an old safe to big n heavy to bring home. plus i dont have a car. i walk usually everywhere on foot. :)

[@beth7467]

I think if I were to go out bottle collecting, I'd bring an extra bag to cart out some of the trash I found. You know, in the spirit of "every little bit helps." I enjoy watching your adventures.

[@AnotherMN_Fan]

Another one enjoyed. Great adventures in your Playlist to keep me entertained. Thanks, Beau.

[@amandapittar9398]

I found a new word! " cattywumpus" . It will be my word for October. A very fine word. Thank you and I dont even need to hold my breath. Much. 😉

[@buddaross5607]

Mr. Aquachigger I would like to let you know then I really love watching your videos who learned a lot and even though I'm old fat and gimpy I just purchased my first used metal detector and cannot wait till spring thank you sir

[@walkingtrails7776]

Just wondering with places like this with so much garbage and trash is it just pointless to use the detector at all? Even on particular settings, say if you were looking specifically for silver or gold coins ? Thanks I'm a new hunter with detector although been collecting bottles for a while.

[@caratcranker5874]

Hey Aqua, is that a bottle you didn't see at exactly 5:41 Lower RHS of center? [round 13/26 oz looking].?

[@SeshbyStephSymbolicJewelery]

I would love to search in that stream I would of kept those bottl9 :( .Great video loved this One! BTW I just bought a Garrett pin pointer or what they call a Garrett carrot lol.Gave you a shout out on my video and also showed you in the magazine they sent .

[@Buck112]

Old dumps were frequently burned prior to being capped with clay. That's why you find so many melted bottles.

[@mkriege12]

that clam you picked up may actually have been a freshwater mussel, Lampsilis cardium, the Pocketbook.

[@PachinhoG2024]

nice one

[@TheStwat]

I used to love cream off the top on my cornflakes when I was a kid. That's when we still had milk in glass bottles delivered by the milkman here in the UK. I used to wake up to the sound of the electric motor and clinking bottles.

[@michaelrobertshaw6906]

4 like

[@elementaltm]

I've never understood why people would want to dump rubbish (trash) into watercourses which are often used as sources of drinking water. 🤔

[@dennisthemenance5433]

i USE A 1 & 5 GAL bUCKET WITH BOTTOM CUT UT AND pLEXIGLASS GLUED ON THE BOTTOM..COVER ALOT MORE BOTTOM GROUND WITH THOSE AND IF THE WATER IS QUESTIONABLE . i STILL TAKE A HOT sHOWER WHEN GET HOME..

[@Mandy7D7]

I feel like I've been given a sub tour of the river with Chigg's Face Freeze Prevention™️ device. I enjoyed the trip.

[@Janettemay64]

That mangle or wringer was clamped between a pair of concrete wash tubs. Clothes from the boiler or copper into the first tub of rinse water then through the wringer into the second tub, pull the plugs and back into the first tub ready to take out to the clothes line to dry.. Monday was wash day a heavy all day job for a woman with a family.

[@hamshackleton]

Polarized lenses work better the correct way round, Chig! If you'd held them with the frame across instead of up and down, there would have been a more visible difference to the reflected glare. Do a google search on how a polarized lens works!

[@KeithSylvesterAdventures]

Someone may have already said this but you probably needed to rotate the glasses 90 degrees over the lens. Looks like you had it rotated vertically. You can see the polarization change if you tilt your head 90 degrees while looking through them. The orientation matters with polarizers.

[@christianniebergall9796]

Please

[@shekeyra100]

Can you pic in another 50/100 yrs someone doing same with all our plastic bottles etc crazy to think should use your camera to find items under water just put in look around small area and then watch that small clip vid its what i do .

[@krromas1966]

about the melted glass in my hometown they would like the dump on fire early in the spring the beginning of June and the end of September all depending on how much it smells question on the Quahog shell on the television series Family Guy they are from Quahog New Jersey could that be how they got the name of the town great program chigger thank you for your knowledge and expertise and your great adventures

[@usakindatheartflower6229]

I would if kept the other milk bottle w E. don't mind looking at longer videos. I watch them usually after work, or when I take a, it's about the right length of time

[@aliasfred]

Have you ever thought about doing a "Charter" type river walk? Just have to have people sign a waiver relieving you of any responsibility. Take maybe 3 or 4 peeps with you on a shallow water walk.

[@anselb2000]

After all this time, I think I would have educated myself on bottles! Yes, I am bitching!

[@percyvalpalmer]

Hello chiggs, the polarised glasses are sensitive to how you hold them. Try to hold them in front of the camera and turning them, you will se that they work for you. I saw that you held them from the bottom of the camera and that is of by 45 degrees. Cheers Eric

[@nylessanna4729]

15:10 ayyy I think I've got that bottle. . Chestnut Farm's Dairy, says "safe milk for babies"

[@lizzymoore54]

Also, any bottle with hexagonal sides are very collectable, even old screw tops but the better ones are cork top. So, the shape and designs of the bottle or on the bottle, ( raised lettering ) make them collectable.😉

[@hellomcflyy]

those embossed sodas are more easily sold than a lot of the cork top medicine bottles - you had one around 24 minutes in that had a real interesting shape - some people call those "deco" sodas - as they are somewhat art deco looking - I would have taken that one - if it has a weird shape and its NOT a coke bottle - probably worth grabbing -

[@dirtfiddler5685]

good vid to make polarized glasses work you have to hold them horizontal

[@notinmanitou]

They used to burn whole dumps. That's why so you're finding so much melted stuff.