Hunting For Valuable Bottles In A 150-Year-Old Dump

When the American Hotel tragically burned down, so did the old ice house. The ice house sat on top of what was the dump for the American Hotel over 100 years ago, so over the past few months I've been breaking up the foundation of the ice house and digging through the dump on the hunt for old bottles and other treasures!
You can follow my journey on Instagram: / brentwunderwood
You can send me mail at:
PO Box 490, Lone Pine, CA 93545
THANK YOU!!
I moved to Cerro Gordo in March 2020 because of the pandemic and to relieve our longtime caretaker so he could be back home. I've been here ever since. There have been ups and downs, but I feel I am learning a lot and becoming a better person.
Follow along on this channel for more from the town. I have no plans to leave and will continue making videos to update the progress on all the projects!
The town was originally established in 1865 and by 1869 they were pulling 340 tons of bullion out of the mountain for Los Angeles.
The silver from Cerro Gordo was responsible for building Los Angeles. The prosperity of Cerro Gordo demanded a larger port city and pushed LA to develop quickly.
The Los Angeles News once wrote:
“What Los Angeles is, is mainly due to it. It is the silver cord that binds our present existence. Should it be uncomfortably severed, we would inevitably collapse.”
In total, there has been over $17,000,000 of minerals pulled from Cerro Gordo. Adjusted for inflation, that number is close to $500,000,000.
It’s been a wild ride so far owning a ‘ghost town’ and we’re having a lot of fun figuring out what to do with it.
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[@GhostTownLiving]

Thanks for watching another step of my journey up here! Let me know what you'd like to see more of in the comments.

[@lorrainedejong7546]

You made my day. All people hear is crazy right now. Thank you.

[@tommydom306]

Keep up the great content and editing

[@john24gold1]

Someone with bottle digging experience would be able to find other privies and pits . There is likely more to find

[@Charlie-lr4tx]

I love your videos they are so much more interesting than anything else

[@danielmeyburgh]

Whister- sauce

[@jackpd34]

anyone just find this series randomly and is hooked ? absolutely loving it

[@remakplays2803]

Yep that's what happened to me 😂

[@pipedreamscustoms5105]

Pretty much

[@brandonsnyder4770]

Tiktok brought me here

[@MrMilarepa108]

'randomly' = improved KZbin algorithm directed towards your brain. But yes, me too.

[@jackpd34]

@@MrMilarepa108 do you feel smarter now after commenting that ?

[@MiLlamma12]

Some guy 100 years ago: *throws away bottle Some guy 100 years later: *finds bottle* “Yesss!! Yesssss!!!”

[@silh3345]

The people who threw the bottles away would have probably considered them useless trash and assumed they’d just stay where they threw them and never see the light of day again. Little did they know that around 100 years or so later someone will find that bottles they threw away and consider them a treasure.

[@twocoloredeyes123]

@@silh3345 i like your interpretation better 😁

[@theshadow7205]

It's always been said "One man's trash, is another man's treasure." He just proved it. :O)

[@Dylontso]

Some people in the future are going to be Like that wondering what we did.

[@sandyc6569]

@@theshadow7205 👍

[@TheSkonata]

What do you call a man who lives alone in an abandoned mining town? An unaccompanied miner

[@mf5531]

very good

[@GamerplayerWT]

Rim shot

[@impunitythebagpuss]

Nice one!

[@scottbutler2761]

LMAO . nice one . I would of said one happy man

[@DeadReckon]

Ba Dum Tisss

[@Paulvbc]

The bottles, although fairly common, are extremely old! Most are 1870s era- the crockery jar is especially fascinating! The three bottles at the end you had trouble identifying are as follows: The small aqua rectangular bottle is definitely medicinal, and was most likely a patent medicine with a paper label. The larger rectangular bottle is also is spice bottle, like the smaller variants. Probably Folger and Co from San Francisco, considering you’re in California. And lastly, the round aqua bottle most likely held cherries or olives, and originally had a wax seal. Many similar types of bottles from this era have been recovered from steamer ships that wrecked on the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.

[@ChrisfromGeorgia]

I just stumbled into bottle hunting. Honestly, I don't even know what I'm doing. While kayaking, I came upon an old dump. There are tons of old bottles there! Unlike the gentleman in this video, I want to sell the bottles I find while helping clean up the river while I'm at it. It seems you are very knowledgeable on this subject. Are there any books/channels that you recommend? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

[@kattywampass]

you should take the broken ceramic and bottle pieces and make a mosaic backdrop for the bar

[@jeb419]

Katty wampass that’s an awesome idea!

[@tompeacetoall420]

Smart !!!

[@bigbird2451]

Or a mosaic bar top for the bar.

[@terry2295]

that's not a bad idea

[@ellysiagrant6049]

Was thinking very similar, mosaic glass windows would be lovely too 😍

[@mollysphotography9120]

You should explore parts of the land with a metal detector! Maybe you’ll find little valuable thing people lost (rings old pennies, jewelry) not necessarily in the mines but around the different buildings and paths people walked on to get to different places in the town! Also an other supply run video could be cool! Maybe filmed in vlog style and we see what’s inside the stores where you get your supplies, the people you know and talk with “down there” . You could also do a video message to your future self so in 5 years you can see all the progress that has been made and see if you accomplished everything you had said in the video.

[@PXLJCE23]

Er. He’s done a trip into town video. And isn’t this whole channel a 5 years down the line video diary. Isn’t this the whole point? 🤣

[@Kebbab.213]

Great recommendations

[@oliviarr98]

Love these ideas!

[@the66hobgoblin.45]

And he will find a million nails, rusted tin by the ton & lots of rusted horsehoes. Belt buckles & press stud pieces are other favorites. I used to live in an abandoned farming town & had my own bottle tip an back yards of where over three hundred people once lived. The bottle pit had not been touched since it was buried long ago & I found over a hundred intact specimens that I still have.

[@mollysphotography9120]

@@the66hobgoblin.45 thats so cool!

[@serina38]

After you clean up the pottery and china fragments, you could create a mosaic table top or backsplash in a bathroom/kitchen. These little historical fragments would be repurposed and could be seen by anyone who visits.

[@caseyob2690]

Or table

[@manny4mayor]

Such a great idea

[@Angieb93]

Like the check-in countertop at the hotel!

[@MPWEST83]

That's an excellent idea!

[@robb2055]

Mosaic tables or countertops for the hotel would be amazing!

[@NorthernMudlarks]

What a great discovery! We're treasure hunters here in the UK and understand the connection you feel with the history of the place. It's wonderful that someone like you, who cares about the history of the place, bought it. Great stuff! xx

[@thanksmark]

Poker tournaments at the rebuild American Hotel would be so sick! Full immersion, old saloon music, cigars and a dress code! haha

[@ifnhuosrs2876]

Someone needs to get shot for this to be the same.

[@bryon29able]

Ya that would be so cool

[@thanksmark]

@@ifnhuosrs2876 I volunteer! 🤣

[@trevorcantrall1700]

And no mask.

[@joesmoe71]

+100000 on that idea! Maybe he could get some investors to help fund the rebuild with that intention in mind? They wouldn't be able to have too many people in the town because of its size, but they could definitely broadcast it live and have some of the biggest names in professional poker there, no doubt many would jump at the chance to wear clothes, smoke cigars and drink whiskey all period correct to that time and play in a saloon in such a historic real life ghost town! Could even joke around and have them do pretend gunfights with each other afterwards!

[@mikegauthier3617]

I wouldn't leave those bottles up there with all those cats around.

[@jesusramos4410]

Especially when the cat bark !

[@surfsessions100]

My first thought.

[@Smabbles12]

Being a cat owner I honestly felt like... secondhand nervousness when he was just putting the bottles on the scratching post like AH.. THEYRE CATS!!!!

[@EpicBladeTime]

Agreed

[@atxdank]

paused it during the cat post segment abouta comment on the same concern

[@welcometoorefuge]

Brent , I've been digging bottles for over 40 years , and believe it or not , the best place to dig (for whiskey's) is in the old outhouses , "privvy digging" . Imagine going out on a freezing winter night & taking along a bottle to keep you warm while you take care of business. Some of my best finds have come from this source .

[@lisagogal261]

I am from the east coast of the US and privy excavations are a real thing. They find amazing things!

[@fernandochavez4312]

“Smells Like History “ should go on a T-shirt for you to sell in the future gift shop.

[@chancefeltman664]

yes

[@therealjesusofficialhd]

This could be misunderstood as "I haven't showered in a while" hehe

[@theoriginalaceofspades7829]

That certainly beats "smells like seven cats."

[@MPWEST83]

I definitely buy one of those!

[@n.s.6921]

I was just waiting for those kittens to knock over those priceless bottles 😂

[@gary07281963]

Me too !

[@karaleetrapp]

@Vortex, the original poster is talking about when the guy was talking about his finds, the kittens were sniffing at the bottles on the cat scratch post. I expected the kittens to knock over the bottles

[@perry2785]

@Truthbearslight those are priceless because of the history they behold, not the actual price of a bottle....

[@jana31415]

Sounds like cat

[@user-ut9ln4vd5m]

The kittens would be thwarted by their natural enemy - *_closed doors_* including the closed glass display case doors. Unless they can find something above the glass cases they could knock over, breaking into the cases... Maybe even just walking around on the roof would cause pieces of the ceiling itself to fall in, they're pretty crafty like that.

[@ToraTiger78]

New cat owner: Let me put the precious glass bottles on top of the kitties scratching post. I'm sure they'll be fine up there. XD

[@robertmurphy206]

seriously

[@lucyfiesta]

I cringed watching him place the bottles and then talk about the scratching post there sat on top of

[@kevin-sy9eo]

Definitely need to be careful. I was thinking Gordo was planning how to destroy some historic bottles

[@LatchGameDev]

Yeah that part was a little nerve racking but so glad he had more shots with the bottles afterward meaning he moved them off the scratching post.

[@dave623]

We only have the pleasure of this KZbin channel due to a long series of poor decisions.

[@MrQbenDanny]

Your SOUL is that of a historian navigating a quest. You were born for this.

[@robertcronin6603]

True - he's the best guy for the job.

[@TheSwanbear]

I'm a zooarchaeologist so seeing you find all those bones makes me so excited! I wish I could examine them for you, I'd happily do it if I didn't live in Sweden haha! Looks to be mostly cattle from what I can see in the video. It'd be interesting to look for butchery marks and patterns to establish whether live cattle was kept there or meat was bought pre-cut from outside the community. Exciting!

[@damianosplay9457]

@@glennwall552 what

[@luciussatchell9709]

What is a zooarchaeologist

[@Dargonhuman]

@@luciussatchell9709 Exactly what it sounds like, an archaeologist that focuses on zoological artifacts.

[@saggers5808]

I don’t honestly think this place could of ended up in better hands

[@torsken7301]

Couldnt or could have

[@kamedl3691]

@@torsken7301 what

[@Meme-zc4cw]

I am confused.

[@Cwjespersen]

Same guy who burnt down the hotel.

[@Chris-io2cs]

@@Meme-zc4cw i think they just read it too fast and thought they were just saying could without a negative somewhere in the sentence

[@JamesBond-lj6ms]

I respect this man. He’s not out here looking for things to make money off of, he just wants to keep the place alive.

[@zanebryan]

He's not a brain washed piece of shit mindset people like us lol he's just on his own for the adventure.

[@JamesBond-lj6ms]

@@zanebryan that’s why I respect him. He’s just genuinely trying to do something awesome

[@jimsteen911]

He's also already loaded dude. Takes money to not worry about money

[@tjrex9458]

@@jimsteen911 in fact, no, most his profits are off youtube and donations, he literally "wasted" all his life savings for an abandoned town that was going to be used for profit, and thats what the ex owner didnt want, he looked upon someone like brent to take care and love Cerro gordo, you can see, he aint quite the rich guy, in fact, he's way more humble than anyone of us lets be honest And last but not least, no he's not rich, basically every penny he gets its either for his personal life (food, water, etc) , his pets (the goats, llamas, cats) OR to bring life to cerro gordo (the american hotel and many more)

[@jimsteen911]

@@tjrex9458 what a waste of money. Jesus.

[@92RedRevolver]

Also, as a British person, that Lea and Perrins bottle is such an amazing find, shows how global even those unconnected days were.

[@92RedRevolver]

Wooster-sheer-sauce is how it's pronounced BTW.

[@danieljamesmead]

@@92RedRevolver Id go for Wusster-shurr-sauce to be honest

[@rangersasc]

@@92RedRevolver Only a septic tank (Yank) would have the audacity to tell and Englishman how something English is pronounced in England, they would know lol

[@cyberleaderandy1]

@@danieljamesmead certainly in Derbyshire 😄

[@tomithy_lo]

@@rangersasc as someone with no real allegiance to either side, the winner usually gets to write history. Since the English lost the Yanks would be the ones who have the real say on the language.

[@MavicJoe]

I’m from Worcester, Worcestershire and I actually worked for a number of years at Lea & Perrins (now Heinz owned) it’s pronounced “ wusta sauce or “war””ster””sher”

[@einarschwentke7813]

I’m from Saskatchewan Canada and worked with two guys from Newcastle. They told me about the “wusta” pronunciation. So glad to see someone mention it here! Cheers

[@adscomics]

The fact that this stuff has remained undisturbed in the ground for over a hundred years is honestly super fascinating to me.

[@Mr_B.]

you should by a metal detector then :D

[@mandymoon256]

One thing I admire about this guy is that he's not after about monetary value of the things he found but values more the history behind it and preserving it for future generations. Man you're a legend. 🙏

[@BestArtist]

"hey look at these antique bottles I found! Let me just set them on top of a scratching post with multiple kittens running around!" I don't think this guy has ever owned a cat before lol.

[@Kevins93cobra]

I love how your life is like the dream of every 10 year old. Meaning if you asked an 10 year old what they wanted to do in the future, you would get some answer like, "Well, I want to be an explorer, and a treasure hunter, and I'll make a museum for my treasures I find, and I want to stay up as late as I want, and eat whatever I want, and do whatever I want with no rules!" Congrats man, I'm jealous, but 10 year old me is also very jealous!

[@shellyscott6447]

Spot on! He reminds me of a kid lol and I think he's bringing out the kid in all of us, I just Love that part!!

[@SouravskpXD]

Could not agree more, i miss those old days now it's all about paying bills and stuff. life just seem boring when you reach adulthood.

[@shellyscott6447]

@@SouravskpXD For sure... responsiblity sucks!! lol

[@SouravskpXD]

@@shellyscott6447 well yeah.

[@cecilforbes3034]

Worstershire sauce bottles found on my mine in 🇦🇺mate as we’ll,same lee perrins

[@McHeisenburger]

Literally “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

[@cosmicrider5898]

One mans bottle is another man's down payment on another ghost town.

[@jovipzg8441]

one man's garbage is another man's person good ungarbage

[@smug8567]

Ya know, those were my mother's dying words, but when you're covered in 3rd degree burns and got your foot caught in a bear trap you're bound to start talking crazy.

[@Lindseyisloony]

That's how it's always been and how it always will be.

[@Lindseyisloony]

@Smug Smugly Crazy? So what your comment really says is that you have less sense than a person covered in 3rd degree burns who's foot is in a bear trap.

[@arkboy3]

I'm a Western Archaeologist with 20 years experience, recorded dozens of ranches and mines. I'm really "digging" your content!

[@hoganclark2379]

Found this by accident, Love the series, watched everyone of them. I'm glad I found it. Its actually better done than most stuff on tv. Bought me a sweatshirt to help with funds.

[@johnnylego807]

I’d advise adding metal bars to the museum to prevent any looters from coming through and trying to take anything. It does happen and if someone knows there’s valuables there could become a problem in the future as cerro gordo gets more traction

[@ttss5726]

guns solve problems like that..... 300 acres also solves the second issue after issue one is solved. he has an advantage tho he ha mines :O)

[@tavrosnitram]

@@ttss5726 you are unhinged

[@blanconaam]

@@ttss5726 Te other might’ve guns as well and what if he has been inspecting the area before

[@marcusbordeaux7548]

@@tavrosnitram unhinged for wanting people to protect their property?

[@tavrosnitram]

@@marcusbordeaux7548 even if you think that something being stolen is worth a life, if you dont see the problem with saying 'at least you can hide the body easily' you are the problem. only reason you would hide the body is if killing someone for stealing whatevers in the museum would get you in trouble... which, big shocker, it probably would.

[@mantronixtube]

so rad ... my family owns a hundred year old ranch on the other side of the sierras from you ... i find things on the property all the time . i was told people hid their money jewelry etc behind the outhouses also ... where did they wash their clothes at cg? maybe that’s where you’ll find jeans 😁so cool . hope to visit or volunteer in the future . 🤘🏻

[@kahlbo6611]

I hope he sees this!!

[@sandyc6569]

👍 👍

[@elizabethviv]

great idea to look where they washed their clothes!!

[@MsZoedog66]

I wonder if you could still put those pants on. Can you imagine putting on the same pants as someone who lived 150 years ago? They'd probably disintegrate as soon as you put them on 💗🌵

[@mantronixtube]

@@MsZoedog66 levi’s has an archive of their earliest jeans... it’s insane

[@bluebunny1620]

Brent those last three bottles you had a question about the small square aqua was either a vanilla extract or a medicine bottle the other two with wide openings were olive jars usually anything pickled food jars . This was a fun video love it I love bottle digging watch your sludge hammer you dont want to break a bottle you need to scope out more by the cabins .!!

[@jameskenney2491]

Brent, most miners didn't collect trash and haul it to a dump. They just opened the back door and pitched it out. I suspect there are lots of things buried in the ground near where the old cabins stood. I think you found some when you were grading the old road south of the main road.

[@ubergamer6979]

"I wanted to be delicate...' *So I took a sledgehammer to it* "

[@rachel40045]

😂

[@Alex-fn2vy]

​These bottles are so cool! They may only be worth about $30 to $50 but they're Cerro Gordo's history

[@smurf_mammma2401]

30-50 $ is a good amount for a bottle judging most or only a buck or two

[@MsZoedog66]

Hell yeah! We only get 10c here 😂😁🌵💗

[@avidadolares]

Yeah, he said that already in the intro and repeatedly throughout the video. Nothing gets past you, genius.

[@ki3shy001]

@@avidadolares He's only reiterating and engaging with the content. What's wrong with you

[@vintage1055]

At the end of the video the amber/brown bottle was missing from the collection. I believe it would be the most valuable. I hope it didn't get broken.

[@matthewstout7974]

The sort of thing you're building Cerro Gordo into is the exact sort of thing I spent the early years of my life vising on family trips. While other families went to six flags or disney land, MY family went to old obscure historic sites in the ozarks and the like. This is both soothing and fascinating to watch. You've got my subscription and likes:)

[@OdysseyABMS]

y u throwin shade to people who like theme parks

[@matthewstout7974]

@@OdysseyABMS Not sure why you think I was throwing shade. I simply said that my family did something else. We also went to Disney World and Land and Six Flags etc.....

[@justinakers3196]

When I was a kid I found dozens of old bottles from the early 1900s in a dump that was on our property from the 20s 30s or 40s, and I threw every single one of them up against rocks to break them. SMH 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Yogidepogi]

It's kids like you that make existing / surviving bottles more valuable.

[@KyleOzz]

Lest be honest tho, that was probably a blast. Especially if you still recall such a moment from your childhood. I know I would of done the same.

[@johnnylego807]

Oh man that one has to hurt, you win some you lose some 😂.

[@samgasaway8894]

The aqua such as an old coca cola bottle was the natural color of glass. Clear ones need chemicals added to make them clear.

[@poolwaiter]

At our old family farm in PA, same exact thing. Many were probably from the 1800s and yet we would throw them as high in the air as we could to see them shatter on the rocks below. That was many years ago. I miss those times.

[@coryc4176]

The definition of “one mans trash is another mans treasure”

[@robertcronin6603]

Finding this channel was like finding a treasure at Cerro Gordo... great content!

[@BlueSmoke1966]

I'm hooked

[@ayamoto8864]

Miners: "Let's bury our junk under an icehouse, not like anyone will ever want it anyway!" Brent: "Treasure, here i come!"

[@TommyCallaway]

The music you use is haunting and beautiful. Perfect soundtrack for the channel on every video.

[@CrosbysCorner]

What is the music @ 1:27?

[@somedaysomehow6448]

3:35 who knows this one?

[@michi-fv2mf]

The music he uses really reminds me of RDR2's sountrack

[@CrosbysCorner]

@@michi-fv2mf hey, thanks! I’ll check it out.

[@herbie3oh3]

Your defiantly the only person who just made bottles interesting for me.

[@Tyler-jy3sn]

Check out Adventure archeology he has some really good videos on bottles

[@BeardedMenace25]

@Italian Pills - Psicologia Politica Uh, no need for political bots here.

[@petesaundersson8569]

Brit here - loving the series Brent. So good to see someone so fascinated with everything around them with a true sense of wonder for 'simple' items and nature. Still using good old Lea and Perrins, and the phonetic pronunciation is "whoosh-ter-sheer"

[@rolling-1177]

I’m a Plumber from Canada and think what your doing is amazing and will be thinking of you in my prayers. Strangely you helped me in a hard time I’m going through. Watching your series and channel has reminded me of just how strong someone can be. So many examples! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@KimberleyW]

One thing I would love to see is a video dedicated to the history of Cerro Gordo. That would be interesting to learn the key points of its history in one video 😀

[@Eranderil]

I believe in a few different types of integrity. I would say you are practicing "stewardship" by not selling the town relics you find, and really everything else you are doing there. Since you have a set of rules, even if you only applied them to yourself, this falls into what I would categorize as lawful integrity. I am also of the mind that integrity is not only largely lost in current society, but sorely missed. Thank you sir, for being a steward of integrity.

[@Colin_Barnes]

I discovered your channel a few days ago, I've started watching every episode from the start. I freaking love it

[@RW-ij1ci]

I love how passionate you are about this place... you are literally digging up American history for future generations.

[@MaayanGuzman]

"Mmm ... Let's put the expensive, historic, what-I-have-left-of-Cerro-Gordo-after-the-fire, BREAKABLE bottles on a narrow pillar, next to a playful cat." Maybe it will bring me luck.

[@Lindseyisloony]

It's so weird to me how some people's brains just don't have that automatic accident prevention instinct! It drives me absolutely up the wall to watch people do stuff like set things in precarious places without even thinking about it. It's impossible for me to understand how anybody can function without that common sense...

[@captainLoknar]

@@Lindseyisloony next week in Cerro Gordo: "OOOh I found a cool oil lamp. I bought oil so I could light it. Here let me put it next to the cat's flammable scratch post."

[@n1c3s43]

meaning no offense, but he does seem kinda foolish at times lol

[@InYorFace]

@@n1c3s43 lol y'all... he just didn't grow up with grandparents like this. I think of all people this way...y'all newbies. But Brent tries and learns in the process, on video, i love that and helps relate to miscommunications from the past or online. You were all new to something at some point... he'll be an expert once he gets all the facts. Not everyone grows up around mining districts 🙄

[@_timetravels4528]

@@Lindseyisloony these people are the happiest I believe. Caring about stuff has NOTHING to do with common sense.

[@seth5899]

I hope this doesn’t get lost in the comments, so like this comment and help me relay a little history about Cerro Gordo. I’m reviewing some notes I took in a college history course, and there’s a mention of Cerro Gordo in them. Apparently in the Mexican-American War, Mexican Army General Santa Anna wanted to bottleneck Winfield Scott’s Campaign at Cerro Gordo, and there was a battle that occurred there in April of 1847. If that’s true, you’d probably be able to find all kinds of mid-1800s war artifacts buried throughout the area! I hope you get to see this comment and maybe dig up some history of the old town! Edit: Wrong Cerro Gordo, thanks @Will Long

[@primrozie]

Interesting.

[@starglismann6879]

Very cool information to add to the history!! Thanks for sharing! 🤠👍🏻

[@willong1000]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's a different Cerro Gordo. The one of the battle is in Mexico: Location near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico 19.429°N 96.688°W

[@Mercy633]

Thats cool

[@nicoler4291]

you are a hero. Keeping American history alive. Thank you

[@ralphrodriguez9037]

I know it's too late, but you could have gotten a lot of help by coordinating with one of the local universities and gotten all the archaeology students to help out. I think this might be a good idea for the future, as I'm sure you have not even scratched the surface with all the sites available there to dig up.

[@tomquinn3068]

those universities archaelogists are the REAL scammers !

[@cdd4248]

What a great idea!

[@kamaruddin9172]

That defeat the purpose of doing it alone.

[@mango8918]

@@tomquinn3068 Such a powerfully negative comment. What is it based on?

[@padoeulpaul4172]

I think you have to darken up your windows in the museum, the sunlight could damage your findings ! ;-)

[@Korilian13]

Yes. And you can get frames with museum glass. Be sure to store the papers in a dark place for now.

[@DavidBowen]

I've spent a lot of time searching ghost towns for old bottle. Here's a trip.... Find the out house! Dig it up... That's where they dropped them while being drunk. Just be careful, it's a dirty job..... LOL

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

That sounds very clever

[@unlink1649]

for the love of preserving the past, take these items out of the direct UV light. It will age them much more rapidly than the conditions they where left in the mine and break them up and bleach them. UV light is dangerous to these old artifacts and will corrode them! The reason you where able to find them in the mine, is literally that these was a stable climate, no light and no temperature fluctuations and little to no humidity. Taking them to the surface requires accommodations, otherwise they will crumble be gone forever.

[@mridul7639]

Especially sinc he wants to preserve them for centuries

[@hippycow1006]

The bottles?

[@unlink1649]

@@hippycow1006 all of it. wood, clothes, bottles, everything.

[@laurnborne3830]

@@unlink1649 did you get his attention?

[@JMCAragorn]

I cannot remember how I found this channel anymore, but man I’m glad I did. Brent is just so genuine. I cannot stand KZbinrs who overreact and pretend to every discovery, etc. Keep up the fantastic footage, and thank you for sharing. 😊

[@AnfieldAura_]

Why do I feel like Cerro Gordo is a home away from home when I have never been there 😂

[@pattitorres31]

I get that feeling too

[@Geraldyvlog]

I’ve heard that if you feel some sort of “home feeling” to something it’s probably because you have been here in your past life

[@lindseyankers3790]

Same here, and I’m in Wales, UK🇻🇺Maybe because it’s also a mining country 🤗

[@mfunes1494]

You should have a metal detector, may find coins, buttons, etc.

[@gogonog]

i love history and artifacts !!but i watch this channel because of you. you are a good man and you deserve all the good that is happening to your channel ..stay safe !!

[@cookerywithcait4145]

I live in Worcester Uk (pronounced Wuss-Ter-Sher) -and live a few miles from the Lea and Perrins factory so it’s so cool to see you found a bottle at Cerro Gordo!! Love your channel keep up the incredible work

[@JPRobinso]

I'm from Worcester, I used to live near Nunnery Wood. I remember you could smell the sauce sometimes when you drove past the factory. Lovely!

[@jasonbabila6006]

Get a bottle probe, it will help you find bottles without breaking them, one thing to keep in mind, back in the day they never dumped the garbage at just one spot, they would dump their garbage at multiple locations and in the out house pits as well and once the out house pits are full, they would move the out house to another location and cover up the full pit, embossed bottles are the older ones you want to find. www.oldwestbottles.com/probes.php

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Brent, you should get yourself a decent metal detector like the Garrett AT Pro metal detector which is amazing, you would fond so many more artefacts and have fun doing it. You pronounce Worcestershire Sauce - wuh ster sheer xx

[@kathleennorton6108]

Worcestershire sauce has quite a story, how it came into being.

[@lewisbudgen1473]

Wuh ster shuh sauce

[@SueGirling68]

@Ryan Conners Trust me it's definitely sheer 😉

[@justinakers3196]

YES!!!!! Metal detector, do it!

[@repletereplete8002]

depends where you're from and background. I'm working class from Yorkshire and everyone I know says shuh in stead of sheer. Like we say York-shuh not York-sheer.

[@Blah115]

This is how you write and keep the history. Not by crashing everything down, but restoring and keeping. America needs to learn that more and more

[@robertcronin6603]

These items, lost, disregarded and forgotten about have now become alive again with the time, care and love being shown to them by Brent...even inanimate objects have a type of conscious awareness if we pay attention...good stuff 🔥

[@daniicrlh]

Kind of surreal we get content like this for free

[@PXLJCE23]

Netflix should have been all over this months ago. In 6 months time they’ll have caught up and will be funding this guy to just do what he’s doing.

[@robkorczak]

Have you thought about cataloging this stuff, maybe digitizing the documents and making an online "museum" of sorts so everyone can look at them closely? Scanners are pretty cheap and if you have a website about your town that would be a great place to put it all, if not just for observing then also as an information resource for historians or history buffs.

[@spencerb311]

Great idea!

[@katherineholubowich]

I can’t get enough of your adventures n findings your a great storyteller..you are giving the past a voice. Thank you

[@DH-ij9pe]

Been going through some tough times. Came across Brent's channel and he has the ability to always put a smile on my face even during the garbage. Thank you Brent, you are the best!

[@JeffGuillaume]

Suggestion: It would be cool if you timestamped some of the clips in your videos, so it's clear when they were recorded. Those of us watching your series religiously from the start would undoubtedly appreciate the added detail. (You mentioned in this video that some of what you showed took place over months; it would be cool to see at least the date in the corner, when appropriate.) Thank you for being so welcoming and open to comment!

[@MT-hd2es]

I’m actually from Worcester in Worcestershire. Cool to see!

[@MT-hd2es]

Oh and Worcestershire is pronounced: ‘wus-ster-shur’

[@chascarpenter5006]

@@MT-hd2es,, Thank you for pointing it out, I used to live in Hereford!

[@tripinagain]

I Live Just Up The Road (A449) Near Kidderminster........ Cool To See This Stuff, & How It Found It's Way Over There....

[@TB41n0]

I live in south Manchester #TeamUK #Lockdown2

[@leev211]

We always call it Worcester sauce in South Wales. I do love hearing Americans pronounce it as wor-sester-shire sauce though

[@MM-fq9gi]

My late cousin was involved in exploring old ghost towns, she said outhouse pits were gold mines for finding stuff that fell out of pockets.

[@Tempted_Lotus]

No pun intended lol

[@granthutcherson4510]

Perhaps they were also gold mines for things that fell out of people's asses

[@granthutcherson4510]

You might be able to find 150-year-old pieces of corn and peanut particles

[@granthutcherson4510]

I digress no disrespect intended I have sincere respect for what you're trying to do my friend

[@OdysseyABMS]

@@granthutcherson4510 PFWHAHAHAHAHA

[@gambylou9959]

I love watching your adventure, working my way through all your videos 😁

[@SAMPLEFREEPRODUCTIONS]

Jack Sparrow yelling "I've got a jar of dirt" as he picks up the bottle🤣

[@sccarguy8242]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. It’s just so different then anything else out there, and it’s a great escape from my day to day. Thank you so much for sharing this with us !!!

[@TexasTimelapse]

Dig out those outhouses too. Lots of personal items were dropped down privies. They were used to throw away bottles too. Grandma hid her drinking problem and chunked the empty bottle down there. Get some quarter inch screen and sift it all. You'll find coins...maybe a gold one was lost.

[@wolfgangricky]

There is a restorative power of digging thru the trash after tragedy. That is why you see people going thru their houses after fire, tornado, hurricane, etc... Lends a circle of life to help complete the cycle of grief. Maybe the hotel should be renamed the American Phoenix Hotel, as it rises from the ashes of it's past, for a new future. Thank you for taking us along

[@musicpunk5]

This is a type of mining that Cerro Gordo probably hasn't seen before.

[@m.o.x]

Putting those old bottles on top of the scratch post gave me such anxiety. Was just waiting for one of the kittens to knock'em over and break them.

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Me too 😿💔

[@thegreaterbilby2171]

Me 3

[@mrolsen6987]

X4 on that comment!😱

[@samantham4351]

Me X5 😱 Also sitting on the desk wobbling when researching the bottles value. Bless him though.

[@willicent]

Ill take that for 6 please? Do I hear a 7?

[@lorimiller4872]

I’m so jealous, I love treasure hunting and your town is endless...as long as you keep digging you will find more more more. Bottles are highly sought after and collectible, I dabble in antiques mostly jewelry but to have a glass bottle still intact after all those years it’s a rare find and I can’t imagine how many more you will find. I love your videos! Sad to hear about the hotel but everything happens for a reason, if it happened later on down the road it may have caused more damage. Keep on trucking or...digging! Ha! Your kitties are really cute! Take care! ~Lori 😊

[@tonisamuels85]

Some people live there whole lives without finding their passion, stay safe enjoy your passion. Much love from Australia

[@mudlotus7838]

I dont know if anybody has suggested this, but all the old bottlenecks would make some really sought after guitar slides. A wet grinder to take the sharp bottoms off and your'e in business.

[@johndoeing]

a Cerro Gordo guitar slide would absolutely be Peak Western. If he ever has a guitar player there it would be worth it to keep a few!

[@PXLJCE23]

You are good. 😊

[@mudlotus7838]

@@johndoeing Omg right? I would love to have one. It would be a prized piece in my collection.

[@CLCIII]

Brent, Nothing can replace the original hotel and ice house, but you found the silver lining, no pun intended, in that dark cloud. Your integrity in keeping everything from Cerro Gordo there and intact is admirable. God Works All Things Together For Good... As Always, May God Bless you and yours!

[@allenthorne2413]

If slab of concrete is getting harder as time goes on why not leave it and build some kind of structure on top of it

[@anthonyp2312]

He had a mission to find treasure in that one spot

[@CLCIII]

@@anthonyp2312 Amen.

[@leegilbert9130]

Great video, good to see you preserving the local history for the future, I will be watching all your videos. regards from Canberra Australia

[@GhostTownLiving]

Thanks for watching!

[@aronk3688]

In a money hungry world, you are absolutely the best person to own this property!

[@vanilla_late16]

I just was thinking Brent, with all of the pieces of old china and glass you could make like a mosaic table top out of it. Lay the pieces in a wooden frame and poor epoxy over them, then just add wooden legs and you got some pretty neat and historical tables. You could put some in the new American Hotel.

[@KotaMcKloud]

that's an awesome idea! love this

[@johnnylego807]

Would definitely be cool the problem with that would be that once set in the epoxy they would not be able to be removed and if there was a reason or need to remove them/ put them on display this would be impossible to remove without breaking the bottles. Definitely would be a cool project though. My guess is he’s wanting to keep bottles intact for being put on display.

[@devilshaircut9]

Great idea but here is a twist... place one in each guest room to add the special, personal touch only when staying in that room. May boost some return guests to try different rooms

[@thanksmark]

Also Brent. Please keep mentioning in your videos that GoFundMe for the American hotel is still active. Keep bringing awareness. I'm sure a lot of people would donate if they knew about GoFundMe page

[@gbbluemonday]

this

[@supergreatairgunreviews]

Nobody should give this guy money, he's got investors in this project that include millionaire netflix executives

[@thanksmark]

@@supergreatairgunreviews how about you keep your opinion to yourself

[@lagatitabruja]

@@supergreatairgunreviews ya sure 🙄 if that was true where are all the high paid crews and machinery? Why is the progress so slow and you only see him and hear no other sounds? Are they all hiding?

[@supergreatairgunreviews]

@@lagatitabruja So suckers like you will give him more money for free. Google cerro gordo investors if you don't believe me

[@Sibes3]

I am the same as you. My house is filled with treasures I have dug out of the ground at various old homesteads etc. Every item I find gets thoroughly researched and placed in my home in a place of honour.

[@tigerprincevincey]

living out every archaeologists' dream

[@arxxiii91]

Bottles on top of the scratch post!! Dude...those cats are going to smash everything lol

[@GhostTownLiving]

I took them all down. They're all safely in the hotel. I had just brought them in from the site to film the bit with the cats. After that they were off that thing!

[@pfizz8347]

I was nervous watching this scene as well LOL. Imagine doing all that work digging them out only for a cat-astrophe to strike!

[@huserk]

@@pfizz8347 hahaha me too!!! I was like, no way, take them away, not there!

[@three6ohchris]

Regarding the last 3 bottles: The smaller bottle is a medicine bottle. The bottle with the bigger opening looks like a pickle bottle/jar. The other one I'm not sure... It was mold formed. You can see the seam down the side. Maybe a sauce or condiment of some sort.

[@silentdusty73]

I grew up in a old homestead that was built in 1867, we found the old garbage dump at the back of the property. What treasures we found. One of my favourites was an old Vicks bottle with the glass pipette still intact.

[@snakefollower]

I love these old bottles and pottery. Nice colours rather than clear glass.

[@davidedoni3674]

Watching this guy is so damn inspiring. The respect he has for our history and legacy is almost moving. We should show this video to the morons that right now are tearing down monuments.

[@richardball9724]

Possibly an idea but keep hold of the old broken glass and have it turned into glass beads and made up into jewellery which you could sell to help fund the projects

[@TJA4wd]

So cool. My first house was built in 1898 in Denver, and while planting a tree in the back yard I found some broken pieces of a "Warner's Kidney and liver cure" bottle that date to the time the house was built. They have absolutely no monetary value, but it was so exciting for me just to be able to add a little bit to the story of the house and one of the men who built it.

[@paultiki9968]

That's cool! My house was built in 1920, and I just recently found a civilian marksmanship medal probably from a kid in the 50's. Not worth anything, of course, but I thought it was neat

[@fiikahlo]

"We've had a number of archaelogists reach out, we're going to do a very co-ordinated and planned dig" Ummm... this is not what I was imagining when you said this couple videos earlier... 😅

[@nuppix]

Here now and again after 10 year when youtube recommended it again :D

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[@bgp6656]

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[@DJBEANZzROADTO1K]

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[@DJBEANZzROADTO1K]

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[@alittlemoreplease]

The broken dishes and plates can be sold online in bundles. People make jewelry out of them!

[@theknifejoker99]

I went into this museum. It's really awesome you should be really proud! Very great job! The collection, the presentation, and the access is truly phenomenal and absolutely respected!

[@marisaw5150]

More people need to give a shit for sure. Just discovering your channel and seeing the true care and love you have for this town is refreshing. Not wanting to sell the history off, keeping it where it belongs. You're a pretty cool human.