Once in a Lifetime Find Buried in a Back Yard for 148 Years

Excavating two privies at the Higgins residence, a family that lived in Independence, Kansas in the late 19th century.
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[@marykaystreasures]

Glad you had such a great pit ❤️👍🗝️🇺🇸⚒️ You are my top bottle digger I have never heard you complain such pleasure watching your videos Thank you for ❤️❤️❤️🎉🇺🇸🗝️

[@ShirleySwedberg-tt2cc]

Complete dedication.

[@1927su]

I really appreciate your approach & style; finding a KZbinr that doesn’t have the need to “ hear himself talk” with long & drawn out introductions & unnecessary music and graphics, is VERY NICE! You get right to it & stay on topic! Your editing & timing is great; your research is appreciated & how you present it, is great! You keep it interesting & keep the viewer engaged! It’s REFRESHING to find a KZbinr that knows “how to do it!”Really enjoy your channel ! THANK YOU!!!

[@ShirleySwedberg-tt2cc]

My hero is at it again. So proud of you to dig up the past and beyond.

[@BelowthePlains]

haha thank you!

[@PaulNeiberger]

Your voice is so calm and the music you chose is so relaxing the wife enjoy your videos after a stressful day. By the way I work at the factory that makes the blue buckets you use. Here is Miami Okla.. USA 🇺🇸

[@chriss.9441]

Love all the extra digs lately. One of my favorite channels

[@Snarkapotamus]

Cool finds! I'm kind of curious. Do you go over the dirt extracted from these digs with a metal detector before filling in the hole? Seems the perfect place for people to lose small items out of their pockets...

[@jeanpowell7072]

I love the blue bottles

[@brianwalker9185]

Easter egg hunt every day. Love when the soil is dry is without too much clay. I used to scoff at 1920 vintage but that's now 100 years ago. You give me fond memories of the good old, digs.

[@dannmccord1923]

Wow two awesome pits. Boy that cobalt blue ink was a beautiful. Bottle. Just love all those old bottles. Your videos are awesome. Cant wait till the next one. Keep digging Tom

[@thegoodcatjupie6614]

somehow i found your channel and i am addicted. your videos are my meditation. i find your voice and demeanor so soothing. my sister used to dig up old bottles near our house and sixty years later she’s still mad my mom threw them all out. 😆

[@larisarogers2649]

Love the history behind each find!

[@paulalexander8305]

Absolutely addicting!!!!!! 😎

[@lisalane2589]

I just found you, I could watch this all day! Thank you

[@ncexnyc4466]

Who'd of thought a video about a guy digging through the grounds of an old outhouse would be so captivating? Certainly held my attention for 24 + minutes.

[@littlejack6123]

I love what you do. It's great to give bits of history new lives and recognition.

[@PaintedTurtle001]

Sweet dig! I wish you'd take some time and show the differences b/t tooled tops, applied tops, etc. Thanks.

[@philipcallicoat3147]

Thanks for letting me hang out with y'all 🎉 🕊️☝️🌹

[@donnawv]

Love watching you dig! Very relaxing and interesting. Some really cool finds in this dig.

[@BelowthePlains]

aw thank you! glad you like the channel! we really appreciate that!

[@NewsLynne]

The Listerine notes made me smile. The southern side of my family swore by Listerine to “kill the bugs.”

[@TCW-hw6iw]

I think the shorter wide bottle you found in the upper part of the first pit could have been a wine bottle (you showed a similar style in a later ad - late into the second pit) a brandy bottle, or possible a rum bottle. I say rum bottle as a short wide bodied bottle was preferred on ships as they did not tip over as a ship rolled and pitched. A navy tradition is that as a bottle is passed its slide not lifted off the table to avoid losing control off it, the bottle is then moved to the edge of the table, tipped to pour while maintaining contact with the table. The other part of this you never let go until its firmly in the hand of the next person. Nice finds, I admire your persistence.

[@manderson3231]

I love your videos, especially when you find that special bottle!! Great video!!!

[@riverc3171]

Nice bottles!!

[@markmadison1135]

you are my favourite bottle digger. You must learn a lot about history.

[@jeffforsyth6292]

When are you going to make a video of your collection. You must have a few thousand specimens of different bottles. Would love to see them and the gems you've found.

[@lynnjudkins9078]

Wow what a great dig you made some money today good job

[@barbarahatcher4552]

So love your videos I can’t wait to see what you have on them each one you put out

[@carolynsimone8647]

Great finds...1870's...unbelievable...thanks for sharing..🥰🥰

[@macfilms9904]

Great finds! Tom, with the bandanna, you could seriously cosplay a young Tom Petty!

[@tarrasams7423]

Hello 👋 from New York you Guy's Found Some Amazing Finds Thank you for Bringing me Along with you I can't wait to see What you Find Next😊

[@oleradiodudea.m.4735]

One of the most unique videos I watch on YT!

[@RussTNails-fw9ds]

Great show thankyou.

[@daviddarrall9384]

said it before, say it again .... excellent Camera man! U K.

[@alisonmary1443]

Fantastic, great to see you find one of a kind a wow moment. Thank you again, love this adventure :)

[@tinaj984]

Great dig!! So glad, I needed to see a dig.😍😍😍❤

[@michaeldavis8249]

That’s awesome congratulations on your finds

[@willong1000]

Ouch! That cobalt blue bottle embossed "Caswell, Hazard & Co." was a crier! Demijohn tops too, but I imagine you find them most often broken.

[@lisacates4185]

Some dandys❤🎉🎉🎉love the cobalt blue and rat killer

[@joycemusgrave161]

Pop's here. I've seen pendants made from some pieces of cut glass and they are stunning.

[@pyhavir5928]

You do so well on your videos. It must be hard to do alone.

[@shainazion4073]

There are usually the two of them.

[@jillybear6007]

I had a little laugh at that Jesse Pugh bottle - Pugh and I share the same birthday. :-D

[@artkyger3425]

Really cool. Old forgotten land fills are great. One generations trash is another generations treasure.

[@janelchambers6791]

Those two early bottles are outstanding

[@jerrysadventures8952]

wow good dig dude

[@warrenmink2429]

Whoa !! Now that’s some great age , love it man . Just awesome finds , thank you for your dedication. And sharing

[@lauriehallam5704]

Awesome finds!!!

[@smspiwak1956]

Perfect Saturday night entertainment. Thanks for another great video.

[@jeanpowell7072]

Love the ink bottle had a few ancestors in wwI

[@johaines2214]

Love the blue glass bottle.

[@lindaalbano6868]

Thank you

[@shepherd4406]

Wow. Congratulations.

[@susanschley4265]

Awesome dig!

[@kevinkrochak2546]

Wow, you packed a lot of interesting content into this post. Liked and subbed!

[@timjozwiak2293]

Your digs into the past are so interesting and informative

[@jimmysinclair6943]

Awesome age on that 2nd pit. Great content lately

[@dawnhaynes7784]

Love your videos congrats on finding the one and only bottle wow

[@judyengland2615]

I like watching your channel

[@soonzach4017]

Interesting day for you all, wow,

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Pit 1 - nice Bottles from around 1900-1920 - some rare ones as well - now onto Pit 2 - 1870's - some early embossed ones - lucky You ! You sounded very Happy - more History Revealed and that a very Good Thing ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

Great dig! Liked the demijohn top. Never heard of them before, but I am no expert!

[@andrewchase7684]

your videos lately have just been on point! you guys are sick

[@jeffnorton6762]

Great finds.

[@kevinbovin7856]

Nice early bottles congrats

[@Merlijnvv]

great finds, congratulations!

[@kimberlywagner1638]

Great finds

[@timconnell4581]

I like the acoustic guitar accompaniment

[@outoftheforest7652]

Nice find!!!!!

[@HousBinPhartiin]

Awesome video!

[@brianredban9393]

What would be the rearest, most expensive bottle in North America??? I have always wondered. Love your content 👍👍

[@kaolinwasher]

Tom what a great dig , Cobalt ink""not easy to find, and that Old one from kansas, I dont have money to donate but my prayors will go up to heaven for you guys, Gunnar R Minnesota

[@jeanpowell7072]

These are close to the top

[@brian70Cuda]

Thank you Tom, I have loved every vid that I have seen of yours, I hit the like button even before I watch they are so great! Really glad I found your channel.

[@FloCreasy]

Enjoyed the video

[@demsakawalkinglatetermabor7ion]

Listerine advertised and was used in prescriptions by doctors for wound and cut care in 1890, I have notes requesting it saved by a drug store. Can still be used for that if you get the original, no flavonoids version. Prescriptions exist for it mixed with other things for gargle, mouth and throat issues. Now I’m curious if it was used in the gut and need to research it.

[@gonzobtrappin1911]

I scored one of those R.J. Brown bottles from a random box lot at a kansas aution last year. They are super early and crude but sadly common.

[@Looter8TreasureHunter]

Awesome dig my man! Amazing job!

[@christhompson4270]

Awesomeness 🙏👍❤️

[@jeanpowell7072]

Wonderful ink jar

[@BestSellers2122]

Thank you for another great video!

[@darlacox301]

Love to watch you dig always interesting ❤❤❤😊😊

[@donnaleveron6511]

Very interesting, love old bottles.

[@debvanh6276]

great video

[@robertdoyal2196]

Nice dig

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

9:45 ...I like using what is called a "double hand hoe" for that kind of scrabbling in the dirt...fork side to break up the clods, the blade side to shovel into the bucket...

[@ImCarolB]

Outhouses are the best place to find little treasures!

[@williamfoster7165]

man, independence kansas must be a pretty decent place to dig. seems like you find more embossed drugstores than blank ones!

[@tree6787]

I love your Channel please keep up the good work❤

[@ChristianThomas-wf5dl]

Tom, Great video as usual I was wondering though if you could discuss in one of your videos how you go about getting permission to do this archeology. Keep up the great work I really appreciate all the effort you put into your videos.

[@samsager1]

Awesome digs man!!

[@mikekooz475]

Where do you sell these? A store. Flea market. On line? I visit what was an old dump site along a river I fish. Every spring a little more of the riverbank gets erroded and some new bottles and broken kitchen ware is exposed. I like to find them. It's all machine made stuff but it's still neat. As a side note. In the early 1980's a couple guys were going around the village I lived in digging up the old outhouse sites. They dug the one on my moms property and the one on the old hotel site near us. I remember them finding a lot of stuff.

[@monkeyb1820]

there are online markets (eg ebay), but I think most of the bottles are not worth a ton, but the adventure is neat. The experts spend some time studying old maps and plats, the privvies were often near the back of the property. They can probe the ground with spring-rod and sort of tell if the soil is softer, or if the rod is 'crunching' a bit (going through glass). Hopefully they let you keep some of the stuff from your moms property.

[@IamRemoWilliams]

Awsome

[@johnkidd797]

Nice but i live in the Scottish Highlands where finds can be thousands of years old. Bottles however only are rare over a few hundred years so well done pal.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@craigdutton6072]

That big top 🎉was huge of the Demijohn think I’d cut it off just to keep that top lol 😂

[@marcoallin]

do you have video where you discuss the bottle after with older folks or other of your friends?

[@tiahummel-hody4096]

When the pits were dipped, where did they take the contents? Was there specific place it would go? Thank you for posting your videos. I really enjoy watching and learning about the older bottles. How much of the older china and dishware are you able to put back together. I’ve enjoyed seeing the ones you are able to mend.

[@johnlord8337]

H J Heinz bottle - 188 - (contract machine made) (~1920) held 8 ounces woozy (worcestershire) sauce - cork and glass stopper. A unique find in that the 8-sided shape usually goes with ketchups and other categories while the sauces came in rounds and ovals ... So either the database is wrong as to identity and this would be a ketchup.

[@johnlord8337]

You definitely pulled up another anomaly in the foot bot category that is giving us fits. No maker's mark when there should be - and GLassy pulling up a 1900-1910 ketchup with a contract maker's mark that should only be a Heinz Sharpsburg. Keep digging !!!

[@AdamosDad]

Back in the 50's we bought a house way out in rural Indiana, there was no trash pickup so we had a place on the edge of the hill that we dumped our trash on, every once in a while, we would set it on fire. Perhaps in a hundred years someone will discover it.

[@chasetonga]

Wasn’t Independence, Missouri the jumping off point for the wagon trails west, and Independence, Kansas was just across the river?

[@KittyHannah]

Do you give some of the bottles to the home owners?

[@slapdat.byteme]

I’ve concluded that folks in the 1800s and early 1900s were tremendous litterbugs.

[@Kimo2Time]

What type food were the people eating in the past that makes it so identifiable by "seeds"? and seeds in those quantities? You've mentioned undigested seeds were the clues besides the cap layer. I don't recall these seeds on my digs where I'm at. Seeds of what?