Strange Sink Spots in a Ghost Town Lead to an Amazing Discovery

Tom Askjem excavates the ghost town of Omemee, North Dakota. #archaeology #history #artifacts #abandoned #treasurehunting #buriedtreasure #wildwest

[@user-or3mc6wl5y]

I’m so glad you have your own channel now! Your natural spirit is so much fun to watch! Your enthusiasm is addicting!!!

[@revminTphresh]

one suggestion i would make is that i would love to see MORE of the cleaned up artifacts at the end. seeing the plates cleaned and glued back together was awesum. there were several other things i would have enjoyed seeing clean as well. as always, love watching you neck deep in century old poop! kudos on the new channel, looking forward to more.

[@misterp158]

I would too but I imagine he has tons of glass bottles and plates that haven't been cleaned yet or if they ever will. However, it would be nice to see more detailed photos or videos of the ones that he does show at the end. I would keep watching.

[@PeppieP]

47 minutes of peace and sensibility in a maddening modern world. Thanks for reminding us what our ancestors lives were like before it got all plastic and disposable. Thanks Tom x

[@michaelchase418]

PeppieP no argument regarding peace, but literally everything he digs up would have been considered disposable, they wouldn't be there if they weren't.

[@susananthony2366]

I feel like I'm watching a man freed from his captors and years of forced labor! It's wonderful to see you truly enjoying your passion, Tom.

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks for watching! I’ve definitely been enjoying life a lot more lately!

[@karenjeffries7242]

If you ever find yourself in ne Ohio, I have 2 1860s houses, a hotel and saloon and train depot site steps from house. I’m too old to dig them, I wish you could! The neighbor has them surfacing in her back yard sometimes.

[@TomAskjem.]

I appreciate the invite!

[@karenjeffries7242]

@@TomAskjem. Anytime ! Everything is still standing except the depot but we know where it stood. It drives me crazy thinking what must be down there lol

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

Just stopping by to leave a thumbs 👍😎.

[@jilltoney3613]

Great video! GREAT FINDS! Thank you for sharing Tom.

[@tammyaskjem9871]

Another great vid, Tom!!! It’s amazing how you find these pits! A great dig! Thanks for taking us on the dig with you!!

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks for watching!

[@larisarogers2649]

I’m glad that the awning kept you dry, it’s fun listening to rain while you’re digging 😊

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

Oh! Is that what that was!

[@martihetrick609]

Pickle bottle great for flower vases

[@camillemiller132]

Always love your video’s. You include so much information and I really appreciate that, thank you!

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

I like him showing around the area of the digging site(s), where houses were, etc.

[@stephentaylor1637]

Keep digging Tom ..👍 📷 💂 👀 UK 👍

[@northernfound]

Another great dig Tom. I look forward to your videos every Saturday.

[@Toodle.Pipp001]

Brilliant as ever Tom, thank you.

[@dannmccord1923]

Awesome video. Made my day. Always looking forward to your videos. So many beautiful bottles. Just love those pickle bottles. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Spudtoshi]

probably those darn kids breaking all the windows LOL

[@lesliemcgaughey8038]

You should do a show, that explains, blob top , applied top ect. With examples. Very interesting, to see what you find!

[@AllisonWCone]

Some really interesting new pieces this time! I'm glad you're back to digging and posting videos regularly again 😊

[@KaK0]

Hey Tom, love your digging up old relics. You have a great personality ❤

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks!

[@davevollbrecht9489]

No better way to drink a cup of coffee and watch you thanks again

[@patablanche5075]

Always appreciate the added advertisements that you put on the screen. Your enthusiasm makes this show!

[@daviddarrall9384]

Good job Tom, thanks.😊 UK

[@kimmcnear6843]

Good to see you again

[@misterp158]

good stuff, thanks for sharing

[@brianm1494]

Every table had a vinegar and an oil cruet on it, the go to salad dressing.

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

Yeah. Pretty sure the thing that he thought was a pitcher was something to do with oil and/or vinegar.

[@marydilley4455]

Is that rain I could hear in the background? Always enjoy watching you dig for the artifacts. Thanks again for a super show! Nice looking blue and white plates...ty for showing the cleaned up stuff...so cool.

[@TomAskjem.]

It was a rainy day so we set up the canopy. The sound of rain is definitely relaxing!

[@powerm64]

Another awesome video

[@Thetimecapsuletx]

The little “pitcher” in the beginning is a cruet. They would use this for oil and vinegar. Maybe they would use one for the vinegar and one for the oil. This is so interesting. Even the bricks can tell you a lot. I learned there are actual brick collectors out there.

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks!

[@nickt7658]

You rule Tom!!!!

[@dirtclodmetaldetecting]

Interesting place and finds!

[@mrspankytank2858]

Freakin kids. When I return to my spot maybe tomorrow, that’s what I’m gonna be thinking with every broken bottle.lol

[@dai-nippon_digger]

I was supposed to go digging today for my buddy's birthday. Ended up losing the permission. I'm glad to watch this instead of no bottles today.

[@bahldr01]

Tom, I think you found ol' Ranger's last set of shoes...

[@kayesem20]

I love the history of various types to be discovered in your videos. Thanks very much for making this available.

[@marylavine2632]

Happy to have found your new site. I enjoy your enthusiasm.

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks for watching!

[@kenmilne2379]

Yr knowledge is exceptional Tom !! 👏 Awesome finds ! 👏 🤘🤘

[@stevemiller6766]

I miss the music from your old videos - it set the mood for the frontier feeling. Thanks for taking us along Tom, we always watch your videos when they drop.

[@mt0115]

Good stuff as usual. 😎🍺☮️

[@patty4091]

Enjoyed your digs Tom, I’m glad you found some good things around all of the broken glass. And am glad that you now have an awning to keep you dry, that weather in ND is so unpredictable of late. I look forward to your next video.

[@ianmax5263]

I can’t believe how much broken window glass you had to dig through. The kid rock destruction was a bummer. But I guess that’s how pits go, some great and some just a lot of digging for little return.

[@DWilt1969]

You found some interesting things ..I like the insulator, I collect those too. Great job Tom👍

[@jamesroth1126]

Tom the small perfume is called a Card perfume!🤔😏

[@TomAskjem.]

I appreciate the info!

[@julie4636]

I miss the old music intro, too. Any type of new music intro would be great! Glad you have a new channel. You’re the only one I watch.

[@sadielevens1144]

Great to see you Tom.

[@rogerb4971]

Go Tom! You are the man!

[@annemariehelton1204]

Oh wow I just found you!! I searched because I was thinking I hadn’t seen a video in a while! I really enjoy what you do, the history… amazing! 😊

[@rmil4531]

Excellent

[@edwardtraylor3984]

You find some really cool stuff. What I'd like to know is, do you save this stuff you find and add it to your collection if you have one. Or re bury afterwards?. Thanks for sharing with us. Enjoyed it very much.

[@TomAskjem.]

Some pieces are kept, sold, given to the property owner and donated to museums. If no one is interested we rebury them

[@markmcintosh9448]

Thank you for sharing

[@kennethstickney8819]

In many movies we see households and dinner tables and the most common dinner ware seems to have been the Blue Willow pattern, I guess that was Hollywood. You have dispelled a notion I have had for over 50 years 😮. Thank you for setting the record straight.

[@jonischleif5353]

Thanks for another great video!!

[@pakedermsfavs9080]

The china was lovely ❤

[@oilerfreak]

Glad to have found you again Tom!!! Not sure what happened but I hope it was amicable. Good luck branching out on your own.

[@Gez_Fez]

Great output Tom, another awesome hoard! Awaiting the pickle bottle house, much respect from the UK

[@rebeccacurtis7737]

I usually end up craving pickles with all those pickle jars you find! Great Video as usual Tom! Much love from South Dakota!!

[@wadehendryx7378]

Another fun one. Damn kids anyways. Looks like you might be in that area for a while. Hope you find more. We will be here to watch. Hope you're doing well. Take care. 😊

[@parley0868]

Your videos are better now than ever!!! Thank you!!

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks for watching!

[@deloradeabel8487]

Great digs guys!

[@dawnminard218]

I absolutely love your KZbin channel. I've always loved history matter fact. When I was In middle school through high school. I had strawdays and history. I love pretty much everything about it. Seeing your videos and all these things tells an amazing story. It's also why I love crystals and agates As well, because even rocks can tell a history. And it's just amazing, and it's really amazing. How things can be in the ground for hundreds even millions of years, and there's still in great shape. Thank you for sharing what you do I do enjoy your videos very much.

[@firecracker8071]

Working in the rain i guess thats what i hear, bless you Tom, keep up the great videos

[@MitchellFarley-wy7nj]

Always happy to see you in Omemee. Hi Sam!

[@alanatolstad4824]

I did wonder if Sam knew Tom was coming, and go out to say Hello!

[@atuuschaaw]

Thanks Tom! Incredible! ♥

[@andrewbroderick5702]

Another awesome dig Tom, congrats on the new channel.

[@janloewen3404]

Another great video love to watch your channel 😊

[@ruthbierley5993]

Awesome keep it up 👍

[@Grace_Robbins]

I live in Iowa - if you ever need a volunteer to sift through your spoil dirt to catch any small items for you, I have time on my hands these days. 😀

[@michaelanthony6645]

Tenacious D.... kickapoo lol love your videos man but that one got me XD

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

Tom, I know you already have plenty to do, but I wonder if with a little research if you could find the answer to if there had been a big storm at one time that broke a bunch of windows. Hail? Wind?....BTW great video! I really like you showing the shots of what the area looks like where you are digging, where buildings were and history about the town/site.

[@TomAskjem.]

There was a big storm there in July 1909 but that seems a bit late for the era I was digging in. I haven’t been able to find any more information.

[@DotEwert]

Well done mate. Following for a while. You are amazing in that you find all those relics and that they are not lost to time any more. Thank you for bringing so much history to light. Absolutely awesome. Posterity thanks you. Cheers.

[@brianm1494]

Pickle bottles may have held relish/piccalilli it would be served with meat. Very good!

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks!

[@jenniferreynolds9333]

Yes please or a tour of your collection please!! Come dig with me in Pennsylvania, Titusville that is. Pit hole city! We have so much history and I know some ppl who will definitely allow us to dig there’s history here also.

[@TomAskjem.]

I have less than 20 bottles in my personal collection. I’ve posted pictures of them on Facebook. If you go to my page (Tom Askjem) and search “apothecary phial” and “Comstock” you’ll see what I’ve posted about them. It’s quality not quantity for sure

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

Tom, love that location, they has to be more there. Nice soil to dig in, are you there alone doing the camera as well? Very happy for you with your new direction. When is your book going to be available? Take care.👍👏😀

[@lauriecornell6169]

Those children had a great time smashing all that glass!

[@bessiewilson1784]

That t crystal bottle you found is a currette from a set of vinegar & oil it sat on a tray

[@TomAskjem.]

Thanks!

[@richardklapka5147]

Good dig. I enjoyed. Rk.

[@VolcanoTimeLapse]

Way to sniff them out Tom!! Outstanding!!

[@apismellifera1000]

Those pickle preserve jars I would love to fill one of those with vintage marbles

[@sunrunneroldbottels223]

it's odd with all that open space the towns did not have a communal dumping ground. I guess they had to fill in the old out house with what they had.

[@lisag9145]

I really enjoy watching your channel, im impressed and applaud you for your honesty in dating your finds. Please keep digging because i do not subscribe to other bottle digging channels because its pretty obvious they haven't done their homework.

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵

[@gnudad]

You should build a house out of bottles. Sweet irony!

[@alanatolstad4824]

I also liked that witty quip!

[@leilanidewitt7442]

I’m betting a hail storm or tornado or straight winds

[@derbydriver6736]

Can you do a video on how you grid out and probe a yard.

[@lucymcrae162]

How do you figure out where to get permission to dig in an abandoned town? From the County or?

[@martihetrick609]

Red white plate you put off to your left side didn't put it up top

[@josephderrico6254]

You found the home with the neighborhood "Bad Boys". Who doesn't like the sound of breaking glass.

[@big-russ5037]

question for you when you think a pit is done do you ever take a small 2 to 3 foot rod and prob the sides just to make sure especially in a very old pit ? Also nice video

[@TomAskjem.]

Every time!

[@WyoWellTester]

We know what the newspaper was used for 😅

[@benitagrattan193]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@UnpopularOpinion42]

I was wondering what happened to your videos. Good thing I follow on Facebook or I would’ve never known!

[@melissalillegard7945]

Those kids must have been really bored to do this destructive. There was a mortician in Canada that didn't know what to do with the enbombing bottles. So he build his home, shed, garage, and a whole bunch of other buildings. All of the buildings were round. So everything had to be specially made for his home.

[@TomAskjem.]

Wild story. Thanks!

[@cferguson3368]

At 31:31, was the preserve bottle bottom marked with an old Ball hallmark... not sure, it was a quick look.

[@TomAskjem.]

I’m not sure what kind of hallmark that was. I don’t have the jar anymore or I’d check.

[@karenwright9123]

I get excited now!!! Love digging in the pits without getting dirty,it's so much fun to see what you pull out next. 😁

[@jamesraddatz2613]

Awesome, was it raining? Sure sounds like te

[@TomAskjem.]

It was a very rainy day. Fortunately I had an awning to set up

[@BIGALL7777]

Awesome dig and amazing finds Tom ! I'm curious if you find numerous pits at these old town sites ? Best wishes and regards always !

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

Well, in this video he found 3....

[@TomAskjem.]

I’ve dug roughly 20 pits at Omemee

[@BIGALL7777]

@@TomAskjem. Oh wow ! That's a bunch for sure. Your reply and answer is most appreciated Tom. I know you are very busy and have a large following for your channel. Much continued success with your endeavors and best regards !

[@davidk7324]

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

[@katmandoism]

That little pitcher might be for olive oil.

[@oilerfreak]

The skate for sale?!?!?! I'd be interested Tom.

[@TomAskjem.]

I didn’t end up with that piece. My video guy ended up with a lot of the finds. I’m hoping to start an online store at some point but haven’t had much free time

[@garyredmon1731]

Probably answered this a lot but what do you do with everything you find.??

[@TomAskjem.]

Some is kept, sold, given to the property owner and donated to museums.

[@chrissjoy]

I'm a huge history geek so I find these videos extremely interesting. How do you find places to dog? Do people just contact you on here? I know a few places here in Nebraska that would be cool to dig. My parent's home was built in 1918 and my dad found some kind of hole lined with brick in the backyard. It's small though. I wonder if there's an outhouse in the backyard? Where can I find one of those rods you use to test the ground?

[@TomAskjem.]

I often research the areas and then track down the landowner to get permission. I have gone off of leads where folks contact me, though.