Tom Askjem excavates the ghost town of Omemee, North Dakota. #archaeology #history #artifacts #abandoned #treasurehunting #buriedtreasure #wildwest
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@user-or3mc6wl5yАй бұрын
I’m so glad you have your own channel now! Your natural spirit is so much fun to watch! Your enthusiasm is addicting!!!
@revminTphreshАй бұрын
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.
@misterp158Ай бұрын
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.
@PeppiePАй бұрын
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
@michaelchase418Ай бұрын
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.
@susananthony2366Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I’ve definitely been enjoying life a lot more lately!
@karenjeffries7242Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
I appreciate the invite!
@karenjeffries7242Ай бұрын
@@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
@bouncerslabrealnature914316 күн бұрын
Just stopping by to leave a thumbs 👍😎.
@jilltoney3613Ай бұрын
Great video! GREAT FINDS! Thank you for sharing Tom.
@tammyaskjem9871Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@larisarogers2649Ай бұрын
I’m glad that the awning kept you dry, it’s fun listening to rain while you’re digging 😊
@MarciaShackelford-st5btАй бұрын
Oh! Is that what that was!
@martihetrick609Ай бұрын
Pickle bottle great for flower vases
@camillemiller132Ай бұрын
Always love your video’s. You include so much information and I really appreciate that, thank you!
@MarciaShackelford-st5btАй бұрын
I like him showing around the area of the digging site(s), where houses were, etc.
@stephentaylor1637Ай бұрын
Keep digging Tom ..👍 📷 💂 👀 UK 👍
@northernfoundАй бұрын
Another great dig Tom. I look forward to your videos every Saturday.
@Toodle.Pipp001Ай бұрын
Brilliant as ever Tom, thank you.
@dannmccord1923Ай бұрын
Awesome video. Made my day. Always looking forward to your videos. So many beautiful bottles. Just love those pickle bottles. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@SpudtoshiАй бұрын
probably those darn kids breaking all the windows LOL
@lesliemcgaughey8038Ай бұрын
You should do a show, that explains, blob top , applied top ect. With examples. Very interesting, to see what you find!
@AllisonWConeАй бұрын
Some really interesting new pieces this time! I'm glad you're back to digging and posting videos regularly again 😊
@KaK0Ай бұрын
Hey Tom, love your digging up old relics. You have a great personality ❤
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@davevollbrecht9489Ай бұрын
No better way to drink a cup of coffee and watch you thanks again
@patablanche507525 күн бұрын
Always appreciate the added advertisements that you put on the screen. Your enthusiasm makes this show!
@daviddarrall9384Ай бұрын
Good job Tom, thanks.😊 UK
@kimmcnear684318 күн бұрын
Good to see you again
@misterp158Ай бұрын
good stuff, thanks for sharing
@brianm1494Ай бұрын
Every table had a vinegar and an oil cruet on it, the go to salad dressing.
@MarciaShackelford-st5btАй бұрын
Yeah. Pretty sure the thing that he thought was a pitcher was something to do with oil and/or vinegar.
@marydilley4455Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
It was a rainy day so we set up the canopy. The sound of rain is definitely relaxing!
@powerm6419 күн бұрын
Another awesome video
@ThetimecapsuletxАй бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@nickt7658Ай бұрын
You rule Tom!!!!
@dirtclodmetaldetectingАй бұрын
Interesting place and finds!
@mrspankytank28587 күн бұрын
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_diggerАй бұрын
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.
@bahldr01Ай бұрын
Tom, I think you found ol' Ranger's last set of shoes...
@kayesem20Ай бұрын
I love the history of various types to be discovered in your videos. Thanks very much for making this available.
@marylavine2632Ай бұрын
Happy to have found your new site. I enjoy your enthusiasm.
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@kenmilne2379Ай бұрын
Yr knowledge is exceptional Tom !! 👏 Awesome finds ! 👏 🤘🤘
@stevemiller6766Ай бұрын
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.
@mt0115Ай бұрын
Good stuff as usual. 😎🍺☮️
@patty4091Ай бұрын
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.
@ianmax5263Ай бұрын
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.
@DWilt1969Ай бұрын
You found some interesting things ..I like the insulator, I collect those too. Great job Tom👍
@jamesroth1126Ай бұрын
Tom the small perfume is called a Card perfume!🤔😏
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
I appreciate the info!
@julie4636Ай бұрын
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.
@sadielevens1144Ай бұрын
Great to see you Tom.
@rogerb4971Ай бұрын
Go Tom! You are the man!
@annemariehelton1204Ай бұрын
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! 😊
@rmil4531Ай бұрын
Excellent
@edwardtraylor3984Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Some pieces are kept, sold, given to the property owner and donated to museums. If no one is interested we rebury them
@markmcintosh9448Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@kennethstickney8819Ай бұрын
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.
@jonischleif5353Ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video!!
@pakedermsfavs9080Ай бұрын
The china was lovely ❤
@oilerfreakАй бұрын
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_FezАй бұрын
Great output Tom, another awesome hoard! Awaiting the pickle bottle house, much respect from the UK
@rebeccacurtis7737Ай бұрын
I usually end up craving pickles with all those pickle jars you find! Great Video as usual Tom! Much love from South Dakota!!
@wadehendryx7378Ай бұрын
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. 😊
@parley0868Ай бұрын
Your videos are better now than ever!!! Thank you!!
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@deloradeabel8487Ай бұрын
Great digs guys!
@dawnminard21824 күн бұрын
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.
@firecracker8071Ай бұрын
Working in the rain i guess thats what i hear, bless you Tom, keep up the great videos
@MitchellFarley-wy7njАй бұрын
Always happy to see you in Omemee. Hi Sam!
@alanatolstad4824Ай бұрын
I did wonder if Sam knew Tom was coming, and go out to say Hello!
@atuuschaawАй бұрын
Thanks Tom! Incredible! ♥
@andrewbroderick5702Ай бұрын
Another awesome dig Tom, congrats on the new channel.
@janloewen3404Ай бұрын
Another great video love to watch your channel 😊
@ruthbierley5993Ай бұрын
Awesome keep it up 👍
@Grace_RobbinsАй бұрын
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. 😀
@michaelanthony6645Ай бұрын
Tenacious D.... kickapoo lol love your videos man but that one got me XD
@MarciaShackelford-st5btАй бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
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.
@DotEwertАй бұрын
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.
@brianm1494Ай бұрын
Pickle bottles may have held relish/piccalilli it would be served with meat. Very good!
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jenniferreynolds9333Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
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
@twindiggersminnesotapamandpatАй бұрын
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.👍👏😀
@lauriecornell6169Ай бұрын
Those children had a great time smashing all that glass!
@bessiewilson1784Ай бұрын
That t crystal bottle you found is a currette from a set of vinegar & oil it sat on a tray
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@richardklapka5147Ай бұрын
Good dig. I enjoyed. Rk.
@VolcanoTimeLapseАй бұрын
Way to sniff them out Tom!! Outstanding!!
@apismellifera1000Ай бұрын
Those pickle preserve jars I would love to fill one of those with vintage marbles
@sunrunneroldbottels223Ай бұрын
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.
@lisag9145Ай бұрын
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.
@grandmakellymcdonaldАй бұрын
let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵
@gnudadАй бұрын
You should build a house out of bottles. Sweet irony!
@alanatolstad4824Ай бұрын
I also liked that witty quip!
@leilanidewitt7442Ай бұрын
I’m betting a hail storm or tornado or straight winds
@derbydriver6736Ай бұрын
Can you do a video on how you grid out and probe a yard.
@lucymcrae162Ай бұрын
How do you figure out where to get permission to dig in an abandoned town? From the County or?
@martihetrick609Ай бұрын
Red white plate you put off to your left side didn't put it up top
@josephderrico6254Ай бұрын
You found the home with the neighborhood "Bad Boys". Who doesn't like the sound of breaking glass.
@big-russ5037Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Every time!
@WyoWellTesterАй бұрын
We know what the newspaper was used for 😅
@benitagrattan193Ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@UnpopularOpinion42Ай бұрын
I was wondering what happened to your videos. Good thing I follow on Facebook or I would’ve never known!
@melissalillegard7945Ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Wild story. Thanks!
@cferguson3368Ай бұрын
At 31:31, was the preserve bottle bottom marked with an old Ball hallmark... not sure, it was a quick look.
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
I’m not sure what kind of hallmark that was. I don’t have the jar anymore or I’d check.
@karenwright9123Ай бұрын
I get excited now!!! Love digging in the pits without getting dirty,it's so much fun to see what you pull out next. 😁
@jamesraddatz2613Ай бұрын
Awesome, was it raining? Sure sounds like te
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
It was a very rainy day. Fortunately I had an awning to set up
@BIGALL7777Ай бұрын
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-st5btАй бұрын
Well, in this video he found 3....
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
I’ve dug roughly 20 pits at Omemee
@BIGALL7777Ай бұрын
@@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 !
@davidk7324Ай бұрын
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
@katmandoismАй бұрын
That little pitcher might be for olive oil.
@oilerfreakАй бұрын
The skate for sale?!?!?! I'd be interested Tom.
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
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
@garyredmon1731Ай бұрын
Probably answered this a lot but what do you do with everything you find.??
@TomAskjem.Ай бұрын
Some is kept, sold, given to the property owner and donated to museums.
@chrissjoyАй бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
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.