The Amazing Blue Bottle Cave: You Won't Believe What We Found!

Please join me and friends as we enter and excavate a massive bottle dump inside of this awesome cave. Not only did we discover and recover loads of bottles, but we also stumbled upon an incredible collection of bones and teeth from all sorts of creatures.
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[@josephkerley363]

What a cool cave. It would be really cool if the owners would let you clear that whole thing out. Great little cave to have on your property!

[@mysticmike9778]

The bottle with the blue residue in it could be a bottle of bluing which was used for laundry whitening.

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Cool day, pretty nice to save 🐓🐔that little guy. Thanks to you all ❤

[@shootthemoon6072]

I'd love to have a few dozen of those little blue bottles. They'd make a beautiful string of lights.

[@Puddsbrudda]

a thriving business is born!

[@joannhempen8210]

Fantastic idea!

[@gkess7106]

Since the ceiling has been washed and sculpted by flowing water, I’ll bet the bottom of the cave looks similar. That means you aren’t near the floor of the cave yet! Keep digging!

[@judehoegger7014]

I think it's great how you bring the viewers into the dig

[@thegodsme2155]

The blue bottles are from the Emerson Drug Company, and the product contained therein was Bromo-Seltzer. The name "Bromo-Seltzer" came from one of the original components of the formula, sodium bromide. The formula also contained acetaminophen, sodium bicarbonate, and citric acid, and in earlier formulas, acetanilide. Those particular bottles are from between 1911 and 1930, give or take a few years. It was used to aid heartburn, and due to the sedative effects of the sodium bromide, as a cure for hangovers. Very cool find Chigg, maybe someday I'll get to team up with ya!

[@Arkam181]

Thank you very much for this comment

[@JasonLaPort]

I have an older bromo seltzer with a backwards Z on the end of seltzer.

[@gazpitt8087]

I would love to see you do a full excavation of that cave!

[@lucasdog1]

The corrugated sheet stuff is what's left of an old washboard

[@andresposse]

lucasdog1 Oh yeah. I was thinking it was some kind of radiator core.

[@LindaB651]

Yep- I have a glass one with the same pattern on it.

[@Disgruntled_Ex-Hippy]

I think it was also used to line the interior of the iceboxes

[@chrisandersen5184]

I also vote washboard. My Grandmother still had her's. The give away is the criss-cross hash marks on the ribs to help add scrubbing action.

[@spanglerthings5585]

Doubt it

[@leebrewer1190]

The "dyed" bottles had bluing added to make them look blue as decorations. My Grandmother, born in 1913, still did this into the 1990s (with Rawleigh bottles) and told me it was common practice in her day. In latter years she used food coloring instead of bluing

[@hammerstoneartifacts4986]

AGGHHHH About time! I found an archeology channel worth bingeing! It's winter time here in Ontario. So its resurch time😫 Great well thought out content. Consistent editing. Magnetic, personable host. Your doing an awesome job. Keep it up brother!

[@joshuataft5541]

Best digging channel on KZbin for sure. Chigg is an awesome guy..he's definitely not anoying to watch ..he's the only digger I am happy for when he finds good stuff

[@tracy85777]

I LOVE OLD BOTTLES! I'D LIKE TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE YOU FOUND! WHAT TREASURES. THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@supermoon1430]

Blue bottles are the best

[@hannakinn]

I'm going to buy some for my bedroom that has blue and white decor. I love the old blue Noxema jars too, so pretty.

[@SimplyNia-ow2gj]

It makes me learn so about gardens👍🏾👍🏾

[@SimplyNia-ow2gj]

Amazing

[@ippielb]

Legend has it, hes still finding blue bottles in his dreams.

[@bearflagmercantile8113]

At 5:05 that is a snuff cup. They used to sell snuff in cups like that with a metal lid. So that Copenhagen lid you found might go with the cup.

[@BuddyChartrand]

The slow-zoom slide show as a recap at the end is excellent! I love it.

[@jimbennett2795]

THUMBS UP FOR AQUACHIGGER!!!!!!

[@asiahschacher3006]

Never stop being you. That is why we watch and love your videos.

[@jamesjr5500]

Wow a 42 minute AquaChigger Video!! Christmas came early!!

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

As a firefighter we still have to go into those old fuse panels and check each one after a structure fire to see if the owner stuck a penny in them. People still do it to this day. Problem is if there is a surge it will not blow and will cause a structure fire. If we find it the insurance will not pay.

[@billhoffman9234]

As mentioned in a previous comment, the corrugated sheet metal looks like the wear surface of an old wash board. I can remember my Mom using them to help clean some of our more heavily soiled clothes when I was a small child back in the 1960’s

[@mollyhollypollydolly8760]

I definitely what you to go back!! I can’t imagine how much mystery is in that cave. Hopefully you get to uncover it 😍

[@themudbugjuggler9912]

I LOVE blue glass and blue bottles!! I'm having an absolute fit right now!

[@kelli3610]

Digging in bottle dumps and old house house trash dumps was my favorite thing yo do as a kid into my early adulthood. And these are my favorite Aquachigger videos

[@Kaufeetimevideo]

I'm pleased you REMEMBERED gloves!

[@VinkMD]

This cave looks okay, but sometimes you go so deep underground i would get claustrofobic.respect for that!👍👍

[@offwithhishead2556]

Little blue bottles once a day. Laudenam time!!

[@offwithhishead2556]

Damn my poor spelling!

[@ronalddavenport4384]

where I am from . the runners would use small blue bottles for samples to show how good the shine was . it was 2 $ for a blue . and 10 $ for a ball jar . back in 1957

[@shootthemoon6072]

I remember hearing something like that down here in Georgia; I knew it had to be shine. He'd have lost interest in anything else before he could collect that many. 👍👍✌✌Merry Christmas

[@davidoverman3753]

Towns county Ga here

[@shootthemoon6072]

@@davidoverman3753 Cartersville here. 👋

[@ronalddavenport4384]

I live in Ind. so the south is not far from the north . it is just in the proof . north was always better .... lol ..... and a happy new year

[@corporalclegg914]

rain-soaked Carollton, GA here.

[@OldButStillKicking]

This may have been 4 years ago, but I'm still thankful smell-o-vision is still in the future.

[@olesneaker]

Chigg is awesome! I love watching his videos! He shares my love of history and shares his knowledge with all us viewers!

[@dwightdyess455]

I think the odd looking clear bottle you asked about is a Heinz Ketchup bottle.

[@depleteduraniumcowboy3516]

So much cool stuff, glad you came back, surely there is some gold coins under all that.

[@4thdimensiontravels855]

Window pane?? You naughty boy chigg!

[@markrush5013]

the glass you found at 5 min was a snuff jar...came with a metal lid and when the snuff was gone you had a neat little juice glass. ive found dozens of them.

[@nbiggs3718]

The rippley metal attached to a board looks like a part of an old wash board they washed clothes on back in the good old days. The kind of flat shaped jar bigger at the top tapered looks like the one back in the 50s that pickled pigs feet came in. Love digging wish I could be there digging too. I enjoy your videos on everything.

[@famousaimless2]

When he came up to the raccoon poop, I was waiting for him to say “Hold your breath!”

[@missmaryhdream6560]

Good morning x I've heard those blue,bottles contained pharmaceutical preparations, even poison. Lol happy huntin

[@johnswoboda9809]

You're partially correct, as that style of bottle with a wide mouth and no neck was often used for things like salves, ointments, and creams which could be prepared by a pharmacy but the blue glass was most common for commercially manufactured products. Medicine bottles tended to be dark brown glass, and anything potentially dangerous - poisons, acids, etc. - usually came in small brown glass bottles with narrow necks, similar to the little patent medicine bottles he finds.

[@bosshart4178]

The rippled metal is from a wash board

[@djpuffthethird]

Skiffle !

[@joecreech9424]

Definitely old washboard piece. 👍

[@johnharris7353]

Yeah! That's what it is

[@billlloyd548]

Windowpane! Now there's an obscure drug reference

[@QuestForDetails]

Albert Hoffman : )

[@paddlefaster]

That takes me back....crazy stuff.

[@daveparnell3886]

It's still around,not a good as the early 60s but with a possible life sentence I can see why they make it fast and get rid of it faster. Back in the day the chemist's took pride in there products it was more of an art for now it's just for profit.

[@millerinthemountains769]

That shot glass or "drinking glass" you picked up is a jar for jam or anything that would come on a jar and when the buyer was finished with the product, they could use it as a drinking glass. I believe those are from the great depression era! HH&GL!!! CHIGGGGS ARMMMMMYYYY!!!!!

[@arkansasmountainman]

Someone said the liquid in the bottle might be bluing used to whiten clothes. The copper looking wavy material looks like the scrubbing part of an old scrub board. The expensive ones had glass scrub boards but the less expensive ones had copper scrub boards that were supported underneath by a thin board. The ones I've seen have rails around them and a wooden tray at the top end to hold the soap. BTW You should be wearing at least a dusk mask, no telling what you are stirring up in a very small enclosed area. Animal remains, chemicals from items as well as chemicals that are naturally in the soil itself, etc. Be safe!

[@biggjimjones8381]

The blue bottles were Bromo Seltzer bottles patented by parent company Emerson Drug Company of Baltimore, and made by Emerson's sister company Maryland Glass Company in the Westport section of Baltimore. The glass color was patented by Emerson as "Emerson Cobalt Blue". Original Bromo Seltzer bottles were green. The Maryland Glass Company was demolished around 2014.

[@bobpiffle1660]

Windowpane and the Blue Bottles....new band.

[@kelli3610]

Could the corrugated copper be part of a washboard?

[@katfishkobain8809]

There’s a marsh behind CoOp city in NYC, believe it or not, that has even older bottles from City Island, NYC, New Rochelle etc. Used to be the dump for all over. All kinds of stuff. Quart sized blue bottles , ceramics, silverware and countless medical bottles from City Island that was a main medical hub long ago. Still packed with stuff because no one knows. Got a couple of hundred but then got bored.

[@dannyl2598]

After a closer look at the end I believe that is an old wash board.

[@MatthewPfeil]

My thoughts too.

[@satans120]

That bottle with the clock was cool sucks it was broken

[@carlcantrell4781]

I love the way they just sat there watching you do all of the work. :-)

[@fwinckowski]

I am sure it did not bother the Chigg...

[@ReetaRC]

Man! What a haul!

[@janicescragg2388]

The metal with the ridges is the metal scrub board part of a wash board for washing clothes. I have a complete one that is getting the same green patina on it.

[@LaserPeckford]

Omg you’re breaking my heart! You need to screen that dirt. I bet there’s all sorts of buttons and marbles in there. Possibly even coins.

[@RD-ve3wi]

Lysol is consumed in vast quantity . It was the topic in a recent documentary on the Native American. The aeresol can is punctured to release the gas, liquid poured in a milk jug. At times it is cheaper than beer.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

The corrugated metal sheet over a wooden board would probably be an old style washboard. Much favoured by skiffle bands in the 1950s. When played with a handful of thimbles, and accompanied by a single string base made from a box and a broomhandle. Until replaced by Rock & Roll in the UK.

[@MikeNoce]

I lost it when you showed the poop and said it’s got corn in it

[@getin3949]

I have a bottle just like the one you're asking about Chig. Its an Art Deco design and I found a lot of them on line but no one seems to know what was sold in them. I've kept mine and store dry noodles in it because it is such a nice looking bottle.

[@picax8398]

Hey chigg! Just wanted to say thanks for the always quality content. Have a happy holiday season!

[@janicescragg2388]

The blue bottles would make very pretty spice bottles.

[@reddragonstacking5247]

I think that the blue bottles would make a great glass wall

[@toxigenic]

Apparently, Foley & Co made medicinal compounds. The blue bottle might have been from their popular "Honey & Tar Compound" which was for colds and used for pain relief. They were around from the 1870s to the 1920s.

[@melindahester7715]

My friend used to keep her pigs in a place like this. It was cool in the summer,and warm in the winter. A free barn she said. I bet it was a pig skull. Oh,those bottles, they should get them out of there

[@dyannejohnson6184]

Bead makers would love the broken bottles, they melt the glass and reshape into beads ...it’s the right era glass

[@colintickner2419]

I saw the video when you found it today and saw it was recent and was disappointed the cave video wasn’t up but the same day, here it is!!!

[@lizzymoore54]

Blue bottles are very collectible Chigg, but only in good condition so be a tad bit more careful digging them up , please. Maybe you should take them home and sell them. You’re such a guy! 😜😉☺️

[@rosievasquez523]

That is a beautiful light blue

[@darkwood777]

You have enough blue bottles to make a glass bottle window.

[@LindaB651]

That was fun, Chigg- thanks for the early Chrismas present! Merry Christmas to you and yours, and to all of Chigg's Army!

[@rosestarr59]

That little glass you picked up was a Snuff glass. I have several it has a tin lid on it.

[@paulweisgerber7654]

As of now, this video was posted 55 minutes ago, and has 3490 views, and 349 likes. Nice job, Chigg! But that view to like ratio just can’t be right.

[@drulessman2892]

Never under estimate the amount of people who like the cobalt blue glass.

[@trishh.3495]

“I can see it’s got corn in it!” 😂🌽💩

[@chintasrvvegankitchen7761]

definitely wear a mask...blue bottles galore!

[@lenoretalon9958]

😂 stubborn man!!! Can’t force you💕. You just can’t resist!👍🕊

[@bryandorsett5710]

I know where a very deep old town dump,full of old bottles are,way out deep in the country. We had a hunting camp site,next to it in the 70's.

[@darkwood777]

The bottle you asked about at 9:10 looks like a pickled pig's feet bottle.

[@GrizzlySteve]

Agree...

[@demotechnic9092]

Ya, my house was built in 1935 I found one under the original floor

[@joshthemediocre7824]

Good thing it isn't my property or that would be my new fort..i'd dig it out another couple feet, make some natural shelves and put everything on them that i found in there. I'ma die the day i walk into a cavern and it is full of blue bottles, but it's gonna happen cause i'm out every summer looking for them. Awesome video Chigg.

[@gazpitt8087]

Chigg's Army!!! 😁

[@davidmtwigg]

@26:10 that is the tin from an old washboard with part of the wood frame.

[@sonofeloah]

Amazing! I would love to have a bunch of those blue bottles to get tops for and use to store medicinal herbs and the brown ones for tinctures.

[@kelly623]

REALLY enjoyed the BBC! Can't wait for the next dig there!! Thank you Chigg! Kelly/Indiana

[@cindyjackson8475]

I'd love to have the blue ball jar and several other jars. Neat find. Thanks for sharing.

[@feellucky271]

They're very nice aren't they? Chiggers is a very interesting guy. Peace

[@ronmckay8128]

At the 09:44 min. Mark the square bottle looked like a chocks vitamin bottle from the early 1960’s.

[@ismewhat1234]

Thank you for the video

[@Dstew57A]

I don’t know how ya do it aqua..I sure wouldn’t feel to comfortable crawling around in a cave... your amazing..awesome videos. Thank you for making them and sharing.

[@diggingarizona8592]

@ 26:08 remnants of old fashioned washboard. 😉

[@pippylongstockings8600]

My grandfather used to call a hangover as the brown bottle fle.

[@davidm106]

Wow, you dig deep enough in there you will start finding ancient relics. People have been using that for hundreds of years years.

[@Kryptic-Kristi-Mississippi]

The jars with the wider mouth than the bottom is either Maxwell house coffee or nescafe coffee

[@chris681975]

Would dig that out stick a house on top and use it as my cellar

[@Timeforstones]

cool adventure and a nice Video :-)

[@finderskeepers6684]

32:22 do ya seeeeee it? the mouse was right there, on the left center of the screen...Chigg you almost got bit!

[@rainmancw9022]

1920's? Great video. I absorbed every moment of it over coffee

[@captainkirkkirk596]

When I go metal detecting always have a headlamp. That way you will have your two hands-free. Tip

[@huntingtreasure8855]

cool box or wash board ,,,,,, the copper stuff

[@KC-603]

Pretty cool!!

[@labaio879]

I 💙Blue Bottles

[@robertmcfarland3323]

You should dig that cave out.

[@christopherbassell423]

Nice German parka !!I I have one...great content!!

[@brucebaxter6923]

Why not use a brick and tile elevator to get the bits out and an industrial dust extractor type thing to get the dirt/dust out and really get some clearing up done.

[@alabamadixiediggers4714]

😵😵😵😵😵😵 AAAARRRRR my head is swimming from all the blue bottles. That was an AWESOME Dig. You pulled some really cool finds . Sorry you sinus got messed up from it . Thanx for going back . hopefully you can get back there again and do some sifting. The digging with Matty show was great. see ya on the next

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

Merry Christmas Beau, to you and your family. :)