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Gordon's dry Gin is still sold I love there Lemon chillo! Gin along with Rhubarb and Ginger 😂💜😈💜 Loveeeeee watching your finds Caz from Stockport Cheshire UK
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26:29 7UP with painted label gone?
I'm 74 but I remember the "Burma Shave" signs along the road side.. Every one was a little poem or little joke and the last sign always said,"Burma Shave"'! That's sixty years ago. And then some!!!
Thanks for the memories 🕊️😎☝️🙏
OMG..I've died and gone to heaven. As an avid antique bottle and glassware collector..this is a dream come true! LOVE your channel. Throughly enjoy reading the facts about the companies along with their advertising .. Excellent job!
And we didn't have to get dirty!
Not alone 😍
@@ellenwheeler2031🤣
What…a…haul! Your back-breaking labor paid off. I don’t know if you sell any of your finds, but I’d be interested. Thanks for sharing your video with those of us who can’t get out and about. It was most enjoyable.
My late brother-in-law was a bottle collector. He would have loved this.
aww.. i appreciate the comment, and thank you for watching
The pharma bots with the appearance of "3" ii are actually the pharmaceutical Avoirdupois symbol and the ingredient ounces. So this bot is a 2 ounce AVD bot with graduated measurements on the side.
oh wow. yeah theres just so much variety of those things, its hard to identify each and every specific one. thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing this information
Are they valuable? I hate to sound dumb but can someone tell me why people do this?
@@judithgretes6299 Bottle collecting - is (1) collecting for collecting's sake - like stamps, fishing, hunting, The Dodge daughter of Detroit collected elephants, ... (2) digging and collecting is self-gratifying in finding your own, (3) collecting a specific type of bottle - whiskey, pharma, ink, black glass, red (gold) glass, etc has its own attraction, (4) digging, and buying to fill out one's collection is further investment, (5) bottle collecting is turning (other than hi-end art) has and safer investment and payoff than gold, silver, stock market, bit coin, ... (6) digging and collecting saves historical and archaeological artifacts for future research and discovery - as much of my research is doing in supporting these collectors, (7) auctions of bottles that others would pay for (and their backstories) make these bottles more appreciated and kept for their intrinsic value, increased value, ... and eventual sales, (8) the saving of bottle history, products, producers, the very glass making companies themselves who made bottles, fruit jars, and jars for so many companies also needs to be told. Bottle collecting is on a par level of having, holding, studying, and appreciating history - much in the same way as I also do family ancestry and genealogy research for some of these diggers - who then find out the same bottles that their ancestors were using long long ago. History comes alive.
Thank you. I just had a flash back to pharmacy school lol
Hi guys, just found your channel and have been enjoying a bit of a binge. Not knowing any backstory it appears you have archeological training and are very good at what you do. Looking forward to watching you grow in your passion and taking us along with you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and content.
Background birds are relaxing. Thanks.
I live in a house that was built In 1915 that backs up to a railroad bed that dates back to 1875. I have found tons of broken glass and a few Interesting bottles. One that surprised me along the railroad bed was a brown glass straight sided coca cola bottle!
I find it so fascinating that when you do family plots what’s in their pits. You can tell what we’re staples in there household or what was needed due to medical needs. I love what you do. I would so go on a mission with you. History is fascinating. Getting to know a person just by their belongings that were alive 100+ years ago blows my mind. Thank you for sharing this. If you are ever close in New Jersey I would love to help. Lol. I would have a perfect piece of land if my friends mother didn’t just sell her house. Built in 1858. Never thought to dig around like this.
If the family still lives in that house, it would be something to see the things used by your great grandparents. That your gr grandparents used those toothbrushes and drank that booze.
I just want to say Thank You! I appreciate your tenacity and knowledge! Im amazed at how you can just look at an artifact and know the year and purpose. Also, its nice to see someone bringing the history to the surface for all of us to see! Appreciate you man
wow thanks! thanks so kind.. and yeah ive been doing this for a long time, so im fairly familiar with most of this stuff, and ive done alot of research over the years.. once you know the manufacturing style its really easy to date them, but yeah, it took me a few years to be confident in what i was dealing with. well i really appreciate the comment! and thanks for watching
wow those dishes are amazing!!! love the pits that have more than just bottles in them
yeah thats always helps make the videos a little more interesting. and yeah, those were some of the nicest pieces ive ever found in any pits ive ever dug. couldnt believe we managed to get almost all the pieces. thanks for watching
Thank you another good video . I look forward to them every week!!! You
guys are the Best!!
well thank you! that makes my day.. glad you enjoyed the video. and thanks for watching/commenting
Heinz 8-sided ketchup with a crown cap closure - bottle number and base enbossing unstated
263 - (contract, machine made) (1930-1936) held 16 ounces, 90% embossed ice frost glazed effect appearing cold. Bottle crown cap seal
Two known crown cap ketchup bottle numbers.
This appears as a different clear bottle before or after 263 that is not recorded in the lists - and would be a rediscovery of a missing bottle and ID history. Most Heinz are 14 ounce.
Great dig, lovely finds. I did notice the broken plates etc where always near the beer the bottles 😂 Thank you
hahaha yeah maybe theres some connection there. thanks for watching and commenting
That is funny
Nice dig today, all kinds of interesting finds...love love love the wash basin.
yeah that thing was really cool,., it felt like it was about as thick as an egg shell, i cant believe it was in that condition. thanks for watching
The decorated pieces were lovely. Thank you for showing them cleaned up. Always enjoy a snake oil bottle. Very enjoyable.
yeah that hamlins wizard oil is such a cool bottle. ive found them before and ive always thought that was probably the coolest name ever. thanks for watching
Mr. Feeder's ghost is standing behind y'all like "hey man quit going through all our shit!"
(See what I did there! 😁)
This is my new favorite channel! Thanks for taping and sharing your unique experiences with us as it's definitely something worth posting!
Possible small Heinz jam and preserve jars with pry-off lids of 1920s.
oh wow I absolutely LOVE that you showed the cleaned and put-together pieces at the end! Awesome!
haha thanks! yeah those were so cool, that we had to! they are actually all in the local museum on display right now, they were pretty excited to get those. thanks for watching!
Got my digging stick right beside my recliner... lol
lol.. thanks for watching!
I am always amazed that the dirt in these locations appears so loose. Where I’ve lived my whole life is nothing but red compact clay that is an absolute bear to dig in.
Its human compost basicly
They dig up old outhouse pits. People used to throw their garbage in with their bodily waste.
yeah in eastern north dakota we have like 12 feet of black soil, and then like 20 feet of clay.. makes the digging really easy... but any time we go dig in a far away state, ive come to find out that we got it very easy up here... some of the places ive dug in south dakota and kansas was like digging thru cement! thanks for watching
Sound like you live in oklahoma !!!?
yeah its like 12 feet of black soil on top of really soft clay.. we almost never get down far enough to even see the clay tho.. but yeah ive dug and probed in other states other than nd,sd, and mn... and it threw me for a loop.. i wasnt tuned into the geology.. and i dug kansas before.. that was like digging thru cement
I loved it! Yes, it's nice some people still care to be interested in the history of our past. That was awesome!
Thank you so much for that
Absolutely awesome dig. Thank you for saving our history and thanks for sharing it. Amazed in Ohio.
thank you! appreciate you watching and commenting
What an amazing haul!! Can't believe some of those items were just thrown in there without damage! Thanks for another great video Tom!!!
yeah i know. i come to find out that digging the houses of the people who were prominent members of the town, turns out to have some of the coolest finds.. you find a higher quality of items that you just dont see in depot or hotel pits, which are some of the main places that we target. anyways.,., thanks for watching
At first I’m like “What is this guy doing?” “He is digging where?” 😂 But now I love seeing what you find! My brother and I used to go dig “below the road” just an old gully where stuff was dumped years before us and used to find the neatest bottles. Wish I had kept more of them, but we were just kids. It’s really interesting how much you know, for a younger guy, about these bottles and era!😀
I love the little bottles that you find. With all the initial dirt removal this is a hobby for the young and strong. :)
I love your commentary. I’m learning so much. What do you do with all these items? It sure is an interesting hobby.
This is definitely one of your more interesting digs. Like you, I believe these people were very well off for the times. I really wished I could ask you questions in person. So very very many questions.
Really cool to watch you dig. Very peaceful. you have a very peaceful demeanor. I would love to go on a dig like this. Seems very relaxing.
Love your channel, I've dug a few bottles out in my day and this is the best view with zero work 😁 thank you guys for all your efforts, these videos are awesome!
wow thank you! really glad you like the channel.. thank you, for watching and commenting.
I really appreciate that you showed the dinnerware cleaned and reassembled. Do you save those as part of your collection? If not, I hope you know some crafts people who like to make collage, mosaics or such. Bottle shards too--they can be flattened by slumping in a kiln--can be incorporated into projects like stained glass windows or lamp shades. Varied colors and shapes combined with portions of embossing could make a stained glass piece extra interesting.
yeah ive actually seen alot of what people do with some of the broken pieces and to be honest, some of it is absolutely amazing.. but yeah, i be willing to give the broken stuff to anyone who wanted it, but i dont personally know any of the craft people.. but we got those pieces taped together and we donated them to the library/town hall and they have those on display right now. thanks for watching
@@BelowthePlains Thanks for the reply Jake and Tom! I asked not for myself, but in the hope that you would respond thusly. Perhaps it will encourage viewers who make such crafts, especially those living in your region of course, and motivate some to approach you guys for materials, thereby preserving a little more history, albeit in repurposed form.
Thanks again for cleaning, reassembling and showing us the colorful dinnerware*. I hope it is a feature of your videos that you will continue. Happy to hear that the donations are getting displayed👍👍!
Incidentally, the small clear glass "pitcher"--do you think it might have been one-half of an oil and vinegar cruet set? If the other half of such a set got broken, it might explain why that apparently intact item was tossed out.
* I believe that we sometime tend to think of the 19th and early 20th century in the same photographic hues we are accustomed seeing from the era; namely, black, white and shades of gray or sepia. Colorful products such as the dinnerware and the vintage advertising that you include in your videos remind us that the past was also richly multi-hued.
@@BelowthePlains I would love some of the pottery to use for art if possible. I commented on one of your other videos regarding this very thing.
Tom, that was an amazing dig. So many unique bottles and china. Things were popping out everywhere. Great soil for digging.
yeah this town was decent to us.. we dug a lot of pits there.. easy digging, but the water table was like 4 feet down... in some future videos, you will see what we mean.. fortunately this pit wasnt very deep
What some great pieces! Awesome finds everything is just great , love watching the history unveil ! Thanks for sharing with us.
wow thank you! glad you like watching the channel
Such amazing finds! Your sure know a lot about most of that stuff.
ah yeah, i guess i picked up a thing or two over the years.. the truth is, ive come across most of this stuff several, if not hundreds of times before.. and anytime i find something new, i always research it, just out of curiosity.. well thanks for watching
That bird plate was amazing!! All of the plates were beautiful. So lucky to get the pieces, im so glad to be a subscriber!!!!!
haha yeah i really liked the other blue one.. but those 3 plates were probably all in the top 5 coolest plates that ive ever found.. and im glad youre subscribed too, thank you for watching
Fantastic finds!! I collect vintage Homer Laughlin...again, great finds!❤️
whoa you have a cool avatar! yeah ive come across a ton of homer laughlin over the years.. not the most common pieces i come across, but i dig so much that i do come across it every now and then. unfortunately so little of it is intact.. i do keep anything that isnt broken tho. thanks for watching and commenting
This is the bottle collector channel that I have been looking for my whole life!!!
haha awesome! glad you found us!!
Another well done video. When you close the pit back up how do you decide what goes back in the hole? I know some diggers put all the broken glass, trash and slicks back.
Most of the finds end up with the property owner. I’ll keep a few to document and then sell to offset travel costs etc. Some of the finds will end up with local museums although surprisingly they often have little interest in these kinds of things. If no one is interested and they hold no monetary value, we'll place the finds carefully at the bottom of the hole and fill it back in. Thanks for watching! Be sure to check out our Facebook page (Below the Plains)
Wow…what a lot of stuff from that pit! Awesome digging!
That small bottle with the lines going around is a Halo Shampoo bottle, It had a paper label in the oval spot. Plus a pea green plastic lid. I remember using that type. I am after all 80 years old.
I'm continually surprised at how shallow these dumps are. Right under our feet and we have no idea.
yeah i know what you mean. the first time i ever went with to dig one of these sites, it just blew my mind. but i guess it all kinda makes sense, it was easier to throw them away in the back yard than to walk across town to the city dump. thanks for watching and commenting
If you find most pressed glassware tumblers, glasses, cups, etc ... they might have a capstan maker's mark (ballard = ship's pier mooring stanchion) of the Capstan Glass Co specializing in these 1920-s1930s glasswares (1918-1938).
awsome Tom and Jake!!!!!!!!
That Reed Murdoch has the H over A mark of the Hazel-Atlas Co Washington PA/Wheeling WV. Hazel had the H mark. Hazel merged with Atlas into Hazel-Atlas and 2 other companies in 1902. Hazel continued the H mark even after merger (1902-1923), when H over A became the mark thereafter of (1923-1960s). This is a mid-1920s bot.
Have you ever tried getting people that does mosaic pieces for those broken pieces that would look awesome on a mosaic all the broken pieces you find
I see people on Etsy that make jewelry out of broken antique plates and such
YEAH!!!! So glad you are back!! You've made my day and I haven't even watched it yet!!
oh wow thanks! thats awesome! thanks for watching
The glass pitcher may have been part of a set. Typically had S&P, dressing server & such; usually on some kind of stand.
Thank you so very much Tom
Awesome. Great job guys
thanks!
You found some beauties in that dig!
That pit was chock full of goodies. I liked the dinnerware, most I dig are broken too. Thanks.
Enjoyed seeing the different bottles and such. I'm sure this probably was their outdoor restroom site as normally that is where people dumped their "junk".
Thank you Tom for your hard work and Jake for great editing. 👍🏼
lol thank you! for watching and the really nice comment
Fantastic reconstruction of Plates, Glad you took the time to let others enjoy. Congratulations on job well done !!!!!
haha yeah, we usually try to save the ornate stuff when we dig, and try piece it back together if we can.. when we dont find most of it we usually jus put it back. gonna start trying harder to get some more of that stuff in the videos, thanks for watching
Yes nice found Great Show luv it
Have a friend that came across a bromo seltzer bottle behind a biz in Beaver City Ne.
I will be 75 in November. When I was a kid shoe polish was a wax that came in a flat, round, can. Every Saturday night the entire family polished their shoes for church the next day by scooping the wax out of the can with an old cloth. Later, it came out in a plastic bottle with a sponge top. It was runny and nasty. I never saw shoe polish in a small glass bottle and my parents never mentioned it that I recall. I wonder what it was made of that would make it easy to get out of a glass bottle. Also, I grew up in a house without running water. We NEVER threw any trash in the outhouse. My father would have had a cow if we had since he was the one who cleaned it.
Glad to see your channel growing in subscribers, views, and likes. I know I have enjoyed your digs and the history you share about the location and items found. Keep up the great videos.
Nice little spot you guys found there. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing
yeah, usually the prominent families of these small towns seemed to have some of the best stuff in their pits. thanks for watching
Nice toothbrushes! I have over a hundred going up to the 1940's or so. Am familiar with the Hold Phast but not the first one you showed. I dug a common Prophylactic and a new to me brand today.
You're like a time traveler, Tom!
Props to your helper! 👍
Watching from Leeds in UK, loved the china, nice to see it all cleaned up.
Definite corked Heinz pickle jar - handblown or machine made - bottle number and base embossing unstated.
Love it . I go to an old glass dump here I've found so awesome old items
yeah i havent dug very many dump sites, but ive had a lot of fun at the ones that i have dug.. i like the idea of a dump, bc theres such a greater variety of stuff you could find. i gotta start trying to find some. thanks for watching and commenting
You and your team do so much to bring the past to life. I am in Wisconsin, and seeing you dig in the Dakotas is exciting.
Love that little bottle in the well, its a vinegar bottle , usually a cork, then you out did it with that light bulb, then the plates and it just kept getting more and more exciting.
Heinz olive or pearl onion bottle - base embossing and bottle number unstated.
I learn something every time.
What a super dig! blessings Cut glass pitcher is amazing.
yeah i know, that thing was crazy.. couldnt believe it was fully intact. amazing. thanks for watching and commenting
I gasped when you pulled out that pear plate. After that, every little piece of white I was yelling “that might be another piece of that gorgeous plate!!!” How fun!!!!
My dad grew up with an outhouse. His mom didn't have indoor plumbing until the 70's. Anyway, he remembers the outhouse being in 4 different locations while he was growing up in the 50's and 60's. and before that it must've been moved several times since it was built. Granted, they had a large over an acre sized lot. They were always located in one area fairly close to the house. I only dug in one location but my best find was a "Great War" memorial token that someone probably lost by accident. It had a hole punched in it, probably to wear on a string. I was hoping it was the first pit on the property but it turned out some interesting stuff anyway.
The plate with the blue vine pattern is Chinese from the mid nineteenth century. It's amazing that it ended up there! I enjoy when you piece the porcelain parts together.
I would love to watch a video where you explain how you came by your knowledge, what you do with the finds, and what’s the coolest find you’ve come across so far.
Very good video, nice finds.🤗🤗🍀🍀
Wow! What a haul!!
Awesome hunt thanks for sharing have a good nite
I just discovered your channel yesterday. Love it! How long have you been doing it? I live in Iowa pretty close.
There are the most boring exciting videos
I love em’!!!
hahahaha i will choose to take that as a compliment, and ignore the word "boring" bc any minor criticism will shatter my fragile ego. lol
i appreciate the comment. and thanks for watching
@@BelowthePlains well just saying.
You digging in a hole and find the coolest stuff. Nothing exciting about digging it’s just work!!
But exciting discoveries you have.
I been a plumber for over 20 years never have discovered much. Maybe a marble here and there.
I’m puzzled how you find so much!!!
Would love to see your whole collection. Do you have pictures any where?
@@joshuabigdog7009 oh and we find so much bc these are the old outhouse pits.. we dig right into them.. thats where all the stuff is gonna be.. idk if you know any guys who lay the pipes that run under the streets and alleys, but ive talked to a few guys whove done that and heard some stories.. they always say the same thing, that they found a pocket of old bottles and just threw them away or reburied them after they put the pipe in.. undoubtedly some of these guys have come across millions of dollars of bottles in their lifetime
Cool plates!!!
Great job...my OCD would never let me stop digging 😊
As always, enjoyed your video
Love your video sharing ✊❤️✌🏻glad you show the finds at the end✊✌🏻
Sweet dig!
Love how you pieced those plates back together buddy, that fruit and bird one are awesome.
yeah we had to do it when we find pieces like those.. those things were some of the best dinnerware pieces ive ever come across.. all of them were amazing. thanks for watching
@@BelowthePlains some amazing colours on the fruit plate.
I enjoy very much watching your videos, thank you for sharing.
Clearly a very affluent community. Some of the old crockery? . Stunning. I hope you spend some time, cleaning and restoring some of your items??
haha yes of couse.. we actually donated all the plates and the pitcher to the local library/town hall and as far as i know, they have them on display there.. they were quite happy to receive them.. or at least they appeared to be happy, they might have just been humoring us lol.. yeah we found some other really cool stuff in other pits in upcoming videos, and we gave it to them.. we actually found a candy dish lid that had "leeds" hand painted on it.. it was really cool. you will see it upcoming videos. anyways, thanks for watching and commenting kevin
AWESOME! Love your show💓
I guess that 'Wizard Oil' had something to it, if it stayed on the market for 99 years. And not only is Gordon's Gin still in business today, they still sell it in the same bottles.
I really enjoy your videos! Amazing what you find. This dig had some very beautiful dinnerware! Thanks for sharing the info on the bottles, and the history notes as well. I very much appreciate that. For me, you have the best digging videos on CZcams. Well done! All the best from your friend, Sharon, in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
oh wow Australia?! thats crazy. thank you, thats so kind of you. really glad you found the channel. thank you, for watching and leaving us a comment
Stumbled upon your videos and immediately subscribed, enjoy watching your digs. You’ve likely been asked this before (x1000 😆) but I’m wondering if there’s an odor with these digs, especially when they were previously used as outhouse pits?
haha yeah we get that question from time to time.. well, for the most part, no.. the dirt is indistinguishable from regular soil.. except sometimes.. when the water table is high in an area, it smells pretty dang bad... and it's pretty gross to dig thru.. i have a video im working on right now, and its a sloppy mess, and you will be able to what i mean.. but those pits are unusual.. id say less than 1 out of 20 i dig are really bad, but for the most part, any of the pits that are full of water, are extremely gross.. the cold fresh ground water prevent its from decaying.. well im glad you found the channel! thank you for watching and subbing!!
Owens glass company in Alton Illinois went out of business in the late 1980's after almost 100 years at the same location. The History of the final years is pretty bad though. After paying well and being a great place to work for so long, the Company offered the Union more money and more paid days off in exchange for eliminating the 20 year pension and bumping the 25 and 35 year pensions to 30 and 40 years. This meant employees who were close to 20 years didn't get a pension until they hit 30 years and if you were at almost 25 you needed to go to 30 and if you were at 32 thinking that you only had 3 years left you now had to hit 40 years. Many of the Union members were young people who never planned on spending their lives working at a factory so they took the deal on a 5 year contract. Owens went out of business less than 3 years later. My son's Grandfather (moms side) started there when he was 26 years old and they closed when he was 57. He got no retirement and had to look for a new job at 57. They just flat out did their dedicated employees Wrong.
Tom Its always exiting to see what will be in those old dumps . I am taken a back
yeah i know.. i kinda wish they all could be this cool.. usually just bottles in these sites, but the pits behind houses, as oppose to businesses, seem to have a wider variety of items inside them.. well thanks for watching and commenting
what a fabulous haul
Burma shave... when I was a kid I remember the Burma shave signs by the highway ...There was clever little story with 5 or 6 signs each one of those signs stretching out the little story over a couple of miles.... Time Warp Again...Burma Shave!!!
really appreciate this channel man! calming and no clickbait hype. love to see people into specialist niché stuff. and i get to learn abit about antique bottles too, great! do you ever do this outside US also? whats the holy grail of antique bottles btw? pce :)
Just found your channel last night. I started a whole bunch of them to watch tonight. I love the bottle finds and everything else you find.
OUTSTANDING
Thinking about those people at the turn of the century. They had no idea the depression, or the world wars were about to affect them so much.
So exciting to watch