Bottle Digging Tools And Techniques
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- Tools of the bottle digger. I use these tools when looking for and digging bottles. I then begin to explore the dump I have found and explain in detail what I am looking for and show how I do it. I do make one very interesting discovery of a really neat "Buffalo Lithia Water" bottle that I have not seen before.
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Me and my 5 year old son love watching your channel. You teach me so much and make me so excited to get out and hunt.
Have you ever thought of doing a bottle collection video?
I would love to see those all cleaned up and hear about some of their history, as I'm sure others would as well.
Love your vids Beau, keep having fun
That last bottle was a fantastic jewel! Finding one that old means there are more like it around there! Can't wait until you go back.
Mate you're a legend..and yes you have to do more of these dry land digs..great looking bottle.
I would love to see more bottle digging videos.
I am a tree trimmer in so. Illinois, I mainly climb, I have a saw exactly like that one that I use on small branches that don't warrant starting a chainsaw 30 feet up. love it, cuts clean and fast.
Beau Ouimette, thank you so much for pronouncing your name. I have such a hard time saying Ouimette when I tell people about you and what you do. It may be funny to you, but I have so many friends that subscribed to you and like me watch everything. I'm not Brown nosing, I just really appreciate what you do. My daughter who is four loves watching u dive n dig. Beau, you inspire and help with these videos more than you would think. Sincerely, thank you.
Beau Ouimette , also. I think that Buffalo bottle is the coolest bottle I've watched someone find on here. have you done any research on it to see exactly what came in it? sounds like some kind of tonic water or something. maybe spring water. Idk. please reply and let me know if you know. thanks again.
That Buffalo Lithia Water bottle is worth around $200. In around 1886 the company began hand bottling the water from the springs that was said to have medicinal value and transport it to the nearest railroad where it would be sent off in 12 bottle cases.
+Kyle's Tech Channel I just looked on eBay for them, under Sold Auctions, and they have sold in the last month from $10.00 to $150.00. I'm sure there are many different sizes, colors and ages that will determine the value. I hope Beau does some research after it's cleaned up and will let us know what it's worth.
Why do i care
It never fails, someone always gives you a thumbs down. Maybe they are just jealous of Mr. Chigg. But anyway, thanks for putting these awesome finds here for us all to enjoy!
please always tape I in joy your video so mush and get to see things I can no longer do because of my back and leg from truck wreck a few years ago thank you so much
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definitely do another video, can never watch enough bottle digging!
I started at age 13 digging in Bean Creek, bottle hunting. Love bottles !! Thanks for sharing.....Rhino
Been watching you for years! Dood you're not right! That's why I continue watching!
That Buffalo Water bottle is a keeper for sure. Liked it a lot. Definitely should go back and do a part deux. Thanks Beau!
Yeah Beau I love your adventures whether in the water or on land they are always funny and entertaining!! Film the bottle dig!!!!
I like how you say Ahh not too old only the turn of the century. When I find a bottle from the 20s im jumping up and down with joy lol.
Yes! Definitely go back. We like the bottles. Very nice.
Buffalo Lithia water bottles are awesome. They come in different colors and variations. Nice find.
Love the bottle digging , reminds me of when I was a kid . Used to dig in the dump on my grandfathers land. Found everything from baseball cards to ww1 rifle.
Excellent Beau! Most definitely you need to video more from this area! Love the old bottles!
Definitely go back! I was never bottle hunting but always wanted to.
Here's a PDF of info on your bottle.
www.fohbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BuffaloGirls_BE_NovDec2011.pdf
+SpiritofWildWings Thanks found this very interesting........M
nice history. ty
+SpiritofWildWings awesome info thank you for sharing it.
I too have a Viking Digger. The best around for sure. Buddy was nice enough to drill a hole through the handle for me so I could put a strap on it as I tend to loose my tools. Recommend it - it will out live me !
i like your underwaters videos most, but I love rooting around in the old dump sites a lot too, thanks for sharing
Please go back and dig more , I love your bottle videos the most
I would like to see ur future bottle hunt when u go back......I love seeing anything from the past brought up and shared......thanks so much for making these videos Beau...I like how u explain the history to on alot of what u find or film
Most favorite video Beau has ever posted! Another way to tell how old a bottle is how high the seem goes.
You should make some more digging videos :)
+kokonutfreaks This is actually mostly a legend created by those bottle reference books. I've got a book that says that the lower the seam stops, the older the bottle is, and this is complete BS. If the seam goes all the way up to the top, it was made by an automatic bottle machine, and dates sometime after the early 1900's. If the seam disappears under the lip it's an applied lip, which was generally phased out by the 1880's in the US but isn't a foolproof dating system and continued into the 30's in the UK. If the seam fades out on the neck it's a tooled lip, which means that if it's American it probably dates from before roughly WWI. That's really all the seam tells you. The only guaranteed way to date a bottle is if it's got a date code (for 20th century bottles) or by researching the company that made it.
+Nhotmyereahl Nheyme thanks, I learned some things, I usually use the date code if it has it.
I will never hunt for artifacts like you do, but I still enjoy your videos. They are always interesting and enjoyable. Thanks for good, clean, entertaining content!
PLEASE DO MOAR
I would like to see more of this place because I like old bottles I have a few myself nothing special but they're part of history and its cool to see where we were and where we are now
Ooooo. A Buffalo Lithia Water bottle! Niiiiice. Now I'm inspired to get my buddy and go bottle hunting. I think I know of some good spots. Old house, up a bit of a bluff by the river. I live in rural Tennessee so there's tons of that kind of thing here. Thanks Beau!
great final find. made the day worthwhile
at 2135 that bottle looks familiar....nice find ....remember..folks back then drank mineral water...buffalo lithia water...we have these in rural south Carolina....Charleston s.c. manhy sodas and blobs...kind of rare...
Beau: I got a buffalo!
Beau's wife: Really? What year?
Beau: Uh...trademark
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You know how everyone lost a Go Pro. Well I lost a few Bottles lol. Man that is awesome! I would die for a find like that. Try Denture tablets to clean them out.
Watkins makes herbs, extracts, and spices I believe
I learned from watching my cat to cover your trail 😂 good job
Electrolosis with a mason jar lid?? I guess i can only ask you to make a video about that one! I have a few coins and things id like to do that to and experiment with... This idea sounds interesting!!! Plus, i can probably get a bunch of those lids!! Thanks Beau!!! Thanks for showing and teaching the stuff that you do!
+Don Hoffner you need an electrode in the water, and if you use a stainless steel kitchen utensil you end up with some nasty carcinogenic stuff in the water. Zinc wouldn't have the same chemical reaction. I'm not sure if the functionality of the electrolysis would be improved or not, but it not killing you would certainly be a plus.
I asked Beau about this too...he said it's a different process that does not involve electricity, but does involve lye.
Yes definitely film it, very interesting.
You gotta go back and show us what else is there!!
Wow!! Very great finds! Please please please!!! Please with cherries on top, make another video at this spot! :)
That bucket you pulled up when first starting can be worth a lot I seen one in a museum once
Uhmm one thing about bottles I learned from my father. Don't rub off any type of onion skin. I thought I would do a nice thing and clean/dust his bottle collection. Yup I did it on a old old green glass pontiff one. I had a sore rear end, but he then used it himself for his rum. I felt so proud I had that bottle gleaming:(
He found hundreds of bottles, in the mangroves around Key Largo. Most valuable being a blue violin bottle
I don't know if you heard of Centralia, PA, but it is the site of a huge underground fire which will burn forever. It was started by a resident burning trash against a hillside slope in a backyard. The fire caught into the underground coal vein and history was made. The town was evacuated and torn down over the years. My family originated there.
Hi. Kat here, fellow bottle digger enthusiast. I caught your mention of Centralia. It is like a ghost town...abandoned houses, nature taking over the roads, sink holes, etc.,. As of a few years ago, fires were still burning under the town as well. Smoke can be seen seeping through sinkholes in the earth and roadways. There are still some people living there...I figure they just refused to abandon their homes and continue on... making due somehow. I have a few pics if your interested.
loved the last bottle...great find
great finds and i hope you kept the bottles
I just bought one of those Buffalo lithia water bottles! Such a beautiful bottle from Virginia.
that last bottle was awesome! huge!
Please go back to that spot!! Very interesting and different. Loved it.
I have just recently started watching your videos and they are great! Over the last few years I've found some old bottles and jars and am planning on making it a hobby now! If you ever find yourself in East Tennessee and want to do some bottle digging let me know!
i've just recently started watching your video's, and I have been no-living it haha.
I really like your vids!!!
Beau, I especially love the Buffalo bottle at the end. And yes I would like to see "moar" videos on this dig site.
please do another one of these
Beau, Great Lithia Water bottle.You can also use the battery carbons to make a spot welder or carbon arc torch.Please come back and make another video of your finds here.
Have to say that was quite the find at the end there. Great embossing and lettering , and I bet if you got the brushes in there , it cleaned up really well .
If I had an item like that in my collection i'd be really pleased. So you must be already . .
awesome buffalo lithia water glass bottle, very nice rare find
I look for old bottles along side the road, I've got a good collection goin too from it
I found one of those Buffalo girl bottles in the our attic when we where redoing the roof ( built in 1865, upstate NY). Mine has a chip and one of the guys working offered me $100. decided to keep it
This is a nice how to video! I've been digging for stuff over a half century (dumping & detecting) and still feel I need to learn more... especially techniques!
Beau, I'm a Chiropractor and I've taught HUMAN Anatomy. (Non-human) animals are quite different in detail, but basically the same. Your bone is the bovine equivalent of our metacarpal bones (3 and 4 fused). It looks like it might be cow, but could be ox or bull, I don't know.
Thanks for the vids.
I would definitely love to see what else is there!
AWESOME!
Nice overview of the hobby, very enjoyable, thanks!
What a beautiful old bottle.
At 18:45 when u switched screens or whatever, I jumped so much and almost had a heart attack from something that wasn't even scary! Lol
That Buffalo Lithio Water bottle is awesome. I am not really sure about the old bone. I would have left that. GL&HH
Lots of info and of course FUN!
very enjoyable and informative...Thanks Beau
Beau the video that I really liked was you on your bike out exploring. That was fun.
Please continue this I love bottle hunting
Dude, you wouldn't believe all the cool bottles I dug out of a sink hole, and then traded for Indian relics when I was a kid some odd 50 years ago.
Yes, Go back, A lot of stuff to find!!
Great Video Beau! Your the best!! Way to go!! Very informative!
Nuther triumph Beau,thanks,i had a bottle dump 25yards from my backdoor..unfortunately its given all its treasures,keep up the great vids mate!!.ed,your last find is better than any ive found!!.
Nice profile pic!
Beau your luck is insane ... Just keep doing what you do
Thanks for mentioning and posting a link to your friends tool site I will be ordering one!
Thankyou soon much for your upload and reply.. Ive watched all your videos and I check in every night to see if there's a new one :D
please post more bottle digging videos thanks! love your vids
some of that soil looked incredible for starting tomatoes and such. remember guys, fill in your digs, it's important.
sure am glad you found those battery parts... found some a while back and had no idea what they were...
Sweet bottle and nice stew bone!
Here's an article on the bottle for you.
The Buffalo Girls of Mecklenburg County, Virginia
The first European-Americans to visit Buffalo Springs in Virginia and record their visit are believed to have been a survey group led by William Byrd II in 1728. In his diary, later to be published as "The History of the Dividing Line: a Journey to Eden", Byrd poetically wrote that the waters of Buffalo Springs was "what Adam drank in Paradise … by the help of which we perceived our appetites to mend, our slumbers to sweeten, the stream of life to run cool and peaceably in our veins, and if ever we dreamt of women, they were kind." Byrd's survey party also sighted many signs of buffalo near the springs, hence the name Buffalo Springs.
The tract of land was first recorded being purchased by one Ambrose Gregory in 1798 and later selling the land to John Speed in 1817. It was John Speed who sowed the first seeds of development by building a tavern that catered to the local population and travelers by selling meals. The property changed ownership several times until by 1839 guided by various visionaries it had become a small resort. The local fame of medicinal benefits derived from drinking the spring water was starting to spread to the surrounding regions. Thomas F. Goode obtained the property in 1874 and his vision of what Buffalo Springs could be; led to national prominence and the bottles we collect today.
It was Goode who had a chemical analysis completed of Buffalo Springs No.2 which reported that the spring was unusually high in Lithia. Goode promptly changed the name and was doing business in 1900 as Virginia Buffalo Lithia Springs and selling "Nature's Great Specific for Dyspepsia and Gout" to the world in earnest. It would be advertised for, "Uric Acid Diathesis, Gout, Nephritic Colic, Calculi, Bright's Disease, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, a valuable adjunct to the physician in the treatment of fevers, malaria, typho-malaria, and atypical typhoid" and recommended physicians!
Goode's bottling operation at the resort is believed to have been started about 1876 for Spring Number 2 as Spring Number 1 was reported to give headaches to users. Once bottled these were packaged twelve to a wooden crate and transported by horse drawn wagon to the railroad depot in nearby Clarksville for shipping to customers for a retail of price of $5.00 per case. As the resort business grew so did demand for the perceived and much touted medicinal benefits of the 'lithia' spring water. So much so that in 1890 a spur for the Atlantic and Danville railroad was laid to connect Buffalo Springs to the main line in town.
It has been estimated that Buffalo Springs Lithia Water was sold in an estimated 20,000 stores comprising mainly of pharmacies and grocers throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States during its heyday.
Thomas F. Goode's passing in 1905 was followed by several events which would lead to the eventual demise of the now world famous Buffalo Lithia Water. Possibly the single greatest was the application of discoveries and new medical knowledge concerning the causes and treatments of disease and illness.
Piloting the creation and passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act passed by United States Congress in 1906, changing for ever the business practices of patent medicine. As a result of this passage a study was completed in 1907 from which the government shared tests that established the Potomac River actually had five times the concentration of lithium than did Buffalo Lithia Water. Part of the court ruling stated that "for a person to obtain any therapeutic dose of lithium by drinking Buffalo Lithia Spring Water he would have to drink from 150,000 to 225,00 gallons per day."
It was after this ruling, in 1908 that the business altered the Buffalo Lithia Water brand name to its official name, Buffalo Lithia Springs Water trying to end run the intent of the law.
It was a good attempt and bought more time to continue touting the lithia properties of the water. This ended in 1914 when the US Supreme Court ruled that Buffalo Lithia Springs could not use the word "lithia" to advertise or sell their spring water. This is another significant milestone to bottle collectors as the name now embossed on bottles would become Buffalo Mineral Water. Sales plummeted for the water due to the lack of medical value for the water and the golden years had come to an end. The resort continued and water was sold for many years to come until ceasing operations in the 1940's.
Niccolo Machiavelli once said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", obliviously he was not a collector of old bottles! As collectors we know reproductions follow supply and demand for popular pieces in every category. I always believed my 'Buffalo Girls' were safe as it's hard to almost impossible not to find several for sale at given day of the week at very moderate prices. Always the same half gallon size and condition varies as much as the girls, from poor to attic mint, from cave drawing to a racy lady showing a bare leg.
The most common color found is various shades of aquamarine followed by occasional shades of pale green to keep things interesting. Even more interesting are the colors like teal, orange-amber, light blue, emerald green, brilliant green, topaz and a reported cobalt blue that most collectors have never seen. These are the ones that make your heart skip a beat when one turns up for sale. Still the girls were reproduced and by all accounts I have read came from Italy during the 1970's and were sold as accents for home decorations. Today they are causing confusion among both novice and experienced collectors as to how to tell the difference between the new and old. The reproduced examples I have personally seen have been limited to three different colors carry the exact same embossed design and 'Buffalo Mineral Springs Water / Natures Materia Medica / Trade Mark'. This is an original old design used by Buffalo Mineral Springs and can be found in different colors.
In order to understand how to tell the differences between the old and new let's first consider the colors of known reproductions. Pink, turquoise and light amber, of these three colors nothing was ever made close to pink. It simply was not an original color but I have seen it offered as a "Depression Glass" bottle. Turquoise like pink was never made but in the early bottling days at Buffalo Springs there was a medium true teal color used which is quite scarce and seldom found. The reproduction is a dark turquoise color and measuring approximately 10½ inches tall like its counter parts. The original teal design has not been reproduced and measures approximately 9½ inches tall, I have seen this same bottle offered for sale once with a well respected auction firm in a 'brilliant bluish/green' which is actually more green than teal. The light amber tends to cause the greatest confusion as most collectors have not seen an original that was produced in a similar color. Unlike the other colors this design is correct and originals can be found in aquamarine, pale green, clear, orange-amber and topaz.
www.antique-bottles.net/showthread.php?279284-buffalo-lithia-water-bottle
www.ebay.com/bhp/buffalo-lithia-water
bottles of buffalo litha water is for sale on ebay for around 40$ -200$ nice find Beau
Mason jar lids for electrolysis. Damn man I’m going to have to trek back to the 🐸 bridge . The more you learn watching old chigg vids.
This summer I was metal detecting and found an old wagon wheel I did history on our house and it used to be a stage coach in
Definitely do a sequel next time show us what they look like after you clean them at home
And yes, a link to the Viking Tool. Thanks: Patch
Nice Lithia water. One of my favorites. I have the same bottle.
I think that bottle came from near where I live here in Virginia there's a place called Buffalo Springs where in the1800s they sold the bottled water and sold it claiming it had medicinal value, p.s ive dank some from that spring where it still stands today and its like mineral water
You are really interesting person. Thank you for all video.
Very cute how you say "bartles" for bottles! :) Great video, as usual!
+dale mclain He learned to speak near Bawston. Therefore, bawtles. and bawtom of the river.
Great video as always, thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the info....Love finding old bottles! Would love to see more, definitely do more Videos at this site, very exciting!
I love your videos and just how you are an genuine nice man
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Crossed Axe & Shovel marking the spot of the last Bottle find .. . wouldnt be telling us lil porky pies would we Beau . .??
HERE IN THE SOUTH WE HAVE A CLEANER CALLED GREASED LIGHTENING, THAT STUFF DOES A GREAT JOB CLEANING BOTTLE'S. IF YOU CAN GET IT UP NORTH MIGHT BE WORTH A TRY. THANK'S FOR SHARING. EDDY
great video very informative
Magnificent find at the very end, lucky duck!😉💯‼️
Hello Beau, Nice Lithia water bottle. Never saw one of those. I fairly sure the Watkins bottle was for Liniment. Common around old farming/working home sites. Good video, Thanks for taking the time...ORR
Good finds, thanks for sharing!
Please go back there again!!