Finding a Holy Grail Buried in the Ruins of an Abandoned Stone Bank Vault

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Finding a Holy Grail Buried in the Ruins of an Abandoned Stone Bank Vault

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Tom Askjem excavates a privy in the ghost town of Omemee, North Dakota.
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@RiverCityMiniatures 5 ай бұрын

This channel came up organically on my feed quite a few months back. Im not sure why, as I'd never heard of digging up old bottles before. Once i watched it, I've been hooked ever since. I'm on the autism spectrum, and I've tried watching other channels with other people creating videos and I've found they give me what i would describe as almost an odd sort of anxiety. I'm not sure if it's because theres usually more than one person digging, then running up to the camera to show what they found. Too much movement and confusion perhaps. I'm happy they're excited about their new treasures, but there's just too much happening for me to enjoy anything about it. I absolutely adore this channel, from showing the bottles with an explanation about the history, to showing them cleaned up in the credits. Keep doing what you're doing, and please dont change a thing.

@kathleennorton2228 5 ай бұрын

He is very relaxing.

@plauditecives 5 ай бұрын

I'm so impressed by the permission you obtain for your digs. But it's not surprising, as anyone watching your videos knows that you are a respectful and knowledgeable digger who always properly restores the sites you dig. Well done!

@fishnmar 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely intrigued by the liquor flasks with matching stoppers! Another fun dig to watch! Thank you!

@maureenottinger-bb8py 5 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen you pull so many bottles with corks and stoppers! Great haul

@CiscoWes 5 ай бұрын

This was a well preserved site!

@tamaranewman8871 5 ай бұрын

Why do I enjoy your videos so much!?!?! I think part of it is because it's like a treasure hunt, but it's relaxing cuz I don't have to do the digging... I can just sit back and watch! No dirt under my fingernails to scrub and no backache 😅

@randb4865 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Tom! Always look forward to your finds!

@jasonthompson340 5 ай бұрын

Do you have a video showing your own collection? Or what happens to the bottles once excavated? Such as cleaned up and displayed, or how you sell, donate, etc? Curious about the process, been enjoying the videos!

@daviddarrall9384 5 ай бұрын

Remarkable finds. Well done, you deserve it 😊❤ UK.

@fiorenzaattanasio4796 5 ай бұрын

Tom you are the BEST. THANK YOU I LEARN ALOT FROM YOU…THANK YOU FOR KEEPING HISTORY ALIVE! Lots of love from Calgary Canada ❤🇨🇦

@mrnobody3161 5 ай бұрын

Hey! I'm in Calgary too! My Grandfather was a Homesteader in Alberta in 1908, after he had already settled in Nebraska, but the land wasn't good there.

@fiorenzaattanasio4796 5 ай бұрын

HEY ..THATS GREAT…MY HUSBAND WAS BORN IN CALGARY 70 yrs ago…I love Heritage Park…All the Best….and you are a somebody if your grandfather came to Calgary over 100;yrs ago!!!IMHO

@monkeywentbananas 5 ай бұрын

Awesome finds! I believe all of the pharmaceutical bottles were thrown in the privy to hide the persons addiction to opiods!

@fireflyidaho1 5 ай бұрын

Fun dig, thanks for bringing us along. I’m shocked at how dry the soil is!

@NebrSoaper 5 ай бұрын

One of your videos came up in my feed about a month ago - never knew privvy digging was a thing until I watched it. I've gotten through all your previous uploads and enjoyed every one. I'm not a bottle collector (yet LOL) but I love the thrill of the find and the care you take with the editing, providing all that great info. So glad I found your channel, I will look forward to the next! :)

@marydilley4455 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best show on bottle digs. We learn so much with your thorough research you share! Thanks ! 💯

@deloradeabel8487 5 ай бұрын

WOW all these unknown bottles,good for you guys!

@garbagearchive 5 ай бұрын

Tom calls his Great Great Great Grandma “Great Good Decent Aged Grandma”

@rbirkheimer59 5 ай бұрын

Love watching! I would love to find some spots to go to. Thank You for all your hard work you do. God Bless.

@iplantfreak 5 ай бұрын

Can you do a video where you describe how to identify bottle markings. Like how do you know that it’s a key mold? What does an applied top look like? I think it would help all of us appreciate some of the bottles that you’re finding and help us to learn faster.

@bigpoppa101101 4 ай бұрын

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@kapok7228 5 ай бұрын

Love it! Always enjoy your videos, Tom.

@andrewowens9382 5 ай бұрын

Hi 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 Tom and jake another good bottle hunt 😊you both done pretty good 👍 😉 all the best Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧

@mariasalsiri6955 5 ай бұрын

I have just recently discovered your channel and I am loving your videos. Looks like sooo much fun and exciting to see what you unearth. Do you ever swab the inside of the bottles just to see if you can tell what was inside even though they have been in the ground so long?

@detecting_with_matt3643 4 ай бұрын

Been following for a bit now. I never get tired of your awesome videos!

@ThatYarneyZebraStuff 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the new upload. I am 'digging' your treasured history finds. Thank you for sharing the information that you know about about each bottle/piece unearthed. Keep doing what you do! I watch ever dig.. I am fascinated by what you uncover. You call the rarities The Holy Grail, another friend I watch dig from Scotland calls them Belters!

@terrancemiller8350 5 ай бұрын

Not any different form no a day, Drugs & Alcohol. You just don't know how happy when I find a new video of yours, I smile from ear to ear your knowledge and willing to explain just makes me want more, thanks to you for working in all weather. I'm hoping you are enjoying as much as me. You are the best. Lots of love. Stay safe. Afriend.

@mattsmith635 5 ай бұрын

I am blown away by the amount of stoppers and corks in this video. I love it!

@joesmith-es1zy 4 ай бұрын

Somebody was anal retentive, they seem to have replaced the stopper on the majority of the bottles before throwing them away. Even the tiny homeopathic cylinder still had the cork in it.

@mattsmith635 4 ай бұрын

@@joesmith-es1zy That's what I was thinking.

@samsager1 5 ай бұрын

Oh man!! So cool to see this video!!! Absolutely fun times!! Hope to see you guys soon again!!

@OldFart2023 4 ай бұрын

Hope to see some of your posts soon too, miss them!! Hope all is well.

@samsager1 4 ай бұрын

@OldFart2023 absolutely!!!

@HistoryStillThrives 5 ай бұрын

That sinkhole with the snow on top is exactly how I found that 1800s Privy at our farm. You found a Heilemans which is close to my area in Wisconsin. Congrats on the finds. Thanks for the education 👍

@user-wk8ui6fz6v 5 ай бұрын

I've seen most of your video and I also haver never seen so many stoppers.they must have had an obsession with putting them back in.

@mapsandglobespro 5 ай бұрын

Is it just me? I've watched a ton of your videos and I've never seen so many bottles with corks or glass stoppers still in the bottles! Another enjoyable video . That you Tom and Crew!

@ivcmom75 5 ай бұрын

Congratulations on breaking 100,000 subs!!

@mobyus11 Ай бұрын

My family the Ziemanns farmed just outside Omemee. Neat to see this connection!

@pyewackett5 5 ай бұрын

We have a saying : ' if there's still snow under the hedge bottoms - then there will be more to take it away ' you still have pockets of snow by the looks. J& G Meakin pottery from the 1950's is highly sought after & therefore valuable here in the Uk . The turn of the century stuff is not so much :\

@robertexel3828 5 ай бұрын

Big fan of your videos from a historical viewpoint. It would be amazing if you also commented on each item monitory worth from a sale or auction perspective!!

@bigpoppa101101 4 ай бұрын

99% of the bottles are worth maybe $1. It takes a special bottle and someone who collects them to make them valuable.

@carolstephens-fortner6887 5 ай бұрын

So interesting. Thank you!

@gayeknigge1995 5 ай бұрын

We don't mind if you show us some of that broken stuff too

@esthermarygold-lowe4403 4 ай бұрын

I would buy some broken stuff too lol. So cool

@imawehole 5 ай бұрын

Your digs never cease to amaze me. Well done.

@charliericker3124 5 ай бұрын

Have you ever done a video covering the process of finding where to dig? Like, how far from the structure (existing or previous) do you typically focus you're search on when the ground makes it less obvious?

@sherannwilliamson1453 4 ай бұрын

That would be very interesting!

@dannmccord1923 5 ай бұрын

Awesome bottles Tom. Just love them . the oil lamp was beautiful❤

@user-rm1mr6se2x 5 ай бұрын

Can’t get enough of your videos Tom. You got me dreaming of old bottle dumps. Hundreds or thousands on those 3 meds? Absolute insanity. I think the pharmacy tossed new unused bottles in there?

@marjoriesmith3320 5 ай бұрын

I can see a pharmacist always putting a cork back in by habit or rule.

@garbagearchive 5 ай бұрын

5:22 This is what we all love to hear in a Below The Plains video

@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 5 ай бұрын

Tom, very interesting to see so many medicine bottles, most had corks in them. The dirt was so dry, they came out so clear. A wonderful dig to watch. Congrats on the three rare ones, it makes it all worth your hard work.👍👏😀

@roybal1975 5 ай бұрын

FINALLY WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME EXCITMENT OUT OF YOU BUDDY🤣

@KristieNichols-gw6us Ай бұрын

I love your channel. I love the old bottles. I wish there was an area where I live. Hi from Spokane WA.

@Bonzi_Buddy 5 ай бұрын

WIsh Tom could dig in Pennsylvania and other areas where the bottles go back another hundred years easy. I'm sure a lot of people got to places first though and that's why remote North Dakota still has opportunities. What is nuts is when I was a kid I saw people digging up these bottles in Wisconsin and they were 60-70 years old... Now they're 100?! I feel as old as these finds now.

@peggynulsen1365 5 ай бұрын

Can't recall so many bottles with the stoppers still in them. Very cool dig, this one.

@lynnegackstetter2779 10 күн бұрын

I'm amazed at so many with corks and glass stoppers 😊

@roybal1975 5 ай бұрын

IT WOULD BE COOL TO SEE THE OWNERS REACTION.

@VolcanoTimeLapse 5 ай бұрын

I’m thrilled pharmacy bottles are so coveted. Nice!!

@alisonmary1443 5 ай бұрын

Love it when you find rarities, you both work very hard and good to see the rewards. Stoppers, I have such a thing for them I worry in case you miss some, it must make a difference to selling cost 🤔 Anyway thank you for bringing me along via KZfaq as always great dig.

@di4bol1c4l7 5 ай бұрын

So impressed by how many bottles you found with corks still in

@dirtclodmetaldetecting 5 ай бұрын

Glad you found a couple of nice embossed pharmacy bottles! Fun to watch!

@bwilliams463 5 ай бұрын

I'm amazed that so many of the bottles still have corks in them after 100+ years buried. That Dakota soil must be special.

@robbybobby6466 5 ай бұрын

Nice to get those rare meds. Someone was definitely not well.

@randb4865 5 ай бұрын

Aaaghh! The Omeeme drugstore bottle stopper went flying! Did you grab it??

@randb4865 5 ай бұрын

8:01

@Jennifermcintyre 5 ай бұрын

I saw it too!! It flew off when he pulled it up!

@randb4865 5 ай бұрын

19:50 ... or just a piece of cork, I hope! lol

@StirlingLighthouse 5 ай бұрын

At least it didn’t explode!

@user-yr6ug7cl2i 5 ай бұрын

I am wondering the same thing, it would be a shame if Tom was so excited about the bottle that he let the stopper get away. Definitely needed to go together.

@garycotterill4760 5 ай бұрын

Tom, you absolutely set the bar for all other diggers & their videos hands down ! Curious...what do you do with the 100s of unembossed prescription bottles, extracts, flasks & liquor bottles I've watched you dig ??

@Thetimecapsuletx 5 ай бұрын

Medical issue or an addiction problem. The medicine back then had cocaine in it.

@christinefox9075 4 ай бұрын

My mother in law worked at that Sebring pottery company. Amazing find for me. 😊

@lauriecornell6169 2 ай бұрын

My grandmother was a Sebring.

@Elysian777 4 ай бұрын

I wish you could come here. We live in an 1880 Victorian built by a town founder - wealthy family. It's on 1/2 acre of original property. I have no idea how to find old privies, etc. There is a set of stone steps in the back of the yard up a rise- just seem to lead to the woods on the back part. Still has the original brick drive- but that leads to a newer garage. I have the insurance maps, but no clue how to find old dump pits.

@tracycombs1484 4 ай бұрын

It's amazing how many still have the corks in them and they survived.

@carolynsimone8647 5 ай бұрын

Congrads on your rare finds,out of the enormous amount of bottles...keep on digging...🥰🥰

@bmorros 4 ай бұрын

I live about 20 miles from Valparaiso, IN. Fun to see it come up in one of the facts concerning those bottles!

@gayeknigge1995 5 ай бұрын

That was probably the foot to that hurricane lamp😊

@1yris1 5 ай бұрын

@ the 10:00 mark there is a stopper almost touching your left hand. It's the stopper from the first really rare bottle that was found. 👍

@beaverc2884 5 ай бұрын

There was something special about this pit, I can't remember you ever finding so many bottles with corks or stoppers before.

@marybratton1766 5 ай бұрын

Today, I got to watch your video on a 75" TV and it was awesome!! I felt like I was in that hole with you..😮😊❤

@wwjoesr 5 ай бұрын

Awesome dig! I was surprised at the number of corks still in the bottles.

@michelenoia6767 5 ай бұрын

Was that a stopper with the Omemee pharmacy bottle or are my eyes deceiving me?

@brendagroff8478 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Tom.

@ThatGirlinLoveland 5 ай бұрын

When Tom comes across a pit with a lot of broken dishes, window glass & flask anyone else think hmm bar fight? Or is it just me? lol

@loisstump5990 5 ай бұрын

There sure are a lot of corks in the bottles! I don't think I've seen you dig so many of those.

@heatherreinsmith8286 5 ай бұрын

I noticed that a lot of the bottles have their stoppers in them, the cork stoppers, I don’t usually see that many in your videos. Very cool.

@franceshurt3517 5 ай бұрын

Hi Tom, either a town full of really sick people or hypochondriacs.🥰😘💕👌👍👍

@alancarlson6822 5 ай бұрын

Just found your channel! Very interesting for sure. What do you do with all your finds?

@JosephChick-ce6zx 5 ай бұрын

Great dig!!! Thanks for sharing!!! 😊

@Philip-gn8wx 5 ай бұрын

Tom seems to be truly thrilled every time he finds an unusual and rare bottle....Stay young,Tom.. Remember,we humans will always end up like those bottles... Trust in the Lord with all your heart... Christ died.And for the justification from sin, Christ took his Life back...Dust and ashes is our imminent physical end..Christ lives so that we who believe in Him,shall inherit the same life.. You Tom,are a blessed young man.. You really enjoy what you do.. You are a rare breed of human... You and your production crew, Be Blessed 🙏☝️,,,

@chancevonfreund9145 5 ай бұрын

Awesome find!

@karynbrown7519 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely love your digs! 😅 Australia!

@wadehendryx7378 5 ай бұрын

I'm just curious. You say you sell most everything you find. How do you sell all the prescription bottles? Do you sell them individually? Do you sell them in bulk? Do you have regular customers. Again. Just wondering. I think I'm going to go walk the creek behind the old Bidwell mansion again. You never know. Bidwell is more or less the founder of Chico Ca. In 1860. You make me want to get out and give it another try. This town has been dug for many, many years. Fingers crossed. Take care. 😊

@terrencebuller7676 5 ай бұрын

Great program Tom. Thanks for sharing. looking forward to the next one. Stay safe and take care. 👍

@kangarafarmer6552 5 ай бұрын

awsome they can see the light of day again

@eucliduschaumeau8813 5 ай бұрын

At 14:43 you dug up a pile of rotten paper in the back corner of the pit. I’m guessing that was a SEARS catalog, which was used nationwide as reading material and then as toilet paper in the outhouses of that era.

@noelletangredi7989 5 ай бұрын

Interesting story of the pharmacist from Kitchener, Ontario that made his way to North Dakota. Kitchener is nearby me.

@connieholley1124 5 ай бұрын

No food or condiment bottles, just a couple of pill vials, not a residence but as stated a bug z business. Amazed how the locations determine the glass artifacts removed from pits.

@user-gv5zn2kr4c 5 ай бұрын

A fine adventure. Hope Sam was with you.

@di4bol1c4l7 5 ай бұрын

Finally i see that this IS a current video. By the weather

@snarky_user 5 ай бұрын

MIKADO rhymes with avocado. The original word is Japanese and was applied to items influenced by the opening of the Japanese society in the late 19th Century. The most notable of these is Mikado silk fabric.

@bmcc12 5 ай бұрын

I’m very jealous because you have dirt/soil. I live in Connecticut, and I can only dig a few inches before I hit great quantities of rocks.

@kimmy419 5 ай бұрын

OMG! You look so cold! But I do enjoy the videos.

@shawn5928 5 ай бұрын

I wish I knew of someone that does what you do in the Southeast. I have a house built in 1830, I’d love to see what all is buried here.

@user-zo8cz6zi5p 5 ай бұрын

At 19:25 (and other times) could AI be used to enhance the fragmented paper labels to better identify contents and or maker?❤

@MsHunne62 5 ай бұрын

This is so interesting, who do you ask for permission from to dig? I would love to try this once where I grew up in the south?? Thanks for sharing on so intrigued.❤❤❤❤❤

@janicecuroso1042 2 ай бұрын

Many of those medicines had high alcohol content. May have been one of the attractions.

@gayeknigge1995 5 ай бұрын

It's amazing how many bottles you have found with the cork still in them you don't usually find that many bottles with the cork still in them😊

@anitaford6559 5 ай бұрын

Hi. I watch you a lot. I have a question. How much of what you find do you keep and what do you do with the rest?

@willong1000 5 ай бұрын

Perhaps Omemee, ND became a ghost town as a consequence of all its residents, even one of the young pharmacists in 1908 (sad), dying from their maladies, which likely included alcohol and opiate addictions if those excavated bottles are any indication! Had to chuckle at your "Oh boy, I hope it's a Rex Oval!" comment.

@kenjones4564 5 ай бұрын

It was interesting to see that many of the bottles still had the corks. Maybe when the town went down they just tossed the stock of unused bottles away??

@annduke5573 5 ай бұрын

Cool finds! Maybe it was a doctor's home office.

@user-eu8iy4mb2k 5 ай бұрын

So many corks! Is it because of the ground being so dry?

@PJChabala 5 ай бұрын

Am curious as to why they would throw all kinds of bottles in a hole/pit? Was this done during when they outlawed liquor? 🤷🏻‍♀️

@wandadorsey8895 5 ай бұрын

I don’t think so. I believe these pits are abandoned outhouse pits. When the “outhouse” would get full of human waste they would fill it with trash/debris, cover it and dig another pit to move the outhouse to. That’s why some properties had several pits discovered on them. Also back then there were no such things as trash dumps or indoor plumbing. Necessity is the mother of invention. Blessings

@maureenfitzgerald1895 Ай бұрын

Great question! Rural area just being settled. Outhouses weren’t just for the expected use. Food waste could be put in the fields. Paper waste could be burned. Metal and glass would be tossed down the outhouse. Think of it as a giant garbage can. When full, cover with dirt, dig another deep hole, and move the wooden privy over top of the new zone. Making the best of their primitive circumstances

@dangray 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for another interesting video. I think if I lived there in the 1900's, I'd want a lot of alcohol and drugs too. It would be cool to plant those seeds and see if they are still viable.