Finding a Holy Grail Buried in the Rubble of a Burned Down Hotel, Found with a Map From 1901

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7 ай бұрын

Continuing the excavations at at the former site of the Pioneer Hotel, in Balfour, North Dakota.
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@BelowthePlains 7 ай бұрын

Hit that like! subscribe if yoiu arent! sign up on our patreon if you want to see early content! Hope you are all having an amazing holiday season! and if you havent seen the first part of the video, you can check out out on our channel page! thanks everyone, i really appreciate all the awesome comments you guys leave!!!

@MrCaissed 7 ай бұрын

Hi I’ve been watching for a bit and don’t usually say anything but I’m curious how you got started! This pit is loaded. I like the shoefly flasks and the ball neck amber bottles. They would be a conversation starter if I reused them for liquor!

@seektheunscene3746 6 ай бұрын

Hey man, fascinating channel! What do you do with the bottles after finding them?

@user-ig1gz8eo8h 6 ай бұрын

bell ans pharmase

@bigpoppa101101 6 ай бұрын

@MrCaissed he got started in the back yard of his family farm in North Dakota. Plenty of good articles on him if you search his name.

@thecatsmeowfromny 7 ай бұрын

I was in an antique shop yesterday and found myself looking at all the old bottles, saying, "Hmm, that's a tooled top bottle. ".. thanks guys for educating me, whether I wanted to be or not 😂

@g1stylempdesign929 3 ай бұрын

Me on eBay looking up Hutchington sodas from DT and googling tooled top

@sniddley 7 ай бұрын

The thin glass tube with a base is a thermometer holder for next to a sick bed, it usually held isopropyl alcohol which “cleansed” the thermometer between uses.

@FreakyMalo 7 ай бұрын

The glass panes could be photographic plates for the wet collodion process popular into the early 20th Century, rendered mostly obsolete when a dry-emulsion process was introduced. If they measure 4-3/4"x6-1/2" it's quite possible and would explain why they found their way into a trash pit of that era.

@macfilms9904 7 ай бұрын

I think the hotel must have had a saloon on the ground floor & a doctor's office or a surgery upstairs -it would explain the nutty number of liquor bottles along with huge numbers of pharmaceutical, bandage and chemical bottles.

@user-bu4zo6uu2q 7 ай бұрын

Every dig you have a find of lifetime...

@Working-in-NY 3 ай бұрын

I am 65 and started digging when I was12. Fun to watch. Lots of time and lots of work. A true labor of love.

@samjosweeney4286 7 ай бұрын

Could you please show us 1 day all your lovely collection of stuff you have found xxx❤❤❤❤

@oldmanterraform7900 7 ай бұрын

Hi Andrew,thanks for the digs we enjoy.At the end you usually show 2x screen shots of cleaned items,would really like to see more cleaned items,Cheers.

@HereKittyKitty 6 ай бұрын

Yes I want to see these Cleaned! And also his collection

@user-xd2ky4it8m 2 ай бұрын

Probably in a museum folks

@enaidyeltneb369 7 ай бұрын

I really like the new camera angle. Instead of just looking down on the top of your head this makes it seem more like we are there with you. This is one time to be grateful smell-o-vision has not been invented yet!

@bigpoppa101101 6 ай бұрын

The pits don't smell unless they're beneath the water table

@carolynsimone8647 7 ай бұрын

So glad you found the hutch...and all the hundreds of others . This was an unbelievable amount of bottles ..thanks for sharing...🥰🥰

@bouncerslabrealnature9143 7 ай бұрын

You do the work and it pays off ... Nuff Said 🎉.

@BelowthePlains 7 ай бұрын

haha thanks for watching!

@deancole4559 7 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!!!🥇🇺🇲.....you guy's are true detectives!!!!!

@karendavis7988 7 ай бұрын

The window panes were such an interesting find! ❤

@TCW-hw6iw 7 ай бұрын

Some great and rare finds. They are indeed amazing and probable holy grails to someone. Collectors are probably salvitating over some of these. To the uninitiated their just bottles; to the knowledgeable they can be worth big money, tens of thousands is not unheard of but not common. I pulled an old bottle out of the St. Lawrence river ,round bottom with a glass ball in the neck. Traded it for a case of bear, I now know I should have kept it, they may be common elsewhere, but rare to find in this area. That was over 50 years ago, I would today rate that as a unicorn.

@kathysenn7664 7 ай бұрын

with all the liquor bottles and the gauze jars, maybe a bar brawl ? if anyones inclined, could check out newspapers from then.. so much history in the holes you dig.. thanks for taking us along..

@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 7 ай бұрын

Tom, the size of that pit was incredible. The bottles with the stoppers were awesome and loved the Watkins amber. You uncovered so many intact bottles, looked like nice soil to dig as well. Great job and filming from Jake.👍👏😀

@sharonvitori4101 7 ай бұрын

So much fun to watch

@BelowthePlains 7 ай бұрын

haha thanks

@ToddTheJoker 7 ай бұрын

Another awesome dig! The Leintz Hutchinson Soda bottle was the high point! thank you and take care guys! I look forward to the next dig adventure!

@calvinstreeting1173 7 ай бұрын

could the flat pieces of glass be old photographic plates ?

@swbottles 7 ай бұрын

I think they are to.

@cecoya 7 ай бұрын

Some great finds for sure. Like all the brown square gauze bottles too. Happy digging and have a great day. Happy Holidays to you and yours

@richardthomas1743 7 ай бұрын

More exploring ! YAY!!

@alisonmary1443 7 ай бұрын

Thank you again and absolutely delighted for your awesome finds, well deserved 🌟

@revminTphresh 7 ай бұрын

that was a gnarly looking "use layer." make sure you have your shots up to date.

@jakobboisclair224 7 ай бұрын

Love that video I'm in California and it's hard to find sites to dig anymore. Had some good ones in San Francisco with most bottled from 1870-1890 bitters beer bottles. All your videos are great keep up the good work.

@belalugrisi1614 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Tom, fascinating finds. It must have been a lovely time before plastic!

@lucymcrae162 7 ай бұрын

I'm thinking that perhaps someone had a limb amputated or a very bad wound that needed new dressings often....such a great dig!

@tristabush5536 7 ай бұрын

Love your wealth of knowledge on the things you find!

@philipcallicoat3147 7 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for the appearance of the Holy Grail ... You're gonna find it...!!! Thanks again for your very well done posts🤓...😊

@dottiereyes6563 6 ай бұрын

Hello. I am new to your channel and I truly enjoy what I have viewed so far. I am curious if you ever show how you clean your finds and where you sell them. Do you have a shop? Thank you for your time.

@BelowthePlains 6 ай бұрын

we were planning on setting up a shop this winter. probably wont start on it until after new years. and we actually get that request a lot, to show how we clean them up. we use acid and stuff like that, and everything is frozen right now. so we can probably film something this coming spring. we actually get asked that alot, but last summer was so chaotic, everything just kinda fell by the wayside. well, im glad you found the channel! thanks for watching

@terrencebuller7676 7 ай бұрын

Holy Moly, amazing amount of bottles. Because of all the medical bottles, could there have been a sickness or blight that infected the town? Just curious. Great program. Take care and stay safe. 👍

@williamakerboom7475 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful all that found bottles. I'm from The Netherlands and here I dig with freinds on a dump out of Haarlem. Lots of ink, milk and perfume bottles.

@randb4865 7 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@user-bv3cl2cl8b 7 ай бұрын

Wow!!! So many unbroken bottles and glass containers!!! Who needs bubble wrap when you can pack a privy full of poop and bottles for a hundred years and only having just a few of the bottles breaking!!!😊❤

@andrewowens9382 7 ай бұрын

Hi Tom and jake another good pit and a that was a big pit so many bottles and quiet a horde well done both 👏 👍 Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

@zappa3543 7 ай бұрын

Another great job

@kacythomas7436 7 ай бұрын

Those antiseptic gauze bottles were used as spice bottles in my mom, family and friends in the 1950's

@philipCallicoat 22 күн бұрын

These under the plains are very redundant!!! Love it ❤!¡

@melissafedele6568 6 ай бұрын

Such amazing finds😊

@barbarahatcher4552 7 ай бұрын

I’m glad to see the rest of this dig

@warrenmink2429 7 ай бұрын

Another awesome dig man ! Wow ! Thanks for sharing

@withoutdestination7840 7 ай бұрын

My guess with all of the gauze jars, it that a dentist 🦷 worked out of the hotel.

@beverlyhanlon8376 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful bottles cleaned up. Stay well.

@michelledean6157 7 ай бұрын

Is it possible the glass panes are for producing negatives for photos?

@user-hz2xl4co9u 3 ай бұрын

Always interesting your finds. My favorite part is showing some of the nicer pieces at the end cleaned up. The amber covered glass, really pretty.

@dannmccord1923 7 ай бұрын

Boy Tom that pit was really loaded. Awesome with all those beautiful. Have a happy and merry Christmas. Love your videos

@user-xd2ky4it8m 2 ай бұрын

You can tell the good by the calming voice 😊

@anniesilver9201 7 ай бұрын

I just these videos!! See that old shoe sole? Please sell the broken pottery… we make jewelry out of it! Couldn’t be more authentic than this. 🙂

@atuuschaaw 7 ай бұрын

Incredible!

@debbejones6086 7 ай бұрын

Another great video thanks 😊

@nickt7658 7 ай бұрын

And another one w Tom just killing it! N.T.

@peggybaxter8480 7 ай бұрын

Thank. You!

@andygulick6085 7 ай бұрын

Another great dig

@samsager1 7 ай бұрын

Hell yaaaa!!!

@mercedithcompala8148 3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@ianmax5263 7 ай бұрын

Nice Hutch!

@heidiwilkinson8514 6 ай бұрын

Love your show tom askjem 😊

@BelowthePlains 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! we appreciate that

@heidiwilkinson8514 6 ай бұрын

Your welcome tom askjem keep up good work 😊

@heidiwilkinson8514 6 ай бұрын

I love those hutch soda bottles too I wish I had one from valley city north dakota that would be awesome

@philipcallicoat3147 4 ай бұрын

Amazing how many glass containers are unbroken in your pit... That's kinda unusual....Glad for you...🌟

@jerrysadventures8952 7 ай бұрын

awesome video

@ChrispyMulder 7 ай бұрын

Wow. You had to work this one with so much in it.

@Muraenidae68 7 ай бұрын

The footed base piece looks like a graduated cylinder used in a lab.

@fireflyidaho1 7 ай бұрын

Or to measure medications for the doctors office.

@swbottles 7 ай бұрын

Nice hutch.

@show-metreasure3438 6 ай бұрын

Wow, is all I can say!!!

@metaldetectingthenortheast1294 6 ай бұрын

12:25 Bell & co Orangeburg NY. Seen them embossed Bell-Ans as well. There's also a Bell-ans version in slightly lighter amber that just says Bell-Ans. Similar shape to those cobalt bromo seltzers just smaller. They were some kind of indigestion remedy. Dug a few of both in an ash dump.

@barbannco 7 ай бұрын

those glass panels maybe old glass photography panels....have seen them about that size

@mjrailey4958 6 ай бұрын

Ok you made me look up the Lithia tablets. They had lithium in them. This led me to Lithia Springs Ga. The springs also had a high lithium, and mineral content. It was a spa and the water was also bottled.

@lynnerodgers4461 7 ай бұрын

The test tibe thing with the footed base was probably a urimeter. Urine would be put in tube and another thermometer type thing would be placed into it. It told the DR what the specific gravity of the urine was. AKA checking for dehydration. If it's what I believe it to be.

@sekaf4125 7 ай бұрын

Love watching the channel. Is there an episode where you explain things like use layer, what the different bottles mean etc?

@jodybishel6556 7 ай бұрын

What an extraordinary dig! Maybe you could team up with a candle maker to put a nice scented candle in all those gauze bottles? I'd buy one. It would really show off the bubbles in the old glass. Happy Holidays!

@thesehandsart 3 ай бұрын

They liked their liquor cheep, their flights rough and then burned the place down! 😂 Seriously though... I was sad for you that so few were embossed but WOW that was a haul!

@glennaw1547 6 ай бұрын

In pharmacy we used the long tubes with the footed base all the time for mixing operations.

@DCHoosier62 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! 300 + and such a long pit! Y’all had to be tired after filling all that back in.

@jazmyneabbott3273 7 ай бұрын

BLUMPKIN TIIIMEEEE!!!!!

@alchik1 7 ай бұрын

Looks like a small volume graduated cylinder used in a pharmacy.

@fireflyidaho1 7 ай бұрын

Exactly what I thought, too!

@wildwildwestie1 7 ай бұрын

I'd love to buy a few of your Brecht bottles! My son is a Brecht from Michigan. They would make a nice Christmas gift!

@budrohammbone2806 7 ай бұрын

Wow ! You may need to bring some backfill dirt on this one !

@wildwildwestie1 7 ай бұрын

Please tell what you do with all these old bottles? I dug a couple of times around old buildings back in the 70's. My favorite was a big ole clear glass Apple shape bottle😊

@manderson3231 7 ай бұрын

Maybe the Doctors office shared the outhouse with the hotel. Maybe the Doctors office was in the same building. Lol

@midwestmafia8391 7 ай бұрын

You are a digging fool! Another awesome video.

@vickinoeske1154 7 ай бұрын

Whoa - 335 bottles!

@imawehole 7 ай бұрын

What a haul. Bravo. 👏 👏 I'd love to see your collection. I bet it's incredible. Do you have it on display someplace for all to see? You're so smart. Would like to shake your hand. Also do you ever find coins in your pits?

@user-id3uz9gs9u 6 ай бұрын

Greetings Tom, that "test tube" @ 3:59, A cylinder with a base plate looks to me, to most likely be a graduated cylinder, labware, used to measure small volumes of liquids

@citygirljody 7 ай бұрын

Willmar Steam Laundry and Bottling Works, because they go together. This was filmed in August or September? You guys will have to road trip south at this time of the year.

@The_Butler_Did_It 7 ай бұрын

I'm wondering if the "mouth blown window panes" at 31:43 might actually be photographic plates. I'm imagining someone's collection of negatives of "artists models in artistic poses" being discovered by his wife and thrown down the latrine

@allysloper1882 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@WillsEasyGuitar 6 ай бұрын

I have a question, and it would be great if you did a video on the subject. How do you know where to dig? it isn't like a metal detector would work, and since it is glass, it shouldn't create a sinkhole that would persist. It seems to me that even if you knew where an old building used to be, there would be no signs where something was once buried or burned when it is many feet under the topsoil. over time the ground should level itself out due to rain and wind. I find this very confusing. what method do you use to find these exact locations?

@miker5893 7 ай бұрын

thanks for the videos. if you use an old hand towel to wipe off the bottles you wont need to take your glove off so much

@BUFFAJOEZ 7 ай бұрын

What do you do with all the slick bottles? I’m sure you sell the better and rare bottles. I bet you have a garage full of bottles. I like your vids

@tinaj984 7 ай бұрын

😲😲😲😍😍😍💖

@davewilson9738 7 ай бұрын

With all the gauze, was this a hotel/TB clinic possibly? Incredible pit!

@TheRobq7 6 ай бұрын

The test tube with a foot is simply called a Graduated Cylinder

@kathleenheston5295 7 ай бұрын

From all the Medical gauze jars, Prescription bottles and test tubes/pharmaceutical measuring tubes, my guess would be that a hospital was on that site or Doctors office.

@nancyaltimus6794 7 ай бұрын

The glass tube with base looks like a bud vase to me.

@kennethstickney8819 7 ай бұрын

I would have to disagree. It is glassware from a chemist,and probably when cleaned up will show graduation.

@Abigail84033 7 ай бұрын

Cool video! If you find 50 of the same type of bottle and they aren’t very rare or collectible, do you just re- bury them? Thanks!

@terrilawson2559 4 ай бұрын

I love those little juice bottles. Do you sell them?

@ElizabethBattle 23 күн бұрын

Maybe the saloon had a signature drink made with grape juice...?

@jaibo1313 2 ай бұрын

Enjoy your videos....do you have any videos of you cleaning your finds and what do you do with all these? Got an online store where you sell them. Thanks for the feedback....

@robertmcmanus636 6 ай бұрын

Could those glass plates be photographic plates?

@weylguy 7 ай бұрын

Any chemist would recognize the graduated cylinder at 3:56..

@fireflyidaho1 7 ай бұрын

Or Pharmacist, too

@WizzardofOdds 7 ай бұрын

I am surprised that with so many having water in them that they didn't break open from freezing. Are they below the frost line, I know it gets cold in N Dakota.