Strange Sink Spots in a Field Lead to a Holy Grail Find in an Underground Structure from 1901

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11 ай бұрын

Excavating a series of privies at the former site of a hotel in Balfour, North Dakota.
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@BelowthePlains 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching everyone! remember to hit that like button and leave us a comment! and if you wanna support us on patreon, theres a link in the description. thanks!

@Toodle.Pipp001 11 ай бұрын

Time to put a pair of fishing waders in your kit 😆 great haul

@carterdegroot1798 11 ай бұрын

What is that tool that you use to loosen top soil so you can shovel the dirt out? Out here in Oklahoma the grounds really hard.

@Sonny15-215 10 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea to use Metal Detector while digging,you could find old coins,bullets,jewelry,etc you never know.

@user-ip9sb5pt7o 4 ай бұрын

Do you get to keep your finds, or a percentage of it.

@didisalyers4460 11 ай бұрын

I am amazed at your ability to find bottles in the middle of a field.

@Steve-Pitt 11 ай бұрын

Perfect timing! I've been digging bottles for about 25 years now, not at this level but this is the best bottle digging Channel I've ever watched!

@Blackholeforyou 11 ай бұрын

For the US. Watch some from across the pond. They find more then whiskey flasks🙃

@Steve-Pitt 11 ай бұрын

Good try, for the UK. It's not just what's being dug it's their presentation. I've dug plenty of patent medicine bottles and old Crockery myself. Interested in local history not what's across the pond.

@diann546 9 ай бұрын

In US try "Wildkyle"

@lisacates4185 8 ай бұрын

I love them both💗🙏🏻

@larisarogers2649 11 ай бұрын

You always make these digs so exciting with your enthusiasm over thing you find. Thank guys for the fun digs.

@MrSpock002 11 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC dig brother!! That hutch makes wallowing in the mud worth it!!!! Nice finds!!!

@Looter8TreasureHunter 11 ай бұрын

That hutch bottle you cleaned up is insane! Congrats! Another amazing dig.

@JHSullivanIII 11 ай бұрын

Your natural camera charisma is sooo underdeveloped (while your passion and expertise are so high) that the outcome is somehow completely charming. : )

@brendaprice7686 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jake and Tom for all the hard work of digging and putting up a vlog. I love watching all the treasures you pull up.👌🏻

@benkirkland5354 11 ай бұрын

“Dennis! There’s some lovely filth down here!” Love the channel

@alisonmary1443 11 ай бұрын

Wow! you found it, intact, the holy grail of soda bottles, well done and well deserved 🌟 I agree some really cool shaped bottles on this dig. Thank you both.

@dantheman164 11 ай бұрын

Great digging. Just a quick tip, check those old shoes out. I have found old coins inside. Like they kept it in there for luck. Don’t throw them out!

@richardthomas1743 11 ай бұрын

HEY! Hello and thumbs UP!!

@tomb2768 9 ай бұрын

Gotta be dedicated to dig that much dirt and then fill it back in. Great videos! And cool finds. You know your stuff !

@andrewowens9382 11 ай бұрын

Hi Tom and jake always looking forward to watching your videos always find it very interesting and also learn about bottles different styles all the best Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

@alanvotta3847 11 ай бұрын

Keel up the good digs..I thoroughly enjoy your personality and feel your love for the dig

@idaho2ndgens240 11 ай бұрын

That hutch and amber Carter's are epic!! Congratulations on a tremendous dig and finds. Thanks so much for putting these awesome videos!

@samsager1 11 ай бұрын

One of the best times I've had in quite a while hanging out and digging with you dudes! Hope for more soon!

@jonathanfloming1045 11 ай бұрын

Love your format Tom...adventure and education simultaneously. Thanks for all your hard work.

@JamesWestAZ 11 ай бұрын

Looks like the Bottle Jackpot guys......... Some pretty cool ones as usual. And Tom........ really glad to see you being careful, and a bit leary of those old bottles. When that one explored on you a while back scared the hell out of me. And I was just watching. Could been a really bad situation for you. Luckily it turned out OK, and you was not hurt.

@nickt7658 6 ай бұрын

Time to rock another one Tom! Thanks!

@justmenotyou3151 11 ай бұрын

Cool finds but please be careful you don't undercut the sides and risk being buried.

@oldfordcarsandtrucks 10 ай бұрын

Great job! Lots of great finds. I feel like I should be on the commode when I watch these, lol

@pamvizina8668 10 ай бұрын

I love watching you retrieve these old containers! Way to go

@user-ke7qc3qm8s 9 ай бұрын

Really like the history that you bring to the surface.

@NicoleVanessa76 11 ай бұрын

Your videos are a perfect end to my day. So relaxing and comforting. Thank you!

@Dan-hk3ge 11 ай бұрын

So glad your sharing those photos of clean bottles and info at the end. These were some neat ones.

@Aztecs911 11 ай бұрын

So many corked bottles there. I would of put on the safety goggles considering that exploding bottle you had.

@katiekones 9 ай бұрын

I started watching your channel by accident and I Love it

@kathycronin3571 11 ай бұрын

That little jug is to cute. Didn't know they made them that small. Great finds today

@carolynsimone8647 11 ай бұрын

Gotta love the Hutches...the little blue bromo, too...Always enjoy your videos,the history and God bless you all for the hard work that goes into these big...thanks for sharing...🥰🥰

@philipcallicoat3147 11 ай бұрын

Find that treasure!!! Thanks for sharing with us. Also, thanks to your off camera crew❤...

@warrenmink2429 11 ай бұрын

Awesome finds man , congratulations on you hutch and amber ink , love them all really . Thank you for what you do

@michaelschuenemann3505 11 ай бұрын

Love that Advertising Mini Jug - very Sweet ! A nice Embossed Hutch as well - Pit #1 was Not too Bad and more History brought up to the Surface - very nice ! Pit #2 - An Intact Crock - wow - Congrats ! A "Holy Grail" Hutch - another WOW ! Thank You and many Cheers from Australia !!!!

@philipehrman8608 11 ай бұрын

Enjoying your videos, they are great.

@manderson3231 11 ай бұрын

Congratulations on that Hutch!! 🎉

@daviddarrall9384 11 ай бұрын

'There's Whiskey in the Jug'. Not much though! UK. I love your Naration during each dig! ❤.

@firecracker8071 11 ай бұрын

You found some real beauty's in this dig

@juicebox86 11 ай бұрын

Love the Bromo blues. Quite abundant here in MD, but I still pick up the ones of great quality. Thanks for sharing.

@kellyschroeder7437 11 ай бұрын

Awesome finds. Such dedicated work !!!!

@soonzach4017 11 ай бұрын

As always love your channel, thank you for sharing 👍 👋 🙏

@jeffclark2725 11 ай бұрын

Great video thumbs up, the water seems to help with the digs,really enjoying coming along with you guys

@saintsof7842 11 ай бұрын

Awesome content Tom and gang ....keep up the great work, your producing better and better vids.

@connieholley1124 11 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed the next dig will be dry and sandy, after two in the mud and water. Great finds on the rare bottle and so many more. Thanks teams.

@tinaj984 11 ай бұрын

Love the shoofly/coffin flasks!! Would love to own one. Great dig, thank you!!!😍😍💖

@mygrammieis 11 ай бұрын

Soo cool of a dig and be safe out there and safe Journeys 🙏🏻💫🤟

@theresamueller7112 10 ай бұрын

Hi ! Just happened upon you!! Great show! I am a 73 year old frustrated antiquer on the east coast!can I send you a pic of a old thin jug type with a circle handle some one painted yellow? I am addicted to your show! Luck to you !🍀🍀

@andygulick6085 11 ай бұрын

Hard core duo

@Gloria-qy3dd 11 ай бұрын

Wow,I like your knowledge of bottles.

@jeffdean1077 11 ай бұрын

The way you find the pits is a mystery to us you show how you find them.

@viridiangreen8259 10 ай бұрын

Great finds - great research 💛

@enaidyeltneb369 11 ай бұрын

Love the sit and dig!

@peggybaxter8480 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@repewtadabuta302 11 ай бұрын

Congrats on your finds !!

@glennmurphy1820 11 ай бұрын

Great hutch.Its amazing how you find these pits in the middle of nowhere.

@billiehydrick6417 11 ай бұрын

Yes sir 👏 another day success

@ianmax5263 11 ай бұрын

Great dig!

@edbiggie 11 ай бұрын

Fun to watch !!!

@melissacoulter3996 11 ай бұрын

Awesome Find

@lisacates4185 8 ай бұрын

Love your videos 🎉😊

@dirtclodmetaldetecting 11 ай бұрын

Awesome finds!

@user-ds8ht6th2k 11 ай бұрын

Greetings from Sweden. Very interesting!😊

@janloewen3404 11 ай бұрын

I love watching your videos. Very interesting. What do you do with all you find. Thank you for the fun

@kaolinwasher 11 ай бұрын

Good dig Tom , nice flasks comming out

@petesuntrup2095 11 ай бұрын

Nice dig Tom!

@patablanche5075 11 ай бұрын

Love the little Bromo!

@Abigail84033 11 ай бұрын

Really cool! But I do have a question. Do you have any health concerns digging in old outhouse pits?

@lisastankiewicz1926 11 ай бұрын

Tetanus, hepatitis…etc?

@Stockcreekhomestead 11 ай бұрын

Been to long to get Anthony scary but tetanus would always be a concern my fear would be to dig up a body

@danarandol164 9 ай бұрын

@@StockcreekhomesteadI wonder the same, doubt KZfaq would let him film it😂

@papeep2694 11 ай бұрын

Awesome pit. Deserves an algorithm tickle.

@Badger705 10 ай бұрын

I would like to see video with the bottle's cleaned up and the current value of them

@laurietinsley8060 11 ай бұрын

That was a sweet haul.

@patrickturner2788 11 ай бұрын

A friend of mine was cleaning out his grandmother attic. He found a square bottle with a cork in it The label was in perfect condition. It said "tincture of cannabis " on it and listed a couple dozen uses for it from menstrual cramps to insomnia. It still had some black tar like substance in it.

@ninaappelt9001 11 ай бұрын

That mini jug is the coolest thing I've seen.

@allagorbova239 11 ай бұрын

Can you make a video 101, explaining how to find spot to dig, how deep you need to dig, what's the best tools to use and etc

@cathybenson5119 11 ай бұрын

Maybe, you should keep a pair of waders in your car in case you come across water in the pit. That way you don't to worry about getting water in your boots. LOL 😆

@jerrysadventures8952 11 ай бұрын

amazing fines

@monteengel461 11 ай бұрын

My Mother grew up on a farm outside of Balfour. Her maternal grandparents had one of the stores in town.

@suzannemoran7281 11 ай бұрын

That's really interesting. Does she remember anything she was told about the town ?

@monteengel461 11 ай бұрын

@@suzannemoran7281 Yes, she remembered things, but she was born in 1928 so only from the 1930s-40s. She graduated from the high school in Balfour. I doubt that the hotel was still in operation in the mid ‘30s.

@miken5413 11 ай бұрын

Another great video! Do you ever run a metal detector through the pits? It seems some coins or jewelry could have been dropped as well .

@jerryb8278 10 ай бұрын

I like to screen sift some artifact layer dirt when at a particularly wealthy pit. And, either my partner or I (whoever is not working in the pit at that time) will run a detector over the dig pile as new inches of dirt are added. But a metal detector is sort of a pain in the ass due to tons of small iron.

@susank9506 6 ай бұрын

This one was gross but shows your determination and hard work ethic. I love that little blue bottle!

@davewilson9738 11 ай бұрын

Great episode as usual, but waders would help and some long arm gloves!

@kerrybyers257 11 ай бұрын

You could use a portable pump on these digs. Powerline + a mud bath= YIKES!

@AlterMann57 11 ай бұрын

What do you do with the cool bottles etc. that you dig up? Are they donated to local history societies, or do you keep them? I love that you do this, and your videos are immensely enjoyable.

@katherinekaufman9856 11 ай бұрын

I keep wondering the same thing! Are they available for purchase by your viewers?

@jessereitmeyer2817 11 ай бұрын

Interesting you mentioned out house , I have found many nice bottles in a place where I knew for a fact that there once was an out house mostly beer and liquor guess great grand dad used to like a nip while contemplating on the throne

@deloradeabel8487 11 ай бұрын

WOW

@normagrimstad8869 11 ай бұрын

I’d love that ink bottle from Cambridge Mass.

@sqnhunter 10 ай бұрын

Strange sink spots in a filed.... who could ever associate privies with lots of bottles???? How lucky that find is!! ?

@Phaota 11 ай бұрын

You should invest in some rubber wader pants for wet digs. Also, if you have water in the hole, use it to wash off the bottles for displaying to the camera. Then we can see them better.

@ritahall8653 11 ай бұрын

Wow

@edwardallan197 4 ай бұрын

Logic says this hard working young man is going to find something of GREAT historic and/or cash value. As he keeps going, the odds just get bettter. The privy pit was where you tossed what you wanted to disappear, for any of hundreds of reasons....😊

@vintageintheraw7730 11 ай бұрын

You could use a little sump pump for some of these digs. Still enjoy your hard work and finds.

@alan83251 10 ай бұрын

Mixing Davis Vegetable Pain Killer with original Coke recipe would have been quite the trip!

@BulletsandButtons 11 ай бұрын

Beer bottles back then usually just had the neck broken off to access the beer. I’ve found such broken bottles out on the Bozeman Trail in Wyoming.

@christyschadoff2765 11 ай бұрын

I’ve been watching now for 3 months & I used to use my metal detector on the average we lived on. Found a lot of fun stuff - old car parts, rusted nails, kids old metal cars & some change. We saved lots of items, so I was wondering what do you do with the old bottles, etc you find?

@dkramer8872 11 ай бұрын

Proof that drinking heavily has been a staple in my state forever!

@sandacathan9787 11 ай бұрын

I am totally amazed by the number of bottles that are laying in the ground. Why have people tossed them on the ground in such a way without any thought about the potential harm caused by either the contents if the glass is broken, or the danger of broken glass?

@jerryb8278 10 ай бұрын

Oh summer child (I kid)...people into even the early 1980's still put used motor oil on weeds in fence rows to kill and keep down weed growth. Imagine the carelessness about 90 years before the end of the oil dumping era?!? BTW, those bottles were thrown down into the pee and poop in the shithouse, not just thrown onto the ground.

@jjhyde5179 11 ай бұрын

what do you do with all the stuff you find after they are dug up? i’m just really curious! i do enjoy watching your videos

@macfilms9904 11 ай бұрын

I'm assuming that intact beer & soda bottles are less common in these outhouse pits because they could be returned and refilled? I remember as a kid in Boulder Colo. we'd take empty soda bottles to the "pop-shop" for filling. If I recall correctly, you got a discount for bringing empty bottles back.

@AxeC345 11 ай бұрын

Sweet finds. How long did it take to dig out?

@Sandra-vg1jn 11 ай бұрын

Love your enthusiasm when you find something good. Do these former outhouse pits smell bad, and are they bacteria infested? I know they are over 100 years old, and that you do find undigested seeds.

@jerryb8278 10 ай бұрын

They don't have any distinct flavor compared to regular dirt (or smell, ha) Actually sometimes they're a lil funky, but to me that's coming from old, rotting timbers on a wood lined pit...or just because of the water table inhibiting aerobic bacteria growth (and encouraging anaerobic bacteria, the stinky kind) But no real poo smell, generally speaking

@Sandra-vg1jn 10 ай бұрын

@@jerryb8278 Okay, thank you for the answer!

@60sbaby70sgirl 11 ай бұрын

The mini jug is amazing. Worried about that wet hole collapsing in on you. Should you be using something to brace up the wall to keep it from collapsing?