Digging Up a Grave One Year After Burial
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- This is me opening a rather fresh, 1 year old grave. The plot allows for burial up to two caskets, one on top of the other. The family decided to hire our funeral home to bury their loved one again, which is always a nice thing, because it shows trust put in our services. This is very important to me as I try to be as professional as I can and I pride myself in that.
The previous hole is marked in the ground as an indentation in the legs area.
I needed to get to the last year's casket, leave a layer of soil on it and even everything out.
What I forgot to mention in the video is, that there was no smell coming out of the casket and that it has collapsed in the legs, from the weight of the soil (hence the indentation on the ground level).
I took me a little over an hour, the mosquitos were merciless and the walls kept collapsing.
The next day, the husband joined his wife in the grave, with her casket being untouched and covered with a layer of soil and his casket placed on top of her. After 20 years passes and if the family wishes to do so, we can rebury both of them much deeper and the plot will allow for up to two new caskets on top of each other. It's a common practice in Poland, due to the lack of space and I myself have four members of my family lying in one grave like that, with the oldest one dead since 1988.
I wanted to dig this quick and I lifted shovels a bit too full, which resulted in my back being strained a bit. The pain went away in two days but I need to be more reasonable in the future. Back injury is the most common injury among the undertakers and I threw mine in the last year already.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Dismantling the grave
0:20 Explanation
0:52 Securing other graves
1:03 Initial digging
1:56 The wall starts cracking
2:23 Dragging the soil around and digging deeper
3:09 Reaching the last's year coffin
3:36 Describing the casket
3:53 Preparing the spot for the next coffin
4:40 The wall collapsing
4:45 Final touches
4:55 The Dead Man's View
5:16 Cleaning myself after work
5:33 Final look at the grave
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what amazes me is how you were able to dig it up all by yourself without an excavator. It took me an hour just to dig up a knee-deep grave for my dead dog.
Looks like really soft dirt.
The soil was very soft and easy to dig in. I wasn't my first time digging either.
Thats just not deep enough, hes gonna come after you.
Same for my cat. The dirt was hard and dry in the summer heat, not to mention we were digging through roots. Arms were black by the end.
Been almost 3 years and despite being buried in a cardboard box the grave hasn't caved in or been dug up by a dog (live in the city so had to drive out to a forest). You'd never know it was there. The forest is undergoing reforestation though, all the non-native plantation conifers will be gradually removed and replaced by native oak, birch, rowan and ash trees over the next century, restoring the natural habitat. So he'll be dug up eventually but that's life. Burn me and chuck me wherever.
@@ShintyShinto we have 13 cats buried on our property (all our babies died of old age). I'd hate for them to be dug up.
I watch these videos of Martin because he is a real character this guy is one of a kind and caring very serious about his work Thanks Martin stay safe Godspeed
Thank you your majesty 🙂
I agree caring for
The dead is a sacred
Occupation and calling
I wish I would have had
Someone like Martin
When my little s
Disabled brother passed away
17 years ago the funeral home
Showed so little respect
For him as we did not
Have a lot of money
@@Nccr3-ht8gmI’m really sorry that happened and that you have to deal with those memories. ❤
Bro why is this on TH-cam
Don’t like how he says, ‘looks fresh’
When my aunt passed on in 2014, she was buried next to her father, who had passed in 1963. At the grave service, you could clearly see the side of his metal coffin beside where hers would go. It held up remarkably well.
You saw the vault. The bare coffin does not go into the ground, it's inside the vault.
@@janet20257 you know everything.. sometimes things aren't the same.. open your mind and shut your mouth.. respect different cultures
@@337caprice you shut your mouth. It's NOT a matter of culture. It's of burial regulations, dumbass
It's possible that it was a metal Clark Grave vault. In the 60s when her father passed the metal Clark vaults were fairly common and they are shaped like a casket. Most of the Clark vaults are made of galvanized steel and hold up very well.
@@RADIUMGLASS thanks for that info
And this is why I'm being cremated.
Yep..same here. And scattered on my favourite beach
Same here! When my dad died, we took his cremated remains to a beach where he and his friends had explored as children, overlooked by the clay banks they used to climb. He had asked me to do this beforehand. Full circle so to speak.
Amen, just make sure they don't sell pieces of you for thousands of dollars
@@jacquelinelayne7702 My body will be donated to Science Care, although because of the extent of My health i can't donate organs my cadaver will be used by medical students, they pick you up and when finished cremate you , give you back to the person you designate, total cost 0, hopefully someone will live because a Dr learned an invaluable lesson
Exactly!
Grave digger in The Netherlands. Here we use an excavator. On older cemeteries with narrow paths we do have to dig by hand. 3 coffins max in each grave. The first one at around 2.8m, second at 1.8m, and last at 1.1m. we always use metal boards to prevent the walls caving in. We wouldn't want the neighbor to come for a visit during the actual funeral. Really loving your channel. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for sharing! We dig up to a 2,5m the deepest with wooden reinforcements if the soil is loose. We can stack two coffins on top of each other but then we can rebury after 20 years so there can be many persons in one spot. My grandma lies with three other people (family also).
@@MartinsGraveyard I have a question. Someone I knows siblings died in a house fire. There were 5 that died. Between the ages of 18months and 12 years of age. All in the same plot. How would they all of fitted in one plot? It happened in 1997.
Thanks.
@@charliegirlize Well, it depends on how much was left of them. Sometimes children can end up with a parent in one casket. Sometimes there are just pieces left like from train or airplane accidents. They take up little space.
@@MartinsGraveyard they would of been full bodies. It was the smoke that got them 😔. Can you put 5 coffins in one grave?
@@charliegirlize You can put 4 in a double family grave (2 times wider than normal) but I can only speak about how we do it in Poland. I don't know how it is done in your neck of the woods.
This was a surprise from the You Tube algorithm. Great job and video. Keep up the good work. I'm a gravedigger in the US.
Thank you! Greetings from Poland, fellow gravedigger.
Thank you for what you do, it takes a special kind of person to do this type work
I wanted to be gravedigger when I was 7
Every breath we take we're closer to this moment.
The moment of birth you start dying
Wow that’s deep 👎🏻
Exactly, Lucas,every day we get up ,is one day closer to our demise..wether we realize it or not.
He didn’t video the icky part at the end. One year and the remains would still be mostly whole, gooey and very stinky.
@@adipocere1066he never intended to exume whoever was already there He It was a companion grave They were going to bury a second body on top of the first
It reminds me of the graveyard I visited in Bielsko Biala during the summer of 1998. They had family monuments for underground burial which were tombs with shelves. Large family tombs were built with a thick granite slab covering the entrance, could fit 4 to 6. When it was removed you would see the caskets on shelves. I remember visiting the cemetery and seeing one of the old monuments ready to cave in. Going back one week later the entire tomb crashed in and you could see pre-war coffins on shelves. One was very ornate and made of copper, possibly pre 1900.
The cemetery I worked at had the hardest clay soil and was a b*tch to dig even with a backhoe during a drought. We would have to saturate the ground to make it easier and that barely helped.
I have the upmost respect for undertakers and anyone that must deal with the dead. If it wern't for them, things would be in a big mess. Someone has to do it. I take my hat off to you Martin.
Thank you Mike.
It's a job most of us wouldnt do for any amount of money, so hats off to Martin and his grave digging compatriots
I'm in the US and my best friend & his family lived above a funeral home (they owned a few of them). It was so weird to have dead bodies on the floor below us while we would all hang out. lol His mom & dad ended up hiring me and their son to pick up bodies. I've seen some stuff that would blow your mind. Suicides & fire victims were always rough. It takes a special person to deal with death & grief every single day.
I work in cemeteries. So in saying so I certainly can appreciate what a hard worker you are.
so you also film your work and upload it to social media without the families permission or the knowledge of your employer. It is an absolute invasion of privacy.
@@60toodles oh no I’m a contractor who cares for many cemeteries. I sure enjoy watching your content though. Thx
Utterly rubbish, its only about 3 ft, I'm a gravedigger for 22 years 12 of them digging by hand some I dug myself to 6 n half feet, about 3 or 4 times a week, hard ground new ground, that's soft digging what we call a reopen, ie been dug before so nothing physical it's all loose, you don't know what your talking about
I find myself fascinated by the easy digging in Polish soil. A flat shovel would get you nowhere deeper than the grass where I live. I spent over 20 years digging with a madax and round shovel and my hands, shoulders, and elbows are destroyed from it. This looks like heaven to me. I could dig in that softness for fun.
Check out my other video with, that's right, even better soil. Perfect conditions gravedigging is the name.
@@MartinsGraveyard I honestly never thought I'd find a video about digging that relaxed me, but this works somehow. Love from the US to Poland brother.
Worms have lots to feed on makes the soil rich 😮
me too. my area is hard clay soil.
That's easy digging, but cave in is a near certainty. We have rock and clay with occasional tree roots that's tough digging, but it never caves. You wouldn't want to try rock and clay with that sandbox shovel though, best to get a backhoe.
In Australia the graves are six foot deep you’ll need your ladder. Thanks for the content. Cheers John from Wollongong Australia 🇦🇺
Six feet is normally how far they bury all coffins..
Yes the same in Britain 🇬🇧
Please do not lie in the bottom when you are finished digging. If the hole were to collapse in you would smother before you could get out. A person I knew died in just such a manner. I like watching your content.
Shut up Flintstone ass dork
Also a sign of respect
....... but if that happen, it would be his last video "Grave digger buried himself" his channel may receive millions of views unless someone just keeps the camera and its never posted!
A mi me parece muy irrespetuosa la forma de acostarse en el sitio sagrado eterno de un cuerpo.
I'm impressed with your Shovel skillzzz. That casket was down there a ways.
The truth is, I am just amazed watching a man digging into a grave. It gives me a view on how does it feels to be buried when time has come.
Funny thing is, imagine going to university studying difficult a
Algebra, calculus, sciences, etc for 4 years and you end up a job digging a grave. Well, i bet this guy is being paid for a reasonable wage!
And I salute!
We live in the US in a large southern state. My daughters husband worked for a funeral home while he was in college. Then after his first marriage ended in divorce, (as a second job for extra money as they provided an apartment as part of reimbursement).
Here the space between rows is quite wide and allows for machinery to dig the graves. Which is done by cemetery personnel rather than funeral home personnel.
That said cemeteries do allow for burying loved ones two deep. If two caskets I’m sure they would allow cremains to be added perhaps. But I seriously doubt any allow for many than two deep per plot in most states.
I live in Arkansas and I have never heard of burying 2 deep. My dad bought 5 plots and my parents are beside each other. The remaining plots are for me and any of my children or grandchildren.
@@swabybaby3523 A few years ago my aunt and uncle were buried stacked like that here in the US. That was the first I had ever heard of it and as far as I know no one else in my family ever did that. They were always VERY frugal with their money, so maybe that's why. On the other hand, the large cemetery they are in is in the city center, is old and very crowded so maybe they could only get one plot. I don't know.
Martin, I have no doubts we will see you in a Chiropractor video in the future with back ache, great man indeed much respect sir
I just can't stop watching them all night I would never lie down in a grave knowing that there is a casket below hell no
Especially when it still looks that fresh. Very scary.
@@m.o.b.5011 I’d be worried that if I was at the bottom I couldn’t get out if turned to a zombie 😂
@@j.cheese34 you can say that again. There's reasons why it was said, respect the dead 😂😂
@@m.o.b.5011 😂😂😂
Yeah, a hand might come up & make a grab for he testicles 😮
That must be really frustrating when it keeps collapsing in you like that. A noble trade sir, but please look after your back!
Sometimes it collapses right before the funeral and you need to jump in in the suit and take the dirt out as fast as possible. It's a crazy job, but very rewarding and I love it. Thanks!
@@MartinsGraveyard I wish I could do it. I wanted to do reconstructive work, embalming and such but I'm almost 50 now and the time has passed.
Credit to you.
I am 75 1/2 yrs. Old. My back now feels like I dug graves all of my life. 😑
@@thomasnewton4040 lol, try and lie flat on the floor - just be sure u can get back up first!
Seriously, I get it, I'm only 50 but feeling worse every year. Guess it gives us an excuse to booze as much as we like tho!!
Oh my goodness you are amazing you cover all aspects of the process im 8n awe of you xx
Thank you, glad you liked it.
I grew up with morticians on the block, one mortuary, and two retired gents. My grandparents, parents, and sister all have consecutive graves in a cemetery that were bought when the cemetery was first developed. My wife's family are generally buried in another cemetery with Graves bought together, but they were running out of land, and my wife didn't want to be buriedext, so, she owns a space in the above ground mosoleum, overlooking her family.
My son died, and I had a plot and headstone in an unmaintde rustic hill side cemetery, but when they tried to dig his grave, they hit solid rock one foot down. He is in a satin lined steel casket in a concrete vault. I just want to be buried in a shroud next to him, many years from now.
Imagine if you laid down and heard a knocking and heard "hey get your own grave and cut out that racket I'm trying to rest in PEACE!"
He'd have filled the hole back in quicker than he dug it while poo would shoot out 😮
@@westfieldracer he'd have been a human rocket.
@@westfieldracer I think he would of just told them to "relax, it won't be long until I'm finished", he seems that kind of relaxed type of guy.
Such respect given. 🙏 You've well earned your trust to these famies.
You call that behavior "respect"???
@@maj8301I'm guessing be cause he lay down, maybe the deceased has a sense of humour and likes the company?
The fact this is shown on youtube and he is using words like "poverty" to describe someones casket is hugely disrespecful as is this whole channel in my opinion.
My sincere appreciation for what you do. In high-school I had a summer job digging graves in Boston MA which was eye-opening and hard work but not as hard as yours.
Question if I may; I the U.S. we use concrete vault liners to protect against soil collapse and surface depressions. I guess that is not common on Poland?
We do have "green burials" which do use a concrete vault but one which is open on the bottom so the wood coffin rests on soil. Different customs. Thank you for sharing these!
We seldom use vaults. Protecting the corpse from the environment is against nature and a waste of resources.
Fair play to that guy for having a sense of humour. Pity he couldn't have the use if a mini excavator to ease those back pains. What facinating work!
no doubt at all that excavating solely with a shovel is one of the most strenuous jobs there is. my hats off to you dude.
Think the “poverty” coffin is my favourite too, I mean each to their own but to spend the amount of money on a box to rot your body in, underground seems absurd to me, spend your money in life and not on and extravagant funeral. You can gave a lovely respectful and caring funeral without having to spend.
Exactly my thoughts. It all turns into dust anyway.
Beautiful
You explained how people are buried on top of eachother in graves in Poland. I guess North Americans are shocked by this.
My Grandfather is buried in a dual plot in Europe. He was actually put in on top of his Uncle and Aunt. Its been decades since we've seen the grave.
Recently someone in the area took a picture of the grave. On the grave is a quite tall obelisk. My Grandfather's name is on it along with his relatives. But others ( strangers) have been buried on top of my relatives. Their names have been added to the obelisk.
My Dad lost a brother in infancy. We tried to locate his grave. Its simply not there anymore.
If care isnt paid for, the grave is reused for someone else.
As I watched you dig I thought man you must be in great shape and then you said your back hurt. I guess you are not a super hero after all LOL.
It was not long after an accident in which I threw my back out. When it happened I jumped right back into the whole to finish digging with disc bulging. Then one week lying in bed.
I know why I watch these vids. It makes me reflect on my own death which will absolutely come at some point in the future. They are therepeutical for me: it helps me deal with it. So thanks for your vids. I appreciate the effort.
Hi, what's going on exactly? Are you worried or preoccupied about dying? Something from childhood?
@@BeeRocket2010 Just survival instinct.
@@EricAsselin Do you think we part from our bodies and go anywhere when we die or just black nothing like it was before our birth?
@@BeeRocket2010 Yes and no. I believe that the Universe is cyclic: it goes endlessly from a Big Bang to a Big Crunch and through a Big Bang again etc. I also believe that everytime the Universe cycles, it's exactly as it was before. So we live the same lives over and over again, but since the incarnation of the previous Universe has been totally recycled, there is no connection left to it, so you can't lets say remember your previous life. From our point of view, we are born and we die, so we are mortals. From the cosmic point of view, we are eternal because when we die time cease to flow for us. We flash back into consciousness instantaneously in the next birth from the same mother all over again. When we live, we make choices, so everything is really random. In the grand cosmic scheme, nothing is random since the same choices were made in all the incarnations of the previous Universes. There is no god(s) and the Universe is amoral
The only justice is that of men.
So since you will repeat this experience eternally, make it the best experience for you and those around you.
As a recently retired Deputy Coroner and a Forensic Pathologist Assistant I find in some of your videos you are very disrespectful not only to the poor souls in their final resting place but also to their families. Show some compassion and respect because this is not a game and this is not an animal but rather a human being. I brought this into the office and showed my boss ( who is the Forensic Psychologist ) and he was appalled. This is exactly why I will be cremated.
Thank you for what you do, it takes a very special person to do this kind work, I use to be a donkey( get it)wiper
I love your job. We must not be scared of the dead or death. It's part of us.
Exciting 😮
After reading the description i get it now. That's a sweet idea to lay your spouse or loved ones on top of each other. ❤
I'm just impressed by the condition of the box that was put in the previous year. Hard to believe that it looks that good being in direct contact with the ground. I don't know the laws here in the states, I sure they vary by state but I think at a minimum a grave liner is required. Keep up the good work, I know that's a job I couldn't do
I live in California, and in this state, if a burial in the ground is wanted, one must agree to a cement "vault" which is placed in the ground before a burial. Some people pay for the vault years before they need it!
In TN you can be buried any way you want even with out a coffin. In other states if your belief forbids being buried in a casket you can be buried with out one.
@@cliffclark6441 I think that is a good idea!
@@cliffclark6441 Because Lisa Marie Presley just died, people were asking about Elvis' identical brother, Jesse. He was the first baby, butstillborn, and they put him in a shoebox because they didn't have money, and he is buried in the ground in Mississippi. They never moved him, but there is a cenotaph for him in Graceland.
@@cliffclark6441 That sounds very good!
Imagine the walls just collapsing as you lie down that made my anxiety cry in the inside
That has to be a lot of work. I give you credit for doing this. I'm sure you have to be absolutely exhausted after all this!
This one was easy but sometimes it takes a whole day.
Hey Martin, I like your videos! 👍😉
Glad you like them 🙂
When the grave is a "double decker" how deep do they dig the opening? Deeper than 6 ft I would think?
It's crazy to see all these graves so close together
It's completely normal here in Poland.
Great video cut job.
I really respect and appreciate his daily work..Lot of news...need to take a closer look
I dont want anything left of me when I die. No body, no grave, no pictures. Nothing.
You can have your cremains put under a tree, then the people that loved you can come and sit under it and remember you.
Lmao you're like "The economy is crazy, fck that i'll be fine" 🤣
Your definitely a hard worker.
Martin has some serious muscle in his arms! Amazing that he does this by himself!
Thank you for your video, I really don't know which country you are in, and I know in some family cemeteries they have chosen to do this dig up one relative to place another one in there but that's why I believe in cremation. Once your soul has left your body that's just the vehicle that it used to do physical things. Thank you again for your videos and I'm very impressed with your physical stamina. God bless you and yours
He's in Poland
@@caroljohnston4018 thank you so much he's a very thoughtful and has a lot of stamina
just a question about opening a grave as fresh as this one do you smell bad odours at all like decomposition from the first buriel ?
Just a faint smell this time.
So these do not include vaults? What happens when the caskets breakdown, collapse and the ground above with it?
I'm curious as to why the Graves are not dug deeper to begin with? Then more caskets can be added without having to re do the burial?
laying down on a coffin with just 30cm dirt on it, is a little morbid o.0
i guess it takes a special kind of man to do this job.
You think ?🤣
@@viamilitaris011 loled a little
His job takes him close to his clients 😮
Did anyone else think to themselves ‘I wonder whether he’s ever tempted to take a look inside’, or as an ex funeral worker was it just me?😂
I was curious but didn't do it.
@@MartinsGraveyard I wished you would’ve that’s why I was watching 😢lollll
@Martin the Maker yeah I was hoping you would open it up
Probably seen enough dead legs already to last a lifetime 😮
Yup, just saw a guy lay down in a grave and take a selfie. No excuses or justifications appropriate.
Martin i love you channel and you are a really hard workers keep on with your nice work all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Thank you and greetings from Poland 🙂⚰️
Luv your work, and you have to I guess have a sense of humour, without being disrespectful. I luv how some people are always ready to go into a rage over a job that they certainly wouldn't do. I mean I could work in a morgue, does that mean I play with stiffs all day..... lol. No I'm just a hair mechanic, I fix hair. Peace n luv 2 everyone, from the land down under x
Our graveyards in Canada have lots of room to use backhoes for digging 😊
How much does it cost the 20-year lease of the plot?
Here in America a burial vault is required. Are they required there or is it an option?
Very interesting 👍
Wow! That is hard work.
Plus look how quickly he removed that stuff. He must have had a lot of coffee
Food stamps?
They must not use vaults much over in Europe. Here in the US they're used as a means to keep a void or depression from forming above ground from a decaying casket. In some of the older graves, a mower will ride over it and fall in several inches if it's heavy enough to crush the casket down below.
In the UK we don't generally use vaults...the wooden coffins are directly buried in the soil at depths ranging from 6 feet to 3 feet from the surface.
I have seen the depressions walking in the old graveyards. When vaults first began being used, the promoted them as preventing 'unsightly graves.'
How do you ensure the hole does not collapse in on you, very risky!
That's a beautiful view ❤
Imagine if that coffin collapsed when you were lying on top of it ? OMG !
He would have felt a dead leg 😮
Not taking anything away from your tremendous effort, but it appears you have very nice soil to work with (I’m already discounting for the recent burial). In Virginia, we have red clay. It is like frozen iron to dig through, especially in the dry of summer
I agree, the dirt looked nice. Where I lived there is a lot of clay and rock. First grave I dug was in the winter. Over a foot of frost to get through.
Oh yes, it was a breeze to dig in that. This doesn't happen often. I also deal with clay and I have only a pickaxe to help me with that, so sometimes I'm chipping thin flakes of clay for hours. I once dug a grave for 10 hours. I hope to film such a case someday.
Marcin to jest w Polsce?
Zgadza się.
What becomes of the markers or headstones of the previous family when the grave is re-used for a new family?
They go into recycling.
I ask myself the same question.Why do I watch these videos.Somehow in a weird kind of ,way I find these videos fascinating.
I want to see my brother what he looks like after one year in grave. I miss him so much 😭
Sorry for your loss
You don’t wanna see that… just remember him for who he was my friend. He is with you always ❤
Morbid curiosity
What the...
Probably like this 🧟
So the caskets aren’t dropped inside anything there?
that is some back-breaking work !
What country you work at?
What country is this where this is allowed? And did he bury the coffin deeper or get rid of the coffin and just bury the remains deeper?
Every heartbeat seperates man from eternity
What about woman? 😮
Lots of respect for all your hard work. My back hurts just from watching your video. What country are you in?
Poland. Thanks
I would assume the type of dirt, and style of coffin makes a difference on long the body lasts. Many old coffins were zinc or lead lined.
Question, I have seen quite a few of your videos, do u ever use a backhoe??
Very seldom if the terrain and the cemetery administration allows it. Things are different here. Cemeteries are cluttered and random, more organic looking.
Did it smell when you got down to the casket?
nope
Sir , you are Awesome
When my Grandmother died, my grandfather bought a double grave because he intended to be buried with her. This looks like a double grave and the person to be buried there would almost certainly be a family member.
Looks like a single grave and someone is going to be stacked on top of them just like he said at first part of video
Na, they run outta space, just chucking anyone on top, doh 😮
incredible what you do and back breaking wk digging
Is this illegal? Or are you allowed to do this
Have u ever found jewelry or momentos still intact?
Dude ain't grave robbing 😮
Did I miss you showing the whole casket or body parts? In one year, how much does a body disintegrate?
I just got to the casket and showed a part of it. There's a big smelly mess after one year. Depends on the conditions though.
You are a hard worker! As I look about that cemetery manual digging is about the only option. I hope there is not a graveside service as well, with the unearthed ground around is burial more cumbersome?
Thanks. The service is with the unearthed soil which isn't visible to the mourners because it is covered with kind of an astroturf for the duration of the service.
no vault over casket?
I want to ask you what are you beliefs regarding death? Do you believe in an afterlife? Have you ever got any spiritual feeling when digging up a grave? Thanks
This is fascinating. I was wondering what country you are in. Poland I see. Some cemetaries here in the USA will not allow 2 bodies in one grave. Only if cremated can a husband and wife be in the same plot. And then of course, we have vaults made of concrete that the casket fit's into and a concrete cover placed on it. It is probably different in other parts of the US. There is a growing movement to have the dead buried directly into the ground to return to dust much faster than being double sealed and buried. The 'for profit' cemetaries don't allow this but there are more and more cemetaries specifically created for direct to earth burial. To me, it seems rather silly to be doubled sealed like a left over piece of the lamb one had for dinner. Decay will eventually take place no matter how 'leak proof" the metal casket is and how tight the seal is in the concrete vault. It just might take a few hundred years more to turn to dust.
In Islam, we do this type of burial. No casket.
Well, I think the funeral services would suffer a lot financially if people just stopped buying coffins and put the dead bodies in a bag for example hah Not only coffins are traditions but also a huge financial boost for those funeral services as coffins in Poland are quite expensive for an average citizen.
I was at a burial in Arizona where the mother was placed at maybe 12 feet, and her son directly above her. One plot.
“ One thing about it is there must not be much competition for your job, and you get to work alone. But after dark you wouldn’t find me anywhere near a graveyard.”
There's not. The further from a big city the more work for undertakers. Better pay also. I'm writing this answer from my local cemetery, which I often visit in the evening. I'm making rounds checking how the graves that I made funerals at are holding up. There's only me there right now. I feel calm and safe. There's far more danger on the other side of the fence. Graveyards are safe spaces that nobody knows about.
@@MartinsGraveyard “ I was traumatized by the 1968 film’ Night of the Living Dead’ as a child. So yes I am superstitious… also going alone to wax museums with no one around creeps me out. I am age 61.
@@videogeekin I was scared shitless when I went alone to the Cane Hill hospital in Coulsdon, UK, to spend the night there. Lying on a bare floor with my backpack under my head, I was so scared in the middle of the night there, that I couldn't open my eyes, being almost sure that if I did, a former patient would appear right over me. I then went six more times. When I spent my first night in the forest alone, I remembered all of the scenes from the Blair Witch Project and wouldn't even dream of opening my tent. Today, I finished my workday at an anatomy lab, fetching a pair of lungs for a student that was absent peviously, and after work, I went to dress an old lady that has a funeral tommorow. I took her out of a fridge that had about 50 bodies inside. I ate dinner and played with my son. I write this from a cemetery way after dark. Trust me. There's really nothing to be afraid of. Don't waste your best years on being scared.
@@MartinsGraveyard I recently saw a homeless guy living in a local cemetery. I asked him why he was living there, he said because "it's quiet, safe, and hardly anybody visits". It was a very old cemetery
Oh man. I can't believe you did that by hand. You must have terrible back pain?
You get used to it.
@@MartinsGraveyard Deep Heat for life haha.
Good soil for burials. No rocks. Easy to dig through. My father dug many a grave in his life time and sometimes it had to be done more with a pick axe than a shovel.
Sometimes it takes 30 minutes and sometimes 8 hours. We have a lot of different kinds of soil here. This one was a breeze.
Knochen Job....ein echter Digger ☝️😄
bei uns alles mit Mini Bagger....
Gravedigger,
When you dig
my grave,
Could you make
shallow,
So that I can feel
The rain
- Dave
Matthews
Since that last burial was only one year ago, wasn't the smell abominable when you unearthed the coffin?
Surprisingly, no. There was a hint of it but nothing major.
This was really interesting. I was curious as to how you got up out of there...
I got out with the help of the shovel. I made a short video about it.
Hi Im new to your channel as Ive stummbled onto your video...I'd like to say I wished grave diggers in my state was as compassionate as you are here. However they do not care as long as they get paid. My uncle had to care for his wife's grave because he couldnt get the cemetery caretakers to do so it was heart breaking to see him hauling dirt and sod to care for her grave.
I would be worried about smells coming up and leakage of body fluids.
Body fluids aren't gonna rise up are they & the only smell would be if digger farted 😮
Day in and day out, our days are numbered and soon, each of us watching this sad moment will be in similar situation. Where our love ones will finally say goodbye, cover us with the earth and we will be forgotten years later. 😢😢😢
Vaults must not be required in Poland. They're expensive, but it keeps the ground from caving in once the coffin gives way to rot.
and prevents nature doing it's thing.
Have learned from personal experience doing some project management work to take any estimate and multiply it times two. So when I ask how long the wait time is for something and am told an hour, I know it's more like minimum two hours.
I don't know how you do it very hard work for one man!
Why are the graves being dug up? And how on earth do you do it without a machine?
Because he likes digging, worms have lots to eat causing rich soil easy to dig 😮