You sound and seem so much happier tom glad i found your new channel it will explode in no time you and your knowledge is what makes it addictive to watch 👍🏻
I'm glad I read through the comments, as I was curious what hppened to the old BTP channel.I'm enjoying this channel and looking forward to more vid's. I hope your dad will pluck a tune for you.
Years ago my husband was helping a guy clean up an old home that was burned to the ground. He found a gold watch that I still have and have worn on a chain. It’s gorgeous!
Happy to find the new channel. Need to get caught up with the videos. Also exciting to see something from where I'm from. Wichita KS. The building that houses the factory is still up and being used today. Not for mentholatum though it is now the spice merchant. They sell obviously spices, tea and coffee. Thank you for another awesome dig.
The metal Lantern piece that you found could it possibly be a railroad piece what they call a smudge pot that set aside switches during cold weather to to keep them from freezing up??
It's amazing what you can find I was taught everything about metal detecting and pottery glasses from the era. And you have some keepers for. Sure. We'll done and thanks for. Showing us!!!
Tom! When you picked up that Sad Iron, my heart skipped a beat. It looked like a huge hunk of, well, a hunk of poop!💩 So glad you knew what you were doing! Good to see you here!
Tom, what an exceptional dig, great soil. Incredible embossed bottles. I can take those Minnesota bottles off your hands😜. Cool chamber pot, loved the crock and enamel coffee pot. My goodness, I can’t list them all. So happy for you.👍😀👏
The piece you found in the first pit that you thought was a lamp was probably the bottom of a kerosene heater that they called a bathroom heater. It would have been inside it.
I’m so glad I found you again. 🙏 I have a working Waltham watch from that exact time and I still carry it today. It’s an amazing time piece. It was my grandfathers. Thank you from Canada 🇨🇦 🙏
I was gonna tell you how wrong I thought you were. I don't care for the taste of Crow, one Google search and wow, you're 100 % correct. Now I'm worried about our favorite digger. He must know the risk.
Hi Tom, amazing amount of finds, I was awe struck by the in tact crockery and amused by that piece if hotel crockery that you said was very durable but there you are with a broken piece, oh the irony, but even more surprising to me were the intact light bulbs, obviously much thicker glass than today, cheers buddy!!
My late grandmother, born April 1903, she was first married in 1920, right after she turned 17. Her husband was a 20 yr. old U.S. Navy fireman, so he must have been in good health. He died in the 3rd ( last?) wave of the Spanish Flu epidemic, within weeks after their wedding. My grandmother apparently survived unscathed. That was what was so strange about the Spanish Fu. I watched a fascinating documentary about what scientists now believe happened then. They believe it originated in birds, morphing into a lethal virus to humans when it mutated. They belive that the strain was similar to an epidemic that took place one hundred or so years previous, due to how rapidly otherwise young and healthy people like my grandmother's new husband, died so fast. Apparently it was not killing elderly people like it killed younger healthy people. Scientists believe older people then may have had antibodies present in their systems that protected them somewhat. You mentioning in this video of the possibility that the pit was covered in an effort to avoid contamination, those days must have been terrifying for people. I cannot imagine how scary it must have been.
My grandmother was born in 1896 she lost her first husband and one child from the flu. So my mother was born in 1936 when she was little she thought her half sister was her mother. 😂😂
Great job and the video quality looks fantastic My only wish is to feature a few more of your top finds at the end of the video. In your old channel, I was always hoping to see more.
Wow these videos are way better than Below the Plains. I honestly thought your old video editor must have been drunk or fucked up everytime he duct taped a video together
I'm fairly new to your channel but I love watching you find your discoveries. I hope you are fully immunized. I wonder if you've ever found the remains of an unwanted infant? Do you have a museum somewhere?
Do you get to keep what you find? My favorite finds were the crock and the pitcher. Even though the bottom is rotting out, it's still completely awesome. I also like the little bottles that you find as well as the lightbulbs. You would have thought that they would have shattered when thrown into the pit. It amazes me that they can surrive and bottles dont. The chamber pot can be repaired with glue. It would make a great display as well as the crock and coffee pot after being cleaned. That creamer pitcher is amazing. 😮
Great to see a new dig up on the channel. I have that amazingly beautiful watch restored. What is the roaring over the video? Is that constant wind or an AC unit?
@@TomAskjem. You found some superb treasures in both of these pits, especially the watch, crock pot, lamp base and pitcher, along with the rare sodas. The cleaned up bottles shot looks great.
17:27 I believe what you've got there is a pickle crock. They came with heavy, four-holed lids that fit INSIDE the crock to hold the pickles down during the pickling process. The lids themselves are quite rare; maybe they tossed the intact crock because the lid was broken.
Just sewage! Yum. One major downer in wells then was typhoid. I lost a great uncle in Colorado and a great grandfather in Kansas to typhoid, neither one due to their own bad decisions. Typhoid Mary had nothing on the carriers who went west and didn't dig a well far enough from the outhouse, or whose city water wasn't pure. That doesn't say anything about cholera, etc. Don't romanticize the past. There's a reason people wanted things to change.
I’ve spoken with several doctors about this. The only thing they were concerned with was keeping up with my tetanus shot. Most viruses/bacteria can’t live outside of the human body for more than a few days. We’re talking 100+ years on most of these sites. For what it’s worth I’ve dug over 1,800 outhouse pits; the only times I was majorly sick after digging was from West Nile (mosquito bites) and one time from E. coli that was in the groundwater, likely washed in from a rainstorm
Hi Tom, now that you have your own channel, will you have a link to where we can buy some of your finds? I would love to see you prosper from all of your hard work!
I’m still planning to start a website where I sell some of the finds. It may take a while now, though. I’m working on six books plus running the channel solo. I will make it happen, though.
❤Happy day‼️ Hi again from Arlington, Washington. I couldn't hit subscribe fast enough when your new channel came up. Just gave this old lady the will to live longer FAVORITE HISTORY HUNTER BOTTLE DIGGER MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE❣❤ Love ya dude❤
Tom, you inspired me to dig down..while my spots were worthy, proving wood ash, glass/pottery shards, nails and everything but complete bottles, I still had fun and look forward to more prospects- keep bringing that history to us.
I’ve found four spots I’ve been digging in Michigan and have dug quite a bit and have only found maybe 10 intact bottles among literal billions of glass shards. 😂😂 keep at it you’ll find something. Remember this stuff was garbage/broken way back then so it’s no surprise that the stuff is mostly broken. We dig in the dumps. 😂
I like the new font. Way easier to read for us older folks Tom. I also wish you could make the descriptions of the finds a little larger so us old folks can see it easier. I’m watching you on my phone so I’m sorry to complain about that. Good luck with the new channel . I’m subscribed and unsubscribing to the old channel. Keep up the good work Sir!
Hey, don't speak for me, I'm old but don't expect Tom to change anything. Take a trip to the dollar store, buy one of each power of reading glasses and you'll be enlightened. You young whippersnapers get off my lawn ! 🤣
The NEW Era Begins!
Glad you are back. Miss the music from the beginning of your videos. You are still finding great stuff!
The sexy digging music😂
Love the old/new channel.
You are so deserving you are very dedicated and experienced
Glad to see you've got your own channel, Tom! Keep up the good work!
I wish I knew the details, I'm a Mushroom 🍄
Yeah what happened to below the plains? Why didn’t he tell anyone?
@@jimmylarge1148 No tellin'. I found out by accident
I love how knowledgeable you are! Im loving these videos! Great work!
Another great dig. Found some cool things. Take care. 😊
You sound and seem so much happier tom glad i found your new channel it will explode in no time you and your knowledge is what makes it addictive to watch 👍🏻
Thanks!
I'm glad I read through the comments, as I was curious what hppened to the old BTP channel.I'm enjoying this channel and looking forward to more vid's. I hope your dad will pluck a tune for you.
Yep, I wish I knew what happened too
Years ago my husband was helping a guy clean up an old home that was burned to the ground. He found a gold watch that I still have and have worn on a chain. It’s gorgeous!
Oh I am SO glad you are still making videos!!!
Killer day thanks for taking us along. Your hard work is paying off. Have a blessed day.
You found a ton of good stuff here. Im amazed how many things were intact.
Thanks Tom! That art deco bottle was fabulous!
Fabulous finds indeed. Sure wish I knew what you did with all the treasures you find!🥰👏🏻
Awesome dig...wonderful finds and the history behind them...🥰🥰
It’s fun to watch you dig up these old things and tell us the history. So awesome thanks for sharing.
What a fabulous pit with fabulous finds!!!
Still loving the history behind the finds
Happy to find the new channel. Need to get caught up with the videos. Also exciting to see something from where I'm from. Wichita KS. The building that houses the factory is still up and being used today. Not for mentholatum though it is now the spice merchant. They sell obviously spices, tea and coffee. Thank you for another awesome dig.
The metal Lantern piece that you found could it possibly be a railroad piece what they call a smudge pot that set aside switches during cold weather to to keep them from freezing up??
It also looks like smudge pots used in orchards to keep buds and blossoms from freezing, when I was growing up anyway.
That w a s the first thing I thought of
It’s actually a tank for a Kerosene heater. In the middle is where the round wick goes. Most likely a Perfection heater.
It's amazing what you can find I was taught everything about metal detecting and pottery glasses from the era. And you have some keepers for. Sure. We'll done and thanks for. Showing us!!!
You sound like you are enjoying the dig more😊
Tom! When you picked up that Sad Iron, my heart skipped a beat. It looked like a huge hunk of, well, a hunk of poop!💩 So glad you knew what you were doing! Good to see you here!
Great video! Very interesting pieces uncovered!😊
Tom, what an exceptional dig, great soil. Incredible embossed bottles. I can take those Minnesota bottles off your hands😜. Cool chamber pot, loved the crock and enamel coffee pot. My goodness, I can’t list them all. So happy for you.👍😀👏
The piece you found in the first pit that you thought was a lamp was probably the bottom of a kerosene heater that they called a bathroom heater. It would have been inside it.
I appreciate the info!
I'm so glad I found your new channel. Amazing finds. Much love from Louisiana ❤️❤️
I’m so glad I found you again. 🙏
I have a working Waltham watch from that exact time and I still carry it today.
It’s an amazing time piece.
It was my grandfathers.
Thank you from Canada 🇨🇦 🙏
Great video as always! Out of curiosity-do you ever worry about the stuff you breathe in from all these digs?
I was gonna tell you how wrong I thought you were. I don't care for the taste of Crow, one Google search and wow, you're 100 % correct. Now I'm worried about our favorite digger. He must know the risk.
Great to find your content again. After 4 weeks got curious and did “a little digging” myself and found your new channel.
Welcome!
Hi Tom, amazing amount of finds, I was awe struck by the in tact crockery and amused by that piece if hotel crockery that you said was very durable but there you are with a broken piece, oh the irony, but even more surprising to me were the intact light bulbs, obviously much thicker glass than today, cheers buddy!!
Some amazing soda bottles. Enjoy watching your video's Tom from Northcoast British Columbia.
Glad you like them!
My late grandmother, born April 1903, she was first married in 1920, right after she turned 17. Her husband was a 20 yr. old U.S. Navy fireman, so he must have been in good health. He died in the 3rd ( last?) wave of the Spanish Flu epidemic, within weeks after their wedding. My grandmother apparently survived unscathed. That was what was so strange about the Spanish Fu.
I watched a fascinating documentary about what scientists now believe happened then. They believe it originated in birds, morphing into a lethal virus to humans when it mutated. They belive that the strain was similar to an epidemic that took place one hundred or so years previous, due to how rapidly otherwise young and healthy people like my grandmother's new husband, died so fast. Apparently it was not killing elderly people like it killed younger healthy people. Scientists believe older people then may have had antibodies present in their systems that protected them somewhat.
You mentioning in this video of the possibility that the pit was covered in an effort to avoid contamination, those days must have been terrifying for people. I cannot imagine how scary it must have been.
My grandmother was born in 1896 she lost her first husband and one child from the flu. So my mother was born in 1936 when she was little she thought her half sister was her mother. 😂😂
You can't imagine it? You were how young during our own pandemic?
What a great and interesting dig.
Came here from Facebook!! Subbed :)
Welcome!
You really hit treasure this time
Enjoying the new channel.
Dang!! Sweet stuff in those pits! A lot of sodas!!! Great video dude!!!
Great job and the video quality looks fantastic My only wish is to feature a few more of your top finds at the end of the video. In your old channel, I was always hoping to see more.
Wow these videos are way better than Below the Plains. I honestly thought your old video editor must have been drunk or fucked up everytime he duct taped a video together
Amazing dig Tom!!!!!
Very nice finds. Well done your effort. Well done the camera man! 😊 UK.
I'm fairly new to your channel but I love watching you find your discoveries. I hope you are fully immunized. I wonder if you've ever found the remains of an unwanted infant? Do you have a museum somewhere?
Do you get to keep what you find? My favorite finds were the crock and the pitcher. Even though the bottom is rotting out, it's still completely awesome. I also like the little bottles that you find as well as the lightbulbs. You would have thought that they would have shattered when thrown into the pit. It amazes me that they can surrive and bottles dont. The chamber pot can be repaired with glue. It would make a great display as well as the crock and coffee pot after being cleaned. That creamer pitcher is amazing. 😮
I always hate to hear “This pit’s done”.
The art deco soda with the stars is awesome! Great pit
Looks like a whole lot of drinking going on Thanks for sharing ♥️ I♥️♥️♥️🐓
WOW! Some great finds today!
"Lamp" is part of an oil burning heater- probably a "Perfection"
Great to see a new dig up on the channel. I have that amazingly beautiful watch restored. What is the roaring over the video? Is that constant wind or an AC unit?
Constant wind. Good ol North Dakota
@@TomAskjem. You found some superb treasures in both of these pits, especially the watch, crock pot, lamp base and pitcher, along with the rare sodas. The cleaned up bottles shot looks great.
I digitized the UMKC U-news from 1933 to 84 and recall seeing Lucky Tiger ads in the early ones.
Newbie here really enjoyed watching your dig. Just subscribed
Thank you! New video out this Saturday!
OMG so many goodies..im in South Dakota and now i want to go dig where the old hotel was located..lol
Yeah! Go Tom!
Great video!!
Excellent video- great learning experience!
That was another great dig to watch!
I found a broken one of those Watkins bottles (the first one u hadn’t seen before) today! The embossed panel was intact.
17:27 I believe what you've got there is a pickle crock. They came with heavy, four-holed lids that fit INSIDE the crock to hold the pickles down during the pickling process. The lids themselves are quite rare; maybe they tossed the intact crock because the lid was broken.
I appreciate the info!
Opium was a waxy tar like substance and would never had been sold in a small bottle.😊
I bet the water back then tasted AMAZING. NO CHEMICALS. Wow can you imagine!
Just sewage! Yum. One major downer in wells then was typhoid. I lost a great uncle in Colorado and a great grandfather in Kansas to typhoid, neither one due to their own bad decisions. Typhoid Mary had nothing on the carriers who went west and didn't dig a well far enough from the outhouse, or whose city water wasn't pure. That doesn't say anything about cholera, etc. Don't romanticize the past. There's a reason people wanted things to change.
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good stuff, Thanks for sharing
Da Mother load!!!
I want a T-shirt that sez that Tom
i dig along side rail track by old homes before trash removal here in pa
Wow good digging
Tom do you have a hepatitis shot? Are you ever worried about getting sick? Can you get sick from digging in old out house pits?
I’ve spoken with several doctors about this. The only thing they were concerned with was keeping up with my tetanus shot. Most viruses/bacteria can’t live outside of the human body for more than a few days. We’re talking 100+ years on most of these sites. For what it’s worth I’ve dug over 1,800 outhouse pits; the only times I was majorly sick after digging was from West Nile (mosquito bites) and one time from E. coli that was in the groundwater, likely washed in from a rainstorm
Hi Tom, now that you have your own channel, will you have a link to where we can buy some of your finds? I would love to see you prosper from all of your hard work!
I’m still planning to start a website where I sell some of the finds. It may take a while now, though. I’m working on six books plus running the channel solo. I will make it happen, though.
@@TomAskjem. Thanks for letting us know! I wish you success!
What exactly is a solid use layer? I think I know what you mean by that but just want to make sure
The layers created while the outhouse was in use. Mainly human waste and trash
P.S. I'm bailing on the old channel.
Digging late 30's in a place that stopped being used in the early 30's? I dug in a ghost town and found the last privy ever used there also.
so tell me is it full of ground water
R & S Beverage company. Still in business. I think it started with sparkling water.
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Was the pocket watch real gold?
Yes, not solid gold but gold filled. Also known as “rolled gold”
@@TomAskjem. nice find bro!
Can't see jelly jar mark well but I'd guess it's a Hazel Atlas or a capstan glass co one.
Do you take everything you find with you when you’re done?
Wondering if you have ever found coin's during your digs.
Every once in a while but they’re usually in cull condition from the groundwater and acidic soil
👍👍!!
For the algorithms ....
so you're digging thru 100 year old outhouse shit... nice
Tom do you still make videos on the other site Below the Plains?
We decided to shut down BTP due to ongoing disagreements. All new videos will be posted on this channel from now on.
Musta had to split profits with someone else…..u know how that goes sometimes. 😂
That is a kerosene heater
Thanks!
Why did you change ?
I decided to shut down BTP due to ongoing disagreements with my video editor. All new videos will be posted here from now on.
@@TomAskjem. I watch for you anyway. I’m glad it’s all you now.
❤Happy day‼️ Hi again from Arlington, Washington. I couldn't hit subscribe fast enough when your new channel came up. Just gave this old lady the will to live longer FAVORITE HISTORY HUNTER BOTTLE DIGGER MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE❣❤ Love ya dude❤
Enjoying the more detailed videos Tom. Great work!
I really like your new channel. You talk more, giving us more information/history. Good stuff. 😀
I agree! Plus, I don't miss the music in the beginning. Just get to the digging! 😅
What a fantastic dig and vid, Tom! Alot of unique finds! Thanks for taking us on the dig with you!! Looking forward to your next vid !
Great dig Tom, awesome finds as well. Congrats on your new Channel. 👍
Love the new font for the descriptions! You're awesome, Tom!
I watched a couple other urban artifact digger channels and they do not compare to your knowledge and delivery. 100% informative!
Thank you!
@@TomAskjem.whoa u actually replied not that u got a new channel?! I like it!!!! 😂😂
Tom, you inspired me to dig down..while my spots were worthy, proving wood ash, glass/pottery shards, nails and everything but complete bottles, I still had fun and look forward to more prospects- keep bringing that history to us.
I’ve found four spots I’ve been digging in Michigan and have dug quite a bit and have only found maybe 10 intact bottles among literal billions of glass shards. 😂😂 keep at it you’ll find something. Remember this stuff was garbage/broken way back then so it’s no surprise that the stuff is mostly broken. We dig in the dumps. 😂
We found a old black Smith shop in our back yard ..horse shoes .hand shovels. In Joplin Missouri
I use to think 1920 was not that long ago, my dad was born in 1922, my mom in 1928, but 1920 was 124 years ago. Time sure does fly.
That American Bottle works with the stars is amazing
I like the new font. Way easier to read for us older folks Tom. I also wish you could make the descriptions of the finds a little larger so us old folks can see it easier. I’m watching you on my phone so I’m sorry to complain about that. Good luck with the new channel . I’m subscribed and unsubscribing to the old channel. Keep up the good work Sir!
Hey, don't speak for me, I'm old but don't expect Tom to change anything. Take a trip to the dollar store, buy one of each power of reading glasses and you'll be enlightened. You young whippersnapers get off my lawn ! 🤣
Metal lantern thing could be the kerosene tank for a perfection kerosene heater! We had one and the fuel gauge was the same
OMG I cant believe he's gone independent! Yay Tom! 🎉❤