Underground Vault Discovered in a City Park Yields a Treasure Trove of Artifacts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2025
- Tom Askjem excavates the former lot of the City Hotel in Walcott, North Dakota. #history #treasurehuntingexplorations #vanlife #asmr #archaeology #wildwest #bottledigging #artifacts #metaldetecting #magnetfishing #mudlarking
Man dude that was one muddy poopy mess, you are a true modern day archiologist. Come on people let's get him to 100k subs.
Hope you don't mind me saying, since you've had your own channel, you seem so much happier, chatty and with more explanations.
Still impressed with how much pottery made not 20 miles away from where I live finds it's way to some tiny town in the middle of who knows where.
Thanks for all your hard work in doing this, really appreciated.
Best from -Near Hanley, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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I agree
I'm from Staffordshire, some of the finds made it a long way from home
@@wizz2004 haven't they!
Quite a few of my relatives worked on the pot banks 'up Hanley duck'.
Always a little thrill when a bit of Stoke gets unearthed.
Another great dig Tom! Every time I see you grubbing about in a slurpy wet pit I’m impressed by your dedication and determination to keep on delving for those interesting artefacts - and now for a very long, hot shower!
Wow, you need a medal for that dig. I wouldn't want to do your laundry !
I usually use a power washer on my clothes before putting them in the washing machine
I was watching a cop video that was pulling over a chic for DWI... believe it or not she was trashed off of Vanilla Extract. She had so so so many empty bottles and full bottles. I thought of you right away and giggled now i know.😂😂
I saw that too, she was annihilated!
@@laurelreinhardt5076 I was like had no idea..no wonder there's so many bottles in the holes. The woman's breath couldn't smell brandy or beer..lol
Lol, I make my own vanilla, with a bottle of spiced Rum it has to be 80 proof, and about 12 scored vanilla beans in the bottle for about 3 months. The best vanilla!
When I was a kid, we had a Watkins/Fuller brush man living on our street in California that my mom bought stuff from quite often. He and his wife would give out treats and bottles of soda to the kids when we played in the street. He was more of a family friend than a salesman.
I've Fond Memories of My Mom Using WATKINS Products...
Says the man with the world's largest collection of HOLY GRAILS.
Tom, everyone always wishes you the best, and to always find ALL the holy grails. I' ve been watching all your older videos, waiting for your next new video to fall-out.
Hi Tom! As always its great to see your Saturday video! I get such a kick outta your enthusiasm over each item you find. Stay safe out there and can't wait to see what turns up next Saturday....
Funny crooked necks on those bottles. 😊 Glad you're staying safe Tom. I'm diggin' this diggin'. It's like treasure hunting.
Amazing coke. Sweet sodas! Another wicked dig! Congrats on the very quick 10k subs!
Gotta say I felt excited when you discovered you were about unearth that super Coca-Cola bottle...how 😎 cool !!!
Oooh oooh another new video!!! 🎉🎉😊
Thank you!
Thank you for another great video! I believe most antiques are valued on supply & demand,except tue territory bottles that you & you alone find are so rare & not even worth selling!Fun dig Tom!
Saturday morning and here comes Tom!!❤❤❤
Just saw an old video of your barn as you were rebuilding a old wood cookstove. And the old carriages were neat. Apparently you have a book also. Ill be looking for that.
There's a broader antique side of Tom Askjem that i think would make some interesting videos as well.
Well another fun day in the mud pit! Thanks for taking us along
I fell asleep while watching this one and almost drowned. Close one. I am awake now.
Love your digs..look forward to a new expedition each week.
Have you thought on wearing long water proof gloves, there is so much bacteria. Having a small cut can invite we see it all the time in the news.
Keep digging being up in years I count on your digs to enjoy days gone by.
You'd wanna be up on the Tetanus shots before swimming in the muck.
Does our old mate have a portable shower to use before getting in his car to drive home?
Hi Tom, I am fascinated with your bottles. Would you consider doing a video of the bottle collection you have found and cleaned up. I would love to see them in their glory. Kind regards from Queensland, Australia. 😊❤️🙏🇦🇺
Surprisingly I don’t have much of a collection. I sold most of it to fund a book project that I’ve been working on. I’ve limited my collecting to one example of the earliest soda bottle from each state. Most are incredibly rare, some unique. At present I only have six bottles in my collection.
Growing up in Minot North Dakota we often went to my aunt and Uncles farm near Garrison. Rose Glen to be exact. a cousin my age used to rip off his shirt and do his business nearly wherever he felt. Sometimes near a rock pile. Use your imagination as to what he wiped with the shirt.
I often LMAO and oll on the floor when you discover various garments in the pits. When my cousin took off his shirt it was because he did not have toilet paper with him at the time. It was invented in the 15th century but I suppose in rural areas it was expensive. So were shirts.But we always wore a shirt. Never wore toilet paper.
I knew a dude that would use one of his socks. I know cause I found one of them in a bathroom cabinet cleaning looking for what was smelling so bad. We starting calling him Sh*t Sock after that and I wasn't joking. Lol!
Wife is from dickey North Dakota
Tom another fantastic dig. The early coke bottle is a great find.
Probably already been mentioned but it would be very interesting to know what you find out about the wines. Also love the wonky necks on those sodas. Went to my first bottle show this weekend and it was amazing to hold and see in person the older style sodas and meds. Ones we've not dug yet. Thank you for the hard work and sharing it with us.
TWine is, after all, nothing but spoiled grapes so it should be just as good today as it was back in the day.
I love how show what you found after you have cleaned them up.
Another great video, Tom!! Lots of water in this pit really makes it a more challenging dig!! Definitely a loaded pit! Thanks for taking us on the dig with you…..otherwise we would never see any of these bottles!
Thanks for watching!
My prize possession is a dark aqua, straight sided, shoulder script, early machine made Coca-Cola Canada bottle. I dug it out from under the old bunk house at the farm in Alberta, Canada. I also dug a pristine enamel labeled Kickapoo Joy Juice and Stubby Beer. I love your vids😍
Dark aqua. That sounds amazing! Thanks for watching!
Wow. That looked like one of the hardest digs I’ve seen you do. You must have been exhausted when you finished. And glad to get a shower!!! Haha. Glad you were smart about it when the sides kept collapsing.
Great finds.
As always thanks for sharing!
Another great video I always look forward to your videos on Saturday afternoon thanks so much for posting things I really enjoy them
Over 50 years ago, I found a beautiful blue Lydia Pinkham bottle on a property we owned. It melted in a house fire and I’ve always wanted to get another one.
I always loved and hated reaching into a mud hole because you just never know what you'll find. 💪😎
Thanks Tom that was a lot of hard work, the full wine bottles are dangerous I seen one blow up on you it was close call anyways good dig enjoyed watching it, be safe, can't wait for the next one
Welcome back sunshine! 😊 UK
Great program Tom. See you on the next one. Take care and stay safe 👍
Boy Tom you found some awesome bottles. Love them all❤❤❤❤
Wow...what a haul...love the colors on the sodas...great coke find...🥰🥰
Hi Tom 👋 👋 👋 another good bottles pits it's always amazing how many bottles are in the pits 😊I was surprised to see owens bottles company I know that some of my long distant relatives move to America 🇺🇸 a long time I'm doing a ancestry family tree 🌳 well Tom I'm pleased I found your channel I always watch your videos and enjoy everyone 😀 all the best Tom 👍 👌 and have a good week 😀 Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧
thumbbs up, great adventure and to know that no one else has been there in a long time if ever
Really like your new program at The End Thank You
Found you watching metal detecting hole diggers. Learning alot about prohibition watching you. Apparently people were hiding in the outhouse drinking then...lol!
Awesome finds! Are you going to try the wine?!!
Sounds like you’re getting a real workout in that pit!
I would love to buy a Heileman's and especially a Gund beer bottle from you if you ever have some to sell.
Wine gets better with age😊 great video buddy looking forward to next Saturday
Thanks for the info on the top. Ive been doing research on bottle making..
I have never been to North Dakota…. But for some strange reason, your videos make me want to visit!
♥It's incredible that there was sealed wine bottles in the pit. ♥
Maybe you should consider getting a cordless drill pump. Your camera man could use between filming.
Love you videos 🤠
Agree, a respirator or fan(s) might be best. Having a bottle explode, being cut by glass, or getting hit in the noggin by a collapsing wall--hope you include some of your most unforgettable experiences in the pits.❤
You need to get you some hip waders!
Tom is a hip wader😁‼️
He doesn't like waders. Says they're a hassle.
Thanks for the great content as always. I am fairly new to your channel and am just curious if you ever sell any of your finds and if you do where can we see what is for sale? Thanks again for all of your hard work. KEEP ON DIGGIN' .
Love the clean bottles at the end of video! More of that, please.
Do you keep all the bottles you find or do you throw some back in the pit?
Thank you for video
Thanks for watching!
This property still has an old hand pump well. It had 1 old shed and I think I know where the old outhouse was. I metal detect and found old zinc lids for mason jars, pocket watch and an Indian head penny from 1895. Lot size is 70’x150’
You should make a video of tasting 100 plus year old wine found in outhouse pit, might get some views for that. These messy pits have to be kinda rough, getting your skin soaked in whatever contents are mixed up in the mud slurry. You find a lot of good bottles, cook ware, and other really neat stuff people dumped as trash over a hundred year's later. I'm guessing people never thought their outhouse would become buried treasure lol. I like it when you show the stuff cleaned up, maybe you could do a video showcasing your finds, because i would really like to see some of the colored bottles cleaned up, along with the different item's made from glass and other materials. Thanks for another great video. G-d bless.
Are you a wine drinker? Lol. Great dig. I see you learn from your exploding wine bottle last year. Hope you're doing well. Your videos are top quality. Take care.😊
I've got boxes full of old bottles.Need to have them appraised.
Feel free to send me an email with some pics. Thomas.Askjem@gmail.com
Some great work you do Tom. Thanks
Enjoy your videos! You need to get yourself a little battery sump pump to keep the holes dry!
Thank you young man, take care!
Some amazing finds in a very dirty, and clearly exhausting, dig. In wet extractions like this, I'm surprised you don't use the water more to wash the finds off with for better clarity to the camera view and yourself. That Coke bottle find is a fantastic find. Such a rarity. Doing a Google search, I'd have thought sales prices for those would be way higher than discovered. The highest one I found in a quick look was $50. Would be very interesting to have one of those wine bottles tested for ingredients and then have that formula remade for the public.
I try using the water to wash off the finds but it’s often mixed so much with mud that it often makes it worse. Thanks for watching!
Awesome dig, maybe consider going back one day and do a safe excavation of the area to get those deeper pieces.
Have you ever considered a drill powered bilge pump to help with the water in some of these pits?
Hi Tom👋🏻! I know you said something about rotten eggs, but really how bad is it. If the wood is preserved then how bad is the smell. How long after crawling out of the hole does it take for your nose and lungs to be clear of that smell? Also, I am wondering who is doing your filming now? Possibly a small introduction would be nice. They are doing a fantastic job filming and catching the hand offs. Curious to know your about Carhart suit, how do you clean it? Do you take it to the car wash and power wash it or lay it on the lawn to scrub most of the mud off?. Tide must be your friend. Great work!
Awesome dig this week. 😁
Do you worry about the glass cracking when you bring them up?
Because I couldn't help myself, I looked up the value of a 1915 CocaCola bottle and it looks like $400- 600. I know this is about history, but the values are interesting too - I did a quick looksie regarding the monetary value of Hutchinson and I found some $700 upward.
Just thought I would share.
As far sd value, most are what I consider to be “recycle grade” but every once in a while a “holy grail” is uncovered that can be worth hundreds or even thousands. I’m in the process of writing a book on bottles and am including values based on previous auction results and private sales.
I was wondering - thanks!
The Coca Cola bottle value is based on city for the most part.
@@TomAskjem.LostHorizonsLooking forward to your book. Will it be available in UK?
Hey Tom, after all you do, deserve something!!! Takes guts to dig in hundred your old out houses.💫✨️
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Love your work!!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻another great dig❤
I’m so happy I found your new channel! It’s wonderful! I have to ask, when you are in a pit like this one with lots of ground water/ mud how do you get back in your car?
Do you hose off? I’m sorry if it’s a silly question but I can’t help it! 😊
Looking good
Great video!
Hi Tom have you started another Patreon? I used to contribute on the old one, would be more than happy to for your new channel if you have.
Years ago I dug a full bottle of Dr. Hostetters out of an old 1870s trash hole. I ended up popping the sealed cork and pouring the contents into another container. It was the best tasting stuff I have ever had! I can understand why they were so popular.
Always fascinating Tom.
Amazing!
YA, I watched your video when that bottle blew-up on you. WILD!
ALSO, I would like to know how much your laundry bill is?
Wow that was almost hard to watch with all that water and muck you were swimming in there. Hope you were wearing Hip Waders or something under your coveralls! You deserve to keep all the Holy Grails you find! Hope you prosper and retire rich! Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching!
Question: those wine bottles that still have wine is it still drinkable?
Yes a pump!
You do go to great lengths in your quest for bottles. Won't surprise me one bit if I see a video with you being lowered into a pit by the ankles😮
lol 😂 that’s a rank dank looking Pitt lol 😂 but it’s giving the goodies up 🎉❤
This may have been the most brutal pit I’ve dug and I’ve dug nearly 2000 pits
Tom, in your opinion, were Beer bottles larger back then than they are today or does all the dirt/mud make them appear that way? Thanks.
Green paints where made using mainly copper as the ingredient, in the 1800's arsenic was also used to a much lesser degree, in the 1900's some greens colours relied on Cobalt oxides. White paint used lead oxide, this was eventually replaced with non toxic Titanium oxide in the later half of the 20th century. Other paint colours where created using very toxic metals such as Mercury and Cadmium.
I finally cottoned to the meaning of the term “use layer” and find it a nice way to put it…
Do you have to give up the artifacts you found or do you get to keep them?
Howdy from Texas hey what do you do with the bottles after you clean them up
Some are kept, sold, given to the property owners and donated to museums.
Nice vid
hay tom you may what to use a 5 prog pitchfork when in a watery hole like that. Good luck.
No micro plastics down there. love history.
Does it stink horribly still ??
Sometimes yes, other times not at all. All depends upon the water table.
😊😊😊 Yes.
I wish I could be on a fig with you!!!
Don't know what changes you made in your channel but it's much better now!
I don't think he has made alot of changes, but the other channel must have been effecting somehow, because he seems much happier now, smiles more and talks more.
Tom ,your a bit of a history buff
I was wondering if the locals made moon shine did the grow corn at the time of prohibition or did they just bring it from Canada? Just asking while watching this video
Now that's what I call getting into your job.
How does that wine taste 👀
Hey Tom, Glad you found some really amazing stuff ☮️💜🪻
Tom, I bet you are SO happy to get in the shower after a dig like this! I also bet laundry day is fun for you!
A shower is great at the end of the day. I usually wash my clothes off with a power washer before throwing them in the washer
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