A Strange Sink Spot in a Field Leads to the Find of a Lifetime in the Ruins of an 1870s Army Outpost 

To all our Scottish viewers!!!!! We mean no offense by the "Glasgow, England" we wrote on those stoneware bottles! we were just writing what they say on the bottles! we are very aware that Glasgow is in Scotland!, and we respect you! and all our English viewers too!

I have to say, at almost 63 years old, you make me want to go play in the dirt again!! ☺️

Thank you for leaving the text up long enough to read while video is being played at double speed! It is greatly appreciated! Love watching you rediscover this history.

I think the circle with hearts you found is a cookie/donut maker. My grandmother had something like it where she would make a batter then dip the iron in it then drop it in hot oil, and the batter would come off the iron/design. There were others and it had a long handle that screwed into it.

These should be boring videos, but can’t look away !! I watch mudlalarking videos from England , but this is just as exciting 😊

Been a fan for awhile.... This is probably the best episode y'all have uploaded. Thank you for the hard work.. Tom& Crew, this is a great example of why I enjoy watching your videos 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🤠

Holy crap what a pit!!! This has to be my favorite dig yet. Thank you for all the entertainment and history lessons you bring us with every video.

Love the sounds of the trains in the background! Just magnificent!

My grandfather was born in 1882. I really enjoyed listening to his stories about life in the late 1800s. Watching you dig this stuff up helps me understand his experience even that much more vividly. On another note, I would love to own one of those stoneware beer bottles. As a potter, I can tell you bottles are NOT easy to throw - at least not consistently.

Wow, that's a pit that kept on giving. Love the ceramic beer bottles and redware jug. Congratulations!

Your proably digging in their rubbish dump. when I was a kid 1962 I moved from the city to the country . I found at the back of a few hundred acre old farm house a 70 year old rubbish dump over the side of a hill . I found colored bottles ,medicine bottles with wire holding the glass caps on . Bottles with glass plugs with old rotten cork on the plug. old rotten wooden buckets ,old pieces of farm ,equipment. Pots and pans ,forks, kives spoons. broken platesand bowls. I saved some of the bottles for years. One of my X wives threw them out .She called them old junk. After watching you date these bottles I wonder if the dump i was looking at might have been older than I realized . Thanks for the video brought back fond memories.

The cast iron pot is restorable! Great stuff you're finding!

Way to go Tom!!! I root for ya every week to find stuff older than 1900! Very, very cool to see you land on an older site! Hell yeah!

I think the cast iron, round with hearts that you asked about, is a pastry mold for deep frying. Love your videos Tom. Wow, this pit was amazing

1870 is not an early settlement. Let’s at least give a nod and thanks to the people whose settlements go back 1K years and many more. Thanks for leaving the captions up long enough to read. Puts your channel in the top tier.

What a haul guys. Amazing !!! Some of the best history found. Been watching you start you. Are the best on you tube!!! I'm hooked. My dad is an archaeologist and worked on henry the 8's war ship Mary Rose and helped with. Fishbourne roman Palace in. The uk

This is one of my favourite digs you’ve done. The variety of colours was super. Thank you for sharing.💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💕

Wow what a dig! Amazing finds! Love all the stoneware beers!

Another awesome and fascinating dig. Those preserve jars would make great vases.

I don't know why, but I just love your videos. They remind me of the late 1970s. My grandmother's house, in rural California (remote) was rented out to another family, who burned it down. My parents were forced to take a mortgage out on their house (a second mortgage) to help pay off the lawsuit that dad's mum lost because apparently there was no screen on the chimney. Dad took us kids hiking to the burned out remnants of the house. (probably burned down in 1975, when I was seven).... and I remember camping out in the rubble of the burned out house. We returned many times, and dad spent his time cleaning out the detritus. It was a three mile hike to the house, with no passable roads. I would scrabble around amongst the ruins and find all kinds of treasures. Coins, perfume bottles, other stuff. Those were some of my dearest memories of that piece of property. Alas, grandmother went senile, and signed it all away to scammers, so that 150 acre chunk of California Real Estate in Santa Rosa went out of the family. But it was an integral part of my childhood.... digging for treasures. I have to wonder if the latrines of California would be as productive as those of more eastern locales.

Wow this is awesome i love old military 🪖 stuff that's been hidden in the ground for 100s of years thanks for sharing all this history with us

Worth the wait! Fantastic finds! Look forward to your videos every week, and never disappointed!

Gotta love a packed and DRY pit. So many good finds, that was huge fun watching you dig, except I wish I was there! Still hoping for the “how to clean your bottles” video. 🤞

Tom - i feel that this is your best dig ever! I have been following you for a while now, and you have gained tremendous knowledge about the artifacts. You are demonstrating maturity and professionalism. Thank you for what you do!

I’m definitely spoiled by your channel you provide so much information and history. Thank you for taking the time making us feel like we are there with you guys!

Fantastic day my friend thanks for sharing this video

I think it’s safe to say you found the honey hole. Incredible man congratulations!!

A particularly magnificent haul. Exciting stuff! Glad the "English" bottles hadn't caught you out. You have a huge bank of knowledge in that head of yours and no-one could fail to be impressed by that. I am an avid viewer and a proud Scot from the Isle of Skye.

Wow! wow! Wow, What a great haul. Love watching your digs. This old Aussie bottle digger is so envious

An amazing variety of "new" old treasures. Thanks for the detailed descriptions. I always learn something new.

What a wonderful dig, plenty of a hall, plus great peaces and even better your not a mucked up mess, I just fell bad for you when your pit turns into a swamp. Love the finds. Much love. Afriend.

That haul took my breath away!

Hi Tom and jake what a fantastic early bottles pit it's great to see some British bottles the stone beer bottles are very common find in Britain sometimes they have got the makers printed on them there are quite collectable some are ginger beer ones you and jake will have a feel day in Britain digging for really early bottles going back to 1700 hundreds and early 1800 hundreds like I said Tom you have made history there, all the best Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧

You are the 'Tops'. U.K. What a Fantastic Pit! Our English diggers are so jealous! ! ! Well done.

That cast-iron pot is intriguing, I'd like to see how one would stabilize/restore it.

Dances with Wolfs Military Camp. So Awesome!!! An Outpost out in the wilderness!!! Every pull is just blowing my mind!!! Great Job, ThX so much for this video!!!

probably the best bottle finding video ive ever seen. great finds

I watch every second! Haha.. love watching you carefully dig and highlight each piece. So wonderful!!

Hopefully, all of the glass and other articles can be picked out so the property owner can fill in the pit and work the field without glass and stuff getting churned up. That way, people can enjoy the old findings and the freshly cleaned up land. A win-win.

I'm blown away. What a pit. Glad I got to see it. Keep up the good work!!!!

I love the history of everything you find. I have been a metal detectorist for over 51 years.

You guys fucking rock!! you got me excited with that title!

What an exciting video! Pharmaceutical bottles are some of the ones that first sparked my interest in bottle digging. I love the food jars as well. Such colors and those droopy lips! Fun Mexican Mustangs, the Squib and US army meds...the beautifully glazed jug...the plethora of stoneware beer bottles... the igloo and then pyramid ink! The treasures just kept coming: congratulations! I am happy for you.

EXCELLENT ADVENTURE!! Thanks for sharing.

An absolutely stellar dig. So many treasures. How I wish you had a channel from which we could purchase some of our history. I would even be interested in the broken pieces. My grandfathers both worked for the railroads, and the train whistle in the background made me nostalgic. My father and I both served in the US Army and even took basic training at the same camp, although 30 years apart.

Tom at his best... un-earthing history.... Thanks, man.

I am British, now in Canada and those brown and white stoneware bottle held Ginger Beer. It is a sparkling soft drink made from Ginger and very fiery. The more modern have a stoneware screw top with a rubber sealing ring. It is great with whiskey. I have been to Burslem, and Hanley (The Potteries) and mother did jam in Kilner Jars. I am very old, 71 yesterday 😅28:20 looks like a pot trivet to stop your hot pans marking the table. You are one of the few people on this side of the pond that pronounces Worcestershire correctly. 😀The was a great dig and so much was intact, very interesting.

Im from Pittsburgh, Pa. Very cool to see some glassware that age all the way over there! Love your videos!

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This video is one of your very best, love the bottles from the 1800’s!

Tom, what a phenomenal dig, what an awesome dig. So many old bottles and loved all of the ginger beers. Outstanding!👍👏😀

It's late night as I'm watching -- had to up the speed to 2x normal to get through this quickly -- and it was more fun than hunting Easter eggs, watching you pop one amazing item after another out of the pit! So awesome to see them after cleaning, too! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! 🪅

This is an amazing dig! Really enjoyed it.👍from Kentucky

The most amazing dig I have seen in a long time! Thank you for your hard work and sharing

Most definitely my favorite video of yours that I have ever watched! I love learning about your finds when you dig! Makes me want to dig on my ancestors' farm land!

What an amazing find! I have to say I'm a little Jelly! So exciting! I would love to purchase one of the medicine bottles!! Thank you for these great videos! Yall are awesome!!

So stoked to see another video , and like always.. Tom? You Rock all things?

What a great pit! It showed the difference between a military and a non-military pit of the time. You can imagine the higher ranking people of the time ordering in things that most wouldn't have access to. Nothing has changed over the years really, it's nice to see how long it has been going on. Thanks for the great video!

So cool to see the “W” sauce bottles! As a chef, and a home canner, I love seeing the articles used in food preservation of long ago. Not boring, bland stretch!!

Hello from Brunswick, Maine, US.. I was hatched in Fort Gary, Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada, in 1952.

We just can’t imagine what life was really like back then but by you digging through these pits the really can bring history to life. We can imagine how tough life was like for them seeing that they ate and what preservatives (pickles, sauces) they used and what they drank to relax. This is an amazing channel. Thanks guys x

Now THAT was amazing. Thank you Tom & Jake!

Wow .. what an amazing video!! You amaze me with the amount of knowledge you have regarding the different things you find. Your hard work and that of the folks helping you put the videos together is greatly appreciated. Thanks again for sharing your treasure hunts with us all.

It's amazing to see this. My Grandfather worked as a builder for the rail system.

Finding goodies!!!👏

I'm in awe at what you found man!! Good God!!! Congrats!

The circular heart object could be an item used to sit a hot cooking pot/dish ontop of it to prevent burning a table cloth.....❤ Really amazing finds, the best you've ever dug up. I enjoyed all the English found items. I'm half English, nice to see what the English crafted n produced back in the day. I wouldn't sell any of the items. I would clean All n place all within a lovely curio cabinet on display under lock n key in for my private collections.😊 Enjoy, lovely.

Superb video. Very interesting to see how our British items were exported in such large volumes back in your early history. That must have been one of your easiest but most satisfying digs yet.

What a dig!! I have one A+DHC bottle here at the house. They made some great glassware. Thanks a bunch for sharing that dig.

Hello Tom, what amazing finds, great job. Stay safe and take care.👍👍

Brings back memories......I dug at Natchez-under-the -hill in the 70s and 80s......found lots of the same stuff.... some older stuff also. No pits where I dug.....just the city dump along the Ms River......love your presentation

Wow! Amazing dig!

So cool. Digging up history! I can watch your vids for hours. Keep up the good content! Would love to see one dug out east to see some really early stuff!

Fun dig. Great cache of beer bottles!

igrewup in worcestershire england and spent my early childhood 9/10yearpld diggind old victorian rubishpitts looking for old bottles/treashure and thought myself lucky too find a whole bottle,never did i find dozens in one pitt.im jealous but happily taken back too my childhood. happy and carefree days,such simple days digging in the mud,how the world has changed in 40 years. i wish i could go back in time!!! thankyou for taking me back and such a wonderfull hoard you found!!!😁😁

You are so lucky to be doing this. So amazing

‘Dances with Wolves” comes to mind as I see you raising the debris of the past in this location. Amazing.

I'm thinking that a lot of the stuff in this pit came from the officer's mess - all those imported English preserve bottles, wine, champagne and ales - the officers would dine together, usually served by stewards - I don't see the soldiers being able to afford all that imported stuff. I'm thinking the officer's mess stewards were clearing off the tables & chucking the empties into the privy. I think the cast-iron piece with pierced heart design is a trivet for placing hot pots or pans on. All the medicine bottles probably came from the surgeon attached to the fort.

Completely amazing views of some amazing stone wears and glass ! Thanks for sharing

I really enjoyed this episode. I kept saying "wow!" Or "holy cow!" Out loud when i was watching. Could tell you were really enjoying the dig.

Y'all should hashtag this with "unintentional asmr" cos this is asmr how it should be done! 😊

Wow, you got jackpot 👍🙏

Love these old things... Just waiting to be brought to life again by you. I like to think of the people who used the items... From their hand to yours.

The cast iron cooking pot is still usable today after being cleaned and retempered. WOW! What a find!

How all bottles were not broken is amazing. Nice finds.

You really hit the jackpot !

My mother was an archeologist, went on many a digs in my youth. Still have artifacts from some of those digs. Mainly in Midwest.

So glad to see you make some more awesome finds! Good job!

Im 65. From Indiana. Guess its the Midwest. Just found you. Subbed.

Wow!! I was just telling my friend I think I was born in the wrong era...I love stuff like this far more than modern day riches. This was an excellent and fun dig to watch!!

Wow what a beautiful bunch of awesome bottles. Love that big jug. Awesome video

Awesome finds. Your saving and preserving our history

Holly smokes, nice!!!!

Not pedantic but Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland. Ships left from the west for America. Lovely find.

WOW thats an amazing dig

OUTSTANDING MY FRIEND! Have not been Exited in along Time…. I love this, Cheers~

Does any inks have a thin strand of glass for the quill holder, don’t brake it while cleaning?

I live in Canada, just north of the St. Lawrence river. I used to dive recreationally in the 70's and 80's. This is a very British area, and a place that Empire Loyalist migrated to after the war of Independece. I've only ever come across one stone beer bottle in all my years of diving, to watch you dig up so many so far from the east is stunning. It seems like although the Soldiers / settlers had rejected being British subjects, they retained a taste for english beer. lol Great find, very entertaining, keep up the great work your doing.

Just found your channel. HUGE history guy. To think the last hands to touch these objects were in the 1860s, 70s, 80s, and the very next hands to touch them were yours! To think of the history these things have seen! Definately subscribed! Keep doin what you do man! Love it!

Very VERY Awesome find!!! Almost like finding Gold.. I Love the old stuff. They definitely don't make that good anymore lol Thanks for posting this vid😇🙏👍