Thanks for watching everyone! And a special thanks to “Nebraska’s Everything” on RU-vid, for locating the pit and allowing us to come down to Nebraska and dig it. We could consider it a personal favor if you went over to their channel and gave them a sub! And tell them Below the Plains sent you! www.youtube.com/@NebraskasEverything Again, Thanks for watching! Hit that like button, leave a comment, and if you want to see some early content, you can go subscribe to our Patreon. www.patreon.com/belowtheplains Also, we have been posting pictures of our digs and finds on Facebook. If you are interested there are links to both our pages in the description. Have a great weekend!
Hey guys, come to Iowa!! I live in a ghost town tht once was a booming 'country' city! I've destroyed my backyard in the year I"ve been watching you all!! Lol So much fun finding treasures and refering back to your videos to try and identify. Its like you're right there in the hole with me!! Thanks guys!!✌️
I was thrilled to see you dig the "poison". Years back I worked with a gentleman who had a wonderful bottle collection. I think he specialized in bitters and had every color you can imagine. Amongst his other collections was a vast "poisons" collection that I found captivating. Mostly the deep blue colors, but a few other non blue specimens. Sure do enjoy your vids, finds, commentary and knowledge. Keep on opening it up!
Hi, Ironstone China/Burslem is where I live. We are famous for the Pottery industry in fine bone china, earthenware here in England. Great to see our pottery being uncovered. Thankyou
Tom, Between watching you for a while now so I researched your background and saw the interview with public radio. A lot of great discoveries were made by ":amateur" Archaeologists in the past and by amateur astronomers. Your your own boss and have been able to make a some money doing what you love to do. Publishing was a great idea, hopefully making more people aware of Below the Plains. I hope you continue to be a success and find other things of historical interest to pass on to future generations. Cheers, Frederick "Rik" Spector
Tom! You're a living expert.You can identify just about everything you dig... Good job!! Dedication and determination pays off 🤓., Proud to know you...
Back when we were digging at Suisun Bay down in the Bay Area. The place was so full of bromo Seltzer bottles that we actually just started throwing them aside. At that time they weren't worth a whole lot. If we took every bromo we found we wouldn't be able to bring anything else home. There was all the sizes. You could even walk around and just find them laying on top of the ground because other people digging would discard them also. Suisun Bay, I would imagine, is still not completely dug out. The government probably put a stop to it. It was fun but it was wet. Sorry this is so long. Great video. Love the old ones. Take care.
Tom, a fantastic lead that landed you in Nebraska. So fun to see your excitement on bottles you have never seen before. The wet, clay soil looked challenging. Beautiful variety of finds. 👍👏😀
"groan" "one of these needs to be embossed" 🤣I think I'm loving the commentary now more than anything. Tom you have such a calm, interesting but also deadpan funny delivery😄Thanks for another entertaining video👍
I snuck into a construction site a while ago. It looks like they had dug up a three full pits from 1900-1950. Everything was smashed and most of it was dumped back into the pit and compacted. Glad to see you were able to save these guys.
Good morning, thinking of you both being cold on that dig :( Nice finds, video was just what I needed, I always feel lifted seeing these old pieces. Thank you so much for sharing.
Woohoo, Nebraska! My ancestors were early pioneers in that area, so I enjoyed seeing stuff from their era. I know my great grandfather traveled to the Dakotas often, which is why I started following. I was ‘digging’ old trash sites as a youngster in the 70’s and wish I had paid more attention to the glass bottles. Most of them were wine or beer, in retrospect. I learn a great deal from your posts. Thank you!!!
WOW. That liquor jug was awesome. I got a little chilly so I turned on my little heater then looked at the video it's snowing on you so the heater is on for both of us. Lol stay warm and safe.
i was installing 18" sanitary concrete mainline pipe at about 14' deep in a old cornfield when my backhoe man dug into a rock lined well at the bottom i found 9 of these in perfect condition zink glazed liquor jugs and many other old bottles plus a rusted up Winchester rifle, including myself 7 men on my crew i gave each guy a jug and took 3 for myself.
As a kid I can remember digging in a old house that had been torn down in Tennessee. I found several good bottles. Later years someone built another home on top of area. I always wished as I had gotten older went back before it was built over. Love your content! Thanks!
Best, most comprehensive treasure diggers on YT. Thanks, Tom and Jake for sharing your adventures. I find your channel to be so enjoyable and informative! Suitable for all ages, too...many others cuss a lot and would not be suitable for all ages of viewing. So, keep up the great work and know how much you're appreciated! Love the little history bits and ads😊
The City Museum in St. Louis has a section dedicated to found treasures from excavations around the city...mostly outhouses. An amazing trove of history!!! You're doing good work!
Love the information you add at the top and pictures. I dug up a white door handle recently in farm privy. Found two cork top Pinex too. Cool to see you dig one. Thanks Tom 👍
@@BelowthePlains I will take your word for it LOL I do love seeing what you find. Always look forward to the next one. Have a great day and happy digging 😁
Love the new profile photo. I love watching your channel. My sisters andI used to do this in Lincoln uk. We mainly found small ink bottles, several glass bottles with stoppers. Clay pipes.my elder sister kept these items, it’s lovely to see history how processes of manufacturing have changes. Clay soil is a sticky mess to work in.
Hi Tom 👋 👋 👋 and hi jake another good bottle hunt definitely a good age 😀 the best thing about digging these pits you can some nice surprises 😮 we'll done ✔ Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧
Interesting to be in Nebraska. It's a state we in the east don't hear much about,unless something wild happens. I loved all the Willa Cather books,especially O'Pioneer. In my mind I see beautiful fields of wheat. Wish I could come across the Mississippi and see it myself. I love the historical factor of what you dig up. People sure were taken advantage of in those times especially if they were sick.
I always get a little thrill when you pull out some English pottery from Hanley, Burslem, Stoke on Trent etc. the whole area known generically as 'The Potteries' is no more than 20 miles away from where I live and my mother's family lived all over that area and variously worked in pottery manufacture. There's a few potters still working, the most famous being Wedgwood but there are others. Interesting to see how ordinary bits of earthenware and china have travelled.
I feel like I've been channeling you this week... digging a bunch of holes for an art project. I've dug up a few bottles... nothing with very good age, but it still made me feel cool lol.
I was born in 1961, my Brother in 1947, my Mother 1927, my Dad 1923, my Grandparents from 1870 to 1899. I remember things like Bromo Seltzer, Liniment, Mercurachrome, Borax, Lye Soap, etc. Brings back fond memories. Grandma using Oleo and dipping Levi Garrett snuff with a little wooden flat spoon in the glass jar she would keep for drinking. Grampa chewing Bullseye plug and twist tobacco. Dad's Dad born 1870 chewed Day's Work.
I’d love to do that! I love digging stuff up.. I’ve found a few bottles over the yrs.. plus seems whenever I do get to dig for stuff I always find at least one marble! Lol
Hi, new to your channel, just found it yesterday. I have watched several video's, and really like how you pull thing's out and show each item, and give a quick description. I would really like to see some of these cleaned up, or even the cleaning process. The dig where you found all the Dakota soda bottles was crazy, I'd really like to see one cleaned up. I am sure if you made a video just showcasing some of your favorite finds would be well received. I'm to old to go do something like this, so appreciate your time. G-d bless.
