I love this video, especially 8:23 its a respectable hard labor, theres always roots until you go past a certain depth. Then soils liable to cave in because its too sandy. When its not too sandy then its too wet and makes one wonder where in the earth is all this mud coming from. Roots generally pave the way. If you dig without concentration you'll lose geometry and square and the hole becomes a trapezoid or worse. There's always a smell to it, different layer smells differently. The gnats chasing you at any elevation, I guess its the same in Poland. Trees yield shelter from the sun but below they hinder your every move below. I always worry about trees... if I cut this root or that, would it topple? There's no better outdoor activity than to dig a hole to train ones temperament, patience, and resolve, in my opinion anyway, and even better if the end result chasm is fitting for a grave. Death is universal, young old rich and poor. I am not a professional, I am an amateur, but for every hole worthy of a grave I stop to admire the handiwork. theirs or mine. My own handiwork have not been anywhere close to the orderliness of the graves you've dug. these days I mostly dig holes to repair something, or to plant something. Its been many years since I've dug holes for disposal of something, longer years since I've dug holes for other peoples to their disposal. I've never dug in a graveyard, I don't think I have the heart or liver for it. There's something about being in a place deeper than I am tall. there are great forces at play beyond ones control that can easily mute your life by simply caving by gravity. Yet within that little earthy cell, if one submits to it, may lay down and watch the sky while hearing the living that lives in the earth. And the world is set anew when I climb out. The world changes. The most bland of jokes will delight me, the most unpalatable food becomes hearty, and I can sleep through storms. My body will complain for days. But when all is back in peace, the invitation to pick up a spade will return and in time another hole will open from the filling of another. I've hit brick and crushed fiber reinforced concrete sidewalk someone put under fill dirt thinking no one will ever know. I've hit irrigation lines, telecom vaults, glass jars and bottles. Sometimes I wonder how far manmade refuse hath reached.
I dug my parents grave. Being creamated it was a smaller hole. And the dirt was like a chocolate cake. Very easy to dig. It is the last service a son can do for his parents.
I tried to dig my father's grave. The cemetery is in Arkansas. The ground is red clay. It was like digging into a brick. After a couple of futile thwacks at the soil, I deemed $100 for the services of a backhoe was a satisfactory albeit vicarious fulfilment of a son's obligation.
I would love to hear about the strangest finds you have made digging a grave, as well as the items that made you think the most. I have to admit I was shocked how overcrowded the cemetery was, do they not look to purchase land to extend the cemeteries or offer new sites instead of creating such a cramped site. I ask because here in England we have a history of creating new sites when the original ones are full. I think the best example is how crossbones cemetery in Southwark London led to outcry when human rotting remains were visibly decaying on the surface, this led to the creation of 5 huge suburban cemeteries including Highgate, and the death train service that transported via train London dead out to a cemetery in the countryside from Waterloo. You can still see the original train depot if you exit Waterloo and look across the street. It’s called if I remember correctly the necropolis line. Your videos are awesome and I can’t wait to see more!❤
I haven't found anything special or very strange. I find old German stuff often as this was Germany pre WW2 and sometimes bones that shouldn't be there, like in the perfect grave video. I've been to Highgate, love it, made a video about it, and plan to document the other London cemeteries the next time I'll be there. I love London.
Hey Martin glad I came across your channel again it looks very hard work no wonder it costs a fortune to open a grave! it does in England anyway. Thank you 👏👏👏👏
@@jacquelineentwistle5091 There is delsusion on my part. I find it terribly sad we bury people and then forget they ever exsited on the earth and were part of our life.
@@scottfoster2487 we come from nothingness go back to nothingness we'll natalists know when they bring children here that they will die and there of spring will to cradle to the grave it is sad and the thought of the dying process majority of us will not have a good end a. Peacefull dignified death non of us asked to be born we were forced in to exsitence having to suffer age die experience that
Great video Marty, and watch out for those mosquitoes, they're pretty hungry at this time of the year! 😳 Always enjoy your content, its always interesting well narrated. 👍 Pete (watching from Canada!) 🇨🇦
Thanks for another video and for the care you take in digging a respectful grave for somebody's loved one. I've seen your other videos and it's so much work! So precise. Question: Do they use concrete, plastic, fiberglass, etc. burial vaults in Poland?
@@lorenzovestuto7792 Of course. We mostly do it this way. Urn goes straight into the soil, either on a new urn plot or under already existing tombstone.
Again, interesting video! 🙂👍 You might have explained in a previous video but what do you do with unexpected remains that you dig up? Dig 'em further down an let that be it?
@@MartinsGraveyardI also have a small question of regarding to that in general, but do other eu counties do the same when it comes to re-burying whatever is left or does it depend on what country it is?
In the video about someone buried in 1996 I asked when you put a second body into a grave what about the stone? Do you remove the first stone and place a second one? How would the family of the first find it again? Thanks.
The stone is destroyed. The person is still in the books and in the same grave, just lower. The grave is reused when there's no contact from the family for a long time.
Are there cemeteries where the graves are permanent instead of leased? Just seeing how crowded the one cemetery was and some of the graves appearing older made me wonder.
Den Job habe ich auch mal vor 52 j gemacht Am besten wenn ein Grab voher schon gegeben war ? Da geht das Graben besser ca 2,5 Std Wenn kein Grab vorher vorhanden war 3,5 Std Wir alle werden so Enden Greetings from Brandenburg 🇩🇪 Udo
Whats the oldest grave you ever dug out, whats the most valuable item you ever found in someones grave, and whats the weirdest item uou found in aomeones grave?
The oldest was about 80 years old. Found a golden wedding ring which wen't back into the deepened grave, with the remains of the bride. Weirdest was maybe glass sour cream container that was one meter deep and was thrown there by the undertakers over half century ago. You can see it in my most popular video. We often find old German stuff, as this was Germany Before WW2 but thankfully I never found a shell or something like that. The graves here are reused over and over again because our whole country is smaller than California so there's a space issue. As for the remains, there's not much difference after 2 decades in acidic soil.
Why don't you use a special excavator for this. I was digging graves for many years in germany and we had special equipment. Digging graves by hand was only necessary when there was only little space for an excavator...
I think If you'd ask your subscribers to come over and give you a hand on that diggin it would take you like 10 minutes to dig entire cemetary. I agree to come and help for for free.
I love this video, especially 8:23
its a respectable hard labor, theres always roots until you go past a certain depth. Then soils liable to cave in because its too sandy. When its not too sandy then its too wet and makes one wonder where in the earth is all this mud coming from. Roots generally pave the way. If you dig without concentration you'll lose geometry and square and the hole becomes a trapezoid or worse. There's always a smell to it, different layer smells differently. The gnats chasing you at any elevation, I guess its the same in Poland. Trees yield shelter from the sun but below they hinder your every move below. I always worry about trees... if I cut this root or that, would it topple?
There's no better outdoor activity than to dig a hole to train ones temperament, patience, and resolve, in my opinion anyway, and even better if the end result chasm is fitting for a grave. Death is universal, young old rich and poor. I am not a professional, I am an amateur, but for every hole worthy of a grave I stop to admire the handiwork. theirs or mine. My own handiwork have not been anywhere close to the orderliness of the graves you've dug. these days I mostly dig holes to repair something, or to plant something. Its been many years since I've dug holes for disposal of something, longer years since I've dug holes for other peoples to their disposal. I've never dug in a graveyard, I don't think I have the heart or liver for it.
There's something about being in a place deeper than I am tall. there are great forces at play beyond ones control that can easily mute your life by simply caving by gravity. Yet within that little earthy cell, if one submits to it, may lay down and watch the sky while hearing the living that lives in the earth. And the world is set anew when I climb out. The world changes. The most bland of jokes will delight me, the most unpalatable food becomes hearty, and I can sleep through storms. My body will complain for days. But when all is back in peace, the invitation to pick up a spade will return and in time another hole will open from the filling of another.
I've hit brick and crushed fiber reinforced concrete sidewalk someone put under fill dirt thinking no one will ever know. I've hit irrigation lines, telecom vaults, glass jars and bottles. Sometimes I wonder how far manmade refuse hath reached.
Some people will never understand. I'm glad that you feel what it is all about. Thank you. It was refreshing.
I dug my parents grave. Being creamated it was a smaller hole. And the dirt was like a chocolate cake. Very easy to dig. It is the last service a son can do for his parents.
I tried to dig my father's grave. The cemetery is in Arkansas. The ground is red clay. It was like digging into a brick. After a couple of futile thwacks at the soil, I deemed $100 for the services of a backhoe was a satisfactory albeit vicarious fulfilment of a son's obligation.
I probably won't dig the grave of my parents, but I couldn't imagine, letting someone else to prepare their bodies, when their time comes.
Wow, these videos make me Relaxed and calm. I was feeling a little upset since my hamster passed away but this Helps alot ❤
I would love to hear about the strangest finds you have made digging a grave, as well as the items that made you think the most. I have to admit I was shocked how overcrowded the cemetery was, do they not look to purchase land to extend the cemeteries or offer new sites instead of creating such a cramped site. I ask because here in England we have a history of creating new sites when the original ones are full. I think the best example is how crossbones cemetery in Southwark London led to outcry when human rotting remains were visibly decaying on the surface, this led to the creation of 5 huge suburban cemeteries including Highgate, and the death train service that transported via train London dead out to a cemetery in the countryside from Waterloo. You can still see the original train depot if you exit Waterloo and look across the street. It’s called if I remember correctly the necropolis line.
Your videos are awesome and I can’t wait to see more!❤
I haven't found anything special or very strange. I find old German stuff often as this was Germany pre WW2 and sometimes bones that shouldn't be there, like in the perfect grave video. I've been to Highgate, love it, made a video about it, and plan to document the other London cemeteries the next time I'll be there. I love London.
Hey Martin glad I came across your channel again it looks very hard work no wonder it costs a fortune to open a grave! it does in England anyway. Thank you 👏👏👏👏
As always a great video, thank you!👍
For anyone that can do that for a living, respect.
Heyyy heyyy!From Oklaaahoma USA!Awesome good ol fashion work,!Stay safe!
Hope they pay you well!!Hard hard work!
Thank you! You too!
I am glad you share the joy of the job. We as a society need to embrace the afterlife more.
In your delusion no one really knows about death or that there's after life just because he digs graves for corpses
@@jacquelineentwistle5091 There is delsusion on my part. I find it terribly sad we bury people and then forget they ever exsited on the earth and were part of our life.
@@scottfoster2487 we come from nothingness go back to nothingness we'll natalists know when they bring children here that they will die and there of spring will to cradle to the grave it is sad and the thought of the dying process majority of us will not have a good end a. Peacefull dignified death non of us asked to be born we were forced in to exsitence having to suffer age die experience that
suscribed. please keep posting videos
Great video Marty, and watch out for those mosquitoes, they're pretty hungry at this time of the year! 😳
Always enjoy your content, its always interesting well narrated. 👍
Pete (watching from Canada!) 🇨🇦
Thanks for the kind words Pete. All the best to you.
Super interesting! Always love this channel's content! Dzieki!
Pozdrawiam 🙂
Great video!
Thanks for another video and for the care you take in digging a respectful grave for somebody's loved one. I've seen your other videos and it's so much work! So precise.
Question: Do they use concrete, plastic, fiberglass, etc. burial vaults in Poland?
Thanks. We seldom use vaults, but if we do, then we use concrete.
@@lorenzovestuto7792 Of course. We mostly do it this way. Urn goes straight into the soil, either on a new urn plot or under already existing tombstone.
Fajny filmik. Czekam na wiecej. :) Pozdrowienia z UK. Pracuje w uslugach pogrzebowych wiec przyjamnie obejrzec cos z zakresu moich zainteresowan.
Dziekuje za pozdrowienia. Fajnie uslyszec od kogos z branzy. Trzymajcie sie tam. Pozdrowienia z Polski.
Again, interesting video! 🙂👍
You might have explained in a previous video but what do you do with unexpected remains that you dig up? Dig 'em further down an let that be it?
Thank you Steven. Yes, we always put them back deeper. They are never moved or thrown out.
@@MartinsGraveyardI also have a small question of regarding to that in general, but do other eu counties do the same when it comes to re-burying whatever is left or does it depend on what country it is?
@SlavicCoffee It depends on the country, but it's it's a common practice around the world.
I love watching !
In the video about someone buried in 1996 I asked when you put a second body into a grave what about the stone? Do you remove the first stone and place a second one? How would the family of the first find it again? Thanks.
The stone is destroyed. The person is still in the books and in the same grave, just lower. The grave is reused when there's no contact from the family for a long time.
Are there cemeteries where the graves are permanent instead of leased? Just seeing how crowded the one cemetery was and some of the graves appearing older made me wonder.
If a grave is flooded with water before a burial do you try to empty it or just put the coffin into grave Love your videos
We jump into the grave with the bucket and throw all the water out an hour before burial. Thanks!
How interesting! I enjoy your videos.
For how long do you expect to do this job?
Den Job habe ich auch mal vor 52 j gemacht
Am besten wenn ein Grab voher schon gegeben war ? Da geht das Graben besser ca 2,5 Std
Wenn kein Grab vorher vorhanden war 3,5 Std
Wir alle werden so Enden
Greetings from Brandenburg 🇩🇪 Udo
I read in the 1800s in the states they charged you by the foot to dig the grave.
I’m still watching 😊
Is the pay worth it to do that job? And when your not doing that are you the cemetery groundskeeper?
Not really. I'm an undertaker.
@1:16 And I would assume not only no matter how you feel about it, but also no matter the weather.
Yes. When it rains heavily, we put a tent over the plot.
Whats the oldest grave you ever dug out, whats the most valuable item you ever found in someones grave, and whats the weirdest item uou found in aomeones grave?
The oldest was about 80 years old. Found a golden wedding ring which wen't back into the deepened grave, with the remains of the bride. Weirdest was maybe glass sour cream container that was one meter deep and was thrown there by the undertakers over half century ago. You can see it in my most popular video. We often find old German stuff, as this was Germany Before WW2 but thankfully I never found a shell or something like that. The graves here are reused over and over again because our whole country is smaller than California so there's a space issue. As for the remains, there's not much difference after 2 decades in acidic soil.
@@MartinsGraveyard
Interesting, but hard work. Not to mention the mosquitoes.
Why don't you use a special excavator for this. I was digging graves for many years in germany and we had special equipment. Digging graves by hand was only necessary when there was only little space for an excavator...
Hey Marty!! 👋
Hey Kasie 👋
has someone told you you kinda sound like integza?
Never heard that name. I'll check it out.
It’s very scary
What's so scary about it.
I think If you'd ask your subscribers to come over and give you a hand on that diggin it would take you like 10 minutes to dig entire cemetary. I agree to come and help for for free.
That's a nice gesture of you, but only an authorised person can dig a grave here. Many of you would be devastated after 20 minutes 😄
looks like money
You need to see an ophthalmologist.
Looks like a ton of hard work! 😮 He earns every cent he makes! 👍
Why does the governments set aside more land for cemeteries?
What more land?