Our Dream Dumpster!! 1960's Ephemera, Antiques, and Sea Corals!
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- Опубликовано: 11 апр 2024
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Hey y'all! Welcome back to the channel, we're so excited about this dive. If you know how much we love finding ephemera and antiques in the trash, then you'll know how cool of a dive this is to us. In this one dumpster we found tons of antique tins, medicine tins, paper ephemera and old letters, and some really cool Navy stamps!
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Y'all!! I was literally walking back to the truck to move on when Alex found that one tin can. It led to us discovering SO much paper ephemera, antique tins, and even some corals and shells! Those were so unexpected and cool to find. We love stuff like this and hope you enjoy watching as much as we enjoyed digging! Happy diving and we'll see you next time :)
I could literally watch these types of dives ALL.DAY.LONG! ❤
Loved it! When you have time and trying to find something fun to watch on You Tube check out Nicola White mudlark. You would love her finds along the shores of the Thames in the United Kingdom. Great fun my husband and I look forward to your diving. Cheers from Northern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Absolutely love looking for stuff like this. So much history to do searches on & the structure of them is great. I love hunting seashells & just finding old odd stuff. So much fun watching you guys. Thank you for sharing. The tin band aid boxes are old. I'm 62 years old and I remember those as a kid. So exciting.
Some of those old tins are worth some money 💰
Paper & Moose is a YT channel on ephemera & antiques. You might be interested.
I love old stuff it is nice to see younger people interested in preserving history.
I am 69 years old and that candy can is older than me. I want to thank you guys for finding things that bring back memories of my childhood.. and you guys are very good dumpster divers. Because you never know what you have found.that bring back thank you so much.❤❤
That’s why I like going to flea markets. I like seeing things from my childhood or things that my grandmother had. Things I have forgotten.
This makes me think someone cleaned out grandpas garage shelves. I know my grandpa had a ton of old cans and bottles with nuts and bolts. Glad you found joy in the dumpster lol
Sad they had no idea what they were throwing away. So glad the right couple came along!! Way to go guys❣️
Thanks guys for saving all those treasures. All that coral might have been picked up during the 2nd World War in the south sea islands. And those cans are awesome. What a find.
same
One paper said that the coral was found near the USS Melvin. My dad served on that ship when it was torpedoed and sank. Even though there was time and room, the Captain went down with the ship, as he saluted to his men in boats.
Today's episode was dumpster archeology at its finest.
Man I feel so old after watching this. The secrets box, bandaid box and the screw top Old Spice Deodorant are all things I grew up with.
I love that you value older things and real wood furniture!
I'm so glad somebody's collection that was left when they were gone was salvaged
Me too!!
OMG, I'm a Gemologist and rockhound and that Coral is the coolest thing I have ever seen you pull out of a dumpster. I'm dying here!!!
I was thinking the same thing! Today was their lucky day!
it almost sounded like the person was stationed on that ship, which was around those island . I would say possibly WW2? Either way it was a very cool find.
I share the same passion❤ what a marvelous find anywhere but a dumpster 😍
I could watch this kind of dive all day. Also a rockhound.
@@aprilgreen2006 I was coming to say the same thing. And someone just threw out their stuff if maybe they passed away or something
That's the same cigar box my father put all his birthday/father's day cards in, so we would not give him the same card each year. He hid it in the garage and I found it after he passed away and enjoyed looking at all the handmade cards we did for him when he and my 4 older sisters were little kids
I collect fossils, rocks, crystals, ephemera, antiques and everything else you claim may be not as interesting to some, so imagine how hard I geeked out to this vid!! Thank you for sharing ❤
I have old coffee cans for used flatware, scissors rulers and pens, nuts and bolts, etc!
SAME!!
Same here
Those stamps I think might have been issued during the depression to use for rations/gas. I could be wrong! So proud of you for wanting to save historical items.
Yes on the stamps
😅@@carolynstrecha2371The stamps are not ration stamps. Ration stamps were used during WWII. Those stamps are larger and clearly state if they are for sugar, butter,and gas.
The corals are probably from a WW2 GI going across the Pacific, that is real history in your hands I'm glad you picked it up ❤
I agree. That’s from the Pacific area if WWII
Wow that is SO cool to think about!
I wonder if it was all stored in the old barrel that was in pieces. I would have grabbed the wood to reconstruct the barrel!
Ps I'm English I know GI's collected soil from Europe and Africa in WW2 my Dad went through Holland Belgium and across the Rhineland-Palatinate with an American unit and he said the American lads used to collect a lot of reminders of their time in the Army, my Dad was 18 in 1944 and he used the term lads it made me laugh so much, sadly he passed in 1995 and I miss him every day (I'm 61) love your vlogs ❤️
I was thinking some could be from the Bikini Atolls. Possibly could be radioactive if so.
I’m so thankful that you guys rescued all of that ephemera, and old cans from the dump, glad that you guys appreciate things like that, because I do too.
It doesn’t matter what you guys find or how insignificant it may seem to others, it’s the joy you two project that we come back for. Love you both and hey from Australia. 🇦🇺
Haha, I used to use the sucrets for sore throats, and miss the metal bandaid boxes!!!
You saved someone’s memories!! ❤ You two are the best!! ❤
My grandmother made a yard stick holder ,it hung by the back door by the washer machine,if she would get on to us ,she would say go get the yard stick,never did she whip us with it,never whipped us with anything...🤔😂♥️ I was born in 1968 so it was the 70s ,the best times to grow up
Sure was. My husby got the wooden spoon tho, he was a bratty one.
@@juneyshu6197😂😂😂
I have my moms yardstick holder full of her yardsticks. Childhood memories are the best.
@@juneyshu6197 i got the wooden spoon until my bro and i sawed them all into pieces and buried them in the yard with our dads help...my ma was livid! Lol so then it was the back of the hand...
My Granny would lightly spat our legs with a big plastic comb growing up ! Didn't hurt just stung a little!! ☺️
I'm 64, those are from my childhood!!! And maybe a little earlier!
Same here Rosemary!
Metal bandaid container are how they were packaged.
Cans my childhood 1970's
Just look at how cute and perked up she gets when she sees something interesting. Y’all look genuinely happy. I love things like this too. I could spend hours in thrift dumpsters looking for super old stuff.
A paste made from POWDERED Barkeeper's Friend (very inexpensive) and drops of water will polish those tins up to a much nicer state. They won't bring back the paint, of course, but removing rust and other natural build ups makes a big difference in aesthetics. Thx for loving and nurturing our environment. ✌
Y'all took me back to my childhood with some of that stuff! I haven't seen one of those Katydid tins since i was about 8 and I'm 67 now!
You should go to auctions of older people. So cool you practically get to see their entire life and what they kept. Loved the video ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yes sad . The sad part is the family not wanting the stuff. The cool part is if you're interested in it you can save it same as them rescuing it from the dumpster!!
What a great find! All those old tins and corals and stuff. The large metal hoop goes with the wooden slats. They used to be a barrel.
I was thinking the same thing about the wooden slats and the metal rings - a barrel!
That’s what I was coming on here to say all those wood pieces and the ring are all whiskey barrel
There are so many collectors of old tins and ephemera. Such great finds in those dumpsters. My favorite is the Pearl Harbor patch.
Love how you get excited to see the old stuff from my ERA. I might send you some of my old stuff if you would be interested. I’ve collected all kinds of things and I have no one to leave it to but I think you would enjoy it.
@breafkast
Wow! Amazing find. Cannot believe someone just trashed all that stuff. Coral is worth money as it is now illegal to harvest a lot of it. Antique coral has some monetary value on its own. It can be displayed or made into jewelry. I read recently that scientists are studying old coral stuffed away in museum as it helps them understand ocean health from what it was a century ago to now. Great rescue!
You’re giving those items even more longevity. 👍⭐️
Thank you for picking all of these items. They are someone’s memories. Another man’s trash is another TREASURE ❤😊
I was born in 1959 and my parents were born 1928 and 1932. My dad had a Garrett snuff calendar! This is such a find! I feel like I was transported back to my parent’s attic and garage! He had a small town drugstore and we stored all kinds of treasures in Sucrets and Bandaid tins. What fun!
I was born in 1959 as well. My mother was born in 1927 and my dad in 1920. My dad joined the navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was stationed in Hawaii. It’s interesting that although he was in the navy he never learned to swim.
Such amazing finds! I love that y’all found these and are giving them a new life. I just feel bad for the grandparents that spent years collecting and documenting all these awesome finds. Very few people care about these things anymore. Y’all are old souls.❤
Omgosh I remember that play doh can from when I was a child and I'm 69 !!
I'm 61 and me to remember that can. Wow, and to actually remember it is even wow....:)
I’m 80 and glad that you value old stuff to bad I don’t have anything from the 60s,moved to many times.
Victor E. Lauderdale, Jr., 91, of Denton, passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2013. He was born on April 3, 1922 in Ambrose, Texas to Victor E. Lauderdale, Sr. and Opal Meals Lauderdale. He married Juanita Jenkins in Italy, Texas in 1943. He served in the United States Navy during WWII and was a retired professor from Tarrant County Junior College.
V. E. Lauderdale Sr. has a collection of papers and memorabilia he wrote during WWI housed at UNT libraries with a few items scanned online.
I bet that was his stuff…😢
Thank you for letting us know some of his history.
Every piece of coral and/or stone y'all pulled from the dumpster is a TREASURE!!! I said "WOW" at each piece. 👏🏻😃👏🏻😃👏🏻😃👏🏻
Thank you for not giving up on this dumpster!!! So many of us loved the ride. Your videos are great and you both are wonderful.
The two of you were so worried we weren't enjoying the treasure finds. I think it's unanimous. We were all captivated. So awesome! So fun to watch and the excitement on both of your faces made me even more excited. So cool!😮😊👍👏👏
So great to see all the cool old finds! My dad when I was a kid had saved all kind of old stuff in the basement. Us kids got endless hours of fun and enjoyment seeing old things and learning about them.
Phenomenal finds today. Those old cans, and everything else that was antique were amazing finds. The sucrets,and the band-aid containers are worth alot. I love antiques, and I found alot when my parents passed away. I hope you both have a great day my friends ❤️🙂⚘️.
The two of you are so well suited to each other…you are a delight to watch 🩷
The bandaid tin is really old and kinda cool! They don't sell them like that anymore! Cool find! The coral is cool they meant a lot to someone because they wrapped them up with a description of where they're from!
I loved watching all the things you were finding in the dumpster!! The old cans reminded me of my dad, who had cans like that in his garage with nuts, bolts, nails, etc. For tiny items, he used old tobacco tins, he used to smoke a pipe and used Prince Albert Tobacco in a can. I wish I could show you a picture of his cans in the garage. I love rocks and am a big rockhound fan!!! The coral and shells would be a rockhound’s dream to find!!! All the ephemera was an amazing find, too. You said one of the old checks was dated 1966, I was 4 years old then. I still have a sucrates can from the 80’s. Who knew that the metal can for bandages could be a collectible in 60 years? I'm 62. 😀
I mudlark along rivers in my area for vintage bottles and old items that have been tossed so I love this dive. My husband agreed to let me display the coolest finds in the living room, but he calls it picking up trash!
Y'all are making me feel really old....considering I was Born in 1961! 😮
I got 2 on ya😄 And my dad was born in 1910, I have several of his containers.
I’m a 1961 kid!!❤
As a retired museum staff member, I’m loving this!
I don’t think you’ve ever had a video I didn’t enjoy however THIS was sooo special!!!! How cool! And you almost missed it! Thoroughly enjoyed every moment! Could have watched more! And I’m looking forward to the news letter so I can really look at the ephemera items closely! Congrats! 🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Definitely one of the best dives. You literally are saving history. It would have been interesting to sit with the owner and listen to his stories where the items came from.
Those pieces of wood and that metal band looked like a wine barrel that had fallen apart. Ya'll literally found someone's mementos in there. I'm so glad you rescued them. ❤❤❤
Rescuing all that memorabilia bring joy to my heart as I watch your enjoyment in all.
What cool finds! I looked up the Maryland coffee can and it was established in 1918 and served Texas restaurant, hotels. It’s now called “bright and early “ and still uses its 1918 recipe!
Awesome to know
Fun and unusual dive. Love the coral pieces.
I was looking up the can and they date back to 1949! What a great find! You did score on the tins. There's a great history behind the katydid candy.😊
I’m 50 years old this year and some of the stuff was bringing up so many memories, the secret containers was very awesome finds today love the history and the coral was awesome especially the paper with where it was found
I can say I throughly enjoyed the video. I love seeing the old objects, brings back memories.❤❤
The metal lid you found, red with star is from an old coffee jar. I have sold them for $3-$5 dollars by themselves. Increases the value of jar if they have the lid. I think I saw another one later in the video where you were finding the coral, unless you pitched the one you showed back in.❤
Love you guys
I thotI recognized it!
They kept it. They also picked up a jar with the lid there at the end.
It’s now illegal to gather coral. So what you found might be considered precious.
I think somebody cleaned out their parents garage and just threw everything away! So sad, glad you guys rescued all this stuff!
As a junk journaler that is an amazing find. Congrats. love dives like this.
A lifetime of collection just tossed in the trash. So disrespectful. Thank you for retrieving and honoring it.
Love all the antiques. Love the old coffee tins and paper milk carton. You have a lot of expensive finds. So interesting
I think during the war people were given stamps for food or merchandise. Dress blues are usually for police and Firefighters and well, here is Canada it is just called your military blues or military dress. What amazing finds you two thanks for keeping going and looking that coral was so amazing. It all was! Kelly I remember that video a bout 2 years ago when you found a woman’s estate (or so it looked) and you found so much amazing items then the garbage truck came and you were in or almost in tears because there was so much more to go thru. But that was amazing too. You should link that video!!! 😊
Anything from the past is good yes there r old cans that r antiques even the crisco cans they were tin back in the 70s any more the r plastic I love looking at old stuff I think it's great keep up the great work on finding old stuff
My great grandmother called those cans like you found with various items her 'bits and bobbles cans' she had several. I remember being a child and pull a can down and start looking through a can, she would sit and tell me stories about each item. Buttons she could tell me what they came off of and why she kept them. It was for the memories. I miss those days and her.
I would have hopped all the way in so fast
I would have too.
ME TOO!
OMG you guys when you pulled that Sucrets tin out, major childhood memory! I knew instantly when I saw it. You could buy those at the 'drugstore' for sore throats. I loved them. Tasted a smidge like black licorice if I remember correctly. Very interesting finds in this dive. I was a kid back in the 60's, FYI!
Ya'll hit the jackpot! Love old stuff and the history behind it, my mom says I have an old soul. Great finds!❤
I’m going to print some of the images from your newsletter to use for some personal decoupage projects! So they live on to be appreciated at last!
Love this dive!! I was curious about the bandaid tin so I looked it up. It seems they started using cardboard in 1994. They do bring back the tins for special partnerships and anniversaries. They also release limited editions occasionally. This dive reminded me of a few years ago when I had to clean out my parents house after they passed away. I saved lots of things from my childhood but, didn't have room for it all. My mom never threw anything away. It was overwhelming having to go through everything. But, it was neat seeing things from my past that my mom had saved. I ended up having to leave lots of things behind because the house was sold and I had a limited amount of time to clean it out.I gave away as much as possible. It hurt when I drove by there afterward and saw the huge dumpster in the driveway full of all of our childhood memories. Thank you guys for rescuing all the neat things from the past. It is so nice to see a young couple that enjoys things from the past. So many today could care less. I need to go and check out the website now for the ephemera haul.
I loved the corals and shells! The bandaid tin is old! Haven't seen tins in prob 30+ years!
Got one on bathroom shelf!
@@juneyshu6197 I transferred all of my bandaids from the paper box to the tin bandaid box I still have!
I do too! @LB-ht1qk
This is the best kind of dumpster diving. Finding cool old stuff that you can save. Love all your hauls but this one was special!!
SO GLAD you saved all those items! All metal cans, glass jars, old nails, etc. is worth saving! People buy it all because nothing is made like it anymore. Those wood pieces & the rusty circle is an old broken barrel. It would've been cool to see if it was all there! It was old, for sure. That coral was stunning! I think this was your best dive yet! Congratulations & thank you for saving tiny bits of history!! 😊
That was a fascinating dive. I wonder who the person was that owned all those things. There was an almost complete barrel there, the staves, the hoop and I think the base. The little white shells you found are cowrie shells. In some parts of the world they were once used as currency, shell money. I really enjoyed watching you dig out those finds. 👍🏼👍🏼
Loving this video! I love older antique things and memorabilia. I collect rocks, fossils, and corral, so I was extra excited, lol. Thank yall for being amazing, per usual! ❤
When you'll started finding the old cans, it reminded me of my grandfather's workshop. It made me so sad that someone threw everything away. When you guys started talking about keeping some tins, and then Alex found the fossils or rocks, it made me so happy, that you found value in this person's treasures. 😄❤
Im loving watching you guys. This is right up my alley. All these papers tossed out like never mattered. Thank you for taking them and caring.
That's got to be one of the BEST dives I've seen yet. Well done you 2..❤
I remember watching you back in the day and anytime you’d come across stuff like that you’d let it go. I remember cringing every time you leave old papers lol it’s awesome. Seeing you finally appreciating the old stuff. I’m passing it on so people can enjoy it instead of it going to the landfill.
I have fun whenever I am watching your videos. My dad worked for Borden’s when I was a child. I have been lucky to find a few of Borden’s items at an antique store that I grabbed up quickly. My dad passed away 2 years ago and I miss him so when I see the items it brings back good memories. 😊
You would love my postcard collection. I'm 68 years old and I've kept postcards that my family has sent me and written on. It's especially touching, the ones from my grandparents that are no longer here
I inherited my grandmothers stamp collection!! How cool would it be to match it up with your postcards?! 🤭☺️
@@Str8OuttaTheBluez 😁👍
This has to be the best video yet. The memories you brought back. Thank you.
I don't think I blinked during the whole time, i didn't want to miss anything 😊
I guess back then it wasn’t illegal to take coral. so glad that you found these treasures that someone carelessly discarded. Unbelievable. God put you in the right place at the right time. I love that you respect and admire older things. Your ephemera collections are fascinating and NEVER boring. Thank God for young people like you. Great diving. Blessings and love coming your way and hug Bones for me. He is such a cool cat. 😏
The USS Melvin was a small destroyer in the second world war. You guys have truly come across real treasure!
Love this video!!! Yall found the best dumpster! I am 70 years old and my dad would keep nails in old coffee cans! It is neat to find all the vintage pieces! So neat! Ok y’all moving on!!!!❤
My dad used to keep nuts and bolts and other small objects in coffee cans at his basement work bench. Thank you for sharing this dive; it brought back a feeling of happy nostalgia.
I think this is actually one of your best dives! I love antiques and would love to find a haul like that!
That is so unbelievably COOL!!!!!
What an awesome find... lucky! Just think how long ago was it living in the oceans??? That's crazy...50..75..100 yrs ago..and now it belongs to you guys..you were meant to find it😊
The corals are a great score!!!
The fact that you found them with some indications as to where they came from is a huge plus!
Congratulations... you just can't get coral anymore, for it's endangered.
I'm so glad they didn't end up in a landfill.
I think that all that old stuff is so awesome , the stuff with the coral if it was me I would put it in order in a shadow box so cool.
The thought that these things almost ended up in the landfill......I am glad you two found these treasures
from that old metal ring it used to be an old wood basket (all that wood you saw) and it probably held all the old cans and fossils in it and those fossils were a wonderful find for certain!!!!
I was thinking a barrel..
The wood and metal ring looks like a whiskey barrel to me cause the way it's curves
Loved loved loved this dumpster dive! Thanks for taking us along on this 'back in time' adventure!🤗
It’s so interesting that you have to go through trash to find ephemera. Don’t you know any old people? Trust me , us old folks have boxes and boxes of the stuff and have no idea what to do with it. I find it fascinating that all my old friends and I can’t get our children or grandchildren to take anything.
So we keep it and feel guilty that one day our children will toss it all in a dumpster when we die. I had to clear my mom’s house because she felt too guilty to toss old cards and letters. Now I have them to feel guilt about. Glad you enjoy what you are doing . Life is mysterious ❤😂
This was such a great video! I love ephemera and always look through old photos and things at antique stores. I'm glad you guys found all this stuff and appreciate it as well!
Awesome dumpster find! My Grandfather's toolbox was full of old tins with screws in them!
What treasure trove! So glad you found the items! Marine biologists might be interested in the coral finds!
Really enjoyed watching this!!
😮 i was shocked on the first piece you picked, wooded piece went to a really old table set, one piece in connecting wood, other had a wheel. That was a blast from the past!!❤
I've got to comment again because those shells again my Dad brought abunch of them home they used wire and some kind of a play feeling that they put in the back and make jewelry with them all that they got on the island and they were all making those kind of things so seeing you do that really brings back memories I'm so glad that those things are important to you
Maybe put together a nice shadowbox.
All the rocks, shells, paper items & antique cans really nice!
Omgoodness, brings back memories, all those old tins are probably worth a lot of money. But no I don't find the episode boring. 😊 brought back fond memories ❤
Best dive ever, or should I say yet!! 💜