Absolute jackpot found buried in the burned remains of an old hotel.
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Tom Askjem excavates the Hotel McKay site in Ayr, North Dakota. #archaeology #history #artifacts #mudlarking #digging #asmr #buriedtreasure #wildwest
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Glad to see you've got your own channel, Tom! Keep up the good work!
I wish I knew the details, I'm a Mushroom 🍄
Yeah what happened to below the plains? Why didn’t he tell anyone?
@@jimmylarge1148 No tellin'. I found out by accident
❤Happy day‼️ Hi again from Arlington, Washington. I couldn't hit subscribe fast enough when your new channel came up. Just gave this old lady the will to live longer FAVORITE HISTORY HUNTER BOTTLE DIGGER MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE❣❤ Love ya dude❤
I really like your new channel. You talk more, giving us more information/history. Good stuff. 😀
I agree! Plus, I don't miss the music in the beginning. Just get to the digging! 😅
Enjoying the more detailed videos Tom. Great work!
Glad you are back. Miss the music from the beginning of your videos. You are still finding great stuff!
The sexy digging music😂
The NEW Era Begins!
What a fantastic dig and vid, Tom! Alot of unique finds! Thanks for taking us on the dig with you!! Looking forward to your next vid !
Love the old/new channel.
You are so deserving you are very dedicated and experienced
Great dig Tom, awesome finds as well. Congrats on your new Channel. 👍
Love the new font for the descriptions! You're awesome, Tom!
I'm glad I read through the comments, as I was curious what hppened to the old BTP channel.I'm enjoying this channel and looking forward to more vid's. I hope your dad will pluck a tune for you.
Yep, I wish I knew what happened too
Tom, you inspired me to dig down..while my spots were worthy, proving wood ash, glass/pottery shards, nails and everything but complete bottles, I still had fun and look forward to more prospects- keep bringing that history to us.
I’ve found four spots I’ve been digging in Michigan and have dug quite a bit and have only found maybe 10 intact bottles among literal billions of glass shards. 😂😂 keep at it you’ll find something. Remember this stuff was garbage/broken way back then so it’s no surprise that the stuff is mostly broken. We dig in the dumps. 😂
I love how knowledgeable you are! Im loving these videos! Great work!
I watched a couple other urban artifact digger channels and they do not compare to your knowledge and delivery. 100% informative!
Thank you!
@@TomAskjem.whoa u actually replied not that u got a new channel?! I like it!!!! 😂😂
The metal Lantern piece that you found could it possibly be a railroad piece what they call a smudge pot that set aside switches during cold weather to to keep them from freezing up??
It also looks like smudge pots used in orchards to keep buds and blossoms from freezing, when I was growing up anyway.
That w a s the first thing I thought of
It’s actually a tank for a Kerosene heater. In the middle is where the round wick goes. Most likely a Perfection heater.
We found a old black Smith shop in our back yard ..horse shoes .hand shovels. In Joplin Missouri
I use to think 1920 was not that long ago, my dad was born in 1922, my mom in 1928, but 1920 was 124 years ago. Time sure does fly.
Another great dig. Found some cool things. Take care. 😊
I like the new font. Way easier to read for us older folks Tom. I also wish you could make the descriptions of the finds a little larger so us old folks can see it easier. I’m watching you on my phone so I’m sorry to complain about that. Good luck with the new channel . I’m subscribed and unsubscribing to the old channel. Keep up the good work Sir!
Hey, don't speak for me, I'm old but don't expect Tom to change anything. Take a trip to the dollar store, buy one of each power of reading glasses and you'll be enlightened. You young whippersnapers get off my lawn ! 🤣
Fabulous finds indeed. Sure wish I knew what you did with all the treasures you find!🥰👏🏻
Wow these videos are way better than Below the Plains. I honestly thought your old video editor must have been drunk or fucked up everytime he duct taped a video together
Metal lantern thing could be the kerosene tank for a perfection kerosene heater! We had one and the fuel gauge was the same
OMG I cant believe he's gone independent! Yay Tom! 🎉❤
You sound like you are enjoying the dig more😊
You found a ton of good stuff here. Im amazed how many things were intact.
I would take some of those undigested seeds out, place them in a container and moisten to see if they sprout. I am weirdly curious aboout stupid stuff like that.
It can be done. They did it with fig seeds from Egypt. You can find that video on RUclips... they have to be stored a specific way under specific conditions. I don't know that the see a in the ground of an outhouse would fit those parameters.
That American Bottle works with the stars is amazing
Some very nice stuff there, intact no less! I’m glad summer is here!
Great video as always! Out of curiosity-do you ever worry about the stuff you breathe in from all these digs?
I was gonna tell you how wrong I thought you were. I don't care for the taste of Crow, one Google search and wow, you're 100 % correct. Now I'm worried about our favorite digger. He must know the risk.
You sound and seem so much happier tom glad i found your new channel it will explode in no time you and your knowledge is what makes it addictive to watch 👍🏻
Thanks!
Great day of digging finding amazing bottles and relics!
It's amazing what you can find I was taught everything about metal detecting and pottery glasses from the era. And you have some keepers for. Sure. We'll done and thanks for. Showing us!!!
My late grandmother, born April 1903, she was first married in 1920, right after she turned 17. Her husband was a 20 yr. old U.S. Navy fireman, so he must have been in good health. He died in the 3rd ( last?) wave of the Spanish Flu epidemic, within weeks after their wedding. My grandmother apparently survived unscathed. That was what was so strange about the Spanish Fu.
I watched a fascinating documentary about what scientists now believe happened then. They believe it originated in birds, morphing into a lethal virus to humans when it mutated. They belive that the strain was similar to an epidemic that took place one hundred or so years previous, due to how rapidly otherwise young and healthy people like my grandmother's new husband, died so fast. Apparently it was not killing elderly people like it killed younger healthy people. Scientists believe older people then may have had antibodies present in their systems that protected them somewhat.
You mentioning in this video of the possibility that the pit was covered in an effort to avoid contamination, those days must have been terrifying for people. I cannot imagine how scary it must have been.
My grandmother was born in 1896 she lost her first husband and one child from the flu. So my mother was born in 1936 when she was little she thought her half sister was her mother. 😂😂
You can't imagine it? You were how young during our own pandemic?
You could ask your uncle, the guitar playing singer one, to provide you with some original music for your videos. But really, I watch your videos for your fantastic finds! It's like Christmas on Saturdays!
Eric is my Dad. I’ve brought up the idea before. That may happen in upcoming vids!
@@TomAskjem.If so and his guitar is not out of tune I'm unsubscribing!
Gosh, surprised to find you!! Congratulations on your channel I just discovered yessss!!!🎉🎉❤
Im curious if the pit your digging smells bad? Like an out house does.
Or if it just smells like dirt and old growth.
Id be very interested in finding out. Thanks. By the way , I love your videos. Cant seem to break away from them. They have become very addictive. I guess it could be worse though.
Hot dog! I've been looking forward to new videos from you 😊
came over from fb, nice to see you in action. love the finds. where can we buy probes? ty congrats!
The piece you found in the first pit that you thought was a lamp was probably the bottom of a kerosene heater that they called a bathroom heater. It would have been inside it.
I appreciate the info!
ya know for that watch, there's a guy on youtube by the name wristwatch revival. hobbyist takes on some huge tasks, if you have a mind to he possibly could at least clean it up, maybe even further, who knows.
@@kevinwilliams9380 yes his channel is great. It would be a fun collaboration to see
Great to see you have your own channel. Enjoy the info you add to your finds, thanks
let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵
Awesome Dig ...Love the history behind the items u find. Always excited when u come across something from Kentucky.. coming from the Bourbon capital lol. Really enjoy ur channel.
Oh I am SO glad you are still making videos!!!
Loving your new channel! I like the fonts you're using for the descriptions. They're easy to read. I don't miss the music in the intro like some people do though.. I think it's fine with you just talking. 😅
Happy to find the new channel. Need to get caught up with the videos. Also exciting to see something from where I'm from. Wichita KS. The building that houses the factory is still up and being used today. Not for mentholatum though it is now the spice merchant. They sell obviously spices, tea and coffee. Thank you for another awesome dig.
Hi Tom, amazing amount of finds, I was awe struck by the in tact crockery and amused by that piece if hotel crockery that you said was very durable but there you are with a broken piece, oh the irony, but even more surprising to me were the intact light bulbs, obviously much thicker glass than today, cheers buddy!!
Da Mother load!!!
It would be cool to see you take a metail detector and sifting box with you on these excavations. 😉
Tom, what an exceptional dig, great soil. Incredible embossed bottles. I can take those Minnesota bottles off your hands😜. Cool chamber pot, loved the crock and enamel coffee pot. My goodness, I can’t list them all. So happy for you.👍😀👏
New subscriber 6/26/24❤❤❤
Opium was a waxy tar like substance and would never had been sold in a small bottle.😊
I always hate to hear “This pit’s done”.
Tom you share your passion for your work in a marvelous teaching and learning experience for me as a viewer, Thankyou . Should anyone doubt your knowledge i suggest they attend your future lecture and buy the book .
Wow incredible dig. All of those sodas are amazing. Looking forward to the next one!
Loving the new channel Tom, just catching up with the first episodes. Ayr is a town in Scotland and McKay is a Scottish surname so I'm assuming it was founded by Scots immigrants. You called a bottle "an English whiskey " sic. England does not make whisky - in a town founded by Scots it's reasonable to assume it's a Scottish Whisky (no e) bottle or possibly Irish Whiskey (with an e). Whisky is Scotland's national drink along with Irn Bru (pronounced Iron Brew).
I appreciate the info!
The gold watch reminded me of an old joke:
1: "I was using the outhouse the other day and a quarter fell out of my pocket and went down the hole."
2: "That's too bad."
1: "It made me so mad that I threw a $20 gold piece in after it."
2: "Why in the world did you do that?"
1: "You don't think I'd go down there just for a quarter, do ya?"
I’d heard that somewhere haha
Awesome dig
Hey I recognize you! Aren’t you… you… um… that guy from… hummmm yeah yeah…. it IS you! Cool!
Tom do you have a hepatitis shot? Are you ever worried about getting sick? Can you get sick from digging in old out house pits?
I’ve spoken with several doctors about this. The only thing they were concerned with was keeping up with my tetanus shot. Most viruses/bacteria can’t live outside of the human body for more than a few days. We’re talking 100+ years on most of these sites. For what it’s worth I’ve dug over 1,800 outhouse pits; the only times I was majorly sick after digging was from West Nile (mosquito bites) and one time from E. coli that was in the groundwater, likely washed in from a rainstorm
Tom! When you picked up that Sad Iron, my heart skipped a beat. It looked like a huge hunk of, well, a hunk of poop!💩 So glad you knew what you were doing! Good to see you here!
I like the font you are using for this video!!
Tom, have you ever tried to sprout any old seeds? You might rediscover an extinct variety. You never know.
I sent a couple bags of seeds a friend in Kansas. He’s going to try getting them going. If it works out I’ll make a post about it
Awesome finds😃
3:30 Kerosene heater fuel tank.
Looks like a whole lot of drinking going on Thanks for sharing ♥️ I♥️♥️♥️🐓
What a fabulous pit with fabulous finds!!!
That was an awesome haul!
I want a T-shirt that sez that Tom
Thanks Tom! That art deco bottle was fabulous!
You really hit treasure this time
Killer day thanks for taking us along. Your hard work is paying off. Have a blessed day.
I’m so glad to have found your new channel!! It seems you are off to a good start!
Do you get to keep what you find? My favorite finds were the crock and the pitcher. Even though the bottom is rotting out, it's still completely awesome. I also like the little bottles that you find as well as the lightbulbs. You would have thought that they would have shattered when thrown into the pit. It amazes me that they can surrive and bottles dont. The chamber pot can be repaired with glue. It would make a great display as well as the crock and coffee pot after being cleaned. That creamer pitcher is amazing. 😮
I had so much fun watching your video...thank you for sharing and teaching me so much! Im very happy that i found your channel and i quickly subscribed!😊❤❤❤
It's amazing what you can find I was taught everything about metal detecting and pottery glasses from the era. And you have some keepers for. Sure. We'll done and thanks for. Showing us!!!
All that stuff in there no room for poo.
Still loving the history behind the finds
Great video! Very interesting pieces uncovered!😊
You know what would be cool is if you had a background animation of the buildings while you describe where you're digging.
I’ve thought about trying something like that using overlays from old pictures.
I digitized the UMKC U-news from 1933 to 84 and recall seeing Lucky Tiger ads in the early ones.
Came here from Facebook!! Subbed :)
Welcome!
great job showing your finds. Show some closeups of pulling the bottles out.
Great to see a new dig up on the channel. I have that amazingly beautiful watch restored. What is the roaring over the video? Is that constant wind or an AC unit?
Constant wind. Good ol North Dakota
@@TomAskjem. You found some superb treasures in both of these pits, especially the watch, crock pot, lamp base and pitcher, along with the rare sodas. The cleaned up bottles shot looks great.
Awesome dig! Thanks ✨
FASCINATING ! You really found a 'Honey Hole'. Now, if Only you dug a 1915 Octagonal GOLD Slug (from the Pan-Pacific Expo)
I'm so glad I found your new channel. Amazing finds. Much love from Louisiana ❤️❤️
R & S Beverage company. Still in business. I think it started with sparkling water.
Awesome dig...wonderful finds and the history behind them...🥰🥰
Great video! In the next one, can you show us what those compaction differences are like, and what glass sounds like through the probe? I’d like to try to start digging. I’ve probed a few lots but I’ve came across nothing.
Sure was a lot more pride in things done 100 + years ago huh. Even a pop bottle was ornate. Ha 😂 you should be called : Stink, Stunk, Stinkus, The Bravest Archaeologist in the mid west.
❤ Great show kiddo
Wow brilliant video - what a haul, what history. Goodness the people going to this place sure could drink 🍷
Very good work..love from Ireland
I bet the water back then tasted AMAZING. NO CHEMICALS. Wow can you imagine!
Just sewage! Yum. One major downer in wells then was typhoid. I lost a great uncle in Colorado and a great grandfather in Kansas to typhoid, neither one due to their own bad decisions. Typhoid Mary had nothing on the carriers who went west and didn't dig a well far enough from the outhouse, or whose city water wasn't pure. That doesn't say anything about cholera, etc. Don't romanticize the past. There's a reason people wanted things to change.
You got the relic variety pack in this one awesome! Better than bottles sometimes. Seeing that glass lamp come out of dirt was a great moment in the vid nicely done.
I don't understand why people contaminate valuable fertilizer with glass and other scraps. Barbarians.
I always wonder why they threw all that stuff in the outhouse? I understand a watch falling in by mistake and ridding liquor bottles (LoL) but why the plates and lantern and complete crock? Didn’t they have designated trash pits? I don’t know but I’m always looking for them. I found an outhouse pit and got to some cool bottles like a Hines root beer syrup bottle that made 5 gallons(!) and a very odd blown glass bottles said to be a spice bottle? Then we had to leave but not because we didn’t have permission.
Some amazing soda bottles. Enjoy watching your video's Tom from Northcoast British Columbia.
Glad you like them!
Love your channel! I used to do some digging with my dad. He knew his bottles. Great content! ❤
I'm fairly new to your channel but I love watching you find your discoveries. I hope you are fully immunized. I wonder if you've ever found the remains of an unwanted infant? Do you have a museum somewhere?