Metal Detecting- Research and Recovery - Episode 5: Unexpected Finds! Part 1

[TheReissboy]

It's Heinz 57

[edmm976]

if the bottles had corks maybe are a ok find but you foind bottles with twist off caps,boy you are a dope,you say intact alot,to bad your brain isnt,fat dough biy!over grown boy scout,we all agreee!

[edmm976]

salted site

your a big dumb dope!bottles wow!

[edmm976]

salted site



[bigstick970]

No trespassing I know where your at and will have you arrested!

[nosebleed420]

@bigstick970 once more, you are a fag. bigstick, huh? is that what u like in you're mouth? you little tittybaby.

[JRCrowley]

Cool finds!!!  Well played, man.

[placasador]

looks like the bottle bug has bit! good luck with that.

[harbornj]

Nice finds and video.

[RecoveringRelics]

Great video! Nice bottle dump! If you dig down deep, you might find even older bottles!!!

[deadeye1945]

also please tell me that you did not pick all the bottles there or find them all

[BigMike3890]

Why you say please don't say he got them all? His find he can take what he want.

[deadeye1945]

can you please tell where you are and tell me which part of the forest you are in and what tools i should bring

[jmikeslater]

I mean, thats a awesome find! I mean, finding all those old 57 bottles in one spot. I mean, there had to be a dinner or something using it as a dump. C'mon, I mean you had like 6 or 7 of them. AWESOME!

[SouthernLibertyAmer]

LOLLOLOLOLOLOL! Exactly what I thought they were! I swear! Ketsup bottles. LOL!

[cessnaoneeightytwo]

piece of metal at 3:43. it was a coil to a car

[martinsuper73]

I am starting this hobby with a BIG project. I just recieved permission to detect an area that used to be a town, but is now just a corn field.

I have exclusive permission to be out there. I'll probably make this adventure into a youtube video.

[Musicmanray]

Neat! Theres more utube video's search> (bottle digging) There doing some old sites.

[Musicmanray]

If the seam going up the bottle stops half way up then its pre 1900 and after 1900 the seam runs all the way up to the top, + The older you get the more imperfection's they seem to have,bubbles in glass and the neck seems bent or distorted.One time an elderly woman paid me to clean out her basement,i found a odd bottle that said(doctor chandlers jamaican ginger root bitters)I couldnt wait to get to the libary and look it up,it said 400-800.00! But sadly it was a copy of the original :( Good luck

[Musicmanray]

This brought back memories from the early 80's when me and grandpa useta come across places while coon hunting and would go back during the day to dig for bottles in old dumps,the last time we was out i found an aluminum licence plate on 1 side of the dumb and grandpa said keep digging you might find the other and sure enough i did.Back in the 70's bottle diggin was really popular and there was a many $200.00-$500.00 ones found.

[Abraxaslotus]

I go out in the woods of Maryland all the time and dig up bottles that go back 100-120 years. About 2 months ago I ended up with a old champagne bottle with a really cool bearded man embossed on it. Also found some old tonic bottles. I've had good times keeping my self occupied in the winter months doing this :)

[dragonmybutt]

are thae all pop tops

[ResearchandRecovery]

Hey,

Turns out that most of them were 1930s-40s Ketchup bottles. There were a few broken shards of bottles that looked a little older. I have to wait until next fall, it's really thick in there now!

[dawnrun911]

I think there is still some liquor in the liquor bottle.

[maverick50616]

great finds

[mewithoutYou52]

Good episode. Can't wait to see what you find with your detector. What was the circa on those bottles/wrench?

[ResearchandRecovery]

Thanks man. I was a little upset that I didn't have any other shots other than the POV shots.

I've done some research on the bottles, which will be included on Part 2. Most of the bottles turned out to be ketchup bottles that were made in the 1940-50s.

I'm not sure about the wrench. It may be a little to hard to date is it's all rusted...

[ResearchandRecovery]

I can't wait to get the detector out there. I'm having to grid out sections, remove the glass and trash from each section, then I'll be able to get to the good stuff.

One find from this last trip was a green "Columbia, S.C. G and W Pale Dry Ginger Ale" bottle and was distributed through "Big Boy Bottling Co." I'm still trying to research this one so that I can add that in on Part 2!

-Ian

[Avesfox]

true. It almost tempts me to get off me lazy bum and pull out my cheap old metal detector. last trip I made, the park was loaded with iron parts from an old well system.

Once while out for a hike, I met this old fellow who was out hunting, he found an old fork. Didn't look like anything from this century. Was a brilliant find indeed.

[Avesfox]

I had no idea that bottles would be considered a 'find' seems I need to learn a bit more about treasure hunting.

How much would a good old bottle be worth anyway?

[ResearchandRecovery]

Bottles can range in price. There are some very rare ones that can be worth a ton. While the ones I found in the video aren't that rare, it's the thrill of finding some bottles that are older than I am.

This was my first attempt at digging bottles and I had came unprepared to dig; a relic digging shovel which was way too big and a small, cheap garden rake that I just happened to have in my pack.

Take a gander out in the woods sometime. No telling what you'll find!

-Ian