When out walking one day, I stumbled upon an old farm tip. There were a couple of old bottles, only 1930's or so, but heavily embossed with "Poisonous - Not To Be Taken" on the front. A far cry from today's plain glass bottles and disposable plastic. These things had STYLE!
When I got home I googled it and got immersed in the mucky old world of bottle digging!
A few years later, Hand Dug History was born simply because whenever I dug broken bottles that were still handsome, or emblazoned with local street names from yeateryear, or famous monuments embossed on them, it was heartbreaking having to throw them back in the hole.
I wanted to do something with them, to give them a new lease of life after a hundred years underground. Thankfully a lot of you agree that they're still beautiful and worthwhile.
Researching old maps, digging test holes, obtaining permissions, the back breaking work of actually digging, cutting, grinding and cleaning the bottles, then the worst part, the admin and advertising for this page, a LOT of work goes into each and every product on here.
Totally worth it to see them used again though!
Thanks for reading!