Scott Jordan and Belle Costes
We are explorers of New York City’s history. We find artifacts in landfills, construction sites, shorelines, creek, marsh beds, privy vaults and cisterns. Some things are found with a metal detector or by eye on the surface.
We are artists and historians, creating art and jewelry from what we find. We strive to present a small fraction of our city’s past by bringing these objects to light, in the form of a decorative object and wearable art.
We sell our bottles and jewelry at the Grand Bazaar NYC flea market on Sundays.
77th Street and Columbus Avenue in New York City.
The Artifact Artist - Official Trailer from Kaleidoscope Pictures on Vimeo.
Follow us on our explorations on Instagram: @girlfindstreasure and @greybeardboy
Vending antique and vintage bottles at Grand Bazaar Flea market. Photo by Baylor Abbott.
Early 1900’s Ornate brass dress buckle | 1850’s dinner plate shard. Picturesque Views, Fishkill River, NY. |
English Rose & Scottish Thistles clay pipe circa 1830’s. | 1890’s Bohemian glass atomizer perfume bottle. |
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1940’s porcelain bisque miniature figurines | 1930’s to 1940’s Marbles, Poison bottle & Bisque doll arm. |
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Willy’s Jeep candy container, 1940s. | |
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1940's Classic car candy container. | |
Video: Extracting an 1830's Staffordshire black transferware teapot in a privy vault. |
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Digging in a Staten Island privy. |
1650-1780 Revolutionary War and Colonial Artifacts from Lower Manhattan. |
Finding 1850's-60's water pitcher. |
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Baby in the Bath. |
1950's plastic toys, Brooklyn. |
1860's kitty skull, Queens. |
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Miniature Skull boxes. |
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Artifact necklaces. |
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Privy Haul, 1850's-1860's context. |
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1850's soda bottle, Queens. |
Aphrodite 1890s porcelain figurine, Bronx. |
Digging in a Bronx landfill. |
We are searching. Come back soon.
Belle and Scott