Like others have said, natural placer gold can typically be sold for 24k value. Natural placer nuggets are collectible and sell for 5-10x over placer value. That's one hell of a find! Congrats!
The Dime is phenomenal! If I didn't know better, I'd say that was from a mint set, since the coin was struck so hard. The penmenship pin is 20th century; the very simplistic style tells me that. No quill or scrolls or laurel leaves or stars that were all associated with achievment in the 19th century. It's still a very cool find for an old Vermont Farmer/logger. The nugget... I couldn't stop thinking of the poor soul who lost that nugget. What hopes and dreams were dashed when it was lost? Would that have paid for their own land/home? OR was the nugget stolen from someone else, and thankfully dropped by the thief. Whatever the story, I'm glad you found it.
Holy moly!!! Imagine going out with a metal detector fully expecting literally ANYTHING but gold and finding a massive 15 gram nugget worth an estimated $850!!!! That is an amazing find but not only that the story behind that nugget must have been insanity.... the possibilities are just wild for everything to have had to happen for you to stumble upon it all this time later. This is why I am falling more and more in love with this channel! The history and everything behind each and every item you find is just incredible.
Nice find Brad! as already stated the nugget is far more valuable than the weight of the gold, the location, etc. makes this a very unique find! Congrats !!!
Yes, nugget values are higher than the actual "melt value" of gold, so that would be interesting to know what an appraiser said. Nugget values also consider size and a 15 gram is huge for that area. That is nearly one half a troy ounce and pretty high karat value as well.
*Stake gold nugget location and perform a radial rope search within 60 feet of it. I once found a leather pouch that an animal had dug up, clawed open and scattered coins in one quadrant of a 20 ft radius. Record-winning pilot Steve Fosset was found 2008 through his personal effects which had been distributed in a similar fashion.*
Between the buckle, the pin, the silver coin, and the nugget that trip is better than my friend's best year! What a great day trip. Amazing. You caught lightning in a bottle with that day!
Sadly there was a day back when that someone would have hydro-blasted the whole side of that mountain after a find like that nugget. Washing all the dirt down into the valleys below just in hopes of more nuggets. So glad we outlawed that practice. Thanks Brad for a great video.
Even without the gold, I would call this one of your best days yet. As for the nugget, it is extremely unlikely that it was naturally occurring in that spot. It is possible that the road it was on was topped or filled with river gravels containing gold specimens, or it fell from a travellers pack/ pocket. Many people have searched for many years in the RIGHT places, on purpose for a nugget like that and had no luck. So you are indeed lucky, my friend. Nice work, and good luck.
@@LordRustyMcAlpin Hi Rusty , Nothing Against Your Religion and Faith , But I Honestly Do Not Think or Believe That The Bible Had Anything to Do With That Gold Nugget Being Found On That Old Forgotten Gravel Road . It Was Pretty Much a Lucky Day ! Take Care and Stay Blessed .
My mother was born in 1924 and, never went to high school. Believe it or not you could find good work back then with only an 8th grade education. She received awards in the 4th, 5th and 7th grades for the Palmer Method of Cursive Writing. Thank you for bringing back some memories from my childhood. It's the first time I've heard those words in probably 50 years.
The gold nugget is probably as special a find as you will make in the mountains of Vermont and a seated dime is one of the nicest designs for a silver coin, but the pin you found is unique as there are not that many to be found anywhere. All three finds are special but my favorite is the pin. Great hunt, Brad.
Congratulations Brad. Your videos are perfect way you capture and document things like an artist. Nice to see videos about history and stories they can tell not about dollar values. Keep making cool videos dig on !!!
WOW!! What a find!! That is so cool. This memory will be shared many times with your friends, family, kids and grandkids. Congrats Brad on the find of a lifetime!!!
Amazing hunt. Even without the gold nugget it was a tremendous day. The gold made it an out of this world day. Congrats Brad, I have watched every video and wouldn’t miss one for the world.
Perfect Friday video! I know you enjoyed that hunt, just not knowing what treasure you may find would keep anyone going. The years you put into this is rewarding you.
FANTASTIC gold find. As a panner/metel detector in Alaska, I knew immediately that it was a real gold nugget. And an interesting thing is, we could usually tell what area of the Alaskan state the gold came from. "Dirty gold" came around Chicken/Tok area, etc. That's why you were told that it was Vermont gold. They know the mineral contents that made it from your state. Most states have some gold in active/dry stream beds. Detecting around boulders on the opposite side of where the water comes flows, is where most gold accumulates as it swirls around the boulders.
Brad, as much as I enjoy seeing your facial expressions, I'd wear netting. Black flies are mean! For a day that stared out slow, what amazing finds you had today! That nugget is amazing! The seated dime... I won't name all them but what an amazing day. Your face when you thought you saw that nugget was priceless. Thank you for another wonderful video. Best ever!
Congratulations on the great finds!! This video is quality over quantity. Gold nugget is super cool. Someone dropped or just a lucky natural gold nugget find. Carried by a glacier perhaps and deposited a long time ago for you to find. Payment for hard work and perseverance! Swing on!!
Brad, I think this has to be one of your best hunts! The gold nugget the most amazing find! You had such a wide variety of old coins and relics! Congratulations on the nugget!
Eighty-three is quite the high number for Au in any form (nugget or jewelry.) There isn't a "set" number it'll ring up, but typically it's a low tone - down there in nickle, pop-top and + / - territory. So when you said 83, the last thing I expected to see was a gold nugget - which to me makes this find all the more amazing. Congrats!
So happy to have enjoyed this day with you! I was in a LIVESTREAM last night and we were all speaking of your channel and how incredible your editing is and all the equipment you use and place in the right areas for awesome captures! So true💯 Been a while since I've been here, so glad I started back with this video💚 That gold was of great value to someone of the past and now recovered by you. Fantastic find, love the dime and the pin brings joy to my heart🤗 I wish more kids these days could have the opportunity to learn handwriting and receive a cool reward of a pin like the one you discovered ! Awesome day out👏👏👏 Thank you🙋
Congrats Brad, on the great finds, you deserve them, after all the hard work you put into metal detecting in the mountains of VT. Enjoy all your videos, thanks.
Well congratulations on the find of a life for your area. You hit the trifecta gold, silver and copper. You set the bar high for your friends. Happy metal detecting.
As a homegrown Vermonters that have been gold prospecting in AZ for the last 18 years. The value of a gold nugget is greater than the nugget weight per stock market price. A nugget is a one of a kind naturalmade by nature. A 15 grams nugget in AZ or AK great! A 15 grams nugget in Vt, from VT unbelievable, and fantastic! The rarity of a VT nugget that size will multiply the value. Great find.
Hey Brad, Sending you wishes for a speedy recovery. I'm happy rewatchong, love the environment, music, and your calm demenor. I live in the mountains of Victoria, Australia. Look forward to your future adventures.
I love how you look at what seems to be just forest and see 100 year old (or older) roads. I also like your empathy for the people who lost the items you've found. Those dimes found in a farmer's field are nifty for us but the loss could have been devastating to a 18th or 19th century person. Great channel - thanks
You have the spring time VT wave down pretty good! Have a friend that lives in Guilford , VT and he hits a lot of the streams in VT fishing and crevassing for gold. using very thin hooked tools he probes the cracks and crevasses in the stream beds and has found quite a few nuggets' largest about 3 gm. Highly probable that someone found it in a local stream and as you noted lost it. Great day in spite of the black flies.
I say, I say there's gold up in them there hills! Way to finish the hunt with a seated dime and wow a gold nugget! That's colonial gold I would imagine! Awesome hunt Brad!
WOO HOO! WOW Brad! What an awesome find with the GOLD nugget and then all of your other treasures! Congrats on that and thanks for sharing this awesome video!
How cool was that!!! Love watching and learning. Love seeing the plants, my moms would take us to the woods as kids, teaching us about the woodland flowers and plants
Congratulations, sir! What a fantastic day. You rubbing your face "several hours later" at the beginning was definitely not how the day was going to end. A lesson in perseverance.
Good vid. There's places out west where the nugget wouldn't be considered massive, but in VT it probably is. Also in a placer deposit even rarer, and it does look placer. What's even bigger is all the finds you're making, beautiful place you're in, anything found is probably old, love the dime. Like time stood still. Maybe the gold was used as payment, it's still done in places such as AK. Once again, great video.
Love the wild flowers, trillium and daffodils. The gold nugget! you was more excited over the barber dime than the gold. I would have been shaking and screaming to the top of my lungs. Lol.
Gold is yellowish and Fools Gold is actually gold colored and grows more in a crystal shape. The weight of Gold is different from Fools Gold. Put the two together and you will see the difference in color. Brad's got the fever! Enjoyed the video! Have a great day!
Hi Brad, We were just watching Avant Minning, on UA-cam. Couldn't help but notice, that they are literally playing "Your Song", as they show their Crystals. After watching you for so many years...It was easy to catch. Of course, we all love your music!
I've waited a day to comment on your fantastic nugget find Brad!. So far no one has mentioned the very distinct possibility that the gold was left behind when the last glaciers retreated from Vermont and New Hampshire eons ago. In Southern Indiana there are deposits of flour gold that people pan from creeks and streams. I'd spend a few hours detecting some of those small streams in the mountains where you are! Great Seated Dime also!
I love watching you in areas that once were fields and are now going back to forests. It seems like, in other areas, forests turn into fields, which turn into developments.
So stoked for you I love watching people come up and it’s not about the money it’s about finding buried treasure it’s not about the treasure it’s the story thank you for sharing
Nice gold nugget! That's bigger than any gold nugget I've ever found and I gold prospect quite often. I think you're probably right about it being carried as a form of payment. 15 grams would have probably had a similar value to a $10 gold coin back in late 1800's.
@10:48 That button cleaned up nice, huh ? Museum quality! It looks straight from the antique store! Brad, it would be great if you could take the time to make a video on how to restore & preserve relics. A gold nugget too! The surprises keep on coming. Big fan! Keep up the good work!
Brad, I MD for nuggets and you need to be aware that “Nugget Value” can be 5X + higher than what the daily going spot gold value or what the Scrap-Gold rate is. Your nugget” is not in that category. Because of: (1) it’s local historical significance (2) because of it’s size and it’s appearance!!!! That said…your beautiful nugget could very well be in the upper X5 - X6 value range “to the right collector.” Congratulations !!! Great Find!!!! Gerard
Beat me to it. You are 100% correct Gerard. A 15 g. nugget is close to being 1/2 oz (troy) and the "specimen" value is definitely more than the simple bullion value. Regardless, IF that was lost, that had to hurt. Nice find Brad. Really nice find. JB
@@gerardange For sure. I'd give a $1,000 for that nugget on the spot right now... so there's that aspect of things. But like baseball cards, unless you sell (or plan to sell in the future) the value is debatable.
@@lsxtmt4910 ( another good point! ) >>> The IRS 🙄!!!! UPDATE: This Just in !!!! Yes in deed on second look amazingly what at first appeared to be a beautiful gold nugget? Now… on Second examination This time more closely (in much better light 💡 💡 !!!) I see that what I first thought was gold > Sadly… it definitely has more of a brassy look to what I thought was a Gold nugget…. (cough ) but honestly…. if it was in fact real gold it really would of been a wonderful find!!!! I really think Brad needs to re-examine what he found in much better light! 💡!!!!! eyes do play tricks on you brother !!!
Congratulations Brad! That gold nugget is an awesome find and that dime is pretty sweet too. Thanks for the history filled videos, I have been enjoying them for a few years now and thanks to you I have gotten into metal detecting.
Hey. Your videos are really great. I watch every morning over breakfast. Your very informative on your finds which makes for a wonderful learning experience. Thank you and I look forward to more videos. Btw, I live in Olympia, WA.
If that nugget could tell the story of how it was lost. Did the person frantically retrace their footsteps to try and find it? What were the effects on that person or their family after losing it? I’m sure it was extremely valuable back then and a heartbreaking loss.
Or it could have been lost after a stage coach heist or a very wealthy person could have dropped it and did not even realize it from the pile of gold that he had we will never have a idea how it got there in all reality.
*I was a highwayman♫* *Along the coach roads I did ride* *With sword and pistol by my side* *Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade* *Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade* *The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five* *But I am still alive...♫*
It may have gotten there in a heavy water flow downhill or got washed out of surrounding rocks. Gold is so heavy it often gets washed to low points and stays there. I was hoping to see a pan of the surrounding areas to look at the inclines
Incredible Brad! Very interesting to find a nugget like that, I agree on your hypothesis as well. Absolutely love that buckle! Seated liberty and Indians are great. Nice hunt brother 👊
I watch your channel, I learn things. How you describe the land ,what to look for. Love the photography is really nice!. Great finds! Keep on hunting/teaching.
Congratulations on your gold find!!! It’s always interesting to see the variety of objects that you find. Always a joy learning the history . Thank you
Awesome fines Brad I bought a Garrett AT pro and all the accessories any way you can teach me how to operate this thing or give me some pointers. THANK YOU JEFFERY
Finding something that is the color of gold in the shape of a nugget, and that can be seen to have been in that acid soil for many years and even so is not deteriorated, leaves no doubt, it is a gold nugget. This is my first video I see on your channel, I loved the simplicity of your comments, so you already have a new subscriber and since you don't have my like. Greetings from Girona, Catalonia.
Great find on that nugget 👏👏🤩 Not knowing the area but you did say you are near a place where placer gold was found….then looking at the “ road “ it’s a natural gully the look of it….soo if that’s the case….there is a chance you actually might have a spot where there is an area with aluvial deposit which “could “ hold some more nuggets ……definitely go and detect all around that particular spot and surrounding area ( several hundred meters in all directions … Hope you get lucky 🍀 once more. I wish I could be at that location to better judge if there is a possible outlying placer deposit…you just never know till you spend many days detecting in that area….. Tip..Do so e test dig holes and see if the material is gravel wash where you found that nugget..if there is gravel then definitely continue to detect…👍👏👏
congratulations on the nugget find! I am a retired meteorite seller, and I also collect gold and other rare metals and minerals. The appraisal you have of the nuggets value is low IMHO. An Alaskan nugget is valued differently than an Australian nugget, and both are far less valuable than a Vermont nugget of the same weight. In fact a Vermont nugget of that size is extremely rare!
Great comments on your great find and video. I agree with the theory of a “glacier drop”, and if that is the case I would research that area again. There could be more!
That is a metal prospector's dream... that right there is! To put an over-emphasized old timer's spin on it. I think we all would love to go metal prospecting in hopes of finding treasure like that. Coins, buttons, buckles, all are treasure - but gold? HOLY SMOKES! Thanks for sharing.
Like others have said, natural placer gold can typically be sold for 24k value. Natural placer nuggets are collectible and sell for 5-10x over placer value. That's one hell of a find! Congrats!
You deserve that nugget for all the great content you have posted.
The Dime is phenomenal! If I didn't know better, I'd say that was from a mint set, since the coin was struck so hard.
The penmenship pin is 20th century; the very simplistic style tells me that. No quill or scrolls or laurel leaves or stars that were all associated with achievment in the 19th century. It's still a very cool find for an old Vermont Farmer/logger.
The nugget... I couldn't stop thinking of the poor soul who lost that nugget. What hopes and dreams were dashed when it was lost? Would that have paid for their own land/home? OR was the nugget stolen from someone else, and thankfully dropped by the thief. Whatever the story, I'm glad you found it.
Holy moly!!! Imagine going out with a metal detector fully expecting literally ANYTHING but gold and finding a massive 15 gram nugget worth an estimated $850!!!! That is an amazing find but not only that the story behind that nugget must have been insanity.... the possibilities are just wild for everything to have had to happen for you to stumble upon it all this time later. This is why I am falling more and more in love with this channel! The history and everything behind each and every item you find is just incredible.
Well done on the gold nugget find....your living the dream Brad.
Nice find Brad! as already stated the nugget is far more valuable than the weight of the gold, the location, etc. makes this a very unique find! Congrats !!!
Yes, nugget values are higher than the actual "melt value" of gold, so that would be interesting to know what an appraiser said. Nugget values also consider size and a 15 gram is huge for that area. That is nearly one half a troy ounce and pretty high karat value as well.
@@markpashia7067 - looking at price for seated 1875 dimes. Really looks like they want to steal those dimes. they dont pay much. Keep it.
*Stake gold nugget location and perform a radial rope search within 60 feet of it. I once found a leather pouch that an animal had dug up, clawed open and scattered coins in one quadrant of a 20 ft radius. Record-winning pilot Steve Fosset was found 2008 through his personal effects which had been distributed in a similar fashion.*
Between the buckle, the pin, the silver coin, and the nugget that trip is better than my friend's best year! What a great day trip. Amazing. You caught lightning in a bottle with that day!
Sadly there was a day back when that someone would have hydro-blasted the whole side of that mountain after a find like that nugget. Washing all the dirt down into the valleys below just in hopes of more nuggets. So glad we outlawed that practice. Thanks Brad for a great video.
Even without the gold, I would call this one of your best days yet. As for the nugget, it is extremely unlikely that it was naturally occurring in that spot. It is possible that the road it was on was topped or filled with river gravels containing gold specimens, or it fell from a travellers pack/ pocket. Many people have searched for many years in the RIGHT places, on purpose for a nugget like that and had no luck. So you are indeed lucky, my friend. Nice work, and good luck.
Excuse me mister. Gold can be found everywhere. World wide. What does the bible say about wealth? To gain wealth divide the sands. It's in Proverbs
@@LordRustyMcAlpin traded proverbs for geology. Having much better luck finding gold.
@@LordRustyMcAlpin Hi Rusty , Nothing Against Your Religion and Faith , But I Honestly Do Not Think or Believe That The Bible Had
Anything to Do With That Gold Nugget Being Found On That Old Forgotten Gravel Road . It Was Pretty Much a Lucky Day !
Take Care and Stay Blessed .
So much gold has been mined over the years that its not that odd to be able to find gold somewhere out of place.
I love the buckle…..lucky you"',,,,,enjoy your show so much….thanks
My mother was born in 1924 and, never went to high school. Believe it or not you could find good work back then with only an 8th grade education. She received awards in the 4th, 5th and 7th grades for the Palmer Method of Cursive Writing. Thank you for bringing back some memories from my childhood. It's the first time I've heard those words in probably 50 years.
The gold nugget is probably as special a find as you will make in the mountains of Vermont and a seated dime is one of the nicest designs for a silver coin, but the pin you found is unique as there are not that many to be found anywhere. All three finds are special but my favorite is the pin. Great hunt, Brad.
What a find. There is definitely a story behind that gold. That definitely is the best thing about this hobby!
Congratulations Brad. Your videos are perfect way you capture and document things like an artist. Nice to see videos about history and stories they can tell not about dollar values. Keep making cool videos dig on !!!
Great find ! Well put together video , Congrats !
Just subscribed! I love these type of videos, found you by chance. 🇺🇸
WOW!! What a find!! That is so cool. This memory will be shared many times with your friends, family, kids and grandkids. Congrats Brad on the find of a lifetime!!!
Great channel. smooth delivery.
Silver and gold, silver and gold. 🎼🎵🎶. Congratulations! Joyce ❤️🇺🇸
Awesome brad what a great bunch of finds!
Amazing hunt. Even without the gold nugget it was a tremendous day. The gold made it an out of this world day. Congrats Brad, I have watched every video and wouldn’t miss one for the world.
Perfect Friday video! I know you enjoyed that hunt, just not knowing what treasure you may find would keep anyone going. The years you put into this is rewarding you.
Your finds are amazing! Wow
FANTASTIC gold find. As a panner/metel detector in Alaska, I knew immediately that it was a real gold nugget. And an interesting thing is, we could usually tell what area of the Alaskan state the gold came from. "Dirty gold" came around Chicken/Tok area, etc. That's why you were told that it was Vermont gold. They know the mineral contents that made it from your state. Most states have some gold in active/dry stream beds. Detecting around boulders on the opposite side of where the water comes flows, is where most gold accumulates as it swirls around the boulders.
Brad, as much as I enjoy seeing your facial expressions, I'd wear netting. Black flies are mean!
For a day that stared out slow, what amazing finds you had today! That nugget is amazing! The seated dime... I won't name all them but what an amazing day. Your face when you thought you saw that nugget was priceless. Thank you for another wonderful video. Best ever!
Congratulations on the great finds!! This video is quality over quantity. Gold nugget is super cool. Someone dropped or just a lucky natural gold nugget find. Carried by a glacier perhaps and deposited a long time ago for you to find. Payment for hard work and perseverance! Swing on!!
Brad, I think this has to be one of your best hunts! The gold nugget the most amazing find! You had such a wide variety of old coins and relics! Congratulations on the nugget!
Great finds on this outing!!! There is so much in the ground!!
Eighty-three is quite the high number for Au in any form (nugget or jewelry.) There isn't a "set" number it'll ring up, but typically it's a low tone - down there in nickle, pop-top and + / - territory. So when you said 83, the last thing I expected to see was a gold nugget - which to me makes this find all the more amazing. Congrats!
So happy to have enjoyed this day with you! I was in a LIVESTREAM last night and we were all speaking of your channel and how incredible your editing is and all the equipment you use and place in the right areas for awesome captures! So true💯 Been a while since I've been here, so glad I started back with this video💚 That gold was of great value to someone of the past and now recovered by you. Fantastic find, love the dime and the pin brings joy to my heart🤗 I wish more kids these days could have the opportunity to learn handwriting and receive a cool reward of a pin like the one you discovered ! Awesome day out👏👏👏 Thank you🙋
Very nice find Brad! Great job!
Extremely happy you found Silver, Gold and the cursive writing achievement pin... Excellent video Brad
Congrats Brad, on the great finds, you deserve them, after all the hard work you put into metal detecting in the mountains of VT. Enjoy all your videos, thanks.
So happy for you. Thank you for taking us along.
Well congratulations on the find of a life for your area. You hit the trifecta gold, silver and copper. You set the bar high for your friends.
Happy metal detecting.
Congratulations, and I really like the style of videos you put out . 2nd to none . Cheers
As a homegrown Vermonters that have been gold prospecting in AZ for the last 18 years. The value of a gold nugget is greater than the nugget weight per stock market price. A nugget is a one of a kind naturalmade by nature. A 15 grams nugget in AZ or AK great! A 15 grams nugget in Vt, from VT unbelievable, and fantastic! The rarity of a VT nugget that size will multiply the value. Great find.
Wow!! Congratulations. Wonderful finds and love the extras of the flowers.
Hey Brad,
Sending you wishes for a speedy recovery. I'm happy rewatchong, love the environment, music, and your calm demenor.
I live in the mountains of Victoria, Australia.
Look forward to your future adventures.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! GOLD!!! Plus All of the other wonderful finds and black flies too! What a wonderful day! Please be careful and stay safe! ❤❤
Congrats on the find of a lifetime.. awesome !
To say that’s an incredible hunt is an understatement. My hats off to you, great job!
I love how you look at what seems to be just forest and see 100 year old (or older) roads. I also like your empathy for the people who lost the items you've found. Those dimes found in a farmer's field are nifty for us but the loss could have been devastating to a 18th or 19th century person.
Great channel - thanks
You have the spring time VT wave down pretty good! Have a friend that lives in Guilford , VT and he hits a lot of the streams in VT fishing and crevassing for gold. using very thin hooked tools he probes the cracks and crevasses in the stream beds and has found quite a few nuggets' largest about 3 gm. Highly probable that someone found it in a local stream and as you noted lost it. Great day in spite of the black flies.
Awesome, Brad your by far the best UA-cam program in my repertoire. God bless you.
That is so neat!! The proud school child that once wore that pin!
Great day, Brad! Congrats!
Nice! Thanks for sharing your adventure 👍
Ahhhh--perfect Fri morn. Coffee, GMMD w/ Brad M. & gold & silver!
I say, I say there's gold up in them there hills! Way to finish the hunt with a seated dime and wow a gold nugget! That's colonial gold I would imagine! Awesome hunt Brad!
WOO HOO! WOW Brad! What an awesome find with the GOLD nugget and then all of your other treasures! Congrats on that and thanks for sharing this awesome video!
A big congrats on the awesome finds. That’s what makes metal detecting a great hobby !
How cool was that!!! Love watching and learning. Love seeing the plants, my moms would take us to the woods as kids, teaching us about the woodland flowers and plants
Heck of a hunt! That’s so cool that you found a nugget on top of all the other coins
The gold nugget is so cool. I feel bad for the person that lost it back then. That was probably a lot of wages or hard work lost.
Congratulations, sir! What a fantastic day. You rubbing your face "several hours later" at the beginning was definitely not how the day was going to end. A lesson in perseverance.
WOW. Can't see any hunt getting any better than that!! Incredible finds, wow. Be safe & keep on digging.
Love you're videos brad please don't stop the adventures im a flatlands man from Florida i enjoy the mountain scenes god bless
Congratulations on your find dude!
Good vid. There's places out west where the nugget wouldn't be considered massive, but in VT it probably is. Also in a placer deposit even rarer, and it does look placer. What's even bigger is all the finds you're making, beautiful place you're in, anything found is probably old, love the dime. Like time stood still. Maybe the gold was used as payment, it's still done in places such as AK. Once again, great video.
Congratulations on your incredible finds. Always enjoy watching your videos and listening to your music. Keep up your great videos.
Love the wild flowers, trillium and daffodils. The gold nugget! you was more excited over the barber dime than the gold. I would have been shaking and screaming to the top of my lungs. Lol.
Gold is yellowish and Fools Gold is actually gold colored and grows more in a crystal shape. The weight of Gold is different from Fools Gold. Put the two together and you will see the difference in color. Brad's got the fever! Enjoyed the video! Have a great day!
Fools gold is not in nugget form…
@@WillF1980 I've panned and dug for gold 30 years and gems here in North Carolina. From mini nuggets to powder gold to hangers on quartz. I'm hooked!
Great day! Awesome finds... congratulations Brad!!
Hi Brad, We were just watching Avant Minning, on UA-cam. Couldn't help but notice, that they are literally playing "Your Song", as they show their Crystals. After watching you for so many years...It was easy to catch. Of course, we all love your music!
I've waited a day to comment on your fantastic nugget find Brad!. So far no one has mentioned the very distinct possibility that the gold was left behind when the last glaciers retreated from Vermont and New Hampshire eons ago. In Southern Indiana there are deposits of flour gold that people pan from creeks and streams. I'd spend a few hours detecting some of those small streams in the mountains where you are! Great Seated Dime also!
I love watching you in areas that once were fields and are now going back to forests. It seems like, in other areas, forests turn into fields, which turn into developments.
So stoked for you I love watching people come up and it’s not about the money it’s about finding buried treasure it’s not about the treasure it’s the story thank you for sharing
Another great video Brad! Amazing finds and history from the area. One of the best nuggets I've seen, congrats!
Nice gold nugget! That's bigger than any gold nugget I've ever found and I gold prospect quite often. I think you're probably right about it being carried as a form of payment. 15 grams would have probably had a similar value to a $10 gold coin back in late 1800's.
Thank you Brad - a fun hunt! I always enjoy your weekly posts - congrats on the buckle, silver and gold. See you next week. Chuck in NE Kansas
Fantastic finds!!! The flowers are beautiful.
@10:48 That button cleaned up nice, huh ? Museum quality! It looks straight from the antique store!
Brad, it would be great if you could take the time to make a video on how to restore & preserve relics.
A gold nugget too! The surprises keep on coming. Big fan! Keep up the good work!
Get some Avon Skin so Soft, it's great at keeping the bugs off of you! I use it every time I go night fishing. Bugs don't bother me at all!
Brad, I MD for nuggets and you need to be aware that “Nugget Value” can be 5X + higher than what the daily going spot gold value or what the Scrap-Gold rate is.
Your nugget” is not in that category.
Because of: (1) it’s local historical significance (2) because of it’s size and it’s appearance!!!!
That said…your beautiful nugget could very well be in the upper X5 - X6 value range “to the right collector.”
Congratulations !!!
Great Find!!!!
Gerard
Beat me to it. You are 100% correct Gerard. A 15 g. nugget is close to being 1/2 oz (troy) and the "specimen" value is definitely more than the simple bullion value.
Regardless, IF that was lost, that had to hurt. Nice find Brad. Really nice find.
JB
@@johnbilsky1153 John, you would think… that the jeweler who appraised that nugget…. (in my opinion) should have known that! 🤔
@@gerardange For sure. I'd give a $1,000 for that nugget on the spot right now... so there's that aspect of things.
But like baseball cards, unless you sell (or plan to sell in the future) the value is debatable.
Im sure the land owner will find out..
@@lsxtmt4910 ( another good point! ) >>> The IRS 🙄!!!!
UPDATE:
This Just in !!!! Yes in deed on second look amazingly what at first appeared to be a beautiful gold nugget? Now… on Second examination This time more closely (in much better light 💡 💡 !!!) I see that what I first thought was gold > Sadly… it definitely has more of a brassy look to what I thought was a Gold nugget…. (cough ) but honestly…. if it was in fact real gold it really would of been a wonderful find!!!!
I really think Brad needs to re-examine what he found in much better light! 💡!!!!! eyes do play tricks on you brother !!!
Congratulations Brad! That gold nugget is an awesome find and that dime is pretty sweet too. Thanks for the history filled videos, I have been enjoying them for a few years now and thanks to you I have gotten into metal detecting.
Hey. Your videos are really great. I watch every morning over breakfast. Your very informative on your finds which makes for a wonderful learning experience. Thank you and I look forward to more videos. Btw, I live in Olympia, WA.
If that nugget could tell the story of how it was lost. Did the person frantically retrace their footsteps to try and find it? What were the effects on that person or their family after losing it? I’m sure it was extremely valuable back then and a heartbreaking loss.
Or it could have been lost after a stage coach heist or a very wealthy person could have dropped it and did not even realize it from the pile of gold that he had we will never have a idea how it got there in all reality.
*I was a highwayman♫*
*Along the coach roads I did ride*
*With sword and pistol by my side*
*Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade*
*Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade*
*The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five*
*But I am still alive...♫*
It may have gotten there in a heavy water flow downhill or got washed out of surrounding rocks. Gold is so heavy it often gets washed to low points and stays there. I was hoping to see a pan of the surrounding areas to look at the inclines
@@ellesbells902 if a river or sleuth box catches nuggets in crevices a heavy water flow would not do that. Golds too heavy for that
Incredible Brad! Very interesting to find a nugget like that, I agree on your hypothesis as well. Absolutely love that buckle! Seated liberty and Indians are great. Nice hunt brother 👊
Thanks for sharing with us a day you'll NEVER forget!! Stupid fortunate to find THAT in the area!
Congratulations Good Sir!
I watch your channel, I learn things. How you describe the land ,what to look for. Love the photography is really nice!. Great finds! Keep on hunting/teaching.
Congratulations on your gold find!!! It’s always interesting to see the variety of objects that you find. Always a joy learning the history . Thank you
Congratulations, well deserved find! Your videos are full of interesting history and you are very knowledgeable, so you educate us as well...
Congratulations! Great find great spot. I think you should go back another time and hit it again. Awesome video
Some great finds there mate..Congrats on finding a very nice nugget. Love that seated Liberty dime too..All the best from down under.
I was born and lived all but a dozen years here in Vermont. How exciting to find a piece of gold! It’s very interesting. Glad I found your videos.👍
Well you finally struck real gold Brad and a BIG CONGRATULATIONS! Glad for you my friend and love your videos! Mike in sunny Florida
Awesome fines Brad I bought a Garrett AT pro and all the accessories any way you can teach me how to operate this thing or give me some pointers. THANK YOU JEFFERY
It’s really cool that you clean and repurpose some of your finds!
Great video as always! That gold and the silver coin was a excellent payday for sure!
What an amazing lineup of finds!
Finding something that is the color of gold in the shape of a nugget, and that can be seen to have been in that acid soil for many years and even so is not deteriorated, leaves no doubt, it is a gold nugget.
This is my first video I see on your channel, I loved the simplicity of your comments, so you already have a new subscriber and since you don't have my like.
Greetings from Girona, Catalonia.
Great find on that nugget 👏👏🤩
Not knowing the area but you did say you are near a place where placer gold was found….then looking at the “ road “ it’s a natural gully the look of it….soo if that’s the case….there is a chance you actually might have a spot where there is an area with aluvial deposit which “could “ hold some more nuggets ……definitely go and detect all around that particular spot and surrounding area ( several hundred meters in all directions …
Hope you get lucky 🍀 once more.
I wish I could be at that location to better judge if there is a possible outlying placer deposit…you just never know till you spend many days detecting in that area…..
Tip..Do so e test dig holes and see if the material is gravel wash where you found that nugget..if there is gravel then definitely continue to detect…👍👏👏
Amazing hunt as always. Congrats on the gold nugget and the seated Liberty dime. Both of those are on my bucket list.
congratulations on the nugget find! I am a retired meteorite seller, and I also collect gold and other rare metals and minerals. The appraisal you have of the nuggets value is low IMHO. An Alaskan nugget is valued differently than an Australian nugget, and both are far less valuable than a Vermont nugget of the same weight. In fact a Vermont nugget of that size is extremely rare!
Congrats on your finds today. I really enjoy your videos and happy you found the gold nugget. .feel sorry for the person who lost it.
Brad,
I am so happy for you and your family!
I'm grinning ear to ear!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Lovely day around those New England stone walls. That nugget is amazing! Most nugget shooters never find one that size.
Great comments on your great find and video. I agree with the theory of a “glacier drop”, and if that is the case I would research that area again. There could be more!
I always look forward to Friday because of u.. thank u for your videos keep doing what u do Brad I love it 💜
That is a metal prospector's dream... that right there is! To put an over-emphasized old timer's spin on it. I think we all would love to go metal prospecting in hopes of finding treasure like that. Coins, buttons, buckles, all are treasure - but gold? HOLY SMOKES! Thanks for sharing.