Metal Detecting 1800's Piedmont Springs Hotel Ruins w/my Bride

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  • @fayeyother7336
    @fayeyother7336 5 років тому +1

    I get so tickled. You say the craziest crap. Thanx for videos

  • @jayjones6904
    @jayjones6904 2 роки тому

    Been watching a while love your videos and spending time together is special god bless you

  • @magnetfishwithintermountia9224
    @magnetfishwithintermountia9224 5 років тому +2

    I absolutely love your channel, watching you inspires me to continue my channel. Also it is nice to see a couple enjoying this sort of thing together. I have a deep passion for exploring and finding items of the past.

  • @oldisgood2587
    @oldisgood2587 5 років тому

    It's interesting that old houses and hotels always have a water source. So many times it's a stream just like that one. Sometimes the creek beds are dry. Hard to imagine what life was like then. Thanks for the video. You found some great finds.

  • @jeantetreault132
    @jeantetreault132 4 роки тому

    Thanks for downloading. Nice little treasures. They're probably not worth a whole heck of alot, but they sure are rich in memories. Johnny from Montreal, Canada.

  • @SheepDogActual
    @SheepDogActual 5 років тому

    Love your video’s. It’s great your wife goes. Thanks from Indiana.

  • @dawnlindgron5570
    @dawnlindgron5570 7 років тому +1

    Some of those old square bottles like that are great for displaying your finds. Anything with green ,red, or black are worth something

  • @patg6705
    @patg6705 4 роки тому

    That peat moss is beautiful!!

  • @triciaabrams8848
    @triciaabrams8848 5 років тому

    I can always count on getting a good laugh when I watch your videos! "Magnets will stick to them" 🤣

  • @bettykuykendall6118
    @bettykuykendall6118 8 років тому

    AWESOME BLOSSOM 🌹 and a rose for the Bride. Loved the video..

  • @memccain68
    @memccain68 8 років тому

    Hey I love your videos. I am a crafter but watching your videos makes me wanna try metal detecting. And 2 I have family in Alabama and seeing this video kinda reminds of the mountain where my grandparents lived in Oneonta, Ala. Keep up the good work. Mechelle from NC

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      I like that area, thank you for watching

    • @memccain68
      @memccain68 8 років тому +1

      Your welcome. I just love hearing you call your wife your bride. It's so so sweet. My husband and I are thinking about doing some metal detecting here. Is there one you recommend? Thanks

  • @danielr5637
    @danielr5637 8 років тому

    been watching your videos all day! great stuff ! keep up the good work!

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      Wow you have nothing to do!! Kidding, thanks for watching my videos. Maybe I''ll find a gold pulltab one day...

  • @jeantetreault132
    @jeantetreault132 4 роки тому

    We also have a place up here called Piedmont, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its a big mountain in the forest located up North, in the Laurentians, about 60 miles off Montreal. I also grew up there in the 1970s and in the 1980s.There's full of ski ressorts as well. Piedmont is a french word meaning: " The foot of the mountain " in english. Thank you. Johnny T from Montreal, Canada.

  • @locoburro6215
    @locoburro6215 8 років тому

    It is amazing how it is always uphill in both directions. Happy hunting.

  • @johnnyrocco
    @johnnyrocco 8 років тому +1

    Just found you on utube. So I'm a new subscriber now. I live on that mountain ridge down towards piedmont were this old hotel was. I'm surprise the owner agreed to letting you on to the property. There are two other old hotel from the 1800 in this area. It's hard to believe that there was more going on in these places 100 years ago than they are now. I would keep my eyes open for old wells. Piedmont has had some not so good history going all the way back to when we were Cross Plains and then the late 80's with the first federal drug kingpin trial. I think it's three people that are still missing so who knows what one may find digging in this area. Thanks for posting. I look forward to viewing more.

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      That one is National Forest. Send me a PM

    • @johnnyrocco
      @johnnyrocco 8 років тому +2

      Not sure what a PM is? But the other two old hotel were one in Cherokee Country off hwy 278 from Piedmont goings toward the Georgia state line. It's a place they call Salem. The other one is in Cleburne Country passed Piedmont in what is known as Bolden Springs. The one in Bolden Springs was a big outfit with high rollers coming by way of the trains. I hope that was what you wanted. You can research both on the internet. I think a lot has been written about them. It's cool to see that you have over 10K people following you on youtube. You could be a star, if so I'm looking for a part time gig, I'm sixty and a little slow in getting around now. A lifetime of hard work has took it's toll on both body & mind. Sometimes my mind will leave for days at a time. I can't be held accountable for anything I do, anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      I'm familiar with them just pretty far north of me. I'll be out that way in a few weeks maybe. I'm no star for sure. I could only provide you with a bottle of water and a ride in the back of the truck. Hours of fun huh

  • @Richkandoo
    @Richkandoo 6 років тому

    That was a huge patch of jonquils opposite the chimney. Also there are periwinkles all around the foundation. Those two and usually irises are almost always around old house places long after they have abandoned . Ever noticed that? Those have been favorite flowers for hundreds of years.

  • @cindyjackson8475
    @cindyjackson8475 4 роки тому

    Enjoy your videos, you have a great attitude.

  • @justicews
    @justicews 7 років тому

    Enjoyed exploring in the woods. Lots of places like that here in Pennsylvania.

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  7 років тому +1

      Guess I need to come up there, thanks for watching

  • @AdamTheRaptor
    @AdamTheRaptor 6 років тому +1

    Good stuff! I love The Jerk! One of my favorites lol. The new phonebook's here! The new phonebook's here! 😂👌

  • @anthonyw.811
    @anthonyw.811 9 років тому

    That is a beautiful old site. Too bad you couldn't find some silver. Unfortunately, you could probably fill a dump truck with the trash laying around there. Love your videos. HH!

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  9 років тому

      +Anthony Webb yes there was a lot. It'll be next winter before I go back there...maybe. thanks for watching

  • @deirdrepasko9056
    @deirdrepasko9056 6 років тому +2

    There wasn't any trash pick-up in rural areas, so people threw their trash over the sides of hills. I've made a fortune from things I've found in creek beds. --Including bottles. That Dr. Pepper bottle is rare!

  • @jackmehoff5916
    @jackmehoff5916 8 років тому

    Lucky dog, those Dr Pepper bottles are pretty tough to find...I've found dozens of bottles in the woods and never found one like that. I always wanted one of those and a Buffalo Rock Ginger ale bottle from around the same period.

  • @1Wickedweassel
    @1Wickedweassel 7 років тому

    I to live in AL and watching you has got me looking for a detector to start exploring

  • @zalmaflash
    @zalmaflash 8 років тому +1

    Good video - thanks for posting.

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      +zalmaflash Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it

  • @brokenarrowfarm2364
    @brokenarrowfarm2364 8 років тому +1

    at 17:44 - Do you know what kind of flowers those purple ones are?

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      I do not, sorry.

    • @adonicamae
      @adonicamae 8 років тому +1

      T & L Adventures they might be vinca's

    • @littledabwilldoya9717
      @littledabwilldoya9717 4 роки тому

      Yes, they’re (blue) VINCAs . Sometimes called creeping myrtle. Grow well just about anyway in US. Have them going through up to northern Michigan, including Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.😁🌸🌎

  • @northgeorgiadiggers8394
    @northgeorgiadiggers8394 8 років тому +1

    I always run with iron audio on in those spots like that to keep from digging so much iron.

  • @jude.25
    @jude.25 5 років тому

    I liked that dog... and the tree... and this video. I've been told that Dr. Pepper bottles used those numbers for marketing - some factory workers were given breaks at 10, 2, & 4.

  • @Jeepzilla98
    @Jeepzilla98 2 роки тому

    I live on the Piedmont Jacksonville line off 21, so I was wondering where about is the house remains?

  • @BroqueCowgirlHomestead
    @BroqueCowgirlHomestead 7 років тому

    We had a Piedmont Springs Hotel here in the 1800s too. I wonder if by some chance the two are tied somehow? Piedmont Springs in East Texas if you want to read about it.

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  7 років тому

      That is interesting I will look it up. Piedmont is a geographical something in the east, mountains thingy. Not sure how the Texas one ended up with the same name. I gotta know now! Thank you

    • @BroqueCowgirlHomestead
      @BroqueCowgirlHomestead 7 років тому

      tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnp30
      Here is a link about our Piedmont Springs.

    • @randallcarney1216
      @randallcarney1216 2 роки тому

      Piedmont plateau region

  • @davidmc1489
    @davidmc1489 4 роки тому

    Did you try to find any aerial photoss of the area before you did your lookin...surely there was old pictures somewhere

  • @minnesotagravelroad.3108
    @minnesotagravelroad.3108 8 років тому

    Wish there was picture of what the hotel looked like. Great video, go back.

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      +Minnesota Gravel Road. Me too. I can't find one. Yet. Still looking

  • @markgressley9725
    @markgressley9725 4 роки тому

    Dr Pepper used to advertise. If you drink it at 10 2 and 4. You would be energized all day. Great videos !!!!!!

  • @beverlymasonlpcpc4264
    @beverlymasonlpcpc4264 5 років тому +1

    Lots of old vinca vines there.

  • @HoneyBee-ge2wx
    @HoneyBee-ge2wx 7 років тому +2

    Those rocks were pretty with the moss growing over em...

  • @thomasroberts1426
    @thomasroberts1426 7 років тому

    man if you could buy half a acre around that chimney i would build a house around it and put it back to good use..thats an awesome looking chimney...1 similular to it in KY was found and a hoard of gold and silver found on it....the land owner and finder split the find not telling the Govt. and made out like bandits...i saw that on you tube around 7 or 8 years ago maybe 9 hell im old and cant remeber exactly when i saw it..good luck and hopefully 1 day you and your new bride will find something worthwhile like that, and HH- all finds are good but i mean a cache like the KY cache

  • @tabie1wade
    @tabie1wade 8 років тому

    beautiful shot of the chimney about 20 seconds in

  • @robertdunn7913
    @robertdunn7913 4 роки тому

    I think you got it backwards. The area with the round steps, the pipe coming out of the ground is a earth ground rod for incoming power. The place on top of the hill was probably the "healing waters" because of the amount of iron in the water and the way the rocks are around it.

  • @dianne8400
    @dianne8400 8 років тому

    Like your videos good job From. Lauderdale county alabama

  • @johnclayton1026
    @johnclayton1026 3 роки тому

    there's been a number of bands called the high tones

  • @williamdawson650
    @williamdawson650 6 років тому +6

    That lid was a lid to a chamber pot.

  • @bujarshahini1773
    @bujarshahini1773 4 роки тому

    Hello
    Good job don't give up

  • @donjackson8816
    @donjackson8816 8 років тому

    I collect old axe heads. If you ever want to get rid of any please give me a buzz. I only carve handles and make a visual history view. Enjoyed your film. I live in Chelsea. Don

  • @Jaybird-oo3ih
    @Jaybird-oo3ih 8 років тому +14

    10 2 & 4 that's an old Dr Pepper bottle & it's a keeper ! ;o)

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      +Jay bird2963 Funny I didn't even look at the other side when I made the video...thanks for watching

    • @philtucker1541
      @philtucker1541 8 років тому +2

      Those bottles sell for $20 +/-

    • @ok400bigbearpro
      @ok400bigbearpro 7 років тому

      Your Right Jay

    • @Kreetcheer
      @Kreetcheer 6 років тому

      Dr. Pepper was first advertised as medicine. You were supposed to take a dose at 10:00, 2:00 and 4:00.

    • @steveh9436
      @steveh9436 6 років тому

      @@Kreetcheer
      Never contained medicine. It was thought that the carbonated water had healing powers, but did not. It was found that sugar was an upper that picked you up when you were down. But no medicine was in it. The Coco Cola company at one time used cocaine extract in coke, but the Federal Government put a stop to it. Read below.
      The folks at Dr Pepper held a contest for a new ad campaign centered around the idea. The winner was "Drink a bite to eat at 10, 2, and 4!". There's even a club of Dr Pepper memorabilia fanatics called the Dr Pepper 10-2-4 Collectors' Club. They had a convention in 2013, and I'm kinda bummed that I missed it.Mar 5, 2017. Read more.
      contest was held for the creation of an ad using this new information. The winner of the ad campaign came up with the famous advertising slogan, “Drink a bite to eat at 10, 2, and 4.” Dr Pepper’s slogan in the 1950s was “the friendly Pepper-Upper,” which led the brand into the 1960s when it became associated with rock and roll music and on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand TV show.

  • @evelynrudd7076
    @evelynrudd7076 8 років тому

    That's my kind of spot, good location for old things.

  • @Lhifeeq
    @Lhifeeq 6 років тому

    I hope you checked under that Ball mason jar lid for possible paper money remnants.

  • @markgee7090
    @markgee7090 8 років тому

    It looked like some sort of isolater, the blue ceramic.

  • @scottbuckingham3236
    @scottbuckingham3236 8 років тому +3

    The Blue thing that had ANT on it was a lighting arrester for an old radio antenna, the other half would have had GND marked on it

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      +Scott Buckingham Cool thanks! And thank you for watching my videos.

    • @katbot2190
      @katbot2190 7 років тому +1

      I was very excited when you found that and BLUE too. Too bad it was broken

  • @alineadventures8756
    @alineadventures8756 4 роки тому

    Hi, is this video from the Hanging Rock State Park in NC? If so, how did you find this place? I live in NC and I would love to explore it! Thanks and great video!

  • @steveh9436
    @steveh9436 6 років тому +8

    Dr Pepper was the energy drink of back in the day. I have one I found in a junk yard car has never been opened the content inside the bottle is faded.

  • @TripleP21
    @TripleP21 9 років тому

    04:17 a candlestick? great video!=)

  • @cwb0051
    @cwb0051 7 років тому

    What a Fun thing to do together..

  • @waynewarner6798
    @waynewarner6798 6 років тому

    it is possible that those cobalt blue bottles are radio active ... and if you find them whole very possible to be worth $$...

  • @crittert7828
    @crittert7828 8 років тому

    I'm in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Wandering around by yourself, don't you worry about bob cats or bears? Just found your channel & subscribed. 🎈

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому +3

      +Critter T Not really. There have been very few bear sightings around that area I was told and as far as bobcats, they stay hid out and never attack people unless cornered. There have a been one or two mountain lion sightings but this area has an abundant deer population & a bazillion turkeys so they stay full all the time. Thank you for watching and being concerned.

  • @confusedwolf7157
    @confusedwolf7157 7 років тому

    The "hat for big dude"... shade for lamp (ceiling hung)?

  • @htnttf1
    @htnttf1 8 років тому

    What is the black cover over your pin pointer?

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      +htnttf1 No cover. I use both the garrett orange and the Whites Bullseye. It's solid black.

  • @harryrobinson8538
    @harryrobinson8538 8 років тому

    Good video. thanks.

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому

      +harry robinson Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed it

  • @kathydore3230
    @kathydore3230 6 років тому +2

    the Dr.pepper bottle say 10, 2 & 4. because during WW 2 sugar was rationed so they said drink one at those times made u more productive in the factory's that made supply's for the war. ( everything that was made was for the war) That's how they got the extra sugar to keep making soda....

  • @charlescurtis1042
    @charlescurtis1042 4 роки тому

    Why would you leave glass on the ground for somebody to get hurt

  • @denniscook1422
    @denniscook1422 8 років тому

    that blue thing is an lightning arrester. I have one in brown glaze.

  • @larryturner4891
    @larryturner4891 4 роки тому +1

    All I ever seen up there was big rattle snakes

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 8 років тому

    I thought they were decorative walls. didn't know that it was the foundation

  • @waterlily3143
    @waterlily3143 8 років тому

    The doors had to have been some kind of heavy for the hinges to be that big.

  • @AUTiger1964
    @AUTiger1964 5 років тому

    The 10 two and four bottle is an old Dr Pepper bottle probably from the late 40s or early 50s. The 10 two and four was meant to remind you do you have a bottle every day at 10 two and four o’clock..

  • @beverlymasonlpcpc4264
    @beverlymasonlpcpc4264 5 років тому +1

    I was born and raised in Piedmont, Ala but we were forbidden from going up to that old motel area.

  • @maxwellbridgers1373
    @maxwellbridgers1373 7 років тому

    It's a Dr pepper bottle i find 3 of them so keep it nice find

  • @TreasureTracker
    @TreasureTracker 8 років тому

    Cool! I went to a spot like that in TN!

  • @jasondudchock6936
    @jasondudchock6936 7 років тому

    Was this up from Piedmont springs road by hurricane mountain?

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  7 років тому

      No idea sorry, it was a suggested spot, so I headed out. It's been a while

  • @toddterrell8798
    @toddterrell8798 4 роки тому

    Shiny blue thing was a power insulator.

  • @rogermcneil9280
    @rogermcneil9280 6 років тому +2

    when are you gonna be working on the willys again?

  • @nojo1099
    @nojo1099 7 років тому

    Where is that?

  • @curlyq3776
    @curlyq3776 2 роки тому

    Green mountain metal detector. Was there

  • @mistydawn2717
    @mistydawn2717 7 років тому

    Holy cow my hubby says the same that's his fav movie!! Lol the dogs name was stupid I think.

  • @darlenehoward9295
    @darlenehoward9295 8 років тому +4

    That lid is the lid for a old time pot. You know the kind you pee in and empty the next morning.

  • @invisibleman53
    @invisibleman53 5 років тому

    That’s a Dr. Pepper soda pop bottle. On eBay I believe it’s $30

  • @davidmc1489
    @davidmc1489 4 роки тому

    17:40 tiptoeing thru thr tulips...

  • @evelynrudd818
    @evelynrudd818 8 років тому

    That area should have some old coins. How many times have you worked it?

  • @cimiodri
    @cimiodri 7 років тому +5

    I believe the dog's name was Sh*thead.

    • @segafreak11
      @segafreak11 7 років тому

      lynn allen
      You don’t call him rover, you call that dog....shithead! THE CANS! HE HATES THE CANS!!! 🤣

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 8 років тому +1

    they built things to last. chimney an walls still standing

  • @loricrain4598
    @loricrain4598 7 років тому

    this looks like a big ol school house

  • @johngriffiths3952
    @johngriffiths3952 7 років тому

    I realize you're not big on bottles for the simple fact that you're just not big on bottles. But just an idea to throw your way, if you see a bottle that looks half way interesting and you have the spare time at home, you may want to turn them into nice drinking glasses. Easy to cut and smooth out. Cleaning them out will be the really fun part.

  • @keelieyohara7246
    @keelieyohara7246 8 років тому +2

    The 10-2-4 bottle is an early Dr. Pepper bottle.

  • @curlyq3776
    @curlyq3776 2 роки тому

    There was another u tuber was up there...can't remember name

  • @treypenton4286
    @treypenton4286 6 років тому

    10 2 & 4 That is an early Dr. Pepper bottle.

  • @tedgregson1627
    @tedgregson1627 2 роки тому

    Dr pepper bottle back in the '30s

  • @triac777
    @triac777 8 років тому

    Originally he wanted to call the dog "Life-Saver". Lol... its a long story.

  • @TheJustonemore
    @TheJustonemore 4 роки тому

    Pretty cool hu?

  • @scottfirman
    @scottfirman 8 років тому

    check the road

  • @DetectoresRJ
    @DetectoresRJ 7 років тому

    Muito ferro não é, belo local

  • @dust1ification
    @dust1ification 7 років тому

    Are you for real?

  • @GilbertNichols
    @GilbertNichols 5 років тому

    18:26 - Found old Dr. Pepper bottle

  • @pvzero6953
    @pvzero6953 8 років тому

    10, 2, and 4, best times to drink a Dr Pepper

  • @brownbeard4088
    @brownbeard4088 7 років тому

    if you notched out iron.. you would be finding more bling

  • @randyrichardson5325
    @randyrichardson5325 7 років тому +1

    10 2 4 it is a old dr pepper bottle

  • @calvinh.8882
    @calvinh.8882 8 років тому

    Do you know what happened to your Garrett Carat? I just spent $935 ordering me an AT Pro, with headphones, and water prof headphones, the digger tools, and the camo bags, hat and some other things, and a Garrett Carat.. I ordered them because i thought they were a really good rugged set, And watching you diggers use them caused me to order them for myself, but now you say your Garrett carat didn't last very long!! lol.. So now that i'v wrote a book, do you happen to know what went wrong with your Garrett carat? Could it have gotten water in it from the penny hunts? lol..

    • @ExploringAlabama
      @ExploringAlabama  8 років тому +1

      +Calvin H. Yes it got water in it. I did not clean the seal and threads well when replacing batteries. BUT, I opened it up and cleaned the little thingies inside and it works great now. Don't regret it, it is really good. Thanks for watching, and clean the threads and lube the rubber seal each time you change the batteries.

    • @calvinh.8882
      @calvinh.8882 8 років тому

      Exploring Alabama, That's great that its working again, and thanks for the tips on keeping it dry inside, and thank you for posting.. Peace!!

  • @juliewoodgate1099
    @juliewoodgate1099 7 років тому

    It's a 10, 2, and 4 Dr.Pepper

  • @hotwirea
    @hotwirea 7 років тому

    Dr.Pepper Bottle 1940's worth $15-$20.

  • @robinwhite4824
    @robinwhite4824 4 роки тому

    10/2/4 bottle is Dr Pepper

  • @MaryLouTido
    @MaryLouTido 8 років тому

    Fun Fact for you...while he was campaigning for Governor, Hugh Dorsey spent about a month there writing his platform.

  • @barbaramccarley5803
    @barbaramccarley5803 6 років тому

    A chamber pot lid

  • @jimbozeller5214
    @jimbozeller5214 7 років тому

    yes,,dr pepper bottle