After Digging HUNDREDS of Holes… I Found it
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- On this adventure I spend all day digging hundreds of holes and find what all New England Metal detectorists hope for
Original music by Brad Martin
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Hi Brad, really enjoy watching your adventures. About the small lead weights, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet but, they were used to weigh down the bottom of a lady's skirt incase things got a bit windy. The weights were stitched around the hem in segments usually 4 to 6 in each segment. If the hem of the skirt were to tear or wear-out, the weights would fall out that's why you always find several in one little patch. I remember when I was a little boy watching my granny sitting by the fire place stitching them into the dresses she made. My eyes were continually affixed on the glass jar containing the weights as I watched the reflection of the flames from the fire dance across the lead pieces like shimmering jewels. If you ever come across any Victorian or pre-Victorian dresses, run your fingers around the hem, as often, if lead was not available, they would stitch in coins. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
I don't know about anyone else, but every Friday morning as i start your video and as i begin to take it all in, chills arise throughout due to the music you've created...that along with knowing the true passion put into each and every one truly makes my day. Keep up the excellent work, Brad! Coming from a fellow detectorists settled in the foothills of the Appalachian's of Southeast Ohio and situated right on the Ohio River. Thanks again for your time!
Same here. Brad is such a mellow fellow. If I had a son I'd be happy and proud if he was like Brad.
Just started detecting... in cinci...
not sure, but my grandfather had something that looked just like that dimpled spoon and he used it to fix horse leather by pushing the needle through the leather like a thimble. I'm 64 and he would be well over a 120 today and he did stuff ole school.
Sounds right. I think so too.
Hi Brad, I dug an elongated “8” object a couple weeks ago, just like yours! I thought it interesting enough to keep it. Soon after I was taken on a tour of an 1817 meeting house (church), and there, holding an interior door open, was the artifact! It’s door hardware!!👍☀️
Wow! The discovery of the identity of the relic is just as much fun as finding it! So cool!
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I believe that that brass conical relic with two small holes would be the top of a parasol. Pinned just above the top with the shaft sticking out.........? Love your videos, thanks for all you and your family put up with to create these awesome adventure videos!🤓
I think so too. 👍
What comes to mind on the spoon bowl is pushing a needle with the handle attached would work better than thimble in some places. Thanks for the music and the great hunt
Yep. As a craft seamstress type that spoon eould be what I would have used under those circumstances. The material being sewn would be thick or stiff...leather or canvas.
The iron piece with tear shaped of different sized looks like it could have been used to pop small nails or maybe upholstery tacks. It looks like the piece is slightly bowed. That would have provided a little leverage.
While I am writing I will tell you how much my husband and I enjoy your videos. The cameos of flowers, moss, mushrooms and such are as appreciated as the digs.
I can no longer tramp through the woods. Following along with you virtually I can smell the earth, vegetation, breezes....the trees. Thank you so much.
I was thinking the same thing
@@deborahcaserotti7424 I agree! So nice!
Hey Brad, great explore as usual, I have a theory on those lead "pellets". Recently I was dimantling an 1870's upright piano to rescue wood and items for crafting etc, and in the wooden bodies of the keys I discovered lead weights sunk into the sides at varying positions along their length, the keys were callibrated with some precision to have a particular weight/action, I saved the weights and they look remarkably similar to the ones you found.
Brad,
It looks like a tent rope tensioner to me … I used to use some similar in the scouts when I was … a humm.. younger 😊 thank you for the adventure every week … I’d like to do some detecting myself but it hard enough to find my grandkids anymore, although they are mostly covered in dirt from playing .. they’re difficult to uncover and need to be sprayed like the coins you find !
love this Brad, whenever I see an old coin I think of the poor person who dropped it..I can imagine the panic when they realize they lost the coin since a penny was alot of money back than, would be like losing at least a dollar today...keep searching...a fan from Western Canada...
I have often thought of the literally poor person who lost a coin. That could have been a big loss to them when it happened. I don t imagine that they had a lot of them to throw around. I have wondered why it would have even been in a pocket when they were working. There wouldn t have been any place to spend it up there.
@@karencrawford4068 Maybe someone up there baked bread & sold it & that coin would have bought some? Maybe they had to go hungry that day.
I often wondered the same! Especially for the quarters and up! A huge financial loss.
Almost 5 years of digging our 5 acre farm and we are still pulling .22 shells bullets pop tabs can slaw square nails and every other kind of garbage. Every once in a while we get something good but until there are no signals left we will keep going when we can’t get permission anywhere else.
Brad, nice backlight with accurate exposure of your face 10:24 to 11:24 during your explanation was perfect for the situation, but the nature interval and music beyond to 11:24 was icing on the cake. Very nice videography.
So the piece that you said was not a bell might be used for a candle. My mother used ones that looked very similar, both made of glass and metal. She'd put a candle in the holding stick, then slide that piece down. I both helped with the wax dripping down to the table and, in cases of wooden candlesticks, helped prevent it from being burned when the candle burned all the way down.
That makes a lot of sense thinking about it! Thanks for your suggestion....Greetings send from Canada 🙏🏼👋🏼🇨🇦
@@McChrister it just popped into my head right away when I saw it. Not sure if I'm right, but it looks exactly the same. Greetings to you as well!
That was also my immediate thought when I saw it.
Cool!
Yep yep yep!
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had already said it first, you got it!
The lead piece with the hollow on top looks like it could have been a window weight. A rope attached to the weight would be inside the window frame and keeps the window up when lifted.
Nothing like finding a previously-undug item to provoke discussion. For me, your finds today were the jackpot, leaving lots of room for deduction, speculation and assistance from knowledgeable viewers.
I agree! I love when I find relics and I have no idea what it is but I do know that it’s something special! Thank goodness for the viewers that know!
Would the long steel link be a rope slide tensioner for a tent or something?
I believe you are correct! that is exactly what that is due to the tear shape in both holes heavy duty version of the tiny ones on tents! Good eye!
Thats the first thing i thought of as well.
Thats it! I kept saying..i know what that is, ive seen that before! Thanku!
Could be!
That is the shiniest tombac I have seen dug! (On hundreds of videos of course). Good job!
Lol! It’s super shiny!
It always amazes me to see an item unearthed that was last held by someone ages ago. It is a piece of history and things like those, for me, are almost priceless. Great finds and as always I enjoy coming along with you on your hunts.
The big lead weight is probably a yard weight. The hole at the top would have had an iron loop in it that has fallen out. The next item you found looks like part of a clothes rail from a wardrobe. A wooden dowl would have gone through the hole and pinned in place through the tiny holes that you saw. You only have part of the fixing as this goes inside a circle that has the holes for screws. There would have been two of these, one at each end of the wooden rail.
As in a gate closer? That'd make sense.
My husband wants you to know that what you described as a “candle snuffer” is what he believes to be a finished grommet that attaches to a horse drawn buggy top. Love your channel!!
Congratulations on the pirate silver awesome find, especially 2 in a month. Looking forward to the video of some pirate gold.
Great finds. I love the Spanish silver but I'm always drawn more to the buttons since they are personal. The tomback was fantastic! Thanks Brad
The Door handle is called a bean cusp door latch that would be found in interior house doors. They usually date from the early half of the 1800s and in your area maybe even pre 1800. Also called a Suffolk latch.
That metallic piece with loops at each end reminds me of a line tensioner like you use on tents to tighten the stake out lines.
I love that kind of tired. Always a great video. I started watching about 4 years ago. Love to the family 🌼
I mean this as a compliment , Brad but you are the “Bob Ross” of metal detecting videos! Your videos are so calming and relaxing!
Just wanted to say, not only are your videos visually stunning (and interesting) but the music (!) you make (and edit/produce) is amaaaaazing!! It captures so many {{{{{{{feeelz}}}}}}}, mahalo, SOooo well done!!!
The expectation of what will come out of a hole is as fun for the detectors as well as the viewer. I must confess to holding my breath on those live digs.
Lol! Yes indeed!
That lead cylinder might belong to a store's weigh scale? There may have been a hook on the side with the hole...... Love how peaceful and informative your videos are!
Think about making wind chimes out of the bell/candle snuffer parts and you can weight down with the bull horn caps.
I think the double looped iron piece is half of a hasp. Held on with a staple and fitting over another at the opposite end, Blacksmith made, either split or drawn out and welded back to itself. Just my 2 cents.
As always I'm so happy for you with your finds, u love what you do and make beautiful videos. Thanks Brad.
Camille 👋🇦🇺
Just a wild guess, but the handfull of small lead "game pieces" you found, since this is a farming area, could they be Bail Seals that just haven't been melted in place yet? Like slugs that will become seals? You know what I mean....
Sounds like a good guess
That is a very “common sense” comment! 👍🏼 I’ll bet you that is exactly what those pieces are....Lead seals!🙌🏼🔖 Greetings from Canada, George🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
Bale seals are flat with a small hole that wired them on. There were no holes on those.
Great thought! 👍
I’m a chef and I’ll tell you they look like pie weights to me. You fill a pastry shell with them and pre-bake it for a coconut cream pie, or any pie that has filling cooked and poured into a prepared, already cooked crust. The weights keep the crust from bubbling up. I often use dried beans, but the little weights are very common as they can be used over and over indefinitely.
Another wonderful hunt/search. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
I believe the lead weight to be a weight to a pendulum clock. The larger opening at the top may have had an iron loop that would have attached to a chain.
Nicely done Brad as usual, i enjoyed the video, great finds see you on the next one 🇺🇸
What a good episode! You rock and thank you for all your efforts and sharing!
Another great video, Brad!
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
It’s always so much fun to speculate what some items might be.
The looped bow tie shaped item resembles a ⛺️ tent rope tension device you slide it up the rope to tighten it down.
But who knows for sure?
Very cool Video as always Brad, tell the family hello , stay safe my friend…
I take a sip of rye whiskey everytime you say "let's see what else we can find" and it's great fun.
Someone can always come up with a drinking game! LOL
I'll drink to that.
As always I love to see what you find no matter what it is the coins are great the buttons are awesome but it's the stuff that people used everyday that really interests me on another note that big piece of lead you found I think it's a weight to a scale seen similar things like that
Good spot! I enjoy seeing the things that are unidentifiable because they make the mind wonder.
Every time you pull out a silver coin I am so blown away that something that amazing has laid buried there for centuries, just waiting for Brad Martin to come rescue it!
Awesome finds. I have to start digging those faint tone as well
Some of the older bullets were cylindrical in shape. They were called wad-cutters. They were mostly used for competition target shooting back in the day. That shape allowed for the bullet to leave a cleanly cut hole in the target paper without a lot of tear out making it easier to determine the score. If they are bullets but without marks, they might have been for reloading.
Brad, your videos are so consistently way above average. I look forward to Friday for a whole new reason...😎👍
That is indeed the shiniest tombac button that I've seen anyone pull from the dirt 😲 very cool!! Congrats on finding two Largies and the Spanish silver Brad 😃. Buttons and spoons, an Oxknob (still on my bucket list) and all of the whatsits. You had a busy and successful digging day ☺️
Another reason I love your videos… you love the “story” contemplating what happened…who lost it .. I love it! That’s what I like about hunting, I never get to though.. I am retired but busy babysitting my grandson ❤️ so your videos are the hunting I can do.. lol
I am subscribed to many channels but I have to say yours is my favorite. Mostly due to your music! Your videos are so relaxing and your finds are so exciting. My imagination runs wild with the thoughts of who may have lived there and what their lives were like. Hard I would imagine! Keep up the good work. Fridays are now my favorite day, thanks to you!
Another great adventure Brad thanks for always bringing us along. I have seen (11:53) those on very old wooden boxes. A U clip nailed in the wood in the small end and the larger end slides over another U clip nailed into the wood. a leather strap attached to the box holds a piece of dowel or metal that slides the the u clip through the larger end to secure the box.
Another great video...thanks and I hope the family is well!
Congrats on your finds. Back East you are always finding the older things. Out here in the West not so much. Nothing in the 1700's. But getting out detecting is always an adventure. Thanks for your videos. Take care.
Is it possible that the "bell item" is a ferrule that a rope would run through a hole in some wood to keep from wearing the hole larger???
The spoon bowl was chewed on by livestock. They were notorious for doing this. Especially silver spoons.
I think it's more of a makeshift thimble actually the marks on the spoon are way too small for any farm animal to have made them
always get an education watching your videos thanks Brad
Another great video Brad, you only can imagine who lost those coins so long ago, hopefully it wasn't a heartbreaking experience for them. 👍❤🇺🇸
Hi Brad, love a Friday night here in Scotland... as i know its Brad digging up fascinating stuff... LOVE your videos and agree with the other post, thanks to your family too for sharing you every week. looking forward to next weeks episode. (PS tent slide for guy ropes was my thought too)
Awesome random stuff today Brad! Would be wonderful to go back and recap those weird items later on after you’re able to figure them out
Hunk of lead. Weigh it. Looks like a counter weight for a scale used for weighing bags of grain, feed. Likely had an iron hook on it. Rusted out. I have seen a tool like the iron bar with the slots in it in my past. Used like a wrench to loosen or tighten items. Great coins. Was the shiny button tin dipped? Enjoyed the hunt.
I enjoyed seeing the artifacts that you don’t normally show. It’s fun to speculate about their intended purpose. 😊
I watch beach detectors on occasion and see twenty year old dimes that are corroded away from the junk metal our coins are made from today. That does not bode well for the future of detecting. But there you are digging two hundred year old silver coins from Spain. Strange symbolism for what our money is worth in these inflationary days. Fun to watch Brad. Those latches are still in use on barns but almost universal on wood fencing to this day but I bet they won't last like that one either with the cheap metal used on fence latches.
I agree with you on that. I am a dirt digger and the recent zinc coins are already rotted! People metal detecting 20 years from now won’t know what they found because there will be nothing left of the new pennies
Great video, look forward to Friday nights and watching you and your treasure hunting. Always very informative, Nothing like what you do in Australia.
Hi Brad, another Aussie loving your Friday night videos. Locations are amazing. Goose pimple good MUSIC, so exciting watching u uncover your finds. Your passion. Thanks so much
The little Lead slugs could be ladies petticoat weights, sewn into the hems of those light billowy petticoats in pre-Victorian / Georgian times. Prevented them from lifting and kept them neat, tidy and in place.
The large piece of Lead could be the weight for the pendulum of a Grandfather type clock.
Thanks Brad, turned a boring Friday into a good one. Lovely finds
Brad, you are one of the better narrators. Clear, articulate. I enjoy picking up individual characteristics or idiosyncracies. At 4:28, while looking at the copper coin, you said "let's see what this side might look like." Yes, you were uncertain if it was a British or state coin, but using the word "might" is simply a vague expression of anticipation covering a bunch of possibilities. I like it as it fits into the totality of hunting or exploration. Until you have identified something, it remains "might."
Always looking forward to these. Keep up the great work
As someone else mentioned, the lead cylinders look like unused bale seals. They had a string or wire pulled through the hole, then crimped to seal. Many had names or designs crimped into them to verify ownership of the product they were sealing. It would make sense to find several together, as someone probably lost a sack of them.
Excellent video. Enjoy watching your videos here in Argentina every Friday morning.
Anything you don’t know what it is, it is a conversation piece until someone positively identified.
I like going back and watching old videos.awesome finds.
Small lead pieces are from a length of lead rope, here in Newfoundland it would have been used to weigh down the bottom of fishing nets, can't guess what it would be used for in the mountains though all the same.
Good job.
Thanks Brad!
love love love watching your videos! such great finds! thank you for sharing!
Is that a tin button? What an amazing material, for several centuries it has not oxidized at all.
Although i like the metal detecting and find the finds full of thoughts; I really love the scenery. I live in the desert so i love green. Hence, Green Mountain:) That little "bell" thingy i wonder if it was the bottom of a leg. Like a table? Chair? That other thingy looked like the piece of metal you'd pull the cinch strap through on a saddle. So, how i see it is cinch strap breaks, horse bucks and runs cause it's got this crazy thing down around its ankles, guy gets bucked off , looses the change in his pocket, gets mad as you know what at the horse and throws his chair at it:) What a story!! Yee-Haa!!! Thanks Brad! Always enjoy your videos with breakfast. Be looking for you next week. Hope ya enjoyed "my" story. My freinds think it's funny.
Wonderful, imaginary story! 😂😂👍🏼
@@McChrister Thanks. If it didn't make you laugh not my fault. My friends here were laughing so hard while i was writing it that they had tears. Course we all ole timers here.
@@richardbeee I’m so glad you and your friends get together and laugh! I’m an old timer myself, just started getting my social security check. I try to have a good old belly laugh at least a couple times each day. Your story was a hum dinger and I almost had an “accident” as older ladies are prone to do. Thank you for the laugh!
@@cathyjay2569 I'm way out here in Arizona no matter where i am i always try to bring a smile to someones face. I grew up with horses, so the story is somewhat true. Glad you didn't have an "accident:)
@@richardbeee we sound a lot alike! Except I got stomped by a horse so I’m very cautious around them. But I like to make people laugh. I trust you are well. Thanks. No accidents today! I’ll give myself a gold star.
Hi Brad, sometimes those old door handles with the lift latch would be used on interior doors in the home or the exterior front or back door too.
I remember both our back door and our kitchen door into the lounge had this type of latch. Some really cool finds, the silver half real was an awesome find though. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞
Another great adventure, thanks Brad!
I dug a couple hundred holes and finally found my first diamond! It's a great feeling being able to cross something off of the "Have to Find" list! lol Also found a whole necklace still intact! Such a great hunt! Also awesome video! Watching all the way from Hawaii!
I rarely comment anywhere, but it looks like your diligence and hard work paid off. Great job Brad.
Great finds, I think the iron dog bone thing is part of a bit for a horse bridal.
WoW, what a great finds! I just adore your videos....You are getting close to the 100.000 Subs! Hope you reach it by the end of the year...Blessings send from Canada🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
Thanks Brad for the videos. I really enjoy seeing your finds.
That was a awesome day for sure. Thumbs UP to you !
Wow, just wow! What an amazing day for you, a spanish silver. Love everything that you dig.
Just enjoying your video on the 2nd cup of coffee , good finds on this one 👍
I love your videos and look forward to them every week.
I think that the round lead thing could be a weight for kitchen scales. The hole could be from a knob or handle to pick it up. 👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
"Slug shot"
Good morning Brad, another enjoyable video like always from you. Congratulations on the Spanish silver. Have a great week. Thank you, Joyce🇺🇸♥️
Hey Brad thanks for taking us on your dig sites love your videos look forward to them.
Ox knobs & shoes (porkchops) are a special artifact. Even tho, they did belong to tester years of hard working folks. Stealth diggers have boxes of these beautiful finds. & buttons galore... Great day as always with metal detectors 👍🇺🇸
Always can't wait to watch your Friday videos when I get home from work! Awesome one.
Brad how are you finding the locations that you search? Word of mouth , old town maps , or just happened upon while detecting? Love to see your finds as a newer detectorist in NE.
Love your videos! I haven't missed one in years. You do a fantastic job! I do a lot of detecting, and have always wanted to "go east young man" to partake in some older ground. Come October, I'm going to do just that. Digstock is going to be right next door to you..hope to see you there!
If I may make one suggestion. Get yourself a different shovel. One with serrations on the edges to cut through roots. They are really a time and energy saver.
Have a great week, and keep up the great work Brad!
Awesome coins you found in this video.
Your videos with partner and guest are the best out there. Just good people uncovering History our History can’t thank everyone enough.
I think 4 years plus !! Loving my Brad.. 60 year old Grammy!! Lived in North Shrewsburry and Barnard Vermont.. my husband and I had a haunting in North Shrewsburry!! Brad and your family!! I love you!!
Awesome again !
I so enjoy our visit to Vermont each week. You are into that time of year where the dreaded hunters are in the woods with you. Please keep safe and make a lot of noise.
Candle base like a ring on your finger you put that around the bottom of a candle to help hold it up while it melts another guess
That Tombac was Great! But the Spanish Silver was the star of the show! Congrats Brad! Great finds!
Never disappointed with your videos!
Great finds I love them all especially the half reale. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞