@@johnb.7979 Not many people know about, because it's not on a main trail. And for some reason, there's not much graffiti on Jekyll Island at all. The locals have too much respect to damage anything...and the majority of the traffic are tourists who don't even know about it. I've wanted to metal detect there for years. But, since the whole island is a state park, it's prohibited.
I work for Jekyll island authority and if you have never been it should be on your to-do list. There is alot of history on the island that is very interesting. The easiest way to get to the old cannon torrents is to park at the end of Macy Lane and its not so far of a walk through the woods. If you park at st andrews park its a good hike. In the direction that the cannons was pointing there is a US geological survey marker and there is also a geocache location here as well. One thing you want to be sure of is to watch where your walking because there are big diamondback rattle snakes all around in this area. Some of the diamondbacks have gps trackers in them so that the wildlife department can locate them.
Chris, this is probably not a typical comment but I wanted to say thank you for making these videos. My life has been in utter chaos for 11 years and I used to enjoy doing the things you are now enjoying. Therefore, watching videos like those you make, help me escape reality for a few minutes, thus helping me maintain my sanity for at least one more day.
Dude...i want your job...or the ability for the lack there of...to be able to travel all over and experience all that u have. Glad you are video documenting all this for us...thanks
Another cool video Chris! Thanks for giving the historical facts and pictures to go with your finds! It definitely helps to give us a different perspective!
What a testament to the brilliant mix of metals in order to create a nearly rust-resistant iron. Can't find that nowadays. The state of preservation is remarkable, especially in such a humid climate. Great work.
@@sharon94503 YOU made the comment, not me... There's no such thing as "rust-resistant iron"... Iron WILL rust. And that carriage is more likely steel, not iron.
It's always fascinating to see such things sitting there for over a hundret years, completely intact and no one knows about them. I mean clearly somebody does and they're not small so ... I dunno I'd expect something like this to be more frequented. Amazing find btw. It's so cool how nature absolutely reclaims what once was nature in the first place.
Can you picture the recoil on those guns... And think about all the hurricanes those emplacements have been through and they're still there. We don't build things the way we used to.
Can you imagine it back then! All open fields, no ingrown trees! Yo can still see remnants of the lubricant oil they used to rotate the cannons around! It survived for a little over 122 year's! That's amazing! Very cool video man!✌😎👍
Awesome video Chris, can't believe how good of condition them placements was, after being out, open to the elements, amazing, but I'm intrigued, what took the longest, finding the gun placements or the mountain bike ha ha, just think, if you hadn't found it, maybe someone would have used it for a video on UA-cam in a few years 👍, good job buddy
neat find. These emplacements were installed up and down both coasts to protect the cities in the event of war coming to our doorstep in 1898. Remember the Maine. The coastal artillery was using carriages from other locations to fortify what was determined to be main shipping channels into important ports. The carriage pictured does look like a Rodman mount. It has a front pintle and the rear wheels are on an iron transverse. The 100 or 200 pound description is for the weight of the round for the gun tube. Most Rodman cannon were made smoothbore in 10 or 15 inch diameter balls. The one tube mounted in the video is a 15 Rodman. Identified by the center pintle mount. Most 10 inch Rodman tubes were sleeved down to except a conical projectile of 8 inch diameter. Usually the mounts scrapped after the turn of the century, as they were obsolete by that point. Few originals remain.
Way cool, Chris! When you showed the photo of the Civil War emplacement I realize my second home town had one, in its carriage mounted on a big concrete pedestal, in the corner of the library park downtown. It had been spiked (a steel or iron rod pounded into its touch-hole and broken off flush with the firing chamber), but they hadn't plugged its muzzle with concrete. The teenage gang of a friend's active youth somehow drilled open the touch-hole even though it was on the corner of a busy intersection (more brains than sense!). They planned to insert a charge of gunpowder, wadding, and some sort of projectile (there were no cannonballs available, thank goodness), and since it was aimed at the door of a beauty salon directly across the intersection they thought it would be a nice joke to fire the beast. We still had beat cops in town at that time and they were stopped on their way home one night, coming from shoving another half-pound of gunpowder in a paper sack down inside. The cop was familiar with them, individually and in clumps, and since they were carrying a broom handle, he kept an eye on that area long enough for them to lose interest. (Several years later, though older but no wiser, one of them set off a pipe bomb on a rooftop of a building right in the center of town. Lights, sirens, and the usual confusion followed almost immediately, and newspaper headlines that afternoon claimed many thousands of dollars' worth of damage. So naturally, the mad bomber and a friend climbed up there a few nights later and repaired the damage... As the French say, "Les garçons seront toujours des garçons."
This a really good video, and an interesting piece of history. This is something I didn't know of, it's really cool to learn something new watching these videos. Great job! Thank you for making it
I an hour and a half from Jekyell, and the area is a historians playground. I know of many historic area what people like to keep hidden and safe from vandalism. Great Video!
Look at old canon pictures you may find others like those. Notice there angled for adjustments and the radius that covered each other. The side wheels with the holes moved the gun barrel assy up n down the incline for precise shot placment.
Wow that's cool there was a fort in Essex in the UK that had guns very similar and the military when they decommissioned the fort removed the guns and buried them on the property as they were just too big and too heavy and too costly to move it makes me wonder if those cannons are under the ground nearby somewhere wouldn't surprise me if they were
@Rose's NKitten's - don't be silly how would anyone dismantle that thing to scrap it? Must weigh several thousand pounds and it's on an island, they're going to carry an oxy acetylene kit into the forest!? I think not. I know times are hard but nobody can be that desperate surely.
I say match them back up with a cannon and put them in the entrance to something cool maybe a park or city building or maybe my front yard so every special occasion I can fire them off 😃
Wow amazing they are just left there to decay, a real shame as they should be in a museum somewhere. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you found your bike lol. x
In the direction the cannons are face is a US Geological survey marker and also about the other 2 cannons they were on the northend of the island and they are gone now. Also metal detectors are illegal to use on the island due to it being a state park
That's cool, I can imagine all that brush cleared out so you could see the water. With cannons on the other island as well, the Spanish wouldn't dare take their ships through there.
One of his videos he briefly showed his license plate on his truck I forget which video it was and what state it was somewhere in New England I think. Just go watch all his videos you'll find it.
That’s some quality iron sitting out there 120 years.
didnt he say civil war..?? ...160 years ago
Dancing Trout no, 1898
Ikr. The houses build back then last forever too
@Bill Williams 10 years is a very long time for modern goods, Chinese or not.
Most Chinese cheap goods last barely a year or two.
Looked them up can’t fin 4
I would love to metal detect for history there!
No metal detecting allowed on the Island.
Agree
@@EasternSunset007 😪
@@louisedwards4023 Unfortunately it is the law because it's actually a state park. I looked into it years ago and was disappointed.
@@EasternSunset007 oh yeah I know all about it ,,,,got run out of Outer Banks North Carolina😰
Whoa! You know they're deep in the woods because there's no graffiti on 'em. VERY interesting! 👍
They are only a 3 minute walk from the road. I grew up there.
@@EasternSunset007 Really? The lack of damage/graffiti intrigues me almost as much as the piece itself.......
@@johnb.7979 Not many people know about, because it's not on a main trail. And for some reason, there's not much graffiti on Jekyll Island at all. The locals have too much respect to damage anything...and the majority of the traffic are tourists who don't even know about it. I've wanted to metal detect there for years. But, since the whole island is a state park, it's prohibited.
What trail are they off of . I go to Jekyll every year .
1:10 Classic “Explorer finds what’s he’s looking for” moment! Keep up the great videos and thanks for taking us on this adventure
I work for Jekyll island authority and if you have never been it should be on your to-do list. There is alot of history on the island that is very interesting. The easiest way to get to the old cannon torrents is to park at the end of Macy Lane and its not so far of a walk through the woods. If you park at st andrews park its a good hike. In the direction that the cannons was pointing there is a US geological survey marker and there is also a geocache location here as well. One thing you want to be sure of is to watch where your walking because there are big diamondback rattle snakes all around in this area. Some of the diamondbacks have gps trackers in them so that the wildlife department can locate them.
That's an awesome find
very cool chris thanks
Chris, this is probably not a typical comment but I wanted to say thank you for making these videos. My life has been in utter chaos for 11 years and I used to enjoy doing the things you are now enjoying. Therefore, watching videos like those you make, help me escape reality for a few minutes, thus helping me maintain my sanity for at least one more day.
Dude...i want your job...or the ability for the lack there of...to be able to travel all over and experience all that u have. Glad you are video documenting all this for us...thanks
Another cool video Chris! Thanks for giving the historical facts and pictures to go with your finds! It definitely helps to give us a different perspective!
What a testament to the brilliant mix of metals in order to create a nearly rust-resistant iron. Can't find that nowadays. The state of preservation is remarkable, especially in such a humid climate. Great work.
Agreed, they look great given the amount of time and weather they have seen.
Uh, that's NOT rust resistant...
@@ffjsb of course it's not.
@@sharon94503 YOU made the comment, not me... There's no such thing as "rust-resistant iron"... Iron WILL rust. And that carriage is more likely steel, not iron.
@@ffjsb you must be a public defender or something...I said NEARLY rust-resistant. Move on.
What a beautiful piece of history and not distroyed.
Great find....! Thanks for making this video.....I love this kind of historical / abandoned stuff.
Wow! Those are big! Those old photos were really cool to see.
Thank god there's a good history channel on UA-cam 👊🏻🤙🏻
Always great vids, Chris! And, again, I really appreciate the back story you provide to educate us on your finds!
Look forward to more! :)
It's always fascinating to see such things sitting there for over a hundret years, completely intact and no one knows about them. I mean clearly somebody does and they're not small so ... I dunno I'd expect something like this to be more frequented.
Amazing find btw. It's so cool how nature absolutely reclaims what once was nature in the first place.
The journey to find the abandoned bike lol. Like the focus you put on some abandoned oddities. As always great job on your video.
Wow Chris a amazing video and for being that old they are in fantastic shape. Great find. Keep putting out fantastic videos.
Can you picture the recoil on those guns...
And think about all the hurricanes those emplacements have been through and they're still there. We don't build things the way we used to.
Great find Chris ! they are two awesome pieces of history and maybe someone will get them out and then everybody will enjoy them.
Can you imagine it back then! All open fields, no ingrown trees! Yo can still see remnants of the lubricant oil they used to rotate the cannons around! It survived for a little over 122 year's! That's amazing! Very cool video man!✌😎👍
That’s when they made good steel. Awesome find. Thank you.
Wow very cool
Just finished watching all of your videos on both channels! Love your stuff!
Nice little piece of hystory, wouldn't it be awesome to learn all the history that many of the woods and forests holds...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
From watching your videos about this island, I desperately want to go explore it now! I love all of your videos. Keep up the awesome work!
It's a beautiful place for sure. Lots of cool history too!
Superb example of the early use of hex head bolts.
Awesome video Chris, can't believe how good of condition them placements was, after being out, open to the elements, amazing, but I'm intrigued, what took the longest, finding the gun placements or the mountain bike ha ha, just think, if you hadn't found it, maybe someone would have used it for a video on UA-cam in a few years 👍, good job buddy
Great vlog. I live on the mainland from Jekyll Island. Enjoyed seeing this again.
neat find. These emplacements were installed up and down both coasts to protect the cities in the event of war coming to our doorstep in 1898. Remember the Maine. The coastal artillery was using carriages from other locations to fortify what was determined to be main shipping channels into important ports. The carriage pictured does look like a Rodman mount. It has a front pintle and the rear wheels are on an iron transverse. The 100 or 200 pound description is for the weight of the round for the gun tube. Most Rodman cannon were made smoothbore in 10 or 15 inch diameter balls. The one tube mounted in the video is a 15 Rodman. Identified by the center pintle mount. Most 10 inch Rodman tubes were sleeved down to except a conical projectile of 8 inch diameter. Usually the mounts scrapped after the turn of the century, as they were obsolete by that point. Few originals remain.
Great video! Nice that you study the history and then shoot video. Makes for great watching!
Way cool, Chris! When you showed the photo of the Civil War emplacement I realize my second home town had one, in its carriage mounted on a big concrete pedestal, in the corner of the library park downtown. It had been spiked (a steel or iron rod pounded into its touch-hole and broken off flush with the firing chamber), but they hadn't plugged its muzzle with concrete. The teenage gang of a friend's active youth somehow drilled open the touch-hole even though it was on the corner of a busy intersection (more brains than sense!). They planned to insert a charge of gunpowder, wadding, and some sort of projectile (there were no cannonballs available, thank goodness), and since it was aimed at the door of a beauty salon directly across the intersection they thought it would be a nice joke to fire the beast. We still had beat cops in town at that time and they were stopped on their way home one night, coming from shoving another half-pound of gunpowder in a paper sack down inside. The cop was familiar with them, individually and in clumps, and since they were carrying a broom handle, he kept an eye on that area long enough for them to lose interest. (Several years later, though older but no wiser, one of them set off a pipe bomb on a rooftop of a building right in the center of town. Lights, sirens, and the usual confusion followed almost immediately, and newspaper headlines that afternoon claimed many thousands of dollars' worth of damage. So naturally, the mad bomber and a friend climbed up there a few nights later and repaired the damage... As the French say, "Les garçons seront toujours des garçons."
Dude your videos are awesome! You do your research and make every adventure compelling
So cool definitely goin on my list of places to explore.
Really interesting piece of history. I also like the way you "tell the story" of what you investigating.
What a unique combination of temperate style trees and tropical vegetation.
This a really good video, and an interesting piece of history. This is something I didn't know of, it's really cool to learn something new watching these videos. Great job! Thank you for making it
Your video content is amazing and so clear. 👍
Great show 😀👍🏻
I an hour and a half from Jekyell, and the area is a historians playground. I know of many historic area what people like to keep hidden and safe from vandalism.
Great Video!
Very cool find, amazing how well the old steel has stood the test of time.
Very cool. Been to Jekyll 25 times never knew those were there I'll look next time I go.
Just stumbled upon your channel today, and it's already my favorite exploration channel. Keep up the great work! :)
That’s an awesome find. Thanks for making a video so we can all see.
Very educational, thank you for sharing.
Wow what a find dude !!!
Thank you ,Sad the GA folks has not restore this place..staywell
That is so cool! Thank you so much for your videos. They're so interesting and informative.
Great American history, thanks for sharing.
Wow this is cool history! Very good video.
Awesome video!!! There is still great history stilling in the middle of nowhere to be discovered!
My parents work for Jekyll island authority, and have took us back to the cannons a few times
your videos are great
Thanks Haley
really amazing! you are a true explorer in every sense of the word!
Thats gold mate thanks for sharing
Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks great show.
Great episode, I’m going to look that up , thanks.
Another cool video my friend! Glad I subscribed. Be safe!
Awesome love your work!
Amazing, thank you! I had no idea that existed.
You never disappoint, Chris!
Very cool find pretty decent shape
Look at old canon pictures you may find others like those. Notice there angled for adjustments and the radius that covered each other. The side wheels with the holes moved the gun barrel assy up n down the incline for precise shot placment.
Great find and Great video
Great finding and History thank you
Good video, history is awesome.
A fascinating find and a great video.
Cool!
Young at heart!
Its like me in the Eightees
eighties
@@alphonsozorro7952 Really my guy?
Great find! Thanks for the adventure!
I think they look a bit small for 10" Rodmans. I would love to look for the powder magazines. Enjoyed the video. Thanks!
Very interesting. I love your adventures.
Very cool and interesting.
What an awesome find.!!
I love your shows about Iron cannon must come from Spanish America, I will look up at the website information. Thanks your shows to me and keep going.
Love it!
Incredible! Great find! 👊
Interesting! Thanks Chris!
Wow that's cool there was a fort in Essex in the UK that had guns very similar and the military when they decommissioned the fort removed the guns and buried them on the property as they were just too big and too heavy and too costly to move it makes me wonder if those cannons are under the ground nearby somewhere wouldn't surprise me if they were
Cool! They should make a walking path to the cannons.
Somebody needs to put them in a museum so they can be preserved for historical purposes.
They seem fine there
@@CANControlGRAFFITI - Exactly. Once moved they lose all sense of context and intended purpose. Far more impressive left in situ, in perpetuity.
@Rose's NKitten's - don't be silly how would anyone dismantle that thing to scrap it? Must weigh several thousand pounds and it's on an island, they're going to carry an oxy acetylene kit into the forest!? I think not. I know times are hard but nobody can be that desperate surely.
i prefer them at that location, it gives identity.
I say match them back up with a cannon and put them in the entrance to something cool maybe a park or city building or maybe my front yard so every special occasion I can fire them off 😃
That's awesome 👍 history out there. I'm into that kind of history.
Really cool
Wow amazing they are just left there to decay, a real shame as they should be in a museum somewhere. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you found your bike lol. x
Can't believe how good a shape they are in.
Now that's very interesting !
In the direction the cannons are face is a US Geological survey marker and also about the other 2 cannons they were on the northend of the island and they are gone now. Also metal detectors are illegal to use on the island due to it being a state park
Great video
So cool just the fact you are touching a piece of military equipment that many soldiers touch who came before us thanks🙂🙂
That's cool, I can imagine all that brush cleared out so you could see the water. With cannons on the other island as well, the Spanish wouldn't dare take their ships through there.
Truly amazing. Good job.
FYI The old picture @ 1:45 is a Dalgren Naval gun, may have also been on that mount.
Awesome, thanks.
I live not to far and always visit but did not realize those were there. I I want to see these.
That’s so cool!
The holes in those wheels were for users to insert a pipelike metal rod to turn them and make the monstrosity move! Great story.
That's a cool piece of history
I'm a new subscriber. I found your beautiful video of Mt St Helens two days ago! I am so hooked now. Where do you have your home base? :)
That also was the first video from Chris that I found
One of his videos he briefly showed his license plate on his truck I forget which video it was and what state it was somewhere in New England I think. Just go watch all his videos you'll find it.
Cool hWhip sound plan
That's my favorite, too, because I'm a science nerd. I studied geology for a while planning to became a geophysicist.
So much history has transpired while those emplacements sat silently untouched in the woods.