Metal Detecting: Two Cannonball Railroad Adventure!
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- Metal detecting, snakes, weird turtles, cannonballs, trains, railroads, relics, you name it, you'll see it. It's a river adventure with some treasure and some trash. Come along if you please...
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That long stick with electric cord is a civil war selfie stick
It's a handbrake from the roof of a boxcar. Brakeman would ride the roof and apply as the train crest the grade. It's probably pre-1930's, although not too uncommon into the 40's. It's cast iron if you didn't know already.
30 minute video from Aquachigger? The perfect way to end the day!!
jumpergirls yup
love the videos,keep it up. I'm disabled and can't get out to do what you do,i so enjoy the finds and history lesson that your finds give. thank you for the great information
I'm disabled too and enjoy his videos also ! Here is a few others that you might check out ! Green Mountain Metal Detecting , WWII2HISTORYHUNTER & Stealth Diggers are a few . They explain what they find history wise .
Funny about the bicycle seat! That is off a early 60s Sears Tandem bike and they are terrible to sit on!!! :) I am a big vintage bicycle guy so I recognized that piece immediately! :)
Are you sure I'm pretty sure it's off a shwin bike
have you ever found any meteorites in a stream ?
i thought it was a old tractor seat from the 20's they often had the same style
so it WAS a bicycle made for two!
You are correct! :)
the railroad brake wheel is so cool. love that the "spokes" are curved like that, shows you its meant to take force in only one direction...
4:52 Yes! It belongs to either a wooden boxcar, around 1890s or a boom car or caboose's hand brakes around 1890s?
wrong, it would have to be before the 1890's, because that style of brake wheel came off of a 1860's-1880's car because in the 1870's they made the air brake, and those brake wheels were changed in the 1880's
The gaming blue engine Thanks!
+BigAllan #InternetNiceGuy your welcome
The gaming blue engine :D
Beau, you certainly deserve every one of those finds. 6 snakes, poison ivy and Lord knows what else is lurking in that murky water....you're either extremely brave & fearless or a little crazy. :)
Debi Sher hey tr hats my name
Beau Wolfe it doesn’t say ur name so shut up
Maybe all three! Only man I know that can find a needle in a haystack..
Naaa none of the above. Hes a treasure hunter we all do it!
"That's a pair of balls now isn't it look how slick they are." Aquachigger 2016
I laughed pretty hard when he said that...
I just turned 50. From now on...I'm going to tell people "l"m not getting older. I'm getting great patina."
please let there be a cleaning vid of those awesome cannon balls can't wait to see how they look all cleaned up and in one of your displays.
+mikes hobbie's and random stuff Agreed X1000
Yeah, that snake would be the end of my day..."Headin' back to the truck now!"
That's correct
It's a vintage brake wheel from either one of the cars or from a caboose
When you’ve had one water moccasin come straight at your face as a kid fishing on the bank. You pretty much never go into this type of water ever again. So I’m glad you do so I can watch.
"yep that's poison ivy" *Grabs it*
not hating, just thought it was funny
+skylar hurst ikr
XD
atleast he was wearing gloves
i cringed hard. im super allergic haha
ah the first signs of summer, wild aquachiggers rummaging through the streams. so glorious
quite majestic if i do say so myself
+Aquachigger it is and its around 75-130 years old
+Aquachigger do you watch Aphmau
+Aquachigger love your vids
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That box is an electrical device, it's an Explosion Proof Switch Box.... utilized in areas where there's flammable powders, liquids, gun powder...etc... Ya know, people go to Florida and stop at the Alligator Farm just over the State line. They usually buy a baby alligator and take it home. Once it grows up (huge) they can't keep it anymore and they let it go in sewer/catch basins, rivers, creeks, brooks..... usually from NJ & NY.....!
love the journeys you take us on, the turtle is probably just full of eggs I've found snapping turtles in that condition! thanks
At 2:38 that's a 2-gang external outlet box with conduit and wire still attached to it.
Read exterior not external and you're bang on. 1 vote.👍
Yep. That's a two gang box with explosion proof switch plate. Why it's in the river I have no clue...
That noise scared the crap out of me just watching can't imagine what it was like standing there!! LOL
the wheel you found with the cannon balls is a break wheel that was used before the 1950's, that's before railways converted to diesel locomotives and stopped using break wheels (which were converted to the F.R.E.D.s which are the little red lights at the back of the trains now a'days)
Congrats on the 32 pounders. They are beautiful. I am hearing rumors you are in double digits in shells already. Can't wait for more artillery videos.
The little box with the wires is an explosion proof pair of switches, of the type used in oil refineries, or gas works. It is meant to contain a explosion caused by a spark in flammable areas. Have fun.
Ya . Chig remember, it's not the snakes you see, it's the ones you don't. That are under water just waiting. I don't remember this location, if you've ever searched here before. Very beautiful location, thanks for taking me along. Awesome finds.😊
Thanks. This was a long way from home and only dug there once.
That first square thing is a rusted outdoor light switch. Those pins with the flat knobs on that one end are the switches. Push in to turn on and pull out to turn off.
The box you find at 2:55 is a weatherproof switch box. It would have two switches in it and the knobs sticking up at the top is what works the switches inside.
What an awesome hunt! Those canon balls look in amazing condition with the straps and all.....very nice :D
Nice video ! I worked in an old paper mill for about 10 years & the machine had those wheels on them to hand turn the rewinders. It had dates on the machine from 1875!!
I am surprised you didn't encounter an alligator in that brick structure. Looked like a perfect place for a gator to call home.
the turtle had a big chunk taken out of him, but he looks healthy though!!!!! you kill me, funny stuff!!!
DiggerDano i know it i don't think i would feel to healthy it i had a big chunk taken out of me
So great to watch and thanks for sharing. Greetings from WW2HH
That bamboo was awesome. Your balls are going to clean up nice, they are in great shape.
At 3:00 minutes that big heavy thing you found looks like a pin out of some heavy equipment tracks
I actually think it is a bomb?....
pipe bomb. It was my job to make them for the mafia in the mid 80s.
They also use the same sort of pin on the heavy track hoes as slave roller I know It's my job to make em where I work...
Did i ever laugh at your laugh when the snake went in the water,you make my day every time Beau,Live long and prosper!!
Beau, you can't possibly imagine how much I appreciate your rational view on snakes. Some other people on here have absolute hysterics over the most harmless of snakes, and I think it's bloody ridiculous. I like snakes, and won't even harm the poisonous ones, unless absolutely necessary. Kudos and props to you!
the heavy thing is a pin.. probably off an excavator or tractor arm.. groves on the end are for retaining rings of some type.
The electrical bit you grab out @2:40 is most likely a neon sign transformer. I play with those a lot making Tesla coils and I've seen some older ones. They usually don't fail unless they've been submerged in water for a few years.
the first thing with the wires was a old door bell chime you can see the plungers on the side ! keep em coming! and that is a break wheel for RR car!
We see the wild Aquachigger in his natural environment of river hunting
I think that the 'shiney plated lead' (7:50 area) item you found may be a handle to a fishing reel. Based on the design that would be my guess anyway. Thanks for another great video. Congrats on all the finds. I also agree with your thoughts on the train brake wheel and hope that you did manage to take that home with you. A little electrologist will clean that baby up nice I think. If you do plan to revisit any sites like that I would suggest piling the trash finds and carry out what you can; little by little. I know that you are not the river janitor but it helps you if you do go back at a later date to search it again. You fun in finding the same junk every time you visit a site. I do not always carry out 100% of the junk but I do my best to get what I can carry. I no longer carry my 5 gallon buckets out into the finds that I search but I do have a 3 gallon that is a little easier on my back! LOL Good luck and keep the great videos coming! ;-)
That was great. A bit of nature and some relics, a perfect video.Thanks for sharing your adventures, its gonna be a great year.
I find stuff for the railroad a lot, but it's never old, we found a signal flare once, which was pretty cool
I think I learn more from watching your videos than I do watching the nature channel. thank you for sharing. your videos always brighten my day.
The box with wires at the very beginning is a fire alarm bell but the bell was missing. Great vid....
Nice find, for some reason my first guess on the wheel was one of these old hand-operated sewing machines :) These cannon balls would make a nice decoration if put into a globe stand.
***** Guess that's what it takes to sew leather :)
+TrashureSeeker Those were also used on all kinds of large water valves, steam valves etc etc. Having said that where he was and a old train past thru there it might have been removed from a train manual brake system.
Found a stock photo of a similar hand brake wheel for a train. Similar in style but the dimensions look different. thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/hand-brake-train-wagon-details-44559620.jpg
3:05 looks like a roller from an expansion joint on a bridge (anyone seen a bridge nearby?) though it could be a link pin from a crane or large plant.
The first object looks like a electrical wiring box that attaches to the outside of a house. The wheel does have the pattern of a brake wheel, I doubt that it is really old but it would still make a nice display piece. Also congrats on the 2 cannon balls.
this is such a great and underrated channel. Love the videos, and I'm glad you're uploading them. Thank you!
EARTH ANGEL YES! I DO AGREE WITH YOU REGARDING THE HEAVY IRON " RAILROAD BRAKE WHEEL ". BEFORE THE AIR BRAKES! IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY , EACH RAILROAD BOX CAR HAD ONE OF THESE ON THE TOP SIDE WITH A CHAIN PULL CONNECTING TO THE BRAKE GEAR TO CONTROL THE BRAKES. AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I REMEMBER BEING TOLD? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT VIDEOS!
That heavy cylinder you found looks like a pin used on crane booms. The booms are removable for transportation and anytime there is a modern bridge you can guarantee there was a crane there.
Those 24's were Awesome! And yes, train brake wheel! Nice finds👍
Great video man! Love when you do the long adventure type ones like these.. No way I would be so clam around the snakes! Lmao!
R.I.P. Buoyant turtle ;P
i dont know. i would be pretty clam. DUDE THAT SHOULD BE A NEW THING! Im so clammy. #ClamFOURLYFE
a water snake will have a kind of a checkered bottom, water moccasins will have a solid white bottom with a yellow tinge right under the gray on his back
You are correct, that is a railroad handbrake off a caboose. A rare one too most where 5-6 spokes very few where 4.
I really enjoyed that video Beau. With a slick pair of 24lb balls who needs bamboo that big lol. Congrats nice find. G
The wheel looks more like an old coffee grinder wheel. There were many things you might find a wheel such as that one but it's unlikely to be a hand brake for a train car. Those are typically much larger in diameter. They'd use wheels like that as flywheels on hand cars too.
Actually, the round pupil rule doesn't always apply to venomous snakes. It's rare, but you can occasionally find copperheads with completely spherical eyes. Be careful!
Nice finds Beau! Those are going to look great all cleaned up.
THAT BOX WITH THE WIRES IS A TRANSFORMER
Not skunked. Yeah. Well done you Hugh cannon balls. Quite a pair of balls.
Great find Beau. I love the cannon balls. I can't wait to see them cleaned up. Good video.
Tennessee Gem and
he's coming bitten buddy!!! LOL
I think that’s a valve handle, maybe on a fuel or milk train car. Just spitballing it.
I love exploring rivers, I use to do it all the time in my teens
Very cool to find old-school cans with that triangle punched hole
Hey Beau. I am a train conductor down here in Tampa. That does look like a old style handbrake wheel. I happen to see one the other day in the yard. Looked just like it.
That wheel is definitely a handbrake wheel from a railroad freight car. It's older too, because it has the older curved four-spoke design common to older handbrake wheels.
thank god, a fellow viewer who knows about railroads
Ik about railroads
Hey I was wondering were the cannon balls forged or cast? It would be very hard to fore a nice circle by hand but perhaps with a press?
Its amazing what's out there to be discovered. WOW!
It's a valve handle from the 40s. From the looks of it most likely an 8 inch or 10 inch valve used on a pipeline or water main.
i bet you could clean those up really nicely either with acid or with electrolysis. this was awesome!
love the longer vids. I watch them while falling asleep good way to mellow out and enjoy a hunt
Amazing scenery! Thanks again, Beau!
I've always wanted to do this. But with the inability to drive and not very many rivers here in Oklahoma. I am limited to my 1.5 acre home. The most I've found is a padlock and a penny, the rest are nails and junk. Keep doing what you're doing, Beau!
Howdee Mr Beau! An idea... Perhaps keep in your backpack some sort of small inflatable inner tube that you could put a net around to float stuff out with ya when you don't have your kayak. There's all kinds of stuff at the dollar stores that you might use and it wouldn't take up much room in your backpack. Maybe a tiny little kiddie pool or the like. Do ya like that idea? ...sure ya dooo. Take care and watch out for them thar bad old river bacterias! Love the videos as always!
Hey Beau, The item at 29:03 looks like a broken crank handle from a fishing reel. Outstanding Video! Thanks!
Definitely a rail car brake wheel. Old for sure. Great find!!
17:25 Swan mussel we call then in the UK, still present in some clean/unpolluted rivers an they can produce pearls.
Another great Volg Chig, Can't wait till you get back on the rafting rivers and find those treasures.
have you ever been in pa? also the electrical box was a two way switch. the bar you picked up almost reminds me of needle bearings. large ones.
At 25:55 " Thats a pair of BALLS" lol
At 20:15, I believe that is one hook from a set of log grabs.... Used to drag logs by horses back at turn of the century.... Just my thought... HH hunting brother
Nice finds and the video was good, especially when that hissing noise sounded off. I jumped out of my skin. Snakes lol
Awesome video!!!! A cracking pair of Balls!! ;) You'll have to show us them when they are cleaned up. +Aquachigger
I have been asking for longer videos so thank you thank you thank you.
That turtle said "Hold your breath".
This reminds me of a River close to us. It’s deep in Civil war heritage. However, I’ve never seen so many snakes!
if the hole in the center of the hub of that wheel is a square it's probably is a break wheel another possibility is that it's a wheel off of a valve for water irrigation a farmer chucked in
Man, ever since I subscribed to your channel I've been amazed at how much stuff is in the creeks and rivers even after several hundred years. I wondered why they hadn't been found before.......and over time the answer has come to me. Beau, few people have the balls to wade around in mucky streams where you can't see the bottom and are constantly thinking about snakes, dead animals, dead whatever, snapping turtles, quicksand etc. It's like I never could understand how some divers can do so in water with zero light or visibility..even salt water where sharks and all sorts of other nasties are lurking. So I guess you've got a much bigger than average pair........because after watching your videos I know it's not that you have no imagination as to what could go wrong LOL!
That square with the wires on it looks like a 4 square box with two outlets in an industrial raised cover.
You should get a pair of cheap chest high waders and put your boots over the the feet. I used to do that all the time when I would trout fish in the Georgia rivers. It helps keep your body temp up, and your legs dry.
But they also can also fill up with water and become a danger.
The wheel is off of a steam locomotive and it could be your guest or it could be one that detaches the couplings to hold 2 cars together
It's probably a handbrake wheel from a freight car. The yard workers would uncouple the cars while the locomotive was still moving, and there would be a worker stationed on the car at the opposite end from the locomotive. They'd use the handbrake wheel to apply the brakes and stop the cars when they reached the correct siding.
it came off a 1860's to 1880's freight car
and it is a brake wheel
I kinda scanned the comments but didn’t really see a response to what the pneumatic hammer part you held up is. I believe it’s a Bailey bridge pin used to fasten sections together. They may have had a bailey up temp as they built or rebuilt that bridge? Anyway happy hunting!
Like you said, what a pair!
That's one hell of a magnet on the end of that pick! How dangerous is the unexplored ordinance that you discover? I work with a charity that has access to picatinny arsenal that is littered with UEX and most of the area is off limits because of UEX dating to the revolutionary war, civil, and WW1.
I really hope you're wearing waders...The leaches alone would keep me out of the water, not to mention the huge snakes!
At quick glance that thing with the wires coming out looks to be a 2 gang electrical box with either 2 weather proof switch or explosion proof switches of some kind. I could be wrong but it looks very much like types ive used before.
I'd love to know a little more history about the area & the battles that took place there!
Question- That's a fresh water clam? Good to eat after boiling? Not that I can walk through streams and river like you can. Just musing. So?
We called them mussels in Kansas.