Thanks Rebekah & family for inviting Brad, his camera, and all of us to explore your property. While most of us just explored vicariously with you & Brad, it was great.
Bet the ring/chain was after a breakup. Steadies used to wear rings on a chain. She prob thrwew it at him or out of the window or something and stone flew off after bouncing.
Military dress uniforms have a ring or pin on the back of the button for easy removal before washing/dry cleaning to protect the finish on the button. (Modern and vintage)
The button with the split ring is an 1872 through 1902 button. The split ring is so that it can removed from the uniform so it can be laundered with out damaging the buttons. Most common on cotton uniform tunics.
Brad, I loved the interview with QH last night. I learned a lot about filming, and the time it takes set up shots. Much respect, and I hope to produce videos of your quality. You're a top tier channel, keep up the great work.....😎✌️❤️
As a young nursing student, I wore uniforms that went to the hospital laundry to be laundered....washed, starched, and pressed. The buttons were removable! The buttons were attached to our garments with little cotter pins. There were little holes in our garments were the button shank passed through. We were responsible for removing the buttons before we dropped the garments off at the laundry. I believe the military button you found with the wire around the shank was a similar type of removable button. We carried a few extra buttons in our pockets. If a button was lost...it could easily be replaced.
Yes, some fairly recent military uniforms had a similar method of attaching buttons as your nursing uniform. Both cotter pins and rings similar to what Brad and Rebekah found. I myself wore a dress uniform coat with that method of attaching buttons and for the same reason...we would remove the buttons in order to have the coat dry cleaned.
I love these historical homes. What a wonderful place to explore! At the end of the reveal you can see your reflection in the marble. Kind of a cool photo if you take a screenshot.
Hi Brad, I've been watching your videos for at least 5 years now and id like to mention how far you've come in that time. Your edits, your narration, your history facts, your graphics have all come so far.. not that they weren't great before, but you have become so good at making videos i could only wish to have the subscribers that you do! you deserve more and i hope you get more! keep them coming! From one tiny little youtuber to a big UA-camr. Take care Brad
That class ring was amazing. My most memorable find was a class ring from 65, this is many many years ago, back in the 90s But was able to find the owner and return it; incredibly rewarding.
My wife’s grandfather had a wedding band that was passed on to me. He was married in 1911 in Chester County and lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It’s stamped 18K which is the rose gold plate on the brass ring. The jeweler presumed it had been done as a ruse on the less sophisticated. It certainly wasn’t discovered until long after his death.
Many years ago at a family gathering in Versailles, Ky. I got a sketchy reading on my Garrett detector. Turned over the sod and saw a gold chain. We teased it out slowly and everyone cheered when we saw a gold class ring dated 1949 on the chain. Woodford County HS. Alas, the property owner wanted to keep it which I respected.
Great hunt! The only instrument parts I've found (besides harmonica reed plates and jaw harp) were a set of brass tuning keys from a string instrument and the mouthpiece of a brass instrument (trumpet, bugle, etc). You never know what you'll find next!
My dad worked at Balfour until they left Attleboro, MA and moved their headquarters down south. Bet that they still have records of the schools and students that they created rings for! Super find, Brad!
Brad, your videos are always amazing and I often try to mimic them. Your balance of nature in addition to your finds is great. Always enjoy your content.
The button with the loop looks like something that was on a uniform. I was in law enforcement in the 80s and early 90s. The coats and shirts had buttons like that. They either had the eagle or a P on them. Yes, taking them off to clean the shirts and putting them back on was a pain. Thanks for sharing
Love the home it’s cool that it’s still lived in. I’d love a tour of it if Rebecca wouldn’t mind. Thank you again for a great video and thank you Rebecca for sharing your family property with Brad.
😮 The wire on the last button found is called a Spring Ring. I always look forward to your Friday videos. What another fun metal detecting day. What a view from the old family cemetery. And, a house built in 1791? Amazing and it's still lived in! Amazing again! Wow! 😊
The music on these videos are “YOURS”? I love watching your metal detecting, BUT NOW the music too… You are BLESSED and NOW we are BLESSED thru you…WOW! Now your videos are REALLY Special…You get better soon…I’m lifting 🙏 prayers up for your healing…Don’t hesitate to google “limes” and see what things you can do for yourself “alternative” attack that from multiple angles…BE WELL
Brad, Thank you for sharing this adventure. Rebekah and Her family have a long history in Vermont and they were grateful in allowing you to detect it. Cheers, Rik Spector
Some good digs Brad. Great show on QH last night. You are so positive, up beat and so down to earth. QH gang is as well. Goi show. Have a wonderful weekend with the family.👍😘
That ring on the eagle button is still used today for top coat. The shank goes through the tiny slit in the material and the ring is affixed to hold the button on.
Brad I really like your videos. I learn a lot each time and I find the landscape really interesting. (I live in Australia). I’m even more impressed that you compose and play the music.
Very nice Hunt Both of you. What a find Necklace and a Silver Ring in the Same hole. Congrats. Love the 2 Military Buttons. I've also have found Two Piece Buttons with wire in the shank in Nevada. I've also found a couple of Brass Rings Stamped 14k. The Suspender Pieces and Victorian Sash Buckle are Amazing. Beautiful Marble also. Congrats on all your finds. Take Care
Great job, Brad and Rebecca. Usually buttons are bought on a card with 6 or8 to the card. It might have been attached to the card and just not used or needed, so they never took off the ring.
This is such a great video for so many reasons! The finds and the history are what we always get and love, but sharing moments and digging with the property owners are priceless. We have always loved your channel and videos, but this year's episodes have been phenomenal. From digging with new friends Quay, Vern and Rebekah to Attending events with Joe, Tyler and Matthew. Oh and lets not forget encouraging the younger generation like that handsome devil from New Hampshire, Mason! HAHA, keep up the great work Brad, we really enjoyed this one.🙂
Marine Corps dress blues coats have pins or clip rings that hold buttons on which allows easy removal of buttons when the coat is dry cleaned. There are the rings such as on your coat (which attach like keyrings), small attachments that look a bit like cotter pins and some buttons have a permanently attached pin that locks into place after being inserted through the grommets.
What an amazing site to explore - spots like this in Nova Scotia are getting very hard to find. Travelling Bottle Digger in New Brunswick does a great job on his channel metal detecting and bottle digging. Watching Brad at Green Mountain and Kevin at TBD has encouraged me to grab my new Nox 900 and give my well hit cellars one more try.
What a cool place for metal detecting! You never know what you'll find on these old homesteads! You've found some pretty cool things here! I hope you can go back! Keep on digging, and I'll catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
YO! I just had a great idea. Buy the buttons from the Button Baron that are the 3 dollar replicas of the real deal. Then you can show them along side to help us understand what they looked like in their prime! US Army Officer. Artillery button you found is 2 dollars. Excellent visual reference.
I am impressed. You commented that u do all the music for videos! That explains how I’ve never heard it on any other video’s. Very relaxing to watch each week. Keep up the Great work!
Great hunt Brad. Beautiful property. About the first piece, Back in the day people often repurposed many items. This piece in particular could have been a shoe buckle, a belt clasp using cloth or thin strands of leather. Also it's been known for women to use these decorative pieces in their hair. Especially if they were jeweled as the one you found. Love your channel and look forward to every hunt. Stay safe my friend.
Often times Military Button Manufacturers would sell button sets for particular uniforms etc that were sold as sets and the buttons would be affixed to cardboard with the shank punched through and those split rings on the shank to hold the buttons in place on the cardboard. Pretty cool.
I truly enjoy talking these trips back in time each week to the incredible old sites you are fortunate enough to detect. You can feel the presenece in the surroundings- so very cool. Thank you!
Brad, the wire rings on the button were quite normal. This allowed the button to be removed for polishing. Tiny cotter pins were also used for the same reason.
Brad, I think you'll find that the split ring on the back of the Eagle button is standard as I've had several like it. Used to secure the button in lieu of sewing it on.
I agree. My father was an officer in the Canadian Army. Back when he wore wool uniforms, most buttons were removable so the uniforms could be wet laundered. After you spent hours tediously polishing your buttons you wouldn't want them going into the wash as that would dull them. It's also likely that laundering with the buttons on would increase the risk of damaging the cloth as buttons could get snagged in the wash. I recall most of my father's buttons had the split rings but uniform items like his metal paratrooper's wings, lapel pins, & metal hat badges typically used brass cotter pins. Another tidbit of uniform trivia I remember is that laundered wool uniforms took a long time to dry. You couldn't reinstall the button or metal badges until after it would dry. Reinstalling on a wet uniform ran the risk of getting rust stains as things like lower-quality button shanks or the split rings would sometimes be ferrous and would rust. During uniform inspections rust stains & moth holes were frowned upon.
The split ring on the button. Some dress uniforms buttons were not sewn on. Hemmed Button hole on one side and a small hemmed hole for the button shank. The split ring was the keeper for the button. Enabled you to remove and polish the buttons, keeping the uniform clean. US Army retired musician.
The button threaded by the concentric circles of brass wire. I found three eagle buttons looped together with exactly that type of wire on the Seven Pines battlefield. Years ago. I had supposed they were replacements issued to a soldier for his jacket. Only supposing bc don't really know.
I used to work at Springhill Cemetery in Madison TN. It's a super old cemetery. I used to see stones line that all the time in the historic sections. Must have been a pretty common stone type back in the day.
The Balfour Building used to be in downtown Attleboro, Massachusetts. Right next to the public library and across the street from the Ezekiel Bates Masonic Lodge. I had friends and family members who worked for Balfour's over the years. It was still operating up until the 1990's when they shut down. That ring would have been made there. Kind of fun to see a bit of my own history showing up here!
sweet you went to school for music too? i knew there was something about you i liked😊i love the music in your videos. i could tell it was your video just from the music. ❤
Thanks Rebekah & family for inviting Brad, his camera, and all of us to explore your property. While most of us just explored vicariously with you & Brad, it was great.
Bet the ring/chain was after a breakup. Steadies used to wear rings on a chain. She prob thrwew it at him or out of the window or something and stone flew off after bouncing.
@@colleennikstenas4921 except the chain wasn't broken, but thats what I tthought too.
Military dress uniforms have a ring or pin on the back of the button for easy removal before washing/dry cleaning to protect the finish on the button. (Modern and vintage)
The button with the split ring is an 1872 through 1902 button. The split ring is so that it can removed from the uniform so it can be laundered with out damaging the buttons. Most common on cotton uniform tunics.
intersting, we had the buttons with rings to attach them on the shoulder boards for our gala uniform.
Brad, I loved the interview with QH last night. I learned a lot about filming, and the time it takes set up shots. Much respect, and I hope to produce videos of your quality. You're a top tier channel, keep up the great work.....😎✌️❤️
Too bad someone on the property didn't have a sifter or colander of some sort to try and find that gemstone!
What is QH? I’d like to check it out.
@@ChirumboloFilm is the other metal detecting channel that Brad was on last night
@@ChirumboloFilmQuarter Hoarder, he and friends go to old home sites and metal detectors
@@bethcorey6022 Thanks!
As a young nursing student, I wore uniforms that went to the hospital laundry to be laundered....washed, starched, and pressed.
The buttons were removable! The buttons were attached to our garments with little cotter pins. There were little holes in our garments were the button shank passed through. We were responsible for removing the buttons before we dropped the garments off at the laundry.
I believe the military button you found with the wire around the shank was a similar type of removable button.
We carried a few extra buttons in our pockets.
If a button was lost...it could easily be replaced.
Yes, some fairly recent military uniforms had a similar method of attaching buttons as your nursing uniform. Both cotter pins and rings similar to what Brad and Rebekah found. I myself wore a dress uniform coat with that method of attaching buttons and for the same reason...we would remove the buttons in order to have the coat dry cleaned.
I love these historical homes. What a wonderful place to explore! At the end of the reveal you can see your reflection in the marble. Kind of a cool photo if you take a screenshot.
Hi Brad, I've been watching your videos for at least 5 years now and id like to mention how far you've come in that time. Your edits, your narration, your history facts, your graphics have all come so far.. not that they weren't great before, but you have become so good at making videos i could only wish to have the subscribers that you do! you deserve more and i hope you get more! keep them coming! From one tiny little youtuber to a big UA-camr. Take care Brad
That class ring was amazing. My most memorable find was a class ring from 65, this is many many years ago, back in the 90s But was able to find the owner and return it; incredibly rewarding.
Hey Brad, another very nice video thank you so much for making these,, God bless you and your family, happy digging.
Go Brad go we love you.
My wife’s grandfather had a wedding band that was passed on to me. He was married in 1911 in Chester County and lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It’s stamped 18K which is the rose gold plate on the brass ring. The jeweler presumed it had been done as a ruse on the less sophisticated. It certainly wasn’t discovered until long after his death.
Thank you for bringing my grandson and I along Brad!
Many years ago at a family gathering in Versailles, Ky. I got a sketchy reading on my Garrett detector. Turned over the sod and saw a gold chain. We teased it out slowly and everyone cheered when we saw a gold class ring dated 1949 on the chain. Woodford County HS. Alas, the property owner wanted to keep it which I respected.
Fun hunt. Thanks for sharing!!!
Love seeing the property owners getting involved.
again-my friday is complete with brad and green mt,
Great hunt! The only instrument parts I've found (besides harmonica reed plates and jaw harp) were a set of brass tuning keys from a string instrument and the mouthpiece of a brass instrument (trumpet, bugle, etc). You never know what you'll find next!
My dad worked at Balfour until they left Attleboro, MA and moved their headquarters down south. Bet that they still have records of the schools and students that they created rings for! Super find, Brad!
Brad, your videos are always amazing and I often try to mimic them. Your balance of nature in addition to your finds is great. Always enjoy your content.
The button with the loop looks like something that was on a uniform. I was in law enforcement in the 80s and early 90s. The coats and shirts had buttons like that. They either had the eagle or a P on them. Yes, taking them off to clean the shirts and putting them back on was a pain. Thanks for sharing
What a beautiful homestead!
Love the home it’s cool that it’s still lived in. I’d love a tour of it if Rebecca wouldn’t mind. Thank you again for a great video and thank you Rebecca for sharing your family property with Brad.
Love Friday mornings, Brads treasures with my coffee.
WONDERFUL, Silver finds and buttons... I looove their homestead!❤
Boom let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵
😮 The wire on the last button found is called a Spring Ring. I always look forward to your Friday videos. What another fun metal detecting day. What a view from the old family cemetery. And, a house built in 1791? Amazing and it's still lived in! Amazing again! Wow! 😊
Good morning Brad, enjoyed your visit with Quarter Hoarder and crew on Thursday night!
You will also find D for dragoon and C for calvary. Fun watch! Also that 2cd eagle button is post Civil War.
Great seeing you on Quarter after last night.
Another fun romp through our collective history! Thanks for letting all of us tag along.
The music on these videos are “YOURS”? I love watching your metal detecting, BUT NOW the music too… You are BLESSED and NOW we are BLESSED thru you…WOW! Now your videos are REALLY Special…You get better soon…I’m lifting 🙏 prayers up for your healing…Don’t hesitate to google “limes” and see what things you can do for yourself “alternative” attack that from multiple angles…BE WELL
Brad,
Thank you for sharing this adventure.
Rebekah and Her family have a long history in Vermont
and they were grateful in allowing you to detect it.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Some good digs Brad. Great show on QH last night. You are so positive, up beat and so down to earth. QH gang is as well. Goi show. Have a wonderful weekend with the family.👍😘
That ring on the eagle button is still used today for top coat. The shank goes through the tiny slit in the material and the ring is affixed to hold the button on.
As always, enjoyed your "B" roll almost as much as the treasures!
Brad I really like your videos. I learn a lot each time and I find the landscape really interesting. (I live in Australia). I’m even more impressed that you compose and play the music.
What a great collection Thank you Rebekah for sharing your world
Been watching you for a while Brad…never knew you were a guitarist, indeed, that’s your channel music is of your own hand too… hats off sir!
Awesome necklace & class ring. Beautiful Artillery button.
Very nice Hunt Both of you. What a find Necklace and a Silver Ring in the Same hole. Congrats. Love the 2 Military Buttons. I've also have found Two Piece Buttons with wire in the shank in Nevada. I've also found a couple of Brass Rings Stamped 14k. The Suspender Pieces and Victorian Sash Buckle are Amazing. Beautiful Marble also. Congrats on all your finds. Take Care
Great job, Brad and Rebecca. Usually buttons are bought on a card with 6 or8 to the card. It might have been attached to the card and just not used or needed, so they never took off the ring.
This is such a great video for so many reasons! The finds and the history are what we always get and love, but sharing moments and digging with the property owners are priceless. We have always loved your channel and videos, but this year's episodes have been phenomenal. From digging with new friends Quay, Vern and Rebekah to Attending events with Joe, Tyler and Matthew. Oh and lets not forget encouraging the younger generation like that handsome devil from New Hampshire, Mason! HAHA, keep up the great work Brad, we really enjoyed this one.🙂
Marine Corps dress blues coats have pins or clip rings that hold buttons on which allows easy removal of buttons when the coat is dry cleaned.
There are the rings such as on your coat (which attach like keyrings), small attachments that look a bit like cotter pins and some buttons have a permanently attached pin that locks into place after being inserted through the grommets.
Interesting as always! Love the finds! Love the background information! So fun to imagine what happened in the day! Thanks Brad and Rebeccah!
Another awesome dig Brad…. Enjoyed seeing you last night on The Quarter After
Very cool hunt buddy awesome finds God Bless and happy dirt fishin…Virgil
Congratulations Brad great finds Ty for sharing
What a great hunt!!!!!! ❤❤❤
Rebekah and Family Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us. Hope to see more from your Gorgeous property.
Love that class ring Brad!
What an amazing site to explore - spots like this in Nova Scotia are getting very hard to find. Travelling Bottle Digger in New Brunswick does a great job on his channel metal detecting and bottle digging. Watching Brad at Green Mountain and Kevin at TBD has encouraged me to grab my new Nox 900 and give my well hit cellars one more try.
I enjoyed your interview last night with QH Brad. Nice finds in this video. Best wishes from Missouri.
Just an old Vermonter sending love from Oregon.
What a cool place for metal detecting! You never know what you'll find on these old homesteads! You've found some pretty cool things here! I hope you can go back! Keep on digging, and I'll catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
Beautiful property, nice finds.
Beautiful oak leaf hydrangea right after the class ring find.
YO! I just had a great idea. Buy the buttons from the Button Baron that are the 3 dollar replicas of the real deal. Then you can show them along side to help us understand what they looked like in their prime! US Army Officer. Artillery button you found is 2 dollars. Excellent visual reference.
What a great spot. So beautiful. They are lucky to live there. Great finds. Hope you go back❤
I am impressed. You commented that u do all the music for videos! That explains how I’ve never heard it on any other video’s. Very relaxing to watch each week. Keep up the Great work!
Hi Brad, pretty nice finds as always a really good vid. Thx for sharing. cheers Uwe - keep on going
Great hunt Brad. Beautiful property.
About the first piece, Back in the day people often repurposed many items. This piece in particular could have been a shoe buckle, a belt clasp using cloth or thin strands of leather. Also it's been known for women to use these decorative pieces in their hair. Especially if they were jeweled as the one you found.
Love your channel and look forward to every hunt. Stay safe my friend.
I love the snake suspender clip and I found a fancy one in the Berkshire's mountains 2 years ago.
Great dig Brad!! Thx Rebekah
Brad, that was one Very Awesome productive hunt ‼️
Maybe you'll return some day to hunt it again❗️
Great finds today.Awesome
enjoyed the video nice finds
Well done, hunters, well done.
Often times Military Button Manufacturers would sell button sets for particular uniforms etc that were sold as sets and the buttons would be affixed to cardboard with the shank punched through and those split rings on the shank to hold the buttons in place on the cardboard. Pretty cool.
Sorry I missed you on QH last night. I watched the replay and it was a ton of great info thanks!
What a gorgeous place! Great finds.
So many properties to explore - so little time!
What an awesome property has some history for sure
Wow, what great finds. You are lucky to be able to hunt this area.
Gorgeous property.
I truly enjoy talking these trips back in time each week to the incredible old sites you are fortunate enough to detect. You can feel the presenece in the surroundings- so very cool. Thank you!
Brad, the wire rings on the button were quite normal. This allowed the button to be removed for polishing. Tiny cotter pins were also used for the same reason.
Thankyou Brad, this was awesome.
Brad, I think you'll find that the split ring on the back of the Eagle button is standard as I've had several like it. Used to secure the button in lieu of sewing it on.
Yep standard military overcoat button modern era.
I agree. My father was an officer in the Canadian Army. Back when he wore wool uniforms, most buttons were removable so the uniforms could be wet laundered. After you spent hours tediously polishing your buttons you wouldn't want them going into the wash as that would dull them. It's also likely that laundering with the buttons on would increase the risk of damaging the cloth as buttons could get snagged in the wash. I recall most of my father's buttons had the split rings but uniform items like his metal paratrooper's wings, lapel pins, & metal hat badges typically used brass cotter pins. Another tidbit of uniform trivia I remember is that laundered wool uniforms took a long time to dry. You couldn't reinstall the button or metal badges until after it would dry. Reinstalling on a wet uniform ran the risk of getting rust stains as things like lower-quality button shanks or the split rings would sometimes be ferrous and would rust. During uniform inspections rust stains & moth holes were frowned upon.
The split ring on the button. Some dress uniforms buttons were not sewn on. Hemmed Button hole on one side and a small hemmed hole for the button shank. The split ring was the keeper for the button. Enabled you to remove and polish the buttons, keeping the uniform clean.
US Army retired musician.
Been waiting all week for this
So glad I found your channel ! Right here in my home state
Some awesome 👍 finds as usual !! Thanks Brad for the great videos !!😎
The button threaded by the concentric circles of brass wire. I found three eagle buttons looped together with exactly that type of wire on the Seven Pines battlefield. Years ago.
I had supposed they were replacements issued to a soldier for his jacket. Only supposing bc don't really know.
Another great way to end a Friday. Ever think of posting maybe a GMMD greatest hits episode? The music is very relaxing.
I used to work at Springhill Cemetery in Madison TN. It's a super old cemetery. I used to see stones line that all the time in the historic sections. Must have been a pretty common stone type back in the day.
Forget a coin spill, Brad is starting a new trend...jewelry spill!
Very cool finds. Awesome people. Blessings
Excellent finds! Love your sound, thanks!!
Absolutely awesome class ring find and necklace !!
Thank you Brad and Rebecca for the adventure and seeing some amazing finds !
What a fun time! Lots of great finds!
Greetings from South Carolina 🎉
Now we know why the music fits the show so well.
Nice finds
The Balfour Building used to be in downtown Attleboro, Massachusetts. Right next to the public library and across the street from the Ezekiel Bates Masonic Lodge. I had friends and family members who worked for Balfour's over the years. It was still operating up until the 1990's when they shut down. That ring would have been made there. Kind of fun to see a bit of my own history showing up here!
Is there any kind of data base to look up lost rings that you know of?
That ring on the eagle button signifies that it was an extra button for the uniform. Was usually hooked in an inner pocket
Nice video!! Detectorist in the UK are still waiting for us American's to find something old. Lol
You have some awesome videos.
Chain may have been girth hitched around the ring and just came off when you dug it out.
sweet you went to school for music too? i knew there was something about you i liked😊i love the music in your videos. i could tell it was your video just from the music. ❤
Great day!