You never cease to amaze me with your content Derek! As a farm/ranch 'kid' with deep roots in the land, I am quite impressed that you and your brothers and cousins can meet together to make plans for the 'old home-place' without getting into an argument or a fistfight. Your grandpa is no-doubt smiling right now. Keep up the good work and I hope your whole family will prosper beyond your wildest dreams!
I have a very similar situation in the NE. Grandpa bought 400 acres in the 1950's for his grandchillen to develop, subdivide, build residential homes on & make a living. Gravel pit with top soil mounds, etc.That lasted til 40 years, 10 years after my granpa died, when his son, my uncle, the big dog of the family construction was killed in a tragic accident. All my cousins other side of the family, turned into tree hugging LIBERALS & stopped all progress. Kept 200 acres left untouched FOR THEM to hike on it once/year on Thanksgiving. My career in heavy equip, home construction halted. Then when my mom died in 2017, my cousins sued my moms estate for $20K... 2 months after we cremated her. New career.. PLUMBING for the last 20 years. You can pick your friends... you can't pick your family.
Yup, beat me too it as well! My great grandpa had those all over the shop/house/shed/well house. They sure don't build them like that anymore that's for sure!
As soon as a feller said "Eveready" a guy remembered an old TV advert here in the UK with a slogan "Everready power to the people" - I was a young'un back then and memory is hazy but I figure I remember the TV advert was for Eveready batteries, which would have gone along with Eveready flashlights.
Yup. Standard gear with our 70's/80's camping gear. Had either a red or yellow lens surround and the battries liked to leak in them for some reason? Had more than one full of rust and exploded, foamy battrie powder in 'em!
Can we all just take a moment to drink in how beautiful this piece of land is? Man I'd love to have a place in an area like that but the winters...makes this Arkansas boy shiver just thinking about it. I've never been able to wrap my head around the science behind the rod method of finding a well. Seems like contacting the "other side" where some people have it and some don't, lol.
12:55 That's an old flashlight, I used to have one similar to that, and I think I got it from my dad. Yours is all flatten out though, not sure if adding a new bulb and some fresh batteries is going to help.
Derek, with how much you always involve your kids in your videos I think you and your boys would really enjoy metal detecting that family land of yours especially around the house and those tree lines. never know what kind of old things you could find out there. Always enjoy all of your videos no matter the channel! Keep up the awesome work!
Man that's an incredible view, and the history is cool too. To think a hundred years or so maybe more, there was a family living out there where the nearest town was probably a days horse ride away.
Love all your shows...grew up tinkering with anything that could be built. Stopped for years.....Back to building and restoring bikes. Making something considered to most as junk something special again. I enjoy all your dry humor. Nice job! Thanks for all your posts. Jesse
My sisters truly believe they are sophisticated. But, I live it when my dad takes us to the place where he grew up. I dog my sisters hard about their hillbilly ancestry. Then I refer to them as Becky and Milly and they want to cry. Lol
You should return with a metal detector around that old house foundation. People from that era, especially farmers, use to bury their money in cans and jars rather than trust it to a bank.
And how right the old folks were! It’s those hugely valuable old skills like how to write with a fountain pen, bake bread and not EVER trusting a bank or a financial “expert” that our generation have lost.
I can imagine rocking on the front porch and looking out over the water after the day is done....so quiet and peaceful. A wonderful place to raise a family!
derek, i'm sure i speak for your viewers when i say that we would never trespass on your land. we respect your ownership, your privacy and your family history. best to you and your wonderful family. a guy would be blessed to have you as a friend. keep yer sparkalator shining bright.
I agree....here in Idaho people paint posts, rocks, or anything on the boundaries of their property with orange paint...means no trespassing and no hunting. Although, many people will allow you to hunt on their property if you ask...its the ones that go out of their way to do things without asking that ruins it for all those who do the right thing.
A good friend of mine was from Souris, North Dakota. He once told me the North Dakota state bird was the mosquito, and the state tree was a telephone pole....
@@markkeller1778 I’m the same but use a slightly different method for finding depth. We use a silver pocket watch on a chain, stand and hold out directly above source and watch will start to spin to the point it’s horizontal then repeat and count rotations till horizontal and that’s how far down you have to dig. Hope that all makes sense, I was amazed the first time I seen this as a young lad.
East Coast GS, my dad taught me and he used a Willow branch in the shape of a Y, put your thumbs on the end hold it parallel to the ground start walking and when the tail of the Y points down that's where the Vein of water is! Works like a charm. To tell the depth he used a piece of straight Willow about 5ft long, put the small end in the ground so the bigger end was over the Vein of water, it would 'bob' up and down for each foot of depth, then it would go horizontal a few times and start bobbing again, damnest thing I ever saw! But it always worked, he probably witched 200+ Wells and only missed 2 times. I can use the Y stick to find the water but haven't been successful at getting the depth, it's been 30 years or more since I have tried, I should try again.
I remember them teaching us witching for water in school here. Also grew up with alot of old farmers that could find water faster than any computer can nowadays. Pretty awesome seeing your boy being able to do it too
I always knew how to use dowsing rods to find water and electrical, but i never knew about the depth finding procedure with the washer attached. Amazing !
Looks like a great piece of land. A person could retire to a place like that and love waking up to a view over that pond/lake every morning. The Eveready piece of metal was an old flashlight...no idea how old. Some metal detecting and poking around would probably lead to some interesting finds. Really liking this and looking forward to more videos of the progress as you make it into what you want. I'm thinking you need to grab and old boat now to take out on the water for some fishing.
Derek this is a great opportunity to buy and do a first start on some heavy machinery i.e. a Dozer and Loader and do your own landscape for the channel 😉👍
The boys may find some really cool artifacts and arrowheads around those teepee circles! Looks like a lot of rich family history in that area. Looking forward to watching the progress on this beautiful property.
This video strongly reminds me of my childhood and my family house in Poland. Nostalgia and memories are just firing in guy's head. Sadly everything got lost due to financial crisis. I wish I could come back to those good times. Keep up the great work Derek!
Wow this is amazing! You’re so lucky to have family history still available to you and the property. You are truly blessed. You also deserve it…watching your videos you are one of the good ones left. All the best to you and your family!
You may want to invest in a metal detector to scan over the old homestead location to see if you find any keepers? People were known to bury their money and valuables in the old west in fear of marauders.
I was thinking the same thing. Found an old house plot on some family land a few years back found and old lever rifle and revolver my pawpaw told me it was where he dads dad grew up. Pretty cool pieces of history i dug up. Glad i didnt listen to people telling me id be wasting time
The crushed, polished aluminum "EverReady" thing that Bentley found was a 1960s C or D Cell flashlight... They had a red plastic end where the lense was.
@@Pantheragem hiya Pantheragem Somewhere, I have 2 or 3 of those as new/old stock... I can't remember where I got them.... But I do remember my grandad ALWAYS having one in the glove compartment!😁
Looking at the house foundation... My grandparents house had a similar layout on hill. House at top, then directly below the house a retaining wall to keep the piers from washing out. Then a garden/yard, and another retaining wall below that about 25 feet. looked very similar. The rock pile may be the house, or just the rockpile. My grandfather also had a rockpile where he "stored" rocks they picked up around the place. Gotta put em somewhere!!! They don't burn! I saw other posts where people mentioned there should be a place where they were dumping stuff. I would wager in the bottom of that draw. Looks like the trees were planted on purpose as a wind break for the house. They are oddly... in a row. Are they to the west of the old house? If so, they likely are. Their dump pile would be within dragging distance of the house, not uphill, and downwind from your normal wind direction. Imagine how far and where you would drag a bin of garbage, and dig a hole for burnin' and look in that area with your metal detector. Might be near the rock storage area. It wasn't always the crick for dumping, especially if they did not want to spoil the lake water.
I really admire your affection for the land. It’s cool how our roots, like those of the grass, are deep in the earth. I’m a Saskatchewan prairie dog lifer, sort of your neighbour to the North. Love the land.
Just finished a week long trip to Saskatchewan, found my great great great grandpas farm near Nakomis. Looked at one of the old land maps and even figured out the piece he had. Saskatchewan is a beautiful place, you’re lucky to be there!
Kind of sad that you had to open the video with a notice about trespassing. As for what was on the pad by the well, I am thinking a windmill for pumping water from the well would be likely.
This is what family is all about. Realizing what you got, sharing plans with current generation and putting on the gloves and making it happen. The kids will have memories of days like this their whole life. 🇺🇸
@@CoIoneIPanic The OP was referring the spiritual voodoo of the graves of the deceased. The enemy I was referring to is the devil. I edited my post to make it more clear.
Derek awesome building site. I'm only a hop skip and a jump away in wadena MN . if you ever need a hand or wanna see what vehicles I have and know about. Chevrolet and international trucks..
Y'all should do A dual video 9n fixing both of those square body vehicles. The blazer.& the square body truck to. As A brother duo video again on visegrip garage.
That’s awesome, congratulations to you and your family on the new place enjoy it looks like you got ample supply of underwater aquifers and probably a bunch of springs underneath your laying there and everything very cool. Have you thought about going off grid with the power supply, solar panels and things of that nature. If so and you haven’t come across his channel I highly recommend you watching red poppy ranch he has a very good set up an off grid power supply and he’s got hooked up to a big garage his house his whole family lives in it anyways have a good night
What an amazing piece of land! It's great to keep all that in the family. It's pretty incredible what kids find hidden all over like that. We recently had some concrete work done on our house that was built in the 1920s. Ever since my kids have been bringing me all kinds of stuff that they have found around where the crew was digging. Mostly pieces of old bottles and bricks but it really makes a guy wonder what the heck is all buried under there.
This sweet family , so sweet , beautiful, where can you go watch clean TV , Family , 66 years young , Like the Walton’s love this family , God and Family . God Bless you All
As an 70/80's kid my grandad showed me the same trick for water veins... he was also the best meteorologist ever... even tho he was a postman... loll... old folks didn't need GPS wizardery
Amazing property. That piece your son found at around 12:45 is whats left of a pretty old EverReady flashlight. I have one similar I knew it right away.
Being a native of Kansas we have the Flint Hills which looks a lot like ND. Mighty peculiar but a fella sure can find some peace in those rolling hills! Great plan Derek! I'm excited for you and yours to see this happen!
I used that method to find underground water lines. Never to find water like that. I have never seen the washer trick to figure out depth. That's very cool.
I watched my Dad use the bouncing stick method of determining depth several times. He said each dip by the stick was one foot. I can’t say how accurate it was, but he swore by it.
@@mikeg6042 yep a lot of guys use willow or peach branches. I never tried switching water, but I can switch any ditch or place where dirt has been dug with two copper wires. When I come to the edge, the wires cross. Its accurate to within an inch or so. Blew my boss's mind when I was able to locate his septic tank using that method. He had just bought the place and needed it pumped.
at Timestamp of 12:56 thats an old Eveready flashlight that has lost the head and the battery end is ripped cleanoff the tube... We had those on our ranch..... The slider switch is still partially there... Its from the early to mid 70's
In the beginning of the video around the 3:05 mark, when they were driving up to the top of the hill to turn around, that is damn near heaven on earth, with that old winding dirt road and fluffy balls of cotton in the sky, it just doesn't get much better than that as far as I'm concerned! I hope you and the family enjoy it for a long long time Derek. A guys gettin a little jealous, I gotta admit.
Amazing seeing the amount of history in that little piece of land just from keeping it in the family and passing it down. My family were farmers for 150 years but never on the same land as 3 times that I know of they sold the farm for building land and then moved a bit further out as the city expanded. My Uncle sold up just a couple years back and they're building a whole bunch of 'luxury family housing' on that little piece of land and he was the last to sell up so I guess I'm not from a farming family any more. I learned to drive stick on my Uncle's back field and spent a ton of summers working on the property when my Dad rented some land off my uncle to run his business out of but the whole lot's gone now save a couple of glasshouses that look to still be standing on the old Google maps.
Pretty nice chunk of land you have there. That divining rod demo was crazy! Also, I've never seen the washer technique for the depth. Always learning from this channel !
It was fun to watch you fellers divining for water on your future recreation area. I watched my Grandpa and my Dad find water using similar methods when I was a boy back in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was always interesting to hear people’s skepticism regarding divining but I watched them put in several wells using such techniques.I’ve tried it myself and was surprised to find I couldn’t stop the sticks from moving no matter how hard I tried. And yet I still don’t know if I believe it works.
it's just fake superstition, but is a fun little thing to entertain and show kids either way. You could dig into the water table nearly anywhere in a decently hydrated area and get water. Any little bit of unbalance holding those pieces of wire will make them turn, even if you subconsciously end up doing it, its kind of a play on the placebo effect.
@@kljcails see that’s the difference between you and me. I am comfortable with my sexuality enough to know what I said has no sexual relevance what so ever. Way to be homophobic though. (Slow clap)
Have you seen the crowbar, depth-witching technique? A friend and former co-worker who’s Dad had a plumbing business in that area showed it to me. It worked well for him but not so much for me. Two (both) forefingers under the neck of the crowbar, pick the end up a few inches off the ground and it will rotate. Count the 360 degree rotations for the water depth
Hey Derek and the family, really cool to hear your brother mention the New Town water plant. I’m a truck driver and I haul lime to them pretty often. Now when I see the dirt/clay, I’ll know it came from your property. Neat! Take care guys. Hope to meet you out there some day!
I think you're right about that draw, it's nice looking but you'd for sure have water/drainage/foundation issues in years where it's not dry as a bone.
Derek hi. You are so lucky to have that homestead property in ND. Here in NJ that would have been bought up by greedy developers and turned into townhouses or strip malls.I plan on getting out and getting a piece of land at some point soon.Good luck with your new un -car project!
That old farmstead was most likely a family that didn’t make it though the Great Depression. Back then something like 1/3 of the population was in farming and ranching, now it’s less than %2
Those TeePee Rings could be confused with Medicine Wheels so you have to bring back your sacred ceremonial lands and have a Sundance and a Pow Wow and Invite all nations to the Traditional Territory to Bless your Land to teach your children Love and Joy. Derek you and your family are so Blessed 🙌
Divining rods are full on witch craft lol. I remember havin' a go with them when I was a cub scout. You have a slice of Heaven there Derek and family. Thanks for sharing and we are excited to see the progress. Is VGL merch available yet? A guy wants a capilator.
My dad showed me the coat hanger trick in my yard about 50 years ago, it's weird but it works. We found galvanized pipes buried under ground that were left over from an old abandoned lawn sprinkler system. Even found the supply line that went under the road to the lake. My dad was an old farm kid from upstate NY.
Awesome you are very blessed. Thank you for sharing. Life is what you make of it and you are a inspiration! The way you explain stuff I get and have put to use. Thank you very much.
My God is that just beautiful land!! I’ve never seen anything like that around me. I definitely grew up in the wrong state haha. I’d put your house right where the existing one was. What an amazing view that is!
A guy should go through some of the town archives and see if a guy can find some old picture photos of the ol place and builder back like you do on those ol goin to town rides🏡
I was waiting for it to come back on for a second, that was crazy her in a green shirt . I'm glad I wasn't the only one that seen that . Lol spooky stuff and they had Indians on that land before, they better watch out for their spirits.
Definitely Cee Tee i still carry a pair everyday and yes i can still get them from my local parts store which is good because i have planted plenty over the years.
I use to live in Fargo.......this is the prettiest place I've ever seen!!!!! Keep the rocks and plant trees!. (Could you bulldoze Fargo while you're at it?)
In this episode, Derek finds an abandoned Home Site and gets it running again with some sandpaper and a little fresh gas.
And drives it 200 miles to the old home site!
Don't
forget the vice grip's and duct tape too.. maybe sum sandwitches also.
No no, old gas from the 80's. Don't be so damn wasteful!!
It was gas from a snowblower that hasn't run since 1965 and Bentleys found Grandpa plyers. Give him some credit, he makes it work.
Don't forget the cold snacks.
You never cease to amaze me with your content Derek! As a farm/ranch 'kid' with deep roots in the land, I am quite impressed that you and your brothers and cousins can meet together to make plans for the 'old home-place' without getting into an argument or a fistfight. Your grandpa is no-doubt smiling right now. Keep up the good work and I hope your whole family will prosper beyond your wildest dreams!
I have a very similar situation in the NE. Grandpa bought 400 acres in the 1950's for his grandchillen to develop, subdivide, build residential homes on & make a living. Gravel pit with top soil mounds, etc.That lasted til 40 years, 10 years after my granpa died, when his son, my uncle, the big dog of the family construction was killed in a tragic accident. All my cousins other side of the family, turned into tree hugging LIBERALS & stopped all progress. Kept 200 acres left untouched FOR THEM to hike on it once/year on Thanksgiving. My career in heavy equip, home construction halted.
Then when my mom died in 2017, my cousins sued my moms estate for $20K... 2 months after we cremated her.
New career.. PLUMBING for the last 20 years.
You can pick your friends... you can't pick your family.
That flat piece of silver metal you had, Eveready. That’s an old flashlight, looks like it was ran over and flattened.
Beat me to it, I had one or two back in the day.
Yup, beat me too it as well! My great grandpa had those all over the shop/house/shed/well house. They sure don't build them like that anymore that's for sure!
As soon as a feller said "Eveready" a guy remembered an old TV advert here in the UK with a slogan "Everready power to the people" - I was a young'un back then and memory is hazy but I figure I remember the TV advert was for Eveready batteries, which would have gone along with Eveready flashlights.
In fact I just found the advert a guy remembered : ua-cam.com/video/btRRHvcXuhw/v-deo.html
Yup. Standard gear with our 70's/80's camping gear. Had either a red or yellow lens surround and the battries liked to leak in them for some reason? Had more than one full of rust and exploded, foamy battrie powder in 'em!
Can we all just take a moment to drink in how beautiful this piece of land is? Man I'd love to have a place in an area like that but the winters...makes this Arkansas boy shiver just thinking about it. I've never been able to wrap my head around the science behind the rod method of finding a well. Seems like contacting the "other side" where some people have it and some don't, lol.
All those old farms had a dumping site. You should get a metal detector and see what ya find! Could be really cool!
Call aquachigger!
A couple of cold snacks on a hard hat with a straw and a afternoon with a metal detector sounds good
My great grandfather used to know where the old dump sites were and he would pick them for antiques. That was one of his sources of income.
Some things are better left buried.
That’s exactly what I was thinking
12:55 That's an old flashlight, I used to have one similar to that, and I think I got it from my dad. Yours is all flatten out though, not sure if adding a new bulb and some fresh batteries is going to help.
A fellers brother was really talkative today. Lol.
I`m really worried...maybe he´s no feeling well?
Busy digging for gold 🤣
AQUIFERRR!
Has he lost weight?
he’ll move mountains tho
Derek, with how much you always involve your kids in your videos I think you and your boys would really enjoy metal detecting that family land of yours especially around the house and those tree lines. never know what kind of old things you could find out there. Always enjoy all of your videos no matter the channel! Keep up the awesome work!
Man that's an incredible view, and the history is cool too. To think a hundred years or so maybe more, there was a family living out there where the nearest town was probably a days horse ride away.
Crazy right?
Horses appreciate vehicles at least as much as Humans, prolly more!
I keep seeing the Windows Start Screen with that Blue sky and rolling hills
@@n84434 damn if you ain't on the mark lmao
@@aspalovin They definitely earned their retirement
Love all your shows...grew up tinkering with anything that could be built. Stopped for years.....Back to building and restoring bikes. Making something considered to most as junk something special again. I enjoy all your dry humor. Nice job! Thanks for all your posts. Jesse
More then ever I want to know more about the family history. Sounds like they have been in the area for a long time.
Absolutely yes please, maybe an episode on your family history?
My sisters truly believe they are sophisticated. But, I live it when my dad takes us to the place where he grew up. I dog my sisters hard about their hillbilly ancestry. Then I refer to them as Becky and Milly and they want to cry. Lol
IMHO, from Switzerland.. Came to Michigan in ~1872
A guy might wanna go way back into the vault say 800 years ago
Chris. Just a big bundle of joy when the cameras on him.
With the land, family history, immediate family, siblings, and another generation coming up, you're a very rich man.
You should return with a metal detector around that old house foundation. People from that era, especially farmers, use to bury their money in cans and jars rather than trust it to a bank.
And how right the old folks were! It’s those hugely valuable old skills like how to write with a fountain pen, bake bread and not EVER trusting a bank or a financial “expert” that our generation have lost.
Ha, I just posted the same thing.
Yep. Let Bentley do some metal detecting... that'd be a good memory for him..
I can imagine rocking on the front porch and looking out over the water after the day is done....so quiet and peaceful. A wonderful place to raise a family!
With a well screened porch. That's a very large sqeeter hatchery they got there.
derek, i'm sure i speak for your viewers when i say that we would never trespass on your land. we respect your ownership, your privacy and your family history. best to you and your wonderful family. a guy would be blessed to have you as a friend. keep yer sparkalator shining bright.
I agree....here in Idaho people paint posts, rocks, or anything on the boundaries of their property with orange paint...means no trespassing and no hunting. Although, many people will allow you to hunt on their property if you ask...its the ones that go out of their way to do things without asking that ruins it for all those who do the right thing.
A feller can't get enough of both of these channels!!!! THANKS DEREK!!!
Picnic site on old homestead 👍bad luck to build a house on previous owners land👍blessing your new location a great idea 👍
A good friend of mine was from Souris, North Dakota. He once told me the North Dakota state bird was the mosquito, and the state tree was a telephone pole....
we always joked that there is a pretty girl behind every tree in north dakota. ha
What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL view! Thanks for sharing some North Dakota with this Virginia feller.
Am I seeing a "D7 - will it run?" coming up soon? I don't know...
“D7 - will it run??? Drive it 326 miles home?”
Sounded like a "Diesel Creek Video" Matt can get it to run.
@@DHarri9977 awesome channel!
I appreciate your different persona here; each channel has a slightly different Derek. Bravo.
That old school find water wizardry has always and I mean ALWAYS fascinated this old feller EVERY single 3rd time
My dad taught me how to do it when I was young. I make a lot of money on the side Well Witching for people with this method... Never fails.
@@markkeller1778 I’m the same but use a slightly different method for finding depth. We use a silver pocket watch on a chain, stand and hold out directly above source and watch will start to spin to the point it’s horizontal then repeat and count rotations till horizontal and that’s how far down you have to dig. Hope that all makes sense, I was amazed the first time I seen this as a young lad.
I forget what kind of wood you use but you take a Y shaped branch hold certain way and BAM, water source, I've done it and swear by it, truly wild
Yep, hard to believe but it worked on my Grandfathers property, my uncles property and mine.
East Coast GS, my dad taught me and he used a Willow branch in the shape of a Y, put your thumbs on the end hold it parallel to the ground start walking and when the tail of the Y points down that's where the Vein of water is! Works like a charm. To tell the depth he used a piece of straight Willow about 5ft long, put the small end in the ground so the bigger end was over the Vein of water, it would 'bob' up and down for each foot of depth, then it would go horizontal a few times and start bobbing again, damnest thing I ever saw! But it always worked, he probably witched 200+ Wells and only missed 2 times. I can use the Y stick to find the water but haven't been successful at getting the depth, it's been 30 years or more since I have tried, I should try again.
I remember them teaching us witching for water in school here. Also grew up with alot of old farmers that could find water faster than any computer can nowadays. Pretty awesome seeing your boy being able to do it too
I always knew how to use dowsing rods to find water and electrical, but i never knew about the depth finding procedure with the washer attached. Amazing !
Explains a lot about the US education system.
Looks like a great piece of land. A person could retire to a place like that and love waking up to a view over that pond/lake every morning. The Eveready piece of metal was an old flashlight...no idea how old. Some metal detecting and poking around would probably lead to some interesting finds. Really liking this and looking forward to more videos of the progress as you make it into what you want. I'm thinking you need to grab and old boat now to take out on the water for some fishing.
Derek this is a great opportunity to buy and do a first start on some heavy machinery i.e. a Dozer and Loader and do your own landscape for the channel 😉👍
The boys may find some really cool artifacts and arrowheads around those teepee circles! Looks like a lot of rich family history in that area. Looking forward to watching the progress on this beautiful property.
Please leave the teepee rings alone. The indigenous peoples in the area will appreciate the sensitivity.
Nostalgic Derek. 12:50 early Eveready flashlight, crushed. Beautiful property, thanks for sharing.
How amazing just being on your family's land is so neat. I'm glad that you are taking us along with you on your adventures in developing your property
Really enjoy the show.I appreciate the comedy along with the talent.Awesome.
This video strongly reminds me of my childhood and my family house in Poland. Nostalgia and memories are just firing in guy's head. Sadly everything got lost due to financial crisis. I wish I could come back to those good times.
Keep up the great work Derek!
Same. 400 acres developing, subdividing, then 2008 housing bubble burst & other side of family wanted to hug all the trees & stop progress, my LIVING.
Wow this is amazing! You’re so lucky to have family history still available to you and the property. You are truly blessed. You also deserve it…watching your videos you are one of the good ones left. All the best to you and your family!
You may want to invest in a metal detector to scan over the old homestead location to see if you find any keepers? People were known to bury their money and valuables in the old west in fear of marauders.
That would make an awesome vidja. Derek would probably find a buried steam tractor and get the damn thing runnin!
@@aspalovin probably just a bunch of barbed wire lol joking, that would be cool to watch.
I follow metal detecting channels.
You must not have detected on a farm before.
Your detector goes off every few inches because it found a nail, or a piece of fence... junk really.
I was thinking the same thing. Found an old house plot on some family land a few years back found and old lever rifle and revolver my pawpaw told me it was where he dads dad grew up. Pretty cool pieces of history i dug up. Glad i didnt listen to people telling me id be wasting time
Isn't that a Mercury? Lol 🤣🤣
The crushed, polished aluminum "EverReady" thing that Bentley found was a 1960s C or D Cell flashlight... They had a red plastic end where the lense was.
Was coming to say the same thing. They look different flat, but the switch was pretty distinctive.
@@Pantheragem hiya Pantheragem
Somewhere, I have 2 or 3 of those as new/old stock... I can't remember where I got them.... But I do remember my grandad ALWAYS having one in the glove compartment!😁
Really awesome to see a family piece of land stayin’ in the family
Pretty sure there’s no property tax in ND. As it should be
Looking at the house foundation... My grandparents house had a similar layout on hill. House at top, then directly below the house a retaining wall to keep the piers from washing out. Then a garden/yard, and another retaining wall below that about 25 feet. looked very similar. The rock pile may be the house, or just the rockpile. My grandfather also had a rockpile where he "stored" rocks they picked up around the place. Gotta put em somewhere!!! They don't burn! I saw other posts where people mentioned there should be a place where they were dumping stuff. I would wager in the bottom of that draw. Looks like the trees were planted on purpose as a wind break for the house. They are oddly... in a row. Are they to the west of the old house? If so, they likely are. Their dump pile would be within dragging distance of the house, not uphill, and downwind from your normal wind direction. Imagine how far and where you would drag a bin of garbage, and dig a hole for burnin' and look in that area with your metal detector. Might be near the rock storage area. It wasn't always the crick for dumping, especially if they did not want to spoil the lake water.
I am from southern Ontario and it always seemed that old houses had conifers and cedars planted on the north and west sides for a wind break.
I really admire your affection for the land. It’s cool how our roots, like those of the grass, are deep in the earth. I’m a Saskatchewan prairie dog lifer, sort of your neighbour to the North. Love the land.
Just finished a week long trip to Saskatchewan, found my great great great grandpas farm near Nakomis. Looked at one of the old land maps and even figured out the piece he had. Saskatchewan is a beautiful place, you’re lucky to be there!
Hello from Regina, born and raised. 👋
@ Saskatonian-born, raised, and planted for life. Cheers!
Those sulphate rich waters are good for a clean out when needed.
This is beautiful. I know winters suck but if it was me, I'd make this home base for Vice Grip Garage! Love this
What a nice land your family and now you have have! Wow amazing! 👌
Kind of sad that you had to open the video with a notice about trespassing. As for what was on the pad by the well, I am thinking a windmill for pumping water from the well would be likely.
Fame brings lots of attention. He did the right thing
@@meengreen52 I understand that. It was just a shame that it has already become a problem that needed to be addressed.
This is what family is all about. Realizing what you got, sharing plans with current generation and putting on the gloves and making it happen. The kids will have memories of days like this their whole life. 🇺🇸
Well deserved Derek. I'm sure the past generations of the family are proud of what you're doing with yourself and the family traditions.
The old home site looks awesome park right there boom!
The old Knorr place has a family cemetery too, just up the hill from those trees just west of where Chris graded that land.
They need to watch out putting a house on a burial grounds and their was Indians there before.
@@MIKEH.777
Why? Out of respect I can see it but not because of anything else.
Don't give the devil power.
@@randallsmerna384 exactly. It was a war. They lost. Such is history.
@@CoIoneIPanic The OP was referring the spiritual voodoo of the graves of the deceased.
The enemy I was referring to is the devil. I edited my post to make it more clear.
Derek awesome building site. I'm only a hop skip and a jump away in wadena MN . if you ever need a hand or wanna see what vehicles I have and know about. Chevrolet and international trucks..
Clearly becoming one of my favorite channels. What a gorgeous piece of land.
Thank you
Y'all should do A dual video 9n fixing both of those square body vehicles. The blazer.& the square body truck to. As A brother duo video again on visegrip garage.
That’s awesome, congratulations to you and your family on the new place enjoy it looks like you got ample supply of underwater aquifers and probably a bunch of springs underneath your laying there and everything very cool.
Have you thought about going off grid with the power supply, solar panels and things of that nature. If so and you haven’t come across his channel I highly recommend you watching red poppy ranch he has a very good set up an off grid power supply and he’s got hooked up to a big garage his house his whole family lives in it anyways have a good night
Can't wait to see all the new adventures! Will be sittin' with a cold snack and drinking it in as it comes...perfect...
What an amazing piece of land! It's great to keep all that in the family.
It's pretty incredible what kids find hidden all over like that. We recently had some concrete work done on our house that was built in the 1920s. Ever since my kids have been bringing me all kinds of stuff that they have found around where the crew was digging. Mostly pieces of old bottles and bricks but it really makes a guy wonder what the heck is all buried under there.
God bless you and yours, it's nice to see hard working families realizing their dreams and happy. Thank you for sharing so much of your life with us.
Such amazingly beautiful land Derek! Glad it is owned by people that will love respect and nurture it!
This sweet family , so sweet , beautiful, where can you go watch clean TV , Family , 66 years young , Like the Walton’s love this family , God and Family . God Bless you All
As an 70/80's kid my grandad showed me the same trick for water veins... he was also the best meteorologist ever... even tho he was a postman... loll... old folks didn't need GPS wizardery
Amazing property. That piece your son found at around 12:45 is whats left of a pretty old EverReady flashlight. I have one similar I knew it right away.
Every time he calls his brother Krang I think of the Ninja Turtles cartoon from the late 80’s. I hope that is the reference he is making.
same here!
Being a native of Kansas we have the Flint Hills which looks a lot like ND. Mighty peculiar but a fella sure can find some peace in those rolling hills! Great plan Derek! I'm excited for you and yours to see this happen!
I used that method to find underground water lines. Never to find water like that. I have never seen the washer trick to figure out depth. That's very cool.
I watched my Dad use the bouncing stick method of determining depth several times. He said each dip by the stick was one foot. I can’t say how accurate it was, but he swore by it.
@@mikeg6042 yep a lot of guys use willow or peach branches.
I never tried switching water, but I can switch any ditch or place where dirt has been dug with two copper wires. When I come to the edge, the wires cross. Its accurate to within an inch or so.
Blew my boss's mind when I was able to locate his septic tank using that method. He had just bought the place and needed it pumped.
at Timestamp of 12:56 thats an old Eveready flashlight that has lost the head and the battery end is ripped cleanoff the tube... We had those on our ranch..... The slider switch is still partially there... Its from the early to mid 70's
Watching from the UK I can’t believe how much space you guys have got!! Would love to own that. Love new channel!
In the beginning of the video around the 3:05 mark, when they were driving up to the top of the hill to turn around, that is damn near heaven on earth, with that old winding dirt road and fluffy balls of cotton in the sky, it just doesn't get much better than that as far as I'm concerned! I hope you and the family enjoy it for a long long time Derek. A guys gettin a little jealous, I gotta admit.
It’s absolutely beautiful there!!!!
A guy is happy for some guy, his wife and his gangly brood of vipers.
Moving all that dirt, tells me you need to dig into your yellow pages for Mr Dicky Dozer. Beautiful land. You’re all a lucky bunch, enjoy your life.
Amazing seeing the amount of history in that little piece of land just from keeping it in the family and passing it down. My family were farmers for 150 years but never on the same land as 3 times that I know of they sold the farm for building land and then moved a bit further out as the city expanded. My Uncle sold up just a couple years back and they're building a whole bunch of 'luxury family housing' on that little piece of land and he was the last to sell up so I guess I'm not from a farming family any more. I learned to drive stick on my Uncle's back field and spent a ton of summers working on the property when my Dad rented some land off my uncle to run his business out of but the whole lot's gone now save a couple of glasshouses that look to still be standing on the old Google maps.
Awesome property, wherever you build!
Left thumb got in the way of the divining rod at about 2:28.
Pretty nice chunk of land you have there. That divining rod demo was crazy! Also, I've never seen the washer technique for the depth. Always learning from this channel !
always nice to watch!!
It was fun to watch you fellers divining for water on your future recreation area. I watched my Grandpa and my Dad find water using similar methods when I was a boy back in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was always interesting to hear people’s skepticism regarding divining but I watched them put in several wells using such techniques.I’ve tried it myself and was surprised to find I couldn’t stop the sticks from moving no matter how hard I tried. And yet I still don’t know if I believe it works.
it's just fake superstition, but is a fun little thing to entertain and show kids either way. You could dig into the water table nearly anywhere in a decently hydrated area and get water. Any little bit of unbalance holding those pieces of wire will make them turn, even if you subconsciously end up doing it, its kind of a play on the placebo effect.
Awesome land! And even better it was an old building site and plus it's now your families land! Cool!
I guy gets excited when he sees vice grip anything in his notifications!
Amen.
Don't get me wrong but I like his channel too, I wouldn't really say I get excited, you must be single 🥃🥃🥃
Women get me excited but I do enjoy his channel so each to their own 🤘🤘🤘🥃🥃🥃
@@kljcails see that’s the difference between you and me. I am comfortable with my sexuality enough to know what I said has no sexual relevance what so ever. Way to be homophobic though. (Slow clap)
@@NoGoodNamesLeft ok😁😁😁
Have you seen the crowbar, depth-witching technique? A friend and former co-worker who’s Dad had a plumbing business in that area showed it to me. It worked well for him but not so much for me. Two (both) forefingers under the neck of the crowbar, pick the end up a few inches off the ground and it will rotate. Count the 360 degree rotations for the water depth
Loved seeing and knowing history of ND growing up in the south east corner of ND keep the great content coming 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
So awesome Derek, that is dream quality property, you are blessed my friend
Always love the VGG & VGL content. Can't wait to see the progress on the land as well as cool finds along the way.
Hey Derek and the family, really cool to hear your brother mention the New Town water plant. I’m a truck driver and I haul lime to them pretty often. Now when I see the dirt/clay, I’ll know it came from your property. Neat! Take care guys. Hope to meet you out there some day!
I think you're right about that draw, it's nice looking but you'd for sure have water/drainage/foundation issues in years where it's not dry as a bone.
They turn because were the water is the magnetic field is stronger Derek it is still very cool to see @22:12 @ViceGripLodge
"I didn't have a plan..." I'm starting to see a family theme here.
Chris must have had a Red Bull; I've never seen him so chatty.
Was thinking the same thing.
Derek hi. You are so lucky to have that homestead property in ND. Here in NJ that would have been bought up by greedy developers and turned into townhouses or strip malls.I plan on getting out and getting a piece of land at some point soon.Good luck with your new un -car project!
That old farmstead was most likely a family that didn’t make it though the Great Depression. Back then something like 1/3 of the population was in farming and ranching, now it’s less than %2
Yupp..
That little island there on Berry Lake I would put a little tiny tiki bar out there that would be awesome a floating dock around it if you would
Those TeePee Rings could be confused with Medicine Wheels so you have to bring back your sacred ceremonial lands and have a Sundance and a Pow Wow and Invite all nations to the Traditional Territory to Bless your Land to teach your children Love and Joy.
Derek you and your family are so Blessed 🙌
You should put the trailer on the slab where the old barn and house used to be. Very nice spot!
Divining rods are full on witch craft lol. I remember havin' a go with them when I was a cub scout. You have a slice of Heaven there Derek and family. Thanks for sharing and we are excited to see the progress. Is VGL merch available yet? A guy wants a capilator.
My dad showed me the coat hanger trick in my yard about 50 years ago, it's weird but it works. We found galvanized pipes buried under ground that were left over from an old abandoned lawn sprinkler system. Even found the supply line that went under the road to the lake. My dad was an old farm kid from upstate NY.
Great Plan!!! Excited to see the Progress!!!! Great Video!!!
A guy sure does enjoy these vidyas while having some wobble pops. Very relaxing.
Wow what a neat bit of land thanks for sharing it with us Derek
Beau Ouimette, of Aquachigger UA-cam channel fame, might be a fun collab for exploring that homesite.
CHIG ARMY! Yes! I haven't watched old Beau for a long time! HOLD YER BREATH!
This needs to happen. Hold your breath
You are so blessed my friend. What a beautiful place.. Thanks for sharing.
We call them witchin sticks where i’m from… seen my grandfather and my old man use them many times
Awesome you are very blessed. Thank you for sharing. Life is what you make of it and you are a inspiration! The way you explain stuff I get and have put to use. Thank you very much.
My God is that just beautiful land!! I’ve never seen anything like that around me. I definitely grew up in the wrong state haha. I’d put your house right where the existing one was. What an amazing view that is!
Looks like waste land to me.
Helluva cool ice skating pond in the winter! And cool metal detecting for the boys.
A guy should go through some of the town archives and see if a guy can find some old picture photos of the ol place and builder back like you do on those ol goin to town rides🏡
Glad you're grand kids you can get done we didn't ya more fun hopefully have fun learning experience holidays are really fun getting along.
Subliminal Jessica at the very end, starring into my soul, startled a fella.
Yep Me too. I just Spild my Coffey....
I was waiting for it to come back on for a second, that was crazy her in a green shirt . I'm glad I wasn't the only one that seen that . Lol spooky stuff and they had Indians on that land before, they better watch out for their spirits.
I had to go back and freeze frame it but I believe it is from the lodge 4th of July cake video.
@@7KidsSpanoMan Yep I did the same And I say that you are Right. It is from the Cake Video
Just seems to be one single frame.😁
What a lovely place Derek, very pretty. Probably not so much nowadays but water was a valuable resource.
The pliers look like a CeeTee brand. Not sure if they’re still around but they sure were a popular brand back in the day.
Definitely Cee Tee i still carry a pair everyday and yes i can still get them from my local parts store which is good because i have planted plenty over the years.
I use to live in Fargo.......this is the prettiest place I've ever seen!!!!! Keep the rocks and plant trees!. (Could you bulldoze Fargo while you're at it?)