Unbelievable Beau! What an awesome collection! Being able to pick those things up and let your mind wander back to the day they were lost is just so cool. Like what was going through the mind of the person who broke up the sword...was it merely a matter of destroying captured enemy weapons...or maybe an old veteran sick to death of war and all it's various implements of destruction who busted up his own sword with a vow never to wage war again...that's what I like about all this old stuff...the story behind it..............I mean the stuff can be cool too, but without the background it's just merely stuff! Thanks for your videos, I really enjoy them.
Fantastic stuff Beau. The quantity of finds is incredible. last time I saw owt like it was in the garden shed of a bloke I knew who lived right in the middle of the somme battlefields, and he's been collecting since he was a child. Thanks for sharing your finds and your hair ... both voluminous!
I found lot of pull tabs, gum wrappers and some rusty nails last year. You win! Nice layout. It won't be long and you'll be able to open your own museum there Beau.
I'm always excited to see your finds Beau, excited doesn't exactly cover this video, I believe shocked would be more along the lines of my thoughts, but in a good way! I've never seen that many shells ever. But location is everything and you know those shells didn't land often in the Great Lakes state!! Thank you for sharing you magnificent collection with us and my best wishes for 2014 I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll find next!
Really great finds, I hear you about the cold, I am in CT and it is a frozen tundra here, but one nice thing is I have plenty of beaches when the temp goes above 20.
I shared your video with a group of Detectorists in the UK. They're used to finding Medieval stuff, hammered coins and such. I mentioned that this is a typical day's find in the USA.
You most be you of the biggist led "producers" in the WORLD (As Clarkson would say) Nice finds and many. Looking forward to see how you show them. Thanks Again for taking your time to share
At 1:48 is a fine example of a smith forged eye bolt. It starts out straight and is heated, folded over, heated and pounded until the metal fuses together. Then the threads are cut in the straight end with a bolt die. Very different than a modern cast or forged "store bought" eye bolt.
Much of the fun watching these vids is the great info in the comments and answers. Thanks for the great entertainment. I'm a real history buff, but health prevents detecting.
Great finds. Love all your videos. Can't wait for 2014 video's. Just got a Garrett 350. Live in southwest Ohio . no civil war battles but ft Hamilton is in my backyard.
I don't know if anyone told you but that arrowhead at 3:15 looks like a rare Clovis arrowhead! I would get that in it's own case a.s.a.p and hang it up or put it away. Pretty Valuable and more unique the more a Collector will pay.
Incredible! Love the videos! I have seen really great videos of your where you explain the preservation process really well and clearly. Do you also have one showing how you disarm cartridges?
A huge collection, I like! All very interesting, good specimens, I enthusiastic! I understand everything, well, except maybe for some small things that does not affect my perception of our common hobby. Your rich collection can serve as a shining example of the events of the past and has a certain historical and material value.
***** Coins what period you come across? More interested in the buttons. I collect buttons. We basically buttons imperial Russia, the simple peasant buttons of the 18th century, sometimes come across buttons Napoleon's army. The British have too. By the Second World War many buttons Wehrmacht soldiers. And last year, dug a small American button! Americans have built up in 1917 in the nearby town of coal mine! Her and was nicknamed the people, American.
Dang Beau, too many next videos! Been hooked on your vids for several years and they continue to get better and better all the time! You my friend had a great year of digging! Congrats on some super finds and looking forward to 2014!
Thanks so much for your show and tell. OMJ What a collection. All the videos I have watched of you I have rarely seen you out medal detecting in the field are woods from a few years back. Can you post a few?.. thanks again
I did archaeology in the Midwest for about 12 years. Certainly their maybe vessels that were cooked in, but suspending them was not likely unless they were held in nets, not be holes in the pots. Firing clay was done by simply placing a vessel in a fire and mostly drying it out, it never gets hot enough to be considered fired like a vessel in a kiln. You probably have seen red ware vessels that are made by early pioneers, these too are very soft and if they had not a lead glaze on them would not hold liquid. Holes can be a design feature, but sometimes they can be those punctuates I was referring to being eroded away. There isn't really any strength in the clay material to withstand the tension of hanging a pot from these holes.
Hey man, I'd like to share with you how I clean old coppers. I have found that the best way to clean old copper (especially the detailless crusty ones) is to heat up some (acid free) vaseline just to the point where smoke starts to come off. Put the coin in, it will start to bubble real intense and continue doing so for a couple of seconds. When the bubbling ceases, take the coin out and carefully rub it with a cotton cloth, don't burn your fingers! If any residue is left, use a wooden toothpick to scratch it off. You might call me nuts, but this method has turned many 400+ year old coins from crusty cake to truly display worthy items. I still can't believe how well this works half of the time. On top of that, the vaseline is a nice protective agent.
Dang you have a nice collection!!! I think it may be time for you to retire and save some relics for us to find :) Thanks for all your vids. They have been a huge reason I decided to get back into digging.
Hi Beau Fantastic round-up of 2013 you must have enough led to cover a church roof including the outhouse. Looking forward to your videos of 2014. Ps You really turn into Grizzly Adams in the winter time (but in a good way) lol
Thank ya for sharing some of your finds from last year. I didn't realize how much you found last year. Let us know when ya finely open up your small museum to the public of those things.
Hey Beau Ouimette! I have been watching your videos for a long time and they always give me enjoyment! One question do you have a video of you finding that 1 dollar gold piece from 7:46??? That's my dream find haha and there doesnt seem to be really any videos on youtube of anyone finding any.
These question may have been asked elsewhere but here goes: You seem to have a particular suite of detector peripherals for different types of hunts. Sometimes it's a pole with a magnetized head. At other times its long, narrow garden shovel and/or trowel and, unless you've broken it (again!), a pinpointer. So, two questions: 1) Is there some underlying method to this accoutrement madness; and, 2) do you tote all of this unwieldy detection/video gear into the field solo or do you have some unsung, off-camera hero who assists/shleps it all for you? If the former, I tip my hat!
At 4:22, there is what looks like a large musket cleaning brush (bristles long gone obviously) made of twisted brass rods. I've found several of these on CW sites, both land and water and they don't look like the ones pictured in most CW relic books. I've always assumed they were cleaning brushes for larger .69 cal muskets; would you concur?
It blows my mind that in 2013 a person can still find bullets from a war so many years ago....They may just look like a pile of lead , but to me each one has a story. Amazing stuff....
Oh ok - thanks. Beau - I am working the grounds at my mid 1800's plantation house. I am working with a Cabela's bounty hunter - treasure hunter. This is a $200 machine. It is what the budget has allowed at this point! But I will say that I am pretty impressed for what it is. It has been very accurate and with the LCD display has been exact with depths and identification....There are sites where I know a building once sat and I get an overwhelming amount of iron signals - lots of nails. I am leery of discriminating them out - which I can do with my unit - just because I would hate to miss gold or other neat low tone items. But I sure cant dig them all! I would have a mud pit when I was done! How would you say I go about exploring these areas which give off so many iron signals? Thanks. And I love your videos - best detectoring videos out there! thanks for doing them!
First off awesome videos, displays, relics, but most important a great positive attitude. I do have a question for you beau where do you obtain your shadow boxes for your relics I would probably guess you make them as you make everything lol just hoping you would say we'll I get em at Walmart for $2 bucks lol . Any information and help would be great looking forward to more videos and baby foxes and hid graves in the woods.
After the battle of the Wilderness, Gen. Lee sent his gleaners out to recover anything salvageable from the field of battle. They came back with 60 tons of spent lead bullets and bands from artillery shells.
WOW thats some cool stuff there !... what a cool relic room you have .very happy for you ..but I feel bad for anyone MD with in 100 miles from you .. your relay cleaning out the ground lol
Holy Jesus, that has to be the National Collection of "Things that fly through the air and kill people"
Awesome collection, man.
Awesome dude!
Unbelievable collection, museums can't touch your collection! Great job! Thanks again for sharing.
You seem to take good care of your artifacts. More people who do this need to be like you.
Unbelievable Beau! What an awesome collection! Being able to pick those things up and let your mind wander back to the day they were lost is just so cool. Like what was going through the mind of the person who broke up the sword...was it merely a matter of destroying captured enemy weapons...or maybe an old veteran sick to death of war and all it's various implements of destruction who busted up his own sword with a vow never to wage war again...that's what I like about all this old stuff...the story behind it..............I mean the stuff can be cool too, but without the background it's just merely stuff! Thanks for your videos, I really enjoy them.
Amazing Beau! I always look forward to your year-end wrap-up's. I'm very interested in how you will display it all. Thanks so much for sharing!
AWESOME collection Beau! You have the greatest collection of (found) Civil War artifacts around, thank you for ALL your videos!
Fantastic stuff Beau. The quantity of finds is incredible. last time I saw owt like it was in the garden shed of a bloke I knew who lived right in the middle of the somme battlefields, and he's been collecting since he was a child. Thanks for sharing your finds and your hair ... both voluminous!
I really enjoy your videos. You always do a nice job of entertaining and educating.
Id love to see a video of your relic room. A virtual tour if you will. Your videos are great! Keep em coming and HH!
Great finds Beau. Thanks for the tip on the old copper coins.
I always enjoy your videos - thanks for sharing! You inspire me to get out more, when the dirt thaws!
Waw! That was a good year, watching your video's you never get the sence of how much it all add's up to, thank you for your indulgence.
Best video on UA-cam displaying detecting finds.
wow, flash back in time there Chig. Its great to see your documentation over the years, what a wonderful resource it is. :)
Great video Beau. Pretty impressive pile of finds! Looking forward to seeing the display you were talking about. All the best to you.
I found lot of pull tabs, gum wrappers and some rusty nails last year. You win!
Nice layout.
It won't be long and you'll be able to open your own museum there Beau.
Wow awesome. I couldn't find that much stuff in 3 years. Looking forward to more vids.....
Great finds! Really enjoy watching your vids and want to say thanks for all the explaining you do.
YOU ROCK!!!!! I am in total awe as to your relic room outstanding!!!love these videos the best
All I can say is wow.... You have some awesome finds there my friend....I love your relic room.
Wow what a fantastic year you had!!! Fun to watch thanks!
Once again some great finds Beau, we ll be glad when the cold white north here thaws and we can get back out there...lol
Great video as always Beau. By now, you have a more impressive collection then the National Park Service! Way to go...keep them coming in 2014!
I'm always excited to see your finds Beau, excited doesn't exactly cover this video, I believe shocked would be more along the lines of my thoughts, but in a good way! I've never seen that many shells ever. But location is everything and you know those shells didn't land often in the Great Lakes state!! Thank you for sharing you magnificent collection with us and my best wishes for 2014 I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll find next!
Thank you, and Good point, I'm looking at buying another detector in February, so maybe just maybe I'll be able to find some traces of the past!!
Really great finds, I hear you about the cold, I am in CT and it is a frozen tundra here, but one nice thing is I have plenty of beaches when the temp goes above 20.
I shared your video with a group of Detectorists in the UK. They're used to finding Medieval stuff, hammered coins and such. I mentioned that this is a typical day's find in the USA.
Your videos are amazin.! You must love what you do! There are so many pieces of lost history just waiting to be unburied!
Wow! Love the cannon balls! Will have to find the gold coin vid. Congrats!
I was about to ask to show how you frame relics.. like the background. Great Year Congrats.. thanks for sharing.
Thats an amazing collection! Awesome! Living my dream!
Thanks for showing all of your finds! I wish I could find cool stuff like that, all I ever find is beer cans and pull tabs.
That's really cool. One of the coolest things is that horse 1:35 for some reason.
Beau,
Great selection of old finds....thanks for sharing.
Regards + HH
Bill
complimenti ! continua cosi ! sei un guardiano della storia come tutti gli appassionati
You most be you of the biggist led "producers" in the WORLD (As Clarkson would say) Nice finds and many. Looking forward to see how you show them.
Thanks Again for taking your time to share
Great finds,Beau. I enjoyed the video.
At 1:48 is a fine example of a smith forged eye bolt. It starts out straight and is heated, folded over, heated and pounded until the metal fuses together. Then the threads are cut in the straight end with a bolt die. Very different than a modern cast or forged "store bought" eye bolt.
Much of the fun watching these vids is the great info in the comments and answers. Thanks for the great entertainment. I'm a real history buff, but health prevents detecting.
Great finds. Love all your videos. Can't wait for 2014 video's. Just got a Garrett 350. Live in southwest Ohio . no civil war battles but ft Hamilton is in my backyard.
Wow!! Looks like a museum... I subscribed look forward to part 2 !!!!!
Nice finds love the canon shots and all those bullets
You are an inspiration to metal detectorists everywhere. Any plans to open a museum, or have private showings?
I don't know if anyone told you but that arrowhead at 3:15 looks like a rare Clovis arrowhead! I would get that in it's own case a.s.a.p and hang it up or put it away. Pretty Valuable and more unique the more a Collector will pay.
Incredible! Love the videos! I have seen really great videos of your where you explain the preservation process really well and clearly. Do you also have one showing how you disarm cartridges?
Awesome finds. Learned tons from you. Keep it up.
A huge collection, I like! All very interesting, good specimens, I enthusiastic!
I understand everything, well, except maybe for some small things that does not affect my perception of our common hobby. Your rich collection can serve as a shining example of the events of the past and has a certain historical and material value.
*****
Coins what period you come across? More interested in the buttons. I collect buttons. We basically buttons imperial Russia, the simple peasant buttons of the 18th century, sometimes come across buttons Napoleon's army. The British have too. By the Second World War many buttons Wehrmacht soldiers. And last year, dug a small American button! Americans have built up in 1917 in the nearby town of coal mine! Her and was nicknamed the people, American.
Really good. You need a tv show! I would watch that. Thanks for the videos ;)
That was very interesting and informative..thanks so much
Nice haul! I like the trap it looks hand forged
Congratulations on a great 2013 can't wait to see what you're doing 2014 thanks for sharing
Amazing collection. someday I will find some of these same treasures...looking forward to the next video
You have a lot of nice collectibles.Enjoyed the video!
Dang Beau, too many next videos! Been hooked on your vids for several years and they continue to get better and better all the time! You my friend had a great year of digging! Congrats on some super finds and looking forward to 2014!
Thanks so much for your show and tell. OMJ What a collection. All the videos I have watched of you I have rarely seen you out medal detecting in the field are woods from a few years back. Can you post a few?.. thanks again
Tales from the museum!.. awesome finds...I always wonder what stories objects could tell of the moments in time before they were lost.
I did archaeology in the Midwest for about 12 years. Certainly their maybe vessels that were cooked in, but suspending them was not likely unless they were held in nets, not be holes in the pots. Firing clay was done by simply placing a vessel in a fire and mostly drying it out, it never gets hot enough to be considered fired like a vessel in a kiln. You probably have seen red ware vessels that are made by early pioneers, these too are very soft and if they had not a lead glaze on them would not hold liquid. Holes can be a design feature, but sometimes they can be those punctuates I was referring to being eroded away. There isn't really any strength in the clay material to withstand the tension of hanging a pot from these holes.
Hey man, I'd like to share with you how I clean old coppers.
I have found that the best way to clean old copper (especially the detailless crusty ones) is to heat up some (acid free) vaseline just to the point where smoke starts to come off. Put the coin in, it will start to bubble real intense and continue doing so for a couple of seconds. When the bubbling ceases, take the coin out and carefully rub it with a cotton cloth, don't burn your fingers! If any residue is left, use a wooden toothpick to scratch it off. You might call me nuts, but this method has turned many 400+ year old coins from crusty cake to truly display worthy items. I still can't believe how well this works half of the time. On top of that, the vaseline is a nice protective agent.
Aye it does, but it isn't. I'd suggest you try it once just to see how it works. Or not of course... you're a free man! :)
Wow this is so cool! It makes me want to go outside and start searching as well.
Great collection! Love all those cannon balls.
1:59 Where's the horsie from?
Fantastic collection.I love your civil war stuff.I wish I could have some of that stuff!
Just awe inspiring, Beau!
Awsome Beau! You are a true history saver! Unreal collection!
Dang you have a nice collection!!! I think it may be time for you to retire and save some relics for us to find :) Thanks for all your vids. They have been a huge reason I decided to get back into digging.
Hi Beau
Fantastic round-up of 2013 you must have enough led to cover a church roof including the outhouse. Looking forward to your videos of 2014.
Ps
You really turn into Grizzly Adams in the winter time (but in a good way) lol
A really interesting video, thanks for showing us. All the best!!.
John.
Amazing finds:) Thanks for sharing and can't wait to see how you display things:)
Thank ya for sharing some of your finds from last year. I didn't realize how much you found last year. Let us know when ya finely open up your small museum to the public of those things.
Hey Beau Ouimette! I have been watching your videos for a long time and they always give me enjoyment! One question do you have a video of you finding that 1 dollar gold piece from 7:46??? That's my dream find haha and there doesnt seem to be really any videos on youtube of anyone finding any.
Alright well thanks for getting back to me! And man that must have been cool to find!
Great year and great displays. good luck for 2014!
Awesome relic room, Beau! I'm looking forward to see how you plan on displaying that volume of finds! HH
At 4:20 on the left side of the pile is a brass tag. I was just curious what kind of a tag it is? It looks like a railroad baggage tag.
That's a nice find. I like finding that old railroad stuff.
Looking forward to the next video! Maybe you could make one showing off your relic room (I don't remember seeing one before)
Great great video, and wow a lot of finds.
Does anyone know what they thing right above the lock plate at 1:33 is?
haha, I dig the hair ! Your vids rock.. excited to watch this one !
Very impressive,....thanks for your efforts.
Hey its a hairy Beau! Haha never saw your older videos before!
those finds are so cool! love your videos. im a huge civil war buff and id love to be able to find civil war things!
Great find and great room i like it a lot !Thank you
WOW!! thx for uploading:)
greetings from germany!
5:56 What is the long thing in the middle of the pile?
Love Watching Your Videos !
Wow. What a great collection!
thank you for sharing. enjoyed this video very much . love civil war history.
You are the man Beau.
Great finds Beau!
These question may have been asked elsewhere but here goes: You seem to have a particular suite of detector peripherals for different types of hunts. Sometimes it's a pole with a magnetized head. At other times its long, narrow garden shovel and/or trowel and, unless you've broken it (again!), a pinpointer. So, two questions: 1) Is there some underlying method to this accoutrement madness; and, 2) do you tote all of this unwieldy detection/video gear into the field solo or do you have some unsung, off-camera hero who assists/shleps it all for you? If the former, I tip my hat!
Awesome relic room beau!!!
Really impressive collection of finds Beau!
GL & HH
Mark
Cool, wish they were more vids on how to display. I used to buy old picture frames and make shadowboxes.
tiiiiny thanks for watching at the end, haha :) great finds!
At 4:22, there is what looks like a large musket cleaning brush (bristles long gone obviously) made of twisted brass rods. I've found several of these on CW sites, both land and water and they don't look like the ones pictured in most CW relic books. I've always assumed they were cleaning brushes for larger .69 cal muskets; would you concur?
It blows my mind that in 2013 a person can still find bullets from a war so many years ago....They may just look like a pile of lead , but to me each one has a story. Amazing stuff....
What is that badge looking piece in the pile at 4:17 - it looks like a police badge or tag with an oval slot at the top?
Oh ok - thanks. Beau - I am working the grounds at my mid 1800's plantation house. I am working with a Cabela's bounty hunter - treasure hunter. This is a $200 machine. It is what the budget has allowed at this point! But I will say that I am pretty impressed for what it is. It has been very accurate and with the LCD display has been exact with depths and identification....There are sites where I know a building once sat and I get an overwhelming amount of iron signals - lots of nails. I am leery of discriminating them out - which I can do with my unit - just because I would hate to miss gold or other neat low tone items. But I sure cant dig them all! I would have a mud pit when I was done! How would you say I go about exploring these areas which give off so many iron signals? Thanks. And I love your videos - best detectoring videos out there! thanks for doing them!
First off awesome videos, displays, relics, but most important a great positive attitude. I do have a question for you beau where do you obtain your shadow boxes for your relics I would probably guess you make them as you make everything lol just hoping you would say we'll I get em at Walmart for $2 bucks lol . Any information and help would be great looking forward to more videos and baby foxes and hid graves in the woods.
that is very true thankfuly spring is almost here
After the battle of the Wilderness, Gen. Lee sent his gleaners out to recover anything salvageable from the field of battle. They came back with 60 tons of spent lead bullets and bands from artillery shells.
Really nice job with all the 2013 finds :-)
WOW thats some cool stuff there !... what a cool relic room you have .very happy for you ..but I feel bad for anyone MD with in 100 miles from you .. your relay cleaning out the ground lol
man beau I would like to find a piece of what you find. very cool relic room im in love lol..
Hi I like your digger with the magnet on the end. How did you fix up the magnet on it. Thanks