Treasure Hunters Stumble Upon Uncharted Homestead
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- On today's adventure we explore a huge mountain property with miles of stone walls and are pleasantly surprised when we find an unknown residence...
Original music by Brad Martin
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Still my favorite metal detecting channel! Don't know if it's the great mountain scenery, the awesome music or the great finds!
I know, his music is spectacular, enthralling, draws one in ... And sets the mood just right. Love Brad.
Thanks for sharing another good morning of discovery in the Green Mtn's of Vermont .. Brad, if you get the opportunity, give us "ex-pats" an aerial flash of Vermont's Autumnal Spleandor, it must be at peak, or near peak, and it would be greatly appreciated by all.
Its pretty darn close to peak right now.
@@c.s.5177 I lived in NW Vermont, moved to SW. FL. 30 years ago, and miss both the Foliage, and fresh Maple Syrup in Spring .. I'll bet it's beautiful even with the drought that is all over New England .. thanks for the reply.
@@old5andimer713 we have not had much wind so the leaves are just hanging in there. Truly lovely this year.
Chris is too darn cute when he finds stuff. Epic facial expressions. Cool finds guys. 👍
I love how supportive Brad is of his friend's (and friends) discoveries. He never discounts any find and that's a rare find in a person 😊
I always enjoy your video’s! The lid looks like a Copenhagen lid .
Snuff had those kind of lids too.
@@katherineg5946 ... Copenhagen is a brand of snuff. Could be from the 70's or 80's.
@@unrulyjulie4382 my grandmother dipped and mom bought for her the glass containers that had those types of lids. When the snuff was gone we had juice/water glasses. I still have 2 of them. Plus a fist size bag of Bugler tobacco sacks she saved.
Yeah, I chewed Copenhagen in the 80's and that was the lid. What, are they plastic now?
@@JasonNW6868 ... Yeah, plastic.
The tool Chris found looks a lot like a bark spud - for stripping bark from logs.
I believe this was a large gouge for wood work, as a spud would not be distorted from hammering. Pretty cool tool....many types of gouges are still used by wood craftsman today.
@@aloberdorf4579 a.may
The tool Chris has found looks like a bark spud. Used to remove bark from trees, I remember using them with grandfather. A pine pitch mess for sure.
So Chris can start getting his canoe started by peeling off the bark… 😂 🛶
Chris is a cool dude! Love his enthusiasm. Reminds me of the guy behind the camera! Awesome time in the woods Brad
Glad I'm not the only person who loses targets when they're right in front of me, lol. Congrats on the harp pieces, fingers crossed for a whole one next. :)
I love the scenery in your videos!
The Copenhagen chewing tobacco lid right at the beginning made me smile. I chewed it 45 years ago.
Love your music, goes good with your videos. peace, health, happiness and blessings. tfs
A great start to the day. I giggled all the way through this trip. Thanks Brad and Chris. Great finds. Thanks to you and your channel, Santa will be delivering my son a metal detector this year 😉
Go ahead and get Mom one, too!! (You deserve it!)
I have always liked snakes, well except for rattlers. Enjoyed the friendly interaction with the little garter snake.
Looks them mountatin boyz musta been jammin with those J harps!
Maybe he was shredding and the metal fatigued. ;-))
@@kimjameson7979 yep, shouda used some nut sauce or juice juice!! haha
The brass pieces that you call a "fish" plate look to be a part of a powder flask. Great video!
thats what I was thinking, great I D on that, GL & HH
I agree 👍
I'm from the Central Connecticut area and I did a lot of the same type of areas that you do lot of rock walls and farm fields with the occasional Park and I must say you are the man.
Absolutely love how you put good history and knowledge of our great country into every video and also how you get excited about small fines as well reminds me of why I became a detectorist. Between you Aquachigger and the Hoover boys you guys always keep the Good videos coming. Don't have access to as much pure unadulterated mountains as you do but anytime you want to come to Connecticut hit me up brother
The thing you thought looked like a spur is part of a boot jack.
Just looked them up x
I thought it could be part of a broken andiron for the fire, too
@@oakknobrocks1772 ... An andiron is the first thing that I thought of as well.
@@oakknobrocks1772 You're right. Also a possibility.
Chris is the one sidekick of yours that I like watching you with. Seems like such a kind, nice dude.
Man! Thanks for a good start to my day. For you both in at a newly discovered home site. Never say never, Brad. Well, now you can't anymore can you? You're just super adventurer, like me!
I personally love snakes. That was an awesome video man.
Your videos are always a bright spot in my week. 😊
Excellent video, just recommended Green Mountain to my son who spends his working hours in woodland.
Liked the garter snake.
I was raised in the foothills of Southern California. The first thing our father showed us was a rattlesnake. He had caught it and we eventually skinned it. I learned a good lesson. We learned about all the snakes in our location. I guess I was a tomboy. Oh, and I grew up calling that instrument a mouth harp.
I was raised in SoCal and when I joined the Marines was lucky enough to be stationed at 29 Palms.
There was a live fire range where we shot anti-tank missiles at targets made of stacked up tires. But before we could shoot them, we had to go out the day before and re-stack the tires from the last guys.
On the way out, there was one guy who was really stressed about snakes, and of course we told him scary snake stories on the way out, lol. He got so nervous he just kept repeating “I’m gonna walk up on a snake... I just know it... “.
The trucks stopped, we all jumped out and went for the closest tires.
Sure enough, the very first tire this guy reached for started rattling as soon as he touched it! I looked up at his screams to see him about four feet off the ground and flying backwards! All I could understand between rapid-fire obscenities was “I f’n 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒕!”
He jumped too fast to get bit, and a few guys caught it. They made up this ritual that said to get rid of the fear he had to eat the snake that scared him, or the fear would always haunt him.
So they cooked it, and he ate some. It seemed to work, too lol! They salted and dried the skin on a rock and gave it to him.
Never in my life have I seen another man jump so high, so far, so fast! 😄
Perfect timing. Friday night viewing 🇬🇧 sorted.
Another great day finding treasure in the woods. Thx
LOL!! Yeah Chris I was!!! OMG!!! It's right there!! Whatcha dion with that twig!!! You guys are awesome! Thanks for the videos!
Some nice coins and relics out of the ground this week guys. HH and be well
If I was 45 years younger Chris & I would be great for each other. I grew up in a neighborhood of boys & I'd catch snakes and chase the guys to show them what I had. They were not fans of this. Chris would have stood his ground. Love it.
Thanks for the warning! Now, I know I can relax while enjoying these videos!
i think Chris wins the hunt today! LOVE the key, coin & the tobacco lid!--(It's Old for sure--no 1970's! :-)
Top of a snuff jar or tin!
The large broken item is most likely a blacksmith bending fork. The blunt short square end fit into a hardy hole on an anvil. It was used to bend hot metal and could be hammered against to help a bend go further thus the reason it broke. I have one that size, complete but not as fancy. Made to get metal into it fast while the iron is hot.
Seems like a good place to return to again. Awesome finds. Thank you and you friend Chris sharing your adventure. Great videos to learn and best of all enjoy.
Two Jews harp fragments, so cool! Nice buttons and largie! Congrats to Chris on hos skeleton key and largie! Your "hook" may be a part of fireplace andirons!😊💖
Metal roots and iron worms get me all the time! Lol great hunt!
Friday has always been a day to look forward to. Your videos have added some anticipation to that! Good fun as always! Thanks for sharing😊 cheers from South Australia 🏖️
Man! What an AWESOME hunt! Congrats!
Thank you for being kind to the snake ! After Hurricane Harvey flooded my home I took a baby copperhead from the bottom shelf of my china cabinet.
Man! That root gave off a banging signal! Great find Chris! lol
14:40 may have had a hook on it. But it looks remarkedly like a wheel lock or match lock mono pole. Early guns were so heave they could not be shouldered and the shooter had to prop on a device just like that. If so, the part holding the wood pole is gone, but the shape is correct.
That is a very healthy garter snake! Love it
Great hunt and finds. If you pause the video it looks like the coin Chris found is an 1818. Thanks for sharing, good luck, happy hunting and take care.
Connecticut here..just started detecting two yrs ago..love it. Great work guys
Awesome day for you guys stay blessed and see you again on the next episode
Great video Brad and Chris. Cool finds. Thanks for sharing. *Chris*
Jaw harp, different size, different sound. They had a family band.
You seriously need to explore more of this property. I get good vibes about this.
I have my grandfather's snuff glasses. The lids are like these. Made to fit the tops of a small glass to be used later.
Neat area; very beautiful woods. And I happen to be one of those people who DO like snakes (I have two pet corn snakes and one pet king snake, all very spoiled and friendly), so thanks for showing that beautiful garter snake! They're very underappreciated.
yay!!!! Good diggin’ and watchin’ !!!
I've just come across your channel and I enjoyed this video so much. Wonderful scenery and finds. I'm a mudlarker in the UK and you've given me a new fascination. Thank you.
Hi Brad . . . Congrads to Chris on the bucket list key . . . I think your right about the eagle fragments he dug . . . I think they came from an eagle powder flask . . . thanks for the vids & Happy Hunting !
brad thx for th cd love it good seeing ya again . as always great vid great scenery be safe up there
Congrats on the key Chris, that's a bucket lister for me too. I've got a few bucket listers this summer, finally found my first whole crotal bell, an entire pocket watch, a military button and not just any, war of 1812 marine corps button. I hunt mostly old farm fields and have several permissions for land that was settled in the mid 1700's but have never found a large cent. Every time I bring a friend out with me they find one damnit but not me, lol. However, this summer I dug an 1871 Chinese coin which was quite a surprise and as far as I'm concerned it counts for a period coin.
Good morning Brad and Chris, awesome video. Not a bad day at the office fellows. Lol All the relics are cool. The item you first thought might be part of a spur, my first impression it’s part of a fireplace item. Thanks again, later, Joyce, Connecticut 🇺🇸. ARROW *🎱
I found a complete iron jews harp before. I actually have a couple, and they are fun to play!
Great video and such beautiful countryside.. greetings from Perth, Western Australia!!
Always enjoy seeing what wildlife you encounter. And never saw a metal twig before...thanks for sharing! Mike in sunny Florida
I have watched your videos a long time and have often wondered about snakes there. Glad you showed it.
Awesome location and great jOb on your finds
Loved Anna’s story!
A beautiful snake, but all snakes are beautiful!!!
Sweet finds, thanks for sharing.
Long time no coin! That moody song you play over the soaring mountain shots captures the mood of the region so well. It transports me me to my old home of upstate New York. Nice job.
The lid looks like a snuff lid, it fit on top of a small glass. My grandpa kept his on the fireplace mantel. He was in his 70's when he died so I would guess it's 1800's lid. The key looked like his clock winding key. Nice video thank you.
Looks like Chris and Brad found the contents of that treasure chest. Was filled with buttons unfortunately lol. Another great video Brad!!!
You go Chris. I am a snake lover as they have a place in our environment. I think the remaider of the fish plate is in another area. Keep searching. Love the drone shots also.
i don't often comment, but when I do,, it is your content,, and, I'm a bit jealous!
Just stumbled across your site and have been binge watching your videos. Thought I would mention that the heavy iron object you thought might have been a spur but was too heavy looked like a boot jack to me. Usually mounted to wood at an angle. My grandfather (born 1875) was the neighborhood blacksmith and built one very similar. Thanks for sharing your finds and the lovely area you live in.
The chisel thing looks like a big firmer gouge or log gouge - used to make the saddle notches in a log house ( I live in one) and can also be made to start a big wooden butter bowl or tub. The hook thing looks like an andiron leg. Another nice video - I like to start the day when I can with Green Mountain M D or the Travelling Bottle Digger. Both you guys give me the inspiration to get out there.
I love snakes. I’d be picking them up like Chris!
Wooow guys nice digs ... Wish i could have a button day like that!! Lol
Congrats to you both for finding old coppers!! Great number of buttons saved too ☺ The jaw harp pieces are both such cool finds! I was going to hunt in Vermont, while taking my month long trip throughout New England, but alas I don't know any other Vermont metal detectorists other than you (and we don't really know each other 🤷). Maybe next year I'll have gained a UA-cam friend in your beautiful state, with whom I can hunt ☺ I've hunted inn Maine & New Hampshire and will be hunting in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey before heading back to Texas in November.
Extremely enjoyable. Thanks a lot.
Living in the heart of Central Illinois you have no idea how jealous I get watching lol 😆
My thought exactly, except from the heart of Texas.
@@daveintexas8972 Well, I've got both you and Illinois beat in the envy department- speaking to you from the hear of Los Angeles in the Republic of California & hoping to return to the United States for retirement soon 🙄 I haven't seen rain or a real forest since God was a little boy.
The Egyptian’s were in central Illinois. There is gold to be found I assure you. I’m not sure if it’s called the Illinois mystery cave but that is the name that comes to mind. I have heard a great interview about this cave that was discovered that produced many gold coins as well as Egyptian artifacts including evidence that told of Cleopatra and Marc Anthony coming to America with thousands of others and establishing a civilization here, well there where you are I should say.
Dave in Texas Hey Dave, the Spanish were definitely coming through Texas. You never know what you might stumble upon. Rockwall Texas has an ancient civilization buried underneath the ground. I know that metal detector only goes so deep but if they are digging somewhere you might go metal detect that excavated area and see what you get. I found an old medicine bottle when I went to Texas in September and I looked it up on the Internet and it was selling for $25. You can find treasure anywhere if you look. Good luck out there. I’m trying to make it to the heart of Texas myself.
@@MrDuffy81 Thanks for the encouragement. I'm always on the lookout for interesting places to detect. When are you moving to TX?
Hope you habe a amazing weekend and have fun and stay safe your brother terrt
Brad, That large cent is a Matron Head (1816-1835). Hope that helps. Nice Hunt! JJ
Awesome finds.
Wonderful video Brad. If those woods could talk.
I think you and the Hoover boys would make an awesome collaboration video I hope other people think so too have watched you from the first time you posted love your work keep it up
Awesome finds guys !!!
The metal thing in the beginning was cover of snuff glass jar. My grandpa had them. I had a case at one time.
That's a Copenhagen top. I used to chew Copenhagen. Pretty common top. Still cool though. Great vid! Keep up the good work.
Maybe 70's or 80's era from what I remember.
Chris's Copper Eagle pieces resemble a War of 1812 Hat Plate Emblem or Belt Plate....which would fit with the date on the coin you found Brad...
Nice job boys!!
Wouldn't mind finding a garter snake that size in my garden (not sure Chris would be picking up the Tiger & or Copperhead's that sneak about in the long grass or could potentially be hanging around in the trees around my pond!) Nice hunt guys - must have looked so different 150-years ago... 👍🦘🐾😎
Another great video! Yeah that UST tin is a lid from the '70s, probably. UST makes Copenhagen, Skoal and back in those days, Happy Days. I remember those lids.
Love your still shots!
Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!
I think that is a eagle breast plate without the lead backing just the thin layer of brass very cool find
As a kid, I loved catching garter snakes. We used to have races across our small pond. Huge fun. I’m old, playing outside was our life.
Hi Brad, the "spur" I think is an old style pitch fork. I agree I think they are eagle feathers too. Some very cool finds though, I think my favourite find was the key that Chris found because it does make you think of treasure chests and pirates lol. Thanks for sharing your day, much love. xx💖
Great video guys 👍👍
That broken large metal piece looks like it was hafted and they still use poles with ends like rowlocks for lifting poles in barns for ventilation and other uses too. Nice hunt today. Enjoyed the snake, good to see. One of the best friends in any wood.
Another TGIF with GMMD! Enjoyed it! Beautiful scenery as always, I'm still impressed by the many different fungi... See you next Friday!
AS I watch your videos I feel like I’m back home. I grew up in a near by state way out in the woods. Thank you for sharing. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🌟🌟🌟🌟💖
Love your videos
Excellent
I used to have a friend whose grandfather would tell him stories about hunting rattlers at the base of Mt Katahdin as a boy.
Rattlesnakes, in Maine?
@@davestelling I know. But, the southern most county is considered to be within its range.
Katahdin seems highly unlikely, but it does have a unique biosystem.
Equally, they could have been tall tales told to fire the imagination.
Good job, fellas!
I found exactly the same piece of brass with prongs while detecting my uncles 1799 home in NJ.
I laughed at the Copenhagen lid!