Metal Detecting River Finds: Stolen Safe and Civil War Relics

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  • @jefrow1973
    @jefrow1973 9 років тому +13

    I'm watching in Bristol England and loving your vids. My Dad and brother used to be Mudlarks on the river Thames and would come home with incredible finds. Loads of clay pipes hand made brass pins from 1500 , coins and loadsa cool stuff. They would always show their finds to the British Museum.
    Really love your approach man, much rather tune in to you than TV. Real drama. Massive Respect x

  • @mrtjharris1
    @mrtjharris1 11 років тому +1

    Great Video, thanks so much for taking the time to share your adventures with us.

  • @NiteFlyer1000
    @NiteFlyer1000 9 років тому

    Thanks for taking us along on these hunts. Gets the Relic Juices flowing. Best of luck to you.

  • @1950cappie
    @1950cappie 12 років тому

    Some of my fondest memories are from exploring creeks about 50 years ago as a kid, so I get kinda jazzed watching your videos. You also share great tips as you go along. Thank you and have a wonderful holiday.

  • @jeffwilkes4508
    @jeffwilkes4508 10 років тому

    Beau . Love the pipe bowl , breast plate , shell ! Amazing to think of that being in that small stream ! Just goes to show that you can find relics in unusual places ! Well done , thanks for sharing .

  • @GraniteMerchandise
    @GraniteMerchandise 10 років тому +4

    great vids I have been detecting for 2 years and enjoy it with my young daughter although we do not live in an area that gives us these cool relics you find, we still try . There is more colonial stuff where we are but it still eludes us.I do really enjoy seeing the history you find thanks! very interesting.

  • @groniga
    @groniga 9 років тому +3

    As an old farm boy, the unknown device appears to be the center section of an iron wheel hub. Probably from late 1800s and off of a wagon or farm implement wheel. Do a Google image search for 'iron wheel' and you will find similar. The spokes of the wheel would have fit into an outer section that was heated and forced over the inner hub. One possibility anyway.

  • @YuhDoanSay
    @YuhDoanSay 10 років тому

    That looks like you found a shrapnel shell. Boom! (Ouch!) Nice breast plate, and that old safe is good for a laugh. I hope all they found was a set of old dishes (priceless memories, better put them in the safe!)

  • @MaryShaferAuthor
    @MaryShaferAuthor 11 років тому +1

    Beau, I used to be an auto mechanic, and that unknown object looks like it might be a blown piston skirt from an engine. If so, it's a really old one -- only one compression ring and those three holes might have been pressure relief holes for oil to move through, but not really sure. Modern ones have more parts, I think, but older ones were more primitive. Cool stuff, neat vid!

    • @Haven2U
      @Haven2U 10 років тому

      Could it be a broken off end of a drive shaft?

  • @freakineagle
    @freakineagle 12 років тому

    Great video! I liked the little pipe you found right at the end and the Breast Plate! Thanks

  • @MichaelSwan66
    @MichaelSwan66 12 років тому

    WOW! fantastic finds :) Thanks for taking us all along for the great adventures this year :) Hope you & yours have a very Merry Christmas :) HH!

  • @ErlefromVa
    @ErlefromVa 12 років тому

    Truly enjoyed the creek walk! Some great digs and some great eyeballed finds as well. Congrats on the breast plate, love the pipe bowl as well! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

  • @gravediggermaxvabeachva
    @gravediggermaxvabeachva 12 років тому

    u had a great spin down that tiny river there.
    great finds tooooo
    we await the posting of your next adventure
    seeya

  • @digginsouth9259
    @digginsouth9259 11 років тому

    Thanks beau. Hey I got over to that road I was writing about..didn't get out for long today.found a pounded out 3 ringer. Its like some of the fishing weights I've seen on your show and the rings are still visible on one side.looking. forward to hitting that spot hard. love your show.thanks for the help:)

  • @choppergirl
    @choppergirl 11 років тому +1

    That unidentified piece looks like It could be like the casing for a modern submersible well pump. But mainly the new ones are alluminum.

  • @crunchy3651
    @crunchy3651 10 років тому +27

    no had the find of a lifetime today I was metal detecting on property that had been in my family for ever and the last person to live on it was my great grandmother in the 1940's-1970's when she died an while metal detecting I went under a tree and got this awesome signal and I dug it and got one of those old ammo Boxes and I took it back home and opened it and inside was a square locket and a 1946 schrade walden hunting knife so I went to open the locket and when I did there was a picture of my grandmother and grandfather so I took it to my grand father and he said a few days before he got sent to Vietnam he buried it and he said he told his brother to dig it up if he didn't come home and take the locket and through it into the Cumberland river with the knife an my grand mother who is in Florida with my mother will have a nice surprise when she get back and old picture if them from the early sixties and I was also given the knife by my grand father it was definitly the best find I've ever found

  • @johnorlitta
    @johnorlitta 10 років тому +1

    I realize that this video is almost two years old, but I recognize the find at 1:07 as the lock plate for a black powder muzzle loader, not the side plate. And the item shown immediately after it could very well be the hammer for the lock plate.

  • @headrot2443
    @headrot2443 2 роки тому +1

    Somehow me and my grandson missed this one, excellent

  • @mlyness100
    @mlyness100 12 років тому

    Great find with the chest plate! Love your vids AC! GL out there!

  • @fluoridekid
    @fluoridekid 12 років тому

    A fair selection of awesome civil war relics, especially that superb breast plate. I had to laugh about the dumped safe, now wouldn't that have a story to tell. :) Hope you do as well on your next hunt. GL and a Merry Christmas to you and yours. Rich :D

  • @txrelichunter
    @txrelichunter 11 років тому

    That's a great day! Thanks for posting..

  • @mentaldetectingireland
    @mentaldetectingireland 11 років тому

    that was a very nice civil war find.the horse shoe was cool and pity there was no old coins in the safe.great video :-)

  • @ArmyStinger150
    @ArmyStinger150 11 років тому

    Great looking Eagle breast plate! Love the pipe! That was an added bonus...it not being metal, I bet you find a lot of non-metallic artifacts on your digs. BTW, awesome collection room! The ultimate "Man Cave" !!!

  • @WildDigger
    @WildDigger 12 років тому

    Great finds. That is a nice little spot. LOVE the breast plate.

  • @slipsonic
    @slipsonic 10 років тому

    you never know, you said that was the site of a civil war skirmish, those horse shoes could have been thrown during the battle, or even from a horse killed in battle.
    awesome finds!

  • @ewdavis4682
    @ewdavis4682 9 років тому

    Ever go down to the weaverton area? Got the canal and the old tracks that run under the 340 bridge that go for miles and miles. There's an old run down shed and house foundation above a huge cliff that was cut out for the tracks back then. May find some goodies there

  • @VsixtyFive
    @VsixtyFive 12 років тому

    Thanks for another great video. You inspired me to get a detector! First 3 hours I found bottle caps, pull tabs, and an old wire.

  • @choppergirl
    @choppergirl 11 років тому

    According to a story my sister told me many years ago, the little country store down the road, a girl got a job at, and every so often the boyfriend would rob the store and make off with the safe... they'd crack them and then throw them into the river. Somewhere around here in the creek is a lot of safes. I research the late 1890 and early 1900's railroads here, look at old maps online, and the civil war sites, and am Jonesing for a real metal detector. Not for profit, I just love history.

  • @ItsSimplyElementary
    @ItsSimplyElementary 11 років тому

    Great finds , and yer did enjoy video, well done, cheers AL.

  • @BindarRouge
    @BindarRouge 12 років тому

    cool stuff Beau!!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @pena9496
    @pena9496 9 років тому

    these videos are intertesting! keep up the good wok!

  • @RainJetSprinklers
    @RainJetSprinklers 9 років тому

    MAN you must REALLY love what you do to tromp around in all that runoff and muck...having watched some of your videos and seen some of your finds I'd say it's worth it.

  • @lawwdogg1digr
    @lawwdogg1digr 12 років тому

    Really nice finds! Congrats on all the Garrett ads! You'd make me buy an AT if I didn't already have one!!!!!

  • @64usmarine
    @64usmarine 12 років тому

    Congrats on your finds, I'm always amazed what you find in those creeks. Like they say, "Right place, right time" It's hard to believe that items from the Civil War are still laying right on top of the ground, or just a few inches down. Take Care, Be Safe & HH Merry Christmas...........

  • @normanhirtle3180
    @normanhirtle3180 9 років тому +1

    Not bad finds for a small creek. Looks like a plasma cutter was used on the safe. I like that pipe bowl(is that a clay one?)
    GL & HH

  • @DUK3NUK3M1
    @DUK3NUK3M1 11 років тому

    yeah, that threading was throwing me off as well. part of a pump or stove? Great finds though! I cant wait till i get my set up straight.

  • @NickBell81
    @NickBell81 11 років тому

    Beau the shell looking item reminds me of part of a drill bit like for a well.

  • @sirMAXX77
    @sirMAXX77 11 років тому

    That's amazing and some history there, just stilling right there. Those are all really cool. I'm just thinking of the story behind all of those objects.

  • @cromwell13649
    @cromwell13649 10 років тому +1

    Well Done awsome little hunt

  • @RESISTCONTROL2
    @RESISTCONTROL2 12 років тому

    you find some neat stuff, seems like you could dam up the water and see whats there , that funny unknown part looks like an altenator shell, for cars

  • @YsabetJustYsabet
    @YsabetJustYsabet 11 років тому

    I live out west in Tucson AZ near the famous town of Tombstone, and the old Tombstone railroad line uses shorter, thinner spikes; I've seen other old spikes on other non-standard rails that were like you describe. Don't think they standardized them til the 20th century maybe.

  • @john3Lee
    @john3Lee 12 років тому

    I confess to knowing so little about the American civil war, that I did a bit of research...
    I think I'm so wrapped up in our local wars in Europe, I had no idea what USA areas were involved....
    I really enjoy your videos btw..... Thanks.

  • @gator70422
    @gator70422 11 років тому

    Love your videos, keep them coming !!

  • @Acidinkstudio
    @Acidinkstudio 9 років тому +5

    do you ever find human bones with these relics ? Seems weird that there are belt buckles with no people attached.

  • @ptz593443x
    @ptz593443x 9 років тому

    @ 0:24 your reaction is priceless... thats it im a fan .

  • @GtForLife123
    @GtForLife123 12 років тому

    You ever go around in north VA? I found an old civil war bullet in the backyard when uprooting the driveway...

  • @digginsouth9259
    @digginsouth9259 11 років тому

    thanks for your responce on the garret earlyer:) got a quick question for you,,have you ever seen a medal that looks like a small 3 leaf clover with a GS in the middle? looks like it was a necklace or something like that? I live in manassas near the train tracks where the soldiers camped and find stuff a foot down or so and have trouble figuring out what some is?any clues? thanks:)

  • @HotRodSixString
    @HotRodSixString 10 років тому

    It must be awesome to live in an area where you don't have to constantly look out for gators or water mocassins . Call me nerdy but what you do looks like a lot of fun .

  • @dzlfreek
    @dzlfreek 10 років тому +9

    That last item you didnt know what it was...it looks like part of a hydraulic cylinder to me, but then thats my opinion and opinions are like armpits...everyone has two and they usualy stink.

    • @JimsEquipmentShed
      @JimsEquipmentShed 9 років тому

      +dzlfreek Yup, thats what it looked like to me as well. Kind of odd not to have the ram still attached, so it probably broke, and they just tossed it over the side.

    • @marionstorm9004
      @marionstorm9004 3 роки тому

      Definitely the gland end of a hydraulic cylinder tube. those little inset holes in the end fit special wrenches that unscrew the end cap.

  • @scupstatedigger4635
    @scupstatedigger4635 12 років тому

    Enjoyed, great finds.

  • @hollylaughter8722
    @hollylaughter8722 9 років тому +1

    Is the electric tape your glove replacement?

  • @gus23a
    @gus23a 9 років тому +1

    Did you try to pan gold in these streams? With this much blacksand there has to be gold in it.

  • @DesertWalkerMan
    @DesertWalkerMan 12 років тому

    Awesome, as usual!

  • @armouredpuppy
    @armouredpuppy 10 років тому

    I concur with the Hydraulic Cylinder.

  • @toddbrown9457
    @toddbrown9457 11 років тому

    Do you have a museum set up or similar to display your relics? Do you catalog where you found things?

  • @Silverhemi06
    @Silverhemi06 12 років тому

    Great finds!

  • @KellyNorris63
    @KellyNorris63 11 років тому

    Interesting day... good finds

  • @PullTabMiner1122
    @PullTabMiner1122 12 років тому

    Nice breast plate...You always find great stuff. Have a Merry Christmas....

  • @MustangFastback
    @MustangFastback 12 років тому

    DAMN that plate is sick! NICE!!

  • @chevyman981500
    @chevyman981500 12 років тому

    Nice relics and a very nice pipe.

  • @digginsouth9259
    @digginsouth9259 11 років тому

    Thanks for your responce:) just found out the medal is an a 1940s girl scout charm.lol cool find..I live about a quarter mile up the tracks from a confederate camp site. Gonna try near there today. Also I found a dirt road in the middle of nowhere near the camp.has a tree in the middle of it that's about a foot around.looks to be a hickory tree.. I think it was used by them or it may be part of that unfinished railroad Jackson fought around:) I will keep you posted on my finds if you like? Thnks

  • @PowkyTV
    @PowkyTV 8 років тому +1

    aqua is there any skull u found in ur life adventures?

  • @andregross7420
    @andregross7420 11 років тому

    1:03 thats a brass artillery shell. For something like a howitzer. (anti aircraft artillery)

  • @l70lover
    @l70lover 8 років тому

    I dont know if you got an answer to what that broken pipe was? To me it looks like a part of a hydraulic tube...those holes in the end are where you open the tube with a specific wrench. ( I think i see some treading on the end there.)

  • @hobuster1
    @hobuster1 11 років тому

    Is that a regular garrett pro pointer? Mine says you can't submerge it but you can put it in water to a certain point. Did you modify it?

  • @unionrdr
    @unionrdr 11 років тому

    I was just remembering the frag shells they used during the civil war in th eold canons. They were a newer invention,it seems to me,used at gettysburg.

  • @sanctumentertainment
    @sanctumentertainment 10 років тому

    Great videos! I was wondering what motivates you to search particular streams? Under bridges makes sense but why streams in the middle of nowhere? Just ordered my first detector-an AT Gold!

    • @sanctumentertainment
      @sanctumentertainment 10 років тому

      ***** I've been doing the same thing for awhile in preparation for buying my detector. It's reassuring to know that I'm on the right track. I'm actually researching a very interesting story I read in a 100 yr. old newspaper about lost gold coins in my area. I've found the area they're talking about made up of woods, crop land and a stream but it's over 100 acres. Any tips on searching such a large area?

  • @MrCBJ15
    @MrCBJ15 12 років тому

    Man, you find some amazing stuff! You make some of the best videos out there! Idk what that shell looking thing is? No clue, but if its a round of some type is it possible it could be CW era? Merry Xmas to you and your family!

  • @shadetreeedc4226
    @shadetreeedc4226 10 років тому +1

    That cylinder reminds me of an artillery canon shell that held a bunch of steel or iron balls. Probably not, but ???

  • @MrKmoconne
    @MrKmoconne 8 років тому

    That clay pipe was complete. The pipe stem was made from any hollow material that could be found in nature. You can buy modern reproductions so it's interesting to see the real thing in situ.

  • @sowards66
    @sowards66 11 років тому

    Lots of cool stuff, some people just don't appreciate the little relics that come along with metal detecting, they are sometimes just into it for the gold or silver coins. So what area are you in, I noticed in some of your video's you mentioned Virginia, West Virginia, referred to like the coal mines. That area is where my mothers side of the family comes from. And my fathers side also comes from Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. My mother's father was a coalmine foreman in West Virginia.

  • @Steelgreyeyes
    @Steelgreyeyes 12 років тому

    I have to agree with the starter id; often the nose cones are made from pot metal and older low end Asian imports had a case made from at best low grade recycled materials.

  • @88jramped
    @88jramped 9 років тому

    probably a dumb question, but im going to hit up some streams and creeks in a area in Va i know had a lot of civil war activity, and was on a major route between richmond and raleigh, you seem to go a lot in the summer months, im going in the fall months, arent you worried about snakes in them places your in? ill have a side arm on me with shot shells but what do you do? awesome vids, hope i start finding bullets and shells and all

  • @AgnarBurnsAll
    @AgnarBurnsAll 11 років тому

    sadly i live in the wrong side of the country to metal detect for stuff like this but im curious how do you decided where to check do you just pick a random stream or is there a little bit of research and method to it?

  • @bbsouthernsafari
    @bbsouthernsafari 11 років тому

    Wow awesome plate!!!

  • @digginsouth9259
    @digginsouth9259 11 років тому

    I was just detecting at a friends farm in bealton VA where there was a bunch of civil war traffic and found a horse shoe just like that one in the woods,,thats a heck of a cleat at the back of it just like the one I found.I cant help but wonder what was happening right at the moment the things I find was lost or left behind.:) been a civil war nut since I was a kid.my uncle kieth carol had tons of relics and an old whites metal detecor and use to find lots of stuff on our dairy farm.

  • @rotcod2886
    @rotcod2886 9 років тому

    Great videos. But you missed seeing the lost city of Atlantis. I'm not going to tell you at what point in the video. I plan on going back there myself with my Garrett AT Moonrock.

  • @deepscuba7384
    @deepscuba7384 10 років тому

    That unknown exploded round may be from a rocket (?). Maybe like the British were using in 1812. Just a wild guess. Really enjoy your videos!

  • @Wike120
    @Wike120 11 років тому

    Is the bottom lip od that large shell threaded

  • @MrDevlin350
    @MrDevlin350 12 років тому

    Chigger you are the luckiest person I ever seen ! lol !

  • @Albinomilksnake1999
    @Albinomilksnake1999 12 років тому

    Cool Finds!!!!

  • @headrot2443
    @headrot2443 2 роки тому +1

    Some how we missed this one

  • @debrabriggs7122
    @debrabriggs7122 10 років тому +1

    Some type of arty fuse?

  • @gilbertodiazcastro8871
    @gilbertodiazcastro8871 8 років тому

    Don't know if you have figured out what that cylindrical piece is but to me it looks like the end of a hydraulic cylinder. The three holes look like where I would use the spanner wrench to unscrew the cap through which the piston rod exits the assembly and the shoulder inside the hole looks like the machined surface that the seal would butt up against when installed.

    • @mcjebuz
      @mcjebuz 8 років тому

      yeah that's what I thought it was

  • @trkrtreasurehunter
    @trkrtreasurehunter 12 років тому

    You must have a big electrolosis set up. That breast plate is awesome. You make me want to get a n at pro or gold!! There are a lot of streams around here to detect.

  • @GtForLife123
    @GtForLife123 12 років тому

    Thanks!

  • @Buckrun11
    @Buckrun11 12 років тому

    Yep I enjoyed it.

  • @john3Lee
    @john3Lee 12 років тому

    Really interesting video...... Where a bouts are you searching?
    What I mean, is what state?

  • @1976muse
    @1976muse 12 років тому

    great video! nice finds what kind of camera do you use?

  • @wizloon
    @wizloon 11 років тому

    What part of the country are you in? You find some cool stuff. I'm in New Jersey, and we have alot of natural "bog iron" in our streams and creeks, which often results in disappointment when metal-detecting.

  • @GhostDog65
    @GhostDog65 8 років тому

    After watching vid, that I might give it a try. My dad has a very old metal detector, could be fun, lol. Good Vid.

  • @gearbender427
    @gearbender427 11 років тому

    Looks like the end of a hydraulic cylinder. Like from a tractor or tow truck.the holes are for a spaner wrench.

  • @GtForLife123
    @GtForLife123 12 років тому

    Would you be able to recommend any good metaldetectors? One guy referred me to some GMaxx II xp or something like that. Dunno, cause he's in Europe.

  • @dualsportrider7144
    @dualsportrider7144 7 років тому

    great chanle love it best chanle ever.

  • @insaynbcr
    @insaynbcr 12 років тому

    The big odd looking round part kinda looks like some form of a steering column. I could be way off for sure though.

  • @earthangel6480
    @earthangel6480 8 років тому

    EARTH ANGEL THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY FERTILE AREA FOR FINDING CIVIL WAR ERA RELICS! HAVE YOU BEEN BACK THERE SINCE???

  • @Hornbush
    @Hornbush 12 років тому

    Another great video.

  • @BruceCultureAllen
    @BruceCultureAllen 11 років тому

    When I go fishing during low tide in the Occoquan River you can clearly see a large safe thats been opened in the water.

  • @fpsgames4743
    @fpsgames4743 11 років тому

    Hey beau I live in Alabama do you have any idea where I could metal detect without getting shot

  • @pinningmachine98
    @pinningmachine98 11 років тому

    What kind of metal detector are you using