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  • Back in the medieval trackway in sunny Perthshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
    #metaldetecting #metaldetectinguk #treasurehunting #xpdeusii #detecting #thescottishdetectorist #treasure #metaldetectingscotland #treasurehunt #deus2

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  • @Ravendale9
    @Ravendale9 Рік тому +5

    Thanks! We look forward to you fun & informative videos here in snowy Vermont! Have a hot coffee and feel better!

  • @adztaylor2277
    @adztaylor2277 Рік тому +2

    The ringpull....1983...Tizer lol... and a BOAT (bit of a tractor). One of those scrappy days but still a couple of nice finds John. HH and that motherload of silver Denarius awaits in the Roman field we hope.

  • @09Countryman
    @09Countryman Рік тому +5

    Morning John, maybe the iron object is an old flat iron? Minus the handle.

  • @redparrot9489
    @redparrot9489 Рік тому +2

    “Twiddly knob” is going to be my go-to insult for this week. You are the best. 💕💕🇨🇦💕💕

  • @patodwyer275
    @patodwyer275 Рік тому +13

    The piece of iron at 4.50 is called a slug,used for ironing and pressing your clothes it fitted into a hand held iron, you warmed it up first Victorian times.

  • @oldplucker1
    @oldplucker1 Рік тому +3

    As Pat O’Dwyer said at 4:50 agree Slug for an old type clothes iron. Was heated and inserted into the iron.👍

  • @guyj3025
    @guyj3025 Рік тому +3

    Object at 6 min looks like a brass wardrobe fitting used to hold the hanging rails in place, as I am sure you know, back in the day big bits of unwanted furniture were just burnt in the corner of a field. The ring could be a posy ring if there is writing inside - probably 17th C.

  • @johnodon1968
    @johnodon1968 Рік тому +1

    I come here for the "weee rub-a-dub". Just hearing that makes me smile. :D

  • @ritamahlberg8602
    @ritamahlberg8602 Рік тому +6

    That triangular iron thing could be the interchangeable inner part of an iron to iron clothes.

    • @patodwyer275
      @patodwyer275 Рік тому +3

      Your right it's called a slug.Early Victorian.

  • @belindanicholson6549
    @belindanicholson6549 Рік тому +2

    enjoyed another history lesson, great finds, get rid of that cold, plenty of vitamin C

  • @emwarner6650
    @emwarner6650 Рік тому +1

    Ah what a great film, so interesting, I'm always rooting for you to find something fabulous. I'm in bed recovering from a nasty virus wishing I was in that field digging holes !

  • @gitmoholliday5764
    @gitmoholliday5764 Рік тому +5

    Just found a set of 70's Fondue forks in the shed
    ( without detector coil ) Good morning all 🖐🤓

  • @alwoodsmodellingmayhem
    @alwoodsmodellingmayhem Рік тому +5

    Is that a flat iron at 4:46 my friend? They used to have a handle and when these were heated on a stove they would use them to iron clothes, part of the handle had a wooden surround to reduce the transfer of heat, but quite often you had to wrap a cloth around the handle so you didn't burn yourself. Thanks for taking us along again my friend.👍👍

  • @TC-tn9tb
    @TC-tn9tb Рік тому +8

    binge watching all your vids now, i find them super interesting thanks for sharing your adventures.

  • @sjohnson1776
    @sjohnson1776 Рік тому +2

    Very nice! Thank you for bringing us along!

  • @5against4
    @5against4 Рік тому +2

    When turning on the pointer, leave it against the ground to GB it. Just a tip for ya.👍🎧⛏️

  • @ellenzadalis1801
    @ellenzadalis1801 Рік тому +5

    Always enlightening and enjoyable! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
    The growth of your channel, makes my heart sing, your hard work is paying off!

  • @MegaDknox
    @MegaDknox Рік тому +3

    Great video. Your triangle piece looks like a sad iron without the handle.

  • @uncletiggermclaren7592
    @uncletiggermclaren7592 Рік тому +4

    The brass or bronze fitting at 6:00 is a pivoting bush from something like a slurry spreader or a weedkiller spreader. You will have seen them driving along with their booms lifted up either side of the tractor, so they can fit down roads and through gates. When they get to their place of work, the booms are lowered, and as that happens, the bush surface slides along one of the tubes, and the nub ( there would have been a second one opposite it ) allows the bush to turn as the angle changes. And the fitting is at the end of a strong rod that supports the extended boom like a triangle.

  • @KidDig
    @KidDig Рік тому +1

    Lead & Iron... looks like the top of a midevil pool cue! 😊

  • @budrohammbone2806
    @budrohammbone2806 Рік тому +5

    Well done. Being from the South Eastern US the ancient relics you find
    are particularly amazing. Thank You for sharing.

  • @donreed417
    @donreed417 Рік тому +4

    The triangular object was the bottom of a sad iron. Used to iron clothes after being heated on a stove. I believe the half round object was half of a older rifle scope ring. Good hunt

  • @wolfdog7265
    @wolfdog7265 Рік тому +2

    The old trackway, where medieval people used to do burn out’s with their medieval handcarts.
    Where certain herbs where exchanged to boost the horses to 1.5 HP.

  • @xCLUNKx
    @xCLUNKx Рік тому +3

    Your videos are fantastic brother, love from Manchester. Found my 1st gold the other day
    1829 George iiii full sovereign 22ct BEAUTY!!

  • @nikkia9506
    @nikkia9506 Рік тому +4

    Sheffield loves Mary. She spent most of her captivity here, in the castle and in Manor Lodge. Her bedroom on the Manor is still intact, and has an amazing plasterwork ceiling (all I can say is she must have been incredibly nimble, because she managed to get up that narrow and steep spiral staircase, despite being around 6 feet tall and wearing a dress!
    There's also a timber framed pub at the bus station called the Queen's Head, with a picture of Mary on the sign. It used to belong to Sheffield Castle, which used it as an outdoor banqueting spot when out hunting on the Park. Mary would've used it regularly.

  • @janecroft4896
    @janecroft4896 Рік тому +1

    Great start to my Sunday. Thank you John.

  • @peterkordziel7047
    @peterkordziel7047 Рік тому +9

    Love your videos, and I have an educated guess about that Lead-wrapped iron object. It was fired from a gun, it's an extremely early armour piercing round. F.L.O. I think. Great work, and please stay warm and eat well out there.

  • @visitscotlandtours1
    @visitscotlandtours1 Рік тому +1

    Wow 😮

  • @johnvanzandt2040
    @johnvanzandt2040 Рік тому +4

    Almost 20k subscribers now wow that is great. Your knowledge of history is impressive and part of the reason for your success in my opinion. Hope that your channel will continue to grow and prosper.

  • @carolh9734
    @carolh9734 Рік тому +2

    If you remember the johnny cash song "one bit at a time" with the tractor related items you find you'll be able to put together a little Gray Fergie.

  • @andymorris3523
    @andymorris3523 Рік тому +7

    The Cartwheel pennies were made at Matthew Bolton's Soho manufactory (mint) in Birmingham. Much of this still exists. It was one of the first places to do mass manufacturing including buttons and coins. Boulton worked in collaboration with James Watt to produce steam powered machinery at his Birmingham manufactory.

  • @dgb56bgd
    @dgb56bgd 11 місяців тому +1

    Great content sir. I always enjoy your program. Those metal “junk” pieces could be ancient artifacts…bc I think they are…lol. Blessings. Keep sharing your adventures with us. Thanks.

    • @thescottishdetectorist
      @thescottishdetectorist  11 місяців тому

      Haha 😆 you never know!!! One man’s junk is another man’s treasure

  • @joanhamilton2651
    @joanhamilton2651 Рік тому +1

    Enjoy watching you dig Scotland. Take care of yourself.

  • @jameslusco6653
    @jameslusco6653 Рік тому +1

    I think it was a good hunt and i had fun watching. See you on the next fellas

  • @davidparadis490
    @davidparadis490 Рік тому +2

    In 2000 years they'll be ecstatic to dig a can

  • @Jennifer.A1
    @Jennifer.A1 Рік тому +1

    Always a pleasure to have a Sunday in Perthshire! 😍

  • @rolandtomkellam9306
    @rolandtomkellam9306 Рік тому +2

    The triangle of iron, looks very much like an old 1800's flat iron that was heated on top of the wood stove and then used to iron out wrinkles in clothes.

  • @Bartyron
    @Bartyron Рік тому +1

    14:26 could be the remanence of a shaft with still some white metal bearing around it. Such bearings are tin based and also called 'Babbit'.

  • @Thecointamer
    @Thecointamer Рік тому +1

    the iron and lead part is probably from a snapped wall railing, the lead was used to cast them in, like modern day resin.

  • @richardsmith5700
    @richardsmith5700 Рік тому +3

    That big coin doesn't have a deep enough rim to be a cartwheel; I reckon you've got a different but equally nice coin. Great channel by the way 👍

  • @egonkattnig6551
    @egonkattnig6551 Рік тому +2

    The big triangular iron chunk seems to me being part of the boat-shaped iron piece which was heated up in open fire and then inserted in a smoothing-iron! Greetings from Carinthia/Austria!

  • @suellendunlop2029
    @suellendunlop2029 Рік тому +3

    This afternoon I watched an old UA-cam video from another channel from detectival last year and there was you, Marty and Pete being interviewed and asked what you thought the mystery item was. Nice to see all your faces and you without your beanie, scarf and headphones on.
    Another great video despite all the junk. Take care and have a lovely Sunday.

    • @thescottishdetectorist
      @thescottishdetectorist  Рік тому +1

      Many thanks Suellen! Yes that would have been Si-finds the Mudlark. I met @si-finds at Detectival and have watched him for years and he very kindly did a little piece on us!

  • @rolandtomkellam9306
    @rolandtomkellam9306 Рік тому +4

    Could you possibly be a history teacher in your profession? Your knowledge of European and especially. British history is awesome. I enjoy your explanations of coins and relics as much as I do your detecting skills. I just recently became a subscriber and I am very much impressed with your channel.

  • @robstone9628
    @robstone9628 Рік тому +2

    I really liked the trash compilation at the end, really puts your good finds into perspective.

  • @stephenbyrne6803
    @stephenbyrne6803 Рік тому +1

    Thanks again. Looking forward to the next video.

  • @gotherefindout
    @gotherefindout Рік тому

    Fantastic. I am doing a similar thing here in British Columbia Canada. I liveaboard a sailboat and this year I will be tracing the stop over anchorages of Pirate Sir Francis Drake who was tossing around gold/silver coins to native villages along the coast of BC in the hopes of establishing support for an English presence (not Spanish) here. I will be using a Deus 2 and a PI built in England. One such coin of these coins was located on a City of Victoria beach. This helped a professor to prove Sir Francis Drake was the first European here. See the book: "Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake.

  • @oldplucker1
    @oldplucker1 Рік тому +1

    Hi John, really goid vids👍 21:54 I think you would probably easily get 2 pints for a penny back then!

  • @garysmith1178
    @garysmith1178 Рік тому +1

    Good to see you're recovering John. The glories and realities of metal detecting at the end 😉😂👍

  • @idigdaytona4478
    @idigdaytona4478 Рік тому +1

    Another fun hunt !

  • @rexmundi8154
    @rexmundi8154 Рік тому +1

    The lead over iron thing might be the anchor for a gate hinge pin or similar metal piece that needed to be anchored into a hole in stone. Basically a lead sleeve was put in the hole then the iron was driven in. The lead gets squeezed into the irregular hole and locks the pin in.

  • @pixelpatter01
    @pixelpatter01 Рік тому +1

    At 14:32 it may be the lead was used to fill up a hole in a piece of machinery or plough so that a rivet or bolt already in the hole could be used. Lead was often used to fill in gaps as it could be poured in or hammered in with simple tools.

  • @michaelclarke-rn7eo
    @michaelclarke-rn7eo Рік тому +1

    Hi John
    Very entertaining as usual , looking forward to your next ventures

  • @smoggysearcher3852
    @smoggysearcher3852 Рік тому +1

    Another great video as always John thanks for sharing your finds and keep up the hard work mate 👍

  • @stjbananas
    @stjbananas Рік тому +1

    Watching from St John US Virgin Islands. Love your channel!

  • @Smitty3167
    @Smitty3167 Рік тому +1

    Great video as always

  • @paulinesalinas9443
    @paulinesalinas9443 Рік тому +1

    Just watching your vid and re the Carrot, did you know there’s a setting on it that sounds as yours did when your near your find but when you actually touch it it makes a siren sound! Only discovered it yesterday but it’s a massive help 😂

  • @WildwoodTV
    @WildwoodTV Рік тому +2

    Again, great history lesson around the turner coin at 24:15 & nearly 20k subs - well done! 👍

  • @paulinesalinas9443
    @paulinesalinas9443 Рік тому +1

    😂 Sorry to laugh and I love watching you dig up the Roman and silver coins usually but quite heartening to see we’re not the only one to dig mostly aluminium and general rubbish! 👍

  • @paulsamfreya785
    @paulsamfreya785 Рік тому +2

    Another great video, best detecting videos on UA-cam by a mile

  • @robertnoble4865
    @robertnoble4865 Рік тому +1

    Another great episode! Looking forward to the next one!!

  • @cdmikie
    @cdmikie Рік тому +1

    We call the 1980s pull tabs beaver tails in Canada for how they look.

  • @dgb56bgd
    @dgb56bgd 11 місяців тому +1

    I think that pin is not a tractor part…it’s a part from a medieval golf cart…yep…sure thing. Blessings y’all, from a fan in Tennessee.

  • @squeakysynthrave8933
    @squeakysynthrave8933 Рік тому +2

    I love it that you know your history x

    • @thescottishdetectorist
      @thescottishdetectorist  Рік тому

      Many thanks, glad you enjoy and that education I got wasn’t for nothing 😂

  • @Sh4d0w20
    @Sh4d0w20 Рік тому +1

    we went yesterday and found a nice fibula of german origin as well as an unidentified coin from possibly that era. It was just right next to the roman prick spur and we are thinking that maybe a battle took placeß we also found alot of bronze sheet metal that could have been some sort of armor plating. Before we left we found a silver "1 Krone" and when we checked for info about it we realised that somehow the official 130 year old coins are still available for 20€ brand new from the official state owned store which was a pretty big let down :D but hey we found something as old as roman stuff so we are happy about it
    also before we went to the car i had an amazing signal for silver - dug it out and it was a shiny silverish, coin looking thing... and when i pulled it out of the ground.. it was just an older bottlecap :(
    Btw. thanks to your information about the led pieces we also think there was some sort of smithing and smelting operation going on in that area

  • @phillippayne8170
    @phillippayne8170 Рік тому +2

    Lead and iron could be part of a hinge they used lead to set it in masonry just a thought 👍🇦🇺

  • @cathymora9106
    @cathymora9106 Рік тому +1

    You poor puppy of a person. FEEL BETTER SOON!

  • @alfonsoacereto8558
    @alfonsoacereto8558 Рік тому +1

    Iron with lead around it is probably some kind of plug , possibly for an oil pan on farming equipment ?

  • @stephenedwards3095
    @stephenedwards3095 Рік тому +2

    Steel and lead mix was added to gold/silver ore during smelting

  • @glendamears3618
    @glendamears3618 Рік тому +1

    COOL gadgets

  • @bnj9636
    @bnj9636 Рік тому

    Hi John, Thanks again for sharing your adventures on video, I recall reading up on cartwheel pennies after finding one years ago , you mention " they were big & heavy" (timeline 22:01) that's probably because they weighed in at 1oz. I spotted your ooops at 19:11 ref Prince Albert. Looking forward to future episodes of your adventures - cheers .

  • @sailordx2
    @sailordx2 Рік тому +2

    So I've read that if put the tip of your pinpointer in the soil then turn it on it is actually sort of ground balancing it so it will help with that false chirping. Works for me.

  • @emilygarwood1373
    @emilygarwood1373 Рік тому +2

    Getting closer to 20k. Thanks for another great adventure.

  • @webes7
    @webes7 Рік тому +1

    The object before the ring is a part from a fork or spoon

  • @ericawollmuth5055
    @ericawollmuth5055 10 місяців тому +1

    Iron wrapped in lead, could be an armour piercing bullet. Possibly from an aircraft.

  • @markjohnnojohnson5352
    @markjohnnojohnson5352 Рік тому +1

    14:36 medieval snooker tip😊

  • @Skooty68
    @Skooty68 Рік тому +2

    That on Martins lead bit is an Oak leaf

  • @terryt.1643
    @terryt.1643 Рік тому

    The triangular piece looked like an old iron insert, but you said it was broken off, so maybe just a tractor bit like you said… Love watching, thanks!

  • @DavidMartin-gx8yl
    @DavidMartin-gx8yl Рік тому +1

    Loving your videos, only started watching about 2 weeks ago so trying to catch up. Not only do I enjoy seeing what you’ve found but also your extensive history knowledge which I feel I’m also being educated as well. I know you do some work for VisitScotland but what else do you do? Did you study history at university?

  • @shaunshunt
    @shaunshunt Рік тому +1

    That is a bit of an old clothes iron, it’s the heated insert.

  • @tonilauge5786
    @tonilauge5786 Рік тому +1

    Medieval trackway of scrap galore! Oh dear
    Understandble John has exclusive rights
    To the Gallowes🤤No silver today. Got
    A bit shaken yesterday. A fellow detectorist
    Has bought a new Minelab Manticore!
    1800£ !! Really hope that pays out😜🔝❤️

  • @davidlewis9068
    @davidlewis9068 Рік тому +1

    Ok what a difference from the Roman field. Nice hunt just the same.

  • @andreawashnak630
    @andreawashnak630 Рік тому +1

    It's Tues morn in USA, but nothing posted by you. I miss my dose of Scottish digger

  • @greggiles7309
    @greggiles7309 Рік тому +1

    its Autumn in Auckland, New Zealand, still humid,

  • @jillianfortuna2348
    @jillianfortuna2348 Рік тому +1

    👍

  • @petercoene5930
    @petercoene5930 Рік тому +4

    at 19:15, did you just call Albert the "wife" of Queen Victoria? I mean, I've heard rumors about the guy's proclivities but given the piercing that got named after him I'm not sure "wife" is the right word to do with.

  • @johnfrench8714
    @johnfrench8714 Рік тому +2

    4 minutes in that iron lump looks like a flat iron missing it's handle to me?

  • @joholly1951
    @joholly1951 Рік тому +2

    Top of a pool cue.

  • @Tenmilsochet14
    @Tenmilsochet14 Рік тому +2

    💪

  • @alanlucas2886
    @alanlucas2886 Рік тому +2

    morning john

  • @David_11111
    @David_11111 Рік тому +2

    yay
    what did you find :)

  • @stuartchambers7467
    @stuartchambers7467 Рік тому +1

    John, why is the medieval trackway darker than the rest of the field after it's been ploughed out for hundreds of years?

  • @Magnet.M.A.D
    @Magnet.M.A.D Рік тому +1

    Hi John it’s Roger again. Hope you’re well buddy. Absolutely loving your channel immensely. It fascinates me the information that you tell us about the history of things. I said to my wife you must have a degree in history or something. Is this the case or are you self taught?

  • @fiberotter
    @fiberotter Рік тому +1

    LOL....Albert was not the wife of Victoria!

  • @garfieldverdine8777
    @garfieldverdine8777 Рік тому

    A JOUST javelin tip

  • @janicerichardson4878
    @janicerichardson4878 Рік тому +3

    Hi I wonder if I could ask a question, I live in fife and am in process of getting a permission to metal detect on a local farm. So question, how do you decide what finds to share with the farmer, what is of monetary value, or historic value do you show the farmer your finds on a regular basis. I have only had one other permission and farmer wanted to see all finds, thank you in anticipation.

    • @thescottishdetectorist
      @thescottishdetectorist  Рік тому +3

      Hi Janice. The deal is 50/50. The majority of what you find has no monetary value but often it’s of great interest to the landowner as it’s often been a family farm for generations so often I’ll label up various coins and aritfacts into little envelopes and give them to the farmer

  • @janet-leeedsuk2024
    @janet-leeedsuk2024 Рік тому +3

    Prince Albert, the wife of Queen Victoria 😂 Oops!xx

  • @STU666V
    @STU666V Рік тому +2

    Hi.
    What maps do you use or website for the old sites etc? Love your videos keep it up 😎👏

    • @thescottishdetectorist
      @thescottishdetectorist  Рік тому +1

      Side by side mapping is good but Canmore is also helpful

    • @STU666V
      @STU666V Рік тому

      Thank you. Am up in Aberdeenshire. Haven't done much detecting. I like gold prospecting too when I get time.

  • @budrohammbone2806
    @budrohammbone2806 Рік тому +1

    just a thought, maybe a collaboration with one of the more popular
    US based guy's (detectorist) may provide a boost to your channel subs.
    AquaChigger (Beau Ouimette) or the Hoover Boys...... I expect anyone you invited
    would leap at a chance to detect with You. I would bring a flyrod and wave from
    what ever river is around. Have an Excellent Day !

    • @alexwinter6720
      @alexwinter6720 Рік тому +1

      Other way round they should be reaching out to John!
      Americas history compared to the fields of perthshire are nothing!

  • @marksoler7338
    @marksoler7338 Рік тому

    What do you do with your silver & gold finds? Trophies? Sell to pay the rent? Surrender to a museum?

  • @jameszurbriggen7815
    @jameszurbriggen7815 Рік тому +2

    Was the lead metal piece a envelope seal stamp