Unearthing History: Metal Detecting For Railroad And Civil War Treasures

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  • @aquachigger
    @aquachigger  9 місяців тому +35

    This adventure was a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy the video and can give me a like and subscribe if you have not.
    Please find Mike's UA-cam channel here: www.youtube.com/@gr8finds196

    • @drshoe8744
      @drshoe8744 9 місяців тому

      Praying that you Did Not bust up that jack body?

    • @PaulGadoury
      @PaulGadoury 9 місяців тому

      Some of those bullets look like they have been chewed up by pigs.

  • @Nav1gamer
    @Nav1gamer 9 місяців тому +15

    Aluminum track jack. Used to have to carry one in each hand and line a side of rail. They were made aluminum to lighten the load. Was a such a relief when my team got em. Nice vid. Be safe Chig

  • @NaterBater
    @NaterBater 9 місяців тому +21

    I love how excited Mike gets when he finds a really nice relic lol. Like a kid on Christmas morning 😂.

  • @johnfiorentino8677
    @johnfiorentino8677 9 місяців тому +39

    My GF asked how does Chig knows if the bullet is Union or Confederate. 😮 Well Honey, you see, if the bullet is pointing North, Johnny Reb fired it. If on the other hand, if the bullet is pointing South, a Union soldier fired it for sure. 🎉

  • @peterkordziel7047
    @peterkordziel7047 9 місяців тому +5

    That first iron item that you found right after the turkey was a railroad coupler. The way it was broken was from strain , maybe while double heading. It is a very old one, because it's split to allow a link and pin coupler to be coupled to it. Pretty neat!

  • @monomarino5349
    @monomarino5349 9 місяців тому +17

    Good chance that there is a prehistoric crab inside that rounded rock.

    • @corybailey2331
      @corybailey2331 9 місяців тому +3

      I second this. That rock absolutely looks like similar fossils I've seen. Tell him to crack it open chigg.

  • @suzantonn1188
    @suzantonn1188 9 місяців тому +2

    I like Mike's rock, yes, it does look like a hammerstone and the barbed wire is definitely a keeper.

  • @jimrichter3487
    @jimrichter3487 9 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for bringing us with you Chigg!!! My wife sings the Aquachigger hymn throughout the day..lol….Hate to tell you but Bobbie Wobbs and Fiona are the stars of the show…!!!!!

  • @dougalexander7204
    @dougalexander7204 9 місяців тому +5

    I like it when you’re detecting with Mike. He’s is no longer a Padawan. He’s knowledge with common sense, and can haul you out if you get bit by a rabbid black mamba rattle moccasins.

  • @JustPlainSteve5372
    @JustPlainSteve5372 9 місяців тому +5

    Thanks for the Adventure Chigg!

  • @TomFromMN
    @TomFromMN 9 місяців тому +5

    Will Mike ever trust you again? LOL! You still have to pull his chain when you get an opportunity. It's always fun to watch you two. I'm no longer amazed when you identify farm equipment as you are an encyclopedia. Who needs google when we've got Beau. Gonna start calling you the Chigglopedia. As always, another adventure that i appreciate your sharing.

  • @OhioMetalMaven
    @OhioMetalMaven 9 місяців тому +1

    Mike definitely found a hammer stone. Fantastic hunt. Thanks for taking us along. ✌🏼❤️😊🍀

  • @paulwise6722
    @paulwise6722 9 місяців тому +1

    Good morning chigg from England, what a interesting video, the cargo on the troll train had a very popular container on back from a place in Norfolk in England MAERSR LINE also the sink hole looks very interesting ,the jack did look like cast aluminium so it would be easy to break, what a beautiful pig troft in the woods ,its amazing the interesting what you can find in these ancient woods ,I used to work in a saw mill and the amount of bullets and washing line holders we used to cut up when inbedded into the tree used to take the diamond tips of the saw ,that's fantastic that you both got fragments and bullets from the civil war ,thanks again take care ,,🇬🇧

  • @johnnyphillips9735
    @johnnyphillips9735 9 місяців тому +2

    Another aquachigger adventure you know it's a good one

  • @UnhingedHarry
    @UnhingedHarry 9 місяців тому

    Another most awesome adventure

  • @TomFromMN
    @TomFromMN 9 місяців тому +1

    Okay, have to get myself ready to watch a nice long video of you and Mike. Have to go get my beverage and a little snack. Movie time! Thanks, Beau.

  • @terrencebuller7676
    @terrencebuller7676 9 місяців тому +5

    Hello Chigg, the jack you found, Iam pretty sure is aluminum railroad jack. My dad was a big collector of railroad items and had several jacks like that. 👍

  • @TeamLynchBMD
    @TeamLynchBMD 9 місяців тому

    Thanks Chigg for taking us along on another adventure. Love the Civil War items and possible indian artifact. Grew up playing around old railroad tracks, always cool finds around the tracks

  • @relicrat
    @relicrat 9 місяців тому

    Wild hogs in the field? Fun hunt. Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @lavenderrainbow5041
    @lavenderrainbow5041 9 місяців тому +2

    22:04 - there should be a fossil in there. You may want to split it to see what's inside :)))
    EDIT: a UA-camr by the name of Yorkshire Fossils finds these types of 'stones' all of the time. When he splits them, there is usually an ammonite in it (curly type of shell)

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому +1

      Even if so.... it's an Indian artifact and much more rare.

  • @brodiedavisalmostprimitive1262
    @brodiedavisalmostprimitive1262 9 місяців тому +2

    Love those big trees

  • @michaelkullas9239
    @michaelkullas9239 9 місяців тому +1

    Fun video! Lots of cool content and you and Mike make quite the duo! Definitely should make the best of list for 24! Thanks

  • @scottnyc6572
    @scottnyc6572 9 місяців тому +1

    Intentions in the ground can be old gravesites that weren’t marked.Lots of signs of death on that land..

  • @hillbilly3331
    @hillbilly3331 9 місяців тому

    Love it! I love findind civil war relics,i have a permission in the Shiloh battlefeild area,and I've found some things, your videos help me to know what to look for and the identity of bullet calibers. Good hunting sir, and thank you.

  • @guycleveland3897
    @guycleveland3897 9 місяців тому +2

    When you dig those civil war bullets that have been used by both the north and south, there is a way to tell which side used it. When you dig it and it is pointing north, it was used by the south, and if it was pointing south, it was used by the north. Obviously.

  • @richardwarnock2789
    @richardwarnock2789 9 місяців тому +4

    There a wild fossil in that rock x-ray first could be worth a lot fellas!

  • @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat
    @twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 9 місяців тому

    Great adventure guys, nice relics recovered. 👍😀👏

  • @barbarafritchie2000
    @barbarafritchie2000 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for another adventure.

  • @rickyb2200
    @rickyb2200 9 місяців тому

    Well you both found some C.W. relics so not skunked . Good video thanks Chigg.

  • @jimmyrichardson8133
    @jimmyrichardson8133 9 місяців тому

    I like that Duffs beer...lol

  • @slimwantedman6694
    @slimwantedman6694 9 місяців тому +1

    Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

  • @gregkoch8455
    @gregkoch8455 9 місяців тому

    Item a 8:15 is an old railroad jack. I used to be a Foreman on a RR construction crew.

  • @670tazman
    @670tazman 9 місяців тому

    Love the videos ❤. Makes my day better all the time

  • @davidbelton2086
    @davidbelton2086 9 місяців тому +2

    The rock looks like a limestone geode .

  • @MrJudder413
    @MrJudder413 9 місяців тому

    I love how exciting Mike gets. Your hear goes pitter patt and Mike's hands go flappy flapp 😂. Seriously though he's a good digging partner chigg

  • @ActivistOfArchaeology
    @ActivistOfArchaeology 9 місяців тому +1

    love the vids man , keep up the good work

  • @stevebroadway3713
    @stevebroadway3713 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing! 👍

  • @DanO12345
    @DanO12345 9 місяців тому

    Looks like a hammer stone for sure. The railroad jack is definitely aluminum. Made that way to lighten the load.

  • @13bravoredleg18
    @13bravoredleg18 9 місяців тому +2

    I’ve used aluminum railroad jacks to raise and level houses…

  • @ducttapedigger7811
    @ducttapedigger7811 9 місяців тому

    Excellent video

  • @MadBomber01055
    @MadBomber01055 9 місяців тому

    Definitely a hammer stone

  • @darrenbrisson4336
    @darrenbrisson4336 9 місяців тому

    No claustrophobia here hahahahahaha 😂 🤣 😆 😅 😜 🙃 😂

  • @signal98
    @signal98 9 місяців тому

    Rail jack👍

  • @hardyakka6200
    @hardyakka6200 9 місяців тому +1

    That rock is a grinding stone people pecked the edges so that it wouldn't slip while they were grinding grain. That rock has polished surfaces. Some women would have used that making flour.

  • @richardklapka5147
    @richardklapka5147 9 місяців тому

    I liked the shell frags & case shot. That cat? skull musta been a bobcat or? No house kitty's got fangs like that, right?

  • @jalpa9642
    @jalpa9642 9 місяців тому +1

    What happened to the underground opening u found....? Did you two check it out..? =)

  • @dennismorris3254
    @dennismorris3254 9 місяців тому

    It's funny chigg every think you found I did today .I did not find a fragment peice

  • @user-Icicleandfireball
    @user-Icicleandfireball 9 місяців тому

    268th like, another adventure, so awrsome

  • @joanhawkins8552
    @joanhawkins8552 9 місяців тому +1

    Poor Mike. 😂

  • @jayrob280
    @jayrob280 9 місяців тому

    That’s a 350 to 400 dollar railroad jack all day long $$$$

  • @chrisexplores619
    @chrisexplores619 9 місяців тому

    Im first! Heck yeah Chigg! Dig em all

  • @snowballil3133
    @snowballil3133 9 місяців тому

    Dead things dont bother me, i would probably be in the bones collecting them 😂

  • @andruw-tz6ez
    @andruw-tz6ez 9 місяців тому

    Love the videos. What is the thing at 25.19 in the video with the diagonal ecthings? Possibly a lead thimble?

  • @aguadigger
    @aguadigger 9 місяців тому

    🦃⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @conspiracycracker5254
    @conspiracycracker5254 9 місяців тому

    I have a feelin that rock used to be in a cos stomach.

  • @dustinnocks1188
    @dustinnocks1188 9 місяців тому

    Last one of those Duff RR Jack I had ,sold it for $350. It was in excellent condition though

  • @lisapainter1723
    @lisapainter1723 9 місяців тому

    Please go out west love those vids

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому

      Probably not until the fall. Really want to go though.

  • @670tazman
    @670tazman 9 місяців тому

    I love trains

  • @Jerreinemy
    @Jerreinemy 9 місяців тому

    that jack is cast alluminum

  • @Vault57
    @Vault57 9 місяців тому

    8:15 Aluminum or magnesium. Either way, scrap it.

  • @johndaut2838
    @johndaut2838 9 місяців тому

    Railroad jack, some people call them house jacks

  • @SolidStateSoul
    @SolidStateSoul 9 місяців тому

    Never seen barbed wire like that before.

  • @advenzures
    @advenzures 9 місяців тому +1

    👊🤩👍

  • @jpannon8500
    @jpannon8500 9 місяців тому

    Hallo🖐, did you and Mike look at the sinkhole you found?

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому +1

      I forgot, but I'll be back.

  • @midwestjuan2263
    @midwestjuan2263 9 місяців тому +1

    I miss the words “hold your breath”

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому

      Soon. Still too cold and the rivers are very high.

  • @andrewjackson6903
    @andrewjackson6903 9 місяців тому

    Northfoking way, man. Railroad that is😂

  • @markwat
    @markwat 9 місяців тому

    Railroad jack!, worth over a 100.00 after oiled up and workiing i got six of them and jack sunken porches up with them

  • @namleets57
    @namleets57 9 місяців тому +1

    Aluminum simplex jack

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 9 місяців тому

    Hey Chigg and Mike

  • @williamcrawford7982
    @williamcrawford7982 9 місяців тому

    Perfidy POTATO, hahaha 🥔

  • @tonyhype2593
    @tonyhype2593 9 місяців тому

    Looks like a node. Might be a fossil in that round rock. Or maybe an Indian tool

  • @ericfairchild5431
    @ericfairchild5431 9 місяців тому

    Duffs!

  • @LeoBower-p2c
    @LeoBower-p2c 9 місяців тому

    Railroad jack

  • @leannkennedy6568
    @leannkennedy6568 9 місяців тому +1

    Howdy

  • @robertreese2600
    @robertreese2600 9 місяців тому

    Turkey's spurs weren't that big. Probably a couple years old. Cool though.

  • @BruceGordon925
    @BruceGordon925 9 місяців тому

    Shepherds

  • @lancegraham9870
    @lancegraham9870 9 місяців тому

    first i wanted to say did they put that tunnel there so animals could cross underneath without getting hit by the train and also isnt there a law about if its railroad related items u cant take the item if its next to the tracks

    • @Audioobscure
      @Audioobscure 9 місяців тому

      Tunnel for drainage and farm use

  • @mikhailkalashnikov4599
    @mikhailkalashnikov4599 9 місяців тому

    I'd guess aluminum alloy.

  • @robertchase8504
    @robertchase8504 9 місяців тому

    Duffs🍻

  • @JBVance-jq7gm
    @JBVance-jq7gm 9 місяців тому

    Titanium steel

  • @kimandherman
    @kimandherman 9 місяців тому

    Chig that jack could be worth more than a grand on ebay 15 ton are 1,200 to 1,400 please dont scrap it😢😢😢

  • @nickydepalma739
    @nickydepalma739 9 місяців тому

    A fossilized Serpent Egg .

  • @dustyrusty6840
    @dustyrusty6840 9 місяців тому

    Was waiting for the sink hole, but you didn't show it.

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому

      Forgot it, but will do a video on it soon.

  • @JOECorsoNova
    @JOECorsoNova 9 місяців тому

    Anyone know what mikes channel is called? Thanks

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому +1

      The link is in the pinned comment.

    • @JOECorsoNova
      @JOECorsoNova 9 місяців тому

      @@aquachigger thank you!

  • @raynin
    @raynin 9 місяців тому

    Long story, but im recovering.

  • @charliem5332
    @charliem5332 9 місяців тому

    What battle???

  • @bkilpatrick68
    @bkilpatrick68 9 місяців тому

    That’s a raccoon skull

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 9 місяців тому

    It’s aluminum

  • @48thstateprospecting
    @48thstateprospecting 9 місяців тому

    17:32 over your right shoulder in that tree is civil war artillery you can see where it hit the tree the round hole….. and the tree almost broke that’s why it’s leaning…. Or is it?….. back to the vid…

  • @670tazman
    @670tazman 9 місяців тому

    I wish you could come to my house and metal detected my yard the house has pillers under it. So it's old

  • @barbarafritchie2000
    @barbarafritchie2000 9 місяців тому

    Was that thimble and not a bullet? It looks too pretty.

  • @TheStwat
    @TheStwat 9 місяців тому

    :)

  • @darrenbrisson4336
    @darrenbrisson4336 9 місяців тому

    Ive seen bigger dog kennels

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 9 місяців тому

    Chigg I’ve noticed that you breathe awful hard when you barely walk much sometimes. That’s the way I done before my triple bypass surgery November before last

    • @johnfiorentino8677
      @johnfiorentino8677 9 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, seems to happen as we age 😂 I breath hard just watching ya'll dig.

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому +3

      randlerichardson5826 I don't think many people 1/2 my age could keep up with me. I don't saunter and am healthy as a freaking horse according to my Doc.

  • @mercedithcompala8148
    @mercedithcompala8148 9 місяців тому

    Liked everything...except that cat skull...yikes

  • @kc6671
    @kc6671 9 місяців тому

    Coyote kill

  • @erictaylor5577
    @erictaylor5577 9 місяців тому

    yeah smash it for the .30 cents a lb instead of selling ia rail jack for 50 or 100 bucks or up lol thought you were quicker than that

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому

      Even in a broken condition? Plus shipping will be a bear, no?

    • @erictaylor5577
      @erictaylor5577 9 місяців тому

      Google em … people pay

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  9 місяців тому

      Took care of it. Thanks