Searching the Ruins of a Town’s Wealthiest Family
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Countless old coins and treasures have been found in the ground surrounding the ruins of this home over the years. Today, I see what I can find!
Original music by Brad Martin
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The leather thing with all the hooks on it is part of a lace-up boot or a woman's like high top lace-up shoe.
I have a pair of shoes from the early 60's with the same attachment...what once was always comes around eventually...
I completely agree with you guys!
That would be my guess too.
I came here to say the same thing.
Beat me to it. Lace hooks.
I've definitely noticed more reckless people getting into metal detecting in the last 10 years, who don't care about history, don't care about the people whose stuff they're digging, and they saw a video or two of 'AMAZING TREASURE FOUND' on RUclips, and decided to get a detector and hunt. They leave their holes unfilled as well, which drives me nuts. I haul 100% of what I find out of the hunt site, and dispose of what needs to be disposed of responsibly. Brad is one of the good guys though, and whether he finds cool stuff or not, it's about the adventure and the history.
muchomusiclibre I’ve seen it quite a bit lately. Not sure if it is because of COVID and people are home bored, so they pick up a detector. Like you said it seems to mostly be people hoping to get rich. Also lots of them begging for sites to detect. I just tell them that research is all part of the fun.
Desperate people pushed to the edge
I remember my grandparents hanging old pictures and photo frames from a picture / dado rail, in the front room of their house, using very thin chains like the one you found. And I definitely think that the 'rivets' on a leather strip, were 'buttons' from a childs or a small womens boot, requiring a small hook to fasten.
Also holding the glass lampshades up from the ceiling fitting
Despite not finding coins, I think this was a great hunt Brad. So many amazing and unusual finds. Would love if you could make a follow up video to this, showing each item all cleaned and up close! I hope you go back to this property some day soon? Considering how many neat things you came across after it had already been detected multiple times, I should think there’s probably still a lot more to there to discover!
The shape of that knife blade is similar to a cheese knife of today. Having a specialty utensil like that would certainly be a sign of wealth.
I have never seen a cheese knife until now.
Definitely a sign of wealth
@@someoneyoudontknow7407 lol
Or it could be a fish knife...for serving a whole fish at the table. Those Victorians had a utensil for every occasion.
That was indeed a wealthy family with all of the beautiful items that you saved from the dirt. Silver and gold plated pieces, even the spigot 👍 It's great that the buckle had a patent date on it, which helps verify the date of when the family lived there. Thank you again for your phenomenal efforts to give us another great video ☺
No coins but still some neat stuff. Being of semi codger age I knew that to be a Vicks jar right off.
Thhank you for showing the lady slipper. We cannot pick them in new hampshire , it is against the law.( at least when i was growing up) but have you seen a jack in the pulpit yet. ???
@uncletigger I can't remember LOL
I'm full on codger. You're absolutely right
Would love to hear an update on those items and what they were or who made them. Very unique.
That clock movement is a great find being that complete. Love the buckle with the Cherubs. Many of these finds prove it was a wealthy family, wealthy in those days.
Thought I'd get myself in the mood here in the UK by enjoying a few tins of Green Mountain IPA by Thornbridge..... lovely beer!!!🙂🐻
Had to laugh, the moment the blue jar was picked up I was thinking "that's a vicks jar". Go figure lol.
Thought the same thing before it was picked up...distinctive blue jar has to be Vick’s vapor rub..
Clips with leather, could they be from ladies shoe lace up?
That was my first impression also
That's what I'm thinking also.
We had the same thought - a leather boot of some sort. Especially once we could see that the metal was not flush with the leather.
Very beautiful finds! The sceene on the buckle looks like an Allegory of the arts depicting figures that symbolize music, painting, sculpting and architecture.
Perhaps it belonged to some artist or teacher.
I agree, I thought it might be the clasp of an artist’s paint kit satchel.
The scene on the buckle looks like a french painting call "The Swing" by the artist Fragonard.
Vick’s was also used mostly rubbed on the chest or back when you had a cold or sore chest .warm and comforting .
Yes Vermont looks so much like my state of WV.
at 17:00 the birds become heralds of my memories. The shots of acorns and mushrooms add SO much, Brad. Thanks
Some really great finds, Brad. Especially that button with the figure in it. That was amazing!
I'm thinking that the spigot may have been on a stoneware crock used to chill and serve beverages.
Also seen on 'Water Purifiers'
Good morning Brad ! Some GREAT finds today. Simply amazing that these items were still around after all these years. Stay safe.
The button, looks like a man in the moon!
That's what I see too!
That's what came to my mind, came to the comments to see what y'all thought!
that is what I thought also, I was thinking it probably was on a child's piece of clothing,
Exactly what I was thinking! Pajama button?
DreamWorks logo.....saw same thing
Very nice hunt Brad. Congrats on the relics! Love the spigot! Stay safe. GL&HH!
Been away for awhile do to health issues, glad to be in the woods with you again
I'm glad that you're feeling better ☺
@@kayesdigginit1519 Thank you
I am a fairly new subscriber and I’m making my way through all of your videos. Each one is so well done; between the history lesson, the artifacts and finds, and the lovely scenery, it’s hard not to binge them !!
Thank you for sharing with us all. 😊
The intricate piece with half a “button” looks like a frog, a clasp used to hold a cape together around the neck and shoulders
Very fancy finds, so cool. In that button I can see a Moon (Sliver with face?) on the right side maybe it belongs to some PJ's. Imagination's can take us around the world. Great hunt, Cheers!
Great fun. We always used Vicks for colds, rubbed on chest, neck, back and under nose.
It's cool to see the Vicks jar, which traveled from my hometown (Greensboro, NC) where it was manufactured, to the woods of Vermont.
Very cool finds!! Quite a few different things! Fun to watch. Great day!
Best!!
Amazing finds. It goes to show, your wealth doesn't go with you when you leave this earth.
Great work!!
Awesome finds.
It makes me think of the people who lived back then.
The life’s they lived is so much different than what we know.
I believe that the button has a monk pushing a barrel into a cave.
The next button is perhaps an iron cross subjected to a queen or king's crown (Leopold? )
I enjoy your show very entertaining. You take your time and explain about the objects you find, description of the history, the beautiful landscape and the animals that inhabit the area plus your family life,your work and the love that you show for your family.
Please continue entertaining us with your wonderful stories.
Gosh it's fun to imagine this family with so many pretty things. I wonder if there are any photos of the people or house. Thank you for sharing.
Maybe the piece with the leather is part of a shoe, or boot and the laced hooked in the metal pieces. Great video.
That's what I was thinking
The leather with the 4 clips looks like it might come from a ladies lace up shoe/boot. You can find them on some work/hiking boots even today. Safe hunting.
a row of shoe lace (corset?) studs. I re-pourposed my Vicks jar, by putting stick matches in. Great Finds...!!
Great finds 👏 be interested to see if the clock maker put his initials and date in , usually they hide them on the inner workings even when sent to be repaired they would also add there own mark , and as ever another great video
I think this might be the best collection of things that display the lifestyle and aesthetic of the original occupants. Really cool and ornate finds!
Thanks for the trip! You must go back there. Very cool.
BRAD YOU WALK SO FAR, YOU TAKE US WITH YOU THRU YOUR BEAUTIFUL WOODS, I CRY WHEN YOU FIND AMAZING THINGS AS YOU REALLY DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT COMES YOUR WAY.
CLEAN EM UP WE'LL HAVE A LOOK SOMETIME LATER.
💜 LOVE TO ALL CAMILLE 🇦🇺
TAP...... LIKE IN OLD BLACK KETTLES HUNG OVER FIRE
I believe that the decorative piece that was folded over was a "Norwegian Frog". They are typically used on sweaters and jackets. You sew them on like a button (the four little holes). The folded over portion is probably the loop, there will be a matching one with a hook.
LIKE #526. I always enjoy watching your videos. The pictures of nature, the music and the education I get from your experience is unlike every other detectorist videos. I'm especially grateful that you don't exhibit some juvenile emotional outburst when you find something extraordinary. 9:39 - Cool find!
What a great hunt! Very unique finds that definitely show history. Very, very neat!
Hi Brad, great drone footage. Blue Vick’s jar, a sign from your grandfather. He walks with you. All good, angels. What finds today. Crazy things . Great things ! Great filming, music was perfect for video. Wonderful job like always. Thanks for the trip. Later, ARROW *🎱 Connecticut 🇺🇸
Yes, from the triangle on the bottom that was a Vicks jar. I always try and bring the trash I find back out with me. Whatever is to big to carry I locate & inform the landowner. I carry an extra duffel just for the trash. It is supposed to be for the treasure but my treasure finds can usually fit in my pocket.
Your brass escutcheon appears to be from a musket patchbox. the hole would have had a little brass lid that you could pry up with a fingernail. You can see remains of the closing spring on the back. It looks to be a small caliber between 36 to 45 caliber. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into your videos and taking us along with you!
Alexander the Great 336-323 BC coin- the man looks like he is sitting. AWESOME FIND!!!
The leather with four hooks looks like boot lace hooks...good stuff as always!
agreed
The metal thing with cherubs from the mid 1800's could be a shoe buckle. They wore them on their shoes for decoration and adornment. Very cool.
Item at 13.43 I think is an escutcheon off of a furniture leg. I believe the leather with hooks come off a pair of boots.
Hello Brad, i think the item before the last one; the leather with de 4 round "buttons" on it .this is I think to close your shoes . It is on both sides you pull the shoelace around at the end you make a bow. Little bit difficult to explain in English. My mountain shoes had such a closure .I am from 1946. The glas blue pot ,i recognise immediately as Vicks, we put the ointment below our nose when we had a cold .it was to make your nose and head brighter .i think there was eucalyptus in it .I am from holland
Around 17:30....I think that strip is maybe part of a "shoe-boot" ....you would criss-cross the shoe lace up the boot (a lady's boot", and then tie at the top....Even in the 1950's I remember having leather boots that laced up with those round, opened buttons...there are no lace holes..just the round "hooks" to feed the laces around. (LOL...yeah....I'm 71 but I am sure that they used these kinds of lacing hooks in the 1800's as well )
I suspect the spigot may have come off a samovar.
🙄I was going for a fancy coffee urn & you out fancied me. 😏
What you are calling the "crazy, intricate, button cover" is possibly the hook for a hook and eye fastener. It would have hooked into a piece that matched it, but that had the eye to receive the hook. Possibly to have closed the top of a lady's cape. It could also fasten a decorative belt in the same way.
As a vintage jewelry collector that I often repurpose (if they are broken) I think that is a clasp for a triple strand necklace or bracelet. Very pretty. Love your videos Brad. Catching up as you can see.
The button looks like a working miner. The leather looks to be from a corset. Great finds.
intricate piece after the first button looks like I might have been a clasp on a cape. The spigot looks somewhat like the old gas lighting fixtures we had in an old victorian house we used to live in when I was a kid. Every room had them, some even still had the ornate shades or globes on them.
Some unique and unusual finds Brad , always look forward to your videos! Thank you !
5:00 mark that is a ladies broach that went on a boat collar dress.. it would attach around the semi circle or (boat) collar generally worn in a formal or religious gathering :) very nice !!
The spigot looks like the type of faucets that they used on early built in bathtubs.One for hot, one for cold. Not fancy, but did the job. Would be why it was silver plated.
Those were all very cool finds, thanks for sharing!!💜 love to Becca and Bentley!!
Loved the day.
Wow! Great finds! You got a good spot there.
That little thing with rivets looks like what ladies used to use to hold up their nylon stockings. Some were still used for various things till the 1960’s
Brad, another fascinating adventure. I've been watching you for a couple of years now and would love to see a "clean up" video of some of the more interesting finds after they are through the cleaning/ restoration process. 😉👍
Awesome finds, please go back to this site. There has to be more. Lol
Awesome finds. Maybe next time will prove even more interesting things.
that buckle is awesome! also the button and the shoe decoration (?). for me, these personal belongings are much more interesting than coins. great finds!
Item at 5:00, a garment hook closure, that folded over bit would slide under a piece of metal that we now call an eye (think hook & eye bra closures) I bet it was off a ladies sholder cape, I love that find!
With the button it looks like a dwarf mining at a rock face.
I thought that also. We have a mining statue in our town and it looks similar to this design.
I thought the same looked like a miner and a tunnel!
Maybe the button went with the belt - they seemed to be busy little bees up there = wealth! Very enjoyable outing, thank you. 🐾🦘👍
I think that you are correct about the blue jar ! It has a triangle on the bottom which I believe the Vick's jar had ! I'm trying to remember what they looked like from my childhood !
Those old horseshoes, unlike modern shoes, are often very high carbon steel. Make excellent knives. Sought after by forging blacksmiths.
I love all your episodes. You are a modern day explorer. I love you channel. Thank you ever sooo much. From Calgary Canada 🇨🇦
The Vick’s bottle made you think of your Grandpa. That’s good enough!
🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸
Thanks Grandpa”
Awesome knife, first thing.. Loved that
Thanks for another great video. That object at 8:00 looks like the part of a shoe or boot, or even a corset, maybe, that was laced up.
LOVE THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BRIM OF THE HAT. 😊😊😊😊😊
I think all the items you found are just great. The small leather object looks like the top of a woman's shoe/boot where the lases would be tightened. The small button with the man could be a granite miner type cutting stone. The belt buckle is just fabulous. I hope you go back for more.
I think that button with "the scene" may be a classic case of Pareidolia. When the brain perceives shapes or objects as having a human or animal form or face, similar to the leaves in the bottom center of the screen at 9:10 they looks like a skull or screaming face. I think the "man" in the button may have been a piece of wire wrapped around a pin, maybe to hold it onto that ornamental piece you found with the glob of iron on it? Definitely some sweet finds either way, the land without a doubt had a wealthy past! Keep up the good work! Your vids are one of the things I look forward to most about fridays!
Thanks for letting me tag along as you look for and find bits and pieces of long ago. Takes me away from this stressful world.
Maybe the button with the little person is a man-in-the-moon depiction and there's a gem/stone missing from it? Dunno. The moon sliver on the right looks like it has "hooks" coming off it like it held down a gem/stone at one time. All great finds!
Always enjoy the opening music and the nature filming. You do a really nice job.
I believe that first button is known as a story button some of them had scenes from popular stories of the past ( Alice in wonderland,Peter pan ect.) nice find love your videos keep it up always great story to go along with the video
The object at 5:13 looks like half of a belt closure...the hook would connect with a straight bar of the other side of the clasp . The belt itself could have been of fabric . My mother had several antique clasps like this .
I just read about using Vicks as a bug repellent too! Definitely a Vicks glass blue container. We had them growing up! I was born in the late '60's!
I also saw the “Man in the Moon” for this button also. The site must have been detected before as the owner has said BUT you are the winner here. You found the items that tells the story of this family in the every day. This was wonderful. I hope you get to visit this site again. 😊
Boot laces. That leather thing with the metal attachments is for boot laces. Which makes total sense.
the intracate button looks like that little piece was folded over. grandma used vics on us when we had a cold or congestion at night for bed then we had to get it off in the morning cause she said it opened you up so youd get sick if you left it on lol. memories. since you had to leave early you should see about another visit there that was cool!
. .AT 5:10 . .it’s a cape or sweater clasp, it’s missing the chain element that connects to the other metal half of the one shown here . .(exquisite repousse’, raised design relief✔️)
My first thought with the button was it looked like the back of a firefighter, but I'm not sure firefighters wore big pants like that & a helmet back then. That chain could be for a monocle or spectacle as they used to hang from a little chain to keep them close by.
Those brass chains I believe were plated and used to hold cloaks and Shaws together. I have found a few at early sights and then noticed them in period drawings and paintings. To me it makes sense because cloaks were fashionable then and everyone in the family wore them over top of their winter coats. That's why you find so many different styles. IMO.
Ohio Artifact Dude that makes a lot of sense!! Good call!!
@@HokieJuju Thanks, you can type in 'Cloak Clasp with chain' and you can see one for sale on Etsy. Check it out. I also think that the buttons he and other people find would go on the ends. Like the button he found today that had the person on it.
@@HokieJuju Not all of the buttons of course but some of them.
Ohio Artifact Dude I just checked them out on Etsy. They are pretty neat & some are very decorative!!! It’s funny, we forget sometimes about things that we don’t use today & it’s cool going back and looking at stuff like that and finding stuff like that!!! Cloaks and shawls aren’t used for the most part these days so it’s not something normal in our minds. I love learning new stuff so thank u for the info and for the Etsy reference so I could see what some of them look like!!
@@HokieJuju You're welcome had to figure this one out about thirty years ago by finding them detecting then seeing a painting in a book somewhere. Google is awesome wish I had it then.
Really new things found on this explore ✨. The clock was a first
The recessed button is a little miner man who is mining inside a cave/wall.
I just love your work. Great finds, great information you should be a teacher. Now when you find something I know what it is before you tell us and I know the names of these items.The best part is the music and when you take video of the places you are in between the finds. I could watch a whole video of just you walking through the woods show the wonders of nature. Thank you so much for sharing your journeys.
Wow cool finds the button was crazy looks like the robot from lost in space can’t wait for your next vid
Thanks!!! Now I get up early on Fridays to watch your video. I always get inspired to film better videos after watching yours.
I love detecting around cellar holes! Nice find and great knowledge!
When you found the Vicks Vapour Rub Jar I could immediately smell the rub because my mother rubbed it on my chest 70 years ago when I had a cold after a Mustard Plaster. lol, they call that a smell memory.
The short chain, I believe, is a transom chain. Its about the right dimensions.
Great video.... thank you for sharing
The number and size of finds you got tells me that the previous detectorists didn’t do a very good job. Great video!