Robert Riggleman thanks! I’m amazed at all the untold history too. Who knew a Metal Detecting permission would unlock how the town I live in was named.
I found you from Chigg too. You have excellent historical information to go with your finds, and you tell the stories well. Think you deserve many more subscribers!
Wow you two guys sure find a lot of musket balls and mini balls, congratulations! I sure hope you two and son find the perfect find as i'll be so excited to see that find of a lifetime. Thumbs up gentlemen!
Sharon Miller thanks. We would love to find a Civil War buckle or a War if 1812 button or anything associated with George Washington. We do have fun but more importantly we learn a lot about our local and national history
Thank you for allowing us to tag along on your adventures. I sincerely do enjoy learning something about the history of the places that you visit. Your videos are very informative. Looking forward to seeing more father / son adventures also.
B Krow thanks! There should be a few with my son. I’m thinking the first video for sure, and a few more in between. Digging is a long exhausting all day adventure and it’s hard to keep him excited when not digging coins. Haha.
TRISH MILLARD thanks for the comment Trish. We weren’t expecting this as we thought we were too far away from the main battlefields but it shows you how far reaching the war actually was. We still believe it could be layers of wars, French and Indian, Revolutionary and Civil War. American history is interesting
Looks like that place has a lot of history. Keep pounding it. Beautiful country side. I wish we had a way of finding out the story of the items that come out of the ground. You had a great day of detecting. See ya on the next one buddy.
Must have been fun to go out hunting with the Chigg. He is pretty knowledgeable about things. I really am enjoying your history segments, getting backstory on your local pioneers is wonderful. That R-clip cotter pin clip may have been more modern, but growing up as a kid on a ranch in the 1970's, I was sure happy when we switched to those. They were much easier to remove from a hitch pin than the old split pin, and were reusable without the hassle of having to pound them straight with a hammer to reinsert them. I can recall many a cold winter day having to change out farm equipment, and I blessed the fellow that invented the R-clip. We had many uses for them so our farm equipment usually carried a hammer and a piece of rebar. You put the rebar through the hole in the R-clip and gave it a whack with the hammer and the clip generally popped right out. Sometimes it could take a few whacks when they got full of grime, but still it was far easier than trying to remove a corroded split clip. Sometimes split clips were so bad they had to be drilled out. Growing up on a large wheat and cattle ranch out in eastern Washington, I always enjoy seeing whatever farm equipment you may find. The farmer my dad worked for, still tilled his mothers large garden every spring with a plow behind a couple of work horses. They were gentle giants, that loved us kids, and we could crawl all over them. Finding old horse tack to me is really awesome. Thanks for another fine hunt and a delightful stroll down memory lane.
Lesa Hanners thanks. Your stories brought up memories of my own. I don’t have a farm but I do have a farm tractor and use the clips myself. There are easier versions now, the C clip. I use both. Pulling out those shoes and iron pieces, I could just see the farmer and his team there plowing that field. The Chigg and I have great times together. We laugh a lot and talk a lot. We have fun even if it’s aluminum trash but most people don’t want to see that. You should hear us out there pulling that out of the ground! I have 4 more digs I’ve done with him to be posted. We’ve been hunting a lot together even though many don’t know it.
What a great find. And history. Thank you I really enjoy your channel. Have my first metal sector and can’t wait to go lookin. In Oregon and our Oregon Trail is calling me.
gritty kitty haha best comment yet! That outing was my second time with the Chigg and cemented our partnering on many digs afterwards. We just have fun out there.
What a blast to have that much fun it's raining in alabama keeping me in but i still catch abreak between rains you have to tell the chigg about the Indian sx stones up there ha ha good video
Britt Spradlin haha....it’s Appalachian music....the European viewers complain about it. The Americans threaten to leave my channel if I pull it...haha...what to do...what to do!
I loved it as usual, you should have done a magnet fishing episode in that well. Best bring it along on every trip. I always like the Chigg he's a must have on the adventures for sure. Stay safe guys.
Hiker X Chigg dropped a camera down there in that well. If you go to my playlist I believe I have his episode linked in there. I have another video “Return to Lockhart” I believe which is the third video on this site and he is there digging the foundation and doing the well.
I didn't see it in Part 3 of your video and can't find the Aquachiggers, must have viewed 5 or 6 just can't seem to find it. No worries I'll end up seeing it sooner or later when I go back in time again. ; )@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives
Do remember when you were out with the Chigg and you all found the large wrench with equal openings? Well my husband was working on his motorcycle wheels and had a tool! I was what is that he said it was for tightening the spokes. While it was smaller it was exactly what you found. So, could it have been used for the large iron tractor wheels? The big ones with the iron spokes?
Henry Tonti was my distant relative.i am confined go a nursing home now with no access to a book library due to the covid thing. I need an online resource about the French occupation.thanks. Jeri Tonti
Hey Jeri I'm grateful you are able to watch from where you are. There is a lot online if you "Google" it. There is a lot of French and Indian Forts here where I live that I did not know about prior to my doing this channel. I do not know what resources exist or how extensive it is. I can assure you the frontier has very little written about it.
I wonder if Lockhart the Civil War Soldier had heard of the prisoner of war camps. Being captured and sent to one for either side was almost a fate worse than death. For most it was a death sentence.
I don't blame him for not wanting to go and fighting to the death. Besides, the Union soldiers should have understood he was there on furlough and to see his dying son. Thankfully the family that notified the Union Picket were run out of town.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives i would go over it with one of the garrett atx machines an see what in that area ? With a different machine it might find it an alot deeper down too .
Great video. Most enjoyable and historically informative. Do you guys every sell any of your artifacts? If so, I’d be a buyer. Whether you do or not, your videos are top notch.
Hey Jim thanks. There is a third video to this site you will need to check out the last one. I have a Playlist that has these three digs together. I don’t sell what I find but I have given some things away. I just sent two restored horseshoes to a woman in Colorado that Chigg and I dug.
I’m interested in musket balls and miné balls and would gladly pay shipping and a stipend, amount of your choosing, for your hard work. Food for thought. Just put that in your very knowledgeable mind if you get a “surplus”😁. Again, great videos, and I’ll look for your third one. Happy relic hunting!
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I live in Texas and am, unfortunately, walking challenged. That’s why I love watching your videos. It’s like you taking us all along to enjoy the beautiful countryside. However, you’re very kind to extend the invitation to join you. Keep the great videos coming. 👍.
Brenda Hamrick it depends on your budget. Personally I wanted a mid-range one and so went with the Garrett AT Pro. If it will be your first, I recommend it. It is $500-$600 though but comes with the Pinpointer, a headset, The bags, 2 hand shovels and some other things. Garrett’s customer service is phenomenal. If you want an upper mid range, get the Garrett Max, Nox 800 or Simplex. You can order them all online. Cheers!
My Simplex only cost me $250 without wireless headphones. $80 more with. A great starter detector, at least for me! Waterproof, rechargeable battery, updates online, flashlight, vibration, etc. You get used to the chatter and it is worth the price for the finds.
Hey John live digging means you are going to show you hearing the signal and digging it and discovering the object at the same time the audience does. Most detectorist do not show you what they dig until they "know" it is treasurable. They don't want to show you them digging whatever the object is. I like letting the audience hearing the signal, knowing what it reads, and then watching me pull it out of the ground and seeing it as they are seeing it. This is called live digging. Hoover Boys will do this as does Aquachigger, but seldom do others.
Sorry Randle but maybe its because you are on my channel and not his. He gets thousands of responses every day and can't respond to them. I told him I would help him out...haha..he agreed.
Appalachian History Detectives Signs: Feeling tired and weak. Also a creeping sense of irritability. What I noticed in the video was that your hands were shaking bad at one point. Snack on a sugar cube and you should be good to go for another hour or two! 😊😉
NorthWest Firefighter thanks. I definitely will have it checked.i love sweets too....I was tired. Couldn’t sleep...the Chigg was coming and we never stopped to eat lunch! That was the last time! Hahaha
Hey Jaye thanks. I always wonder about my earliest fans when I don’t hear from them anymore. Yesterday I got out and found my first Connecticut Copper 1787.
Good job in covering that old well up 👍
Love how you include historical photos, samples, and background info. Awesome.
Great hunt. Thanks for covering well
Thanks for watching!
Wonderful video Todd.. I can never get enough about the history of our area.. Keep up the great work
Robert Riggleman thanks! I’m amazed at all the untold history too. Who knew a Metal Detecting permission would unlock how the town I live in was named.
I work in Martinsburg and think about that area every time I go thru there what happen and who lived there. @@AppalachianHistoryDetectives
I found you from Chigg too. You have excellent historical information to go with your finds, and you tell the stories well. Think you deserve many more subscribers!
Leslye Sinn thanks so much! I value your comment
Wow you two guys sure find a lot of musket balls and mini balls, congratulations! I sure hope you two and son find the perfect find as i'll be so excited to see that find of a lifetime. Thumbs up gentlemen!
Sharon Miller thanks. We would love to find a Civil War buckle or a War if 1812 button or anything associated with George Washington. We do have fun but more importantly we learn a lot about our local and national history
Wow out with the Chigg, so awesome ! What a great video with great finds. Enjoyed watching very much :)
Love the Chigg so I had to come over.
Lynne Perg thanks for subbing. I have many more videos with the Chigg. Stay tuned.
GREAT VIDEO. NICE FOOTAGE.
ENJOYED KEEP THEM COMING 👍
I LOVE THE PICTURES 💕
Thank you for allowing us to tag along on your adventures. I sincerely do enjoy learning something about the history of the places that you visit. Your videos are very informative. Looking forward to seeing more father / son adventures also.
B Krow thanks! There should be a few with my son. I’m thinking the first video for sure, and a few more in between. Digging is a long exhausting all day adventure and it’s hard to keep him excited when not digging coins. Haha.
I love history, sharing these stories will keep it alive. It was sad but real war is, Thank you
TRISH MILLARD thanks for the comment Trish. We weren’t expecting this as we thought we were too far away from the main battlefields but it shows you how far reaching the war actually was. We still believe it could be layers of wars, French and Indian, Revolutionary and Civil War. American history is interesting
I enjoyed the video you in the chigger you guys stay blessed and I'll see you on your next one👍
Came because of Beau , but love the video . Thanks
Great video be safe and GOD BLESS
Looks like that place has a lot of history. Keep pounding it. Beautiful country side. I wish we had a way of finding out the story of the items that come out of the ground. You had a great day of detecting. See ya on the next one buddy.
Jus’ Dirt Fishin’ thanks man! The Chigg wants to hit it again. We barely scratched it.
I’m sure. Looks like there is a lot of land there waiting for you all to tell it’s story.
Love your channel Todd! Great stories
Bill Clifton thanks for checking out and watching my videos.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives you're welcome. Very good stuff
Love that you covered that well! Nice cover. Thanks for showing that part. Good day...thanks for the history lesson to!
I really enjoy the way you do the "backstorys" about your digs. Keep up the great work!
Thanks David.
You are a good man love the way you detail,s of the Tory you studied and dig
still enjoying all videos. I owe you a letter to atch up. please keep videos coming.
Thanks Jaye. I've missed your comments.....hope all is well.
Must have been fun to go out hunting with the Chigg. He is pretty knowledgeable about things. I really am enjoying your history segments, getting backstory on your local pioneers is wonderful. That R-clip cotter pin clip may have been more modern, but growing up as a kid on a ranch in the 1970's, I was sure happy when we switched to those. They were much easier to remove from a hitch pin than the old split pin, and were reusable without the hassle of having to pound them straight with a hammer to reinsert them. I can recall many a cold winter day having to change out farm equipment, and I blessed the fellow that invented the R-clip. We had many uses for them so our farm equipment usually carried a hammer and a piece of rebar. You put the rebar through the hole in the R-clip and gave it a whack with the hammer and the clip generally popped right out. Sometimes it could take a few whacks when they got full of grime, but still it was far easier than trying to remove a corroded split clip. Sometimes split clips were so bad they had to be drilled out. Growing up on a large wheat and cattle ranch out in eastern Washington, I always enjoy seeing whatever farm equipment you may find. The farmer my dad worked for, still tilled his mothers large garden every spring with a plow behind a couple of work horses. They were gentle giants, that loved us kids, and we could crawl all over them. Finding old horse tack to me is really awesome. Thanks for another fine hunt and a delightful stroll down memory lane.
Lesa Hanners thanks. Your stories brought up memories of my own. I don’t have a farm but I do have a farm tractor and use the clips myself. There are easier versions now, the C clip. I use both. Pulling out those shoes and iron pieces, I could just see the farmer and his team there plowing that field. The Chigg and I have great times together. We laugh a lot and talk a lot. We have fun even if it’s aluminum trash but most people don’t want to see that. You should hear us out there pulling that out of the ground! I have 4 more digs I’ve done with him to be posted. We’ve been hunting a lot together even though many don’t know it.
Thank you, I enjoyed it.
What a great find. And history. Thank you I really enjoy your channel. Have my first metal sector and can’t wait to go lookin. In Oregon and our Oregon Trail is calling me.
Rock on!
Fantastic fun ! I finally gave in , and subscribed .
gritty kitty haha best comment yet! That outing was my second time with the Chigg and cemented our partnering on many digs afterwards. We just have fun out there.
Great finds love the video. Good Luck
Thanks 👍
What a blast to have that much fun it's raining in alabama keeping me in but i still catch abreak between rains you have to tell the chigg about the Indian sx stones up there ha ha good video
Johnny Phillips I will. I dig with him tomorrow and Saturday.
Love the videos & history
Nice job setting up this property.
Tom Antrim thanks! I’m honored you enjoyed it.
I love your history videos. So glad I found them thru the Chiggs site. But now I can't get that dang tune from them out of my head.....thanks.
Britt Spradlin haha....it’s Appalachian music....the European viewers complain about it. The Americans threaten to leave my channel if I pull it...haha...what to do...what to do!
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives My family is from McCreary County Kentucky so i'm on the side of keep it.
I loved it as usual, you should have done a magnet fishing episode in that well. Best bring it along on every trip. I always like the Chigg he's a must have on the adventures for sure. Stay safe guys.
Hiker X Chigg dropped a camera down there in that well. If you go to my playlist I believe I have his episode linked in there. I have another video “Return to Lockhart” I believe which is the third video on this site and he is there digging the foundation and doing the well.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives kool I'm on it. 👍
I didn't see it in Part 3 of your video and can't find the Aquachiggers, must have viewed 5 or 6 just can't seem to find it. No worries I'll end up seeing it sooner or later when I go back in time again. ; )@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives
Hiker X yep it’s there. He just posts so Daggon many videos.
Another great vid friend! Keep um coming! Man I hope you found some CW camp activity. Or better yet, French And Indian😳😁
SIXDAY Metal Detecting thanks. My Holy Grail is to find a GW or an 1812 Button.
I came over from the Chigg too. Great video
Thanks Brenda!
Do remember when you were out with the Chigg and you all found the large wrench with equal openings? Well my husband was working on his motorcycle wheels and had a tool! I was what is that he said it was for tightening the spokes. While it was smaller it was exactly what you found. So, could it have been used for the large iron tractor wheels? The big ones with the iron spokes?
Yeah a rose head nail great find to
I agree. I actually like finding them and I keep them too
That looked like a rose head square nail to me
YES SIR GOOD VID
Good video good Vines I'm on board
Odd those square nails are out there with no home site signs. Greetings from Franklin, TN
I believe there must be an older house near there somewhere. Those Rosehead nails are 1700’s and it was odd to find them in the field like that.
Henry Tonti was my distant relative.i am confined go a nursing home now with no access to a book library due to the covid thing. I need an online resource about the French occupation.thanks. Jeri Tonti
Hey Jeri I'm grateful you are able to watch from where you are. There is a lot online if you "Google" it. There is a lot of French and Indian Forts here where I live that I did not know about prior to my doing this channel. I do not know what resources exist or how extensive it is. I can assure you the frontier has very little written about it.
Before the mule shoe that iron thing was a really old meat cleaver .
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives your welcome an thanks for the history too , love that stuff .
I wonder if Lockhart the Civil War Soldier had heard of the prisoner of war camps. Being captured and sent to one for either side was almost a fate worse than death. For most it was a death sentence.
I don't blame him for not wanting to go and fighting to the death. Besides, the Union soldiers should have understood he was there on furlough and to see his dying son. Thankfully the family that notified the Union Picket were run out of town.
I’d like to have one of them Garrett detectors but can’t afford one of them I’m saving for a bounty hunter at Academy Sports soon maybe
Randle Richardson bounty hunters are fun. You will find lots with it too. The Chigg and I we just go out to have fun even if we don’t find anything.
Todd, would like you to do walking tour/metal detecting of Stump Run Farm. Contact John Buhl.
Hey Lois I need his contact information. You can email it to me at Appalachianhistorydetectives@gmail.com
21:43 looks like a Carrier Pigeon note holder. Carefully look inside!
Hugh Dusza wow never even considered that. I need to go digging for it again...
That chain most likely is a pocket watch chain
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives i would go over it with one of the garrett atx machines an see what in that area ? With a different machine it might find it an alot deeper down too .
Great video. Most enjoyable and historically informative. Do you guys every sell any of your artifacts? If so, I’d be a buyer. Whether you do or not, your videos are top notch.
Hey Jim thanks. There is a third video to this site you will need to check out the last one. I have a Playlist that has these three digs together.
I don’t sell what I find but I have given some things away. I just sent two restored horseshoes to a woman in Colorado that Chigg and I dug.
I’m interested in musket balls and miné balls and would gladly pay shipping and a stipend, amount of your choosing, for your hard work. Food for thought. Just put that in your very knowledgeable mind if you get a “surplus”😁. Again, great videos, and I’ll look for your third one. Happy relic hunting!
Thanks Jim. Where are you located? Might be easier to take you on a hunt.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I live in Texas and am, unfortunately, walking challenged. That’s why I love watching your videos. It’s like you taking us all along to enjoy the beautiful countryside. However, you’re very kind to extend the invitation to join you. Keep the great videos coming. 👍.
Where can I buy a good metal detector? I’ve always wanted one even as a child.
Brenda Hamrick it depends on your budget. Personally I wanted a mid-range one and so went with the Garrett AT Pro. If it will be your first, I recommend it. It is $500-$600 though but comes with the Pinpointer, a headset, The bags, 2 hand shovels and some other things. Garrett’s customer service is phenomenal. If you want an upper mid range, get the Garrett Max, Nox 800 or Simplex.
You can order them all online. Cheers!
My Simplex only cost me $250 without wireless headphones. $80 more with. A great starter detector, at least for me! Waterproof, rechargeable battery, updates online, flashlight, vibration, etc. You get used to the chatter and it is worth the price for the finds.
I went through Kellyco. Michigan Metal Detectors is another. Free shipping. Some of the channels have links and discounts.
Yankees dropping a lot of cartridges when they run away... hahaha. Jk :P
What does it mean when you say you are gonna live dig?
Hey John live digging means you are going to show you hearing the signal and digging it and discovering the object at the same time the audience does. Most detectorist do not show you what they dig until they "know" it is treasurable. They don't want to show you them digging whatever the object is. I like letting the audience hearing the signal, knowing what it reads, and then watching me pull it out of the ground and seeing it as they are seeing it. This is called live digging. Hoover Boys will do this as does Aquachigger, but seldom do others.
Dig the iron..... Ya never know 🤔
Hey Chigg I didn’t get a notification for some reason
Sorry Randle but maybe its because you are on my channel and not his. He gets thousands of responses every day and can't respond to them. I told him I would help him out...haha..he agreed.
Your blood sugar is low halfway through. Keep a few sugar cubes in your pack when your out.
NorthWest Firefighter thanks man! I need to look into that. What are the signs though?
Appalachian History Detectives Signs: Feeling tired and weak. Also a creeping sense of irritability. What I noticed in the video was that your hands were shaking bad at one point. Snack on a sugar cube and you should be good to go for another hour or two! 😊😉
NorthWest Firefighter thanks. I definitely will have it checked.i love sweets too....I was tired. Couldn’t sleep...the Chigg was coming and we never stopped to eat lunch! That was the last time! Hahaha
Horse shoe nail
Oxen shoe
We found a lot there and I could have missed that.
Good video till it had a stupid Biden add in it ! Smh
Billy Hayse I know. I can’t block it from my own channel. I don’t want any politician on there. RUclips does this not me.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives got it bruh
still enjoying all videos. I owe you a letter to atch up. please keep videos coming.
Hey Jaye thanks. I always wonder about my earliest fans when I don’t hear from them anymore. Yesterday I got out and found my first Connecticut Copper 1787.