My ancestors had a log cabin that straddled a stream coming out of a cave. Pitcher pump on sink drew up water and crawdads. The area was dammed up by beaver and called Lightening Bug hollow in the Great American Bottoms. When hoodlums burnt it down I cried. Then when property was sold, I cried again.
Todd, to be able to search your family's homestead with Beau, whom I consider being part of your family, must have a been a treasure in its self. I would have felt just as you did. Wonderful video.
Beau and Todd, This is a treasure. History is wonderful but when you get to investigate an ancestral home/area the hunt enters a whole new area. The memories of your family are still there for you to sit, enjoy, and absorb. Chig found the remains of an old pitchfork yiu need to retrieve. You also need to drive an artu
Sorry, I hit the wrong button. Todd you need to drive an atv up there and retrieve the grindstone and the fireplace poker, the old mason jars, and pitchfork. If you kids do not want now, they will later on as adults. Also, during this fall time get a regular camera and take pictures of the house from different views and keep prints of the same. This your heritage. You probably have nieces, nephews, cousins that want to same history. The long nails and even the pilsbury flour sack piece would look great in a memory box with a picture of the house. This one was special. Thx
Well done Chigg....I could spend a lot of time looking around a beautiful home like that. For Todd's relatives to have lived there would be an added bonus. Just reflecting of what life was like for his G & GG-Grandparents. This was America that should never be forgotten about. Thanks again for bringing us along!!!!
To be able to say that your great great grandmother did certain things in a certain abandoned house is something I would treasure so so immensely. Just incredible!
36:52 - Noticed the wollyworm, many still here in WV. look at the wollyworm, to determine the winter weather. The black bands near the head, indicates into first two weeks of Dec. Looking at this one by what I see, the first two weeks of Jan. and first week of Feb. shows extreme cold weather. Each band counts as a week, from the tail end to the head is Feb. Jan. Dec. Each black band indicates extreme cold weather. The solid black worms are males and you don't look at them. Just had to throw this in there, Old folk lore! Too you can pick them up, they don't sting or bite you, very soft, so take extra care. God Bless, (Glen).
I love how chigg gets to the second floor stating how Todd should post this video if he meets his doom. Comments on the three foot sway in the floor , then proceeds to temp fate by bouncing on it! Typical chigg. Awesome old cabin and history. I'm never disappointed, learn something, and enjoy every video so far. Keep on swinging. Ty for sharing your adventures. Stay safe, chigg.
The stairs winding around the fireplace with the bookcase in the corner is visually beautiful. I can imagine sitting and reading or sitting and sewing.
First time commenter, long time viewer from Iowa... Literally just wanted to say thank you so much for the amazing videos! You're always putting a smile on my face and I'm sure many others as well.
Thanks Beau and a big thanks to Todd for showing us his families property. That cabin is a beauty! The fuel can looking thing was a backpack sprayer. I wore one just like it as a kid, yeah, DDT spraying cuz like asbestos it was Great stuff guys!👍. I think that whole valley is worth a weekend of detecting. So much family history happen there it would be a shame to miss anything.
Beau your so silly,we tune you on because we like all you do,your talking to us all the time your digging,just like we are there is fun for us too..I like watching you digging around
That large squarish tin container with the clips and chain on is a back pack water sprayer used for fire suppression by forest fire fighter crews to this day. I think they are made by a company called Indian, and are still available. Very cool hunt. Thank you!!
Very nice stairs, actually curves around to the living room. So far back in the Holler, but it was their land so why not. Sad that a squatter was living there and growing weed. Could have done real damage to the old place. Sad story about the husband. Thank-you Todd and Chig for the adventure.
I love these log cabins. Looks like they framed the log cabin and then laid on the inside down for the floor. So the walls and e floor probably weren’t connected.
Beautiful area! Fabulous staircase in the cabin. Would be neat to see how the cabin looked back in the day! If I were Todd’s wife, I would welcome the relics into my home since they came from his family homestead. Love your videos Chigg!!!
Yes that can was an Indian Tank, I carried one of them in my younger days fighting fires for the Forestry Dept. It wasn't fun when the fire was on top of a mountain and I had to carry one of them cans on my back up and down the mountain to fill them up with water from a creek.
Tod and his family are what made and still makes America great. They are the real pioneers and I hope he will document some of his family history before it's completely forgotten. You too, Chigg! So where are all those books that once filled that bookcase? I love old books! Cheers, Rik Spector
that was great man . loved it. long too. could you imagine sleepin next to that stream . id have to get up to sir whiz a lot.lookin forward to the next'n
Always watch every second of your show. You made the effort to post it so it is only fair to watch it all. That curved can thingy reminds me of very old backpack sprayers. Not exactly, but similar. Anyhoot, thanks mate!
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Incredible video! You guys are preserving history. The fact that the home belonged to Todd's family is especially meaningful. If only you could go back in time to when the place was bustling with activity! Thanks for sharing.
This is wonderful to see! I was born in Fairmont but our dad was transferred to Ohio in 1968 - I was 16. Our granny lived out in a holler close to Barrackville mine where my grandpa and uncles worked. I still miss West Virginia- it will always be home to me. Thank you.
Chigg, Thank you for such a beautiful video. That place is breathtaking. The story of Todd's grandmother by the fireplace reading to her children touched my ❤.If I was Todd I would save that fireplace. My favorite video yet of the both of you.
Talking about deer hunting surprised me Chigg -- I saw you wade ice cold water to save a cicada from being eaten by a fish, so never took you for a hunter -- full of surprises you are
You are so very fortunate to have all that family history to walk through. Could that old hayfork be the hayfork that took your great, great, great, uncles life? I wish you guys could spend more time detecting this place, I bet theres so much more story to be told! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
you need to tell more stories about that old guy and when you was a kid we are interested most people are about that kind of stuff i loved that little story about the old hillbilly
I absolutely love the colors of the trees in the fall on the West Coast. So beautiful. What a fantastic video of Todds ancestors home grounds. I'm sure he was really happy to be there. What great memories for him. I hope you guys go back and look around for more treasures. Take care and be safe and stay healthy. 😉
Thanks again Beau for sharing your adventures, your one of the first channels I subscribed to and still one of my favorites ! I didn’t get out much this year to detect because my wife and I just purchased property in between hunter and windham ski resorts in upstate NY . I know the property has an old cabin on it from the late 30’s to early 40’s so hopefully will find some good things and who knows maybe someone was there long before then. It is right next to the scoharie creek so I’m sure there were earlier settlements near by, can’t wait to detect it and find out more about the property I plan to give to my son someday. For now just really proud to have accomplished this in my life. I’m 47 and feeling older every day , since I can remember two things have always been extremely important to me as life goals one was making sure my son was educated and had a good start in life and was raised right and he’s 22 now and graduated with honors from high school and college, graduating college 2 years ahead of his class and now is going to school for his masters and also works as a teachers assistant at the same school which pays his living expenses and tuition, he has an incredible resume for a 22 year old and has a great start in life and a great head on his shoulders I couldn’t be more proud of him and he detects with me at times and is definitely an old soul. He loves collecting and most of what I do in life is for him, the second goal was to own my own property and I finally just accomplished that. The so called American dream isn’t what it used to be and is becoming harder and harder to achieve as time goes on, but I will have something I can have pride in and someplace for my son to always come home to and something that someday I’ll be able to pass on to him. In the meantime I’d love to metal detect it and find some long forgotten things that connect to the people who once lived there and find some happiness with my wife and hopefully have a channel of my own someday. I think about it often and have mentioned it to you before and you said don’t wait just do it, unfortunately life hasn’t let me lately but doors have been opening for my welding sculptures and functional art so who knows it might be happening soon. I’d like to have a good chance of my channel making it so don’t want to rush into anything. I still have much to learn about making videos and editing and everything you need to know to have a chance at RUclips success. Thank you very much for sharing your time and your hard work making these videos and your relatability. Take care my friend, I don’t know you but feel I do through your videos, thanks again.
My family lived in one such cabin in Fort Ashby. The way they were constructed is just a marvel. It was human ingenuity for sure. If there's one thing that one never forgets about W va, is the sheer beauty. You are blessed to walk such historic mountainsides. Great vid, Chigg
Great video love these old homes, i have property up in NY state and have 3 foundations on the property when i metal detected them we found some old utensils spoons forks with the wood rotted handles. As i took some stone away from the foundation at cleanup we found some really cool large dinner plates most were in pieces, they had blue flowers and ships on them . I managed to put the broken pieces to make almost a plate , a historian in the area i talked to said Germans most likely settled in these areas, he date 1800's.
Memories and dreams. We're selling the house I grew up in, and my folks lake cottage. Memories and dreams. Life goes on, but there are still those memories, and yes, those dreams. That cabin must be full of all that...
Thank you for sharing your family with us! I live smack dab in the suburbs with a joint reserve base very close by. I am surrounded by busy roads and freeways. In the morning several days ago a young buck (deer) was just walking up our street. Strange.
If this cabin had been built in the 80's the 1980's and was abandoned , it would most likely have fallen by now. But they Just don't build'em like they used to. That is for sure. I myself would have probably got tears in my eyes with all the flooded memories.......
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That old log cabin is amazing! Thank you and Todd for sharing!
My ancestors had a log cabin that straddled a stream coming out of a cave. Pitcher pump on sink drew up water and crawdads. The area was dammed up by beaver and called Lightening Bug hollow in the Great American Bottoms. When hoodlums burnt it down I cried. Then when property was sold, I cried again.
When I read this. I also cried
@@hyloward7907 When I cried, someone read this
It's sad and frustrating that some people feel the need to destroy things.
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Todd, to be able to search your family's homestead with Beau, whom I consider being part of your family, must have a been a treasure in its self. I would have felt just as you did. Wonderful video.
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Beau and Todd, This is a treasure. History is wonderful but when you get to investigate an ancestral home/area the hunt enters a whole new area. The memories of your family are still there for you to sit, enjoy, and absorb. Chig found the remains of an old pitchfork yiu need to retrieve. You also need to drive an artu
Sorry, I hit the wrong button. Todd you need to drive an atv up there and retrieve the grindstone and the fireplace poker, the old mason jars, and pitchfork. If you kids do not want now, they will later on as adults. Also, during this fall time get a regular camera and take pictures of the house from different views and keep prints of the same. This your heritage. You probably have nieces, nephews, cousins that want to same history. The long nails and even the pilsbury flour sack piece would look great in a memory box with a picture of the house. This one was special. Thx
The old can was a back pack for putting out wild fires. The spray wand is missing
We call them Indian cans in my department
Or was used to START a controlled burn.
Definitely an Indian Pump Can, I wore one enough when I was much younger
The two clips on the top of that can held that spray wand
We always called them piss pumps
Well done Chigg....I could spend a lot of time looking around a beautiful home like that. For Todd's relatives to have lived there would be an added bonus. Just reflecting of what life was like for his G & GG-Grandparents. This was America that should never be forgotten about. Thanks again for bringing us along!!!!
Todd should definitely take that beautiful brass doorknob! That's exactly the same pattern I have in my house
Thanks for the video, Shout out to Todd, Things take on a more thoughtful bent when it's your people involved.
Hey chigg I’m 22 years old & I would love to hear your stories from ur life time , ur favorite memories or even spooky stories in your adventures !
To be able to say that your great great grandmother did certain things in a certain abandoned house is something I would treasure so so immensely. Just incredible!
Thanks to Todd for sharing his family’s history with us.
SAMSQUANCHES AND GHOST STORIES FROM TODD PLEASE!!!! Don’t leave me hanging!!!
36:52 - Noticed the wollyworm, many still here in WV. look at the wollyworm, to determine the winter weather. The black bands near the head, indicates into first two weeks of Dec. Looking at this one by what I see, the first two weeks of Jan. and first week of Feb. shows extreme cold weather. Each band counts as a week, from the tail end to the head is Feb. Jan. Dec. Each black band indicates extreme cold weather. The solid black worms are males and you don't look at them. Just had to throw this in there, Old folk lore! Too you can pick them up, they don't sting or bite you, very soft, so take extra care. God Bless, (Glen).
An old myth. It was pretty mild winter last year, along with this year so far
I have just found you guys, loving it, watching from Scotland....I now want to get a detector!!
Love seeing old log cabins like this.
Wow ! Todd great family history. The house i bet was gorgeous in its day. Thank you for sharing I enjoyed it alot. Stay safe out there.💝
I love how chigg gets to the second floor stating how Todd should post this video if he meets his doom. Comments on the three foot sway in the floor , then proceeds to temp fate by bouncing on it! Typical chigg. Awesome old cabin and history. I'm never disappointed, learn something, and enjoy every video so far. Keep on swinging. Ty for sharing your adventures. Stay safe, chigg.
I would put glass in the place for glass and do my best to keep animals out and preserve the cabin
Thanks for letting us see your family's farm love the old cabins and history .
The can was a papoose back pack sprayer fire service still use
Wow, what a cool area and cabin. Todd has alot of history there! Liked this one!☆
West Virginia is such a beautiful place
Pennsylvania/West Virginia both imo
The stairs winding around the fireplace with the bookcase in the corner is visually beautiful. I can imagine sitting and reading or sitting and sewing.
Yup, great job guys.
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Hey fellow Iowan!
Love seeing history still standing. Neat that Todd has ties to this homestead. Keep the videos coming thanks for sharing
That's one hell of a staircase for an old cabin!.
Thanks Beau and a big thanks to Todd for showing us his families property. That cabin is a beauty! The fuel can looking thing was a backpack sprayer. I wore one just like it as a kid, yeah, DDT spraying cuz like asbestos it was Great stuff guys!👍. I think that whole valley is worth a weekend of detecting. So much family history happen there it would be a shame to miss anything.
That cabin was built well!
I think the cabin is well built
Beau your so silly,we tune you on because we like all you do,your talking to us all the time your digging,just like we are there is fun for us too..I like watching you digging around
Mixing glass in with the insulation, helps keep the mice and other critters from chewing through to the inside.
every so often his voice travels into bob ross tones and territory...and ya know what? i like it.
I've thought the same thing! Lol 😆 I love it!
Incredible old history. Thank you.
These old videos are pretty awesome aquachigger thanks again
Glad you like them!
That large squarish tin container with the clips and chain on is a back pack water sprayer used for fire suppression by forest fire fighter crews to this day. I think they are made by a company called Indian, and are still available. Very cool hunt. Thank you!!
Myself I think the dude growing weed in the sixties used the sprayer fertilizer or bug spray !
Very nice stairs, actually curves around to the living room. So far back in the Holler, but it was their land so why not. Sad that a squatter was living there and growing weed. Could have done real damage to the old place. Sad story about the husband. Thank-you Todd and Chig for the adventure.
It’s nice that Todd has awesome memories of his great grandmother and that’s a really cool cabin.
I enjoy hearing your nuggets of info about stuff you know!!
I like how you read the land. I like learning
grinding stone was awesome ..cool yard art !!!!
I love these log cabins. Looks like they framed the log cabin and then laid on the inside down for the floor. So the walls and e floor probably weren’t connected.
It’s so beautiful in the woods in fall in the hills of Wv
Beautiful area! Fabulous staircase in the cabin. Would be neat to see how the cabin looked back in the day! If I were Todd’s wife, I would welcome the relics into my home since they came from his family homestead. Love your videos Chigg!!!
Yes that can was an Indian Tank, I carried one of them in my younger days fighting fires for the Forestry Dept. It wasn't fun when the fire was on top of a mountain and I had to carry one of them cans on my back up and down the mountain to fill them up with water from a creek.
I see a lot of good lumber instead of letting it go to rot. A furniture makers paradise.
This is a beautiful, touching video. Thank you for it.
Yay another video 👍👍👍👍
Todds cleaning up on the family estate, Chiggs finding the Gross Creatures!!
It was cool to see an old place like this and to also get to hear the stories that go with it.
Tod and his family are what made and still makes America great.
They are the real pioneers and I hope he will document some of his family history before it's completely forgotten.
You too, Chigg!
So where are all those books that once filled that bookcase? I love old books!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Awe Todd this is awesome I’m glad you guys went there. Very cool to visit your roots.
I love going on these adventures with you. History and past family is a wonderful thing!
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that was great man . loved it. long too. could you imagine sleepin next to that stream . id have to get up to sir whiz a lot.lookin forward to the next'n
Thanks Beau!
Always watch every second of your show. You made the effort to post it so it is only fair to watch it all. That curved can thingy reminds me of very old backpack sprayers. Not exactly, but similar. Anyhoot, thanks mate!
That's what is is. Some call it a piss can. They had a hose with a pump on the end of it. 31:18
Thankyou for sharing the old homestead & all your explore & finds.
Being down in the fully protected the home from the harshest weather!
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Beautiful cabin. Beautiful area!
What a beautiful place to have lived once upon a time
Incredible video! You guys are preserving history. The fact that the home belonged to Todd's family is especially meaningful. If only you could go back in time to when the place was bustling with activity! Thanks for sharing.
That's a beautiful cabin, but second to the beauty of the neighborhood!
Loved it all. It was someone’s life and homestead there. Especially like that large rock with the three grinding indentations on it. Keep having fun!
This is wonderful to see! I was born in Fairmont but our dad was transferred to Ohio in 1968 - I was 16. Our granny lived out in a holler close to Barrackville mine where my grandpa and uncles worked. I still miss West Virginia- it will always be home to me. Thank you.
Wonderful story .
That’s beautiful needs to be restored it’s bad but there’s still some good bones!! Yeah baby!
Chigg, Thank you for such a beautiful video. That place is breathtaking. The story of Todd's grandmother by the fireplace reading to her children touched my ❤.If I was Todd I would save that fireplace. My favorite video yet of the both of you.
Gotta be hard for ol' Toddrick seeing that memory-filled place in disrepair. I've experienced that recently as well. Sobering, to say the least.
My great, great mom was pack up there Todd and chigger love that video of the house and see you again on the next episode 👍
9:10 Best Rosco p Coltrane impression ever
Talking about deer hunting surprised me Chigg -- I saw you wade ice cold water to save a cicada from being eaten by a fish, so never took you for a hunter -- full of surprises you are
Just great . Must mean a lot for Todd to be there and think about life
Another excellent video brother thank you for sharing 👍
You are so very fortunate to have all that family history to walk through.
Could that old hayfork be the hayfork that took your great, great, great, uncles life?
I wish you guys could spend more time detecting this place, I bet theres so much more story to be told!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who holds people whom taught me a lot of things very close. Listen to your elders kids, it's not all BS.
you need to tell more stories about that old guy and when you was a kid we are interested most people are about that kind of stuff i loved that little story about the old hillbilly
Another exciting adventure.🤗
I really like such old houses especially their old fireplaces.
Continued success! 🍀
Given its age, those logs could very well be American chestnut.
They are....very good....
I absolutely love the colors of the trees in the fall on the West Coast. So beautiful. What a fantastic video of Todds ancestors home grounds. I'm sure he was really happy to be there. What great memories for him.
I hope you guys go back and look around for more treasures.
Take care and be safe and stay healthy. 😉
Thank you Chigg:)
Paul is right about the back pack sprayer I have one in the garage with the hose and wand in it.
What a beautiful old cabin! It would have been a lovely home at one time!
Got another shirt👍👍👍
Thanks again Beau for sharing your adventures, your one of the first channels I subscribed to and still one of my favorites ! I didn’t get out much this year to detect because my wife and I just purchased property in between hunter and windham ski resorts in upstate NY . I know the property has an old cabin on it from the late 30’s to early 40’s so hopefully will find some good things and who knows maybe someone was there long before then. It is right next to the scoharie creek so I’m sure there were earlier settlements near by, can’t wait to detect it and find out more about the property I plan to give to my son someday. For now just really proud to have accomplished this in my life. I’m 47 and feeling older every day , since I can remember two things have always been extremely important to me as life goals one was making sure my son was educated and had a good start in life and was raised right and he’s 22 now and graduated with honors from high school and college, graduating college 2 years ahead of his class and now is going to school for his masters and also works as a teachers assistant at the same school which pays his living expenses and tuition, he has an incredible resume for a 22 year old and has a great start in life and a great head on his shoulders I couldn’t be more proud of him and he detects with me at times and is definitely an old soul. He loves collecting and most of what I do in life is for him, the second goal was to own my own property and I finally just accomplished that. The so called American dream isn’t what it used to be and is becoming harder and harder to achieve as time goes on, but I will have something I can have pride in and someplace for my son to always come home to and something that someday I’ll be able to pass on to him. In the meantime I’d love to metal detect it and find some long forgotten things that connect to the people who once lived there and find some happiness with my wife and hopefully have a channel of my own someday. I think about it often and have mentioned it to you before and you said don’t wait just do it, unfortunately life hasn’t let me lately but doors have been opening for my welding sculptures and functional art so who knows it might be happening soon. I’d like to have a good chance of my channel making it so don’t want to rush into anything. I still have much to learn about making videos and editing and everything you need to know to have a chance at RUclips success. Thank you very much for sharing your time and your hard work making these videos and your relatability. Take care my friend, I don’t know you but feel I do through your videos, thanks again.
I'm from clarksburg. Thanks for posting this
The earth looks like it smells really good.
My family lived in one such cabin in Fort Ashby. The way they were constructed is just a marvel. It was human ingenuity for sure. If there's one thing that one never forgets about W va, is the sheer beauty. You are blessed to walk such historic mountainsides. Great vid, Chigg
Great video love these old homes, i have property up in NY state and have 3 foundations on the property when i metal detected them we found some old utensils spoons forks with the wood rotted handles. As i took some stone away from the foundation at cleanup we found some really cool large dinner plates most were in pieces, they had blue flowers and ships on them . I managed to put the broken pieces to make almost a plate , a historian in the area i talked to said Germans most likely settled in these areas, he date 1800's.
Yay, another beaucephus video!!!
The old can is a fire fighter can. My grandfather had one. It strapped to ones back
Hi Chigg. I believe the can you found is a part of a sprayer. The hand pump would be secured across the two clip mounts on the top.
Memories and dreams. We're selling the house I grew up in, and my folks lake cottage. Memories and dreams. Life goes on, but there are still those memories, and yes, those dreams. That cabin must be full of all that...
Thank you for sharing your family with us! I live smack dab in the suburbs with a joint reserve base very close by. I am surrounded by busy roads and freeways. In the morning several days ago a young buck (deer) was just walking up our street. Strange.
Cool. The log cabin that I grew up in was built in 1872.
I loved as I always do....what a life Chigg, wish I were there digging up treasure. Take care and thanks.
Absolutely love the hollers of WV. My mom's family was from warrior mine wv. Baker holler. Thanks for sharing Chigg!
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Whoa, I have one of those medicine bottles. First time I've seen another one like it.
Wow👍🏼😊
That "Fuel" can is a backpack sprayer by the looks of it 🤔. 🇺🇸😎
If this cabin had been built in the 80's the 1980's and was abandoned , it would most likely have fallen by now. But they Just don't build'em like they used to. That is for sure. I myself would have probably got tears in my eyes with all the flooded memories.......