I so appreciate how you always ponder how things may have wound up in the ground, and how people must've felt if it was a lost item. Most youtube detectorists are just like "Aw yeah I found this, WOO-HOOO!" and watching is basically just treasure p0rn. But getting insights into how people really lived in the past is useful in learning where to hunt and identifying mystery objects, also the reverence toward the original owners makes the hobby feel all the more special.
And how he paints a picture for us when he finds something. “You can imagine…” Creates a little story and makes each and every find intriguing and almost emotional…
Just Love your Demeanor and attitude. Your videos are pleasant to watch and odley comforting to me. You are finding someones past and sharing it in their future. I hope that you never quit making these videos in what is left of my time. I Thank you for sharing your time with us. Have a Safe and Wonderful Day!
Hey Brad, I have not really noted how much I enjoy your detecting videos until this one. The excitement you show when finding pretty much anything old is infectious. I will be glad when the weather allows you to get out more often. Thank you for showing us the joy you experience. Be Safe, Stay Warm
That blade looks to be in the classic "Jack" pattern. Popular from the 1800's till today. Kinda like your ammunition demo, you can by a "Jack knife" today.
Cinching nails (bending them over) also prevented the seasonal expansion and contraction of the wood from working the nail out. 5:28 looks a wedge from a workbench or the head of a tool.
@@kayesdigginit1519 Who's accusing anyone of faking finds? There is no mention of that. You put in the work you will find stuff. You need to chill out!! 🤯
@@kayesdigginit1519 Both diggers mentioned put in the work. I've been subbed to both for a long time. Not once have I ever commented on anyone's channel saying they fake finds, nor did I in my comment to this video. Please do not imply I was saying Brad was faking finds or Mud dog for that matter. Obviously, you read the comments in a negative frame of mind.
Life was hard for these people up in the mountains. You bring to us just how hard working these people were. How they made do with just so little, and how they cherished everything from a button they could save to use on another garment. The loss heart with the crown was surely a sad loss for some lady. Sure it meant a lot to her.Edit: Thank you for bringing us along.I really enjoy your adventures and the surroundings, just beautiful!
My ancestors on most of my maternal lines go back to the 1600's. Interestingly, a few of them have been identified as blacksmiths. So, I love these old nails. Thanks for all your videos. I love them.
Impatiently waiting for spring here in SE MN. Thanks for allowing us to follow your adventures when we can't get out for our own. Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting
Bullets from today and yesterday! Pretty shocking difference between them! The mountains are so beautiful even in winter! That piece of silver is stunning!
I watch a lot of YT videos of different topics. With out hesitation this channel is the only one that I click full screen on my Mac as soon as the video starts. Outstanding editing and content. Thanks for the hard work producing these videos every week.
I love your demeanor, your voice brings a quiet peaceful tone that fits right in with the beauty of the forest. I’m new too your channel. So I’ll have to catch up and watch your past videos.
Always enjoy your scenery shots, music and just very good production of your vid's. Only thing I've seen remotely similar is The Square Nail Squirrel from Ohio, who unfortunately doesn't film anymore. He had your GMMD sticker on his V3i, coincidence? Given your styles and personalities, I'd guess you probably know of each other. I love metal detecting, but you add another dimension and almost make me feel like I'm there.
Clinching (or chenching) a nail is also still used to fasten planks to each other on boats. I believe clinching is also used on doors and other applications where the movement and forces exerted on the item, like a door or boat, would loosen a nail, not so much to prevent someone from breaking into a house.
Excellent presentation, Brad. I am a new subscriber. I am from upstate NY but live in GA now. My family had a cabin on North Hero Island when I was growing up so I have some familiarity with VT.
Brad, Thank you for being you! You make me smile with each video I watch! Your calming way of speaking and understated enthusiasm has won me over! U ROCK! Keep it up & happy trails! H
As a blacksmith, I love when you find iron stuff. Especially nails. Peening a nail head is actually somewhat complicated. Given that I've done it a thousand times, seeing you find them, I can relate first hand to the creation and the work it took to make something so utilitarian like a nail. Nothing fancy, nothing decorative most times but those hammered nails, from iron to function to use to where it lay. I'd love to find 10 to 20 of them and build something decorative and beautiful with them.
I miss walking through the woods. I lived in The Blue Ridge Mountains for many years and raised my two children there. I'm older now and not able to do it again. Thank you for your videos❣️
Well, DANG Brad. SO much you find keeps ME coming back or more. I thank you for the lovely stories and imaginative takes on these treasures. LOVE the channel and hopelessly hooked !! Stay well.
Please excuse if my questions or ideas I post are strange. I’ve had strokes. I wonder if maybe the broache was deep because of field plowing? Be interesting to scan close to the larger trees?
Brad, another adventure of "hunting" in the Green Mountains, and treasure has been found. Thanks for posting, and congrats on your discovery of the Nova coin, that excites me here in Hurricane Ian ravaged SW Florida .. Looking forward to the St. Patrick's Day GMMD video.
Very cool video. From what i saw in this video whoever lived there in the 1700 hundreds had some money. Not the average mountain family from back then. Nice finds.
Awesome Brad I do feel you will find both missing brooch pieces .congrats on your amazing finds .ty again for sharing and giving us some history . Ty again for sharing , your amazing .
I actually Love the nails - they are beautiful and represent life lived by our ancestors. They can be exciting as in evidence of an unknown old home. I watch some Thames Mudlarks and they find gorgeous nails from ships, homes, market places etc..and I think they are lovely.
Brad, the thing is... you KNOW the missing pieces of those two broaches are out there. They have to be. Just a matter of hitting the right spot. By removing all the items you already have, that makes it more likely you'll find those pieces next time. Based on the quality of those broaches and the shoe buckle, it would seem whoever was there were people of some means, not just poor farmers. Visuals and sound quality of this were top notch. Good job!
A lot of farmers in Vermont in the first half of the 19th century were at least respectablely middle class, even if it was still largely subsistence farming. It was the early years and the late years when all the successful farmers moved West and the richer people moved into the towns as industry grew up, when you got the poor hill farmers. You had the few remaining farmers getting by okay in the valleys, and the poor ones who couldn't or wouldn't move doing the hardscrabble thing in the hills. Of course it is hard to say who was a "farmer" anyway, since just about every household woild be called a farm by modern standards, even when it wasn't their primary livelihood. Weird to see the photos of relatively large towns in the 1870s and see that every house had a barn, a carriage shed, a chicken coop, a large garden, extending back in a long row. Where else would you keep the horses?
Great hunting, and relevant finds. A day of hunting to find all of these things. Looks like a whole day's work. I will check in for each of these magnificent video drops, helps to start my day. Thanks it is fun watching.
Thanks for the great vibes and videos, my name's Dewayne, I'm 62 and no longer able to have fun like you, I'm still having a problem finding what to do with myself now. You see I broke my neck and back in a few places a while back and I'm pretty anxious mixed with the little depression in a lot of Hope if that like makes any sense if you can picture that mindset that I'm in. I wish that if I had a wish I would say I would want to get out in nature and metal detect again but I'm not able to dig a lot of targets.
This is so fascinating to me. Having lived in Vermont for ten years it amazes me how many early settlements are gone...leaving wonderful things for you to discover. Now I realize why most of the forest is second growth. Thank you for all of your knowlege which you share. I now live in Philadelphia.
So glad for your character trait of diligent persistence. You surely have displayed the benefits and inspired me. Most interesting finds today and fuel for future digs. God bless you, your family, and friends. 😊
You continue to offer 6:15 episodes of the highest quality on the internet. Many thanks for the hours of serious entertainment that you continue to offer.
I enjoyed this video so much. You are so personable and enjoyable to listen to and watch. I love to see all the old things you find. Thanks for all the digging and great video recording! Excellent!
Super finds, Brad! It's also a wonderful lesson for us to return to previously hunted areas with a different mindset and approach. Well done as always!
Look, brother, having to come back to find 2 different completing pieces, to 2 different pieces like that is an awesome problem to have! Love your vids, and always look forward to seeing you on Friday. Good luck finding your completions.
Enjoy my weekly visit from you. A great find, the Nova Constellatio. And, as I am sure you've researched, the first coin struck in the US of A. The first coin authorized and produced by any of the colonies (prior to the revolution) was the Virginia Half-Penny, minted in Britain in 1773 and put into circulation here in 1774. They were only made that one year. It bore the bust of George IV on the obverse and a stylized British shield on the reverse. Lucky to have dug 3 of these.
Great video as usual Brad! Love the broken jewelry piece. Maybe you can get back there and find the other piece, or pieces! Nice button as well. Thanks, happy detecting
Just found your channel. Have watched several other detecting channels. Enjoyed watching . I'm in PA, and haven't been out detecting yet this year (been busy) ..... You just got me back in the mood to get back out there as soon as I can get a break.
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I so appreciate how you always ponder how things may have wound up in the ground, and how people must've felt if it was a lost item. Most youtube detectorists are just like "Aw yeah I found this, WOO-HOOO!" and watching is basically just treasure p0rn. But getting insights into how people really lived in the past is useful in learning where to hunt and identifying mystery objects, also the reverence toward the original owners makes the hobby feel all the more special.
It's what makes Brads channel the best of metal detectorists.
And how he paints a picture for us when he finds something. “You can imagine…”
Creates a little story and makes each and every find intriguing and almost emotional…
I completely agree 👍
Understanding and "feeling" the history is as valuable as the objects you find. That's what makes "treasure" hunting in small antique stores fun too.
I really enjoy the transitions from the found coin to what it used to look like. It helps me see it much better. Thanks
Just Love your Demeanor and attitude. Your videos are pleasant to watch and odley comforting to me. You are finding someones past and sharing it in their future. I hope that you never quit making these videos in what is left of my time. I Thank you for sharing your time with us. Have a Safe and Wonderful Day!
Aren’t they just the best?!😊
Nicely said Jerry. I love his videos, too.
That’s a lot of very cool history in that little pile of finds. Absolutely wonderful ❤️🔥🇺🇸
I get excited by proxy when you find these tangible connections to history and people. Thank you!
Love that you went to look for something and found another something! They do seem to crawl up out of the ground for you to puzzle and amaze ! ❤
Well said!😊
Hey Brad,
I have not really noted how much I enjoy your detecting videos until this one.
The excitement you show when finding pretty much anything old is infectious.
I will be glad when the weather allows you to get out more often.
Thank you for showing us the joy you experience.
Be Safe, Stay Warm
What a joy it is to see so many lost and long forgotten fragments of our history get rediscovered and cherished! Thanks, Brad!
Your day was fantastic. I hope your health is better 🎉
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 Where is Eddie?
That blade looks to be in the classic "Jack" pattern. Popular from the 1800's till today. Kinda like your ammunition demo, you can by a "Jack knife" today.
Cinching nails (bending them over) also prevented the seasonal expansion and contraction of the wood from working the nail out. 5:28 looks a wedge from a workbench or the head of a tool.
Man Brad, you must do an awful lot of swinging and digging to have found 4 Nova's. I can't even imagine finding 1. Love your videos!
It kind of reminds me of Mud Dog Mandy. He has found multiple GW buttons which are even more rare IMO.
So you're accusing him of faking his finds? Wow 🤨
@@kayesdigginit1519 Who's accusing anyone of faking finds? There is no mention of that. You put in the work you will find stuff. You need to chill out!! 🤯
@@kayesdigginit1519 So you've assumed that's what I meant? Wow is right! I've been detecting and watching his videos forever and know they're legit.
@@kayesdigginit1519 Both diggers mentioned put in the work. I've been subbed to both for a long time. Not once have I ever commented on anyone's channel saying they fake finds, nor did I in my comment to this video. Please do not imply I was saying Brad was faking finds or Mud dog for that matter. Obviously, you read the comments in a negative frame of mind.
Life was hard for these people up in the mountains. You bring to us just how hard working these people were. How they made do with just so little, and how they cherished everything from a button they could save to use on another garment. The loss heart with the crown was surely a sad loss for some lady. Sure it meant a lot to her.Edit: Thank you for bringing us along.I really enjoy your adventures and the surroundings, just beautiful!
The flat wedge shaped item you pictured just before the two nails looks like the wedge that holhs a muzzle loading rifle barrel into the stock.
I was today years old when I learned what the phrase dead as a doornail meant. Cool! Thanks Brad!
How awesome would that be if you could find them both. Great job, happy for you Brad. Love you're RUclips videos.
My ancestors on most of my maternal lines go back to the 1600's. Interestingly, a few of them have been identified as blacksmiths. So, I love these old nails. Thanks for all your videos. I love them.
Impatiently waiting for spring here in SE MN. Thanks for allowing us to follow your adventures when we can't get out for our own. Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting
Same here in Vermont. Another snowstorm coming tonight!
Greetings from central MN!
Bullets from today and yesterday! Pretty shocking difference between them! The mountains are so beautiful even in winter! That piece of silver is stunning!
Content is always spot on but this go around I'm appreciating all of the production work you put in.
I watch a lot of YT videos of different topics. With out hesitation this channel is the only one that I click full screen on my Mac as soon as the video starts. Outstanding editing and content. Thanks for the hard work producing these videos every week.
Thanks for sharing your hobby with others - I love the music too.
Thank you so much for sharing your finds,and the history. Always look forward to fridays👍.
Thanks for sharing your trip. I love the partial shoe buckle - it's very beautiful. Hope your day is a great one.
I love your demeanor, your voice brings a quiet peaceful tone that fits right in with the beauty of the forest. I’m new too your channel. So I’ll have to catch up and watch your past videos.
As always fun Friday with Brad I always look forward to seeing your videos thank you for sharing 👍♥️🗝️🇺🇸
Great finds!!! The second brooch is great hope you find the other pieces for both of them. I enjoy your history lessons.
I love how each find opens up a peek of history…Another great start to my Friday. Thanks!🥰💕❤️👍
Brad I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love your metal detecting shows. Thank You, and God Bless.
Always enjoy your scenery shots, music and just very good production of your vid's. Only thing I've seen remotely similar is The Square Nail Squirrel from Ohio, who unfortunately doesn't film anymore. He had your GMMD sticker on his V3i, coincidence? Given your styles and personalities, I'd guess you probably know of each other. I love metal detecting, but you add another dimension and almost make me feel like I'm there.
Clinching (or chenching) a nail is also still used to fasten planks to each other on boats. I believe clinching is also used on doors and other applications where the movement and forces exerted on the item, like a door or boat, would loosen a nail, not so much to prevent someone from breaking into a house.
Excellent presentation, Brad. I am a new subscriber. I am from upstate NY but live in GA now. My family had a cabin on North Hero Island when I was growing up so I have some familiarity with VT.
That was a beautiful button next to the nail. With the coin and part of a shirt buckle I say you had an excellent day
Brad, Thank you for being you! You make me smile with each video I watch! Your calming way of speaking and understated enthusiasm has won me over! U ROCK! Keep it up & happy trails! H
Good morning Brad ! You still ended up with some good finds! 👍
Cool! I dug a piece of a shoe buckle too and never knew what it was....until now. Thank you for the education!
As a blacksmith, I love when you find iron stuff. Especially nails. Peening a nail head is actually somewhat complicated. Given that I've done it a thousand times, seeing you find them, I can relate first hand to the creation and the work it took to make something so utilitarian like a nail. Nothing fancy, nothing decorative most times but those hammered nails, from iron to function to use to where it lay. I'd love to find 10 to 20 of them and build something decorative and beautiful with them.
I miss walking through the woods. I lived in The Blue Ridge Mountains for many years and raised my two children there. I'm older now and not able to do it again. Thank you for your videos❣️
For Vermont in December that is quite the wizzer of a day.
Your Best show and production ever . Well done . Much Joy. Ty
Quality finds! My particular favorite is the shoe buckle frame.
Well, DANG Brad. SO much you find keeps ME coming back or more. I thank you for the lovely stories and imaginative takes on these treasures. LOVE the channel and hopelessly hooked !! Stay well.
Isn’t he just so creative?!😊
Please excuse if my questions or ideas I post are strange. I’ve had strokes.
I wonder if maybe the broache was deep because of field plowing?
Be interesting to scan close to the larger trees?
Love the show! Thanks!!!
When manifesting finds, you have to be specific. Keep it up Brad, always fun to watch!
Brad, another adventure of "hunting" in the Green Mountains, and treasure has been found. Thanks for posting, and congrats on your discovery of the Nova coin, that excites me here in Hurricane Ian ravaged SW Florida .. Looking forward to the St. Patrick's Day GMMD video.
Very cool video. From what i saw in this video whoever lived there in the 1700 hundreds had some money. Not the average mountain family from back then. Nice finds.
Great finds Brad. Another silver broach bummer it was broken. Also other great relics along with the Nova coin.
"Dead as a door nail" thank you for the explanation. I have found several of these and have always wondered why they were bent.
Always cool! 🌺💕✌️👵
I can’t help but daydream about life at that time at that spot! Thank you for this!!!!
great stuff thanks. Love the new hat.
Awesome Brad I do feel you will find both missing brooch pieces .congrats on your amazing finds .ty again for sharing and giving us some history . Ty again for sharing , your amazing .
Another Great hunt . See your sporting new hat. Keep on digging and be safe
I actually Love the nails - they are beautiful and represent life lived by our ancestors. They can be exciting as in evidence of an unknown old home. I watch some Thames Mudlarks and they find gorgeous nails from ships, homes, market places etc..and I think they are lovely.
Just found you today, and I am so glad. The subject matter, the treasures, and your demeanor will have me coming back.
Brad, the thing is... you KNOW the missing pieces of those two broaches are out there. They have to be. Just a matter of hitting the right spot. By removing all the items you already have, that makes it more likely you'll find those pieces next time. Based on the quality of those broaches and the shoe buckle, it would seem whoever was there were people of some means, not just poor farmers. Visuals and sound quality of this were top notch. Good job!
A lot of farmers in Vermont in the first half of the 19th century were at least respectablely middle class, even if it was still largely subsistence farming. It was the early years and the late years when all the successful farmers moved West and the richer people moved into the towns as industry grew up, when you got the poor hill farmers. You had the few remaining farmers getting by okay in the valleys, and the poor ones who couldn't or wouldn't move doing the hardscrabble thing in the hills.
Of course it is hard to say who was a "farmer" anyway, since just about every household woild be called a farm by modern standards, even when it wasn't their primary livelihood. Weird to see the photos of relatively large towns in the 1870s and see that every house had a barn, a carriage shed, a chicken coop, a large garden, extending back in a long row. Where else would you keep the horses?
Great hunting, and relevant finds. A day of hunting to find all of these things. Looks like a whole day's work. I will check in for each of these magnificent video drops, helps to start my day. Thanks it is fun watching.
It's so cool to find another one. Congrats.
Prelude to a spring dig? 2 silver pieces to find now, or more pieces of other jewelry. Nice finds!
Great video Brad thanks for sharing 👍👍
Thanks for the great vibes and videos, my name's Dewayne, I'm 62 and no longer able to have fun like you, I'm still having a problem finding what to do with myself now. You see I broke my neck and back in a few places a while back and I'm pretty anxious mixed with the little depression in a lot of Hope if that like makes any sense if you can picture that mindset that I'm in. I wish that if I had a wish I would say I would want to get out in nature and metal detect again but I'm not able to dig a lot of targets.
This is so fascinating to me. Having lived in Vermont for ten years it
amazes me how many early settlements are gone...leaving wonderful
things for you to discover. Now I realize why most of the forest is
second growth. Thank you for all of your knowlege which you share.
I now live in Philadelphia.
Great vid today, Brad. I'm content for the day.
My favorite morning video of the week! The best to you and your beautiful family.
Another very viewable production. Thank you Mr Martin for your work - it's VERY entertaining.
So glad for your character trait of diligent persistence. You surely have displayed the benefits and inspired me. Most interesting finds today and fuel for future digs. God bless you, your family, and friends. 😊
Great finds! Great guitar! Need to make an album! ❤
I hope keep looking,and enjoy your show ,Donna London UK
Great treasures! You should go back when weather permits! Have a great weekend and I always enjoy your videos and shorts! 😘👍
Your show is truly outstanding and educational. I can't say enough. Keep up the great work 👍
Awesome Nova. Beautiful shoe buckle piece. Great heart silver buckle piece.
Good job Brad. Hope you find both pieces! Congrats on the Nova, or all 4 over the years! Good luck out there!
The other two pieces were probably still attached to the clothing with the pin?
“Dead as a door nail…. Thank you Brad! I have found a few Rosehead nails and gave one to my son who was in the building trade.
You continue to offer 6:15 episodes of the highest quality on the internet. Many thanks for the hours of serious entertainment that you continue to offer.
Another very enjoyable outing. Thank you! Best of luck!
What a lovely humourous face you have!!! The fact you so enjoy what you 're doing and appreciate the past is wonderful. I really enjoy your videos.😅
Awesome finds on this adventure. More parts to keep on looking for!
I enjoyed this video so much. You are so personable and enjoyable to listen to and watch. I love to see all the old things you find. Thanks for all the digging and great video recording! Excellent!
Super finds, Brad! It's also a wonderful lesson for us to return to previously hunted areas with a different mindset and approach. Well done as always!
Hey Brad, always love your videos and seeing the treasures that you are able to uncover. Thank you for taking us along.
Congrats Brad on all your wonderful finds. Definitely worth it. Best of luck on your next journey…
Thx again for taking us along with you.
Look, brother, having to come back to find 2 different completing pieces, to 2 different pieces like that is an awesome problem to have! Love your vids, and always look forward to seeing you on Friday. Good luck finding your completions.
Love your videos Brad…keep up the awesome job!!!!
What fun! Even if you didn't find what you were looking for, Now you have 2 reasons to go back to that place. Good times!
Enjoy my weekly visit from you. A great find, the Nova Constellatio. And, as I am sure you've researched, the first coin struck in the US of A. The first coin authorized and produced by any of the colonies (prior to the revolution) was the Virginia Half-Penny, minted in Britain in 1773 and put into circulation here in 1774. They were only made that one year. It bore the bust of George IV on the obverse and a stylized British shield on the reverse. Lucky to have dug 3 of these.
I enjoy your adventures and your treasures. Thank you.
Amazing finds!! Everytime! Love the silver shirt buckles!! Very cool Brad💚
Great video as usual Brad! Love the broken jewelry piece. Maybe you can get back there and find the other piece, or pieces! Nice button as well. Thanks, happy detecting
Thank you for sharing all your treasures finding
Welcome back from the winter, have missed your dig videos!
Your doing what I would love to do. I enjoy watching you. Thank you for sharing.
Great finds. I really like finding flat buttons.
It tells me I'm in the right spot.
Great video Brad. I enjoyed this one especially all those cool relics and really like the large copper.
The door nail was "clinched".
rose heads nails were forged in the 1790's-1840's. Also the nova Constellation coins were minted in 1783-1786.
That is so cool... Happy you found some nice pieces of history
Just found your channel. Have watched several other detecting channels. Enjoyed watching . I'm in PA, and haven't been out detecting yet this year (been busy) ..... You just got me back in the mood to get back out there as soon as I can get a break.