Metal Detecting: Two Cannonball Railroad Adventure!

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  • Metal detecting, snakes, weird turtles, cannonballs, trains, railroads, relics, you name it, you'll see it. It's a river adventure with some treasure and some trash. Come along if you please...
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  • @brettcorbett3178
    @brettcorbett3178 8 лет назад +31

    That long stick with electric cord is a civil war selfie stick

  • @hammerstoneartifacts4986
    @hammerstoneartifacts4986 4 года назад +14

    I just turned 50. From now on...I'm going to tell people "l"m not getting older. I'm getting great patina."

  • @NorthernDelawarevids
    @NorthernDelawarevids 8 лет назад +4

    It's a handbrake from the roof of a boxcar. Brakeman would ride the roof and apply as the train crest the grade. It's probably pre-1930's, although not too uncommon into the 40's. It's cast iron if you didn't know already.

  • @HeyyBrey
    @HeyyBrey 8 лет назад +43

    30 minute video from Aquachigger? The perfect way to end the day!!

  • @crab2323
    @crab2323 8 лет назад +18

    love the videos,keep it up. I'm disabled and can't get out to do what you do,i so enjoy the finds and history lesson that your finds give. thank you for the great information

    • @steveclark4291
      @steveclark4291 5 лет назад +5

      I'm disabled too and enjoy his videos also ! Here is a few others that you might check out ! Green Mountain Metal Detecting , WWII2HISTORYHUNTER & Stealth Diggers are a few . They explain what they find history wise .

  • @gregsgarage1465
    @gregsgarage1465 8 лет назад +32

    Funny about the bicycle seat! That is off a early 60s Sears Tandem bike and they are terrible to sit on!!! :) I am a big vintage bicycle guy so I recognized that piece immediately! :)

    • @theqwacker7731
      @theqwacker7731 8 лет назад

      Are you sure I'm pretty sure it's off a shwin bike

    • @chadsimmons6347
      @chadsimmons6347 7 лет назад

      have you ever found any meteorites in a stream ?

    • @dicksplatts007
      @dicksplatts007 7 лет назад +2

      i thought it was a old tractor seat from the 20's they often had the same style

    • @angelicaleder
      @angelicaleder 7 лет назад +2

      so it WAS a bicycle made for two!

    • @gregsgarage1465
      @gregsgarage1465 7 лет назад

      You are correct! :)

  • @bigallan7181
    @bigallan7181 8 лет назад +12

    4:52 Yes! It belongs to either a wooden boxcar, around 1890s or a boom car or caboose's hand brakes around 1890s?

    • @sudriansignalman9387
      @sudriansignalman9387 8 лет назад +2

      wrong, it would have to be before the 1890's, because that style of brake wheel came off of a 1860's-1880's car because in the 1870's they made the air brake, and those brake wheels were changed in the 1880's

    • @bigallan7181
      @bigallan7181 8 лет назад

      The gaming blue engine Thanks!

    • @sudriansignalman9387
      @sudriansignalman9387 8 лет назад

      +BigAllan #InternetNiceGuy your welcome

    • @bigallan7181
      @bigallan7181 8 лет назад

      The gaming blue engine :D

  • @102819921
    @102819921 8 лет назад +1

    the railroad brake wheel is so cool. love that the "spokes" are curved like that, shows you its meant to take force in only one direction...

  • @vosgrath6836
    @vosgrath6836 8 лет назад +8

    "That's a pair of balls now isn't it look how slick they are." Aquachigger 2016

    • @capnjbobo6108
      @capnjbobo6108 8 лет назад

      I laughed pretty hard when he said that...

  • @luvmybling22
    @luvmybling22 8 лет назад +17

    Beau, you certainly deserve every one of those finds. 6 snakes, poison ivy and Lord knows what else is lurking in that murky water....you're either extremely brave & fearless or a little crazy. :)

    • @beauwolfe4049
      @beauwolfe4049 6 лет назад

      Debi Sher hey tr hats my name

    • @roydriver74
      @roydriver74 5 лет назад

      Beau Wolfe it doesn’t say ur name so shut up

    • @jimtom1115
      @jimtom1115 5 лет назад

      Maybe all three! Only man I know that can find a needle in a haystack..

    • @larryy6467
      @larryy6467 3 года назад

      Naaa none of the above. Hes a treasure hunter we all do it!

  • @mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff
    @mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff 8 лет назад +16

    please let there be a cleaning vid of those awesome cannon balls can't wait to see how they look all cleaned up and in one of your displays.

    • @92RADLO
      @92RADLO 8 лет назад

      +mikes hobbie's and random stuff Agreed X1000

  • @mdplemons
    @mdplemons 6 лет назад +3

    Yeah, that snake would be the end of my day..."Headin' back to the truck now!"

  • @A10troll
    @A10troll 8 лет назад +30

    ah the first signs of summer, wild aquachiggers rummaging through the streams. so glorious

  • @RossCHoward
    @RossCHoward 5 лет назад

    When you’ve had one water moccasin come straight at your face as a kid fishing on the bank. You pretty much never go into this type of water ever again. So I’m glad you do so I can watch.

  • @skylarhurst3215
    @skylarhurst3215 8 лет назад +60

    "yep that's poison ivy" *Grabs it*

  • @TheMetalliblob
    @TheMetalliblob 8 лет назад +1

    That was great. A bit of nature and some relics, a perfect video.Thanks for sharing your adventures, its gonna be a great year.

  • @rayrevolta6198
    @rayrevolta6198 8 лет назад

    Did i ever laugh at your laugh when the snake went in the water,you make my day every time Beau,Live long and prosper!!

  • @xChampionRedx38
    @xChampionRedx38 8 лет назад +1

    this is such a great and underrated channel. Love the videos, and I'm glad you're uploading them. Thank you!

  • @kathyberry4229
    @kathyberry4229 8 лет назад +1

    love the journeys you take us on, the turtle is probably just full of eggs I've found snapping turtles in that condition! thanks

  • @tonyeichensehr3450
    @tonyeichensehr3450 8 лет назад +1

    That's correct
    It's a vintage brake wheel from either one of the cars or from a caboose

  • @jynxgoxoom
    @jynxgoxoom 8 лет назад

    I think I learn more from watching your videos than I do watching the nature channel. thank you for sharing. your videos always brighten my day.

  • @jimmyjunkmail
    @jimmyjunkmail 8 лет назад

    That noise scared the crap out of me just watching can't imagine what it was like standing there!! LOL

  • @rogerstill71
    @rogerstill71 8 лет назад

    Beau, you can't possibly imagine how much I appreciate your rational view on snakes. Some other people on here have absolute hysterics over the most harmless of snakes, and I think it's bloody ridiculous. I like snakes, and won't even harm the poisonous ones, unless absolutely necessary. Kudos and props to you!

  • @philipstephan5451
    @philipstephan5451 Год назад

    Ya . Chig remember, it's not the snakes you see, it's the ones you don't. That are under water just waiting. I don't remember this location, if you've ever searched here before. Very beautiful location, thanks for taking me along. Awesome finds.😊

    • @aquachigger
      @aquachigger  Год назад

      Thanks. This was a long way from home and only dug there once.

  • @jerseydemon4134
    @jerseydemon4134 8 лет назад

    When I saw that this video was a half hour long I got so damn excited! Love it!

  • @cleburnefan
    @cleburnefan 8 лет назад +2

    Congrats on the 32 pounders. They are beautiful. I am hearing rumors you are in double digits in shells already. Can't wait for more artillery videos.

  • @coreyjames4315
    @coreyjames4315 8 лет назад

    love the longer vids. I watch them while falling asleep good way to mellow out and enjoy a hunt

  • @xxxdiabolikxxx
    @xxxdiabolikxxx 8 лет назад +5

    At 2:38 that's a 2-gang external outlet box with conduit and wire still attached to it.

    • @dcmccart25
      @dcmccart25 8 лет назад +1

      Read exterior not external and you're bang on. 1 vote.👍

    • @johnmyers130
      @johnmyers130 6 лет назад

      Yep. That's a two gang box with explosion proof switch plate. Why it's in the river I have no clue...

  • @archbishop8719
    @archbishop8719 8 лет назад +1

    Amazing scenery! Thanks again, Beau!

  • @KyrinSolaq
    @KyrinSolaq 6 лет назад

    We see the wild Aquachigger in his natural environment of river hunting

  • @jalpa9642
    @jalpa9642 5 лет назад

    That box is an electrical device, it's an Explosion Proof Switch Box.... utilized in areas where there's flammable powders, liquids, gun powder...etc... Ya know, people go to Florida and stop at the Alligator Farm just over the State line. They usually buy a baby alligator and take it home. Once it grows up (huge) they can't keep it anymore and they let it go in sewer/catch basins, rivers, creeks, brooks..... usually from NJ & NY.....!

  • @jsmith9517
    @jsmith9517 8 лет назад

    the wheel you found with the cannon balls is a break wheel that was used before the 1950's, that's before railways converted to diesel locomotives and stopped using break wheels (which were converted to the F.R.E.D.s which are the little red lights at the back of the trains now a'days)

  • @djrichsaracino2554
    @djrichsaracino2554 8 лет назад

    Another great Volg Chig, Can't wait till you get back on the rafting rivers and find those treasures.

  • @gavaldi4361
    @gavaldi4361 8 лет назад +1

    Nice finds Beau! Those are going to look great all cleaned up.

  • @digginghistory7
    @digginghistory7 8 лет назад +2

    What an awesome hunt! Those canon balls look in amazing condition with the straps and all.....very nice :D

  • @nitrohead88
    @nitrohead88 8 лет назад

    Nice video ! I worked in an old paper mill for about 10 years & the machine had those wheels on them to hand turn the rewinders. It had dates on the machine from 1875!!

  • @beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756
    @beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756 3 года назад

    Those 24's were Awesome! And yes, train brake wheel! Nice finds👍

  • @tennesseegem1063
    @tennesseegem1063 8 лет назад +2

    Great find Beau. I love the cannon balls. I can't wait to see them cleaned up. Good video.

  • @randymusick3645
    @randymusick3645 8 лет назад

    I have been asking for longer videos so thank you thank you thank you.

  • @mikie9077
    @mikie9077 5 лет назад

    THAT BOX WITH THE WIRES IS A TRANSFORMER

  • @riverriver5345
    @riverriver5345 2 года назад

    That first square thing is a rusted outdoor light switch. Those pins with the flat knobs on that one end are the switches. Push in to turn on and pull out to turn off.

  • @phyllisstrider2998
    @phyllisstrider2998 3 года назад

    Its amazing what's out there to be discovered. WOW!

  • @diggerdano6868
    @diggerdano6868 7 лет назад +3

    the turtle had a big chunk taken out of him, but he looks healthy though!!!!! you kill me, funny stuff!!!

    • @tommywright7196
      @tommywright7196 6 лет назад

      DiggerDano i know it i don't think i would feel to healthy it i had a big chunk taken out of me

  • @khammar6081
    @khammar6081 8 лет назад

    Definitely a rail car brake wheel. Old for sure. Great find!!

  • @jamesevins800
    @jamesevins800 8 лет назад

    I am surprised you didn't encounter an alligator in that brick structure. Looked like a perfect place for a gator to call home.

  • @shropshirehistory908
    @shropshirehistory908 8 лет назад +2

    I really enjoyed that video Beau. With a slick pair of 24lb balls who needs bamboo that big lol. Congrats nice find. G

  • @Lee-lx2zm
    @Lee-lx2zm 8 лет назад

    Great vid mann,back in your element,way cool!!.

  • @loulouvegas3350
    @loulouvegas3350 8 лет назад

    I love exploring rivers, I use to do it all the time in my teens

  • @DuranSexton
    @DuranSexton 8 лет назад

    That bamboo was awesome. Your balls are going to clean up nice, they are in great shape.

  • @Mr1fish1
    @Mr1fish1 8 лет назад

    The box with wires at the very beginning is a fire alarm bell but the bell was missing. Great vid....

  • @robertarey5383
    @robertarey5383 8 лет назад

    The box you find at 2:55 is a weatherproof switch box. It would have two switches in it and the knobs sticking up at the top is what works the switches inside.

  • @ggsmith099
    @ggsmith099 8 лет назад

    the first thing with the wires was a old door bell chime you can see the plungers on the side ! keep em coming! and that is a break wheel for RR car!

  • @fredmanicke5078
    @fredmanicke5078 8 лет назад

    The little box with the wires is an explosion proof pair of switches, of the type used in oil refineries, or gas works. It is meant to contain a explosion caused by a spark in flammable areas. Have fun.

  • @OldSchoolGamer1981
    @OldSchoolGamer1981 8 лет назад +1

    Great video man! Love when you do the long adventure type ones like these.. No way I would be so clam around the snakes! Lmao!

    • @OldSchoolGamer1981
      @OldSchoolGamer1981 8 лет назад +2

      R.I.P. Buoyant turtle ;P

    • @itspandito
      @itspandito 8 лет назад

      i dont know. i would be pretty clam. DUDE THAT SHOULD BE A NEW THING! Im so clammy. #ClamFOURLYFE

  • @sonnyb.9252
    @sonnyb.9252 8 лет назад

    Hey Beau, The item at 29:03 looks like a broken crank handle from a fishing reel. Outstanding Video! Thanks!

  • @felix2672
    @felix2672 8 лет назад +2

    Love your vids! Really interesting! Be good to see you in England again soon!

  • @cam2351
    @cam2351 8 лет назад

    I find stuff for the railroad a lot, but it's never old, we found a signal flare once, which was pretty cool

  • @demonprince9713
    @demonprince9713 8 лет назад

    That heavy cylinder you found looks like a pin used on crane booms. The booms are removable for transportation and anytime there is a modern bridge you can guarantee there was a crane there.

  • @CodingToFreedom
    @CodingToFreedom 8 лет назад +2

    Nice find, for some reason my first guess on the wheel was one of these old hand-operated sewing machines :) These cannon balls would make a nice decoration if put into a globe stand.

    • @CodingToFreedom
      @CodingToFreedom 8 лет назад

      ***** Guess that's what it takes to sew leather :)

    • @gregorym9591
      @gregorym9591 8 лет назад

      +TrashureSeeker Those were also used on all kinds of large water valves, steam valves etc etc. Having said that where he was and a old train past thru there it might have been removed from a train manual brake system.

  • @ExStaticBass
    @ExStaticBass 8 лет назад

    The electrical bit you grab out @2:40 is most likely a neon sign transformer. I play with those a lot making Tesla coils and I've seen some older ones. They usually don't fail unless they've been submerged in water for a few years.

  • @tron-8140
    @tron-8140 8 лет назад

    cant wait to see them all cleaned up!

  • @taylorlemnios8358
    @taylorlemnios8358 8 лет назад

    You honestly just cracked me up at that snake part

  • @lycaonyt4867
    @lycaonyt4867 7 лет назад

    that was a water moccasin on that log, keep a watch out for them! please lol this is like the only channel i watch

  • @gregkerr725
    @gregkerr725 8 лет назад

    Man, ever since I subscribed to your channel I've been amazed at how much stuff is in the creeks and rivers even after several hundred years. I wondered why they hadn't been found before.......and over time the answer has come to me. Beau, few people have the balls to wade around in mucky streams where you can't see the bottom and are constantly thinking about snakes, dead animals, dead whatever, snapping turtles, quicksand etc. It's like I never could understand how some divers can do so in water with zero light or visibility..even salt water where sharks and all sorts of other nasties are lurking. So I guess you've got a much bigger than average pair........because after watching your videos I know it's not that you have no imagination as to what could go wrong LOL!

  • @WatcherintheDark69
    @WatcherintheDark69 8 лет назад

    The first object looks like a electrical wiring box that attaches to the outside of a house. The wheel does have the pattern of a brake wheel, I doubt that it is really old but it would still make a nice display piece. Also congrats on the 2 cannon balls.

  • @Bentlegstaffy
    @Bentlegstaffy 8 лет назад

    Awesome video!!!! A cracking pair of Balls!! ;) You'll have to show us them when they are cleaned up. +Aquachigger

  • @WW2HistoryHunter
    @WW2HistoryHunter 8 лет назад +2

    So great to watch and thanks for sharing. Greetings from WW2HH

  • @earthangel6480
    @earthangel6480 8 лет назад

    EARTH ANGEL YES! I DO AGREE WITH YOU REGARDING THE HEAVY IRON " RAILROAD BRAKE WHEEL ". BEFORE THE AIR BRAKES! IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY , EACH RAILROAD BOX CAR HAD ONE OF THESE ON THE TOP SIDE WITH A CHAIN PULL CONNECTING TO THE BRAKE GEAR TO CONTROL THE BRAKES. AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I REMEMBER BEING TOLD? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT VIDEOS!

  • @BirdDogg
    @BirdDogg 8 лет назад +1

    Killing me over here. Good hunt.

  • @grayfox4554
    @grayfox4554 8 лет назад

    Like you said, what a pair!

  • @MrPothin15
    @MrPothin15 8 лет назад

    I'm French and I love your videos !

  • @Vivauribe123
    @Vivauribe123 8 лет назад +4

    i love your videos and more the long ones

  • @stanwilliams1642
    @stanwilliams1642 8 лет назад

    another great video love the whip poor will at the end it takes me way back to when I was a kid growing up in the country. just don't hear them in the city

  • @chrisdegrazia9276
    @chrisdegrazia9276 8 лет назад +11

    At 3:00 minutes that big heavy thing you found looks like a pin out of some heavy equipment tracks

    • @ninjaalfie9075
      @ninjaalfie9075 8 лет назад

      I actually think it is a bomb?....

    • @mkianni2
      @mkianni2 7 лет назад +2

      pipe bomb. It was my job to make them for the mafia in the mid 80s.

    • @thekingsilverado9004
      @thekingsilverado9004 6 лет назад +1

      They also use the same sort of pin on the heavy track hoes as slave roller I know It's my job to make em where I work...

  • @tommyvinson6
    @tommyvinson6 8 лет назад

    Two nice cannon balls, Congratulations on a nice find.

  • @justindenmark9591
    @justindenmark9591 7 лет назад

    I do not know what that sound was but it made me jump lol... great work thank you for the videos

  • @relicninja772
    @relicninja772 8 лет назад

    Hey Beau. I am a train conductor down here in Tampa. That does look like a old style handbrake wheel. I happen to see one the other day in the yard. Looked just like it.

  • @hollymaffia7352
    @hollymaffia7352 8 лет назад

    I was smiling and laughing with you when you found your balls how cool great find!

  • @littlejimmy2855
    @littlejimmy2855 8 лет назад

    Nice finds and the video was good, especially when that hissing noise sounded off. I jumped out of my skin. Snakes lol

  • @PreDanyello_0
    @PreDanyello_0 7 лет назад

    Very cool to find old-school cans with that triangle punched hole

  • @chrisoxtoby6385
    @chrisoxtoby6385 8 лет назад

    Great video Aguachigger! :)

  • @johndavid2800
    @johndavid2800 8 лет назад

    great hunt A C. the hook and the balls are grreat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lindahudspeth7780
    @lindahudspeth7780 6 лет назад

    OMGOSH I could NOT even get into the water just seeing a snake in the water!! Your not ever afraid?!?! OMG noway!! Been watching your vids for a while, I have a lot more to go, thanks for the vids!!
    Linda

  • @KFKale
    @KFKale 8 лет назад

    I've always wanted to do this. But with the inability to drive and not very many rivers here in Oklahoma. I am limited to my 1.5 acre home. The most I've found is a padlock and a penny, the rest are nails and junk. Keep doing what you're doing, Beau!

  • @sandybarbour7798
    @sandybarbour7798 8 лет назад

    Toooo many snakes for me 😱👀 Awesome video as always HH

  • @tamitng
    @tamitng 8 лет назад

    Howdee Mr Beau! An idea... Perhaps keep in your backpack some sort of small inflatable inner tube that you could put a net around to float stuff out with ya when you don't have your kayak. There's all kinds of stuff at the dollar stores that you might use and it wouldn't take up much room in your backpack. Maybe a tiny little kiddie pool or the like. Do ya like that idea? ...sure ya dooo. Take care and watch out for them thar bad old river bacterias! Love the videos as always!

  • @anndodds8781
    @anndodds8781 8 лет назад

    Man oh man. You sure are brave!

  • @02freyjon
    @02freyjon 8 лет назад

    Great finds!

  • @jakegilham3730
    @jakegilham3730 8 лет назад

    Love your videos! :)

  • @Sealutions1
    @Sealutions1 8 лет назад

    the heavy thing is a pin.. probably off an excavator or tractor arm.. groves on the end are for retaining rings of some type.

  • @W1se0ldg33zer
    @W1se0ldg33zer 8 лет назад

    The wheel looks more like an old coffee grinder wheel. There were many things you might find a wheel such as that one but it's unlikely to be a hand brake for a train car. Those are typically much larger in diameter. They'd use wheels like that as flywheels on hand cars too.

  • @heyimauav5005
    @heyimauav5005 8 лет назад

    huge fan of what you're doing!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sheep1ewe
    @sheep1ewe 8 лет назад

    That electrical thing looks nice!

  • @DugMoneyDetecting
    @DugMoneyDetecting 8 лет назад

    At 20:15, I believe that is one hook from a set of log grabs.... Used to drag logs by horses back at turn of the century.... Just my thought... HH hunting brother

  • @lycaonyt4867
    @lycaonyt4867 7 лет назад

    a water snake will have a kind of a checkered bottom, water moccasins will have a solid white bottom with a yellow tinge right under the gray on his back

  • @southernfarmer182
    @southernfarmer182 8 лет назад

    You are crazy as a road lizard to be in there with those snakes!

  • @johnmarvin6183
    @johnmarvin6183 8 лет назад

    Great finds Beau

  • @trippyhippy7539
    @trippyhippy7539 8 лет назад

    Nice finds at the end there. :)

  • @manglethemanglefox214
    @manglethemanglefox214 8 лет назад

    idk why i watch this its just so cool

  • @FeelingLOL
    @FeelingLOL 8 лет назад

    Glad I can watch you do this because one thing I don't do is snakes.