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.
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
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 .
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! :)
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
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. :)
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!
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!!
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.....!
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
+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.
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.
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.
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.😊
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
At quick glance that thing with the wires coming out looks to be a 2 gang electrical box with either 2 weather proof switch or explosion proof switches of some kind. I could be wrong but it looks very much like types ive used before.
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
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!
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
That long stick with electric cord is a civil war selfie stick
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.
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
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 .
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! :)
Are you sure I'm pretty sure it's off a shwin bike
have you ever found any meteorites in a stream ?
i thought it was a old tractor seat from the 20's they often had the same style
so it WAS a bicycle made for two!
You are correct! :)
4:52 Yes! It belongs to either a wooden boxcar, around 1890s or a boom car or caboose's hand brakes around 1890s?
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
The gaming blue engine Thanks!
+BigAllan #InternetNiceGuy your welcome
The gaming blue engine :D
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...
30 minute video from Aquachigger? The perfect way to end the day!!
jumpergirls yup
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.
+mikes hobbie's and random stuff Agreed X1000
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. :)
Debi Sher hey tr hats my name
Beau Wolfe it doesn’t say ur name so shut up
Maybe all three! Only man I know that can find a needle in a haystack..
Naaa none of the above. Hes a treasure hunter we all do it!
At 2:38 that's a 2-gang external outlet box with conduit and wire still attached to it.
Read exterior not external and you're bang on. 1 vote.👍
Yep. That's a two gang box with explosion proof switch plate. Why it's in the river I have no clue...
ah the first signs of summer, wild aquachiggers rummaging through the streams. so glorious
quite majestic if i do say so myself
+Aquachigger it is and its around 75-130 years old
+Aquachigger do you watch Aphmau
+Aquachigger love your vids
8D
LOL
I just turned 50. From now on...I'm going to tell people "l"m not getting older. I'm getting great patina."
"yep that's poison ivy" *Grabs it*
not hating, just thought it was funny
+skylar hurst ikr
XD
atleast he was wearing gloves
i cringed hard. im super allergic haha
love the journeys you take us on, the turtle is probably just full of eggs I've found snapping turtles in that condition! thanks
That's correct
It's a vintage brake wheel from either one of the cars or from a caboose
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!
3:05 looks like a roller from an expansion joint on a bridge (anyone seen a bridge nearby?) though it could be a link pin from a crane or large plant.
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!!
That was great. A bit of nature and some relics, a perfect video.Thanks for sharing your adventures, its gonna be a great year.
"That's a pair of balls now isn't it look how slick they are." Aquachigger 2016
I laughed pretty hard when he said that...
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!!
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.
Amazing scenery! Thanks again, Beau!
Yeah, that snake would be the end of my day..."Headin' back to the truck now!"
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.....!
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.
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)
Nice finds Beau! Those are going to look great all cleaned up.
What an awesome hunt! Those canon balls look in amazing condition with the straps and all.....very nice :D
this is such a great and underrated channel. Love the videos, and I'm glad you're uploading them. Thank you!
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.
17:25 Swan mussel we call then in the UK, still present in some clean/unpolluted rivers an they can produce pearls.
At 3:00 minutes that big heavy thing you found looks like a pin out of some heavy equipment tracks
I actually think it is a bomb?....
pipe bomb. It was my job to make them for the mafia in the mid 80s.
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...
the turtle had a big chunk taken out of him, but he looks healthy though!!!!! you kill me, funny stuff!!!
DiggerDano i know it i don't think i would feel to healthy it i had a big chunk taken out of me
That noise scared the crap out of me just watching can't imagine what it was like standing there!! LOL
love the longer vids. I watch them while falling asleep good way to mellow out and enjoy a hunt
Definitely a rail car brake wheel. Old for sure. Great find!!
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.
Its amazing what's out there to be discovered. WOW!
I find stuff for the railroad a lot, but it's never old, we found a signal flare once, which was pretty cool
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.
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.
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!
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!
When I saw that this video was a half hour long I got so damn excited! Love it!
I love exploring rivers, I use to do it all the time in my teens
the heavy thing is a pin.. probably off an excavator or tractor arm.. groves on the end are for retaining rings of some type.
The box with wires at the very beginning is a fire alarm bell but the bell was missing. Great vid....
Another great Volg Chig, Can't wait till you get back on the rafting rivers and find those treasures.
Those 24's were Awesome! And yes, train brake wheel! Nice finds👍
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.
***** Guess that's what it takes to sew leather :)
+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.
I have been asking for longer videos so thank you thank you thank you.
Great find Beau. I love the cannon balls. I can't wait to see them cleaned up. Good video.
Tennessee Gem and
So great to watch and thanks for sharing. Greetings from WW2HH
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.
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.
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.😊
Thanks. This was a long way from home and only dug there once.
The piece at 7:30 looks like a musket badge. I've engraved very similar pieces for replica muskets .
You are correct, that is a railroad handbrake off a caboose. A rare one too most where 5-6 spokes very few where 4.
Very cool to find old-school cans with that triangle punched hole
THAT BOX WITH THE WIRES IS A TRANSFORMER
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.
cant wait to see them all cleaned up!
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.
Like you said, what a pair!
We see the wild Aquachigger in his natural environment of river hunting
I really enjoyed that video Beau. With a slick pair of 24lb balls who needs bamboo that big lol. Congrats nice find. G
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
I'm French and I love your videos !
You honestly just cracked me up at that snake part
I am surprised you didn't encounter an alligator in that brick structure. Looked like a perfect place for a gator to call home.
i love your videos and more the long ones
Love your vids! Really interesting! Be good to see you in England again soon!
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.
great hunt A C. the hook and the balls are grreat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That bamboo was awesome. Your balls are going to clean up nice, they are in great shape.
That electrical thing looks nice!
Cottonmouth water mocasins are way south of Maryland and Virginia.
Two nice cannon balls, Congratulations on a nice find.
This reminds me of a River close to us. It’s deep in Civil war heritage. However, I’ve never seen so many snakes!
he's coming bitten buddy!!! LOL
It's a valve handle from the 40s. From the looks of it most likely an 8 inch or 10 inch valve used on a pipeline or water main.
Great vid mann,back in your element,way cool!!.
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!
Hey Beau, The item at 29:03 looks like a broken crank handle from a fishing reel. Outstanding Video! Thanks!
Killing me over here. Good hunt.
At quick glance that thing with the wires coming out looks to be a 2 gang electrical box with either 2 weather proof switch or explosion proof switches of some kind. I could be wrong but it looks very much like types ive used before.
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
I think that’s a valve handle, maybe on a fuel or milk train car. Just spitballing it.
i bet you could clean those up really nicely either with acid or with electrolysis. this was awesome!
Glad I can watch you do this because one thing I don't do is snakes.
That square with the wires on it looks like a 4 square box with two outlets in an industrial raised cover.
Awesome video!!!! A cracking pair of Balls!! ;) You'll have to show us them when they are cleaned up. +Aquachigger
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!
definitely a railroad brake wheel , worked for B&O/CSX for years
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!
R.I.P. Buoyant turtle ;P
i dont know. i would be pretty clam. DUDE THAT SHOULD BE A NEW THING! Im so clammy. #ClamFOURLYFE
That box was a high amps switch for turning on and off some kind of mechine
I'd love to know a little more history about the area & the battles that took place there!
Great finds!
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