This is the third visit to the site and I have broken down this day's detection into 3 parts again since the video would have been very long otherwise. There are lots of great finds coming up and more solid clues as to whether or not this may be the fort. Remember, without solid proof, the state will not fund a proper Archeolgical dig to investigate this. I know because I have talked to them. I hope you enjoy this video. Follow Chigg’s Army! My Patreon: www.patreon.com/aquachigger Instagram: instagram.com/aquachigger/ Facebook: facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ Twitter: twitter.com/BeauOuimette Thanks for watching…. The Chigg
One thing is a definite. If the place is not the fortress. There was something of interest going on there to be able to find all these artifacts in one place
I think it's pretty conclusive you guys found the fort. The fact that there's so far no weaponry found says To me that they gained access to the fort and disarmed the settlers.
Dang Chigg, I am a huge fan and love all your vids, but I have to say, this series has got to be the most interesting I have seen yet. This is a million percent better than a tv documentary. Thank you and looking forward to the next one!!
Our grandson greasyn is learning alot from this series,,he made a fort necessity out of his Legos with soldiers all all around it after hearing Chiggs story
Congratulations to The Chigg for making sure that the holes he digs are thoroughly filled in so the farmer can believe that his cows will be safe from sprained or broken legs from tripping into one of those holes! This lets him come back and do a site.
The vibrato in your voice gives away your excitement for discovering a long lost historical site!! 👍🥰🙏🙀😻 Congratulations for discovering something that might be so significant to history! Thank you for sharing this beautifully exciting process with us.
That trigger guard section at 6:00 is a good wide pattern that was typical for British issue muskets in that time period of 1750s------that is an awesome find.
I’d say at least 100 pieces of melted metal have been dug so far. Got me thinking how cool it would be to see what shape would appear had he flagged every single hole melted artifacts were found in. After 4 days of digging it be something to stand back and view what outline the flags took shape in.
Definitely going to go watch Todd's finds also. So glad you're both a part of this. ♡♡ The best of the best... making, showing, and telling history - with heart.
Like you said about telling a story. To actually hold it on your hand brings on a sense of feelings that can never be replicated. This is exactly why I love detecting.
You've found the fort. There's no way people of that period would just throw away all that lead and brass. It was a commodity and would be melted down and used over and over.👍☮️
@@PabloDiablo682 All I can say is I hunt in New England and we find melted lead and brass almost everywhere... I love the Chigg and his research he's a great relic hunter.. But in my humble opinion the boys are stretching it alittle here!!
@Janis Joplin I'm loving this series but it does seem like he's explaining the things he finds assuming the Fort was there. Hopefully they can get some archeological teams in as he said to prove for sure!
I always enjoy your running narrative as you process what you are finding and put together the pieces of history you dig up! Thanks for posting these videos for us to follow along with you Chigg.
I’m proud of our Aquachigger. A lifetime of experience recovering relics and a gentleman by nature. Along with our friend Todd, he’s telling us a story of colonial life while we were pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
Love these history based adventures. Started with your travels in the Southwest. But this one is fantastic. All these kids of today who think they have it so rough and are traumatized by the least little thing would have a tough time living day to day in fear for your life.
Outstanding progress. I just love this era and the fact that you all are uncovering lost history....our history. Im not far away if you need help excavating and logging items... Thanks again!
Great content, I've been reading a journal by Nicolas Cresswell (1774-1777) which gives a account of a massacre which happened at Fort Pitt, Virginia. where bone's of men and animals are scattered about but not one whole human skull that wasn't bashed in. Account starts at April 16, 1775.
Heck yeah! These are some the most interesting adventures missions whatever ya call them ever. Just amazing what ya can find out by metal detecting and finding artifacts. I think they fought. I can't wait see the rest of this series. Awesome job to everyone. I hope that farmer keeps letting y'all come back as many times as y'all want. Cause this is part of our history and just awesome to see y'all out there . Great job chigg your amazeballs
Looking very good, Chigg! More & more physical evidence from that colonial erra and plenty of melted lead,brass,musket reminisce and charcoal soil due to Fort 🔥!Excellent investigating 🔎, Chigg, Todd! Thank you for taking the time to dig, video/post cast to share! And a special big thank you to the farmer/ land owner for allowing you guys to investigate on his property! HISTORY COMING TO LIFE!!!😀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
If that crushed brass "thimble" you found about 10 min. into the video is from a Brown Bess, it's length & diameter and number of nails that secured it to the stock should be the same as other Brown Bess muskets because they were military contract muskets. This series rates the "Golden Pull Tab" award for detecting videos. Go Chigg!
Chigg. I had permission and detected there in 1980. However I only searched in the area of the monument, to bad for for me. You are doing a great job showing and explaining. keep it up
Was just reading about these types of buttons that you & Todd are finding there, interesting: "Blow hole or vent hole buttons are a lot older than first thought . they started out as two pieces ( the back with the holes and the front smooth convex side ) the two halves are hot soldered or brazed together and the holes do let out the hot gases then the shank is brazed on. these button are found at sites dated from mid 1600's to mid 1700's as a lot are found at French and Indian war sites."
Another probability concerning the broken musket parts is that they were broken off of the muskets during hand-to-hand combat with the muskets being used as clubs, which would mean the colonists fought to the death.
I believe that the ravine is how the Colonist snuck down to retrieve water. I'm pretty sure that your assumption about the fort being on both sides of the ravine is correct. I've enjoyed ever minute of this series & look forward to the next part. Thank you for these video's. God bless you &take care.
This may be a little late but I suggest that you flag all the holes that artifacts were found and place these flags on a map or hand drawn sketch of the field. A pattern may eventually form showing the shape and size of the structure. This will be of further aid to yourself or future investigators. Assign a number to each flag and record what was found. This method was used at "Little Big Horn" and greatly added to the understanding of how the battle progressed.
Wow.... Chigg I believe this is your best adventure yet...... can't wait to see more. Thanks for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE see ya on the next
I would reach out to the local colleges around and see if you can get them to bring out the ground penetrating radar. The local college here in magnolia Arkansas have one and used it often to find house foundations and graves. it is pretty dang impressive.
I am amazed that for all those years no one before you figured out that the fort would have been on one of the most defensible spots, not in a depression in the middle of a open field away from the water. You would think an archeologist or historian would know that . Anyway, it's great that you discovered it ! Good on you matey. Captain Billys saying memine every time you find something.!
@@ptaylor4923I might buy that if they were all soldiers. These were soldiers plus women and children and civilians , there was no outrunning them , it was stay and fight or surrender. Looks like they fought , which was their only chance , since the next fort surrendered and were massacred.
@@ptaylor4923 I thought Chigg said the fate of the people was not known and there was very little knowledge of who what when where why. You seem to have a ton of info, are you talking about Upper Fort or Fort Seybert?
Are there not any maps or copies of maps of that era and area? Could there possibly be some sort of information in a museum or a place where the land records were kept? I'm sure that you have already researched those possibilities. It was just a thought. Lovin your research of old places and of caves also. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
Dude you rock. I can say I'm not convinced that is the site, just seems like there would be tons more debris under the soil. Some of that could just be normal occupational debris, as we're talking over 300 years. But I surely appreciate your videos, I could be wrong (it's happened before) and take care. You rock.
It would sort of make sense to have the walls on both sides of that ditch. All they would need was some sort of gate to block it. It would allow for getting down to the river for water without being seen. I don't know what it looked like then, but if it was similar then to what it is now, they would have had a good field of fire on three sides and the natural barrier of the cliff and river to their back. The fort fell, but I expect they gave a good accounting before it did.
Does anyone know how many people lived in that valley before the decimation? I’m guessing at least 20 homes outside the walls as big as the fort is starting to look. Keep em coming chug and hurry it up lol I’d watch a couple hour video on this without batting an eye thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
Chigg, You've got to find bones, gruesome as that may seem, if there are any remains or charcoal or enough artifacts from that period to date them. Of course the post holes would be a major find, but that would probably mean trenching and the states not listening. It's still exciting! Cheers, Rik Spector
This isn't for a "timken" thing to call, this is for a certified archaeologist and their team to dig. Listen to what Beau said. He's in the plow line, that's why he's digging without much import.
I agree with Chromdome. I also saw that circle but not sure about a square inside the circle. But it appears that in the current photo the shadow seems to be in a slight egg shape just south of the dump and the narrow end of the circle is at the SW. It sure looks like you have found it. Congrats.
Wow you guys have found some great artifacts from the fort today chigg. That area where the farmer or farmers over the years have filled in that revene with trash over the years, do you think that at one time that could have been some back waters from the river. Have'nt seen the Rivers edge enough to see if it could have came up close to where you think the fort was. They would have wanted there water supply really close, due to Indian attacks. Just a thought. I do believe that you guys are right on where the fort was though. When you start probing the ground I believe you will uncover the true location of where the fort walls once stood. Great video great finds and an awesome story to tell about the fort that fell to the Indians long ago. As always safe and happy hunting/digging.😁👍👍
I admire you so much for being interested in this history and bringing it to us. Heck I just love to hear you talk..so soothing. I know you said the Indians were using guns by then, but could they possibly shot an arrow also . You know old habits are hard to let go of lol.. I also think some of those musket balls(which seems to be an abundance) had to of hit their targets. So sad. That entire place needs to be dug below plow line. My gosh I would be hollering LOOK LOOK!!!. All the time. That boat looked sad sitting there. A chigg motor fix it right up.
I think they definitely fight to the bitter end and some of the broken muskets could even have been broken in hand to hand combat using them as a weapon after the shot had been fired.
This is the third visit to the site and I have broken down this day's detection into 3 parts again since the video would have been very long otherwise. There are lots of great finds coming up and more solid clues as to whether or not this may be the fort. Remember, without solid proof, the state will not fund a proper Archeolgical dig to investigate this. I know because I have talked to them. I hope you enjoy this video.
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One thing is a definite. If the place is not the fortress. There was something of interest going on there to be able to find all these artifacts in one place
I think it's pretty conclusive you guys found the fort. The fact that there's so far no weaponry found says To me that they gained access to the fort and disarmed the settlers.
Or they killed them and took all the weapons.
Hands down best series I've seen in a long time!!! Those guys at Oak Island don't have anything on this.
Will you be searching the river for artifacts too? Could be more to find.
Dang Chigg, I am a huge fan and love all your vids, but I have to say, this series has got to be the most interesting I have seen yet. This is a million percent better than a tv documentary. Thank you and looking forward to the next one!!
Our grandson greasyn is learning alot from this series,,he made a fort necessity out of his Legos with soldiers all all around it after hearing Chiggs story
I wonder if Lego do Native Indian figures, with horses, weapons and head gear?
I’d like to say THANK YOU to the farmer and owner of this property for allowing Chigg exclusive permission to investigate this site.
What a nice farmer. Respect for letting yall come out and dig.
Congratulations to The Chigg for making sure that the holes he digs are thoroughly filled in so the farmer can believe that his cows will be safe from sprained or broken legs from tripping into one of those holes! This lets him come back and do a site.
The vibrato in your voice gives away your excitement for discovering a long lost historical site!! 👍🥰🙏🙀😻 Congratulations for discovering something that might be so significant to history! Thank you for sharing this beautifully exciting process with us.
That trigger guard section at 6:00 is a good wide pattern that was typical for British issue muskets in that time period of 1750s------that is an awesome find.
I’d say at least 100 pieces of melted metal have been dug so far. Got me thinking how cool it would be to see what shape would appear had he flagged every single hole melted artifacts were found in. After 4 days of digging it be something to stand back and view what outline the flags took shape in.
Definitely going to go watch Todd's finds also. So glad you're both a part of this. ♡♡ The best of the best... making, showing, and telling history - with heart.
Like you said about telling a story. To actually hold it on your hand brings on a sense of feelings that can never be replicated. This is exactly why I love detecting.
Been waiting for this, great series, thank you. God bless.
I would love to dig a historical site like that. Loving the series and can’t wait for the next one.
Hook a pump from that pond and water blast with reduced sized wires to catch artifacts
Really enjoying this historical find. Totally amazing!
Love watching your vlogs from the past. You know so much.
You've found the fort. There's no way people of that period would just throw away all that lead and brass. It was a commodity and would be melted down and used over and over.👍☮️
Conjecture!!
@@lessismore6062 I have a 2 foot high pile of melted lead and brass. I find it everywhere I dig almost.. LOL!!!
@@PabloDiablo682 All I can say is I hunt in New England and we find melted lead and brass almost everywhere... I love the Chigg and his research he's a great relic hunter.. But in my humble opinion the boys are stretching it alittle here!!
@@PabloDiablo682 I hope he finds it also.. But I don’t think he has yet..
@Janis Joplin I'm loving this series but it does seem like he's explaining the things he finds assuming the Fort was there. Hopefully they can get some archeological teams in as he said to prove for sure!
Chigg, I appreciate the sense of reverence and respect that you bring to this hunt. It is a sad place. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I always enjoy your running narrative as you process what you are finding and put together the pieces of history you dig up! Thanks for posting these videos for us to follow along with you Chigg.
I love that you're finding true history and not the "history" we read in books......
I’m proud of our Aquachigger. A lifetime of experience recovering relics and a gentleman by nature. Along with our friend Todd, he’s telling us a story of colonial life while we were pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
This series is definitely a great watch!
Mind. Blown. Awesome, awesome series, Chigg!
Love these history based adventures. Started with your travels in the Southwest. But this one is fantastic. All these kids of today who think they have it so rough and are traumatized by the least little thing would have a tough time living day to day in fear for your life.
Enjoying the heck out of this hunt!!! Fascinating spot with a human tragedy story, your doing those who perished here a Great Service !!
Outstanding progress. I just love this era and the fact that you all are uncovering lost history....our history. Im not far away if you need help excavating and logging items... Thanks again!
Fascinating! More history than I ever learned in school.
Chig...its so great to see you so excited, as you should be...loving the videos and history
This is my kind of video Chigg... Hunting for forgotten & lost history! Love it!
Excellent job Chigg ! Your definitely in your element on this one ! Nice work !
Good story to tell, well done, you are very passionate about this dig, nice to see
Man this is so exciting!! Thanks for sharing lost history!
Great work and investigation into the history of this Fort Chigg, we're looking forward to rest of this story.
After all these years, the Chig can still get exciting about finds. Like a kid at Xmas!
Extremely educational series by you. Enjoyed it.
Respect to the chigg for the respect and emotion that he shows for the fallen
Great content, I've been reading a journal by Nicolas Cresswell (1774-1777) which gives a account of a massacre which happened at Fort Pitt, Virginia. where bone's of men and animals are scattered about but not one whole human skull that wasn't bashed in. Account starts at April 16, 1775.
Love your stuff Chigg,your adventures and discoveries are totally awesome.keep it going my man.
Great finds and cool video! Maybe one day y'all be in the history books for shining a light on this part of our past.Thanks for sharing !
Another great video keep them coming , History is coming to life through the finds .
Heck yeah! These are some the most interesting adventures missions whatever ya call them ever. Just amazing what ya can find out by metal detecting and finding artifacts. I think they fought. I can't wait see the rest of this series. Awesome job to everyone. I hope that farmer keeps letting y'all come back as many times as y'all want. Cause this is part of our history and just awesome to see y'all out there . Great job chigg your amazeballs
Looking very good, Chigg! More & more physical evidence from that colonial erra and plenty of melted lead,brass,musket reminisce and charcoal soil due to Fort 🔥!Excellent investigating 🔎, Chigg, Todd!
Thank you for taking the time
to dig, video/post cast to share!
And a special big thank you to the farmer/ land owner for allowing you guys to investigate on his property!
HISTORY COMING TO LIFE!!!😀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome, this kind of video makes me proud to be a detectorist. You can't say that much with a lot of things that are happening to our hobby now👍😊
If that crushed brass "thimble" you found about 10 min. into the video is from a Brown Bess, it's length & diameter and number of nails that secured it to the stock should be the same as other Brown Bess muskets because they were military contract muskets. This series rates the "Golden Pull Tab" award for detecting videos. Go Chigg!
Chigg. I had permission and detected there in 1980. However I only searched in the area of the monument, to bad for for me. You are doing a great job showing and explaining. keep it up
Was just reading about these types of buttons that you & Todd are finding there, interesting:
"Blow hole or vent hole buttons are a lot older than first thought . they started out as two pieces ( the back with the holes and the front smooth convex side ) the two halves are hot soldered or brazed together and the holes do let out the hot gases then the shank is brazed on. these button are found at sites dated from mid 1600's to mid 1700's as a lot are found at French and Indian war sites."
Another probability concerning the broken musket parts is that they were broken off of the muskets during hand-to-hand combat with the muskets being used as clubs, which would mean the colonists fought to the death.
Outstanding Chigg !
Let’s save some history !
Always a pleasure to watch pal
Love the history you and Todd are uncovering.
I believe that the ravine is how the Colonist snuck down to retrieve water. I'm pretty sure that your assumption about the fort being on both sides of the ravine is correct. I've enjoyed ever minute of this series & look forward to the next part. Thank you for these video's. God bless you &take care.
Makes a lot of sense at that specific location.
@@dointh4198 yes it does.
I have been enjoying the history that you are unfolding Beau.
This may be a little late but I suggest that you flag all the holes that artifacts were found and place these flags on a map or hand drawn sketch of the field. A pattern may eventually form showing the shape and size of the structure. This will be of further aid to yourself or future investigators. Assign a number to each flag and record what was found. This method was used at "Little Big Horn" and greatly added to the understanding of how the battle progressed.
Thank You. Really enjoyed this. Love history.
I had relatives living in Augusta county VA at the time of the fort's sacking...
My man chig!! Your writing history today buddy congrats and great job!
Wow.... Chigg I believe this is your best adventure yet...... can't wait to see more. Thanks for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE see ya on the next
Looking forward to your next episode, this series was great . Thank you Chigg 👌👍
More good finds chigg and Todd are you going to get to hunt the river we hope you can good luck you're doing it right
Another awesome video thank you from plainwell Michigan
Hi TOD and CHiGG Keeping History Alive
not gonna lie, it's kinda exciting watching you uncover this mystery.
I would reach out to the local colleges around and see if you can get them to bring out the ground penetrating radar. The local college here in magnolia Arkansas have one and used it often to find house foundations and graves. it is pretty dang impressive.
Great video Chigg y’all be safe and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Thanks for the vid Chigg. Bring on the rest
I am amazed that for all those years no one before you figured out that the fort would have been on one of the most defensible spots, not in a depression in the middle of a open field away from the water. You would think an archeologist or historian would know that . Anyway, it's great that you discovered it ! Good on you matey. Captain Billys saying memine every time you find something.!
@@ptaylor4923I might buy that if they were all soldiers. These were soldiers plus women and children and civilians , there was no outrunning them , it was stay and fight or surrender. Looks like they fought , which was their only chance , since the next fort surrendered and were massacred.
@@ptaylor4923 I thought Chigg said the fate of the people was not known and there was very little knowledge of who what when where why. You seem to have a ton of info, are you talking about Upper Fort or Fort Seybert?
Love the history lessons with your videos
that nail is a stud head door nail , most likely from the central bunker.
I was also thinking that…
great video, love your enthusiasm.
I love what you do!!! So exciting!!!
Are there not any maps or copies of maps of that era and area? Could there possibly be some sort of information in a museum or a place where the land records were kept? I'm sure that you have already researched those possibilities. It was just a thought. Lovin your research of old places and of caves also. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
Thanks for the history great find .
What a good story. And very sad. Cant wait for the next one
Great dig into history👍
This is a great series. Reminds me of a 1730s fort site I dug in Maine. Place was loaded.
Its getting more interesting every video!!
Can’t wait for the next video!
Dude you rock. I can say I'm not convinced that is the site, just seems like there would be tons more debris under the soil. Some of that could just be normal occupational debris, as we're talking over 300 years. But I surely appreciate your videos, I could be wrong (it's happened before) and take care. You rock.
Great video Beau.
It would sort of make sense to have the walls on both sides of that ditch. All they would need was some sort of gate to block it. It would allow for getting down to the river for water without being seen. I don't know what it looked like then, but if it was similar then to what it is now, they would have had a good field of fire on three sides and the natural barrier of the cliff and river to their back. The fort fell, but I expect they gave a good accounting before it did.
I’m liking this thing your doing so far chigg imma show my kids this channel one day so you better make some good finds
What a strange comment
You are a lot better at relics than i am. I would have just tossed most of that stuff in my bag thinking it was junk!
Not that I needed it but, this discovery makes me all the more proud to support & rock my Chigg's Army duds. The OG Goat of this amazing hobby.
Fairy ring mushrooms are delicious! Their patches can date back 300 years, only appear after heavy rain
Oh, and that darn wobbly kitten and his old buddy, they’re team members too.
You're Killin me Smalls.
Does anyone know how many people lived in that valley before the decimation? I’m guessing at least 20 homes outside the walls as big as the fort is starting to look. Keep em coming chug and hurry it up lol I’d watch a couple hour video on this without batting an eye thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
Chigg,
You've got to find bones, gruesome as that may seem, if there are any remains
or charcoal or enough artifacts from that period to date them.
Of course the post holes would be a major find, but that would probably mean trenching and the states not listening.
It's still exciting!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Fantastic finds today Sir.
Have you probed for the privies yet. There probably will be some on the outside of the fort. There will be one or two on the inside as well.👍☮️
Great finds great video !
Nice cliff hanger at the end
The ramrod holder is called a thimble. Great dig chigg
Loving this video series Chigg. I was curious, do you have a specific reason that you don’t use a pinpointer?
Loving the series too chig, can't wait till the next one. What is the actual date on this one that you did it on?
Too bad we don’t have a “Time Team” here to call in.
We do have a time team. Todd and the Chigg!
This isn't for a "timken" thing to call, this is for a certified archaeologist and their team to dig. Listen to what Beau said. He's in the plow line, that's why he's digging without much import.
YES!
I was thinking the same exact thing! Somebody link me up to PBS time team!
@@Objective-Observer And it is coming back|
Hope you can say you definitely found it. Great video love your style
I agree with Chromdome. I also saw that circle but not sure about a square inside the circle. But it appears that in the current photo the shadow seems to be in a slight egg shape just south of the dump and the narrow end of the circle is at the SW. It sure looks like you have found it. Congrats.
Wow you guys have found some great artifacts from the fort today chigg. That area where the farmer or farmers over the years have filled in that revene with trash over the years, do you think that at one time that could have been some back waters from the river. Have'nt seen the Rivers edge enough to see if it could have came up close to where you think the fort was. They would have wanted there water supply really close, due to Indian attacks. Just a thought. I do believe that you guys are right on where the fort was though. When you start probing the ground I believe you will uncover the true location of where the fort walls once stood. Great video great finds and an awesome story to tell about the fort that fell to the Indians long ago. As always safe and happy hunting/digging.😁👍👍
Love the hunt for history!
I admire you so much for being interested in this history and bringing it to us. Heck I just love to hear you talk..so soothing. I know you said the Indians were using guns by then, but could they possibly shot an arrow also . You know old habits are hard to let go of lol.. I also think some of those musket balls(which seems to be an abundance) had to of hit their targets. So sad. That entire place needs to be dug below plow line. My gosh I would be hollering LOOK LOOK!!!. All the time. That boat looked sad sitting there. A chigg motor fix it right up.
I think they definitely fight to the bitter end and some of the broken muskets could even have been broken in hand to hand combat using them as a weapon after the shot had been fired.
Great stuff bub👍👍😁