We found an ABANDONED Home Site While Exploring our Land!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2021
- Let's go explore our land up in ND! There's a TON of history just on this small piece of land, you'll be surprised! We'll talk dirt moving plans, do some water witching, and even look at old tipi rings!
Check out our other RUclips Channel:
/ vicegripgarage
Merchandise can be found at:
www.vicegripgarage.com
#VGL #VGG #land
In this episode, Derek finds an abandoned Home Site and gets it running again with some sandpaper and a little fresh gas.
And drives it 200 miles to the old home site!
Don't
forget the vice grip's and duct tape too.. maybe sum sandwitches also.
No no, old gas from the 80's. Don't be so damn wasteful!!
It was gas from a snowblower that hasn't run since 1965 and Bentleys found Grandpa plyers. Give him some credit, he makes it work.
Don't forget the cold snacks.
A fellers brother was really talkative today. Lol.
I`m really worried...maybe he´s no feeling well?
Busy digging for gold 🤣
AQUIFERRR!
Has he lost weight?
he’ll move mountains tho
You should return with a metal detector around that old house foundation. People from that era, especially farmers, use to bury their money in cans and jars rather than trust it to a bank.
And how right the old folks were! It’s those hugely valuable old skills like how to write with a fountain pen, bake bread and not EVER trusting a bank or a financial “expert” that our generation have lost.
Ha, I just posted the same thing.
Yep. Let Bentley do some metal detecting... that'd be a good memory for him..
You never cease to amaze me with your content Derek! As a farm/ranch 'kid' with deep roots in the land, I am quite impressed that you and your brothers and cousins can meet together to make plans for the 'old home-place' without getting into an argument or a fistfight. Your grandpa is no-doubt smiling right now. Keep up the good work and I hope your whole family will prosper beyond your wildest dreams!
I have a very similar situation in the NE. Grandpa bought 400 acres in the 1950's for his grandchillen to develop, subdivide, build residential homes on & make a living. Gravel pit with top soil mounds, etc.That lasted til 40 years, 10 years after my granpa died, when his son, my uncle, the big dog of the family construction was killed in a tragic accident. All my cousins other side of the family, turned into tree hugging LIBERALS & stopped all progress. Kept 200 acres left untouched FOR THEM to hike on it once/year on Thanksgiving. My career in heavy equip, home construction halted.
Then when my mom died in 2017, my cousins sued my moms estate for $20K... 2 months after we cremated her.
New career.. PLUMBING for the last 20 years.
You can pick your friends... you can't pick your family.
That flat piece of silver metal you had, Eveready. That’s an old flashlight, looks like it was ran over and flattened.
Beat me to it, I had one or two back in the day.
Yup, beat me too it as well! My great grandpa had those all over the shop/house/shed/well house. They sure don't build them like that anymore that's for sure!
As soon as a feller said "Eveready" a guy remembered an old TV advert here in the UK with a slogan "Everready power to the people" - I was a young'un back then and memory is hazy but I figure I remember the TV advert was for Eveready batteries, which would have gone along with Eveready flashlights.
In fact I just found the advert a guy remembered : ruclips.net/video/btRRHvcXuhw/видео.html
Yup. Standard gear with our 70's/80's camping gear. Had either a red or yellow lens surround and the battries liked to leak in them for some reason? Had more than one full of rust and exploded, foamy battrie powder in 'em!
A good friend of mine was from Souris, North Dakota. He once told me the North Dakota state bird was the mosquito, and the state tree was a telephone pole....
we always joked that there is a pretty girl behind every tree in north dakota. ha
Can we all just take a moment to drink in how beautiful this piece of land is? Man I'd love to have a place in an area like that but the winters...makes this Arkansas boy shiver just thinking about it. I've never been able to wrap my head around the science behind the rod method of finding a well. Seems like contacting the "other side" where some people have it and some don't, lol.
"I didn't have a plan..." I'm starting to see a family theme here.
Chris must have had a Red Bull; I've never seen him so chatty.
Was thinking the same thing.
All those old farms had a dumping site. You should get a metal detector and see what ya find! Could be really cool!
Call aquachigger!
A couple of cold snacks on a hard hat with a straw and a afternoon with a metal detector sounds good
My great grandfather used to know where the old dump sites were and he would pick them for antiques. That was one of his sources of income.
Some things are better left buried.
That’s exactly what I was thinking
The boys may find some really cool artifacts and arrowheads around those teepee circles! Looks like a lot of rich family history in that area. Looking forward to watching the progress on this beautiful property.
Please leave the teepee rings alone. The indigenous peoples in the area will appreciate the sensitivity.
When my grandfather drilled the well for his house, he hit an underground spring. It was so strong that they didn't even need a water pump for 20 years. Then it was week so he installed a small pump. About 50 years later, the well was running a little dry so my dad and I set out to find the original well pipe and point. We had no idea, and we doused it, aka divined it, and marked the spot. Starting our diggin strait down, and Bob's your uncle we were right on top of the well cap! Still something science has zero explanation for.
Nice!
That old school find water wizardry has always and I mean ALWAYS fascinated this old feller EVERY single 3rd time
My dad taught me how to do it when I was young. I make a lot of money on the side Well Witching for people with this method... Never fails.
@@markkeller1778 I’m the same but use a slightly different method for finding depth. We use a silver pocket watch on a chain, stand and hold out directly above source and watch will start to spin to the point it’s horizontal then repeat and count rotations till horizontal and that’s how far down you have to dig. Hope that all makes sense, I was amazed the first time I seen this as a young lad.
I forget what kind of wood you use but you take a Y shaped branch hold certain way and BAM, water source, I've done it and swear by it, truly wild
Yep, hard to believe but it worked on my Grandfathers property, my uncles property and mine.
East Coast GS, my dad taught me and he used a Willow branch in the shape of a Y, put your thumbs on the end hold it parallel to the ground start walking and when the tail of the Y points down that's where the Vein of water is! Works like a charm. To tell the depth he used a piece of straight Willow about 5ft long, put the small end in the ground so the bigger end was over the Vein of water, it would 'bob' up and down for each foot of depth, then it would go horizontal a few times and start bobbing again, damnest thing I ever saw! But it always worked, he probably witched 200+ Wells and only missed 2 times. I can use the Y stick to find the water but haven't been successful at getting the depth, it's been 30 years or more since I have tried, I should try again.
With the land, family history, immediate family, siblings, and another generation coming up, you're a very rich man.
Every time he calls his brother Krang I think of the Ninja Turtles cartoon from the late 80’s. I hope that is the reference he is making.
same here!
Chris. Just a big bundle of joy when the cameras on him.
I remember them teaching us witching for water in school here. Also grew up with alot of old farmers that could find water faster than any computer can nowadays. Pretty awesome seeing your boy being able to do it too
I always knew how to use dowsing rods to find water and electrical, but i never knew about the depth finding procedure with the washer attached. Amazing !
Explains a lot about the US education system.
Man that's an incredible view, and the history is cool too. To think a hundred years or so maybe more, there was a family living out there where the nearest town was probably a days horse ride away.
Crazy right?
Horses appreciate vehicles at least as much as Humans, prolly more!
I keep seeing the Windows Start Screen with that Blue sky and rolling hills
@@n84434 damn if you ain't on the mark lmao
@@aspalovin They definitely earned their retirement
More then ever I want to know more about the family history. Sounds like they have been in the area for a long time.
Absolutely yes please, maybe an episode on your family history?
My sisters truly believe they are sophisticated. But, I live it when my dad takes us to the place where he grew up. I dog my sisters hard about their hillbilly ancestry. Then I refer to them as Becky and Milly and they want to cry. Lol
IMHO, from Switzerland.. Came to Michigan in ~1872
A guy might wanna go way back into the vault say 800 years ago
What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL view! Thanks for sharing some North Dakota with this Virginia feller.
I appreciate your different persona here; each channel has a slightly different Derek. Bravo.
I really admire your affection for the land. It’s cool how our roots, like those of the grass, are deep in the earth. I’m a Saskatchewan prairie dog lifer, sort of your neighbour to the North. Love the land.
Just finished a week long trip to Saskatchewan, found my great great great grandpas farm near Nakomis. Looked at one of the old land maps and even figured out the piece he had. Saskatchewan is a beautiful place, you’re lucky to be there!
Am I seeing a "D7 - will it run?" coming up soon? I don't know...
“D7 - will it run??? Drive it 326 miles home?”
Sounded like a "Diesel Creek Video" Matt can get it to run.
@@DHarri9977 awesome channel!
Looking at the house foundation... My grandparents house had a similar layout on hill. House at top, then directly below the house a retaining wall to keep the piers from washing out. Then a garden/yard, and another retaining wall below that about 25 feet. looked very similar. The rock pile may be the house, or just the rockpile. My grandfather also had a rockpile where he "stored" rocks they picked up around the place. Gotta put em somewhere!!! They don't burn! I saw other posts where people mentioned there should be a place where they were dumping stuff. I would wager in the bottom of that draw. Looks like the trees were planted on purpose as a wind break for the house. They are oddly... in a row. Are they to the west of the old house? If so, they likely are. Their dump pile would be within dragging distance of the house, not uphill, and downwind from your normal wind direction. Imagine how far and where you would drag a bin of garbage, and dig a hole for burnin' and look in that area with your metal detector. Might be near the rock storage area. It wasn't always the crick for dumping, especially if they did not want to spoil the lake water.
I am from southern Ontario and it always seemed that old houses had conifers and cedars planted on the north and west sides for a wind break.
Wow this is amazing! You’re so lucky to have family history still available to you and the property. You are truly blessed. You also deserve it…watching your videos you are one of the good ones left. All the best to you and your family!
A feller can't get enough of both of these channels!!!! THANKS DEREK!!!
You may want to invest in a metal detector to scan over the old homestead location to see if you find any keepers? People were known to bury their money and valuables in the old west in fear of marauders.
That would make an awesome vidja. Derek would probably find a buried steam tractor and get the damn thing runnin!
@@aspalovin probably just a bunch of barbed wire lol joking, that would be cool to watch.
I follow metal detecting channels.
You must not have detected on a farm before.
Your detector goes off every few inches because it found a nail, or a piece of fence... junk really.
I was thinking the same thing. Found an old house plot on some family land a few years back found and old lever rifle and revolver my pawpaw told me it was where he dads dad grew up. Pretty cool pieces of history i dug up. Glad i didnt listen to people telling me id be wasting time
Isn't that a Mercury? Lol 🤣🤣
BENTLEY has the coolest name ever!!! Wish I had thought of that one. I tryed to name my daughter Holley but her momma said you are not naming her after a carburator!! Lol..
Love all your shows...grew up tinkering with anything that could be built. Stopped for years.....Back to building and restoring bikes. Making something considered to most as junk something special again. I enjoy all your dry humor. Nice job! Thanks for all your posts. Jesse
Really awesome to see a family piece of land stayin’ in the family
Pretty sure there’s no property tax in ND. As it should be
I can imagine rocking on the front porch and looking out over the water after the day is done....so quiet and peaceful. A wonderful place to raise a family!
With a well screened porch. That's a very large sqeeter hatchery they got there.
Derek, with how much you always involve your kids in your videos I think you and your boys would really enjoy metal detecting that family land of yours especially around the house and those tree lines. never know what kind of old things you could find out there. Always enjoy all of your videos no matter the channel! Keep up the awesome work!
Derek this is a great opportunity to buy and do a first start on some heavy machinery i.e. a Dozer and Loader and do your own landscape for the channel 😉👍
Kind of sad that you had to open the video with a notice about trespassing. As for what was on the pad by the well, I am thinking a windmill for pumping water from the well would be likely.
Fame brings lots of attention. He did the right thing
@@meengreen52 I understand that. It was just a shame that it has already become a problem that needed to be addressed.
I guy gets excited when he sees vice grip anything in his notifications!
Amen.
Don't get me wrong but I like his channel too, I wouldn't really say I get excited, you must be single 🥃🥃🥃
Women get me excited but I do enjoy his channel so each to their own 🤘🤘🤘🥃🥃🥃
@@kljcails see that’s the difference between you and me. I am comfortable with my sexuality enough to know what I said has no sexual relevance what so ever. Way to be homophobic though. (Slow clap)
@@NoGoodNamesLeft ok😁😁😁
derek, i'm sure i speak for your viewers when i say that we would never trespass on your land. we respect your ownership, your privacy and your family history. best to you and your wonderful family. a guy would be blessed to have you as a friend. keep yer sparkalator shining bright.
I agree....here in Idaho people paint posts, rocks, or anything on the boundaries of their property with orange paint...means no trespassing and no hunting. Although, many people will allow you to hunt on their property if you ask...its the ones that go out of their way to do things without asking that ruins it for all those who do the right thing.
Picnic site on old homestead 👍bad luck to build a house on previous owners land👍blessing your new location a great idea 👍
Looks like a great piece of land. A person could retire to a place like that and love waking up to a view over that pond/lake every morning. The Eveready piece of metal was an old flashlight...no idea how old. Some metal detecting and poking around would probably lead to some interesting finds. Really liking this and looking forward to more videos of the progress as you make it into what you want. I'm thinking you need to grab and old boat now to take out on the water for some fishing.
Clearly becoming one of my favorite channels. What a gorgeous piece of land.
Thank you
Those TeePee Rings could be confused with Medicine Wheels so you have to bring back your sacred ceremonial lands and have a Sundance and a Pow Wow and Invite all nations to the Traditional Territory to Bless your Land to teach your children Love and Joy.
Derek you and your family are so Blessed 🙌
How amazing just being on your family's land is so neat. I'm glad that you are taking us along with you on your adventures in developing your property
That old farmstead was most likely a family that didn’t make it though the Great Depression. Back then something like 1/3 of the population was in farming and ranching, now it’s less than %2
Yupp..
Always love the VGG & VGL content. Can't wait to see the progress on the land as well as cool finds along the way.
You should put the trailer on the slab where the old barn and house used to be. Very nice spot!
Moving all that dirt, tells me you need to dig into your yellow pages for Mr Dicky Dozer. Beautiful land. You’re all a lucky bunch, enjoy your life.
Subliminal Jessica at the very end, starring into my soul, startled a fella.
Yep Me too. I just Spild my Coffey....
I was waiting for it to come back on for a second, that was crazy her in a green shirt . I'm glad I wasn't the only one that seen that . Lol spooky stuff and they had Indians on that land before, they better watch out for their spirits.
I had to go back and freeze frame it but I believe it is from the lodge 4th of July cake video.
@@7KidsSpanoMan Yep I did the same And I say that you are Right. It is from the Cake Video
Just seems to be one single frame.😁
I used that method to find underground water lines. Never to find water like that. I have never seen the washer trick to figure out depth. That's very cool.
I watched my Dad use the bouncing stick method of determining depth several times. He said each dip by the stick was one foot. I can’t say how accurate it was, but he swore by it.
@@mikeg6042 yep a lot of guys use willow or peach branches.
I never tried switching water, but I can switch any ditch or place where dirt has been dug with two copper wires. When I come to the edge, the wires cross. Its accurate to within an inch or so.
Blew my boss's mind when I was able to locate his septic tank using that method. He had just bought the place and needed it pumped.
This sweet family , so sweet , beautiful, where can you go watch clean TV , Family , 66 years young , Like the Walton’s love this family , God and Family . God Bless you All
Have you seen the crowbar, depth-witching technique? A friend and former co-worker who’s Dad had a plumbing business in that area showed it to me. It worked well for him but not so much for me. Two (both) forefingers under the neck of the crowbar, pick the end up a few inches off the ground and it will rotate. Count the 360 degree rotations for the water depth
Congratulations on such a beautiful bunch of property and for having such great plans and visions for it. Stay safe and thanks for the video.
Such amazingly beautiful land Derek! Glad it is owned by people that will love respect and nurture it!
The view from the original foundations is simply awesome looking over that beautiful tranquil lake stepping back in time and closer to nature. Great to hear you have plans for it and intend to enjoy it more in the future and keep it for the boys. Thanks for sharing with us Derek.
Nice tour. I appreciated the well witching at the end. I look forward to seeing the progress and the low buck cabin substitute you find. Congrats on getting some family land.
This is beautiful. I know winters suck but if it was me, I'd make this home base for Vice Grip Garage! Love this
I think you're right about that draw, it's nice looking but you'd for sure have water/drainage/foundation issues in years where it's not dry as a bone.
Congratulations for being back home. Best wishes from our family to yours, from West Haven, CT.
Seems like an great place to make more family memories. Look forward to how this goes. Thank you for sharing with us.
Well deserved Derek. I'm sure the past generations of the family are proud of what you're doing with yourself and the family traditions.
Pretty nice chunk of land you have there. That divining rod demo was crazy! Also, I've never seen the washer technique for the depth. Always learning from this channel !
Really enjoy the show.I appreciate the comedy along with the talent.Awesome.
Nice to see the family connection. It's really great to see.
Nice piece of land🌾 you got there, that's cool to keep it in the family
Loved seeing and knowing history of ND growing up in the south east corner of ND keep the great content coming 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
What a beautiful piece of property! It looks like a picture with the clouds in the background. Beautiful! It is so cool that that acreage has been in your family for so many years! God bless!
I love car revivals as much as I love homestead revivals. Seeing your ranch reminds me of the one I worked on in the Nebraska Sandhills. Beautiful country and I can’t wait to see your progress
Oh man Derek , that’s heaven on earth , I know you and your family appreciate it now , and hopefully forever.
This video strongly reminds me of my childhood and my family house in Poland. Nostalgia and memories are just firing in guy's head. Sadly everything got lost due to financial crisis. I wish I could come back to those good times.
Keep up the great work Derek!
Same. 400 acres developing, subdividing, then 2008 housing bubble burst & other side of family wanted to hug all the trees & stop progress, my LIVING.
Just discovered this channel after discovering vice grip garage a few months ago and slowly going through all the videos, I love this kind of content and hope you can keep it up. Really interested in what you do with thisc land.
That's a beautiful piece of land you got there looking forward to seeing what you do with it 👍
It’s absolutely beautiful there!!!!
A guy is happy for some guy, his wife and his gangly brood of vipers.
What an amazing piece of land! It's great to keep all that in the family.
It's pretty incredible what kids find hidden all over like that. We recently had some concrete work done on our house that was built in the 1920s. Ever since my kids have been bringing me all kinds of stuff that they have found around where the crew was digging. Mostly pieces of old bottles and bricks but it really makes a guy wonder what the heck is all buried under there.
Wow!!! Just learned something... The water finding and depth technique... Awesome!
What a nice land your family and now you have have! Wow amazing! 👌
All that history was super cool!!! Where the old house, well and Tee Pees stood.
Watching from the UK I can’t believe how much space you guys have got!! Would love to own that. Love new channel!
Wow what a neat bit of land thanks for sharing it with us Derek
Truly beautiful. I know my 2 cents is a bit late, but the old "foundation" seems to be a perfect place to "rebuild" or "resurrect" a living dwelling especially since it seems to be "higher ground ". May be important if a guy and his family are only going to be there once in a blue moon 🌙.
The old Knorr place has a family cemetery too, just up the hill from those trees just west of where Chris graded that land.
They need to watch out putting a house on a burial grounds and their was Indians there before.
@@MIKEH.777
Why? Out of respect I can see it but not because of anything else.
Don't give the devil power.
@@randallsmerna384 exactly. It was a war. They lost. Such is history.
@@CoIoneIPanic The OP was referring the spiritual voodoo of the graves of the deceased.
The enemy I was referring to is the devil. I edited my post to make it more clear.
A guy should go through some of the town archives and see if a guy can find some old picture photos of the ol place and builder back like you do on those ol goin to town rides🏡
Those methods of testing with wire and washers was amazing...😃
You are so blessed my friend. What a beautiful place.. Thanks for sharing.
That’s awesome, congratulations to you and your family on the new place enjoy it looks like you got ample supply of underwater aquifers and probably a bunch of springs underneath your laying there and everything very cool.
Have you thought about going off grid with the power supply, solar panels and things of that nature. If so and you haven’t come across his channel I highly recommend you watching red poppy ranch he has a very good set up an off grid power supply and he’s got hooked up to a big garage his house his whole family lives in it anyways have a good night
thats some nice land you got there. some trees would be nice. love the find water thing. thanks guys. cheers.
Sweet, that's beautiful. The boys will have an awesome time running the property. This a dream that some don't have, but I do wish you and your the best.
Nostalgic Derek. 12:50 early Eveready flashlight, crushed. Beautiful property, thanks for sharing.
Imagine placing all those stones by hand and carriying them from who knows how far? Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
Amazing seeing the amount of history in that little piece of land just from keeping it in the family and passing it down. My family were farmers for 150 years but never on the same land as 3 times that I know of they sold the farm for building land and then moved a bit further out as the city expanded. My Uncle sold up just a couple years back and they're building a whole bunch of 'luxury family housing' on that little piece of land and he was the last to sell up so I guess I'm not from a farming family any more. I learned to drive stick on my Uncle's back field and spent a ton of summers working on the property when my Dad rented some land off my uncle to run his business out of but the whole lot's gone now save a couple of glasshouses that look to still be standing on the old Google maps.
Gorgeous land, and that divining rod segment was COOL! I'm excited for you guys!
Thank you for sharing with us.
Beau Ouimette, of Aquachigger RUclips channel fame, might be a fun collab for exploring that homesite.
CHIG ARMY! Yes! I haven't watched old Beau for a long time! HOLD YER BREATH!
This needs to happen. Hold your breath
As far as how long ago that house was knocked down, I can see that it was most definitely inhabited in the 1940s/50s, that all the shiny part that said Everready, what is actually the casing to an old metal flashlight that was most likely from the 1950s, and that rusty metal plate that would’ve went on the front door I would say dates to the 1920s, it originally would’ve been brass plated steel. Like I don’t wanna vintage and antique items, so I thought I would chime in on this.
That lock plate were used from the 1800's up to the 30s and even the 40s
I have lock plates just like that on my doors. House was built in the 1920s
We had those lock plates on the house I grew up in, which was built in the 1880’s. I agree with many others, it would be fun to run the metal detector around the original homestead.
Love the view with the water. I am sure,.once you're all set in the future, it will be a good place to relax
Can't wait to see all the new adventures! Will be sittin' with a cold snack and drinking it in as it comes...perfect...
A guy sure does enjoy these vidyas while having some wobble pops. Very relaxing.
My family homesteaded in Powers Lake N. Dakota in 1909. Many families still live there.
PS…if you’re to busy to detect old home site…invite a metal detector channel RUclips personality (such as NuggetNoggin) to do in for a collaborative filming episode opportunity. Just a suggestion. Thanks for sharing your channel.
God bless you and yours, it's nice to see hard working families realizing their dreams and happy. Thank you for sharing so much of your life with us.
Enjoyed the Jessica cameo at the end.
It was fun to watch you fellers divining for water on your future recreation area. I watched my Grandpa and my Dad find water using similar methods when I was a boy back in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was always interesting to hear people’s skepticism regarding divining but I watched them put in several wells using such techniques.I’ve tried it myself and was surprised to find I couldn’t stop the sticks from moving no matter how hard I tried. And yet I still don’t know if I believe it works.
it's just fake superstition, but is a fun little thing to entertain and show kids either way. You could dig into the water table nearly anywhere in a decently hydrated area and get water. Any little bit of unbalance holding those pieces of wire will make them turn, even if you subconsciously end up doing it, its kind of a play on the placebo effect.
That's a fun trip-- thanks for including us. I highly suggest when you part your RV, aim it to the main summer sun line and cover the whole thing with tarps and stake them down. Unless you get one of those all-season metal frame things with some canvas on them. Something to keep the years' sun off the vehicle.
Hey Derek and the family, really cool to hear your brother mention the New Town water plant. I’m a truck driver and I haul lime to them pretty often. Now when I see the dirt/clay, I’ll know it came from your property. Neat! Take care guys. Hope to meet you out there some day!