We Bought An ABANDONED Homestead... cabins, trucks, & treasure?
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
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00:00 Biking to the homestead
01:00 Ford Courier
02:26 Chevy K10
05:12 The burned down cabin
07:40 Outhouse with the best view in the county
08:19 Cabin #2
10:19 Abandoned off-grid cabin interior
14:30 Random finds in the bathroom
15:46 Riley disappears 
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I would clean up the trash first. Air Bnb is a good use. Get some goats to maintain the weeds on the property. They are a big draw for families who like animals. I have seen other you tubers doing the same and the goats are a hit.
Make trails around the property for hiking or mountain biking.
You could also have cross country skiing or hunting if it is isolated enough from other homes.
Is it on the same hill as your previous homestead if so you haven't got far to travel to both
My vote would be a haunted cabin, or the "dog house" for Ryley 🤣
Overall, campsite and cabin for family and friends to use. I would never airbnb anything I owned. I still think a fire tower would be a good idea because the views would be great and it would be useful.
Kudos to Courtney for knowing what a timing light looks like.
They owned a Off Road Shop that did custom modifications.. and they both did work on vehicles, I'm sure she's been around a shop enough to know a timing light. They are well equipped with knowledge, it's easy to forget until she says something like.. "that's a timing light".. and it snaps me back into reality, these guys have flipped houses, owned a business and sold it.. they have done more then most and are still quite young.
But not a Television lol.
@@christophermorin9036priorities
@@christophermorin9036she owned a tube TV she said. she got the cassette tape also
That tub, you asked how it got there and it's weights like 500 pounds? Well remember that truck the k10 or even the courier
The pit is the perfect place to buldoze the cabin into.
Plus, they own a bulldozer!
Lol I did this for an inhabitable structure on a property i owned… someone asked me why I didn’t take it to a landfill… apparently the landfills hole is better than the one I dug.
@rcox787 it is. You could learn how and why but you won't.
Hope yous got many years, to clean up.
That be a very terrible idea to bury everything , not at all environmentally friendly!!!! ☹️🍁🇨🇦
It’s a pretty common story: the property was homesteaded twice, separated by 15-20 years as each owner tried to build their dream home “on the cheap”, rather than the right way.
One ended in fire, the other probably in bankruptcy and foreclosure, as any surviving relatives just washed their hands of the whole fiasco.
Best bet is to bring in a hazmat rated waste removal company to truck all the barrels, fridges, and other junk out, then bulldoze and burn pile anything wood that remains.
As for future use of those areas on the land, a seasonal tent and small RV campsite with off-grid electrical hookups and properly plumbed toilets on a septic system is one possibility. Depending how active you’d want to be with passive income, setting up a small general store and playground would take things up a notch.
Another option is building out a proper access road loop, and partnering with a timber company to come in and responsibly cut and replant a percentage of the land each year. That way, you rake in the residuals for owning a thriving timberland, the forest is adequately replenished and managed against wildfires, while you also create jobs for the locals.
They only own 20A !
Umm 🤔 I don’t think they won the lottery or the Powerball to achieve all your ideas 💡 💡😉😝😝
@@brucewitcpalek5120 I guess you don’t buy a piece of land like that that needs work if you don’t have the money to support it lol case in point the last two idiots that tried
And run a few head of cattle to get the ag tax break.
more than likely they have no mineral ,timber or water rights they are often sold off long ago!
Courtney deserves an award for knowing that was a timing light!
She owned a Off-Road shop and has most likely done a ton of work on vehicles.. why wouldn't she?
Reminds me of cleaning up after my father when he died. He moved from the city to the country, packed a trailer full of his stuff and not long after he died. I would say that looks like a family moved to the country, used that cabin for storage, lost the main home and for some reason, abandoned all their stuff.
I had the same experience with my father. He moved out a much larger house in rural Pennsyvania with his wife and into a smaller house in Southern Maryland. It was stacked to the ceiling with junk. Just JUNK. I do not know why they even packed the crap and wasted money moving it. It took me 9 roll back dumpsters .NINE!!!
I swore Id downsize all my belongings then and there so as to not leave that situation on my own daughter.
My wife having grown up in that area and my mother in law still living in the area, I can tell you that meth is a big problem (one of my brother in laws is currently doing time behind that). The condition of the contents of the cabin is indicative of someone who slid into addiction.
As for how they got stuff up there . . . dirt roads deteriorate over time. Looking at the condition of the road, it appears that nearly 25 years ago you could easily drive a pickup up there in the summer. Everything you saw there could have been transported there in a pickup.
I think you need to figure out if you can get the M1078 up there. If so, start making trips to the dump. The excavator will make quick work of ripping the place down once all of the trash is removed.
This is like finding a time capsule. There's nothing more fun to me than searching abandoned buildings and areas for old treasures. I love old rusty tools and more so, this would be fun as heck to explore. I'm going to love the videos from this cleanup and transformation.
Fun tour, Thanks! Beautiful place. Random thoughts: 1) That stuff is all stolen from storage lockers. That's why it's all in totes and it's more than people would normally have. You can probably confirm that by the names on the pill bottles - are they all different? They'd cut a lock, fill their pickup, and head for the hills. 2) I'd grab ALL those baseball cards! Some are worth more than $4M. 3) You might want to quickly sort that trash into a huge pile of the stuff that would burn cleanly for a fun bonfire in the snow.
It looks like a place where you would hear banjos playing the theme from Deliverance from somewhere in woods.
Many questions:
1. Does this property connect to your off grid property?
2. Why did you buy this property?
3. What plans do you have for this property?
4. Is the road to your off grid property finished.
5. Did you get the problems fixed on the excavator?
6. Did you get the starting problem fixed on the boat?
Many cliff hangers.
I'm pretty sure this is still the original property. We just haven't seen it yet.
That’s my thought too, the Ford courier is what they moved to work on the road!
So why refer to it as an abandoned homestead that they bought?
@@andrewgee241because previous owners of the land apparently abandoned their cabin. Riley and Courtney built new buildings on the same land (which is 20 acres)
@@andrewgee241That’s exactly what it is. An abandoned homestead located on the property they purchased.
The video title is a bit ambiguous, making it sound like it’s a new purchase, but it’s not.
Those batteries were used by telephone companies... its what made home phones work during power outages. They were typically stored in the basement of a phone company sub station.
I also saw a Nortel (Northern Telecom) cardboard box in the mess.... maybe some connection?
One would have to be connected to obtain batteries like that.
Unlikely... Nortel was the post 1998 name from Northern Telecom. They made telephone switches and phone systems but not the batteries.@@dilbotmacguillacutty4849
Every time I see such an abandoned cabin .. it makes me wonder about the lives of the people who lived there. Also gives me perspective about working all your life to accumulate stuff that seem important at the time, but eventually ends up like this when you are gone!
It is important. Its a physical link to your memories and life. It has meaning while you live and is part of your own legend.
Your life is everything to you.
Congrats; it looks like an awesome location! Can't wait to see what you do with it. Seems like the most valuable find in the second cabin is all the plastic storage totes!
If you really wanted to know who lived there, why don't you read the labels on the medicine bottles? I'm sure there are other written records in the tax office, register of deeds, and all the paperwork in the cabin. Thanks.
Love to hear the story on how you came to know about this property, and why you decided to buy it.
I love seeing you guys taking a break from the grind - that is, grinding down rocks for your road - to have some fun. You deserve it for all of your hard work!
Scrap the metal, bonfire what you can, dumpster the rest. Probably need to hook up a utility trailer to a UTV to get the garbage out. People grossly overestimate the value of a stick frame -- especially when they're clearly inadequate for snow load. The walls and roof cost way more. More stuff for the ol' todo list :)
I love touring anything old like this. Thank you so much for taking us along.
I'm with you, Courtney. The best thing would be to get the story of those who came before. Now that would be really interesting. I, too, love to investigate abandoned places.
Thanks for the great video.
Judging from the stacks of containers, collectibles, and especially the empty coin collection books, it's likely that the big burned-down cabin was the home of someone who frequented storage auctions and used the smaller cabin as the storage building for the overflow of nonvaluable stuff. They might have had a small store or yardsale tent for stuff like that. The main house burned down, and there was no use for the junk left over. Vandals likely ransacked the place looking for anything valuable long after the fire.
You guys are endless source of fun, information and bravado. Kudos you two.
Seeing y’all out and about on the bikes is pretty cool. Seeing all the vegetation got me wondering a bit about fire hazard, then you stopped at the burnt down cabin… You’ve got most of the equipment to clean that mess up… maybe a forestry Mulcher is in your future
I absolutely love your videos. There's so much to explore in each one, and they're always exciting and enjoyable to watch.
This is exactly how we bought our homestead. After 2 years we're still finding cool stuff. That Chevy will run. As weird as it is ours came with 2billy bass lol. Good luck an happy hunting
Very interesting. Cast iron skillets are money! Take all that metal to the recycling yard. Might get a few bucks. Cabin is a wreck. Fun to explore and have a yard sale. Or donate to shelter. So many plastic tubs. The trucks would be fun too. "Will it run" video. Cool bikes. Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing
I can't believe you kept that a secret this long. There is a lot of cleanup there 😮.
Probably why they kept it a secret lol, messes are easy to not show people and try to forget.
Burn, baby burn, bury the ashes
That spot looks AWESOME!!! I can't wait to see what y'all do with it!
The treasure might be hidden inside the baseball cards pile! Check them!
Burnt down cabin with 2 random steel bathtubs? That almost seems the fallout of a meth lab that had a mishap. I am not pessimistic but that is unfortunately common in rural areas. Especially if it can run off grid. I do however hope there is a better backstory.
Meth lab describes it perfectly. And the condition of the other cabin screams methhead organizational skills.
@@SuperSummit123 I'm going to bet someone came in and destroyed the place looking for money stashed somewhere. But it would likely be buried somewhere if still on the property. I almost bid on land my state seized after such circumstances, but physical access to the land was a problem; it just sits to further decay.
Please do some more exploration of this. It's fascinating! Carefully Riley!
This video totally surprised me. May the Lord continue to bless your family and give you great ideas for wholesome content. Keep up the great work!
she is too smart for you she knew it was a timing light LOL
Get you site started make it accessible road, don’t build near that cabin but you can scrap metal collect it later. Get a tiny house or mobile house up there on a flat spot and secure the area. Utilities and a well. You are going to need money for this one.
Imagine watching a youtube video of someone (or multiple someone's) exploring an abandoned house.
Turns out it's your house (which you're sitting in, watching the video), as you remember it and an undetermined amount of time has passed in the video.
Build a mess hall at the top with a big deck and a variety of camping spots around then invite scouting organizations in the Summer and rent them out the rest of the year. I'm sure there's an AirBnB type of service for camping.
Maybe this was the storage area for the family that lived in the other house. Otherwise, the person who was attached to that stuff....oh my, the possible stories swirling around in my head. Good luck on this project, guys
What are you guys gonna do with those wicker dolls hanging near the star-shaped clearing in the woods?
Wow what a amazing find, truly so much to take in. Your so right Courtney it has a incredible history(story) behind the lost homesteads. Maybe you two can do a little research within the city records. Definitely the two houses needs to be demolished in time and the land can be built into something amazing. Im so taken with the view. You two have great future videos and content to explore here. Till next time stay safe. 😊
Oh wow you two constantly amaze me, thank you again for being such a great couple.
I think the second cabin could be a project for a getaway cabin. Thinking you make a road up there and projects galore.
Yes, it would be fun to search that cabin for a sellable treasure but truly the bulldozer and building a hole for it to be shoved into is probably the best thing. Were there any other mechanical Marvels on the property? This piece of property you purchased sounds very interesting. A metal detector would be fun to!
My impression is that the cabin has already been visited by looters, probably multiple times, and there is little chance of finding anything of value.
Congratulations 🍾 on your new project.
I know that you will do wonders with it.
Looks like a LOT OF WORK!
Blessings, Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
I think by the time you finished repairing the cabin it would be the Cabin of Theseus.
Music suggestion - dualing banjos
To do up the cabin would be a huge amount of work So knocking the entire thing down is probably for the best.
But ...
Location, location, location. Absolutely stunning view, especially the view from that dunny.
Isnt it amazing what people leave behind,!! love the bikes, they Are awsome!!!. Great seein you Courtney. just like old times.
I'm thinking, Get ahold of Treehouse Master and put a nice tree house up there. Looks like some good Trees there to attach to. That would have an amazing view.
The bottle probably came from Frederick Kimball Stearns pharmaceutical manufacturing business. His house and building still survive in Detroit, MI.
Simple solution. Get a hold of "Homestead Rescue" and have Marty and his kids fix it up for you two. Problem solved!
That would be awesome!
Current sold value of Big Mouth Billy Bones is $25 w/power cord/ $30-40 w/the cord & original box before 12% fees. It probably looks ransacked because someone has already rifled through everything hence the kicked in door.
Ive enjoyed your videos a lot. Great couple and good outlook. If you work through your fears of so much, life will be even more fun.
Hello from the Netherlands.
thanks for the video Courtney and Riley .
Sincerely Hollandduck
I think their needs to be another cabin fire.
2 !
Remove the plastic first. Ugh.
Wait till winter please for fires and dig a pit 👍
Looking forward to seeing your D-8 crush that shack. If it ever happens, please take us along for the ride. Stay safe.
I have to say I love you two and your channel is my favorite by far.
How big is the property and is it attached to yours?
It *is* their property, same 20A they bought two years ago. They just haven't been to these two building sites much yet.
@@RussellNelsonMay I ask you how you know the exact boundaries and extension of their property?
So much money just in totes. Why save all that, packed away, and leave it? From a logistical point of view, that's gonna be a tough cleanup. Can't leave it (well you could, gross) and it is a great spot for a cabin. The burned out area probably sees too much weather, but is another great "vacation" spot.
They *have* been leaving it, for two years now.
OMG. Those blocks in the foundation are oriented wrong. The weight should be on the walls of the brick not the face. So the holes in the block should be vertical. That's the strongest orientation. If you jack parts up to re-level that cabin, rotate those blocks so their are oriented properly, with something under them to distribute the weight, like a paver or a pad of concrete. What a fun project.
That truck is the IDENTICAL truck to my first, good ol' 1983 Scottsdale...good times, great vehicle
You need to go through all those baseball cards. There are singular cards which you might find that could pay for that whole property. Let alone findingva bunch of 1990 rookies.
90s baseball cards aren't really worth that much. Like some of them I looked up recently are still around the same prices as they were in the 90s without being inflation corrected.
@@yayinternets that was just an example off the top of my head. There's a Derek Jeter card from Upper Deck or Fleer for example or Chipper Jones or Vlad Guerreo card that had some exceptional value. I only keyed on 1990s in my comment because they found other 1990s stuff. But looking at the stuff they found (TTRPGs for example as well) indicate that someone there was a hobbiest, which means they could potentially find some valuable baseball (or nonbaseball) cards, comic books and some other interesting stuff.
I guess a future project will be to use the dozer to cut a road to the houses. Then remove the debris and look for more stuff 😳🤔❤️.
They rode bicycles there, so there is already some open route.
The woodstove looks like it will clean up all right. Should be some material salvageable from the cabin. I'd start there and build a small place to live, then work on the larger one as time and resources permit. Obviously, both will have to be done from scratch.
I always enjoy doing adventures like this.
The round battery cells are likely from a telephone company central office facility.
Some telphone central office batteries are big open jars. Like 2 ft tall and 1 ft diameter
Honestly, until Riley was standing next to the batteries, I thought it was an old, burned out still. Until I had a scale reference, they looked much larger than they actually are.
-48 volts.
Wait?! Haven't you already got a homestead??
One that isn't finished yet... They are in the typical chase for content creation that all YT'rs do...
@@FJB2020I just posted a comment discussing this in detail.
it is pretty obvious from the opening of the video this is the their property and what other stuff is on it. They outright say it in the video.
They're full time RUclipsrs sharing their lives with you for free. If new content is upsetting, don't watch 😂
@@FJB2020 I am pretty sure either this is on the same property they have been working on, or it is the adjacent property. The small Ford Courier they showed at the start of their ride is on the road to their main house. Even if this WAS a new purchase if you have the funds and can grab the adjacent lot to yours on a mountain like this it is probably a good idea if only to control how close your neighbors are and what gets built close to your own place.
This video was suggested to me several weeks ago… I have gone back and watched every video from looking for properties until now… I am addicted to your channel.
Becareful Riley, remember what happened in the movie Deliverance😮
I think every small community has that obligatory abandoned Ford or Chevy pickup with "Jesus Loves You" across the front of the hood (or bonnet as the Brits like to call it)!
When you get the pickup repaired, you should buy another copy of that cassette and take a trip to Luckenbach, Texas!!
I saw in the preview that there are some abandoned vehicles on the property. Maybe prepare one for #24HoursofLemons?
-Bill in SLO
Nice video, thank you! Square Body Chevys from Jesus were very popular with many and they still are with many of us. Praying that all is doable for growing 3 member families. Love your videos. Ron PTL USA
Baseball card are the goldmine!
Dig a big hole right next to building. Sell anything possibly and toss the rest in the hole. Then push the building into it. Build a small batch up there or reclaim some land and farm it
The trucks were abandoned because Bigfoot, the cap was tore off the truck because Bigfoot, the homestead was abandoned because Bigfoot.....now that you know you will soon meet SASQUATCH!!!!! WOOOOP BAHAHAHAHA
There was someone standing behind you in the homestead doorway at the end 😮
WHERE? TIME CODE PLZ
@@geigertron3000right at the end. A face by the white thing blowing in the breeze. Probably the old occupant ghost
I am 59 years old. I have been hounding garage sales and thrift stores my whole life. The stories I could tell you. One of my best finds was a black-and-white photograph that I paid $2 for. It turned out to be an original Edward Weston, and one of his most famous photographs, worth about $10,000. You guys need to go through the trailer very carefully. You would be surprised the things that are worth a ton of money. Like an old IBM computer or an old LeBron James basketball card. Or toys. Especially old Star Wars stuff. you just never know. There might be something in that trailer that is worth more than your whole property. It happens all the time.
You have to do the Chevy hood tap about 6” from center to the driver side after pulling the hood release. It might take a few times but those old Chevys always have sticky hoods
It would be so cool if you could find out the history of this place.
Go to the county courthouse and do a "title search".
A lot of thoughts going through my mind. In no specific order.
You guys have gone through a lot of growing through the years, and this place could be the spot of your mansion. Think pole barn base like the other one just on a really large scale.
Getting rid of all of that junk. If there is access you could try and figure out how much it would cost to get a string of dumpsters up there, or should I saw containers up there to haul it all away. Next thought is as long as it is not against code you could take the big dozer up there and dig a valley, push all the junk into it, and fill it over. Gone! Burn the wood from the cabin.
Restoring that Chevy truck may be a passion but...
Sawmill and wood splitter in your future?
One thing for sure is it is going to be fascination following what you are doing with it. Love this channel, and you guys.
The possibilities really do feel endless! Removing the cabin is going to be A LOT of work, but also very rewarding.
We're actually working on some saw milling content right now that we can't wait to share with you.
Ok ….I’m 30 seconds into this thing and he says,” let’s go check out our new homestead “ and they each go in different directions 😶😶😶 so I think … this could be interesting! All humor aside,it’s really cool to see a young couple adventuring 😆! Just by seeing the air cleaner ,it looks like maybe a 302 ,that would be awesome!
Man, I so wanted to be there with y'all looking through that house. There is Always something you will find. I found an old porcelain rattle snake that looked real enough and used to scare girls with; it was a great party item. I really think you should tear it down and build a Tall tree house cabin, high enough you can look over the top of the trees. Put large cargo nets inside to sleep or lounge on. You could use your iron skills and make stilts to get up off the ground and create a strong base foundation. The Sky's the limit! Happy Planning
Seems like I'm watching ' storage wars ' on History Tv18 .. 😅
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Check the sports cards there could potentially be some value there
There isn't. Sports cards from the 90s were way over produced and these were not stored safely
If you had 100 cards worth $1 each, you might get $10 bucks for them....but most likely you'd get laughed at
Reminds me of going through old houses when I was a kid.
Lots of property to explore.
You'll have lots of fun getting big bins up there for haul away. Good luck❤🍀🍀
Where to begin? DUMPSTER.
You have a big dozer you clean things up with;) Seems like a few cleanup projects... it's nice to have some roads around the property to explore.
I agree with the suggestion to check each of the baseball cards. If they had a lot of them at the site, they might have been hobby collectors, so there might be some left behind with value.
At least you've already got the dozer you'll need to start the rehab of those "cabins"...
Dozer Day!!
Clear that stuff out and build something else ... like a fire tower
@@marklar7551 A lookout tower would be such a fun project on the top of the hill!
@@AmbitionStrikes another thought.... observatory
Courtney, you don't need to be scared of different places where you didn't go into before. It's only a building. You're probably worried about the wild creatures that could hurt you. Yes, that calls for some concern. You sent in Reckless Riley first to know in the event there were any of them.
I'd be worried about finding a dead body or something nasty in that Dahmer-style blue barrel 😵
The question you asked, Courtney, it should be torn down, except not before all the useful items come out of that place. I hope other people agree with me in that. With all the water that came through the roof, all the boards of the floor beneath it will be rotted. It additionally means that there would be another roof put into place, which will be tens of thousands of dollars to build, including the floor. I was thinking about why those people moved out of that place. It could be that they needed to move because of a death in thst family. I believe you know how millennials are. They could be quite lazy to do work. Many of them are, who are part of the minority. I hope you're having an excellent day. In the event you are, please continue doing so. B'bye.
I'm impressed Courtney new what a timing light was...
Looks like a MAJOR cleanup and recycling opportunity - after the new road!!!
Looks like a lot of scrap metal to recoup some of your money. 😊
Ambition strikes has been one of my favorites but you are becoming a loose cannon, you never finish reporting on anything (Endless water? Road? Shop finish so you could start working on projects) and now you are spending money on many thongs that you dont need. Used construction equiptment will eat you alive with maintenance cost, the definition of a boat is "a hole in the water in which throw money". Dont mean to be negative but stick to the original concept of your post which have been interedting in the past.
Still a ton of good scrap materials if you tear down the cabin..definitely toss the osb, but lots of projects you'll be able to salvage the 1x and 2x lumber..shelves, work benches, maybe enough stuff for a good garden shed.
You can use the broken plates from the burned down cabin to make a cement table with broken plates.
The hoarder house you need to comb through carefully it could have tons of valuable collectables like as examples bottles, knick knacks, promotionally stuff , historical artifacts (both about the cabin/area and in general) trading cards (also some harry potter books and other books is worth alot)
So my guess....Y2K cabin. You know, when pre Q fringe folks thought the world so reliant on computers was going to go apocalyptic. Why ransacked is anyone's guess, but I would suspect there were items that were important to some person
I don't normally comment but you two have turned into one long commercial for your free items. Off the grid with more than every creature comfort.
Such a cool property. I love exploring the woods.
Camper or truckbed topper will make an awesome roof over a chicken coop! If tailgate has a lid to open thats the best place to place the baskets where eggs will be laid. Fencing it in will protect your flock.