This was buried and UNDERWATER for over 100 years!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- On this adventure I metal detect the ruins of a 150 year old home that has been under water since 1920.
Original music by Brad Martin
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Your theory on the "25" and "71" tags is more than likely correct. Tags for employee OR! a piece of machinery. Case in point- I drove trucks for 40 years. 34 with same company. We were issued keys with tags VERY similar to your 2 for trucks we drove. Brass tags with stamped #s on them. I still have 3 or 4 of them, so, in the future when perhaps my or your grandkids are metal detecting around my ole homestead- they'll find them! Haha! Great video Brad! As always......
What an amazing place. I’m headed to Vermont in a few weeks to hunt for treasure with some friends. Love the fancy letter opener. Another great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That is such a wonderful place with a great history. Great finds.
New music sounds great! I'm always impressed when people can find good stuff along rivers - my experience has always been that they are littered with modern trash and layers of silt/ debris from years of flooding. Nice work!
Thanks Ben!
Brad early on in the video you were looking at surface finds and tossed a small rod like thing. You said not sure what that is.. Briefly seen but could be a corset hook or crochet hook. Well done always enjoyable.
Letter opener is gorgeous!
congrats Brad on finding those awesome finds especially the ornate letter opener
IMHO, you nailed it, letter opener and it is fabulous!
Terrific letter opener, nice buttons, IHP and relics👋👍
I think, LETTER OPENER ! 😁 Just LOVELY !!! ❤
I look forward to Friday and seeing what you find! Always fascinating!
New subscriber and I love your videos. You have a perfect story teller or radio announcer voice!
Am I missing something? A bicycle bell now a crappy letter opener. Fabulous!
Wonderful site and video Brad!
Now I have a question. Given that this was the site of a home or dwelling of some sort, there was also a stone foundation that was shown with what appeared to be a dark hole beneath it.
Assuming that was a collapsed basement space?
Why didn’t you go search the area under the foundation? Unless it was still submerged but it would have been nice to hear some kind of reason why you weren’t exploring that space? Sad that you won’t get back there until next year. That spot is a gold mine of goodies!! Do they drain that lake every year?? Wishful thinking….. great video overall!! I would love to have been able to poke around in that spot! Lucky you!
Cool New Music!
Hi Brad, love your work and videos very much! That letter opener looks to me like it has two or three symbols of New Zealand - the tree fern and the tiki - a tiki In Māori mythology is the first man created and looks like the symbol from which the fern leaf starts. The decoration down the blade looks also like native tribal symbols and design. You may be detecting the house of a whaler or sailor as a fellow like that would surely live on a site with water views like your detecting. Could be wrong but curious mix of related symbols and design there. Do some googling on my suggestions. Cheers From Vic in Brisbane, Australia
Thank you for saying this! As a New Zealander, I practically fell off my chair and started yelling at Brad that thats a New Zealand Item 100% No doubt about it!
Awesome!!
I love your video’s!!!
8:51 its a letter opener! Greetings from Germany ! Had nearly the same it was around the 1860`s !
2:44 lol yes very interesting shape indeed.
I would say letter opener. Have a great weekend
The lock is probably for a mortise lock, more than likely for an indoor house door.
The tag you found…..was there mining in the area? Perhaps a miner’s tag? They would leave their tag at the entrance of the mine on way in and take it on way out. That way they would know if someone didn’t come out of the mine.
Air Force memory suggests that the numbered tags you found are tool check tags or pay chits for #25 and #71.
Loving your videos. I'm just getting into rockhounding and gem hunting (this month) and I've already learned a lot from your videos. I'm located up in Orleans County VT if you have any tips on the area I'd love to hear them!
I think your black bead is probably Jet, not glass. Used for mourning jewellery.
Hi Brad I enjoy your channel but I would like to know what you think of chill bill and your detecting over there with him
Please do some research on the letter opener and share with us.
Brad, are you not interested in pieces of pottery or bottles? Wouldn’t there be relics like these at this site, too? Just curious.
Wow...a letter opener.
Those tag's were probably on collar's round cows necks or in their ears ? Identity tags I'm guessing ?
That’s a lovely find. Let us know if it’s the letter opener I think it is. Is there any place near you to get a professional appraisal?
looks like a mining tags
Hi there it looks like a Scottish kilt pin
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It’s a feather letter opener Victorian
anywhere we can listen to your music?
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I have seen those letter openers before. It came in a set with the quill and ink well, it dated back to mid 1700s. Great find man.
Stunning to find how Old something found can be, yes?
Brad, whenever you straighten an old item, heat it with a torch to anneal it, and it won't break. I've fixed some pretty crushed items like thimbles and stuff heating it. Heat until it just glows, no need to go crazy. That's a fun day you had there.
Thanks Jay, I would rather keep the patina intact
@@GMMD I can appreciate that.
I used to anneal pin heads for injection molds when they came back from heat treating. I haven't thought about my time in the metal shop in 30 years!
I was just thinking that.
Thanks, Chief.
Definitely a letter opener. I’ve actually found a letter opener detecting before. Odd but very fun find. Nice work, Brad.
Tags may have been for post boxes. The bend in the letter opener may be by design. Imagine a letter flat on the desk and the angle would make easier to use if you were sitting, so don't straighten it before you do a little research. Great video Brad, Thank you.
I'm going with the letter opener, looks like a high end letter opener. Nice finds Brad. Thanks for sharing. Take care
I agree with you koslund11. It is a letter opener, I have several in different sizes, yet most times use a pen to open a letter. A hat pin is thinner so a woman can put it through the hair and her hair.
Iris Waterford ... As a woman, fascinated with history thru my grandma & great aunt ... I can't picture a woman, taking the chance of cutting her hair by using this piece in it. Letter opener for sure.
@@tarafoley6030 yes a hat pin can be pierced through hat and hat, or weaved through if you have fine hair.
The ladies of Northern Mudlarks channel would love the things you found today.
That letter opener is interesting. The Fern is of course New Zealand and the section below the fern looks like a stylized Maori face. Maybe from someone who emigrated? Great location.
Hey Brad, great video, as usual,, lol I think I recognize the tube you showed in the wrapup as the inner tube to a powder measure, for a blackpowder type maybe a musket. Keep up the great vids.
Nice finds Brad! Letter opener is awesome!
I'm headed out to an old German submarine base from the 40s here in Fl. Wish me luck
I believe that's a letter opener because that decoration at the top looks like a big fluffy feather that they would put on old quill pens. Also Hair pins were always round like chop sticks and smaller, never flat. Awesome finds too.
Brad, your commentary and description of the treasure you find makes your videos great. I look forward to Friday for that reason. Chill Bill can tell a story also, hope he is back full time soon. Thanks for sharing with us!
I found some similar tags in an old mining town in Montana. An old timer identified them as Miner's tags. Kind of an ID badge. They had to hang them up on a board when they came out of the mine so they could make sure everyone was out at the end of the day.
I’m so grateful to you for posting this information…. I was hoping someone would. Thank you 🙏
The letter opener is quite beautiful, congrats on the great find.
Interesting location Brad. I bet it has more to give. Curious finds! Let us know if you get a confirmation on the letter opener
Those tags are used just as you described. They are sometimes called chits which is an English word that basically means a promise to pay or a check. They were also used in mining to keep track of who was in the mine. A local hunting club uses them to keep track of who is on what stand. In all of those cases, that number would be a single individual. When used to keep track of who was issued what equipment, like in a prison, a worker would carry several chits with the same number. He would get it back when he returned the equipment. Thanks
We call tickets (the ones that come through with orders on them) "chits" in the professional kitchen too.
Great finds. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Closest thing to the English mudlarking that I have seen here in the US. In Vermont of all places...who would guess that.😆
My guess...letter opener, for sure.
Finding a place like that would make me want to pitch a tent and continue detecting for as long as time would allow!
Hey there Mr. Brad. Lots of interesting surface stuff there. I like picking the top mostly because that's what I did as a kid. I was always looking at the ground finding pieces of glass, cool little rocks, bird eggs, stuff like that. The only place I actually dug was in a huge ditch that ran alongside one of the houses we lived in when I was a kid. Now that was a cool place, lots of little seashells there. I thought that was a marble too when you first showed it but a bead is neat too. I think that fancy stickpin/letter opener was for a hair decoration. My mom had something similar that went through a large tortoise shell comb that she had for years. Ladies with long hair often used those to decorate their updo's back in the day. Anyway, if you find out exactly what it is please let us know. Thank you for sharing your fun with us.
The graduated cylinder could be one of two things depending on how large it is. First of all, it could be a powder measure for reloading pistol shells. It appears to be too small for most hunting rifles. If it's much smaller than that it could possibly be a measure for dosages of medicine either for humans or for farm animals. Home remedies often came in bulk jars and required measurement to get the proper dosage.
Kind of neat that it sits under water most of the year and you make it back for a revisit during its window of opportunity. I always love finding marbles when out detecting … bonus! 💥
Brad, a good day on the hunt .. The letter opener / Hair Comb Stay is particularly nice, as is the glass bead .. Thanks for showing and reminding me of the "monochromatic" color of early Spring in Vermont .. Soon to be wonderful, multiple shades of Spring Green spreading across the landscape and mountain sides .. You never let us, your viewers, down with your clear narration, your extensive varied knowledge of all the artifacts that you discover when you're out on the hunt .. Thanks for sharing.
Brad I like to find things like that. You don’t have to find gold to have a fun hunt. But of course it is great to find gold and silver
I like the letter opener and I can identify with your urge to straighten it out. Just drives you nuts, doesn't it?!! Love your video's and I'm glad winter is over so that you can get back out there.
Fantastic hunt Brad! Enjoyed you going over some of the items you spotted on the surface too!
The letter opener (?) is a great and unusual find Have you done any more research on it yet? The bead is also interesting. Any info on its age. If it goes back to the colonial times it was probably made in Europe and was used by Colonists to trade with Native Americans.
Brad fantastic video. What a beautiful location. I think that is a letter opener. Love the buttons, a great place to keep returning to. Happy Easter to you and your family.
Just found your channel….everything is so enjoyable to watch. Your commentary is so calming….glad I found your channel and I’ve subscribed.
Nice finds Brad..Thanks for taking us along.😊
Brad congratulations on all those great finds. Love watching your videos and thank you for sharing…
boom 💥 Friday is hear hope weel has gone well cracking job as well looking forward to the next 👍
Seem to remember some dairy cows in the pastures circa early 70's had round, brass, numbered ear tags.
Just a thought.
After the great flood of '27, quite a few reservoirs were built to control the watersheds. Whole farming communities were flooded.
Always wonder what lurks beneath while fishing in those locations.
What I think is going on here: the river is depositing stuff in and around the foundation walls, that boulder, and the hole. It wasn't necessarily a dump, the river is doing that.
Definitely a Letter Opener, and the artwork is a curious thing for me. A letter opener is such a utilitarian object that most folks would use a knife. Indeed, my search found more Saber shaped letter openers all the way to the Georgian Era. Or they WERE a cutlery handle pattern with a modified blade. Your's is so highly decorated, and on the blade!... almost like it wasn't meant to be used, just look good on the desk top. Then I remembered what was so familiar about it. I've googled letter openers for all the major periods that would apply to this site, and I can't find anything close to that... but souvenir letter openers got closer. I think it's modern [20th Century] and a souvenir, everything about it looks like the Souvenir Spoons. The construction looks flashy at first, but it also is a bit cheesy, because it is so highly decorated. Truly expensive letter openers were made in precious metals.
Hat Pins did get to be enormous, but they had small round shafts. The longer they got, the more substantial the shaft had to be, and yes, they were lethal. Some cities began to BAN those larger hat pins, because they had a spike in crimes using a large hat pin. Even a murder case, where a woman claimed she fought off her attacker with her hat pin, and killled him. and I think she was convicted, because the victim was her husband and money was involved.
Thanks for taking me to places that I will never get to see, and it's always fun seeing what you pull out of the ground.
Very interesting! 💕👵
That would definitely be a letter opener. Hair/hat pins are thin round rods, not flat bladelike items. They need to be able to do their jobs while causing the least amount of damage. What you found would definitely cause damage. But very interesting looking. I like the scroll work on the blade.
Great finds , I love the beauty of old things they just don’t make things the way they use too. Really enjoyed your video.
I'm sure this has been said already, but I think the "fern" on the letter opener (and I agree it's definitely a letter opener) is actually a plume or feather, as was used to write with.
Nice hunting spot friend. Got out the other day with my cheapie treasure pro and hit a couple stone walls, always finding odd made farming tools mostly, maybe a black powder bullet or two. ✌🏼💚 from the southern part of the state.
I was watching the English Antiques Roadshow and they said that ferns were very popular in Victorian England (1850s to the (1890s) and they appeared on everything from pottery to gravestones.
Some nice relics on the day Brad. That letter opener is sweet. Lots of buttons and a sweet bead. Plus an IHP. Happy hunting and be well
The letter opener is a beauty. It looks like a museum piece! Love the buttons and tags!💖
In Sweden older powerlineposts hade taggs like yours.
Happy easter to you and your family.
My vote is a letter opener. Nice finds Brad!
I hope someone finds an object of mine a century in the future and talks about it on a platform that we can't even comprehend the existance of
at 14.29 i believe the metal object with graduations on it is used to measure gun powder ..nice find.
Exciting place. Black buttons and beads usually mean a time of mourning was present.
Really cool Brad, just like Mudlarking in England! And yes, I love the haunting Loon call across the lake in Wisconsin. When I lived in Colorado, I would listen to the Loon call on RUclips. I now live in Pennsylvania, but haven't come across any Loons yet.
It was a great metal detecting day! Love your videos!!!
Wow Brad your finds are awesome congratulations love your videos
Would this be considered your first mudlarking video!? I really enjoyed this! Thanks again Brad for so masny hours of entertainment!
Another great video . Keep em coming please! Your letter opener is really spectacular....so beautifully decorated! Well done! Thought one of your first surface finds looked like an Allen key? Is that even possible?
Definitely a letter opener Brad, awesome find!
The letter opener could have been a family heirloom , things like this were passed down and used for generations . You should take it to a museum for a positive ID as it may be worth quite a bit of money . It could possibly be as early as 17th century .
Exactly. I am the 4th generation to have our letter opener.
If logs were floated down the river to the saw mill, perhaps the tags identify the owner of the log?
That kind of hunt is usually a fun one. Nice letter opener, too!! Stunning!!
Hi there Brad I believe those are sheep tags. That's what we used on our farm. And you kept saying the site was an old farm.
Cool finds. I enjoy following you. Have a happy Easter weekend.
what a find, that letter opener is beautiful! so many cool finds.
Always thought metal detecting was interesting but never had the determination to start.
Safe Journey!
CHOLULA!!!
Could tags have been for livestock? Like ear tags you see on cows nowadays? Or are you fairly certain they're for logging?
Fairly certain
Wow, at last a bead!!! I've never dug one myself but I'm super glad to see you find one. The new music is nice toon
I have found only 1 letter opener in my 8 years detecting. Yours is super beautiful Brad!
Nice finds Brad. The letter opener may have come with a slightly cranked handle so it would sit up on the desk so you could grasp it easier to pick it up.
The item with the graduated markings is probably part of a powder measure for black powder.