Metal Detecting: How to Use A Soil Probe And Interpret Soil Profiles

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Ever thought about using a soil probe to search for relics. coins and bottles? In this video I give some basic instructions and talk about how and why treasure hunters use soil probes. I also tell you about a very dangerous situation that could develop whenever you are using a spring steel probe. I then dig a few holes to show the soil profiles and explore some ground anomalies that I found with the probe.
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  • @squarenailsquirrel9638
    @squarenailsquirrel96386 жыл бұрын

    This is Kenny... I'm a land surveyor and use probes to find stone boundary corners. There is a place called Ben Meadows that you can get a "good" one. There may be other links on here to find one but that's where we get them for our survey crews. I made the bag for Chigg because he inspires me with each and every video he makes and I wanted to contribute to his efforts. Making videos is a ton of work and costs lots of time and money. As for the bag making it's of interest but not an item currently. (if you read this...your very welcome Chigg, glad to see it worked out)

  • @richardstonehouse7842

    @richardstonehouse7842

    6 жыл бұрын

    if you decide to make more let me know

  • @squarenailsquirrel9638

    @squarenailsquirrel9638

    6 жыл бұрын

    If I make a video about them on my channel that means i’ll start making them for people that want them. Maybe just check in from time to time. My main goal was to keep Chigg going with equipment. His videos bring a lot of people smiles, education, adventure and entertainment every day.

  • @cliffstarks9579
    @cliffstarks95796 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been in the underground utility industry for over 48 years, and this is where the “probe” originated. The industry has moved away from metal probes for a variety of reasons, the most important being an electrical strike. Today, we used a Kevlar encased fiberglass probe, which is considerable lighter than steel, stronger than steel, And more flexible than a steel, thus you can’t bend one out of shape. The tip, will be made from Brass, and have the attributes that you described on your probe. While metal detecting in the wild you may never run across a hot high voltage line, why take the chance when you can use a lighter and better probe. I can send you contact info from the Mfg if interested.

  • @noamixcontenidos

    @noamixcontenidos

    5 жыл бұрын

    hello, do you have the contact info? i like to buy a kevlar one.

  • @chriswright1270

    @chriswright1270

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's the scoop on these Kevlar probes pls message back!!

  • @13bravoredleg18
    @13bravoredleg186 жыл бұрын

    I've been digging up a old Blacksmiths shop. So far lots of horseshoes! I did find a brass Leech&Rigdon Confederate spur from the site. It made my day!

  • @claytonsmith1063
    @claytonsmith10636 жыл бұрын

    Aquachigger saved many lives! No one ever should have to die from ripping out their own guts with a rod of spring steel!!!

  • @shanedaniel7

    @shanedaniel7

    6 жыл бұрын

    Clayton Smith 😁

  • @susansmith6680
    @susansmith66806 жыл бұрын

    Great pouch from Wooster Ohio I live about 15 minutes north of there. The pen was awesome and what a talent! Third we get a probe lesson. Chigg all around great guy and teacher. Thanks for the great video.

  • @Micaelangel07
    @Micaelangel076 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. You're always there to cheer me up.

  • @findingfun4747
    @findingfun47476 жыл бұрын

    I love your stuff aquachiger, you and a few other detectorists have inspired me to metal detect myself, and make my own videos! And I found 2 gold rings just yesterday! So I wanted to say thank you!

  • @markdoehrman5855
    @markdoehrman58556 жыл бұрын

    Man i really really enjoy the Knowledge you share on you're video's. Thank you for going the extra mile.

  • @janwarriner5037
    @janwarriner50376 жыл бұрын

    I loved this tutorial. MOAR!

  • @CalvinsCorner72
    @CalvinsCorner726 жыл бұрын

    Thanb you Chigg I did learn something. Safety is Great to talk about.

  • @ThePennyPickerJerichoJoe
    @ThePennyPickerJerichoJoe6 жыл бұрын

    Great job. Thanks for sharing your Chigg Wisdom with us.

  • @jaybales3160
    @jaybales31606 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the demonstration.

  • @joewolfy0074
    @joewolfy00746 жыл бұрын

    GREAT INFO BEAU AND VIDEO

  • @rodneyparks6489
    @rodneyparks64893 ай бұрын

    Loved the video, very educational . 😊

  • @bubmurphy
    @bubmurphy6 жыл бұрын

    That digging bag/pouch is fantastic!!

  • @valiantwarrior4517
    @valiantwarrior451710 ай бұрын

    I find this stuff pretty fascinating. So often we have no idea what’s right below our feet. It’s awesome to uncover it.

  • @tonybarrett1152
    @tonybarrett11526 жыл бұрын

    VERY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE

  • @shanemccauley8354
    @shanemccauley83546 жыл бұрын

    just took a probe use and safety class for excavating at natural gas sites here in WVa.. Your video is better than a $300 class nothing about the prob breaking and making a shanekabob. Thanks

  • @snyper069
    @snyper0696 жыл бұрын

    Good Vid! Very educational. Thanks! Keep'em coming.

  • @ChristopherHayniedd980
    @ChristopherHayniedd9806 жыл бұрын

    That pen is awesome. I love great craftsmanship.

  • @ricdintino9502
    @ricdintino95026 жыл бұрын

    I'm also from Wooster OH, and you pronounced it correctly. "Book, not boot"

  • @bentleejbf3440
    @bentleejbf34406 жыл бұрын

    I went bottle hunting many a time in Red Bluff Ca. We used a probe the same as yours but there was a steel bell fit to the top of the probe where it met the "T" and it helped to define rocks from glass, a pretty unique design that worked better than any other probe we used........

  • @njlooksee
    @njlooksee6 жыл бұрын

    I like vids like this. Anytime I learn something I'm happy. Keep it up.

  • @benjohnson3756
    @benjohnson37566 жыл бұрын

    Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • @respectanimals2
    @respectanimals26 жыл бұрын

    Great video, something new I’ve now learned about , I like that , cheers

  • @lesahanners5057
    @lesahanners50576 жыл бұрын

    You know I never knew probing could be so interesting. It is really good of you to give us such a knowledgeable lesson concerning the proper methods of safety. I have no doubt that you will save lives with this. For a moment when you dug up the rail I felt like I was suddenly on, "Time Team", and wished you could dig until you had the whole darn thing dug up. You never know what you might find along that rail. Please do return soon and dig up that other hole with the brick too, because the suspense of what could be in those holes will gnaw at my brain and drive me crazy, worse than mad cow. I did really enjoy this video, especially the train whistle at the end. If I didn't know better I would think you were paying those trains to follow you around wherever you go. Are you laying tracks behind our backs, or just off camera?! LOL

  • @PartTimeDetector
    @PartTimeDetector6 жыл бұрын

    Great information, thank you!

  • @GreenMountainLove
    @GreenMountainLove6 жыл бұрын

    This was very cool. Good info & interesting!

  • @lindagreen1105
    @lindagreen11056 жыл бұрын

    Love this. Very interesting.

  • @tednorcross7489
    @tednorcross74896 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. I like it.

  • @ReclusiveMountainMan
    @ReclusiveMountainMan6 жыл бұрын

    probe and bottle vids are fun, too!

  • @nickhaas2407
    @nickhaas24076 жыл бұрын

    Yes, that pen is ULTRA-COOL. These probes are essential for bottle hunters!

  • @RavenSoulcatcher
    @RavenSoulcatcher6 жыл бұрын

    Great info...thank you!!

  • @joshuat6698
    @joshuat66986 жыл бұрын

    Hey I live 30 minutes away from Wooster Ohio. Nice bag Kenny from Wooster

  • @kristenautismmom4379

    @kristenautismmom4379

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm in Orrville! Small world lol

  • @markrutledge2593

    @markrutledge2593

    4 жыл бұрын

    Could be Worcester, Mass

  • @insaturnsringzz
    @insaturnsringzz6 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340
    @treasurehuntingscotlandmud93402 жыл бұрын

    Great video enjoyed watching

  • @TheStwat
    @TheStwat6 жыл бұрын

    Great information.

  • @debbiemitchell6055
    @debbiemitchell60556 жыл бұрын

    Wow, scary thought, if that probe broke while pushing so hard, very horrifying to even think about. Like I said my dad used the oil dipstick from a car, lasted him 40 years, but I don't believe he ever had to push that hard doing probes in the mangrove swampy areas!

  • @Midgardrelics
    @Midgardrelics6 жыл бұрын

    nice informative video. thx

  • @anthonyb9216
    @anthonyb92166 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing that info. I remember all the hunts being dung at the fall JGD, and I found it intertesting. Now I have a better idea on how to approach probing for huts....if I decide to give it a try.

  • @jcricket-vr5xr
    @jcricket-vr5xr6 жыл бұрын

    Love the videos

  • @nebu7777
    @nebu77776 жыл бұрын

    Kenny should sell us those things.

  • @mikeadrover5173
    @mikeadrover51736 жыл бұрын

    thank beau! I like

  • @charlybaez157
    @charlybaez1576 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting sr. Thanks for share.

  • @candysantillo3325
    @candysantillo33256 жыл бұрын

    Always like your videos always something interesting 💝oh !a hardy LOL at the roundy square nail 😂😂😂😂

  • @diggingcharleston3116
    @diggingcharleston31166 жыл бұрын

    Been a digger now for about 3 years here in Charleston SC.. Im wanting to start digging privies. Thank for the great info

  • @OutdoorDon
    @OutdoorDon6 жыл бұрын

    I spent a lot of time tracking water mains and tiles with a probe. Be sure to check the very tip also. Bricks and tile leave orange dust on the point. Check first with utilities. Some power lines are underground. (ouch!!)

  • @Shamoobigwhale

    @Shamoobigwhale

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don Osborne wtf is a fox doing on KZread...i only say ouch when they pull it out

  • @walterjohnson1732
    @walterjohnson17326 жыл бұрын

    Found this video very interesting. Would love to see more. Would also love to!see you dig around the brick area you discovered

  • @chriswright1270
    @chriswright12702 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @SuperBowser87
    @SuperBowser875 жыл бұрын

    I’ve made a lot of those pens. Great gifts !

  • @3acesmetaldetectingcanyadi579
    @3acesmetaldetectingcanyadi5796 жыл бұрын

    thank you for all the great tips and advice I am going to definitely apply those when I go out and dig I've been watching quite a few of your videos on the metal detecting and the probing of the soil I appreciate all of the things that you do for everyone that that watches and is new to the Hobby and trying to get into all these things I found a bottle dump and I'm going to definitely use your Technique and see that if I actually have found what is truly a a bottle dump and see how much deeper that this actually is also my name is Richard and I am with three Aces metal detecting Three Aces being myself and my two children we are all going to be using Garrett ace 300 250 or 400 we just have the one at Garrett ace 300 right now but we're actually with all the change that we find we're going to purchase the next one and the one after that with the change that we found along the way wish us luck thanks bud

  • @tommyvinson6
    @tommyvinson66 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @laurawhynacht6893
    @laurawhynacht68936 жыл бұрын

    You and those darn trains! Haha

  • @Timeforstones
    @Timeforstones6 жыл бұрын

    a very interesting video, well done :)

  • @cwaddell3953
    @cwaddell39536 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting tutorial.

  • @richwilliamson8636
    @richwilliamson86366 жыл бұрын

    Love this one ..... And can't stop laughing about you and the damn trains .....lol

  • @vittomusic23
    @vittomusic236 жыл бұрын

    Job well done my friend! Thumbsup for you:)

  • @mikegoodman447
    @mikegoodman4476 жыл бұрын

    Really liked the video! Want to really improve your video's? Place the camera so your always looking toward the sun. When it's off to the side everything is in the shadows and a bit hard to see. Still a great video! Nice bag! Only thing I could see to improve it would to make flaps inside it. The flaps would go inward. To get things out you would take the flaps and fold them out. That way it would be hard to loose things and still easy to fill up with those gold coins and beer tabs.

  • @keithjohnson6352
    @keithjohnson63526 жыл бұрын

    "Howdy Chig, Nice Pen And A New Belt Pack, Christmas Has Come Early For You. "

  • @legendaryexplorer8119
    @legendaryexplorer81196 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AQUA CHIGGER!!!!!!! YOU INSPIRED ME TO START METAL DETECTING. PLEASE RESPOND 😄

  • @andrewmoon1898
    @andrewmoon18986 жыл бұрын

    Your one of those people that no matter what videos you put out it would probably be a good watch, heck you’d make knitting interesting. Bo does time team 👍.

  • @kenchapman3293
    @kenchapman32936 жыл бұрын

    Train figures. Great video man.

  • @robertk9043
    @robertk90436 жыл бұрын

    Wow , thanks! Now I know how to use the probe I found that some bottle diggers left behind.

  • @relicrob8366
    @relicrob83666 жыл бұрын

    Had a blast out there with you and I got to learn something!

  • @janwarriner5037

    @janwarriner5037

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rob Meredith very nice pen rob. Btw we may be related. My sisters name is Meredith after that part of my Va family./their last name. Gonna check out your channel. HH!

  • @relicrob8366

    @relicrob8366

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jan Warriner most of my family is in Idaho. But it could be somehow. I was at the Edgar Allen Poe grave yard in Baltimore one time and kept getting this weird feeling to look under the church through a door window and when I did I couldn’t see anything so I kept walking around. Well I got around to the other side and had that feeling again this time the window was in better shape and I could see through it and I almost s%!t myself. I saw a catacomb that had the name Meredith across the top of it.

  • @timothygroenendyk9224
    @timothygroenendyk92246 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @davids.sharpescpls3075
    @davids.sharpescpls30756 жыл бұрын

    The top also serves as a scratchy noise maker when it goes thru a privy loaded with 1898 SC Dispensary bottles. You can fill it when it punches thru the broken pottery and glass in the pit or privy.

  • @joshtrapp5204
    @joshtrapp52046 жыл бұрын

    You are blast to watch keep yup the fantastic videos im just now getting into the hobby i got a garret ace 200 finding alot of farm junk in indiana

  • @CoilstotheSoil
    @CoilstotheSoil6 жыл бұрын

    That bag is pretty intresting

  • @alwoodsmodellingmayhem
    @alwoodsmodellingmayhem6 жыл бұрын

    I really want to see what you find Chigg when digging up that old rail. Perhaps because of the clay it was just a narrow gauge system to fill carts etc. Won't know till you can get to it. Great vid, the best of the recent ones, apart from the Chipmunk holding a hoard of gold which is why you managed to detect it! :-)

  • @coinucopia
    @coinucopia6 жыл бұрын

    When Beau does a training video there always seems to be a real train!

  • @insaturnsringzz

    @insaturnsringzz

    6 жыл бұрын

    Coinucopia LMFAOOOOO!

  • @RustyNailsadventures
    @RustyNailsadventures6 жыл бұрын

    That was a very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @JanVafa
    @JanVafa6 жыл бұрын

    Nooooo ... want MOAR!!!!!!!

  • @rebelojean5900
    @rebelojean59006 жыл бұрын

    Noticed on the credits...Im related to a Bill Kisner! Never heard that name anywhere else around here so it jumped out at me! From Oklahoma! Pretty cool coincidence!

  • @SparksNboat
    @SparksNboat6 жыл бұрын

    Yes please go back and dig up that rail and the brick base. I'd love to get a piece of that rail!!

  • @dalzoi
    @dalzoi6 жыл бұрын

    I want to know what the rails are. What a fascinating find! Love the pen. I do love a fine writing instrument. Nice bag as well. I have two treadle sewing machines.. wonder if they'd be able to handle making something like that.

  • @geneoliver7988
    @geneoliver79886 жыл бұрын

    Will that rail be on the Best Finds table this week? Great intro to soil probing, thanks.

  • @BryanSpringborn
    @BryanSpringborn6 жыл бұрын

    A fellow wood turner. Rock on dude.

  • @rickyaderholt4119
    @rickyaderholt41196 жыл бұрын

    Super Awesome!!!!! Gotta get me a pen

  • @nolanelrod9688
    @nolanelrod96886 жыл бұрын

    We use these at cemeteries to make sure there isn’t someone buried where we are about to dig. Older sections have poor records so you need to be certain. Our probe has a movable handle that you can use to “hammer” the probe into the ground.

  • @huntingtreasure8855
    @huntingtreasure88556 жыл бұрын

    thanks Beau you just could have saved some bodies life there cheers Darren

  • @bobbybaldeagle702
    @bobbybaldeagle7026 жыл бұрын

    I love the train whistle you added at the end that made an awesome unexpected ending... LOL,LOL You maybe might think about getting yourself some of them there surveyors marker flags. the 18" wire ones would last you quite some time. That way when you find a spot you want to mark to go back to. You just mark it with a flag... I know y'all use sticks and stuff y'all find laying around near by. But sticks can get walked on or kicked out of the way. but a wire flag people notice. Also if friend might just happen by and want to help give you a dug. You can simply tell your mate to start to dig over by the flag marker. I know I know the chances of a mate coming out to help you dig for just because he has nothing better to do are about 1 out of 75 but you never know... But you know for sure where your mark is when you flag it... And if it be a field the farmer don't plow then chances are good the if you didn't have time that day to dig your hole because maybe you got rained out. You can go back out and there be your flag and you can jusrt start digging without having to refined the spot... Just a thought... Be blessed... BBE..

  • @scotttatlock3188
    @scotttatlock31886 жыл бұрын

    oh man, how could you not dig that out? i would be all over it. i couldn't go home without knowing what was down there

  • @tommyjewell6216
    @tommyjewell62166 жыл бұрын

    See you in Jefferson, Texas next weekend.

  • @ChattinArmsCorp
    @ChattinArmsCorp6 жыл бұрын

    Man, you always remind me of Richard Dean Anderson (Col O’Neil) from Stargate SG1. Not in any kinda bad way. Get some, MacGyver!

  • @tneverrest

    @tneverrest

    6 жыл бұрын

    So funny my thoughts exactly . Thank you for another grate video.

  • @onedickhead
    @onedickhead6 жыл бұрын

    I wue the bottom half of a c.b whip antenna...Threaded to a metal handle.....transmits sound and feel better....

  • @UrbanDKaye
    @UrbanDKaye6 жыл бұрын

    Thx for the tips!

  • @mikebundock2858
    @mikebundock28586 жыл бұрын

    I like it , I live in the Sacrament Ca area, no civil war stuff here but a lot of old homes and places to dig Thanks Mike

  • @czredhead8286
    @czredhead82866 жыл бұрын

    If that piece of iron is a length of track it’s too large to be Civil War era. The rails used back then were much smaller in height.

  • @evilsurroundsus4524
    @evilsurroundsus45246 жыл бұрын

    Lovely pen

  • @ivang97997
    @ivang979976 жыл бұрын

    archaeology also using ground-penetrating sonar radar for mapping the floor or possible building site.

  • @howlingmadmudduck919
    @howlingmadmudduck9196 жыл бұрын

    Ever since the colonostomy I just avoid anything that's got the word probe in it. But for chigger I'll make this one exception.

  • @bigboyzguns8164
    @bigboyzguns81646 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see you dig out those bricks and see if you find any deep treasures!

  • @kristenautismmom4379
    @kristenautismmom43796 жыл бұрын

    Wooster Ohio? I'm in Orrville about 5 miles from there.

  • @idioticrehab6614
    @idioticrehab66146 жыл бұрын

    The steel is probably made from the leaf spring suspension, or just regular springs but leaf springs are easier to work with.

  • @diggitallindadirt3283
    @diggitallindadirt32836 жыл бұрын

    Great video thanks for the info and a very nice bag too

  • @diggitallindadirt3283

    @diggitallindadirt3283

    6 жыл бұрын

    That was a very nice pen also

  • @johnramirez5032
    @johnramirez50326 жыл бұрын

    It looks like the still beam could be upper part of a fire place mantel ? Great video too .thanks.

  • @canadianrelichunters5259
    @canadianrelichunters52596 жыл бұрын

    Always a good watch Beau. Atb

  • @frankiecowsert9364
    @frankiecowsert93646 жыл бұрын

    Like This

  • @barryguevremont
    @barryguevremont3 жыл бұрын

    Question ? does a lot of rain high water table affect the use of the probe ? Is it best to let the field dry out first before probing for old privy or bottles ? Or is the void disturbed earth noticable regardless of being wet or dry ??

  • @davidgaylord2035
    @davidgaylord20356 жыл бұрын

    i have a ground probe 4ft long the handle is fiberglass as is the rod with a metal tip these are used in the telephone industry ,if the metal tip hits anything energized you won't get electrified so when probing use extreme care

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