HEARTBREAKING to see the graveyards so overgrown and not taken care of 😥🙏

I would love to own property with old homes, regardless of condition. They're a part of history, no matter how insignificant it may be. They need to be preserved!

They really don’t make houses like this anymore. The craftsmanship and detail of them is just amazing. Thanks for sharing another piece of history Todd! I appreciate everything you’ve done, history is what I like!!

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey James thanks so much for the comment.

It was normal that people buried so many young children. I can't imagine the grief they experienced 😢

@LucyFeissner-ud6cx

8 ай бұрын

Some broken 💔 hearted Mothers could not cope 😢

The details of everything you show in this video is worth noting. The construction, the artifacts, the burials and even photos of the family with their tombstones at the end is amazing. The best!

You showed true respect for these people from the past. Thank you.

Thank you brave men for your service 🙏

A very moving video Todd. Having those old photos was the icing on the cake! Seeing the family and maybe some neighbors all together gave me goosebumps! You do such a great job with your videos and this one is definitely top notch! Please go back. You found really some nice artifacts. There are probably a lot more to uncover.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lynne. The author of the book reached out to me over the weekend after his elderly parents found the video online and we chatted for 90 minutes. His family once owned the white house featured in the video.

So much packed into this one Todd. From the artifacts to their deaths to their photos at the end. Powerful.

Todd, this is one of your most powerful videos. Not necessarily for the material value of your finds, but the historical value is priceless. Every 1700, 1800 and early 1900 find, can be directly connected to the antique photography you shared at the close of your video. It literally gave me goosebumps seeing this family in pictures, seeing their grave sites and then viewing the everyday relics you dug, such as the older spoons, tombac button and the strap end type of device. I have dug related relics on our farm, but the closest I could connect these personal items was by walking to the graves of the people who worked this land from the time of the artifacts I found. I salute you on a very well done video. Anyone who cares about the preservation of very personal artifacts with the goal of connecting them to a once living human being who worked hard and played little, loved family, died young, suffered much and sacrifice all to make a home in a complete wilderness, then they must understand the importance of video and the making of many more. God bless you and your endeavors to share a history, not from the views of a general, but that of the lonely private suffering in a wet foxhole that may soon be his grave.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey Tom thanks so much for the comment. So much truth in what you stated and so much of what would be considered mundane history of someone's everyday life defining a time in our nations development. These old families have a story too and today, it was revealed at least some....telling the stories shows what a great people we had during that time that built America we have enjoyed. It seems it is being destroyed quickly though.

@LucyFeissner-ud6cx

8 ай бұрын

... was there a Native 'American' 10,000 yrs. PRE - ssense ? 🌽🐟

With tears, I Salute you proud soldiers, and Pray for your souls and those of your family, AMEN

TY Todd for bringing us along. Such fascinating history belongs to any of these homesteads, and of the people that lived and thrived on the land! Through perseverance, ingenuity and tragedy, they made it work without any modern day conveniences. We should learn from those that came before. Such periods of craftsmanship and innovation are unmatched in today's world. They need to be admired and respected for the lives they led!

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

You nailed it spicencens....buildings with craftsmanship like this ultimately seem to go under the dozer's blade which is a loss of the hardwork that built them.

The Tombac detail was spot on. Old one there and you uncovered some great things. Enjoyed the ending.

Every time I watch your videos, I catch something new. I know of few KZreaders who put the history together with the finds, then tie it together with pictures, etc, of the folks long gone. There are no others in Virginia or West Virginia that I know of that make in-depth research and historical accurate videos like this. I pray you continue with these one of a kind creations that are far above the average metal detecting adventures. I also would like to see other creators learn 😂from your success.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. you are very kind.

I love watching the history of these old homesteads, especially with the pictures you provide. Thanks so much for sharing

Speechless my friend. I loved everything you found but really enjoyed your ending. Your channel is underrated

Todd thanks for your in depth research in this one. The ending with photos of the people while they were alive and with their burials is impactful.

Todd, that was a heartfelt story. After seeing all of the gravestones the reality set in on the historical life of this family. Very nice finds as well, loved the ax head. Awesome video.👍👏😀

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Twins...yep there is a sadness to seeing the faces, and then the final resting places and seeing them in health and knowing they have passed into the next life of eternity. It was humbling to make this story.

What another amazing video Todd. Much history that now will never be forgotten thanks to you. There is just so much of it, it's hard to cover it all in one or two video's. An it was a beautiful homestead from the years gone bye. The old cemeteries are really needing some attention, to be able to still be visited in the future. It's so sad that people can't the time out of there busy schedule for just a few hours here an there to try an keep things from long ago in check. What a beautiful place with so much history an so many family members from long ago. Great video Todd. Have an amazing weekend my friend. An we will see you on your next adventure. 😁👍👍

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey Richard, yes many have commented that the cemeteries need attention. With them being remote and on private land, it is always a challenge to get owners to keep up with cemeteries like these. If I get an opportunity I will let them know that many are asking about it to be done. You have a great week!

Absolutely fascinating...God Bless Them All 💚🙏💌

Keep up the great work. The land owner is lucky to have you dig and present back HISTORY of the place, GOD bless.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the comment Jim.

Priceless family Homestead.

Stunning video. The ending was superb.

Another great day. Thanks Todd.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

You bet Scott. How cool for us to get out there and explore these places huh....

Just a great video Todd. Love to see the detail work of the old homes. Very enjoyable. Thanks for providing such wonderful content. Oh, and GBO!!

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey Buddy thanks so much!!

Awesome video Todd I enjoyed very much.Thank you for sharing with us.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Loved the video always suspenseful and full of history.

I've just started watching your channel... I go nuts over history... it really doesn't matter what type of history... it can be about families or property. I find it all so interesting... thank you for your videos and sharing all you do...

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

8 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! I have over 200 videos following this format....of course my earlier videos are less refined....learning this as I go....

Just stopped by to give you a BIG Thumbs UP always love your videos GOD BLESS you my friend and your wonderful family 💟

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey Mary good to hear from you and see your still out there. Thanks for stopping by. God bless!

So very interesting & thanx for posting!👍😃🇺🇸

Another great finds episode, thanks for sharing.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

You bet Ron.

Todd nice touch with this one. Lots of spoons lost there but I can see the women around the fireplace at the end. Cool

Absolutely love this .

Awesome story and video! Love the old photos

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy.

Awesome video. Thanks for the history. Thanks Todd !

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Donald...

Excellent “in remembrance” photo collage!

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Gordon...humbling and sad in ways.

Very touching presentation. Nice look into to past,Todd.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very awesome video, thank you👍🙏

Really nice presentation!

You had a great hunt here! I thoroughly enjoyed watching!

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

10 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

Love the photos at the end. It would be a wonderful thing for a group of folk to clean up the cemeteries, clean the headstones, document.

Fantastic!

Very Very interesting Thanks for thisvideo

I liked the comment about the popularity of the harmonica in the 1920's and 1930's. My father was born at the very beginning of the 1920's and he entertained is with some great tunes on the harmonica he leaned as a child.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

5 ай бұрын

I sincerely believe the Harmonica was the most popular instrument in America. I find them nearly at every old house site. Now you find them at Cracker Barrel.

I would love to go in that old home. That is a beautiful place. I can understand why people settled along the coasts of NC SC GA and Fl. But when I was a kids and we were visiting relatives in the mountains it just amazed me looking out over the wave after wave of mountain ranges just how tough determined and strong those people were. To think of what they went thru to get their families to those places. They were remarkable people and were proud of their country. It makes me sad to see the state our country is in today and I know these early settlers would not approve of the way our country is . Thank you for sharing your great adventures with this old lady. You will never know just how much it means to be able to experience these places thru your eyes. As always God bless and keep you and your family.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know Gaye...it's why I live in the country and homeschool my kids....one day we may have to leave for the same reasons they left their countries to come here.

@gayeyount7948

Жыл бұрын

I totally understand. For me it doesn't matter but what scares me is the future my kids grandkids and great grands may have to face. I'm glad you are teaching your children and letting them learn the ways to provide for themselves if it comes to that. I told out the hope that some of these youngsters hold the key to the future of this country. That maybe they will be the ones to turn our country around if it's not to late.

@gayeyount7948

Жыл бұрын

Hold not told

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

@@gayeyount7948 they won’t learn how to do this in our schools. When the dollar collapses we will look more like Venezuela than anything in Europe I’m afraid.

@gayeyount7948

Жыл бұрын

That's what I think too and it's scary. My oldest granddaughter has 2 cute little boys and up until this year they lived on a small sustainable farm. They raised chickens had a garden and was learning how to do all sorts of things they will need if our country collapses. Things are rough for them right now so i pray for constantly for them. Like I've always told her and all my kids life ain't easy and marriage is hard work. I just pray she wakes up before it's to late

I just found your channel. Loved the video and how you showed the family pictures. I look forward to looking into your past videos and look forward to your new ones. We just moved to Ashland, VA and are amazed by the history. Well done and thank you for your work. S.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! I have at least 180 videos though. LOL. Ashland VA is beautiful. You are very close to lots of Civil War activity.

Cheers mate. Great video but this one is one of your best. Like other comments I agree the ending was excellent.

I really enjoyed the video… I used to live in a home similar to this when I was little it was a awesome experience… I remember the smell of it … the wood I guess it was built with had a different smell.. creeks and pops all hours of the night and day lol … lay in bed at night and just hear a loud pop in the attic or floor…

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Those old houses were made with real wood, hardwood not pine so the heat would be absorbed and released at night expanding and contracting. As a kid the sounds could be spooky. LOL. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Very Nice! JJ

really great video

Todd Awesome video, love the old homes, really cool finds, I miss getting out an swinging, Sorry missed a couple of your videos I will catch up just been swamped with work. As I was watching you walk up the mountain it reminded me of an area we hunt here in Missouri. You got your exercise for the day. Cant wait for cold weather to come back to get out again. Thanks

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

All good Jeff....I was pretty winded in these videos and I walk miles everyday and exercise....the grade of these hills was steep....LOL definitely got my exercise for that day. I have been taking the Summer off too, like you, so this Fall will be a whole new season....

@jeffp6013

Жыл бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Todd I'm in decent shape also. Being in construction how can one not be in decent shape. I do get winded hunting up on the mountain. It all goes away when that beep shows up and out pops a cool relic. Yep every Fall starts a new adventure

Love this content!!

Great piece of history. Beautiful land.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony....

@JusDirtfishin

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

AWESOME PLACE

YES ! Huge Square Hand Hewn STONE on the corner of the foundation ... a Cornerstone 🏠

thank you for story of the history it is wonderful

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Amazing 👏

thank you for the wonderful video. i feel very sad for the badly mistreated horse in the photograph at the beginning.

Todd, I am always impressed by those old photographs of those ancestors, They all look so strong and stoic. WE really don't know what hard work is today compared to then. All that stone and planks, hand made. I am grateful for the years I spent farming as a youngster, it taught the work ethic. Remember those TV sitcoms where the Mom asks the boy to take out the garbage and he whines about it? If all I ever had to do was take it out, I would have said, thank you so much! Farming was 24/7 , animals needed feeding and care and crops needed planting and watering etc. In my farms years we only had one vacation, but for me, the farm was a place for exploration and learning. Our Fathers, Grandfathers and earlier learned lessons modern kids will probably never have to learn. In some ways they are better off but being close to the land is being close to God. Cheers, Rik Spector

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Hey Rik so much truth in what you said and so much our country has changed in ways that are not positive in my opinion. Living and working the land people had an appreciation for life itself, hard work and respect for their environment. We have lost all of that in my opinion.

@rikspector

Жыл бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives all we can try to do is pass on our values to our children.

I am always fascinated by the pride that those people took with the things that they created and they did it without modern technology . Thanks for the great video.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

Wow Todd amazing artifacts. As always your history videos intrigued me. Regretfully I am behind watching your channel since Feb. (prior to then I was/am a weekly follower.) I finally got "the covid" thankfully I was fully vaccinated however it did a number on me and caused a seizure and a pulmonary embolism. Dropped my weight from 100 to 67 lbs. I spent 20 days in ICU on a ventilator and 90 days in a nursing home for rehab...but I'm back, clocking in at 93 lbs. getting stronger and playing catch up on all my subscribed You Tube channels you of course being my favorite . Glad to see you are still uncovering history one dig at a time. 🥰

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Leigh, I read your message to my wife. My heartfelt sympathies to you and I pray that God strengthens you in every way needed. Many of my loyal fans seem to be working through health issues and spent time in the hospital. I have another in ICU right now and I hate that some have passed on and I don't even know it. Thanks for letting me know and I hope my videos bring you some joy and happiness.

Excellent Todd. Your videos need to be in the state archives where they were filmed if not national archives. Thanks for sharing.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

You're too nice Roger....I do believe the State has an Archives for stories but I don't know if they do videos or anything like it or who to contact down there.

Your videos are nicely edited.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Beautiful. One of those spoons would be nice attached to an old piece of wood and glue some pottery shards around it as a frame.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

That is something to consider for sure.

Nice find friend 👍

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

My 2nd Great Grandfather was in the 30th N.C. Regiment, he's buried in Orange County Virginia..

Gorgeous homes and much bigger than my little 1945 house.

Awesome video. I know this video is 4 months old. I don't know if you know this but it could rub everything off of the coin.Please don't rub it. Use water ...a little spray bottle or a water bottle. good luck and take care.Thank you for the video

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

That's my family line George cowger dates back 1776. He bought land from Josiah Davidson, recorded in Romney, West Virginia dated 1779. 160 acres for 500 shillings.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

4 ай бұрын

Interesting. The land here of George's was once owned by Josiah as well. They must have known each other well.

Second find was a kerosene can, we remember them from our childhoods. Tammy and Wyatt

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

11 ай бұрын

Thanks T&W.....pretty cool.

I love the fact you're pointing out the old gravesites; do people take care of the graveyard? Was the button, from one of the civil war uniforms?

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

You know it’s a shame. These old mountain cemeteries are old family plots and often fall into disrepair. Why families don’t fix them once a year I dunno but it’s a shame. The button is likely from the Revolutionary War time some 80 years earlier than the Civil War.

That Victorian trim was mass produced in most cases at mills that specialized in it. It was probably not site made. They had bandsaws in the late 1800/s. Wooden bric a brac was still made in Maine until the 1990s .

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks!!!

Great video Todd. Nice tribute to the families. Loved the pics.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob

15:17 A chest or box latch ? For like a padlock ?

my heroes the boys in gray

I feel like I've seen this before. Is it on the way up to spruce knob?

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

10 ай бұрын

Sorry Doug no but it is over near Brandywine WV.

I enjoyed the videos. Todd Great old house. Look n for ghost thanks from Sc

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks LOL....sometimes people see stuff....

Apparently I need to send you a University of Memphis Cap! Alumni 🐾🧢 🐯 Go Tigers!,

Part of a lock made by a Black Smith put key in slot and turm Skelton key shaft were Round .

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

I believe Polly, was a Keister?? I'll check my family tree.

One of George's son's was John, married Ruth Randall.

Y'all need to come do our family farm from 1870

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Where is it Julie?

Around here those plants you found in those cemeteries are called candles to heaven

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

11 ай бұрын

Hey Scott thanks. That's a first hearing of it and I appreciate it.

Crazy to think of times back when how people lived there lives before all of the convenience that we have now

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

11 ай бұрын

Tough lives back then for sure but they were very resilient too I think maybe...

Grrreat

As a person having the last name of Cowger you have my attention. Terry Cowger

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

11 ай бұрын

My cousin is a Cowger

@Builder-of-Kool-Stuff

11 ай бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives We could be related? My family moved to Fla. in the 50's from Michigan, I don't think Cowger is a very common name so who knows ? Terry

Susan Cowager was lovely

its on youtube

how are u guys not going to keep the cemetery’s nice and neat

Have never been able to find where my great great grandfather, John Phillip Adkins, died or was buried. He fought for the Confederacy in Civil War, left Tennessee after Lee surrendered, was last heard of in early 1930's, his wife is buried in Green County Kentucky, below the Bucknerville community on Green river, but he isn't....anyone have any ideas how and where to possibly find out anything?

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

5 ай бұрын

Have you tried Ancestry.com yet? Geni.com is also another good site that brings historians together. I know its frustrating. I have a 3 G Grandfather who died after the war in Arkansas and we can't find anything on him eventhough he is in the US Census in 1880.

@lydiasimpson8605

5 ай бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectivesthank you so much for replying...yes, I've tried both sites, plus a Mormon supported one, and nothing so far....his wife lost their farm in Fentress County, Tennessee, shortly after he left and she moved to Green County, Kentucky...my dad told us years ago that Poppa John had come to Kentucky looking for Granny Mary Ann not too long before he died, which his birth date was 1836, and he was told to have died around the age of 100, so that's where our skimpy trail ended..😥

A graveyard is a cemetery. Those are family burial plots. Not graveyards nor cemeteries.

The brass can was a coal oil or kerosene as it's known today can.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack!!

I hope they paint it before it deteriorates

Key Slot from something

Tod impressed by your professionalism I view your shows as documentaries preserving our history thank you

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom....

Perhaps I was wrong.... I guess they do call them family cemeteries. To me it's just uncommon I've always heard family plot.

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

No worries, their purpose is all the same. Sometimes I joke about the semantics like I did with Scott in this episode...that is because some video in the past, someone "corrected" me when I called a cemetery a graveyard. Fans won't let you get away from anything....nothing gets by them. Cheers!

@scottsheriff2044

Жыл бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives You guys are putting out some good old stuff... I love your team. Looking forward to seeing some more amazing finds!!! The kick is the way you dramatize things. Really wonderful!! Take care and good luck

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Scott. I hope you are still watching. The latest video seems to be a fan favorite. Check it out if not already.

🕶👍💯

It looked like a old Time kerosene can to me

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy. I wish it were in a restorative state. It looked old to me and not made of ferrous (iron) metal.

@williamarinder8809

Жыл бұрын

That is what I thought also. They called it coal oil from where I am from.

That Is a lock hasp

The shells are from the flood.