Thanks to Todd for sharing his family’s history with us.

My ancestors had a log cabin that straddled a stream coming out of a cave. Pitcher pump on sink drew up water and crawdads. The area was dammed up by beaver and called Lightening Bug hollow in the Great American Bottoms. When hoodlums burnt it down I cried. Then when property was sold, I cried again.

@hyloward7907

2 жыл бұрын

When I read this. I also cried

@natewilson111

2 жыл бұрын

@@hyloward7907 When I cried, someone read this

@miniaturemachinist6098

2 жыл бұрын

It's sad and frustrating that some people feel the need to destroy things.

@richardconfer8395

2 жыл бұрын

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@Russ_Looney

Жыл бұрын

Wow

That old log cabin is amazing! Thank you and Todd for sharing!

Todd, to be able to search your family's homestead with Beau, whom I consider being part of your family, must have a been a treasure in its self. I would have felt just as you did. Wonderful video.

@leannkennedy6826

3 жыл бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives 💕 everyone needs a friendship such as you two have. See any samsquanch footprints or hear some noise?

@leannkennedy6826

3 жыл бұрын

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives lol BONUS!

@glennaw1547

3 жыл бұрын

Beau and Todd, This is a treasure. History is wonderful but when you get to investigate an ancestral home/area the hunt enters a whole new area. The memories of your family are still there for you to sit, enjoy, and absorb. Chig found the remains of an old pitchfork yiu need to retrieve. You also need to drive an artu

@glennaw1547

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I hit the wrong button. Todd you need to drive an atv up there and retrieve the grindstone and the fireplace poker, the old mason jars, and pitchfork. If you kids do not want now, they will later on as adults. Also, during this fall time get a regular camera and take pictures of the house from different views and keep prints of the same. This your heritage. You probably have nieces, nephews, cousins that want to same history. The long nails and even the pilsbury flour sack piece would look great in a memory box with a picture of the house. This one was special. Thx

The old can was a back pack for putting out wild fires. The spray wand is missing

@zad1107a

3 жыл бұрын

We call them Indian cans in my department

@lonniechartrand

3 жыл бұрын

Or was used to START a controlled burn.

@billhenry1117

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely an Indian Pump Can, I wore one enough when I was much younger

@bigbob16

3 жыл бұрын

The two clips on the top of that can held that spray wand

@kennichols1015

3 жыл бұрын

We always called them piss pumps

Well done Chigg....I could spend a lot of time looking around a beautiful home like that. For Todd's relatives to have lived there would be an added bonus. Just reflecting of what life was like for his G & GG-Grandparents. This was America that should never be forgotten about. Thanks again for bringing us along!!!!

Todd should definitely take that beautiful brass doorknob! That's exactly the same pattern I have in my house

Thanks for the video, Shout out to Todd, Things take on a more thoughtful bent when it's your people involved.

Hey chigg I’m 22 years old & I would love to hear your stories from ur life time , ur favorite memories or even spooky stories in your adventures !

To be able to say that your great great grandmother did certain things in a certain abandoned house is something I would treasure so so immensely. Just incredible!

SAMSQUANCHES AND GHOST STORIES FROM TODD PLEASE!!!! Don’t leave me hanging!!!

I have just found you guys, loving it, watching from Scotland....I now want to get a detector!!

36:52 - Noticed the wollyworm, many still here in WV. look at the wollyworm, to determine the winter weather. The black bands near the head, indicates into first two weeks of Dec. Looking at this one by what I see, the first two weeks of Jan. and first week of Feb. shows extreme cold weather. Each band counts as a week, from the tail end to the head is Feb. Jan. Dec. Each black band indicates extreme cold weather. The solid black worms are males and you don't look at them. Just had to throw this in there, Old folk lore! Too you can pick them up, they don't sting or bite you, very soft, so take extra care. God Bless, (Glen).

@jq7323

2 жыл бұрын

An old myth. It was pretty mild winter last year, along with this year so far

every so often his voice travels into bob ross tones and territory...and ya know what? i like it.

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

I've thought the same thing! Lol 😆 I love it!

I love how chigg gets to the second floor stating how Todd should post this video if he meets his doom. Comments on the three foot sway in the floor , then proceeds to temp fate by bouncing on it! Typical chigg. Awesome old cabin and history. I'm never disappointed, learn something, and enjoy every video so far. Keep on swinging. Ty for sharing your adventures. Stay safe, chigg.

The can was a papoose back pack sprayer fire service still use

Wow ! Todd great family history. The house i bet was gorgeous in its day. Thank you for sharing I enjoyed it alot. Stay safe out there.💝

West Virginia is such a beautiful place

@Yinzzy656

3 жыл бұрын

Pennsylvania/West Virginia both imo

First time commenter, long time viewer from Iowa... Literally just wanted to say thank you so much for the amazing videos! You're always putting a smile on my face and I'm sure many others as well.

@DiggingIowawithCoinboy

3 жыл бұрын

Hey fellow Iowan!

That cabin was built well!

@danielledda1460

3 жыл бұрын

I think the cabin is well built

Yay another video 👍👍👍👍

Thanks for letting us see your family's farm love the old cabins and history .

Wow, what a cool area and cabin. Todd has alot of history there! Liked this one!☆

Yup, great job guys.

It’s nice that Todd has awesome memories of his great grandmother and that’s a really cool cabin.

Mixing glass in with the insulation, helps keep the mice and other critters from chewing through to the inside.

I hope you enjoy this video! Follow Chigg’s Army! My Patreon: www.patreon.com/aquachigger Instagram: instagram.com/aquachigger/ Facebook: facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ Twitter: twitter.com/BeauOuimette Thanks for watching…. The Chigg

Thanks Beau and a big thanks to Todd for showing us his families property. That cabin is a beauty! The fuel can looking thing was a backpack sprayer. I wore one just like it as a kid, yeah, DDT spraying cuz like asbestos it was Great stuff guys!👍. I think that whole valley is worth a weekend of detecting. So much family history happen there it would be a shame to miss anything.

Very nice stairs, actually curves around to the living room. So far back in the Holler, but it was their land so why not. Sad that a squatter was living there and growing weed. Could have done real damage to the old place. Sad story about the husband. Thank-you Todd and Chig for the adventure.

That large squarish tin container with the clips and chain on is a back pack water sprayer used for fire suppression by forest fire fighter crews to this day. I think they are made by a company called Indian, and are still available. Very cool hunt. Thank you!!

@danielcline7413

3 жыл бұрын

Myself I think the dude growing weed in the sixties used the sprayer fertilizer or bug spray !

Yes that can was an Indian Tank, I carried one of them in my younger days fighting fires for the Forestry Dept. It wasn't fun when the fire was on top of a mountain and I had to carry one of them cans on my back up and down the mountain to fill them up with water from a creek.

Beau your so silly,we tune you on because we like all you do,your talking to us all the time your digging,just like we are there is fun for us too..I like watching you digging around

That's one hell of a staircase for an old cabin!.

Talking about deer hunting surprised me Chigg -- I saw you wade ice cold water to save a cicada from being eaten by a fish, so never took you for a hunter -- full of surprises you are

that was great man . loved it. long too. could you imagine sleepin next to that stream . id have to get up to sir whiz a lot.lookin forward to the next'n

Always watch every second of your show. You made the effort to post it so it is only fair to watch it all. That curved can thingy reminds me of very old backpack sprayers. Not exactly, but similar. Anyhoot, thanks mate!

@cocarr1

Жыл бұрын

That's what is is. Some call it a piss can. They had a hose with a pump on the end of it. 31:18

This video is a great Segway to Happy Hallowe’en! Spooky place! 👻 Even the chinking on the house is freaky! 😧 That bank was interesting with all those nails! All I could think of was....gloves. LOL! 😝 That grindstone WAS neat! Love the pitch fork! Interesting threaded plug. Maybe from a hot water bottle? And fleur-de-lis....hmmmm.....🤔 BTW - all of the wooly bear caterpillars I have seen recently have a different band...looks like a long, cold winter. I loved watching the sense of adventure and family nostalgia for Todd. 🥰.

Given its age, those logs could very well be American chestnut.

@radicalron65

3 жыл бұрын

They are....very good....

Awe Todd this is awesome I’m glad you guys went there. Very cool to visit your roots.

grinding stone was awesome ..cool yard art !!!!

I love going on these adventures with you. History and past family is a wonderful thing!

I love these log cabins. Looks like they framed the log cabin and then laid on the inside down for the floor. So the walls and e floor probably weren’t connected.

Todds cleaning up on the family estate, Chiggs finding the Gross Creatures!!

The stairs winding around the fireplace with the bookcase in the corner is visually beautiful. I can imagine sitting and reading or sitting and sewing.

I enjoy hearing your nuggets of info about stuff you know!!

These old videos are pretty awesome aquachigger thanks again

@aquachigger

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

It’s so beautiful in the woods in fall in the hills of Wv

BEEN AWHILE ... BUSY-BUSY , I HAV BEEN ... HAPPY/THANKFUL THE CHIGG IZ STILL DEWIN WHUT HE DOEZ ... PRAYIN ALL IZ WELL ... - Godspeed

I'm glad I'm not the only one who holds people whom taught me a lot of things very close. Listen to your elders kids, it's not all BS.

Beautiful cabin. Beautiful area!

Gotta be hard for ol' Toddrick seeing that memory-filled place in disrepair. I've experienced that recently as well. Sobering, to say the least.

I like how you read the land. I like learning

Incredible video! You guys are preserving history. The fact that the home belonged to Todd's family is especially meaningful. If only you could go back in time to when the place was bustling with activity! Thanks for sharing.

I see a lot of good lumber instead of letting it go to rot. A furniture makers paradise.

Beautiful area! Fabulous staircase in the cabin. Would be neat to see how the cabin looked back in the day! If I were Todd’s wife, I would welcome the relics into my home since they came from his family homestead. Love your videos Chigg!!!

If this cabin had been built in the 80's the 1980's and was abandoned , it would most likely have fallen by now. But they Just don't build'em like they used to. That is for sure. I myself would have probably got tears in my eyes with all the flooded memories.......

That's a beautiful cabin, but second to the beauty of the neighborhood!

Thanks Beau!

This is a beautiful, touching video. Thank you for it.

This is wonderful to see! I was born in Fairmont but our dad was transferred to Ohio in 1968 - I was 16. Our granny lived out in a holler close to Barrackville mine where my grandpa and uncles worked. I still miss West Virginia- it will always be home to me. Thank you.

Love seeing history still standing. Neat that Todd has ties to this homestead. Keep the videos coming thanks for sharing

That’s beautiful needs to be restored it’s bad but there’s still some good bones!! Yeah baby!

Incredible old history. Thank you.

id imagine todds a bit somber seeing the state of disrepair. time stands still for no man. flat spot above the cabin; thats where the still was. that piece of brass bucket, todd can polish it up and engrave family names and dates on it.

@davidpope208

3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your show gteatly.i am disabled and can not get out much .Thankyou

Tod and his family are what made and still makes America great. They are the real pioneers and I hope he will document some of his family history before it's completely forgotten. You too, Chigg! So where are all those books that once filled that bookcase? I love old books! Cheers, Rik Spector

Being down in the fully protected the home from the harshest weather!

That "Fuel" can is a backpack sprayer by the looks of it 🤔. 🇺🇸😎

I'm from clarksburg. Thanks for posting this

Yay, another beaucephus video!!!

9:10 Best Rosco p Coltrane impression ever

I would put glass in the place for glass and do my best to keep animals out and preserve the cabin

you need to tell more stories about that old guy and when you was a kid we are interested most people are about that kind of stuff i loved that little story about the old hillbilly

Chigg, Thank you for such a beautiful video. That place is breathtaking. The story of Todd's grandmother by the fireplace reading to her children touched my ❤.If I was Todd I would save that fireplace. My favorite video yet of the both of you.

Whoa, I have one of those medicine bottles. First time I've seen another one like it.

Got another shirt👍👍👍

Wonderful story .

Thankyou for sharing the old homestead & all your explore & finds.

Its not a gas can, i believe it is backpack water extinguisher for woods fires. Would have a hand pump sprayer that sita on top

Awesome! Just wish that I could see some family history like that. Thank you, Todd and Chig.

My family lived in one such cabin in Fort Ashby. The way they were constructed is just a marvel. It was human ingenuity for sure. If there's one thing that one never forgets about W va, is the sheer beauty. You are blessed to walk such historic mountainsides. Great vid, Chigg

I absolutely love the colors of the trees in the fall on the West Coast. So beautiful. What a fantastic video of Todds ancestors home grounds. I'm sure he was really happy to be there. What great memories for him. I hope you guys go back and look around for more treasures. Take care and be safe and stay healthy. 😉

I don't care if you're digging nails in a mud puddle or civil war belt buckles I'm watching every second. Thanks for the hard work and bringing us along with you. Love what you do

Love how you reference trailer park boys calling it samsquanch

Raking hay with horses is a dangerous thing. My dad was raking hay in the mid 40's, just after the war. He was checking the harness when the school bus he used to ride went by, he raised his hand to wave and the mare thought he was going to slap her on the rump. She took off and he only had time to dive out of the way of the rake. If it hadn't been for his heavy boots, he would have been turned over with the hay. He always said afterwards when near horses, keep your hands low and always talk to the horse.

Another excellent video brother thank you for sharing 👍

Beau that fuel can was forest fire fighter extinguisher can had rubber hose and brass pump actually trained with Shovel and that can pack straps on my back !!!

The earth looks like it smells really good.

Thank you Chigg:)

It was cool to see an old place like this and to also get to hear the stories that go with it.

Hi Chigg. I believe the can you found is a part of a sprayer. The hand pump would be secured across the two clip mounts on the top.

Loved it all. It was someone’s life and homestead there. Especially like that large rock with the three grinding indentations on it. Keep having fun!

Although you didn't find anything that I'd normally think was remarkable when it's put into the context that this was Todd's ancestors home almost everything you found had a deeply personal connection. The grinding stone, that battered axe head, the remnants of the pitchfork, the copper pail, never mind the cabin, they were all deeply connected to their lives back when. Thank you for sharing this adventure!

The old can is a fire fighter can. My grandfather had one. It strapped to ones back

Another exciting adventure.🤗 I really like such old houses especially their old fireplaces. Continued success! 🍀

What a beautiful old cabin! It would have been a lovely home at one time!

Just great . Must mean a lot for Todd to be there and think about life

I think the bank you were searching with all the nails, that may be where they dumped all the ashes from the fireplace. They probably burnt a lot of wood with nails in it to heat the house

Great video love these old homes, i have property up in NY state and have 3 foundations on the property when i metal detected them we found some old utensils spoons forks with the wood rotted handles. As i took some stone away from the foundation at cleanup we found some really cool large dinner plates most were in pieces, they had blue flowers and ships on them . I managed to put the broken pieces to make almost a plate , a historian in the area i talked to said Germans most likely settled in these areas, he date 1800's.

Absolutely love the hollers of WV. My mom's family was from warrior mine wv. Baker holler. Thanks for sharing Chigg!

@mathewpennington7049

3 жыл бұрын

And Todd!

@dragonflydigs658

3 жыл бұрын

Visit Todd at Appalatian History Hunters!

Wow👍🏼😊