I have never seen this before but I am excited. I live on a lake with a rich history. I am going to get out the paddle boat, set my loyal companion Bella ( a seven pound chihuahua who looks strangely like a wolf) beside me and drag the magnet along. Let's see what treasures we find!

When I was a kid (age 12 +/-) I magnet fished the colonial well in my front yard. Recovered 3 Victorian era window weights and a rusted out paint can.

Thanks, enjoyed your day. Do no give it up, goofing off with a 500 lb pull magnet, harvested 2 tackle boxes, expensive salt water lures and 2 heavy duty Penn reels. About 375.00 in value. Never could find original owner so enjoyed then personally. Keep having fun, enjoy ALL your videos. Merry Christmas

One of my ancestors, a Solomon Slusser and one of his cousins, died while digging a well in the late 1870's. "They had dug down to approx 50 feet and hit bedrock. Dynamite was tossed down the well and burning straw was thrown into the well to light the fuse but it did not. Waiting until the next day, the two men were lowered into the hole and, after taking off the ropes from their waists, were soon overcome with the "black-damp". A third man was then lowered into the hole and was overcome but he was rescued because he was still attached to the rope. The bodies were recovered with grappling hooks and the well was filled in and another one was dug nearby". This is an excerpt from a newspaper article about the two deaths that is included in an extensive genealogy file compiled by one of my brothers and a cousin that goes back to our 6th great-grandfather coming over from Germany in 1767. It's hard to fathom just what these people had to do just to survive.

@warringtonfaust1088

3 жыл бұрын

Deaths in digging wells were surprisingly common.

@sandraswift3489

2 жыл бұрын

Wowx

@darlenefraser3022

2 жыл бұрын

What is the “black-damp”, if you don’t mind me asking?

@laurenlongfellow9714

Ай бұрын

They couldn’t have lowered a rope to pull the guys out to begin with?

@robertslusser6753

Ай бұрын

@@laurenlongfellow9714 All that I know of the incident is a newspaper article that accounted the detail of a local tragedy.

You guys could make a commentary, describing slow drying paint, sound interesting and entertaining. I've watched people who've made dozens of magnet fishing videos without the production values and context/narrative you managed in your first one. Somehow the lack of finds was irrelevant, given the fun you were clearly having.

@cavalryscout8720

3 жыл бұрын

Yep lol

@davidwillis3913

Жыл бұрын

Interesting spelling of your last name Paul if you don't mind what's the origin?

"Well" that looked like fun!

What's more fun than a couple of complete characters magnet fishing colonial wells in Vermont. I have been a fan for years. Best one yet!

I love being able to see right down those old wells. Thankyou for the rare chance to do that. That is a beautifull area. I did admire the lovely green moss too.

As kids in Vergennes ('60s) my friends and I regularly found musket/cannon balls, nails and arrow heads digging in the dirt along the banks. Since there was a shipyard there (a fleet was built that was used in the 1812 War), that could be a really interesting place to try magnet fishing.

Awesome day for you guys stay blessed 👍

As per the usual, excellent music created by ours’ truly Brad Martin and his really cool Shotgun Mics. My go to for motivational tracks! Great vid too 😁

Hey Brad! I'm from south eastern VA. close to the Great Dismal Swamp where biting deer flies and, mosquitoes are an absolute nightmare. My brother told me to take a Bounce dryer sheet (or several) and rub them all over my clothes and exposed skin to repel those nasty things. It actually works! They don't like the smell and, won't bite. It's a God send! Once you've rubbed down with them, put the used sheets in your pockets or wherever you can. They still have some scent on them. YOUR WELCOME! 😁

I’ve always been impressed with the craftsmanship of well diggers. Amazing! Dangerous work but so necessary in those days. It would have been cool if you guys could have taken a water sample to see how pure the water was. Very entertaining Brad.

Looking forward to more magnet fishing videos!

Your trips are always entertaining!!!!

I have been in many wells, most of them dry, lol. Although the ones with water too deep, you need a tool. I used an extendable pool skimmer handle with a beefed up net (wide and thin). You have to use a strong material for the netting because of snags and such. The Best wells in my experience came from larger estates and businesses. Old Hostels, Saloons, and any other Grand buildings. Good luck, I know there has to be something of the sort in your area. Take my advise, if you do venture into a well, draw up a contract with the owner for the ability to be able to keep the contents, if any, when found. I learned this lesson the hard way about 20 years ago. Found gold coins and owner refused to allow me to keep one. I found 7.

Lots of fun. Thank you.

Brad, you & Chris are comedic geniuses. Both of you kept me in stitches almost the entire video. Tough luck on finding anything in the wells, but it would be neat if that when the weather warms up come spring or summer, watching you try magnet fishing off of old bridges in out of the way places where there isn't much modern travel.

Magnets are so helpful! Once my brother dropped his Ka-Bar knife into a deep, dark pool in a cave. It was freezing cold, and we weren’t about to dive in to fetch it up. So after ordering a neodymium magnet off eBay, we went back to the cave after several weeks. I put the magnet in an old sock tied to a rope. Amazingly, I managed to fish out the knife first try. The knife had a slight rust to the edge, but cleaned up as good as new. All hail the magnet!

Very entertaining guys!!!! Keep searching and stay safe

You guys are always entertaining to watch,thanks for the show Peace ✌️

So cool. Great video! Never stop 🙂🙂🙂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎄🎄🎄

Very cool fellas I laughed my butt off that's the most fun I've had in a while thank you 🙂🙂 NORTH GEORGIA MIKEY

Thank you for the adventure and laughs ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you guys maybe doing next ! Doing well here in Kansas .

Magnet fishing I’ve never found anything doing it. At least you gave it a try mate. Nice areas you hunt in.

Not sure exactly what it is but your videos lower my stress level. Rock on and happy holidays

You guys are the best! Keep up the great videos!

I don’t get magnet fishing. One finds things that one normally tries to discriminate. But you managed to make a nice movie doing it 👍

Thanks for the video; it brought back some really good memories. I got my first jackknife as a 6-year-old kid from going magnet-fishing with my dad and big brother in my native Panama City FL, off the old Hathaway Bridge; my dad had some sort of huge, thick horseshoe-shaped magnet that must've weighed at least 7 or 8 pounds-- it was a monster that required a heavy rope, and later on it featured in many school science-fair displays. ^_^ That jackknife (it was a Case knife with a bone handle) came up along with the rest of the contents of some poor fisherman's metal toolbox-- lots of rusty fish-hooks, some good lures, a tin full of weights, and the toolbox itself; not a bad haul. Man, I had that knife for YEARS. My dad believed in teaching his kids to fish and clean fish, and it didn't matter to him if we were boys or girls. Smart man; if we could clean them, that way he didn't have to do it!

A well that is that old probably has three feet of dirt at the bottom.

JUST LOVE YOUR WAY START.

i wish i lived closer to you guys. ya seem like fun guys i could run with... been detecting for quite a while now and i do love the hobby very much.. im pretty remote here and dont have friends who are interested in detecting.. a few have tried it but didnt find handfulls of gold dabloons and silver ingots, so they never go back.. lol.. for me its not about piles of treasure, its just fascinating to me to , oh i dont know find an old skelly key or watch winder. i always wonder who lost it and how.. just never gets old.

That was pretty cool, something different. Cool video.

Fun episode...better than usual.

after helping extinguish a prairie fire in north texas, my brother was missing, however his wife could hear a distant cow bellowing frantically.she found him way down in a forgotten well, up to his neck in water precariously balanced on something or other down there. after locating him his wife did a little bellowing of her own, and the local paradise, texas fire dept stopped rolling up their hoses and tossed one down the well after him. the hole was full of black widows but he didn't get bitten.

That big piece of iron used to be a hanger for Squatch! Haha

The medal rod was a delth checker!they either dropped it,and tried to get it back and bent it, or waded it up in disgust after that well went dry

Y'all are funny!! enjoyed the video..ty for sharing

Hi Brad & Chris, a very absorbing and addictive hobby, you should drag it around by some waterfalls and in the streams there. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖🤘

Your music is great.

Love the adventures of magnet fishing. You guys had me laughing. ;D Hurts after brain surgery Friday.

Go to some of your lakes with the magnet. I find all kinds of things with mine.

Great Job! Guys

Well guys, love ya, love the music, love the metal detecting videos and.......I've had some EPIC FAILS in my magnet fishing adventures- as a matter of fact, I just title my magnet fishing videos just that; EPIC FAILS. You guys in no way failed (you didn't lose 3 magnets and lock yourselves out of your car for 5 hours), but...well...Better Luck Next Time!!! Take Care. Rob / Flthunder

Enjoyed the adventure. Thanks!

Awesome never thought to try that

magnet fishing works better in river and channels. Also watch that here on youtube. But, you guys are still fun to watch. And talk more about what your doing.

THIS is why De Grault hid his gold in a well !

@canaan5337

3 жыл бұрын

Lol you cant magnet fish for gold.

@tommyhall350

3 жыл бұрын

Old gun or treasure

Loved it even though not much was found. Loved the colonial art. 😊. Just beautiful how clear the water still is! Looking forward to upcoming videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family Brad!! Merry Christmas Chris!!

I live by the Erie Canal in upstate ny. Just bought a magnet, as soon as the ice melts it’s going in the canal. Lol I can’t wait

brad good seeing ya again go back to metal detecting great vid nice area in the woods no parts produced i love it be safe out there

Great show! Nice to see your buddy too! Happy Treasure Hunting❤️

Finally, A magnet fishing video without annoying KZreadrs

Don't feel bad I've magnet fished a few Wells never found nothing in any of them you get an A for effort

thanks for the video👏🏻👏🏻🇦🇺 that must have been an exciting day.

You two gave it a good go 👍 I just can't imagine very much metal being dropped into those wells. It was fun watching you both have a good time with your magnet fishing attempts 👍☺

It would be great to see you magnet fish in the beautiful lake you were on one summer in a previous video... a while ago.

Clues to the missing horse? The horse shoe nail at the bottom of the well. Then the divining rod they used to locate where to dig the well! Awesome finds! Looking forward to the next one.

Taking the lighted pictures was a great idea!

Well! You guys did really well fishing those wells.

Love to watch you Brad .climbing around them there hill ..very entertaining ! From an Australian fan !

I have a lot of fun watching your adventures. I went to Norwich University in VT and once owned 40 acres on Stanard Mt. up in the NE Kingdom. Miss it and wish you well.

@johnharr9707

3 жыл бұрын

Peter LaFrance hello from the Northeast Kingdom!!! 👋

@theoldgrowler3489

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnharr9707 Back at ya!

Looks like a nice stretcher

I enjoy watching your videos...and as an Ancient Mariner, it is correctly called a Line until the diameter exceeds 1inch. It then becomes a Rope. You share so much information to the point that nomenclature matters. Keep up the fun adventures.

Sometimes it is not what you find, it's the adventure of trying. Keep up the awesome videos!

Ya did good guys . Stay warm🙂

Loved the video great job

Good job 👌 it was worth a try anyways. Thanks for getting us out and about! Maybe next time you find the treasure!!!!

Very good

Great video guys!

The innuendoes I could come up with right now 😂😈 great video looks fun I can't wait to go myself.

U tried guys . Hey Brad i hang out every Saturday afternoon for you’re posts . Love you’re vids.

This was a fun one to watch! Can’t wait til next year when you do it again!

I truly enjoy you guys, having fun and exploring. The deep well reminds me of the water wholes in the Caverns. Cool 😎

@memorylaine

3 жыл бұрын

I had fun watching you guys! Merry Christmas 🎄💗

Suspense! Intrigue! Adventure!! All of these things can be found in your OTHER videos.

Awesome video !!!

I'd recommend trying the magnet fishing in old quarry pools and ponds/lakes near old residences.

@sissinoklahoma2057

3 жыл бұрын

That swimming hole that you metal detected, Brad!!

Your added music in the background is great! Just like all your adventures!;)

Hi from England xx

HEY BRAD & CHRIS, LADLE.!!!! KNIFE BLADE.!!!!! WHEN YOU WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS, AND THEIRS A SMALL BROOK, DRAG - IT ALONG.!!!!!!! YOU NEVER KNOW WHATCHA MIGHT FIND.!!!!!! GREAT - VIDEO.!!!!!!!

When you enjoy yourself, we enjoy the video. You are to carry that magnet with you come springtime and summer in case you do run across old Wells you can check them at the time. I know it adds weight to your pack. But it may be worth. Great video. Have a fantastic Christmas you and your family Chris's also. Take care and stay safe. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Very cool! I used to work in the Caribbean as a diver, one of my hobbies was exploring the old sugar plantations near the base. I found shackles, keys, part of a flintlock. broken tools and the ever popular pipes.. Your colonial wells seem to be much narrower then the ones id physically rap down into them.

You can take the top half of a soda bottle and glue it to the top of the magnet like a dome to help keep it from catching on tree limbs and rocks.

Wow how cool.is that.awell with a lid.we in UK don't have anything like that thankyou god blessx

Hey guys I'm new to your channel I've already subscribed and I've liked the first video I saw it which was your fishing in five different Wells colonial Wells and I'll tell you I really enjoyed your video the humor was absolutely great and you guys are definitely outdoorsman that you could take that cold and snowy out there I know my family is all for Minnesota so I know all about that but continued success and I'm definitely going to be looking up all your videos to see what you guys have been up to

Yay! GMMD Friday!

You can use the magnet in rivers it is amazing what you can find.

I've never watched a magnet fishing video where someone found cool things but it still looks like so much fun.

@kathytrumble5283

2 жыл бұрын

I have seen a few different people find guns. I even seen one where they pulled up live grenades and the bomb squad was called..

that water looked so good. so happy to have well water. nothing tastes as good. imagine especially in colonial times when water in the cities and rivers were polluted how valuable a resource as potable water was.

That was awesome! Yeah I've done some Colonial wells and there really is not much to be found. That being said, there is always going to be something great in a few of them.

Great video Brad and Chris, Can't wait to see your next adventure thank you so much for sharing. I bought my 1st metal detector today it's a garret AT pro Don't know how to use it yet but eager to find out..

I've seen a lot of metal detecting wells videos........and have never seen anything good come out of them!....except one I watched from Europe and they pulled up some guns.

Oh yeah- rubber gloves are a must when pulling up the wet rope. Thanks for the video.

Awesome video can’t believe you don’t wear a tuque!!!

Chris caught a leaf? Must have been from an ironwood tree. 😁

Merry Christmas an happy New year

At 17:34, I'm guessing that Chris's mystery metal wire is actually a rare colonial divining rod!

Magnet Fishing reminds me of "The Curse Of Oak Island", a lot of anticipation a few small results and much speculation. Don't take me wrong, I love the idea, but the results are generally anticlimactic a tempest in a teapot. This is Oak Island I'm talking about, not you guys...your interactions are awesome and actually you've found more silver and gold and historical stuff than they have in what seven or eight seasons and no one has to die to find the De Grau treasure:) Cheers, Rik Spector

Well... that’s a pretty deep subject....

Good adventures and think wire was for retreating things that fell in the well.