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@pattymaclean7126

4 жыл бұрын

Hi , i have been watching you young men going onto the green mts in vermont. Enjoying every minute of your adventures. Hope you do it for a long time,you and eddie make a good team even thou its just once in a while hope you find a lot more of the treasuresthat you are looking for. Keep up thefantastic adventure.

@williamhavranek8988

3 жыл бұрын

THAT. BIG. SHOE BUCKLE. BELONGED. TO. SASQUATCH!

Don't matter what you find,just so cool being out in the woods with your detector ,the peace and quiet,great show,thanks.

That gun piece reminds me of the expression" A Flash In the Pan" where the primer charge flashes but the gun doesn't fire. Of course today we mean something that looks like it will be good but is totally disappointing. So much language comes down from our early days. Thank you, Brad. Cheers, Rik Spector

Not a "secret society", more like a society full of secrets.

@b.pur9981

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that's exactly right.

@ethanearly9245

3 жыл бұрын

I see you are educated as well

@Hazy4oo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanearly9245 where da secrets

@ethanearly9245

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hazy4oo sorry cant tell ya

A "flash in the pan" and "don't go off half cocked" are both terms from the flintlock days.

A great repreave from all of this madness going on right now Brad. Thank you so much!

@Jen-zk9se

4 жыл бұрын

Nan Sea - Agreed 💛

@natsirim499

4 жыл бұрын

Good point❤💓👈

There is nothing I like better than looking at the beauty of Vermont and watching you enjoy yourself.

Love that stirrup! Someone was really missing that! Great hunt Brad, thanks for taking us along!

Good afternoon from Chicagoland... Thank you for sharing your incredible videos with us. We are living in strange times but I know that if we all help our neighbors, give what we can and help when we can we will all survive this. God bless you and yoursProud Mason and treasure hunter :-)

Those “baby” shoes are actually oxen shoes. They shod their oxen as well as their horses

It is amazing that stirrup construction hasn't changed much, my hunt seat saddle has stirrups that look alot like the one you found. That last iron piece you found could be a hoof pick. Love the adventures!

Thank you for this oasis of calm during these trying times.

@1894Outdoors

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! His videos are beautiful and a great distraction

This man was a harness maker and probably repaired saddles and such. He had a whole shop to make harness. He had a trade and tools to make them. That isn’t bad. He probably traded his work for food and other necessities. Harness makers were important back then. I wouldn’t be sad, my own great grandfather had a livery/stable back in the 1800’s. He made a living doing hard work as I am sure this man did. I am proud of his hard work.

A friend from Connecticut sent me some ox shoes and one of them was a smaller one like what was found by your buddy. Thanku for the beautiful views of vermont. Its nice too follow you through the mountains of vermont. Some very cool relics were found!

Show you actually finding the things. A genuine reaction always is great.

That find from the previous week looks like an oxen yoke/harness. How wonderful you found one after ALL those years!!

I enjoy the scenery as much as I do the digs and items found!

The work you put into your videos always seem to tell the story with a sprinkle of magic. You approach the actual hunt with a sort of maturity that really shows your curiosity and passion. When in your search you dig the grown with respect for those long gone souls who left these relics behind. Your a real prospector in a modern time. Keep up the good work.

Thank you for continuing to keep us entertained, what you do is carry important in times like these, Keep you and yours safe ,say hi to Eddy.

Brad, another beautifully made video. Happy for you that you got an old stirrup!!! And the flintlock gun piece was very cool. A good day buddy!!! ATB Rob Florida Thunder

Another great day out with Brad and the other Ed ☺ Congrats on finding your first stirrup 😀 That was pretty cool that you found an actual, what I thought was a, yoke for the oxen on the hunt before this one. Loved seeing those relics getting pulled from the dirt. Saving history is such an awesome thing that we in our hobby have the greatest pleasure in doing 😀 I'll see you next week 👋

Awesome colonial finds.Thanks time travelers Brad and Ed!

You mentioned about the piece of lead piece "never used for running water in a house" or words to that effect. My grandmother's house in northwest Connecticut was built in 1773. Sometime after it was built a lead pipe was laid from a spring in a pasture above the house and carried water down to the house for household use and then the overflow went on down to the milk house, where it kept the tank full to keep the milk cool, and the overflow from that was carried out of the milk house into a watering trough for the livestock. At some time that spring proved inadequate, and the line was extended to a second spring a little higher, and that was in use until about 1963, when the pipe had too many holes, and since it was the middle of winter and the ground too hard to dig, my father had a well drilled instead.

@GMMD

4 жыл бұрын

That makes a lot of sense, thanks Bruce!

@gonesideways6621

4 жыл бұрын

Think of all lead they ingested maybe first Flint Michigan in America ?

@brucewheeler483

4 жыл бұрын

@@gonesideways6621 Some where I heard that the water in most of New England has a mineral in it in very small quantities that prevent the absorption of lead. When my father had the water quality tested, no lead showed on the results. And certainly there were no signs of lead poisoning in any of the generations of inhabitants.

@natsirim499

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@chevychase3103

4 жыл бұрын

@@brucewheeler483 that's pretty neat I wonder what mineral it is.

I really enjoy your videos. When you were talking about the Civil War Soldier I seen emotion in your face and your voice changed also. My Grandad was a Union Soldier and I have his records of that. He enlisted from Bradford County PA and served 4 years of the War. Alo Grandad was a Free Mason he joined Chesterfield Lodge 101 at Chesterfield VA. So as you can see I relate to what you are doing. I also you are a very kind person thanks for being so.

As a Freemason myself, I can tell you this, his Wealth is being with the Great Architect for all of Eternity.

Thank You Very Much For Sharing. I Love Vermont, And Vermonters..Out Of All The Fifty ( 50 ) States Vermont ( The Green Mountain State ) Is My Favourite State..I Love Burlington..

Brad...I loved the shot of the old “road.” And seeing how the Freemason’s home sat next to it! Could you show us more of what you’re seeing in front of you-like the old roads?? As you’re walking? Thanks-Great vid!!

Always love the music you create for your videos it's so fitting. Keep you and your family safe in such a unsettling time.

again is a wonderful view and history of the site. like always you were able to discover some interesting Items buried for decades in the ground. I look forward to the next video bob from ny

Half of a horse collar previous video. Some nice finds. The stirrup was very nice but I think the find of the day was the flint lock piece. Nice video.

Beautiful music. Great axe head and strike pan.

Nice video in these crazy times . Really enjoy the music scenery and of course what you dig up . Thanks Brad and Ed.

Love Vermont and the eastern states. Lived in Connecticut for a year. Loved it. Lucky you.

Hi Brad, everything you take from the ground is a relic. Loved the spoon finds. It’s still history. Thanks for taking us along. I feel you and Ed had a great day. Best regards to you and yours. Joyce. Connecticut,U.S.A.🇺🇸 ARROW *🎱

Outstanding hunt and production as always my friend!! Thankyou for sharing, and donating items is so important to keep are hobby alive. History is only saved when public can enjoy and learn from it! Thankyou

Wow you’re videos are the greatest ty for sharing The scenery you show is always great thanks again al from Vt

I always find your videos so relaxing to watch - plus I love you give us the history! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos

Yes... you can clearly see the frizen pan... flintlock, good find.

Was a great day! Looking forward to digging with ya again! Stay safe and best wishes to you and your family during this crazy time.

@memorylaine

4 жыл бұрын

I'll check your videos out. Great show today 👍

I love the scenery of your mountains you show in your videos. Beautiful country. Someday I hope to visit.

enjoyed coming along thanks for sharing

I really like the stirrup and the side plate from the gun. Hoping to find some interesting stuff here once the weather allows me to be digging.

Another wonderful Friday morning! Absolutely loved this video. As always love the history shared. Thank you for another uplifting Friday morning.

@1894Outdoors

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more he does an amazing job. Always beautiful videos

Thank you for another great adventure !

Your Nature shots are beautiful..you should do a calendar

Love your videos. Peaceful in the woods.

Always interested when iron spoons are found. It just makes me think what stuff would taste like eaten off an iron spoon. Surely it would add a metallic taste to your food, especially if the food was acidic.

Hi! When you go out in the winter, wear warm cap, gloves, scarf and shoes. Maybe something under or over your jeans, then you won't get cold as much as you do. //Jessica

Thank you for another great adventure!💖

Yep! Definitely the frizzen pan to a flintlock riffle

Definitely a flintlock side plate. Just in front of the pan is a small hole where the frizzen would have attached. The holes to the rear are where the hammer would have attached. There should be a few smaller holes under and lower in front of the pan where the frizzen spring would also attach. Hopefully you can take it home and evapo-rust it. Looks in really good shape and should get some marking off it.

@GMMD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff, here’s a link to the preservation and more information: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWRlrJmwqNionaw.html

The fun of finding related story history thanks great job Folk's!!!; )

Stay safe and healthy love your video. And keep your family healthy.

Brad for what it’s worth....this was one of my personal favorite videos of yours. Loved that you touched on the history, a little of the backstory, and presented the real life of the hard living of its previous owners. Not everyone watches to see buttons and coins....never apologize for that. My channel is more like this video actually and probably why I like this one so well. I have dozens of digs with the Aquachigger and one day maybe GMMD......

@GMMD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Todd! Lets make it happen!

@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

4 жыл бұрын

Green Mountain Metal Detecting I’m meeting Beau in an hour...we dig 2 or 3 times a week believe it or not...I kid you not! He may not give me a chance to take a vacation...keep in Touch Brad. I honeymooned in NH and traveled throughout Vermont. My wife’s family is from there. You never know...Appalachianhistorydetectives@gmail.com. If you ever come down this way (northern VA), I will take you to some colonial digs...but the Chigg might be with us..haha.

Stirrup. Haha thought it was a potato masher. 😂😂👍

I love the drawings for most of your episodes, it wouldn't surprise me if you did them, along with the great music and the nature views, thanks for all you share with us.

@1894Outdoors

4 жыл бұрын

Yea I wish I new how he did then!

Hey "Silverwinged"!!! I don't know if this is already known but I just found you on Imgur!!! Take care and stay safe! 👋😊

@GMMD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks friend! Welcome!

@lisaj9545

4 жыл бұрын

@@GMMD I've been watching/subscribed to you and lurking on Imgur for years. 😊

Nice video again. The will mentioned harness making tools. Hmmmm. Nice historical clue and what a great find that would be.

Looks very remote and pretty!!

Hey Brad -- you and the family stay safe!!!!

Love the opening music!

@Objective-Observer

4 жыл бұрын

He wrote and plays all the music for his channel.

The wood thing with the rings is called a single tree. Used for harness on horses and cattle for wagons and buggies.

Love the nature shots! Thanks for them!

Not a very successful search this time, but, hey! for all the awesome finds you already did and shared before, I will not complain. Furthermore, you were in the company of Ed, Big Ed, Ed the Mountain, Ed the Bear, a genuine person (like yourself and all your friends) that I am happy to follow on his own channel. Fond of that guy too. Tschuss.

@DetectEdOutdoors

4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this comment!! Haha

@sergehorion7155

4 жыл бұрын

@@DetectEdOutdoors Hello from France. Hope you won’t be confined in Vermont as we are here.

@kayesdigginit1519

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was quite successful. He found several great relics. It makes it a success to me 🤷☺

@sergehorion7155

4 жыл бұрын

@@kayesdigginit1519 Hello Kaye. In France, we say something like you must be a relic to recognize another relic 😄with no intention to be disrespectful, just for the fun of it. By not very successful, I wanted to write that no real trace related directly to a Freemason was found, which was the main purpose for this search. Take care.

Find a stirip in one piece awesome. The history is totally cool.

Great to have my GMMD Friday morning fix!! Wife is grounded working from home!🤯 Very thankful she is able to perform her job from home!!$$$. This crazy virus has driven home yet another reason I need a house out in the middle of somewhere!! With a driveway about a mile long! Nearest neighbor no closer than five miles!! But!! I married a city girl! My mother in law lives not five blocks away, and the wife's Uncle lives eight blocks away. Most of the time it's good to have family close!!! Y'all stay safe & healthy out there!! Seems that things are going to get much worse before they get better!! Thanks for taking us with you!! Please remember folks!! We are all in this together!!! Big prayers for us all!!🙏🙏🙏

@buckrockerm

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I have been worried about urban/suburban areas. We live in Southern WV on a farm of about 140 acres with thousands of wooded acres behind us. We have ponds full of fish and woods with deer, squirrels and turkey. We can dig wild onions, mushrooms, miracles and ramps. We still raise gardens and can food. We are use to going “without” things but when you really get down to it we have more than most. My grandmother grew up in the Great Depression and showed us how to live off the farm and land. Good luck to all the others areas of the country who often look down on us dumb hillbillies. Prayers up for us all

@stanbarrett5552

4 жыл бұрын

@@buckrockerm, You Sir are living my retirement dream!! I spent most of my boyhood on a hay farm in eastern Oklahoma! We had chickens, pigs, and a huge garden with a variety of whatever was pleased us at the time of planting! The Oldman would also buy & sell calves back in the day. I guess the point we are both getting at is, in the words of Bocephus, Counrty folks will survive!!

It's the thrill of the hunt ! Thanks for the outing ! G

Is that where the phrase "like a flash in the pan" originates? The Edtector!

@warringtonfaust1088

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the powder in the "pan" which ignited the main charge would fail of igniting themain charge, but still give off a flash from the flintlock.

Enjoyed the video. You and your family stay safe in these crazy times.

@GMMD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Douglas!

You are the Bob Ross of metal detecting.

@paulweisgerber7654

4 жыл бұрын

Happy little relics!

I really hope my videos can get to your quality someday! Yours are amazing makes me feel like I'm there

I am always amazed how these houses have disappeared to nothing.

@1894Outdoors

4 жыл бұрын

I hit one today from the 1700s and couldn't even find a nail it was amazing

@warringtonfaust1088

3 жыл бұрын

I had always assumed salvage and reuse.

@michaeltroja315

3 жыл бұрын

@@warringtonfaust1088 Decay

Awesome! Great variety of finds!!

Hi Brad, I wonder if that stirrup was lost by someone fighting in the civil war ?? a pretty cool find, obviously because I had horses I recognised it immediately. Some lovely finds between you both, I loved that old axe head it was in amazing condition. Thanks for sharing, I wish you and your Family good health through this difficult time. xx

I always laugh when non masons refer to masons as hi ranking masons. They have no clue but it makes it sound interesting to those who know no better.

@thebollock9427

4 жыл бұрын

😂 Yes very true, they don't seem to get that we're all just brothers at the end of the day. Rank, Provincial or Grand, makes no difference.

@PeggyYoung

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Schnoebelen. - tells all about his life as a mason!

@trevor4370

4 жыл бұрын

@@PeggyYoung What has that to do with my original comment??????? It was about - " non masons refer to masons"

@bklyndg

4 жыл бұрын

@@PeggyYoung except that he lied

@guyinpajamapants6892

4 жыл бұрын

Or is that what you masons want us non masons to believe? Dun Dun Dun!

love your music! And the history!

GREAT VIDEO GMMD!! These guys always put on a good show. You actually inspired us to go out and make our channel!

If the civil war veteran was living on his pension from the war it's no wonder he didn't leave much for you to find or in his will.

@Silverado1st

4 жыл бұрын

Amen to that! Things haven't changed much in 200 years either. God rest his soul he probably made more than me.

Awesome vid. Love the landscape up north. My dad was a past grand master. My brother keeps telling me to look for an old black? book of dads that had some information about the masons. Still find it hard to go thru my parents things though. Going to a few of the Masonic web pages, lodges from RI, there's a ton of interesting information and history from back in the 1700's. Hope everyone up there is safe.

Good video, with interesting finds, stirrup and axe head.

Some good finds. Did you get to keep any of what you both found. Love seeing the places you go to use a metal detector. Be safe from this virus

Hey Brad. I was watching the History Channel yesterday and it was about the Civil War. They were talking about the battles in Virginia where the main troops were from the Vermont 5th regiment. So not everyone stayed in Vt. And chopped down trees. Lol

@warringtonfaust1088

3 жыл бұрын

My ancestors were with the 9th Virginia, which opposed the 5th Vermont at several engagements. How the world turns.

right hand sideplate for a flintlock pistol, Brad, with the frizzon pan! the big hole is for the hammer that holds the flint. very good ole boy!

Splendid hunt fellas. Always a pleasure to watch ! No better hobby during a pandemic then detecting. Thanks again for taking us along. Ps when is the next degrau vlog being posted ? Stay safe wishing everyone well

Really liked this video. Good to see DetectED. Found him not too long ago and also subscribed. Keep up the good work.

Hey Brad, thanks for another great video, you & Matt had some great finds, my Wife & I still have a interest in metal detecting which I might add started from watching your videos, but we both have other hobbies, I have a overly expensive car hobby, she is into scrapbooking which is equally expensive. Anyway thanks for the awesome video..God Bless you & your family!!

Flash in the pan. Good find bud

I believe the “ hat buckle “ is the frame that holds the workings of a mantle clock. Good hunt!

@DetectEdOutdoors

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Never thought of that.

Very nice. I love the stirrups.Very nice axe head. Always nice finding gun parts. Great video. Be safe. Hug your family. Have a great weekend.

No mention of the Sasquatch arch behind you at 15:15? Lol they were watching you! Haha!

Great video as usual Brad. I was wondering if you might do a video on how you display your finds and how far you go in the restoration process ? Hello from the UK :)

Awesome video! Really enjoyed! Subscribed! Keep em coming! -GNG

So ya rode in the rumble seat, hope they gave ya a cushion ta sit on 'cause ya ain’t got much natural paddin’ back there Brad. LOL

@kayesdigginit1519

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Please stay safe my friend and you family!

You guys have too much fun, dipping your hands into history.

@lcheerezexplorer

4 жыл бұрын

Let the wives do all the chores, lol. 😆

Good morning Brad !! Great video today. My grandfather on my mother's side was a Mason. I never knew any of that until I got older and then I had wished I had become a Mason to carry on the tradition. They intrigue me with their mysteriousness.

@markwhite2199

4 жыл бұрын

Calvin Lee you still can. Ask 1 2B 1

@garyjacobs2789

4 жыл бұрын

I second that. 37 years for me. No masons ,no country

There were a lot of freemasons in Colonial America. Per the eminent historian Monty Python in the 1700's, "Freemasonry opens doors", was true.

@paulweisgerber7654

4 жыл бұрын

It’s still true today. But since reading your comment, all I can think of is “And now for something completely different.”

Very nice yup i find lots of iron as well some day i want to find an ox nob coins buttons but probably be just pieces of old metal cans lol thanks for sharing

Good to see the Vermont Mountain scenery. Good to see you and "ED". This is not our Eddie, right? I am deleting my statements because i was out of line makeing any masonic statement. So now MY ignorance no longer shining.

Even though the man was poor in nature You make his and the others seem interesting...Great hunt with story

@peterbrennan750

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't have much.Just his life. Priceless.