AHD - Appalachian History Detectives
AHD - Appalachian History Detectives
I started this channel to teach my homeschooled kids tangible history by bringing the boring history pages alive. Are you laughing yet? My teenaged son suggested history needed to be more than reading, it needed to be tangible and engaging. I decided to buy a Metal Detector and a GoPro and search for it. In fact, I had to self learn through watching videos just like you.
History is a passion of mine and learning about those who came before provides appreciation for the lives they lived. I strive to preserve their imprint on the land, through storytelling and metal detecting.
I do not consider myself a treasure hunter, but a history hunter trying to connect the missing dots. I hope you join me in this adventure.
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Looks like Kentucky (not a Confederate state) caves everywhere!
8 tents, 8 fires, 8 pioneer families, first winter. Or, native village, seasonal. Are there 1 or 2 flat rocks in each pile?
Just keep talking and your dear old Uncle Sammy will be there to help you divvy it up😅
You should be grateful you have two wonderful boys willing to spend time with you.
Your gonna be able to split it by yall not telling anyone
That’s looks like devils kitchen in Gettysburg national military park.. half a click up big round top from devils den.. MF if id’ve known that shit! Id’ve been rich a long time ago!🤣
I have a tobacco tag I’d love to send to Tom!!! RED J tobacco
Tax and fees about 483,000 each
Terrible what the Gov takes....
The govt will take it
Most likely
Good memories of creepin around Pricketts fort and the memories made there.
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If you do find it, don’t tell the FBI or they’ll steal it from you like they did that other guy.
Yep....that's the plan...LOL
When do we see the video
likely Fall or late Summer...still searching...
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives good luck
Really enjoyed the history behind the scenes. My son and I like these metal detecting videos in the hills.
I'm glad you enjoyed. It's good to get your son involved....kudos!
ww2 copper penny might be worth a lot
Todd, best of luck, can’t wait to see what else you find there.👍😀
Thanks 👍
Sorry man. The government will be confiscating that most likely.
No way I will say....or where I am at.
Uncle Sam will seize it. There are some things to think about before you say anything.
Yeah if you find it don’t post it and don’t tell anyone, especially not the government 🤣
Don't say shit unwill lose all of it to the greedy govt.
Branch Mountain gold?
Looking forward to it
so inspiring, thank you!
This is so sad.
The people were done very wrong. They still want to keep us poor and dependent on them. They want us as slaves.
Sad but true I feel. Thankfully at least companies producing their own currency and requiring it to buy goods and services has been done away with. Hard to believe such ever existed.
Did you ever go back?? Keep looking for it.
Yes. The video is forthcoming. I really need to go back in the Fall vice the Spring though as the vegetation was a challenge nearly impossible to overcome.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives yay!!!! I’m excited to see what’s there. I’ve watched every video you have multiples times 😂😂😂😂😂😂 my favorite channel on KZread for sure!!
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Amazing melted old world structure, WOW!
I love it when you have Scott on with you. His accent is interesting. I have “Beans”, in my ancestry from Anderson and Campbell counties of Tennessee. Great entertainment Todd, thanks for the video. 😊
Sure thing. Scott is a good friend and colleague. I'm hoping our schedules get together this fall to collaborate more.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Hope so.
I found hat same exact gas petcock valve
Were you able to find anything about these by chance? I have another one that looks very much the same. I think they date around the 1940's.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I didn’t really do any research but if I had to guess I’d say late 1800s-1930s
Todd Great video. You had a lucky day!! Great finds. i would love to find a spoon. You did well Thanks
Well Jef....ahem. I could give you a spoon or two. I seem to have quite a collection of these now. Not sure why I keep them all but I do....most detectorists toss these out but I keep them all....LOL
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Todd Thanks but I'll pass. I want to find one on my own. I toss nails, horsehoes, shotgun shells, modern casings, wire, aluminum anything and I'm sure I'm missing 1 or 2 more but the rest I keep. It is history and I wont throw away history.
I can feel the hurt of the mines. I was brought up by my Grandparents. My Papa was a miner in Springhill Nova Scotia. I am in my 67th year. I know the pain.
Thanks for the comment Cindy. My neighbor lost his father in the No9 mine and he never really emotionally recovered from that loss. He was a about 10 when it happened. The three men in the bucket in the video were the last to come out. The one on the right (Hillberry) had a daughter I graduated HS with. This one was close and personal to me as well....thanks for watching.
The item at 8:27 is a keeper for a tarp, the top rotates to keep the tarp in place. Could be off a vehicle or a tarp used in farm equipment.
Thanks Rusty. I see others have commented similar...a canvas top for a Model T or A were some comments.
Hello from Knoxville my friend. I enjoyed the video along with the historical photos. I could spend a month detecting in that area and still not find everything. My knee is a lot better now. Thanks for taking me along on your adventures. Stay safe say hello to your family for me. I’m going to New York in September to see my daughter and watch a Mets game. She just returned from Africa.
Hey Steve sorry I'm just responding buddy. My son is home on leave so I've been busy helping him get ready for his upcoming college year. I'm glad your knee is better....I will be in Knoxville in Sept for the game against Kent State. It's my 30 year reunion. Go Vols.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I understand
Fantastic video! Great finds and loved the photos in the beginning and ending.
Thanks so much! Great to hear from you.
Try crushing a thimble in your fingers, it’s obviously fire damage.
2 piece buttons are likely not revolutionary war. They came later civil war and post civil war.
Very true, except this one was a Blow Hole Button and they are early 1700s to mid 1700's. Blow Holes were 2 piece buttons. Very tough to find. I have a dozen or so we recovered on a French and Indian Fort massacre site. Found a 1717 Cobb with them. I'm hoping to go back there to this site with Scott in the Fall.
I found you again, soI subscribed. Love you're storytelling. Have a great weekend.
Hey Ron welcome back....I didn't know you left but it's good to see you commenting again.
Thank You for sharing your collection and stories. I am history (all) things buff. Preservation is my thing. Don't tear down people restore it or why in God's name did you paint the beautiful wood. My pet peves just a few. We live about 1/2 mile or less where there's a marker for trail of tears that came thru hear. Graveyard with caretakers house is a historic cemetery. You're fortunate to live in and breathe all things history.Back in 1980s early bought house . There were arrows heads in the dirt piles, come to find out we lived on land that close to prophets rock . Battleground Indiana was part of a great war. There is a monument to all that fought. Headstones every where due the died on that spot they where buried there.
Thanks for the comment. My family moved east from Oklahoma. Visiting family there I always felt sad about the reservations I saw there near my family's home.
Definitely a butt plate of a gun. I watch another channel sometimes and he hand builds muskets, so I've watched one being complete assembled.
Todd, What a wonderful tribute to those hardy miners who who perished while shaping our countries. Cheers, Rik Spector
Thanks Rik.
"Get a stick and jam it in there." 🤣🤣 You guys are still 10 years old. 🤣🤣
LOL I know right...
Oh... and I want to see how the restoration on the miner's pick goes... Bring that back in a later video.
My cousin is working on it. That is a good idea to show an update.
If I was 30 years younger I'd want to dig up the entire house. Do you ever take along a magnet and rope to search the wells?
No...sadly there was a dead animal that had fallen in there and couldn't get out.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives 😥 I have a story about that, but not for here
Todd an absolute fantastic adventure. Congrats on the miners tags, pick axe head and the spoons. Awesome backstory and family connections. Beautiful memorials for the miners that lost their lives.👍👏😀❤️
Thanks Twins.