Great videos lately. I'm a fellow NSS member from out west. Although currently in Canada. I received my first metal detector long ago when I was in 9th grade. The girl who sat next to me in computer class that year made fun of me for how excited I was about it. She's been my wife for 13 years now, she still hasn't figured out the metal detector :)
toolshell I had a teacher in High school that made fun of me because I always tried to be the class clown, and not very good at it....I married his daughter about 15 years later.
Love this video. I dug in VA. for 12 years. Half the coins I found in Confederate camps were defaced. Everything from an "X" carved on both sides of the coin, to an elaborate "CSA" with the soldier's name, unit and date carved on the obverse. Really interesting relics with a personal touch.
it's nice to see the reality of digging and not shiny silvers all the Time!..not that anyone would ever fake a find...it's also nice to see you in the dirt...haha..great vids as usual
Great Video Aquachigger! I couldn't afford the AT pro so I ordered the Ace 300 that I'm getting in the mail this Tuesday! So excited! We Use a Bounty Hunter at the moment. You've inspired my husband and I to metal detect! Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing. I'm so glad you were not in a cave this time. I'm claustrophobic and they get me. Love your videos. You can send one of those lucky horse shoes my way. I used to collect them.
Those dimples in the brass thimble are there to help you pushing the needle through the cloth. If you try that without the thimble you simply push the side of the needle with the hole in it through your skin. Another great video - ATB Marc - Belgium
Hey, Chiggy ! I've wanted a metal detector forever and I finally convinced myself that it's ok to go without groceries this month. LOL just joking ...kinda. I ordered the Garrett Ace 400. I feel like a kid again waiting for Santa Claus to come. LOL. I live in SW PA and I find relics in my mom's yard every time I look down. I love it. I just go out in the dirt, kick it around and dig a little. I've found old military buttons, pottery shards, bottles ........all kinds of treasures. From what my stepdad tells me there was an old shed that burned down in that spot and a small dump. But I have acres of old homestead to use my detector on! The coolest thing found was a very old pair of binoculars! They say army long range as well as Champiere Paris , that is exactly how it is spelled on them. Do you know anything about them? I have no clue as to why they were in the woods. I've been binge watching your videos and learning a lot. Thanks for all the great videos. Happy hunting, Michele
Very interesting video, really enjoyed your your day of digging and looking for stuff. I think the way you kept me interested from beginning to end was great. I see 59 people with a thumbs down, can not even begin to imagine what they did not like.
AquaChiggar I am still recovering from surgery. Your video came right on time. Watching it now while eating my supper. #holdyourbreath I am so thankful I found your channel. I'm going out just as soon as I heal.
Every time I see pottery shards it brings back memories of sorting 100 lb sacks of them when I worked as an archaeology intern at a museum in Baltimore.
Nice video! My favorite of your finds is the thimble, makes me think of how many hours it spent on the finger tip of some woman, making and mending clothing. I come from a family of sewers so thimbles speak to me. Thanks for rescuing it from the depths!
Some good finds out there. I like the wireless contraption for the headset. I hate when I lay my machine down and the cable pulls at my head. Gonna go get me that thing.
very instructional ty sir...and im with you im a hole maker...might not find much good stuff but im a noob so have to learn my old coinmaster 6000d...its an antique but for 25 bucks at a yard sale a great find in itself....ive used it some about 9 yrs ago lol so just need to get new batteries and im back to digging. I bought it to treasure hunt with the grand babies and now i figure wth i'll try to find something to talk about with friends and family...enough of my story however, i've been watching alot of youtube videos of you and others and like the hunt and history behind this recreation...wish me luck as i've wished all of you's..HH oh nice finds!
As I was watching I thought, wow that is just like the site I was on today from all of the things you were seeing and finding and then you dug a thimble which was the best thing I found today. Thank you Chigg.
Great video to give guidance on ferrous rich locations. Please remember to show viewers what settings you are working with...I use your videos to learn what doesn't work just as much as what does work. Thanks again!
Thanks for the great idea with the hanger/lanyard on the machine. I'm trying to develop some kind of weight reducer to hook onto a alice frame so you can swing all day with no arm strain.
Hi, with the curry comb it is actually used to get the grime and hair off of a body brush or dandy brush, I guessed this item and the flat iron too :). Great finds well done xx
OHMYGERD YES!!! the AT Pro! I missed that one! I bought one on your sole recommendation in one of your old videos and then suddenly you stopped using it and started using your AT gold. COOOOOOOL!
That cooking pot had a lid with eyelet in middle to lift with, that being said would a union soldier forge a bayonet to a perfect hook to lift said lids. I found one recently at campsite.
I'm new to metal detecting and enjoy when you take time to explain your setting on the detector. I have a Garrett AT and I'm starting to understand it better. Keep up the good work and Hold Your Breath!!! LoL.
Our snow is finally melting here in the NW and I'm so excited to get back out there to detect. This was an awesome video, love the musical instrument and flat iron... and buttons, everything you found actually. Lol ATB and HH
Thank you for all your great videos and all your time you spend to entertain all of us thanks Aquachigger I always can hardly wait for your next video and love all the history 👽👽👽😻
hi Mr chigg are you planning on coming to England again and would it be possible to show some of your finds when you were here last,love the channel keep up the good work,PS love the caving videos your very brave! Chris from Shakespeare land
hey aquachigger I love your vids your the best and your my inspiration I do this stuff all the time I was metal detecting in the woods behind my house and i found an old horseshoe
Hiya Chigg! I am always excited to see a new video of yours pop up! You make me want to get back into metal detecting :) my detector is very cheap and old though D:
Back in those days they wouldn't normally just burn wood with the nails in them. They couldn't just walk to the hardware store and pick up a box of em'. They would try to salvage every nail. So when you find burned nails you gotta assume something happened there. Which is a good thing for hunting, downside is you're going to be hitting alot of nails.
AHHH, the lovely Jew's harp that was the 2nd relic I ever found. Mine almost had a carved look to it. Thanks for the tip on the burnt nail thing. I just thought they were preserved better for some reason.
Great video bro, tks for explaining some single sounds (deeper or shallow/iron vs a good find) and the "pro zero" option. I'm a newbie and gleaning much from advice of the sounds.
Came upon your channel doing research on what model of detector to get-You have some amazing finds brother! Really dig your style (pun lol) and thinking how cool of a guy you seem to be-but then you go and play the peepers at the end...awesome! Subbed : )
mcgaugh57 The old ones were actually made by blacksmiths and solid iron! Women had to use rags/ towels to hold them. Actually the (trivet) which the iron sat on when hot are very ornate. Have yet to dig one of those.
Really appreciate the extra explanations here! I don't run this machine but a lot of my friends do...Shared!:) I found a flat iron like that one,(maybe not as old but at old site). Still has a lot of chrome showing on top. Think electrolysis be OK on that one?...Thanks
Great videos lately. I'm a fellow NSS member from out west. Although currently in Canada.
I received my first metal detector long ago when I was in 9th grade. The girl who sat next to me in computer class that year made fun of me for how excited I was about it. She's been my wife for 13 years now, she still hasn't figured out the metal detector :)
toolshell I had a teacher in High school that made fun of me because I always tried to be the class clown, and not very good at it....I married his daughter about 15 years later.
That is so sweet !
that full horseshoe at about 7:40 is for a VERY BIG horse!
Love this video. I dug in VA. for 12 years. Half the coins I found in Confederate camps were defaced. Everything from an "X" carved on both sides of the coin, to an elaborate "CSA" with the soldier's name, unit and date carved on the obverse. Really interesting relics with a personal touch.
Thanks for taking the time to share your outings with us! Very much appreciated.
It is getting harder to get up and down these days for a lot of people . I admire your go to attitude . You are a fun teacher .
the thimble is really cool !! some thing used every day to make clothes and to mend them up too :)
1. Thanks for attaching the z link to the camera. 2. That's smile after the first horseshoe and thimble find. Made me giggle. Awesome.
it's nice to see the reality of digging and not shiny silvers all the Time!..not that anyone would ever fake a find...it's also nice to see you in the dirt...haha..great vids as usual
I have to remember to search more often as you have many instructional videos. Plus, you find a few nice artifacts at the same time! Thanks, Beau.
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing your awesome adventures!
Great Video Aquachigger! I couldn't afford the AT pro so I ordered the Ace 300 that I'm getting in the mail this Tuesday! So excited! We Use a Bounty Hunter at the moment. You've inspired my husband and I to metal detect! Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing. I'm so glad you were not in a cave this time. I'm claustrophobic and they get me. Love your videos. You can send one of those lucky horse shoes my way. I used to collect them.
I love the clarity of your camerwork.
Those dimples in the brass thimble are there to help you pushing the needle through the cloth. If you try that without the thimble you simply push the side of the needle with the hole in it through your skin. Another great video - ATB Marc - Belgium
Like the change of style in which you filmed this +aquachigger much more clearer and professional.
Glad to see you out with the AT Pro. My weapon of choice. Great tips! 🖒
Hey, Chiggy ! I've wanted a metal detector forever and I finally convinced myself that it's ok to go without groceries this month. LOL just joking ...kinda. I ordered the Garrett Ace 400. I feel like a kid again waiting for Santa Claus to come. LOL. I live in SW PA and I find relics in my mom's yard every time I look down. I love it. I just go out in the dirt, kick it around and dig a little. I've found old military buttons, pottery shards, bottles ........all kinds of treasures. From what my stepdad tells me there was an old shed that burned down in that spot and a small dump. But I have acres of old homestead to use my detector on!
The coolest thing found was a very old pair of binoculars! They say army long range as well as Champiere Paris , that is exactly how it is spelled on them. Do you know anything about them? I have no clue as to why they were in the woods.
I've been binge watching your videos and learning a lot. Thanks for all the great videos.
Happy hunting, Michele
Very interesting video, really enjoyed your your day of digging and looking for stuff. I think the way you kept me interested from beginning to end was great. I see 59 people with a thumbs down, can not even begin to imagine what they did not like.
Thanx 4 spending all the time you do for us! 👍👍👍
I wish the things that you find could tell their story. Very cool, thanks, once again, for sharing!!!
Your videos are brilliant. Well done Sir!
AquaChiggar I am still recovering from surgery. Your video came right on time. Watching it now while eating my supper.
#holdyourbreath I am so thankful I found your channel. I'm going out just as soon as I heal.
Nice having a mild Winter and Metal detect most of Winter..
Awesome educational video thank you.
Every time I see pottery shards it brings back memories of sorting 100 lb sacks of them when I worked as an archaeology intern at a museum in Baltimore.
Flat iron also used to warm beds in the winter. Heated by fireplace as well! Great videos brother!
Thanks for the tips and tricks. There is no better learning than what you can get from experience.
Nice video! My favorite of your finds is the thimble, makes me think of how many hours it spent on the finger tip of some woman, making and mending clothing. I come from a family of sewers so thimbles speak to me. Thanks for rescuing it from the depths!
a long diggin video!!!! thanx chig. ive had a pulled bicep. arrrr haven't been able to dig for almost 3 weeks. yr vids have kept me goin! lol
Some good finds out there. I like the wireless contraption for the headset. I hate when I lay my machine down and the cable pulls at my head. Gonna go get me that thing.
very instructional ty sir...and im with you im a hole maker...might not find much good stuff but im a noob so have to learn my old coinmaster 6000d...its an antique but for 25 bucks at a yard sale a great find in itself....ive used it some about 9 yrs ago lol so just need to get new batteries and im back to digging. I bought it to treasure hunt with the grand babies and now i figure wth i'll try to find something to talk about with friends and family...enough of my story however, i've been watching alot of youtube videos of you and others and like the hunt and history behind this recreation...wish me luck as i've wished all of you's..HH oh nice finds!
As I was watching I thought, wow that is just like the site I was on today from all of the things you were seeing and finding and then you dug a thimble which was the best thing I found today.
Thank you Chigg.
Great video to give guidance on ferrous rich locations. Please remember to show viewers what settings you are working with...I use your videos to learn what doesn't work just as much as what does work.
Thanks again!
Another great video as always. Living the dream.
I really like your videos! Your folksy speaking style and good humor makes the time fly as I watch you have all the fun.
Nice finds! The jaw harp is missing its twanger though. possibly why it was thrown out. maybe go back and look for it?
Great work here!
Nice to hear the spring peepers
Thanks for the great idea with the hanger/lanyard on the machine. I'm trying to develop some kind of weight reducer to hook onto a alice frame so you can swing all day with no arm strain.
I found a bottle dump a few minutes digging I found a old glass Clorox bottle with the lid still on it. and also a few old cork flask bottles.
Thank you for all your detecting tips. They certainly help me, the newbie!
Hi, with the curry comb it is actually used to get the grime and hair off of a body brush or dandy brush, I guessed this item and the flat iron too :). Great finds well done xx
always informative constantly learning from your videos man keep up the awesome work
Very excited to have come by your video. Very informative!
Thanks for the AT pro information
OHMYGERD YES!!!
the AT Pro! I missed that one!
I bought one on your sole recommendation in one of your old videos and then suddenly you stopped using it and started using your AT gold. COOOOOOOL!
Excellent video. Nice to see you out of the Cave.
Thank you so much for the pointers
Thanks for all your tips. I have an ace 250 but am planning on upgrading to the AT pro.
most informative video I've seen in a while. I always wondered why a chunk of iron would ping in the 80s.
Nice find: the thimble!
Thanks for todays video. I need my chigger fix daily!
That was fun! Please continue with land hunting videos until your water season starts again.
That cooking pot had a lid with eyelet in middle to lift with, that being said would a union soldier forge a bayonet to a perfect hook to lift said lids. I found one recently at campsite.
I found one in confed camp once,has the indention where the steel reed was
Nice format ... instructional throughout without drawing out the video.
I'm new to metal detecting and enjoy when you take time to explain your setting on the detector. I have a Garrett AT and I'm starting to understand it better. Keep up the good work and Hold Your Breath!!! LoL.
I do like your Camo colours to keep a low profile when out and about. looking for relics.
lanyard for the shovel also might work ?? I am beginner MD one week. one video LOL Thank you for the inspiration.
I like the longer videos recently, Beau!
I really like the finds especially the old iron chigg
Our snow is finally melting here in the NW and I'm so excited to get back out there to detect.
This was an awesome video, love the musical instrument and flat iron... and buttons, everything you found actually. Lol
ATB and HH
Ive heard those harps before didnt see what they were using now I know. Thanks
Like always another great video you have done, like the way you explained the mode you detect in
Thank you for the great videos! Keep up the great work
Thank you for all your great videos and all your time you spend to entertain all of us thanks Aquachigger I always can hardly wait for your next video and love all the history 👽👽👽😻
I love all your videos Chigg!
Very informative. Thanks
Aquachigger= SUCH AN INTERESTING DUDE!
I'm saving up for a pin pointer ; ) Looks like I'm gonna need one.
Very interesting. Once again, you did super with your video and details. Thanks for sharing.
I don't feel so bad now, except for the mouth harp, that's a dandy! Nice video Beau
watched it 6 times , still love it.
Thank you for the lanyard tip!
No doubt, that'll help from setting down in mud or snow.
Thanks for the awesome information!
Awesome Homestead!!
hi Mr chigg are you planning on coming to England again and would it be possible to show some of your finds when you were here last,love the channel keep up the good work,PS love the caving videos your very brave! Chris from Shakespeare land
Found my first flat iron a couple weeks ago!
Nothing comes free. You have to earn them great exiting finds. Great work great video.
Thanks
Love your enthusiasm Agua, lol
hey aquachigger I love your vids your the best and your my inspiration I do this stuff all the time I was metal detecting in the woods behind my house and i found an old horseshoe
Hiya Chigg! I am always excited to see a new video of yours pop up! You make me want to get back into metal detecting :) my detector is very cheap and old though D:
Back in those days they wouldn't normally just burn wood with the nails in them. They couldn't just walk to the hardware store and pick up a box of em'. They would try to salvage every nail. So when you find burned nails you gotta assume something happened there. Which is a good thing for hunting, downside is you're going to be hitting alot of nails.
Its good to see you hunting with the AT Pro. Its my main machine. I prefer hunting in Pro Zero with iron disc on 31 and iron audio on. GL&HH
Some very nice finds, especially the thimble and the Jew's harp. Buttons always are great too!
Great video and very interesting.
AHHH, the lovely Jew's harp that was the 2nd relic I ever found. Mine almost had a carved look to it. Thanks for the tip on the burnt nail thing. I just thought they were preserved better for some reason.
Great video bro, tks for explaining some single sounds (deeper or shallow/iron vs a good find) and the "pro zero" option. I'm a newbie and gleaning much from advice of the sounds.
love these old garretts so sensitivity accurate
cheers
this is why we SWING...... BEEPBEEP..
BE WELL GUYS
Came upon your channel doing research on what model of detector to get-You have some amazing finds brother! Really dig your style (pun lol) and thinking how cool of a guy you seem to be-but then you go and play the peepers at the end...awesome! Subbed : )
Thank you.
Thanks for your ideas. I may use that idea. Corded headphones are a pain.
That's a smoothie!😅
Nice dig neat site hope it pays out when you go back.. At least your getting some new permissions..take care
My gramps called them 'juice harps'. He said they were called that because the spittle would make them 'juicy'...lmao!!
Awesome find on the mouth organ.
Love your channel. Wish I could come hunting with you!!
I've actually used those flat irons, the handles were removable so you could set one down on stove and pick another up.
mcgaugh57 The old ones were actually made by blacksmiths and solid iron! Women had to use rags/ towels to hold them. Actually the (trivet) which the iron sat on when hot are very ornate. Have yet to dig one of those.
Thanks for the helpful video I have learned a lot from your channel and have found some cool from watching your videos. Happy hunting chig
Really appreciate the extra explanations here! I don't run this machine but a lot of my friends do...Shared!:)
I found a flat iron like that one,(maybe not as old but at old site). Still has a lot of chrome showing on top. Think electrolysis be OK on that one?...Thanks