The Bennington & Rutland and the Lebanon Springs Railroad were consolidated into the Harlem Extension Railroad (HERR) in January of 1870, in 1872 it was leased to the New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad but after financial problems by 1877 became the Bennington and Rutland again. Hope that is useful, love this channel. Hi from the UK.
@rialobran I whole heartedly agree with your comment. The Harlem Extension Rail Road was chartered in 1870 as a result of the consolidation of the railroads you mentioned in your comment. Isn't it amazing that the internet has proven itself to be such a research tool? To thunk someone like yourself, who hails from "across the pond", could provide that kind of accurate information is amazing. When I was a child during the 1950s, I never imagined that, before my death, several libraries worldwide, could be researched with the mere touch of a finger! I praise GOD that I lived long enough to witness such a thing!
@@richardworkman5416 I have 4 genres of history I that I study, it so happens that the US between 1776 and 1900 and my love of 19th century engineering happened to meet at the finding of that plate. I had a really good idea where to start looking...not sure the other two genres, early medieval and Bronze Age will ever be useful to this channel 🤣
Brad I find your treasure finding adventures very intriguing because number one: you place a high value on things that the greedy metal detecting on other sites find as “garbage”. Every item you find tells a story. I feel the same way. I love history and historical finds. To me they are rich and rewarding. Thank you for being so up front and compassionate about what you do.
Brad , I love the way you tell a story about the items that you find ! It's a mini history lesson in away ! Thank you for sharing these stories with me !
You are a pro at giving us the history of the items. I am from New England and very much interested in the great things you find. I have two straps on leather with the sleigh bells. The sound is so thought provoking!
What do you get when you combine a romantic, a metal detector and some tree covered mountains.....easy, you get Brad. I'm realizing that the thing that sets your channel apart from the tons of other detector channels is your investment in learning about the people and their lives when you find their remnants. You can keep on painting the lives of past settlers and I'll keep on looking forward to the next installment.
I love the fact that the bell actually rang after being silent for all those years. Small things like that are exciting to me as well. The best item that I feel you found was that charm that had that girl's name on it. Can't remember her name but finding her story and talking about her after all those years was really special.
My first thought about that bell was "if he ends up making that thing ring, it'll be the first time it made sound in 200 years...." That's just an amazing thought and makes me feel giddy like a kid on Christmas
Brad, love your vids, because like me, it's about the history and story, not the value of the item that's important. It's not all gold and silver, it's the experience that counts!
Had to leave Vt 7 years ago after 35 years as a homesteader . I grew most of my vegetables and had a great root cellar filled for the winter months. I found your channel and enjoy following you around the woods of Vermont finding pieces of history. Although I’ll always miss Vt. I am doing well using my artistic talents as a furniture artist in Ma. Thanks for your wonderful Chanel. ~ Lani
This is the kind of video I just wanted to see on metal detecting. Not just the kind of guys wanting to get silver on every dig. Congratulations. Nicely done videos!
I love The Great outdoors! Jesus Vermont's just so damn beautiful. Make anybody want to go out and metal detect. The way you videos are put together are absolutely fantastic
Providing the E on your railroad tag meant Express, here is a couple for you to consider. The Hartford or Housatonic railroads were in the New England area.
What an awesome day! The sweet sound of the bell ringing made me giddy. I’m a dork, I know, but I was excited because so many bells are found broken or without the clapper…. I love the padlock as well. Truly makes the imagination run wild!
I love imagining who heard that bell jingle the last time around 200 years ago. Or who dropped the coin. The mystery and the thrill of the find bring me back each week! Thanks Brad …
Hi Brad, some really cool personal and historical items, my favourites were the old padlock and the jingle bell. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Ahh finally the jingle of history rings. I been enjoying watching you enjoy your passion and the production of these videos and your stories is what brings me back, again and again. Bravo Brad...Bravo!
Hi Brad, I've been watching for over 4 years and enjoy all of them waiting expectantly for Fridays. I wanted to mentions your music at the beginning of each episode is fantastic. I know you are the artist who creates them. Here, here Brad!!
Enjoy your video in the morning with my coffee ☕️ love the hills of Vermont in the fall. When you found the bell it reminded me of going to my grandparents house for the holidays and grandpa would get the horses hitched to the wagon and take us grandkids for a ride down the road and the bells 🔔 would ring as we went. Again thanks for the video and stories to go with it and for bringing back some cherished memories.
I too love the jingle bells. They're truly something from a long ago, bygone era, something we don't get to see or experience in this age. I would love to see a real sleigh, pulled by bell covered horses.
I get so excited when u find gingle bells, this time is special cause it still gingles! I think that cut pad lock was on that chest of gold u dream about! Have a great week Brad! 💕💙💜❤️
My thoughts are the HERR tag came from a trunk on the Railroad, and the little pad lock was holding it closed. The Iron was from them trying to pick the lock, then they gave up on it and cut it. Fun to think about these things. Great hunt.
Brad, thanks for another great start to my Friday morning with your treasure hunt deep within the Green Mountains .. Your prelude drone view is showing the early stages to the start of foliage season, one of my favorite time of the year .. Thanks for the enjoyable start to the day and for sharing your discoveries with us.
The hook is an over-check rein hook. I goes on the saddle of the harness. The overcheck reins run through loops on either side of the bridle, then to the hook to keep the horse's head up. BTW, harness belts are identical today. I use them in my leather business.
I remember back in the early 1970's as a young preteen, living in Massachusetts, there was a single rail car in the middle of a densely wooded area near a swamp i used to return to regularly and explore. I was so perplexed as to how it got there because there were no railroad tracks near or close to the swamp. Now i can only imagine having a metal detector back then to investigate.
Thanks for another great video, Brad. I appreciate your love of "boots on the ground" history. When I watch one of your videos, it never fails that I learn something I didn't know before.
I love the little lock&key and the homemade‘button’ such imaginings they give to us. I like the stories they could weave in the the mind and maybe a book ♥️♥️♥️
why oh why can’t i live in a area like this? i’m so envious of you Brad! the history and scenery you get to experience is breathtaking. my little corner of the world, south of seattle is also beautiful. but finding anything older than late 1800s is almost impossible. truly awesome! love the channel. you always get thumbs up before i even watch any of your vids.
Another good hunt although there were no buttons around. The Indian Heads and relics were cool. Enjoy your hunts. Glad I got to tag along. Best wishes.
Thank you for the effort you put into your videos! I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and became hooked immediately. From the drone footage, the thrill of the discovery, and the bonus of your history lessons, to your original background music, I am enthralled!
I grew up in central coast Maine and there are stone walls everywhere. Some of them are up to six feet high going up over basically small “cliffs” when I’d be out hunting sitting on one of those walls it’s hard to think how much work it was to make some of those walls, been watching your videos for three years Brad, you do great work on your videos Thankyou
Not true, I have seen homemade buttons with a single hole. The two ends of thick thread or yarn would have been fed through the same hole and a large knot would have prevented it from pulling through. It would have been a simple fix, most likely on a coat and not a shirt. It's rudimentary at best, but it works. I actually remember a friend in the early 70's who had a heavily hand knitted, wool coat with buttons like that, the coat had been passed down and from I remember it had been their grandfather's when he was a kid.
@@johnnydoe66 I had thought about just pulling the thread through and making a knot, but I dismissed it because the knot would pull through eventually. Any thread or yarn stout enough to make a sizable knot, would require a large-eyed needle, or, lacking that, a awl to punch a hole. But that brings us back around to the thread/yarn/string pulling through, either the awl-hole in the garment, or through the hole in the makeshift button.. maybe it IS a quick fix, but ultimately it would be lost.
Your videos are great. I love the biome of the places you go. I really liked the bell. beautiful beautiful bell. Congratulations . Brazilian greetings.
Brad, I stumbled across one of your videos about a week ago. Have always been interested in detecting but never really gotten into it (yet). I definitely enjoy your videos. My young daughter and I just finished watching this one. I want to say thank you for keeping the videos I've watched thus far family friendly and free from profanity. Looking fwd to more and may even give it a whirl myself!
The Bennington & Rutland and the Lebanon Springs Railroad were consolidated into the Harlem Extension Railroad (HERR) in January of 1870, in 1872 it was leased to the New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad but after financial problems by 1877 became the Bennington and Rutland again.
Hope that is useful, love this channel. Hi from the UK.
@rialobran,, thanks for the info ! Sorry about your loss over there !
Love to see it when viewers solve these mysteries. Hi from Australia.
Made me sorry it wasn't the doorsign for a German men's room.
@rialobran I whole heartedly agree with your comment. The Harlem Extension Rail Road was chartered in 1870 as a result of the consolidation of the railroads you mentioned in your comment. Isn't it amazing that the internet has proven itself to be such a research tool? To thunk someone like yourself, who hails from "across the pond", could provide that kind of accurate information is amazing. When I was a child during the 1950s, I never imagined that, before my death, several libraries worldwide, could be researched with the mere touch of a finger! I praise GOD that I lived long enough to witness such a thing!
@@richardworkman5416 I have 4 genres of history I that I study, it so happens that the US between 1776 and 1900 and my love of 19th century engineering happened to meet at the finding of that plate. I had a really good idea where to start looking...not sure the other two genres, early medieval and Bronze Age will ever be useful to this channel 🤣
Brad I find your treasure finding adventures very intriguing because number one: you place a high value on things that the greedy metal detecting on other sites find as “garbage”. Every item you find tells a story. I feel the same way. I love history and historical finds. To me they are rich and rewarding. Thank you for being so up front and compassionate about what you do.
Brad , I love the way you tell a story about the items that you find ! It's a mini history lesson in away ! Thank you for sharing these stories with me !
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I heard jingle bells and it’s not even Christmas brad Thanks for the good video buddy
You are a pro at giving us the history of the items. I am from New England and very much interested in the great things you find. I have two straps on leather with the sleigh bells. The sound is so thought provoking!
What do you get when you combine a romantic, a metal detector and some tree covered mountains.....easy, you get Brad. I'm realizing that the thing that sets your channel apart from the tons of other detector channels is your investment in learning about the people and their lives when you find their remnants. You can keep on painting the lives of past settlers and I'll keep on looking forward to the next installment.
Great day there Brad I love the stories as usual I enjoy it can't wait to see you on your next Wednesday bless you and your family🙏💏
Detective, story teller and metal detectorist all rolled in one. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
You forgot awesome musician and leather crafter.
I love the fact that the bell actually rang after being silent for all those years. Small things like that are exciting to me as well. The best item that I feel you found was that charm that had that girl's name on it. Can't remember her name but finding her story and talking about her after all those years was really special.
My first thought about that bell was "if he ends up making that thing ring, it'll be the first time it made sound in 200 years...." That's just an amazing thought and makes me feel giddy like a kid on Christmas
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That bell hasn’t been heard for many decades. Really cool to hear it again.
Thankyou for sharing. Lovely peaceful video.
Two chuckles in one video! Copper around the spray bottle cap & losing your treasure inside a treasure. LOL absolutely adorable.
Brad, love your vids, because like me, it's about the history and story, not the value of the item that's important. It's not all gold and silver, it's the experience that counts!
Had to leave Vt 7 years ago after 35 years as a homesteader . I grew most of my vegetables and had a great root cellar filled for the winter months. I found your channel and enjoy following you around the woods of Vermont finding pieces of history. Although I’ll always miss Vt. I am doing well using my artistic talents as a furniture artist in Ma. Thanks for your wonderful Chanel. ~ Lani
I love your channel beautiful forest very nice thanks be safe watch your six Gene Gorringe Mi ✌️ 🇺🇲
WOW that is special it put a smile on my face at the same time you 😊 smiled that's cool.
This is the kind of video I just wanted to see on metal detecting. Not just the kind of guys wanting to get silver on every dig.
Congratulations. Nicely done videos!
Thank you for cleaning that bell, it is so exciting to hear the bell. So often they are broken. You are the best! 😁🇨🇦
I love The Great outdoors! Jesus Vermont's just so damn beautiful. Make anybody want to go out and metal detect. The way you videos are put together are absolutely fantastic
Love the Bells!! They are so cool!
Providing the E on your railroad tag meant Express, here is a couple for you to consider. The Hartford or Housatonic railroads were in the New England area.
What an awesome day! The sweet sound of the bell ringing made me giddy. I’m a dork, I know, but I was excited because so many bells are found broken or without the clapper…. I love the padlock as well. Truly makes the imagination run wild!
Great video, I could watch your videos all day and love your stories of what may have been.
Thanks Phil Stevens
One of your best Brad. The music was excellent also.
Great daytripping
Like your style. Well worth watching. Thanks
We love your hunts, love your presentation and this week, love your little story about loosing the Indian head penny! Thanks!
I love imagining who heard that bell jingle the last time around 200 years ago. Or who dropped the coin.
The mystery and the thrill of the find bring me back each week!
Thanks Brad …
I really enjoyed your video i enjoy the way you make them so interesting I love the history lessons you’re finds are really interesting
I love finding suspenders and ihp's. The lock was an old one! Congrats on yet another crotal bell. A day in my book!
Nice hunt nice finds, i enjoyed the video, will catch you on the next one. 🇺🇸
Perhaps the tiny lock was for a tea box, or tea chest. They did used to lock those. Beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Brad, some really cool personal and historical items, my favourites were the old padlock and the jingle bell.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Love the bells. The sounds of our ancestors lives.
Brad, you have the most relaxing videos on the web. Thank you for everything you post!
Great finds, I love those Indian Head cents. That padlock is pretty sweet!
The small lock is the same size as a post colonial sugar chest would have been secured with. Great video Brad I do love your macro shots! Thanks.
Glad to watch you look for things. Love to see the old coins 🪙
Ahh finally the jingle of history rings. I been enjoying watching you enjoy your passion and the production of these videos and your stories is what brings me back, again and again. Bravo Brad...Bravo!
Hi Brad, I've been watching for over 4 years and enjoy all of them waiting expectantly for Fridays. I wanted to mentions your music at the beginning of each episode is fantastic. I know you are the artist who creates them. Here, here Brad!!
So are the pictures at the beginning. A great place to take a dog out for an adventure walk!
I always get excited when you find a bell and it rings. loved it. your imagination is captivating!
That jingle bell was so great to hear made my day 💕💕💕💕✨✨✨
Great find!
Thanks for another exciting Friday morning in Vermont
That's cool about the bell being still having the ringer inside and working.
I look forward to your adventures all week and you never disappoint.
Enjoy your video in the morning with my coffee ☕️ love the hills of Vermont in the fall. When you found the bell it reminded me of going to my grandparents house for the holidays and grandpa would get the horses hitched to the wagon and take us grandkids for a ride down the road and the bells 🔔 would ring as we went. Again thanks for the video and stories to go with it and for bringing back some cherished memories.
I too love the jingle bells. They're truly something from a long ago, bygone era, something we don't get to see or experience in this age. I would love to see a real sleigh, pulled by bell covered horses.
I get so excited when u find gingle bells, this time is special cause it still gingles! I think that cut pad lock was on that chest of gold u dream about! Have a great week Brad! 💕💙💜❤️
Beautiful country. A bell that still works! Nice fine on the small lock.
It still jingles. Awesome Brad.
My thoughts are the HERR tag came from a trunk on the Railroad, and the little pad lock was holding it closed. The Iron was from them trying to pick the lock, then they gave up on it and cut it. Fun to think about these things. Great hunt.
To add to your theory Herr is Mr. in German. Trunk, padlock, and partial name tag?
Just love your chill videos Sir….GL and HH on your next adventure🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
Brad, thanks for another great start to my Friday morning with your treasure hunt deep within the Green Mountains .. Your prelude drone view is showing the early stages to the start of foliage season, one of my favorite time of the year .. Thanks for the enjoyable start to the day and for sharing your discoveries with us.
Thanks for these videos! My daughter (8yo) and I love to watch them together and then go on adventures together. Thanks for inspiring us. Travis
Great video! I love the bells too! Please be careful and stay safe! ❤❤
The hook is an over-check rein hook. I goes on the saddle of the harness. The overcheck reins run through loops on either side of the bridle, then to the hook to keep the horse's head up. BTW, harness belts are identical today. I use them in my leather business.
Excellent hunt... Crotal bells are on my wish list :) Thank you for bringing all of us along
I appreciate your skills...not only metal detecting , but the gorgeous scenery you share with us ! Thank you !!
Another great video mate. You really bring the past to light. Thanks so much ☺️👍
I remember back in the early 1970's as a young preteen, living in Massachusetts, there was a single rail car in the middle of a densely wooded area near a swamp i used to return to regularly and explore. I was so perplexed as to how it got there because there were no railroad tracks near or close to the swamp. Now i can only imagine having a metal detector back then to investigate.
Excellent start to my Friday!
Makes my Friday Thanks Brad from Ireland 🇮🇪
Another very nice video. Thanks.
Thanks for another great video, Brad. I appreciate your love of "boots on the ground" history. When I watch one of your videos, it never fails that I learn something I didn't know before.
Good morning Brad !
The interesting artifact reminds me of the handle to either a candle holder or oil lamp holder. You hold on to that to carry it around the home.
Great video
Outstanding job there, Braad
loved the video, nice water falls. funny that crawdad was there. you made my day. God bless youns.
I love the little lock&key and the homemade‘button’ such imaginings they give to us. I like the stories they could weave in the the mind and maybe a book ♥️♥️♥️
why oh why can’t i live in a area like this? i’m so envious of you Brad! the history and scenery you get to experience is breathtaking. my little corner of the world, south of seattle is also beautiful. but finding anything older than late 1800s is almost impossible. truly awesome! love the channel. you always get thumbs up before i even watch any of your vids.
I bet you would find plenty of “prehistoric” artifacts, where you live!
Superb video, really relaxing and enjoyable watching you find the old interesting things and the stories they tell , loved it , peace ✌️
Another good hunt although there were no buttons around. The Indian Heads and relics were cool. Enjoy your hunts. Glad I got to tag along. Best wishes.
Thankyou Brad, you don't disappoint. Another great hunt.
Brad l ,ve watched you find jungle bells befor , l love your posts. But never. heard one ring beforE EVER!, fabulous post Lyn from AUSTRALIA.
Congratulations Brad
Awesome finds of all sorts
Great video thanks for sharing
Good love when you find those single bells reminds me of my life on the farm
Good metal detecting post, always nice finding things from the past.
Sweet Digs Brad, the mountains are cooling off....great time of year out in the woods!
Couldn’t help a big smile with the sound of the jingle bell!!😊
Yes Brad I heard it thanks for the share 😊😊❤❤❤❤
I'd take that hunt any day of the week! Great vid Brad!
Thank you for the effort you put into your videos! I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and became hooked immediately. From the drone footage, the thrill of the discovery, and the bonus of your history lessons, to your original background music, I am enthralled!
Thanks for sharing your avocation...Rewarding I'm sure.
Another day of great finds !
Great finds Brad! Love the videos
Brad you do such good videos. Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Nice adventure…thanks for bringing us along!
great stuff Brad thanks
I grew up in central coast Maine and there are stone walls everywhere. Some of them are up to six feet high going up over basically small “cliffs” when I’d be out hunting sitting on one of those walls it’s hard to think how much work it was to make some of those walls, been watching your videos for three years Brad, you do great work on your videos Thankyou
To make a button, there would have to be TWO holes in the center to sew it onto the item.. one hole wouldn’t work to hold it
Not true, I have seen homemade buttons with a single hole. The two ends of thick thread or yarn would have been fed through the same hole and a large knot would have prevented it from pulling through. It would have been a simple fix, most likely on a coat and not a shirt. It's rudimentary at best, but it works. I actually remember a friend in the early 70's who had a heavily hand knitted, wool coat with buttons like that, the coat had been passed down and from I remember it had been their grandfather's when he was a kid.
th-cam.com/video/yoxbGTLjWVs/w-d-xo.html, How to sew on a one hole button
@@johnnydoe66 I had thought about just pulling the thread through and making a knot, but I dismissed it because the knot would pull through eventually. Any thread or yarn stout enough to make a sizable knot, would require a large-eyed needle, or, lacking that, a awl to punch a hole. But that brings us back around to the thread/yarn/string pulling through, either the awl-hole in the garment, or through the hole in the makeshift button.. maybe it IS a quick fix, but ultimately it would be lost.
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well. It was lost.
One hole buttons are a thing. My family was in the cleaning and tailoring business through most of the 1900's.
You reminded me of the Blues Clues dude just then, lol, "I hear it, do you hear it?" ! Great finds again!
Great relics I enjoyed your video thank you for sharing ⚒️👍♥️🗝️
Your videos are great. I love the biome of the places you go. I really liked the bell. beautiful beautiful bell. Congratulations . Brazilian greetings.
the hook with the treads came off of an andiron which would have a series of hooks mounted to it to hold coal baskets or spits or both
Love those bells and your stories. Thanks.
Brad, I stumbled across one of your videos about a week ago. Have always been interested in detecting but never really gotten into it (yet). I definitely enjoy your videos. My young daughter and I just finished watching this one. I want to say thank you for keeping the videos I've watched thus far family friendly and free from profanity. Looking fwd to more and may even give it a whirl myself!
Nice job Brad !!!!!
Hi Brad good video good finds.
Love watching your videos
Me too!😊
Happy Friday!! A new Brad Martin video!!