Hi Brad, really enjoy watching your adventures. About the small lead weights, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet but, they were used to weigh down the bottom of a lady's skirt incase things got a bit windy. The weights were stitched around the hem in segments usually 4 to 6 in each segment. If the hem of the skirt were to tear or wear-out, the weights would fall out that's why you always find several in one little patch. I remember when I was a little boy watching my granny sitting by the fire place stitching them into the dresses she made. My eyes were continually affixed on the glass jar containing the weights as I watched the reflection of the flames from the fire dance across the lead pieces like shimmering jewels. If you ever come across any Victorian or pre-Victorian dresses, run your fingers around the hem, as often, if lead was not available, they would stitch in coins. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
I don't know about anyone else, but every Friday morning as i start your video and as i begin to take it all in, chills arise throughout due to the music you've created...that along with knowing the true passion put into each and every one truly makes my day. Keep up the excellent work, Brad! Coming from a fellow detectorists settled in the foothills of the Appalachian's of Southeast Ohio and situated right on the Ohio River. Thanks again for your time!
Hi Brad, I dug an elongated “8” object a couple weeks ago, just like yours! I thought it interesting enough to keep it. Soon after I was taken on a tour of an 1817 meeting house (church), and there, holding an interior door open, was the artifact! It’s door hardware!!👍☀️
Brad, It looks like a tent rope tensioner to me … I used to use some similar in the scouts when I was … a humm.. younger 😊 thank you for the adventure every week … I’d like to do some detecting myself but it hard enough to find my grandkids anymore, although they are mostly covered in dirt from playing .. they’re difficult to uncover and need to be sprayed like the coins you find !
My husband wants you to know that what you described as a “candle snuffer” is what he believes to be a finished grommet that attaches to a horse drawn buggy top. Love your channel!!
What comes to mind on the spoon bowl is pushing a needle with the handle attached would work better than thimble in some places. Thanks for the music and the great hunt
Yep. As a craft seamstress type that spoon eould be what I would have used under those circumstances. The material being sewn would be thick or stiff...leather or canvas.
The iron piece with tear shaped of different sized looks like it could have been used to pop small nails or maybe upholstery tacks. It looks like the piece is slightly bowed. That would have provided a little leverage.
While I am writing I will tell you how much my husband and I enjoy your videos. The cameos of flowers, moss, mushrooms and such are as appreciated as the digs. I can no longer tramp through the woods. Following along with you virtually I can smell the earth, vegetation, breezes....the trees. Thank you so much.
Hey Brad, great explore as usual, I have a theory on those lead "pellets". Recently I was dimantling an 1870's upright piano to rescue wood and items for crafting etc, and in the wooden bodies of the keys I discovered lead weights sunk into the sides at varying positions along their length, the keys were callibrated with some precision to have a particular weight/action, I saved the weights and they look remarkably similar to the ones you found.
Almost 5 years of digging our 5 acre farm and we are still pulling .22 shells bullets pop tabs can slaw square nails and every other kind of garbage. Every once in a while we get something good but until there are no signals left we will keep going when we can’t get permission anywhere else.
Brad, nice backlight with accurate exposure of your face 10:24 to 11:24 during your explanation was perfect for the situation, but the nature interval and music beyond to 11:24 was icing on the cake. Very nice videography.
Another reason I love your videos… you love the “story” contemplating what happened…who lost it .. I love it! That’s what I like about hunting, I never get to though.. I am retired but busy babysitting my grandson ❤️ so your videos are the hunting I can do.. lol
not sure, but my grandfather had something that looked just like that dimpled spoon and he used it to fix horse leather by pushing the needle through the leather like a thimble. I'm 64 and he would be well over a 120 today and he did stuff ole school.
The Door handle is called a bean cusp door latch that would be found in interior house doors. They usually date from the early half of the 1800s and in your area maybe even pre 1800. Also called a Suffolk latch.
I believe that that brass conical relic with two small holes would be the top of a parasol. Pinned just above the top with the shaft sticking out.........? Love your videos, thanks for all you and your family put up with to create these awesome adventure videos!🤓
It always amazes me to see an item unearthed that was last held by someone ages ago. It is a piece of history and things like those, for me, are almost priceless. Great finds and as always I enjoy coming along with you on your hunts.
love this Brad, whenever I see an old coin I think of the poor person who dropped it..I can imagine the panic when they realize they lost the coin since a penny was alot of money back than, would be like losing at least a dollar today...keep searching...a fan from Western Canada...
I have often thought of the literally poor person who lost a coin. That could have been a big loss to them when it happened. I don t imagine that they had a lot of them to throw around. I have wondered why it would have even been in a pocket when they were working. There wouldn t have been any place to spend it up there.
I think 4 years plus !! Loving my Brad.. 60 year old Grammy!! Lived in North Shrewsburry and Barnard Vermont.. my husband and I had a haunting in North Shrewsburry!! Brad and your family!! I love you!!
Brad, you are one of the better narrators. Clear, articulate. I enjoy picking up individual characteristics or idiosyncracies. At 4:28, while looking at the copper coin, you said "let's see what this side might look like." Yes, you were uncertain if it was a British or state coin, but using the word "might" is simply a vague expression of anticipation covering a bunch of possibilities. I like it as it fits into the totality of hunting or exploration. Until you have identified something, it remains "might."
Good spot! I enjoy seeing the things that are unidentifiable because they make the mind wonder. Every time you pull out a silver coin I am so blown away that something that amazing has laid buried there for centuries, just waiting for Brad Martin to come rescue it!
Nothing like finding a previously-undug item to provoke discussion. For me, your finds today were the jackpot, leaving lots of room for deduction, speculation and assistance from knowledgeable viewers.
It’s always so much fun to speculate what some items might be. The looped bow tie shaped item resembles a ⛺️ tent rope tension device you slide it up the rope to tighten it down. But who knows for sure? Very cool Video as always Brad, tell the family hello , stay safe my friend…
Just wanted to say, not only are your videos visually stunning (and interesting) but the music (!) you make (and edit/produce) is amaaaaazing!! It captures so many {{{{{{{feeelz}}}}}}}, mahalo, SOooo well done!!!
That lead cylinder might belong to a store's weigh scale? There may have been a hook on the side with the hole...... Love how peaceful and informative your videos are!
So the piece that you said was not a bell might be used for a candle. My mother used ones that looked very similar, both made of glass and metal. She'd put a candle in the holding stick, then slide that piece down. I both helped with the wax dripping down to the table and, in cases of wooden candlesticks, helped prevent it from being burned when the candle burned all the way down.
So lived on edge of Plimsbury National forest.. mount Shrewsburry was our hike!! You take me to my old home!! Loving you from Ocean Park aka Old Orchard Beach!!
The lead piece with the hollow on top looks like it could have been a window weight. A rope attached to the weight would be inside the window frame and keeps the window up when lifted.
Hey sweet heart!! Been fiowlloing for Over four years!! Love of my life!! I lived in North Shrewsbury.. right in edge off Plimsbury National Forest.. Old wells foundation’s and a scary haunting in our home.. I have stories but hun I love you channel to max!!
Congrats on your finds. Back East you are always finding the older things. Out here in the West not so much. Nothing in the 1700's. But getting out detecting is always an adventure. Thanks for your videos. Take care.
I am subscribed to many channels but I have to say yours is my favorite. Mostly due to your music! Your videos are so relaxing and your finds are so exciting. My imagination runs wild with the thoughts of who may have lived there and what their lives were like. Hard I would imagine! Keep up the good work. Fridays are now my favorite day, thanks to you!
As always I love to see what you find no matter what it is the coins are great the buttons are awesome but it's the stuff that people used everyday that really interests me on another note that big piece of lead you found I think it's a weight to a scale seen similar things like that
The big lead weight is probably a yard weight. The hole at the top would have had an iron loop in it that has fallen out. The next item you found looks like part of a clothes rail from a wardrobe. A wooden dowl would have gone through the hole and pinned in place through the tiny holes that you saw. You only have part of the fixing as this goes inside a circle that has the holes for screws. There would have been two of these, one at each end of the wooden rail.
I believe the lead weight to be a weight to a pendulum clock. The larger opening at the top may have had an iron loop that would have attached to a chain.
That is indeed the shiniest tombac button that I've seen anyone pull from the dirt 😲 very cool!! Congrats on finding two Largies and the Spanish silver Brad 😃. Buttons and spoons, an Oxknob (still on my bucket list) and all of the whatsits. You had a busy and successful digging day ☺️
Some of the older bullets were cylindrical in shape. They were called wad-cutters. They were mostly used for competition target shooting back in the day. That shape allowed for the bullet to leave a cleanly cut hole in the target paper without a lot of tear out making it easier to determine the score. If they are bullets but without marks, they might have been for reloading.
I think the double looped iron piece is half of a hasp. Held on with a staple and fitting over another at the opposite end, Blacksmith made, either split or drawn out and welded back to itself. Just my 2 cents.
Another great adventure Brad thanks for always bringing us along. I have seen (11:53) those on very old wooden boxes. A U clip nailed in the wood in the small end and the larger end slides over another U clip nailed into the wood. a leather strap attached to the box holds a piece of dowel or metal that slides the the u clip through the larger end to secure the box.
Hi Brad, love a Friday night here in Scotland... as i know its Brad digging up fascinating stuff... LOVE your videos and agree with the other post, thanks to your family too for sharing you every week. looking forward to next weeks episode. (PS tent slide for guy ropes was my thought too)
As someone else mentioned, the lead cylinders look like unused bale seals. They had a string or wire pulled through the hole, then crimped to seal. Many had names or designs crimped into them to verify ownership of the product they were sealing. It would make sense to find several together, as someone probably lost a sack of them.
Hi Brad, another Aussie loving your Friday night videos. Locations are amazing. Goose pimple good MUSIC, so exciting watching u uncover your finds. Your passion. Thanks so much
WoW, what a great finds! I just adore your videos....You are getting close to the 100.000 Subs! Hope you reach it by the end of the year...Blessings send from Canada🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
The little Lead slugs could be ladies petticoat weights, sewn into the hems of those light billowy petticoats in pre-Victorian / Georgian times. Prevented them from lifting and kept them neat, tidy and in place. The large piece of Lead could be the weight for the pendulum of a Grandfather type clock.
I watch beach detectors on occasion and see twenty year old dimes that are corroded away from the junk metal our coins are made from today. That does not bode well for the future of detecting. But there you are digging two hundred year old silver coins from Spain. Strange symbolism for what our money is worth in these inflationary days. Fun to watch Brad. Those latches are still in use on barns but almost universal on wood fencing to this day but I bet they won't last like that one either with the cheap metal used on fence latches.
I agree with you on that. I am a dirt digger and the recent zinc coins are already rotted! People metal detecting 20 years from now won’t know what they found because there will be nothing left of the new pennies
I so enjoy our visit to Vermont each week. You are into that time of year where the dreaded hunters are in the woods with you. Please keep safe and make a lot of noise.
Hi Brad, sometimes those old door handles with the lift latch would be used on interior doors in the home or the exterior front or back door too. I remember both our back door and our kitchen door into the lounge had this type of latch. Some really cool finds, the silver half real was an awesome find though. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞
Hunk of lead. Weigh it. Looks like a counter weight for a scale used for weighing bags of grain, feed. Likely had an iron hook on it. Rusted out. I have seen a tool like the iron bar with the slots in it in my past. Used like a wrench to loosen or tighten items. Great coins. Was the shiny button tin dipped? Enjoyed the hunt.
Small lead pieces are from a length of lead rope, here in Newfoundland it would have been used to weigh down the bottom of fishing nets, can't guess what it would be used for in the mountains though all the same.
Hi Brad, really enjoy watching your adventures. About the small lead weights, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet but, they were used to weigh down the bottom of a lady's skirt incase things got a bit windy. The weights were stitched around the hem in segments usually 4 to 6 in each segment. If the hem of the skirt were to tear or wear-out, the weights would fall out that's why you always find several in one little patch. I remember when I was a little boy watching my granny sitting by the fire place stitching them into the dresses she made. My eyes were continually affixed on the glass jar containing the weights as I watched the reflection of the flames from the fire dance across the lead pieces like shimmering jewels. If you ever come across any Victorian or pre-Victorian dresses, run your fingers around the hem, as often, if lead was not available, they would stitch in coins. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
I don't know about anyone else, but every Friday morning as i start your video and as i begin to take it all in, chills arise throughout due to the music you've created...that along with knowing the true passion put into each and every one truly makes my day. Keep up the excellent work, Brad! Coming from a fellow detectorists settled in the foothills of the Appalachian's of Southeast Ohio and situated right on the Ohio River. Thanks again for your time!
Same here. Brad is such a mellow fellow. If I had a son I'd be happy and proud if he was like Brad.
Just started detecting... in cinci...
I mean this as a compliment , Brad but you are the “Bob Ross” of metal detecting videos! Your videos are so calming and relaxing!
I love that kind of tired. Always a great video. I started watching about 4 years ago. Love to the family 🌼
Hi Brad, I dug an elongated “8” object a couple weeks ago, just like yours! I thought it interesting enough to keep it. Soon after I was taken on a tour of an 1817 meeting house (church), and there, holding an interior door open, was the artifact! It’s door hardware!!👍☀️
Wow! The discovery of the identity of the relic is just as much fun as finding it! So cool!
@@MetalDetectingDonna⁰ ⁰⁰o 0⁰
Congratulations on the pirate silver awesome find, especially 2 in a month. Looking forward to the video of some pirate gold.
Brad,
It looks like a tent rope tensioner to me … I used to use some similar in the scouts when I was … a humm.. younger 😊 thank you for the adventure every week … I’d like to do some detecting myself but it hard enough to find my grandkids anymore, although they are mostly covered in dirt from playing .. they’re difficult to uncover and need to be sprayed like the coins you find !
My husband wants you to know that what you described as a “candle snuffer” is what he believes to be a finished grommet that attaches to a horse drawn buggy top. Love your channel!!
What comes to mind on the spoon bowl is pushing a needle with the handle attached would work better than thimble in some places. Thanks for the music and the great hunt
Yep. As a craft seamstress type that spoon eould be what I would have used under those circumstances. The material being sewn would be thick or stiff...leather or canvas.
The iron piece with tear shaped of different sized looks like it could have been used to pop small nails or maybe upholstery tacks. It looks like the piece is slightly bowed. That would have provided a little leverage.
While I am writing I will tell you how much my husband and I enjoy your videos. The cameos of flowers, moss, mushrooms and such are as appreciated as the digs.
I can no longer tramp through the woods. Following along with you virtually I can smell the earth, vegetation, breezes....the trees. Thank you so much.
I was thinking the same thing
@@deborahcaserotti7424 I agree! So nice!
Hey Brad, great explore as usual, I have a theory on those lead "pellets". Recently I was dimantling an 1870's upright piano to rescue wood and items for crafting etc, and in the wooden bodies of the keys I discovered lead weights sunk into the sides at varying positions along their length, the keys were callibrated with some precision to have a particular weight/action, I saved the weights and they look remarkably similar to the ones you found.
That metallic piece with loops at each end reminds me of a line tensioner like you use on tents to tighten the stake out lines.
Almost 5 years of digging our 5 acre farm and we are still pulling .22 shells bullets pop tabs can slaw square nails and every other kind of garbage. Every once in a while we get something good but until there are no signals left we will keep going when we can’t get permission anywhere else.
Brad, nice backlight with accurate exposure of your face 10:24 to 11:24 during your explanation was perfect for the situation, but the nature interval and music beyond to 11:24 was icing on the cake. Very nice videography.
Another great video...thanks and I hope the family is well!
Nicely done Brad as usual, i enjoyed the video, great finds see you on the next one 🇺🇸
Another wonderful hunt/search. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Another reason I love your videos… you love the “story” contemplating what happened…who lost it .. I love it! That’s what I like about hunting, I never get to though.. I am retired but busy babysitting my grandson ❤️ so your videos are the hunting I can do.. lol
That is the shiniest tombac I have seen dug! (On hundreds of videos of course). Good job!
Lol! It’s super shiny!
Thank you for taking us along for the ride. Enjoy your adventures.
not sure, but my grandfather had something that looked just like that dimpled spoon and he used it to fix horse leather by pushing the needle through the leather like a thimble. I'm 64 and he would be well over a 120 today and he did stuff ole school.
Sounds right. I think so too.
The Door handle is called a bean cusp door latch that would be found in interior house doors. They usually date from the early half of the 1800s and in your area maybe even pre 1800. Also called a Suffolk latch.
First time viewer, subscribed. I love the old east coast relics, best regards from Oregon.
I believe that that brass conical relic with two small holes would be the top of a parasol. Pinned just above the top with the shaft sticking out.........? Love your videos, thanks for all you and your family put up with to create these awesome adventure videos!🤓
I think so too. 👍
It always amazes me to see an item unearthed that was last held by someone ages ago. It is a piece of history and things like those, for me, are almost priceless. Great finds and as always I enjoy coming along with you on your hunts.
love this Brad, whenever I see an old coin I think of the poor person who dropped it..I can imagine the panic when they realize they lost the coin since a penny was alot of money back than, would be like losing at least a dollar today...keep searching...a fan from Western Canada...
I have often thought of the literally poor person who lost a coin. That could have been a big loss to them when it happened. I don t imagine that they had a lot of them to throw around. I have wondered why it would have even been in a pocket when they were working. There wouldn t have been any place to spend it up there.
@@karencrawford4068 Maybe someone up there baked bread & sold it & that coin would have bought some? Maybe they had to go hungry that day.
I often wondered the same! Especially for the quarters and up! A huge financial loss.
Would the long steel link be a rope slide tensioner for a tent or something?
I believe you are correct! that is exactly what that is due to the tear shape in both holes heavy duty version of the tiny ones on tents! Good eye!
Thats the first thing i thought of as well.
Thats it! I kept saying..i know what that is, ive seen that before! Thanku!
Could be!
You had a great day Brad!! Thanks for taking us along!! Cheers JJ
I think 4 years plus !! Loving my Brad.. 60 year old Grammy!! Lived in North Shrewsburry and Barnard Vermont.. my husband and I had a haunting in North Shrewsburry!! Brad and your family!! I love you!!
Great finds. I love the Spanish silver but I'm always drawn more to the buttons since they are personal. The tomback was fantastic! Thanks Brad
Brad, you are one of the better narrators. Clear, articulate. I enjoy picking up individual characteristics or idiosyncracies. At 4:28, while looking at the copper coin, you said "let's see what this side might look like." Yes, you were uncertain if it was a British or state coin, but using the word "might" is simply a vague expression of anticipation covering a bunch of possibilities. I like it as it fits into the totality of hunting or exploration. Until you have identified something, it remains "might."
Good spot! I enjoy seeing the things that are unidentifiable because they make the mind wonder.
Every time you pull out a silver coin I am so blown away that something that amazing has laid buried there for centuries, just waiting for Brad Martin to come rescue it!
Nothing like finding a previously-undug item to provoke discussion. For me, your finds today were the jackpot, leaving lots of room for deduction, speculation and assistance from knowledgeable viewers.
I agree! I love when I find relics and I have no idea what it is but I do know that it’s something special! Thank goodness for the viewers that know!
Another great video, Brad!
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
always get an education watching your videos thanks Brad
Brad, your videos are so consistently way above average. I look forward to Friday for a whole new reason...😎👍
It’s always so much fun to speculate what some items might be.
The looped bow tie shaped item resembles a ⛺️ tent rope tension device you slide it up the rope to tighten it down.
But who knows for sure?
Very cool Video as always Brad, tell the family hello , stay safe my friend…
Just wanted to say, not only are your videos visually stunning (and interesting) but the music (!) you make (and edit/produce) is amaaaaazing!! It captures so many {{{{{{{feeelz}}}}}}}, mahalo, SOooo well done!!!
As always I'm so happy for you with your finds, u love what you do and make beautiful videos. Thanks Brad.
Camille 👋🇦🇺
What a good episode! You rock and thank you for all your efforts and sharing!
Awesome finds. I have to start digging those faint tone as well
Thank you for taking us along ❤
That lead cylinder might belong to a store's weigh scale? There may have been a hook on the side with the hole...... Love how peaceful and informative your videos are!
So the piece that you said was not a bell might be used for a candle. My mother used ones that looked very similar, both made of glass and metal. She'd put a candle in the holding stick, then slide that piece down. I both helped with the wax dripping down to the table and, in cases of wooden candlesticks, helped prevent it from being burned when the candle burned all the way down.
That makes a lot of sense thinking about it! Thanks for your suggestion....Greetings send from Canada 🙏🏼👋🏼🇨🇦
@@McChrister it just popped into my head right away when I saw it. Not sure if I'm right, but it looks exactly the same. Greetings to you as well!
That was also my immediate thought when I saw it.
Cool!
Yep yep yep!
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had already said it first, you got it!
So lived on edge of Plimsbury National forest.. mount Shrewsburry was our hike!! You take me to my old home!! Loving you from Ocean Park aka Old Orchard Beach!!
Great ccc road!!
The lead piece with the hollow on top looks like it could have been a window weight. A rope attached to the weight would be inside the window frame and keeps the window up when lifted.
Hey sweet heart!! Been fiowlloing for Over four years!! Love of my life!! I lived in North Shrewsbury.. right in edge off Plimsbury National Forest.. Old wells foundation’s and a scary haunting in our home.. I have stories but hun I love you channel to max!!
Congrats on your finds. Back East you are always finding the older things. Out here in the West not so much. Nothing in the 1700's. But getting out detecting is always an adventure. Thanks for your videos. Take care.
I am subscribed to many channels but I have to say yours is my favorite. Mostly due to your music! Your videos are so relaxing and your finds are so exciting. My imagination runs wild with the thoughts of who may have lived there and what their lives were like. Hard I would imagine! Keep up the good work. Fridays are now my favorite day, thanks to you!
Good job.
Thanks Brad!
That was a awesome day for sure. Thumbs UP to you !
Always looking forward to these. Keep up the great work
As always I love to see what you find no matter what it is the coins are great the buttons are awesome but it's the stuff that people used everyday that really interests me on another note that big piece of lead you found I think it's a weight to a scale seen similar things like that
love love love watching your videos! such great finds! thank you for sharing!
I love your videos and look forward to them every week.
The big lead weight is probably a yard weight. The hole at the top would have had an iron loop in it that has fallen out. The next item you found looks like part of a clothes rail from a wardrobe. A wooden dowl would have gone through the hole and pinned in place through the tiny holes that you saw. You only have part of the fixing as this goes inside a circle that has the holes for screws. There would have been two of these, one at each end of the wooden rail.
As in a gate closer? That'd make sense.
Another great adventure, thanks Brad!
Think about making wind chimes out of the bell/candle snuffer parts and you can weight down with the bull horn caps.
Always can't wait to watch your Friday videos when I get home from work! Awesome one.
I believe the lead weight to be a weight to a pendulum clock. The larger opening at the top may have had an iron loop that would have attached to a chain.
I like going back and watching old videos.awesome finds.
Great finds I love them all especially the half reale. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞
Another great video Brad, you only can imagine who lost those coins so long ago, hopefully it wasn't a heartbreaking experience for them. 👍❤🇺🇸
That is indeed the shiniest tombac button that I've seen anyone pull from the dirt 😲 very cool!! Congrats on finding two Largies and the Spanish silver Brad 😃. Buttons and spoons, an Oxknob (still on my bucket list) and all of the whatsits. You had a busy and successful digging day ☺️
Anything you don’t know what it is, it is a conversation piece until someone positively identified.
That Tombac was Great! But the Spanish Silver was the star of the show! Congrats Brad! Great finds!
Excellent video. Enjoy watching your videos here in Argentina every Friday morning.
I rarely comment anywhere, but it looks like your diligence and hard work paid off. Great job Brad.
Some of the older bullets were cylindrical in shape. They were called wad-cutters. They were mostly used for competition target shooting back in the day. That shape allowed for the bullet to leave a cleanly cut hole in the target paper without a lot of tear out making it easier to determine the score. If they are bullets but without marks, they might have been for reloading.
I think the double looped iron piece is half of a hasp. Held on with a staple and fitting over another at the opposite end, Blacksmith made, either split or drawn out and welded back to itself. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks Brad, turned a boring Friday into a good one. Lovely finds
Another great adventure Brad thanks for always bringing us along. I have seen (11:53) those on very old wooden boxes. A U clip nailed in the wood in the small end and the larger end slides over another U clip nailed into the wood. a leather strap attached to the box holds a piece of dowel or metal that slides the the u clip through the larger end to secure the box.
Wow, just wow! What an amazing day for you, a spanish silver. Love everything that you dig.
Hi Brad, love a Friday night here in Scotland... as i know its Brad digging up fascinating stuff... LOVE your videos and agree with the other post, thanks to your family too for sharing you every week. looking forward to next weeks episode. (PS tent slide for guy ropes was my thought too)
Thank you for taking time to make this video.
Good luck buddy be safe out there take care
Thanks Brad for the videos. I really enjoy seeing your finds.
As someone else mentioned, the lead cylinders look like unused bale seals. They had a string or wire pulled through the hole, then crimped to seal. Many had names or designs crimped into them to verify ownership of the product they were sealing. It would make sense to find several together, as someone probably lost a sack of them.
Hey Brad thanks for taking us on your dig sites love your videos look forward to them.
Great videos, thanks! You have helped me during lock-down days! from Arkansas, America.
Just enjoying your video on the 2nd cup of coffee , good finds on this one 👍
Excellent work. I know I’m not alone in thinking how lucky you are sir. Very cool stuff.
Your videos with partner and guest are the best out there. Just good people uncovering History our History can’t thank everyone enough.
Awesome random stuff today Brad! Would be wonderful to go back and recap those weird items later on after you’re able to figure them out
Awesome again !
Great video, look forward to Friday nights and watching you and your treasure hunting. Always very informative, Nothing like what you do in Australia.
Hi Brad, another Aussie loving your Friday night videos. Locations are amazing. Goose pimple good MUSIC, so exciting watching u uncover your finds. Your passion. Thanks so much
The lead weight is possibly a window weight. The scratches are from the wood as it travelled up and down inside its space. Love your videos.
It’s great when we see you and your dad working together!
Never disappointed with your videos!
Good job Brad very nice button and silver enjoy all the videos don’t want to miss the next one
Good morning Brad, another enjoyable video like always from you. Congratulations on the Spanish silver. Have a great week. Thank you, Joyce🇺🇸♥️
WoW, what a great finds! I just adore your videos....You are getting close to the 100.000 Subs! Hope you reach it by the end of the year...Blessings send from Canada🙏🏼🍀👋🏼🇨🇦
The little Lead slugs could be ladies petticoat weights, sewn into the hems of those light billowy petticoats in pre-Victorian / Georgian times. Prevented them from lifting and kept them neat, tidy and in place.
The large piece of Lead could be the weight for the pendulum of a Grandfather type clock.
I watch beach detectors on occasion and see twenty year old dimes that are corroded away from the junk metal our coins are made from today. That does not bode well for the future of detecting. But there you are digging two hundred year old silver coins from Spain. Strange symbolism for what our money is worth in these inflationary days. Fun to watch Brad. Those latches are still in use on barns but almost universal on wood fencing to this day but I bet they won't last like that one either with the cheap metal used on fence latches.
I agree with you on that. I am a dirt digger and the recent zinc coins are already rotted! People metal detecting 20 years from now won’t know what they found because there will be nothing left of the new pennies
What a great day. The Spanish silver is amazing. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Good day. Good finds. Thankyou for sharing.
I so enjoy our visit to Vermont each week. You are into that time of year where the dreaded hunters are in the woods with you. Please keep safe and make a lot of noise.
Brad, that tombac is beautiful! Maybe you can find a way to use it now. Maybe an adornment on your leatherwork??
Hi Brad, sometimes those old door handles with the lift latch would be used on interior doors in the home or the exterior front or back door too.
I remember both our back door and our kitchen door into the lounge had this type of latch. Some really cool finds, the silver half real was an awesome find though. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞
Hunk of lead. Weigh it. Looks like a counter weight for a scale used for weighing bags of grain, feed. Likely had an iron hook on it. Rusted out. I have seen a tool like the iron bar with the slots in it in my past. Used like a wrench to loosen or tighten items. Great coins. Was the shiny button tin dipped? Enjoyed the hunt.
Small lead pieces are from a length of lead rope, here in Newfoundland it would have been used to weigh down the bottom of fishing nets, can't guess what it would be used for in the mountains though all the same.