Beau, the first piece you found is a valve plate from a steam pump. That is why the two center round pieces are brass. It had two pistons that ran off steam and two for pumping water. Not a firebox door, and I have a feeling you know it wasn't. HH
Oh MAN!! there was a big fat cannon shell on there when you pulled up that wagon wheel hub. Well... maybe not, but it sure was fun fishing with you today Beau. You'll get'em next time. Thanks!!
You are correct about the glass marble .they are made into marble sized ball for safe transportation to the glass manufacturers. I am alway glad to see your next adventure! The bronze kneecap!
I see ^8^ Then a wagon wheel for sure then, Nods. If I may ask, in your opinion what would be the best places for a person who has just starting out using a metal-detector to go and search?
Thanks for the advice, nods I see, there should be pletny of areas here then, as there are some old homesteads in my area which have been torn down and are on lad which neighbor's may allow me to metal detect.
I used to live across from a railway station here in Sandusky, Ohio..the "Gandie Dancers" as they were called fixed the tracks and would roll marbles across the street to us..they always seemed to enjoy seeing us race for them. :) We would always look for more marbles (carefully) around the tracks and would fine them and lots of other treasures. :) Liked the video.
I have a big magnet for dragging on the grass to pick up nails after roofing jobs, I think I will give this a shot with that magnet. Cool video as usual Beau!
Well all caught-up! I so enjoy my day-off; just watching my subscribed ‘TH-cam’ videos. ‘Beau’ keep-it coming! As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~ Ps: I will know what a “crow’s foot battery” before sunset today.
I used to find those marbles along the train tracks too! I was told by an old fella that it was glass in raw format, on route to factories that would melt em down for making telephone pole insulators, drinking glasses, ect :)
My Grandmother used to remove them from roll on antiperspirant and give them to us to use as big marbles. I am sure I remembered some being glass but many were plastic. It's the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
First of all, keep up the great videos. Secondly, my father taught me that the marbles along train tracks are actually reflectors that were drilled then placed into old telegraph poles. Different colors were who owned the lines. Around here, we have mostly purple and green marbles.
The thing at 1:27ish looks like it may be a door for a wood burning stove. Those are the air vents. There were other wheels over those that covered the main holes.
My brother and I were bush walking one day. We were scrambling through a cave-like rock overhang when my brother's nice Kabar knife fell into a deep, dirty stream running below. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts to bring the knife to surface using various methods, I ordered a neodymium magnet from ebay. One quick fish with the magnet in an old sock and I hauled his knife up. Mission accomplished!
Beau, I have tried this myself. My magnet is on a pole, though. I was too leery of putting it on a rope because the rivers here in Texas are just cluttered with roots and trees. After seeing this though, u've inspired me to attempt this with a rope. Good show, sir.
Aqua, the marble is likely out of a road sign. They were often made with marbles in them to make them more reflective while being inexpensive, fairly big type of signs amongst collectors though.
6:57 That spoon looks silver gilded, probably pewter or something similar underneath it. late 1800's early 1900's likely if that is the case. The pattern of the spoon makes me thin it could be even early 1800's.
Love the channel. If you are ever in NC I would be happy to host you and maybe we can do some hunting together. Also wanted to say that if you haven't figured it out those glass marbles that you are finding near the railroads probably come from the old railroad sign. They were like the old stop signs that had glass marbles in the lettering to make them stand out.
Hey there brother! My father in laws dad use to work for a fiberglass insulation company. He use to have tons of those clear marbles. The company that uses them makes sheet foam board insulation. Just trying to give you an idea of what I knew about them. Congrats on the lock too!
Great Video, when I go out this spring around Virginia on my Jon Boat I am going to take a magnet rope with me, may do more magnet fishing than real fishing....
That first item is a valve plate for a old reciprocating pump. The two round sectioned holes are where the valves go. There is probably a stud sticks thru the middle and the spring loaded valve sits on top. the valve itself looks like a saucer with a hole in it. The odd shaped hole is the intake or discharge port (I forget which). Worked on them for years. as it only has two small valves it was fairly small. The driver for the pump was probably a steam driven reciprocating engine (Think old steam driven train from the 1800s to 1950s. Commonly called a chug chug pump around here. Used in refineries,mills, US Navy, and would pump just about anything. When I retired I was still working on some that were 100 years old and they were still in use. Interesting find. Worthington Pumps was the mass producer of them 100 years ago but many since then.
the marble is a stopper of a 'cod' bottle named for its shape. they had a special bottle opener for pushing the marble into the neck of the bottle where it was caught.
Hey Beau, Im a big fan, i have a metal detector of my own. I was wondering if you knew any places to find Relics along the Delaware River in PA? Thanks and happy hunting!!
Beau, there were bottles that are sometimes called pig- face bottles that had marbles in them to restrict the flow of its contents. Also if it had a flat bottom I would consider that it might be the ball from a ball and claw chair or piano stool. Later dude!
My Dad drove a truck when I was a kid and he would bring me various size smooth stone marbles home from the freight dock. He said they were used as paint stirrers.
an easy way to keep the magnet clean from random shards is to just keep some zip-loc bags with you to wrap over the magnet, or some plastic shopping bags. just put the magnet inside the bag and it'll act as a barrier, then to just clean it off you just peel the bag off and it'll all be caught in the bag! if you're worried about the bag ripping through then you could always put a shop rag on first before the bag(or find some thicker heavier plastic and zip tie it on), it shouldn't impede the magnets ability to pull and may even help evading the smaller fragments and shards that just muck it up in the first place :)
Wow going to have a try magnet fishing. What do they call the magnet will have a look on Ebay do they come in strengths??????Interesting video Beau.All the best Dave
Hey Chig, I was going through the vids and came across this one again. I was wondering if you were able to return to this place after the water warmed up and if you did were you able to locate anything?
That's great I will be looking forward to seeing them. The river seems fairly wide there and I would assume there would be a few deep holes as well. Thanks and Happy hunting!
That clear marble might be from an old bottle, my cousin used to go bottle hunting back in Britain, and he found the odd one or two, the marble pushed up to seal the top (The marble sat in the neck of the bottle), I don't remember what the bottles were for fizzy drink of some sort seems to be the best I can remember, apparently kids would break the bottles to keep the marbles back in the day...That's what he told me anyway.
when you're a kid a marble and a slingshot are great fun! well atleast i did it when i was a kid...maybe i'm just weird..lol. if you hit the railroad tracks sometimes the marble would explode.
Have a laugh on me Beau, my key word was long handled shovels. DUH, didn't know it was under Drain Spades but I did eventually find it. I consider any tool used to dig would be called a shovel, guess not. Thanks again. Learning something new every day. (o:
***** Thank you "Oh Wise One" I will try trenching shovels also as we don't have a Home Depot or Lowes here. All I seem to be able to find are the short handled versions which I do not want because I'm a Fossil myself.
That lump of iron with the two holes drilled in looks like an old style of fishplate for bolting rails together. Are you near a railway/disused railway?
I had a fishing magnet, about 4x6 inches in size, that twice I had to go scuba diving in that spot to retrieve the magnet. Even the heaviest ropes would not hold up without breaking, so I just marked the spots and retrieved the magnet later. So, watch out for that skinny polypropelene yellow rope you are using!
That "wagon wheel" might be a band from around a whiskey barrel.
Chigg out there looking Dale Earnhardt 😂🤣
Beau, the first piece you found is a valve plate from a steam pump. That is why the two center round pieces are brass. It had two pistons that ran off steam and two for pumping water. Not a firebox door, and I have a feeling you know it wasn't. HH
The cast iron piece looks like the front plate to a wood stove. Those would be air vents.
Oh MAN!! there was a big fat cannon shell on there when you pulled up that wagon wheel hub. Well... maybe not, but it sure was fun fishing with you today Beau. You'll get'em next time. Thanks!!
WOOHOO! Magnet fishing, love this!
You are correct about the glass marble .they are made into marble sized ball for safe transportation to the glass manufacturers. I am alway glad to see your next adventure!
The bronze kneecap!
The wagon wheel you got also makes me think of the bracing on barrels, where they put iron or steel braces around them to sturdy them.
I see ^8^ Then a wagon wheel for sure then, Nods.
If I may ask, in your opinion what would be the best places for a person who has just starting out using a metal-detector to go and search?
Thanks for the advice, nods
I see, there should be pletny of areas here then, as there are some old homesteads in my area which have been torn down and are on lad which neighbor's may allow me to metal detect.
At 1: 26 looks to me to be the fossil of the illusive Samsquinch... Lol! Love all your vids.
I enjoyed that. I have a magnet with me when fishing and find a lot of pliers.
Good to see our magnets in action!! Nice video.
i always have pleasure to see your video, thank you for your job.
I used to live across from a railway station here in Sandusky, Ohio..the "Gandie Dancers" as they were called fixed the tracks and would roll marbles across the street to us..they always seemed to enjoy seeing us race for them. :) We would always look for more marbles (carefully) around the tracks and would fine them and lots of other treasures. :) Liked the video.
Cool idea magnet fishing definitely worth a try to extend the season great idea thanks for posting
I have a big magnet for dragging on the grass to pick up nails after roofing jobs, I think I will give this a shot with that magnet. Cool video as usual Beau!
Come on man , ya know a bad day fishin is beta than good day at work . Thanx for takin us ! .
Looked like fun at least. I ought to go toss a magnet into the Mississippi. Probably find nothing but cans, though. Nice video Beau!
Well all caught-up! I so enjoy my day-off; just watching my subscribed ‘TH-cam’ videos. ‘Beau’ keep-it coming! As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~ Ps: I will know what a “crow’s foot battery” before sunset today.
I used to find those marbles along the train tracks too! I was told by an old fella that it was glass in raw format, on route to factories that would melt em down for making telephone pole insulators, drinking glasses, ect :)
awesome video man! kool finds! cant wait to see what comes out of that spot when your able to get in there with a detector!
The glass marble you found is from Pennsylvania Sand And Glass, You are correct as to what it was for, Transporting raw material!
It's a shame don't see them anymore when I was a kid those things were all over...those and iron or pebbles..
My Grandmother used to remove them from roll on antiperspirant and give them to us to use as big marbles. I am sure I remembered some being glass but many were plastic. It's the first thing I thought of when I saw it.
First of all, keep up the great videos. Secondly, my father taught me that the marbles along train tracks are actually reflectors that were drilled then placed into old telegraph poles. Different colors were who owned the lines. Around here, we have mostly purple and green marbles.
Any video you make is always a good video.
Thanks Beau!
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A suggestion, putting a sliding crab pot float on your rope would keep your magnet horizontal. Kinda like a bobber Thanks for taking us with you!
The thing at 1:27ish looks like it may be a door for a wood burning stove. Those are the air vents. There were other wheels over those that covered the main holes.
need a giant crane magnet and just carfully move it through the water lol
My brother and I were bush walking one day. We were scrambling through a cave-like rock overhang when my brother's nice Kabar knife fell into a deep, dirty stream running below. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts to bring the knife to surface using various methods, I ordered a neodymium magnet from ebay. One quick fish with the magnet in an old sock and I hauled his knife up. Mission accomplished!
Magnet fishing can be really fun. I have pulled some neat stuff out of the rivers/lakes/streams in my area. Great video!
Beau, I have tried this myself. My magnet is on a pole, though. I was too leery of putting it on a rope because the rivers here in Texas are just cluttered with roots and trees. After seeing this though, u've inspired me to attempt this with a rope. Good show, sir.
Beau knows magnets!!!!!!
That first find was pretty cool
Aqua, the marble is likely out of a road sign. They were often made with marbles in them to make them more reflective while being inexpensive, fairly big type of signs amongst collectors though.
6:57 That spoon looks silver gilded, probably pewter or something similar underneath it. late 1800's early 1900's likely if that is the case. The pattern of the spoon makes me thin it could be even early 1800's.
in 1958 my grandfather found half a civil war cavalry saber in the Tennessee river at savannah, hilt end,, and an 1858 sharps czaarbine
Fun video Beau. If only there could be a gold magnet!
You have the key to One-Eyed Willie! (The Goonies)
stupid me skipping through the intros, Thx for the shout out !!! three years late
Love the channel. If you are ever in NC I would be happy to host you and maybe we can do some hunting together. Also wanted to say that if you haven't figured it out those glass marbles that you are finding near the railroads probably come from the old railroad sign. They were like the old stop signs that had glass marbles in the lettering to make them stand out.
That first thing looks like a draft plate for a wood stove of some sort
I like the first thing you found ...looks like a skull face !!! Cool magnet fishing!!
It's a civil war Boom Box!!! lol
Never witnessed "Magnet Fishing" before now . Looks like hella fun .
What did you do with the metal you had no interest in ? Did you release it back into the wild? Scrap it? Leave it on the bank?
I have been wanting to try some magnet fishing myself. Cool lock.
Hey there brother! My father in laws dad use to work for a fiberglass insulation company. He use to have tons of those clear marbles. The company that uses them makes sheet foam board insulation. Just trying to give you an idea of what I knew about them. Congrats on the lock too!
Great Video, when I go out this spring around Virginia on my Jon Boat I am going to take a magnet rope with me, may do more magnet fishing than real fishing....
That first item is a valve plate for a old reciprocating pump. The two round sectioned holes are where the valves go. There is probably a stud sticks thru the middle and the spring loaded valve sits on top. the valve itself looks like a saucer with a hole in it. The odd shaped hole is the intake or discharge port (I forget which). Worked on them for years. as it only has two small valves it was fairly small. The driver for the pump was probably a steam driven reciprocating engine (Think old steam driven train from the 1800s to 1950s. Commonly called a chug chug pump around here. Used in refineries,mills, US Navy, and would pump just about anything. When I retired I was still working on some that were 100 years old and they were still in use. Interesting find. Worthington Pumps was the mass producer of them 100 years ago but many since then.
the marble is a stopper of a 'cod' bottle named for its shape. they had a special bottle opener for pushing the marble into the neck of the bottle where it was caught.
TY Beau, love all your videos. What creature do I hear throughout this video? Bird? Frog?
Cool what you found.
A day out farting around in those woods is a good day….find or no find.
Those glass marble's are used in making fiberglass. In my 35 years at the raiload seen millions of them.
Nice fishing Beau
I really like your videos I love magnet fishing myself and have metal detectors no good finds as of yet keep up the great videos
Those glass Marbles are the stoppers for the old soda pop bottles from the turn of the century
Its in the 50s man, I can't believe your not in the water!! I've seen those marbles too, don't know either. I'm ready for fishing too.....for fish!
Hey Beau, Im a big fan, i have a metal detector of my own. I was wondering if you knew any places to find Relics along the Delaware River in PA? Thanks and happy hunting!!
Cool lock . . . . least you didn't go home empty handed . . . . tc Rog
Can't stay away from the water can you? Looks like fun though, and a great arm and shoulder workout!
The first thing you got i think is a door off a woodstove with the 2 holes to adjust the airflow into it. :o)
Greetings from Poland:-) great channel
I like the magnet fishing videos , never know what you might get, like the claw game.
I never thought of going magnet hunting pretty neat way to hunt for relics
This video was actually really fun to watch
No problem :)
6:00 sure looks like a limber chest handle to me. Nice! :)
I enjoy these videos
Great video, I just ordered a magnet and am going to try my luck off of some old docks.
Those marbles you find like that may have been part of reflectors used in railroad and street signs years ago.
Beau, there were bottles that are sometimes called pig- face bottles that had marbles in them to restrict the flow of its contents. Also if it had a flat bottom I would consider that it might be the ball from a ball and claw chair or piano stool. Later dude!
I think that "fence staple" was the shackle to the lock.
Beau have you tried fishing at Flintstone it has a nice little creek . It has holes and fords , don't knows its name
6:51 I have that silverware set and it's from the late 90's, nothing special there but good find
great job kenny
Hello Beau,I think that metal in L shape it's a step to climb the wagon plus other item as the metal plate...
Always interesting adventures. Better than reality T.V. Thanks!
Looks like the missing piece to your rusted out padlock! lol (that U shaped thing on top of the magnet towards the end of the video)
My Dad drove a truck when I was a kid and he would bring me various size smooth stone marbles home from the freight dock. He said they were used as paint stirrers.
an easy way to keep the magnet clean from random shards is to just keep some zip-loc bags with you to wrap over the magnet, or some plastic shopping bags. just put the magnet inside the bag and it'll act as a barrier, then to just clean it off you just peel the bag off and it'll all be caught in the bag! if you're worried about the bag ripping through then you could always put a shop rag on first before the bag(or find some thicker heavier plastic and zip tie it on), it shouldn't impede the magnets ability to pull and may even help evading the smaller fragments and shards that just muck it up in the first place :)
Thanks for the video Charlie. Sorry you didn't get anything. Better luck next time Mr.Manson.
Holy Smokes! It's a Confederate submarine!
try putting a sock over it. it will keep it clean and easy to remove small bit of metal from it
not a wagon wheel looks like a barrow hoop
Hey Beau, not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but that cast iron plate thing looks like the door off a pot belly stove or oven maybe??
1:45 wood stove door. 3:19 barrel hoop.
Wow going to have a try magnet fishing. What do they call the magnet will have a look on Ebay do they come in strengths??????Interesting video Beau.All the best Dave
Cheers for the link. All the best Dave
Hey Chig, I was going through the vids and came across this one again. I was wondering if you were able to return to this place after the water warmed up and if you did were you able to locate anything?
That's great I will be looking forward to seeing them. The river seems fairly wide there and I would assume there would be a few deep holes as well. Thanks and Happy hunting!
Gonna have to try that for Steel head Salmon
Willie LOL
Like this video, the Chigg deserves it.
That clear marble might be from an old bottle, my cousin used to go bottle hunting back in Britain, and he found the odd one or two, the marble pushed up to seal the top (The marble sat in the neck of the bottle), I don't remember what the bottles were for fizzy drink of some sort seems to be the best I can remember, apparently kids would break the bottles to keep the marbles back in the day...That's what he told me anyway.
when you're a kid a marble and a slingshot are great fun! well atleast i did it when i was a kid...maybe i'm just weird..lol. if you hit the railroad tracks sometimes the marble would explode.
marbles are the best ammo, 100 for a buck at the $1 store.
Have a laugh on me Beau, my key word was long handled shovels. DUH, didn't know it was under Drain Spades but I did eventually find it. I consider any tool used to dig would be called a shovel, guess not. Thanks again. Learning something new every day. (o:
***** Thank you "Oh Wise One" I will try trenching shovels also as we don't have a Home Depot or Lowes here. All I seem to be able to find are the short handled versions which I do not want because I'm a Fossil myself.
That lump of iron with the two holes drilled in looks like an old style of fishplate for bolting rails together. Are you near a railway/disused railway?
Okay, the suspense is killing us! What the heck was that UFO-looking thingy? See if your magnet will stick to it.
1:22 - That's a thingamadofarchi
*****
How bout top of a grain silo, or hot air balloon looking thingy? You're such a tease. LOL
Great video....where did you purchase the magnet?
Hi Beau, Great video.
Just wondering where you get the magnet, I've been looking in my area but no luck. HELP!
Hi great video. If you dont mind telling me but where did you buy the magnet?
I had a fishing magnet, about 4x6 inches in size, that twice I had to go scuba diving in that spot to retrieve the magnet. Even the heaviest ropes would not hold up without breaking, so I just marked the spots and retrieved the magnet later. So, watch out for that skinny polypropelene yellow rope you are using!
Did you tig weld that O ring on the magnet? Where can I get one?
I could imagine that what you found first might be a plate of metal to put over an old-day wood stove to put pots on.