The people who first settled and cleared the land where I live are buried next to me. Manasseh Osgood, came to Westford, Vt in 1799 from Barre, Massachusetts, as the first settlers to this land. His grave stone has the info on it. The work that family must have did is unbelievable. There was a cranberry bog they built we use to see a few cranberries growing in the stones they used to dam the water, it's all gone now, a long path walled in on both sides with stones they must have cleared from the fields, huge piles of field stones they had to have picked from their fields. And stone walls that maked off each field. There's a small cellar hole that must have been their first home because a map from 1850's shows their home where my grand parents lived. Early Americans worked hard to build this nation.
My grandmother's sister was married to one of the last horse and buggy doctors. Sometimes someone would come to his house in the middle of the night. He would be on horse back and bringing an extra horse for this uncle to ride back to wherever the parent was . He worked up into the 1940s and delivered my older brother and sister in this world. I got to know him when I was 7 or 8 . He loved talking to us kids. A very cool guy.
@@coasthome8356 I live in Kent, Ohio. The doctor name was Pelly and practiced in a very small town Hanoverton,Ohio . I remember talking to him after he retired when I was 7 years old. Adults meny times talk to a child like they were a piece of furniture. He talked to us not at us and always had something nice to say to us kids. He is still legendary in that town. He also delivered my sister and my older brother. I remember he had a beautiful grandfather clock which I thought was cool. He practiced into his 80s and his daughter drove him to go to patients till he retired. A great doctor and a very nice person .
I wish every detectorist was as you, providing mature educational information as you detect. Painting the picture of life in colonial times makes your videos so much more enjoyable than some wild kid uncovering a coin spill or finding an i-phone in a river.
Brad, just wanted to brag on your quality videography and audio production skills. As a one man band I know of the extra time and planning it takes to gather all the content and B roll needed to make such a quality program. Your authenticity is what I think people really connect with and you’re easy to watch and listen to. Your passion is apparent and I hope to enjoy the experience along with you for some time. Thanks!
I might have said this before but, even if your videos were just that killer mellow music with your awesome shots of nature I would watch this channel....so the fact that you are metal detecting also....BONUS!!
He is exceptional in so many areas; photography, making his own music, leather works and of course his metal detecting. Brad is my favorite TH-cam creator 👍
your info on the oxen shoe is so cool! I know horses but didnt know a cow cant stand on 3 feet and needed that contraption to shoe them! amazing! its 2024 and you have been healing for 5 weeks with no new videos, so Ive beeen watching old ones like this that I missed and I love them all! You have just the best MD videos!
I can’t imagine what a life the oxen had! Hard work all day, hoisted or hogtied every 6 weeks for shoeing. Great background story! Love the finds this trip.
Oxen were also used to transport trade goods long distances. The Acadians in Nova Scotia had an ox trail that went over 60 miles from one side of the province to the other. In earlier times it was no big deal to take a team of oxen 10 or 20 miles to get shoes replaced. King of like the way Brad hikes over mountains to get to these great detecting sites!
As a kid growing up I have a rather great memory, the woman who lived across the street from me . I remember that she had a coat with large buttons on it, and they had a face with a Roman helmet on the face. And that was 45 years ago and that button is a good resemblance to the one that you found.
Thank you for the adventure and seeing some amazing finds ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your next adventure takes you ! Doing well here in Kansas .
What a great day! I'd go back to that place again! As always you just have such an eye for photography and I thoroughly enjoy that. I think all your finds are awesome! Always get excited when you find a jingle bell... The buckles, the medallion/possible button, a very decorative button. I thoroughly enjoyed all of it! The only reason I can go with the fact that he is probably a doctor/farmer, there was a lot of the cases back in those days. There were a lot of finds, maybe the patients coming and going. Drs. probably had more the most. 👍😁
The button with the iron back and ancient bust on the front is interesting. My educated guess is that the bust is of the Roman goddess Minerva. She is often associated with the Greek goddess, Athena. Minerva is often depicted wearing a Greek Corinthian helmet, as on your button. I found a Roman ring with a carnelian stone which had Minerva carved into it. She was wearing the Corinthian helmet. I found the ring in Belgium in 1986.
I think Minerva is a solid guess. Goddess of Medicine after all. But, I'm not sure that is a button. It might be a bottle stopper. That would explain the different material on the back. Perhaps it is a substance more easily glued to cork (which of course would be long gone at this point).
The half round lead is probably bullet lead. It sometimes came in round discs that would fit in a small ladel to be melted and poured into a bullet mold. See the movie "The Patriot " with Mel Gibson.
Mr Brad...I haven't commented on your videos much but you have the most interesting and informative MD channel I have seen. First let me say, Frogg Toggs, light weight and water proof. Second, you have so much information about early life in Vermont and the USA it's incredible! You could write a book about life in the Colonial era. Third, buttons, being a thin fellow you may not understand all the buttons and buckles. Let me just say, imagine, if you will, first point of contact. 😂! People working or carrying weapons and buttons holding clothes together as well as keeping pockets and items inside secured and Everything you do snags and pulls, especially with a belly, again, first point of contact, I understand why so many buttons and buckles were broken and lost. Finally, I really like the music you use. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and adventures with us!
I am serious Brad, if you started adding music/nature montage, 5 or 10 minutes even, say at the end of your videos....I would watch them, I'll bet I am not alone....anyone?
Congrats Brad. Yesterday mine where 1723 Woods HiBernia half penny type II, 1727 KGI Farthing, & 1800 DB one cent...oh and 3 oxen shoes...lol...great video. I have had a crazy year at 10 new cellar holes for me. Almost all where untouched. Fun Times.
so so jelous :) love detecting from south australia . to see the history your finding is so exciting my friend. we dont have quite that here but im always out there doing my best . oldest find so far is 1809 brittania penny and some boar war buttons. anyways keep on swinging and be safe
I love your videos! The scenery you show, including plants and wildlife, is wonderful. I live in the UK and envy the wilderness you explore. The artifacts you find are then a super added bonus. Thank you.
I always look forward to Friday because I get to watch your videos. In the past Friday would mean the weekend was hear but during these times it means Greenmountain time. Heck half the time I don’t even know what day it is. Thanks for the interesting video and the beautiful scenery.👏🏻🖖🏻
Thanks for sharing another GMMD video .. It was a great day in the Green Mtn's, as always. IMHO, the flattened Shoe Buckle sure looks a lot like a Hat Buckle .. Think about how a brass / composition metal casting would show fractures or show obvious indications of extreme stress when flattened ... And it's symmetrically flat .. only a thought. Thanks again for my Friday morning start-up Brad, it's always enjoyable.
What a great channel... no attitudes or political opinions...great job! I have lived here in the mountains of Newbury VT my entire life. Trying to learn the basics of metal detecting..Baught one but no skills yet.
Thoroughly enjoyed the hunt, especially the button with the face, that was a super nice find! Very interesting how a shoe is put on an oxen, didn’t know that😊 awesome vid as always, stay well😎
Thanks for the illustration of the ox shoeing, great finds Brad very interesting, do you go down into the sellers of the old houses and look around the stones? Great video Brad, still catching up on your other vids.👍🇺🇸🐂
Being a history buff myself, this is my favorite channel.
The people who first settled and cleared the land where I live are buried next to me. Manasseh Osgood, came to Westford, Vt in 1799 from Barre, Massachusetts, as the first settlers to this land. His grave stone has the info on it.
The work that family must have did is unbelievable. There was a cranberry bog they built we use to see a few cranberries growing in the stones they used to dam the water, it's all gone now, a long path walled in on both sides with stones they must have cleared from the fields, huge piles of field stones they had to have picked from their fields. And stone walls that maked off each field. There's a small cellar hole that must have been their first home because a map from 1850's shows their home where my grand parents lived.
Early Americans worked hard to build this nation.
Now socialists want to take for themselves what these people built while dishonoring them, their culture, and their descendants.
@@slocumb1270 it's disgusting how our ancestors are being dishonored, especially Vermont. We were the first state to outright ban slavery in 1777.
My grandmother's sister was married to one of the last horse and buggy doctors. Sometimes someone would come to his house in the middle of the night. He would be on horse back and bringing an extra horse for this uncle to ride back to wherever the parent was . He worked up into the 1940s and delivered my older brother and sister in this world. I got to know him when I was 7 or 8 . He loved talking to us kids. A very cool guy.
Thank you for telling us that incredible story!
Where were you located?
@@coasthome8356
I live in Kent, Ohio. The doctor name was Pelly and practiced in a very small town Hanoverton,Ohio . I remember talking to him after he retired when I was 7 years old. Adults meny times talk to a child like they were a piece of furniture. He talked to us not at us and always had something nice to say to us kids. He is still legendary in that town. He also delivered my sister and my older brother. I remember he had a beautiful grandfather clock which I thought was cool. He practiced into his 80s and his daughter drove him to go to patients till he retired. A great doctor and a very nice person .
Ernest Storch How lovely. When they were good, they were truly legendary, weren’t they?
I wish every detectorist was as you, providing mature educational information as you detect. Painting the picture of life in colonial times makes your videos so much more enjoyable than some wild kid uncovering a coin spill or finding an i-phone in a river.
Brad, just wanted to brag on your quality videography and audio production skills. As a one man band I know of the extra time and planning it takes to gather all the content and B roll needed to make such a quality program. Your authenticity is what I think people really connect with and you’re easy to watch and listen to. Your passion is apparent and I hope to enjoy the experience along with you for some time. Thanks!
I might have said this before but, even if your videos were just that killer mellow music with your awesome shots of nature I would watch this channel....so the fact that you are metal detecting also....BONUS!!
Same here! 😁
I believe that’s his original music! So coool
He is exceptional in so many areas; photography, making his own music, leather works and of course his metal detecting. Brad is my favorite TH-cam creator 👍
@@spookydonkey2195 it is.
Good morning all in GMMD nation.
Been waiting all week for my Green Mountain fix. Great videos and information as always.
your info on the oxen shoe is so cool! I know horses but didnt know a cow cant stand on 3 feet and needed that contraption to shoe them! amazing! its 2024 and you have been healing for 5 weeks with no new videos, so Ive beeen watching old ones like this that I missed and I love them all! You have just the best MD videos!
I can’t imagine what a life the oxen had! Hard work all day, hoisted or hogtied every 6 weeks for shoeing. Great background story! Love the finds this trip.
Oxen were also used to transport trade goods long distances. The Acadians in Nova Scotia had an ox trail that went over 60 miles from one side of the province to the other. In earlier times it was no big deal to take a team of oxen 10 or 20 miles to get shoes replaced. King of like the way Brad hikes over mountains to get to these great detecting sites!
Fabulous hunt...again! 16 buttons is remarkable. The coin Is astounding! This was quite the hunt. Worth staying in the rain.
Love my Friday morning coffee and Brad! Best way to start my day! (Guess I'm sounding like an ad)
Buttons and Buckles, alot of great information about colonial times! I appreciate your videos!! Really well made and you have such a calming presence.
Another fine walk in the woods With Brad. Love the finds and look forward to the video's.
As a kid growing up I have a rather great memory, the woman who lived across the street from me . I remember that she had a coat with large buttons on it, and they had a face with a Roman helmet on the face. And that was 45 years ago and that button is a good resemblance to the one that you found.
@Wishful Thinking hadn't thought about it in years until I saw that button, but I remember her, sweetest little ole lady. She spoiled us kids rotten.
Another great adventure and the music and video shots are the icing on the cake. Stay safe and we look forward to more. Mike
I love tromping around the Green Mt woods, always watching the background for a hairy man or two! Thanks
Dr. Bradley
Just wanted to say thank you for being Genioun ,and personal in all your videos. Great 👍 job.
Another fabulous video from my favorite metal detector. Bravo.
Thanks Brad, I have yet to be disappointed with a single video. Keep up the great work !
I never knew that's how they replaced an oxen shoe. That's crazy. Like taking your car to a garage and putting it up on a lift. lmao
Love your adventures and all the history and stories thank you ❤
Thank you for the adventure and seeing some amazing finds ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your next adventure takes you ! Doing well here in Kansas .
Always look forward to Friday’s ! Good hunt Brad #16 buttons & a colonial coin!
Awesome hunt, great finds, your editing is amazing
Really enjoyed the dig Brad. The button is amazing! Let us know if you find out more about it! Thanks for all you do. Kelly/Indiana
This is your best show yet, thank you for sharing
When you know it's definitely Friday!
Jeep ZJ you got that right👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇦🇺
What a great day! I'd go back to that place again!
As always you just have such an eye for photography and I thoroughly enjoy that. I think all your finds are awesome! Always get excited when you find a jingle bell... The buckles, the medallion/possible button, a very decorative button. I thoroughly enjoyed all of it!
The only reason I can go with the fact that he is probably a doctor/farmer, there was a lot of the cases back in those days. There were a lot of finds, maybe the patients coming and going. Drs. probably had more the most. 👍😁
The button with the iron back and ancient bust on the front is interesting. My educated guess is that the bust is of the Roman goddess Minerva. She is often associated with the Greek goddess, Athena. Minerva is often depicted wearing a Greek Corinthian helmet, as on your button. I found a Roman ring with a carnelian stone which had Minerva carved into it. She was wearing the Corinthian helmet. I found the ring in Belgium in 1986.
@Wishful Thinking send me an email address and I'll send you a photo of my 2000 year old Roman ring.
I think Minerva is a solid guess. Goddess of Medicine after all. But, I'm not sure that is a button. It might be a bottle stopper. That would explain the different material on the back. Perhaps it is a substance more easily glued to cork (which of course would be long gone at this point).
@@orsonsnow1228 I don't believe it to be a button either.
Pretty sure it’s the Britannia goddess. She’s personified wearing a centurion helmet
@Wishful Thinking I'm not sure honestly; it just doesn't look correct for it to be a button 🤷
Love your stories. Always learn something new. My part of New England is just below you. 🙂🙂🙂🌟
Ha Ha a fellow New Yorker maybe? I live in upstate New York
Please, please do more live digs! We want to share the excitement of the hunt. Terrific show!
Great finds. That button with the man and helmet is absolutely stunning.
I love it when you find shoe buckles! So Amazing!
Great video, buddy. Nice haul and awesome history.
Great work again, Brad! Always a pleasure to view your videos.
The half round lead is probably bullet lead. It sometimes came in round discs that would fit in a small ladel to be melted and poured into a bullet mold. See the movie "The Patriot " with Mel Gibson.
Mr Brad...I haven't commented on your videos much but you have the most interesting and informative MD channel I have seen.
First let me say, Frogg Toggs, light weight and water proof.
Second, you have so much information about early life in Vermont and the USA it's incredible! You could write a book about life in the Colonial era.
Third, buttons, being a thin fellow you may not understand all the buttons and buckles. Let me just say, imagine, if you will, first point of contact. 😂! People working or carrying weapons and buttons holding clothes together as well as keeping pockets and items inside secured and Everything you do snags and pulls, especially with a belly, again, first point of contact, I understand why so many buttons and buckles were broken and lost.
Finally, I really like the music you use.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and adventures with us!
Great job Brad! We love watching. Sweet finds
Thanks Brad. Nice vid. keep em coming!
I am serious Brad, if you started adding music/nature montage, 5 or 10 minutes even, say at the end of your videos....I would watch them, I'll bet I am not alone....anyone?
His music? Yup!
🧚♂️🐢🦋🌻YES!
@@maryannwegner3739 yes
@@maryannwegner3739 😁
His music and his photography/videography; definitely 😃
You are a very calm laid back person. I enjoy your videos immensely .
Another great video. Thanks Brad! JJ
I enjoy watching whatever you dog up. Thanks for your videos
Brad, really enjoying the channel. Especially the history lesson when you explain the various situations... Thanks again and keep up the great work.
Beautiful nature mate love to watch you're video's 👍🙂
Great finds ! That place gave up too much to have been detected before. You should go back later. 😊
Just watched this (first GM video for me). Loved it! Thank you, and subscribed.
Wonderful history. God blessing on you. Great video.
Now that was quite the range of finds
Congrats Brad. Yesterday mine where 1723 Woods HiBernia half penny type II, 1727 KGI Farthing, & 1800 DB one cent...oh and 3 oxen shoes...lol...great video. I have had a crazy year at 10 new cellar holes for me. Almost all where untouched. Fun Times.
Happy to see another one of your beauties! Excellent as always. Thanks for starting my weekend well vicariously on an adventure!!
so so jelous :) love detecting from south australia .
to see the history your finding is so exciting my friend.
we dont have quite that here but im always out there doing my best . oldest find so far is 1809 brittania penny and some boar war buttons.
anyways keep on swinging and be safe
A great hunt and a wonderful site.... that one’s worth going back too!
Great finds ! Nice history story of the area.
Exceptional vidio. Love the nature and music and surprises at what the earth holds.
Amazing finds, thanks for sharing :)
I love your videos! The scenery you show, including plants and wildlife, is wonderful. I live in the UK and envy the wilderness you explore. The artifacts you find are then a super added bonus. Thank you.
That was a good day always enjoy your videos can’t wait to watch the next one.
Hi Brad! If that was a doctor's home, wouldn't it be likely that there would be other homes in the area. As usual, nice music and wonderful scenery.
Another great video as away well done. 😊👍
Awesome finds Brad.👍🤘
Great video as always. Thank you for sharing!
👍Really enjoyed the video👍 Loved the jingle bell and all the buttons.
Amazing finds Brad! Great hunt!
I always look forward to Friday because I get to watch your videos. In the past Friday would mean the weekend was hear but during these times it means Greenmountain time. Heck half the time I don’t even know what day it is. Thanks for the interesting video and the beautiful scenery.👏🏻🖖🏻
brad you put out some great videos: great finds, stories and music!!
Awesome relics....I'd go back to that spot!
Thanks for sharing another GMMD video .. It was a great day in the Green Mtn's, as always. IMHO, the flattened Shoe Buckle sure looks a lot like a Hat Buckle .. Think about how a brass / composition metal casting would show fractures or show obvious indications of extreme stress when flattened ... And it's symmetrically flat .. only a thought. Thanks again for my Friday morning start-up Brad, it's always enjoyable.
Only came across your channel today and was surprisingly impressed so will have alot of catching up to do. Very interesting
What a great channel... no attitudes or political opinions...great job! I have lived here in the mountains of Newbury VT my entire life. Trying to learn the basics of metal detecting..Baught one but no skills yet.
I agree 100%
Another excellent video. The colors in your videos are so bright,crisp and clean. Cool finds. Enjoyed as usual. Till next time, Joyce.ARROW*🎱
Great finds and video !
First copper on the machine..I missed this for some reason. Awesome!
You always have interesting videos that are fun history lessons. You know your stuff. Thanks for taking the time to video your excursions.
Nice finds Brad! I would definitely go back when the foliage is down. There’ll be more treasures!
A productive hunt.I found the oxen shoe contraption most fascinating. Great visual there.
Always enjoy your adventures in the woods of Vermont .
Very nice finds Brad !!!
Hey great finds love it.Hope all is well your way.
Keep em comin Brad
That was an incredible day, nice work.
OH BRAD ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO, ALWAYS SO EXCITED FOR YOU WHEN YOU FIND.. I'D CALL IT A PRETTY GOOD DAY THIS TRIP. SO DESERVED.
💜 CAMILLLE 🇦🇺
Well made video. Fun to watch, thank you
Brad that was a great hunt. Thanks for sharing it with us.
What beautiful colonial finds, Brad! And what an interesting history of shoeing oxen! I love your channel!😊💖
Great digs !
Thoroughly enjoyed the hunt, especially the button with the face, that was a super nice find! Very interesting how a shoe is put on an oxen, didn’t know that😊 awesome vid as always, stay well😎
Hello good morning what a awesome day for digging history all finds so interesting as always 😎
Great episode sir
Interesting about that oxen shoe. Never knew they couldn’t lift one hoof. That would make life difficult.
Love your videos they are so interesting and I get excited when you find something, well done 👍
Oops had a flat on the tractor... love the videos
Nice job brad!!!!!!!!!!!
Always fun and interesting. Love the opening music. Nice job.
Great video as always enjoy watching you videos
Thanks for the illustration of the ox shoeing, great finds Brad very interesting, do you go down into the sellers of the old houses and look around the stones? Great video Brad, still catching up on your other vids.👍🇺🇸🐂
A very interesting hunt, some very interesting finds too!
Nice finds, digging up history
PS. I too wear a backpack water bladder when I detect, there's nothing worse then suffering from dehydration while you're hunting on a hot day! - Dave