Brad, you have the ability to make the viewer feel as though he is there with you the way you look into and talk to the camera. That can’t be easy sitting there in the woods alone talking out loud to the camera while black flies, mosquitoes, and deer flies buzz around your head. Great job as always.
I have so enjoyed your adventures, one as a former metal detectorist and secondly as a casual photographer. Your personality is so engaging it gives me the feeling we have been long term friends. Your videos are so different from other metal detector channels as I truly fall in love with your "B" roll and your background music. Keep creating your outstanding content and making this 83 year Texan come back every Friday to see my only Yankee friend.
When I was in junior high school it was a fad to put heel plates on our shoes so we could make noise when walking in the hallway. Some teachers hated them and tried to get them banned. But we argued that they were to prevent our shoes from getting worn out prematurely. Very rarely someone would have toe taps as well.
That is also what I think. I went to comment this as well. I don't think it is far from possible when you look at antique parasols online. Seems as good of an explanation as any...
Hi Brad I really enjoyed the video ! I for the last 10 years have lived in NW France and I find almost everything you find over here ! Lots of things I find I have no clue ! Thanks again from Kevin in France and Florida
I often wonder if a lot of the artifacts detected in the Northern states were lost during the snowier times of the year. I grew up in the Putnam valley of New York and could imagine that dropping a button, coin, bell or harmonica off the horse back in a foot or two of snow would make it nearly impossible to retrieve. I remember my dad finding the hammer I lost in the snow with the lawnmower one springtime 😬. Love the artistry of your videos, from your music to the videography. Keep up the beautiful work, thanks 👍🏽
When you found that toe tap, I knew right away what it was. My grandfather would put those on the heel of my shoes when I was a young boy. Love your video's ....Pete
Somebody already guessed the use for that fancy handle! The water tanks were hung on the wall and a pull chain with a decorative handle would be an amazing luxury because most people still used out hoses even into the 1950's! Cool find hang on to all the ones u found! Of course the Bell is always my favorite!!
Hi Brad, I lived across the lake from you for 25 years. ( Stationed at Plattsburgh AFB) I now luve back where i grew up in Pa, about 10 miles from Conestoga PA. Great video as always, been enjoying them for a couple years now.
Another nice adventure! I also wanted to say that I like the signal slider that you have added. I know it takes extra effort, and I think it really helps add to the experience. Thank you 😊
That's what I was thinking. Like a poor man's quick fix gasket. Looks like it was cut by hand too. We make them at work all the time. Just a quick temporary fix
Love the show! Couple of thoughts on the brass handle. Could be for a chimney flue, or maybe a handle for a wood stove door or to remove the cooking plates from the top of the stove
Brad I love the continued upgrades in production that you offer. Original soundtrack, enhanced recognition of what your signal is, through the numeric signal range and the emphasis graphic (like pig pen but swinging metal detecting) Thank you for your adventure story telling each week.
Great video Brad. I love how you always show the scenery along with letting us metal detect right along with you. It is so hot & muggy here in Texas it is hard to get out and go hunting. Awesome Conestoga bells.
Solid day of digging awesome relics! We love days like that. We actually found 5 conestoga bells before we found our first crotal bell, so it is the complete opposite for us. Great video and digs Brad!
The item at time marker 14:10 could be a catch for a slide lock bolt ! I still use a few slide lock bolts in my house which part of was built in 1890 here in Kansas !
Brad. Thank you as always from another wonderful adventure in vermont mountains . I love the music. Love the sliding scale showing type of metal. The bells are so neat
hi brad. that 'handle' doodad may be the end of a fireplace tool (poker, shovel, etc) -- the "business end" is often wrought iron, and the handles in brass (sometimes plated) ...
Brad, I have 2 of those buckles like the first thing you found. They do not have that post on the back. But one of mine had a patient date on the back of Dec 16, 1879. But I didn't see that date until it had dried out for a few weeks. It was sitting in my junk pile. I just happened to see it in the sun. You had some good finds. Maybe the thin copper was like a gasket and was pressed in between two other pieces. I doubt it, but that's where my brain went. Lol
Very cool finds! I have found a good many crotal bells, some even in good shape with the clapper intact. I have never found a conestoga bell however. Thanks for bringing us along!!
A lot of early kitchen utensils came with wooden handles , but some of the more robust ones had metal handles.Egg wisks , meat skewers are some that might be found.
Brad, I really enjoy your detecting videos because of the history you find. Many other videos show coins, jewerly or toys found in parks or on the beach. The only things I found of interest are a 1974 Eisenhower dollar that is 12 karat gold plated and a steel concave shield (worn around neck) with a Templar cross on one side and a verse from Joshua engraved on the other side. Was told by a lapidary shop that this shield was buried about 25 years ago.
Hello Brad. The digs were very cool. Sombody said maybe the handle was from a parasol. Interesting, but it looks like it may be. Happy swingin n diggin Brad. Always enjoy your ideos. 👍😘
Perhaps the handle is from a fireplace tool set??? I really enjoy watching your adventures. Began during pandemic and continue to enjoy watching. Thank you!
Decorative handle...could be a fancy buggy's (Dr.'s, or Funeral buggy, possibly delivery from town??) brake handle? The handle for the pull on a overhead toilet tank (can't imagine a decorative one out there, tho? Maybe...)
The oval copper shape is the reflector from an early 1800's oil lamp that was for whale oil, and as hale oil went out of fashion soon after these were made there weren't a lot of them. The reflector was made to pull out so it could be cleaned and polished.
8:00 Agreed Cane Handle, and the square shank _may_ have been the termination of a sword stick. The blades are fine and carbon steel and would have rusted away.. 13:40, a gasket?
Brad, I think this might be a handle of a honing rod, to clean up a burr before cutting meat or actually making a fine edge. It would make sense that it is ornate since they often came as a set with a knife & fork for cutting meat.... Peter
Brad the heavy tubular item you found looks like a Bolster handle. This was the handle for fine dining cutlery like a carving knife a serving fork, etc...Popular in the victorian era.
I recognize that unidentified metal handled tool end. My grandfather had the exact tool. It was an interchangeable screwdriver/chisel/ ice pick. He had a bag full of tools that fit into this handle. It had a screw on the end to secure it. I wish I still had it. He told me that his dad had it and gave it to him just before he passed away.
Other than tipping the wagon, the wheel spokes often broke or where the wheels connected to the axles broke as well, which would jar the wagon. That could also cause whatever was holding the bells to break.
Victorian flush handle is the brass handle seen loads in old uk homes that had flushing outside wc. Sometimes a chain was attacked for children and itrs a very common... and a saying in England for flushing a toilet is pulled the chain!
The brass object - being quite heavy may have been a curtain weight they were often silver plated with ornate designs used to stop the curtain flapping in a draft or breeze so the curtain didnt catch fire by blowing across a lamp or candle
My thought as well thought it could also be off a coffee grinder. My great grandmother had one asked why the handle came out was told to keep the burrs sharp by using it for nothing else
The piece of copper looks like flashing to put around an oblong pipe before taring a roof. Bells also warned people about runaway wagons/horses. It happened often and was dangerous. My grandfather saw a boy killed by runaway horse team and sleigh in early 1900's Massachusetts.
Thanks Brad, I'm thinking that brass may have been used as a stiffener, maybe sandwiched between cloth or leather for a pouch or or in a saddle. I have found thin brass like that with remnants of leather riveted to it. Still have no idea what it might have been.
Brad, you have the ability to make the viewer feel as though he is there with you the way you look into and talk to the camera. That can’t be easy sitting there in the woods alone talking out loud to the camera while black flies, mosquitoes, and deer flies buzz around your head. Great job as always.
Been meaning to tell you, Brad, how much I appreciate the bar with the metal reading that you show to us. Wonderful dig today.
I enjoy your newly added target meter, which adds more info for the audience to guess what you may have found!!
That fancy brass handle is from a flushing toilet cistern, 100% have found examples online but can't attach any photos
I was thinking the same thing. Elevated cistern tank.
@@fixinanddoinstuff2134 fancy engraving suggests Victorian 👍
agreed!
Seems reasonable. The hole is probably to attach a chain to make it easier to reach.
That could be! I was thinking a faucet handle too.
I have so enjoyed your adventures, one as a former metal detectorist and secondly as a casual photographer. Your personality is so engaging it gives me the feeling we have been long term friends. Your videos are so different from other metal detector channels as I truly fall in love with your "B" roll and your background music. Keep creating your outstanding content and making this 83 year Texan come back every Friday to see my only Yankee friend.
Brad, I am 66 and used to detect in the 80s mostly. It's a great hobby for sure. Your first gold find is the best. God bless you Brother. Missouri
The buckle @ 4:15 is a Conway buckle. Still made and used today in horse tack.
Fun fact of the day: Conestoga wagons were made by the Studebaker company, and they reintroduced the name for one of their cars in the 1950’s.
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My mom used to call them a studybaker. Lol.
Could it be a handle from a brake arm from a carriage
When I was in junior high school it was a fad to put heel plates on our shoes so we could make noise when walking in the hallway. Some teachers hated them and tried to get them banned. But we argued that they were to prevent our shoes from getting worn out prematurely. Very rarely someone would have toe taps as well.
Is that fancy handle you found from a parasol ? You did find a slide just before. !!
my guess too!
Sounds good to me.
This was our guess as well!!
That is also what I think. I went to comment this as well. I don't think it is far from possible when you look at antique parasols online. Seems as good of an explanation as any...
Hi Brad I really enjoyed the video ! I for the last 10 years have lived in NW France and I find almost everything you find over here ! Lots of things I find I have no clue ! Thanks again from Kevin in France and Florida
I often wonder if a lot of the artifacts detected in the Northern states were lost during the snowier times of the year. I grew up in the Putnam valley of New York and could imagine that dropping a button, coin, bell or harmonica off the horse back in a foot or two of snow would make it nearly impossible to retrieve. I remember my dad finding the hammer I lost in the snow with the lawnmower one springtime 😬. Love the artistry of your videos, from your music to the videography. Keep up the beautiful work, thanks 👍🏽
When you found that toe tap, I knew right away what it was. My grandfather would put those on the heel of my shoes when I was a young boy. Love your video's ....Pete
Somebody already guessed the use for that fancy handle! The water tanks were hung on the wall and a pull chain with a decorative handle would be an amazing luxury because most people still used out hoses even into the 1950's! Cool find hang on to all the ones u found! Of course the Bell is always my favorite!!
Hi Brad, I lived across the lake from you for 25 years. ( Stationed at Plattsburgh AFB) I now luve back where i grew up in Pa, about 10 miles from Conestoga PA. Great video as always, been enjoying them for a couple years now.
Another nice adventure! I also wanted to say that I like the signal slider that you have added. I know it takes extra effort, and I think it really helps add to the experience. Thank you 😊
That brass handle you found could be the handle to a hand crank meat grinder. Also a coffee grinder. Love the channel Jeff Wilson North Carolina.
The mystery handle looks like a plumbing fixture handle. Toilet, spigot, etc. Cheers! 😎👍🚽🚿🛁
Brads uploads are some of the best things on TH-cam metal detecting genre 👍🧐... Thanks for the excellent and fun hunting videos....
THANK YOU BRAD 👍🙏>>>💚
What a FUN bunch of goodies! Hope you have time to get those bells to ringing!
Thanks again for your videos. I look forward to them each week. BE BLESSED!!!
Watched forever. Never change that happy song. I love it!
The bells are great finds!
That flat piece of copper reminds me of a gasket, maybe between two moving parts .
That's what I was thinking. Like a poor man's quick fix gasket. Looks like it was cut by hand too. We make them at work all the time. Just a quick temporary fix
Great finds Brad, those bells are awesome!!!
Thanks again for sharing your videos! Cool finds today! Keep on digging, and I'll catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
Love the show! Couple of thoughts on the brass handle. Could be for a chimney flue, or maybe a handle for a wood stove door or to remove the cooking plates from the top of the stove
Brad I love the continued upgrades in production that you offer. Original soundtrack, enhanced recognition of what your signal is, through the numeric signal range and the emphasis graphic (like pig pen but swinging metal detecting) Thank you for your adventure story telling each week.
Great finds Brad!!! Thank you for getting out there for us!
Another great video. It’s the weird and wonderful and sometimes AMAZING finds that keep us coming back and get us addicted to metal detecting!! 😊
Double Bell day! That is cool. Keep searching for that New England Shilling ! That would be life changing! Great video!
Great video Brad. I love how you always show the scenery along with letting us metal detect right along with you. It is so hot & muggy here in Texas it is hard to get out and go hunting. Awesome Conestoga bells.
Awesome hunt thank you so very much for sharing hope you have a wonderful weekend 👍👍❤️
Solid day of digging awesome relics! We love days like that. We actually found 5 conestoga bells before we found our first crotal bell, so it is the complete opposite for us. Great video and digs Brad!
The item at time marker 14:10 could be a catch for a slide lock bolt ! I still use a few slide lock bolts in my house which part of was built in 1890 here in Kansas !
Brad. Thank you as always from another wonderful adventure in vermont mountains . I love the music. Love the sliding scale showing type of metal. The bells are so neat
LOVE THE VIDIOS. ALWAYS LIKE TO METAL DETECT BUT THE HISTORY LESSON THAT GOES WITH IT IS WHAT REALLY MAKES IT GREAT. 😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you Brad for the adventure , seeing some beautiful scenery and nice finds especially the 2 bells !
Great Hunt Brad. Love the two Bells and the Ornate Button. Congrats on all your finds. Take Care Brad
The buckle is a Conway buckle. Used on straps and tack.
Great finds Brad love your videos can't wait for the next one stay safe out there and lots of love from West Virginia ❤️🙂
The rectangle of copper(?)/brass may be the flashing from a cooks wagon mini stove. 13:20
That fancy object reminds me of a Grandfather Clock weight.
decorative fire iron handle???
Thanks for another wonderful video!! Cheers from Maine!
Brad, i wonder if the handle could be the side handle to a hand mixer/wisk? The kind used to beat eggs iin a bowl. Love your videos.
I love those bells I think they hold so much History
Great video Brad, I agree the numbers at the top are nice. Great day detecting.
That circle/oval item at 18-19 minutes: That's the original Utube button for excellent videos!
Thanks Brad another excellent show
hi brad. that 'handle' doodad may be the end of a fireplace tool (poker, shovel, etc) -- the "business end" is often wrought iron, and the handles in brass (sometimes plated) ...
That handle is for a glenwood or similar type wood burning kitchen stove. Helps shift the cooktops around.
Brad, I have 2 of those buckles like the first thing you found. They do not have that post on the back. But one of mine had a patient date on the back of Dec 16, 1879. But I didn't see that date until it had dried out for a few weeks. It was sitting in my junk pile. I just happened to see it in the sun. You had some good finds. Maybe the thin copper was like a gasket and was pressed in between two other pieces. I doubt it, but that's where my brain went. Lol
Another great video. Thank you for a good start to the day
The item at time stamp 8:23 looks like it could accept a 1/2" socket. The hole in the handle could be used to insert a T-handle for leverage.
Very cool finds! I have found a good many crotal bells, some even in good shape with the clapper intact. I have never found a conestoga bell however. Thanks for bringing us along!!
A lot of early kitchen utensils came with wooden handles , but some of the more robust ones had metal handles.Egg wisks , meat skewers are some that might be found.
Love the fun starburst graphic.
Brad, I really enjoy your detecting videos because of the history you find. Many other videos show coins, jewerly or toys found in parks or on the beach. The only things I found of interest are a 1974 Eisenhower dollar that is 12 karat gold plated and a steel concave shield (worn around neck) with a Templar cross on one side and a verse from Joshua engraved on the other side. Was told by a lapidary shop that this shield was buried about 25 years ago.
Привет Брэд. Спасибо за обзор и небольшие истории про находки!
Good hunt. Awesome finds. Thanks, LL
The Conestoga Bells we're on the horses harness not the wagon itself.
Your videos are always just beautiful!
Hello Brad. The digs were very cool. Sombody said maybe the handle was from a parasol. Interesting, but it looks like it may be. Happy swingin n diggin Brad. Always enjoy your ideos. 👍😘
Perhaps the handle is from a fireplace tool set??? I really enjoy watching your adventures. Began during pandemic and continue to enjoy watching. Thank you!
Decorative handle...could be a fancy buggy's (Dr.'s, or Funeral buggy, possibly delivery from town??) brake handle? The handle for the pull on a overhead toilet tank (can't imagine a decorative one out there, tho? Maybe...)
The oval copper shape is the reflector from an early 1800's oil lamp that was for whale oil, and as hale oil went out of fashion soon after these were made there weren't a lot of them. The reflector was made to pull out so it could be cleaned and polished.
♡ thumbnail! Double, yep!
How many Conastoga bells have you found?A real joy still to watch your videos 👍👌‼️
I had a Vermont Castings woodstove that had a wooden handle with a square metal end to open the doors.
8:00 Agreed Cane Handle, and the square shank _may_ have been the termination of a sword stick. The blades are fine and carbon steel and would have rusted away.. 13:40, a gasket?
Brad, I think this might be a handle of a honing rod, to clean up a burr before cutting meat or actually making a fine edge. It would make sense that it is ornate since they often came as a set with a knife & fork for cutting meat.... Peter
Brad the heavy tubular item you found looks like a Bolster handle. This was the handle for fine dining cutlery like a carving knife a serving fork, etc...Popular in the victorian era.
I recognize that unidentified metal handled tool end. My grandfather had the exact tool. It was an interchangeable screwdriver/chisel/ ice pick. He had a bag full of tools that fit into this handle. It had a screw on the end to secure it. I wish I still had it. He told me that his dad had it and gave it to him just before he passed away.
Thank you
Let’s go let’s go treasure and adventure ✌️🇺🇸👵🌎🌺❤️🎉
Excellent video. Good hunt. 👍
Great finds! Thanks for sharing.
Love the conastoga bells. Just got one a couple weeks back.
Good video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Brad❤
Cool finds
Nice bells! 👍
Other than tipping the wagon, the wheel spokes often broke or where the wheels connected to the axles broke as well, which would jar the wagon. That could also cause whatever was holding the bells to break.
Ha Brother
Maybe it's a wood stove door handle
Love your videos I am subscribed keep up the great work and thank you very much
Jeff Carder
We called the shoe toe protector-a cleet
I’ve pulled one of those brass handles in an ancient cistern in early Canadian history….Toronto
Victorian flush handle is the brass handle seen loads in old uk homes that had flushing outside wc. Sometimes a chain was attacked for children and itrs a very common... and a saying in England for flushing a toilet is pulled the chain!
I am a brand new subscriber and am loving your videos!
Cool stuff. Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing!!!
The brass object - being quite heavy may have been a curtain weight they were often silver plated with ornate designs used to stop the curtain flapping in a draft or breeze so the curtain didnt catch fire by blowing across a lamp or candle
Those toe taps are known as Blakeys here in the UK, from the name of the main manufacturer.
Maybe the letter O for Olivia or Oscar, just guessing. Love your videos, see you next Friday.
Some nice finds. Fun
love your style, love the videos.. I think that item you are confused about may be a clock weight.. maybe. Thanks
Crank handle for cider press or grinder
My thought as well thought it could also be off a coffee grinder. My great grandmother had one asked why the handle came out was told to keep the burrs sharp by using it for nothing else
Great finds!
The piece of copper looks like flashing to put around an oblong pipe before taring a roof. Bells also warned people about runaway wagons/horses. It happened often and was dangerous. My grandfather saw a boy killed by runaway horse team and sleigh in early 1900's Massachusetts.
My guess for the long round brass piece is that it's an ornate barrel tap handle for wine or whiskey.
7:03 Could it be handle used in connection with a wagon or horse cart brake?
The handle to a coffee grinder, or fancy handle to parlor stove.
Thanks Brad, I'm thinking that brass may have been used as a stiffener, maybe sandwiched between cloth or leather for a pouch or or in a saddle. I have found thin brass like that with remnants of leather riveted to it. Still have no idea what it might have been.