FYI: The audio cuts out at 13:34 for a minute because the music I used was ad supported by the creator (meaning the creator of the music received all the ad revenue for my video) So I removed the audio for about a minute. There was a mix-up with the background music. I though it was copyright free, but turns out it was royalty free. (Meaning you still have to buy a one time use license) I just let it go, because it was a great addition to the commentary, so the music creator probably made a few hundred dollars off the video over the last 500 days or so. But then the videos views rapidly started to spike, so naturally I tried to purchase a once time license for the music. But since I published the video, the copyright to the music appears to have been sold, and I was unable to purchase the license from the original owner to keep the music in my video. So in stead of paying about $20 for a license, I had to cut the audio, so the new owner of the music didn't receive ALL my future ad revenue. I hated to do this. But TH-cam is crazy sometimes. =/ The system is flawed, one minute of music that I can't get the license for, and they would have received ALL the revenue from this nearly hour long video that took me days to make. So the only other option was to cut the audio and mess up the video.
JD, you have the nicest energy. It's a pleasure to listen to your enthusiasm and how you retell how you obtain permission to detect these various properties, etc.
I was relic hunting in Arizona years ago near an old miners barracks; sitting on a boulder in the valley below, I found an intact ink bottle that reminds me of your Noxema bottle. Every time I see it, I think of a miner writing his wife about 90 years ago, running out of ink and chucking the empty bottle down the hill. Gives me chills :). Great finds, thanks for sharing!
The lead item you found @ 10:00, is actually lead with a steel end upon which the letter “F” has been ground out. It is one of a typeset set. It is by using these that books and newspapers were printed. To print each page, each of these individual letters and symbols would be arranged, side by side, above and below each other, until a page of them are ready to print. The typeset page is inked, a paper is pressed onto it, ink & repeat.
JD absolutely fascinating! I am 75 yrs old JD, my mom used to use NOX CEMA. And that is how it is pronounced. I double checked to make sure we did not say it differently in Ohio where I grew up. There is a you tube how to pronounce it too if you are interested. THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING VIDEO ~ THANK JD! Wish you were my grandson!
Thanks Jason. This yard actually reminded me of the type of hunts you do. A large variety of items around the older homesites. Especially since you don't just try to cherry pick the coins like a lot of people. These days I frequently get more excited about the old trash dumps than finding wheaties and silver dimes. lol. When you can find a bit of everything it's even better yet!
The watch fob might be very valuable if you don't sell on eBay you should start I can sell them for you and split 50/50!!! It's so easy it's just time consuming
Back in the mid '80s when I bought my first Garrett detector, I found a 1907 dog tag still on its chain collar. It was in the shape of a keystone (I was in PA at the time) and there was another tag in the shape of a heart. I found them in the front yard of a house that was built in the 1850s..
Lead blocks were used to make bullets during the Civil War. The lead squares were going to be used at the soldier encampments to make their own bullets. I am crazy about Civil War history and memorabilia! So happy to see that button! Amazing!
You said it correctly Koe-tee, for Coty. I have used their powder for over thirty years. Once, my dad happened to be next to me when I was applying my powder and when he saw the round powder container he said "my mom used that powder when I was little". The loose powder has a distinct design on the box. The compact you found would be for something pressed and looks to be from the 1930's -1940's because of the art deco design. This was a fun video.
I wish these videos would have been available while my mom was still alive. She would have loved them and she could have told you a lot of these things were. They ran a antique/second hand store for many years. She was born in 1918 so she would have maybe even used a lot of the items you find. And I used to luse Noxema back in my teen years. I saw the video and the smell came to the surface from way back when.
JD's Variety Channel awesome find the old coins the old jar the old dog tags all the stuff is soo interesting and unique.Thanks for the nice video be blessed with loving care and grace.
You folks in the eastern and southern US are so lucky to be able to use such a hobby to find parts of history. On the west coast you could metal detect for 20 years and not find anything older than 1880, and certainly not coins as trading was the thing until the early 1900s.
As people in the channel have already said here commented, I would also rate the lead things as letters /patterns. Otherwise we have a slightly different definition of old ;) So our archaeologist doesn't want to see any coins before 1840... the oldest silver coin was from 1316-1322 Gros Tournois, otherwise some finds from the early Bronze Age, about 3,500 years old.
I'm 75. Grew up on a farm in Oregon. 6 kids. Went through a lot of Noxema every summer. Strong minty smell. And some kind of odd smell I now know was eucalyptus. Sunburns mostly. Rashes, poison ivy, bug bites etc. Very soothing. Mom and older sister washed their faces sometimes. How funny you didn't even recognize the name! Came in a blue jar. Much bigger of course. That little jar wouldn't have lasted us one weekend at the beach! 😄
Nice video JD, thanks for sharing you came across some really good stuff!! That jar is a really nice piece and I like the color and the size. I like to see those old compac's and all your relics, coins are awesome! You are very lucky to have access, hope you go back soon!!
I believe the rectangular piece of lead was used by soldiers in the field to melt down and form musket balls etc.. The lead handle shaped object appears to be off of an old water faucet.
I found the exact same Deere compact this past summer. Mine had 2 pieces of funny papers comics cut circular as shims behind the glass mirror in pristine condition. Great hunt and permission...love it.
COTY - very popular inexpencive makeup brand. The reason you might often find cosmetic compacts etc is that when they are almost empty they give them to their little girls to play dress-up with. They carry them in their play purses, taking them outside to play on the lawn. How sweet.
I too enjoyed this video as I like historical things. Good job with the finds and replacing the digs as you went along. I wish I could have done something like you did on our family’s property located in an area of a good bit of Revolutionary War activity by both sides in northern New Jersey. You seemed like you had a good time on this search. Keep it up!👍🏾
Metal lead slag piece used for making bullets, it's Civil War era. The soldiers did not throw away the leftover slag. They kept it for making bullets for a later time.
I have a suggestion as to why you are finding more near the trees, it's where people sit, instead of sitting out in the middle of the grass they sit under a tree. That Letterpress Primary Leading looks like it's the size for the table top letter press, not a large mechanical one, good for making business cards one at a time, or a wedding invite. Good finds.
When you ask permission do you also get the owner to agree to let you keep everything you find? What if you find something very valuable? How does that work?
very good point if you find something like the man did and England ( largest gold find a Ever )he was required to split it fifty-fifty with the landowner.... however, he did agree to do that before they ever searched ....but I think in England it's the law. I would write up some kind of simple contract really simple with friendly wording
@@Jans-critiques47 I read once that a guy find a catch of Roman coins sealed in a container under a side walk, but didn't ask permission to hunt there, so he had to give it up. Its been awhile since I read that, so the details may be off, but I guess that the lesson is to always ask permission.
@ 18:10 it's "DIRECT TO CONSUMER, QUICK SERVICE, H. CLARK & SONS, INCORPORATED RICHMOND VA, THE SOUTHS GREATEST, MAIL ORDER, WINE & WHISKEY, MERCHANTS". The "H" is for Henry.
Typeset is what they are called. They come in a tray and were used to make news papers, printed type etc. not all that long ago. To be civil war musket balls they must conform to a caliber shot that was use in one of those guns. This guy is a bit novice. He didn't even check maps to find out land use in the past.
18:00 I'm sure you've done all this research, but here's what I found anyway: H. Clarke & Sons was a whiskey manufacturer in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Due to prohibitionist pushes in North Carolina, they moved to Richmond in 1909, where they operated until Virginia went dry in 1916. They were mail-order service, which regularly delivered "To the border" (probably into N.C.) to serve their old customers after they left. That means this advertising piece would have been between 1909 and 1916. The full text on the back reads: Direct to Consumer Quick Service H. Clarke & Sons Incorporated Richmond, VA The South's Greatest Mail Order Wine & Whiskey Merchants Here's a neat article about them: pre-prowhiskeymen.blogspot.com/2011/08/henry-clarke-and-hounds-of-prohibition.html
I collect bottles and jars and have done so for nearly 50 years. Your blue jar is a Noxzema jar and held cold cream. It dates to about the 1920's so is roughly 100 years old give or take. I remember my grandmother had an old one from the 1950's (I was around 5 when I saw it in 1965) that she still kept cold cream in it as she didn't use it much. She gave it to me when it was empty. I still have it with label and lid.
JD - V.M.I. still exists, and trains future offices for the U.S.armed forces. A great place to go to visit! V.M.I. is not only where Stonewall Jackson taught but also the school where his fellow teacher and friend, John McCausland (Gen. "Tiger John" McCausland) also taught. McCausland was also a (West) Virginian. I am related to Jackson and I had relatives who served under McCausland when he took over Gen. Albert G. Jenkins Brigade of Virginia Cavalry after Jenkins was wounded at the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Virginia in 1864. My book, Campaigning with the 17th Virginia Cavalry gives several firsthand accounts of Gen. "Black Dave" Hunter burning V.M.I. - Glad you found the button and I hope that you give it a very special place of honor in your Civil War collection! H.H. & Merry Christmas!
Just curious which town this dig took place in? I'm from Frederick Md about 3 hours from Ocean City Md. I now live near Gettysburg PA. Both cities are very historic. Thanks for doing what you do.
I collect phones. That bell shaped item you found is 1 of 2 bells mounted next to eachother in a phone. The little lead item is the striker that would strike back and fourth against the 2 bells.
The lever looks like a muzzleloader rifle reloading lynch. They were attached to the muzzleloaders. Question: do you have to ask the owners if you can keep your findings?
@@XJonAye It's actually a piece of lead type that would be hand set into a form that would be locked up and put into a letterpress. You can see the character on the top and there was a groove on the side to tell the typesetter that each piece was facing the right direction. I used to do it. Very cool find.
Only just found your brilliant Vids JD and so glad I have....Could you do a video of how you clean your finds up please....Happy New Year and stay safe from this side of the pond........
JD enjoy videos you do a great job and take time to explain things that you are doing with good historical facts. Keep up the great job so an old man can enjoy you
Where you found the bottle was probably where the old rubbish pit was for the property. Those are fun and can have goodies going down as much as 8 feet!
The square type things you found are some of the oldest curtain weights, I believe to be from the 40's to 50' I've found same type and was told by an older fella that's what they are.
I believe you are wrong. The blocks are printers blocks. If you look at the one end of them they have letters or some type of symbols. Not weights for curtains.
I looked it up and It said: Established 1884 H C & S Quality Tone Individuality Direct to Consumer Quick Service H. Clarke & Sons Incorporated Richmond, VA The South's Greatest Wine and Whiskey Merchants
the lead rectangle pieces are for newspaper printing! I think they're called " printer's blocks " each one of them would be a letter or a number or a symbol or I pointed finger.... The letter or number would be on the long end of the square they were stored and drawers a lot of people like to hang on their walls printers box drawers
That's what they were. I operated old Kluge and Heidelberg presses and I recognized them on the very first one that he found. If there was a school there they might of had a small press to print a school news paper or forms or letterhead & envelopes
My mother used noxema as a makeup remover. That piece of lead triangle looks like a letter insert for an old printer. Always double check your digs. Great video.
we live on our family owned land....back to my great great grandpa 200 years +. the home stead was close to the river, but the old well and hand pump is still there, I want to start metal detecting, what would you recommend as a starter?
Coty is the name of the compact company. They made all sorts of body powder, face powder, etc. In Baltimore, MD we actually still or I should say now have a Copy Company here. They are where the Nozema company used to be. Nice finds!
Ohh that tree looks like they are in England UK and some are like 500 years old :)That is so cool you dug a threppenny bit has we call them and a ship half penny it took me 2 years to find one here and it is on my shovel as my favourite. Plus we find USA coins from the same era. Sweet silver and too many good finds to mention great metal detecting video :) Merry Christmas and best wishes
Those "lead blocks" as you called them look to be be some type printing blocks (very old) generally made of lead, tin and antimony. Use to print flyers or newspapers, etc.
My mother used to put Noxema on sunburns when we were kids, I think the brass cupped object might be from a door bell, there would have been a thumb turning knob that would ding in the bell when twisted.
Your videos are awesome, you give solid information about what you find on your digs and seem down to earth!! Looked up metal detecting for some time because it’s a hobby of mine as well. I live here in Florida so I cannot wait to hit the beaches haven’t made it there yet but I’m super anxious and excited to see what I find on what we call the “treasure coast”... Great finds this video for sure👌
FYI: The audio cuts out at 13:34 for a minute because the music I used was ad supported by the creator (meaning the creator of the music received all the ad revenue for my video) So I removed the audio for about a minute. There was a mix-up with the background music. I though it was copyright free, but turns out it was royalty free. (Meaning you still have to buy a one time use license) I just let it go, because it was a great addition to the commentary, so the music creator probably made a few hundred dollars off the video over the last 500 days or so. But then the videos views rapidly started to spike, so naturally I tried to purchase a once time license for the music. But since I published the video, the copyright to the music appears to have been sold, and I was unable to purchase the license from the original owner to keep the music in my video. So in stead of paying about $20 for a license, I had to cut the audio, so the new owner of the music didn't receive ALL my future ad revenue. I hated to do this. But TH-cam is crazy sometimes. =/ The system is flawed, one minute of music that I can't get the license for, and they would have received ALL the revenue from this nearly hour long video that took me days to make. So the only other option was to cut the audio and mess up the video.
JD's Variety Channel that is just a ridiculous amount of rules you have to go by to just protect your work
In fairness the music people have rights too.
Thruppence...not three pence.
Yeah music rights are a real B
So many videos are ruined by background music. You don't need it.
JD's Variety and Channel K.
JD, you have the nicest energy. It's a pleasure to listen to your enthusiasm and how you retell how you obtain permission to detect these various properties, etc.
What a fun, knowledgeable young guy.
I was relic hunting in Arizona years ago near an old miners barracks; sitting on a boulder in the valley below, I found an intact ink bottle that reminds me of your Noxema bottle. Every time I see it, I think of a miner writing his wife about 90 years ago, running out of ink and chucking the empty bottle down the hill. Gives me chills :). Great finds, thanks for sharing!
This was so much fun. I couldn’t turn away. I love history and the things you find in the ground to me are amazing! Thanks for taking us!
The lead item you found @ 10:00, is actually lead with a steel end upon which the letter “F” has been ground out. It is one of a typeset set. It is by using these that books and newspapers were printed. To print each page, each of these individual letters and symbols would be arranged, side by side, above and below each other, until a page of them are ready to print. The typeset page is inked, a paper is pressed onto it, ink & repeat.
Look carefully on the ends of the lead blocks, they could be printer's type.
Aye it is printer's typesetting. Im sure
I conquer. Looks like lead type from an old school printing press. The notches on the side is the first clue.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
That's why they call it "Leading".
That's what I thought too
JD absolutely fascinating! I am 75 yrs old JD, my mom used to use NOX CEMA. And that is how it is pronounced. I double checked to make sure we did not say it differently in Ohio where I grew up. There is a you tube how to pronounce it too if you are interested. THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING VIDEO ~ THANK JD! Wish you were my grandson!
That tree is at least 200 years old. That's a great area with lots of history. Good going.
Great yard there JD. I love the yards that give up a variety of stuff like that. The watch fob might be my favorite.
Thanks Jason. This yard actually reminded me of the type of hunts you do. A large variety of items around the older homesites. Especially since you don't just try to cherry pick the coins like a lot of people. These days I frequently get more excited about the old trash dumps than finding wheaties and silver dimes. lol. When you can find a bit of everything it's even better yet!
You guy's are both awesome! I actually found Quarter Hoarder from watching you JD lol. Keep up the great work guy's!
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The watch fob might be very valuable if you don't sell on eBay you should start I can sell them for you and split 50/50!!! It's so easy it's just time consuming
I meant if you don't want it, sell it on eBay
That tree was absolutely beautiful. I love watching your videos. So many great finds and that button was an awesome find.
You should make a video on what your process is to cleaning the stuff you find!!!
Tyler Edwards just google it . There’s many ways of cleaning. To stuff you can buy . Diluted ammonia etc
I think it would be exciting to have a video when you clean them, because we could share in your excitement of Discovering what they really are.
Back in the mid '80s when I bought my first Garrett detector, I found a 1907 dog tag still on its chain collar. It was in the shape of a keystone (I was in PA at the time) and there was another tag in the shape of a heart. I found them in the front yard of a house that was built in the 1850s..
Did you find bones too?
I think I saw that video
@@StackingTrucker Oh wow... I didn't even think of THAT! He didn't say how far he dug down for it though.
@@char524 - yep, that's exactly what it was.
Lead blocks were used to make bullets during the Civil War. The lead squares were going to be used at the soldier encampments to make their own bullets.
I am crazy about Civil War history and memorabilia! So happy to see that button! Amazing!
I love your enthusiasm of the coins and relics, and your knowledge.
You have pieces of lead (tin & antimony) printing press type.
You said it correctly Koe-tee, for Coty. I have used their powder for over thirty years. Once, my dad happened to be next to me when I was applying my powder and when he saw the round powder container he said "my mom used that powder when I was little". The loose powder has a distinct design on the box. The compact you found would be for something pressed and looks to be from the 1930's -1940's because of the art deco design. This was a fun video.
You're correct J.D., curtain weights are larger than hem weights. Congrats on the cool finds!
I wish these videos would have been available while my mom was still alive. She would have loved them and she could have told you a lot of these things were. They ran a antique/second hand store for many years. She was born in 1918 so she would have maybe even used a lot of the items you find. And I used to luse Noxema back in my teen years. I saw the video and the smell came to the surface from way back when.
JD's Variety Channel awesome find the old coins the old jar the old dog tags all the stuff is soo interesting and unique.Thanks for the nice video be blessed with loving care and grace.
You folks in the eastern and southern US are so lucky to be able to use such a hobby to find parts of history. On the west coast you could metal detect for 20 years and not find anything older than 1880, and certainly not coins as trading was the thing until the early 1900s.
As people in the channel have already said here commented, I would also rate the lead things as letters /patterns.
Otherwise we have a slightly different definition of old ;)
So our archaeologist doesn't want to see any coins before 1840... the oldest silver coin was from 1316-1322 Gros Tournois, otherwise some finds from the early Bronze Age, about 3,500 years old.
JD your detecting was marvelous! I loved this video. You are a delight and very much the best metal detector I've watched. Thank you so so much! ⭐👍👍👍✌
Thanks Lynn! Took a long time to put this video together. I'm going to try and do more like it in 2019. :)
INSTANT thumbs up!! On with the vid...
T2 remains a great all-purpose machine! Glad to see it in action yet again...back to the show...
I'm 75. Grew up on a farm in Oregon. 6 kids. Went through a lot of Noxema every summer. Strong minty smell. And some kind of odd smell I now know was eucalyptus. Sunburns mostly. Rashes, poison ivy, bug bites etc. Very soothing. Mom and older sister washed their faces sometimes. How funny you didn't even recognize the name! Came in a blue jar. Much bigger of course. That little jar wouldn't have lasted us one weekend at the beach! 😄
when you have something that is hard to read as on the watch fob, do a paper rubbing of it as it could bring out some of the details on it!.
Nice video JD, thanks for sharing you came across some really good stuff!! That jar is a really nice piece and I like the color and the size. I like to see those old compac's and all your relics, coins are awesome! You are very lucky to have access, hope you go back soon!!
I believe the rectangular piece of lead was used by soldiers in the field to melt down and form musket balls etc.. The lead handle shaped object appears to be off of an old water faucet.
Men! Knew immediately what that was. A Coty powder compact from the 1920's.
I knew that, too... I have a mom! Lol
My grandmother still had hers until she passed in '92
Great video! Thanks.
That huge tree was awesome! Oh and the tree is so big don't forget half the huge trunk and its roots are growing on top of anything in ground.
Really nice finds. Thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us.
i used to get a threepenny bit as pocket money every week from my grandmother .I was born in 1946. I live in the UK
When I was a small child I can remember we used them for the gas meter.
@@2Tricky I dont remember that at all we used the old pennies or later we used the shilling.
I found the exact same Deere compact this past summer. Mine had 2 pieces of funny papers comics cut circular as shims behind the glass mirror in pristine condition. Great hunt and permission...love it.
54:55 That is a piece of horse tack used to hold a leather strap to the saddle, or cold be used to hold the strap of a spur around a man's boot.
COTY - very popular inexpencive makeup brand. The reason you might often find cosmetic compacts etc is that when they are almost empty they give them to their little girls to play dress-up with. They carry them in their play purses, taking them outside to play on the lawn. How sweet.
I too enjoyed this video as I like historical things. Good job with the finds and replacing the digs as you went along. I wish I could have done something like you did on our family’s property located in an area of a good bit of Revolutionary War activity by both sides in northern New Jersey. You seemed like you had a good time on this search. Keep it up!👍🏾
Metal lead slag piece used for making bullets, it's Civil War era. The soldiers did not throw away the leftover slag. They kept it for making bullets for a later time.
Fantastic video! I truly enjoy the longer ones with lots of interesting finds so this video sure filled the bill! Merry Christmas!
Older homes can have great potential.
Thanks for sharing your treasure hunt with us today.
Thanks John for sharing your year with us. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I have a suggestion as to why you are finding more near the trees, it's where people sit, instead of sitting out in the middle of the grass they sit under a tree.
That Letterpress Primary Leading looks like it's the size for the table top letter press, not a large mechanical one, good for making business cards one at a time, or a wedding invite.
Good finds.
When you ask permission do you also get the owner to agree to let you keep everything you find? What if you find something very valuable? How does that work?
That's why it's good to rent your search area for a few hours or days. Plus offer them 10% on anything of value over $50.00
very good point if you find something like the man did and England ( largest gold find a Ever )he was required to split it fifty-fifty with the landowner.... however, he did agree to do that before they ever searched ....but I think in England it's the law. I would write up some kind of simple contract really simple with friendly wording
@@Jans-critiques47 I read once that a guy find a catch of Roman coins sealed in a container under a side walk, but didn't ask permission to hunt there, so he had to give it up. Its been awhile since I read that, so the details may be off, but I guess that the lesson is to always ask permission.
@ 18:10 it's "DIRECT TO CONSUMER, QUICK SERVICE, H. CLARK & SONS, INCORPORATED RICHMOND VA, THE SOUTHS GREATEST, MAIL ORDER, WINE & WHISKEY, MERCHANTS". The "H" is for Henry.
2:16 that first signal looks like a very old letterpress letter, Or a not so old metal letter punch. Google Gutenberg letters punch
Yep I agree.
I was thinking of a press letter myself when i saw that!
We have an old building that use to be a print shop. I think you're right. Those look like pieces we find in the yard sometimes.
Typeset is what they are called. They come in a tray and were used to make news papers, printed type etc. not all that long ago. To be civil war musket balls they must conform to a caliber shot that was use in one of those guns. This guy is a bit novice. He didn't even check maps to find out land use in the past.
If it's made of lead it isn't a piece of typeset. They had to be a bit harder.
18:00
I'm sure you've done all this research, but here's what I found anyway:
H. Clarke & Sons was a whiskey manufacturer in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Due to prohibitionist pushes in North Carolina, they moved to Richmond in 1909, where they operated until Virginia went dry in 1916. They were mail-order service, which regularly delivered "To the border" (probably into N.C.) to serve their old customers after they left. That means this advertising piece would have been between 1909 and 1916. The full text on the back reads:
Direct to Consumer
Quick Service
H. Clarke & Sons
Incorporated
Richmond, VA
The South's Greatest
Mail Order
Wine & Whiskey
Merchants
Here's a neat article about them:
pre-prowhiskeymen.blogspot.com/2011/08/henry-clarke-and-hounds-of-prohibition.html
Great job with the research!
Someone may have already commented but that watch fob was a freebie usually handed out for free by the company to advertise! Very cool and collectible
I collect bottles and jars and have done so for nearly 50 years. Your blue jar is a Noxzema jar and held cold cream. It dates to about the 1920's so is roughly 100 years old give or take. I remember my grandmother had an old one from the 1950's (I was around 5 when I saw it in 1965) that she still kept cold cream in it as she didn't use it much. She gave it to me when it was empty. I still have it with label and lid.
JD - V.M.I. still exists, and trains future offices for the U.S.armed forces. A great place to go to visit! V.M.I. is not only where Stonewall Jackson taught but also the school where his fellow teacher and friend, John McCausland (Gen. "Tiger John" McCausland) also taught. McCausland was also a (West) Virginian. I am related to Jackson and I had relatives who served under McCausland when he took over Gen. Albert G. Jenkins Brigade of Virginia Cavalry after Jenkins was wounded at the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Virginia in 1864. My book, Campaigning with the 17th Virginia Cavalry gives several firsthand accounts of Gen. "Black Dave" Hunter burning V.M.I. - Glad you found the button and I hope that you give it a very special place of honor in your Civil War collection! H.H. & Merry Christmas!
Thanks for all the info Brian! Very interesting. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too. :)
Hey JD do you use electrolysis on any of your coins?
Great finds JD! Lots of different variety of old stuff. Happy digging in the future and have a Merry Christmas! ✌
Just curious which town this dig took place in? I'm from Frederick Md about 3 hours from Ocean City Md. I now live near Gettysburg PA. Both cities are very historic. Thanks for doing what you do.
do you thin the door knob could be marble stone polished?
Hey guys any advice for a newbie on what metal detector to start with. there are so many to pick from hard to know what to go with.
I collect phones. That bell shaped item you found is 1 of 2 bells mounted next to eachother in a phone. The little lead item is the striker that would strike back and fourth against the 2 bells.
The lever looks like a muzzleloader rifle reloading lynch. They were attached to the muzzleloaders.
Question: do you have to ask the owners if you can keep your findings?
Lead Rectangles look like old news paper type.
Yes it is!
Do you mean part of a printing press?
@@XJonAye It's actually a piece of lead type that would be hand set into a form that would be locked up and put into a letterpress. You can see the character on the top and there was a groove on the side to tell the typesetter that each piece was facing the right direction. I used to do it. Very cool find.
Linotype. I’m old enough to have used that at a job back in the 1950’s
I was thinking the same thing
Really Like how you show the clean off. 1st time viewer and subscriber
I so love your enthusiasm! Thanks for sharing your adventures1
Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
Love the haul!! Especially the compact from Coty and the one you showed the ad of. :-)
Only just found your brilliant Vids JD and so glad I have....Could you do a video of how you clean your finds up please....Happy New Year and stay safe from this side of the pond........
Nice finds!! At first i thought by the thumbnail picture, it was the home alone house. Lol
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At 12:40 That looks like it could be part of a mortar and pestle for crushing and grinding seeds, garlic and the like, though it may not be.
JD enjoy videos you do a great job and take time to explain things that you are doing with good historical facts. Keep up the great job so an old man can enjoy you
Where you found the bottle was probably where the old rubbish pit was for the property. Those are fun and can have goodies going down as much as 8 feet!
The square type things you found are some of the oldest curtain weights, I believe to be from the 40's to 50'
I've found same type and was told by an older fella that's what they are.
I believe you are wrong. The blocks are printers blocks. If you look at the one end of them they have letters or some type of symbols. Not weights for curtains.
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Lots of nice finds. Merc is always nice. The place might have been detected before too. Merry Christmas!
What pinpointer do you use and how do you like it?
Crazy amazing watch fob. Really cool find!
I looked it up and It said: Established 1884 H C & S Quality Tone Individuality Direct to Consumer Quick Service H. Clarke & Sons Incorporated Richmond, VA The South's Greatest Wine and Whiskey Merchants
Yes it appears that they gave these out with maybe the whiskey jugs they sold as a gift????
Nice finds JD. That button is really cool.
SO happy for you JD - you deserve more hunts like this one - perhaps it'll be the start of an EPIC TREASURE HUNTING YEAR! Merry Christmas!
Beautiful house and perfect place to hunt!
Really great hunt. The Virginia button is an awesome bit of history. And the dog taxes are really fun. Thanks for the video.
the lead rectangle pieces are for newspaper printing! I think they're called " printer's blocks " each one of them would be a letter or a number or a symbol or I pointed finger.... The letter or number would be on the long end of the square they were stored and drawers a lot of people like to hang on their walls printers box drawers
That's what they were. I operated old Kluge and Heidelberg presses and I recognized them on the very first one that he found. If there was a school there they might of had a small press to print a school news paper or forms or letterhead & envelopes
I am glad I came across your videos. I enjoy your energy very much.
Awesome old site JD. Love all old relics. Got a nice variety of different coins as well. HH. JOE
May I ask what type of Metal detector do you use? Ty
My mother used noxema as a makeup remover. That piece of lead triangle looks like a letter insert for an old printer. Always double check your digs. Great video.
Could the rectangular pieces be from a printing press?
Awesome permission, nice hunt, quite a variety of cool finds
Did that little piece that you found earlier fit on the back of that door knob you thought it might’ve been the back part of a door knob
Would you lead bits be from an old linotype machine? Thought I saw letters on one end.
we live on our family owned land....back to my great great grandpa 200 years +. the home stead was close to the river, but the old well and hand pump is still there, I want to start metal detecting, what would you recommend as a starter?
Awesome VMI button Jon!! What year was the dog tax?
What do you do with relics/broken bits you find that i you don’t want to keep
Oak leaves when decomposed are acidic as well as the acorns. Might be the reason for corrosion on top side of coin.
Coty is the name of the compact company. They made all sorts of body powder, face powder, etc. In Baltimore, MD we actually still or I should say now have a Copy Company here. They are where the Nozema company used to be. Nice finds!
Jars like that from Noxzema are from around 1914 I believe
JD you did a great job. God Bless.
Enjoyed watching! Good job, good hunting!! Thank you
Ohh that tree looks like they are in England UK and some are like 500 years old :)That is so cool you dug a threppenny bit has we call them and a ship half penny it took me 2 years to find one here and it is on my shovel as my favourite. Plus we find USA coins from the same era. Sweet silver and too many good finds to mention great metal detecting video :) Merry Christmas and best wishes
Thanks Jackie! I remember you showing the ship half penny on your shovel. Merry Christmas to you too. :)
Those "lead blocks" as you called them look to be be some type printing blocks (very old) generally made of lead, tin and antimony. Use to print flyers or newspapers, etc.
I agree Dennis. When I went to Jr. HS. We had a shop class that taught printing. Our printer had letter blocks just like that.
The little bottle found around the 8:30 mark looks like Cobalt Blue glass to me. That would be an awesome find! My Mom collected Cobalt blue glass...
Awesome fob! Small decorative piece near iron, an Andiron piece clamp.
Hem weights as you call it we're also weights that used to be sold into the bottom of curtains I have found them in Old curtains
What great finds,it would be worth checking the history to see exactly where the school was located....?
What dirt knife are you using?
My mother used to put Noxema on sunburns when we were kids, I think the brass cupped object might be from a door bell, there would have been a thumb turning knob that would ding in the bell when twisted.
Your videos are awesome, you give solid information about what you find on your digs and seem down to earth!! Looked up metal detecting for some time because it’s a hobby of mine as well. I live here in Florida so I cannot wait to hit the beaches haven’t made it there yet but I’m super anxious and excited to see what I find on what we call the “treasure coast”... Great finds this video for sure👌
Me too! What area of Florida are you in?