Ruins Of Early Settler's Home Discovered! Native American Artifacts Found! Rough Edge Adventure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- On this Adventure Into History, Dan and I are back in Rough Edge. This time, we explore the ruins of an early settlement home. After documenting the old field stone chimney, we search the surrounding ground for artifacts and find several Native American pieces. Interestingly, we find no signs of artifacts from the European settlers who built the house. The adventure then takes us to picking blackberries, and we conclude with a peaceful, if slightly abrupt, ending by a beautiful spring-fed creek.
Join us for this fascinating journey through history, where we uncover remnants of the past and enjoy the natural beauty of Rough Edge.
Back in Rough Edge today, to document a previously unknown to us homesite! Amazing we’re still finding history here…
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If you get a chance, in the winter, after the vegetation dies off, You and Dan walk that Creek and I guarantee you will find Arrowhead/Artifacts.
These little Clearwater Creeks are abundant in Artifacts and some, in Georgia and Florida have Geodes and Archaic finds, as they once were covered by Ocean and Inlets Waters.
That would be a delicious fun trek!
Have fun, be safe !
Beth
W Tennessee, USA
We need a t-shirt that says: Gotcha.
The person that built the chimney was extremely talented. It is just beautiful🌹
Robert, it wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit to watch a long video with you and Dan just cruisin around the backwoods and exploring! How bout it?
amazing some idiot has not hurt that fireplace. miracle. its a work of art.
Maybe because it was deep in the woods.
That chimney is beautiful. I'm amazed at how straight is after all the years it's stood.
I love old home places😊
The aerial shots are beautiful! I would love to see one of those chimneys in person, I imagine they are even more impressive when you are standing beside them. We pick wild blackberries here too, just like Dan-enough for a cobbler or dumplings. Another gorgeous day in Georgia! Thanks for taking us along.
Georgia is a beautiful state with a whole lot of great history
What beautiful country! I hate to see land that is clear-cut, even though I realize that it is replanted in pine for future harvesting. They take down the huge old hardwood trees along with the pines and it opens the land up to erosion when you have a heavy rain. Oh well, that's what they call "progress." I enjoyed the video and the chance to see that beautiful old chimney!
Very beautiful country. Imagine what the settler's saw esp at sunrise and sunset. ^^ I'm no lumberjack but I'm wondering if it's best for the land that the trees are clear cut. Esp if there are too many dead trees and dead roots. I respect them replanting new trees and with old dead roots cleared up (I'm sure the company will handle later than what we see done in the video), that the new trees can spread their healthy roots and grow tall and beautiful. I'm curious though what will happen to the chimney though. 🥺
it's a good day. another upload from robert with dan and briley.
Watching y'all picking the blackberries wanting blackberry cobbler
Me too
The clear cutting is always a slap to the senses. Amazing the chimney was once in the woods.
Enjoyed!!! Dan and Briley, good to see you two. The fireplace and chimney are amazing handiwork, a feat of fortitude and skill. The area and weather this day beautiful, the shots fantastic, the exploration and Native American artifact discoveries, amazing!! Blackberry snack, always a plus. The old road bed, creek, the spring. This has everything, and paints a wonderfully clear picture of the area! 👍 the drone shots. Wonderful. ❣❣👍👍👍👍❣❣
Beautiful countryside! It was fun hanging out with y'all today!😁
Now that chimney is COOL, Robert! At first, I wondered if it was a late Creek Indian settlement, but then, I realized that the Native Americans weren't the only ones who knew how to knap flint: slaves coming from Africa would have known how to if the family head had been a maker of weapons there. This is something that could have been passed down quietly from father to son so they could provide for the family a little better. A freed slave wouldn't mind taking land with a lot of rocks as long as it had water. Rocks could build a proper chimney and a house foundation. The springs could be made into ponds for pigs. Slaves often had to build or repair their own chimneys. They did it without proper chinking, just rock, mud and sand, so this chimney fits the bill. Muscadines were planted for food and cover. I'm guessing that the cabin is just far enough from the city of Rough Edge that it wouldn't have attracted a lot of attention either. If the family didn't prosper, however, they would have sold the property and left. Since no real artifacts, other than flint, were found, that may have been the case. Disease could have also taken its toll. Given the times, there could have been other reasons too. Still, they left behind one of the neatest chimneys I've ever seen! It is enough to remember them by and wish them well!😊
It is said,Sometimes you have to take the bitter with the sweet...this was both. That creek was a beauty.😊
I found an old cowboy boot spur on my street when they dug it up few years ago to replace the old gas lines with PVC. It's very fragile and I have it put away in a Ziploc bag to keep it from falling apart. I was excited to find that lol
Love and enjoy watching your videos. May the lord bless and protect you Robert and Dan bringing out the past
Loved seeing you and Dan exploring again. That old Chimney was a work of art
Fantastic workmanship on the chimney. I hate that it is exposed now. Makes me wonder if a family cemetery is close by?
That’s an amazing chimney.If you’re in touch with the property owner you should ask for permission to metal detect the site.
This is fascinating and seems odd no other remnants. Hope you can metal detect it.
Pretty spot there, does seem odd there's no artifacts around. Was cool seeing it from the air too.
WOW! This reminded me of when my sisters and I would roam the woods in Harris County. We would have gotten in that creek and followed it as far as it would take us. Blackberries? We found a huge field of them and I would pick blackberries for my Aunt. 50 cents for a quart. That's a lot of picking, but I made a good bit of $$ way back then! I loved this video.......the chimney is just amazing......those folks had no idea that chimney would last that long.....AMAZING! Thank you!
What a large beautiful chimney. This reminds me of my great grandmothers house that still stands. The chimney looks a lot like this one and was built by a man who was a chimney maker of that time. Her house was built sometime before the civil war and had only three rooms. A bedroom , kitchen and the room with the fireplace. Her house is very old but I don’t believe it was ever a log house. Just a three room weather boarded house . Kinda confused me because most of them with chimneys like this one was log. Robert , your videos are awesome. I could listen to you and Dan all day long.
There I was watching your home and garden and phut !! you were gone, so it is great to find this adventure instead thank you even if it is almost midnight here.
Excellent video ❤
Beautiful creek. It's amazing that chimney still stands with the mortar gone. Now that the trees are gone, the weather might take it, so it's good you got there. Nice adventure. Thanks.
That old chimney is beautiful and so well done. Has stood the test of time ❤️
Looks like a beautiful day to go site seeing in rough edge. That chimney was something else. Back in that day many were gifted in building chimneys.
I loved seeing the natural springs n weren’t you all so lucky to find wild black berries. I remember living in Alabama n how us kids would make a day picking them. Then later in the day we’d get belly aches from eating way too many LOL.
This video was so pleasing to me. And you know it’s still nice to see a wooded area where progress has not touched. Just a forest of Pine trees.
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So cool that Dan takes Briley with him on these adventures! I would have loved that as a kid. Spending time with Dad and seeing new places, learning history. Great video!
Great show! Little creeks, springs and wild blackberries
Such a beautiful stacked stone chimney. Built to last the test of time. The spring looks so refreshing. I enjoy your channel and content so much, thank you.
Thanks!
What a great video...Mr Dan I am 70 yrs old and I remember so well going out to the country visiting my gparents and walking the roads and looking for blackberries..heaven we would eat more than what we would bring back for my gmother to make pies with :) and muscadines for jelly/jam. So enjoyed the memories and the vid..ty Robert.
How beautiful is this! Look at the view they must have had , just splendid. Thank you
Pick blackberries and avoid poison ivy.
Nice chimney.
Hello from Brunswick, Maine, US.
Beautiful place. We used to go out picking blackberries all the time. They would have a huge plot of bushes growing up on an overgrown patch of land behind our house. I still love finding them today. Thank you Robert and Dan for the adventure today.
What an adventure! Looking at history and eating blackberries! Oh to be in my 40s again!!
nice video, both of you .
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You find the most interesting off the road spots.
Loved watching every minute of this video....very cool!
hey Dan And Son👋 Much respect for all of ya- Love history-great post Robert 👍
Thank you both for this so very interesting. God bless you both 🙏❤️
What a adventure and that was once there my imagination goes wild
It’s so cool that you guys have so many interesting places to see.
I guessed it was a log cabin place too, just before you guys spoke.
Can’t you see people living there in early county hood?
Bet it was a beautiful place once.
Like those log cabins too.
Some of my experience came when I was researching the Wrights in Lincoln County, TN.
You guys are great folks!
This chimney reminds me of an old house that our neighbors built when I was a kid. They were stone masons from Italy and did fantastic work.
I hope this chimney will be preserved and not dismantled
I love those dry stacked chimneys! I got to stand next to one at a house that my great grandfather built in 1905 in Fancy Gap, Virginia. I wished I could have met him. He built the house and chimney himself. Just amazing.
That is a definitely true craftsmanship! I can only imagine the life that took place here!
Amazing find ! Too bad we don't know who live out there !
No broken china ? Fascinating !
I love the history whatever is it.
Love from Pakistan ❤🇵🇰
Beautiful fireplace
Great opening ariel and those around the chimney also. You did sidestep your adventure with this video. Enjoyed!
And you help uncover it, Thanks Robert
Very nice looking chimney
Man.. I hope they don't knock the chimney down. Total Love.
Wow all that history there and yummy blackberry
Beautiful stonework !
This was a very heart warming adventure. Thank you ❤
Those black berrie cobbler was Soooo good
The chimney stack reminds me of the dry stone walls we have in Yorkshire, UK. Which are built like this. They are used as mostly now as field boundaries but they did build outbuildings like this as well. The amount of craftsmanship is amazing.
So Cool 😎😎😎😎
I would be taking shoes off and walking in that very inviting looking creek!! Even if watching for snakes! LOL!
Iv noticed here in Australia the old chimneys built from stone and mud that the out side mud seems to of not got baked hard and washes out.the inside myd near fire is harder and last longer .good placws to collect grape vines and fig cuttings
You guys have so much fun !
Rough Edge ? Yes I remember the briar patch 🤣.Mr. Dan's favorite location to be lost in .3:35 Could be a "Pig Boy" 🐷mud wallow Mr. Dan so be careful .
Great video. The artifacts must have been exciting to find. My favorite pastime as a kid was looking for "arrowheads". Keep up the great work!
Beautifullyrics built chimney. Builder was a fantastic stonemason.
I love when you do adventures with Dan!
I lived in Ball Ground for a few years and we would go exploring through the woods and would come across old stone chimneys. It felt like a new experience everytime we came across one. Like stepping back in time. You'd find more in the mountains as well. Never gets old. Just dont go exploring for them during hunting season! Especially in that area. Enjoyed watching y'all explore. Thank you for sharing.
Are you and Dan related? Just curious how you became exploring/history friends…
I got wild Raspberry and Blackberrys on property
I miss Mr. Dan! Maybe the people took all their stuff with them instead of leaving it? Wouldn't there be a cemetery nearby as well?
Have you guys explored around Sparta? My GGG grandfather had a plantation near there but I can’t find any more info. Thanks, it was worth a try.
Would the timber company eventually tear the chimney down?
You guys getting the blackberries reminds me of going after the mountain huckleberries we have here in the mountains of the north west! Lots of them here in n
Idaho! Our blackberries grew along the original water ditches coming from our lakes.
Wonderful explore! I've picked many of blackberries and made jelly and froze what I could for future cobblers. They grow wild here too . I'd be interested in knowing who lived there. While they had ' nothing " ,they had it all.
It's a pleasure to follow your journey.
Thank you for another awesome adventure guys!!!!!
Beautiful old homestead. Hope you find out who lived there
Wow! The chimney is great! I for sure thought Brighley was Dan's grandson! I guess beards make some look older than they are. All this time I thought you could have been like a son to him, Robert. He must be way younger. Even some teens look like full grown men with beards though.
Thank you gentlemen. I appreciate these videos very much.
Beautiful chimney ……I’ll bet the home was beautiful too.
What an amazing find!! ❤. Thank you for sharing your findings.
I hope that after cutting the trees and leaving it open that one of our good old southern storms don't blow it down. Then again it might stand a couple more hundred years. Hopefully
Really cool find, that chimney. Fun adventure.
Wonderful chimney. We have quite a lot of dry stone walls in the UK and some people who can still build them (dry stack). It is quite an art.
This is an awesome video.
Love the chimney
All your videos are so great.
Take care
Be safe
Incredible
How old is is it?
I drive by one like that a mile from my house right on the side of a busy road
Just imagine an old school log cabin around that hand built awesome
Gettin comfy with my dawg and the fan on! Let’s watch!!!
Great video. I loved the drone footage. There is something I've wondered about for a while. The briars that always try to trip you up. Are they all black berries or what?
Could this site pre-date the American Revolution???? Just my thoughts because lack of artifacts and new settlers to North America! What we see as no artifacts or they "owned nothing"... could have been a very early pioneer! - jfm - Portland, OR
I love that chimney. Makes you wonder how big the house was. And who owned it. ???? ❤❤❤ God bless you all and keep safe.
That looks very similar to the chimney on the old Tom's Island video.
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You guys should have a metal detector with you when you do these trips. Maybe some old coins or something.