Old Dragon Coin FOUND in Cliff Ruins | Metal Detecting Adventure
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- I hike up the steepest cliff of my life to discover one of the most fascinating coins I've ever seen.
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Clearly, you've found a homestead once populated by a family of privacy-loving werewolves who made their living by hunting the local fauna and selling excess cuts of game to the people down in the valley. Don't worry, though; they moved to the Big City long ago and now their descendants are all lawyers and ER nurses. Excellent video! That last coin in particular was a real beauty.
YsabetJustYsabet lol “lawyers and ER nurses”😆...I think they may just have been loggers, or bootleggers.
Holy cow Brad, I would love to see your collection of everything! These coins from the 1700, 1800's blows my mind!
Besides the great finds, I love the pics you get, makes for great viewing. Makes me feel like I'm right there! Thank you, from this old lady.
So glad to hear that Diane! Thanks for watching!
Very cool finds and landscape . Your use of the natural lighting and quality of camera detail makes watching this video as well as other videos you have done a true pleasure to watch.
Thanks!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it Rich!
Thanks for a great adventure. I started digging just a year ago. I'M HOOKED! :) I really loved the bank token. Very cool. I appreciate all the work you do to bring us your shows. Keep them coming! :)
Vermont must be so beautiful. Everywhere you take me is so breath taking
It certainly is!
I sure wish Ohio (at least the area I'm in) had more places like that to go detecting.
He's shown us such beautiful locations yet I know for sure he'll show us so many more 😃
" Hello Gmmd, I Think The Brass Piece, Goes On The End Of A Ram Rod, Too A Musket Pistol. GREAT FIND, BRAD.!!! "
Thanks Keith, I think you're right!
You make amazing videos. Beautiful photography, interesting and informative narrative, and some pretty cool finds. Stay safe out there.
Thanks Chuck, glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Awesome explore and thanks for taking us with you.
Thanks for coming along Suzanne!
Outdoors + exercise + metal detecting = an awesome day. Thanks for sharing.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching!
such a joy to watch your videos, it's actually cinematography imo
the finds were spectacular as well, I'd encourage you to keep the longer format, thanks!
Thanks, glad to hear you enjoy them!
The design on the coin is called "St George and the Dragon," the oldest continual coin design ever used. It is found on the British Gold Britannia for about 600 years, and was still used until very recently. Not sure what the coin is that you found, but it was apparently used on early Canadian coins as well. Cheers!
bullionaire I find it astounding that people would buy that story for so long
Brad, You seem to have a magnetic personality & you attract rusty dinner & pocket knives!! I so enjoy your multifaceted conversations bc i see you are the musician for your channel so imagine you being majorly gifted. Greetings & Felicitations from Michigan
your videos are so amazing? i feel as though i’m walking/standing right there beside you! what great finds!! only in my dreams.........
Thanks so much!!
Nice! Thank you for taking us away from our world for 17 minutes and allowing us to dream.
My pleasure Steven!
Great job locating the cellar hole up that mountain! The finds you made were fantastic and that just means you’ll have to make that trip up again for more!! Congrats again and looking forward to the next one!!
Haha I was afraid of that, thanks for watching Jay!
Green Mountain Metal Detecting I agree, quite a trek up but more than likely there are some more treasures waiting to be found. Even though it’s a difficult climb, I would probably be too curious of what else is there. IMO
Stay safe and HH, Bob.
Oh btw, I am catching up on all your videos
Thank you for taking us with you on this awesome adventure!
Thanks for coming along Leta!
The item at 3:46 is a ramrod pipe from an inexpensive rifle.Probably a "Poor Boy" type flint or percussion.
I so look forward to Friday and a new video. I saved this one for early Saturday, less kid noise and interruption. The finds were awesome, but the cinematography is phenomenal. You get to detect in some amazingly beautiful places. Thank you for sharing it with us. Greetings from the Dirt Nerds.
Thanks for the kind words Larry, so glad to hear you enjoy the videos!
the 1 cent was sparkling when you pulled it out, really cool!
metal detecting..the great stirring of the imagination historically...great finds...and nice observation about the sole particle of brick....
I always find my imagination wandering off to the past when I detect. You just can't help trying to figure out the what's and why's.
Looks like "high altitude metal detecting" paid off - awesome finds! You mentioned you would think the land uninhabitable - maybe this was someone's mountain retreat, assuming people had those back then. Thanks for interesting adventure and capturing the awesome scenery as you always do!
That very well could be, Joe! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
U r such a likable guy so I have to watch every episode. I miss my home state of Missouri which looks much like your neck of the woods. U hold a lot of energy...and enthusiasm.
That would be st George slaying the dragon 🐉 on your coin/token I dug a 1837 queen Victoria one awesome finds mate thanks for sharing enjoyed watching 👍👍👍👍🇦🇺
Awesome, thanks a lot!
I looked it up it was a 1/2 penny coin.
You could carry a small magnet and that would help you determine whether you have brass or iron. I would suspect that a lot of finds probably moved downwards from there what with rain etc. I love the music that starts at 11:39, it’s perfect. Congrats on your finds. Really good video this week!! Thanks.
Thanks! Love your videos!
Brad -
I'm going back and re-watching some of your old videos. It occurs to me just how tuckered out you look at 1:55! That must have been one hell of a hike!
Hi Brad, Recently found your channel and absolutely loving your so well-consrtructed films! In this one, you probably climbed the scarp slope because it was nearer and shorter, but there will be a long dip slope on the other side, which was more likely the way traffic approached the summit. It may have been a lookout or beacon position, and certainly more defensible. No-one would try to live on the top although they might build a sheepcote near the top. They would build a home on the side sheltered from the prevailing winter wind. Since the winters are so long, I wonder if animals were brought into the cellar to protect that valuable asset and provide underfloor heating to the hunman living quarters. Now that the trees are back, the natural scenery with rocks and rivers and springs makes a very agreeable backdrop to your fascinating hobby. Thanks for all the work involved in making your films, and the original music. 'Very cool'!
Door hinge? Oh wow! Coin spill! So many cool relics. Awesome you made the climb. The surrounding trees are young so I'm thinking the ground had been shed of trees when people lived there possibly farming. Beauty of your coin finds is they were there for so long undiscovered and sheltered so that dragon coin looked like new. A lot of detectors wouldn't make the effort you do to detect in such a remote place. That makes your finds so unique. They're laying there so long just waiting to be discovered after so many years. Awesome!
Thanks a lot Jan, well said! The Dragon coin is actually a different alloy from the large cents, which explains why it looked so nice! Thanks again for watching!
Thanks for this excellent video. I love your work. So interesting & well-produced. Some of the shots with you in them are well-staged with often quite beautiful scenery. Your music library is really, really nice. To sum it up, you're one talented young man, and I wish you well. BTW, I'm not a metal detector. I was a long time fan of Stealth Diggers, but they've jumped the shark IMO. In trying to produce MORE videos, they've split their brand and the quality just isn't the same. Keep up the great work. The cliff climb here was well worth it, and I know you'll be back..
Thanks so much for the kind words Terry, glad to hear you enjoy them!!
Thanks for sharing the climb with us! Another well-done job editing and a fantastic hunt.
Thanks again Larry!
Thanks for the extra work you do ,to share your finds and sites for people like myself that live in the south, but love and enjoy America and it’s history. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's my pleasure, James!
The town I grew up in has long Colonial history & the 19th century pics of 18th & 19th century homes have a field or quarry stone foundation with a brick front on foundation to keep the critters out. 18th century brick was made on site one by one in a single brick mold. Another great site & vid!!
Yep. I have a friend whose family home was built in 1797 on a revolutionary war land grant. The bricks were made in the back field and you can still see the pits where they dug the clay.
Great insight, thanks Joe!
They might have been lumberjacks. Living up there, using oxen to move the logs.
That wilderness is stunning!
I visited Richford, VT back in '94.
Vermont is a beautiful state with a rich history. Thank you for your videos. They are really well- done with great editing.
Thanks so much!
The brass ball shape is an andiron. Was common around a fireplace and some stove tops.
Yes. It looks like the finial on the "Davis" style andirons from the Williamsburg reproductions, authentic 17th C ; also were finials on curved fireplace fenders of woven brass wires.
Thanks for the info, Jim!
the item you found at 3:45 was most likely a ramrod pipe to a muzzleloader.
100% agree
Thanks Tim!
You are welcome.
I agree
I agree with you. I have an old muzzleloader single shot, shotgun with a ramrod guide like Brad found.
Love your videos, Brad. Watch them over lunch and wish I was out in those woods!
So glad to hear that, Terry! Thanks for watching!
Love your channel. Look forward to Friday's to see what's new. Awesome coins.
Glad to to hear it Amie!
Love each and every video. Don't know how I found you but happy I did. Wish I was there eating lunch when you and Eddie were F fishing. very interesting video. Thanks!
So glad to hear that Barbara!
Another beautiful video. The mysteries of why people lived where they did. Always fun to try and figure it out.
Thanks so much Scott!
The first small mystery brass piece looks like part of a hinge.
Enjoyed the hike while sitting in my rocking chair! Great video.
Every time I see the shots of you walking away through the forest, I feel like screaming “Dude! Don’t forget your camera!”
Seriously though, that table knife looks more like a straight razor to me.
Hi Brad, wow woohoo great finds! Very cool Canadian token and large cent spill NICE!
Maybe more treasure as you go up higher.... could things have washed down hill maybe even bricks? Brutal climb but worth it don’t ya think?👍🏼☺️ Thanks for taking us along loved it. Good luck on the next one🤞🏼
Marty
Worth it indeed! Thanks Marty!
Thanks for the great adventure. You gotta go back again someday. Such a beautiful place. Thanks again and HH
Thanks Ian, I need to let my legs rest for a few weeks haha!
great looking Dragon Slayer Coin..
Yes, that is St. George slaying the dragon.
Love the old Canadian bank token! Nice digs brother. What a HIKE!!!
Excellent discoveries, congratulations. Excellent footage of the area and wildlife. Thanks for sharing. See you again real soon.
Thanks again Jay!
Breathtaking cinematography! My first thought was that that site could have been the home of a moonshiner. Down here in the South the whiskey makers love a secluded place with such a vantage point.
Could be, though I'm not sure we up north have the same heritage of moonshining as yall in the south!
Green Mountain Metal Detecting Haha, true! I love the mystery!
Another great day on the mountains, despite the pain it was well worth the effort. Thanks for the t-shirt it arrived today.
Glad to hear that Richard, enjoy!
Great finds! You even show some delicious Chicken of the Woods mushrooms on that log. Always great videos. Congrats on the hunt!
Thanks Jon!
The old Canadian token was super interesting! I wish you had edited in a picture of both sides after cleaning. The Canadian token seems to be one of the more rare coins you come across which adds to my intrigue.
Loved the mushroom/swinging shot.
just great sharing and thanks for doing just that. Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter.
Thanks again for watching!
You should say "I hope I don't find anything good" every time you go out...lol. Great adventure and saves.
Haha I think you're right!
Fantastic video, your videos are consistently excellent! My guess is the site was a semi-permanent camp used seasonally for logging, mining, animal grazing, maple sugaring, hunting, etc. Too far from town to walk back and forth every day so they needed a place to stay when necessary. Those coins are awesome.
Thanks a lot, I like that theory! Would explain why there wasn't a ton of relics in the ground!
Beautiful and interesting video. You are so lucky to live in a place that has such amazing places to explore. Betty from Canada
Great homestead find Brad! Amazing location! I can’t help but wonder how they would have a water supply or well on top of the mountain.
Man, great finds Brad. You never cease to amaze me in nabbing coppers at remote cellars! The finial, whatever it went to is also very nice. Those old Canadian Bank Tokens always hold up quite well. I found the ginormous penny size of the same variety just two weeks ago. Keeping finding the goods!
John
Thanks again John!
The Upper Canada coin came from the Quebec region, Maybe from Montreal, Awesome finds and another great adventure Brad.
Thanks for the reminder Donald. You learn something everyday. :)
Thanks a lot for the info, guys!
Great job Brad! When I started detecting two years ago, I found an 1850 Canada upper bank token! Not as nice as yours, but still on of my favorite coins to date. I’m still searching for my first U.S. large cent. Send me some Green Mountain karma...please! It’ll happen one day when I least expect I’m sure. Keep doing what you’re doing. You inspire us all
Thanks so much for the kind words Jeff! If you’re finding coins like the Canada token I’m sure a large cent isn’t too far away! Good luck!
Hello Brad ! Rough Hike but excellent finds. Your mystery item is probably a ramrod holder/guide for a black powder rifle. The Canadian bank token was minted before Canada became their own country. It has the classic St George slaying the dragon likeness found on British Crowns. To homestead that land the owner would have to improve it by building. They may have been loggers and when the old growth trees ran out they moved on. I can see no other obvious reason for a home-site on that land. But who knows ! Interesting Canadian connection though. I know some of my North East Kingdom French Canadian kin were Loggers in the 1920s. Thank You for sharing your very interesting hunt Brad. :-))
Thanks again, I'm leaning towards loggers myself!
The one piece of brick you found on the site, kind of nags at me for explanation. Maybe just maybe, the builder of that cabin constructed the fire box of the fireplace with fire hardened bricks. Then when they moved, brought the few whole bricks with them for their next home site. Brad, what you find on your sites are clue's to the life and times of the people who lived there centuries before. It is so very interesting and fun to speculate Brad :-))
That very well could be!
Brad, I sometimes wonder if you ever go back to the land owner after a particularly interesting hunt. Lay out your finds and try to tell them the story of the people who once lived on their land. I think the personal reward, in that, would to see the faces of interest and wonderment as you told the story and backed it up with your finds. :-))
I always return to them with either a photo or the finds themselves, but to be honest they’re typically “salt of the earth” type folks without much interest in anything but precious metals. Thanks thankfully many of my subscribers can appreciate these things as much as I do!
Outstanding finds...enjoy watching you trekking through the woods. Last time I did that, I left with about 30 ticks attached!
The ticks haven’t been too bad this summer here, thankfully!!
Huzzah, a new friday video! Random observation, you always look so stylish out there. Most metal detectorists just have on ye olde rags, but you’re out there rollin through the woods looking like you’re straight out of american eagle haha. Great video as is customary.
More L.L. Bean than American Eagle.
I was thinking Walmart lol
American Eagle Flex Fit jeans, feel like pajama pants but the knees don't hold up =)
Another great trek! Glad to see someone already got it...I built my own muzzle loader and that definitely is a ramrod tube. The fin part is carefully notched up inside the wood at the bottom of the ramrod channel and a pin through the stock and the fin holds the tube in place in the bottom of the channel. Anyway, I'm glad the climb was worth it. It was a strange and interesting site. Love your channel.
Thanks for all the great info, Randy! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
i once saw an antique wood stove with an ornament on the top much like that thing you found at 10:50
Thank you for sharing! I love it when my alert says you've uploaded!
So glad to hear that Jim!
Great video Brad, awesome finds. I hope to make it up north one day to do some cellar hole hunting. Until next time HH&GL *Chris*
Thanks a lot Chris!
Nice haul Brad! Worth the monster hike!
You amaze me with setting up your go-pro on the hike up; in this particular video; and then you'll go back down it to just have to hike back up again. It was already an intense hike up as it was 😱
I've seen you do this for shots of you crossing rivers on sketchy fallen trees and we know you have to cross back to retrieve the go-pro and cross again.
Kudos for all your video workmanship.
You could teach many on TH-cam how to do their videos in better quality 👍
Thanks Kaye!
LOOKS like you're going back,GREAT FINDS!!
Haha You might be right!
Brad i hope you are going to have more videos real soon I keep looking every day for them
A new one every Friday morning Timothy!
Thanks i love the land up there im in Georgia its nothing like it
Cool video. Great finds. Always love the birds as background noise!
Thanks Jeffery, I wish I could capture just how noisy they are at some times, the camera microphone doesn't do it justice!
Well, I guess your going to have to return one day... not a bad haul indeed! Love the Canadian Bank Token and shotgun ramrod slide (That's an oldie) Congrats on the large cent spill as well!
Thanks so much!
Ram rod holder bracket nice coin finds sometime them ox nobs will have a star on them the going down much easier I Bet did you ever catch yourself making bionic man noises ( Steve Austin)!! Your probably not old enough!! Only good going down hill!!,thanks another fun video!!!
Haha The only Stev Austin I know is stone cold!
Dang that takes me back lol, that track suit though lol.
Yeah, I was going to say the brass tube was a ramrod holder bracket for a muzzleloader, too! You beat me to it! Good finds and LOTS of exercise, LOL!!
What is odd is that the caliber of the rifle was so small. Like a 31 or 32 cal. If the flat part had a hole in it then it may have been used if not then a replacement part.
Bionic man 🏃
Great video! Thank you for the upload. Always watch everyone of your videos from start to finish. Keep em coming.
Glen
Metal Dog Digger
So glad to hear that Glen!
Hmmmm perhaps a cottage home.......just a guess. Great videos, great editing, keep up the great work. Hello from Lindsay Ontario, Canada
Good thing you found some coin- you certainly worked for it. Cheers!
You're tellin me!
I agree with Tim. In fact, someone told us the same thing in another video.. Keep up the good work...
Another great video....enjoyed it.
Great video! Thanks. What a sense of history! Somebody had a bad day 200 years ago, and you have a good day when you find the large cent he [or she] dropped! When will you start bringing your little boy along on your adventures? He's almost big enough now, wouldn't you say? I bet he would really enjoy getting out in the woods with dad!
Pretty soon for sure!
The Canada coin find says "logging camp" to me as well. Didn't read *all* the comments so don't know if this was mentioned, but you passed up a great find in that yellow-orange mushroom growing on that tree. My mother and grandmother referred to those as "beefsteak" mushrooms. Not sure if that's the correct biological term, but they're great eating. Cut them off the tree, bag them, then clean off the dirt when you get home. Cut into quarter-sized pieces, fry in butter just like a potato, and you have yourself one delectable feast. They're found in New England from July-Sept, usually in oak woods.
Thanks for the info John!
I agree about the ramrod guide. I've seen similar finds. 2 largies and a UC make for a perfect day!
Heck yeah! Thanks Jim!
Its pretty amazing that there is so many ruins of old farms and homestead sites in the mountains. I of course dont know how far youve trekked up but to hear it sounds like a ways. When these people had to make a occassional trip to town it must have been a hike and an event back in those days! Great job!
I couldn't agree more! A hike is one thing, but dragging a wagon to some of these places would have been a nightmare, but they clearly did it!
Awesome video Brad enjoy your videos can't wait to see more have a nice day
Thanks a lot Matthew!
That brass tube you found is a Black powder gun Ramrod pipe ,it should have one or two small holes drilled into the flat part which would be for the pins that held it in place in the gun stock , very cool find
Thanks for the info Len!
Mystery piece is one of the holders for the ram rod of a musket. Good finds all around.
Thanks for the info Jonathan!
👍🏽😎😀.. I will be at my Lake house in Vermont next week , I hope I find items just as amazing as the things you have found. 🤩
Good luck Katy, enjoy!
Awesome finds. Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Thanks for watching Pat!
Very cool place and nice finds Brad. The Upper Canada halfpenny was minted in London England in 1850 and depicts St George slaying the dragon, the obverse is the Upper Canada seal. A low minted coin at only 1.5 million.. So your climbing back up there, right?? LOL!!
Andrew..
Haha I might have to! Thanks Andrew!
Great finds. Always enjoy your videos, keep em coming.
Thanks a lot John!
Well earned coin’s. Thanks for sharing
No one can say you take the easy way!!
You make a great video dude, enjoyed it, nice finds too 👍🌴🌵🦂⛏
Thanks a lot!
I believe that’s St George on the coin. He was “the dragon slayer” and is always depicted on his horse with a lance killing a 🐉
Good job well done on the finds 👍 very nice spot have to go back 👍👍hh from ireland my friend
Thanks a lot Patrick!
Fantastic video as always. Great finds
Can't believe you found that Canadian token out there. Great job nice hunt
Heck yeah! Thanks Jeff!
Looks like you have to go back to that site, nice finds, GL & HH
Haha you might be right!
Absolutely stunning videography!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
That 1st shot of you going up the cliff side had a witch like face. Maybe it was call old witch cliff? Again you do a great job of catching the essence of woods.
Thanks Dan, could be!