Did I Just Find A Lost Revolutionary War Treasure Metal Detecting?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Guided by a story of lost treasure, I explore the mountains and may have possibly found it!
Original music by Brad Martin
www.GMMD.us
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I love Brad's shows. They are well shot, never contrived like so many others. He's knowledgeable without bs. Shares his love of detecting and the nature all around. Never obnoxious music. And he's just an all-around good guy.
I agree!
I agree
Is this area close to your own backyard
We’ll said.
I agree too..from Australia 🦘
For me, to find items like the ones you found, is an incredible feeling. You hold in your hands what folks years upon years ago held in theirs. They have been buried for centuries and now you are the first to see them once again. Amazing!
Enjoy your vids, the scenery, they are very watchable. Relaxing and no loud obnoxious music. Thank you for sharing!!
It's been a while so I'm in the "catch-up" mode regarding your adventures in the Vermont mountains. This was, by far, up there with my favorites. The coins are in fairly good condition considering how long they've been in the ground. What a fantastic day spent detecting! Thanks, Brad, for sharing yet another epic hunt. Always enjoy your videos, the music you compose to accompany the vids, the mushrooms, the cellars, etc., To borrow a comment from another viewer, it truly feels like we're there with you. Thanks again!
So glad to hear you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!!
Just stumbled across your videos, I enjoyed getting out and exploring and digging things up. A few years ago I bought a new metal detector, I took it out once and ended up having a mild stroke. Growing up when Whites Electronics first started to put out light weight metal detectors, my Dad and I went into the hills where an old house had burned down. Dad would find a target and I would dig them up. On that first trip we found a leather pouch buried under some rocks. When we finally managed to get it open, it was full of nickels, the newest one was an Indian head nickels the others dated back to the turn of the century. We made our first beach trip, we found a lot of junk. Then Dad hit on a real large target, so we dug it up. The first thing we saw were a couple of iron spikes sticking up out of it. We quit digging when we found a brass identity plate on it in Japanese. We called the State Police bomb squad and they ended up calling the Navy EOD guys. We found a Japanese anti-shipping mine that had been set somewhere in the Western Pacific in the 1940. It had broken loose and drifted across the Pacific and washed ashore on our beach here in the PNW and was buried in the sand. The Navy guys blew it up, it left a huge whole. I want to get back out and do some hunting in the eastern part of the state, There is a legend about a robbery of a gold shipment, the hold-up men were ambushed by some Indians, they buried the gold, but they were killed and their treasure was lost to history. I subscribed to your channel, thanks for the adventures.
Speechless! More great finds! And the award for best original music and videography by a treasure hunter in 2018 goes to GMMD. Cheers and applause as the crowd (Eddie) goes wild. Congratulations Brad!
Haha thanks so much!
Flthunder,Yeah ,he is a talented guy ,seems humble,speaks eloquently.He lives in a beautiful area,he digs for relics,I dig his show and music!😎🇨🇦🇺🇸
Paul, thank you. He has THE BEST videotogrophy on TH-cam, his editing is meticulous and his music is DA BOMB. Yep, I'm a fanboy. Brad's the man!!!
THAT'S what I love about detecting. You don't know what you're going to run into! And to think that those coins and buttons haven't been touched in several hundred years. If those finds could only speak to us..the tales they could tell! Keep up the great work Brad!
Around shoe buckles, buttons and coins, I wouldn't be surprised if you found some bones....Good job and as always you make my day watching your adventures!
I can't stop thinking about that bent nail that you found. I think bent nails have stories to tell. Wouldn't that mean something happened there? Perhaps a wagon broke down, a homestead was destroyed, a wooden box was smashed open or fell from a cart, a fence was hit by a falling tree, somebody hammered a sign to a tree. People don't just carry around bent nails.
No, but in those days, the nails were bent over after being driven..."clinched". Remember, they were tapered, so unless they were clinched, they would work themselves out.
@@dat2ra just ruined the magic for him 😂😂
Loved it. So happy you appreciate the epic mushroom year we have been having in New England! I love both detecting and foraging and its so nice to see you stopping to "smell the roses" and point out the prolific mushroom growth this year.
Cheers!
Thanks Juan, it’s hard to miss! Hopefully next year will be equally epic and I can attempt some foraging!
Looked like a French Fleur de Lis on the button. Great vid, love the location scenery. Thanks 👍
I think this is one of the best metal detecting channels out here right now. The cinematography is excellent and the treasures are even better. I put you up there with Nuggetnoggin and Aquachigger for sure.
Thanks so much!
How very exciting! Love having my morning coffee and going along treasure hunting!
You are SO lucky !!!! What great finds. You definitely need to return and do more searching. Nice coin spill and all so old. Wow !!!!!
Thanks for watching, John!
the treasure my friend is all around you great video again
Well said!
Recheck the wall itself! Well done! Thanks for that! Rox
yeah. If I were to hide something, I might take the wall apart, bury it then assemble the wall back over it. maybe one of the big white
stones...
What an awesome trip! Perhaps not THE treasure, but treasure nonetheless! I absolutely love the buttons, too. Keep the videos coming, and good luck!
Thanks for watching Cynthia!
Stone wall. Big tree. Shawshank Redeption.
This treasure is long gone!
the legend is growing brad the when the landowners call YOU!! great job thanks once again for sharing the wonders of nature ,and your finds merit Honorable mention, what a sweet day Eddie how you missing out quit your job and hit the woods lol
I really like the videography you do. It shows the care and time you put into your shots. Great home site good luck on finding that gold stash. Good hunting
Thanks so much Kevin!
Great find!!!! Great video!!!! Get them mushrooms!!! $$$$$ LOL always a pleasure. Lookforward to your video every Friday.
Haha Thanks Joel, my restaurant-mushroom-buying adviser!
Another fantastic hunt, nice finds, dewalt nice stuff. Finding 4 coins with ages going back to 1776 plus is crazy, really good stuff! Congrats dude! Three thumbs up 4 sure
Thanks so much!!
Live in Staten Island here,which was predominantly loyal to England.There was numerous encampments here unfortunately much has been lost to housing overdevelopment.When my family first moved here my oldest brother would play in the woods as a kid.When he came home every evening he would tell my parents about the cool clubhouse he found in the middle of the woods.Taking my parents curiosity he took them there and ended being a safe house with false walls made of fieldstone.The house was saved by preservationists and was/is known as The Christopher House.It was listed as a house on committee safety during the Revolutionary War.All the original furnishings were still inside and owned by the Christopher family until the 1930’s then sold to a Manhattan resident who used it as a weekend getaway.
I love your music 🎶
Great, great adventure. ❤
What an awesome day digging Brad. As always, look forward to your next adventure!
Him: * finds a coin from 1770 * "nice"
Him: * finds mushrooms * "LOOK AT THESE MUSHROOMS DUDE"
Great video! Great finds! Detected with a Whites forty years ago. Now that I am retired, I have an Equinox 600 in the mail!
Detecting technology has come a loooong way! Can’t wait to head out into our New England woods and hunt again! Thanks for reigniting the interest in our mutual hobby again!
Another superior video.I also dig the music that opens up your shows.Good luck in your finds!🇨🇦👍🇺🇸
Glad to hear it Paul! I write and record all the music in my videos, you can hear it all at www.GMMD.us!
Paul, coolest music with videos out there (I think)
Rob
Awesome finds Brad! I ran into a trucker here in Nashville last week that lives in Vermont. (I don’t recall his name) He said loves your channel and you explored his 80 acre property in the mountains. Your popularity even comes to the south! Lol. Great job as always.
Haha small world!!
Could what you thought was a shoe buckle frame actually be part of a coin purse which would make sense to the 4 coins found in the hole?
Good thought.
Someone lost their fortune. Wonder what happened to them after?
Great finds, Brad. Thank you again for these interesting videos of your explorations in the Vermont woodlands.
Incredible finds! I hope you get to go back to that area soon. Thanks for sharing. Happy Hunting!~ Gypsy
Thanks for watching Gypsy!
Another top quality video and WOW, you keep raising to bar. I think someone just had a very bad day. Thanks for the hard work to produce a quality video I enjoy them all.
Thanks so much Larry!
Great job Brad. What a beautiful button. I agree....Piece of a crotel bell. HH....Shayne
Thanks a lot Shayne!
I love.
Watching you digging up the past
15:02 pretty sure that was a big old toad hopping into the hole. The nail is indeed interesting. The reason it's bent like that is because it was done purposely by whoever used it. Now we drive them straight. Back then nails were driven straight through whatever you were nailing together and the end bent down on the other side in order to fasten them securely.
I totally missed that toad on the first watch through. haha.
All I can see are his hands in the way of the hole! Where is the toad?
@@TnTaur125 It happens just after he moves his hand back out of the way. You'll see the toad at the very bottom of the screen just a few inches to the right of the stick hop into the hole.
@@_Peremalfait I saw it this time! Thanks!
I'm glad you do it for the sport and not the monetary value. This is freaking awesome watching you unearth history.
WOW great day ! Well like I said because of your adventures I got a new Garret 400. Still learning the tones. Now I what to run out after work and hunt.
Hope you got out and found something great!
Look on the bright side , if you dont know what the tones mean everything is a surprise , happy hunting
your videos always amaze me, some day you are going to look back and say I found some incredible things thanks brad
Thanks Philip!
Love how you talk to us, just like we were in the field with you! I think that curved metal piece is the butt plate from a pistol.
Glad to hear it Suzan!
You should check out Exploring Alabama sometime. Dude is all kinds of hoot and a half, including asking the audience stuff like "Should we go over there? You wanna go underwater?" And no he's not live and watching comments, ha.
One of the best at doing it. Great content
Great naraitor.im hooked.im really diggin this.
I agree with Suzan . pistol butt plate was 1st thing i thought of !
Your enthusiasm is wonderfully contagious! Hello from Texas!!
Well, good on ya, mate. You bless me! Amazing. You live in a beautiful place with unbelievable treasures.
Thanks for watching, Keith!
I can tell you for truth, Vermont is absolutely beautiful!!!
Great Job! Love Your Great Finds! Will See you, On the Next 1!!
Another great video, I like how you do the wrap up right on location. What an awesome coin spill really makes one wonder just what happened. If they were silver I would have dug a hole about five foot deep! Caches are out there, Good Luck!
Haha you and me both! Thanks Max!
Holy crap! The key to King Tut’s tomb! Some great finds there. Keep up the good work.
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If you go mushroom picking, take a mesh bag, so the spores can be spread around, while you walk.
make sure your not touching anything poison that can be absorbed through the skin, when dealing with fungi.
Old wives tale, but if it makes you feel like you're doing something good, go for it.
@@jimcub22 The toxins can not be absorbed through your skin.
@@SumGi37 They Most certainly Can get accidently whiped into the eye's and/or the mouth and nose !
I've been checking out fungus I was absolutely ignorant off at the time and got a numbing sensation around my mouth and nose , then nauseous.. A good friend of mine was with me and a Dentist by trade , So after much Creek water Rinse and wash I was Okay, Thank God & a Smart Dentist !
@@michaelhedgepeth5106 that wasn't absorbtion though skin that was ingestion. You didn't get a reaction until it reached your mouth from your hands.
There arent any mushrooms that are poisonous through contact. Fact.
King Tut's tomb key. You're hilarious. Two of those coins were in great shape!!!! And those two fancy buttons make a great matched pair! Great day detecting.
And I can see in your future that supplemental income with all those varieties of mushrooms you collect for the local nuevo cuisine restaurants!!!! lol.
Digging' Florida w/ Rob!
Had the exact same thing happen to me here in Australia. I found an 1888 Victoria commemorative shilling. Being so excited, I filled in the hole, and rushed back to get the GPS to mark the position. Three days later wandering thru the bush I get a signal and it was from the same hole that the 1888 shilling had come from. I dug and out came an 1885 shilling and an 1853 penny !
Keep up the good work, I am loving your videos
Very nice recoveries! Always enjoy your shows!
Such a good hunt!!! If I were to hide a treasure I wouldn’t put it right by the wall but would use the cut quartz as a marker then pace off at a right angle to the wall and bury it... just a thought...
Great advice!
Jan Vafa
Agreed the only reason to bury a a pile of coin on a wall would be on a skirmish line. I would find the oldest tree there and look around it.
I just re-read my post. Didnt mean it to sound like a back handed compliment. Well written, my friend.
excellent find. After watching your video, I am thinking of getting a decent metal detector myself. I live outside of Gettysburg Pa.
Now that I am retired, I would have tons of time to look around
Clint I got involved in metal detecting and let me tell you it’s not just exciting and fun but forces you to exercise. Often when I go on a 5-6 hour hunt I’m sore in a good way from the exercise. One bit of advice. If you think that you’ll love detecting that means that you will so do not enter the hobby with an entry level machine. At least get the AT PRO or the new AT Max from Garret. The best for the money. I made the mistake of getting an entry level Ace 350 that made the same tones for every item. You need a machine that has different tones for everything AND headphones are a must. Very good wireless models now. I traded in my first machine after 1-1/2 months lucky for me there is a hobby shop that sells used and takes trades towards new models.
Also, my best finds have been in water near beaches. So get a submersible model such at the AT series mentioned above. I’m a boater so I have access to old swimming areas not hunted by anyone yet. Also. Ask every person that you know with and old house/property to hunt their yards. There are ways to dig and replace the matter back into your dug holes where you can not even tell that you’ve dug their yard. People’s biggest worry. You can even demonstrate to them how you dig a plug and replace to ease their worries. We did a Guy’s yard in an 1860’s home. Wow we found many silver coins including silver coins from Canada, walking liberty coin, a couple silver thimbles, it’s an adventure.
@@badapple65 Thanks for the advice and your recommendation of which detector to use. I am going to order the AT Max on line and give it a shot. Living in the Gettysburg area should yield me plenty to find. The weather is getting warmer, I am retired with plenty of time on my hands. I think I discovered what my new hobby is going to be . I hope I get as luck as you did. Thanks again
Clint Wonderful! One more helpful hint. When doing a new yard. I bought a 100 pack of those little flags often used by utility companies to mark the path of an underground power line or drain pipe etc, with the skinny stiff wire stick. I first swing a large portion of the yard and promising *HITS* I stick a flag in the ground to mark it.
If it is a really good hit I stick two flags in. Then I come back digging the most promising signals 1st. I used to dig every signal (a great idea though to learn your machine)
But in doing so you are wiped out and now after 4-5 hours maybe you’ve only swung 25% of the property. Of course I’m a believer in a property is never finished. Moisture conditions change and the angles of hitting a signal will have you hitting strong signals on property you thought you’ve “Hunted Out” so really my flag method is great for the first time hunting that given property. Cheers.
A word of advice, since Gettysburg is a national park. It isn't legal to metal detect on the battlefield, but you'll really find some neat things if you can get owners of surrounding properties to give you permission to hunt, not just civil war relics either most likely
Just remember this is the memory of a five year old . I went out with my dad looking for mushrooms in the field behind our house. I remember him saying to look for ones that were pink on the bottom. I also remember they were of a classic shape to them . I do see some now and then that are pink on the bottom and of that shape. They are also cream colored top and on the stock . I am not going to pick any to try and eat . I wish someone could tell for sure the ones I see now eatable. I can't ask my father as he died shortly thereafter in 1956 .
So sorry for your loss of your Dad so young. But what a great memory.
How cool! Nothing like finding history and knowing the last time someone touched these artifacts was more than a hundred years ago.
Always re-check (and RE-re-check) your target holes and plugs.
You have some of the best editing in the game for metal detecting videos. I’m sure your aware of this but compliments are free of charge lol. Thanks for sharing and your appreciation of the sport. Happy hunting!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate that!
Very interesting finds! Makes you wonder how the items ended up there.
Fantastic finds! Your videos are top notch! Very professional done!
Always check the wall too! Sometimes they hid things within the walls.....ok ill shut up now!!!
Awesome finds...your editing and scenery are stellar, thanks for sharin
Thanks Jeff, glad to hear you're enjoying them!
Coral mushrooms are delicious, …. that said... when in doubt, leave very well alone!....
The knee buckle! Wow! Beautiful button with great detail. Great coin spill!
Thanks Jan!
Got some nice foundations in Fairfax that need detecting I have been trying to get a detector for 3 years now.vermint is a crappy place to get stuck in when you have a fixed income .I hope 4 is the lucky number.lol I guess I am blessed in a way tho.my wife has the oldest fossilised coral reef in the world running rite threw her father's land so we get to pick fossils out if the ground .over 500 million years old.got some real Kool things we have found but my heart is in detecting.
Fairfax, va?
vt
Nice finds and 4 coins in the same hole awesome. Thanks for sharing. Until next time HH&GL *Chris*
Great hunt.
You are a good source of inspiration.
GMMD&Mushroom Collecting.
Could be a good source of income, selling mushrooms to those restaurants.
Needs to buy the mushroom guide book, for hunting. I smell cash in hand to get what you may need. Very Good Video !!!
When you star collecting mushrooms, consider using a mesh bag so you drop spores where ever you walk. Also keeps things fresher than plastic.
Hi. You are a humble and educated young man dirt fishing in Vermont. Great finds. I am happy for you. Hi from Massachusetts,
Thanks, Bob! Hi from Vermont!
The first corral mushroom you spotted mate is very edible and delicious
Tastes like black pepper, and come in a variety of colors.
I’m pretty stoked I found this channel. Because I’m from Vermont, these videos feel like home.
Glad to hear that Justin!
You need a mushroom book! Or maybe someone to show you the good ones! Good skill to have!
Nice bunch of stuff there !! Beautiful coins and buttons, "keep on digging"!☺
Will do Bill, thanks!
What a fantastic day you had. Those buttons had me searching that design for ages...without finding anything remotely similar. The bottom half looks butterfly...'ish. Please give us an update if you have luck. Cheerio.
Thanks for the searching Timothy, I'll keep you updated!
My friend, for me the real treasure are your videos. As l watch them l marvel at the beauty of the country that l've never set foot in as well as the awesome relics you find. The music you select for your scenic shots goes hand in glove with them. I also appreciate the good humor you display. Thanks for brightening up an old man's evenings with quality entertainment.
Thanks so much Cecil, I'm so glad to hear that! I write the music specifically for the videos so it's great to hear you're enjoying it. Thanks again!
Green Mountain Metal Detecting - Great balls of fire...you WRITE that music? When are the CD's going to be for sale?
Haha I sure do! No cds planned, but you can hear it all for free at www.GMMD.us!
When you across large rocks or fallen tree stumps, people would have had to cross over them. You'll find hoards of coins which would fall out of peoples pockets as they cross over.
200 year old fallen trees?
It might be worth looking into fashions and clothing of those periods for different classes of people. Pockets are not universal through history. Coin purses, coins drilled to wear on a string for safety, many other ways to keep money safe at different points of time. I remember an old farmer that used old socks to put his coins in and knot the top so it was large in his overall pockets and less likely to lose.
Love the nature close-ups.
Tremendous finds. Tremendous video.
Tremendous comment! Thanks Bill!
I love your cinematography Brad! It’s lovely to see your local mushrooms and other flora and fauna.
That was actually Coral fungi. Great video cool finds
You bring the future into the past just by being there…you are what a man of their future looks like! Seriously!
The butt of a flint lock pistol sir..
One of the best detecting channels on the tube...thank you
Thanks so much!!
Excellent finds as always. I wonder how many colonial coins you have now, and if you were to travel back in time with them, how rich you would be or what you could afford to buy. Great start to a friday!
Interesting thought, for sure!
Clive, that is a cool thought, how rich would a person be with several dozen Colonial coins (And an 8 Reale silver coin? )
This is how I kick off my week end every week! Good & beautiful video, as always. It's so exciting to conjure up the possibilities with finds like this shows. Who knows? We'll never know for sure but a person's imagination is a wonderful thing. I mean, what are the odds that 4 coins were lost at 4 different times that close together? I say it's treasure! HH
I say it's treasure as well! Thanks Diana!
When you imagined the rusty iron strip might be the key to King Tut's tomb, I knew you were a real treasure Hunter ԅ( ͒ ͒ )ᕤ
I'd go back there... certainly more to br found. I'd bring some plastic tape & a some stakes... do a search patterns in that area, methodically. Great finds! Awesome to find coins that were made before our country was born! Amazing!
But the coins are really cool and was curious about the value in there condition. I am not as familiar with those but I really am into Numismatics.
Nice videos....very well produced. They make it a pleasure to watch!
I watch many different metal detector videos from all over. I give you 5 🌟✨🌟⭐️💫 s. What was the landowner’s reaction to your finds? Talk about your music at the beginning of your videos. Do you play the guitar part or what? Thank you for it all.
Thanks Keith, he was over the moon! I write, play, and record all the music in my videos! You can hear it all at www.GMMD.us!
@@GMMD Just subscribed to your awesome channel. Also Love your music!! Has a bit of a Michael Hedges vibe. You are Amazing!
Thanks so much, Roxy!
You're killin' it lately. Great finds!
Killer finds brother I'd love to find 1700s artifacts!
Whoa. Read that way differently with no punctuation!
awesome man love the video what a great day happy for you like to know what the land owner thought keep up the great work love it
It's a shame that wealthy men aren't doing kart wheels in the woods. We'd all be rich!
Awesome day out hunting GMMD! Congrats on the very nice treasures. Thanks for sharing! GL & HH!
Thanks so much!!
tHANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE FUNGUS AND MOSS! sorry about caps
Very cool opening . like the way you fade into the woods!
Eat some of those mushrooms and see how many days you're in the woods hahaha
James Davidson ya never know what you "see"
Just be sure to have somebody with you Incase of bad reaction😉
I just have to add here, i love the music you play in th back ground. Sweet stuff!
Cool finds and an amazing way to spend a day. Nice office!!! 👍
Haha thanks, I wish it was my office!
Still by far my favorite videos to watch come on this channel! Wow! Great finds!
So glad to hear that! Thanks!
W O W! !!!!#
Thanks 4 taking me along.
Bless you.
Thanks for coming along Lisa!