Metal detecting homesteads in the mountains. | Ep 208
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2023
- Nothing is more fun than exploring the mountains of Montana looking for old homesteads. After awhile you start to learn the clues of where a settler might want to build a small cabin and start farming or ranching. I love metal detect these home sites and see what treasures they left behind. Sometimes these sites are loaded with relics and coins. These items are clues as to what history took place at the site. Other times they only contain a few tin cans. Some settlers didn't make it or died right away. I am using my Minelab Equinox 800, but I wish I could find a Manticore to buy!
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Some twenty or so years ago a couple in California found two large mason jars on their property filled with gold coins, some of them extremely unusual and made the discovery known. The Federal government tried to seize the entire lot from them claiming that it was the proceeds of a robbery that had taken place somewhere in 1858. It is my understanding that the claim failed although they were hit with a substantial tax around fifty percent. Yes, such a find is very nice and we celebrate the occasion. But given the piratical attitude of the thieves in city hall, the state capital, and Washington DC, my suggestion next time is to enjoy your find but keep the news to yourself.
A German colonial tradition was to bury a jar with coins in the East, West, North and south directions around the house. Like the horse shoe over the door it was suppose to bring good luck.
The bullet is a military practice round. It was used to practice loading, dry firing, and cycling the rifle action. Probably a 1903 Springfield. Holes and grooves were to make sure you weren't "playing" with live ammunition. Good video!!!
Thanks a bunch Larry. It is sure nice to have so many people help me out with info and IDs on my finds. I really appreciate it. So much to learn.
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The clickbait 👍🏻😆….for an empty jar. Well done.
Thanks for the heads up.
I think the horseshoe of rocks is runoff protection of some sort
I agree
Brilliant job really injoyed lots keep up the good work allways a 👍 from me
Very nice and well done there ! Congrats on the finds too :) ATB - David
Thanks David! Happy hunting.
You guys should check out the treasure dog of maine.he gets some insane stuff off colonial beaches with the minelab equinox series
That is such a beautiful place to me. I think your wife is right about the stones!
It really is so beautiful here and the wild life is such a bonus. Just the other day we were at a homesite and a mother bear kept roaring, like keep up kids. So neat.
The rectangular brass find with crosshatching looks like a plate for striking matches possibly attached to a bar. Just a tip: brass items safe in the ground for over 100 years do not appreciate being smashed against a steel trowel 10 seconds after coming out of the ground!
Thanks for the help with the ID!
That's really good soil! Perfect for planting.
When you find rings, make sure to screen the hole for a precious stone that may have dropped off the setting
That's a really good idea. I'm going to throw a screen in my car. Thanks!
Excellent advice. I need to build a screener.
I like your channel is the best in the world 🌎🌎
Too kind! I'm glad you are enjoying it.
Hi DM. Great video and hunt's 👍. Congrats on all the relics. Im amazing at all the old home sites that have probably never been hunted. Around here in Michigan, it's almost impossible to find virgin ground to hunt. Please give buddy Gunner a kind petting for me . Hes so cool 😎. Thank you for letting me tag along. Luv the big sky country, so beautiful there. . As always super enjoyed your video buddy. Take care and stay well. Gregg😃
I guess having a bunch of homesteads is a huge plus for Montana detectorists. The downside is they don't get any older than the late 1800s. Happy hunting Gregg.
Pretty cool finds!
94k views on this was incredible. Just stumbled on your channel. I’m enjoying it.
Thanks glad you enjoyed it!
That mountain cellarhole was in such a gorgeous spot! I agree, that looked like an animal pen to me. You wound up with lots of awesome finds!❤
Yeah I'm super spoiled living in the mountains. Happy hunting
The stones look like a European style sheep pen.
Thanks for helping with the ID. I sure love trying to figure this stuff out.
Can’t bust em is Lee Jeans
Thanks for the help with the ID!
Leave that jar alone. The moon shine has yet to age. LOL
Very nice
The upper small wall was packed with dung and mud, the dung has bedding straw and with a little mud water would not wash it out during the season. He did this to stop water from flooding his root cellar
Horseshoe wall could have been an old cemetery.
good hunt, keep swinging.
Thanks Mike!
That meat cleaver is pretty cool you can clean that up and keep on using it still I bet it's high carbon steel which is really really good. Its probably stamped out of an old mill saw blade.
Beautiful country brother 👍👍❤️
It sure is!
Field stones gathered to build some structure that never got completed , just a pipe dream gone with the wind .... ?? !
Im guessin your in the new england area because of rock walls and cellar holes some cool finds there really liked that lil jar
Western Montana so the walls aren't really common here.
Been hunting northern Michigan for 2 weeks now. A few artifacts, 1916 and 17 Buffalo nickels and a 64D quarter that looks like it was dropped yesterday
Sounds like you are snagging some old coins. Congrats! I'm sure you will find a sweet spot soon. Happy hunting.
He didn't find a butcher knife he found a meat cleaver.
Woo woo 1k.
Maybe was to deflect water runoff from the hill around something
what wonderful countryside ,i live on the Romney Marsh in Kent which is as flat as it gets !do you have to get permits to detect ?check out the magpie mudlarks in England think you will enjoy.
Everything eventually gets thrown away. Thus dumps are the places to detect.
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Great hunt. Lots of items, and some gorgeous country. Of course living in Florida we don't have your elevations, but wondered if the horseshoe stone burm was something to divert water coming down the ridge? Most of the old homes down here were up on stone pilings. Love the Vaseline jar. It was great to see Gunner with his stick, he found a treasure also. He was smart enough to get into the shade most of the time. Thanks for posting and letting us see the beautiful area you live in.
Anything is possible. To be honest I'm learning more than I'm teaching. I think the walls were a sheep pen. Just down the road I found out that one of the ranches had rock walls as a sheep fence. I love both Montana and Florida. I'm hoping one day to live half the year in both places.
The pile of rocks might be from a garden look under the rocks
Wow, you are right, the scenery is gorgeous! What state is this area in? Are you detecting on private land? I live in New England and I grew up in a town established in 1647. And settlers were living here before it was established. (So, there were many, old coins, and very old bottles that we brought here from all over Europe. My dad found old Spanish Reals as well as silver coins from England, Germany, and Italy, tons of big copper coins from England, and state coppers from the New England area. My dad called the silver Spanish coins he found that were dated between 1732 to 1773 Calumnarios. I guess that was what they were called during those dates, but I just called them Spanish silver or Reals).
So, as a kid of 10yrs old, I started going bottle digging with my older brother and his friend Matt. They both were avid diggers and bottle collectors. They sparked my love for it and even to this day, I collect pieces of pretty China for crafts projects and to sell. I have always kept metal pieces and copper, brass, and bronze objects, scraps, and wire. My dad also taught me how to weld and I still do today at 61. That was what he did for a living. I have used some of those metal objects in projects I have made for my home and art pieces I have sold as well as projects for my woodworking shop. Much of the iron I dug up that was too thick in rust to be cleaned and used, I sell for scrap whenever I get a couple of 5-gallon buckets full.
When I turned 11, my dad bought himself a Radio Shack metal detector. He taught me how to use it and we took turns detecting that first year, and let me tell you, those old, detectors were fairly sensitive and it took me a while to be able to distinguish between the sounds as to what was silver, gold, aluminum, and iron. The machine was all steel and thick aluminum and was kinda heavy for a young girl. It was nothing like today's detectors which are made of thin aluminum and plastic. They tell you what it is and even how deep the target is. My dad was a very smart, clever man and he took the shoulder strap from an old guitar and attached it to the detector so the strap relieved some of that weight for me. Once he was sure I could use one and really liked detecting, he bought me one for my 12th birthday and it was a hobby we shared most of my life. Even after I went out on my own, we still had regular meetups. Eventually, when my dad was in his later 70s he gave up the hobby due to health reasons. I still called him or went over after a day of detecting to tell him what I found and described the area I was in. I have traveled all of New England, and many other areas of the country over the years digging for minerals and crystals along with detecting and bottle digging. My dad always looked forward to my return so I could show him everything I found. I carried out every find, be it junk, like can slaw, or old pieces of iron with me. It is a practice he taught me as well as how to dig a hole and cover it up like I had never been there. Especially on beaches. There is nothing that annoys me more than a detectorist who leaves holes all over a beach. Someone can walk into one and break an ankle that way, and it is just plain bad for the other detectorists. We have been turned away from areas because of others leaving their holes open. You have to respect others property. They are kind enough to allow us access to their property, so we should respect them. Just saying to any newbies out there.
I live in Montana. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the history of other spots. 1860s is really old here. think it's also in your self-interest to carry your junk out. What if you go back? Do you really want to dig the same thing twice? Happy hunting. I appreciated the stories.
Iwill take dirty money any day, New Sub.
Awesome! Thanks for checking us out.
I’m saying outdoor kitchen, wind breaker.
Maybe, but It's on the edge of the mountain. No need for wind breaker there.
There goes 14 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
That's super funny! I appreciate you hanging in there long enough to find out the whole video sucks.
Stone walls I can help you out with that and myself didn't know either I move to Massachusetts from Western North Carolina and i started to watch a CZcams in area he does something as you .But anyway, in what he saids stone walls were used to mark off land areas other word's that was there land from another land owner, and for crops and to keep live stock in place
Thanks for the help Mark!
German silver is nickle
Thanks for the help Thomas!
Meat Cleaver
Don't spend all the money you get for that stuff in one place.
Is any of that stuff worth anything? Nah
Even when I find "valuable stuff", I don't sell it anyway. Lol.
@@DirtyMoneymetaldetecting well at least it's fun