Metal Detecting A Pre-Civil War House

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  • čas přidán 8. 01. 2020
  • Please join me as I explore and metal detect this old home that was built long before the Civil War and actually housed several wounded Southern soldiers during the war. I search for any evidence of that but surprisingly find mostly coins and other items dating around the World War Two era and also some pre-Civil War civilian artifacts.
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    Metal detecting, treasure, history, coins, river treasure, adventure, nature, animals and MOAR! That is what my channel is about. I enjoy caving, SCUBA diving and flying my powered paraglider. I foster sick and injured pets. My channel is family friendly. My videos are meant to be fun, educational and informative.
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  • @aquachigger
    @aquachigger  Před 4 lety +89

    I hope you guys enjoy the video.

    • @JimiFarkle
      @JimiFarkle Před 4 lety +1

      I like how you explain telling a story that nobody else could tell. Really makes me want to go out and pick a tector up and talk to folks around here about digging their properties.

    • @alanstackhouse2939
      @alanstackhouse2939 Před 4 lety

      Always an adventure with You!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad Před 4 lety

      Will do, always do!!

    • @gazpitt8087
      @gazpitt8087 Před 4 lety

      Your videos are always amazing and your knowledge and personality are spot on. Always entertaining 👌🏼👏🏼

    • @RBPx1
      @RBPx1 Před 4 lety

      Aquachigger The Road Kill Cave and Property look Awesome. Never really noticed the big house before.

  • @pawpatrolnews
    @pawpatrolnews Před 4 lety +75

    That silver half egg shaped thing with a bunch of holes looks like it was used to steep tea leaves

    • @jasonlambert5552
      @jasonlambert5552 Před 4 lety +6

      That was my thought and came to comment the same.

    • @jamescarter7752
      @jamescarter7752 Před 4 lety +5

      Yep, that's what it was. My mother had one.

    • @mwechtal
      @mwechtal Před 4 lety +4

      Yep, spoon type tea infuser. Probably not that old.

    • @travisspalding8337
      @travisspalding8337 Před 4 lety +1

      exactly my thought

    • @breann7913
      @breann7913 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes i believe it is my mom and dad have a couple different ones

  • @aropals672
    @aropals672 Před 4 lety +3

    Your videos are never bad no matter if you're finding targets, junk, or relics. I like the story of the hunt and your stories that accompany the videos. So keep filming and showing us everything!

  • @mikeythrussell7409
    @mikeythrussell7409 Před 4 lety +14

    That spoon bowl with holes in was half of a tea making device. The missing half had a second bowl which had a sprung hinge. The spoon was filled with tea and used for making an individual cup of tea. I think they were sold in Woolworths stores in the UK. My mother had one 65 years ago.

    • @lesHanalala
      @lesHanalala Před 4 lety +2

      That's how I make my loose tea! It's just a perforated spoon, but the handle and the other half of the bowl portion are missing there!

    • @jimmy_kirk
      @jimmy_kirk Před 4 lety +1

      Found it on ebay for $20. If you want to see what it looks like, it's item 293537264856

  • @TheMikeTownsend
    @TheMikeTownsend Před 4 lety +4

    The original "Church Key" was a bottle opener, that kind of looked like an ornate church-key. Think of a skeleton key with a big loop for the keyring. Lots of guys carried them to open bottles of beer. Then later when beer cans become more common, the triangle opener was added to the other end. Then they eventually replaced the ring with the bent pry bar because they were cheaper and easier to stamp manufacture. The old name just stayed with them, even though they no longer resembled a church-key.

  • @furface9779
    @furface9779 Před 4 lety +8

    31:23 is a split bolt (missing 1/2) used as a ground clamp by utility company's for over 50 years, still used today

  • @robertevans8024
    @robertevans8024 Před 4 lety +11

    The spoon with the holes looks like it's for making tea.

  • @TomFromMN
    @TomFromMN Před 4 měsíci

    One of the many of reasons I love your videos is your sharing your finds as you uncover them. We would frequently have mallards nest close to the house and enjoyed "hatching day" as mama would lead a trail of ducklings to the nearest water which was almost 2 blocks away. Thanks for the memories.

  • @scottm4969
    @scottm4969 Před 4 lety +11

    Somebody was practicing casting in the yard with that big sinker.

    • @dano7369
      @dano7369 Před 4 lety +2

      We call it 'Yard Fishin' here in Georgia. :)

    • @knightwing51
      @knightwing51 Před 4 lety

      first thing i thought of too scott.

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 Před 4 lety +3

    No Chigg we enjoy watching everything you find. We learn the different sounds the detector makes on different types of metals.

  • @alansullivan5913
    @alansullivan5913 Před 4 lety +1

    Love the house and video keep it up Mr Chigg can't wait for the next one!!!!!

  • @sharonquarles1220
    @sharonquarles1220 Před 4 lety +3

    Happy New Year we watch ALL your videos!

  • @alanstackhouse2939
    @alanstackhouse2939 Před 4 lety +1

    Always makes my day!
    I can't wait to see what ya found out back.

  • @steveculbert4039
    @steveculbert4039 Před 2 lety

    This is NOT a terrible video. It shows your normal hunt, your regular method, which is fun to see.

  • @williamphelps2423
    @williamphelps2423 Před 4 lety +2

    I am crazy about these videos, great job ,thank you very much !

  • @giellesfairon1745
    @giellesfairon1745 Před 4 lety +3

    Top 10:D Keep up the great work Chig!

  • @dougthevolfan
    @dougthevolfan Před 4 lety +1

    That brass nut is actually an electrical silica bronze split bolt. Linesmen used them and can could be explained by the u shaped nail found nearby. Guy most likely had it fall from his bag when servicing the power lines.

    • @jeanniebuchholz9923
      @jeanniebuchholz9923 Před 4 lety

      The nail or big steeple was used on wooden U guards. That's where I've run across them anyhow, and explains some of the other related finds.

  • @hubifornia
    @hubifornia Před 4 lety +3

    Forced to listen to song to see the round up, now I'll have that in my head all night long.

    • @anitablades6033
      @anitablades6033 Před 4 lety

      I like that song, kind of like Andy Griffith Show Song. A warm and fussy song!!!!

  • @victorsvarietychannel2459

    Always like your detecting video's best, thanks chig

  • @MikeMcInroe
    @MikeMcInroe Před 4 lety +1

    Nice touch with the clips at the end of the video! Always look forward to watching your vids as you never fail to educate us on some little thing. Blessing from Mike Mc in sunny Florida

  • @ohiotrevor9348
    @ohiotrevor9348 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for posting. Keeping it real. I appreciate that.

  • @N.I-Detecting
    @N.I-Detecting Před 4 lety +2

    Super, interesting inspection on the garden, house owner will be pleased with the history you unearthed, some nice pieces for sure👍

  • @mikesawyer100
    @mikesawyer100 Před 4 lety

    Brilliant video as always keep up the amazing work

  • @canadianrelichunters5259
    @canadianrelichunters5259 Před 4 lety +2

    Knew it had to be a war nickel. ;) well done, Beau. ;) atb

  • @trolltaker
    @trolltaker Před 4 lety +4

    Chig's epitaph: "I really should have had gloves on."

  • @Ellis157
    @Ellis157 Před 4 lety +18

    THATS ROAD KILL CAVE I SAW SANTA THERE

    • @gimpycaver110
      @gimpycaver110 Před 4 lety

      Yep you sure did!

    • @Ellis157
      @Ellis157 Před 4 lety +1

      @Stepping On Thru mm we thinks we see it mmm yesss

  • @chakills
    @chakills Před 4 lety +3

    I like the pre digging

  • @StalkerWolf
    @StalkerWolf Před 4 lety

    The brass nut with the piece threaded into it looks like a split bolt connector missing it's top half. One company that makes them is Burndy. It's a connector commonly used to connect power to houses from the pole. The black balls at the top of the service entry on most homes have one of these inside.

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 Před 4 lety +1

    Waiting on the next video from this one be safe out there and GOD BLESS you and your family Chigg Amen 🙏

  • @robfarnam938
    @robfarnam938 Před 4 lety +3

    I didn't know the underground railroad was that small. Thanks for the history lesson chigg!

  • @gazpitt8087
    @gazpitt8087 Před 4 lety +5

    Chigg's Army!!!

  • @randymortell
    @randymortell Před 4 lety

    I enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @brentlittlefield2099
    @brentlittlefield2099 Před 4 lety +2

    I really like the new camera angles and slow zoom! It's neat to see your detecting technique from a distance. AAA+

  • @tewdogs4475
    @tewdogs4475 Před 4 lety

    loved this one chigg

  • @berserker1364
    @berserker1364 Před 4 lety

    Great video it was like a lot of my hunts. thanks for keeping it real.

  • @aaronfavre6863
    @aaronfavre6863 Před 4 lety

    As always better than anything on tv. Thanks Chigg 😀👍

  • @baystateplugflipper7061

    Great job Beau!!

  • @AcrossthePlains
    @AcrossthePlains Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome finds out there. Great advice, dig it all you never know what cool relics you might leave behind if you leave the iffy signals!

  • @reddragonstacking5247
    @reddragonstacking5247 Před 4 lety

    I love watching all your videos

  • @micheleaustin8328
    @micheleaustin8328 Před 4 lety

    Awesome!! Chiggs!!😊👍

  • @kevincrock1202
    @kevincrock1202 Před 4 lety

    Great video Chigg nice to see you swinging and singing again!

  • @cherylamie
    @cherylamie Před 4 lety +1

    Your sure saved us a lot of time with digging off camera , realistic finds

  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad Před 4 lety

    Another great one! Thanks for sharing!

  • @mikekeeferwithaqualandreli4711

    That's like my day in the field. Least I see the chigg has days like mine.
    AquaLand Relics

  • @jimini1976
    @jimini1976 Před 4 lety +3

    Few minutes in,,looks like house with the cave on the edge of the road.

  • @scottlambert2949
    @scottlambert2949 Před 4 lety

    Great video aqachigg

  • @carsonmanning4801
    @carsonmanning4801 Před 4 lety

    That bottle opener was just like the one my grandpa used in the military (1950 era)

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 Před 4 lety

    Hey Chigg glad to see another video buddy

  • @cheaplaughkennedy2318
    @cheaplaughkennedy2318 Před 4 lety +2

    Reminds me of a Clint Eastwood movie the Beguiled. Nice segment Chigg 👍

  • @davideo1954
    @davideo1954 Před 4 lety +1

    Those church keys were wicked bad in a bar fight. 🤕

  • @elifallin9708
    @elifallin9708 Před 4 lety

    Nice!👍

  • @scottt8424
    @scottt8424 Před 4 lety

    Hey aquachigger thank you for the video I enjoyed it

  • @WayneTheSeine
    @WayneTheSeine Před 4 lety +1

    Something tells me there is some really good stuff down deep. Neat finds anyway. The old pewter spoon bowl is awesome.

  • @lynneperg6853
    @lynneperg6853 Před 4 lety

    Love your new permission. The half spoon thing with perforations is half of a tea ball thing. It's used to hold loose tea for steeping. I have one in my kitchen I still use.

  • @ifind5036
    @ifind5036 Před 4 lety

    Lovely video

  • @MetalDetectingChannel
    @MetalDetectingChannel Před 4 lety +1

    Just shear knowledge about history is why I want to collaborate! Love the story behind the dig!! Good job Beau!! Keepem coming!! VermontDerek

  • @danielbowman791
    @danielbowman791 Před 4 lety

    “Road......KILL”!🤣. Love ya Chigg!

  • @sah53105
    @sah53105 Před 4 lety +1

    Please Chig, tell me you re-checked your holes! I thought I saw MOAR treasures! :) As always- great video! Love watching your adventures! :) Thanks for taking me with!!

  • @herewego8887
    @herewego8887 Před 4 lety +2

    big fan from algeria

  • @VinkMD
    @VinkMD Před 4 lety

    Haha yes i do recognize that bush!👍👍

  • @cadillacblades
    @cadillacblades Před 4 lety

    Awsome video

  • @VickieV1333
    @VickieV1333 Před 4 lety

    FYI None of your videos are terrible. I love the stories of old places like that and that hedge...😂🤣

  • @battleparkwest2463
    @battleparkwest2463 Před 4 lety +3

    Chig great CIV finds I just got a complete soldiers boot dug from Virginia trash pit that was cut off his leg- near the hospital in City Point

    • @traviscallahan7178
      @traviscallahan7178 Před 4 lety +1

      Wow that's pretty cool 👍. What else did you find

    • @AMBELLINA77
      @AMBELLINA77 Před 4 lety +1

      Wow!

    • @battleparkwest2463
      @battleparkwest2463 Před 4 lety +1

      Travis Callahan I got it indirectly from digger. I’m not on Chig level to find something like that myself!

  • @linr2870
    @linr2870 Před 4 lety +1

    That at max would drive me crazy. Too much of a chatterbox. Beau you need a PI machine like Garrett ATX :)

  • @BronsonWestbrook
    @BronsonWestbrook Před 4 lety

    Chigg referring to dogs as doggos gives me joy

  • @annetteamerine6055
    @annetteamerine6055 Před 4 lety

    Pretty neat video

  • @jefffisher6120
    @jefffisher6120 Před 4 lety +3

    Somebody most likely dectected this property before. Probably in the 70s with a whites machine. Should be more there

  • @OutdoorsygalO
    @OutdoorsygalO Před 4 lety +1

    It is always surprising what you find! 😁👍🏻
    I laughed when you said “a gold coin”...and later “an underground railroad rail”
    Nice bit of history there.
    Thanks for showing us the settings. I struggle with the noise on the Max sometimes and the settings don’t always work for me, but you know that because of the event last year ;).
    That mallard hen was a nice surprise. 😊

  • @michaelschuenemann3505

    KEEP IT GOING !!!!!

  • @daveparnell3886
    @daveparnell3886 Před 4 lety +3

    The thing with all the holes is for steeping tea

  • @todhollandsworth4371
    @todhollandsworth4371 Před 3 lety

    Enjoy watching your videos old civil war artifacts.On my property ive always wondered whats in the ground around me use to be part of a farm over 9 acres but what ive found in and around my building is 3 civil war cannon balls another been in the weather so long that it's crumbling that's makes 4 cannonballs and also found some grape fruit shot the cannonballs are alittle over 3 inches in diameter

  • @marcgendron6745
    @marcgendron6745 Před 4 lety

    Yards been cleaned out !!!

  • @knbear4990
    @knbear4990 Před 4 lety

    That brass nut with piece inside is part split bolt electrical connector. Great show, thanks 😎

  • @bendjohans3863
    @bendjohans3863 Před 4 lety +1

    your big old sinker could be a weight for an antique clock too
    greetings from bavaria

  • @chrisjordan4574
    @chrisjordan4574 Před 4 lety

    Cliffhanger Chigg 😂😂😂 Nice S mint mark on the War Nickel! Some good finds! Cave 😉

  • @charliehustad6718
    @charliehustad6718 Před 4 lety

    great video , nice war nickel !

  • @oldbamadirt1510
    @oldbamadirt1510 Před 4 lety +3

    4:11 dirt fishing lol.

    • @eddominates
      @eddominates Před 4 lety

      I used to practice casting with a sinker in the yard. There's probably dozens of those things buried out front

  • @hyfy-tr2jy
    @hyfy-tr2jy Před 4 lety

    That rectangular piece with the solder marks just looks like metal strapping used for holding lumber together and the like

  • @johnrobertson8156
    @johnrobertson8156 Před 4 lety +2

    Round silver thing looks like the back of a pocket watch.

  • @weegie50
    @weegie50 Před 4 lety +1

    I love to see people detect the Chenault Manor property in Georgia where apparently they raided the south of all that money

  • @viajerosdelahistoria
    @viajerosdelahistoria Před 4 lety

    Good video friend!

  • @jgalloway2407
    @jgalloway2407 Před 4 lety +8

    Is that Road Kill Cave before you dug it out? P.s. Glad you cleared up the little gold coin mystery! :)

  • @kickapootrackers7255
    @kickapootrackers7255 Před 4 lety

    Sweet cave by road house. Great hunt bro, like the big tree area by road. Find the privy area, is also g spot. Great hunt bro, enjoyed.

  • @hardyakka6200
    @hardyakka6200 Před 4 lety

    Olde Chigg is full of surprises . Nobody knew he could speak fluent duck.

  • @garrykellogg3215
    @garrykellogg3215 Před 4 lety +5

    1:06 looks like a Radiator Cap.

  • @katecarpenter7366
    @katecarpenter7366 Před 4 lety +1

    Instead of for potpourri, that may have been used for tea

  • @TS-bn7zt
    @TS-bn7zt Před 4 lety

    The whole area seems like it's been dug over and moved around over the years.
    I would try to find any old trash pits that are might be around there but even they
    might have been torn out.
    Thanks Chigg.

  • @rebeccal2771
    @rebeccal2771 Před 4 lety

    We call those big sinkers Kerplunkers. When they hit the water they go kerplunk!

  • @yerdigginitmetaldetecting

    Peeling back the layers, there’s more there for sure. 😎

  • @randlerichardson5826
    @randlerichardson5826 Před 4 lety +8

    There’s a cave under that bush if I remember right

    • @VickieV1333
      @VickieV1333 Před 4 lety +2

      Randle Richardson Roadkill Cave...

  • @mrginge5975
    @mrginge5975 Před 4 lety

    Nice video

  • @jamesbarisitz4794
    @jamesbarisitz4794 Před 4 lety

    Busy yard! Get back to the hole with the pottery bits and the original soil level. Really enjoyed the great quality photos at the end -Nice touch 👍

  • @lesHanalala
    @lesHanalala Před 4 lety +2

    I got it right!! My guess was part of a huge horseshoe!! 😆

  • @marygarner5249
    @marygarner5249 Před 4 lety +1

    Love me some super Chigg 😁

  • @dano7369
    @dano7369 Před 4 lety

    Niiice! 43-S silver War Nickel!

  • @StrawberryHogSlayers
    @StrawberryHogSlayers Před 4 lety

    That brass nut thing is what we call a kerney used to connect copper wire together on power lines

  • @NorthernMudlarks
    @NorthernMudlarks Před 4 lety

    Hello! We enjoy watching your videos very much! It's very interesting to see the things you find in the USA as opposed to what we find here in the UK. Maybe our paths will cross sometime in the future =) Gail & Alex xx

  • @susansmith6680
    @susansmith6680 Před 4 lety

    Road kill cave!!!! The egg shaped half is a tea steeper/brewer, you would put the tea in the egg shape thing that hung from a chain.

  • @davideo1954
    @davideo1954 Před 4 lety

    Some of the old lead type didn’t have letters or numbers as they were for spacing, like between sentences. A narrow space was an ‘en’ space and a wider space was an ‘em’ space. We used a Heidelberg press to create the lead type. The thing was old and huge and loud. It had a fire in its bowels that would melt the lead. It had a brass looking keyboard that would form the lines of type as quick as you could type. As long as you typed slow and steady. Oh crap... I’m that guy. The old and boring guy. Let’s talk more about Bacardi 151! Thanks, Chig!🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @kevinostberg1729
    @kevinostberg1729 Před 4 lety

    Sweet '43 Silver War Nickel!!!