Colonial history found in New Hampshire - Metal detecting
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Published 2019-03-11
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With researching local NH history and spending many hours on the ground hiking and exploring i uncovered and found some amazing history.
DAY 1
Going for a long hike and exploring the woods of New Hampshire looking for lost and abandoned homesites from the 1700's. A lot of these lands have returned to forest and or wetlands but at one point in time were old farms from the colonial days of America.
Once a cellar hole is located i use my Garrett ATGOLD metal detector to find relics from the past . This is all work to map our local history and preserve the relics that are dug up out of the ground.
Once again i get caught out in bad weather except this time it is down pouring rain like never before.
DAY 2
I waited 3 months to go back to a colonial cellar hole that i found here in New Hampshire back in August of 2018. I had got caught in a summer downpour shortly after finding the home site and because the hike in was so bad i figured i would wait until fall.....which is now !
I start swinging my Garrett ATGOLD and start digging up relics from the past and its clear this is going to be a lot of stuff found here.
During the dig i find some amazing old buttons that still have cloth wrapped around them which is unreal when you think that they have been in the ground most likely 200 years. When detecting a site like this its good to approach it in mind that everything you dig up from the past is an important part of history making all the finds beautiful.
Knifes, buttons, iron tools and more in this video
DAY 3
When I went out to film this video I decided to change it up with the presentation. Letting the video footage breath and not doing a ton of edits to make you the viewer feel more embedded . We are going metal detector treasure hunting.....well kind of .
I hiked out to the cellar hole that waited for my third visit to the 1700s lost colonial farm to do some metal detecting relic hunting. It was a very slow and quiet hunt to start out with until I got a very mixed signal in the lip of the cellar hole with the Garrett ATGOLD detector. The lip around the cellar hole is essentially the slight lift on the ground where the house once was and always loaded with iron. After pulling out a few old square nails I pulled out a big copper coin. Wow ! look at that its a 1730 King George II coin . Another awesome find to put in the town museum.
DAY 4
I went for a hike just before sundown here in New Hampshire to go exploring the abandoned farm lands from the colonial 1700s days. I follow a lot of the old rock walls built and left by the early settlers of New England in search for where houses may have once stood and find the cellar holes left behind. On this day i am connecting the dots between two old farms and trek through some pretty rough terrain of swamp , trees, rocks and hills.
While mapping these locations The hope is to find these old foundations so we can do some metal detecting relic hunting to find artifacts from the past.
All Comments (21)
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I just discovered this channel and I'm hooked. The fascinating part for me is realizing that even if it's just a nail or a hinge, a skilled man made that with his hands over 200 years ago, and you found it in the dirt. Very cool stuff!!
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As a blacksmith I recognize your mystery heart shaped item as a forged drawer pull or chest handle. Really cool find!
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That was so cool! As a kid I used to take an old spoon and go on archeological digs with my sister. We didn't find a 1730 coin, but it was fun nonetheless. I live in NH also. Born and raised. So much to explore, and I am glad I could go with you! Thank you!
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That was great with all the videos together! The maps really helped me to visualize that spot. What people did in a place throughout time is fascinating to me. I love putting all the pieces together. Thanks.
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New to the channel I am loving the hiking. 76 years young my husband & I use to hike the Oregon Cascades and Coast Range fishing and hiking. Miss being out there. Thanks for taking us along.
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Hey Charlie, I love the videos you make, and I appreciate how you intertwine history, maps, roads, and your journey, all together for us. You wanted feedback on this video, I think it's great what you've done! Taking walks in the woods and bringing us with is so cool, it's really great to have you interpret that northeast history that I don't have access to. Here in Minnesota everything's newer than 1850 or so. Still really cool to dig stuff out of the ground, but the places you go are truly epic and the way you piece it together is very instructional. Maps and research and time spent beforehand is so important. Thank you so much for what you do.
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i've been a subscriber for awhile now-was looking back at some of your old ones-the reason i love your video's is the woods -you are like me -i could walk and explore all day-i have always wanted a detector since i was 7-8 yrs old digging in my yard in the bronx ny and found an indian head penny-i think it was 1902--never could get the funds together-always something more important-i started working as a mechanic at 17--7 in the morning til 6 at night-then drove to ridge wood ny-[20 miles, and worked in a speed shop building engines til midnight 6 days a week]trying to save money to buy a small piece of land in the catskill mountains-but life was never easy--one year hunting i saw a sign in the mud guy was trying to sell 150 acres and a house-didn't have the money for all that but he sold me 76 acres [and then 16 more next to it] some fields and mostly woods--finally able to retire at 70 i bought a whites mx7 the yr before they closed-i only been detecting 5/6 times found horse shoes bullits etc-i am surrounded by woods i have 1200 acres behind me connecting-all mountains. i love walking it put up cameras and got many pictures of bears,bob cats,fishers,coyotes etc, loads of stone walls that i stayed away from because of a lot of barbed wire in them--now because of you i will try to clean them out and detect them. problem is i am seventy eight yrs old and it's getting tough to walk up these mountains-and i am alone-all old friends are sick or gone--sorry for the long post-but i put your vids on full screen and i feel like i'm there with you guys.glad you show readings and digging live.
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Enjoyed the extended, linked and awesome Not Thursday episode. Thanks for sharing and taking us along. Take care and be safe.
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Really really. Appreciate your detecting information whenever you drop a tidbit. Thank you!
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Thank you Charlie for taking us out on your adventures. I'm disabled as well (leg amp) but am slowly building my body up again to get back out. I loved going out hunting, whether it was Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi...wherever and have NOt been able in 20+ years. Hopefully 2021 will allow me to get a metal detector and back in the woods. I have my dads Century owned farm to cover but my 3rd Great grandparents circa 1842 farm 2 check locally as well. Then on to 200 years of farmstead' down south. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thank you for taking us along Charlie!
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I'm one of the people you were talking about that can no longer get out and enjoy the world around me. I've always loved hiking and exploring and finding unusual things. The past several years I've gotten sicker and sicker and no longer able to get out on my own. I miss it so badly. When I see your videos I am able to go vicariously through you. That means the world to me. Thank you, and please never stop exploring!
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Love the exploring videos! Made my day when I saw it was a longer one! Keep'em coming! 🧐
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I've been watching your channel in recent months, loving it. I love the work you did in this vid; the maps, the drawings, etc. You don't do these things in your recent vids, and it's too bad! I know you do quick content, and I'd love to see maybe some "specials" with this same level of content and work?
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I'm new to metal detecting and when I went on YouTube to learn more about it, it was all about coins and jewelry, So when I'd go out and hunt and all I would find is junk and some relics, I would be somewhat disappointed. Since following you and your enthusiasm for relics, it has rubbed off on me and now have a relic box
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A most eggcellent adventuring compilation. Thanks Charlie. Keep on People...
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King George II - incredible find! Congrats.
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This video showed up in my feed today and I’m so glad it did. This video is from just before I found your channel and yes, I’m one of those people who can’t travel in the woods like I use to, so I’m really appreciative of these videos Charlie. Thanks for all your hard work making these videos.
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Omg ! The railing spoon toss was epic ! Mind blown Great stuff as per usual chuck thanks for taking us along on your adventures pal
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As you said, I’m disabled and have been for the last 20 years. After having been born and raised in the country in 1956 with the North Fork of the Sangamon River within a mile of our house on 3 sides, my brother and I were hiking and exploring our world from the time we were 10 and 8 respectively. Your explorations gets me back out there. Thank you Charlie.
