WHILE METAL DETECTING WE UNCOVER A SUBTLE REMINDER OF THE WORST MINING DISASTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY

Published 2024-07-26
Children as young as 8 years old were pulled from the rubble. Such inconsequential finds until you learn what they represented to those that lost them. Tragedy marked their lives, with meager existence to live on, but these ensured they got paid.
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All Comments (21)
  • I went to school in Bridgeport, WV and if memory serves me right there were 3 kids who Dads died in that disaster. We could see the flume of smoke from where we lived. The history is priceless. Thanks for your explorations.👍
  • @JokersWild139
    That's a story worth getting out and the music fits! An awesome video Todd
  • Very haunting and somber version of “Amazing Grace”. Perfect for the complete story tell. Great job!
  • @andygossard4293
    Thanks for the great history info, great and fascinating video
  • @karenwright9123
    The history is a sad one but worth knowing...you tell it so well. You have a heart for it and it shows. This is more than digging metals.Thanks, we grow from what we know.:face-red-heart-shape:
  • Wow Todd, congratulations on the mining tags and other cool relics!! I apologize for the other comment I said on the channel. This story of the mine was a great one to watch!! Thank you for this great video!
  • Todd, you will never know how much I have enjoyed this series. This is why I became a huge fan of your talent. Awesome production. If I am allowed to voice one complaint, there's not enough of your your videos. Even though it is understandable that you have a full-time job and a wonderful family that comes first. Take care and would love to see more of this series and others to come.
  • Thanks for the history lesson, Todd! That looks much like a typical dig in my neck of the woods. Those mining companies were brutal. I know a couple horror stories from the late 1800's and early 1900's from the TN-KY region. Love the finds. Thanks for sharing. I'm surprised you didn't find part or all of a carbide light.
  • Awesome hunt my wife is from West Virginia her grandfather was a Cole miner we won’t be able to get down there again would like to buy a miner’s tag any suggestions thank you so very much for sharing hope you have a wonderful weekend 👍👍❤️
  • @joanhawkins8552
    Its a victorian brass gas light valve. Very nice. I'm sure it cleaned up well.
  • @nickcasto8009
    Very interesting story and finds. A lot of grief lies buried in those ragged hills.
  • @docfax
    I sold my soul to the Company Store...!!
  • @gayeyount7948
    Looks like a great adventure. I'm going to watch on my t.v. I'm down with a bad summer cold or it feels like bronchitis but I'm going to enjoy this video .
  • @wildmandigging3486
    So awesome to save history and think about the last person to hold the item or where or what they was doing God Bless and happy dirt fishin…Virgil
  • @jimharris4740
    You are the greatest in preserving history. Most of our fellow dectorists are in for their personal gain
  • @dallasdavis3246
    i have a consol mine script i found on what was my grandmas property and now my uncles here in taylor county