Massive Boulder Leads Treasure Hunter to Find Curious Golden Coin

Published 2019-09-06
This adventure into the mountains brings me to a stone-lined cellar with a mysterious history. I find myself drawn to a huge boulder, which judging by the items found surrounding it, seemingly had a purpose.

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All Comments (21)
  • Fantastic finds. My Friday’s are not complete until I watch GMMD. Thanks so much!
  • I like how you take your time and explain your finds so well. What an awesome hunt, well done. Thank you 👍🏼
  • @Steve-Pitt
    It's always great to wake up to a Friday morning but even better with a new episode of GMMD!
  • Great finds today. Over all you have the best metal detecting channel on YouTube.
  • @ShellyAnn1a
    Love the way you put in clips and stills of the natural world, like the feather on the leaf or the little inch worm on the log. It makes your videos more interesting, than just going from one find to the next digging holes in the ground. Please keep this style and keep the videos coming, I now have to enjoy the outdoors vicariously through videos like yours. Thank you for sharing.
  • @monkcheetah8203
    Nice finds yet again. Liked the shot of the blue Jay feather 🐦
  • As my Grand Father would say the Jay feather was a Spirit gift to be gathered and given a thank you . Such things are rare and a portent of good.
  • You found a bean pot hanger, whole! How cool is that? Beautiful buckles, I really am impressed with the repaired one. I love the buttons, too! And a counterfeit coin! They probably tossed it, when they realized it was fake! Awesome video, as always, Brad!
  • @stephk5797
    I adore you and your videos Brad and I've watched pretty much every single one - whenever I see an upload I can't help but grin and whenever I hear the theme music just a massive wave of peace flows over me, no matter what is happening in my life - thank you so much <3 love from Ireland !
  • @riverbender9898
    I've been detecting since I bought my first Whites new in '73. I really like your style and attention to (and respect for) the precious artifacts of our forebears. Thank You.
  • @rodevans602
    As a kid here in Australia 60 years ago I had two of those half guinea tokens in my coin collection. Same date, 1797. They were brass, but not (as I remember) gilded. They were known as Gaming Tokens, presumably used in some kind of gambling game.......?? Love your videos and look forward to them every week! Best.... Rod.
  • @Bell2trac
    Again a wonderful tour of the mountains laced with fabulous finds! Love the counterfeit, it always a puzzle when we find one and a mixed feeling, while we would like to find the original we take comfort in knowing the counterfeit is even more scarce!
  • It amazes me that the scam artists were busy being deceitful even in the early days of the colonies. I love every video that you make. You don't just hunt history out; you give us the beauty of where you're at and as much backstory as you've got available. This is why I love your channel. And as usual; you always tend tio find some great items to show I us. My favorite in this video was the ram rod guide, it was a beautiful piece. Have a great week Brad ☺👍
  • Well Brad, another OUTSTANDING video. Love everything about them!!! Now, your videos are about, oh, 1000 times better than mine-but one teeny observational idea-when you were describing that shoe buckle and called it a chape, maybe show a quick picture of all the parts together with an old shoe, give us a better concept of the use of the item! LOVE that coin find!!! Your 2nd counterfeit coin!!!! Rob / Diggin' Florida w/ Rob!
  • @mountain_girl
    I miss Vermont and I think the youtube algorithm know that. lolz. I'll never look at old homesteads and cellar holes the same way after seeing some of your content. Love the music too. ☮
  • Again a great time shared here. Thanks for doing that and Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter.
  • @zw5509
    You are the proud owner of a fireplace crane! A pot hanger for over the fire. Great finds. You can see someone using a piece of a silver coin to repair that shoe buckle. It was much more valuable than the coin and who would notice the nibble of the edge of the coin? Enjoy the videos and exactly right about those darn Deer Tick!
  • @Mantreaus
    Another Fantastic Hunt. Worth going back a few times it seems. For the History side of it, I wonder if there were census or land claim records available at a local history museum. I have spent many hours going over old microfiche rolls searching old documents. Local Historic Societies have been very helpful. Who ever lived there may not have been wealthy by monetary means, but what you have found there has had a distinct sense of style and art form. The counterfeit coin itself has a story, but found where it was found someone lost twice. You're livin the life Mate. Congrats.
  • Awesome video, Brad! I agree with Wendy. I'd love to see the contents of your display cabinet, sometime!
  • Only took me 3 years to find your videos and I love them! I'm commenting on the little spade piece with the hole in it that you found. I believe it could be what I call a "disposable stake" us trappers use them to stake down a trap with a peice of wire. You attach it to the trap, drive that device in the ground with a rod, and when an animal is caught and pulls, that device turns sideways in the ground and it won't pull up. The ones I use are much more simple and modern. This one looks old and awesome (guessing mid/late 1800s). But I'm a 95% sure on this. Good luck on future detecting, keep up the great videos!