The Endless Mountains of north central Pennsylvania provides the backstop for this Metal Detecting Channel. Towns began to be established in the mid 1800’s, but logging camps had been established prior to that. It’s a beautiful part of rural Pennsylvania, and has maintained some of its wild mystique from ages past. There are more livestock than people in this county. But just below the surface of the ground lie clues to the history of the distant past. I only began metal detecting in June of 2022, so there’s much I’ve yet to learn! Join me, and any guests crazy enough to come along, as we search for what can be found…and maybe hold some of our country's history right in our own hands.
Nice hunt, that Barber dime is in great shape too! Nice area you're in..not sure where you're at but I've hunted up in Bradford County before in north central PA. Thanks for sharing, good luck on your next hunt 👍
@@HistoryintheHandMetalDetecting Oh, ok...that's a county over from Bradford. I haven't been over that far west. I hear you about wanting to get out detecting, only my problem is with this heat and humidity..way too hot to do anything right now..lol.
Nice finds! Got to say you find more ax heads than anyone I've seen . Sure are some nice ones. Hoping I can come across some. Have you ever refurbished any?
Haha, I know?!?!? But this whole part of Pennsylvania was a big lumber culture. That, along with a normal farming lifestyle accounts for the regular use and loss of axes and hatchets.
It’s just an option on the USGS site. Try this link: zoom into your area, and once at the area you want to search, select the "layers" option from the ones along the top of the map(it’s the one that looks like a stack of papers). Then scroll down the list and check the box next to “3DEP - Hillshade stretched.” It’ll take a second, but it should convert to LiDAR of the area! apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/
I just got back from finding ANOTHER house and barn foundation…and in a few minutes I found 3 harmonica reed plates, and a pewter barrel spigot. I’ll definitely go back when the ferns are down next spring! Let me know if that link works, Dave.
I love these type of videos as much as metal detecting ones. Goes good with the one you had on using lidar the other day. Never knew about the old orchards. Going to go back and look for those.
Glad you enjoyed it Darin! The orchards appear as a grid of very slight mounds, whether there are still trees there or not. I sometimes search old aerial photos too, and the old orchards really show up on the earliest photos, which are from 1938 for my area. The grids of trees pop out very clearly…even if a few of the trees are missing. Once I spot the trees, I zoom in and look for foundations. It’s amazing to see the changes over the last 75 years!
@@HistoryintheHandMetalDetecting yes it is. I have 1938 aerials of my area also. What is all woods today was all field back then. Noticed a road or trail going through a block of woods it goes right by what I thought were cellar holes but its a good 100 to 150 yards away from the home site.
Great video! Have you ever found homesites that never mad it on a map? I found a few interesting things on lidar that did match up with old maps. Will be checking it out soon.
Sometimes the old mapping only covered populated areas…at least that I’ve been able to find. So, yes. I’ve found roads and foundations that were already abandoned before the 1860 maps were drawn…and never made it onto a map. But it’s SUPER rural here.
poor Mackie. Hope he got some soothing ice-cream. My wife would kill me if I brought our boy home covered in mud, never mind the porcupine. The indian nut area looks sweet. Great video
Mackie is recovering well, but will never accompany me back to that area again! His encounter with the porcupine cut short hour adventure… Before we had a chance to investigate what I believe to be another barn and house foundation farther up that same old road! But there’s always next time… Oh, and I definitely stopped to let Mac swim in a pond before I brought him home! I might be dumb, but I’m not stupid! 🤣🤣
Thanks Matt! I’ll give the winter snow a chance to flatten out the ferns and goldenrod, and get back in there in March, after ground thaw! Mackie needed some veterinary assistance, as there were just too many quills way back in the top of his mouth. He was a real trooper, but it got to the point where he just couldn’t allow me back into his mouth. He’s back to his enthusiastically, affectionate self now… Although I will not bring him back to that specific location, because porcupines have a very small range. If he was there once… He could very well be in the same area again… Lesson learned!
Thanks for the sub! But get that detector out of the Box!!!! You’ve got lots of old history over there. Folks were in your area long before they fought the rugged wilderness way over here!
It's important to remember that the size of the cellar hole has nothing to do with the size of the actual house. In other words, the square footage of the basement is often much smaller than the square footage of the living space. Early homes had a central chimney stack. If you look along the back length of the wall you might see something that looks like a stone bench. That would be the foundation of the chimney stack. That would also be the center of the house and the load bearing foundation wall for the entire home. The peak of the roof would be directly over that load-bearing stone wall. The Colonials were much more sophisticated than we give them credit for. The foundations in my part of Southern New Hampshire are built and located in basically the same places that they are in your part of the country. If there's a stream next to the foundation, there's also a well next to the foundation.
Once I found the cook stove and bricks, I knew it was a residence. And I’m still skeptical about the 1st 2 foundations…as the stuff I initially found may have indicated more of a workshop or shed; at least for now. Another reason to return, and continue the investigation!
💥💥💥💥That stove top pretty much confirms that nobody else has been there. Who would walk by that without picking it up to investigate? How old do you think those apple trees were earlier in the video? I'm now your 700th subscriber.
Thanks, Lee! It’ll be great having you around with us! Apples are slow growers, so I’m guessing very late 1800’s. But as I looked again at the LiDar pic, I noticed a grid of slight humps across the little creek by the house foundation that I’m pretty certain was a good sized planted orchard. The two by the barn could have been “volunteer seeds” left by people or livestock manure. Can’t wait to get back in there…
I felt bad when I edited video. He’d had a mouth full for over 10 minutes before I noticed. He was a trooper through it all, and is back to his enthusiastic self again!
So what do you think the large square area along the road on the left, just past the 4 way, is on the Lidar? Right angles look elevated as opposed to depressed. Mush have been something like a fenced in area, livestock pen maybe?
The boundary is stone wall, so I think that was pasture or agriculture. However, across the little creek to the left of the homestead foundation…that looks like where the planted orchard was. A grid of slight rises usually means apple trees. I will check it out the next time I’m there.
@@HistoryintheHandMetalDetecting They just released the 2023 merged multi-directional lidar, here in New Hampshire. What used to look like the remaining corner of a stone wall at a right angle, is now clearly visible as a cellar hole or building foundation. Everything is crystal clear.
I wish the day hadn’t ended the way it did… But it was a gorgeous afternoon! I can’t wait to get back in there. It looks like there is another house and barn. Farther up the road for another time!
Thanks Scott. He needed to see the vet. There we’re just too many quills way back in the roof of his mouth for me to access them. He was a trooper through it all.
Thanks for the ID! I’m always learning just what in the world I’m finding…but I love this hobby! I’d love to come down to Williamsport sometime and hunt with you! Would you believe I found TWO pocket watches in that lawn and a civil war sword belt buckle???
Good info. I've been in it for about 3 months now. Have about everything but the headphones and small coil. Been thinking about getting an 8" for my xtp. I'm ready to get to swinging now that my work week is over lol
That’s great, Darin! The small coil helps focus on just one target at a time, and makes for less noisy chatter. And the headphones really help black out excess noise like dry leaves, and wind or traffic noise! They make it a little bit warmer when it’s cold out too!!! Hope you get some good hunting in…I work weekends☹️
Nice finds! I really like those old crosscut saws. I have one that belonged to my great, great grandpa. I always feel like I have a connection to old things. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong time period.
Pretty cool finds. I found parts to an old stove too out in a cornfield also had some old brick,glass and some pottery in the hole. Going to try to finish digging it up this fall after they cut the beans. Hopefully there is some other old relics around there.
Ooooh, Darin, remember that spot! There was a homestead there…which means there will be homestead stuff in the dirt! Hopefully, you can catch the field after they cut, and BEFORE they plant winter wheat or some cover crop!
@@HistoryintheHandMetalDetecting i have put alot of time into researching the property. It's actually my sister and brother in laws. It's one of the first recorded properties in the county it was around 1819. Not too long after Indiana became a state. After looking at old plat maps and topos I can identify atleast 3 different home sites on it. One spot is actually close to my deer stand and never knew if after all these years. I'm really getting excited to get in there. Only been detecting for a couple months now. Love watch yours and other detecting old places like that.
@@darinblackburn6023 I was out just now, and found 2 new foundation holes to search another time. My "diggin dog Mac" got into a porcupine…so we headed home for some pliers and pain, to remedy the situation. Poor guy! Using LiDAR really helps me see old roads, fields, and foundations…even in what are now woods!
@@HistoryintheHandMetalDetecting hope Mac is ok.... yeah. I use it too. It's very helpful. Probably going to be on a binge watch of your videos. They are pretty good.
Thanks Scott…but STILL🤬🤬🤬 it bugs me! I should have listened to my own wise advice…but I was having trouble with plug accuracy that day, for some reason.
@@HistoryintheHandMetalDetecting I just ran into that same situation. I have a new cellar, but so overgrown. There are two others I couldn’t even get to yet. COME ON FALL!
Glad you got new glasses. Got to support my fellow PA metal detecting buddies. Love the cherry stoner. Great find. Mac wanted to show his finds LOL. Thanks for sharing.
That stoner was pretty cool! I never knew there was such a thing. I’ll definitely head back there in March next year! There's got to be more cool stuff to find. Oh, the DB star was a Dodge Brothers emblem from the early days of Mopar vehicles…I learned that AFTER I made the video
Great hunt, iron finds are fun in my book. The oil light is my favorite. I have been looking at some Lidar maps myself. Mac looks like a great buddy to hunt with. Thanks for sharing.
Rick here again. Google Beatrix potter ,rabbits. You might find some info on that little smashed up cup, with the rabbit on it. My wife searched it out. Rk
That cherry seed separator is sooo cool! I worked at a apple orchard. We had about 24, tart cherry trees to pick. Picking started just after July 4th. I ate so many while harvesting for my boss/best friend. Cherry picking only lasted about 10 days. Rk.
That's pretty neat, Richard! That foundation is just about to "stemmy" to detect; but I'll definitely return next spring before it gets too grassy. There MUST be more stuff to recover!
Really do enjoy your videos, wish nieces or nephews or even my son or daughter(son is 24, daughter is 20) had the tenacity for the persistence for this hobby that I have.... 40 acre area, Fairgrounds says 1886 and thus far this year I have found a 1918 d and a 1918 Mercury dime, 1902 1903 and 1911 V nickel 1887 1896 1900 indian, 1901 and 1907 Barber dime, 1916 D Buffalo and a 1919 buff..... persistence pays off but nobody wants to put in the time to reap the rewards! I'm in northeast Nebraska and I'm looking for a metal detecting buddy! LOL.... keep your grandson in the hunt, his first Grand find and you'll have a metal detecting buddy for life! Keep up the good work!
I know! They only minted coins there for something like 17 years…and a couple wound up in a brothel lawn way over here in the mountains of Pa! Pretty cool…
Steve . That will be my favorite episode! So nice! I remember taking my son out detecting years ago. They grab at target so fast! Steve, that was cool. Rk.
