1800's Cannon Emplacements Found Deep In The Woods 

I work for Jekyll island authority and if you have never been it should be on your to-do list. There is alot of history on the island that is very interesting. The easiest way to get to the old cannon torrents is to park at the end of Macy Lane and its not so far of a walk through the woods. If you park at st andrews park its a good hike. In the direction that the cannons was pointing there is a US geological survey marker and there is also a geocache location here as well. One thing you want to be sure of is to watch where your walking because there are big diamondback rattle snakes all around in this area. Some of the diamondbacks have gps trackers in them so that the wildlife department can locate them.

That’s some quality iron sitting out there 120 years.

Whoa! You know they're deep in the woods because there's no graffiti on 'em. VERY interesting! 👍

I would love to metal detect for history there!

Can you picture the recoil on those guns... And think about all the hurricanes those emplacements have been through and they're still there. We don't build things the way we used to.

What a testament to the brilliant mix of metals in order to create a nearly rust-resistant iron. Can't find that nowadays. The state of preservation is remarkable, especially in such a humid climate. Great work.

1:10 Classic “Explorer finds what’s he’s looking for” moment! Keep up the great videos and thanks for taking us on this adventure

That's an awesome find

It's always fascinating to see such things sitting there for over a hundret years, completely intact and no one knows about them. I mean clearly somebody does and they're not small so ... I dunno I'd expect something like this to be more frequented. Amazing find btw. It's so cool how nature absolutely reclaims what once was nature in the first place.

What a beautiful piece of history and not distroyed.

neat find. These emplacements were installed up and down both coasts to protect the cities in the event of war coming to our doorstep in 1898. Remember the Maine. The coastal artillery was using carriages from other locations to fortify what was determined to be main shipping channels into important ports. The carriage pictured does look like a Rodman mount. It has a front pintle and the rear wheels are on an iron transverse. The 100 or 200 pound description is for the weight of the round for the gun tube. Most Rodman cannon were made smoothbore in 10 or 15 inch diameter balls. The one tube mounted in the video is a 15 Rodman. Identified by the center pintle mount. Most 10 inch Rodman tubes were sleeved down to except a conical projectile of 8 inch diameter. Usually the mounts scrapped after the turn of the century, as they were obsolete by that point. Few originals remain.

Chris, this is probably not a typical comment but I wanted to say thank you for making these videos. My life has been in utter chaos for 11 years and I used to enjoy doing the things you are now enjoying. Therefore, watching videos like those you make, help me escape reality for a few minutes, thus helping me maintain my sanity for at least one more day.

Wow that's cool there was a fort in Essex in the UK that had guns very similar and the military when they decommissioned the fort removed the guns and buried them on the property as they were just too big and too heavy and too costly to move it makes me wonder if those cannons are under the ground nearby somewhere wouldn't surprise me if they were

Way cool, Chris! When you showed the photo of the Civil War emplacement I realize my second home town had one, in its carriage mounted on a big concrete pedestal, in the corner of the library park downtown. It had been spiked (a steel or iron rod pounded into its touch-hole and broken off flush with the firing chamber), but they hadn't plugged its muzzle with concrete. The teenage gang of a friend's active youth somehow drilled open the touch-hole even though it was on the corner of a busy intersection (more brains than sense!). They planned to insert a charge of gunpowder, wadding, and some sort of projectile (there were no cannonballs available, thank goodness), and since it was aimed at the door of a beauty salon directly across the intersection they thought it would be a nice joke to fire the beast. We still had beat cops in town at that time and they were stopped on their way home one night, coming from shoving another half-pound of gunpowder in a paper sack down inside. The cop was familiar with them, individually and in clumps, and since they were carrying a broom handle, he kept an eye on that area long enough for them to lose interest. (Several years later, though older but no wiser, one of them set off a pipe bomb on a rooftop of a building right in the center of town. Lights, sirens, and the usual confusion followed almost immediately, and newspaper headlines that afternoon claimed many thousands of dollars' worth of damage. So naturally, the mad bomber and a friend climbed up there a few nights later and repaired the damage... As the French say, "Les garçons seront toujours des garçons."

That's cool, I can imagine all that brush cleared out so you could see the water. With cannons on the other island as well, the Spanish wouldn't dare take their ships through there.

Awesome video Chris, can't believe how good of condition them placements was, after being out, open to the elements, amazing, but I'm intrigued, what took the longest, finding the gun placements or the mountain bike ha ha, just think, if you hadn't found it, maybe someone would have used it for a video on RU-vid in a few years 👍, good job buddy

Can you imagine it back then! All open fields, no ingrown trees! Yo can still see remnants of the lubricant oil they used to rotate the cannons around! It survived for a little over 122 year's! That's amazing! Very cool video man!✌😎👍

My parents work for Jekyll island authority, and have took us back to the cannons a few times

Another cool video Chris! Thanks for giving the historical facts and pictures to go with your finds! It definitely helps to give us a different perspective!

Superb example of the early use of hex head bolts.

Wow! Those are big! Those old photos were really cool to see.

The holes in those wheels were for users to insert a pipelike metal rod to turn them and make the monstrosity move! Great story.

I an hour and a half from Jekyell, and the area is a historians playground. I know of many historic area what people like to keep hidden and safe from vandalism. Great Video!

Thank god there's a good history channel on RU-vid 👊🏻🤙🏻

Great find....! Thanks for making this video.....I love this kind of historical / abandoned stuff.

In the direction the cannons are face is a US Geological survey marker and also about the other 2 cannons they were on the northend of the island and they are gone now. Also metal detectors are illegal to use on the island due to it being a state park

What a unique combination of temperate style trees and tropical vegetation.

Somebody needs to put them in a museum so they can be preserved for historical purposes.

Nice little piece of hystory, wouldn't it be awesome to learn all the history that many of the woods and forests holds...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Always great vids, Chris! And, again, I really appreciate the back story you provide to educate us on your finds! Look forward to more! :)

Thank you ,Sad the GA folks has not restore this place..staywell

That’s when they made good steel. Awesome find. Thank you.

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Dude...i want your job...or the ability for the lack there of...to be able to travel all over and experience all that u have. Glad you are video documenting all this for us...thanks

Jekyll I sland wasn't that the place where the millionaire came up with the federal reserve? Asking for a friend.

The journey to find the abandoned bike lol. Like the focus you put on some abandoned oddities. As always great job on your video.

Look at old canon pictures you may find others like those. Notice there angled for adjustments and the radius that covered each other. The side wheels with the holes moved the gun barrel assy up n down the incline for precise shot placment.

Probably one of those multi-millionaires who lived on the island owned an iron works and had connections in the Defense Department.

A relic from a time when things were made to last

Great find Chris ! they are two awesome pieces of history and maybe someone will get them out and then everybody will enjoy them.

So cool just the fact you are touching a piece of military equipment that many soldiers touch who came before us thanks🙂🙂

That's some good steel it'll be there for another thousand years I'm sure

Very cool. Been to Jekyll 25 times never knew those were there I'll look next time I go.

I live in Georgia. Jekyll Island is a treasure. There are two matching cannons one at the campus area of uga

your videos are great

Jekyll Island, isn't that famous for its connection with the Federal Reserve?

I think they look a bit small for 10" Rodmans. I would love to look for the powder magazines. Enjoyed the video. Thanks!

So much history has transpired while those emplacements sat silently untouched in the woods.

Cool! They should make a walking path to the cannons.

Cool! Young at heart! Its like me in the Eightees

Very interesting that after more than 100 years there is still grease in the carriages. Looks like with a bit of work they could be made operable again. Keeping with the theme, I hope that bike is a 26’er.

From watching your videos about this island, I desperately want to go explore it now! I love all of your videos. Keep up the awesome work!

FYI The old picture @ 1:45 is a Dalgren Naval gun, may have also been on that mount.

Wow Chris a amazing video and for being that old they are in fantastic shape. Great find. Keep putting out fantastic videos.

I'm a new subscriber. I found your beautiful video of Mt St Helens two days ago! I am so hooked now. Where do you have your home base? :)

For all the people wanting to visit, now is the time. In the months of January and February you have the chance to find an island treasure. They are hand blown glass floats made by different artist. You will look for a clear plastic ball with a card inside. On this card will be a number and instructions on what to do with the plastic ball. You will take the plastic globe to the welcome center and swap it out with the real glass globe.

Right by those mounts is a geodetic survey marker that was set in 1933 and verified again in 1961. At least on those dates somebody saw the gun mounts. The easiest way for me to find them is to walk down the beach at low tide and take a trail there.

Really interesting piece of history. I also like the way you "tell the story" of what you investigating.

very cool chris thanks

Can't believe how good a shape they are in.

Very cool find, amazing how well the old steel has stood the test of time.

Great American history, thanks for sharing.

I love your shows about Iron cannon must come from Spanish America, I will look up at the website information. Thanks your shows to me and keep going.

Well we know you made it out as you uploaded. 😬 unless someone found your camera 🎥👍👍 cool content as always.

So cool definitely goin on my list of places to explore.

If that island was occupied it's amazing to think what is buried there. Perhaps even people.

This a really good video, and an interesting piece of history. This is something I didn't know of, it's really cool to learn something new watching these videos. Great job! Thank you for making it

That's a cool piece of history

Great vlog. I live on the mainland from Jekyll Island. Enjoyed seeing this again.

I'm surprised the historical society hasn't done something to preserve them. I've been to Jekyll several times and didn't know that. Tks!!

Next time you are out there bring a can of paint and a brush. Save them for the future. Nice tour, thanks.

Wow very cool

Can't believe how good the steel looks.

Military history is the best. The stories that they could tell. Surprised they havent wanted to restore those.

Wow what a find dude !!!

"On ward to find big foot" that's great! you really have to do a video, find the history about something that can't be found or proven.

I live not to far and always visit but did not realize those were there. I I want to see these.

If these were mounted in masonry forts their would be granite for the wheels to rotate as that could withstand the enormous weight of the mount and the gun.

Your video content is amazing and so clear. 👍

Sad, a Little Love and a Good Coat of Epoxy Paint, these Cannon Slides would Last for Eternity, If I lived close by, I would be Cleaning them up and Preserving them for All the History Buffs to Enjoy..

I took my family to Jekyll Island a couple of times, but I've never heard of this story.

Thats gold mate thanks for sharing

The other two are on the other side of the air strip. Between the beach and air strip. They are unable to be accessed by public.

There are 2 Rodman's in the town square down the street from me. They are impressive.

There are casemates for the same type of gun near Fort Mifflin, which site at the end of the runway of the Philadelphia airport. No cannons or mounts. Just the ammo bunkers and platforms. Now I know what the mounts looked like. It's informally called the upper battery.

That is some seriously remarkable steel, very little corrosion considering the age and climate!

Just finished watching all of your videos on both channels! Love your stuff!

Wow amazing they are just left there to decay, a real shame as they should be in a museum somewhere. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you found your bike lol. x

I live in ga never heard of this

Were there any earthworks or fortifications around this battery during its active phase?

Dude your videos are awesome! You do your research and make every adventure compelling

If that's iron, or steel, it's of a great quality, even today, as it us in an amazing shape for being in a humid salt environment for 120 + years. Just think of what salt does to cars in northern states. I have a boat in St. Marys, GA, right across Cumberland Island, and heard stories about the 1898 war in the area. Use a compass or handheld GPS when venturing out this way. Even paint is better to find a way back than getting lost.

Will you do a video on the lost colony of Roanoke if you get out that way? Just to see what you can find, even if it's nothing I bet you could tell a good story about the island. I've always wanted to see it but I doubt I'll ever have the chance personally

That's awesome 👍 history out there. I'm into that kind of history.

Great show 😀👍🏻

Great video! Nice that you study the history and then shoot video. Makes for great watching!

Just stumbled upon your channel today, and it's already my favorite exploration channel. Keep up the great work! :)

Vey surprised those haven’t been removed too by now .

Wow this is cool history! Very good video.

There's more! There has to be an encampment near the carriages. Good area to search with a metal detector.