It’s the old man from Knoxville my friend. Absolutely amazing history video of such a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing and taking me with you. There is still so much history still in the ground. Stay safe say hello to your family for me.
Thanks Steve and yes I think there is lots there. All the neighborhood came out while we were there and a great deal of the day got sucked up talking to them. It's not often a troop shows up with cameras and GoPros in hand to film their little village, especially Gordon who does this professionally. Merry Christmas.
Todd, I absolutely love the history of this location. Randy is a great guy. Wonderful back story and having Joan give you a tour and show you the old log books was spectacular. The history there is something we could not experience in our area. Thank you for a awesome adventure.👍😀👏
Glad you enjoyed it. Randy and I have another hunt in the works but have to wait for hunting season and the weather to ease a bit....the Shenandoah Valley is a gem for lots of varied history. It's a blessing to uncover it.
I bet you can just feel the history when you walk around there and into the old mill. I wonder if you swing on the virgin dirt inside of the building would you find anything. Nice video Todd enjoyed it.
My thoughts exactly Tony. I'm sure she would let me. Joan was a great storyteller and host in her own right. She operates a Bed & Breakfast there in the Saw Mill.
Another amazing video. I love the history stories of the details of the buildings in the ledger, so cool I love the history of these old houses, and that people are still trying to keep them preserved❤️
That is a great video. Lots of history reflected in those finds too. Best has to be that half of a CSA sword belt buckle. Love it. Keep up the awesome work and thank-you for sharing a bit of history from a village that Custer and his troopers pillaged during the Civil War.
Hey thanks for the lead!! I know people related to Heinrich "Henry" Brock through his brother and this ties into several families who can’t figure out their Brock lines. This will help immensely!!
Hello, the round item that Gordon found looks like a piece from an old trunk, for locking the trunk, The lid of The trunk had an round piece that snapped down onto the piece that Gordon found, good job !!
hey great find that first dig you wanted identified is a pre civil war half of a two piece belt buckel found the same half last week on saint helena island S.C. keep looking for other half they dont come up often awsome
This was so interesting. I have really enjoyed learning about all these places. It is history that is not in books. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
This house had to have a garbage dump somewhere on the property. I watch a guy on YT who finds them with long thin poles and he has found amazing things even broken or cracked pottery. I think it's called "Under the Plains."
Glad you enjoyed it! It's my longest video in a while that's for sure but it seemed the whole community came out in support of what we were doing that day.
Todd Awesome video!! Love the old homes! Great finds. It is nice to see Randy out hunting again. He found a bucket lister with that buckle!! A 2 piece is on my list. Cool spoon! I have never found a whole one. Did you ever find out the date of the wheatie??? The broach looked cool also. Thanks again
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Todd sorry to hear that. Since the whole town burned not surprising. Hopefully you and Randy can do more videos. I enjoy watching you both.
Todd, Great village, nice lady and super finds with your friends. This vlog speaks for itself! Cheers, Rik I hope you and your wife and family have a wonderful Christmas, I can picture Georgian Court snow covered statues and all, I lived on 6th street just over from it and I spent a lot of time on the campus, I even played with the band at graduations. Cheers, Rik Spector
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives you know what your doing. I think content derives length and you usually have fascinating information.. Poduve comnrnts are always 'well, POSITIVE 😊
I believe the button may be from a rain coat, I have several like it that are marked A.J. Tower and Co. If I remember correctly they date from 1862-3 up to the early 1900s.
Want to thank you for helping me endentify a object I found a while back, it turns out I had found a horse bridal 🥰 That buckle is awesome 👌 👏 Great vid as usual, love the old structures, as I used to own a Victorian house, wich had floor timbers with bark still on them. I actually found school books from 1800's in the attic floor. Wish you a Merry Christmas , HH and take care 🙂
That is awesome! One fan says it was a horse bit not bridle but technically the bit is part of the bridle so I guess we both were right. Dig season seems to come to a close for awhile...I bet there too! Merry Christmas.
You know I never noticed but my goodness if Randy's find could be shown from his Brigade or even Custer himself, he would just die. Custer was there overseeing the burning of this village and we factually know this much. Crazy isn't it....
Ummm, Todd...@24:54 Confederate two piece buckle, yes....but you added in "General Custer's Brigade??" No sir! Custer was a Union man, not confederate. Nor was his Brigade with Confederate side, they were union men. Check your history love. 👍🏼 The Michigan Brigade, sometimes called the Wolverines, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade or Custer's Brigade, was a brigade of cavalry in the volunteer Union Army during the latter half of the American Civil War.
Yep you are right. I mentioned he was a Union General in the Description and in the comments. I chalk it up to a Freudian slip since I was talking about the Confederate Buckle in the prior scene. Thanks for noticing and have a happy and healthy New Year!
Todd I have watched every video you have put out and this is one of your best videos if not the very best one . Keep up what you do my friend . Merry Christmas..
Probably not but the possibility does exist....It's crazy to think he is recorded as being there overseeing the burning of this village and the photo in the video shows this 2 piece he is wearing. Just crazy...Merry Christmas.
@@jakemurdock89 yep not sure what I was thinking. Freudian slip as I was talking about the CSA Buckle. The buckle could also be Union. Many sent photos of Union buckles of the same design which could be from Custer’s unit.
Your videos are way to short!!! Lol. I get lost in your history and go into another world. Then it ends and I'm like ..oh crocky. I don't want to go back to folding clothes or cooking. That civil war buckle is an awesome find and to know it was from a certain brigade. Wow. Your videos just get better. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Teresa. I could do longer videos I just don't know how well received they would be. I do a lot of "behind the scenes" clips at many of these sites and just don't add them to the videos. I have had another commenter say they wished it was longer too....and this one is a half hour....oh my!! Merry Christmas
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Todd your fine with the way you do the videos. Just kidding you a bit.I could watch them for hours but you do not have that kind of time. You do have a gift of storytelling. Merry Christmas to your family.
The fireplace looks tall and shallow. It may be a Rumford fireplace; hard to tell. The Rumford fireplace was invented in the late 1700's. This is just my observation, but, as I say, it's hard for me to tell. Great video, thanks!
Great video. Love metal detecting. Hate to be PC but in the opening you should say the land was stolen by the British, then they sold the land that didn’t belong to them.
That house is not in the style of a house from 1677. It is a later Colonial. It is probably referring to the Treaty 0f 1677 or The Treaty of Middle Plantation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_1677 Signed with Natives which stated natives in the "Tributary Tribes" could keep some of their land and bear arms as long as they were loyal to the Crown. It basically made that part of Virginia an official part of English land holdings before Virginia was even a State.
Hello AHD, Been a follower, have seen ya before ya had this channel with someone else, was it Aquachigger? The last one was when y'all searched a Civil War demolished cabin near a battlefield! Been a while as I'm not a "techie" and didn't click the right bell! Be safe and take care, "God Bless", sincerely, Randy. 🙏😇👊
Hey Randy thanks for coming back to check a video I've published. I did a lot of detections with him, but I don't any longer and wish him well on his future endeavors. I value the memories with him but realized we are on two different paths in life with goals that conflicted and had to part ways. I hope you consider returning but regardless have a blessed week.
Now there ya go Penny. A new research for you. I have a button and Randy has this medallion. It is Hessian in origin (German) so it would be interesting to know what Order this went to...
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives what a great adventure this time around. Full of history & information. Also I have an awesome collection of colonial glass I'd be willing to give too you for them. & that's a Confederate buckle part
Just to let you know that the Hessians were used both in the Revolutionary and Civil War, so that maybe real. I found a real Hessian button down in southern Michigan near the Indiana state line. Nice find.
I know I'm a bit late to the conversation.I know I'm a bit late to this conversation. But that belt buckle half is Actually a piece to a confederate officer's belt buckle
Check the tops of the exterior & interior doors with a metal detector. Everybody would most likely never think to do this. I'll say no more to leave some of the discovery to you.
Thanks for the clarification. I’ve always been told a bit is part of a bridle by definition. It is a nice piece of history found by Randy nevertheless and really cool.
The creek was up there at one point. You could see the old stream bed. I don’t know what else could have made those. The mill was built in the 1770’s who knows for sure….thanks for stopping by.
It would be nice if the owners of the home had a dendrologist take a sample from the mantle. I think that’s what a person who dates wood and can ID it’s area of growth.
Those were just vintage dog tags from 60s and 70s. They always said the gender of the dog.. slave tags only had one hole they were only worn in cities, and never said gender, just servant
The dog tag thing is not true. In This time period dog tags didn't exist (whi would pay money for that) In reference to the holes....they varied at the makers discretion. And as far as the name or gender... that would depend on whether or not the tag was used by the farm owner or the slave trader. Point being that there are a lot of variations of these. Just like a lot if other things from the period. But nobody tagged dogs at this time...
@@rickclark4112 who said I said that they tag dogs at that time 60s and 70s that’s how old that Tag is. they never put female on it but they did with the dog tags . That particular tag is all over the Internet.
I am mistaken.... you are likely correct on THESE.... however slave tags CAN be different configurations than the north east type... Sorry guys I stand corrected on these 2 tags.
