A River Metal Detecting And Camping Adventure : Pt. 2 

Hey Chigg, I'm am so happy to see you wearing gloves! They looked a little big, let me know if you would like the next size smaller. Having a fine, mellow time on the water. LOOK MA, THEY SAID MY NAME ON RU-vid!!!!

I'm 76 my parents used the word cattywampus...thanks for saying it for the world to hear.

The 'fence' is more than likely a pioneer path. Especially on muddy sand, they lay down sticks first, then line it over with path stones for walking. That was probably a homestead, worksite or maybe that civil war camp.

As I said before, this is the Chigg doing what we love to see and no matter how much or how little you find, it is great to watch!! Please keep on doing the water hunting as even though other youtubers have moved in on that idea, you are the best!!! Cheers Vic

I had a great time too Beau! Thanks for taking me along!! ♥️☀️ 🦝 😻

Chigg on the the river, with a shoelace, MacGyvered his boat and kept on goin'. Who could ask for anything MOAR?!!! ...ha ha ha... Happy 4th!

Wow, what a way to relax & unwind; cruising the river in your little boat, camping out, and relic hunting! Sure enjoying this latest adventure...

So glad you’re out of that darn cave. Gave my anxiety like

Just wanted to say Beau that I've watched you for years and just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you making your videos, it's just so cool to see your adventures and to get to learn about things from hundreds of years ago. Seriously I love everything you post, these river ones are my favorite though haha. Anyway, just wanted to say thank you.

I am having a tough time concentrating for worrying about the boat not getting hung up but floating off into the sunset. Just hanging out by the fire and listening to the night would be awesome enough.

Could that wood be the remains of a cordouroy road? Could be that a road ran along the river and they used logs to stabilize the road where it was swampy or always very muddy.

Beau those frog's saying knee deep and deeper that last one "HOLD YOUR BREATH"!!!, This only Happens on Orignal Aquaghigger Adventures!!!; ) Thank's Beau!!!; )

Sunday morning with the Chegg hey enjoy your videos spend time with you on the river enjoying the hunt and as you talk to me on the videos I talk back to you too I enjoy you thanks again for a wonderful video and my friend on the river

I’ve been watching you for many years now and I have to say, you inspired me to do many things like magnet fishing, metal detecting, exploring. I truly enjoy watching your adventures! I really liked seeing you in my home state of Maine hanging out with Billy! Hope to get to meet you some day! GL&HH!

This is what made you the Chigg so keep the river videos coming.

Awesome to be underwater again! Good Luck tomorrow! Thank you

You have so many “mishaps” and you always come out smelling like a rose, so to speak...😂🤣 I love these river adventures!

😲 Breathe through my snorkel? Aw mannnn! I left it in my truck! 😆

Modern-day Huckleberry Finn...sleeping in the trees...boating down the river...Living life doing what you like to do (minus the momentary issues that are here today and exist as memories to treasure tomorrow!)

And you he boat said to Chigg, “We can’t take much more of this Captain you punched a hole in the bottom and patched it with a shoelace!!!” 😂😂👍

It's a Corduroy Road. Very common in areas of soft ground. Still used.

Thanks for what you do.

I love how you let your boat wander off!

Thank you David , been watching this poor soul go gloveless for too long , thanks again .......hey Chig , thanks for the really cool time, as allways , take care now .

You’re adventures are so fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!!

thank you for taking us along

Hey! Just wanted to drop a note, unsure if it will be read or not. I'm a writer, and have been working at home during this COVID debacle. I've been running your videos in the corner of my laptop while I work. Never metal detected before. Actually, I'm not even sure how I stumbled upon your page. But, you should know that your adventures have provided me with a much-needed outlet over the past few months. I've enjoyed watching you amble through the rivers, streams, timber and fields in search of history and "relics." I appreciate you taking the time to educate as well - be it civil war history or simply a lesson on nature and wildlife. I am now fascinated by metal detecting, am looking at punching a ":starter" machine...though there isn't much in the line of civil war relics here in Michigan. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing and remember, you're taking all of us along with you on your adventures. And the catharsis they provide is something we all need it right now. Peace.

You are so much fun to watch. I giggle every time you say "hold your breath" you are a hoot. Thank you for sharing this is a fun adventure. 🌞🌞🌞

13:32 "LOOKEEEEEEE" 🤣🤣🤣 heard you through the water 🤣🤣🤣

Thanx Chigg for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE SEE YA ON THE NEXT

Thanks for taking us on your many adventures

In the UK we call them a fishing Peg. Just somewhere to sit with your tackle box and cast off 👍👍👍👍🎯🎯🐠🐠

The mighty S.S. Grommet sustained yet more damage in search of river treasure. Her stalwart Captain completed repairs and will be moving forward with equipment in dangerously short supply. Artillery shells may be found. Lead sinkers and leeches are a given. Stay tuned as Chig ( AKA Captain Beefcake ) continues the quest for civil war relics. 👍

Well that's on CSA mini ball that didn't send a yankee boy to meet his maker. What an awful war. The majority of those fighting owned little save their honor in battle. As a country we need to respect them all.

Such a great trip so far ,and to camp on that island, luck is already with you!...

I enjoy watching you find them civil war bullets Chigg a lot. I enjoy watching your videos period and I’m not alone I’m sure buddy

Another great episode. Thank you for sharing with us. 👊😊👊

I was just thinking about these vid's, when he posted the first river video, he's name sure is aquachigger, so we need these river adventures from the chig, every summer✌

Fantastic! thank you for sharing with us!

Your river searching vids are your best ones.

I think those flat logs was a corduroy road

Great video Chigg be safe and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏

Another great adventure Chigg, stay safe in that river on your own🇬🇧🇬🇧

Looks like alot of fun.

The dropped Black & Decker cracked me up 😂

Could it be an old road where they laid the sticks across so they wouldn't sink as much that's why you're finding so many wheel pieces

You should show a little bit of your camp, cooking, etc.

Hi Chigg! Glad you made it through the night! I'm a suburban girl and that much nature would have kept me awake even without the racoons fighting, which we have in my back yard, too. In a pathetic attempt to share some of the excitement of mudlarkers, metal detectors, and adventurists like you, I've started magnet fishing in the community parks around my house. I pulled a bike out of a lake on my first time out! I recently magnet fished under an old railroad bridge and pulled up several rusty spikes. That was exciting. I also pulled out a 1/2 inch round shot. The bridge is in a subdivision now, so I'm thinking the shot dates back at least 30 years. Any idea how I might be able to figure out how old it is?

That wood and stuff is part of an old road. Many old trails and roads back in the day ran beside the rivers

Thats one noisy frog there Chig. How ya gonna sleep! At least ya found some bullets! Sleep tight!

Your videos are so interesting I love watching them every morning a am always excited to watch your videos keep it up

I love the adventure.

Corduroy road for sure.

I am thinking that it was an old loading zone for boats...like a pier. During the civil war it might have been a stretch of the river that was accessible and easy to load supplies from wagons to rafts or boats. Glad you’re wearing gloves! 🙌🏻 That’s way better! 😁👍🏻 Sorry to hear about the holes in your boat. 🛶 That sucks. At least you were prepared to help fix them. It was like a McGyver/Survivorman moment there at the campsite. 🧰 Looked like a nice campfire you were having Beau. Nice and relaxing. ☺️🔥🏕

Great job and keep it coming. I think these videos are great

It's 00:03 am here and my day is not over yet

I always adore your videos

been looking forward to pt 2!!!!

Chigg that’s what I had never seen on your vids...a corduroy road! We went to see one on Shermans’ route through MS in Newton Co. There were still a few logs you were able to see before the bridge. This was about 8-10 miles se of Decatur, MS. He was almost killed while sleeping in Decatur as “Feds” rode by the place he was sleeping. Great find!!!!

Another great video on the water chigg man. I hate that you got a hole in the boat. Those darn rocks can be brutal on a kayak. A little chigg-giver an shes as good as new. Lol. Now the wood in the bank; you think that it may have been a ferry landing/crossing at some point. You know where they would let the ferry gate down to let the wagons an or the horses exit off the ferry. We still have a operating ferry here in my town in Richmond,ky. It takes you across the Kentucky river at the point of valley view here in Madison, county. Then you depart into jessamine, county/nicholasville,ky. ? Looked like it was another awesome day on the river. Even though, we didn't find lots of treasures. The bullets were a great find and we'll take them any day.Belt buckles, gold coins, and we can't forget those civil war muskets or the artillery shells. Those would have been an awesome find for the day an you would have been a happy happy little chigg man. Although unfortunately more so then most people know, there's alot of times we go out detecting an all we dig or find is not so good treasures. So that being said, we have to have those days to make up for all the great days we have when we do hit the mother load of relics. Great video chigg. Thanks for taking us along on the river exploration. What a way to spend independents day hunting civil war treasures. As always safe an happy hunting.👍😁😁

Looks like your having a great river trip, even with having put a hole in the Water Chigg rigg

Keep'm coming Chig!! I was hungry for more for a day or two there. Happy 244th Birthday of this great nation! Happy 4th!!

Good luck with the patch job!

Great content. (If you are on a trip, hope it goes good). Thanks again!

Fowler's toads!!!! 💙💝

Two things: WHAT was the green thing, just a sinker? looked like some kinda pendant. Also SHOW US your boat patch process ! There's whole youtube channels dedicated to stuff like that lol

Chig maybe leave a few for the next generation of digger. You have thousands of those things already and the fun is the find. Maybe throw a few back in the whole every now and then.

Looks like a road. If you look up on the top there is a layer of hard pack. The wood looks like they threw it over a muddy spot so they could drive on it in wet weather

outstanding adventurers

That wood is an old plank road. I know for a fact because I’ve removed several miles of it when we widened Route 2 up here in northern Illinois along the rock river. We also found well over 100 Indian arrow heads due to the several Indian camps in the area.

The horizontal logs could be an old corderoy road. Logs are layed side by side across a roadway where it is muddy or boggy. It makes for rough driving but it makes for a crossing where it otherwise would be impossible.

The names of the islands down there are fascinating! LOL :)

Hey man thank you for the video and I hope you get your boat patched up real good this time around

Construction mats? To keep heavy equipment from sinking. Like backhoes or civil war cannons ...

The wood might be a ferry dock? At 4:00 to 6:15, did you know you have a leech on your nose? You need some Aviation Speed Tape for holes in boats! You can seal aircraft holds with it.

Mr. Chigg... One ''survival item'' that I always carry when out camping, etc., is a piece of hot glue stick (about 6'') and a disposable lighter or three. Always comes in handy in situations such as a cracked snorkel tube, in your rain jacket, or even a hole in your boat. Might help to keep a small, water tight bag with a few ''just in case'' items. Kind of like insurance...Doesn't hurt to have it but hope you don't need it. Always enjoy your adventures. Thanks.

There is no place like.home* aquachigger this is where i d like.to be river ,kayak ,some.shadow* amd.treasureees*cheeers

A nice, quiet, intelligent, gentlemanly American. So pleasant. I do like Aquachigger. Really balances out the loud rubbishy nonsense we get from the USA on a regular basis which really does the men of America NO favours. I will be praying for the USA during your elections. You need it. Aquachigger just need love & praise. Always cheers me up. I have learned so much from this Peter Pan of Adventuring. Thank you 🌺🌟☺️🌟🌺

2 things. 1) anybody else keep thinking that was a leech in his nose? And 2) that ghost hand at 8:02 is trippy

From the research i have done on riversides i would say the are boat/fishing docks from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s the difference in height is when the river is low and high..

Favorite RU-vidr

15:46 Civil War era for sure. Colonel Decker!

I just got a flat bottom boat, I can’t wait to get it in the stream!

It's a gigantical beaver dam. 😄

Ha, at 9:02 Chig's boat almost looks like the Hunley ready to launch on a mission!

Awesome fun for dang sure! Hales yeah that's fun! That's what I wanted to do for my birthday w my dad but didn't get to one day soon tho!

Found my civil war bullet in a shop in Gettysburg.

Mr Aquachigga, ya need to have a competition that says, is there an Englishman named Martin living in British Columbia Canada that wants to come stateside and star, 2nd Of course to Chig, in a vid showing potential finds. Why, I’d be all over that and pay my own fare. I have soooooo started using Loooky? When me and the wifey are out on the hunt. Nice work Chig, keep it up.

A lot of people are saying it's a corduroy road and I tend to agree. And with all those rocks piled up on the outside of it there could have been a warfe for a landing there

I think that wooden structure could be the remains of a dock for a ferry crossing.

Could the logs be a corduroy river road?

You need some Flex Seal !

😁 Big Daddy Island 😁

just haveing fun in the sun.

It looks like a old wagon road

Old dock? Love the video.

Hey Chigg happy 4th

Maybe where a crossing was during the civil war where the engineers used floating pontoon bridges ??

Maybe the wooden structure was an old raft that was beached at one time?

Maybe the wood fence structure is a make shift dock