Will Johnson and I found civil war relics again. We hunted a site where the Confederates bushwhacked a Union wagon train, and found lots of fired bullets and a huge cave.
I was a Gandy Dancer for a couple of years after being Honorably discharged from the Army through the Veterans representative at what used to be called Job Service. Gandy Dancer is an old school term for a Railroad Track Layer. I could drive two spikes at the same time with a spike maul in each hand. Took a lot of damned practice. The trick to hitting the spike every time, was rolling the double headed maul in each hand as you were bringing them up and around for the next swing. The rails you showed appear to me to be at least from the 1800's period and also to be mine rails. Ones used inside a mine or an area that does not require full sized rail. Hope that helped. 👍from Utah.
I found a hole in a field many years ago that turned out to be over 100ft deep. It was an old mineshaft that had been backfilled and capped but years of water flooding it had washed it out and eventually the cap fell into the hole. It remained open for years until the people responsible were found and forced to fill it properly.
Field plundering and a good many 44's! Love it that your finding early spring sinks with caves, need a few friends and the right equipment to go exploring my friend! Thanks for sharing and HH
Trepassers !! Let me tell you my houston County tennessee story. I heard gunshots and knew it was on us. So being me I go there with my 4 lb dog in tow. I saw nothing but little dog did. Hiding in the brush was a deer hunter. He was told not so nicely to leave . He came back 2 more times. The last time I ran him off he actually called police on me saying I threaten to kill him. I was arrested. I didn't have a gun but he did. Yes my land is posted every 10 ft.
As soon as I saw that hole I thought about Beau! I've seen springs set up like that for holding milk cans in the creek it would have had a roof over it for shade. Nice location! Plenty to see and lots of ground to cover. Happy travels! Beeps.
Those openings in that field remind me of a cave in Tennessee named " Indian grave point" in two of the large rooms in that cave daylight can be seen and if one further investigates the source is in a field just like that one.
Only heard the first railroad lines were much thinner than the ones today. Hope you get to explore that hole in the ground. Please don't go alone and make sure someone else knows where your going. Definitely could be dangerous. Interesting video, thank you.
Narrow guage rail my dad was an engineer for 49 years I found a mass Chinese grave in the desert woven with it steam trains used it and some mines good find guys
If you can feel air coming out , there has to be another entrance somewhere . I think your right . Could be huge . I'd love to go in there and have a look .
We have many holes similar to that up here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula from the days of copper mining that was dug out n forgotten out in the woods. You can from time to time find mini old minded relics. And sadly at least once a year someone goes missing from falling off into one of these uncapped holes.when I live in Georgia and engaged in Civil War Relic hunting I found what was left of an old dugout under a large Limestone Bluff where someone has head parts of old rusted out black powder guns and bullets keep on digging remember many civilians head there household valuables in the ground do either keep it from the Union Army are the Confederate guerrillas bands...
My momma day 6 sister's 2 brothers are from sweet water Tennessee Cleveland Poe county oh how I miss the smokies be goin up real soon, look like the had one hell of a shoot out one war I wish the South won LoL,good luck nice find I detect also love it!
im in the highland rim aera putnam and white countys...we have thousands of sink and cave in the aera... love hiking the aera...its cool to find water coming up out of the ground and then alittle ways down see it disapear back into the rocks... yall keep yer toes warm
4:00 that is buckshot. You can see the dents from the other balls around the edges as they were fired with others in a muzzle loading black powder shotgun.
The cut with the rails over it looks awful long for just a bridge over a creek. Reminds me of an old Mill race. Used to funnel the water through the "race" to speed it up and power a grist Mill.
Stay away from those ground holes, you never know when there is going to be a cave in. The bridge is interesting. Even if the rails are only 100 years old the stone abutments could be older. The bridge superstructures tend to rot and get replaced much more frequently than the abutments. To date the rails, you will have to check the webs(vertical part) for the manufacturer and date. The date is only occasionally stamped but, the manufacturer is usually there. Happy Hunting.
@@deer123able I hope that you aren't planning to take those out by hand. They will be heavy enough to hurt you. Removing the beams may also destabilize the rock abutments. Good Luck, Rick
Wow, that was quite the cave! You did the right thing by not going in there. It looked like the overhang of rocks really wasn’t safe. The rails looked real old. I wonder why they would want to cross there? Maybe because of the spring during the civil war? Thanks for sharing your adventure! 😊
Hi, I'm down in Loudon Co. and we find mostly fired and dropped minie balls around the site of Longstreet's crossing at what was once Huff's Ferry area near Loudon. I do believe that to be a cave entrance and not a sinkhole... I have both on my property and this looks more like a cave.
Lol me too! Glad it was the cave that I was watching for! Had my heart racing and I was saying loudly 'turn around! Turn around!' Cat thinks I'm finally off my rocker. Ha! Fell off years ago!
The cave looks very promising for exploring and looking for artifacts. Do it right, with a team and equipment and historian from the college. The important thing about the air flow is it means there is another entire entrance. Thanks for your curiosity. Post it here when you go back there.
You said " if there was a CS buckle you would jump down into tha cave". I took it as if there was a US buckle you wouldn't jump down there. Spoken like a true southerner and Tennessean. Take care and HH. Jim aka Tennessee Gem
reminds me of a story shown somewhere about 10 years ago? A guy was looking around New Mexico one time and found a hole that led to a huge underground FRESH WATER LAKE! I often wondered if it was on his property, because fresh water is hard to find anywhere?
I'd say the rails are 1880s or so ,I've found three Sherman's hair pins and they are three inches tall and have no holes for bolting. I've never weighed them but I can pick up a 14 foot rail though it is heavy . In 1850s when my rails were made they were made of iron, they have a whole different sound than steel when you hit them with a hammer or spike.
More than likely owners of plowable fields where C.W. action took place. Usually would toss metal and trash left behind into holes like that. So it wouldn't interfere with plowing.. Dig into that dirt built up in the hole might reveal something. I'd love to be there when that happens
I just happened to find your channel and subscribed as I love watching these kind of videos ! Do you research any of your finds as I love learning about stuff ! Thank you for a great video !
I hate that when that happens. I caught a trespasser Last Summer on a permission I had. Got his license plate number gave it to the property owner and he had a Sheriff go and talk to the guy and tell him not to come back. Cool cave!
Husband is a railroader and he said it looks like someone got a bunch of 65 pound rail to make a bridge out of it. He said he doubted that it was civil war era as it would be warped and unusable after all this time. Salvaged rail most likely.
If your outta Tennessee there's pretty good chances that ground cave probably moves a distance. But your landowner probably will have you signing a release before you do anything.
I blows my mind how lucky you all are with the Paleo, Pirates, Bushwackers but seriously to Civil War exploring in such as Carolinas, Tennessee the South plus the great soils and I loved the humidity plus my famous and well documented years amongst you all
I live in Bristol near a cave and there's a this bing hill and I digged a hole which leaves into a very thin hole which is deep as I stuck a flash light there I know it's illegal but I think I found something
It's my humble opinion that when Confederates surprised a Federal unit it is referred to as a tactically prudent ambush. It was only a bushwacking when the Yankees did it.
Yes they still make muzzle loader guns my friend has a Smith and Wesson muzzle loader from 2010 he used to go hunting with it's powerful as fuck if uv ever shot a Barrett 50 cal. It's got about the Same power and recoil but the Barret 50 Cal. has a little more power and recoil due to it being a high powered modified military weapon either way both types of guns are fun as hell to shoot and a great adrenaline rush
Kind of looked like a place battle plans would be drawn up. Probably met up with some trenches. Nice ambush spot. Dunno. But the rocks on top appear to be placed by man.
Hey Jeff ,when you move camera from side to side move it slowly and you'll have much better quality.And i won't get dizzy.lol.That rail looks like 60# rail. Thats how much it weighs per yard. That's how they categorize rail. Usually there's a year on it. It must of been a bridge.
Good thing he was a friend because here we shoot first and ask questions later. LOL. Could the hole be from the start of a sink hole? The rails look more like bridge supports from the early 50s and 60s. I could be wrong but we have a bridge on our property with the same kind of rails. Great video so I am a new sub for you because I love relic hunting. I need to get one of them detectors but we live on a battle field from the civil war. Their is all kinds of built up mounds around in our fields that had tent rows in a old photo from back then. I have cut into a few of them and found all kinds of lead and buttons and other stuff. Keep up the awesome work and cant wait to watch more from you.
Thanks buddy! I'm sure its just a sink hole, but the cave maybe large. I hope they are rails, but if not they are still cool. If you live on a battle field you really need a metal detector its a great hobby. My friend Tim Henderson sells detectors at MURRAYBRANCHOUTDOORS.com
@@deer123able I would buy one but I am disabled and on a fixed income. SO I cant afford one at this time. I hope it changes but I don't think it ever will. Have a great night and god bless.
I don’t know the area but from the stone work it looks like that creek may have been much higher in the past. Especially during a heavy rain. Its possible it was used to cross horses or animals. That metal, which looks like railroad tracks, would have been covered with wood so the owner could cross horses, cattle or any farm owner back over. Im sure horses could cross that and cows too especially if they were spooked by lightning. But it would be harder to get them to cross back over hence the bridge. Where the road is now was probably the property line, so they would most likely have had a fence there. Or it could have been used for power for that old house. Not the little cinderblock thing but the one he pointed to on the top of the hill that was pretty old, I couldn’t see it. But they may have used the water to turn a water wheel which could generate enough current to have lights.
You should put a camera and flashlight on a long rod and stick down in that cave. You could get a better idea of safety too, by seeing around opening from the inside, if any dangerous over hangs, loose rocks, etc.
I am subbing to see if you get that cave explored. Maybe ask the farmer if he's been down inside. Would be nearly impossible to keep curious kids from exploring it.
@@deer123able cool, I subscribe to several abandoned mine and cave explore channels... so... this little cave is not that scary compared to stuff the other guys do. :) Have fun with it!
