Your ability to converse with your audience is stellar!! That's what makes you special on RU-vid!! Your videography is on point, as well!! Thanks for the entertainment!!
Ok. I have to disagree. It could very well have been a doctors house. Back then people had to rush to the doctors house to either be treated or to get the doctor to come help them. They would have arrived in a hurry and all flustered so it would have been very easy to lose buttons as you swung out of the saddle or off the buckboard seat to run pound on the doctors door. Or as they brought people sick or shot and they were unloading them from the back of a wagon and buttons flying because of them being carried in a hurry. Same as with horse tack. Horses racing up and reins being pulled violently to a halt so tack being broke off in a hurried manner. Rich and poor they all needed a doctor at some point. Same reason so many other items found in one spot. People carelessly rushing to get help and losing items out of a pocket. I look forward to your videos every week. I wish I could metal detect but it’s just not possible anymore so I live through your videos. Thank you for your sunshine. Can you imagine having a house sitting right where you were searching? Seeing the backdrop of beauty every time you looked out the window or went out to tend the garden. Stay safe and God Bless
Your theory makes sense. Amazing to find so many buttons and coins in a clover field. It makes sense that a doctor lived here. I am sure they traded goods such as food items for payment of service as well.
Take a look at those metal detecting videos shot in Germany. Places that are sugar beet fields today were thriving villiages 1700 yeard ago, in Roman times. Just like modern people, the residents of those villiages dropped all manner of metal objects. Makes me wish our modern coins were made of silver and copper [and yes, gold!]. If I'm gonna' lose a coin, I want the fellow who finds it 150 years from now to be excited about what he just found!
As a retired antique dealer, seamstress, and minor history buff your videos are always a delight. Thimbles were used by both men and women and were for them a basic tool. When you consider that trappers, cobblers, shopkeepers, farmers, tailors, and doctors as well as housewives were sewing often, if not daily. Just as neighbors gathered for house or barn raisings, harvesting, auctions, and hangings, women gathered for quilting bees, birthing, and burials. Women kept their hands busy with needlework while waiting.
As a Vermonter, history enthusiast and hunter of treasures I truly appreciate these videos. Every find, big or small tells the story of who inhabited the places you go. It gives me goosebumps to find something so many years after the owner last touched it and to imagine who they were. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on these amazing finds!
Hey Brad, maybe that was a place where there were gatherings, maybe horse races or fall fairs where lots of people gathered. That would explain all the buttons and it would explain the tack pieces you are finding... and of course the lost coins ...
Brad, I think we all have that one special detecting spot that gives us a combination of great finds and memories. It's always a good day when we are able to get back to that spot and re-live the magic.
Good Friday morning to you, Brad. Enjoyed seeing what you found at your favorite lucky spot this week. I was surprised to hear you spend almost every waking moment metal -detecting. Silly me... I just thought you went out one day during the week to film the show for us. It was amazing to see such quality finds in one special and sacred space to you. The button thing is crazy. Hope you find out someday what's up with that.... and all the other buttons you find in Vermont. Thanks for another delightful show.
I’m hooked! Your knowledge is amazing, your excitement tangible, and your gorgeous smile is so genuine and warm. Who knew I would spend the morning watching a guy with a metal detector?
IS BRAD NOT A LEGEND!!?? I appreciate who you are being in these videos. My daughter and I watch all your videos and it has inspired us to get metal detectors and we are now bonding together and making memories! Thanks so much! (Travis)
People used to shred old clothes into the fields as fertilizer and moisture retention. This is why fields have so many buttons. There were even repositories that collected old tattered clothes for farmers.
Brad, Looks like you finally got a new hat! Enjoy your videos and your sense of adventure never wanes. Thank You for your videos- Look forward every week for them! Bob
It seems so odd to see you out in a field, but I love it! Many of my hunts are limited to about 2 hours as well. Glad you made the most of it! Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting
My ancestors were in VT and NH in the 1700s. Regarding buttons, they were expensive. Even as recent as my grandmother who was born in the late 1800s, she saved buttons. Women always saved buttons. When clothing was no longer repairable or useful, they would cut off the buttons to use on a future garment. This could be why you find a lot of them in one place. Someone's old button jar was broken over the years.
Brad I so much look forward to Friday because of your videos. Thanks for the wonderful job you do. As a history buff, I can only imagine the excitement of what you do. Keep the videos coming!
I envy you your state! Some of our best friends moved from Ohio to outside Montpelier, VT back about 2005 and we went to visit them for a couple weeks in 06 and I had never been further northeast than Philly. Wow is Vermont a beautiful state. I was born in Ca, but moved to Ohio in 66 (when I was 2) but I would move to Vt in a second if I could. Love your videos. In 1976 a friend of mine’s dad let us use his RadioShack, 25 dollar “kit-made” detector. (We had never touched one) and we walked to the park at the end of the street. We looked over the baseball diamond, then saw the two small shelter houses and decided to search around the shelter house first. Turned the machine on and on my FIRST SWING at the base of the shelter house, I got a beep. My friend pulled out an enormous bayonet and handed it to me and, me being my 12 year old self, I jammed that blade about 6 inches down and pried-back and out popped a 1945 Liberty Walking Half. (Which I put a deep gouge right across the middle, from edge to edge, with that bayonet) You’d have thought we’d found Blackbeard’s treasure chest. Searched the rest of the day and found nothing but trash-pull tabs were still ON cans in 76 so I imagine we found about 100 of those, but it hooked me. When I got my first real job I saved up and bought a Fisher CZ 6 detector and found some very cool stuff with that but I’m an arrowhead hunter at heart and have had a couple articles published in The Ohio Archaeologist (a quarterly journal of The Ohio Archaeological Society.) Thank you for sharing your videos and your gorgeous state with us. I always look forward to seeing them and appreciate the work you do just for people like me, who still love the hobby but have had to whittle their own hobbies down to just one “favorite” to squeeze into a very limited schedule. Keep your powder dry and your detector buzzing. Best wishes for many more decades of success to you and yours. Semper Fi
Brad as always good to see you again, its always special when you can go to place near and dear to your heart great finds .Thx for letting us tag along. God bless be safe stay well until next time
People used to have community picnics a lot more often that we do now. They would all gather in a place, like yours with the lovely view and have big potlucks and social gatherings outside. They were often hosted by the farmer who owned the lovely view. We still follow this old tradition on our own farm and have a big fall hayride and bonfire . I wonder if this is a place like that.
Great finds! I love your enthusiasm and knowledge of your artifacts, and love that you showcase the natural beauty of Vermont. Unless those gloves have sentimental value, maybe time to retire them? : )
Just came across your channel and love it! Keep up the great work! It would be really interesting to see a series where you break down how and where you sold these funds if at all and for how much. Whether you sell these finds or not, I still enjoy a lot! 👍
Always a privilege to join you on a detecting journey Brad, I hope you and all the family are well. Is there going to be a join up with Chris and Eddie sometime hope they are doing fine as well.
After being intrigued by metal detecting since I was a wee lad I finally got one recently, in no small part due to being inspired by you. After messing around the yard for a bit figuring out how to work it, my next trip was to venture out in the woods around my place. My third hole I dug up a 1979 Susan B Anthony. I know it's no big deal to a seasoned vet but it was to me in that moment. My next trip, just yesterday, in another section of my property on what appears to be an old farm road to get up to the top of the hill, I dug up my first real relic. A cut back tombac button! It's really on now! lol If you ever get up to NW Vermont I'd love to have you check my place out. The farmhouse that once farmed this piece was built in 1840. I'm sure the history goes back farther than that. Thank you for the knowledge and the inspiration.
@@homemprovmentguy My wife thinks I'm nuts. She came out looking for me last evening. Found me looking in the "one last hole" by the light of my phone. I'm pretty sure I found the remnants of another button. I am most definitely hooked. Might even have to decide between deer hunting or relic hunting! lol
@@homemprovmentguy I'm on it my friend. My budget allowed an ORX. I'm brand new at this and still figuring it out. Like Brad talks about in this video... I fall asleep thinking about the next hunt. I'm very fortunate to have this 17 acres of what was part of a "hill farm" going back to at least 1840. There was a colonial presence in the area. I don't believe there are any remnants of colonial structures. I did find some square nails in a concentrated area near a manmade pile of stones. I believe that to be part of the farming operation but who knows. I'll do my best to figure it out. The house here was built in 1972 so there is no shortage of modern targets in places. I found 2 45 long colt bullets which have me intrigued. They could be 150 years old or they could be 25 years old.
@@Lazybones1340 If you can figure out where the least disturbed soil is, that’s where you want to be! It takes a trained eye to see it. We’ve just decided to hit a local field we had some luck in last year. Happy hunting!
Brad How long have you Been medal, Detecting,, You must have been young, You look to be 30-35 years old, For to know so much about what find,Great Video,s
I am new to your site...I am next door in NH and have been crystal prospecting for years ...now you have me interested in metal detecting ♥️♥️💪 great site, thx for your videos!!!!
Every household had a stash of old buttons. Taken from clothes that were past repair. I inherited my great aunt’s button jar. She was born in 1901. I believe it was her mother’s before her. Buttons, many more than 100 years old. Having a well appointed button jar meant that when someone lost a button, you could go to your button jar and if you couldn’t find a perfect match, you could find a passable match. They were frugal, by necessity. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” I think someone lost their button jar in your field. Broken, and the contents spread by a plow.
I saw your episode you found a gold nugget, I look for gold my best so far is 42 grams , beautiful nugget, but 20 years ago when gold was worth nothing compared to today, sold for 300 Australian only sold it because my first son was visiting and I needed to get more money to make his stay more enjoyable, I found hundreds of gold nuggets, I swapped two film canisters for a Toyota Land Cruiser back in 2000 however it was a 73 arcarna long wheel base wagon , it took me everywhere in Australia, life is beautiful when your on the hunt, thanks for your videos.
Hi Brad! The music at the beginning of the video is very pretty! Did you write or compose it? The buttons and coins and key were great finds! Just in a couple of hours! Cool beans! T4S as always! Have a great weekend with the family! 👍👍😘😘
I Loved your interview with Eddie. I love your channel and would love to visit your neck of the woods but at 67 i don't see being able to get up there. I live in Lubbock TX. Not much archeology going on here. Keep up the great job that you do. Looking forward to many more vid's
Beautiful place and cinematography! Wow! You found a lot! I think you should go back. I have a feeling it got you started and it's still got a lot more to find! As always your enthusiasm and joy is contagious! Just the best ever!
Nice half penny. Umbrella wire, good thinking. Do not straighten the key. I would agree with you on the tailor's thimble. They would push the needle with the side. Awesome button haul. Lota history in those coppers. Good episode Brad for only 2 hours.
When I lived in Gallatin Tennessee I sure wished I would of done metal detecting. The town was held captive during the Civil War by the Yankees. Lots of history outside of the town as well as in town.. There was an underground railroad going from Gallatin to Nashville.
The button with a flower is a Passion Flower. Perfect for the puritans to adorn their clothes! The passion flower blossom, especially the flower of the purple passion fruit (P. edulis), is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of the life of Jesus Christ, the Passion of Christ, which accounts for the name of the group. Thus, the corona represents the crown of thorns, the styles represent the nails used in the Crucifixion, the stamens represent the five wounds, and the five sepals and five petals represent 10 of the Apostles-all but Judas, who betrayed Jesus, and St. Peter, who denied Jesus three times on the night of his trial.
Brad I enjoy your show and tell a lot. I.m 75 and would love to find a group of people that enjoy metal detecting also. are there any clubs or Groups that you know of in the Adirondack, Green Mountain area. I,m hesitant about going out into the woods alone?
Something tells me that this area being in better farm land (not up in the mountains with thin soil) they may have be much wealthier. That would explain the number of items as poor people have to value and reuse stuff to the point of worthlessness and hard to identify. Also more perishable metals like lead. iron and tin. Brass and copper were more costly plus silver and gold were way out of range for mountain folk mostly. And deep soil means that it is turned often with plows to continually bring up new stuff. Just saying. I have know poor farmers in my lifetime that used old socks to keep their change in so they would not lose their pennies, nickles and dimes if they got a hole in their pockets. Every penny counts for subsistence farmers, where most are not so careful with change. The old sock change purse is a sign of real poverty. But they are a proud people none the less.
Brad in my opinion you make the best metal detecting videos in the world I love how you take the time to show us the surrounding area, the beautiful flowers and plants, etc... And I love to see all the wonder things you find I would give my left leg to live in an area so blessed with old history. What camera would you suggest for someone just starting out? and do you use a tripod? I have tried using my cell phone but it's hard to show the detector and it's difficult to dig the hole while holding the cell phone. I can't wait to see what you have to show us next.
A Dr. lived there. He made a good living and was able to procure ample clothing for his family. His wife was a good housewife and as such she kept a large assortment of buttons from previous garments to repair garments in need. You found her button hoard.
If you check key closely you might find that it is not bent but actually two pieces … I found one and put it in home find box and closed it in drawer “bending” it back
Pretty sure I see that second coin in the shot of the first coin on my first time thru wasn't surprised when you said was nearby. Enjoy your content immensely from Warren Co NY
Do you ever find old buttons or buckles with the cloth or leather still attached ? And have you ever found skeletons with rings or buttons still on or near them?
Is it possible that the small personal items that you find , get out into the landscape with the horse manure that would have been harvested from the local town and city streets , it’s then transported back into the countryside to fertilise the fields , buttons and small coins are maybe lost when brawling .
