I Found An Abandoned Cemetery And Creepy Well 

“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.” ― David Eagleman, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

At the top of that grave stone reads "Come unto me..." a quote from the Bible. The rest of the quote is (if I remember correctly) "all ye that labor and are heavy burdened and I will give you rest."

I know I already commented on this once... but that was before I actually watched it. And wow, that forgotten cemetery was amazing. Whenever I see cemetery’s like that I always think about how sad it is to be forgotten like that. And wonder how those people lived their lives. It all just amazes me beyond words. I’ve said this before, but I was told once that you die twice... once is death, and the second is the last time someone speaks your name...

Cemetery probably was surrounded by a circular wall. Old superstition that if there are no corners, the devil can't hide in them!

Thanks for sharing great material. Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter.

Wow, do some rubbings on the grave stones. Could be some family members who might be interested in taking care of the cemetery.

I found a similar cemetery in the woods behind my house in Indiana some with dates in the 1700's.

I wonder if the little gravestones are all babies and little kids. Wonder if there's something in the water, too, that is poisoning the box turtles. Sad to see so many have died, and all around the same size/age.

Not a problem getting skunked. For most of us, that's the usual result. I love to learn what you look for. An education in every vid!

That's a big graveyard to be so tucked in. Did the historical society know about it?

Was half expecting Chigg to dig up an arm with a ring still hanging on the finger bone!

It is so incredibly interesting to go exploring with you. I used to do this type of thing when I was in my teens and early twentys. I really miss it! Now I get to do it all over again, through you... lol. Thank you so much!

Beau, please wear a respirator when checking out old house. The old vechies from animals is bad for respiratory diseases. Your fan.

I love your vids Beau. Even when you don't really find anything, they are still interesting and I learn something! Thanks!

With that many gravemarkers, it seems to me that it'd indicate either a settlement or a church or both. Pretty impressive place. As for why to have a well when you have a spring, it's because deep water doesn't freeze and shallow water does. You can cover a well to keep it from freezing and remove the cover to lower a bucket down, but a little stream'll freeze right across even if you're at the springmouth-- the spring will keep flowing under thick ice. So a well is practical. The presence of oyster shells probably indicates that somebody made some slaked lime for mortar. Wonder where they got them?

Interesting educational commentary, thanks. Hard work for sure. Thanks for sharing. See you again real soon.

My Grandmother pronounced it "worshed" and she was from far far SW Florida. Non of her ancestors were from the region that uses the "forced r"

There's obviously some animal there who eats box turtles. About the cemetery, I'm thinking the people buried there were the original owners of that land in the early 1800s. Back then it was common for people to be buried on their own land.

You shouldn’t feel the need to apologize for seeming lack of finding relics.we who admire you just enjoy the facts and should be grateful that you take us along where we ordinarily would get to see or experience .just the scenery alone is a major treat.the barn area,graveyard the spring all glimpses into peoples lives the history just letting my imagination tell part of the story after you’ve done the foundation plenty interesting enough.Thank you

There has to be something on a registry for a cemetery you'd think. But I like how you follow the rules Beau. Thanks for making us look better!

Stuck at home recovering from surgery. I really appreciate the adventures!

I consider that hatchet to be one of your best finds, way better than a button!

Maybe that was a walkway to a Church?

" Hi Aquachigger, I So Glad You Have Lot's Of RESPECT For The Dead.!! "

That place is still really cool with lots of neat history, any day out in the woods is better than a day stuck inside the house. Thanks for sharing

Beau came once more to the haunted wood. His stay was short 'cause his finds weren't good. He found some wells and even springs, and lots of ugly iron things. He walked a graveyard time forgot, and sat upon a mossy spot. He shared his wisdom and his skill, and showed us yet another hill. For that I thank him, he's the best, he's earned his bit of rest. Even if you find nothing, the adventure hikes are still always good.

That's too large to be a family cemetery. Sad that it's in such a state though. Just forgotten I'm sure. Thanks Beaux.

My mother in law fell down a wishing well, I never knew they worked. Grazie.

Chigger I’ve got to get to sleep I’ll watch the rest tomorrow sometime. GOD BLESS you buddy Amen.

A hidden grave yard😳 I love it! That would be so interesting to find! Thank you for this video!

Maybe that was a church instead of a barn.

I recently visited a large site with several cellar holes and a 1600s cemetery. Some jerk clearly grave robbed it - makes me so sad to see that. How desperate can ya get? I'm happy to see not many detectorists do that! Great video as always, Beau!

Not barn . Community Church w graveyard

Mr. Aquachigger glad to see your at it again thanks for all your dedication to find lost history.

man, all these abandoned wells, that's what they should have warned us about in school instead of quicksand

Are you sure the foundation is a barn and not a church? Might account for such a large cemetery?

Always like your video's they are very interesting.

Come to my farm! PLEASE! It's 2500 acres lots of old houses and wells

Awesome little hatchet. I would like to see it cleaned up and checked for markings.

Hi I’m new

Here is a trick that works WONDERS on old headstones that I have used for years when you cannot read a headstone, if you are interested in the info, rub flour in your hand from the bottom up and the info will jump right out to you and it does no harm to the stone or environment. I have a question, why are there always oyster shells around these old houses back then, seems odd to me?

If you found great stuff all the time I would cry foul. To detect for the thrill of the hunt is good enough. Anything good is icing on the cake!

I found an old lost forgotten cemetary here in MD.. its SAD.. wonder if i should get the names and try to contact relatives..

5th 🤣, thx for todays Update , was Looking your vid with the lots of roundballs and traps you find in the River and now i can Carry on with your Show . Many thanks

Old cemetaries are a great place to metal detect. People left valuables of the deceased on the stones or toys for children.

Well, you brought my childhood to life, but it wasn't human cemetery it was someone's pet, but besides the skeleton and my fright I really appreciate how you conduct yourself through discovering areas and explaining your walkrhrough and the history of the lands.

Thanks Beau, that's the way the cookie crumbles you take the bad with the good but hey you found a cool place anyway with the graveyard and barn and a cool well so not a bad day overall. x

I gotta go with +Aquachigger on the barn issue. I believe that it was most likely a farm. The chain and those rings probably were off of an old plow harness. The rock walls were built a lot of times as they were clearing their land. The cemetery was more than likely a family cemetery.

You are the only person I have ever heard pronounce wash like I did growing up! We always said worsh! Until I moved and no one said it that way. I'm from Kansas.

Started metal detecting because of you thank you for making me have the metal detecting bug

Only thing I got from that stone writing was "come unto me", "of God's name", and the "u.s." It's crazy how nature just retakes it's place after humans leave, so fascinating. Unfortunately someone's loved ones are forgotten. Or.... maybe theres someone famous that could be buried there, guess no one will know accept the original owners of the property. Great video!

BO, I don't think you got sunked, you found some good finds. I LIKE that Hatchet . Great Video !!!!

I love exploring old cemeterys there is so much history there.

Maybe it's a church, very interesting. TFS

I'm in Central Pennsylvania and my folks used to say wershed/washed. Catch myself doing it sometimes.

I love going around all that old (stuff), with you! Be careful!

Scripture on the first stone...Come unto me all ye that are heavy burdened?

Cool place there can’t help but think about the past when people were living there.

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!

My family had an old homestead and they were a little under a 1/4 of a mile away where they built the house. They didnt want animals near the spring. There may be another spot for water where the house was.

Nice finds aqua...great videos every time never disappointed!!

in my hometown of Leiden in the Netherlands, I found 2 undiscovered cemeteries and reestablished the position of a 3rd now my town is nearly 2000 years old so over the many many years there were many cemeteries so if you live in our town's center there's most likely been a graveyard there at one time and I found tons of human remains over the last 30 years sometimes even under people's living rooms! the last one was a known one but, totally unknown by the builders of an underground garage it was the city's Jewish cemetery that existed from the 1550s to the 1940s jewish cemeteries are incredibly dense the newest bodies were buried not much less than 20cm beneath the surface!! so when they started they totally ignored all the bones and skull pieces and what I did was a surface investigation and removing some of the humans remains and report my investigation to the police and hand over the human remains the site has been fully professionally excavated by archeologists the archeologists found the burials to be as deep as 12 meters to as shallow as 5 centimeters below the surface I saved about 1000,000 human bones from destruction yet the newspapers never reported a single thing i guess history plays 3rd fiddle to current afairs!

Dang! Beau! You called it in the barn video! That was a headstone. You have an uncanny gift for finding the old site's. Always glad to travel along with you on your adventures. Thanks again for just being you!

With that many graves I'm surprised there weren't several home sites.

When you said the barn burned down, my mind flashed to the horseshoe you found with the nails still sticking out! I couldn’t help but wonder, was the horse in the barn when it burned? 😳😱😥

Awsome video, I'm glad you left the Cemetery alone, such a good man

Is it possible to detect the actual stone walls? I found a super old coin stash in an old rock wall by our childhood home in Maine and I always wonder when I see other old rock walls.

I've done that at a placr I use to hunt. Also I found a piece of a plate from Marion city in Missouri

That Axe head is old. I hope you kept that. I feel kind of sad about the abandoned cemetery. Forgotten people and history......

The letters "us" are part of another word. It might be a "c" in front of them, possibly the word custom. The second line visible starts with "come unto me". Another line contains the word "God's Ma???" Can not make out the rest. The missing top of the stone probably contains the name of the person. What can be seen of the stone looks religious in nature. If I had more pictures and could fool around with them, I probably could decipher more. Genealogy is my hobby and cemeteries are my playgrounds.

Might be a family or homestead cemetery. And since the place is deteriorating and returning back to nature, not surprised with your find.

id do some research on the graves and see if can find it in archives the wall is around it id check was any church or the barn may have been used back then as a church i can read bits like few lines the scripture and its number

Oh boy the "warshed" brings back memories of my grandma, a Kentucky girl born and raised. Thanks for going on adventures for us. Love the treasure hunts

Those are good ET shovels but I managed to break one. I had the weld on my 1945 shovel give out. Sad because they're a collectable piece of history themselves.

Speaking of Confederate gold... I live less than 2 miles from John C. Calhoun's home but I'm not going to risk going to jail by digging in his yard!! Lol!

1/4 to 1/2 mile from the barn will be the home stead it could take some time to find as most home steads don't last as long as the barn and walls they were just better built than the home

Worshed can be from several places. Worshed isn't a specific enough word chigg. I've lived all over.

I once found a home made hammer head near a rail road bridge built in 1915. I believe that's when the hammer was made.

I did the same thing. Out walking in woods and tripped on grave stone. Looked around a little more and found I was in an old unmarked graveyard! Old grave markers just like ones in this vid. Could not make out any names. Creepy and kind sad to think someone’s loved ones lying there out in middle of nowhere.

Hey chigg, what are you going to do for 1M subscribers? By the way, awesome video bud!

Is the accent, western Pennsylvania/Washington PA?

My guess is there is no house at this site. This site just was the barn that they kept the hearse wagon. Horses to pull it. Most likely the place to keep stuff to take care of the cemetery. Poor turtles! Maybe it was a turtle battle?

It seems rather obvious with your abilities and knowledge that you were most likely not a cook in the mess hall while serving in the military.

Aquachigger don't forget to check the walls for goodies especially stone walls. They liked to hid valuables in the insides of walls especially old houses it was a good way to dispose of old things. My mom has found old shoes and kids dolls in the walls of old houses, generally done around the Victorian era.

Enjoyed that

Wow those old stone walls behind you at around 2.20 are so beautiful & creepy at the same time! Edit: what does it mean when you find the oyster shells?

100 thousand years on human burial chig. just a fact check for you.....

I caught 'wurshed" it off. Are you a fellow Appalachian? Great finds and keeping digging! I just started myself, and this is a healthy and addicting hobby!!!

Had a theory barn burnt down when you pulled out the horseshoe. Pretty sure the shoe nails were still in the shoe (nails are pulled from the hoof and shoe in process of removing a horse's shoe.) Gruesome. You just dug through -200yr old dead horse. Possible the graveyard was created as a result from the barn fire? Big barns were often used as meeting and gathering locations.

Can we get these stones uploaded to find a grave???

I love your videos you crack me up

Cool. Exploring some of my favorite stuff to explore.

I'm loving these vidoes Chigg, absolutely fantastic content. How exciting to find these old abandoned graves, and how sad to think their family members simply ceased to visit their graves..

The gravestone that you found I believe has a scripture on it. It looks like It's Matthew 11:28, but it may be Matthew 19:14 because I see "for of such is the ki-". Unbelievable find.

Watched with my kids. Now they want to get into metal detecting themselves. Love watching your videos and all the tips you give as you go. Thanks for the great videos!

It should be the job of whatever couty that is to maintain all cemeteries in their county. What a shame to have it lost forever.

You should dig up those old graves and look for wedding rings......JUST KIDDING!!!!

Hi beau! It just doesn't make sense that a barn was out there and natural springs plus the well. I'm sure in that area was more than one house. In the south family cemeteries were either near the house or in the front of the house. We have one in the front yard and one nearby on a river bank. One is dating from before the civil war-1970.

super like

Outside of the ethical issues with digging in a old cemetery. What would the legal issues?