Had the landowner not told me the forgotten history of this place I never would have guessed it. Original music by Brad Martin www.GMMD.us / greenmountainmetaldete... / green.mountain.metal.d...
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I cannot figure out how you find enough hours in a day to Record you own music, create your own crafts and ship them, record your videos then edit them all and still find family time... Amazing but glad you do. I enjoy all your videos!
Brad- more than you want to know about shoes. The shoe you found is a “keg” horse shoe modified for some second usage. Horse hoofs are nearly circular. A mule hoof is quite narrow by comparison. There are horse shoes and mule shoes, ox shoes too for that matter. Starting in the civil war industry had progressed such that horse shoes could be stamped by a press in one shot. They were sold in wood kegs weighing about 80 pounds, thus called “keg” shoes to differentiate from hand forged and shaped shoes. The more rural areas kept to forged custom shoes longer, while in the city keg shoes became the norm. By 1900 almost all shoes were keg. The clip, that small tab of metal on the toe, keeps the shoe of a working horse from slipping under load. Keg shoes had no clip. The farrier “turned a clip” on a hot shoe with a hammer on the anvil, then “set” the hot shoe to the hoof burning the clip into to toe of the hoof. The shoe is removed, quenched, and nailed to the hoof. This method is still done today. It smokes and stinks but is not painful for the horse. Your shoe was used. The worn and rolled sole surface, and almost worn off fuller tell that story. The heel caulks were drawn out on a forge into points. To make something clearly. Who knows what? Old shoes get used for anything imaginable on a farm.
Vulpes vulpes It doesn't look used to me, it looks unfinished. There are no holes punched yet and I think that the heels still need to be cut off or formed into cleats or heels. As they are, of course, they are so long that they would be stepped on and pulled off accidentally.
burrichgrrl57 hi! Looking at the video it looked like faint holes clogged with rust and dirt as he turned it in hand. I have never seen a keg or hand shoe made with spurs like that. Keg shoes start as a bar which is rolled into a near ring then hot stamped to make a complete shoe in a two step process. When hand forged it is about the same just a lot of hammering. But I see no reason to draw out points only to cut or forge them off. Regardless Brad comes up with the unusual!
@@MrJento Yes, i'm familiar with keg shoes, modern ones at least. I don't see any holes punched yet and Brad himself commented that there were no holes. If it lacks holes then it would make no sense to form it to be used for another purpose. Why waste a good shoe when there are probably dozens of used ones hooked over a bar somewhere in the yard or barn. My husband, a retired farrier, immediately thought it was an unfinished, non-keg shoe shaped partially to save time and effort, possibly by an apprentice. Granted, the heels are kinda weird. At any rate, these videos are always so interesting.
burrichgrrl57 i suppose anything is possible with what must be a 100+ year old shoe. The pointed heels dont really make sense on keg or custom. Seems like a lot of extra work to make a staple from a new shoe. One thing we can conclude is this channel is interesting!
Lots of work today. But as always, I love your filler scenes with nature, moss, and trees. Especially the pot and the single leaf. I enjoy the artistic work as well as the finds. I grew up in New Hampshire and camped both there and Vermont, so your videos always remind me of home. Thank you...
You make the most breathtaking-beautiful videos. (You should be nominated for most beautiful RU-vid videos 🤣)Thank u for all ur hard work u put into these gorgeous videos!
Nice finds! The pointed horseshoe is a Mule-shoe looking up "Identifying horseshoes: Antique, Treasure hunting, metal detecting" has a Pinterest diagram of horseshoes. The two dial oil lamp is a simple duplex burner oil lamp, which the wick spaced more evenly gave more light and burned fuel more efficient. Thanks Brad!
The salt shaker top could be the top of a bottle that held water for sprinkling onto clothes while ironing clothes. I believe they were called laundry sprinklers. I've seen early 1800's versions that screwed onto an ornate glass bottle shaped like a laundry girl or other figure.
I Love your RU-vid videos! They are entertaining, Historically informative, family-friendly ( Love seeing your wonderful family) and the unique nature shots are so Beautiful and Refreshing to the soul for those of us who cannot get out to metal detect and explore ourselves. I can't forget to mention your creative music and arrangements, Love hearing them.
The oil lamp probably had two wicks. They would have been able to change out the burner parts as they wear out over time. That is why you find so many burners and not the oil lamp bases. The two wick base was a common way to create twice the light with one lamp. They were used to light larger areas of the home. Love your videos . Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Great video as usual. I think the piece you first thought was part of a spoon is actually a ladies hair comb they wore in their hair for decoration. Just my opinion.
Spikes horseshoe: You said the site was a logging site. The horseshoe may actually be something similar, or one modified to hold two logs together. A log dog if you will. Excellent vid man. Always enjoy watching them with my kids.
The horseshoe resembles a farriers blank. The “shoe” would be forged and fitted on site, tapered ends allow for rapid heating for the length and nail holes would be drifted. I’m not an expert just makes sense in a logging situation where livestock was used to skid logs. Great video Brad! Thanks.
I love your videos, Brad! Always looking forward to the next one. Now I’m looking through all the old ones I’ve missed. Fantastic storytelling and nature shots with the metal detecting. Love it.
The deer ( and squirrels, et all) can smell the acorns under the leaves. They then dig them up to eat. Squirrels/chipmunks bury nuts, then locate them by smell in the winter. Skunks smell grubs/worms and dig them up. What I saw on your video could have been any of these. Pete
Great, a new video and, as always, interesting information about various finds. Thank you, I'm looking forward to the next one and wish you a good time👍💫☘️🤩
I work overnight so when I get home I’m exhausted but a little wired. I’ll get in my pjs and get in bed and watch one of your videos during my wind down time. When it’s done I’ll restart it turn the volume to low and set my phone next to me. Your voice and the music are so soothing I fall asleep in no time !!! Your videos are multi purpose! Lol! thanks for all you put into your videos we enjoy it so much 🙏🏼
Brad, it may not be the star of the show, but I love the oil lamp spinners....so many people seem to overlook them and miss out on some of the clues in the area! Great hunt man!
Oh, Brad! Your videos are second to none! Your photography, music, gentle nature, knowledge...I'm guessing you excel at EVERYTHING you set your mind to! Well done, and THANK YOU!
Very interesting finds, Brad. The religious metal was my favorite followed by copper & the heart heel plate. Awesome fall color drone footage, sweet video as always
salt, sugar, spices and tea were VERY valuable. there were special cabinets to lock up all of these things. tea even had a special small 'box' of a pretty shape. ive seen a pear shaped one carved out of a single piece of beautiful wood. and it had a tiny lock in it. im a history freak so i love your videos. we have a wonderful history over here in WV. good luck on you next trip to the woods.
Brad, what an interesting area! I love the heel plate and its story, and the medallion was an amazing find. In old pictures, I've seen those horseshoe-shaped items used to hammer into logs, for dragging them out of the woods. You had a great day's hunt!
Sometimes used horseshoes would be reforged to other purposes. That one was probably made into a large staple that was driven into a post or tree to be used as a hitching ring or to slide a pole through for a gate.
Man I absolutely love your vids! The music, the scenery and of course the finds! Easily one of my top 2 or 3 favorite md'ing channels! Thank you from down here in Atlanta!!
You found some great things there ..the thing with the heart on looks like something decorative,perhaps a brooch or even for the hair ..Its amazing what can be found under the ground,giving a little glimpse into the past.And best of all you do. All that in such beautiful surroundings 😀
That Horseshoe is the large one I am every seeying in 55 years. Amezing found. I am hope one come over to usa and detect together. cheers from the netherlands eu
I wonder if that Catholic Medallion has anything to do with Saint Anne's shrine in Isle La motte Vermont? The Shrine is in the Islands on Lake Champlain. It's been there for at least 100 years.
unlikely - the shrine uses the French spelling (Anne) consistently. Those religious medals were common among Catholic school children probably through the '60s and were often given as awards by the nuns for for doing good work in class. They exist for almost any Saint imaginable even today. The Shrine doesn't have a monopoly on St. Ann(e), even in Vermont. There are a lot of people devoted to St. Ann and her hubby, St Joachim. They are also the subjects of Islamic devotion.
Efficient processes to extract aluminum from ore were not developed until the mid-1880's. Before then, aluminum was a rare metal, selling at over a dollar an ounce and was used primarily for jewelry. The Saint Ann medallion could possibly date to the early or mid-1800's and, if so, might be more collectable than it first appears.
If those berry bushes had small thorns on them, they're probably bar berry. (They looked a lot like the ones growing around here, anyway.) I read somewhere that they were dual purpose: ornament and protection. People would plant them under windows to deter thieves. A couple of folks have mentioned that the horseshoe may have been repurposed as something to tie things to. Probably true. If it had no nail holes in it, it may have been accidentally ruined by the blacksmith before it had a chance to be on a hoof. Get the iron too hot and it starts to burn, making it unfit for shoeing.
What you have is a working mule shoe. As you know back in those days things were used for many uses. A lot of times men would also turn down (sharpen) the points on a shoe so that it could be used for a tie off point when driven into a tree or a log, either to tie off livestock or for rigging to move the logs around.
First, Brad, I have to say that your videography is fantastic, and the presentation is so well done as to be riveting. Now, just FYI, at 6:20 bears will also dig up the forest floor like that, looking for beech nuts or acorns. Since you saw deer in your situation it was probably them.
Famous shrine of St. Anne in Fall River, Ma. Many miracles and many many pilgrims would travel far and wide to go the shrine. The metal could be from there. You can find miracle prayers to St. Ann on Google.
"Let me see if I can make out what it says on the bottom of these two broken bottles..." "Hmmm....B R A D L E Y D O N T F O R GE T T O D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I NE"
I hope you don't mind but I point to your channel as an example of what a You Tuber can be starting out and how, with effort, they can achieve. You've come a long way and should be appreciated for all your work.
I used to work with historic event mule and horse driving teams and that looks exactly like the shoes all the single pack mules wore. The extended length has something to do with weight distribution and stability when packing the weight of gold on mountain trails. This would make sense that it was found near a St. Anne's medallion, since she is the patron saint of gold and silver MINERS.
Looking into the Collins' lamp-works....might have been my relatives! Loved the ♡ shoe heel. Thanks for your hard work in producing your lovely videos.
The horse shoe I believe is an unfinished winter or caulked shoe. the points would have been turned down (same direction as the toe caulk) when the farrier fit the shoe to the horse and the nail holes punched at that time. Most timber cutting was done in the winter as the frozen ground made it easier to haul the log sleds. Bigger operations even had water sleds that sprinkled water on the snow/road to firm it up and provide a slick surface to haul on.
Hi Brad! 🙋♀️ Happy Friday! Another great video today. Cool things you found. Did the home owner let you keep anything? I take finding the Saint Anne medal a very good blessing for us all today watching. It’s making sure we keep Faith and Hope in the forefront. Carry on and appreciate your time and efforts. Later... Joyce. West Haven, Connecticut. U.S.A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I never would've thought of expensive brass being used as roofing material 🤔 interesting! I'm going to agree with those saying the handle piece you found was probably a woman's hair comb. Those designed women's heelplates are really cool and pretty (regardless of the possible intended use)! I hope the landowner let you keep that one 🤞 I'm very glad you were able to find a coin there. It gives somewhat of a date for those living there. Another excellent video Brad, thank you for making the and of my week a welcome wake-up on Fridays ☺
Super nice hunt & you worked hard for it. Enjoyed watching & learned a lot about the history of the area. Loved the religious medallion find. Take care & HH! 👍😎🦈🦈
Early in its history, Aluminium was semi precious and used for commemoratives and even to top the Washington Monument. It was very hard to extract. Enjoyed!
Hi Brad, happy new year to your family. Thank you for another stunningly beautiful video. Love the finds another delve into history so interesting. hope you never get fed up of detecting.
