Dear Mr Ouimette Thank you so much for you time an effort producing these excellent quality and knowledgeable videos. I always love sitting down with something to eat and just watching your amazing finds. please keep up the good work. All the best from Britian :) to our favorite fellow country, America. yours sincerely George (also a keen metal detectorist, beginner)
Beau, I certainly admire the way you pause for little side bits, like the fluttering seeds, the odd rock, etc. You seem to really enjoy the journey as well as reaching your destination, if you get my drift.
12 years ago, you were finding cool stuff, and you are still finding very cool stuff. It blows my mind to imagine all the thousands and thousands of Civil War bits and pieces out there 💥
The kids and I like swimming in the Potapsco river. Elicott City Md, a small town flooded out into it the other week ago. All the shops along Main street flooded their wares into the river. Restaurant Coin and Jewelry stores lost their inventory. We're looking to go treasure hunt there and hopping for rings and jewelry.
I have a question I've been wanting to ask you Beau . Ever since I seen you recovering with your magnet Pick . I wonder if by virtue of using that . Have you ever accidently magnetized something on your person that you did not mean too ? I am curious if you have any interesting stories about magnetizing something that surprised you ? That was a fun hunt for you , and me . I watched it all the way threw . It was interesting to see how you eyeball & call out most of the relics not obvious to us novices . Keep um commin & I'll keep watching !
Roman Tor I have de-maged a few cards myself . I thought maybe Beau may have done the same. But after thinking about it. He is water hunting and not likely to even carry his keys, much less a wallet or cards & such. I wondered if he had another interesting story using that big Honkin magnet .LOL
Beau, what are you doing in South Carolina? Leave our relics alone! LOL Just found your site while researching metal detecting as I am just getting into it and love what I have seen on here so far. Looking forward to checking out all your videos and just started following you on FB also. Thanks for sharing your trips with us.
Pretty cool hunt. I noticed you have not been using your great ghost headphones... Nuggetnoggin has not been using his either. Do you not like them ?did they stop working?..thanks for posting. I have been using them on land. Anything above 50 degrees and I get very sweaty. The headphones don't breathe very well . And I wish the cord was longer and a little more robust. I feel like going to break the chord. But other than that they sound great and are very comfortable.
I would have been quite pleased to find the window weight and the lead ingot. Both are pretty cool to me. I have a window weight or two and I've had them since I was in my twenties or even earlier and we got them from an old feed mill. My father, who owned a sign company, was given permission to take out some tongue and groove maple flooring, presumably to make tables or whatever with. We never really got much of any use from the maple and in my mind the truckloads of maple were a bust and I think most of it rotted over the years. It was cool though being at the abandoned feed mill. It smelled of old grain, mildew, insects, and rats. It was a filthy place to tell the truth. It's a good memory though even though I can only remember prying some boards from the floor. It seems they used concrete nails and went straight into the concrete floor. All the pieces of maple had pieces of square nails in it or at least a rusty spot and a small hole. It was hard to find good clean pieces of maple. Plus the maple was only about two to three inches wide and about a inch thick. And the tongue and grooves would be all busted up and the wood was split. We just weren't able to do much at all with that wood. Other than some of the guys making small nicknacks from some of the wood, I think it all went to waste. Everybody was disappointed in the wood. We just didn't know what to do with it. Maybe we got some use out of it but I don't remember. I was still just a kid. My dad was a hoarder though, a man who grew up poor and without enough, so he tended to hoard food, lumber and he bought out at least on or two sign shops, or at least some of their equipment.
Just like grocery shopping! You go in and you know what you want, you get it and you are out! (Guys version) Good hunt, and yes I can understand why you thought this was a good video, it was interesting. Best to your next recovery. -Jeff
Beau, at 6:17 are you humming? Kinda sounds like it... lol Also, any idea why the E-track is like 500 dollars more expensive than the AT Pro? I am not sure which one to get... Bryan
Years ago a gun collector that I know found a cannon, a LARGE CANNON, in town and he had to buy two houses to get it for it was buried on a property line. 9" Confederate Dahlgren!
The coolest find in my opinion is the half cannon ball with the shot still inside! I wonder how it exploded and didn't spread all the shot out. That was really a cool find. Will look GREAT all cleaned up as a display piece. I'd like to see it once you do it. Even if it's on the end of year wrap up. Thanks Beau
I like how u let us see what is down there before u dig it up.you are so lucky to live were the civil war was. im in Oregon and i dream of finding stuff like you.THANK YOU for making all your videos........
Really like to watch Your vid`s Beau they are really original. And it`s not only about stuff You found but narrations etc. never know about what next will be. And Your sense of humor makes me really laugh :D Cheers and can`t wait for next.
I must admit I get very frustrated watching all you guys on RU-vid find KILLER stuff!! Here in the Boston Suberbs it's a great day when I find a lame Wheatie or the occasional Indian Head.. There's gotta be Coppers around here somewhere but I'll be damned if I can find them.. OH WELL I GUESS I'LL JUST KEEP TRYING!!
Great hunt......especially that cannon ball with the lead shot inside. I think for most collectors that would be one of their best lifetime finds.............but just another day for the Aqua Chigger I guess!
hi..like your underwater video...well all your finding videos... just curious what ype of magnet you have? how can we get ourselfe something similar...
Beau, can I have your opinion on something? I'm going to buy my first metal detector. I'm in Florida so I will be starting out hunting on beaches. Not in the surf. I was looking at the Garrett Ace 150. Seems like a good model from all the reviews I've read .. Do you think that is a good starter detector? Do you think being so close to the ocean it will get worn out?. I've seen a lot of guys metal detecting in water on youtube who seal there detectors up with silicon and Vaseline. They are going under water like you . What do you think? Thanks
luv from knoxville beau. you said a shenkyl but isn't it a Hotchkiss. I would never question my mentor. but it looks like a Hotchkiss without a base cup and sabot. just curious. thanx and hh
I no longer have the luxury of river hunts. I moved to the Philippines and it's not exactly the safest place to metal detect. They perceive it as a gold finder and i'd lose my head. I live through you, thank you for the vids. I also swing the AT-Pro, great machine.
Another great video Beau, your underwater filming is particularly good, nice and clear and in focus. Would love to see the canon ball fragment when it's all cleaned up. Thanks again.
I see ya bought a new kayak, too bad you didn't upgrade the razor with it.Lol I see that the shell had a fuze in the end of it and since it was in one piece it must not have exploded. How dangerous are they?
You know chigger that might be like in a landing foot from like a an ancient alien that landed here millions of years ago maybe and it was mud and has since turned into a rock cuz that's pretty f****** wild man it's perfect it's like man-made dude something made that imprint in the mud and that mud turned into rock what it looks like either that that's a slab of cement and it's not supposed to be there someone put it there it looks kind of full of rocks and stuff like it could have been cement but if it's old and it's real Rock then that something was pressed into the mud long time ago that's what I think
Here is the link to a photo of that cannon. walkaboutwithwheels.blogspot.com/2013/02/downtown-vicksburg-mississippi.html Joe, has since sold his extensive gun collection and donated this cannon to the Old Court House Museum.
hallo AC..i have watched your videos for the last 10+/- years......and just like ME....man, you have AGED..HAHAHAHAHAHAAA......thanks for the entertainment...all of the discoveries; muskets, swords, motars, belt buckels, thousands of bullets and such,,,,,and remember please,,,,,,,,60/70 IS NOT OLD FOR A TREE......oh yes, I remember the silver coin cache you found in the creek.....What did you ever do with all of that?????.......
Happened upon this 8 year old video this morning, the same high quality video as you put out today very informative on the history of the area and era great viewing
Yup. Missed it in the wrap up wasn't sure if you grabbed it. That's one on my wish list, I'm always carefull digging big iron in the woods incase it's one still set.
Beau, I really like how you let us in on the process of discovery. Its the anticipation of what you might find lurking beneath the silt layers that keeps me watching. I like those clear underwater shots of what the bottom looks like before you go digging into it looking for whatever produced a signal. I think I like watching underwater prospecting more than I do the dry-land signal chasing vids. I'm not sure why this is, but I always liked playing in the creek as a kid. In the "true" Midwest where I grew up, the creek water was always so loaded up with suspended silt that you could not see the bottom or so green that at times it looked like watered down split-pea soup from all the algal blooms. Probably caused by water pollution from the combined effects of septic tank fields, runoff from paved paradise ,and the effluent from sewage treatment plants. Being able to see what the bottom of a creek actually looks like is pretty darn cool. When I was a kid sometimes wading chest deep in water, and knee deep in silt-mud, my mind could go racing in fear if I bumped into something that moved like a submerged log or tire. mrc109
Dear Beau, I think I finally realized why I am fascinated by your aquatic adventures. I was watching late, late night television the other day and watched several episodes of "Sea Hunt" featuring Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson the "underwater star" of the early 1960's. sta" home.comcast.net/~bill.jones.scubaguy/SEA_HUNT/SeaHuntFactOrMyth.html. I was only 4 years old when the final episode ran on Sept 23, 1961, so it was into re-runs by the time I saw it, probably around 1967 give or take one or two. This show was one of my favorites and I wanted to be a frog-man when I got old enough to move out of the Midwest with its dirty lakes and sediment filled streams. I never did follow that dream, though for a time later on, I wanted to do "oceanography" stuff like Jacques Cousteau and his famous RV "Calypso" rigg. So, in a way you are filling some void space in my life, once filled with thoughts of adventure and the intrigue of living on the high seas, searching for the untold riches and the archaeological wonders that lie beneath the waves. That's a pretty good trick for a guy like you, who barely goes above chest deep level searching in the mud of a farm pond or the gravel beds on a meandering river or two huh? Whatever you are doing though, keep it up because it sure hits that same spot of my youthful days, wishing I was doing more than just a fishin. Some of you "old timers" reading this might just remember that phrase, from the old "Harold Ensley" jingle "Gone Fishin". mrc109
Unfortunatly all metal finds over 100 Yeras old are the property of gouvernment in my country and metal detectors are prohibitet unless one hawe special permission to use it... Some times i wish i live in US...
Haha! Yes i am tempted... However, they are going to change the law a bit tis year as i heard and one is free to walk around on most areas here even on land so i think there is potential for lot of interesting legal finds herearound anyway. Sometimes i wonder if all the gunshoots i fired in my life is going to be somones tresures in the future... It´s interesting how history connect all of us in time from past to the future whatever it will be. We hawe some modern equipment for making those Mine bullets, round bullets, etc here and some original rifles in working condition, not hard to understad the fashinations of blackpowder rifles if one has tryed fire it once.
