This is the start of an epic series of adventure, camping, a little fishing and a uncovering a whole lot of history! And nothing creeps me out more than coming across an open well! I’m not sure if what I identified as a mill was truly a mill or not, that seemed like a good guess at the time. Let me know what you think! Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Huge shoutout to Robert for support! And a big special thanks to Henry S and Jilly! My flashlights: US amzn.to/3dh4UDf UK amzn.to/3bDxVHY
Love love these adventures with you and crew Robert . You know Iv watch many of your video’s maybe twice . Robert thanks Your so special Robert. Keep it up
Robert, you didn't mention the WMA this was in. I do a lot of wandering in the woods north of Atlanta, (also all around outside Atlanta), and I'd be curious as to the haunts you find. I do appreciate keeping some of the smaller family cemeteries locations secret, that helps prevent vandalism. I think the structure with the narrow trough would not be a mill, because that trough, even assuming the tree growing there pushed the trough narrower, would still not be big enough to hold a wheel that would provide much motive power. Usually, water powered mills would have a wheel at least 4' wide, and you need a creek with flowing water above the top of the mill wheel. That would usually be about 10' to 15' above the bottom of the wheel. Perhaps the trough was to catch rainwater runoff from the roof, into a nearby cistern? Not sure, but I'd love to go explore the area a bit more myself.
People had wagon roads and they always built close to a water source. Whether it was for a home ,a town,a saw mill a frost mill ,or a mining town.you need to cover up any old wells ,If possible or try to mark them in some way.I love your videos .when my older sisters were little.mom and dad had lived by a old burned down house with just a chimney left.they found some burned money under some bricks.my dad took it to a bank and they salvaged 17 or 18 hundred dollars.today they could have salvaged more but this was in the 40ss,that was a lot of money hen .my dad bought a little farm with it a ice box and 2 hogs.can you imagine how happy my family was😂❤🇺🇸❤🖒
Can you imagine the hard work involved of clearing the trees and moving the rocks and building the walls? Our ancestors were really hard working people. Thank you for posting.
A open well is definitely scary, just the thought of falling in there makes my bones hurt. I’m glad y’all pay attention while exploring. Ready to see part 2!
I don't think Cody is his son...I get the impression that he might be his cousin or nephew...I like that Robert takes him on all these adventures with him....his happy face when he found those bottles!
Loved it, already looking forward to "Camping Adventure Part 2". I wish that your respect for the remains of our past was way more common. stay safe Sir.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory No, thank you Sir. If I could give you a thumps up in advance I would do that 👍 And the way you explore and explain the old forgotten cemetaries is both heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. I share your vids as much as possible. A devoted subscriber.
I'm an archaeologist. The reason why metal detecting isn't allowed on State lands is because detectors remove artifacts that are important for future interpretation of sites (coins, jewelry, datable items, etc). We have to leave some of the history in the ground for future archaeologists to find.
Thank you ever soooo much. I love all your adventures. You and Cody are my modern day kind of explorers. Keep up this great channel 🇨🇦💪from Calgary Canada
Love your videos! I’m a history lover and this is the kind of history I like. Remains of old vanished towns and home sites. In the winter I love to drive around and find old sunken roads. I can’t wait for part 2!
Made me hungry for Fried Chicken, home cooked. The rock wall looks like so many left in the North East, the stones are so consistently flat, I imagine it was once so attractive.
Speaking of Cody. How is his truck coming along? Looking forward to this series. They should secure that well with a grate or something. That stump where the second washpan was found is another Cedar.
You know this is really kind of sad. The settlers poured there heart and soul into these places; they lived there and died there and now there is nothing left but piles of stones to mark that they were there. We don't even know the name of the town. If it wasn't for Sidestep Adventures we wouldn't even know about it. Thank you for keeping the past alive.
I love this kind of explore. You have found so many possible building sites it is starting to look like a small village. That's amazing. If you look for ghosts at night be careful of the uncovered wells. I hope they at least mark them. So did you catch anything?? Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
There is an old well on my Dad's farm (mostly wooded area) in the woods near an old stone foundation. My Dad never covered it. He knew where it was & thought it was too small for anyone to fall into. Then the young child Jessica fell into a similar well. Made National news & took days to get her out. My Dad immediately went & filled it with rocks & covered it.
I'm super careful around homesites because you know they have a well. I found one that someone had put logs across decades before and covered with leaves. The logs were rotted and fell threw at the slightest touch. It was a death trap! Brought back a pallet to cover it.
The narrow rock walled ditch likely is where a water wheel would have been, but another structure with similar appearance is a sheep dip often found in 19th century farms. However, this one appears to be too narrow for that purpose.
Hi Robert & Cody, wow what a cool place, it would have been a beautiful place to live back in the day with only the sound of the creek and wildlife. I'm really interested to see if you find any old coins etc down in that well, it would be great if you could try and cover it too as I would hate to think of a deer or other wild animal falling down it. Thank you for sharing, I look forward to part 2. x
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Your video's very fascinating. I see people popping in from all over the world! That's great. Loved exploring this camp ground. hope you can metal detect it besides magnet well seeking. Hope you find some rare items from the past! Thank you again.
Those chimney bricks appear to be hand made from Georgia red clay in molds ... dating from the 1800's. I believe you're correct about the concrete structure being some sort of mill. A metal detector will probably uncover some old cast iron parts. Long ago, I found a concrete structure that turned out to be an old dip tank for cattle to walk through.
I absolutely love your channel. I just discovered you a week ago.👍 I live in Southern California but I was born in Nashville Tennessee ...have lots of family there and love the south ...absolutely love what you’re doing. Anything old has fascinated me since I was a little girl and visited the Hermitage ...keep up the good work, every life needs an adventure.😎. Bridget
14:30 Is is it wide enough to run cattle through? In Florida we have these amazing things called cattle that's what they would fill with arsenic.. They would run cattle from one end to the other to remove ticks. I've Have seen 4 of them and their more narrow than you would think.
Strange we call a deserted town a ghost town! Are we all ghosts when we die? Should we call graveyard a ghostyard? We don't think of our dead as ghosts as long as we loved or known them. P.S.: you may find more at the bottom of the well than snake bones! Who knows who disappeared years ago in this area and had never been found! Now that is spooky.
Robert this is fascinating, I'm loving it. So much so that I could have watched all 3 episodes in one. I really am excited to see part 2.Just please you two, watch out for the snakes (and open wells) this is awawsom 🌳🍀🌳
enjoy your videos man. i grew up in atlanta in the 70s and 80s and left 25 years ago. i used to head north to the mountains fairly often to hike and explore. your videos reminds me of my childhood
It's looking like settlement, especially finding the old well {very scary old well}. There has to be a cemetery close to that area, they had to be buried somewhere. Really liking this video, great job. Be ever so careful. Glad to see your sidekick is back with you, Cody.
My great-grandfather didn't believe in ghosts either even though he lived in a known haunted house in the Southern Tier of New York state called The Hutch house which was a 1700's farmhouse anyway he didn't believe in ghosts until he met the lady of the house face to face and the rest of his life he believed in ghosts! 👻 Great video guys!
Oh I am so excited for part two! I am allergic to poison ivy and copperheads😂. So I will live vicariously through y’all’s adventures this summer and head out into the woods here in Arkansas after first frost👍🏻
Nice adventure! When I was younger I enjoyed exploring the woods for old home sites. Not crazy about coppers and rattles tho! Thankfully not many where I live.
G'Day Robert and Clan, You could spend a lot of time exploring the woods, Night time story's and things that go bump in the night, such good fun, hope you survive , cheers, Neil.
As anyone who watches ghost hunters knows , batteries are drained Where ever there is high spirit activity. Remember your friend told you the woods are very haunted...so might consider that especially when numerous obviously charged batteries don't work as they have been drained...
