On this return trip I practice isolation much like those did over 100 years ago. Original music by Brad Martin www.GMMD.us / greenmountainmetaldete... / green.mountain.metal.d...
Hey Folks! Here's the first trip to this location: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SGV8DWo-Lj8.html For daily and up-to-date posts, I invite you to join the Green Mountain community outside of RU-vid! If you’re a Facebook user, stop on by Facebook.com/GreenMountainMetalDetecting and for Instagram users you can find me @Green.Mountain.Metal.Detecting. Hope you enjoy today's video!
I have to wonder if that hatched head was made by someone's dad ? I just see a son walking behind his dad with that little axe over his shoulder lol and i'd guess a custom made handle is all it ever had before.
Hey Brad, I heard the tiny hatchet was called a 'finishing hatchet' and that it was used for finer work. There'd have been a tiny mallet with it. Cheers & HH
I had the privilege of detecting around a slave cabin in SC a year an a half ago. One of the items I found was an axe head about the same size as yours. When I showed it to the land owner he called it a youth axe and said it was used by the wife or a young person of the family to split kindling for the woodstove. Thanks for producing these videos I always enjoy your hunts.
Fresh hot coffee in my cup, GMMD video on my tablet, thunderstorm raining on my back porch, Friday morning is starting out fantastic!! Thanks for taking us with you!!
Danny, One additional item. Look up the Treasure Net website (free), it has thousands of members who are very helpful in answering any questions you may have. Walt
You have frogs that freeze solid in the ice. Here in Arizona, we have frogs that go to sleep during the hot months, when the mud dries out and turns solid around them. When the Summer rains come, the frog wakes up and digs his way out of the mud! Amazing creatures!
I'm with you with the excitement of finding that little ax head; Littlest one I've seen dug outta the dirt so far! I'm very glad that the landowner allowed you to keep it 😃 Thanks to your explanation, I now understand why everyone finds so many buttons 👍 I am perplexed at why everyone always finds so many horse tack buckles, in still usable condition 🤔 Love the the token finds that everyone in our hobby makes, as you had said, they tend to be regional for those found. Thank you for your Friday morning wake-up videos; my day starts it very nicely this way 😊☕ Have a wonderful weekend Brad and family!!
Thank you for your videos. My mom was from Bennington, VT / Hoosick Falls NY area and she passed in 2005. When I watch your videos it reminds me of her and the times I spent up there growing up. Much appreciated. Music is spot on too. Greetings from Nashville, Thank you again.
The best part of your videos is the way you talk about each item and the history behind them. Makes me feel like I'm out detecting with you. Great job.
I've no other interest in metal detecting at all but videos have me hooked. I love the folk lore, history etc. Especially as I live in the uk. Keep it up & thanks
Thanks for your vids. Even low-key ones like this are pleasant, interesting, informative. I always find a smile on my face when I see a new one has been posted. I know some quality, enjoyable content awaits me. When *you* get outside and get some fresh air, you also bring a lot of fresh air into the homes and minds of others around the world, so again, thank you. Give you joy of your teeny weeny hatchet, sir. Give you joy. :)7
Brad... like ve you my dear heart..58 years old here in Ocean Park Maine...Grew up in Lyman..Where 47 fires burned out ancient farms...I so enjoy you intellectual ability to share with us. .xxxxoooto your lovely family...
My family is from Vermont (mostly Burlington). I lived there for a time with my beloved Aunt Mae and my three cousins when I was in grade school . Uncle Andy was a fighter pilot and he was away, probably Korea. Cousin Drew was exactly my age and we had the exact same personalities and pretty similar appearance. I thought of him as my soul cousin. I loved hm dearly but he died too soon of cancer. Anyway, on to the point of this story... Brad reminds me of Drew and the entire vibe of this series resonates with me as the spirit of Vermont, a very special place. Thanks for all you do Brad. My wife and I are thinking of retiring to Vermont (we're in Oregon) and we'll look you up if we get there.
The shape and grind of the razor is called " hollow grind or ground" Watching these videos is a great release from all this insanity we're under right now. Thanks
I have a friend that is a fifth generation farmer who has an axe identical to the you found and he said it was used to butcher chickens (cut their heads off)
My grandmother had a small axe like this one that she kept in the tree stump that she used to butcher chickens for dinner. Yum. Fried chicken and home made pies.
Hi, Brad! There is a product named Kopertox used by horsemen to treat fungal infections (called thrush) on the soles of horse's hooves. Main ingredient is copper naphthenate. It is a very beautiful green, as you would expect, and an irritant to skin. And it stains EVERYTHING! LOL Loved the horse hame! Thank you for the journey back in time!
Hey Brad, I enjoyed the video with my coffee. The small hatchet is most likely a hoof cleaner. These were often carried along on a horse drawn sled or wagon to knock out impacted snow from horse hooves. The snow packs within the shoe and under the hoof preventing grip and becoming painful at times. The iron piece unidentified looks like the end of a harness tug strap. The strap runs from the collar and hames down the side of the horse. Then connects to a chain, an evener and then the load. The load could be just a log or a wagon, sled or even a log arch.
I live in northern British Columbia Canada and am always taken back by how familiar the flora and fonna is to our boriel forests here in the north. Ive just started to explore with my metal detecting and love it. I totally enjoy all of your videos Brad please keep them coming.
I think by 1919 the Spanish Flu was thought to pretty much have run its course. Along with the young man you mentioned it took my grandfather early in the same year in the very isolated hills of Piscataquis County, Maine. My grandmother was left with three young boys, the oldest ten years old, my father. That virus is said to have been quick and deadly to the young and outwardly healthy. Interesting finds and well done videos. You are a class act, Brad.
I have written this before and I will again. I am so impressed by the production of your videos, they seem to have everything. An awesome (and short/simple) intro with a great logo, great music, amazing scenery, slow motion shots, drone shots, P.O.V. shots, tracking and traveling shots, calming dialog (not screaming and loud)... your videos have a sense of professionalism that is hard to find on RU-vid. Even though you are digging through mud and finding old rusty and broken items, I watch every part of every video to see what is next....well done sir.
Hi Brad, you found some pretty cool artifacts of a bygone age, I really love that little hatchet head though that's a neat find. Stay safe and well, much love to you and your family. xx💖
Thanks Brad..! Quite the journey back in time to discover relics from the early years, dropped, broken or misplaced... Tiny hatchet head, the chicken butcher.... good finds that tell stories of the rough times back then and how many survived when some didn't. No Hospitals or Doctors, no supermarkets, or drug stores....! =)
The best detecting videos on RU-vid. Also love how you explain some of your finds and often verify with pictures. Keep up the great content, I see great things for your channel.
I believe I remember my Grandmother using a small axe like that for light kindling wood. They had a woodstove and cooked everything on or in it. I remember she didn’t want a high heat, so the smaller pieces she split were for just warming up something. The Troy token was cool, I grew up just a dozen miles outside of Troy. It was a major industrial city in its day.
Morning Brad, another great vlog! Like the bit more story telling in this one. I wonder if the small hatchet head could have been a kid's toy. Looking forward to next week.
I love your brief thoughtful interludes in the middle of your videos where you throw in your insightful thought or opinion or historical bit of relevance always at the perfect moment. Bravo my friend. Your videos are always simple but are a delightful mix of thought provocation, ear candy, and visual delight. Thank you.
Ok, true fan here... not only of your super-cool historic finds... I now know you create your own music which is played in the background on your videos... now don’t go getting a big head or anything, but, your background music........ I could listen to, all... day..... long......... Just beautiful, smooth, energetic, tunes... I wish I could say to my Amazon Alexa “play that type of music all day” but it won’t recognize that because your music is so unique...... Just thought I would let you know... Have a good one! 😊👍
As a person who loves genealogy, I enjoy the fact that you not only find relics, but you want to know the history of the area/families who’s land you are detecting. Thanks so much for sharing your time detecting with us. And I absolutely love the music and the way you focus on nature.
A completely intact hatchet head! Very cool find and I can’t wait to see it all cleaned up with a handle on it. Thanks for the stroll through the woods.
This is a great video... My sister lives in Wolcott Vermont... Works @ idle tyme brewery... Her home is old, still with a dirt floor cellar... Lol... Beautiful wooded backyard... Thank you for what you do for us. 👍😷👍 Yes the Spanish flu was bad. Their count was a year, compared to now & they had no science behind it to help them along with communication. This is a wonderful video.
That ax head looks like a broken in half double bit ax. I like the straight razor & button with design. That lock is a very odd shape. Nice bunch of relic finds. HH
The little axe head you found was called a belt axe. These were carried by many of the early pioneers and hunters either on their belt (handled) or in their shooting pouch without the handle typically in the late 18th or early 19th centuries. If in their pouch they could take any small branch and shape it into a quick handle. They generally had a small blade and a flat poll for hammering. Take a look at the Fort Meigs belt axe. I have a hand forged copy made for me by a good friend who is the blacksmith at Bent's Fort in Colorado.
Brad- love the video updates! I myself am in hinesburg, VT. So it’s neat to have such a close connection to the content you put out. Researching myself properties in the chittenden/Addison/lamoille county areas. Thanks for the entertainment
What a great hunt and finds. Thanks for sharing another great episode. I would love to find a spot loaded with buttons like that. Thanks for sharing, good luck, happy hunting and take care.
Great finds and cool commentary~! I, too, give iron finds more 'respect'. The time it takes to manufacture, to find, to clean and preserve shows patience and dedication.
Always enjoy your videos Brad. It would be great to see you utilize that leather adornment piece onto something you make since you are good at leatherwork too. Maybe polish it up and have your logo engraved on it. Then put it on the flap of the holster you could make for the little hatchet you found. Just an idea that I think would be cool to see. Stay safe and keep on swinging!
I love your videos, they are so relaxing yet exciting as well. Your commentary is so interesting and I feel like we would be friends! Lol. Thank you for the backstories and history lessons, I learn so much.
I understand your love of detecting in the mountains. I detect in the Adirondack high peaks and I can look across the valley and see the Green Mountains from there. Some of the old Logging camps and hunting lodges from back in the day yield a lot of good stuff! Of course it's on private where people have congregated by living there and spending a lot of hours there. I found many many cool artifacts in the mountains more than I ever dreamed I would!
Now I know-I found the same item(the rectangular saddle horse tack with two pins(hooks) on the back. Also, found two colonial buttons at a site in White Pine, TN...love your videos and thanks for the ID...
Another nice adventure. Thanks. I found a token just like that in the lot next to me, in small town Iowa. My first, beforehand I never knew such a thing existed.
I stumbled upon your channel a few weeks ago and I am hooked! Thank you for making these videos. I've learned alot by watching and its helped curb the boredom during this pandemic. Thanks again!!🙂
Thank you so much for your videos. They without a doubt bring me back to better times and even though most of your videos last 20 minutes or so it's 20 minutes that I can completely forget about my job on the front lines of this nightmare. Keep the videos coming👍 PS: If you could recommend a decent detector it would be greatly appreciated, looking forward to spending time with my kids this summer looking for treasures ❤️
When I was younger - 70’s, early 80’s - I had boots with those metal pieces added to the sole to reinforce and prolonged its life... it was quite noisy on hard surfaces and cause unwanted slides... but as I loved those boots, I really didn’t mind the side effects...
I love watching you at work and all the knowledge of the things you find. You are a historian in your own right, a teacher if you will. Great stuff, very insightful of the every day tools that we're need just to eat, sleep and just living. Big fan.
