Did a colonial doctor once live in this forest? Using my metal detector I search for the treasures left behind. Original music by Brad Martin www.GMMD.us / greenmountainmetaldete... / green.mountain.metal.d...
The people who first settled and cleared the land where I live are buried next to me. Manasseh Osgood, came to Westford, Vt in 1799 from Barre, Massachusetts, as the first settlers to this land. His grave stone has the info on it. The work that family must have did is unbelievable. There was a cranberry bog they built we use to see a few cranberries growing in the stones they used to dam the water, it's all gone now, a long path walled in on both sides with stones they must have cleared from the fields, huge piles of field stones they had to have picked from their fields. And stone walls that maked off each field. There's a small cellar hole that must have been their first home because a map from 1850's shows their home where my grand parents lived. Early Americans worked hard to build this nation.
My grandmother's sister was married to one of the last horse and buggy doctors. Sometimes someone would come to his house in the middle of the night. He would be on horse back and bringing an extra horse for this uncle to ride back to wherever the parent was . He worked up into the 1940s and delivered my older brother and sister in this world. I got to know him when I was 7 or 8 . He loved talking to us kids. A very cool guy.
@@coasthome8356 I live in Kent, Ohio. The doctor name was Pelly and practiced in a very small town Hanoverton,Ohio . I remember talking to him after he retired when I was 7 years old. Adults meny times talk to a child like they were a piece of furniture. He talked to us not at us and always had something nice to say to us kids. He is still legendary in that town. He also delivered my sister and my older brother. I remember he had a beautiful grandfather clock which I thought was cool. He practiced into his 80s and his daughter drove him to go to patients till he retired. A great doctor and a very nice person .
Brad, just wanted to brag on your quality videography and audio production skills. As a one man band I know of the extra time and planning it takes to gather all the content and B roll needed to make such a quality program. Your authenticity is what I think people really connect with and you’re easy to watch and listen to. Your passion is apparent and I hope to enjoy the experience along with you for some time. Thanks!
I wish every detectorist was as you, providing mature educational information as you detect. Painting the picture of life in colonial times makes your videos so much more enjoyable than some wild kid uncovering a coin spill or finding an i-phone in a river.
I might have said this before but, even if your videos were just that killer mellow music with your awesome shots of nature I would watch this channel....so the fact that you are metal detecting also....BONUS!!
He is exceptional in so many areas; photography, making his own music, leather works and of course his metal detecting. Brad is my favorite RU-vid creator 👍
I can’t imagine what a life the oxen had! Hard work all day, hoisted or hogtied every 6 weeks for shoeing. Great background story! Love the finds this trip.
Oxen were also used to transport trade goods long distances. The Acadians in Nova Scotia had an ox trail that went over 60 miles from one side of the province to the other. In earlier times it was no big deal to take a team of oxen 10 or 20 miles to get shoes replaced. King of like the way Brad hikes over mountains to get to these great detecting sites!
As a kid growing up I have a rather great memory, the woman who lived across the street from me . I remember that she had a coat with large buttons on it, and they had a face with a Roman helmet on the face. And that was 45 years ago and that button is a good resemblance to the one that you found.
The half round lead is probably bullet lead. It sometimes came in round discs that would fit in a small ladel to be melted and poured into a bullet mold. See the movie "The Patriot " with Mel Gibson.
I am serious Brad, if you started adding music/nature montage, 5 or 10 minutes even, say at the end of your videos....I would watch them, I'll bet I am not alone....anyone?
the button-like item is neoclassical Greek. After the Renaissance reinvention the founders were molded and or influenced by Greek democracy as, at that time, much about the Greeks was rediscovered. The elite class were fascinated by Greek and Roman culture. Much of our architecture in EU and America is modeled after the Greek examples. The Capital building, is a good example. The medallion isn't new, it's period.
The button with the iron back and ancient bust on the front is interesting. My educated guess is that the bust is of the Roman goddess Minerva. She is often associated with the Greek goddess, Athena. Minerva is often depicted wearing a Greek Corinthian helmet, as on your button. I found a Roman ring with a carnelian stone which had Minerva carved into it. She was wearing the Corinthian helmet. I found the ring in Belgium in 1986.
I think Minerva is a solid guess. Goddess of Medicine after all. But, I'm not sure that is a button. It might be a bottle stopper. That would explain the different material on the back. Perhaps it is a substance more easily glued to cork (which of course would be long gone at this point).
so so jelous :) love detecting from south australia . to see the history your finding is so exciting my friend. we dont have quite that here but im always out there doing my best . oldest find so far is 1809 brittania penny and some boar war buttons. anyways keep on swinging and be safe
Congrats Brad. Yesterday mine where 1723 Woods HiBernia half penny type II, 1727 KGI Farthing, & 1800 DB one cent...oh and 3 oxen shoes...lol...great video. I have had a crazy year at 10 new cellar holes for me. Almost all where untouched. Fun Times.
Thank you for the adventure and seeing some amazing finds ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your next adventure takes you ! Doing well here in Kansas .
What a great day! I'd go back to that place again! As always you just have such an eye for photography and I thoroughly enjoy that. I think all your finds are awesome! Always get excited when you find a jingle bell... The buckles, the medallion/possible button, a very decorative button. I thoroughly enjoyed all of it! The only reason I can go with the fact that he is probably a doctor/farmer, there was a lot of the cases back in those days. There were a lot of finds, maybe the patients coming and going. Drs. probably had more the most. 👍😁
What a great channel... no attitudes or political opinions...great job! I have lived here in the mountains of Newbury VT my entire life. Trying to learn the basics of metal detecting..Baught one but no skills yet.
They still do lift cows to trim their feet. Dairy industry. They have hydraulic shoots, strap them in, squeeze them, pick them up and turn them on their side. Then trim their feet
I watch homestead RU-vid channels and in one of them they had to have the hooves of their milk cow trimmed. They trailer-ed it into town where the veterinarian loaded this cow into a devise that strapped it up... picked it up... and turned it on it's side so he could perform a bovine pedicure. Same concept just using more modern machinery.
I love your videos! The scenery you show, including plants and wildlife, is wonderful. I live in the UK and envy the wilderness you explore. The artifacts you find are then a super added bonus. Thank you.
Mr Brad...I haven't commented on your videos much but you have the most interesting and informative MD channel I have seen. First let me say, Frogg Toggs, light weight and water proof. Second, you have so much information about early life in Vermont and the USA it's incredible! You could write a book about life in the Colonial era. Third, buttons, being a thin fellow you may not understand all the buttons and buckles. Let me just say, imagine, if you will, first point of contact. 😂! People working or carrying weapons and buttons holding clothes together as well as keeping pockets and items inside secured and Everything you do snags and pulls, especially with a belly, again, first point of contact, I understand why so many buttons and buckles were broken and lost. Finally, I really like the music you use. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and adventures with us!
Thanks for sharing another GMMD video .. It was a great day in the Green Mtn's, as always. IMHO, the flattened Shoe Buckle sure looks a lot like a Hat Buckle .. Think about how a brass / composition metal casting would show fractures or show obvious indications of extreme stress when flattened ... And it's symmetrically flat .. only a thought. Thanks again for my Friday morning start-up Brad, it's always enjoyable.
I always look forward to Friday because I get to watch your videos. In the past Friday would mean the weekend was hear but during these times it means Greenmountain time. Heck half the time I don’t even know what day it is. Thanks for the interesting video and the beautiful scenery.👏🏻🖖🏻
