On this adventure I find multiple old coins and several unexpected objects which I've never even considered! Original music by Brad Martin www.GMMD.us / greenmountainmetaldete... / green.mountain.metal.d...
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@@mcscheck2000 Accually. Shieffield England. . That pocket knife. Is a simple. Carbon steel. Like 10 series . If you look at the blade. You can see. How it was forge. By the layers that are seperaiting
Fireplace tongs used for moving wood in the fire, I've forged a pair. They were used to move coals to tin bedwarmers and sometimes for pipe tongs , lighting your smoking pipe with a coal. The corkscrew is a very unusual find as well. So cool to see these things found. Another great video share with all of us. Thank you Brad.
Love your treks into the mountains! Best channel of this kind on the site! Pleasant music, lovely close ups of critters and flora, personable host and cool finds! Cute little salamander!
Good finds. That metal cone looks to be the top of a parasol. Your blacksmith tool is for picking up a ceramic container with melted metal in it to pour into a mold. I've watched videos with them doing that. By the way one of the handles is broken off, shouldn't be that short.
What a haul! Love the fish-hook; old fishing tools and tackle actually fascinate me, and I've gone to the trouble of making a medieval-style "cork" (actually made from the quill-ends of two really large feathers, cut off and joined together with glue and thread because Spanish Cork-Oaks didn't exactly grow everywhere) and some bone fish-hooks. Unless you're looking at gouge-hooks (not really hooked at all, they were straight bars or ovals), the tackle looks pretty much the same everywhere; this is one instance where the old form-follows-function thing was pretty universal, at least for fish weighing less than 50 pounds or so.
7:46 bright orange mushroom is called chicken of the woods (edible).They're pretty good if cooked right.Awesome corkscrew, and vid, thanks for sharing!!
The Orange mushroom at 7:45 is a prime specimen of edible "Chicken Of The Woods". (Not to be confused with "Hen of the Woods" which is Brown). This specimen is young and perfect to eat. It is "sponge-like" and has NO gills underneath. Called a "polypore".
@@jasonzack1448Yes it is! Only when fresh tho! Pass on larger old specimens. Fry slowly and thoroughly. And don't try and eat too much at once - many people over do it and have trouble digesting which makes them have a bad experience.
Good day, Shout out from New Brunswick,I have found an item like your corkscrew detecting also.Looks like a hand drill that would of had a wood dowel for a horizontal handle. Hope this helps.
putting my money on a snuffer cap for candles. there was a wire handle that crimped on the knob on the end of the cone, enabling them to reach the candles up high and fingers away from the flames. the second item isn't a cork screw. its an auger. they would have a handle (branch) and used to turn manually to drill out holes.
Yes, I thought candle snuffer as well. The dimple on top was to keep the wick from getting smushed down... more modern bell shaped ones have dimples on top for the same reason. Not sure it was held with wire though.. as the weight seems to substantial for wire. The bottom flange was probable to keep it from falling over and the heaviness protected it from damage... if and when it did! The cone is tapered so as to be able to snuff out different diameter candles. Do you see wax residue inside? Though beeswax (common back then) might well have broken down over time. As far as the other, I lean towards cork screw, augers seem to have a longer shaft to penetrate wood to a depth not required for simply removing a cork. I had some web links for example images in an earlier post.. but that post apparently got rejected because of them.
Looking at 18th century examples/images from Google search for wood drilling.. bits/devices, NONE have a cork screw design as the recovered item sports. If it was meant to drill a hole, it would remove the shavings as it was turned/inserted, a cork screw is designed to screw //into// the material and NOT to hollow it out. Some have also proffered it might be to mount/hang something on a wall, but a nail or nail like implement would be much easier to make/procure and use for such a purpose. And frankly, IMHO trying to insert that into a wood wall would be near impossible.. even for pine, it would split anything not soft enough to give as it inserted.. cork has give. Again, images of known cork screws of that period are similar to what was found.. NOT augers or drill bits/devices for wood of that period. That said, we may never know with 100% certainty.
I think the pocketknife is a Barlow style. Looks like it at any rate; large bolster and teardrop shaped handle. I read somewhere that George Washington carried one and Mark Twain mentions them in one of his books. Still made today. I think you're 100% spot on with the id on the corkscrew. The large thing with the joint in it is a broken set of fireplace tongs, I think.
Saw this after making a similar statement. I've got tons of knives, but one I'll never part with is my grandfather's 40's Barlow, broken tip and all. Most of what you see anymore are the hollow bolster versions and their junk imo
Thats exactly what it is, a Barlow or “burley” knife. Pocket folder more common to colonial sites than realized. I have excavated many at colonial archeo sites. Invented in 1600’s. Production started in colonies by John Russell, 1785
@@GMMD was this because of viewing your earlier vids with the cell phone camera view and the regular view camera? I remember you saying you liked the way that looked (we do, too!!l) and might try something like it again. My favorite parts of your videos are all parts! But I remember what made me subscribe.. it's the fact that you inset a picture of the artifact so we can really see what you're seeing while you explain. Having never seen a coin like the ones you find, I wouldn't be able to visualize it. Thanks for all you do!
Scotch Auger part. Put wood handle through hole to twist. Exchangeable handle. Different sizes. Pocket knife looks like a Barlow. Very old brand. Old fish hooks were called Spade ends and you whipped them to the line. Great video as usual!
Maybe that folding ring thing is a handle that takes a crucible out of a fire ? Like it clamps securely around the crucible so you can pour the lead out to make bullets or whatever you need made out of lead?
I watch a lot of true crime on YT, and when I start to feel like the world is full of evil people, I switch to your channel. Your friendly, passionate personality shines through, and as a history buff myself, I thoroughly enjoy seeing what you’ve found. Great video quality too :) love your channel.
Good morning 🙋. The corkscrew looks like an auger. Mike from TA Outdoors uses some larger ones to drill holes in wood to peg pieces together in wood crafting. He builds old style viking houses and bushcraft. He's pretty cool. Check him out sometime.
The mystery item I think is the bottom of a regimental flag staff carried by a mounted soldier. The small recess sets in a cup in the saddle stirrup. I suppose a foot soldier could have carried it as well wearing a special belt that had a cup to receive and stabilize the flag.
When they would remove bottle corks, they used to use the tool to clean muskets. Early corkscrews were usually T shaped handle, but the first patented one was in England around 1795. Great finds though!
A great way to start a day. Coffee and a Green Mountain. Out here where i live a green mountain is rare. Love the info. The shots of nature and the exciting finds. That long piece of hinged iron almost looks like some old crucible tongs like we sometimes find out here in the old mining camps. That corkscrew was cool, like you i never thought....Be cool.
Very busy week, had a fire in the house, everything is ok just some smoke damage, a lot if appointments and finally Brad's video so I can relaxe. Great finds Brad .👍❤🇺🇸
The corkscrew might have been a drill bit. I think the type of pocket knife is called Barlow and these days they are imprinted with BARLOW on the bolster. Excellent find! All in all, as you said, a great day!
That cork screw is awesome. Ty for putting up with those vicious deerflys to bring us your amazing finds. The orange fungi was beautiful too. Till next time, you are the best!
8:54 looks to be a set of tongs they would use to hold a vessel in which metals were melted, likely brass and or lead was poured from it to cast items, even candles
As usual, your video sent me down a rabbit hole for knowledge. The twisted, ringed item is a pocket corkscrew. The cone brass item could be any number of things; including a pocket corkscrew cover. So cool.
Great and interesting finds. From items I've seen and own from an auction box I bought years ago... I definitely think it could be a corkscrew. I'm sure tons of comments have said already. I have one from the late 1800s with a wooden sleeve and a brand of whiskey advertising on it. Now recently on one of they detecting pages I am on... I think it's the ID Me page. Someone found an old corkscrew with a metal sleeve. I had never seen one like it. Very cool. But the idea of the sleeve whether wood or metal.. you would slide off the sleeve and put it through the hole on top of the corkscrew to use as a handle. But I loved all your find on this adventure as well. Happy hunting.
The corkscrew could be a heavily corroded drill bit for boring holes in wood, a round wood handle would have passed through the hole , to help turn the bit, just a thought.
Hey brad I absolutely love your videos you really helped me out with identifying a few things. While making my own channel and I got to go back in my videos and explain what they are. Just by watching your videos you are so amazing. Please keep up the great work
Honestly more here for the production of the videos, really digging what looks like a new camera or at least a new camera setup and lighting. Very well done!
That tool reminds me of a set of crucible tongs. Some nice coins and relics on the day Brad. I'm still waiting to find my first old cufflinks. Happy hunting and be well
Concerning the Tallio cufflink. Although originally intended to represent sportsmen or fox hunting, it is my understanding that they later became a symbol of something else. Supposedly, there was a politician at the time (pre-revolution) by the sir name of "Fox". This politician was pro-succession. And many people started wearing these as a sign of resistance against British tyranny. So I've read somewhere. Good video as always!
In England it is spelt Tally Ho a shout to attract the attention of the field ( riders ) and the hounds when a fox breaks cover and runs so as to give chase.
A suggestion. I detect old or abandoned farms and homesteads in SE MN and became frustrated by not being able to identify the old tools I was finding in those locations, so I started visiting area antique shops in search of some answers. Many of them sell old tools used in midwest farming and some include the tool name and/or a description of what it was used for. Added benefit...ones for sale are always in better shape than those dug and that sometimes makes it easier to identify their use as well. Either way...this becomes a very "hands-on" method for doing research...not only after the fact...but collecting knowledge ahead of finds as well. This kind of knowledge could help with identifying your possible corkscrew item and log holder. Best of luck! Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting
Pocket knife reminds me of an old Barlow. Not making a claim, just reminds me of their specific style. Nice shot of what looked to be chicken of the woods growing on that tree. Very tasty if that was what it was
It's amazing how many old coins you find up there. Great finds and video! The old tool was super cool, I would have kept it. I see a few opinions on what it is. I'd guess it's for a crucible or something for a blacksmith.
I am a jewelry maker and work with a lot of vintage pieces. I think you’re correct that it’s a cuff link. It’s an exact replica of later made cuff links. Yours it much more utilitarian, mine are decorative and prettier from the late 1800’s-1910’s ish. Nice finds!
The fishhooks we find on the emigrant trail in Nevada don’t have holes. The end is simply flattened to spread the metal to provide purchase for the line.
Hey buddy you are one of my favorites! Love every Video you put out, but I have to get this off my chest, I know your name is Brad Martin ! But Every time you introduce yourself you drop the T completely out, and you say Hi I’m Brad Mar-en…. Just saying I noticed a few years back that a lot of people are leaving the T’s out of words, like But-en for Button, Mao-ends, for Mountains, even some leave out D’s, I just planted my Gar-end for Garden… Just saying! Keep up the great finds 👍👍👍 God Bless
