With minutes of daylight left, we discover the most incredible metal detecting find of our lives. Original music by Brad Martin www.GMMD.us / greenmountainmetaldete... / green.mountain.metal.d...
Brad I've been detecting for just over 50 yrs., and , if I had just 1 wish, it would be to go on just one hunt with you, you are the most informed young man I wish i I could have ever met. In my 83 years I've met a few, but you're a keeper, keep up the great work
150 years or so ago, Vermont was covered with sheep farms. All over the mountains stone walls were built instead of using fences for the sheep herds. Am 70 now, but as a child I remember my great uncle telling me that he remembered when many of the mountains of Vermont were void of trees.
I know this is an old video but still great. Beautiful finds and scenery, wish I could still hike back in the woods. Your camera work makes the videos all the more enjoyable. Congrats on the GOLD coin. Thanks
The crest you found would be post 1603 when James VI of Scotland (heir to the throne of Elizabeth I of England) became James 1 of England uniting the two countries. The English crest was 2 lions and the Scottish crest 2 unicorns. Thus when the two kingdoms united the crest became a lion on one side of the crown and a unicorn on the other. In fact there is an old nursery rhyme entitled, “The Lion And The Unicorn Were Fighting For The Crown.”. Great video and congratulations on a truly amazing find. 😃👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What a beautiful find. I can't believe what perfect shape that gold coin is in. Is that going to be a family heirloom? Your coin collection must be incredible.
We're hunkered down on a hilltop in Cincinnati, avoiding covid18, maintaining our sanity by watching your adventurous virtual tours. Wonder what you'll find next!
Oh Wow! What a find! Gold! A suitable reward for your persistent, knowledgeable and time intensive hunting in the mountains of Vermont. Well done. I’m so glad for you. Thanks for sharing your ventures with us.
You know you have cool friends and have an interesting life when in conversation you can help them recall when something happened by saying "remember when you were gold panning". Keep living life to the fullest fellas. Great videos.
You guys are the "Real Deal"when it comes to metal decting. You dont just focus on playgrounds and city parks. You actually work hard for your finds!! Hats off to you both keep it up we love your videos..
Unreal congrats Brad i have been metal detecting for 27 years and i have never found a gold coin.I am glad you shared the video.Congrats again find some more.
I like that 1901 (O) Barber dime that was found. Looks to be in pretty good condition, like about a VF, and I would say definitely worth at least $30-40 dollars, although not nearly as much as the 1786 Spanish Escudo which has an estimated value of around $250.00. Not too much was said about it at the time.
Congratulations on the bucket list find. How awesome! As exciting as that would be I also love that you found a large bell in tact. I hope that will be able to revisit this location again in the future. Thanks for another awesome video.
I just found your channel recently and I am suddenly obsessed! The gold piece is amazing! Congratulations! I love your musical accompaniment! I would really like to see some annual or semi-annual specials where you show your larger collections of items, all cleaned up and telling of the actual values of some of your best finds! Easy for me to say, I know but... Anyway, I love your vids and am enjoying them every night all the way from Japan! Keep up the great work! Peace-Out! ✨👑✨💍✨🥄✨🏆✨🥇✨🎖️✨🎺✨Good luck! Go for it! ✨
Logging operations occasionally rip up old graves. Didnt someone recently find 4 brass handles and an upper denture plate?? All scattered around....Thought it was a Stealth Digger guy.
This will definitely be a day to remember, both for you and Mike! His first colonial copper and your first gold! Woo hoo! Such a nice walk through some gorgeous countryside. Thanks so much!
Great find with the Charles III 1/2 Escudo. Back in the day 16 Silver Reales = 1 Escudo. So, that was the equivalent to 8 Reales. I have the 1/2, 1 and 2 Charles III shields from Madrid. I'd love to finish the collection with a 4 and 8 escudos!
Wow! You finally found one Brad CONGRATULATIONS! Now you can strive for a jar full of gold coins :-) Camera shots on this hunt were awesome, we can really see just how mountainous it really is there. Beautiful.
Hi Brad, congratulations on your beautiful gold coin, and congratulations also on that beautiful complete crotal bell. So awesome you found both things you have been wanting to find and on the same day. What's better than that is you have it on video too as a lovely memory. xx
Also, I was thinking, the area you found the gold coin that was dropped...I'm betting there's a trail of coins out there. If you spread out from that location you found the gold coin in the center, in a spiral pattern, you might find more. Maybe you'll be able to plot the direction of travel through the area by whoever dropped it.
My favorite time to be in the woods but by Halloween I am on the deer hunter side of things. I live in the central Illinois flat prairie. I envy you having all the hills and valleys.
Holy flipping Toledo Batman! A gold coin is at the very top of every detectorist's Bucket List. A SPANISH gold coin is at the top of every detectorist's "Like that will ever happen" dream find list. Extra megga congrats to you man. I got chills just watching you clean it off. Way to go!
I have been metal detecting for 35 years and have yet to find any gold coins! Found gold rings and jewelry but never a gold coin! AMAZING find! Congratulations!!!!!!🎉🎊🍾
That’s a huge bell!! Amazing find for sure. I just found my first one this past year in Maine but not as big. Could you show a brief clean up video of it and it’s design plz? I hope someday I run my coil over one that size and complete like that. Grats!!
Congratulations 🎉🎈 on finding the gold coin! I know that you’re proud and I’m proud for ya! Thank you for the new GMMD video, I was about to go through withdrawals 😂.
How was that ever a question?! Of course it’s gold.. I immediately noticed that.. there’s ONE THING that you’re gonna find like that ... and it’s GOOOOOOLD BROTHER!!
How amazing. I cant imagine metal detecting such a beautiful and bewitching place on halloween. The scenery reminds me of sleepy hollow type of stuff. Congrats on that gold coin good sir. I would soil myself if i found anything pre-1900s so i cant imagine the feeling of digging spanish silver. I also really wish i coulda heard that big bell ring for the first time in 250 years, assuming it still had the ball in it. Great video as always Brad.
Nice finds. My favorite were the owl pellet, huge complete crotal bell, and a "bleeping" 1786 Madrid 1/2 Escudo Charles III Gold Spanish Colonial coin. Another great adventure. Thanks Brad and Mike!
The Button you found is Spanish. It is a pewter conical drilled shank button and was a Spanish General Service Coat or blouse button or what was called a Doublet Button circa 1625 to 1650. Very rare! I've seen some like it found on Spanish Colonial Shipwrecks from Florida waters and the 1675 plate wrecks off of Sebastian Inlet. If you want to see a picture of your button and it's history go to the Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts page 2 and you will scroll down to unclassified Pewter Doublet Button Circa 1625 to 1650. This button is probably as rare or rarer than the Spanish Gold 2 Escudo coin you found. The Pewter Doublet Button they show was found on a site near St. Augustine Florida. There are two varieties known. A long loop shank like the one shown and a squat drilled eye shank like the one you found. Both are rare and if you clean yours and it bears a regal crest on it then it's extremely rare. These buttons just did not survive because the pewter they were made of had such a large lead content that they deteriorated easily. Congratulations on the gold 2 escudo coin! The brass folded over plate you found is called an alliance crest marking the alliance between England and Scotland in the 17th century with the regal lions denoting England and the Unicorns denoting Scotland and it could have been a marker plate of some kind in the English Military that was all over that area during the 1700's. Many of the Regiments of Foot and the Scottish Highland regiments carried items bearing this crest. A buddy of mine searching the Parapet Line down here below New Orleans found a powder flask bearing that same Crest! You guys did good!
I would like to know where the people of that time period found the labor to build all of those stone walls. Sure they used horses and oxen , but still had to load and unload then stack all those stones. Makes my back hurt just thinking about.
That 1901 Barber looked like it had an 0 mint mark, always like to see those mint marks as they can make a huge difference in value! Beautiful country to dig in . Nice finds!!
love your searches. don't you ever look for more than one when you find something? I would look near anything you find for second thing, coz where there is one there may be more!
Brad. I had to stop by to say a HUGE congrats on the coin that so many treasure hunters spend their life looking for! Also, I didn't read down in the comments, but on that pewter utensil handle it looks like an Egyptian ankh. Once again, HUGE congrats!
Hi brad what wonderful finds. Congratulations on GOLD. Great video and beautiful surroundings. Thank you for your effort and best regards from Germany Andreas from BW
@@timemachinevintage hahaha!! C'mon mind over matter, think warm!! Bananas could help.. (ha) There's gotta be a way.. A longer video with nothing except coin shooting for more "Gold"! Just saying, could be great idea thx)) Nice long video
I know it’s your coin and you can do anything you want !!! But man!!! Rubbing on that soft gold !! I believe you just can’t help yourself!!! Congratulations. That is sweet. But I believe you have a rubbing addiction. LOL
Thanks for the concern Dan, but I'm fully aware of how to handle a coin out of the ground. I was constantly spraying with water, cleaning off my fingers on my pants and wiping very gently. When looking through a magnifier there are no scratches to speak of.
I glanced and saw a notification from you, and I thought it was another TEASER!! Which I hate with EVERY fiber of my being!! lol.. I told you that you were going to find a gold coin, I may have been a couple of months early, but I knew your day was coming. CONGRATS!! I'd be back out in that area every day for the next month at least! lol.
