Thanks Jean.

This one is not that far from you.....

Hey Lets Go Mountaineers for sure!! My son is a student there now.

@loripretti843 Every one!👍🏻🇺🇸

Thanks Lori I always appreciate you and my other faithful fans....you are like family.

Yes we are Family!!! I think so!!! Thank you so much Todd for saying that!!! Yesterday was my Birthday!!! I'm 62 now!!! I spent the day alone!!! I spoke with Family and Friends!!! They all made my day better!!! God Bless Us All!!!

Oh no....did you at least go out and treat yourself? No big day like that is fun being alone. Happy Birthday!!!

I was okay with being alone!!! It's all good just being remembered by Family and Friends!!!

Hey Chad thanks for the comment buddy. Not every site is a gold mine as you know....but every site has history associated with it and that is treasure to me as well.....wondering what happened to these people, and surmising the wife and child died early, and the man took up and abandoned the place speaks of intense hardship. I was perfectly fine finding what I did there....it was a good day.

Glad you enjoyed it Twins. That silver button looked as new now as it did then I bet. I was stunned when I flipped that over. It shone like chrome but the way it was in the ground it was protected from the elements. Aren't these old places interesting......

Glad you enjoyed it

Which piece Roger?

Around 5:50 I think. There were 3 things sitting on a rock. I think you said at first you thought it might have been a stirrup. A circular object where a section of the metal is flattened, but the rest is angled up.

I think it is a kind of stirrup. It was flat on one side

Yep that is what I was thinking in my head but my tongue said the wrong thing.....LOL

Still out....stitches come out this week though....I've been out of pocket for 6 weeks now, due to weather travel and sickness.

Prayers to you my friend hopefully you will be back in action before to long would like to plan a hunt with ya since we live kinda of close to one another God Bless and happy dirt fishin….Virgil

Hey that it likely what it is. I should have shown that clip in the video. I did video tape it but thought it was a lipstick container. I think you are right though...

Hehe....I wish I could. I need a 2 wheeler.....bikes can't go where I go in most cases....

That’s true. Always could get an electric bike. 😂

Hey Gay this site has been a somber one for me. Not a lot of relics but they weren't there long either. The wife and child died early and young and the distraught husband abandoned the place. Yes, they never lost a lot but they didn't live there long and nobody took up to farming it after them. The hardships these families faced just to live and survive, and here they lie in unforgotten and unkempt graves. For me, I was happy to find what I did and honor these people even in a small way. I hope you enjoyed it.

I did enjoy it. It is so sad to see the unkempt graves of these amazing people. I've often wondered when we would be in the mountains how on earth did these people do what they did in such places. I admire their determination and all they endured. There are so many graves in the mountains of young children. It is really sad to see them. I watched Leo on the Hillbillies files and he and Heather have shown a lot of them. Some families lost so many babies. They have found so many grave yard lost to time. He is forever hiking up mountains thru streams and some of the most out of the way places to find lost graves. He also did metal detecting on one of the Hatfields home places and found coins in a jar and a lot of artifacts from there. One of the descendants has a museum there and puts all those things on display. Leo is kin to the Hatfields and McCoys. God bless you for doing what you do and the respect you show these amazing people

Thanks for the info! That's what I meant to say....not an Anvil...HaHa...

I used to live down that way but before I made videos....lots of great history down there.

Yep he visited 7 Engineering programs, but favored WVU over all of the Virginia schools where we live. He loved Texas A&M and my school, Tennessee but those schools out of state tuition was just too much money.

@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives WVU is a great school. I wish him well. They are having a hard time with housing for students at UT.

i see they had a record of 53,000 first time applicants....my son was accepted but other schools offered more in scholarship money and that was the deal breaker for us....

Glad you enjoyed it

you know it's interesting you mention that name. My Brother in Law is from Ohio and I lived in Ohio for years myself, and he had neighbors with that name, and I had a friend whose last name was DeMent. I have not heard of that name here though.....I get a lot of requests to research family names, and I love that history, but I really try featuring families here where I can do a detection too to make the videos more than just a storyline. If you could send me a lead, I can check it out.

Thank you for telling us about the past and showing artifacts. I am always interested in history and love to find connections with the past. I love watching.

I still have my NOX and love it. There are uses for it that beat the Deus in my opinion so I use both.....even in some videos you might see me switching them up. I did in this video but nobody noticed. I take both machines and test the site using both. I try only featuring one though since people would be confused or send me a slew of questions about the comparison. I do like the Deus and can assure you it will find everything if you have the settings right on the best programs. It is a complicated machine and takes time to get used to and good with it.

Youre right I didn't notice. They are both good machines. We have our little competition. Both Deus are so lightweight makes a day long hunt not as back breaking. Keep digging my friend@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives

Thanks buddy.

Thanks for subbing!

I agree....these lands pass from owner to owner and over time new owners don't feel an obligation to keep these places up. The families of the buried lose interest after several generations pass too......one of the reasons I tell my wife to scatter my ashes......

Hey there friend, no permissions are easy to get unless its family or close friends. I pour over old maps online. The USGS has a historic map section on its website that shows the locations of houses as far back as 1885. Sanbourne Fire Maps are online and detailed showing houses county by county as far back as 1885 too. Here in Virginia it was settled so early that maps go back very early and are available online by typing in old maps of Virginia. I also have some books detailing the history of families in these parts and mention where their homes were located. It is a lot of work, but if it was easy, all the easy places have been hit over and over again by other people......you can do it!!!

Thanks friend I use USGS but I was wondering what you use thanks. And by the way I’m from her in SWVA!

I use the same. Unfortunately no research is easy.....I just pour over old maps I find online....you can Google the Library of Congress Prints and do a search there for old maps of Virginia......and be patient with the looking....