Boy am I learning a lot from these education videos.

I always get distracted trying to see what you have mounted on the wall. You should do an Ebook of your collection with descriptions. Would probably be a good source of income to support your archaeological endeavors!

High school history was so agonizingly boring I nearly died. Now, learning history from Professor Beau is a joy.

I love your passion and dedication you give to your craft. Thank you for the videos. You're a hell of a guy and don't forget to Hold your breath!

I can't imagine why ANYONE would give your videos a thumbs-down. As always, you are informative and entertaining.

most of people won't understand the level of dedication you need to accomplish such an awesome collection of artifact, it's one thing to recover the items form the ground, but allll the work behind the camera, thats where you separate the amateurs from the pros! I really enjoy all of your vids, good work! I discovered a new hobby on this channel!

Took me an hour to watch a 24 minute video. I had to keep pausing to look at the stuff in the background. :>)

That's a "thing-a-ma-jig!" Send me my sticker! Cool video. It's amazing you found that all in one year.

I really admire your passion for our history it's nice to see!

I really enjoy your metal detecting hobby and how you tell about civil war history and a stories

Your collection in the background is awesome and this video KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK!!!!

Very interesting video on the shells, I really enjoyed it Beau. Thank you very much for posting this video

by far one of my favorite channels on youtube. keep up the good work!

Love all the information you share and the intensity of your adventures

Could watch this all day. Love the finds..

The passion is inspirational, you and your wife are beautiful humans :) Thanks for all the knowledge.

Loved how informational this was, Thanks Aquachigger!

Great history report, presentation and lesson. Very, very interesting stuff, I look forward to following your channel!

Thanks for doing what you really love ...keep digging

the twisted wire was part of firing a Canon. when they pulled the "wire" it made friction with the friction material in the gun, and made it fire the shell . :-)

thanks for all off the informative videos lately. it's refreshing to see a treasure Hunter explain the history behind the finds. keep up the great work Beau, if your ever in NE PA hit me up, I got some great spots.

Love your videos, you are a great personality and the information you possess is endless entertainment. Keep it up. i'll gladly watch anything you post.

Thank you, this is very interesting to me. I'll be looking for a copy of each book. Great collection! Thanks again for sharing.

This was so cool! Keep up the good work!!

great showroom AND THE NICEST YOU LET THE KITTIES IN.ITS really great how many old and damaged animals you care for.i like your channel an lot.so may shells and goodies for you.cheers

Beau, I was gonna ask u a question I've been wondering for a while, but at about 6.45 you answered it. I'd really like a video about the fuses. That's something I've always been curious about. Also, I can't wait for some more detecting videos. Rivers and land. I like your instructional videos bc they explain a lot of what u do and look for and when I watch stiff like this I understand more thanks to you. So I appreciate it. My little girl said to tell "that guy that finds bullets" that Latasha said hi. She's four and she loves your treasure hunting videos and detecting videos. So thanks. Keep up the awesome work.

What a cool room...I'm drooling..nice job chigg

Wow . That room looks amazing.

Awesome video again :) It stays fun to watch these video's of Chigg

This was a very nice and informative video. Thank you.

Very informative video, Beau. Thanks for sharing.

very nice finds, aqua. thanks for sharing!

I learn so much from this channel.

This is amazing. Next time i see one at a flea market I'm freaking getting one. I'm tired of waiting ha ha. Awesome video sir. All your hard work paid off.

Amazing finds Beau! Wonderful kitties too! :-)

Great video Beau. loved all the info. That would be a detonator\blasting cap..... GL & HH

I loved this video, very informative!

Always enjoy your videos. You are the most informative metal (detectorist?) out there.

Many thanks for this fantastic information!

40 years, man. I mean, i'd figured Beau was in the "business" for at least 20 25, but 40? Whoa.

☀thank you ️chig ☀️I enjoyed learning ☀️

This is really interesting stuff, shared it over to my mom on Facebook, she loves Civil War stuff.

Hello I really like, providing beautiful things I hope to continue in this work was watching all your videos really be happy to see your work Good luck from Morocco

great video, its shows you really like your field of study. Also great company of cats.

Just amazing!

You do a great video a great platform thank you for sharing

Good video. Extra thanks for showing us the cats!

THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO, GREAT COLLECTION ALSO.

Nice videos, you have a lot of treasures there. saludos de Perú amigo :)!

Thanks again man! Great video

Good stuff! Thank you!!!

Another great video!

Could you please do a video on your collection

Hello Beau, You found a lot of war relics. Thank you very much for this vidéo. How can you be in two places at the same time. England - USA ? So sorry for my English. Bye Chris.

You need to open up your own museum! 💕👍🏻💕

I love your relik hunting videos. I live in germany and i help the archäologe to resurch reliks on a battlefield from france vs:germany 1796 and i love every round ball like you 😅 i got some canon balls and some round shells on this battlefield to. You are the Davy Croket from Civil War Relik Hunting 😊 sad you live so far away i would like to see your collection live 🤘😅

Thanks Chigg, Aloha

Cool man cave!!

Please do a video of all the Sword and belt plates and cartage box plates you have found over the years. Thanks

Great video on explaining the shells hope to find at least one canniball someday

You hav got to start teachin this stuff . The thingamabob is a Detinater Primer that went down that core piece witch held tha powder . Thanx 4 takin care of those poor criters . Much luk in hunts an health

Hey Beau, I live in Smithsburg and would love to diggin with you some days, thanks for all the great vids TP

love this dudes vids not sure why

do you have a video of the showing of your wall collection? looks interesting love to see. thank you'

Fascinating info and history. You're an excellent teacher Beau.

Nice haul!

Wow what a cool channel ! 😀👍

You're in Europe, aren't ya? Beau? Are you in Europe? Digging with the Triple D? Ooooo. Can't wait! And..you're looking particularly suave in today's vlog.

The pat date on the shell was October 16 which is really cool since that’s my birthday. I can only imagine what it was like when the shell was made.

great info thanks

Man those hotchkiss shells turned out pretty! All of em came out great, good work.

You would be an awesome history teacher.

I know nothing about this stuff so wild guess it is some sort of impact fuse, anyway great video as always GL&HH Alex

awesome video...... peace of a rug beater ? lol 12:35

You told us about your ultra-rare one-of-a-kind shell you had but you never showed it to us. I wish you had of shown us that and told us the story about it's rarity. Maybe on another show. Thanks again. Great show. FYI: I am going to guess and say that it was a German Potato Masher Hand Grenade Fuse that was in the wooden handle of the WWII grenades.

Nice explanation :)

Really enjoying the more collection & cleaning type videos you've been uploading. keep em coming.

That thing may be piece of canon friction primer. Also a video for tips and suggestions for beginners would be great.

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I believe that item is the twisted wire that held filaments of the cannon cleaning brush or wet mop into the head of a cannon ramrod.

gotta love the :just woke up hair haha

that thing is a pointer which officers used to teach the artillery men about the artillery shells.

i liked it wene you went to rivers and dove for phones go pros and glasses but you should do some more of those this summer

Wow what a great collection you have found. That thing, . . . It looks a lot like an electrical fuse to me. Possible used to ignite powder at specific time? Anyway I love your videos!

Bad hair day and cool shells. lol

Wow, I subbed back @ 90k on my old account last year and you're at 265k now, nice work

is it a blasting cap? love your videos,cant wait for more

Hey chigg, you should do a video on the wall behind you.

Your room is awesome! As a beginner what metal detector should I get?

Nice Collection n Cats ..Jm

I think the thing is a cleaning tool used to clean weapons during the civil war. I am only guessing but I know my grandfather had one in his relic collection.

Hey Beau, when drilling into the artillery shells does it take away the value of the shell? Is it something that has to be done to the shell to deem it safe? Can you fill or seal the drilled hole? Awesome video.

I have seen your brother in London ! ! LOL.

Sehr cool.was du so findest.

Hey can you make a video about where to do river treasure hunting ? I want to try that too but i have no idea how and especially where to do it here in germany. I love your videos !

You describe the fire from the detonation used to send the projectile on it's way also does double duty on a few of the shell types you have shown. You have described how these burning gasses bypass the sabot portion and then ignite the fuse before the shell exits the cannon barrel. My question then becomes, how often did that process actually work in practice? Was the fuse a fuzzy thing sticking out the front end of the business end of a projectile, was it impregnated with some kind of combustion promoter like gunpowder? I imagine it might have been like a modern firecracker fuse, twisted paper impregnated with gunpowder and also filled with a very small amount of gunpowder inside the fuse? I don't know about fuse making formulas, but the silvery kind of gunpowder used in modern fireworks I assume was not available during the civil war era? I have a neighbor who shoots black powder rifles and he once told me the formulations used inside modern shell casings are designed to slow down the detonation rate, not to speed it up as I had always assumed. Since I don't know what firecrackers powders are made of, it's probably a safe bet that modern shells are not filled with firecracker powder even though it does look kinda silvery and not black like black powder rifle gunpowder does. I am astounded that any kind of reliability could be obtained from shells with external fuses that were stored under battlefield conditions (rain, snow, mud or at the very least, 100% condensing humidity conditions, the latter for probably months at a time during the winter months). So how much of a problem was it, what was the typical "dud" rate? mrc109

is it a pistol brush? also one of the last Hotchkiss shells, the one on the far left. I found one w/ a hole in the bottom like it. is it a 2.6 wiard or just where you drilled it. just curious. any info on a wiard too.....

I think that little thing was some kind of fuse extender to detonate that container of black powder in the case shot shell. one end would be in the nose near the fuse and the other would be in the charge. just guessing.

I'm pretty sure it's some sort of fuse, atleast it looks like it

My guess will be part of a cleaning brush kit, where the brush is gone, for a musket ball rifle.