The big 3 layer insulator you said had Victor on it. It was made in Victor N.Y. Victor is in upstate N.Y. ...Just out side of Rochester N.Y. .. Im from that area originally. I grew up hearing tales of the Victor insulator factory. So when ever i see a insulator in the woods or in some ones collection i look to see if its a Victor. Pretty cool find. Crazy that you gotta go to Canada to find American made things. But at least your bringing her back to America. Keep up the good work.
@underscr0e5 жыл бұрын
Need the bug netting hat for those Ontario black flies!! Keeps them out of your eyes nose and ears!
@chrisadams6285 жыл бұрын
You found that smaller blue insulator and now I can't stop thinking about the inchworm from the Fox and the Hound
@w762nato65 жыл бұрын
Always amazed at how the settlers did any travel, the slash, swamps, and bugs tough to keep going tough to stop.
@cadaverdogblix74485 жыл бұрын
We all live vicariously through you , so please be safe
@FOUNDITBURIED5 жыл бұрын
So cool walking in the woods finding stuff from our past, Great video Chig. Your a lucky man to be out in the woods bugs and all, lol
@desertfoxx18235 жыл бұрын
Wow those are huge insulators!
@brettona1235 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Those insulators go for big bucks!
@FOUNDITBURIED5 жыл бұрын
I LIVED OFF GRID FOR TWO YEARS. IN HALIBURTON AREA, I LOVED IT.
@mercedithcompala81482 жыл бұрын
Cool insulators, good adventure...
@PeachSt8Digger5 жыл бұрын
I feel for you and your back. I've had several back surgeries and the pain can put you down, right where you stand, even in the middle of the woods. But, the black flies and skeeters would send me running like my tail was on fire....even with a bad back. But, physically, I can't run, so, I guess I would sit on the forest floor and be eaten alive !! Nice insulators. Guess next time, you should wear a bee suit....lol. Thanks for the video. Feel better fast, my friend.
@markcarson18445 жыл бұрын
Back issues really stink, I understand well.
@lesahanners50575 жыл бұрын
Nice ramble there Chigg, please take care of your back. A nice hot pad might do?! Nice old insulators and fun with meMiner. Happy 4th! Have a great day!
@gwynnfarrell18565 жыл бұрын
Argh, I get itchy just watching you in the bug swarm! Insulators are cool. I have a number of the blue glass ones in varying sizes. Hope your back gets to feeling better!
@Spooky_Dooky5 жыл бұрын
Chigg you get around. Last video i watched you were down south but now a few weeks later your way up north. Keep living the dream for me.
@thetrainseekers13 жыл бұрын
Nice porcelain insulator beautiful blue color! Great video!
@justinsnider4285 жыл бұрын
When i saw Flying Saucer in the title all I could think was, "oh boy, here we go again."
@geyotepilkington28925 жыл бұрын
Right! All I could think about was all those people saying it was a grain silo not a ufo LOL
@debbiesineath19525 жыл бұрын
Don’t blame you for leaving!
@overland.viking5 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how the blackflies are in the forests where i live in Maine. They can be very aggravating to say the least.
@balbobiggins70165 жыл бұрын
Invest in a few net hats Chigg! They will keep the little demons out of your ears and nose. You might need a bee keeper outfit for this place though...
@Margrreet5 жыл бұрын
That bad back shows up at the most convenient occasions... And yet he can slither through a cave like a snake!
@roguerebel20235 жыл бұрын
1:45, is definitely the top of a seltzer bottle!
@advenzures5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing with us. Happy Hunting.
@kathywolstenholme6935 жыл бұрын
Hope you back back feels better soon
@jeffgraham485 жыл бұрын
Man i was having a very bad day. Set down to watch your video it all kinda melted away. Awesome adventures ty Chig.
@tomwilliams86755 жыл бұрын
Victor insulators made in Victor NY, near Rochester New York.
@themobleys5 жыл бұрын
Yep! I live a few miles away from Victor Insulators!
@ben________31565 жыл бұрын
I think ol' Chig had been drinking.
@davewaggoner55255 жыл бұрын
Awesome insulaters! Make me drool!! You need to just smoke a cigar. I don't smoke but I always fire up a Swisher's sweet while catfishing at night.
@SmallWonda5 жыл бұрын
Fun, but I hate the bugs - never used to like it when we went up into the Northwoods of Michigan in the summer, the bugs drove me crazy, come the frosty mornings, then it was beautiful. Keep safe y'all!
@gloriabrown86695 жыл бұрын
I have big brown insulators and they make great pillar candle holders.
@tomshively54195 жыл бұрын
You and MeMiner cool! I suffered camping on a Canadian island at Rocky Island Lake in Mississauga for almost 3 weeks.. mosquito's were terrible! It was beautiful though and I loved it!!
@Gonzobuddy5 жыл бұрын
Rocky Island is a beautiful place indeed. The Bear,Wolves, Moose Walleye and Northern Pike are a great distraction but the bugs are hard to describe to anyone until they live with them a while.
@normawinton68325 жыл бұрын
I was swating the bugs too, ya made me ich chig! Nice insulators!!
@gregorybarr61125 жыл бұрын
Anyone wandering around in the bush this time of year is FRESH MEAT! Too bad those flies even exist!
@airplaneengine5 жыл бұрын
Great insulator finds there, I'd be going back and getting as many as I can. I have a few large ones like those, all brown. It's been awhile since I've been out "insulator hunting". About 10-15 years ago the railroad removed a bunch of telegraph poles and left insulators, pins, crossarms, rolls of wire scattered all over along the tracks. I think I ended up with well over 300 insulators, that's after leaving many Armstrong and Hemingray CD155s.
@debrabrooks61385 жыл бұрын
Wow those got to be heavy! Happy 4th! ☺
@aserta5 жыл бұрын
If you get LED strips and glue them on the inside of the insulators, you can make a really nice lamp out of them. I have a few that look much like the blue ones you found, only a smidge smaller. Mine are made in UK something like 1970s tho.
@chrispcarrot5 жыл бұрын
Walmart has Deep Woods Off for $1.50 can in some areas, Target usually has them on clearance by fall. I only use it on my clothes though, stuff spilled on some of my commercial shelving and ate the paint. Look up dog fennel. It tested more effective than DEET. Had it in my dry pond bed in FL. We'd sit down there and drink at night on the ATV's and NO mosquitoes, none. 100 acres of lake right next door. Put it in the top of my chicken coop and my girls slept mosquito-free.
@DoktorSativa5 жыл бұрын
For a second there, I though you said "We're going to do some exploring of the minds" instead of "mines". I thought...yeah baby!
@leannkennedy65685 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@kepvalley5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! The Chigg hunting insulators. Welcome to the dark side, brother! 😁Nice score on the blue Victor multipart! These were made during the 1920's. The splotched Ohio Brass two-piece is really nice. I have a few of those that I saved from a powerline upgrade. We talked a bit about this at the Radioworld meet and greet. I mentioned that I host the annual insulator show in Perth, Ontario.
@minifamacct4425 жыл бұрын
hey Darcy! Was going to comment on the insulators but you beat me to it! -Chris
@kepvalley5 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris H. or Chris M.!?
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Are these insulators valuable? I know I've looked up a bunch of small glass ones I've found, but never though to see about these massive things. I guess it makes sense to now lol
@kepvalley5 жыл бұрын
Not sure how much these are worth. It really depends on rarity and how in demand it is. As with a lot of collectibles, larger items like these are a bit more unwieldy and more difficult to display so they are not as desirable as a smaller unipart type. There is a value guide for these by Elton Gish. eBay would be a good resource to check and see what they might be going for.
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Alright, thanks. I'll look into it, I can get to this location in about 12 minutes from home haha but they're all around me in the bush.. this video is just at 1 mine property. There were over 100 at the same time once! Mines everywhere
@1956starlight5 жыл бұрын
Spray yourself with peppermint essence. Works for me
@bredhawk565 жыл бұрын
Happy Independence Day- Thank you for your service!
@baronvon20125 жыл бұрын
Always cool to find insulators. You should hunt the old railroads more and see what you can find! There are more out there! Hunt those insulators!
@FOUNDITBURIED5 жыл бұрын
My friend wants to go up there, so glad i can watch this.
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Have him get ahold of me if he does! I'll show him around
@FOUNDITBURIED5 жыл бұрын
@@CobaltOntarioadventures VERY COOL,, THANKS
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Hey, no prob. There will be some crazy videos coming soon featuring me lol gotta be soon now!
@FOUNDITBURIED5 жыл бұрын
@@CobaltOntarioadventures Can't wait..
@rondathiesen93175 жыл бұрын
Cool insulators! Thanks for sharing Chigg and Meminer! Happy safe blest 4th of July to you and yours! You need a grouss detector Chigg!@😂😂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@philipwolf8255 жыл бұрын
those black flies were so bad even I got bit three times, and I am in michigan thanks chigg
@20greeneyes205 жыл бұрын
Me too and I'm from Maryland thanks a lot Chigg
@leannkennedy65685 жыл бұрын
I'm in Michigan too. The flies are horrible.
@AndrexT5 жыл бұрын
Happy 4th July. Great insulators, but brutal bugs!
@BoshiYoshi5 жыл бұрын
Those are neat. That light blue insulator was beautiful. Too bad it was broken. :( I collected a bunch of insulators from the railroad tracks when I was in my teens. They were all clear, green and blueish green colors. Always wanted to find some more exotic colors like brown, light blue and purple but never did.
@julieheilman20655 жыл бұрын
I feel bad Beau. You need to take an easy. You’ve got to take care of that back. You take care of u first! Don’t worry trying to please ur loyal fans. I’m sure they’ll agree with me. #healthybeau #healthymedaldetector #healthyartifacts #healthyfinds #healthycaving #healthyyoutuber #wewillholdourbreath.
@randlerichardson58265 жыл бұрын
That went on a seltzer bottle Chigg
@AbandonedExplorationUrbex19795 жыл бұрын
Happy 4th Of July Chigg from Maryland and everyone else who reads this. 🇺🇸 🎆
@iloveopal15 жыл бұрын
I’m from western Maryland and I always wear a bug net over my face when I’m in the woods. The thought of bugs getting in my mouth is horrifying.
@doverdiane5 жыл бұрын
Happy Independence Day- Thank you for your service! You need to come to S. Ontario. Our bugs are smaller.
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who gets it lol he was in southern Ontario before he came up here :)
@NicholasBrule5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure MacDonald had a farm. Not sure if that helps...
@AbandonedExplorationUrbex19795 жыл бұрын
E, I, E, I, O
@jillmccoy51845 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha!
@julieheilman20655 жыл бұрын
On his farm, he had a...
@daveubermensch5 жыл бұрын
Only the old one. His son started a restaurant.
@MartinLegare5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, late spring and early summer are terrible up north. It should start to improve during July and be mutch less a problem in august providing it's a suny day. I do have a couple of hats fitted with a net, but those black flyes will find a spot on the sleeve and go bite you on the wrist or ankles. As I'm getting older, and maybe a bit wiser, I just avoid the woods up north untill it gets hot enauph to kill them flyes. Sometimes, after a hot july night, you'd see tons and tons of dead flys floating on the lakes. Dont expect good fishing that week as the fishes are over fed with them :) And with the rain we got this spring, it's even worse this year. Well that is for northern Quebec, but i'm pretty sure it's the same in Ontario
@milesnn5 жыл бұрын
Sweet adventure nice finds yup bugs lots of them u need a face net so u can at least breath nice finds
@MrKmoconne5 жыл бұрын
I thought. What the hell is a seltzer bottle valve doing all the way out there? But after seeing those black fly swarms, those miners probably needed a good drink to deal with all that buzzing in their face all day.
@idigdaytona44785 жыл бұрын
The buckets are from mosquito repellent !
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
HA!
@aserta5 жыл бұрын
To whomever finds one of those water dispensers, do not, stick your finger in the hole to clean it. Often, those have glass shards where the bottle used to be.
@dougalexander72045 жыл бұрын
Scope it out and go back in the fall, early winter. Bugs up your nose, in your ears, back hurting, gotta be frustrating, but still smiling. Stay awesome Me-Miner and Chigg. And, thanks for bringing us along.
@atlasfall94955 жыл бұрын
Happy 4th of July everyone!!!
@20greeneyes205 жыл бұрын
Same to ya be safe!!!!!
@leannkennedy65685 жыл бұрын
Happy Fourth of July to you too!
@leannkennedy65685 жыл бұрын
@J D 🤭
@snowballil31335 жыл бұрын
Citrosa, or Mosquito Shoo Geranium works well for keeping them pesky buggers at bay.
@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu87565 жыл бұрын
Never get further than Pelee island. But I'm going to get up there now!
@depleteduraniumcowboy35165 жыл бұрын
Long time ago I saw a documentary about how one of the big animals up there migrate to get away from the flying pests.
@randlerichardson58265 жыл бұрын
Hey Chigg glad to see you working on finding them gold coins.
@hamshackleton5 жыл бұрын
No flies on you - except the black ones! :-)
@xxxftcxxx5 жыл бұрын
LoL GPS works everywhere... It's an array of satellites. Idk about your phone but I don't even have cell phone service, traditional, I only use Wi-Fi, and my GPS still works if I load the map before I go and there's an option to do so in Google maps to use offline by downloading the entire map of your area beforehand.
@pawoodsman17375 жыл бұрын
Not always. I live in pa and there are places around here were i loose satelite signal. But thats because of the mountains
@Geethreeohm5 жыл бұрын
Any tips for using offline maps ? , I downloaded them before I went to the Netherlands and turkey and neither worked and both were updated .
@58Kym5 жыл бұрын
You need the top part of a bee suit
@yelloperil16745 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the Mcdonald thing is a soda syphon, used to be common over here in the UK.
@randlerichardson58265 жыл бұрын
I seen a duck play hurt to lead me away from her babies to. I left them alone. Those are nice now. The insulators that is.
@robertk90435 жыл бұрын
Hope your back improves .I had to bail on a bottle hunting trip last summer due to sciatica.Thanks for showing these cool finds.Bring a mosquito head net .
@electricwheels4115 жыл бұрын
Nice adventure Chigg and those insulators are real big unlike those small glass ones ATB GL & HH LittleJohn_MD 🇬🇧
@industrialintensity210111 ай бұрын
Big victor insulators probably handle up to 70 - 80kv old transfer units.
@scottsmith41115 жыл бұрын
Hey man good video thank you for it I enjoyed it and yeah I have a lot of insulators myself those big ones there are not too good but the big brown ones and the little blue ones are good if I remember correctly if you can find little white ones are good and I think the Elsa came and green they're little like a blue ones those are good also
@woohoofromtexasharris48145 жыл бұрын
930 WOOHOO FROM TEXAS.
@randlerichardson58265 жыл бұрын
I found a bunch of green ones insulators one time but they were on a game preserve I couldn’t take them. They’re still there as far as I know.
@thelast19002 жыл бұрын
7:01 those can come apart you can take the broken one off
@QuivaRPG5 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh Southern Ontario in the summer. Bugs, bugs, bugs. I remember it fondly. Well, not fondly. It's certainly a memory though. Maybe a nightmare? Either way, it makes an impression on you, doesn't it?
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
This is Northern Ontario in the summer. A bad bug day in southern Ontario is a GREAT day up here lol The video does not do the bug population justice, as sad as that is to say
@QuivaRPG5 жыл бұрын
@@CobaltOntarioadventures Oh good lord it gets WORSE? I remember one year (when I was little) the shadflies were so bad my grandparents had my sister and I cover all our exposed skin (pull your hands into your sleeves, pull your socks way up, stuff like that) and then we put on what were pretty much homemade beekeeping mesh hats and then they carried us to the car any time we had to go out. They'd end up with horrible bites all over. We barely left the house for a few weeks. But that's what they got for living on the St Lawrence River. Stunning views, deadly swarms.
@catreinhart94655 жыл бұрын
I want one they are beautiful for some strange reason I'm drawn to them
@beepthrillz8285 жыл бұрын
That's the top of a syphon bottle chigg
@yahwehskid48195 жыл бұрын
That's a three stooges seltzer water sprayer!😉🤣
@richardbreisch80495 жыл бұрын
Its a spritzer for making soda water....
@leannkennedy65685 жыл бұрын
At the insulators, meminer's face was behind the tree branches. Lol I thought of Tim the tool man's neighbor.. what was his name?
@fred40895 жыл бұрын
Wilson?
@leannkennedy65685 жыл бұрын
@@fred4089 I think you're right. Thanks!
@waynelutwiniak7975 жыл бұрын
I love insulators. Have them on my fence posts and rigged them to light.
@2billion095 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your vids.
@ronthorp28445 жыл бұрын
SELTZER SELTZER Bottle top was the first ,Artifact NOT , Love your videos Show MOAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@sowie96264 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video with all your Insulator?
@imchris50005 жыл бұрын
I had no idea those insulators were worth anything I have a dozen of the last one you found
@z4zuse5 жыл бұрын
GPS is not cell service dependent. Take a picture with a smart phone of your find with location enabled, and you should have a pretty good idea where to return to and for what
@randlerichardson58265 жыл бұрын
Lookin for your next video Chigg you got this GOD BLESS.
@tonyhenderson26845 жыл бұрын
HAPPY 4th of July god bless the USA land of the free
@allencupsie65605 жыл бұрын
Yeah they could be pretty old that's an old sensor water bro seltzer water nozzle
@bo496855 жыл бұрын
Omg, those bug are UNREAL, it’s like your in the rainforest or something. I can’t even believe your sitting there with all those black flies on you. Doesn’t spraying deet or anything bug spray work? You said you had some on, guess it doesn’t work😡
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Yea it doesn't work too well around here lol
@altonriggs23525 жыл бұрын
Chig...take us away from those black flys!!!
@cindyroy85415 жыл бұрын
Ontariariario...yehhhhhh..waving at ya from Ontario
@craig45575 жыл бұрын
Cindy Roy It was a mining area at one time.
@cindyroy85415 жыл бұрын
@@craig4557 thanks for your comment. Yes silver. I looked it up. It sounds awesome except for the pteradactyl - Skeeters. (Black flys' are rough too)
@CobaltOntarioadventures5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Cobalt was a major silver producer back in the day! It has a bunch of historical significance for Ontario and even Canada. Mines EVERYWHERE! They took out over a half a BILLION oz of silver. That's 500,000,000+ oz!
@cindyroy85415 жыл бұрын
@@CobaltOntarioadventures Wow really. I never knew. Whats the population now. Still 1500 ish. That IS alot of silver
@pup9et5 жыл бұрын
Need a stogie for then bugs
@BryanSpringborn5 жыл бұрын
That first thing was from an old soda fountain.
@allencupsie65605 жыл бұрын
Happy Fourth of July buddy them little black flies got a good bite to I think
@jetskidude785 жыл бұрын
Happy fourth of July hope ya can swing over to Michigan on your travels!
@BillGorman5 жыл бұрын
You can use those broken glass insulators for flint napping arrowheads.
@texaswader5 жыл бұрын
Yes you can but deer antler works better for me.
@McChrister5 жыл бұрын
Bill Gorman May I ask what you mean by “Flint Mapping”? (for finding arrowheads?🤷🏻♀️😃) TIA for your reply.
@BillGorman5 жыл бұрын
@@McChrister That means the m is right next to the n on the keyboard, must be your internal spell checker is broken.
@McChrister5 жыл бұрын
Bill Gorman ?? I don’t understand your answer to my question...What is flint napping? Sorry for the typo.😂✌🏼
@texaswader5 жыл бұрын
@@McChrister He meant to say "flint Knapping" Make a point by chipping the flint until you get the form you desire.
@victoriajean5865 жыл бұрын
Awe poor Chig... hope your back is feeling better?
@leahferr31385 жыл бұрын
Hi, would you consider adding English Closed Captioning to your videos please?