On this adventure I do some metal detecting and find one of my top 10 favorite things to find- and a nice old silver coin, too! Original music by Brad Martin www.GMMD.us / greenmountainmetaldete... / green.mountain.metal.d...
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@MrWoodfiddler2 жыл бұрын
Tell me honestly - is there anyone more genuine, or more likable than Mr. Brad Martin? Great guy, great locations, great excursions. Thank you Brad - you are appreciated. Love the finds today - such a great production. Keep going strong toward 150k. Until next week... Chuck in NE Kansas
@memorylaine2 жыл бұрын
No one... He's not only genuine and personable, likable.. he's extremely talented in so many aspects.. from the music you hear, capturing beautiful landscape but he puts 110% into his videos. Respect
@5cloudwalker Жыл бұрын
Ryan Reynolds lol 😊👍
@KeefsCattys2 жыл бұрын
I'm not a metal detectorist , but found your wonderful channel through the algorithm a couple of months ago.. Can't say how much I now look forward to your weekly videos . Keep up the great work , I really appreciate it .
@dougwalker49442 жыл бұрын
😺🙏me too.
@shadesofidaho Жыл бұрын
@@dougwalker4944 HA Add my name to this list. So loving these. Been binge watching since I found them.
@OO-is9wn Жыл бұрын
I've watched your channel for a few years now. It's like welcoming an old friend into the house. I turn to your channel once again, my wonderful wife just passed away from covid a few days ago. So here I am opening my house to an old friend. Your work is spot on, keep up the wonderful work.
@RobFindsTreasure2 жыл бұрын
Another fun hunt! Loved the padlock.
@rickyb22002 жыл бұрын
Nice finds , when I find coins from the 1800's I always think about the value of that coin to them was more than we realize .
@DiggingCanuck2 жыл бұрын
Breakfast with GMMD 😀 Wonderful !!
@user-ey9bt7fs6n2 жыл бұрын
I start my Friday mornings with fresh ground coffee and GMMD. I love the thrill of the hunt and seeing all the finds, but mostly I love the walk through the woods of New England. I do miss them.
@richardthomas17432 жыл бұрын
You had some awesome finds Brad, I love the way that padlock looked after cleaning. The patina on it is spectacular, especially with the brass shinning through!
@rosemarybruno23312 жыл бұрын
Good morning Brad it was 5am this morning and I think yay it’s Friday Brad will post his video soon… ty for making my Friday a great start
@swann5482 жыл бұрын
Any day it’s silver is a good day ! 🥰👍
@BackroadsMetalDetecting2 жыл бұрын
Brad, I taught a metal detecting class at a summer youth program in SE MN all this week and showed them parts of a couple of your videos. Thanks for helping inspire them! They actually loved your silent video so they could guess what each of the items was. In addition to using detectors I brought for them to use, we also spent the entire week defining the word "treasure" as something that helps tell the story of the item found, how it was used, where it was found, or gives more information about the person who originally owned it. I'm actually jealous of some of the items the youth found this week during my class! Check out the video if you are interested in seeing some of their finds. Thanks again for the inspiration! Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting
@trolltaker2 жыл бұрын
Hi, Jim! 😁
@PracticalKen2 жыл бұрын
Great history recovered. Thank you for sharing your adventure Brad.
@richardlusk1715 Жыл бұрын
I'm 54 years old.when I was young, at Miss Shaws store in Williamston South Carolina, you could get two sometimes three pieces of candy for a penny.nothing big just cheap candy. I can imagine how people from that Era missed that dime..Super Nice Video.Super Entertaining as always.awesome find on the padlock and stirrup,jar top.Hunt Safe ,God Bless
@spoiledwelbourn7117 Жыл бұрын
You find a cool silver coin EVERY time. Pretty cool!
@charleswilson9480 Жыл бұрын
That is a gem of a find metal detecting ..
@kellydiver2 жыл бұрын
I love it when you find things that people would have used every day, like the stirrup. It’s fun to imagine what their lives would have been like.
@janas70882 жыл бұрын
Nice stir up. Awesome seated dime. Great padlock. Beautiful button.
@indyaquatics83702 жыл бұрын
Makes Fridays even better. Thanks for your wonderful videos. Very well put together.
@iriswaterford88812 жыл бұрын
9.09pm in South Australia 🇦🇺. Lovely way to wind down the day. For me you had lots of good finds, the stirrup, the lock (looks great cleaned up), the coin 🪙 , the glass topper, the diamond shaped decoration for horse tack. Thank you.
@Rob_Dekker Жыл бұрын
That padlock cleaned up nicely. I like it!
@SheDigsitUK2 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍 with some really cool finds 😉 stay lucky 😉
@CraneofBoulogne Жыл бұрын
The metal piece you found with that glass lid was the "ring" that screwed down to the mason jar and held that glass lid in place; it included a rubber seal. All these pieces are reusable many times over. You can buy a plastic lid to replace that today, which also requires a rubber ring. All that is readily available today. The glass lids like that, not anymore available new anyway. Neat find.
@mickymantle32332 жыл бұрын
Last week in the U.K. I found a silver coin of King Edward 11 in perfect condition. (supposedly killed by red hot poker!) 1284- 1327. My first Hammered silver ! Metal detecting is SO addictive..but more so now. There's so much history under our feet.
@johnsonfamilyadventures6922 жыл бұрын
Great hunt my friend 👍. Congrats on the Silver coin 🪙. We really loved the Lock 🔐. We just acquired some land in Concord Vermont and can't wait to find some History. Keep swinging 🇺🇸💯
@thenogoodniks86732 жыл бұрын
Love finding silvers. Cool to see the old seated liberty US coins.
@MrMarcreed2 жыл бұрын
Sweet one! I loved everything about this upload!!!
@Dirtflicker2 жыл бұрын
And he was sat down...nice. Smoke house lock was the best find.
@old5andimer7132 жыл бұрын
Another great discovery day in the Vermont woods Brad, thanks for sharing. All of the "finds" are noteworthy, and the thrill of the hunt is plainly evident in your wonderful presentation of each .. It would be tough for me to not have a small fishing rod with me to "discover" a catch of native Trout when the detecting slows and stop for a quick lunch .. That's one of my Vermont pleasures that is missed each Spring / early Summer. Stay well.
@chrisgabbert6582 жыл бұрын
This is my Friday morning watching you finding neat old stuff 👍😊.
@TheLancoHistorySaver2 жыл бұрын
That padlock was stunning after you cleaned it up!! Absolutely fantastic!!!
@joeprovence87072 жыл бұрын
Brad, another perfect adventure. You are a master of your hobby, and a very good story teller, and film maker. You improve something each week. Looking forward to next week as always!
@southernvtgrown2 жыл бұрын
✌🏻💚 Now i can start my day. Found my first button last week, your vids inspired me to go swing last Friday. ✌🏻💚From Vermont 🇺🇸
@patriciapresley5252 жыл бұрын
You're wearing a coat and we are in the upper 90's heat index yesterday was 105! I have some Mason jars that are blue with rubber seal and wire that flips over to hold lid tight. Looks like your day was quit interesting lots of nice finds! Thanks for sharing your treasures!
@justdustino13712 жыл бұрын
I think that first brass piece is a drawer pull. That second piece looks like a Union Army Corp badge, some decorative army brass gear had loops like that. Look at a US Civil War cartridge box plate or breast plate, you will see attachment loops on the back. I forgot which corps used a diamond. Look it up and see if Vermont regiments were in that corps. 👍🙂 1st Edit: III Corps used the diamond with different colors for different divisions but the only Vermont troops I see on the III Corps order of battle is a company or two of the 1st United States Sharpshooters. I don't know where the 2nd U.S.S.S . companies were raised, I did see a New Hampshire regimen in III Corps.... otherwise mainly Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Indiana, etc. It may be a Corps badge, it may not be...... Awesome find if it is! Edit 2: I found a listing on ebay for a brass diamond III Corps badge, which I am skeptical of, it is gold colored, not painted, but it is listed as "original" and has attachment loops like what you just found! Only Vermont troops I've found in III Corps were 1st US Sharpshooters, 1 company, a hundred men out of 15,000 in the corps! Congrats, bro! Lucky!!!!! It is a corps badge! 👍😃😆
@roccodamiano1763 Жыл бұрын
Hey Brad, you are without a doubt the real deal!! thanks so much!! love the coins, keep it up.
@pigoff1232 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking us along with you.
@michaellangley8402 жыл бұрын
Damn, when that song starts, you know you’re going on an pirate adventure looking for treasure haha
@fredclemons89232 жыл бұрын
Good hunt nice finds will catch you on the next one 🇺🇸
@richardthomas17432 жыл бұрын
HEY! Good morning Brad and thumbs UP!
@lynnschmidt84212 жыл бұрын
Very nice finds, great video. Thank you so much for the video. 👍 👍 👍
@MikeMcInroe2 жыл бұрын
Going to have to add a nice probe to locate the bottles and possible garbage pits and old outhouses! Thanks for posting another great video Brad! Mike in sunny Florida
@rogerdempsey72272 жыл бұрын
Brad great day for you young man stay blessed and happy on your great fines 👍
@leesmith27982 жыл бұрын
Epic stirrup!! Know your iron people. I don't know who to congratulate: The people that ignore the iron or the people like me that know how to listen for the good iron stuff. A special thanks to all of those that ignore iron and thank you so much for all of my good iron finds
@karentashuas31712 жыл бұрын
Go Brad !!! You got seated !!!
@UnchainedLioness2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love ending my Friday by tucking into bed and watching your videos Brad. Adventurous yet relaxing.
@BHiggles2 жыл бұрын
WOW! Great digs! Congratulations!
@dawnthemetaldetective30832 жыл бұрын
That lock is #2 on my bucket list!
@B3RelicRecovery2 жыл бұрын
Wow I've never seen a jar top like that. Very Cool!!
@DigginWithDeej2 жыл бұрын
You absolutely can find dumps with metal detectors! I've done it for years! Some very interesting finds Brad. Love the lock the most! Congratulations on silver!
@jkonet12 жыл бұрын
Brad I really enjoy your searches and you conjecture as to what something is...
@jefflawrentz16242 жыл бұрын
Very cool finds today, Brad! I especially liked the padlock. The glass lid you found would have gone with a “ wire-top” canning jar- they’re usually a bit earlier than the zinc lids that contained the milk glass seal. ‘Lightening’ was a popular brand of the wire top canning jars. Potteries also made “ wire-top” versions of such storage jars. I’m looking forward to your next adventure!
@CoinandRelicOntario2 жыл бұрын
It was a screw top lid, he found part of the zinc threaded top.
@cynthiahofer29032 жыл бұрын
Yes. I have a jar like this that held embalming fluid of all things.
@CoinandRelicOntario2 жыл бұрын
@@cynthiahofer2903 The later screw top embalming fluid bottles are quite decorative. I like them. 😁
@roxannaweaver21552 жыл бұрын
It's the dime and the padlock for sure for me. The finds today, although few, were interesting. Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.
@buckgrove59272 жыл бұрын
I'll take my guess as a brass rivet. Thanks for the awesome channel.
@JamesJohnson-nu2km2 жыл бұрын
Brad, I love the history that goes with your hunting
@mikehall19852 жыл бұрын
Awesome dig Brad
@jerryblum2772 жыл бұрын
Great video Brad the glass fruit jar top is for a gem jar!
@trolltaker2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE digging old silver, but especially when I see the seated lady Liberty on the front! But more than that... that padlock also implies that they had at least enough money to have something worthy of buying a padlock to keep it secure. I look forward to every Friday... yours is always the first video I watch on Friday nights, Brad. I hope you never quit doing this!
@saintsefo47632 жыл бұрын
Hi, Brad. What an amazing day of 'not just a' finds. The stirrup, jar seal and padlock are all a close second to my favourite of your finds, which is the silver dime. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
@cynthiaswearingen10372 жыл бұрын
I think you've found an old, worn saw medallion, Brad. You got sat down!!! Beautiful stirrup and old padlock. The old Mason jar closure is nice. Great hunt!💖
@trolltaker2 жыл бұрын
I thought of saw medallion at first, but that would have a screw on the back. This was tapered and smooth from what I could tell.
@brooklyntreasurehunter2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I love that old pad lock.
@gordyssidewayscinema2 жыл бұрын
Hi Brad, always enjoy you're adventures during my lunh hour on a friday here in North Wales UK
@toniweber-rice59772 жыл бұрын
The jar lid likely dates from 1869-1872 and was used on Mason's Improved Butter Jar as well as other mason jars. The bottle fragments would have read "This bottle not to be sold" and it was an 1890's era soda or beer bottle commonly known as a blob top.
@autotek79302 жыл бұрын
You are the most chill person on KZfaq. Total opposite of Jeff Williams lol
@jimyaekel73852 жыл бұрын
Geez, I need to dig more iron signals. Great day Brad!
@Rachels123 Жыл бұрын
There were glass disc’s use to weigh down vegetables in jars for pickling. The glass weights kept the vegetables under the solution, if above the solution, molds could happen
@philstevens89502 жыл бұрын
Great finds Brad. I could watch your videos all day. Thanks Phil
@lindamesa51222 жыл бұрын
It's always great to see u on Fri. To brighten my day! I think that old broken bottle might read" not to be taken" an old poison bottle from that era! That padlock is to me a great find because it was so deep in the hole an u have to wonder what was so valuable up in those hills, that they needed such a strong lock? 💙💜💕❤️
@marykaytaff2692 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video and the Great things that you have found
@BKairforce1232 жыл бұрын
that complete pad lock is awesome! Thanks for showing it to us cleaned up.
@kimjameson79792 жыл бұрын
My guess on the find at 9:05 is the knob atop the lid of a jar for tobacco, salt, sugar or the like.
@malyman242 жыл бұрын
Love the mason jar glass with all the dates, Dec, 17th my birthday, very cool. Best of luck the rest of the year.
@skipfromla2 жыл бұрын
The rectangular piece of metal between the stirrup and broken bells looks like a strike plate that goes on the door frame with holes for latches or dead bolts. The hole at the bottom that I can see is recessed to keep the screw’s head below the edge of the plate. It should have two screw holes but I don’t see the other one.
@SueGirling682 жыл бұрын
Hi Brad, some very cool finds, I think the stirrup was my favourite find because I used to have horses. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
@monkcheetah82032 жыл бұрын
I like finding coins especially silver but do love finding old iron relics like the Stirrup. Which my wife has found. But still looking for a old lock like that. Great video as always. MC&TT 🐆🐆
@heden14602 жыл бұрын
Very nice finds.
@memorylaine2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brad for another shared adventure in metal detecting. As always your the best.. loved the lock... So cool
@CoinHunterChris2 жыл бұрын
I am slightly biased...but that seated liberty dime would make my whole month! :)
@seahawksfan72982 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful dig! Congratulations on the terrific finds Brad! The seated dime was my favorite find from this hunt 😉
@tleb81112 жыл бұрын
Cool finds. Some of those items might be simular to those displayed in a museum.
@erikcarey2152 жыл бұрын
So as a nine to fiver every day i love Friday for your videos,today didn’t disappoint!! Lots of history. Keep the videos coming as a beginner metal detector i think of you every tone i get
@jimholzschuh90052 жыл бұрын
Smoke house padlock - a beauty
@JaneEllenMusic2 жыл бұрын
There's a device to test the ground for bottles, I've seen it used in other videos. It's a long, thin, metal probe that you push into the ground. Maybe you could hunt for bottles that way? Thanks for another great video!
@trolltaker2 жыл бұрын
Privy diggers use a long stainless probe to look for underground bottles.
@joebrown13822 жыл бұрын
Very nice find on the One Dime, stirrup but that lock was so worth the hunt. Always here on Fridays.
@yvetteirish22562 жыл бұрын
I think the diamond shape piece of brass looks like a brooch or pin. The one shank on the back looks like it is a receptacle that the sharp end of the pin goes into, with a rotating clasp to lock it in place.
@gordonsteinbeck79752 жыл бұрын
Always a good day when I get up and can “listen” to your description of found items. Keep it up!
@terripipher13002 жыл бұрын
Brad my family used to go out bottle hunting we would go and find places in the woods that were dumps we would find all kinds of stuff 1 day we found 3 milk bottles from around the early 1900's as we were told they had a top on them that was a pull tab and would get alot ..they all were intact I learned alot from bottle hunting if you find insulators ..white is common but green and blue are rare
@tonyheaton49412 жыл бұрын
I enjoy watching your videos, they are informative and relaxing. Your obvious knowledge of the history of your area is refreshing. Watching someone of your young age, with such great character, gives me hope for the future. Thank you for doing what you do. The first thing I ever found with a metal detector was in the late 70s. It was a 1943 Mercury dime and I was hooked from that moment.
@baystateplugflipper70612 жыл бұрын
Nice job Brad !!!
@standbarrett22372 жыл бұрын
Fantastic finds Sir! Great commentary as usual! Thanks for taking us with you!!
@jannekeluif2 жыл бұрын
I love the way you preserved the padlock!
@markfoor4137 Жыл бұрын
It appears to be the post end of what is called a saddle rivet. There is a washer that goes on the back and the post is peened over. typically these are used to join two pieces of leather. I do leather work and I use them all the time.
@austinblake84542 жыл бұрын
Brad you are the man....love how you explain the history on the finds!
@kathylincoln89172 жыл бұрын
Always love seeing your videos even if I catch them late.. Thank you so much for taking us along with. That lock is way cool
@EZDiggin2 жыл бұрын
Great day in the woods Brad!!! A nice stirrup a seated dime and a sweet button. Those iron rings do sound good. Plus a sweet padlock. Happy hunting and be well
@cj_m24772 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the diamond shaped “shield” could be Civil War era. The Union used such shapes for Corps badges. Could this possibly be a badge that a veteran would have worn at celebration/events after returning home?
@Ringfiner2 жыл бұрын
That was my first thought, that it was a Corps Badge and I think it is. It sure looks like a Third Corps badge from 1863, they were different colors, Red 1st Division, White 2nd Division and Blue 3rd Division. Pretty cool recovery 🇺🇸
@deanfeltman10892 жыл бұрын
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS BRAD! COULD THE OBJECT YOU SHOWED US AT 9:30 BE A SAW HAND SAW MEDALION? PLEASE KEEP THE GREAT VIDEOS COMING.
@cabinvibesebaystore89562 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@Christine_J2 жыл бұрын
That lock is amazing!! Great find, for sure!
@Carolbearce2 жыл бұрын
Happy Friday’s with Brad! Thank you and awesome finds. The padlock is absolutely amazing.