I FOUND A CIVIL WAR MUSKET WITH BAYONET IN THE RIVER!

I FOUND A CIVIL WAR MUSKET WITH BAYONET IN THE RIVER! | Aquachigger

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4 жыл бұрын

Awsome. That is what I have to say about this extraordinary find I uncovered with my metal detector from the river recently. It was quite a surprise to pull this Civil War musket with the bayonet still attached out of the murky water knowing I am the first one to see or touch this wonderful artifact in over 150 years. Was it lost as a soldier was shot crossing the river? The bayonet tells us it was lost in the heat of battle if nothing else.
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@aquachigger 2 жыл бұрын

Please give the video a like, comment, and share if you want to keep joining me in these adventures. Even if you are on the fence, a "like" only will be greatly appreciated and helpful. We have trolls with hate-filled, black hearts stalking us now and we will be getting a lot of dislikes for a while no matter what our adventure might be. Like! Like! Like! If you want --- MOAR! Thanks.... The Chigg

@BigJohn4516 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations. Sobering to think that the last person to touch that musket may have had it in his hands when he died 155+ years ago.

@thomasfoss9963 4 жыл бұрын

They still find human bones at Gettysburg

@TheWesB 4 жыл бұрын

Sobering but unlikely. Weapons dumps in the rivers are fairly common. It was likely damaged and tossed aside.

@psychiatry-is-eugenics 4 жыл бұрын

Somebody carried it to that area . Maybe found something better ? What other reasons to leave what may be the most valuable thing you have ?

@ballparkburgers5799 4 жыл бұрын

TheWesB Why would they toss a perfectly good bayonet along with it?

@johnhawks1642 4 жыл бұрын

Union troops made captured Confederates throw their weapons in streams many times when they were captured. Confederates also disposed of their arms many times when they abandoned ranks, which was fairly common in the Civil War.

@dougalexander7204 4 жыл бұрын

Ooh, the mojo is strong with this one Obi-wan. It waited 150 something years for the right person to find it.

@MrMikepresley 4 жыл бұрын

Love to see a video of you cleaning the musket, and talking us through the details of it. btw...you can make it an hour video if you desire.

@cjrodenberg2609 4 жыл бұрын

I would love every minute of that video😂

@BrandanLee 4 жыл бұрын

Same, I'm really interested in a cleanup vid. I think it washed down from the bank! Wasn't in the river that long.

@nicolaigammel6685 4 жыл бұрын

Yes that would be awesome video to you clean op this musket, and what you do to restore it (I mean to make it ready for storage in your home)👍😊👍

@mainesjeannelstevens1487 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes definitely I too am very interested in the clean up that beautiful musket.. dude you are going sharing that fun with your biggest crew of fan and contributors..... please please sir chiggers digger.. love your videos Beau thank you very much for sharing with us.. be safe and keep on hunting baby

@TheGoodoftheLand 4 жыл бұрын

Heck, I would restore it for you. Make for a very cool collaboration.

@eddominates 3 ай бұрын

3:35 you know it's something good when Beau starts giggling

@chrisbarrett5416 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see that rifle after you clean it up and have it ready for display!! Congrats Sir!! Thank you for taking us with you!!!!

@chrisbarrett5416 4 жыл бұрын

I'm happy your amused! Always a great day when you can make someone happy!

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisbarrett5416 Are you really though? Are you really happy? Or are you just lying?

@chrisbarrett5416 4 жыл бұрын

@ I live to make people smile! Life is short! No time to get upset when folks throw smack talk at you.

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! You're lucky you liked your own assumption based comment, since no one else did LMFAO @ U!

@EDungarian 4 жыл бұрын

@ Are you really so bored you gotta start shit with some random guy for no reason? Also, it appears I am bored enough to read these....

@teresanoel6355 4 жыл бұрын

I love it when the Chig finds a surprise item and gets so happy his whole face lights up.

@WayneTheSeine 3 жыл бұрын

How awesome....thank goodness you found it....now it can be preserved rather than disappear forever.

@x2big4u 4 жыл бұрын

Man with the fixed bayonet !!! WOW!!!! You are the Man !!

@evanscreekbrahman7511 4 жыл бұрын

After all these finds, I still manage to get as excited as you when stuff like this comes up. Good for you Chig!

@Sunnyreads8 4 жыл бұрын

Loved your excitement when you realized the bayonet was still attached--we could hear it under water and were cheering right along. I'd be hanging those door knobs in my house as coat hooks! They are beautiful!

@DigginWithDeej 4 жыл бұрын

Wowzers Beau! Congratulations!

@frankintank9217 4 жыл бұрын

Holy COW****AWESOME

@joshuataft5541 2 жыл бұрын

Musket with the bayonet....omg sweet chigg

@jeanbaptistevallee4500 4 жыл бұрын

" That`s really awesome" That`s really an understatement!

@jimjustice581 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful, fearsome, and fearful weapon you found! With a fixed bayonet, the fighting must have been up close and personal. Salute to the brave soldier, from whichever side, who most likely lost his life clutching that weapon.

@jacktownsend8260 4 жыл бұрын

You never cease to amaze me Beau, wonderful find... Thanks for sharing...

@geraldwise5378 4 жыл бұрын

Keep diggin' Chigg! Good or bad, it shows the reality of what you do! Love the videos! Thank you!

@ohioarrowheads7977 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats Chigg. I can only dream of finding something that amazing one day. Saving history, 1 piece at a time.

@cynthiaswearingen1037 4 жыл бұрын

A musket! With a fixed bayonet! Wow, what an awesome find! And bullets! Amazing, Chigg!!!

@maryal4540 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful,just beautiful 😁 well done 👏love all your river finds but that musket with bayonet nice job 😀👍

@dannyl2598 4 жыл бұрын

My great uncle had a skiff rigged with pullies like that. They were on a cable that stretched across the river. That was the only way to get to his house from the main road.

@OutdoorsygalO 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you Chigg! What an amazing find! So happy for you! 😊

@G1ZQCArtwork 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual. I look forward to your postings, as they are always very entertaining, you really get the viewer involved.

@briankesterson4365 4 жыл бұрын

Chig - The three bander was truly an awesome find while contending with the weather and all of the other junk that you had to deal with. It has been a while since you have found a good find like that and I know how hard it is to find great finds every hunt but you just make it look easy. Thanks so much for the hunt, take care and H.H.!

@robertsnyder5149 3 жыл бұрын

Major score Chig and a bayonet too! That is too kool!

@McPoshSquatch 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, that is AWESOME! Such a Civil War History buff. I would LOVE to be able to do that and find cool stuff.

@TheGreatest1974 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a brilliant find! You deserve it too. Detecting in rivers isn’t easy. Great feeling you get when a good find comes up! Cheers from the Scottish Borders.

@louie8202 4 жыл бұрын

That’s gotta be one of the COOLEST FINDS IVE EVER SEEN.. I LOVE Civil War era finds.. congrats on a great find! Wish I could do something like this..

@tamsenroberts7201 4 жыл бұрын

I love you!!!! You inspired me to purchase a commando detector from Walmart and I made my money back the second time I used it+!!! Thank you Tamsen Roberts in Riverside California

@DalinquentB 4 жыл бұрын

Damn ,our Walmarts in Maryland don't have metal detectors ,we was just looking like 2 weeks ago. Trying to get a second machine for others to go with me.

@tonymckee1944 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another video Chigg. Great find!

@rondathiesen9317 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Chigg that musket is totally freakin awesome!! Good find and good job!!😁😁

@McNuggetFilms 4 жыл бұрын

i love the little 'heheheheh's you can hear while the camera is underwater with the musket, you crack me up chiggy! awesome find! keep doin what you're doing, we'll be here even when you get skunked ;)

@randlerichardson5826 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Chigg. Be safe out there. I wish I was there to detecting. GOD BLESS.

@kenbush3434 4 жыл бұрын

That is AWESOME! That's two this year! Congratulations, Chigg!

@MINDSET4LIFE143 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome find! Can't wait to see how that musket cleans up!

@debbiesineath1952 4 жыл бұрын

That is awesome Chigg! Congratulations!

@matt_arco 3 жыл бұрын

awesome find man, love the videos keep up the great work anytime im not fishing or metal detecting or out in nature im watching videos of it lol i cant stay away

@Archimark1 4 жыл бұрын

I love seeing Chigg giddy-happy!

@Vishiaeq 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a lucky find!! That Musket is awesome, especially with the bayonet attached! Great finds Chig :D

@jackyeardley7506 4 жыл бұрын

What a great find chiggers nice one man really chuffed for you keep it up Pal

@tracyjamestavares3255 4 жыл бұрын

Another great find !. Thanx for takin us

@thejunkjunkie4935 4 жыл бұрын

Way to go chiggs!!! Awesome find, you deserve it man! Keep the videos coming!

@925inder2 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Congrats Beau. Unbelievable find.

@rfswitch4530 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like an earlier flintlock M1816 or M1840 that's been coverted to percussion. Depending on if it's been rifled, that would be the source of either buck, .69 round ball, or .69 Minie bullets. Very cool find.

@autry33 4 жыл бұрын

So we're talking Union possibly?

@rfswitch4530 4 жыл бұрын

I think the majority of earlier converted flintlocks were likely used by the Confederates. I'm not sure what the exact timelines would be, but I think the Union had plenty of more modern weapons in use by anytime after the very early stages of the war. Most, or all, of the accounts I've read of soldiers carrying old smoothbores, or .69 caliber muskets, are from Confederates.

@autry33 4 жыл бұрын

@@rfswitch4530 Thank you! So much detail in history! Unending.

@kennewton4415 4 жыл бұрын

Look again it's a precution cap lock it's not a font lock no flint it has the nipple to prove it

@kennewton4415 4 жыл бұрын

@@rfswitch4530 it's a cap lock no flint

@TheJoeyboots 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a find! Amazing piece of history. Would like to see how your going to preserve that. Great Job!

@TheAloonatic 4 жыл бұрын

Love these Videos , your enthusiasm and most of all your Smile . Have a blessed day 🤗💕

@BC_Joshie 4 жыл бұрын

man that bayonete still looks sharp! good find :)

@samueljames9342 4 жыл бұрын

Another great piece to add to the collection, thanks for sharing

@bigcountry5045 4 жыл бұрын

hell yah.... way to go chig... super awesome find !!!!!!!

@thescarlettbandit5542 4 жыл бұрын

Wow wow wow 😲 that’s amazing Beau! Thanks for sharing with us, and congratulations... so awesome 👏🏼👊

@openrangeoffroad2803 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for recovering and saving that piece of history! I know items can be tricky after being water logged for so long but Im sure it will clean up nice!

@NZSUMMERLADY 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome awesome find... good on you Chiggs your a bloody legend!!

@rickyb2200 3 жыл бұрын

Love it , cool find Chigg

@micheleaustin8328 4 жыл бұрын

Super cool Musket!! Congrats!! Chiggsll👍😉✨🙌✨🎆

@jfseal38 4 жыл бұрын

I read on someone else's channel a comment from someone who said that you must plant all your finds because everything you find is so stinkin' cool! From muskets with and without bayonets, to artillery shells of all types, to cannonballs of all sizes, to bullets of all makes and calibers, to breast plates, to ammo box plates, to belt buckles and buttons and coins and on and on and on. Well, hell, I could care less if they're "planted" or not, I just enjoy the hell out of your videos! Lol! (I know they're not planted, and I'm sure that guy who said that was just joking!) You just keep doin' what your doin', 'chigg, and stay awesome!!!

@thomassnow100 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome find! Would love to see how you clean and preserve something like a musket!

@patriciadunn6602 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations ! You don't find one of those everyday......love it....such a cool adventure.. Thank you for the exciting time

@mirvids5036 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing find. Gratz on that ! Supposed to be working but I'm glued to your vids.

@cheerbearsue 4 жыл бұрын

What a great find!!! To think that the last person who touched that before you, possibly got killed, resulting in it being dropped in there...Same for every musket that you find in a battle area.

@davestelling Ай бұрын

If it was a retreat scenario...perhaps it was simply ditched as the soldier was making a run for his very life? Imagination running wild on this one!

@andyhaase819 4 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video Chig!!! Keep it up and happy hunting!!!

@MaxmadV8 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant find! Glad you found it so it didn't rust way to nothing!

@randlerichardson5826 4 жыл бұрын

Great find Chigger. Congratulations on finding the musket. Wow wonder how many people have walked or floated by that. Awesome job Chigg. Sometimes you’ve got to take the bad with the good

@dutchdelight5646 4 жыл бұрын

It looked just as though the musket was put down there, as it apparently never fell off that trunk! How unusual! Awesome find.

@AlxzAlec 4 жыл бұрын

It’s nice how I searched for this not expecting to really find anything but there are a bunch of interesting videos about collecting Muskets just like this video

@lisaroach3165 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats Beau!!!! awesome find.

@garywright5556 4 жыл бұрын

I would be ecstatic. Love watching every video you release and the gold and bullion the hopes and hypotheses of how things come to be where they are. Keep em coming.

@shaneskinner5385 4 жыл бұрын

Love the vids always get Excited when I see you have uploaded a video

@CheeseDoodle 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, congratulations on the find!!

@dropnoelfield295 3 жыл бұрын

Bloody amazing. Just. Wow!

@bakerXderek 4 жыл бұрын

That musket was awesome ! What camera set up are you using out on these hunts ?

@M16music69 3 жыл бұрын

Ayye bxd my boy

@mikemcqueen4057 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your work, best way to relax, Aquachigger and a cup of tea.👍👍👍👍👍👍

@bryan5549 4 жыл бұрын

Love your river hunts, Beau...good to see you again.

@Treedawg100 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Musket! 😳.. Always a great show brother! 👊👍

@coryvosspeter680 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that's the find of all finds....congratulations

@tsabeach 4 жыл бұрын

Super find,congrats!!

@eddominates 4 жыл бұрын

wowww! with the bayonet attached and everything! Chigger is the master diggger!

@dianel426 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a great find!!! Congrats Chig! 😁

@eringemini7091 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats Chigg! What a FIND!!👏👏👏

@soldierboy425 4 жыл бұрын

Green with envy!!! Nice find Chig.

@paulbaker5085 4 жыл бұрын

Got to luv the river janitor when he comes up with great items .

@NUGGETSHOOTER 4 жыл бұрын

Very good!!!!! I can't even imagine finding that. Thanks Chigg

@hillbillyohio513 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome man, congratulations!!!

@WayneTheSeine 4 жыл бұрын

What great shape that thing is in.... the bayonet is pristine. Awesome day Chigg.

@dawnlindgron5570 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited for you! Bravo

@jaybales3160 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the musket and bayonet discovery, wow. Great hunt today. Best of luck on your next hunt for relics and treasures.

@erichuggins2136 4 жыл бұрын

About time. I have been waiting what seems like forever for this one to get posted.

@Chiknlitl 4 жыл бұрын

Love it Chig! Keep 'em comin'!

@j.son1978 4 жыл бұрын

Cool finds. I love those door knobs/plates. Neat you found a pair of them.

@brettb.7425 4 жыл бұрын

So cool there’s a possibility that musket hasn’t been dry in over 150 years.

@bredhawk56 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome find!!!!

@musketbal 4 жыл бұрын

It looks like a 1797 Springfield which has been changed from the original flintlock design to a local blacksmith's conversion to percussion ignition system. Many arsenals converted them for the Civil War until more "modern" arms could be produced in the United States and England (1853 Enfield)