My World War Two Relic Collection: Metal Detecting

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7 жыл бұрын

Join me as I show and talk about many cool WWII relics I have found while metal detecting in the river. You will see 75mm artillery rounds, 37mm projectiles to include canister rounds. Bayonets, mess trays, and many more interesting historical artifacts. All are original and found by me.
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Metal detecting, treasure, history, coins, river treasure, adventure, nature, animals and MOAR! That is what my channel is about. I enjoy caving, SCUBA diving and flying my powered paraglider. I foster sick and injured pets. My channel is family friendly. My videos are meant to be fun, educational and informative.

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@KyleTaylor01 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, Chigg! I'd like to see a general video of your entire collection in the room you're in in this video! You have tons of amazing things there!

@VincentPriceknives 7 жыл бұрын

James Taylor i second that!

@rdstudio1 7 жыл бұрын

Agreed - love to see more.

@ashbymorgan3903 7 жыл бұрын

i already said that in the other vid

@trinebomholt4887 7 жыл бұрын

Yes me too! :)

@michaelhampson4585 7 жыл бұрын

James Taylor I was just about to ask. You did perfectly

@michaelgartner5484 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Beau, I am a former US Navy Corpsman. All males in my family are military too. I have to say I love your channel. I appreciate your attention to detail and your preservation of our past. Your collection is a representation of the men who answered the call, left their families, and etched our future for this country. Thank you for what you do. Mike Gartner

@Frontier2017 7 жыл бұрын

open up a Chigg museum!

@dylanosaurus6680 7 жыл бұрын

Will Earley yes.

@DonPablo2011 7 жыл бұрын

A Chiggseum. I think it would be good.

@WunRom 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and educational. Would love to see much more of your collection.

@jackdurham1472 7 жыл бұрын

If you could give us a tour of your relic room that would be GREAT!

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

Jack Durham hey jack

@andrewgoren3758 7 жыл бұрын

Hi. I was blown away when you turned the camera around and I seen how big your collection really is! Can you give us a walk around of your room where all of your collection is? I'd like to see everything you've found!

@matthewrobertson8618 7 жыл бұрын

Mr Chig, can you make a video where you tell your stories about the human bodies or body parts you have found?

@shkwave99 7 жыл бұрын

Seems a bit morbid, but yeah, I have to admit I'm curious too.

@SueGirling68 6 жыл бұрын

I love looking at all the brilliant stuff you have collected, I also enjoy listening to what each one did and how it was used. Brilliant video, thank you. xx

@lesahanners5057 7 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video Chigg. My father in-law served in the Navy and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He was a Chief Warrant Carpenter and while serving on the USS Hampton, a troop transport vessel, he made a set of ashtrays from every size shell that the ship carried. I inherited these along with his papers and cherish them in my archive on the families history. You have some great stuff and I really enjoyed the video. Once again you have helped educate me on a subject I have long had an interest in. Now I will go find those ashtrays and take a look at their bottoms to see what information I can get from them. Thanks once again for a great video.

@shellythom7248 4 жыл бұрын

Love this! My grandfathers where in ww2 it’s nice to see these things - I’m blessed to have still had them after the war. Thank god. I can’t believe the military dumped this stuff. Blows my mind. Thanks for showing it.

@osgars 7 жыл бұрын

"Anything else you wanna see here?"... eeeehhh.. I want to see EVERYTHING :D Would be awesome with a full coverage of your relics that are visible at home!

@spiffymcshaftersoniii6719 7 жыл бұрын

You have to have a civil war comb laying around there somewhere.....

@ExploringAlabama 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video and thanks for sharing that TM. I find many military rounds of all kinds and that TM will be helpful. You are correct, you can get it on PDF online. Thanks as usual.

@scot1972sb 7 жыл бұрын

I envy you're collection as well as your knowledge. There is a lot of passion, blood sweat and tears involved with that amazing museum you have created.

@SolitaryMan41 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for Sharing !!! Im a WW2 enthusiast. I love the History of the era . Americans fighting on two fronts carving out there place in the books we would read today . Amazing Finds !

@leenorthcutt8421 7 жыл бұрын

Love, LOve, LOVe, LOVE WHEN YOU EDUCATE US... Please don't ever change what you do, or what you show us...!

@procaliadventures 7 жыл бұрын

That is awesome, the treasure you find is mindbogling, i really look forward to someday hunting with you. Till then good luck and happy hunting.

@darreldean5295 5 жыл бұрын

I love it I could spend days in there looking and appreciateing all the history well displayed

@SearTrip 7 жыл бұрын

You are correct on the 3-inch casing and the 75mm shell. The 76mm gun was just the 3-inch shell in a smaller case so they would fit in the tank turret. The 3-inch guns were used as towed anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, and in M10 tank destroyers. If that steel case fit the 37mm round but is rimless, it's for the 37mm anti-aircraft gun. Those cases were the same length as the tank/anti-tank guns, but the tank guns used a rimmed cartridge case. Very neat stuff!

@ZeroDiscrimination 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing how much WWII relics you have found! Thanks for sharing! ~Gypsy

@sarge3ad 7 жыл бұрын

I remember eating off those style trays in basic training in 1980. I also want you to know that as an old armament soldier, I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing a small part of your collection with us.

@Hawks-if8tp 5 жыл бұрын

I remember when you had 500,000 Subs. It’s been a long way man.

@stevekelsey411 7 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more of your collection. I like that you give some detailed history about the items.

@farenheit1100 7 жыл бұрын

The bayonets are for the M1 Garand. They are the 1943 pattern of shortened M1905 to 10 inches. This can be seen by the blood groove on the blade going all the way to the tip. I have the same model for my M1.

@wilkiepup1 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting Beau. Thanks for sharing this part of your collection with us.

@whateversnext4341 7 жыл бұрын

I just have to say thank you for doing what you do and shedding light on what would have been destroyed and forgotten history. I think that's why we do it the most. It is for me anyways. Bragging is deserved for the research, time and effort put in. Show it all!

@dirkayala5812 7 жыл бұрын

Any and all from the Chigg Collection!!!...Thanks for posting these!

@stanbarrett67 7 жыл бұрын

My daughter would love to have one of those trays, She can't stand for her food to touch. Her aunt gave her a few plastic trays this year for Christmas. It was her favorite present above everything else Santa gave her. including the high dollar Bluetooth headphones. So Santa does not have to listen to her music anymore.... Great Video Sir! Would love to see ALL of your collection!!

@user-ej2ug7wd7s 6 жыл бұрын

A good friend, bullet in the background is well decorated, too ! Over 12 years of excavation have gathered a lot of different bullets !

@Erdie5 7 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic collection you have. Thank you for sharing it with us!

@kimberlytv8350 7 жыл бұрын

I may be girl, wife and mom but for some reason coming across your channel has really educated me and entertained me so thank you for the time you take to do what you do!!! Kimberly 😊

@MajWMartin 7 жыл бұрын

Great collection. The 3 inch gun is a common item in small town parks, VFW, American Legion Halls, and court house lawns around the country. It is in fact a 76mm gun that was used as light artillery and sometimes as an anti tank weapon. It was adopted before the US switched to the metric system for large guns. It's weakness was the low velocity of the round. As it was meant to fire explosive rounds as artillery the lower speed of the shell was safer when firing the explosive rounds. When the war started those small 37mm rounds were the ones intended for anti tank duty. However the race in armor soon made them obsolete and the 75 and then 76 were brought in. By the end of the war 90 and 105 mm guns became the tank killers.

@johnanderson7485 7 жыл бұрын

Its all so awesome I could spend hours looking at it all.

@adamwilliams6230 6 ай бұрын

I would absolutely love a full tour of the entire collection been watching your videos for years seen a lot of the collection but absolutely love these type videos in the winter gets me pumped up to go out myself thanks so much

@Cinos1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Love that room you're in! I came across you're videos a few weeks back and I'm loving them! Love the stuff you find and everything. You're collection is massive! 😎👍

@jasonandhillary 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing collection! I'd love to get a tour of the room. I even love your stories of past finds. You tell a good tale.

@KevinJacks 7 жыл бұрын

keep these coming Chigg. I love the preservation vids and these close-ups. thanks again for posting.

@TheMaddogT 7 жыл бұрын

I served aboard a destroyer in the mid 60's and that's the same style mess tray we took through the mess line. When we were in rough seas we pressed them down on a slice of bread to the table to keep them from sliding as the ship pitched and rolled. Sometimes you would have to lift your tray to allow a runaway tray to slide by. Eventually the new shipmates learned the trick. T

@kimberlytv8350 7 жыл бұрын

I love to see your collection videos! That was great and extremely interesting!

@flyrock2 7 жыл бұрын

love to see everything in that room wow!

@carstenrich 7 жыл бұрын

Once again it's great to see your man cave items I for one would really like to see all your treasure I have no idea about any war items but it's great to see what you are finding so I just want to see it all (what a pile of artillery I'm impressed) thank's for sharing I like the finds from all your adventures but it's great that you have a lot of Snow so you stay indoors and wee get to see your museum again! thank's

@sepootero8094 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more of this type of videos, your collection is quite impressive!

@R6Dave11 7 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff Chig, always good to see your finds..

@tennesseegem1063 7 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to see some of your relics for so long now. Now that you have given us a little taste we are hungry for more ( Moar ). I would love to see more of your collection. I loved this video, thanks for sharing.

@TheRedneckRailRoad 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool video. I learn a lot when you do these types of videos. I'd like to see your whole collection but anything you choose to share and talk about is cool with me. Amazing stuff.

@gstone42 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice! Love to see all your stuff!

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

Gary Stone hey gary, i wouldnt have ever guessed to see ya on here

@rafosier 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing and explaining shell wind guard. Found a couple over here in the UK, knew it was something, from something.

@petepal2392 7 жыл бұрын

I love the look of the collections on the wall

@Anthony-yz5oy 7 жыл бұрын

Ive been waiting for so long for this!!!! thank you!!!

@loganpaulerswereallsavage3151 7 жыл бұрын

Wieldy Relic same

@tommyvinson6 7 жыл бұрын

Great items Beau. Yeah they are Garand bayonets.

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Vinson hello sir, i turned 72 three months ago and my cat died i was wondering if we could fax eachother my fax is 356-660-1635 thanks brother i miss you

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Vinson hey tom, miss ya bud waiting for your fax

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

Tommy Vinson i used a garand when i was stationed in vietnam, those m14s never lived up to the garand

@13bravoredleg18 7 жыл бұрын

I was a 13Bravo in the Army and I fired a 8" Howitzer. They used a 200 pound bullet! I still have a primer from one. They are the size of a .410 shotgun shell and solid brass! SHOT OUT! SHOT SPLASH!

@robertshemory5094 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for letting us see your collection. Want to see More.

@mdtreasurehuntervalley9689 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Beau, As always ....great video, very educational. Thanks again!

@candysantillo3325 7 жыл бұрын

Always interesting.Thank you for sharing.

@TheJoeyboots 7 жыл бұрын

Those shotgun type rounds and modern flechette rounds "beehive" were sometimes used to defend artillery positions. They could adjust charge for short range and the battery would go to a zero elevation and fire a sheaf of antipersonnel projectiles. Creating devastating lethal effects to assaulting infantry. Anti personnel were ground VT or VT quick, air burst for troops in holes. Now includes regular schrapnel that can be directed in patterns. Awesome firepower "King of Battle". Fantastic collection Chigg!! Another great video. :D

@rick79991 7 жыл бұрын

quality videos chigg,thanks for taking the time making them,really interesting stuff,all the best from the uk

@mauriliozamora6627 7 жыл бұрын

What a great collection you have, love it !

@KingFoopaTroopa 7 жыл бұрын

very cool. can honestly say I learned something today. thanka chigz

@jebbrownshow4363 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Man! I luv the Aquachigger channel and really been enjoying the collection videos. You have an awesum collection and would luv to see more of it . Huge fan 👍!!

@treasurejunkies6936 7 жыл бұрын

with all those relics looks like it could be a museum well done chigg

@MetaldetectingFriesland 7 жыл бұрын

Some really nice and interesting finds, good job finding so much nice objects!

@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8 7 жыл бұрын

A fantastic collection..Thank you..

@Ziggerzzz 7 жыл бұрын

Yes please show all your collection !!

@ConeyIsland1952 7 жыл бұрын

awesome collection .....love to see your old coins silver and copper

@titotijuana 7 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more of these collection videos.

@saltonsofswing6047 7 жыл бұрын

Evening AquaChigger, I'm a fairly new to your channel (about a month) but thoroughly enjoy your videos. I've always day dreamed about treasure hunting and decided to get a metal detector in the Fall of 2016. Through my research on which detector to buy, I discovered your channel by chance. I've noticed a few rivers you've been in are you've commented they stink or you're spitting out the water. Have you ever searched a river and got sick or thought to yourself what the hell I'm I doing in this polluted mess? Cheers, Adam

@PatMac98 7 жыл бұрын

Aquachigger can you please do an entire room tour for a person who is starting to collect?(me)

@SkabadutchkahPlays 7 жыл бұрын

Yay! Your videos are popping up in sub boxes again!

@whycuds 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

@mkearl111 7 жыл бұрын

Nice and educational two thumbs up!

@christiewilley7677 7 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you.

@boundsgeorge 7 жыл бұрын

WOW , ALOT OF COOL STUFF ! you been busy . Cool vid , as usual. THANKS !

@stevebaker6432 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us, would love to see "Moar" of your incredible collection.

@yell70 7 жыл бұрын

Hi from Australia. You have a Fantastic looking collection around you, please pick some more things in your collection you would like to talk about. I know that swords and sabres and knives from the civil war would be a cool show and tell. Love your videos. Cheers Vic.

@anthonyhro1903 7 жыл бұрын

ENJOYED! THANK YOU!!

@ogpk3 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video chigg, always happy when i see a new video of yours

@ohioturkeyhunter 7 жыл бұрын

Keep showing us your stuff!! Keep making videos!!

@buellrichmond2842 4 жыл бұрын

love the collection Chig!

@ruggerdigger 7 жыл бұрын

amazing Chigg.iwont to see it all.its like a museum.

@Davebaker364 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks chiggs!

@davidthomas1548 7 жыл бұрын

I want to see your favorite finds. Just a variety of the things you enjoyed finding the most. I recently took up this hobby and have been watching your videos for a bout 3 months and learned alot. I recently found my first arrow head. Another video I would like to see is the weirdestruction things you've found keep up the good work. Your one of the reason I haven't given up on finding civil relics.

@davidthomas1548 7 жыл бұрын

yeah man your teaching me alot. I'm 32 so by the time I'm 50 or 60 lol... you said it not me. I'm trying to have me a relic room like yours. I live in Columbia South Carolina a lot of skirmishes and the burning of Columbia.

@whoknows335 7 жыл бұрын

I love your videos!The 3" were anti aircraft/anti tank rounds.The anti tank gun m-5 was a 3"towed piece and the tank destroyers m36b-1 and m36b-2 were mechanized.

@MrBobguy3 7 жыл бұрын

Room tour?!!!!!!

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

William Heard hello bill, how are ya i miss ya buddy

@andyferguson8032 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice collection, thanks.

@0nil 7 жыл бұрын

It would be great if you showed us around the room, like a guided visit to your private museum :D

@michaelpea3742 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for everything

@hubifornia 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chigg, good video would love a tour video of your whole collection room.

@deliciousbathwater3635 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing collection! Love u chigg

@wackattack180 7 жыл бұрын

Yup ! M-1 Garand Bayonets for sure !!! type 2 Type 1 was a lot longer, then they had them cut down to the size you have :-)

@eloyruiz2855 6 жыл бұрын

My Dad is a WWII veteran he still alive he just turn 92 I show him this video & he reconoces your treasure he says thanks for making your videos

@FreeAmericanSpirit 7 жыл бұрын

holy cow.. great collection. just thinking of hauling all that stuff out of the river had me reaching for the advil..... lol. very very interesting

@colinwilson1667 7 жыл бұрын

I loved that vid as I'm very interested in WW2 items. Keep up the good work 😃

@philipwade6307 7 жыл бұрын

show us anything or everything I could watch this all day Mr chigg

@dennysmodels5682 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Chigg, i looked all over for an at gold vs at pro video on you're channel. I think you actually talked about it but it'd be great to see one. GOOD LUCK DIGGING!

@PMFOgmailcomDanielHoffman 7 жыл бұрын

cool video I would love to see more of the stuff you collected

@Grandpadew 7 жыл бұрын

I for one would enjoy see any part or section of any of your collections.

@richardstonehouse7842 7 жыл бұрын

those mess trays are the same we used at camp pendleton in 1969, thanks for showing the artifacts

@johnhartman3149 7 жыл бұрын

How about sharing your top 10 finds and why?

@MrKmoconne 7 жыл бұрын

Number one would be his find of 100 plus silver coins.

@vitonavasio8841 7 жыл бұрын

John Hartman hi john, how have you been havent talked in awhile

@robplotts9412 7 жыл бұрын

Really fantastic collection you have amassed

@heris30 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. And i think it is one of the bigest colection that i ever seen on internet for one person can own. It is very cool. I think you will need second house for the colection. :) Waiting for next part for showing your colection. :)