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You might think these videos don't appeal to many viewers, but I think these show the love you have for preserving family history. I can see a nice display of old letters and photos laying on an old writing desk, tucked into a corner.

I really enjoy watching you go thru all the items you find. I am currently going thru numerous boxes that belonged to my grandparents . Finding old greeting cards, hundreds of pictures, their Bibles and much more. I am 71 so my grandparents have been gone for several years. I can identify with the joy when you find something very meaningful.

The true sign of a professional photographer was Walter keeping the camera on Robert when he jumped away from sneaky snake! If it were me, I'd still be running!!!!!🤣

Don't throw out old buttons. Some antique buttons are collectable & can be worth money.

It’s really cool to see all the neat antiques in your old farmhouse Rob! You saved the exact items that I would, I love history big time!!

He was in there while you were moving that wardrobe. Amazing.

You finding the snake was priceless. I would have jumped out the window. You did get some cool finds. I enjoy how you go through everything piece by piece. I watch your videos with great excitement as to what you will find. Your channel is better than anything on cable. Keep up the good work my friend.

It is so cool to have letters from a relative in WWII. I have my Dads letters, and l loved reading them. I found out about my 18 year old Dad. He was a lot different than the Dad l knew. He was a ladies' man, too.

It's fascinating that so many of us, strangers who have been invited to feel like extended family, sit here & passively participate in the exploration of your history. I know I was enjoying the visit, having a Farmstead in North Dakota that still reveals pieces of the last 150 years whenever we travel back. Walt, I'll be hoping to see how your efforts with those negatives turn out!---My one question about the resident snake...is there any evidence he's actually doing his assigned duty to keep the rat population down? Or is he too satisfied with the eggs he keeps getting provided!

Brown’s Mule Chewing Tobacco! The chewing tobacco arrived to the store in boxes like that and the merchant would use the tobacco cutter to cut it into plugs. Or you could buy the whole box and cut it yourself. I think the wooden Brown Mule boxes were from the 1920’s until around WWII.

Why did they make kids toys so scary??!! That monkey looks way too happy.. I bet that lipstick is from the 30s or 40s! Robert, you are honestly blessed by having the opportunity to have things from grandparents and great grandparents and possibly beyond

I don’t like snakes, especially if you’re caught by surprise! Watching you look through all the drawers and checking for important family artifacts is a joy to watch. I will be waiting for your next episode, take care

Alright Robert, that snake scared me. I thought it was a spider in there. Not sure what's worse. You had some interesting finds. I can just imagine how exhausting it is going through everything but someone's got to do it. Take care.

Your grandmother had beautiful penmanship. We were taught cursive in school . Cursive is not being taught in most schools anymore.The constitution was written in cursive . If You can't write it or read it how will a person know their rights and what it says.

You just scared the devil out of me. I had just dozed off to sleep when you screamed. I jumped up and said what? whats wrong? You said theres a snake in there. I said Oh god get out. I can run faster than you can and im 84 years old. I was headed out the door.

Robert, please don’t forget that you will want a complete history of the Old Byrd Farm. I notice you are throwing away things from the seventies and later. But this is history, too, and one day your descendants will consider these items as treasures from the past. ♥️

That snake had gorgeous coloring! Really ungrateful of it to scare you so bad after you rescued it. Snakes don’t bother me - just thanking Heaven that it wasn’t a spider. Can’t deal with those!!! Love your videos!

Hey, you shouldn’t throw the old furniture wheel away. I’ll bet you’ll uncover a 3-wheeled piece of furniture in there wanting that wheel back. Antique wheels are hard to match up. Love your channel. My family is from there. (Milners) I found an old Milner cemetary in Zebulon Ga in the woods. Still searching Milners around your area and have hit a roadblock.

Robert you are so courageous and handled that situation like a true champ!

Definitely thought the monkey was the terrifying contact! And you didn’t have gloves on, so that was terrifying to me. But your expression at the snake, priceless.😅

🫣 I had to look away until you let the 🐍go....sorry Robert. A phobia. Your reaction was priceless!! So thankful that you weren't bitten!!

You should keep the wooden thread spools, old clothes patterns, hankerchiefs, linens, hand embroidered items ... Wear your gloves - don't want to be touching mice or rat droppings!

OH! NO! Save vintage patterns too. As a sewer, I love getting and looking at old vintage patterns..there must be some near you that would love to have them..

Once again I too jumped out of my skin when you got frightened. I have a partial letter from my greatgrandpa to his daughter telling her to be good and stay out of aunts way because as you know she hates Indians and he signed it Papa...I am just so proud to have it and see his handwritting..family letters are the bomb to have. Hi Mr Walt!!!

I jumped even though I braced for it. I am so glad it wasn't something venomous. Old letters are the best. I bet when Ken was that age, all the girls were chasing him, good looking young man. Hoping all goes well with his first treatment. Good to see you making progress.

I love this channel. It has everything. A little bit of history. A little bit of archeology. A little bit of herpetology. A little bit of ecology. A little bit of construction. A little bit of botany. A little bit of drama. A little bit of humor. You name it, I'll bet it's tucked away in one of these videos.

Doris Dodson clothing label was created in 1936 for young women who wanted original designs. It was trademarked in 1948 and survived until 1968.

I loved your Area 51 T-shirt, Robert. I used to have a T-shirt from when I lived and worked at the Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, California. It was sold only to the employees, and showed the Lone Ranger on his horse, going through the desert, and it read "Death Valley Daze".

The 1944 "letter" you found looks like what was "V-mail". Letters from servicemen overseas were microfilm, then sent to US to be printed out, then forwarded to the addressee. The purpose was to minimize the amount of cargo space taken up to get mail back to the States. Collectable, rarity depends on where it was sent from.

Thanks Robert once again you and Walter have shared a piece of your family that have passed.Did Ken do a lot of drawing,?I hope Walt puts picture of the younger Ken on video.Do you have any pictures of Ken when he was a little boy?

Hey there, Robert. I think most people watch to the end. But, being in the South , a lot of people like myself grew up around guns. If there had been something interesting you would have said something. I love these kinds of videos. I am now 78. I had the privilege of knowing my greatgrandmother who lived til I was 15. She was 106. My mother, grandmother and I did what you are doing to her shotgun house in Cabbage Town in Atlanta. She could read and write and kept notes about things going on around her but in no order. Almost like post-it notes all over the house. They were just fascinating. Lots of stuff everywhere. So fun to do. No treasure except for the memories. Treasures for us. P.s. recipes from WW 2 are so much fun.

That was so funny with the snake....so so thankful it was not venumous. So cool finding all the history especially the drawings.

What a beautiful rat snake!

I would be on the floor if I had come up on that snake, I think you handled it well Robert!

Sharon here... I enjoyed the snake attack! Lol and the humor going through all the rat infested drawers! Take care, see you next video. 👍🙄

The stuff you find, that you choose to sell, should be sold at auction. Those Levi's are probably worth good money, and whatever you get for everything could go towards restoration. Sad to see such a once-beautiful chifferobe, so badly damaged. I'm sure you plan to have the furniture you saved, restored, and I can't wait, to see that.

This whole series is exciting. I love old family stuff.

Thank you for wearing the mask. I really enjoyed you cleaning out the stuff in the drawers looking for treasure.

That cigar box was from my home town both my dad and aunt worked there.

Hi from England Robert, that little flower broach you found looks like a china Coalport brooch, Coalport are a pottery company in UK who most usually made china ornaments and teasets and such like, but they also made these small flower brooches, they are not worth a great deal usually about $20 to $25 dollars depending on condition, but they are pretty, which I'm guessing is not much use to you, I have got one myself, which belonged to my mum, I hope you find something more valuable, love the vlogs xx

Snakes are not a favorite of mine especially if Im surprised by one.Glad to see you are taking some precautions . You seem to be finding some interesting family memories , Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤

Life's been kicking my butt these last three months so I'm really behind on watching my videos. I'm glad to be back! I was just freaking out about you touching that terribly stained baby outfit without gloves and then you put the mask on! Gloves and a mask when touching anything mice and rats have infestation is never a bad thing. Handwritten letters are so beautiful. Old greeting cards. If you don't want to keep them, take pictures or scan them.

I swear! You are the absolute sweetest man EVER!!!

Oh my. Where did you find that monkey head. I'm 70 and my grandpa gave me one like that when I was about 3 or 4. He died when I was 5. I kept that monkey all these years. I lost the head a few years ago but kept the red corduroy body. Seeing yours brought me wonderful memories. I wish I could find another one.

Robert and Walt really liked this one. Looking forward to seeing Roberts video showing off the treasures he found and also Walt the negatives and photos Robert gave you. Thanks

Robert, I jumped out of my skin, as well. That was a surprise. I though tit was going to be a huge spider or some otherscary thing like that! I hope he stays around, I guess he will as long as you feed him now and then. Cheers, Rik

Thank you for the hard laugh. When you jumped I jumped. I’ve really enjoyed watching you clean up the Byrd farm. I’m doing the same thing here in Texas. Family farm since 67. There is a lot of stuff.

Bwahahahahahahahaha! Your reation was priceless. When you were going through things at first, I kept thinking: "Where's your gloves Robert?" Will this snake adventure make you a better glove wearer? Time and more vids will tell. How about a tour of all your garden and flowers? Also, by the time you reahced the end of this video, you looked wiped our. We know you aren't setting in air conditioning, so that glow on your forehead is the glow of "I need a shower". Great vid in that is forward progress inside the house.

I live in Americus ga and I happened to find your channel! That’s crazy

Dearest Robert, personally I truely enjoyed this video, and finding school pictures and such of Uncle Ken, and Putting the snake back Under the house. Always interesting going though stuff to find your own family personal piece of history. Sure if you can repair and reattach the legs on that old Chiffrobe, and wash it all down with Murphys oil, would be a nice piece for the house. still wondering why you sold the white disel truck that was the farm truck...sigh..

Brown Mule chewing tobacco box 1920 came with 20 plugs. It should have a top, so keep your eyes open for that. Approx value $65.

LOVE THE SNAKE AND YOUR REACTION. ENJOY WATCHING YOU GO THRU EVERYTHING. NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL FINE. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.

Who left all that clothing in the house?

I’ve gotta wash my hands now…

I can't speak to the age of that particular lipstick tube but Avon started selling lipstick in 1919. Avon was founded in 1886. Wasn't that the beautiful trim from the sewing machine?

RAT URINE. RAT URINE. RAT URINE.

You’re a lot nicer to that rat snake than I am. I had one in my coop, and I shot a pistol until it decided to leave. No, I didn’t hit it or try to hit it, but it wasn’t leaving and I wasn’t touching it. Ugh! Snakes freak me out!

Hi Robert, Oh my goodness snakes, ugh. but I will say he was a very pretty color. Glad it was some thing you brought on the farm. When you jumped so did we. I bet you can't wait to get that hallway all cleared out so you can get your floor up. Hope you did not hurt yourself to much when you fell through the floor. Can't wait for the next blog

Robert more than one set of drawers would need to be emptied if I had been there when you grabbed that snake!!!😂😂

So glad it was your friend and not a foe. Funny how it ended up in that cupboard. Glad you found some old relics and letters from the past. Hopefully you'll be able to mount them in frames to show in the Old Bird Farm. Rest and you'll be able to tackle more finds. Happy hunting.

This is very interesting, I like the Old Chifforobe maybe ou could refinish it or have someone do it for you. I would Love to see Uncle Ken's grade school Picture. I bet he was a handsome lady. Not all the work on the Outside but alot of it is pretty much done with needed things here and there. An of course maintenance but this is going to be very interesting Robert. All the diffrent items you find. Big an little will be treasures that you could put into a glass Cabnit or a glass case the little things. Espically since you had mentioned once before quite possibly turning the house into some type of a Museum. Which would be a Very Crazy Cool Idea.

To me, this was very interesting, it's the History of your family. Appreciate every bit of it, to me, it's very exciting.😊

I enjoy these videos. Thanks Robert!

I was waiting to see the clear vase that was in the drawer. I have one like that, it is pink and it was either my Mothers or her Mothers. They were from Blue Springs, Alabama. Thanks for sharing. Take care. You are such a good guy.

So enjoyed your vlog. I just love to explore old houses and old stuff.

Brown mule tobacco items use to sell high at auction around the Winston Salem area, (I’m 15 mins outside the RJR/ Winston area) that’s a great find.

We need Frightened Robert on the Old Byrd Farm merch!! That look! I didn't say anything about the gun because, well it's an old house in the South. I would be more shocked if you only found the one.

Beautiful OBF snake! I'm sure you scared him as much as he scared you. For apologizing showing how beat you are, don't be. At least you're keeping it real. I have a lot of family photos and such that I need to get back to working on. Watching you is inspiring. It can get pretty funny. Take care and rest well when you can.

May the lord bless and protect you

My mom has a chifferobe in her garage. Someone along the way “antiqued” it. Killed all of its aesthetic.

OMG! I would have had a heart attack! He was a BIG snake! I love watching you find treasure! ❤️

Roland the ratty snake was lurking in the cabinet. I bet he had a good laugh telling his ratty friends how he scared the hooman🐍

thank you for treating that beautiful snek with respect! like you say he's doing you a service by keeping the rat population in check so there's absolutely no need to be killing him - such acts of fear make me so sad.

Browns mule chewing tobacco was made by Reynolds until 1987. Still offered in Canada as plug chewing tobacco by a different manufacturer. Same logo that is $11.79 oz

At least 60 years,old,lipstick 😘

G'day Robert and Walt, this Video was so entertaining, thank you very much Robert. 😃You came across many interesting items, I really enjoyed it. Take care Robert and Walt, sending (((hugs))) from Melbourne, Australia.

Thanks! Hang in there. It’s always darkest before the dawn

the snake was pretty! I love snakes, wish I had some at my place to get rid of mice, chipmunks, etc. I've lived here 9 yrs and saw only 1 snake that was about 4 in long. also love looking thru other peoples stuff so this video was great

Hee hee....I would've done the same! You have to dig through the muck to find the treasures. Some great finds today.

OMG - scared the crap out of me and at 10:38 you state "If you look at my shorts", probably scared the crap out of you too - ha ha ha.....I was thinking "shorts" like underwear! I would be afraid to move or touch anything else when clearing stuff out, obviously he wants to be inside instead of under the house. This was a very exciting video!!!!!! I personally, do not want to be around snakes.

I think motorized washing machines are twenties, roughly? Many were gas powered at first. You rolled them out on the porch and kick started them like a motorcycle. I'm guessing a lot of what you are finding in there is 60's/70's. Those "old man pants" as we used to call them, were very popular with WWII generation farmers. They held up to farm life, and weren't as heavy and hot as denim or canvas. I'm guessing the lipstick is quite a bit older. I don't remember lipstick in the 60's needing 20 minutes to dry without blotting. Wooden spools were still a thing in the 70's. By the time I started sewing in the early 2000s, spools were plastic. I'm not sure what year it switched. I remember many little briar pipes like that, but I think it is missing a stem, again, 70's. Brown's mule tobacco is plug chewing tobacco, a quick google search would make me think that box is late 1800's. Maybe from the store? The draft started in 1969, so that pamphlet might date it. Who was in the household in that timeframe, and when would he have turned 18? Okay, well the paper is in the bottom and dated 1970, and you've got the 1972 letter in the bottom, so that give you a pretty good idea of when the drawer was last added to. I can remember buying those little deer with my grandmother in the mid sixties. I remember that Stuart Hall linen stationery. That map is a window in time. How many young folks today know you could pull up to any gas station and get maps?

Awww...gorgeous snake!! And he's one of the good guys..."it would have bit me"😂🤣😂🤣

Hey, just a tip. Don't throw away old clothing patterns . If they are 1950 and older they are worth something! P.s. I cracked up at your snake encounter!😅 Glad it was only a rat snake!!

I worked for a Grover Cleveland Cook until his wife passed. He remarried and moved back home to Georgia. Wonder if they were related? He had a great accent. I take it Your uncle grew up in the OBF. Cool!Thanks Robert you make it fun to watch.

I’m sure he isn’t the only homesteader in all that mess, the rattler you saw last year could be taking up residence as well. He won’t be so passive if you come across him or copperhead. Be carful assume every crevice has something dangerous hiding within.

Robert!! Leave the cupboard on its back to risk further damage!

I love your videos! Keep ‘em coming.

Dude he liked it better in the wardrobe

treasure and trash! you never know exactly what you will find! great job, one step at a time!

Careful about throwing away old letters and envelopes- they might have a stamp on it worth some money to a collector!

I would have had a heart attack. I’m scared to death of snakes. I don’t care if they are non-venomous or not!!😮 I find it hard to believe anyone would wear a nightgown with a zipper. I think it would be very uncomfortable.

Now I know why you jumped !!!!! I'm glad you personally knew that one. Not mny people can say that. The broach you found from England that had the pretty flowers on it, those are bone china flowers. I remember have a similar one in the mid 50'swhen I was about 13 or 14. I am not sure how far back from then they were made. That is as close as I know of them. I am 84. Thanks for sharing these treasures, it is so interesting to see what all is in there. Stay cool and have a Blessed day.

And gloves omg

You should be wearing gloves more often. I always wonder why you aren't. Scary looking snake!

Enjoyed that video very much, you showed a postcard and they had two green stamps in the upper corner. Just wondering how much stamps cost back then.

The tire gauge is probably brass. I have two we found when cleaning out my uncle’s basement after he passed. They are probably from the 30s or 40s.

What a mask!!!!!!!!!!!! Nooooo not Robert Wright!!!!! Good thing I am sitting down! Such a shock. Donna/Northern Michigan

Looks like the small tobacco box sells for $40 to $60. It is from early 1900s. Read that it had 20 plugs in it that sold for 20 cents each

Watching you sift through all those “treasures” and the volume of other stuff that goes along with it is giving me even more impetus to clear out all that stuff that’s not necessary so our kids don’t need to do that when we are gone.