Unearthing Secrets: Unveiling The Mystery Of An Ancient Stone Home Foundation

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Unearthing Secrets: Unveiling The Mystery Of An Ancient Stone Home Foundation

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10 ай бұрын

Today we investigate an old stone foundation of a home that dates to the mid-1700s. This is the same foundation where I dug out a groundhog hole and found a U.S. Belt buckle and other relics from the American Civil War a few years ago. I also found a bald face hornet nest while searching the area.
About Aquachigger:
I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure,
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@aquachigger 10 ай бұрын

Here is a quick little adventure. I wasn't planning to metal detect this day, but did. I hope you enjoy the little adventure! Here are links to two other videos that I talk about in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9J-jduntb_QdGw.html Groundhog Burrow Metal Detecting kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ieB4Zd2nqpupXX0.html Snakes In The Well

@TomFromMN 10 ай бұрын

I have a problem with snakes, but just gotta watch to see your reaction!

@pepepepito623 10 ай бұрын

Hey! Aquachigger. Point the metal detector to the hornets' nest ... you know,for the "content "

@chevychase3103 10 ай бұрын

Wonder why we don't eat oysters like they did back in the day?

@AndrexT 10 ай бұрын

@@chevychase3103 Because they were cheap or free, now they are 2 bucks a go.

@AndrexT 10 ай бұрын

I have a theory on the burned nails not being rusty. Rust is oxidization, and the fire burns all the oxygen and the nail sits in charcoal and acidic ash protected from air, so an oxygen free atmosphere until you find it.

@johnfiorentino8677 10 ай бұрын

Chig, you should raise a mess of groundhogs. Put them to work digging holes for you. They seem to bring up decent relics. They could be "Chig's Army" 😅

@ShanaAdams 9 ай бұрын

Groundhogs are friends, beavers are NOT! 😂

@johnfiorentino8677 9 ай бұрын

@@ShanaAdams Especially Rabid ones. We have an ongoing issue with beavers digging in the banks of our man made pond. I expect one day they will breach the wall and drain the entire pond.

@digtodiscover 10 ай бұрын

Awesome finds! The nails you find in fired areas have gone through a “heat treating” process which increases the resistance to some level of corrosion but not all.

@JeRKII 10 ай бұрын

This video is even more proof that just because a spot seems to have been searched there still could be some treasures

@artsimpson3670 10 ай бұрын

Aloha Chigg, Thanks for taking us along! Each piece has a story.

@lostrailbeds8289 10 ай бұрын

I've dug alot of old cellar holes here in the Northeast.....always great to watch you diggin' away and explaining as you go. Thank you Chigg!

@TomFromMN 10 ай бұрын

Wow, I'm early! First time I've received notice this early. Time to get the popcorn and an adult beverage!

@JayDeeFrm7400 10 ай бұрын

Just poured up some crown apple! cheers!!!

@TomFromMN 10 ай бұрын

@@JayDeeFrm7400Cheers!

@deeanderson4440 10 ай бұрын

What an intriguing location. There could be all kinds of stuff there. That lock was really cool 😎. I look forward to seeing your follow up 😊

@marksloane5014 10 ай бұрын

Site could make an interesting series! Maybe get a team to dig up a bunch of units at once

@marykaystreasures 10 ай бұрын

I would love to have that old pottery dish shard's to make jewelry with and share the history of it . Thanks for sharing your awesome videos ❤️❤️❤️❤️⚒️🇺🇸🗝️😊

@hyoi8187 10 ай бұрын

@offtheranch invited you to Texas to go cave diving!! You should go!!

@aquachigger 10 ай бұрын

I have not been able to contact him. I tried.

@miriammcdade3077 10 ай бұрын

A great place to do more investigating!

@martianvideo 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you're doing still photographs of the finds too!

@chintasrvvegankitchen7761 9 ай бұрын

So cool! I love the old time Willow dishes, or blue type dishes!

@cyndybutler7330 10 ай бұрын

Awesome finds it’s fun watching you look

@cynthiaswearingen1037 10 ай бұрын

The finds are awesome, Chigg! I do love that lock!!!❤

@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat 10 ай бұрын

Chiggs awesome finds digging in your friends yard. I think you need to go back after all the bees hibernate. Loved the lock and the spoon and flat button. There has to be bottles there.👍😀👏

@KubotaManDan 10 ай бұрын

Now concerning the fire pit / burnt layer, the guy from below the plains who digs bottles said folks would toss their old & broken bottles in the privy /outhouse and their coals from the fire to help with the odor. Something to watch out for. the darker organic looking layer often indicates a privy. That's a cool place to scratch around, you need to go back there.

@ArtifactRescues 10 ай бұрын

I've started paying attention to the number of subscribers channels that I watch have since I recently started a channel. Over 1.14M subs is really an incredible accomplishment. Congratulations on all your hard work!

@mercedithcompala8148 10 ай бұрын

Pretty cool things..nice spoon and lock plus had fun watching you having fun...❤

@neillh 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing another adventure 👍

@rogerdempsey7227 9 ай бұрын

Awesome day chigger love love the thing hope you come back again and find some good stuff getting tired get node find something good.👍

@terrencebuller7676 10 ай бұрын

Hello Chigg, would really like to see more of this place. Could be a great spot to hunt. Thanks for sharing. Take care 👍

@dannmccord1923 10 ай бұрын

Cool finds chigger nice button. I love to dig in places like that. Never know what you will find

@Randyet62208 10 ай бұрын

History is awsome! Thanks for another great video!

@mikepetrucha2774 10 ай бұрын

At the beginning of the video along the driveway there are some plants with a green flower spike. That is the common plantain I mentioned in your 1st yellow jacket video that is good for taking the pain from hornet stings. It would have been nice if those people who were sifting would have taken there junk with them. Thanks for another adventure!

@AmericasFavoriteLawnBoy 10 ай бұрын

Good morning thx for the show I'm about to watch❤

@hoperbencho 9 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see more!

@richardwarnock2789 10 ай бұрын

Keeping Real Mr . Beau 😊👍

@robertcribb3859 10 ай бұрын

Great spot could be many many treasures to be unearthed there

@Steve-Pitt 10 ай бұрын

I would be metal detecting the heck out of that site! No matter how much junk you pull out of there eventually the good stuff's going to start appearing!

@WayneTheSeine 10 ай бұрын

I remember that spot with the ground hog excavator and civil war buckle. Pretty awesome spot.

@smoovefishing 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting place!

@rubyredlopez4 10 ай бұрын

📍Chigg you should definitely spend more time here!

@barbarafritchie2000 10 ай бұрын

Awesome.

@thomasbauerle2366 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting Place👍🏻 You may need an Excavator there 😀🍀

@AndrexT 10 ай бұрын

@JerryR1776 10 ай бұрын

I would absolutely love to dig that with you, as would most of your viewers I imagine. There could be a cellar there with unbroken bottles and other things in it. I can't imagine all the awesome 1700's-1800's stuff still in the ground!

@rikspector 10 ай бұрын

Chigg, Punxsutawney, Pa. has that famous ground hog day. He sees his shadow or not and decides the weather. Well, at the original celebrations they COOKED and ATE them! Whether the Weather got better or worse, I know not! Groundhogs helped you on this trip! What's the difference between a Groundhog, a woodchuck and an Eastern Marmot?? Chigg probably know, but who else knows? Cheers, Rik Spector

@nickydepalma739 10 ай бұрын

The Nest , is so Fairy , can see where they are . Fairy , is Angel .

@randlerichardson5826 10 ай бұрын

Good deal Chigg be safe and GOD BLESS

@MetaldetectingAdventureTime 10 ай бұрын

thank you

@detectamericana 10 ай бұрын

Can’t beat boots on the ground and finding some shards and foundations. Another classic Chigg!

@airdrop1670 10 ай бұрын

Just a thought on the fired nails , the fire drives out most or all of the carbon .

@TomFromMN 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video. Will keep it family friendly, but why are there so many jerks out there! I hope more people realize this is one of the reasons you don't divulge your sites. You were amazingly calm. I believe the spoon pattern is called "Fiddle", popular to this day and dates back to the early to mid 18th century as does the feather edge. I appreciated your explanation of why some of the early nails are smooth and reddish. There was a lot to learn in this video, and it was over with way too soon! Thank you, Professor Beau. So many interesting finds even though there were no gold coins! More time well spent.

@markohlemacher6520 10 ай бұрын

Keep a rocken love your showes

@granvillewooster7673 10 ай бұрын

Nice hunt 👍👍❤️

@slimwantedman6694 10 ай бұрын

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

@hardyakka6200 10 ай бұрын

I liked the gate hinge you found early in the dig and that brass corner could be of a traveling case, Olde spoons had their bowls sweated onto the handle. Made in two parts.

@edcgearpocketknife 10 ай бұрын

I remember when you went down that well.

@SST11B 10 ай бұрын

Cheers from Nova Chigg

@sammarcum4931 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your adventure, Chigg! An awesome video as always. Those groundhogs are probably keeping the good stuff to themselves. I'm sure that you know that the hornet's nest is worth more than anything that you have dug at that site so far.

@Fred-tr8zg 9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the hunt Chigg. 🇺🇸

@rickyb2200 10 ай бұрын

I remember you going down that ladder in the well and those snakes I was afraid you were going to be bit. That was a nice old lock , thanks Chigg .

@user-Icicleandfireball 10 ай бұрын

386th like, watching this now, chigg, your videos are awesome, possum, i love metal detecting

@williamhurt8512 10 ай бұрын

@13:00 fire damage changes the composition of iron and steel, cast iron cookware that has been damaged as such is considered dysfunctional and ruined, won't hold seasoning and will never cook with same finisse ever again.........................

@Hankyjane 10 ай бұрын

Your very knowledgeable about the pieces of the past left over in the ground. I would of never known about the small piece window glass.

@calliecooke1817 10 ай бұрын

I have family on both forks of the Shenandoah, I think it was the railroads that made fresh oysters popular in the Valley. Shipping fresh seafood up river was just too expensive. Around the holidays oysters are still very popular with my folks. I live in MD and am always asked to bring oysters when I come home.

@OldButStillKicking 10 ай бұрын

Checked out the earlier video with the snakes. Liked this one a lot better without them!

@williamhurt8512 10 ай бұрын

artifacts from an old homestead where people, long ago, once lived worked and dreamed....................................

@maa4ever 3 күн бұрын

I found a Bennington Clay Marble UNDER my stone foundation.

@LongdistanceRider22 10 ай бұрын

Welcome back…

@chriswartick7624 10 ай бұрын

Can you send me some square nails? We only find them at old forts in Montana but your not supposed to pick them up lol. Love your content. Jealous of the stuff that is normal to you Thanks for all you do!!

@robertcaldwell7918 10 ай бұрын

great treasures

@BlueEyedColonizer 10 ай бұрын

That place would be perfect to bring in a bobcat and take the top soil off then re-detect.........

@joekidwell4773 10 ай бұрын

Hey Chigg. Matt from Demolition Ranch has some caves for you to explore. I'd like to see you two work together, maybe shoot some civil war style guns together after.

@headrot2443 10 ай бұрын

Hey Chigg you ever heard of hand made stone cannon balls used in the civil war

@lynnplestid2711 10 ай бұрын

Hi at the 1230 ish time you had a wedge thingy it’s part of a door hinge

@benzomanic2972 10 ай бұрын

Chinaaaaa! Lol. Sounded familiar

@Cloxxki 10 ай бұрын

Burned to turn into something like carbon (coated) steel? Modern steels are often heat treated for various properties.

@scottsobetsky4840 10 ай бұрын

I’d like to see the video of you going into the well with the snakes.

@aquachigger 10 ай бұрын

It is linked in a pinned video comment here.

@KAPTKipper 10 ай бұрын

I think the carbon in the fire and the heat hardens the nails. Making them less likely to rust.

@aquachigger 10 ай бұрын

That's could be. I'll research it. Thanks

@KAPTKipper 10 ай бұрын

@@aquachigger The process is similar to Carburizing. I just remember it from that's how they make early steel.

@valiantwarrior4517 9 ай бұрын

Ironically, bald-faced hornets aren’t actually hornets. There’s only one true hornet species in the US. Thanks for the fun video!

@user-Icicleandfireball 10 ай бұрын

Nice finds, chigg, i dont like bald faced hornets, those are aggressive

@hillbilly3331 Ай бұрын

If you hold your breath those hornets cant sting you.

@roadlife8973 10 ай бұрын

Chigg are you going to demolition ranch to help him with the caves he found ?

@timelordmagnums357 10 ай бұрын

I know quite a few people just like that. You find something good and if you give them even a hint of where you've went they show up in troves. No respect whatsoever.

@oldbamadirt2148 10 ай бұрын

pay dirt. Not Just Rocks. 😎👌👍✌.

@randlerichardson5826 10 ай бұрын

Chigg if you see this message let me know if you don’t mind how you got the name Aqua Chigger?????? I’ve wondered about that if it was where you stayed on the water and in the water detecting so much

@sylviajones3355 10 ай бұрын

Spencer round AKA 56-56.

@Spicy6969 10 ай бұрын

Hey chigg do you know Matt from DemolitionRanch talked about wanting to talk with you?

@aquachigger 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I heard, I did what I could to contact him, but I guess I don't have the right contact info.

@Spicy6969 10 ай бұрын

@aquachigger well I replied with some info, but it looks like it's been deleted 😥

@randlerichardson5826 10 ай бұрын

Hey Chigg

@budrohammbone2806 10 ай бұрын

Hey Beau ! Did you find the trash dump from either house ?

@dougalexander7204 10 ай бұрын

Can’t blame a person for coming in behind you, but they have to get the land owners permission. If not that’s just wrong. Further, I remember the snake well. That was intense.

@aguadigger 10 ай бұрын

👍⭐️😁

@vito336 10 ай бұрын

S-s-s-s-snakes!!!

@HughDuszaPastor 10 ай бұрын

Plantains medicinal plant

@jfly1705 9 ай бұрын

No poison Ivy out there?

@willswords7373 10 ай бұрын

Well, made number two 😂

@alanmoffat4454 10 ай бұрын

NICE TOO SEE THAT YOU LOVE YOUR JOB , GOOD LUCK ON THIS HUNT 😮.😊

@Knards 10 ай бұрын

This just goes to show, that groundhogs know nothing about the value of human artifacts

@LongdistanceRider22 10 ай бұрын

Please cover up that Hole.. you don’t want any kids falling in there with the snakes.

@connorsrelicsandtreasures9862 10 ай бұрын

what do you mean the hornets are gone.

@markstothard630 10 ай бұрын

If you found a piece of old Redware in the UK you could be forgiven for believing it to be Roman Samianware.

@oleradiodudea.m.4735 10 ай бұрын

When people trespass and do exploration of any type without permission it is no different then if you walk right into a store and take cash out of the cash register!

@davidmorris4826 10 ай бұрын

Yes I see your point . But the owner of the cash register has earned that money, thus they feel that loss. But when some thing has been buried for hundreds of years. Lost by someone who has been dead for hundreds of year. And their decendants have long ago moved on to who knows were. And you find something that no living soul even knows exist. Does any one feel a loss ?.

@oleradiodudea.m.4735 10 ай бұрын

@@davidmorris4826 That's not the point. Chigg said the person who left the sifting equipment behind had apparently done the sifting without specific permission from the property owner. I stand by my comment because there was not permission by the property owner. Therefore it was a trespass.

@davidmorris4826 10 ай бұрын

@@oleradiodudea.m.4735 My point was no loss is felt.