That’s awesome man, thanks for stopping by!

That’s fantastic! Congratulations to you as well

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Will! I was speechless too when I got the phone call that he found one

Thanks for stopping by John! Glad you enjoyed

Thanks Troy! Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks Bob! Now we need to get you on some trail finds!!

And rhe GOLD of course!! 🔥

Thanks!! Yeah truly can’t ask for a better trail spot!! History was saved on that hunt for sure

Thanks Chris you too!

Thanks Brian appreciate you stopping by!!

Thank you!

Thanks Gary I appreciate it!

They are small! It’s like they were asking for them to be lost with how small they are. And yeah 1 dollar in 1852 would be equivalent to about $35 today. Insane

I think the same way. I've found five silver dollars, and other old silver coins, and it seems silly, but I feel sorry for the people who lost them. They were worth a lot back then.

Thanks! God bless!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thanks man glad to hear you are enjoying the videos and the channel! I have done a lot of different types of detecting but I think detecting the westward trails has been my favorite so far.

Thanks for stopping by Cynthia! I know if Garrett sees this he would say thanks as well!

Thank you!!

Thanks for stopping by! It really was a crazy ride. To think of the story behind all these finds is unbelievable. Telling the story of westward expansion. It’s so amazing to be able to dig these items and I will remember it for the rest of my life for sure.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Richard! God deserves all the glory. So for your first question they call it a ball because that was kind of just the generic term for a bullet back then even though Minieballs are not necessarily spherical. As for your second question a J-hook is also known as a knapsack hook and was used to keep a soldiers knapsack that they kept their personal belongings in closed.

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting Thanks. To God be the glory. not as dumb as i was a few hrs. ago:>)

Good question, I should have put a slide in the video explaining what they are. They are also known as knapsack hooks and they were what closed the flap of a soldier’s knapsack that carried their personal belongings

Thanks for stopping by! Yeah these types of sites are hard to find

I hear you there. Finding places like that can take a lot of time but when it happens it's awesome.

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!!

Thanks so much glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed.

Thanks man no problem!! It’s a lot of fun putting these together

Thanks, It really is. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are unmarked graves not too far from there

Thanks Amy!! Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for stopping by! Yeah I’ve been detecting for 7 years and never seen a gold coin found and now I’ve seen two come out in the past couple months. Crazy

Thanks Tracy!! It really was a dream hunt! Even though I wasn’t there for Garrett’s gold I was just as excited watching the clips of it. God bless!

Thanks….it was amazing to see the gold coin unearthed in person!!

Thanks Don glad you enjoyed!

Thanks Don!

So glad you enjoyed! Detecting the trails is so thrilling. That’s really cool you live by the Santa Fe trail. I have detected on the Santa Fe Trail once near Great Bend, KS but I mostly search the Oregon Trail. Lots of history around here.

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting I just came across your channel. Are you in Kansas? I'm in salina

Thanks so much glad you enjoyed!

What’s a J hook? What was its purpose?

Thanks Chase!!

Thanks man I appreciate it! Glad to have viewers from across the pond

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting I'm lucky enough to have sites to detect on that have 2000 years of history behind them. But the joy I have watching you guys dig a Dragoon button on the Oregon Trail is why I love this hobby and the people who are saving history. Cheers from Hampshire

Congratulations to you Patrick! Wow!

Thanks! I know if Garrett saw this he would say thanks as well!

Lol thanks man! We need to do a dig again I always enjoy catching up with you

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting same here buddy. I have been thinking about trying to come up that way.

The Sooner State Diggers For sure. Even if you can’t make it all the way up here we can meet up somewhere in between. For me it’s not about the spot when I dig with you I just enjoy the fellowship with you

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting same here buddy

Thanks for stopping by!!

Thanks Mark! We knew the sites we were hunting had the potential and it finally happened!

You sound like the voice of experience Mark! May I ask how many gold coins you found? I am still on zero!

Thanks and welcome to the channel! Thanks for stopping by

Hey Bob! How are you doing?

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting OK. Ben and I are heading out tomorrow to door knock. Been tough detecting lately

@@robertwynn5844 Hope you guys do well! Jim and I are getting out tomorrow as well

Thanks Bob!

Thanks man!!

I just asked the same question . . . .

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks so much Sue! We had a lot of fun on this one, it's been a great digging season so far

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting It certainly has, congrats. xx

Thank you so very much!

@@garrettseuser5240 Congrats Garrett, that was one amazing find, you should frame it and display somewhere safe like a bedroom. xx

Thanks Matt!

Thanks!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks Jim I know if Garrett sees this he would be thanking you too!

Thanks Larry!

Thanks man appreciate you always stopping by!

Thanks Kevin! That’s crazy...just the other day here we had a high of 72 degrees...in December lol

Thanks man appreciate you stopping by and glad you enjoyed!

Thank you!!

Thanks for stopping by! That’s exactly the feeling we get with every find we make on the trail. Such an amazing feeling.

Well I can tell you from personal experience that it is a lot worse to get shot than it is to shoot someone else At least thats how it has been for me

That hook plus gold coin plus general sevice button add all those bullets yhat were found nonetheless not found..think about it..i imagine a wagon with gold coins tied down with rope and those hooks being escorted by cavalry either east or west and was raided either by indians or bandits..wagons may have ovetturned and indians wouldnt care as much for the coins as bandits

Thanks for stopping by! Yeah I might have to incorporate something like that a little bit more

Thanks so much!

Thanks! The J-hook is also known as a knapsack hook, and it held the flap down on a soldiers knapsack that they used to carry personal items.

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting Thank you for your response. That explains a lot and I should have known that, but even though I love history, uniforms and accouterments of equipment is something I've never studied.

Plenty of history in California, actually part of the Oregon trail goes to Sutters Fort

@@LS-ys8nr True . Wish I had a detector with me on my property hunt a couple weeks ago . Wasn't my land and the realtor who was with me probably would have objected .

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll have to check that out

It’s an amazing video! Wow! Real shipwreck treasure! 😍

Thanks man glad you enjoyed! Yeah I enjoyed every second of these hunts, it’s hard to find sites like these

Thanks Judy! I would say the state but there are some people who watch this channel that might be able to narrow down where I was more if I say. I will say its east of Wyoming though.

The year on the gold coin is 1852. Yeah Minieballs are a special type of lead bullet made around the 1850s and 60s. They were used a lot in the Civil War and on the western frontier

Thanks for stopping by! I was busy that day so I wasn't able to be there but I got a phone call from Garrett as soon as he found it.

Thanks!! Yeah I know it’s crazy. I’ve been detecting for 7 years and never seen a gold coin and now in the past 2 months I’ve seen 2 come out of the ground

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting ALMOST 4 years HUNTING here... STILL DREAMING AND CHASING... LOW TONES ARE MY DOWNFALL!!!

the uptick,,,,, thats a sticky question. detectors today are so much more powerful and sinsitive than ever before but i guess the true answer would be that most of the gold coins being found and recorded here on youtube are fake finds. ive been detecting for 45 years, i could fill two 5 gallon buckets with coins ive found, old and new, not to mention the hundreds of rings, but ive never found a gold coin in all that time. im not saying he didnt find this coin, its possible, but you want to know what a gold coin would look like that was lost on the oregon trail after 1500 miles of rough travel. put a gold coin in a rock tumbler with a hand full of other coins and run it for an hour, i assure you it wouldnt look very nice afterwards.

@@GreatOutdoorsDetecting WE ALL WIN TOGETHER WHEN THIS HAPPEN... VIA A SHARED, GREATEST HOBBY EVER!!! 💯🙏