Civil War Relics, Treasure Galore And MOAR!

This was one super awesome, most excellent adventure metal detecting for Civil War relics and treasure hunting on the river. I take my kayak up the creek and discover that many fun and fantastic finds await me in an area that I had searched in years past. Listen close and you may hear "The Sounds Of The Wild Aquachigger"!
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[@ThePennyPickerJerichoJoe]

One thing I've noticed about your videos over the years is that you still get just as excited when you make a find as when you started. I think this is one of the reasons that your subscriber numbers keep rising. It is a pleasure watching you hunt. It is educational on many different levels including detecting, history, how things were done back in the day and just about everything else concerning being outdoors in the woods. Keep up the good work, you are providing a service to your fellow fishermen. I guess you could say I dig it man, wow man. I'm a Chigger Digger. Stay cool mannnn...

[@jerryb8278]

4 years and many views later, this hunt just never grows old. Bravisimo, Chigg.

[@tink0206]

so glad you made video!!! I know it is time consuming, but we (your fans)... are eager to see your adventures! You are an amazing detectorist and I thank you for your skill, humor, insight, and just pure entertainment !!!!!

[@brandonsymington9686]

I agree

[@garrylashum]

I agree 100%

[@wsiklogfh]

+Bridget McCord hear hear :)

[@bobd3314]

I haven't detected in awhile; you inspired me to buy another detector. Never found any civil war relects.

[@sydneyorr5685]

When you talked about your wife, that made my heart melt! I love that your wife obviously supports what you do and finds a way to enjoy the hobby with you via the bells! So cool to hear stuff like that! You rock Mr. Beau!

[@bedbassandbeyond6090]

I've been watching your videos for a while and I love them! You are so enthusiastic! We need more people like you in society today... 😊

[@paulparnell3839]

Beau your videos are better than any TV so full of history and great entertainment would love to spend a week detecting with you.

[@RosusaMansuran]

You should write a book about your "treasure" hunting, I know I would read it.

[@walkingtrails7776]

Gee Golly and Shazam!!!! That's a heck of a day!! Love how u actually found the other back piece to the epaulettes , awesome, people will study these type of finds for years and years to come.

[@paulquigley1855]

Beau, your adventures really make me wish I were 20 or 30 years younger! Keep up the great work/fun you do.

[@cclyon]

Great video. I'm jealous as heck. We don't have Civil War history out here in the west. I have to live vicariously through you easterners.

[@cclyon]

I live in the west with no Civil War history. I live vicariously through you easterners. Great video.

[@3enjoy3]

Any war is hell and the suffering unimaginable but don't you think the personal effects, like the locket and ring make the futility and sadness so very poignant? Such an interesting video Beau, thanks again. :)

[@michaeltaylor7911]

Beau Ouimette The shoulder scallops are awesome. And I can't wait to see the first shanko shell cleaned up. You are inspiring to my daughter, she wants to get a detector now so that she can find "bullets and money like Beau in the river". She's four. Thanks Beau.

[@ErlefromVa]

Dang it Beau, slow down all ready! LOL Give me long enough to gather myself and wipe the drool off of my keyboard! Holy cow you had a killer day! Shells, complete shoulder scales, axe, bullets, padlock, pendant, on and on! For a spot you forgot about, I believe Old Timers has truly set in. Just what the heck came out of that location first go round! HWH

[@theted1601]

What an awesome video and awesome dig. With the epaulets, button, locket, and ring all in the same general vicinity I can't help but imagine what the chances are that you stumbled upon a civil war era officer's final resting place. Your videos make me want to get a detector and take up the hobby myself. Thanks and keep digging.

[@the1bulldurham]

The body decomposed in the river. On the body were the epaulettes and wedding ring. In his pocket was the lockett containing family pictures. In his body were the two bullets. His family forever wondering what happened to him and he lay rotting in the river. Horrible times.

[@patio87]

That lock is a railroad switch lock. Lots of people collect those.

[@danpeloquin8402]

Great videos! I LOVE that you emphasize to fill the holes!!!

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEL MY GOSH!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL THE GOOD STUFF YOU COULD HAVE FFOUND IF THE WATER WAS CLEAR??? WHAT A NICE LITTLE SPOT! JUST LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT RELICS THAT YOU DID FIND!!! THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@fouilleuseacadienne-darlen1553]

Please don't stop making videos! I love watching you 'hunt'. Thank you!

[@effenfish661]

treasure galoar and moarrrrrrrrrrr! a wide variety of finds, glad you posted this one beau!

[@effenfish661]

+Beau Ouimette getting things wrong is the only thing i do right!

[@adventuresunknown1013]

Beau, Oh my gosh!!!!!! What awesome finds!!!!! The lock, silver ring, shells, bullets and MOAR!!!! LOL

[@4thdimensiontravels855]

I thought POPEYE! RIGHT WHEN YOU SAID IT. Im in the dark outside my house watching Chigg dig. Neighbors probably think im nuts. "Wow" cool" holy cow!!!" Over and over completely into this video. Man what i would do to hunt 1 day with this mastr!!!

[@Wwally]

Really enjoyed tagging along. Love how your hunts are adventures.

[@michaelcarrarini4661]

Aquachigger makes really good content

[@jimthompson9992]

Excellent hunt Beau! Congratulations on all the great finds. Days like that really make the hobby so much fun. Just keep your great videos coming!

[@sirflimflam]

I've only recently stumbled across your channel, but I'm honestly amazed at how much stuff you find... Bullets make sense to me -- so many were fired over the course of the civil war. But you find so many amazing things that just seems to be business as usual for you. That old lock you found was really neat find for me. I love old locks. I wish I lived somewhere nearby civil war sites. I'm out in San Diego on the west coast, when people think metal detectors they think combing beaches for watches and rings...

[@McCarthyRay]

I think this is probably the most innuendo filled episode I've seen from this channel! "Sweet, sweet, little beaver....Remember to fill your holes!!" Hahaha! :)

[@swampdonkeydetecting8967]

I thought about that soilders being shot and killed when you found that dropped bullet and the fired one in the same spot. then you found those shoulder deals, and I got the willys before you even said anything lol

[@porteralexander8936]

Metal Detecting Power Rankings: 1. Beau Ouimette 2. Nugget Noggin 3. Dr. Tones 24k 4. Deep Digger Dan

[@dubcoco1]

Another awesome hunt Beau! Thanks so much for taking us along with you!

[@DigginRomanTreasure61]

Beau, I am quite envious of your abilities to find all the Civil War items that you get. The Civil War has to be my favorite era. I really enjoy the videos, just keep them coming. I look forward to the next!!

[@MG-zl3gl]

Sir, this is your best video yet. Enthralling to say the least. Thank you very much!

[@darlatidwell9995]

That epaulet is too cool. The brass lock looks old. Nice video Chigg,.. an artillery shell...and another one. Wow. You got the matching epaulet, and a ring. You're 3rd artillery shell, and 4th artillery shell. Great day out for sure. 👍

[@ExploringAlabama]

Wonderful boat load of treasure!

[@barbaraelford9285]

Holy jackpot Andy. What a great hunt. Excited for you Beau. Until next video God Bless and good health to you and your wife.

[@johnamico588]

Hey beau, I totally agree with you on ALWAYS filling in your hole. Unfortunately, in Illinois, where I live, it is illegal to metal detect in forest preserves because somebody broke their ankle tripping on a hole that somebody didn't fill in. Not filling in the hole can be dangerous for others and can have consequences, like the law passed against detecting in forests in Illinois :(

[@badp1ggy854]

Id still go unless there were rangers

[@BirdDogg]

It is a good thing I did not ever get a chance to see this video before we went back out there, I would have been crawling out of my skin! Thanks so much for the shout out, and the invite, it was a day I will never forget. Oughta still be a few moar goodies out there!

[@BirdDogg]

Can't weight! lol

[@joseymerchant1168]

At first I thought I would only watch about 5 minutes of this.. but you kept me amused so I watched through the whole thing

[@OurPastAu]

Great finds! Amazing video (as always). Its fascinating that you find all those relics in the river. You have got me motivated to go detecting in my local rivers this summer. Happy Hunting!

[@ronaldmcgodamneddonald1811]

such a great thing to come home from work and watch. good stuff.

[@TheRedneckRailRoad]

Love the railroad finds. That lock is sweet. I like all of it but its cool when you find the railroad stuff too.

[@christinatravis6686]

great video . love the action of your excitement. thanks for sharing.😄

[@kevinron7559]

What a fantastic place, and you said it wasn't that great the last time you where there. You lucky son of a gun. Terrific video Beau.

[@diesel4135]

Sweet sweet beaver leaves a track over a belt buckle..half of horse shoe comes out..stinkin' beaver..lol..chig you're the best

[@Lee-lx2zm]

Great vid Beau.Theres an old domestic ash tip 50yrds from my house,i used to collect bottles from it.the rabbits still kick them up periodically ,ive got a small collection of vic vic bottles,lol..

[@shellythom7248]

Couldn’t help but agree when you said a soldier fell there. That’s a shame. I am surprised that these places are not considered historical sites since there was civil war action there. Can’t believe you found so much left there from that time.

[@glennbelldc1651]

Always enjoy hanging out with you. very cool epilets and shells etc. GL&HH OH yeah thank the wife for us fans with out her letting you do this we'd be bored to tears. LOL hope she enjoys the crotal bell

[@bartonrobinson4266]

Nice..fun watching ya fine them Shells and Bullets..Looks like more than a productive hunt..Thanks Beau as always !!

[@seanAR-1522]

I can't wait to do this myself one day. I love finding old stuff from American history

[@GoldenEagleTuH]

Thumbs up, great hunt and as always a joy to watch. Looking forward for the next video, river detecting looks so much fun.

[@HistoryDigger]

Wow a lot of neat finds. Those shoulder bars are the coolest by far, Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sherryrector2275]

Lmao i thought it was s bicycle seat at first. Omg. An eppalet. Nice pad lock. Bingo. Shell. Nice indeed two. No way dude. 😂. The matching eppalet and an axe head. The Water gods are with you today.

[@dannyraleigh7773]

Anything found from the 'Civil war' is pretty neat.

[@Dirtflicker]

You really do find some amazing stuff Beau! Awesome digs man! I love that brass lock! Locks are some of my favorite relics to unearth! Great video dude, you really had a great adventure and found some AWESOME relics.

[@muddyh2os131]

OMG, I'm soooo jealous, Beau that was an awesome day!!! I live in central Indiana and haven't even had a chance to hunt anything close to that. Love the history you're finding. Keep it up.

[@seosamhv]

Beau, you are a legend! Your videos are interesting and fun to watch. Favourite KZbin channel by far!

[@DocLarsen44]

Good hunt! When you least expect it you find all sorts of stuff.

[@anthonywagstaff]

+DocLarsen44 Low expectations is a wonderful disposition.

[@kimsellers1470]

Dang Beau!! My jaw dropped when you pulled that second shoulder scale up. You found one or two earlier this year, didn't you? I've seen a few people find pieces of them, but you keep finding the whole thing intact. You have got to be one of the luckiest people ever.

[@kimsellers1470]

That's awesome. I look forward to seeing your next videos.

[@Mandy7D7]

What a roller coaster of emotions today with AquaChigger. We thought the mighty Beaver was your friend, only to trick you. We got excited over the civil war shoulder pad, then two, then it got dark with "The Ring". At one point the mighty pick was lost..."noooo!"...but relief, it never wandered too far away. I swooned over the lock becuase old locks look so beautiful and then we faced some sadness when the locket was found. The realities of war, truths we must learn and remember. A treasure for sure. Headless Popeye showed up and was pretty creepy, thanks headless Popeye. At some point we learn that you lost a friend. Accident? NO. Dumbasery. It's never fun to lose a good friend to his own dumbassery but I'd say good call. Beautiful shells, beautiful weather, I am happy you got your wife another beautiful Bell and how sweet it is that it made your whole day.

[@The78vikings]

LOL!! "Sweet Lil' Beaver", (finds horseshoe), "OK, buddy, now it's ON!!". Epic!! Thanks for the video, always a treat to join you on your adventures. GL & HH in '16!

[@jamowie]

Totally appreciate the vid and taking the time to share it. Thanks, Beau!

[@mainesjeannelstevens1487]

When you found the second epilette(sorry if that incorrectly) I was thinking that it could have been a fallen soldier, then you found the wedding ring.. and I got chills.. Great river hunt, thank you for sharing ♡

[@mainesjeannelstevens1487]

@@aquachigger so very true, its fascinating to imagine who these people were, what they were thinking, and who was home awaiting their return... I truly enjoy all of your adventures, your enthusiasm is inspiring, Your knowledge is incredible...

[@thegreaterbilby2171]

I was amazed when you found both brass epaulettes, and even found the missing piece from the 2nd one. Were there any remnants of photographs in the locket picture frames?

[@tracyjamestavares3255]

Awsum history comin out . Thanx 4 takin us ! .

[@RoadWarrior72]

those shells are awesome. love it when u find them.

[@Vsshooter]

You detector would go crazy on our place on the river. All of the cans, beer cans, pull tabs bottle caps that have been deposited on the place by the river from the delta plus it was a ferry crossing for years and a school was on the property and the farm.. Yankees landed there in Dec. 1862 and got their butts kicked royally! That could be a lock for a limber chest or from a forage wagon.

[@kevinbrown8514]

I was actually saying that's Popeye. it's Popeye. lol. Then you confirmed that it was Popeye. I know I told you I just recently found out about you, but I have pretty much went thru your catalog and watched every video. You make everything so interesting with your comments and narrations.. Then you take the time to comment on your videos and talk to the people and that also impresses me. I genuinely feel like you're a good dude. Thanks for sharing your life and findings with us Beau.

[@waltershumate5777]

I hope your house has a good, solid foundation, otherwise when you put those shells in a display case, your HOUSE MAY SLUMP!! What A JACKPOT!! CONGRATULATIONS!! GREAT FINDS!! I wish I was more local to you. I would buy the first couple of beers on THAT expidition!! Geeze...What a find! RIGHT ON MAN! Thanks for sharing that !

[@petermitchell10]

You had a great day there didn't you Beau some good finds i liked them epaulets. Keep the videos coming

[@panhandlesharkteeth7910]

Chiggar in the water.Happy hunting and good luck to you.Great video!

[@Pulltabporter]

That's crazy! Finding a shell is up there on my bucket list. Good hunt sir.

[@charliewilliams4788]

Great hunt, 4 shells and some interesting finds. Nice job!

[@IIDeCkArDII1]

...Once again your video makes me smile Beau :D...your finds rocked!!...those Epaulets and th' 4 shells, Outstanding Dude, Outstanding! ;)

[@ianfrazer9575]

What a mixed bag of interesting finds from one day, great video as always.

[@xueyong8619]

That scale is one great find! Pity the fabric has long since rotten away...(maybe there are some bones in the silt?)

[@xueyong8619]

Well it may of just fallen off but I like to imagine >_>

[@sicdigz80]

Wow! What a relic hunt! Made for an awsome video too!

[@mauriliozamora6627]

Congrats on your finds, for some reason the Padlock is my favorite but someday I will find one metal detecting. Happy hunting !

[@user-kr3wk8vi7x]

great video and finds. enjoyed it very much. thanks for letting us tag along

[@ukrelichunter7248]

I'm glad you made the video beau. I just love them mate! Thank you so much for sharing them with us :) One day I hope to make some too when I can get myself a underwater camera. I think UK river hunts could be very interesting!

[@brandonfireking7655]

if you havnt found out yet (as this is an older video) I found your popeye statue on ebay. its either whimpy or popeye, vintage probably 1930s. if it still had the paint and head, you'd be looking at ~$100 profit on that

[@natedog1890]

Every time you get a shell I always think of the scene in Joe dirt with the sewage tank

[@maytagmark2171]

One of the first pieces you showed us time stamp 1:00 was part of a tractor or car carburetor from the 1920s-30s

[@dusty-tokenswhitaker4246]

the beaver battle rages on...... its a love hate relationship!

[@ian_anderson5]

I have seriously learned so much from these videos. Thanks for making such great content.

[@jakphlash]

Your knowledge of the history of the Civil War and it's artifacts is amazing. Somehow, I suspect you may be a history teacher. I'm a new sub, having found you one day ago. I can't stop watching.

[@barrybrown2941]

Good Grief, don't tell a soul where you found this stuff... Great video!

[@carollkeen5978]

You have truly been blessed by the Lord. Keep the videos coming.

[@davidberry8498]

wah wah wah, cap gun. lol great trip! awesome vid:)

[@coinspaderssp]

is there ever a chance that one of those old shell can still detonate?

[@rhinorinehart8066]

Great day hunting !! Love seeing what you find. Thanks for sharing.....Rhino

[@MrLodak]

Awesome finds! always cool to see what it is when you pull it out.

[@robertboucher2258]

shoulder scales! artillery shells! ax heads! yanno, sometimes i really dislike you chigg lmao damn good job buddy GREAT finds! congratulations!

[@bottlecapbryan7497]

Congratulations !!! That’s amazing.

[@tennesseegem1063]

Love it, great finds. I can't remember anything about those shells you found. Maybe I'm just losing my mind. great video Beau.Dont forget the corn for the little woman.

[@robinlindner7220]

What a haul!! Great video Beau!! Thank you!!

[@merjot123]

Fantastic finds! Wonderful video.

[@TheBcdm]

Hey Beau very good hunt! I'm glad u started filming! didnt want to miss this ^_^

[@weeeaaa]

21:11 Looks like the Orioles Bird mascot.

[@Ozukaziii]

I'm learning about The Civil War in school and it would be awesome if I brought a shell like that into class. It would mean the world, Beau. :)

[@Ozukaziii]

+Beau Ouimette Now that I think about it. I was hoping you'd say that. Lol