Close Helmet excavation Jamestown

[@lindakile1229]

I love all of your team's conservation videos! It is amazing what has been found by your hard working team. I hope to visit Jamestown in the not too far future and hope to visit the museum.. Thanks for all your hard work to preserve our history.

[@johngray9434]

What an amazing project and one which is of major historical value to both the United States and also the UK! Thanks for sharing. John Dundee. Scotland.

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

For having been uploaded eleven years ago, this video, surprisingly, has such few views or subscribers. I’m shocked, because this is the rich history and foundation of America and there are so few that know this channel exists. I’ve seen several videos from this channel so far, and every single one of them could easily have been a two hour documentary; they are so fascinating! Great work to all of the conservators, archaeologists and staff working to preserve this fantastic heritage for future generations. One thing I would like to see and hear from people in these videos is the proper respectful terminology when referring to Native Americans. I would rather hear them being referred to as “Indigenous People” or First Nations People than “Indians”.

[@DennisMorrison1955]

Just found this channel today. I am hooked. I cannot stop! Amazing to be sure!

[@marymathis9299]

That’s just so cool! Thanks for putting here so we can enjoy the finds too!! 👍👍👍

[@ritaroberts5836]

I love watching conservators at work. Thanks for this video

[@nitramsonjack4741]

Thank you for preserving history. Absolutely amazing!!

[@brentlichtenberg]

Your whole team deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this amazing documentation and preservation of early U.S. History.

[@Depak1959]

They haven’t cured Cancer for gods sake

[@sleepysombre4307]

@@Depak1959😂😂 i know right. these guys are doing tricks on it. never seen so much 🍆 sucking

[@Leon-bc8hm]

For what ? They didn't save the trees which are our lifeline.

[@panzerlieb]

Well maybe not US history. The United States wasn’t a thing when this helmet was buried. Early American history is a better way to describe it

[@tavish4699]

@@Leon-bc8hm you dont need to save trees they ill allways be there even when we are long gone

[@ArtistTree]

Thanks SO much for sharing your work! Oh how I wish I could've gotten into professional conservation; I'm jealous, lol! ♡

[@davewoodworth1762]

Brilliant, keep up the ground breaking work.

[@ArmsandArmor]

thats an incredible find!

[@Lahire-s7l]

Super cool restorasion top😊

[@E180TEKNO]

greetings from France , remarquable work really congratulations many of respect for you work good luck for the futur

[@aaronshaw6743]

how cool would it be to see it side by side with a fully intact replica and with the original color

[@craigthescott5074]

You don’t need a replica there are many originals still out there.

[@catman8670]

Priceless objects, allowing a look at the country’s beginnings

[@zpy-nq7wv]

SIMPLY AMAZING!

[@lostonwallace1396]

An amazing find!!

[@robertodebeers2551]

Wow. What a find.

[@perrytferrell]

Curious about the air abrasion process. if the helmet went into the oven to remove moisture, doesn't the compressed air reapply moisture from the line? Assuming the amount is negligible to the process as the finished product looks nice but it did make me wonder.

[@michaelhood1291]

I love that this dude is literally preserving the earliest American history… on a damn cafeteria lunch tray 🤣🇺🇸💪🏼

[@jsmcguireIII]

I also plan on eventually being coated with tannic acid and B72 acrylic myself.

[@JamestownRediscovery]

Cheers, we will keep them coming.

[@tiggytheimpaler5483]

JamestownRediscovery I love how when it comes to archeology we are definitely the mcguivers of the scientific world lol

[@ArmsandArmor]

it would be really cool to see what the helmet looked like when it was new/complete. are there surviving examples similar/same as this one? how common were close helms like this in the new world? was it made in the colonies or imported from Europe? thank you for sharing the conservation process, excited to hear any updates on this find!

[@panzerlieb]

Oh this is as definitely made in England. There were no resources nor skilled armorers to make something like this at Jamestown.

[@JK-dj1zj]

Knights Templar Helmet.

[@tegunn]

Is the use of electrolysis for rust removal in preservation acceptable? It is less aggressive than air blasting is it not?

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I used to buy uncleaned Roman coins to clean them, research them and then resell. I used electrolysis on some coins that were low grade and most likely to bring lower prices. It was quicker than the tedious "hand" cleaning process. The process does damage the artifact, just not in the same way as abrasion does. Objects cleaned with electrolysis are less desirable to professional collectors and museums. It's viewed as "amateurs taking shortcuts," against the more universally accepted methods of "professional" preservation. However, in the case of very large objects with voids that are inaccessible to traditional methods (like Iron cannons) then electrolysis can be an acceptable recourse.

[@toxi87]

Just curious, the artifact is safe to handle with involved hands after the tonic acid is put on. Very interesting

[@Rockhoundingcolorado]

So what your finding is knight armor halbard's and such? Much more militant overlord, than I really even imagined.

[@ersikillian]

The helmet is made of wrought iron?

[@TubeRadiosRule]

Is this the third close helmet found in Virginia, then, after the two found at the Wolstenholm Towne site, or have others been found in between?

[@AnthonyArthur-d2f]

Amazing!

[@Rubin_Schmidt]

WESTFORD KNIGHT: On a hillside in Westford, Massachusetts, there is a ledge carrying the carved outline of a medieval Knight. The Knight holds a broken sword, and his shield bears the arms of the Gunn family from Caithness , who were related to the Sinclairs, along with the picture of a ship, a comet, a star and the sun. The carving is claimed to represent the cousin of Sinclair, Sir James Gunn, who died climbing nearby Prospect Hill with a party to investigate rising smoke seen in the distance. A punched-hole effigy outline shows Gunn's cloak of the Knights Templar, and his sword is dated around 1360. !!!

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

I knew the Knights Templar were here as early as the 14th century but recently, Templar swords have been found in the United States dating to the year 800 AD. One was found in the desert in Tucson, Arizona.

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@alfiesolomons1179]

that whole story is bullcrap. the carving has been proven to be made my native americans, the sword and other things have been carved way later.

[@Rubin_Schmidt]

@@alfiesolomons1179 A fleet of 12 ships under the command of Antonio Zeno was commissioned by Prince Henry Sinclair, EarL of Orkneys,, paid for by Templar money Novo Scotia, and proceeded to explore the east coast of America. Sir Henry was murdered on his return in 1400 AD and the Sinclair family claim that the knight buried at Westford, Massachusetts, was Sir James Gunn. !!!

[@Leon-bc8hm]

@@SongOfSongsOneTwelve UTTER BS.

[@Teutonic__Knight]

This was cool!

[@tegunn]

was anyone breathing between 4:50-5:20 ??

[@joejohnston2035]

curious, why aren't any questions/ or comments rarely ever responded to ?

[@markosterman419]

Never heard the term air abrasion before … but from a conservation point of view I guess that sounds less violent than sandblasting.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

What did this look like before any damage?

[@hangar4851]

Interesting to see such a helmet in Jamestown. At first glance though, it is definitely not a bourgeonet helmet. It rather looks like an italian armet without the outer visor. Would be interesting to find out, who was the wearer. In mid 16th century, it could have easily have been a second hand helmet for anyone joining such a risky enterprise. Official soldiers that time in europe would have used bourgeonets or simple morions.

[@iamblackthorne]

Wonderful!

[@nigel900]

All in stunning 480p......

[@stephengrimmer35]

So basically just wash the dirt off, sand blast, paint with rust converter and varnish. Just very carefully!

[@raybohn7]

What abrasive is used?

[@iamblackthorne]

Ray Bohn Aluminum oxide powder.

[@EgholmViking]

need a real steady hand for that kind of work :)

[@simon-oy6um]

Ever thought of phosphoric acid ,turns iron oxide into iron phosphate and preserves ??😊

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

Even if Evaporust wasn't available, I'm certain something of the sort was...so why wasn't as much of the rust converted back to iron as possible, before knocking off huge amounts of metal? Seems like a not at all conservative method of conserving it. What else, gonna polish it, remove even more metal?

[@Tyler.i.81]

Good Job SQIRE

[@paul-we2gf]

This looks like the ones found at Martin's Hundrrd in the 1970s.

[@iamrichrocker]

could you folks have an iron worker..blacksmith..or a craftsman..to see or show how this helmet was made...must have been superior workmanship back in the day to create this helmet..thx..

[@JamestownRediscovery]

Cool idea, I'm guessing we'd need to turn to Europe for that type of expertise, but it's worth asking the blacksmiths at nearby Colonial Williamsburg what they'd think of that idea.

[@imapseudonym1403]

There are several world-class armourers in the USA. A quick google search will yield some good results, especially if you search in New York state... Just saying...

[@andrewpetronis7141]

I'd like to make a speculative reconstruction of this helmet at some point. It is interesting in that such helmets were normally worn by cavalry or "curiassers" at the time. They are sometimes referred to as "seige burgonets" or "savoyard helms". They were munitions helmets, made to be relatively inexpensive (compared to earlier armors) and practical.

[@robnewman6101]

Wow. Interesting.

[@annanardo2358]

How OLD is it ?????????????

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

STRANGE THIS HELMET LOOKS MORE 14TH CENTURY THAN 16TH ???

[@citizen1114]

Very cool.

[@hmshood9212]

So Cuirassiers in the New World?

[@LuisJimenez-jr9dg]

Muy interesante

[@erho2967]

His name was Humongous

[@jasonshumate6456]

Is that an Executioners Mask?

[@slaveofjesus3878]

? No.

[@jasonshumate6456]

@@slaveofjesus3878 it must be missing its Visor, amazing it survived.

[@davidevans3175]

Tis but a scratch!!

[@deannacrownover3]

Looking at the size of his hands in comparison to the size of the helmet, you can see how much larger we are today then our Colonial counterparts! My Heavens his hand would encompass that helmet wearers entire face and most of their head with one hand!

[@tegunn]

helmets were fitted(tight as possible) to a particular soldier, not one size fits all..

[@MustangsbyMatt]

It's sand blasting, don't church it up son.

[@chrisnewport7826]

My ancestor helped them there.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

This is not a job for people who are prone to throwing things and trashing rooms when they get frustrated about things not going their way. You see this type of reaction to displeasure being taught as acceptable behavior by the media in movies, TV shows and news casts covering riots.

[@willfakaroni5808]

That’s pretty obvious

[@daveybass655]

This belonged to the knight, originally buried under the grave stone. Who arrived with other templars, in the 1300's. The grave stone, is also, a land claim, marker. No coincedence, that James fort, was built, on this location.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

BS.

[@daveybass655]

@Leon-bc8hm totally. Just made it up, provocature style. Or did I ?

[@warsmithkorath5882]

Funny cos it’s a 16th century burgonet style helmet so no idea where your getting 1300s templar helmet

[@daveybass655]

@@warsmithkorath5882 from my imagination. Where else.

[@Crimson-kt7fd]

That helmet seems out of place during the time of Jamestown. It could have been part of a Morion helmet or something else. Then again I could be wrong, plate armor was still active during that era

[@user-bh4rx8mf8g]

Unusual, certainly, but not necessarily out of place.

[@LutzDerLurch]

clos helmets were common armour during the 1600s, though.

[@7125Mhz]

It's very common for the period.

[@TheSeer101]

You are wrong. It would be unusual if it was made of Kevlar because that didn't come out till the 1700's

[@thatchannel195]

Taijess Basnaw maybe a european brought it with 2 america

[@406nova6]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 air abrasion what a laugh people will change words to make things sound fancy you basically you dried it off in the oven( so your aluminum oxide wouldn't clump in the blast cabinet ) sandblasted it Rust prevented it like a car it's just a baby sand blaster aluminum oxide gets used all the time .wow could do the same job for 15 bucks what you charge...... and I'm not kidding 15 bucks or less and that's getting the acrylic glue from Walmart they sell for 24 bucks a bottle and it comes with a free syringe to apply it🤣😂🤣😂

[@benitagrattan193]

How rude r u...this is American history & these people r train to restore it...who cares what type of wording they used... unbelievable rude

[@E180TEKNO]

@@benitagrattan193 surely a young teenager without culture you think

[@markmiles2955]

Bull shite

[@John-wg6xw]

What do you mean please. ?

[@timmo491]

This is a 'CLOSED' or full face helmet. If you had been unlucky enough to be an incapacitated French combatant wearing one of these at Agincourt, you would have been finished off with a dagger through the eye slits. All the best from England.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Funny how the English lost that war.

[@timmo491]

@Leon-bc8hm haha which war? Henry V was the rightful King of France by his mother as supported by the Burgundians. Aw bless. Are you still sore about Crecy maybe? Or maybe the pretender Jeanne d'Arc being burned at the stake by your own people. Or Britain defeating and imprisoning (twice) the little Sicilian tyrant to his death Bonaparte, or maybe the shameful French performance with Vichy? Or maybe running away from Iraq? Thanks for speaking my language though.

[@DennisMorrison1955]

Just found this channel today. I am hooked. I cannot stop! Amazing to be sure!