Epic Metal Detecting Adventure in Scotland: XP DEUS 2 Unearths Hidden Treasures + Prize Giveaway!

[@susanbdusan2785]

I live in the U. S. A., so - crums! But I have something for you, instead. I found a paper on flax seals! “Lead seals of Russian origin in Fife” by John Sullivan. It even has a bunch of photographs of the seals, including one (15CUPMS, #31) whose reverse side is very close to the one which you found, today. There is a fine description of what information was placed on the seals as well, along with how to pronounce the Russian words. So, for yours, on the first line of the reverse, the letters APX are the abbreviation for the port of Archangel, and the last two letters are the Quality Control Officer’s symbol. The word on the next line, pronounced, “CHECKA”, means “heckled flax”. Not an insult - heckled means long. The third line is the grade of the flax. And the fourth gives the initials of the producer of the flax. I hope that I haven’t spoiled your fun by already looking up one side of the seal. You still have the obverse to explore! Thank you for all the fun.

[@conniesbookshelf]

the dundee medallion is a medal to commemorate the coronation of edward vii & alexandra in 1902, issued by city of dundee! 😊

[@johnburns5783]

Royal Scots Fusiliers will be what the wee badge is John 👍

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Excellent John! Thanks for confirming! A great wee find

[@RayD67]

shoulder badge, value £7.99

[@robyntaylor7476]

The bent piece of wire with the loop I recognised straight away. Back when I was a very young girl in the early 1960s my father would use one of these in the garden to mark a line. A piece of string is tied to that and wound around a bigger one. The small one would be put in the ground and the string unwound until it was long enough then the other pushed into the ground. The string is then the marker for your line of vegetable plants etc.

[@thelmakessel5509]

Can you hear us all talking to you when you puzzle over a target? I love watching you regardless of what you find. It’s the journey and your chatter that brings me to your channel. And I need to start taking notes about the history you teach but my hands are usually busy with bread dough or dishwashing suds. Thank you from Canada for always an interesting romp through the Perthshire fields❤

[@Irishmade17]

The star with horn is WW1 The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment SERGEANTS Cap Badge

[@5andwhy]

The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry. Nice find 👌

[@aprilwestervelt3516]

I can read Cyrillic. The first line is for the city of “Archangel”. The second line is something like “cheska” but I can’t find that in my dictionary. The third line is “3rd Sort” or 3rd Grade Level. Fourth line is the initials “F. R.” (Maybe the producer or manufacturer?) and the last line the is, of course, the date. :) The Russian word for flax is “лен”, so maybe it’s a seal for something else?

[@nickharmer3049]

Cheska = Czech 👍

[@HLBear]

You two rock!! ❤

[@girlnorthof60]

very cool... every days a school day for me 😁 thanks April

[@louiseburton1106]

Just 1x ticket please John!! Iv only been detecting for about a year. Found a gold signet ring for a friend in 6acres last week which had been lost for 10 years. Would love to meet other detectorists! I’m also in the south 😊 congrats on 40k subscribers!!!

[@paulchristian-lx5fm]

Congratulations on 40K plus subs🤙 2 x tickets would be brilliant, keep the videos coming 🤙🤙

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Many thanks. Draw coming very soon!!

[@tammykaltreider]

I know a sweet lady that got out of Russia to the USA 🇺🇸. I’ll email her a photo of the bag seal and see if she can read it for us!!!!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

That would be amazing Tammy!! Much appreciated

[@HLBear]

Someone in the comments had the answers. So exciting!

[@tammykaltreider]

@@HLBear it was me

[@tammykaltreider]

@@thescottishdetectorist I posted the translation of the bagseal!

[@dougsmith557]

The pointed wire could be a gunners pick/priming wire used to clear the vent of a cannon and to pierce the powder bag so the flame from the primer could ignite the charge.

[@foggytoddler]

The army badge is Cameronians Scottish Rifles. Based in Hamilton Barracks. My grandfather served during WW1

[@creounity]

9:11 the seal is from the Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian empire. The seal was on the package of long flax. The production date is 1878 AD.

[@bdewar6837]

Congrats on reaching over 40k subs John! I'm not a detectorist so good luck to all who enter!

[@jeanniemorales7092]

Good luck to all who enter! This Texan is gearing up for the total eclipse here on April 8th-a different kind of treasure! Love the videos, John. Thank you for letting us in on your history finds!

[@EmilyBoltz]

I’m in California- I don’t think we will have the view you will have! Enjoy!

[@StylesFilms]

2X tickets would be amazing ❤. What a generous offer John. Congratulations on the 40k mark! An amazing achievement for all your hard work. You are a great ambassador for the hobby 👍

[@donaldrutter1738]

I live in the USA so no way to get there but good luck to the winner(s). Good Luck Team Scotland and show them all how it's done. Hope you all find Gold. Be safe and will be watching. Thanks for the Video John.

[@SalexCoinHunters]

Went on my second ever big dig today- 7 romans, 9 irish hammered silver, my best find? A small bit of lead. We all have our days!

[@maureenshaw737]

Fantastic John 🙌🏻 sorry to be that person but jute is from a different plant, it’s not related to flax. Also, flax seed was imported in vast amounts from Riga in 18th century, so the seal may belong to a seed bag. At one point in Scotland in the 18th century linen was worth more than money and you could exchange board-certified cloth at a bank for cash.

[@tammykaltreider]

I just finished watching the last episode! How cool is this! ( I don’t even detect…I just love all the history and knowledge this old lady gains from you )

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Oh oh 😮 Scottish Detectorist overload!! Sorry Tammy 😜

[@wayneshaw730]

It's kind of cool that you find a lot of the older coins from Edward l , Longshanks , he is my 21st Great Grandfather . Great show

[@maryrees4276]

Congrats from the US on 40K subscribers, John!

[@tanjamorris5647]

Brilliant giveaway. Very generous and apropos of you. Great selection on the finds. Tried to reverse image search the bag seal … it came up with a perfect match, which linked directly to your video 😂😂😂

[@jackburgess9482]

I'm stuck here in the U.S. and i watch every one of your videos. Some day i hope to make it to Scotland since thats where my Fathers ancestors are from, we are descendants of the Campbell's.

[@janetgrahamtheberge4772]

COOL!! I’d LOVE to win your tickets, but being located in Texas, USA, I will not be able to attend, so some other lucky person will get that chance. I wish you all much luck!

[@GerThompson]

1 X Ticket would be fantastic! Here's to 50 K subscribers! Well done, well deserved John!

[@fiberotter]

The RC has gotten bigger each year. I saw that it was quite large last year.

[@detectingdaft]

Been a very wet start to the year. Helps with the signals but not with the comfort while out and about. Best wishes and happy hunting.

[@obroberts6533]

Nice dig today, John and Martin, some great finds, 1 badge for each of you. Missed Simon..

[@shonastott3749]

Cap badge looks like Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

[@becky8571]

The pointy thing with the loop looks like a relic cleaner!

[@clairewall]

😂

[@rodmehta5356]

Naaah, bronze age tooth pick 😂

[@bluenordy]

Could it be a pick for a cannon fuze-hole?

[@ianmackinnon9962]

Congratulations John, so well deserved 1X ticket please. Thanks Ian

[@jomo5242]

2 x tickets would be amazing! Me and my detectorist friend live down south, so we’d be delighted to win!

[@marklovell2933]

2x would be brilliant. Enjoy the channel in that it shows the ups and downs of our great hobby.

[@donkoscope]

2x tickets would be amazing, what a lovely offer! Congratulations on reaching the 40k! Happy detecting :-)

[@susancarr1236]

Congratulations on 40,000+ subscribers John! I think the tent peg like item you found is an ancient metal detecting tool for digging mud out of finds! 😊

[@Kearanfarr13]

X2 tickets 40.000 subscribers really well deserved mate been detecting about 7 months and your my main inspiration for going out and about All the best mate 👍🏻🤙🏻

[@McIntosh_Coin_Collector]

1x ticket would be fantastic. Thanks Lewis McIntosh

[@aprilleighallred8546]

Congratulations on 40k subscribers, John, you deserve every one of them!! I always enjoy following you around the beautiful fields of Perthshire. You really are the best metal detectorist on all of You Tube and quite possibly everywhere else in the world! I'm always ready to spare a few minutes to see what you've dug up! Much Love from The Sandhills of North Carolina!!

[@johnpatton6470]

2 X tickets. My wife and I have been saving to come and metal detect in the UK. It would be so great to meet you guys in person.

[@DanJCowie]

Keep up the brilliant videos John, by far the most knowledgeable detectorist channels on KZbin! 1X ticket would be super! Cheers, Daniel Cowie.

[@gone2thebar]

2x please, John. Would be great to meet you and the Team to shake your hand. Look forward to seeing you there!

[@deluxeviking]

I have taped the pinpointer to the shovel in the middle!! So much easier to carry around. A word of advice 😁 Thanks for all the great videos and follow you all the time !

[@EmilyBoltz]

I’m so excited that you all are going to attend!

[@debbieward7163]

Congratulations on 40,000❤...GLto those in the U.K for the contest❤

[@muzzychuck]

2x tickets please, John, because getting a selfie with Simon would be a dream come true 😁 A very generous prize, sir, and a fruitful dig as always 👍

[@Mr.E-]

Nice touch with the draw for 40,000 subs. And to spend a day with the experts… is priceless. ✨✌🏻😎

[@grahamoutterside7163]

Congrats for reaching 40, 000 subs, keep up the good work 2x

[@jamjak4834]

2 X Tickets. I tried to get tickets for the RCM but failed. Avidly watch your channel mate, I learn so much. Thank you.

[@clairejackson3118]

Claire Jackson x2 . Would be amazing to take my friend who can't get out detecting much. Thanks for a chance. I only live in Bristol so that would be perfect. X

[@Beth_D]

What a great give away! It’s only a few miles from my house this year 🤩 I managed to get camping tickets but lots of my friends missed out - 2 tickets please! Good luck everyone ❤

[@happymack6605]

Ah, if only I could teleport from NY to the dig! Good luck to everyone! Maybe a teleporter for 50k, eh? 💕🎉

[@morbidmuppet]

The metal spine with the loop reminds me of the pin of a very large penannular brooch (cloak pin). I have a small one like it that's a modern replica.

[@nomiseldnurt7064]

Royal Scots Fusiliers shoulder title badge. The title fusilier comes from the issuing of rifles (fusils) to regiments previously using muskets. The word rifle does not mean what we would think of today with modern cartridges but an improved musket with rifling in the barrel to cause the lead bullet to twist which helps with increased accuracy. First issued to the 60th Regiment of Foot in late 1700s or early 1800s.

[@bertrandlechat4330]

It looks like a meat skewer.

[@vickieoquin7498]

Good luck everyone that can go.🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@TheRibtickler23]

2x tickets for me and my brother inlaw congratulations on 40k as well John

[@maryannesiskirish4358]

X2 Tickets. Rodney Cook Saturday hunt. Although I love watching you and your mates find ancients, the coins and military finds from you and Martin in this hunt were so interesting!

[@RobinDouglas-q6z]

Thanks John for another entertaining video. 2x tickets would be lovely. Robin

[@beckycharlton19]

2x tickets please! Congratulations on 40k subscribers 🎉

[@brucehood5212]

Hi John That rally is very close to where I live so I wouldn't need camping Bruce Hood 1x

[@davidlewis9068]

Good luck with the giveaway. Wish I was in Scotland

[@andyfinley987]

Amazing giveaway and congrats on 40k subscribers. 1X ticket would be great!

[@Spitsz01]

Wish I could afford that giveaway! It's great! Good luck y'all!

[@AndyCasswell]

1x Ticket would be great. Congratulations on the 40K subscribers

[@paulinesalinas9443]

Oh I checked for that Rodney Cook Raleigh and you’re right there were none left 🙁 we were after two day tickets . We’d love them XX and that’s not kisses just the amount of tickets! 😂🤞

[@martinharris7197]

Amazing finds. Doesn't have to be gold. Love seeing bits of history dug up. Hope you find a roman hoard one day. Sent from 🇺🇸

[@LaurieLeeAnnie]

Whoever wins the tickets, please take some video that John can share with us! So jealous! Good luck!

[@relicrat]

Great hunt as always. I'm on the wrong side of the pond for the giveaway but it sounds fun. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@Alman7256]

get yourself a little sonic cleaning bath, like what they clean jewelry with. pick a crusted spendable and see how it does. put it in a baby jar of vinegar in the bath next and check results.

[@eleanorlaurent2303]

Never tired of Simon, but always glad to see Martin 🩷

[@redruth-iq8uo]

The lead seal according to various translations. Second line: Cheska Third line: Grade or Sort Z. Grade Fourth line: F. R. Words and meaning do evolve over time so my grandparent's slavic is different from todays in many words.

[@Whadaa72]

Look into laser cleaning. It's crazy removes all the crud but leaves the metal without damage

[@grahamduff9890]

Excellent and very generous gesture John,keep up the good work,x2 please john one for me one for my wife 😊

[@dgb56bgd]

Blessings, my Scottish Detectorist friend…and Martin, from this old man in Tennessee. Cool relics. Jeweler’s use ultrasonic cleaning machines , bc they don’t damage the jewelry. Great prize…but, I can’t make the trip. Blessings.

[@suellendunlop2029]

What a very generous prize and I’m sure whoever wins it will be over the moon. Good to see Marty back out again. What’s happened to Pete and Albert? Another great day out with varied collection of finds.

[@theresecrouch2924]

Very good John and Martin..really good finds..keep it up

[@Leanne-juk05]

1x ticket would be amazing!! Well done John! Well done on 40k you deserve it! 😊

[@AndyWoohoo666]

20:10 Is the Royal Scots Fusiliers. 24:21 is Cameronians Scottish rifles cap badge. The only Scottish Rifle regiment among British regiments, actually formed by 26th Cameronian regiment and the 90th Perthshire light infantry in 1881. Of course I commented before the end of the video and saw that you found the info, good job Martin.

[@Oxymoron242]

2x would be fantastic. Congrats on 40k +.

[@SgurrDetectorist]

Bugger that day I'm on an Outlander local tour in Inverness 🤦🏻😁 good luck to all.

[@ronhuhn7562]

found you when you were only 19k and look at you now at 50k cheers to you and your muddy boots

[@Stevedockerill]

2x tickets would be awesome, great prize John, good luck to everyone

[@tonilauge5786]

Surprice with a give away so soon only 1 thousand late! I am thankfully for Martyns presence. Not only giving Shirley John a defeat again. Martyn Secured the right tickets to the Rodney Cook Rally! Jay small thing named Olympics in Paris in August! I Rather Would attent to. Prizes😱😱 platinum. 🤓 Much needed now😜🔝❤️

[@smoggysearcher3852]

Omg!!! 😩😩😩 I've stayed till the end but I've clearly missed the opportunity for the Rodney cook giveaway!!! 💔 I've tried for the last 2 years to get on the Rodney cook and failed! Absolutely gutted! Maybe I shouldn't have breaks from KZbin every month 😕 good luck whoever wins this I'm just catching up on my Scottish detectorist channel. Awesome work John 👏🏻 some boy you like! 💪🏻💪🏻

[@Jennifer.A1]

Nice to see Marty back out with silver! What an Incredible prize for the lucky people able to attend and win! 🤩🤩

[@tonydalton6756]

What a great prize John. I wish I could make it.

[@nicolapotter4627]

2 x tickets please John - I'd love to win them so fingers crossed - its not far from where I live but couldn't get a ticket for love nor money!!! Another wonderful video & congratulations on 41k subscribers (its creeping up ever day!!).

[@fulhamrocks]

40,000 is a great achievement. 1x please.

[@craigmidgley2241]

Hi John x2 tickets would be Amazing, meny thanks John all the Best and Happy Hunting.😊😊

[@EASYKEYSY1]

The cap badge Martin is the Cameronians Scottish Rifles

[@vikkiandersen9231]

1X it’s my DREAM to come to England to metal detect!

[@YorkshireBoysDetecting1966]

Brilliant as always John, thank you sir....2X

[@VössDonitz]

Once again, you rock. Congratulations John.

[@cswebb1957]

2x tickets. Would be fab to meet you and the team on the day, if fortunate enough to win. Keep up the good work - 50k before you know it😊

[@danielruiz9899]

Keep up the great work John!

[@thescottishdetectorist]

Thank you so much and thanks for watching

[@paulinesalinas9443]

Great video John and good to see Marti back out again. Brilliant finds and another medallion! Love the lead seals you find too - have you tried typing the Russian words into Google translate? Well done on the silver Marti too 👏👏

[@dentawse]

2x please for my son and myself. congrats on 40+. love the videos. x

[@johnburns5783]

Aww what a nice prize John. Afraid I’ll have to pass on the chance as I don’t have a metal detector yet. I’ve got a nice wee inheritance coming ( hopefully this year if probate is sorted) and the first thing ( after a week or two in the sun) , is a Deus 2, a Garret carrot, a spade and some wellies 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LoriZabielski]

Great finds John and Martin. I really enjoy the relics versus the coils. More interesting. Thanks for sharing

[@MarkTunstall-hj3uf]

2x Tickets, would love to go. Great channel, really enjoy hearing the extra historical info