First Time My Metal Detector Has Gone OFF THE CHARTS

On this adventure I revisit the property where the incredible 8-Reales was found and IMMEDIATELY find another giant silver coin.
Original music by Brad Martin
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[@boundingoverwatch298]

I just bought a rudimentary introductory metal detector after watching these videos. I live in Western mass, not too far from you!. I have a nine-year-old and a 14-year-old that because of our love of the movie goonies love treasure hunting . lol!!! With this new set up, we started in our front yard for about 15 min. We found a quarter that was dated with my wife’s birth year, but also found an iron toy truck. A toy that some child played with over 80 to a 100 years ago. The light in my own children’s eye lit up, with these discoveries. Thanks to you I truly think we now have a life long family hobby!

[@d.m.h.5981]

90% sure that's a period camp axe circa 1760-1780's. Great find!!!

[@cdd4248]

I am Not any kind of expert, but I do camp a lot and that is exactly what I was thinking...it looks like a camp axe.

[@paulbrahm7638]

Hatchets with long beards are for caving it gives you more control ewing axes are flat on one side

[@tonyhemingway7980]

That's what I think. A camp ax would have been a typical part of a militia man's accessories.

[@mikegreer9041]

I have to thank you again for the visual beeps. Some people don't realize how terrible beeps can be when you're hard of hearing and wear ear buds. I usually have them turned up so i can hear, and i can't deal with annoying beeps. Hats off to ya😊

[@thomashodge1154]

Amen to that!

[@williammullensarge]

Brad, I swear you make the best metal detecting videos on KZbin. Love your channel and your adventures! Keep up the amazing work! Kudos sir!!

[@sourcreamking]

My European brain automatically went: Tomahawk! 🤣 Great video, as always Brad! (also, silver tarnishes from exposure to Sulphur... Turns black)

[@sissinoklahoma2057]

I'm in the US and also automatically thought, "Tomahawk!" 😂

[@wadewilson9854]

I especially like the shots of the plant life, views and simple nature thrown in between your finds. Make you unique.

[@Asphodel27one]

I would have had that silver earring made into a pendant the very next day! It’s beautiful.

[@roberthess3939]

Brad, at 10:47 you said that "you guessed that they (the Boutwell and the Robinson & Ballou tokens) were owned by the same people." Probably not. Boutwell (a miller) issued almost 40 varieties of his token which (is believed) was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Co. of Waterbury, CT. R&B (grocers) issued around 15 varieties of their token. Not sure where they were struck. cf Fuld, US Civil War Store Cards, 3rd edition. Best to you!

[@wadewilson9854]

Been following you for years. Every year your videos just get better. The addition of the numerical and audio as a visual is great. Only one I’ve seen to do it. Stay happy Brad.

[@chrismsmalley2626]

You know Brad. When you found that little lead cup and said how rare it is to fine the Remains of Children...'s toys I almost spit my tea out? When I was young, in my teens, we moved into an old brownstone in S Chicago and it had a coal flap and a chute that went into the basement bin I " earned" the task of shoveling out the old coal and taking it out by the 5 gallon bucket. My stepfather at the time was a cop and while I was digging I found bones?? I freaked out cause the house was creepy enough as is without a skeleton in the coal bin.He took the bones to work and had them looked at by someone. He said they were dog bones but I saw the piece of jaw and dogs don't have flat molars? But I was 12-13. The seller was a plumber and there were bins all lined up with elbows and stuff. Tons of them, I also hauled those out by the bucket. And 3 old paint cans. They were heavy, too heavy for paint so I opened them. They were full of pocket change and rolled pennies. I have them in a gallon bag in my house somewhere? I'm 52 now. The silver change I spent but the pennies were just pennies I kept for 40 years. No Large Cents for me.....drink BI***ES !!! I miss Banana Eddie on the eps..

[@yankeewatchdog6493]

That hatchet will look great, shined up and with a new handle...great finds, Brad

[@petepal55]

The people who made the store tokens kept the dies from a job and often reused them for others, they were thrifty Yankees. You guys need to go over this place with a fine tooth comb! Can't wait for more, cya next week!

[@jamesmassey6690]

I used to cut kindling with a little hatchet just like that one ,40 years ago as a young child. Memories.. Enjoyed from Southwest Tennessee once again 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@loripretti843]

Wow!!! Now that is what I would call a GREAT DAY!!! Thank you for sharing it with us!!! God Bless Us All!!!

[@Master_Failure]

Long enough day to watch the stubble grow. Looks like it was a fun day.

[@joycekennedy1730]

I don’t know Brad, you could have planted that moss and waited for it to grow 😂 Great finds!!

[@robertforrest7956]

I have found on several earings that many times the actual hook hanger has a mint mark or metal grade number stamped. Nice find...👍🏻

[@clamsoup]

The good old days when you gave lead toys to your kids, and on their 7th Christmas, a hatchet to "be careful" with.

[@YvonneWatson-ff5ex]

I’ve got an earring almost identical (from a small shop in New Mexico) to the one you found. If I were you I’d have to keep coming back to this site after all of the interesting things you’ve found. You make Friday mornings so interesting, thanks.

[@magz98610]

Yes my thought was it was modern due to the post. I wonder what the heck it's doing out in that field?

[@johnny75channel]

That silver earring is amazing.. it could literally be cleaned up and used as an earring right away!

[@WalkingScriptureWithShanna]

Doing my best to watch as many videos of yours as I can, like all of them, and comment on what I watch on my phone.

[@user-Icicleandfireball]

Love fridays new metal detecting.

[@steveunknown8407]

You got my like for him saying I'm not talking you the rest of the day caught me off guard lol 😆

[@Rstpete1]

Hatch head could be a shingle hatchet or just a small camp hatchet. I love finding ax and hatch heads. Keep me digging the low tones.

[@cellerfeller1474]

Lots of good guesses on the hatchet head. I was a green woodcarver for 25 years specializing in wooden spoons. I used a hatchet similar to this for the initial hewing of the shape. Some hewing hatchets are called side axes or carpenters hatchets and are flat on one side and beveled on the other to make the flat planing chops. You strike with the hatchet going up the side and then come down in one long stroke to make a flat surface. For the curves you file different bevels on each side of another hatchet head to help the axe roll around a curve. Your's could very well be a salesman's sample but it could also be cleaned up, sharpened and used for hewing out a cooking spoon or any of a myriad of hand carved items the colonial pioneers needed.

[@elainegonzaga2867]

Very first artifact i found when i started this hobby 2+ yrs ago was an axe head. I hardly knew what i was doing then and am etill learning. I have been hooked on this hobby ever since!

[@DavidBall-v5i]

It's platinum. 😂 Love the chemistry with vern! Thanks!

[@metaldetectingnoco]

Around here, if you keep finding good stuff like that, we put you in timeout. 😂 Great finds, Brad!

[@jackrowe5571]

I really like when you show native wildflowers! It adds a lot to the visuals of your search locations!😊

[@lisaclayton404]

Found the rest of the lady! You crack me up Brad. Love your channel!❤❤❤❤

[@robynmartufi3168]

I really liked how you put the meter on top of the screen.

[@sheryl6241]

Amazing finds-as always! The silver earring needs to be a pendant for your wife!😍

[@BarryGrice]

I've seen one like that in the home of a woman that cooked on a wood burning oven. She used it in the kitchen to split her pre cut wood in to smaller pieces. Maybe that was it's purpose. Love your content

[@sissinoklahoma2057]

I love the sliding indicator at the top of the screen! I've never swung a metal detector, so I never understood the % numbers you'd quote when deciding to dig. So fascinating! ❤

[@Shackleton71]

I like the starburst animation effect. Keep up the good work B

[@johnwalsh5762]

Circa 1775 camp axe,,, beautiful future necklace for someone!! Awesome!!

[@stevenstark9017]

Excellent hunt Brad. Congrats on the 1918 walking liberty half dollar, and the largie and token and of course Vern's finds too.

[@paulcole1171]

I like your slide attachment showing what it may be

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

That earring is probably from India or China. Temu sells them by the bucket loads, for about five bucks a pair. Somebofy should have been wearing earring ptotectors to keep it in their ear! Btw, Brad, earring protectors are little silicon sleeves that you put on the ear wire after you put it through the earring hole in your ear. It slides up to sit right behind the ear very snug on the wire. It keeps the swinging of the earring from making the wire work out of your ear, resulting in a lost earring! Great video, as always!

[@digginhistoryoncapecod7506]

What a tremendous location you've got there! I have to say that I absolutely love the grid along the top- very innovative! The coins and everything else were great too- well done!

[@didisalyers4460]

Wow what a great day. Love the earring.

[@MJ-nf7uh]

The HATCHET HEAD is Mel Gibsons from the Patriot!!!!

[@bryantgravley7860]

Brad I believe you are the luckiest detector on KZbin. Been a while since I chatted with you. Take care my friend

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

Interesting stone in that earring/future pendant-- some sort of copper-family thing, maybe? I live in the SW and turquoise comes in every shade from apple-green to deep sky blue, and maybe it's turquoise... but it looks more like a cut of unbanded malachite to me. Or maybe a high-grade piece of chrysoprase? Jade? Could be lots of things. Nice work, though! Love the band at the top of the screen; thanks for doing that! Seriously, I wish more detectorists would have some sort of indicator of the kind.

[@billyhunter2161]

Wow! That walking liberty half dollar wasn't tarnished in anyway. Looks like it just came out of a display case.

[@ronyoung3699]

Another Friday morning and coffee with Brad. Great finds, guys.

[@charlesyoung7436]

That coin/token slightly smaller than the US large cent might be a Canadian large cent, minted 1859-1920.

[@radrob4403]

The earring was an amazing find!

[@stevenstrempke8883]

The finds are awesome! I always enjoy your thoughts and research!

[@John-gn6zx]

Tomahawk? Great video! Awesome finds!

[@inqwit1]

Nice tracking display, good update.

[@TheSteveBoyd]

10:15 Robinson & Ballou civil war store card. I have a couple of those! 👍👍 I believe both the Oliver Boutwell and Robinson & Ballou store cards were minted by Scovill Mfg. Co., hence the similarity in the design.

[@andybryant9801]

Awesome! Love your channel. I met you in walmart and I was like a kid meeting a celebrity. You said you have to hand over all finds at this location. I bet he's happy, and you get to have fun. Looking forward to more videos now that it's getting to be really nice weather😀

[@kennysherrill6542]

Another great video Brad, nice finds and great since of the history there. I look forward to your adventures every week, I know you don't clean your coins but I do when I can, in the field I've used Tabasco sauce, it takes a few minutes but does a great job and doesn't hurt the coin.👍❤️🇺🇸

[@gillianwalker4766]

Love to watch these videos on a Friday morning with my coffee! So entertaining and educational! Thanks Brad, for what you do!!

[@EZDiggin]

Great bit of Diggin this week Brad!!!

[@bobwardimages]

Nicely done, Brad! Fun and great finds 😎👍

[@fishfuxors]

It's high time I release my latest invention; the Weed Whacking Metal Detector! Do two jobs at once!

[@kimgaudet4054]

Get you inches deeper in more places. Great idea. 😄

[@wayneclendenen2036]

I would like to be the first to order one...lol

[@terriwhipple4561]

That tiny hatchet head is adorable!! Can I have it? I’ve been mostly good most of the time 😁

[@dwightpickens2895]

Awesome coins and relics congratulations to you both

[@aropals672]

That is a hand made earring. You can tell by the bale connection. The stone looks to be old mined turquoise or possibly opal. The silver is more than likely fine silver rather than sterling. .999 Fine silver doesn't tarnish like sterling. Definitely add a bale for a very nice pendant. Just submerge in a water bath in a tin cup while soldering it on and it won't hurt the stone.

[@BIGALL7777]

Great and fun dig Tom ! You even found an old Crown top Canadian Beer too. ! Loonie Toonie crazy find eh ? LOL 😅😂 Take care and best regards !

[@douglasberwick1699]

I am sure that your wife would appreciate the earring converted to a necklace. Good hunt.

[@alcyneidlinger7531]

or a ring

[@terryt.1643]

Happy Friday! I needed this. Earring maybe native or artisan made. Wonderful day. 🥰👍👍

[@laurelreinhardt5076]

Thanks for another fun video!

[@ozarkscarguy540]

I have no way of proving this but as soon as you showed the tone bouncing on the big iron target. I said to myself. It's big chunk of iron, it's an axe. Then I was in shock when you pulled out a hatched head.

[@fusmcducati]

I've been watching your channel for four or five years now, and I continue to look forward to every week's new content! You do a great job on here

[@greghawkins5771]

In New Zealand we call those a trade axe, thats because they were traded for goods as they were of great value when NZ was settled.

[@davidkeys1879]

Enjoy your videos. Love the guitar music at the beginning.

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

Yeah, that's Brad playing! He writes his own music! So talented!

[@norinedaw2513]

I am so glad you're back out in the fields!! I miss this in the winter when the weather doesn't permit it. If Vermont was anything like Illinois, this past winter was brutal - we got 24" of snow in one week!

[@paulr6922]

Excellent.

[@davidbowen8245]

Never disappoint great day for you!

[@fredross3089]

Outstanding Show! I especially liked the Curried & Ives style prints of the old homes! The story behind the monogrammed spoon!

[@cherylradabaugh2720]

Great finds

[@dananderson128]

Fantastic hatchet! Love to see it and the teacup cleaned up.

[@krisgalusha9820]

Hewing axes are sharpened one side. Standing and seated liberty are my favorite coins followed by the standing. Great finds.

[@emilasmith4279]

Great finds!

[@mandybrown7758]

Wow What a great hunt

[@kimetherington2252]

Cool finds Brad! Keep on digging, and I'll catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊

[@stevenkulp7891]

Just in the brief side views of the small ax , it has the look of a small planing ax . Something used to flatten the side of a small log or finish a larger log .

[@BarbRayno]

Looks like you had a great time! Thanks Brad, I look forward to your videos every week.

[@adammillwardart7831]

Nice, I always enjoy the little bits of history that you pull out of the ground.

[@janas7088]

Awesome half Brad. One of the most beautiful coins every made in my opinion. Awesome earring.

[@masonmercmetaldetecting]

Another great hunt and video Brad. Looking forward to meeting you next week! Mason is very excited! He calls you the GOAT (Greatest of all Time)!

[@tomnickell1276]

What a fantastic site to get to hunt. That spot should be able to keep you busy all summer. Can't wait to see another one of that spot.

[@show-metreasure3438]

Great finds guys!

[@DavidRoss-hd3rv]

EXCELLENT!…. Ime English, live in Australia now. There is little history here, and watching English detectorist shows? Boring. Ure history is magnificent, very interesting. Well done. Just subscribed and look forward to many more posts. 👏👏👏👏

[@granvillewooster7673]

Nice hunt 👍👍❤️

[@craziedigging4590]

Hey Brad great hunt there. Love all the Buttons and Spoons. Congrats on the 1918 Silver Walker Half Dollar and Silver Earring. Love the little Hatchet. Hope you will be able to go back there again. Looks like a great place to hunt. Take Care

[@LoriZabielski]

We have an old tavern site in a bush by the highway not far from me. I live in canada. Would love to check it out

[@dirtclodmetaldetecting]

Awesome finds!

[@N57RU]

Thank you for sharing your passion with us. It's always a good day when I see your video pop up on Friday!

[@jeffblais6807]

You never disappoint Brad. 👍👍 Keep on hunting. 🙏✌️

[@joebrown1382]

Wow what a great location & so many nice finds. Find of the 9 hour hunt the Walking Liberty half. Gotta make a third trip Brad.

[@baystateplugflipper7061]

Nice work guys!!

[@teresakiner9877]

Brad, so happy you do not have snow. I hope it extends your treasure hunting and takes you well into Fall. It interesting, this no snow business… as my bff made her yearly pilgrimage to Lake Tahoe to enjoy her time share. She sent pics for me, as that daggum lake is pure magic to me! Anyhoo… the mountains barely, and I mean barely had snow on the tippy tops. Where they are usually snow capped well into summer. The great update was with her pic of the boat ramp from her place to the water. 2022 they had to climb down the ladder and it was a 10 foot walk on the sand to the waters edge. 2023 It was a 5 foot walk. This year 2024… drop your boat in, or dive right off…as it is full to the top of the dock! 🥰🥹😊😀🥳🤩. Oh happy day, it made my heart swell! I will never see it in person again in my lifetime… but man, with her pics and my childhood to midlife memories… I’m all good! Just had to share, take care. 💕 TK in KY

[@piepstok7292]

Thank you for sharing. Nice finds.

[@rick3727]

Thx for the vid, greetings from Austria

[@JamesSmith-m6v]

Love your content, live here in the northwest, not many places here to do what you do…that I know of. Maybe should research it, it would be a fun hobby to take up. Thanks for the great work…also love the music you pair up with your video..

[@royhardingjr.]

Love your videos Brad,been following you for years. The hatchet head could have been a coopers tool for fine work.. Look forward to next week.

[@DavidRoss-hd3rv]

Ps, such a vast array of people, from all over the world, who passed through your lands. So much history buried. Ime jelouse you have such opportunity. I can’t afford to visit, so the next best thing? To see it through your eyes. THANKYOU. 🙌