Lynyrd Skynyrd's Last Flight Metal Detecting Recovery

[@HistorySeekers]

At the request of the landowner: This land is posted and trespassers WILL be prosecuted. It is monitored by cameras at all times. Also an update on the beer can. A tax stamp was found from Florida. So this can originally was purchased in Florida and likely the stop the band made just prior to Greenville. Here is UNCUT part 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eniqg6OKedFqipI Here is UNCUT part 2 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGqXgouOZcRneqs Minelab CTX 3030 - treasuremtndetectors.com/history-seekers-package-minelab-ctx-3030-metal-detector-with-free-gear/ Minelab Equinox 800 - treasuremtndetectors.com/history-seekers-package-minelab-equinox-800-metal-detector-with-free-gear/ History Seekers Shirts - detectees.onlineweb.shop/History_Seekers/p5708246_18943415.aspx Our Amazon Influencer store: www.amazon.com/shop/historyseekers

[@bluelady107]

Oklahoma Rocks Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ty. Cool find.

[@stumpyshawnstump5010]

@Bella Joy Siberians = Donna Stump my Wifey..

[@rickyb2200]

I've been detecting over 45 years , I'm in my 60's now and still love detecting. And I love watching you guys and gals detecting to . History Seekers is my favorite y'all keep it real and exciting. Keep up the good work.

[@kendalltotten2844]

Would love an upgrade from my Garrett GTI 2500.

[@j.r.digging-it-back7356]

I need that Nox

[@mikeshell1166]

The plane was in the town I live in, Brookhaven MS. It was behind a 6 foot chain link fence. There are a lot of people that have giant parts of the plane here. The American Flag emblem on the tail section was cut off with a torch. The plane was right across the road from The Woodman of the World building that had dances on Friday nights where the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd was played every Friday night. The wreckage of the plane was haunting to see!!!

[@rv6205]

how long did it stay there ?.

[@mikeshell1166]

@@rv6205it was there till 1984 or 85

[@melodymakermark]

Ahh, Brookhaven. That used to be one of my rest stops on the way to the Big Easy. Wish I’d known it was there.

[@violet1179]

I was born in 1979. My mom and dad (may they rest in peace) were 15 and 22 at the time of the crash and were huge Lynyrd Skynyrd fans. They always talked about them, their music and the crash. They even took me and my older sister to visit their graves. I wish mom and dad could have seen this video. It surely made my year. 😄

[@HistorySeekers]

Melissa thank you for sharing this with us. I wish they could have seen it too.

[@nirtlocj]

I am a metal detectorist and very much appreciate how you're using the metal detecting hobby to preserve history.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@hkrjr]

Lived in Magnolia, Ms and lived less than 10 miles from the crash site. I arrived at the crash site less than 20 minutes after the crash. Was at a friend's house when the call came over his police scanner from Pike County SO that a plane had crashed and that it was the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane that was involved. Was a member of the Pike County Civil Defense Rescue Unit and I arrived at the site before a lot of the Sherriff department and other rescue personnel arrived. There was a Coast Guard helicopter hovering over the site with it's search light on illuminating the crash site. Helped as many of the victims as I could before medical personnel and other law enforcement arrived to secure the site. October 20, 1977.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Thank you. I hope we recognized you honorably in the section with the tribute tree. There likely would have been more fatalities if the community hadn't pulled together to help the survivors. You are all heroes.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you so much for replying. We thank you for your willingness to help. So many local people were heroes responding to help that night.

[@hkrjr]

Kelly Dzemske Thank you!! It was something that I will never forget. I have not been back to the actual site in the woods. I went to school with the owners of the property at the time of the crash. Not sure if they are still the owners. I did what I could to help but when I arrived and then turned it over to those who were taking charge of the scene.

[@jimconner1957]

My then best friend worked at the Miami Oklahoma airport and I knew this plane had landed. When I got there my friend was fueling the plane. As he got down from the wing two limo's pulled up at the back of the plane. I was standing at the stairs that went up to the plane. Steve Gaines and Ronnie Van Zant came up to me, stopped and we spoke for a few minutes, mainly about Miami and where they were headed. Cassie got out of her limo and comes up and says "hello" to me and goes up the stairs with the rest of them. As the stairs rose back up into the bottom of the plane, Steve Gaines came back to the top of the stairs and waved goodbye. I was the last person in Miami Oklahoma to see them alive. Not proud of that but it is part of my history.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

That is incredible. We all have those experiences in life that make us unique and that is your little special piece of history with Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines. If you know of a library, museum or protected place at the airport that would like to display the items, please reach out to us. We would be honored to loan them to the Gaines hometown for an exhibit. [e-mail]

[@HistorySeekers]

WOW Jim! Such a powerful story!

[@thesoonerstatediggers1262]

I live in Miami. My sister was good friends with most of the band members. Ronnie Brooks was an original band member but chose to stay home with his family instead of being a part of the traveling band. I used to go over to his house and listen to stories about the band.

[@mikerobinson938]

Are you saying Ronnie Brooks was a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd??

[@thesoonerstatediggers1262]

@@mikerobinson938 He was before they went big. Probably even before Ronnie joined.

[@dougbrooks4323]

Just Amazing! Thanks for looking and respectfully preserving things that mean so much to the music and fans!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks Doug. We had a great conversation with a museum today. We will post in our community section and most likely a video when they go on display.

[@factorybear5264]

I’m 39. Born 3 years after the crash. This was not part of my generation like Nirvana was so it’s none of my business to judge or criticize. However, as a music lover who is pretty familiar with Skynyrd, I believe this stuff should be in a museum or returned to the family and surviving band members. Good job on the dig. I dabble in metal detecting too . Thank you.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for commenting. Yes, we have spoke to a few and to family members. We are making it so these items can never be sold and displayed to the public.

[@mustang10141980]

Same!

[@bryendelaurie1006]

I can still remember this so clearly. It was approximately 10:00pm on my 16th birthday, October 20th, 1977, when my friend called, just as I was about to go to bed, to let me know that he had just heard that Lynyrd Skynyrds plane had crashed. Needless to say, I was shocked by the news. For some reason, I asked him if Ronnie Van Zant had died, but he didn't know whether he had or not. When I got to school the following morning, I headed straight for the library to read the about it in the newspaper, and that is when I learned that Ronnie had in fact died. I remember thinking that there was no way Skynyrd could carry on without him, and I felt very sad.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for sharing those memories. So many felt the same way. He was a musical genius by all accounts.

[@msr1116]

I happened to be in my room listening to an FM rock station when a dj reported that there had been a crash, this was about 8:30 pm Central time. The plane went down close to 7pm.

[@stuartb9323]

I was 17 when I went to their show in Asbury Park Nj, July 1977. We packed 9 people in my 72 firebird formula going to the concert ! Oh man, we had a blast that day. I couldn't believe the news about the crash. Their music was a big part of my life growing up. Thanks for the video

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for sharing

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

What a great memory! Mine was in 1995 going to Lollapalooza. Glad you liked the video.

[@stuartb9323]

Kelly Dzemske Thanks Kelly...your hot show sounds like a blast too. btw...HAPPY BELATED B-DAY : )

[@cathywhite9415]

I was at their July 2, 1977 show at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, the place was packed!!! It was an awesome show, good times with great friends, I'll never forget that day!!! I must have cried 😭 all day when we heard about the crash. Such a tragic loss of some fantastic people. And yes Ronnie, you had to leave us but yes...we will still remember you. RIP 🙏🕯🕊 Ronnie Van Zant Steve Gaines Cassie Gaines Dean Kilpatrick Fly high Freebirds 🕊🕊🕊🕊 🎶🎸🎤

[@cwspur]

Heath, super job on editing/creating your video. Super spot for all of you to dig and recover some pieces of history. I look forward to the unedited version. Congratulations!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you! We just got new info about it too right after the video aired.

[@jeanetteshumate6011]

I teared up watching this. This has been my favorite band since I was a young kid listening to my brother's records that I wasn't supposed touch. Thankfully he had good taste in music. I was happy to see that you seemed to actually care and respect the task at hand. It was a tragic loss of human life and a tragic loss for music. There are rumors and accounts that people were looting the scene of personal items before the victims were even removed, which sickens me to think that people like that even exist.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Jeanette, we cared very much about recovering the items from the scene so the could be saved and preserved. Each of us had our own personal reason for wanting to go outside of preserving the History. For Scott and Heath, they grew up in Alabama and listened to the band growing up. They have been saving History for years with their metal detecting. I was actually born the day of the crash. The band was one of my Dad's favorites and Freebird was played at his funeral. I am the main historian of the group and this gave me a chance to connect with my Dad. It also made me realize how much the word has changed since 1977. So many of those who arrived at the scene to help were the ordinary people who had tractors and pickup trucks to access that swamp. In today's world, many people would sit back and watch. Heroes saved lives to keep this accident from being much, much worse. Thank you for watching.

[@jeanetteshumate6011]

@@kellyhistoryseekers3090 Happy Birthday to you tomorrow. Without those there to help, I believe many more whould have perished that day. We need more people like that. Thank you for doing this in a respectful way. Metal detecting is really cool and I hope to do more of it in the future.

[@ryanwhitlock6204]

I was born and raised in beautiful Miami Oklahoma!! We love Steve & Cassie Gains!

[@HistorySeekers]

Their hometown correct?

[@ryanwhitlock6204]

History Seekers correct!

[@kathyrais574]

I have watched probably every live concert footage on U tube. Billy Powel often had a Budweiser cab sitting on top of his piano. At one concert, want to say Asbury park Ronnie took a drink out of can, it was night so you couldn't tell but Ronnie held it uo & said this concert briught to you by Budweiser King of Beer. It wasn't a plug, he was just makin a joke, he lived his Buds. For historical purposes I find this video fascinating but made me want to cry, just like every time I think abt it. One of the best Rock bands & most underrated of all time!

[@jaymo8206]

One of the best from the South. I have a drawing hanging on my wall of Ronnie Van Zandt that I drew while in HS a few months after the accident. Also the original Street Survivors LP with the band on the cover in flames.They were supposed to play NYC where I'm from. Finally got to pay my respects to Ronnie and Steve & Cassie Gaines in Jacksonville Fl where they were laid to rest. Fly on Free Birds. 🎸

[@HistorySeekers]

Best bad ever for sure. Thank you sharing your experience.

[@johneiermannDigginFLA]

That tree should never be removed. SKYNYRD NATION

[@HistorySeekers]

We agree.

[@quickb.8536]

I know where a very large piece of this plane are. It is still very close to the site where it was taken less than 48 hours following the crash. We were chased out of the woods/swamp by the cops. All of us took a piece but I only know where 1 of those pieces are. It appears to be an outter aluminum riveted part of the wing. It's in Tylertown, MS where it has been stored since that day.

[@gregarnette4698]

That was such a sad day for millions of people around the world.

[@HistorySeekers]

You are correct Greg. We have had so many stories of people remembering where they were when they heard the news. We hope that the items being displayed will help preserve their memories.

[@gregarnette4698]

@@HistorySeekers Thanks for doing this.

[@sheilicaford1532]

My husband was at their last concert I could not get off of work what I had found out was Ronnie Van Zant had been up at least 3 or 4 days doing cocaine he walked up to the front of the plane and took some Quaaludes and passed out it was towed when the plane went down Ronnie Van Zant didn't feel a thing because he was passed out God Rest their souls cuz this was a group that will never be forgotten and had the most amazing music I still to this day miss them and always will no one can sign like Ronnie Van Zant

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for watching and sharing

[@j.r.digging-it-back7356]

Man I was so excited for this video and you guys and gal didn't disappoint me. Thank you for preserving that crash not only for the Band but for all the others who perished as well. Bless you all.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Glad it was worth the wait 😀

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you JR!

[@theozarkduke]

I was 15 when this happened, but to me it happened yesterday. i started to cry the fist piece you found.i had to stop the video for a sec.God bless you for not selling this stuff.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Thank you! Keep on the lookout for updates on where we send the pieces. Feel free to give us suggestions if you have an idea of where to donate. Thsnks for watching!

[@billybarrett7192]

I turned 16 the day of the crash.

[@stingylizard]

Me too.

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Enjoyed watching and found it fascinating that so many identifiable objects were able to be recovered to be donated. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the extended version. GL, HH and take care.

[@HistorySeekers]

We identified another part after the video went live.

[@EM-fd8xe]

I can't believe they scrapped the entire plane! That was such a huge part of music history!

[@roughrideroneone]

After watching comment. That was awesome. Thinking about the dash piece and the last time someone saw it was before the crash gave me the chills. Love the new Logo. Keep up the great work.

[@HistorySeekers]

You are exactly right. Glad you like the new logo. Our shirts have also been updated.

[@rhondawilliams5859]

WE STILL LOVE YOU..RONNIE. 🎸🎶👱‍♀️

[@judithchaney3744]

Skynyrd is my favorite band love watching stuff about them

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you. We have another video just released a couple months ago finding even more stuff. Be sure to check out that video.

[@historyseekersscott3672]

This was a unique opportunity for us. We realize this is more recent history and not what metal detectorists are used to seeing. What do you think about the genre? It's certainly a major historical event, but it's more recent that what most people are used to seeing.

[@HistorySeekers]

Agreed Scott. Look forward to seeing what people think.

[@digginwithsqueak]

History is history. This is history that many people actually remember happening, which brings it closer to home for me. I remember that day, I remember my brothers sitting at the kitchen table with my dad, listening to the radio reports, and just being in shock. They had tickets to go to the show at LSU. I sent my brothers the link to this video and they both recall that day vividly. I say thank you for the video and thank you for the respect y'all found.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks for sharing with them Bill!

[@southernrelics]

I enjoyed your history part at the beginning. I live about 30 miles from the Airport in Greenville, SC. Yall made some spectacular finds! some museums will love to see these items! Great video!

[@lloydshoemaker7473]

A completely worthy historical event to dig at. I'm amazed at the number of items that were missed by the FAA when they were picking up at the site. I thought they were way more thorough than that.

[@Kelly-tj8xv]

I LOVED that when you found that piece of the wheel, that you showed a photo of how it would have been in the plane.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Kelly. We think it’s important to give visuals when possible on most of our stuff.

[@timhughessr]

Wow! That was awesome. Thanks for sharing

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Tim. We just returned from another dig at that site and posted another video a few days ago. We found even more stuff. Here is that link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4jXpWeOnNWEqrs

[@vicvalente4874]

that is too cool, I am an aircraft mechanic and have worked on a lot of older planes such as this one, I believe that was a Convair 240. it would be awfully hard to tell what the individual pieces are, but you are correct in that the painted pieces would be the exterior while the green is a primer that would generally be found on the interior

[@historyseekersscott3672]

Excellent information Vic. Thanks for that!

[@historyseekersscott3672]

Several of the pieces I have found have a number etched into them. I'm assuming these are probably part numbers?

[@vicvalente4874]

hey Scott, yes, numbers would be found on parts, say, from the engines, electrical components and from certain equipment on board, like galley eqiptment. some of the pieces you found appear to be brackets probably from electrical components

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Vic, we may need to ask you some questions about some of the other parts.

[@exdemocrat9038]

Fantastic video. Thank you for posting.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you too!

[@colleencrane4843]

Wow, that was so incredible, great video!😀👍

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you so much 😁

[@troysvisualarts]

Excellent video, this is one of the rare occasions where finding twisted metal is actually treasure instead of trash as it was part of an important historical event.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for getting it!

[@jessiepayne737]

That was amazing guys and girls, some really amazing finds. Those relics are priceless, enjoyed your video and as always Be Safe and HH my friends.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Jessie. We just felt like even though these could have value that they should NEVER be sold.

[@rodnelson729]

Awesome video.. Thanks for sharing

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@priscillaaugustine8379]

That's awesome that your finding parts of the plane, even though they've been gone for ever but we still remember them! Will never be forgotten! Your doing great!🤘💯❤

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you so much. Keep a check on our community section as we are working out the proper museum to have them displayed to the public.

[@priscillaaugustine8379]

That would be awesome! I was only 14 when Ronnie and crew had that crash will never forget! They started the southern music! Love y'all's accent!🤘🤘💯❤! I would visit your museum! I Native American Navajo from New Mexico been a fan all these years! Free bird!

[@HistorySeekers]

Prascilla, thank you! We are all southern boys +1 northern girl. Two of us are from Alabama and were raised on Sweet home Alabama. As soon as we can finalize an agreement we will update everyone. If you are subscribed and hit the bell 🔔. You should get notified when we post that update. We also have a Facebook page.

[@RandolphRelicRecovery]

My all time favorite band 👍

[@HistorySeekers]

Ours too! Thanks for watching.

[@donniehuffman6014]

This was fabulous!! Thank you!

[@HistorySeekers]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tankgirlpdx]

I was in Jr. High in Liberty, MS at the time and lived on Gillsburg Road that the ambulances drove down when they were rushing the survivors to the hospital. I remember them going by our house with sirens wailing. I found out the next day some of my classmates who lived in Gillsburg had been some of the first people on the crash site helping survivors.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for sharing

[@kevinparrish3740]

Lynyrd Skynyrd is my sll tyme favorite band and alwats will be , I’m completely stoked on your findings , I envy you all , ide kill just to have anything from the crash sight , I know the band is in heaven now playing there music through the heavens , thank you all for this video. God bless you all and thank you for you ❤️♥️🎸🎤🎶

[@stubs1227]

My favorite band I was a high school junior in Florida when they crashed.

[@HistorySeekers]

Our favorite as well. I was only a few months old when the crash happened but grew up listening to the same songs. Their songs are so much better than any music currently out by the new artist.

[@DennisEHayes]

Went to boot camp in the Marines with Artimus Pyle, the drummer who walked to the farm house to get help. I'm a metal detector myself and enjoyed watching your video. Going to hit some Civil war sites in Missouri this spring. Keep digging that beep.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks Dennis. We have several Civil War videos on the site and actually have one of a civil war soldiers grave being located this week. Check out some of our detecting videos too. Hope that you like them.

[@DennisEHayes]

@@HistorySeekers I'll check them out. Was talking to my brother in law a while back and told him I was going to come out to the family farm and do some metal detection there, since it was on the route that William Quantrell took to his raid on Lawrence Kansas. He told me of a pile of rocks next to a Morgan building on the property that his dad always thought was a grave. I'll find out more when the weather breaks and I get out there. Maybe it was one of the casualties from the Lawrence raid.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

@@DennisEHayes If you use Facebook, follow us on the History Seekers Facebook page. We would love to see your finds and an update on that possible grave. Happy hunting!

[@allergictostupidpeople7893]

So how'd it go im in Missouri I love history finds

[@NCJsport]

I was 7 yrs old hearing about this in the morning on a Philadelphia radio station riding in the car with my grandfather. This and the passing of Elvis Presley were announced on radio not too far apart, both i heard on Philly radio stations going to breakfast with my grampa... I'm glad u guys did this. It's not a gravesite, it's an accident site. In all accident site, pieces and persons are retrieved if possible for understanding and closure purposes. Similar to the Titanic and Potomac crash sites. If things are left to abandon, do then they even exist? Great job everyone !!!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you so much! that is our point too. If things are "left alone" and some people suggest, it just means that it will be forgotten rapidly and the artifacts lost forever.

[@Wooley689]

Tomorrow is the anniversary, I still remember that sad day.

[@HistorySeekers]

It is a sad day indeed.

[@joleneloveland2942]

Ronnie was my friend and a great person. They are in my heart ❤ forever.

[@dingeralan8911]

Awesome guys . Great hunt !

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you

[@jeffreythomas4283]

Absolutely fantastic really enjoyed your video

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@gwenroney3972]

Those are really cool finds!!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks Gwen!

[@andygraves4479]

The instrument panel piece was DEFINITELY the find of the day. Great work!

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Thank you Andy!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for watching Andy. Kelly really did well.

[@muelbag]

just imagine one of the band members were going to drink that beer back in 1977, 42 years ago thats crazy!

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

That plane crashed the day I was born. That was such a weird feeling. Thanks for watching!

[@HistorySeekers]

Yes it is.

[@arierickson6137]

The "tiller" wheel was a trim wheel which is used to make very small corrections to the pitch, yaw, and roll axis

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks Ari. We were told it was to small for the trim wheel. Honestly we don’t know. Just relying on all the people that has seen it. Thank you for replying.

[@jamesmiller7911]

I believe the trim controls are on both sides of center console. The piece they found is the nose wheel tiller.

[@coreygdndbdj4097]

Yup trim wheel

[@tims9071]

@@coreygdndbdj4097 Negative. That is a tiller used to steer the nose wheel on the ground a low speeds. The trim wheels are near the throttle quadrant so that both pilots can access the trim.

[@jeffdemarcus160]

@@tims9071 you are 100% correct.

[@novabxnynova5381]

Awesome channel. Glad it popped up on my feed. Especially some rock history

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you. We cover everything history related. Welcome to the channel.

[@matt12251975]

This is amazing. Congrats on your finds. Such a sad story and outcome. Rock on Lynyrd Skynyrd ....

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Matt

[@gem2676]

Should be an awesome experience !

[@HistorySeekers]

It was!

[@Misadventures_Of_A_Yank]

The part @ 5:40 that’s in pieces is a load limiting bus. Usually around 300amps give or take a few hundred amps. The main power supply would run through them to supply large amounts of current to equipment that had a high current draw. Basically, it’s a fuse. That style is still used today.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@darylogrady5826]

so, you went to the sight of a plane crash and found bits and pieces of a plane? That's huge.

[@sandywilliams2561]

Love it!❤ so exciting!

[@FTulumello]

When I moved to Georgia I realized I live about 2 miles (as the crow flys) from Gary and Dale. I realized at some time I'm going to run into Gary somewhere and the last thing to do is ask him any stupid questions about the crash. It's painful for him, I can see it in his eyes when he's interviewed and one of these questions pops up. This is not something he wants to re-live over and over.

[@HistorySeekers]

Understand Frank.

[@barrybowen9780]

This is amazing!!! Thank you for sharing

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Barry. We have a new one coming out this week. We just got back from the site again and found something else big

[@MacDaddyRico]

I was in Navy Boot Camp in Orlando, Florida when this happened...I cried when I heard the news...Then I became angry when I heard the reason the plane crashed...RAN OUT OF FUEL..?! THEY JUST TOOK OFF..!

[@HistorySeekers]

Yes it was horrible and seemingly preventable.

[@jeffhicks1008]

I saw them play their very first concert in 1974 when they were the warm up band for The Who, The band 38 Special also played that night. At that time we had no idea who Lynyrd Skynyrd was.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks for sharing that with us Jeff!

[@MatthewPfeil]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Thank you for watching!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for watching

[@bryanhicks5712]

Awesome job. Great video

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@terrymorgan4714]

Wow awesome finds keith

[@bigdaddyp9485]

The item found around 5:31 is a fuse. The small round "windows" on the side plates would be used for visual inspection of the fuse element.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you.

[@cricketking8450]

Awesome video first time I've seen it didn't know it was on KZbin thank you guys for sharing it. I metal detect my self

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you. Yes it has never been done before now.

[@TheUncannykodiak]

You can validate that can with Budweiser!!! Just find out their design late 70s. I feel like that can is just as much the FIND as the plane parts!

[@HistorySeekers]

We did and it dated to 1977. We also have a picture of it’s Florida stamp that was found after we released the video.

[@HistorySeekers]

Arthur Brown The UNCANNY KODIAK be sure to check out the video we just released from the site for even more finds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4jXpWeOnNWEqrs

[@sierrawolfie5161]

I got to see Lynyrd Skynyrd concert last year

[@HistorySeekers]

Yes, we hope they will be opening a museum after the tour.

[@sierrawolfie5161]

@@HistorySeekers wonder if you guys can see if you find peices from Kobe Bryant helicopter

[@Mike_VH]

In 1963, a B-52 crashed on Elephant Mountain near Greenville, Maine. To this day the debris is still there. It’s been left out of respect to those who died. Even if these items are to be donated or displayed, it’s sickening that you feel the need to go digging through a crash site that took several lives.

[@HistorySeekers]

Well, I hate that you didn’t like it but we just simply disagree. Thank you for taking the time to watch and tell us how you feel about it.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Mike, you are comparing the deaths of United States Servicemen and rockstars. You are comparing a government issued B-52 and a chartered aircraft that is on private land. Both of these situations are tragic but there is no comparison. In the Lynyrd Skynyrd crash, the plane was scrapped following the investigation. We aren't ripping up a shrine. In your example, the plane on Elephant Mtn is being left as a shrine.

[@joannfoldvik2455]

Sad but lnteresting!interesting !

[@HistorySeekers]

Richard, you are right. Such a tragic loss of life and possibly preventable. Hopefully we were able to respectfully honor their memory as well as help it serve as a reminder for generations in the future.

[@flashinthepan3273]

Pretty neat guys! Pretty neat!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@MikeDest]

Honestly suprised the site hadn't been picked clean 20-30 years ago.

[@joevk6274]

The part at 5:30 is a fuse. The 225 is likely the amperage rating. And had it not fallen apart, would've still been good. The part to the far left with the slots on each end with a thin strip of metal connecting them is the main part. That thin strip breaks apart when the fuse blows. It would've been sandwiched between the rectangular pieces. IDK what the 3 little "I" shaped pieces are.

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for letting us know. We found parts of a gauge in the latest video that was posted a week or so ago on our channel. If you happen to know what they are please let us know.

[@joevk6274]

@@HistorySeekers just watched it. I know next to nothing about airplanes, but I guessed that it must be for a fuel tank drain of some sort, so the comment by gosportjamie is probably right. The only other vehicles besides airplanes that I know of that have a drain valve are diesel trucks and tractors on the water separator, but they always use screw type, and it's very unlikely one would wind up at a plane crash site. I did a quick google search of aircraft push-style fuel drains and they definitely are a thing, so I'm fairly certain gosportjamie is correct. Which means it was probably on a wing or near one of the engines, not on the instrument panel.

[@HistoricalDiggers]

So cool my friend

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Lee!

[@FlashInYourPan]

Great video, guys... I heard about something coming out by you guys from Josh Kimmel when he was the guest, on my Tuesday Night Hangout Live on the 15th, I have been out of state and just returned home, and saw this, I know this is what, Josh was talking about, This video was, Great!

[@HistorySeekers]

Yes it was. Thanks for watching. We have a followup coming too. Hit the bell icon if you want to be notified. We had a big discovery while cleaning more of the relics tonight.

[@mountainbikelife2526]

I read a guitar world interview about this horrible crash it was very sad I have a deep respect for the band ronnie van zant dispised firearms And wanted peace Saturday night special was a song to remind people to not hurt each other check out his KZbin interview from his seventies ronnie liked rocking not violence a great southern gentleman

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you for your input. I will watch it.

[@candysantillo3325]

This was eerily fascinating. I can’t even imagine how you felt being there

[@HistorySeekers]

It was an experience that while exciting was also saddening.

[@robertmoore1839]

Great video, y’all! I would rather find things like this than things from ancient history. To me this is more exciting than going to some ancient places and finding relics there.

[@HistorySeekers]

Yes, some people lose sight of this also being history. Thank you for watching!

[@barbiekyzar5192]

I used to live about 15 miles from the crash site. Around 2005 they were having memorial concerts there. It never turned out like they wanted so I think the concert fizzled. So sad for the band.

[@HistorySeekers]

I had seen info on that.

[@bradleyupdyke9492]

Amazing finds.... my son and daughter used to spend hours in the back yard of our house after finding out it used to be a stop on the pony express... and I know my son still loves searching creek beds etc looking for fossils and artifacts... awesome finds Skynyrd was one of my all time favorite bands...

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@HistorySeekers]

It’s and amazing hobby for sure.

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

What kinds of things did they find? Sounds like they had awesome adventures. If they ever want to get into metal detecting or see what other people find, we have a diverse group on our Facebook page, the History Seekers. Feel free to join. Thanks for watching!

[@Jana-TheCraftyGambler]

I was just watching the relic recoverist channel, and she had mentioned y’all. I am a huge fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is really cool that your finding this stuff. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to hold in my hands a piece of history like that.

[@HistorySeekers]

Yes, she is a friend and a super person.

[@Zoetropeification]

5:50 Regarding the Budweiser can that was found. In another video I saw a rescuer say that he would return the the crash site each year with two beers. He would drink one and leave a full one for R Van Zant at the site each year. But he said he dd not start doing this until 15 years after the crash. Not sure what type of pull tabs were in use then.

[@HistorySeekers]

yes we saw that too. This can was dated by budweiser to be time period to the crash, it was found buried along with wreckage, but what really made it special was the tax stamp that we found that was from FL and also time period.

[@Zoetropeification]

@@HistorySeekers Nice. You guys really know what you are doing. It's good that your group explored the site. I appreciate seeing these two crash site videos. They are the first I have seen on your channel but I will be watching more. Thank you for saving the artifacts.

[@rhondawilliams5859]

I THOUGHT I SAW RONNIE'S NAME ON THE TREE. 😁💓

[@dyer2cycle]

..the plane was so utterly destroyed, it is a wonder anyone survived the crash..amazing, actually..I have a feeling it had something to do with the fact there was no fire...you take an utterly destructive crash like this...then add in fuel-fed fire, and I almost guarantee there would have been no survivors...far fewer, at least.. :(

[@HistorySeekers]

you are exactly right.

[@steve19745]

you found some very very valuable pieces of history i hope they find worthy homes !

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Steve, yes we have spoken to a museum and they are drafting the agreement to take control of them for public display. We are not charging them anything.

[@steve19745]

ive got one of the albums that was taken off the shelf with the whole band on fire they were definitely in a league of their own

[@missionpassed4584]

Wow wanna see more of this stuff, really fascinating!

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Thank you!

[@HistorySeekers]

We have part 2 coming soon.

[@adventureislife7793]

very good history saved one hole at a time

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you

[@drkatel]

Cool project & video! I'll disagree to say that I rank the unopened beer can as your #1 find.

[@HistorySeekers]

DrKate you may be right! I also thought that it was really cool. Especially what we found when we cleaned it up. We have the big reveal in part II of the uncut. Where it came from make it hard to deny.

[@drkatel]

History Seekers, looking forward to it. Thanks!

[@HistorySeekers]

Here is UNCUT part 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eniqg6OKedFqipI Here is UNCUT part 2 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGqXgouOZcRneqs

[@CrazySpiderAdventures]

Holy smokes Heath! Call me sometime. This gave me an idea! 😁

[@historyseekersscott3672]

We will definitely be in touch!

[@HistorySeekers]

I bet it’s what Kelly and I talked about earlier.

[@HistorySeekers]

We will collaborate

[@CrazySpiderAdventures]

You have me intrigued now lol

[@WhereMyChicken]

Very impressive video and I just subscribed right now. I would suggest on future digs of a death scene that the mood of your diggers, while legitimately excited, be more reserved and solemn. Try to imagine those were your brothers and sisters who died where you are digging and you should be fine. Keep up the great work!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks for the advice.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

They should pretend to feel differently than they actually feel ? I would suggest that your suggestion is ridiculous. ' ok boys , act like you are really moved and saddened by what we are finding here ' . . and ...action ! :

[@lachanclita5907]

More videos like this please! Do John Denver’s crash next! Or Richie Valens!

[@historyseekersscott3672]

We are working on some more creative projects. Stay tuned.

[@HistorySeekers]

We are talking about it. Thanks for watching.

[@dorotheawalker7985]

I cried for nearly a month this band was my heart and soul and still is and always will be. Sad this area is going to be cleared to bare ground cause frankly as bad and sad as it is it is also part of the amazing rock and roll history when music was great.

[@HistorySeekers]

You are right. Hopefully it will serve as a way to keep their memory alive also.

[@deano1864]

Amazing. Great finds. 10/10 keep digging love these shows. I'd love a detector. Would love get into it!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you. We sell detectors too and give deals to our subscribers. 256-284-2247 if you get ready for one.

[@deano1864]

@@HistorySeekers I'm from Uk.. Do you ship to there?

[@HistorySeekers]

No unfortunately we do not but we have friends over there at Joan Allen. Tell them the History Seekers sent you. They can get your sorted over there.

[@kentmathewadam]

Crocodile Dundee "that's not a knife that's a knife "

[@HistorySeekers]

Exactly!

[@robinsmith318]

brilliant recovery of lost memories. good stuff guys

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Robin

[@noompsieOG]

This is macabre to say the least , having such good up beat music playing while looking at a site filled with so much death was a bit creepy to say the least

[@HistorySeekers]

Well, thanks for watching and commenting just the same. Sorry that you feel that way.

[@garyrossington168]

Yes, I remember that incident, and you know that every night I always play the guitar while singing free bird songs.

[@keithclark486]

I use to hide things in the woods and take my daughter's on treasurer Hunt's , They were fascinated with the stories I'd tell them about their finds.

[@TimSuggs]

THAT was a cool hunt! Glad y'all did it!

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you Tim!

[@kellyhistoryseekers3090]

Thanks Tim!

[@truedatmusting]

This is a cool video....They are one of my favorite bands

[@HistorySeekers]

Thank you. They were amazing.

[@gfinnstrom]

great video and being historical is even better subscribe and gave thumbs up last few weeks have been looking up different metal detectors and the Minelab equinox 800 was one of them so i put it is my dream file again great video

[@HistorySeekers]

Thanks Gary. It is a great machine and one of our go to units.

[@figgy7099]

I just watched a video from survivors of the crash, and one of the responders who helped get the bodies out of the plane told how he would come back to the crash site, bring two beers with him, drink one, and leave the other one there for Ronnie. Interesting. Either way, the beer can you found was most likely Ronnies.

[@HistorySeekers]

The can we found ended up having a FL tax stamp dating back to the year of the crash.

[@figgy7099]

@@HistorySeekers Yes, and I have since rewatched the video and the responder did say that the beer he brought was in long neck bottles, so, GOOD find you guys!