I Wouldn’t Have Believed This Unless I Found It Myself

[@StevenMiller-cx4rr]

The only problem with your videos is that they all end. I never get tired of them.

[@ronsdigginthemidwest5502]

Yeah, make them not end! That would be awesome! You’re the best Brad!

[@michaelolsen2348]

Agreed

[@kellystewart8360]

Your mystery item at 5:15 is an antique Singer treadle sewing machine drawer pull Brad. There would have been a ring attached to the brass end in those holes you see. I restore antique furniture, and I have some of these.

[@donvoss9330]

I agree With Kelly here Brad

[@EyesWideOpen2]

That's awesome 👏👏

[@craziedigging4590]

That is cool. Thank you. I've found one similar to the one Brad found but different design on it and the exact same shape. It didn't have the I guess handle piece in the center. Take Care Crazie Digging

[@kellystewart8360]

@@craziedigging4590 You are welcome.

[@sherir4462]

I'm a 57-year-old, retired veteran with major health problems. Your videos make me feel like I am digging there right next to you and when you say, "No way!" I get so excited! I have eagerly awaited your Friday videos for many years now, and I still learn something new each time. Thank you for helping me forget my reality for an hour each week!

[@roncurtis8331]

Thank you for your service sir

[@harridan.]

nice comment! your service is deeply appreciated.

[@adamjl121]

Thank you for your service!

[@stephanietorres4612]

Thank you for your service! 💜 💜💜

[@brianmurphy7962]

Great videos, I lea4n so much … would like to know more about your musicianship !

[@kimmedina261]

Holy Cow! That 301yr old coin!! That’s amazing

[@christopherdavis1205]

“The land COULD be way older than the building” 😂 I knew what you meant when you said it so I’m not poking fun but that was a funny comment. Brad, your content, composition, edits and information are all top-notch… keep ‘em coming please!

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

Oh, nice video! Beautiful weather for a day out detecting... That 1865 coin was interesting-- strange to think that it was minted in the year the American Civil War ended. But oh, that spoonbowl... You know, I can *distinctly* remember digging with one of my grandmama's spoons outside when I was 5 or so (think I was probably playing Making A Garden with my Barbies) and breaking it, and I promptly buried both the bowl and the handle because I'd get into less trouble for *losing* it than I would for *breaking* it. So I kind of cringed and momentarily was in total solidarity with some kid 250 years ago or whenever. You go, comrade! Your mom never DID find it, right? That 1723 coin was a killer. Wonder just how far back that road you found it beside dates? Thanks again for the video! These things are a part of my Saturdays (most Fridays I'm exhausted at the end of the day, I work for a hospital company) and are so satisfying and wonderful to watch!

[@sheryl6241]

Oh my goodness!! Coin 301 years old??? Your prayers were answered finding great treasures! WOW!!

[@TexasPlugRiches]

Amen!

[@karinkasupski7234]

Sweet KG1 Brad! Great condition

[@lynnerodgers4461]

I can't even imagine finding such an old coin!

[@jamesmassey6690]

I remember subscribing to your channel around the 2k subs mark ,and commenting then on how I couldn’t believe the number was in that range, with the quality and content of your channel. Noticed your creeping up on the 200k mark…. Congratulations,much deserved. Brad you do a great job with your channel. I enjoy every episode and never miss a one. Enjoyed once again from way down in southwest Tennessee. Keep doing what you’re doing, you’re very good at it. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@patschollaert5978]

Awesome finds, of all the ones I’ve found over the years, the 2 cent and 3 cent pieces are my favorites, except for a 1915 $5 dollar gold piece I found 49 years ago!

[@michaelolsen2348]

Awesome finds. Thats KG1 was incredible. Finding 2 cents are rare. Didnt expect to see those found.

[@micah06v8]

I thought for sure your mystery item was also a doorbell until I saw someone else talk about a sewing machine drawer pull. So after doing some research it is in fact a drop ring style drawer pull for a treadle style sewing machine. It's just that the ring is missing from the non-ferrous end. I'm actually slightly embarrassed that I didn't recognize it considering all the hours I spent as a child playing around on my grandmother treadle sewing machine!

[@keithrayeski6417]

I absolutely DO remember the shell tokens!!👍🏻🇺🇸 I lived in a zone called gasoline alley and the gas stations were always having contests. Very cool!!

[@vinnieg.6746]

The Shell token game was a lot of fun back then. I was a little and we had a Shell right around the corner from us. I used to jump in the dumpster and find tokens people threw away. You would collect them and use a game sheet to match them up for prizes. I was able to win a few prizes too. The best I got was $5.00. It was a lot to a little kid back then. And a 300 year old to coin to boot! What a day. Thanks for the videos Brad.

[@pigoff123]

Coffee and Brad. What could be better to start your day.😊

[@tomjoslin1]

I absolutely look forward to watching this every Friday morning 👍

[@robraymond4387]

It’s my Friday morning inspiration!!!

[@canbonly1970]

You are stuck in a time loop. This is your same comment from last week!

[@bethcorey6022]

Coffee with Brad personally and longer than 20 min.. videos are not long enough ❤❤❤❤

[@TomCrosman]

Beer and Brad is better, but coffee is not bad either.

[@mjrippe]

I love the shape of that reins guide. Most are just circles, but this one has character!

[@suziperret468]

1723 old British coin..unbelievable!! Thanks Brad, for your metal detector digs! ❤

[@victoriabrown3836]

Wow! 1723!!! I love when you find something that even unsettles you...what a joy your videos are for a lazy Friday morning!

[@CopperRob6.0]

Yo bro, that reins guide is military. I dug one in the mountains of NW N.C. a few years ago. Found out it was confederate army. After the fall of the confederacy the young men from both sides took tools, horse tack, and any other useful items home to use on their farms. Good find.

[@jenniferneedham5514]

I love hearing Brad say " no way" 😁

[@jasonjenson3174]

Great dig! That 300+ year old coin is a stunner

[@janas7088]

Nice mercury dime. Awesome 2 cent piece. WOW on the King I coin.

[@Carolbearce]

Wow Brad, that coin from 301 years ago is an amazing find. Well done.

[@donnastarnes3104]

Nice finds Brad! 1723? Crazy! If that coin could talk!

[@stuartcunnington6283]

Howdy brother,I really enjoy joining you on your search for historical relics and coins.Thank you, I've been learning a lot about your homelands past.✌️👍

[@jazdia78]

I'm turning 58 in a week. Whenever I hear someone mention "a hundred years ago" or "turn of the century", I still think of either 1800's or 1900. Thanks for showing your videos. I love seeing them, and being reminded about what year it actually is!

[@swampyankee72]

It only gets worse... it sucks when you see the toys you used to play with as a kid demand top dollar at an Antique store. 🙄

[@stubstoo6331]

​@@swampyankee72exactly I'm 64 redline hot wheels are worth big money. I had a matchbox case with about twenty in them. Unfortunately my son raided my case, and I only have about five left. 🙄🙄

[@jwfinley7808]

​@@stubstoo6331I had many and the yellow track!

[@petercastles5978]

The second find is a Rein Terret. Sits up high on a little buggy saddle. A light vehicle such as a buggy or gig has light harness, waggons have heavier stuff on heavier harness. Regards, Peter. Saddler, Australia. (Love your show)

[@bruceritchie4382]

99% of the time I dig antique bottles and about a month ago while digging, I found an 1865 2 cent coin identical to yours. Green patina and all. I never knew of their existence until then. So seeing yours was really cool. Have any idea how many were made? P. S. I dig Maine

[@MerlEdgel]

I really like your videos. Congratulations on that George the 1st 1723. The first thing I thought of when I saw that mystery item was “joy stick for a Play Station” lol

[@patiencekates5975]

Would make me cry, 301 years old!!! Yes I would be overwhelmed

[@GramCanyonSam]

My grandmother just gave me her coin collection and she had a coin from my great grandmother it was a 2 cent . I have specific intrests in coins and the 2 cent made the list.

[@davidlundy2312]

I've got almost identical throwing star as yours (Ga). I've always leaned towards it being a doorbell button or pull. My small town is 1812 till present, historic civil war activities. Oxford, Ga.

[@d.rodrickeamon6133]

Finding a coin that's 50 years older than our country is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime find. Congratulations!

[@janele2488]

Congratulations on that KG1 1723!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 I felt your happiness and your eyes almost tearing up make me super excited for you!! ❤

[@ronaldblood6718]

Love your show i look forward to fridays. Have ever done a video on your collection of things you've found? I would love to see it.😊

[@geraldb8856]

I found a shoebuckle piece with the zigzag design on my first permission. It was a farm established in 1650. I always look forward to your videos, thanks, Brad.

[@DebbieOBryan]

I love your finds Brad, they are great, Thankyou very much.

[@janeharring2430]

Love starting my Fri a.m. with Nrad, but couldn't do that this weekend. Missed you Brad, watched you this Sat. eve. Good show. Thank you.

[@shawnathon60]

I never knew you played,,, but I must say, I don't know wether to thank you, or cuss you out for burning that intro into my head. I write some,, great job, and GREAT vids!

[@lisaclayton404]

Brad I watch your videos every week. Your excitement knowledge and stories have taught me so much. I try to guess what it is before you show us. Please keep making videos and I love your music. Very talented.

[@inqwit1]

Treasure hunting with Brad on a Friday morning on a Starbuck's patio in SoCal. Great start to the day.

[@kenleach6097]

I love how you show the possible VDI’s at the top of your screen. Keep up the great work. (Northlake, TX)

[@terryt.1643]

Never heard of a two cent coin and it’s from the end of the Civil War. Great find. You had a really good day. Happy Friday! 👍👍

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

So Fun. Congratulations on of of the unique things you have found, especially the really OLD half penny. You do make Fridays more interesting. Thank you

[@myview1875]

Not that many George 1 coppers actually get found over here in the UK. 😁.

[@didisalyers4460]

You are absolutely right about tree roots bringing things up. I have lived at my home for almost 40 years and we have a tree that brings bricks up from an old brick road.

[@mattbyrne1822]

I certainly do remember that Presidential game, great find. Keep up the great work youngman.

[@JamesSmith-m6v]

Love all the “no way” and “wow” in your dialog in this one …that 1723 coin is super cool. Love your work, great job on the field, editing, music, it’s a joy to watch

[@digginhistoryoncapecod7506]

Nice hunt! That 1723 KG is impressive- further proof that you simply never know what's going to come out the ground next! The 2-center was pretty awesome as well- Congrats!

[@franceshurt3517]

Brill Brad, thoroughly enjoyed this episode, I tend to feel your excitement of the history of your finds, cheers!!!👍👍

[@TK_in_KY]

Wowza Brad! 300 year old coin find today? I had a blast, and I’m certain you did as well! Hello to the family… have a nice weekend. 😊TK in KY💞

[@bobwardimages]

A three-hundred year old coin! Way to go, Brad 😎💪👏

[@mikesavial692]

That one thing is a drawer pull off apiece of furniture. The brass stem with the hole in it would have had a brass ring through it. The bolt would have went through the drawer with a nut on the back to hold it on.

[@dannystaton5386]

Greetings from south Carolina 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nterracall]

Wow!! 1723 😮 Phenomenal!!

[@jaclynstewartoclair208]

Congratulations on the 301 year old coin. Great find.

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Really enjoyed your finds...wow..thanks for sharing 👍

[@stevenstrempke8883]

Just wow! I sure enjoy the surprises, too!

[@cheryla.wright5348]

OH WOW!! So happy for you finding the 1723 coin!!

[@jayharper2252]

The mystery thing was a old door knob for a wardrobe or drawer pull that had probably glass handles on each end. The square piece went thru the door. If you look close you'll see a set screw on the square piece out next to the knobs. You'd take one screw out and remove the knob and pull it out of the door. But only if you were removing or installing it to the door.

[@dat2ra]

Why would a drawer or wardrobe have glass knobs on the inside?

[@charlesyoung7436]

My guess is an Eastlake Victorian drawer escutcheon plate (one of two needed for each pull).

[@roballison3281]

The iron end would have the latch.

[@jayharper2252]

@@dat2ra just like today. If you got money you can buy anything. Being he found some nice coins I'd say they could afford the nicer things. I've got a old dresser at Dad's that have glass knobs. He's got a wardrobe with glass knobs

[@howardwest1347]

Shocked and amazed. How incredible! Donna northern Michigan

[@markhaney4770]

I've been loving your videos for a long time. Not only are they entertaining, but I never fail to learn history from them. Thank you for the great lessons!

[@janettetippetts7942]

Green Mountain Metal Detecting - Hi Brad! My question about the padlocks you find is Why do you keep finding the locks but never the keys? Would it be the kind of metal they are made from that maybe decays into nothingness? How about brass keys? Congrats on the 1723 British coin! Totally AWESOME!

[@davida2111]

I definitely remember the Shell oil tokens, you got one in a little package every time you bought gas. If you got a certain one your reward was a full set struck in bronze. When I was a child a friend and I would search the dumpster behind the station and find a whole bunch some still in the packages. Other stations had similar tokens, classic cars, U.S. States, animals, etc. love your videos

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks Brad. I'm guessing that mystery item is from a hand operated door bell. The brass is the outside escutcheon, square shaft to turn the internal parts and the hole for the tiny hammer. Looks like Eastlake style.

[@yankeewatchdog]

That was my guess, also...

[@sethcarlson7616]

Ahh, good call👍

[@markpierce4902]

I was thinking a little simpler, a drawer pull missing the swinging handle with the escutcheon stiil on the bolt.

[@sethcarlson7616]

@@markpierce4902 🤔maybe

[@patriciatatich3014]

Thanks for that ID…that piece also looks like the blade on my blender….haha!!

[@sharonedwards4668]

300 years old! Yippee!!! 😁

[@Lakemichigangirl]

Awesome find always love to see the joy you have in your finds.

[@SouthernVermontVintage]

Sprinkling this a.m. in southern vermont, perfect day to go detecting. Our home is on one of the first roads in town, pre 1800's. When they grate or do digging i always detect. Our property and the adjacent property used to be an old school established early 1800's. I have found the foundation area and have scored a few cool items. Buttons, spoons, cast iron dolls and a few silver coins. No coins older than 1900's yet 😔 Issue is so close to a 300 year old road, that there is so many tabs, tops and cans. ✌🏻💚🙏🏻 being in my 40s and disabled, your videos give me inspiration and drive to get exercise. Anyone in southern vermont area and you have wheels i would love to go out with someone that detects, i have only detected on my own. ✌🏻💚🙏🏻

[@DigginSoCal]

Wow, 1723 find... incredible!!!

[@teaberrywmn]

The square brass thingy is a drawer pull or some sort of furniture hardware from an Eastlake piece dating 1830's - early 1900.

[@tcniel]

My mother is just a turn of the century individual as she is going to be 101 on her next birthday, she is up and active, it is nice to see that things and people can live or survive a very long time and can thus be celebrated, good job and I enjoy your videos.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Wow, that is so great. Tell her hi for us.

[@Rehsmj2012]

1723????? That is amazing. Great find Brad.

[@user-ey9bt7fs6n]

Beautiful 2 cent piece. The detail on the shield makes one think it was dropped fairly new. Fun hunt for sure!

[@susane5153]

So I just emptied my house, going through everything we owned to downsize, and found about 20 of those Shell Oil coins in different colors mixed in my kids' old toy boxes. Absolutely no clue where they came from, no memory of having ever seen them before. 😂

[@phillipreams8239]

Can't wait for next week 😊

[@HelpfulHoney]

I looked up Shell’s Mr president coin game and I saw it was most likely 1968. Very interesting find. 😀 oops didn’t wait long enough 😂Brad looked it up.

[@eltango1000]

Wow! Just amazing. Enjoy ur vids!! 😮😊

[@EarlMenefee]

Awesome Brad !!! I found a 1723 like yours year's ago great video

[@keithkuhn6404]

Thanks!

[@Jay-kk2rd]

I love your videos and have metal detected for years. I’ve had some pretty amazing finds myself but still find it difficult to approach owners for permission. I’m betting your personality has served you well. You are a natural in front of the camera, and I love your narrative.

[@metaldetectingwithvance3746]

Dude congratulations on the George 1st coin! That's incredible a 300 yr old coin! WOW!

[@dustyrusty6840]

Do you sell any of the coins and other relics or keep them. Need to show a full display of what you found.

[@11Burns11]

Excellent content. I thought that Rein guide might be part of an oar lock from a boat. We had row boats when my family would vacation in VT on Champlain.

[@donaldbell173]

Wow! NICE finds Brad

[@karyndekeiser-moulton1213]

I always enjoy Friday mornings with GMMD! Thank you for your knowledge and good humor as well as your cinematography. The 301 year old coin was a great find!

[@craziedigging4590]

Hey Brad the decorative piece you found with something in the middle in it I've found the decorative piece like that in Nevada. Missing the center piece though. Drawer Pull of some type maybe. Take Care Brad

[@FOGWHISPER22]

Hi brad, I think your mystery item is a drawer pull escutcheon, with the bolt and the black part held a knob that hung down from a ring

[@gilowens5785]

A 301 year old coin! So awesome

[@craziedigging4590]

Right on Brad Congrats on the 1723 Copper. Congrats on the 2 Cent Coin also. Still a Bucket Lister for me. Love all the Coins and Relics you found. Excellent Hunt there. I hope your able to find out about yhe Mystery piece. I stiil can't figure out the one i found very similar in design and same shape as the one I found. Take Care Brad

[@thomashines1546]

Your find in the video at 6:00 or so, a Victorian Era teardrop drawer pull. My dad was in the Antique business and I saw plenty of them. I’ll see if I have a picture of one to share with you

[@Angelhorselady]

Super awesome finds! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@dat2ra]

I'd posit that the lock shackle is not rusted much because the lock body is made of zinc or high-zinc pewter. The iron won't rust until the zinc is gone. "Sacrificial anodes" of zinc are bolted to ships to protect the iron hulls. Another KZbinr you might enjoy is Desert Drifter who scouts ancient sites around Utah on Google Earth and then goes there with a drone and plenty of enthusiasm. I think you guys would hit it off.

[@krilla]

lol, so weird hearing cars going by as the ambient sound. Great vid as always man!

[@stevewatt5394]

Awesome finds Brad!!

[@terryschmidt7930]

I believe your mystery item is a drawer pull. Love your videos!

[@YvonneWatson-ff5ex]

Hey Brad, all land is old 😂. Great video as usual.

[@ladyaqua4544]

Very very cool 1723 coin.

[@eddieboulrice6791]

Brad how do you get the real old maps i went to are library to find the maps and they dont have to many i dont understand that sence this city started in 1635 in springfield mass .i would think they would have them maybe U MASS college would have them or a college that is local any idear.i love watching you find history i need to buy a better medal detector mones lot 20 years old and i dont think it goes to far in the ground and isnt water proof.

[@davidgonzales8148]

Awesome Brad congrats 300 yr old coin what a find Ty for sharing