Im seeing all the signs of American colonists out here like split granite stacked rocks

Way out in the forest I found some split granite and stacked rocks. I was out hiking and exploring looking for the old early settlers sites. The colonists of New England were out in this area in the early 1700s and forged their farms out of the wilderness. I followed the now trails that I'm am convinced are the cart paths ( old wagon roads ) that wander all over this huge forest. Buried in the bush and overgrown areas I found massive split rocks that would have been for the foundations of cellar holes, as well as stacks of stones. This is how you find old places out in the woods. Exploring and and reading the landscape of long deserted home sites abandoned for hundreds of years.
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Im seeing all the signs of American colonists out here like split granite stacked rocks
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[@metalyn]

Charlie, you really have a sense of what you see and what to expect from that. You really know your land and we have better history because of that. Thanks! Always enjoy your NotThursdays!

[@chuckvt5196]

Those early settlers were hardy folks!

[@mamm7223]

What a beautiful place!

[@DrBlues76]

Nice woods!

[@akinhead6254]

Hey hey Charlie. Keep on keeping on

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

I don't know what the flowers were but they were gorgeous, but do they grow wild or were they brought there I wonder? It's a very intriguing area that gets you when you know there should be a site but not able to find it, downright frustrating for you Charlie. We will see what the future shows up sweetheart. I hope you didn't have far to go to get home though I like you used to love the peace and serenity of the woods that I found gave me time just to escape my hectic life for a while. Good luck and happy hunting, hiking and exploring my friend God bless you and NinJen love and hugs to you both Mary-Ellen LFOD UK

[@joyceclark8476]

Hi Maryellen, those flowers were rhododendrons. They are found in the Himalayas and North America. They come pretty pink shades as well. Take care, Joyce❤️🇺🇸🙏

[@joyceclark8476]

Hi Charlie, congratulations on 40,000 subscribers. I love me some Not Thursday hikes. Exploring to see the clues. Thank you, Joyce❤️🇺🇸🙏

[@TheReal-HeeHaw]

Enjoyed watching N.T once again ✌

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Great day Charlie love the history of the place of your videos 👍

[@PlasteredDragon]

I love the opening segment. So nice!

[@mandybrown7758]

Great Adventure Charlie. I learn alot from Not Thursday Thanks for sharing 👍 and exploring 😊 while educating

[@stopmeansstop3788]

An amazing skill to be a time traveler; seeing into the past! Always a pleasure to observe you doing that.

[@jenniferponcia8387]

Wow!

[@jenniferponcia8387]

Assessing the area ... everything, just amazing. Thanks for letting us tag along.

[@ChrisLincolnHomes]

Do you ever come across any old burial grounds while you're exploring? Another page I follow, Side Step Adventures based in GA, they go out and find old abandoned cemeteries. I know in New England (I'm from Southern MA) that around where I grew up there are all kinds of old burial grounds in the woods. Thanks.

[@ghoward6797]

I know, I'm 65 years young and know of multiple graves in the woods that are no longer there because of urban growth just here in Ohio, yeah your house is setting on a family grave yard

[@bobwardimages]

Good venturing 👍🏼

[@marilynbergemann6808]

I wish that I was out there with you. A lot of those trees are pretty young. I wish you well.

[@sparkplug5481]

Do you ever come across old cemeteries or graves during your adventures? The people that worked that land have to be buried somewhere

[@MNpicker]

Awesome...just Awesome 👌

[@davidraines1380]

Charlie you never know. The iron might have been deeper than the pinpointer could reach or they might have built where it is wet now. Like you said too much activity for there not to be a house

[@theodoredicks3305]

so if anyone is going to find the footprint it will probably be you. keep looking. Great video

[@katetheflake220]

i know in the south we can normally spot daffodils near old abandoned home sites. are there any plants you can spot that indicate an old home was there?

[@janetsmart-countryliving1059]

Same here in WV.

[@jmorin6620]

Lilac if the place was occupied for a very long time. Apple trees as well. Very infrequently, lillies.

[@HughDuszaPastor]

5:57 Mr. Charlie I just never would have passed up the opportunity to look under a rock line that. It looks too good for a deposit.

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

I enjoy when you explore and take us on a true tour of nature. Such beautiful county you live in.

[@lizlee6290]

Watching many of your videos, I've often wondered how in the world the colonials split those huge chunks of granite before mechanization and dynamite. And how did they move them, even with animal power? Astonishing to contemplate! I did a quick google search, and naturally came up with lots of sites about NH granite. Many have photographs of the process from the 19th and 20th century commercial quarries. Still have to search more, though, to find out about the colonial, "hand" method. I know it's there somewhere!

[@paulcallicoat7597]

Look up rock hand drills and then look up wedges and feathers. I did a bit of that with my dad but used a gas powered impact drill for the holes and used large wedges with feathers.You have to grease the feathers before tapping them into the holes sequentially til the rock breaks. We couldn't afford the hydraulic wedge and feather systems at the time but they are really cheap now.

[@lizlee6290]

@@paulcallicoat7597 ​ @Paul Callicoat Wow, thanks very much for the tutorial and the "lead." Now I can go down the rabbit hole of researching - and that's a good thing!

[@tomsmith5881]

Where are you in New Hampshire I lived in Tunney for Ten years in a 1780 cape a cross from susasamo wood plant

[@sourcreamking]

Tried looking at LIDAR of the area? It lets you "see through" leaves and vegetation, and structures, etc. hidden for centuries becomes visible... I use it all the time for my permissions.

[@scottnyc6572]

How much does a lidar detector cost? I know they’ve been using it in Mexico and South America in find Aztec ruins

[@sourcreamking]

@@scottnyc6572 probably way too much for the ordinary person, but I know that in England, Norway, and several other European countries datasets from fly-over LIDAR-scans are publicly available. Thought there might be something similar in the US...

[@daisymay4183]

The wild flowers are beautiful. I trust your investigation skills Charlie eventually you will find that hidden cellar. I just can't imagine splitting giant granite boulders with no power tools. The colonialists where very tool talented. Love the video.

[@thunderboomer8726]

Charlie, many believe that these stone piles pre-date the colonists and were created by Native Americans. Look up The Trail Through Time in Acton, Mass. where there are stone piles and walls with explanations of what they meant to Native Americans. Early colonists also noted the existence of stone walls that were too low to be for keeping animals enclosed and did not seem to be boundary walls.

[@davideddy2672]

The technique was typically used in Devon and Cornwall - from the 12th century to the 1800’s

[@TheDetectiveDetector]

What metal detector do you recommend

[@diggerdame4709]

We use First Texas equipment. Fisher and Teknetics.

[@karenjones7111]

You know I love your videos. I just don't get the fact that you go and you walk all that way and you don't take your metal detector. I get it that you're out scouting around and exploring and looking and finding I get all that but what I don't get is why you don't have your metal detector with you to test the ground to know whether or not you need to walk all that way again to metal detect it. That pinpointer in one little spot or two isn't going to tell you anything. Again don't get me wrong I love your videos it just confuses me why you don't carry your metal detector with you✌❤

[@Jupitermustangmike]

Any question is a good question!

[@lizlee6290]

He did say that if there was iron, the pin pointer would pick it up. He also said that one time, using that method, he found a spoon. I guess any finds would have to be surface-ish?

[@diggerdame4709]

When we go scouting it can be several miles. Sometimes we just don't want the extra weight of a detector and shovel.

[@jimjoyce962]

The proper term for what you call grow back is "reprod" ie reproduction. And that blooming plant is Rhododendron. I enjoy your scouting missions keep it up.

[@frankmonroe8320]

Mountain laurel

[@evankibbe590]

Hummmmmmm👍😊🌎🌞

[@GraniteGuy]

Love to see that split New Hampshire granite! I have a bunch of no-talk videos where I cut up a New Hampshire granite boulder with feathers and wedges. Check out kzbin.info/aero/PLQXryM9RMKzYSORyJxmgNGEFkb8WF0e7V

[@dennismitchell1934]

Great imagination ! If you get too old to hike up and down the mountains try writing for soap operas ! 😁

[@leesmith2798]

@6:42 and throughout the video. This is an early 1800s Granite Quarry. 1803 to 1810 Max. This Quarry is way out there. If average Joe 1803, were to go up there to quarry a few stones for his own house, he would need all the knowledge and tools to do so. He would need beasts of burden that need to be fed. He would plan to spend the weekend. That's not very practical. This is a commercial quarry dating from the same time. It might have been part of a contracted job in town, and this is where they got the stones from. Or, it might have been that type of commercial quarry that brought pre-ordered rough slabs to town, and slabs to be resized. Either way, we can all agree that quarrying granite is not done in the winter time. The workers at that quarry whether it be for one job, or seasonally, for several years, would have lived there for most of the working week. It's a safe assumption that most of their work was done in the heat. They would have lived in a cabin built in the afternoon shadow side of a hill near water.

[@scottnyc6572]

How come you don’t bring your detector during your exploration excursions? You hike all the way out there and see tons of evidence but no metal detector..smh.

[@randyl1224]

Where’s keebler

[@bsquaredsc461]

Wow! 14 minute video. 0 seconds of metal detecting! Disappointing!