Literally TRIPPING Over Treasure!

[@GMMD]

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[@gaylenealis7268]

I was curious if you are aware that you are in another video done by “Awesome!” Date is for August 7 2021 Under title “ Girl Vanishes , 7 months later Hiker tells cops to look closer at log pile. There are a few pictures in it if you. I wasn’t sure if you knew about it or not.

[@ke4uyp]

It's a slaughtering knife.

[@hilljackprospecting4610]

@@gaylenealis7268 hes aware and its been reported sometime last year or year before

[@gaylenealis7268]

@@hilljackprospecting4610 thanks for letting me know!

[@charleswilson9480]

I see you got you a 4-wheeler now , I bet it cuts down on walking so far ..

[@donnamartin4465]

Every Friday I wake up this thinking oh boy it's Green Mountain day.

[@sonnypate6808]

The iron piece with the two brass things on it is the handle to a coffee grinder. They were on the top of the grinder. I believe the blade is for fleshing hides of animals like beaver,deer or hogs and cattle.👍☮️

[@dennisjohnson406]

I agree on both

[@Bob-507]

@@dennisjohnson406 ditto

[@TheBellmare]

not for fleshing, it's a garden edger, food chopper, dough cutter

[@keithfagan5424]

Go figure, I'll be out all day detecting and find nothing, but all Brad has to do is trip and discover a cool find.....Nice!

[@stephen12264]

Hey brother I am going out for my first hunt in months my surgery was a absolute success and I have been cleared by my doctor to return to what I love to do. Wish me luck by the way I have truly enjoyed your videos lately you have really stepped it up and they have been awesome. I love the hunting for the Degraw I probably spelled that wrong but you get the gist of it. Great video bro God Bless brother.

[@kayesdigginit1519]

I've been wondering where you've been 😃. I'm so glad to read your comment about your surgery being a complete success. Now go find those treasures 🤗

[@wiseguysoutdoors2954]

Those wild berries have so much better flavor than tame. What an added bonus treasure

[@tassiedevil2400]

Dude… definitely has to be the original pizza cutter…. 😂 😂

[@catherinedemondplatt6967]

Or a rocker knife for cutting dough.

[@CmoreTruth]

Always enjoy your channel. 😊🙏

[@davidross5169]

I have a hole bunch of old leather tools,punches,blades,14 different tools ,I dont do leather work ,im 75 ,and I can't get around much any more,im from wisconsin.and as a young guy we walked the hills in west Central wis.about 50 MI from the mississippi river, in so watching you guys hikeing is awesome,that leather tool you found

[@MrPeteykins]

Would love to see the restoration of that cutting tool!

[@jackmehoff5552]

YOU THE MAN OF METAL DETECTING

[@martinmarsola6477]

Nice finds, Brad. Enjoy the holiday weekend. 👍🇺🇸

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Brad nice day for you young man enjoyed the video and blueberry love them stay blessed and see you again on the next episode 2👍

[@jlocey87]

Great finds. Especially the blueberries... Huggs from the great state of Maine... 🤗

[@chrisgabbert658]

I miss you this morning 🤷‍♂️ better late then never , nice haul today 👍

[@XxX.KaeruXxX]

I've been enjoying watching your older videos, thank you.

[@SheepDogActual]

Great video Brad. The blade is for cleaning the pelts of larger animals.

[@thomasdalton2232]

That's what I was thinking initially, but Googling for similar description/photos it appears to be a Halfmoon Knife used for cutting leather/leather working.. as Brad had surmised. I personally would worry it is too fragile/brittle after all that time in the ground to risk trying to cut leather with it... but what do I know!

[@beverwyck1]

I agree, it looks like a vintage hide scraper to me as well.

[@kimberlybecker6551]

Love the sound of the water when you dug the shoe buckle.

[@jeansiegel4128]

I have a similar chopper to that as it was my great grandmother's brought from Russia. Yes, mine has a wood handle.

[@roymagnus827]

As a kid in Scotland I used a cutting tool just like you found , it had a long handle and it was for edging lawns, or cutting sod.

[@joyceclark8476]

Good morning Brad, it’s a great Friday when I start my day with you. Wonderful finds and video. Have a wonderful week. Joyce 🇺🇸❤️

[@claudechicoine6600]

Lol. woodpecker made my day. Great video Brad.

[@richardthomas1743]

Good morning and thumbs UP !

[@SuperCharlie2002]

Great finds today! Love the old coppers. Keep up the good work. Also love the old tool!

[@jodylaughman4684]

Thank you for the great family content.

[@dwightpickens2895]

Another great video 📹 love the blade and the coppers

[@allieregan5045]

Thanks Brad…as always love the adventure and scenery👍😊

[@philfrederickiii2320]

The soundtrack for all your vids is incredible. I know you play all of the instruments, and that adds a great deal to the whole experience.

[@philfrederickiii2320]

Long Trail End2End

[@old5andimer713]

Nice hunt Brad .. I agree with the previous comments about the demi-lune fleshing tool, and have to agree it's in phenomenal condition for its age .. Not uncommon to find smaller versions, of similar form, used in home food preparation during the period, chopping vegetables and the like for consumption .. I know of passionate antique collectors of choppers "up-country" who would have all their juices flowing to stumble across one of that size and condition .. a wonderful find ! Thanks for sharing another great day in Vermont.

[@adamfield8480]

A Blog video of you restoring the leather tool would be cool to see. Also, maybe showing how it works? Would be a good winter video 👍

[@nicolasespinoza131]

Those are some great finds! I also found an Indian head penny from 1906.. great day!

[@digthatbeep]

Excellent video Brad! I really enjoyed watching it. Happy Hunting!

[@fredclemons8923]

Good video I enjoyed it nice finds catch you on the next one 🇺🇸

[@DiggingCanuck]

Great episode Brad. That cutting implement looks a lot like an Ulu, (traditional Inuit woman's knife which is used mainly for scraping skins, sewing & cutting meat).

[@ronsdigginthemidwest5502]

I thought that as well. Search “The Fastest woman with a Ulu” for a cool example.

[@DiggingCanuck]

@@ronsdigginthemidwest5502 Pretty sure we're correct :)

[@memorylaine]

The large button cleaned up beautifully! The tool is awesome! Always enjoy your videos.. Great finds.. another great video....

[@markfiorella7447]

another great day stay safe

[@davidball3081]

Amazing! Love that cutting tool and how you tripped into finding it. Like to have a look at it when you get it restored. 🤓

[@ngairemartin9753]

Beaut blokes as we say Downunder Australia way. Big loves and lots of gold to you both. A Nana in Queensland Australia ✌🙃💜

[@franielee38]

Yay!!! Great video! Great finds! See ya next week for sure!!!

[@patriciamuskevitsch8359]

Great way to spend time in the woods.

[@rikspector]

Brad ,Looked like 1888 to me:) At 20:01 on the grounds there seemed to be a triangular piece of metal, naybe related to that leather cutter. Mason Jar glass inserts kept the food from touching the metal and were supposed to keep them from getting tainted. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@scottnix4991]

Yes that is correct.

[@sandralane1923]

Your intro music is awesome. I love the complexity of the arrangement and how you bring the guitar up and expand it out. This was a fun dig do love that veggie/ leather cutting tool.

[@jimmymalone3494]

Great job enjoy it

[@comfortablynumb9342]

That blade looks like a tool used for cutting tobacco and rolling cigars. But I get the feeling that it's a common cutter shape for lots of jobs.

[@timothycoppinger7631]

The rivet like buttons appear to be collar buttons for holding linen collars to a shirt. The posts are actually the front.

[@irenemariebelanger3758]

Great music! Great finds! 🇨🇦

[@wescreek5666]

the blue berries and you swinging the detector was a nice touch to the video

[@twots22]

Nice find you tripped over. Your shows are very good. Keep em coming

[@garyjones2582]

My grandmother ( born in late 1800's) did a lot of canning and I saw many of those Mason jars with those same kind of lids.. There was a separate small gasket to seal the contents of the jar.. thx for taking us along for the ride..

[@DublinBloodUSA]

Proud of you Brad !

[@user-ey9bt7fs6n]

Looking forward to seeing your new find restored. It’s going to look amazing.

[@deonhavenga6197]

Another excellent hunt, and that cutting tool you stumbled across is a top notch find. Thank you for another entertaing video 👍 top shelf.

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Sweet finds!

[@connienelson1515]

Found some really great stuff! Good day. Stay safe with your family.

[@chrisedwards4694]

The old mason jar lids were made of zinc. The ceramic inserts were used to protect the contents of the jar from being contaminated by the zinc in the lid as it would give the contents an “off-taste”. Thanks for another great video!

[@williamalvey632]

Thank you Brad for a vary enjoyable video I look forward to them

[@jjsmith8956]

I love your videos. History amazes me, I love Vermont, and you are such an interesting young man with a head full of information. Loved seeing your family and gardens, but especially like the nature shots. I'm in NY, right in the triangle of Mass and Vt., Berkshire. Bennington is about 35 minutes away, so I get to VT. now and then.

[@stevetanner3953]

Always look forward to your videos and really enjoy them

[@heden1460]

I'm glad you didn't get hurt when you fell.

[@coinholeo2253]

Items don't only get covered by leaves etc.With a lot of rain the soil will turn liquid,and the item will literally sink.I've found 40's coins in the middle of open parkland 9" deep(which had me scratching my head for a while) until I tumbled to what's going on.Been watching for years,and hope to be watching for years more.Good luck and good health to you and yours!

[@roxannaweaver2155]

I was late to the party this morning. Usually up by 5:30 but things didn't go well last night so sleep deprived right now. Anyway, I made it and am excited by the probable coffee grinder handle and the hide scraper. I also like that fancy button quite a lot. Very nice design. Isn't it amazing how the earth holds onto things until it comes time for them to be found? Yep, great day for you. Thank you for a good start to my Friday morning. Now I can breathe deeply again and enjoy the memory.

[@DetectEdOutdoors]

Great video, buddy. 🤘

[@joefarrell234]

I seen something similar on the TV show "life below zero".it's used to flesh out an animal skin.

[@joebrown1382]

Lots of nice finds. That cutter looks to be for removing hides from animals to butcher.

[@daveofbakersfield47]

cool...like a Ulu knife

[@lindamesa4941]

That tool is amazing surprise find! I hope u show the new handle u add to make it beautiful again!

[@robwilliams3484]

I am really surprised you don’t find wild blueberries all the time, I grew up in the Brattleboro Vt, Keene Nh area and found them all the time. Arrowheads too. Love your channel! Takes me home again every Friday. Makes me wonder all the old metal I walked over and never knew it.

[@suzique5827]

Same here. I lived in Underhill Vt for a while and we found them in the late summer all the time.

[@davidgonzales8148]

Great finds congrats Awesome video ty Brad

[@nancyestes7506]

Love your videos I am always glad to see what you find.

[@memorylaine]

Hello GMMD! I'm excited ....

[@zw5509]

The LU looking tool must be a fantastic steel to have taken a patina and survived like that. It will be interesting to see what kind of an edge it takes. I'll bet a really good one! I like the hide scraper suggestion, in which case the impregnation of fats may have helped keep the steel good. Look forward to seeing it as a leather tool.

[@joanhamilton2651]

You were blessed this day with unique finds. Love the video.

[@BackroadsMetalDetecting]

I dig maaon jar lids in MN all the time. The porcelain or white milk glass was used to keep the food inside the jar from coming into direct contact with the metal lid. This was done to keep the food from getting a metallic off-taste. The liner also decreased the chances of bacteria getting in the food. New lids obviously are lined with rubber/plastic seals. Hitting the site of a former homestead tomorrow here and hoping to find a mason jar lid or two while there. Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting

[@markg1490]

Great video! The Mason jar lid peeked my interest. My wife and can food and you can still get those lids but they are plastic with a rubber seal. We normally use disposable lids but these are good if you can't get those 😊

[@gwenwheeler1248]

Love your channel, always interesting, thanks for your hard work

[@christopherreynolds8873]

Thanks for the video

[@silvergoldking]

That was a great hunt. The cutting tool is so nice. You looked so happy to find it. Thanks for sharing your videos, can't wait for the next adventure.

[@douglasnelson4117]

It was always meant to be found by him YaHuWaH does those special things for. Us. YaHushuWaH GREAT Gifts

[@ouachitamountainliving]

Really enjoy your channel!

[@normawinton6832]

Awesome day. Good thing you slipped on the rock but glad you didn't hurt yourself! Nice knife chopper and coins. Sad the shoe buckle was broke and not complete darn it! Happy hunting!

[@baystateplugflipper7061]

Great hunt Brad !!!!

[@mikerobey5953]

Great video and some nice finds. Keep it up Brad!

[@patg6705]

Awesome finds Brad - thanks for sharing - my favorite is the mason jar lid -

[@terryherren9009]

Nice video and what beautiful country.

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

Cool finds Brad! 😎😎

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Very cool finds. Love the buttons, shoe buckle and tool. The coins were a bonus lol. Thanks for sharing and take care.

[@cdayperry2701]

Love to see the blueberries in the forest. Hope the people before you enjoyed them too; so nutritious. Glad for your treasures!

[@jimmycloake5275]

You got some nice finds Brad

[@barfass]

Waiting all day to get home to watch. I remember a couple of years ago I was off every Friday and could watch as soon as you posted. I am happy to be working full time again and having to wait! haha. Always a pleasure to watch, and a great listen with all the good music.

[@Medieval_Digger]

Good video, fun to watch! 😁💪

[@bobwardimages]

Good work again, Brad 😎

[@kayesdigginit1519]

The big brass dandy coat button is a thing of beauty 😃. Thank goodness you didn't hurt yourself badly with the slide/fall 👍 and to end up with a true relic! Two Largies and a smallie 😁. Those gunshots were quite unnerving 😳

[@DublinBloodUSA]

Awesome buddy !

[@marnaehrech1223]

Awesome show!!

[@garyslogan]

The projection on the cutting tool (or anything like a knife) that goes up into a handle to secure it is called a tang. That's an awesome find!

[@MikeBanks2003]

What you have also found is the lid from a preserving jar. They still make them--check "Fowlers Vaccola" preserving kit--it will show you all of the stuff--and the glass lids that are held on by a vacuum once the preserves cool down. Lotsa fun. There are US made versions too.

[@robertseaman3963]

That was a lot of work, great stuff

[@STFUitsBlake]

Nice finds. I want to pick the hobby back up!

[@chrismiller9740]

I have found 2 of those cutters at colonial sites in NC. Here they were used generally to chop cabbage for sauerkraut, and for potatoes and other root veggies

[@montanabob2153]

The milk glass inserts on jar lids were to keep acidic contents (like pickles or tomatoes) from eating the metal lid

[@TheHellFlower1]

Wish I had some of those! Modern lids are weaksauce.

[@diggergrandad2654]

Hey Brad that Mason jar lid had a red rubber seal with it. When boiled in pan the jar would be removed and quickly tightened. When it cooled the jar would seal. The rubber seal had a tab that stuck out so you could pull it to break the vacuum seal and open the jar. Yes I'm and old guy and helped my great grandmom who was born in 1879 to can.

[@ronniecardy]

Some very good finds as usual