Metal Detecting - Scuba Diving - PawPaws In My Belly

[@aquachigger]

These finds were weird. On my last metal detecting adventure, I found a large and odd piece of iron that I think may have come from a railroad, and I also found the remains of a solid lead boat anchor. In my very next video, I found precisely the same things. The boat anchor was a little lighter (I'm pretty sure that's what it is), but it was still a bunch of lead poured into a cylindrical container. The finds were at least 20 miles apart. Weird, eh?

[@HughDuszaPastor]

13:20 weight set. From a stack of them. Stationary weight set.

[@silveraficionado7477]

That chunk of iron is a hammer from a hammer mill I think

[@henrymatthews3141]

Looks like a tractor weight. I remember putting something like that on the front of the tractor for pulling. Guess it could be something else.

[@henrymatthews3141]

Tractor weight

[@PaulGadoury]

Chigg has more than a "Touch of Grey". Lol, I aim 55 and I think you may have a couple years on me. 4 or 5 maybe. I'm right behind you Chigg.

[@tarstakars]

Cone top beer cans we used from the late 40s till the early 60s. Old export beer was made by the Cumberland brewing company for about 1910 to 1969.

[@scotts2440]

Lots of Paws Paws where I grew up in Virginia Piedmont. Deer love them so much they will shake the trees by butting the trunks to get them to drop. They eat them whole and deposit seeds…thus propagating Paw Paws

[@OldButStillKicking]

I often have to watch more than once, Beau! You must know this old man can't take it all in with one viewing!

[@Lee-qp6gf]

I'm 82 and remember finding those cans when I was a kid.

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Another fun day, you can be so funny. Always look forward to your adventures. Thanks Chigg😅

[@earlt.7573]

At 8:20 that's a "cone top" beer can from the 1930s / 40s era, Old Export Beer was bottled or canned in Cumberland Md. Super nice little find.

[@Pete_R63]

When I was growing up, as a kid, having a beer can collection was really popular. I remember friends having 'cone tops' in their collection. I'm glad someone else remembers what they are called! Cheers

[@moonsin28]

Nice job! Thanks for looking that up.

[@nzdobbs]

"My heart is going pitter pat - not just because I'm looking at you Rick" Classic Chigg quote from River Hunters

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

Always a great day when Chigg drops a vid.

[@olafvidar9315]

Chigg looks like Charleston Heston as Moses in 10 commandments

[@rickyb2200]

Thanks Chigg.

[@Laura-Kitty]

Chigg is channeling the Kenny Rogers look.

[@OldButStillKicking]

A little late, but will enjoy to end my day. I'm just one more that has never tasted a pawpaw. Looked so good! Thanks for sharing, Beau.

[@justdustino1371]

We don't have PawPaws on the Gulf Coast, but we have MayHaw berries. They make jelly with them.

[@chrismoore8237]

Nobody works harder than the Chigg

[@hamshackleton]

13.40, oval lump of lead wth a big hole in one end. They use concrete now - they're temporary fence post bases, those wire mesh things in a tube frame, that are put around work-sites - stops the fence from falling over without diggng holes.

[@treepotato9273]

I thought this and I was hoping I'd find a comment to confirm it, thank you :)

[@stevelaconte8802]

I'm amazed that cone top beer can lasted that long in the water

[@AlbertD711]

That big iron piece with the numbers might be a counter weight for the driving wheels on a steam locomotive.

[@rodd8125]

I think those two large weights you found in this video and the one from the other day are pulverizer teeth from a large rotating demo drum typically found in scrap processing plants.

[@JerryR1776]

I like the Beavis impersonation at 13:02 haha!

[@dougalexander7204]

Where I live we call Pawpaws, Indiana Bananas. I grew several trees from seeds on my property but I have to arm wrestle the raccoons for the fruit. I want a Malinois Shepard service dog, then I’ll show them which cabbage ate the rabbit.

[@marklanders630]

I'm glad you said it, that dive sucked, but it's true what they say " you can't win if you don't play " Once while doing a clean up dive in Hawaii I went to pick up a plastic seahorse some kid must have lost and was shocked when I realized that it was a live seahorse! 2000+ dives here and that's the only one I've ever seen.

[@richardwarnock2789]

Ghigg Mr. 🫧 Bubble's Showed up !!!

[@duckscustomgarage9239]

Old Export Beer Cone Top Beer Cans in good condition go for around $250 to $500 for the style like you found . That type was made in the late 1930s to around the mid 40s

[@mokpot]

Man, I love the little dive boat!

[@dougsnyder8963]

Chigg, You are starting to look like Kenny Rogers with all of that hair. 😂I got so used to you looking clean shaven on those UK river adventures. Maybe that mystery weight item was attached to someone’s feet? They replaced cement shoes from the old days. 🤪 Thanks for the video, Doug in NC

[@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat]

Chigg’s glad you did not continue under water, looked murky. The iron pieces are interesting. Can you imagine that was used to coil that spring? We do not have paw paws in our state, but your description reminds me of a banana. Thanks for taking is along. Stay safe.👍👏😀

[@lisauptagrafft2010]

Will you send me a pawpaw? Please, Chigg, I’d love to try one! 😉. ✌🏼❤️

[@Derekmartin20]

I love Paw Paws . Unfortunately the lack of rain this year the Paw Paws groves doesn't look like we will have much this year.

[@JustPlainSteve5372]

Thise old cone-top beer cans are valuable & very collectible! From the 30s until the War shortages slowed down production, You'r looks to be in decent condition too

[@Lucius.88]

You are awesome.

[@NewEnglandRelicHunting-dq1ru]

This was an interesting day. Never heard of a pawpaw, methane bubbling out of the river.....did you travel back in time to the Land of the Lost? ;)

[@bobpiffle1660]

Keep growing the beard!!!!

[@robertdiehl1281]

Living in the desert southwest it’s great to watch a video where there is water and greenery lol. Thanks Chigg

[@aquachigger]

Happy to oblige.

[@cdd4248]

Here from NM and you got that right! I wouldn't know a PawPaw if it knocked on my front door! Teehee

[@vito336]

I’m always amazed at the crap people throw in the rivers.

[@robertcaldwell7918]

Chigg I enjoy the hell out of your videos, keep up the good work...

[@aquachigger]

Thanks, will do!

[@snowballil3133]

Great video

[@RobbieRayner-tb7ey]

Hi Chigg! Thanks for the video! Always very interesting. Does paw paw tree's only grow by water? Oh by the way... like the Sean Connery look you got going on

[@Snarkapotamus]

In 100 degree weather, under water is the place to be!

[@nopelindoputraperkasa5869]

Wow amazing Vidio... always succses 🇮🇩🙏🏿😍👍🏿👍🏿

[@dennismorris3254]

Love that diving hunts

[@rolika5520]

Always enjoying your paw paw stories! Your the reason why i grow them here in switzerland. Had some luck last year. Was able to harvest my first paw paws. Paw paw vid from chigg = a year is already over...😂

[@sakibear4478]

The cone top beer can may have a date of production on the bottom. Some did, some didn’t. Remarkable condition, could have been there since the mid 1930’s. I found ones in worse shape in the deserts of Nevada when I worked for the BLM 46 years ago. Definitely cool and I am Amazed at the condition.

[@Vishiaeq]

Chigg!! With that beard, when you turn sideways you look like Kenny Rogers! Before all the plastic surgery that is.

[@lenoraeaton]

Yes! Thanks CHIGG!!🤿👍

[@Secret_Squirrel_Scottishgamer]

Cant beat a bit of Scooby Dooing to make you happy for a while!!

[@TomFromMN]

Finally checking in!

[@bhumbertson]

Took the jet out and spent half the day yesterday on the river with no luck. Poked around Cherry Run and a couple other spots.

[@patriciayoung3682]

That beer can was a great find But everyday you hunt is a good day just getting some of the trash out of the river is worth it.But you had some murky water problems .But still a good day

[@andreamills5852]

Chigg has the Earnest Hemingway # "Old Man and the Sea" look going on .12:11

[@gregsabo6371]

The mystery item is a lead casting of a spray paint can probably used for an anchor or some kind of weight

[@cyndybutler7330]

Happy Labor Day 🇺🇸🤜🏻

[@morgunfreedom4346]

Yip that metal deal looks like a worn out hammer out of a mill hammer 👍

[@WMAJ6]

Old Export beet was "bottled" by the Queen City Brewery in Cumberland, Maryland. It was originally known as "Old German" but changed to "Old Export" due to anti-German sentiments during World War I or World War II.

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good evening from Southeast South Dakota

[@SuperNetSpyder]

Chigg is still rocking the 'Connery !

[@DiggingBuddy]

Love the pawpaws!

[@Blakenwhyte]

Hi man! Just wanted to drop by! I hope youre doing well :) Keep on keeping on

[@rondathiesen9317]

Hey Chigg, when you find out what that oval iron thing is, will you share with us? Happy swingin n hold your breath!❤

[@glory7111]

I'm thinking its a weight from some older style home gym thing.Before the kind with bands. Not real familiar with that stuff, but that was my first thought the other day on his same find. What say you ...?

[@henrybucki7813]

i remember drinking can drinks in the mid 50s that had that neck spout on them.

[@MrGrimm1911]

Mystery object looks like a hammer out of a hammer mill to me

[@willf5768]

Cone top beer cans are collectable and worth around $300.00 1937- 1950😊

[@timrodatz1274]

Can might of been open with an Old Timer pocket knife.

[@peterkordziel7047]

That beer can you found is a ConeTop . They are among the first beer cans ever made. To determine it's age , look for the seam along it's side. If you can find the words "Internal Revenue TaxPaid" somewhere on it , usually along the seam , that indicates that it was made prior to WW2. If not, then it can only be from the early 1950s at the latest. They are rare , and all are valuable. As time goes on , condition standards are becoming more forgiving too. The square thing you found at the First location looks like a Journal Cover. They were lids that covered friction bearings on old RR axels. Probably late 1860s to 70s if cast iron, up to 1940s if pressed steel. I'm just about the only one in the world who actively collects them. Your bolster spring is the outer one, possibly off a Bettindorf or even an Archbar truck. Dating it would be very difficult by itself, but with your other finds, I can safely say 1860s to 1900 or so. Springs like that only turn up at sites where there was a serious train wreck , or they were scrapped.... I don't think that one was an anchor. Finally that second one of those things might be a cam off of a civil war era locomotive . On old ones like Winans camels , Americans , Crabs ect. The valve gear was internal . Cam operated. Well, not most 4-4-0s. The other one was way older. The one with two holes might even be part of the rods . Or both might be something else , I'll check and if I can I will comment it to you. Keep up the good work, I want to see you find a cannon , man!

[@savagesquirrel9828]

I have always wanted to try paw paws. ‘Asked my grocer why no one has them. He said, as you did, also, that they ripen quickly and don’t travel. Sigh….maybe someday.

[@michaelhargis7036]

Chigg, your is looking extra groovy. I'm just saying. 👍

[@aquachigger]

Thanks... just trucking along.

[@clemmc37]

That lead thing looks like someone poured lead in arresol can maybe, like they cut the bottom off the can and filled it with lead to make an anchor.

[@aquachigger]

That makes sense. I can picture that now. Thanks

[@calliecooke1817]

OMG Chigg. The way you said scuba diving made me think of the comedian Ralphie May. If you have never seen his bit on scuba diving you have to pull it up. Thanks

[@oleradiodudea.m.4735]

8:37 Old Export Brand Beer - The Cumberland Brewing Company of Cumberland, Maryland, USA 1933 to 1958

[@BarberBobDetecting]

Nice cone top! 1940s or 50s I’d guess.

[@user-Icicleandfireball]

Leaches are the worst, I would never have them on me, ever, I would faint as well.

[@janehelbert7551]

I was just going to ask you what they taste like!

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

Old Export made by Cumberland Brewing in mid 50s

[@honkanen72]

About 13 min in the object is for sure a hammer from rockcrusher.

[@aquachigger]

I looked it up and do believe you are correct. There are a lot of limestone quarries in this area. Thanks

[@honkanen72]

@@aquachigger hammermill hammer. 😜

[@oldbamadirt2148]

Well You Did Get To Go Boat Rideing For a Bit. 😎👌👍✌

[@relicrat]

Tractor weight at 13:30? Fun stuff. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@Suzanne-b4h]

I would’ve liked to be on that ride you took when it was flooded, it looked like so much fun!

[@aquachigger]

It was. Hope to do it again soon.

[@kevinmohr9140]

We'd wait until after the first frost so they'd be nice and ripe. I miss these and hen of the woods mushrooms since moving to FL 2 yrs ago.

[@aquachigger]

You are probably thinking of Persimmons. You need a frost before they become sweet. Paw paws are long gone that late in the fall. Persimmons are great too.

[@oranaz551]

this time of year I really miss the smell and taste of ripe paw paws ;(

[@dirtclodmetaldetecting]

Dude, I want to try pawpaws!

[@richardklapka5147]

Yes, cone top from before we born . Rk.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

the export can there isnt an exact match on ebay but the closest thing i saw was olans export ale can (canadian beer) same style of can similiar wording but complete different color scheme and lay out of wording can is possibly from the 40's

[@alexejnemov]

New subscriber from Norway

[@aquachigger]

Thanks for subbing!

[@Cola64]

I have banana and mango trees🤙🏻🌴

[@rogercrawley6966]

Were the leech comments for all the suckers out here? Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[@garycousino]

That cone top beer can is probably 1930s

[@budmartin8297]

Cone top can about 1935-1936

[@fredmoore2846]

Come on a palpal taste like a palpal you can't say what it is but if you know you know I love them hahahaha

[@janehelbert7551]

That might be an oxen shoe!

[@bobgaylord8883]

I kind of remember those cans (the Export Ale) from when I was a kid (no, I wasn't drinking then). That would probably place it around the early 40's to mid-50's. Not positive

[@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886]

I was going to suggest mid 50s early 60s.

[@bobgaylord8883]

@@taxesdeathandtrouble.1886 Only because I'm kind of anal & don't have a real life, I googled "cone cans" and it came up that the first one was used in 1935, so I figure with metal shortage during WW2, they probably didn't get widely used until maybe '48 or so. Just a guess or so. Maybe early '50's as you suggest.

[@user-Icicleandfireball]

24th like, happy labor day, chigg

[@yankeetimeline]

That weight is for a tractor They slide on a bar on the front of the tractor.

[@_scrapman4324]

That piece of steel looks like a hammer from a small hammer mill.

[@JustPlainSteve5372]

Hold MY breath!

[@dougalexander7204]

Could that iron thing be a hammer out of a hammer mill? Just a guess.

[@willie714]

Cone top beer can

[@barbarafritchie2000]

👍🏻

[@michaelbishop6831]

Have you ever heard of folks having GI problems once they cook the paw paw? They can eat them raw but have issues once they heat them.

[@aquachigger]

Not heard of that, but I can't imagine cooking them. Seeds and skin will hurt you though.

[@michaelbishop6831]

@@aquachigger this guy was making pancakes. He screened the seeds out.

[@CHAD-RYAN]

First?

[@snowballil3133]

The metal thing looks like something to an old dozer