Metal Detecting: Two Cannonball Railroad Adventure!

[@brettcorbett3178]

That long stick with electric cord is a civil war selfie stick

[@crab2323]

love the videos,keep it up. I'm disabled and can't get out to do what you do,i so enjoy the finds and history lesson that your finds give. thank you for the great information

[@steveclark4291]

I'm disabled too and enjoy his videos also ! Here is a few others that you might check out ! Green Mountain Metal Detecting , WWII2HISTORYHUNTER & Stealth Diggers are a few . They explain what they find history wise .

[@NorthernDelawarevids]

It's a handbrake from the roof of a boxcar. Brakeman would ride the roof and apply as the train crest the grade. It's probably pre-1930's, although not too uncommon into the 40's. It's cast iron if you didn't know already.

[@102819921]

the railroad brake wheel is so cool. love that the "spokes" are curved like that, shows you its meant to take force in only one direction...

[@gregsgarage1465]

Funny about the bicycle seat! That is off a early 60s Sears Tandem bike and they are terrible to sit on!!! :) I am a big vintage bicycle guy so I recognized that piece immediately! :)

[@theqwacker7731]

Are you sure I'm pretty sure it's off a shwin bike

[@chadsimmons6347]

have you ever found any meteorites in a stream ?

[@dicksplatts007]

i thought it was a old tractor seat from the 20's they often had the same style

[@angelicaleder]

so it WAS a bicycle made for two!

[@gregsgarage1465]

You are correct! :)

[@HeyyBrey]

30 minute video from Aquachigger? The perfect way to end the day!!

[@renylcollado2507]

jumpergirls yup

[@bigallan7181]

4:52 Yes! It belongs to either a wooden boxcar, around 1890s or a boom car or caboose's hand brakes around 1890s?

[@sudriansignalman9387]

wrong, it would have to be before the 1890's, because that style of brake wheel came off of a 1860's-1880's car because in the 1870's they made the air brake, and those brake wheels were changed in the 1880's

[@bigallan7181]

The gaming blue engine Thanks!

[@sudriansignalman9387]

+BigAllan #InternetNiceGuy your welcome

[@bigallan7181]

The gaming blue engine :D

[@Lazypancake]

ah the first signs of summer, wild aquachiggers rummaging through the streams. so glorious

[@timothywhite8130]

quite majestic if i do say so myself

[@tyrantatocomrmagicarp5750]

+Aquachigger it is and its around 75-130 years old

[@beaniebaby6899]

+Aquachigger do you watch Aphmau

[@beaniebaby6899]

+Aquachigger love your vids 8D

[@KyrinSolaq]

LOL

[@rayrevolta6198]

Did i ever laugh at your laugh when the snake went in the water,you make my day every time Beau,Live long and prosper!!

[@sonnyb.9252]

Hey Beau, The item at 29:03 looks like a broken crank handle from a fishing reel. Outstanding Video! Thanks!

[@kathyberry4229]

love the journeys you take us on, the turtle is probably just full of eggs I've found snapping turtles in that condition! thanks

[@ExStaticBass]

The electrical bit you grab out @2:40 is most likely a neon sign transformer. I play with those a lot making Tesla coils and I've seen some older ones. They usually don't fail unless they've been submerged in water for a few years.

[@mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff]

please let there be a cleaning vid of those awesome cannon balls can't wait to see how they look all cleaned up and in one of your displays.

[@92RADLO]

+mikes hobbie's and random stuff Agreed X1000

[@nitrohead88]

Nice video ! I worked in an old paper mill for about 10 years & the machine had those wheels on them to hand turn the rewinders. It had dates on the machine from 1875!!

[@digginghistory7]

What an awesome hunt! Those canon balls look in amazing condition with the straps and all.....very nice :D

[@rogerstill71]

Beau, you can't possibly imagine how much I appreciate your rational view on snakes. Some other people on here have absolute hysterics over the most harmless of snakes, and I think it's bloody ridiculous. I like snakes, and won't even harm the poisonous ones, unless absolutely necessary. Kudos and props to you!

[@jynxgoxoom]

I think I learn more from watching your videos than I do watching the nature channel. thank you for sharing. your videos always brighten my day.

[@luvmybling22]

Beau, you certainly deserve every one of those finds. 6 snakes, poison ivy and Lord knows what else is lurking in that murky water....you're either extremely brave & fearless or a little crazy. :)

[@beauwolfe4049]

Debi Sher hey tr hats my name

[@roydriver74]

Beau Wolfe it doesn’t say ur name so shut up

[@jimtom1115]

Maybe all three! Only man I know that can find a needle in a haystack..

[@larryy6467]

Naaa none of the above. Hes a treasure hunter we all do it!

[@TheMetalliblob]

That was great. A bit of nature and some relics, a perfect video.Thanks for sharing your adventures, its gonna be a great year.

[@jimmyjunkmail]

That noise scared the crap out of me just watching can't imagine what it was like standing there!! LOL

[@ggsmith099]

the first thing with the wires was a old door bell chime you can see the plungers on the side ! keep em coming! and that is a break wheel for RR car!

[@cleburnefan]

Congrats on the 32 pounders. They are beautiful. I am hearing rumors you are in double digits in shells already. Can't wait for more artillery videos.

[@tonyeichensehr3450]

That's correct It's a vintage brake wheel from either one of the cars or from a caboose

[@gavaldi4361]

Nice finds Beau! Those are going to look great all cleaned up.

[@archbishop8719]

Amazing scenery! Thanks again, Beau!

[@xxxdiabolikxxx]

At 2:38 that's a 2-gang external outlet box with conduit and wire still attached to it.

[@dcmccart25]

Read exterior not external and you're bang on. 1 vote.👍

[@johnmyers130]

Yep. That's a two gang box with explosion proof switch plate. Why it's in the river I have no clue...

[@gordslater]

3:05 looks like a roller from an expansion joint on a bridge (anyone seen a bridge nearby?) though it could be a link pin from a crane or large plant.

[@xChampionRedx38]

this is such a great and underrated channel. Love the videos, and I'm glad you're uploading them. Thank you!

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

Those 24's were Awesome! And yes, train brake wheel! Nice finds👍

[@khammar6081]

Definitely a rail car brake wheel. Old for sure. Great find!!

[@diggerdano6868]

the turtle had a big chunk taken out of him, but he looks healthy though!!!!! you kill me, funny stuff!!!

[@tommywright7196]

DiggerDano i know it i don't think i would feel to healthy it i had a big chunk taken out of me

[@chrisdegrazia9276]

At 3:00 minutes that big heavy thing you found looks like a pin out of some heavy equipment tracks

[@ninjaalfie9075]

I actually think it is a bomb?....

[@mkianni2]

pipe bomb. It was my job to make them for the mafia in the mid 80s.

[@thekingsilverado9004]

They also use the same sort of pin on the heavy track hoes as slave roller I know It's my job to make em where I work...

[@djrichsaracino2554]

Another great Volg Chig, Can't wait till you get back on the rafting rivers and find those treasures.

[@riverriver5345]

That first square thing is a rusted outdoor light switch. Those pins with the flat knobs on that one end are the switches. Push in to turn on and pull out to turn off.

[@Mr1fish1]

The box with wires at the very beginning is a fire alarm bell but the bell was missing. Great vid....

[@coreyjames4315]

love the longer vids. I watch them while falling asleep good way to mellow out and enjoy a hunt

[@phyllisstrider2998]

Its amazing what's out there to be discovered. WOW!

[@robertarey5383]

The box you find at 2:55 is a weatherproof switch box. It would have two switches in it and the knobs sticking up at the top is what works the switches inside.

[@321minder]

17:25 Swan mussel we call then in the UK, still present in some clean/unpolluted rivers an they can produce pearls.

[@mixmasterusta]

The piece at 7:30 looks like a musket badge. I've engraved very similar pieces for replica muskets .

[@jsmith9517]

the wheel you found with the cannon balls is a break wheel that was used before the 1950's, that's before railways converted to diesel locomotives and stopped using break wheels (which were converted to the F.R.E.D.s which are the little red lights at the back of the trains now a'days)

[@cam2351]

I find stuff for the railroad a lot, but it's never old, we found a signal flare once, which was pretty cool

[@philipstephan5451]

Ya . Chig remember, it's not the snakes you see, it's the ones you don't. That are under water just waiting. I don't remember this location, if you've ever searched here before. Very beautiful location, thanks for taking me along. Awesome finds.😊

[@aquachigger]

Thanks. This was a long way from home and only dug there once.

[@WW2HistoryHunter]

So great to watch and thanks for sharing. Greetings from WW2HH

[@tennesseegem1063]

Great find Beau. I love the cannon balls. I can't wait to see them cleaned up. Good video.

[@auntal3482]

Tennessee Gem and

[@ProjectRescues]

I have that exact same Buck knife at 20:00, still in the original box and leather cover. Its late 70s.

[@shropshirehistory908]

I really enjoyed that video Beau. With a slick pair of 24lb balls who needs bamboo that big lol. Congrats nice find. G

[@RossCHoward]

When you’ve had one water moccasin come straight at your face as a kid fishing on the bank. You pretty much never go into this type of water ever again. So I’m glad you do so I can watch.

[@jerseydemon4134]

When I saw that this video was a half hour long I got so damn excited! Love it!

[@randymusick3645]

I have been asking for longer videos so thank you thank you thank you.

[@jalpa9642]

That box is an electrical device, it's an Explosion Proof Switch Box.... utilized in areas where there's flammable powders, liquids, gun powder...etc... Ya know, people go to Florida and stop at the Alligator Farm just over the State line. They usually buy a baby alligator and take it home. Once it grows up (huge) they can't keep it anymore and they let it go in sewer/catch basins, rivers, creeks, brooks..... usually from NJ & NY.....!

[@DugMoneyDetecting]

At 20:15, I believe that is one hook from a set of log grabs.... Used to drag logs by horses back at turn of the century.... Just my thought... HH hunting brother

[@Sealutions1]

the heavy thing is a pin.. probably off an excavator or tractor arm.. groves on the end are for retaining rings of some type.

[@CodingToFreedom]

Nice find, for some reason my first guess on the wheel was one of these old hand-operated sewing machines :) These cannon balls would make a nice decoration if put into a globe stand.

[@CodingToFreedom]

***** Guess that's what it takes to sew leather :)

[@gregorym9591]

+TrashureSeeker Those were also used on all kinds of large water valves, steam valves etc etc. Having said that where he was and a old train past thru there it might have been removed from a train manual brake system.

[@WatcherintheDark69]

The first object looks like a electrical wiring box that attaches to the outside of a house. The wheel does have the pattern of a brake wheel, I doubt that it is really old but it would still make a nice display piece. Also congrats on the 2 cannon balls.

[@demonprince9713]

That heavy cylinder you found looks like a pin used on crane booms. The booms are removable for transportation and anytime there is a modern bridge you can guarantee there was a crane there.

[@DuranSexton]

That bamboo was awesome. Your balls are going to clean up nice, they are in great shape.

[@mdplemons]

Yeah, that snake would be the end of my day..."Headin' back to the truck now!"

[@PreDanyello_0]

Very cool to find old-school cans with that triangle punched hole

[@stanwilliams1642]

another great video love the whip poor will at the end it takes me way back to when I was a kid growing up in the country. just don't hear them in the city

[@RinoaL]

i bet you could clean those up really nicely either with acid or with electrolysis. this was awesome!

[@THing4CSA]

I think that the 'shiney plated lead' (7:50 area) item you found may be a handle to a fishing reel. Based on the design that would be my guess anyway. Thanks for another great video. Congrats on all the finds. I also agree with your thoughts on the train brake wheel and hope that you did manage to take that home with you. A little electrologist will clean that baby up nice I think. If you do plan to revisit any sites like that I would suggest piling the trash finds and carry out what you can; little by little. I know that you are not the river janitor but it helps you if you do go back at a later date to search it again. You fun in finding the same junk every time you visit a site. I do not always carry out 100% of the junk but I do my best to get what I can carry. I no longer carry my 5 gallon buckets out into the finds that I search but I do have a 3 gallon that is a little easier on my back! LOL Good luck and keep the great videos coming! ;-)

[@hammerstoneartifacts4986]

I just turned 50. From now on...I'm going to tell people "l"m not getting older. I'm getting great patina."

[@loulouvegas3350]

I love exploring rivers, I use to do it all the time in my teens

[@johndavid2800]

great hunt A C. the hook and the balls are grreat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bentlegstaffy]

Awesome video!!!! A cracking pair of Balls!! ;) You'll have to show us them when they are cleaned up. +Aquachigger

[@tron-8140]

cant wait to see them all cleaned up!

[@gregkerr725]

Man, ever since I subscribed to your channel I've been amazed at how much stuff is in the creeks and rivers even after several hundred years. I wondered why they hadn't been found before.......and over time the answer has come to me. Beau, few people have the balls to wade around in mucky streams where you can't see the bottom and are constantly thinking about snakes, dead animals, dead whatever, snapping turtles, quicksand etc. It's like I never could understand how some divers can do so in water with zero light or visibility..even salt water where sharks and all sorts of other nasties are lurking. So I guess you've got a much bigger than average pair........because after watching your videos I know it's not that you have no imagination as to what could go wrong LOL!

[@tamitng]

Howdee Mr Beau! An idea... Perhaps keep in your backpack some sort of small inflatable inner tube that you could put a net around to float stuff out with ya when you don't have your kayak. There's all kinds of stuff at the dollar stores that you might use and it wouldn't take up much room in your backpack. Maybe a tiny little kiddie pool or the like. Do ya like that idea? ...sure ya dooo. Take care and watch out for them thar bad old river bacterias! Love the videos as always!

[@OldSchoolGamer1981]

Great video man! Love when you do the long adventure type ones like these.. No way I would be so clam around the snakes! Lmao!

[@OldSchoolGamer1981]

R.I.P. Buoyant turtle ;P

[@itspandito]

i dont know. i would be pretty clam. DUDE THAT SHOULD BE A NEW THING! Im so clammy. #ClamFOURLYFE

[@charliehovey4534]

2:38 possably old fuse/ switch box maybe. or light switch from a train car? cant wait to see the future videos beu. hope you find lots of goodies. try minnestoa some time. you might find something in hinkly minnesota. dont know if i spelled it right. but there was a great huge forest fire there long ago maybe 150 to 200 years ago. but its a place that might hold great finds for you.

[@MrPothin15]

I'm French and I love your videos !

[@tommyvinson6]

Two nice cannon balls, Congratulations on a nice find.

[@HurricaneScratch]

You are correct, that is a railroad handbrake off a caboose. A rare one too most where 5-6 spokes very few where 4.

[@grayfox4554]

Like you said, what a pair!

[@relicninja772]

Hey Beau. I am a train conductor down here in Tampa. That does look like a old style handbrake wheel. I happen to see one the other day in the yard. Looked just like it.

[@candysantillo3325]

Not only are your videos fascinating and stunning to see but you also can make me laugh.Until the end I was wondering how in the heck you were going to haul that stuff outta there .Please keep up the good work.Wishing you.safe and prosperous adventures.

[@candysantillo3325]

Oh,yeah!What on earth was that loud hissing noise?

[@candysantillo3325]

+Aquachigger it sounded alarming but not totally unfamiliar.Thank you for responding

[@littlejimmy2855]

Nice finds and the video was good, especially when that hissing noise sounded off. I jumped out of my skin. Snakes lol

[@felix2672]

Love your vids! Really interesting! Be good to see you in England again soon!

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

The wheel looks more like an old coffee grinder wheel. There were many things you might find a wheel such as that one but it's unlikely to be a hand brake for a train car. Those are typically much larger in diameter. They'd use wheels like that as flywheels on hand cars too.

[@sheep1ewe]

That electrical thing looks nice!

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEL YES! I DO AGREE WITH YOU REGARDING THE HEAVY IRON " RAILROAD BRAKE WHEEL ". BEFORE THE AIR BRAKES! IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY , EACH RAILROAD BOX CAR HAD ONE OF THESE ON THE TOP SIDE WITH A CHAIN PULL CONNECTING TO THE BRAKE GEAR TO CONTROL THE BRAKES. AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I REMEMBER BEING TOLD? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT VIDEOS!

[@vosgrath6836]

"That's a pair of balls now isn't it look how slick they are." Aquachigger 2016

[@capnjbobo6108]

I laughed pretty hard when he said that...

[@KFKale]

I've always wanted to do this. But with the inability to drive and not very many rivers here in Oklahoma. I am limited to my 1.5 acre home. The most I've found is a padlock and a penny, the rest are nails and junk. Keep doing what you're doing, Beau!

[@mikie9077]

THAT BOX WITH THE WIRES IS A TRANSFORMER

[@skylarhurst3215]

"yep that's poison ivy" *Grabs it*

[@skylarhurst3215]

not hating, just thought it was funny

[@niasayles3251]

+skylar hurst ikr

[@itspandito]

XD

[@itspandito]

atleast he was wearing gloves

[@griffparker1466]

i cringed hard. im super allergic haha

[@KyrinSolaq]

We see the wild Aquachigger in his natural environment of river hunting

[@taylorlemnios8358]

You honestly just cracked me up at that snake part

[@iShockGamers]

2:45 Junction box and then maybe a window weight after that?

[@BirdDogg]

Killing me over here. Good hunt.

[@lindahudspeth7780]

OMGOSH I could NOT even get into the water just seeing a snake in the water!! Your not ever afraid?!?! OMG noway!! Been watching your vids for a while, I have a lot more to go, thanks for the vids!! Linda

[@franklongacre2612]

That box was a high amps switch for turning on and off some kind of mechine

[@Lee-lx2zm]

Great vid mann,back in your element,way cool!!.

[@jamesevins800]

I am surprised you didn't encounter an alligator in that brick structure. Looked like a perfect place for a gator to call home.

[@hellooohowareudoing]

I'd love to know a little more history about the area & the battles that took place there!

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

Cottonmouth water mocasins are way south of Maryland and Virginia.

[@fredmanicke5078]

The little box with the wires is an explosion proof pair of switches, of the type used in oil refineries, or gas works. It is meant to contain a explosion caused by a spark in flammable areas. Have fun.

[@lycaonyt4867]

a water snake will have a kind of a checkered bottom, water moccasins will have a solid white bottom with a yellow tinge right under the gray on his back

[@Abclyfestyle]

That square with the wires on it looks like a 4 square box with two outlets in an industrial raised cover.

[@tommyglasgowphd9242]

This reminds me of a River close to us. It’s deep in Civil war heritage. However, I’ve never seen so many snakes!