Relic Recovery With A Metal Detector : Deep Digging

[@lunacruz7638]

Your channel is so much more than just metal detecting. You are always so interesting to listen to. Very informative. I enjoy watching. Thanks for all the hard work to make it fun to watch! Happy New Year!!

[@danssmokintreasures]

Well said Luna.

[@remymiller347]

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[@micahdante9]

@Remy Miller instablaster ;)

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[@remymiller347]

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[@valiantwarrior4517]

I think I was more intrigued by the hut structure and history than the actual finds. 🙂

[@johnandrews2167]

I swear, the same 26 - 29 people keep following Chiggs videos just to click the 'dislike' button. Every new video always has the same number of dislikes. What is wrong with people that they feel the need to do that? If you don't like it, just don't watch. that simple. Keep em coming Chigg!!

[@kristalcarter9167]

I absolutely love your videos! You have taught me so much over the years of watching your channel. It is never boring, there is always something to learn from you.

[@pastpresentcards4270]

This KZbin channel is by far my absolute favorite! Please, never stop Chigg!!!! You rock!!

[@WeldersOnly]

Your the man! I took a few years break from metal detecting but after watching your videos I've been back at it big time.

[@lindaxwrenoh]

i’ve been watching your videos for years now, and will never not have chills go up my back watching you dig with your fingernails, hahaha. it hurts me down to my soul

[@ingridmulder4984]

I was gone for a while (didn't watch the videos for a while). But Mister you have over one million subs now!!!!!!! Thumbs up for that

[@jaybales3160]

Very nice discoveries. Hard work for you and educational for me, thank you.

[@doverdiane]

Just wanted to wish you & Lindsay a Happy New Year! I'm not a metal detector but I really do enjoy watching you & listening to you share your knowledge of history. I'm a volunteer (genealogy) researcher in Ontario, Canada & history is a huge part of our genealogy.. Thanks for sharing your knowledge & making history interesting.

[@outdooradventureswithdale3968]

I have a ton of admiration for the passion you have in what you do...you sir are writing your own story in the history books

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

In my Great Great Grandfather's journal he wrote about digging waist high holes for wintering in and in his description's they "Made due with field stones first fired out of harm's way for a hearth. And eventually traded some black strap for a dozen and a half of clay brick. To which was fashioned a fine hearth for the present moment. So my guess is that they burned on the ground until they came across the bricks. Funny how they always have a black market in every war. I'm going to use the information in his journal to try and locate the encampments and battlefield's he was in.

[@CodingToFreedom]

Another relaxing video, great for the first days of the new year :) Happy new year from Germany!

[@rightleg5920]

So freakin happy to start the year with an awesome video! Thanks man!

[@phillipcudd5712]

Great that you were able to detect that area Chigg! As you got down to that first brick floor layer which appears almost perfectly preserved I started thinking that you may have a Valley Forge type situation here. I would guess that there are almost no remaining winter camp remnants left. They really need to do an archaeological survey and dig on that whole site don't you think? Might be worth preserving...

[@Rig0rm0rtis1]

Hi Aquachigger, that could be just underground oven, or earth oven for cooking meat and such. Those are on use even on today. How it works is that you dig a hole and , on modern days, you use bricks to lay a oven like formation. You then burn alot of wood inside , until it renders to hot charcoal. You then take the hot coals aside, and prepare the food, wrapping the meat for example with wet newspaper or such, and lay it on the pit, adding few inches of dirt on top of all that. When that's done, you put the hot charcoals inside that pit and keep it up for few to quite a few hours, depending on the amount of food inside. Food will be cooked and delicious , after you dig it back up. most often those pits are built on open spaces, like that field to keep the firehazard low.

[@lesahanners5057]

That was really interesting Beau. Is it possible this is a winter quarters site for the Union Army? When they built their winter quarters, they certainly built huts and would have had fire pits like that. I have only read about it, but have never actually seen one, so this was really exciting to me, to think you may have come across an actual winter encampment. I know you don't disclose your locations and I don't need that, but giving a bit of a talk on what Civil War winter quarters were like would be very interesting. Great finds with the bullet and the button, but just getting to sift your hands through the very ashes of a fire-pit that hasn't seen daylight since the 1860's, is priceless! Thanks for showing us all of this. Don't worry about the yapping, it's why a lot of us show up to watch, listen, and learn.

[@BettyCDH]

This was as an awesome vid! I'm so enjoying the history I'm learning watching you guys that do history with the treasures. Happy New Year!

[@johnrobertson8156]

It's nice to see someone doing some digging and enjoying themselves. Here in utah it's 24 degrees and snow on the ground. Fun video.

[@coinucopia]

Nice to see a fellow Utahn on here!

[@dannyl2598]

Thank you and happy New year.

[@joshuataft5541]

Man I love your channel.the only guy I can watch without getting jealous lol..if u got kids they must love you.. such a great funny guy..they dnt make em like you anymore

[@brianwinters4991]

Nice and soft , you found their privy !

[@jakemason9436]

Thanks Chigg! No way man never boring!!!

[@mikemcguire1371]

Awesome dig,Chigg!!!! Thank you for the information

[@sharonlockhart5960]

That would be awesome to dig out the area to see what all is there.

[@BeagleLove13]

With the brick and how the ground was affected by heat I would assume you found the camp forge. It would also explain all the bullets as they would be molding new ones while in camp.

[@gogetter8866]

Top notch vlog! Thank you.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@trying2hard1019]

Can not wait to see the road kill cave and see if it opened up any. So far that is my fav cave because it’s so Strange and I think it’s going to end up being huge.

[@francescalichfieldcity6971]

I love it when you find a piece of history. X

[@dorfsteen]

Happy New Year chigger tell the misses we said😎 Happy New Year as well

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

Oh WOW, you have unearthed something cool and far out! Like your in Egypt! WOW!

[@henry8239]

What happened to road kill cave ?

[@valkam1344]

that cave was awesome

[@maytagmark2171]

When the troops first arrived there was no huts. So they were tent camp sites till the huts were built on top of the old tent camp

[@kathleenmonahan1315]

Happy New Year Chigg and Mrs Chigg. Looking forward to your 2019 videos.

[@richardofsylmar]

I would’ve kept that little piece wood as well. Enjoyed the video very much thank you

[@MrKmoconne]

Hey Beau. This was one of those times I sort of wanted you stop digging and maybe call in an archaeological team. I don't know how hard that would be to do, but this brick oven really needs to be dug and questions need to be answered. There was a remarkable British TV series called Time Team in which they took three days to uncover suspected archaeological sites and uncover the history. You can easily find episodes on KZbin. Maybe there is a local college that would be willing to dig it? I know you want to uncover cool stuff to take home for your collection, but sometimes the most valuable treasure is the story of the history.

[@anncece7767]

those bricks are a pretty cool find!

[@itsomgandy]

Love the video Aquachigger

[@DirtDynasty]

Charcoal possibly was used to level the brick. Ive seen this older homes in place if wood shims.

[@AdventuresInDirt]

Interesting digging there ...

[@sparringa]

Happy New Year from the Netherlands!!! Saw you in a commercial from the History channel today can't wait to see it.

[@tomwilliams8675]

You never disappoint. Have a ever completely uncovered an entire camp site where it could be re-created? It would be very interesting to see just how one would look. Thanks again Chigg.

[@balboa2135]

Hope you know your my metal detector mentor haha. I have learned so much from watching you. I'm enjoying my new Garrett AT Maxx here in South Carolina. Civil War Relics is my passion! I have detailed 1862 maps of my area and im not far from where the CSS PEE DEE was. would love to have you here for a hunt/video

[@rickyaderholt4119]

Great video! I love learning

[@larryolson8619]

I love following you Beau, I’m 72, but I’m 50 when l’m following you! Thank you.

[@TS-bn7zt]

Larry Olson I love your comment, good for you!!!! Keep smiling Larry👍

[@DetectoresRJ]

Very good friend Like Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@GORGINIOUScrniExploring]

This is great video. I like them so much. Nice finds and button is great. Stay cool and healthy in the future that we will enjoy in your videos. GORGINIOUS

[@frankbradleyjr]

Happy New Year to you. Great videos you do, always waiting for them to come on.. Interesting fact about the brick being darker I always wonder about that. See I Learned something new for the New York Year..

[@scottsmith4111]

Hey man good video I really enjoyed it but yeah I can't wait till you get back 2 exploring that cave

[@lancethegimpyfisherman1050]

You need to go back to the creek and pull out the stage coach steps that was next to the Jack

[@Michael_AEMP]

Nice Video👍. Regards from Germany

[@MichaelClaridaArts]

Happy new year! Great video. Do you think that was a burn site for the deceased? Bone...high heat...uniforms...buttons? Interesting finds.

[@jimkodysz5404]

Eureka Chigg! I think you've uncovered the proverbial brick s**t house! LOL

[@JanVafa]

Stepped down ashy spot may have been a camp kitchen? Or maybe a trash pit?

[@manh8smud1]

Happy New year and dig it!

[@OkNoBigDeal]

You can DIY make a windbreak for your camera with simple materials and temporary adhesive. Being out in the field so much, it would be a handy improvement.

[@xaviercamacho7888]

Ok so they use the charcoal well they burn wood or whatever they can and then they get all the ashes and they get a lot of ashes and they put a little bit of water and then they mix it around and put it in between the bricks so I kind of stays hard like concrete well it keeps that breaks together FYI

[@jeffbow5780]

Great vids! Been watching for several months now and you have the best of the relic hunting site vids! I just have one thing that I wish you could or would do. I wish you could find a way to put your vids into a location type context. I was a relic hunter from 72 to 96 so I understand the protection of your sites and I have no personal interest for digging now living in AZ but I would really love to know even in general terms. Such as Stafford, VA digging a Union winter camp or Wichester hunting a ford on the Opequon etc. That's just me. I feel like it adds more excitement knowing where you are and what you're digging. A relic or a hunt without some context loses the connection imo. Just saying from my perspective. Thanks for sharing these vids!!!

[@will-da-beast4628]

Don't know if you'll read this or not but i wanted to tell you that when i metal detect and the are a lot of nails and what not i use my magnet fishing magnet to grab all that stuff before i use my pin pointer to find the nonferrous stuff. You could throw a layer of cellophane around it if you wanted as well.

[@rickyaderholt4119]

Good idea

[@RIH_Photography]

Happy new year from the UK. The soft ash area maybe a filled pit full of fire ash and debris

[@jsnsk101]

you have UK tv connections call Time Team! Oh, and that soft stuff is probably a latrine, lol. (i have no idea, but its funny to think about)

[@OutdoorsygalO]

I always hit LIKE when I get to one of your videos. I just know ahead of time that I will enjoy it! Thanks for taking us on your adventure today!

[@chriss8206]

Hi I know you have a ton of knowledge on the civil war and these huts. Maybe you should remove all the bricks and do a recreation of a civil war camp hut. I would love to see what one looks like with authentic materials. I love detecting but I can't do much anymore. I live vicariously through the chig.

[@WestCountryClegg]

If you get yourself a geophysics machine (I have) you'll be able to make an image of whats underground and scan to see if your sink-holes have caverns.

[@WestCountryClegg]

I've made a few videos with me using my geophysics machine (Cleggy Finds Lost Village).

[@Mountainmonths]

interesting! subbed :)

[@alabamadixiediggers4714]

Great start to 2019..... MOAR

[@757digger4]

Happy New Years Beau.

[@wisconative8647]

Even if you don't find anything I enjoy listening to your history and knowledge. Beau you are one in a million... I feel I hit the jackpot when I found you on here when you only had 100 subs. I'll "hold my breath" till your next video!

[@nokiot9]

I don’t wanna meet the president or win the lottery, I wanna beep around with the chigg! 😀

[@markholbrook3949]

With the bricks over the charcoal could it of been some kind of oven? Maybe a beehive oven? That collapsed of course...

[@jamesroache1997]

Really like watching your vids from over the pond and first time i have commented...Are you the man that has dug with Digger Dawn from the UK?

[@cointector]

That's different chig thanks for sharing..

[@bottlecapbryan7497]

That was real interesting ! I bet you are right, they probably burned the camp huts when they left. Thanks for the cool video

[@Ellis157]

thank you sir you all ways have me with baited breath wondering what you have found next oh nice button sir

[@MandoDando]

Love the channel. ......your the best. I bought a Garrett AT PRO because of you. They better put you on the calender this year. Also, let's all pitch in and buy you a beer and a good haircut. :)

[@RobFindsTreasure]

Let’s Go Beau!

[@oklahomapatriot9502]

This is a awesome video love the way you show history. If you wants to find something like that here in Oklahoma. And continued digging and searching you could wind up in jail I wished you could excavate and find awesome things like you're able to keep going man love your videos

[@jerseydemon4134]

Ho yeah! Deep digging is the best digging

[@sahia4]

Maybe that really soft earth was a designated place where ash was dumped.

[@viperbroncoalmasty]

You digging up crematorium, there were so many dead that they burned the bodies. You found bone fragments and melted lead. No, I am just kidding. Made you think though didn't it. Keep the video's coming, started watching yours and got me old metal detector out, no civil war sites here. But plenty other places to check. Cheers Aquachigger

[@josephkerley363]

Id really like to see some archaeologists survey that with ground penetrating radar and expose some of the huts.

[@DavidGallowayTrains]

The Aquachigger version of the British show Time Team

[@jonbryn4]

New moniker for the higg: 'Aquachigger; Tomb-aider, lol

[@jonbryn4]

Tomb-Raider,lol

[@lizayers4597]

Could the camp originally been temporary when it started, but progressed into something more long-term?

[@SambarMoose]

New to your channel.. What do you do with all the stuff you find? Bullets and buttons and such? We don’t have this kind of history in Australia so I find it all very interesting!

[@xavierjacques73]

Spare your nails use a spike scoop or a spatula to dig out loose dirt

[@heaart2145]

Mud flood? Happy New Year!

[@masterdon1521]

Did they dig down to make these huts or has the plow piled up dirt over the years?

[@Apmarshman]

wow amazing. Who layed the old brick??

[@randlerichardson5826]

Interesting bout the glazed brick.

[@xavierjacques73]

So when the soldiers used to pull their pants down and squat to lay a brick Some bullets used to fall from their pockets

[@sahia4]

Maybe they burned the area vegetatiin and surface roots before they laid the bricks? It would be a quick way to make a clean, more level surface.

[@rickypierce2790]

The Aquachigg mini configuration lol

[@randlerichardson5826]

See ya Chigger soon GOD BLESS

[@CHAD-RYAN]

Is it charcole or a small layer of old tar

[@sondengaenger]

Very interesting hunt! Best regards! 😁👍

[@josephkerley363]

Im sure some archaeologists would love to dig that up.

[@honey5bucket]

Decades from now, a group of archeology students on a summer semester dig will be bored stiff by the lack of artifacts found in this encampment site when one of them finds a metal plate inscribed "Aquachigger was here. Jan 2019".

[@DirtNerds]

Where are you protective gloves?

[@Wvnursey]

Great button!!