Searching For Lost Artifacts After A Spring Flood

In this video, I return to the river for a walk to search for treasure a few weeks after a major flood.
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[@jodypriddy8473]

Chigger I am like you I always thought I would find a body. Being a life long river rat fishing and relic hunting. Did find a big dolls head like for little girls to play hair dresser on in a dead fall on the creek. I let a whimper out of both ends over that one. Also found a top plate of false teeth that sent a shiver up me! You keep putting them out and I'll keep watching.

[@ericday604]

Love the penny!! Me and my two boys 5 and 7 are going down to a washed out spot at the creek by our house. Just outside cash town back in the woods. Thanks for getting us excited for hunt!! Keep them coming!!

[@zalmaflash]

That was a great informative video. Showing us what to look for and where was helpful. Actually learned more than just digging up coins. More like this would be great.

[@PlasteredDragon]

Yay! A new video from Beau! My day is made! :-)

[@jbem84]

Im a disabled Vietnam veteran who USED to metal detect, I cant do it these days,but I sure enjoy watching your videos! GOOD Luck and thanks for the fun!

[@jbem84]

THANK YOU for saying that. It never gets old hearing those words, I can assure you! :-)

[@scorpiouk5914]

Thanks for the video, Beau! You and Nugget are my favorite metal detecting guys to watch, Nugget because he is so positive and sweet and you because you are so informative and weird (sometimes!). We are watching, keep it going!

[@jwcatalano3867]

"I lied LOL" You had me laughing

[@jackharker2018]

I'm watching this at like 1 o'clock in the morning and I can just imagine that creature eating my brains or something, really descriptive description that was

[@flatophall]

Awesome. As you find those relics my mind is ablaze with scenarios of what happened years ago to bring those items to where you found them.

[@relykofwar4039]

you look like a crazy old man with your beard. I love it^^

[@davideo1954]

Old Spike After Shave for the perspiring treasure hunter!

[@juliebeal8421]

You are kind of the Stephen King of the forest. The slithering creature from the well would make a good novel for him.lol.

[@ErlefromVa]

I see your notes! Good trip at the river once again. Mice hook and bullet finds. Love the Indian head penny! Go get Beau, I know you want to climb down that well! HH Water Dog...

[@DiggingMichigansHistory]

Thanks for the tour and congrats on a surface indian head! That's so cool!

[@MUDSWAT]

Nice eyeball finds !! Loved the ghost story, you should be a sci-fi writer ! You should pick up that heating oil drum too. You have no business leaving it there !! Haha :D Cool informative video !! Keep @ it and HH !!

[@oldtriumph97]

I've really enjoyed your videos. the history behind it is very interesting. keep going you make it interesting

[@freddieeatsgoldcoins]

Hi Beau, great video as always...very interesting...i love the indian penny ..There is so much to see out there..look forward to your next video...cheers,g.:)

[@wrecks30]

Good Video Man, I Always enjoy them.

[@timboslice6219]

hey beau i agree you cant possibly take all the trash out and man you had me cracking up over that well story thank you for that i needed that today and thank you for the video

[@declanm5088]

"I lied....lool" that wss funny, and the way you said it.

[@candoprepper497]

Did not see them? Great video, you have some of the most interesting content and personal observations on KZbin! Keep up the great videos very thankful when you post.

[@RaptorMocha]

nice find with the 2 bullets and the coin! i have a 1895 indian head penny

[@GA1dad]

I wish I could get back all those 7- 8 dollar Rapala lures I've lost over the years. Good video,,, thanks for sharing.

[@trentnunley5444]

Always like your adventures!

[@andymandyandsheba4571]

cool river hunt Beau just shows you dont need a detector great video waiting for the next great video

[@65LB]

Beats a day in front of the TV or computer. Nother great video.

[@joemiholics6777]

Out of pure Curiosity... You appear very well unprepared for this Revisit... BUT... Life you said, you simply wanted to swing by, again, after the latest Mammoth Food just for maybe some Reconnaissance for a future return.. Still a very, very interesting video on learning what your thoughts are on the Floods Path & Trail, along with the River Banks slothing off too... And, as always, Thank You Mr. Baeu...!!!

[@DiehardPicker]

Cool video looking forward to more.

[@jameshigginbotham3639]

Whoa!..I thought that was Charlie Manson...lol...great vids, btw.

[@57fitter]

Beau- At 7:08 that S- hook lookin thing is (I think ) actually flat iron (or strap iron) bent into that S shape so it can be driven into the ends of railroad ties to keep them from splitting open at the end. Also I've wondered why people don't find as many bullets that HIT something, as dropped ones. Your mashed up one might have went through someone. A chilling thought. But interesting just the same. Great hunt, man. Thanks! 57

[@karlatiller-barclay1965]

Very nice, have a great day Karla

[@JamesSOCO2006]

Ok, I'll admit it. Part of the appeal of watching Beau's videos are to see if he'll find a dead person. There I said it.;-)

[@TrooperBri]

Loved the scary Stephen King well story and your yellow broken fishing rod pointer.

[@simohamedlamrani4381]

the best guy on youtube ever

[@SondelAndy]

a great hunt and nice finds, thumb up !

[@mikedenton25]

A lot of cool stuff to see

[@jiblas7521]

Thanks for covering the whole

[@DerekNaylor]

great river hunting beau cool finds :-) ....glad i dont go camping in the woods with you ..things coming out of old wells lol ...not good

[@McleanOnTheNet]

A nice little walk about

[@bobbybaldeagle702]

Not sure if you're old enough to have ever heard of this guy but when I saw your click picture on this video it look like I was looking at a young Red Skelton now I don't know if you knew who he was but he was in the world's greatest comedians back in the 50s and 60s.... Who is the man with the Heart of Gold that loved Jesus and loved people...

[@Janettemay64]

love your channel that piece you found is a rowlock

[@MadisonMainedetecting]

You did fine Beau for not having a metal detector. GL&HH

[@jeffwilkes4508]

Beau. I only see your video ! To me just finding the bullets and the Indian head penny would have been a good hunt. ! Great tips on hunting the river ! Gh HH

[@palmcouple]

Beau - love watching your videos! I am a little concerned about your seemingly dispute with the local barber though. LOL

[@burtthebeast4239]

Where's Wilson!!! Kidding, great video brother.

[@SIG442]

10:56 Definately a clay pipe stim, most likely created in the Netherlands. They were made from around end middle ages up to the start of 1900. Extremely rare finds include painted versions, those were usually only for the wealthy merchants and the rich. Dutch clay pipes were usually pretty sober, plain white. Where German versions for example had often shapes in the pipes itself also from clay. For something like that to be found in the US is rare, specially so deep inland. You may find more of those at the same area. I got a decent collection of those clay pipe parts, but that has more to do with those things being littered all over the land here.

[@SIG442]

Interresting, didn't know there were so many colonial sites that had this specific Dutch remnant laying around. What general area did you find it if I may ask? I got some old maps that show colonial time borders, actually from the colonial time periods.

[@SIG442]

Hmm... that sounds like a Dutch colony indeed. They were spread from the northern tip of Florida up to the Canadian border and pretty far inland. So that easily could classify it as Dutch colony. However there were Germans and Swedish colonies as well on the same land, as allies to the Dutch. Many more nations infact. For the identification of these things, there are website dedicated to them. Best chances are for the head, they wil likely have 2 stamps on them, these could lead to the creator and the city.

[@DIGGING.DISORDER]

Excellent advise / Tutorial on the base clay classifier idea. Cool finds. Ive got a native colonial contact river ford site that needs a look...😎⚡️🍀

[@aquachigger]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@halbarney2682]

😯 it's a spring chigger! Look!

[@WildDigger]

Cool video!

[@FifthAndAtlantic]

Looking quite wooly, ol' bean! Why the recent aversion to the razor? Thanks for another great vid!

[@TheHighFlyer132]

boy are you correct about the melted aluminum. i was on the mississippi on a sandy beach a few weeks ago and every foot or less, i would get a really nice signal, just learn its aluminum! i found a half melted can which was cool, 1 modern quarter, and some .45 casings. Oh, and lots of chiggers!!!

[@TheHighFlyer132]

***** i wish, i was itching for days. We forgot bug spray, and fire starters, was not the ideal camping trip.

[@craigtalley]

Good hunt some nice finds.

[@anselb2000]

Let me recommend you read the Tom Brown books, especially "The Tracker". That is because I know you will enjoy them. This was another great video. I loved the well.

[@SnackRelatedMishap]

cool stuff! That penny and the bullets are pretty cool. The things I take away from these videos the most are how awesome (and brutal) nature is, and also how much we (humans) have screwed it up. We're pretty much the worst thing to ever happen to this planet. Thanks for the look around!

[@craftbunny]

Hello.I would like to say how much i enjoy your videos.You have such passion for the hunt,even though you have found thousands of cw bullets,every time you find one it's like it's your first one! I've also noticed several people commenting on the hair and beard,would you by any chance be doing a civil war reenactment?Oh and by the way,I have never detected before,but you have inspired me to do so.My AT PRO should arrive this weekend!!WOOHOO!!

[@robertdion6578]

Bring a buckett with you !!!!

[@cadence4527]

I found a few of old gold rush era square nails out near Amador, Ca many years ago. I can't remember where exactly, but I know I didn't bring them all home with me.

[@toddisawsomeable]

lol we got flooded too! all of our local lakes overflowed over the dams!

[@djslick1]

Hey dude love the videos but I must say you look like the great Billy connelly in that video hahaha

[@ggarciaakaarchangel]

***** do you think you could do a video of your entire collection? I would love to see everything you have gathered and found over time.

[@idontcare4425]

The nail you found was in the river bed burnt because back in the day nails were produced by hand and they were rare so they were salvaged from burning houses so that one must have made its way there

[@Sean-Murphy]

Just found your channel. Pretty awesome so far! I'm sure you've answered this many times, but have you ever wondered if or know you found a murder weapon? Random and odd question I know LOL

[@Daniel-fo6sp]

Beau, I've been thinking of doing some hunting in a local lake where metal detecting is allowed, however I don't know what might be in the water. Do you have any advise on any protective gear to wear so as not to come in contact with any nasty chemicals and such while detecting in the water? Thanks and best wishes!

[@TheJordipaul]

Bo.... when you highlighted the funny coloured square nail there was a chain in the shot. Probably Viking gold..... check it out!!!!!

[@DUK3NUK3M1]

Inspiring! Most of the history in my area is Colonial era and i think it would be difficult, any suggestions?

[@Gozmito]

Did you take your detector on this hunt, or was it all don't by eye? Also another great video

[@robertklauka8483]

That burnt iron doesn't rust because during the fire some of the carbon from the wood gets transferred to the surface of the iron. The outer surface of the iron also gets quite a bit harder than the center. High carbon content in iron inhibits rust. It's a crude version of 'case hardening' that's used today to create strength and higher wear quality for iron and steel.

[@wa40175]

Could the hook piece of iron be an old horse hoove pic that had a wooden handle? We used a similar one to clean our horses feet but it was plastic. Another great video. Just got my AT pro with a 5x8 coil. Went to my folks farm here in Kentucky and found a Spring howel tooth in the woods down about 4 inches, that area hasnt been a farm field since the late 1800's.

[@57fitter]

Hook thing is the part of a gate latch that drops into a large staple to hold the gate ( or barn door) shut. 57

[@timrhinehart29]

Beau your video's kick but thanks for your video's you got me into water hunting I haven't found much but still fun to be in water u ever make it to new market va hit me up plenty of relics around here and plenty of water to hunt in .

[@tennesseegem1063]

Beau, I am wanting to get started doing some metal dectecting. What kind of metal detector do you recommend at a low price. Im on a fixed income and right now I can't spend a lot of money on it right now, but I really would love to do it.

[@johnsalt19]

Beau that oar lock looks like a potato peeler we have in uk lol

[@jehovahuponyou]

CHARLES MANSON? ROFL! ANYWAY - GREAT HOBBY!

[@trybal007]

Keep an eye out for wild ginseng. Would love to get some seeds brother. They are rare and can be fooling by something similar.

[@alphatumeric]

Any chance you go a video of your relic room?

[@mikeschotte9480]

I think the black that forms on metal that's been through a fir is called magnetite? I know that commercial rust removers have a rough time with burnt iron.

[@mrc109]

Beau, I have been wanting to ask you a question. I know you like to hunt in or around flowing bodies of water for relics, but I think my question still applies since water erosion is responsible for carrying practically anything, and virtually everything from a higher place to a lower place given enough time. I have been watching metal detecting videos made by people who hunt on dry land, lakes, rivers, tributaries, forests, glades, anywhere and everywhere. It never ceases to amaze me what and where people will often find things. It is particularly interesting when you will find an indian head penny dated 1898 and within a radius of 4 inches, also find a 1963 silver dime. I have seen stuff like this happen all the time. Now in a flowing water situation like you like to pursue, I can rationalize that it is simply the overlap of time and the forces of erosion and deposition, sifting and "salting out" the heavy stuff into areas that geologically speaking are fairly constant in terms of their physical characteristics and how they interact within say a flowing stream like environment. So, its not too much of a stretch of the imagination to see how a low point or a pocket in a riverbed or stream could over time, "collect" various treasures from what we humans might be inclined to call a significant lapse in time, like the amount time difference between a coin minted in 1898 and lost into a river and one dated from 1963 similarly lost as well. At least I can see how this can happen. What I have a hard time with however is someone detecting a corn field somewhere, and coming across the same situation, or one even a little bit stranger like finding a "Wheat" and a 1980's mint quarter in virtually the same place. It would seem to me the odds of this happening must be very low if one were to assume this event happened on two separate coin loss occasions, and both were lost and came to rest in virtually the same place, one just a little deeper than the other. I know about "frost heaving" objects to the surface over many freeze thaw cycles. But I had an idea I wanted to shoot past you. I am 58 years old. I have been collecting wheat back pennies I get in change throughout most of my early childhood and mid adult life. They are somewhat rare to find in spare change now, but I bet I have over 500 of them in a big jar in my room. I also have quite a few silver dimes, quarters, and indian head nickels thrown in for good measure. I would be willing to bet that there are a lot of other people my age and older and younger that could also boast having the same kind of "collection". Here is my "big idea". Lets say I lived in Joplin, Missouri (I don't) and my house was one of the hundreds of homes that was cleared of its foundation and smeared over the next country cubic mile worth of landscape. Lets also say that my coin collection was part of the tornados "booty" and like Reaganomics, it went through the "trickle down theory" where it was trickled down onto the ground, a little here and a little there, kinda like "Pennies from Heaven". Now what If everybody, every homeowner has a penny collection, or even just a coin stash in a top drawer somewhere, anywhere inside a house that is or about to be chewed up, and spit out in a tornado, where and for how far away do you suppose those spare coins could travel? Miles? Tornadoes are a fact of life for those who live in "Tornado Alley" which is a fairly large chunk of real estate, occupying a huge amount of territory within the interior portion of the United States. What about Hurricane "Sandy" off the East Coast, or "Camille" (I'm dating myself) across Florida and into Georgia? Same deal right, only there you have high winds and water picking up houses and their coin collections, smearing those contents over several square miles. All these kinds of freak events have been happening with a fair amount of regularity for as long as mankind has walked this earth and also minted and stashed various coinage. It would be interesting to know if the kinds of coins most often recovered, the types most often found, are the ones that have been preferentially collected and stashed away, hoarded by the millions of baby boomers scattered hither and yon across this nation? Tornadoes, flash floods, tsunamis, hurricanes all scattering these coin collections to the four winds. What do you think, crazy idea huh? If you got a better idea how all these coins of different eras come to rest one on top of the other in the middle of a cornfield in a remote area of Pennsylvania, I would very much like to hear it. mrc109

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[@jackolantern6692]

at 713, near the top of frame there is some type of S hook, i think you missed.

[@OHIOspikey]

12:30 Something.... unnatural 😨 15:07 Those are some nice barrels. I would grab them if I lived near there, and it was legal for taking of course 😇

[@n8trsho]

Tips on aging glass as in @ 2:11? Color? Thickness? Lots of glass in a nearby creek and not sure how to age it.

[@AndrexT]

I just came across this. The mountain man Chigg needs a barber real bad :>D

[@chrisby777]

You been sucking on grandaddies sauce bottle again Beau? Telling horror stories like that!!! You nearly freaked me out! Lol. By the way The horse got shot with the bullet,? Nah! Tell me something! why didn't you take a detector along to see if anything was just under the surface? I'm so pleased you corrected your grammar, I try and explain to some folks that if they say "I didn't do nuthin" actually means that they DID do something but boy it's tough going. I was dragged up proppa like! Haha. I really enjoyed the video and forgive you for not taking a backpack lol cheers. Keep them coming ;0)

[@canidsong]

That's how I got more than half of even the still serviceable the float baits I've ever owned.

[@mangoat50]

lol love the horror story

[@ziggyman297]

Thought I saw something sticking out of the bank at around 7:09. You were pointing in that area with your fishing pole but didn't mention it. looked like a curved piece of iron.

[@normanhirtle3180]

***** 7:06 at the top of the screen, an S shaped piece of metal by the looks of it

[@normanhirtle3180]

Norman Hirtle Well I guess I should have read farther down the messages. I would have seen that someone already mentioned the S iron. Hello from Nova Scotia, Canada BTW ;)

[@mdtreasurehuntervalley9689]

Beau, So if you used a metal detector at all the areas that you found something on the surface, would you do better in finding things, or would you get massive iron signals everywhere to where it would be too difficult to detect? Is it that junky? Because you know that there must be some pretty good stuff under the ground and up under the river banks.

[@mdtreasurehuntervalley9689]

Ok, that makes sense.

[@randlerichardson5826]

That s shaped thing looks like a thing we used to hammer into the end of a prime oak or walnut log to keep it from splitting.

[@monicasheldrake]

Haha your so funny I'd love to go hunting with you I'd be laughing so much lol ️xx

[@jimjustice581]

An 1890 anything is valuable. Very cool! You..didn’t… bring…a…bag?😲

[@rogerrude7516]

I AM A "OUIMETTE FOLLOWER" LOVE THE VIDEOS.. ESPECIALLY LIKE YOUR ANIMAL VIDEOS. MY WIFE'S FAVORITE IS THE BABY FOX VIDEO.. WELL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..

[@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

Yep, i saw that with curvature (unnatural)...when you asked....but i didn't know if it was a bullet or shot ball

[@snoozinghipo]

Now that you did this area with your eyes only will you come back and do a metal detecting follow-up of the same area?

[@AwesomeLadd20]

He looks like a Viking!!!

[@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

fishing lure....wondering that stream doesn't hold water year round...is there really and fish in there?

[@dumbo800]

It may be bluing the iron, using the hot alkali method via the potassium hydroxide naturally found in wood ash.

[@jackwhetnall]

I find it so strange watching this. living in australia it is really frowned upon to litter in any way. and with less pop density I have never been to a river or creek and seen anything more than maybe a hat someone has lost. its an australian cultural trait that I am very proud of personally. to think people would dump a fridge near the river makes me sick.

[@hoxiedog]

howdy...your lower population density likely means very few houses, campers, tents, etc. on your rivers, this river is heavily populated by people, houses, cabins, house trailers, campers, etc. and in the last ten years this river underwent massive fifty year and 100 year floods...resulting in many odds and ends from up river...of all shapes and sizes...

[@jackwhetnall]

This is good to know. Increased population density coupled with flooding would make for a messy situation. Its good to know there are folks cleaning up the rivers, i wish it wasnt only the valuables being collected from the rivers, would need a government insentive or something for sure.

[@danielschultz7181]

Is that a necklace at the 2:07 mark? sitting on the flat grey rock.

[@TheColbuscus]

Yeah I think it might've been...

[@danielschultz7181]

ahh. I got ya. Thanks!

[@49erdigging]

nice finds for just peaking around!! lol you must love horror movies BOO!!!! lol HH....GL

[@denis77777777]

At 2:07 at the top center of the screen laying over a rock looks like a necklace. Hard to tell but check it out see what you think.

[@9walther9]

+beau ouimette it's called bluing it was mostly done in ww2 and they did it to razors to make foxhole radios

[@ильягромов-и8я]

good finds !!!!! greetings from Russian hunters