TREASURE FOUND @ OLD COLLEGE! Metal Detecting 1800's Railroad Town With JD | Silver, Coins & Relics

Metal detecting an old college and school yields some great finds including old coins, relics and more! It was another successful treasure hunt!
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[@LindaBarton777]

that large piece of alum looks like it was part of something they were working on in a school shop. almost like leather work only with aluminum.

[@LindaBarton777]

you might google and see if there is a product that is non evasive that will dissolve the concrete.

[@57fitter]

Non corrosive??

[@ShakerHP]

That smaller item looks to be either a faucet knob or a window latch, maybe...

[@zombieSlayer-kn2rk]

Nice finds JD thanks for taking us along. I know you are very busy with all that you do. If you get a minute would you mind checking out my videos? Please comment if you do thanks. GL&HH

[@kaccedi]

I think your mystery aluminum piece with the designs looks like part of an old Wonder Woman play set from the 70's. Not sure, but it looks like part of the headpiece.

[@nickhaas2407]

Great Video, enjoyed reading about Doyle! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyle,_Tennessee

[@alexonder1545]

Why is that ?? I never seem to find a lot of Nickels either always pennies dimes and quarters

[@MadisonMainedetecting]

Nice hunt JD. I bet if you spent more time there some older stuff would turn up. GL&HH

[@ThePresidentialTourist]

Could that aluminum item be part of a childs toy crown?

[@RealRuler2112]

The big thing looks like half of a play or acting crown.

[@anthonypotts7709]

That's what I was thinking.

[@adamcarter6862]

good job kid.

[@alwaysseekingsilver]

Glad you were able to pull some silver and that Indian. The copper coins sure weren't treated very well by that clay soil, though, unfortunately.

[@axxwound1205]

Mystery item may be a broken cross.

[@danielburgess7785]

Band stand. Paved area is for dancing.

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Band stand, now that's term I couldn't remember. LOL. Thank-you.

[@LindaBarton777]

lol I said North South East and West then you said it (:

[@Jay-qs2ro]

use nail polish to get that gunk off

[@68camarorsss33]

jack no lack ya but then it will just be pink or red then what?

[@dylanmarshall9469]

You would look better with some ray ban sunglasses.

[@jessiesweetness8151]

Dylan Marshall he's cute all the time lol

[@theasylumwithmarkmiller575]

Hey J.D. ..,I carry a Squirt bottle with water and a small shot of Lemon Juice..to Clean the coins I find..Just Sayin'...,comes in handy when you get thirsty..!

[@raketata4]

So u can dig for coins anywhere on public places in the US?

[@josephobrien9008]

Hey JD, I soak all my old pennies in olive oil. It will not harm the coin but it will eventually loosen up the crud on that IH. It will take some time though. I recently took an old IH out of oil that I had packed away 12 years ago. The coin is gorgeous now. When I packed it in oil back in 2005, you could barely make it out as an IH. I am sure it won't take you 12 years either. I never intended to keep my IH packed in oil that long, I just kind of forgot about it till now. My IH turned out to be an 1864.

[@ironhorse9925]

I've had Indians that looked like they had concrete on them too. It's usually calcium deposits they look and feel just like cement. You can put them in CLR (calcium, lime, rust remover) It will dissolve the deposits right off without hurting the coin as long as you don't leave it in too long. Good luck In the New Year

[@reefranger38]

Love your metal detecting videos. You are very knowledgeable. You said follow the iron and I will. And the dark soil.

[@georgesweap7]

JD: try Muriatic acid diluted with 50% water to remove cement from coins. By deluting it, no coin metal should be removed, but try an edge first as a trial. Basicly, muriatic acid is hydrocloric acid so be careful and use rubber gloves and goggles.

[@TJ-yl5ds]

I think that big piece of aluminum is part of an old stereoscopic viewer, kind of like this one. i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UfEAAOSwzHNb1xzN/s-l1600.jpg

[@gjc9801]

I am not a detector yet but enjoyed watching your hunts, The aluminum piece looks like the wonder woman crown or headpiece my daughter had 40 years ago, If my crusty brain remembers correctly it was definitely more rounded at 1 time as you can tell where each 1 of the areas where it looks sort of creased happened when it flattened out, as for the concrete on stuff I am not sure if this helps you or not, but I have been in the construction business for 45 years and when we pull our stakes and forms we soak any of them that come out crusty in diesel or straight kerosene and after a few days the concrete wipes right off, I am not sure if that’s good or bad for your patina and such but I would think knowing the date would be as important Just my thoughts Keep on diggin!

[@azmike1]

I wish my nostrils would flare wide open like yours when I speak. My nose is plugged up a lot thanks to allergies and deviated-septum. I could stick a silver quarter in those nostrils dude! Mine are to swollen. Sad.

[@edwinmonroe3474]

Hey Jd i enjoy your videos great information brother i live in Eagle rock Calif i metal detect parks etc its fun but happy new year

[@JanVafa]

Those are not incidental marks... if you look at a hand tooled leather belt (western - or google Tandy Leather and check out some if the patterns on their site you will see that it is definitely something that was created. Even though this is aluminum and the paterns I am familiar with are for leather - the process for carving or tooling the two would be similar...

[@jeanettebateman6394]

Lead seals were often used by railroads to seal a train car with cargo to symbolize that the cargo within had not been tampered with during train shipment. Lead seals were also used to ID products' origin and to collect funds for shipped goods from other countries.

[@imstelios]

JD, Im new here and I'm sure you've answered this 1000x but what detectors would you recommend.

[@68camarorsss33]

What about checking around that huge old tree at the beginning? I'm sure kids from back in the day spent a ton of time around that tree. I'm sure you know much more than I do. Keep up the good work

[@dezzymeriei]

I got a $200 metal detector for christmas but I don't know much about it.. could you give me some tips on how to find coins JD?

[@davidstadtlander1461]

Found the same play money in .25 and .05 as a coin spill, I thinking double silver at a glance, Oh well!

[@youngsie10]

Hi jd, i just ordered a 1882 s ngc ms65 morgan dollar. Would you be able to tell me the estimated resale value? regards Aaron

[@kingpotatoman9180]

I'm unlucky, I have snow in the winter, can never detect

[@kingpotatoman9180]

Dang sweet finds for a public property, you should go to less populated areas more

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Yeah. Seems to find good stuff in my area on public property I gotta drive over an hour away.

[@scottfirman]

kingpotatoman Yes me too. I live in Northern Mi,we expect it. Nothing new. Just remember,the frost moves coins in the soil,so coins you missed last year will be detectable this year.

[@mireyavalerio8307]

to me it looks like a bracelet the Indians use to wear them

[@scottfirman]

I hate hunting areas like that,so much gets changed. There is usually so much junk buried over the years. I plan on going to some old camp sites and grounds this summer.

[@michaelurbani2593]

I also found a 1961 copper cent at mercer park a few days ago as well. Nice silver quarter!

[@greggclemeaux2593]

Always enjoy your videos and your persistence, it always seems to pay off :-)

[@felixvargas5235]

what kind of pin pointer are you using in this video?

[@jimmyroberts3]

definitely a bale seal! i find them in camps by the railroad. its like a tamper proof seal. they're always lead melted to wire or iron. then stamped. pretty sweet!

[@crosscountryoutdoors2472]

That lever "thingy" may be to a gas value.

[@danf7410]

Valve. Possibly. I found an old gas valve last summer that doesn't look like that but it does have that sort of decoration.

[@davidhermiz9705]

That 1944 wheat penny is it steel or copper or magnesium?

[@growtopiataco2441]

Hey, I found a steel wheat penny from 1909. Do you think it's fake?

[@Lwg8614]

Growtopia Taco from my knowledge there weren't steel wheat pennies in 1909. Are you sure it's not copper?

[@growtopiataco2441]

Mistero Gee I know there aren't any, I'm thinking it may be a fake but I'm not sure. It looks surprisingly new so I'm think it could be plated. I tested it with a magnet and the magnet didn't stick.

[@Lwg8614]

Growtopia Taco well if that is the case its a pretty badass find. hope that it works out well for ya :)

[@growtopiataco2441]

Mistero Gee Thanks :)

[@cardees1]

Hey JD. Could you please tell me the significance of the Wheat penny.

[@colroulette9337]

The metal bar with holes looks like a barrel spigot

[@larrystephens7437]

The comments are almost as entertaining as the video. Nice hunt...

[@jerrycase8968]

you might try electrolysis on those pennies with the concrete on them. cant hurt the value any and it may take most or all of it off.

[@jessiesweetness8151]

what do you do with the silver you find?

[@usakindatheartflower6229]

so this school teachers direction. most schools nowadays do not teach common everyday stuff, they teach the state test instead

[@roylindsey7030]

JD, if you don't mind me asking, what do you do with the coins you find?

[@davidcrawford3599]

21:18 2 coins in that hole. seems you missed one? you got the one from the top of the hole but there seems to be another one at the bottom

[@im4our312]

The lead seal might be a door seal on a railroad boxcar door when they latch it .

[@davidhermiz9705]

What a sad moment that you see this school college is no longer existing🙏

[@Lonezewolflonewolf]

How do you find these old maps?

[@93thesituation]

Do you ask permission to do the public properties?

[@brettschadel7361]

what is your favorite metal detector that works the best for you

[@LION749]

LOL JD caught the gold and silver luster fever digging for buried history nice gl dude.

[@kevinaskew6966]

What are the best batteries that you’ve found for your detector

[@tarstakars]

Your little bullet at 17:00 is, it appears, to be a .30 carbine bullet.

[@bryanlemeilleurtexas]

It's called a dead cat, not a wind sock. No lie, Google it.

[@jerrypruitt7432]

the pole with loop on end. what is it for? you never used it.

[@marvinehicks1463]

vinegar will remove concrete. let it set over night.

[@geraldfischer6049]

That looks like a Victorian faucet handle

[@RealRuler2112]

I was thinking the same thing... odd design though.

[@lesterclaypool1]

I'm thinking an ornate gas shutoff, maybe for a wall lamp, maybe a water shut off on an old radiator but more likely the first. I'm guessing that college would have had all of the modern amenities, like gas lighting.

[@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

Nice hunt JD. Few things....i always get the "5" play coin too...got one yesterday the 1st of 2017. The last 3 or 4 hunts i had...those darn 1944-P and 1944-D lincoln cents always pop up...two a day even! Please don't despair on the Indian head cent with concrete on it...I've had much worse to clean up...soak it in olive oil overnight, use a brass brush with lots of oil-penetrating oil even and widdle away that concrete. Concrete DOES NOT adhere to surface copper too hard...in 1 to 5 minutes of brushing you can get a date off it, i promise you....hope it's a 1877.

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Yeah, I may try to get the date off that one. Not like I can make the obverse look any worse.

[@chrisstevens509]

Treasure?? Really JD???? I've watched hundreds of your videos please don't start that click bait *hit now!

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

This video is over 2 years old. And yes I get excited sometimes. lol

[@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

JD..coolest thing.....i just figured out what those thin aluminum "half-Moon with notch in them" or broke in half at the notch things we always find. I've been finding them for 6 years and thought they were just aluminum bits of trash...until yesterday...i found an entire tray of them...they are from those old aluminum ice trays...those half moon aluminum pieces are the ice separation pieces. It was the coolest thing....figuring out what all those aluminum pieces were....from demo'ed house-sites. Makes complete sense now, when people move out they NEVER take the ice cube trays!!!...they end up bulldozed in the ground.

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Haha. Makes perfect sense!

[@florianbuzalski4617]

Jd where did you buy your t shovel

[@keshavashankar1858]

finders keepers loosers wipers :)

[@danbennett2034]

That looks like a handle for Old gas supply line

[@sondracumberland3401]

Dan Benne

[@tommydockery2108]

That piece you found with the designs on it looks like an old headband type piece from the1920's maybe what they called a flapper's crown.A costume type piece worn by the lady dancers of that time,probably brought to school for a play maybe?

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Very interesting info. Thanks for commenting! I still have no idea. That's intriguing if that's what it actually is.

[@esko6893]

What metaldetector is that?

[@rebekahforbess839]

Something for a ralrode

[@JanVafa]

that looks like a bandstand!

[@carpenterrick186]

great video JD .cheers

[@arcadianrust]

@10:15 Ye old crack pipe

[@gabby2060]

why don't you go to a pon shop?

[@adventuresindirtfishin]

thank you jd for the info

[@adventuresindirtfishin]

hi jd love watching your videos keep up the good work. i was wondering what tetnetics detector that you use...keep digging.

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

In this video I'm using a Teknetics T2. :)

[@multijake2052]

Great video! ;)

[@babyboo8066]

Love you channel

[@DEEDEEGARRETT1]

Great finds !

[@jbolf6]

The old college area looks like an interesting place to detect Jon. Nice job on the IHP, wheats, and silver Washington

[@andrewbono6714]

When I glanced at the battery I thought "Pepsi can in great condition how's that possible

[@davidlahaisejr7479]

What type of a metal detector are you using ?

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

In this video a Teknetics T2. One of my favorites.

[@usakindatheartflower6229]

sad this kid thinks 30 years isn't modern

[@gamacios7956]

usakindatheart flower You're taking it in the wrong context. For an elementary school, that is very old. Most elementary schools have iPads, computers, upgraded equipment every year, etc. So yes, not updating something for 30 years IS old.

[@lloydhardwick3064]

How much did you pay for your detector ?

[@HeyzVibing]

Lloyd Hardwick I'd say around $200

[@codykempter2594]

at 5:15 in video at my grandmothers house she has this white oak tree in her front yard that is three times the size of that tree we thought the tree is probably 250 to 300 years old it could be even older but 250 to 300 is a safe guess and it is a really healthy tree to this day nice vid though !!!

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

That's amazing! I hope you metal detected around it. People would have been using that as a shade tree for a long time!

[@codykempter2594]

JD's Variety Channel I did metal detect around and found a bunch of stuff but the big ones were a 1861 1864 and 1865 Indian Head 1884 and a 1886 Morgan silver dollar that was super deep right next to each other about a foot or more and a 1912 barber silver dollar 1913 and 1915 Buffalo nickels some mercury dimes and two silver quarters from 1932 and 1939 and not even kidding a whole jar of wheat pennies ranging from 1908 to 1945 and 1945 no steel pennies though and no clad 1945 was the newest item to my knowledge buried under the tree it was a fold mine I could not believe it but used my metal detector I got for my birthday a year ago and my grandma was nice enough to let me keep it all

[@anthonypotts7709]

23:50 appears to be a gas valve handle.

[@lesterclaypool1]

That's what I'm thinking.

[@ddoyle11]

I like your videos a lot. I've never done any metal detecting before, and I was wondering just how these coins and other objects get buried. Is it a deliberate act by people or what?

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Most of the deep stuff I dig up was dropped a long time ago. They sink naturally as time goes on. Generally the less dense the soil the deeper the targets sink. Being in Tennessee I hunt in a lot of dense clay, so sometimes I can find 100 year old coins that are only an inch deep.

[@ddoyle11]

JD's Variety Channel Thanks! It's really amazing the things you have found.

[@ARWMusic]

That is one part of this hobby that is just amazing... How some 2,3, even 400 year old coins can be just an inch or two below the grass... And here in Sweden you don't have to dig that deep down to get to where the surface was during the ice age (if the soil has not been plowed or used in another way)

[@mireyavalerio8307]

I will also like to know we're do u get a metal detector and what kind can I get I am new at this but I Will like to do it

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

I buy all my gear from KellyCo. If you call them and use my code "jdvariety" you'll get a discount too. My favorite beginner detector is the fisher F-22

[@mireyavalerio8307]

JD's Variety Channel thanks I also live next a an old rail road track I will like to try it out around here I was just scared of doing this becouse I could get in trouble so we're can I go and do this