Treasure hunting In an 1800's barn! What will we find?!?

[@magickmoi1261]

Hey there, I enjoyed your video with Melissa last night. It brought me up a lot from a day filled with anxiety and sadness here in US. This should be fun, right up my alley! 😅. Have to add this: you and your family and your wonderful vids have been like a refuge of hope, faith and blessed relief from all the craziness and fear in the USA. The quarantine never ends and the fear and worry only grows by the day. I want you to know what blessed distraction you all have been for me and Im Sure so many others as well. Thank you so very much. Im So very grateful for you and all your wonderful extended family. I love all of you. I’m turning 75 You are all like family to me.

[@Jamesandthehooligans]

Magick Moi such a beautiful comment to read one that I completely agree with, this family is such a blessing 🥰 Also as I don’t live in America (I’m English living in Spain) but keep up to date with the news, I would like to wish you well and hope you continue to stay safe 🤞sending virtual hugs, love and positive thoughts your way, please take care 🥰

[@jordynoleymom]

You always take the time to write such positive uplifting comments not only for Alex and Melissa but for other viewers like myself and it is very much appreciated!! God bless you and may He ease your worries during this crazy time we are living in!!

[@magickmoi1261]

Gemma good morning from Arizona and thank you for reaching out. I appreciate your kind response so much. You help make up this special family and keep reminding us of the goodness and kindness of people all over the world. Sending loving and positive thoughts back to you. Stay safe and keep spreading the love. Adios mi amiga! ✨💖✨💖✨💖✨

[@magickmoi1261]

Jen Howie thank you so much. I appreciate your kind comment so much. My heart goes out to all inhabitants of this gorgeous world, great and small. We need to be so strong like our founding fathers, and brave like our ancestors and pioneers. From whom much is given, much is expected. ✨💕💖✨💕💖✨💕💖✨💕💖

[@martinwright9238]

Curiosity Inc keeping people from the Uk up half the night and we love it lol .Thanks Alex .

[@GilmoreLion]

Rockmount Western Wear is one of the oldest western clothing stores here in Colorado. They are well known for their hats and western shirts. So well known in fact, that reportedly the owner let David Bowie in after hours to do some shopping, as he had never been able to visit during normal business hours!

[@patincolorado8434]

The owner, Jack Weil died in 2008 at 107 years old. He worked pretty much until the day he died. The city renamed the street in front of the store in his honor.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

All those cans now worth ££££ And at the time it was make do and mend - grandpa would be amazed ! And that radio, I just love it when old things pull out all the stops and do their best to work

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

pulling things of very old walls! well, that sounds familiar! I live in a city with a 2000 year history so, plenty of old houses and when they are renovating I ask if I can go and look for stuff mainly 17th, 18th-century wallpaper also many of the old old rooftops were uninsulated the way back way of insulating was shoving newspapers into the cracks I found multiple curfew papers from 1806 with all the new rules under Napoleonic French occupation just shoved into cracks I found pieces of 17th-century hand-painted canvas wall covering yup! pulling stuff off walls sure sounds familiar!

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

Cool!

[@jontaylor1652]

I love these videos, always extremely interesting. You guys are better than any TV channel.

[@carolineerdmann3631]

Right T.V. show are so bum these day.

[@SuperNmolnar]

I live in the country, for the most part, I love it. As a Landscape Photographer old barns are my weakness , Great video thank you for sharing.

[@Varulfen95]

Those trunks and the radio are beautiful, great finds!

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

There is nothing more beautiful to see and fragrant to smell that a forest on a rainy day. Something in there is gnawing at the wood supports. This place is like the Ritz compared to other places you’ve been.

[@janeysiegrist5061]

What a beautiful day and trip, thank you for showing us some rural Canada

[@kaceyharms3135]

I love the water pump!!

[@heather9165]

Awe man! I was totally excited to see what's inside of the toy trunk!

[@chrisanderson9856]

That hay trolley is worth some good coin here in iowa and surrounding areas. People do just as you said in turning them into a chandelier and the trolley is used as the mounting base with lights below.

[@diannebernau3293]

Hi Alex, thanks for sharing - looks like a good collection you have there. Love the old radio (beautiful piece of furniture). I am looking forward to you opening the trunk, which is in great condition and a great find. Have a great day and I look forward to the next video. Stay safe and well, 💕🇦🇺.

[@janelord3061]

Wonderful!!! If I can't go for real, I love living vicariously through you. I love to scour barns.

[@mollyk.4031]

Good God Man! As you're trying to tune in the radio, I felt the same feeling I get when you're first starting one of your "project" cars. Crossing my fingers, hoping for the best, listening for the magic sound.

[@NitrousDiecast]

Looking forward to seeing whats inside the treasure chest! The trunk itself is cool.

[@fletch218]

You could buy and move the old building to your empty spot next to the shop. What a great place to sell your farming/industrial inventory.

[@jenaemarieAZ]

I need that 63 Valiant! I used to have one as a teen. I’d have it painted that green you showed featured on the sample car.

[@soniak2865]

that radio is gorgeous

[@chassegallerie2910]

That Vaillant, my uncle had one like this (might been a '62 tho), but it's green. Just sold it to a guy in Russia, 'cuz he just bought himself a '76 Gremlin. That radio is pretty cool, and that unopened trunk is beautiful!

[@justjudycrafting7401]

Loved that you were still trying to get the signs off the wall even though the floor was falling out from under you.

[@Carolbearce]

Wow, those trunks are beautiful.

[@annj3811]

I live in Denver! Very interesting info about Rockmount Ranch Wear from their website: Jack A. Weil “Papa Jack” founded Rockmount Ranch Wear in 1946. He was the oldest CEO in the world, working daily until age 107. He is to Western wear what Henry Ford is to the car. Papa Jack made the first Western shirts with snaps and was key to popularizing Western fashion. He was also the first to commercialize bolo ties.

[@pamalapeterson5352]

Love love love ❤️ the trunk! Treasure hunting with you is always an adventure! God bless y’all and stay safe and healthy!

[@kymcarroll952]

I visited an old homestead in Alberta, CA that had a shed that was lined with old tin to keep the mice out of the grain.

[@cynthiacleaver9742]

Nice haul!!, 👍👍👏👏👏💖💖💖

[@balanchuk]

Rockmount made a lot of great old western shirts as well ! Real decorative stuff!

[@patincolorado8434]

Still does

[@leahr.2620]

That second trunk is very cool !!!

[@maddieadams75]

Nice items ❤️

[@sandyallaire7520]

40 years ago my dad bought a valiant when I got my licence. Paid $200 for it. Had it for a few years and a couple of accidents. Great memories.

[@themichaelvortex4784]

Nice finds, Alex! I love the treasure hunting. Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎

[@celestialrogue6006]

You left me dying of curiosity to see what's in the cool steamer trunks lol.

[@careyjohnson4143]

Sounded like you almost wanted to cry when you saw all the old cans cut up! Great video, thank you for the great content, keep it up

[@elipotter369]

Yeah, he just didn't want to cry in front of the guy!

[@barbaraschmidt5062]

Hi Alex. Another great adventure. Good luck with the ice cream tomorrow’.

[@stevengrotte2987]

I really like those old wood radios.

[@OneVancatPlaceVancat]

Radio; Left bottom selector is AM-FM-Short wave. And a forth position is usually "auxilary". (phonograph input). The HUM in the audio usually indicates one or more of your condensers are dried out. Back then the internals of one of those cans were borne in an oil type liquid. When they get dry again, You get that "Hmmmmmmmmmmmm..."

[@sandrataylor7400]

Love the radio.

[@BrLambert]

Great finds. I was hoping you were bringing the Valiant home although I understand you have plenty. It was a friends first car, it had push buttons for Drive, etc. It was in the early 70's

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

Oh I made an offer ;) just seeing if they say yes

[@mexicanspec]

@@CuriosityIncorporated That is not a Valiant, but rather a Dart. Those tail lights on top of the rear fenders were, interesting.

[@Bill23799]

@@CuriosityIncorporated Oh no.......nothing to see here Melissa. Just move along.

[@bryankelly4042]

Hi, Bryan from Northern Ireland. Thought I saw a 1960s Sanyo Radio during your walk around of the barns. My wife's sister and her husband have an antique store in Coleraine, here called Auld Times and they gave me one just the same. Did you buy that? And you should definitely try to save that Valiant. Like your channel a lot. I'm a Pyrex collector; Pure Pyrex is my small contribution to KZbin. Cheers

[@paulstube4048]

The barn itself was stunning, excellent vlog,, now on to watch the opening of the steamer trunk (after l have made a cup of tea👌🤟

[@daemein]

From Denver. Rockmount Western Wear still exists! They do high quality western wear. They've been around since the 1940s and have a bit of a celebrity following; mostly from the country music scene, but also Hollywood. You can find them online. Great old storefront, I recommend it to anyone visiting Denver.

[@katwitanruna]

That trunk will look amazing cleaned up!!

[@Randy8923]

Enjoyed.

[@mcwatersd]

Interesting explore and treasure hunt. It always amazes me that things I grew up with are valuable today.Nice looking trunk hope it yields lots of awesome toys. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤

[@cathiematthews1359]

How was the barn and your allergies? Hope you are well! 🧣☕️ I am so excited about the toy trunk! Can’t wait to see what is inside! Fingers crossed there is something good! 🤞

[@giaatta9303]

Awesome video! Am loving my The Potter House book. Turnout amazing. Thank Alex!

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

Thanks so much for buying a copy :)

[@teresaarmstrong4099]

Awww I wanted to see inside

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Mr. Archbold. 👍👌👏 Simply fantastic again! Great finds so far already. I really hope you will go back to that barn and rescue the car (it's exactly my age by the way) and some other cool stuff left in there. I bet that one of the few good YT restoration channels would love to have that old kind of hoist/crane thing. Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck health and wisdom.

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

My pleasure :)

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

@@CuriosityIncorporated Thanks for replying. Have a nice day with your family, friends, customers, sellers, cars and bikes ;-)

[@meh-canics9628]

I love old barns! That building is Priceless! And another car to drag home?

[@Bill23799]

Wow Alex, those folks were recycling long before it was cool.

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

This was great fun!

[@WistfulLioness]

Haven't read thru all the comments, so I apologize if I'm duplicating information. Rockmount Ranch Wear is and has been in Denver, CO since 1946. It is an amazing store, great quality, and especially their hats keep their value.

[@deecarson3343]

Why do feel like you’re gonna go back and get that car? Nice cans!!! 👍💜. Luv the trunks too.

[@tracilay4162]

The Yahtzee game! We play it on vacations.

[@bearflagmercantile8113]

The radio is cool. It's been sitting a while, you should get some electronics contact cleaner, take the tubes out one at a time and clean the contacts all the way to the power knob. Make an antenna and it will work beautifully.

[@adelaidemorningstar1870]

Beautiful

[@keithwallington4966]

Hi alex just see the box you got some of the car's&trucks you found i played with as a boy back in the 60's

[@wanderingwienerantiques]

Radio looks great after all those years!

[@chazzyb8660]

To me the very best find was the barn itself, it would save you building your new shop, if you could get it back to the city! 10:50 Public Benefit Boot Company - I had one of those - but it was a 1970s reproduction, this looks very similar/identical. Of course to a youngster like you that might be old enough.

[@Stephen-cr3sc]

Interesting factoid. Way back when, many log structures were chinked with bread dough (the gaps between the logs filled in). Somebody found a piece of chinking in a tumbled down 200 year old log cabin. This person was a bread enthuesist, this piece was soaked in water and fresh flour was added; The microorganisms were only dormant in the dried bread dough, they restarted. All bread was made from a starter back then, this person now had that original 200 year old starter.

[@magickmoi1261]

Stephen omg that is amazing!

[@arlenegariepy8957]

You should add the cost of the blood, sweat, danger and the cost of allergy medication to your barn finds. ;) I LOVE the embellished steamer trunk!! :)

[@barbaralavoie1045]

Fun for you!👍

[@dollyweaver5558]

1963 Valiant...with push buttons...WOW, memories. Our daughters were at the age they could spell so, we would reverse our spelling, then say..push the button. Cow would be woc so our girls wouldn’t know what Dad and Mom were communicating to each other. Thanks a bunch.

[@Morgan_Sandoval]

I think that Valiant is a mid '60s model. Round taillights, but slab sides/rear. Those top of the fender lights are striking, a lot like a '62 Imperial, but more subdued.

[@ohPokey]

Beautiful radio

[@lindalee7083]

Neat treasures today! Can't wait to see the trunk video! Thanks for all the time you take doing these videos! Your "neighbor" in NJ! LOL!!

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

ok, Alex, I would get myself a variac if I were you putting an old radio straight on the mains can cause problems you shock the old electronics back to life but sometimes you can blow it up I had a room full of aluminum confetti and tar chunks because I blew up the condensers and capacitors I would not have had that problem if I used the variac to slowly up the voltage I had used a meter on the old thing and everything checked out until I put it straight on the mains and destroyed it.

[@alicebanks257]

My Grandma had a Valiant and my family had a 63 Plymouth Belvedere with a push button transmission. Later on I got the car and enjoyed driving it.

[@barbaralong1642]

I have an old radio like that Got it from my grandparents house. Hard to find tubes for it now

[@loganbeach18]

I love your videos keep up the great work

[@aliciaibarra779]

Oh, wow my husband has a 63 Valiant, though sadly someone vandalized it and now we are on the search for a rear windshield. 🙂

[@UnicronHound]

Man, seeing the 63 Valiant makes me miss mine.

[@chrismadden7127]

I hope you picked up the Valiant and the light.

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

Made an offer and yes :)

[@tamarrajames3590]

When they cut the cans up they were more concerned with keeping rodents out, than with how much the cans might be worth long after they are gone😏🖤🇨🇦

[@tootall5559]

You are correct about that radio needing an antenna. The length of antenna will determine how well it recieves and what it receives. short waves can be up to 400 ft long, and you need to have an antenna that is at least one quarter of that to receive that frequency. the smallest wave is 50 ft, so you'd need at least a quarter of that to receive them. for fm, you on 78cm long, one quarter of the FM common frequencies. AM band antennas need to be hundreds of feet long to work well... I know you say you've never seen one that ong. Most all antennas are loaded, that means coiled wire to give it the right length. In a more modern AM radio, inside you'll see a bar of something, it's usually black, wrapped with thin copper wire much like a speaker or motor coil, but longer. That is also why AM radios work better turned one way than the other on more distant stations. Even FM is usually pre-loaded with some coils of wire in the base to get the right lenth. CB antennas are the same, but if not loaded they would have to be 9,18,27, or 36 feet long. They used to call the antenna's for AM radio Long wire antennas. I restored a radio very much like that one when I was a kid. Then you could still get tubes easily and cheaply... now those same tubes go for outlandish prices. Need some? I have some but they won't go cheap.

[@ordinaryaverageguy76]

>need to have an antenna that is at least one quarter of that to receive that frequency. This is not entirely correct. Strong shortwave stations can be received on _much_ shorter wires than 1/4 wave. I hear lots of 5 - 10 MHz overseas stations on 10 - 15 feet of wire in my basement (on a receiver that is working right). A quarter wave for those bands would be 25 - 50 feet. Receiving antennas are not nearly as wavelength critical as wire transmitting antenna. But _in general,_ higher & longer are good ideas if you're serious about SW listening. Tube prices _are_ ridiculous for certain favored types & brands but I can still buy even the old 2-digit (1920-1930) tube types for a few dollars apiece if I'm patient, look in the right places &/or do some of my own testing of used tubes.

[@tootall5559]

@@ordinaryaverageguy76 yes, IF they're strong signals, they can be received by lesser antennas, however that's not optimum.

[@ordinaryaverageguy76]

@@@tootall5559 Nope, it is not optimum but it is sufficient to test a set like that. Optimum can get complicated, such as using a antenna tuner.

[@tootall5559]

@@ordinaryaverageguy76 Yeah, I have simply hooked one up to a wire clothes line... did the job for testing, though you wouldn't want ti for anything serious. I did some work for a lady in the nearest larger city. In back of her house was a STONE building, it had a radio antenna tower at one corner, it had both a omni directional antenna and a nice rotatable beam antenna. I peeked through the window. There was just tons of radio equipment inside. I'm not well versed enough to recognize it all at a glance, but there were nice microphones, HAM sets, and even CB sets and QS0 cards on almost every wall that didn't have other stuff on it. I'd have loved to talk her out of it all.. but to remove it from the building...what a chore and where would I put it? The gear belonged to her late husband. She hadn't needed or wanted to sell it off, Just like the pristine almost new old pickup setting in the garage.

[@mercurywoodrose]

the cowboy hat was labeled beaver (pelt). ive seen new beaver pelt hats here go for thousands. that may be a find.

[@scottstewart3884]

I would love to have that radio, But once again, I know its out of my price range.... thats the one problem with anything old that I really like....LOL

[@alibaba6242]

I like your radio

[@richardcovello5367]

My uncle in Moose Jaw "wallpapered" his garage's inside walls with flattened Penzoil cans.

[@greyferguson9319]

♥️2 track driveways

[@spongebobsqueeze]

This is the best!

[@keithbriere]

Really interesting Alex. Melissa will forgive the haulage ...if you gas her car up. 😉

[@rumpelstilzchen8494]

Why didnt u show the german 25 year public service award sitting on the radio? ;-) Those are always nice to find.

[@elipotter369]

I think he looked over heaps of stuff - so much in there.

[@ordinaryaverageguy76]

As someone who has done restoration & repair of old radios, some as old as the 1930s, I would never, ever recommend just plugging an old radio set in & seeing if it works. It's possible to turn a restorable radio into "for parts only" by firing it up like that without checking the internals. Many parts, like power supply filter capacitors need replacement after so many years. Failures of those capacitors, or a power supply tube, can burn out windings in the power supply transformer, and those are nigh impossible to to find replacements & extremely expensive to have rebuilt. Odds are such radios won't work right without electrical restoration anyway, so why take chances at making it worse? Have it looked over to see if it can be safely brought online first. I cringe every time I see one just plugged in like that. That's a beautiful cabinet set, and worth taking care with.

[@randomvideosn0where]

My parents had a really old one that was built into a fireplace mantle, and it had shorted out so touching any part gave a good zap. Rebuilding a transformer isn't that bad if you know what you're doing.

[@ordinaryaverageguy76]

@@randomvideosn0where Rebuilding a transformer isn't that bad... if you're experienced, have the right tools, have the right wire & insulating materials, have the patience and time. The concept is simple, the execution is fiddling mad. And there's a big difference between rewinding, say, a little filament transformer and a large multi-winding, tapped high voltage transformer with perhaps thousands of turns of fine wire. There's only a few places that will do one with any guarantee for you, as long as you hadn't made a hash of it trying to DIY. Far better to just not risk burning one up to start with.

[@elipotter369]

Now you mention it, I am always a bit shocked (no pun intended) every time I see Alex plug in an old electrical appliance, rather than handing it over to a qualified and experienced with old stuff electrical person first. In one job I had years ago, I had to write an industry information report on all the electrical deaths in the state I lived in. It's not the kind of stuff easily forgotten.

[@thorsbyguy5121]

Alex, at 8:40, what's the deal on that nice Mercury tailgate? Maybe go back and get that! ;-)

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

It was for sale, you need one?

[@thorsbyguy5121]

@@CuriosityIncorporated Check your gmail...

[@pawanvaz]

Are you not getting the Valiant..? Imo, It deserves to be back on road...

[@annj3811]

He commented on someone else’s comment that he made an offer on it!

[@toniasalways]

Those tin cans were mouse proofing.

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

That's what I was thinking. Maybe it was originally a cabin, and people lived in there before it became a barn. It makes more sense than using them as a wind break.

[@l.m.2404]

Yup. If grain was kept in there, at one time, all that tin lining was to keep rodents out from chewing their way inside.

[@slipshodaverage844]

That hat apparently came from an important store to Western wear, that's still in business.

[@srqlisa7881]

i see the old pulley looks like Santas sled....josh....

[@paulbegley1464]

I've been to Canada only once in my life and that was back in the 1960s about 68,69 possible 1970 and I remembered it rained then. Does it always rain there? I was with my Mom and Aunt we were visiting family in Edmonton and Barhead.

[@brendabest9086]

This has been a wet year , lots of flooding in the Rockies . Barrhead ....I know some people there as well in Edmonton . Went to grade school and Junoir High on Griesbach Army base . The folks bought a farm in Onoway just South of Barrhead .

[@mattyg550]

What is the small red box on to of the radio 📻

[@workingmom8162]

Would you salvage that sign for yourself or even in that condition its worth something?

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

If I could put it all together it would still have some value yes

[@steveedwards1072]

PLEASE tell us you bought the Valiant! If not saved the barn will eventually fall on it and destroy it. IT MUST BE SAVED!

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

I made an offer

[@babawali3021]

@@CuriosityIncorporated Old rusty, dusty cars that need restoration are Alex magnets! 😆🚗😆

[@jamesellison1233]

Nice video and do ya still have that 64 caddy

[@CuriosityIncorporated]

Caddy sold a week ago or so :(

[@jamesellison1233]

@@CuriosityIncorporated aww man that was a nice car im only 16 but right now im working on buying a 74 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royal convertible with the 455 rocket big block

[@terryprideaux]

I want my freshly frozen O.J.!

[@DavidLee-yu7yz]

I would love to dismantle the old barn and relocate and restore it, along with the history of it, unfortunately it would mean the oil cans use as an fill would be an integral part o f the buildings story.

[@bioLarzen]

Was I the only one who saw that rusty old pulley, and immediately thought of Josh? :)

[@Jamesandthehooligans]

Yes I thought that too!

[@leahr.2620]

I thought the same 😉

[@srqlisa7881]

What it sounds like is your speaker, I used to have this issue and what I did was turn the volume button back and forth several times very fast and then slower bring up the volume. Why this worked who knows, could be a connection, but it did. good luck and if it works let me know. : ) peace

[@MrN2hendrix]

ROCKMOUNT RANCH IS STILL IN DENVER AS WE SPEAK