Relics of War Uncovered in the Mountains of Vermont | Treasure Hunting Adventure

Alternative story line 1. On a clear moonlit night in November 1745. A small meteor lands in upstate Vermont near a remote farmstead. From inside the smoking rock, a sizzling pod of goo leeks onto the frozen ground laying there until a stream awakens from the late winter slumber [June 1746] . Space Toad has arisen. Hungry, it searches for anything. Spotting a strange two legged creature near the stream, Space Toad emits a slightly sweet smelling gas from its dorsal glands. The biped suddenly becomes dehydrated and sleepy. Space Toad slowly slides over and starts covering the Vermonter in its digestive juices. Some hours later all that is left is some brass items that the alien could not consume. Tired after its meal, it makes a nest of branches and twigs. To awaken sometime in the future from its hibernation..

That long flat piece of metal with the curved portion is a trigger guard that is broken and flattened out.

Enjoy your videos! The brass item that you refer to as a mug handle (found around the 8:43 mark of the video), I believe is a bent and broken brass trigger guard...likely rifle/musket, possibly flint lock, but no newer that percussion.

In this video you said people ask you why so very many abandoned home sites and cellar holes in Vermont...It is because of the 3 to 4 years in a row of severe cold and little to no growing season at all in the early 1800's. This was caused by a volcanic eruption on the other side of the world from Mount Tambora-- whose huge ash clouds changed the weather for that long in its whole path around the world so severely. It was a terrible time and all the settlers in Vermont who had to go through this suffered so greatly it caused the mass exodus due to this weather and there are the cellar holes you find there now... It lost Vermont such a huge % of its population that it didn't recover those numbers of total population until well into the 1900's. The very worst year was called the Year without a Summer and can see links Year Without a Summer - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1.3 °F). This resulted in major food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere. Evidence suggests that the anomaly was predominantly a volcanic winter ... In the early Autumn when corn was in the milk it was so thoroughly frozen ... 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815_eruption_of_Mount_Tambora The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora was one of the most powerful in recorded history, with a ... This brief period of significant climate change triggered extreme weather and harvest failures in many areas around the world. .... The scale of the volcanic eruption will determine the significance of the impact on climate and ...

Opening scene is great- busting out the doors like the Dukes of Hazzard. Nice military finds- kinda odd finding that stuff so far away from conflict but great that dude made it home and hopefully found peace and tranquility next to that stream. Great weather, great adventure, quality video as usual-

The long brass piece with the curly bit is a broken trigger guard from a musket. Nice find!

One of the things I really like about your videos is the comments you share throughout the day. It helps understand your mind set as you are detecting. Many years ago I worked as a professional archaeologist and was often out alone looking for prehistoric Native American sites in my home state. I would have loved to have been able to record my thoughts on what I was looking for and why I picked certain areas to concentrate on.

Thank you! I'm so excited when I see you have posted. You are so interesting. I'm a 70 year old, all my life, New Englander! Love how you bring as much history as possible into your finds! So appreciated. If I'd known about this when I was younger I would have given it a try :)

I have seen the same slimy ball in west sweden in the forests in Arvika where i live. BEST VIDEOS ON THE NET GMMD.

great video Brad. Love the Civil war buckle and buttons, keep the videos coming please!!!

Very nice discoveries on a beautiful day. Thanks for sharing your beautiful State. See you again real soon.

Beaver Fever! LOL I remember when that happened back in the 80's in my hometown in Berkshire County! Blast from the past! LOL

Blob is a type of slime mold which (unbelievably) is mobile. You find many thimbles because the farmers used them to sew grain bags shut in the fields. The disc with a flat side and a hole through it looks much like a Bridge Washer. The round piece with a tapered slit though it is a Bolster from a knife. Love the old stuff in your great videos!

Hey Brad, I was thinking about the viewers who question the existence of so many cellars. Out here in Montana, homesteads were offered by the government to anyone who would attempt to improve the land via farming or ranching. Each homestead was a half section or 320 acres, a section being a square mile consisting of 640 acres. So when I'm out detecting and find a cellar, I generally only need to look at the corners of the sections to find additional cellar holes. Granted, this was closer to 1900. But just thought there might be a similar explanation for your area. Great video!

Surely Eddie can scrounge up a Squatch suit and run across the ridge behind you someday when we least expect it, what a hoot that would be! We'd all wet our knickers!

that brass piece early in the video looked like a part of a trigger guard, GL & HH

My favorite Channel for sure!! :-) Being a New England boy, I love the woods. Your adventures are awesome!

Your "stein handle" is actually much better than you were thinking. It's actually a trigger guard from a colonial era Kentucky or Pennsylvania rifle! Great finds man. Keep it up!

I agree with Jon Lennon on 9:00 is​ a trigger guard. Fun hunt, thanks for sharing.

I think of how many times I was hunting during my younger years and would look at the area and think to myself, just think, "I might be the only human to have set foot on this piece of land". Well, your metal detecting has dispelled any of those thoughts. You have been in some of the most remote places I've ever seen when you 'hear that special tone' and fetch a button, buckle or penny from 10" beneath the soil's surface! LOL!! Who knows the riches that I've stepped upon during my years of hunting in the woods! Looks like I'lI need to buy one of those detectors and take it hunting with me. If I miss out on any deer venison for my stew, as the saying has it: "Que Sera, Sera"! Who knows? Maybe, I'll dig up a rare coin instead!