Finding America

In my humble opinion, this week's Finding America episode, "Small Coils On The Big Field", might just be one of the best I've had the pleasure of putting together! It's definitely the quintessential Finding America video and it has it all; great finds, fun times, an awesome Mystery Solved, a Digging Deeper segment and even a fun little bonus at the very end! Chris and I had an absolute blast out there this past weekend and I really hope you'll join us tomorrow morning at 8AM on YouTube to see what we got into out there in the big field with our small coils! See you there tomorrow and I hope you're having a great day!
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Two weeks ago, during the filming of one of the latest Finding America YouTube episodes, Chris found a very early iron horse bit that was in use from 1750 until the first part of the 1800's. He was absolutely thrilled with the find and the following week, while detecting the same field at the old plantation permission, I found the other matching side of his bit just a few yards from where he'd found that first one! Finding a matching pair of bits in one location just doesn't happen very often!

We were finally able to get out together again at the same location for just one day this past weekend and before we started detecting, I surprised him with both bits set in a Riker case. Chris was thrilled to have them! The bits definitely deserved to be reunited again and as everyone knows, two bits are always better than one!

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3 months ago | [YT] | 118

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The brand new episode of Finding America, "Hidden in the High Grass", is now showing on YouTube! https://youtu.be/wHKwie-ZdUM Kick back, relax and I hope you enjoy the video! 🍿🍿 Please like, subscribe, comment and share. It really makes a difference!

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UPDATE: NEW FINDING AMERICA EPISODE IS NOW UP! Somehow, I managed to get the new YouTube episode up at 9AM! I hope you all enjoy watching it!

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So many cool things have been coming out of this early American field and this week was no exception! It wasn't the easiest of detecting with the rock hard ground and chest high grass but boy, was it worth it! Some really great finds landed in my finds pouch including a couple that blew me away and one of those was just incredible! Can't wait to show you all that I I found so be sure to check out my new Finding America episode called "Hidden in the High Grass" that's coming out tomorrow morning at 8AM on YouTube! Looking forward to seeing you there and I hope you're having a great day!
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3 months ago | [YT] | 71

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If you were wondering whether there were ever any children playing in that new yard permission of yours....

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3 months ago | [YT] | 70

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Something Old! Something Cool! Forty one years ago, I was a seventeen year old Senior at Munich American High School kneeling beside a plug that I'd just dug at one of my favorite old parks that sat along the Isar river. My attention was focused on a very old looking oval medallion, probably dating from the turn of the century, that I'd just pulled from the ground and after a quick cleaning, I could easily make out a church or chapel with the words "Maria Eich" above it. "Mary's Oak?" I'd never heard of the place and as I turned the medallion over I could see the word "Gnadenbild" (Miraculous Image or Figure) sitting above a scene of the Virgin Mary and Child. The medallion was stunning looking, very old and, as it turned out, came from a chapel that had quite an interesting history!

It had all started with an oak tree. Around 1712, just outside the village of Planegg located on the outskirts of Munich, two sons of a local blacksmith decided to place a small statue of the Virgin Mary and Child inside a hollow of an old oak tree and it wasn't very long before people began to notice the statuette inside the tree. Sitting there, framed by the opening of the tree's hollow, it seemed perfectly natural for people to pause and say a prayer to the Virgin Mary. Soon something miraculous starting happening, people's prayers were being answered!

Word of this miracle quickly spread and more and more people began visiting the tree. Twenty years later in 1732, the locals decided to build a small chapel next to the tree. By 1746, it was expanded into a larger stone chapel that was actually built around the tree itself! The villagers actually left an opening in the roof that allowed the tree to continue to grow through it!

In 1805, tragedy struck when a storm swept over the chapel and a lighting bolt struck and destroyed the entire top of the old oak. In order to preserve the holy oak, the top was trimmed and the roof's opening was closed off with a tower to protect the remaining trunk of the tree. Through the years, people have continued to make the pilgrimage to the tree and it's statuette and their prayers have still been answered. The chapel has been updated and restored over the years and to this day, the tree still stands within its walls where people now leave little notes of prayer. The slips of paper hang on the walls that surround the tree and so many are left that they have to removed several times a year to make room for new ones. They are then all kept in storage at the chapel until they are burned each year in the Easter Fire.

This old religious medallion was definitely a great find but with a bit of effort and research into it's history, it quickly turned from a find into a treasure!

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3 months ago | [YT] | 73

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Just wanted to thank Coiltek for featuring me and my channel in their "Detectorist of the Month Spotlight" on their social medial and web sites. I also gave them an interview about metal detecting and the 46 years I've spent in this amazing hobby which you can check out if you like by using the link below. Thanks again Coiltek and I'm proud to be a Coiltek ambassador. Great company and great coils! (Click photo for full image)
www.coiltek.com.au/detectorist-of-the-month-greg...

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3 months ago | [YT] | 59

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We're Back! The brand new episode of Finding America, "They Were Here", is now showing on YouTube! https://youtu.be/tWOIxAO6zkk Kick back, relax and I hope you enjoy the video! Please like, subscribe, comment and share. It really makes a difference!

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Ready for a new Finding America episode? 😀 I definitely am and I'm happy to say I'm working on it right now! Thank you so much for all of your patience while I was recovering and healing last month. This past Sunday was finally the day I was able to get out and do some metal detecting and as luck would have it, Chris was also able to join me at the 1820's plantation permission! My foot did well and so did the metal detecting. We both found some very cool things and some very old things! It's great to be back in the saddle again and I hope you'll join me tomorrow morning at 8AM on YouTube to see what we found in my new Finding America episode called "They Were Here". See you there and I hope you're having a really great day! (Click photo for the full image)

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