I've got an 80 year old friend who didn't stop horse shoeing until he was 74. And, he did it all by hand without using the fancy new machines, never used a grinder/shaper, just used knives, files, scrapers and pliers. He's also retired Military having split 40 years between Regular Army, Reserves and Illinois National Guard. He retired with the rank of 1st Sargent and trained my nephew and dozens of others whom I have known. At 80, he's still as tough as all those nails you've been digging up.

I really enjoy your metal detecting videos. I like the fact you don't swear, you smile a lot and you explain things. You also show plants and scenery. Thank you

I love your videos. I’m a young 54 and used to love running around in the woods of lancaster Ohio and your videos are so natural. I can see and love how much you love the wilderness and trekking through the woods looking for history. I watch every week and just want to thank you for keeping such a rich history alive. 👍🏻

One of these days Brad you’ll find a hoard of silver coins buried long ago!

I had chills when you found those wonderful silver coins. I think it was the perspective you gave, “ they were lost together and found together” Just amazing. Wonderful video, congratulations.👍

I was married to a very good farrier for 25 years. I still find it fascinating. CONGRATULATIONS BRAD on your coin spill!!!

Way to go Brad! That was an emotional find ,I could feel it,couldn’t have happened to nicer guy.🇨🇦👍

We’ll done, Brad! ❤LL

I often think about that also Brad. How we are using this advanced technology here in 2023 to find old coins and relics. To different times many years apart finally meet. What a feeling.

Some great finds. Silver coins where a heart stopper and the knee buckle all cleaned up was beautiful.

Great hunt! Always nice seeing those old sivlers pop out of the ground. The knee buckle frame is special as well.

Great finds! I always think of the effect on the owner of losing such valuable coinage. Beautiful photography as always?

Like the coin overlay images. Keep that up!

Quite the amazing silver spill- can't ever recall seeing that combination but it is indeed very special- Big time Congrats for those little beauties!

This was a day you will remember. The half-dime was the best find for me.

Another great video, many thanks from the UK.

Oh man I was stunned at the knee buckle, it just proves, treasures are everywhere, congratulations

You'll never forget that one! I know I wouldn't. Especially considering that fact that in my area it's very unlikely to ever find a coin of that age. Heck I'm happy when I get into the the 1800s!!! Congrats Brad!

Interesting that the iron Ox shoe was in such good condition, and the copper coins were so severely corroded. 🤔 congrats on the silver.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE VIDEOS EVERY FRIDAY. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.

Some of my best finds have been in the middle of nowhere. Hunters used to go deep into the woods for game back then, while others may have been looking for a good spot to build a cabin. There may have even been a cabin near that area at one time. They can be very hard to find if there's no cellar hole to give it away. Happy hunting.

Great finds, but I have to say that your "B roll" photography is super amazing. I truly enjoy the pictures of the flora. Long time 82 year old visitor and I must say I enjoy the MDing, the music, the finds and especially your commentary. Keep up the great content.

An ox is a castrated bull. Also called a steer. Nice finds, Brad. 👍👍👍

I can never wait to watch your videos!!! My favorite part of Friday mornings!

10/10 editing on these latest videos, Brad - for some reason I was certain you were not going to notice the half dime despite the graphics 😂

Friends, how long do we think it would have taken someone to travel from Mexico City to Vermont in the 1700s? Incredible to imagine.

Brad, you just found two awesome silver coins. Most people watching don't realize how awesome they really are. I've been detecting for twelve years now and I have not dug an old silver coin . I have dug plenty of old silver coins, when I say old I'm talking about late (1890's up to 1964. I too would be shaking if I dug an old silver like the ones you just dug. I've gone to old Mexico metal detecting with friends where my friends have dug 1600's, and 1700's but the oldest silver I've dug in Mexico was a1906 silver fifty Centavos which was awesome but not nearly as awesome as your coins. I live in California and most of our old parts of town have been remodeled and paved over with concrets or ashpalt. Keep digging and I will keep watching and am super happy for you when you find those goose bump silver coins. Congrats and thank you for talking us along with you.

A Very Good Hunt, Mr.Brad. The half dime is really nice !

Great hunt, I love the two small coins. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing.

Your metal detecting reminds me of my fishing, only better! You never know what you’ll get and sometimes are happily surprised 😮

Stunning finds brad,that little silver spill in the middle of what is basically nowhere was incredible ? And the guilt knee buckle is so nice too,I like the animal specific altered shoe as it's a glimpse into the mind of the blacksmith and care for that certain ox

Amazing! Great finds but that silver spill is something special

Incredible! Thank you for sharing.

In Australia we called them bullocks, my grandmother used to go to town twice a year on one. I can drive that in one and a half hours! Her family grew vegetables for the local silver mine way out in the bush.

Having watched the finding of your first Spanish half real, a silver coin spill was a different kind of excitement, but equally thrilling. Congratulations! Don’t you wonder how you ever ended up watching bovine hoof trimming? It’s so relaxing and comforting knowing that an animal isn’t going to suffer anymore and will still be alive to enjoy another day. Great show, as always.😅😊

Wow Brad what amazing finds . Two silvers and very old congrats ty for sharing

When I first saw that small piece you said was drawer pull hardware, my first thought was it looked like a peg to hold the end of a string in the body of a stringed instrument, like a guitar. As I watched you pick up those silver coins, I thought of the time and distance between when they were dropped, and you picking them up. You're the first person to touch them since they were dropped. It always gives me a feeling of instant connection to the past, the times, people, and whatever was going on at that moment when it was dropped. What a treat. Great video!

I call that priceless ...

That coin looks almost as crusty as your old gloves! Good job!

Brad you deliver the whole package. Today what got me thinking was your comment about the find that. Here we are finding these lost items with a machine they couldn't even imagine. Keep up the great work.

Finds and photography both fascinating and a delight.

You sound sincere , honest and energized in your passion for treasure-hunting ....which is exciting , so I subscribed. At 10 years old, my dad gave me his old Mustang metal locator .....I loved the thrill of the hunt in the 70's and 80's and found lots of awesome items just on my acre of land that we lived on in Livermore Ca. ( bus tokens, spurs, Chinese coin, meteor, old pennies and nickels, my dad's lost wedding ring !, .... so much fun !!! , gold jewelry with tiny diamonds ( so much more ). I am glad that I stumbled on your site as the Hoover boys and Dan Hurd are awesome. ..., so too are you.

Nicely done Brad a great silver spill, love your videos. 🇺🇸

A day of quality not quantity Brad. Those are the best days. You'll look back and remember this day always.

Thank you for letting us come along!

Wow great finds Brad, of all the things you found I've never seen an almost complete silver-plated knee buckle dug up. You have got a lot of American history there.

Awesome job 👍🤓👍. It's always cool finding do-dads that back in time has left for us hobbiests to collect❤

Wow! Awesome video and aren’t you glad you braved the rain! Thanks for taking us along.

The old structure looked like the bottom to a old chimney. Rock bottom with wood mud upper stack? Thanks for the great content!

Brad, the smile on my face is almost as big as the smile on your face after viewing your finds for todays hunt. The half-dime has wonderful detail for a coin that has been in the ground for almost 200 years and the half reale is almost as spectacular. Surprisingly, my favorite find is the silver plated knee buckle if that was what it looked like after cleaning. Congrats on a fantastic day of detecting. Looking forward to your next visit to that site. Signals may have been sparse but the quality of the finds were outstanding.

My new Friday morning view. Thanks and God Bless.

Very interesting! My first time watching your channel. Being more of a plant guy, I found myself just as interested in the botanical treasures around you, including some of my favorites!

For the ones that get it the ones that have always had their eye out for the pirate treasure can’t help but to get a little choked up so cool for you I’d say have a great day but clearly you did thanks me and the girls appreciate you 🐶😎🐶🤙

All I can say is WOW!!! Awesome finds

Good Morning, Oh! That 1834 silver coin with 'LIBERTY' across her forehead really stirred my heart.. Congrats and Thank you for sharing Brad

Happiest Friday to you Brad! Thank you ❤

Wow, Brad! Excellent finds! Beautiful coins. Thanks for sharing your finds. Also info about the oxen & cows. Interesting!

Hey Brad as always I start my Friday mornings out with your video first. I always enjoy watching you Metal detect to see what you turn up each week. I am disabled in a wheel chair now and miss being able to get out like I use to. I have found quite a lot over the years. I mostly hunted for Native American Artifacts that I have a huge collection of but I also metal detected quit a bit .I just wanted to tell you how much I like seeing what you uncover it make me feel like I'm right there with you so keep it up my friend .

Love the coin overlays. It makes watching your finds so much more interesting!

Great finds!!! ❤

Awesome finds Brad! I found a 1854 seated quarter and a 1779 1 reale a few feet apart in a farm field a few weeks ago. I have to imagine if it was in the woods and undisturbed ground like those, they would have been in the same hole as well. I did find two matron heads in same field that were together. Nothing like that old silver!

Amazing video! Super-imposing the coin image on the almost unrecognizable coin was very cool. And the buckle turned out amazing

Can't go wrong with a silver spill...nice find!

There's always a ray of sunshine watching your historical detecting discoveries Brad Thanks!

would love to see you do a video of the scariest encounters you've had while metal detecting--also the most amazing finds

Wonderful episode. I love your shots of the foliage and scenery as you work these sites. You make beautiful videos. Now I have to check out animals getting shoed. Sigh…

Love early Friday and the new overlay feature!

Very cool unique finds, lovin that silver! Must have been a silver day, knee buckle silver gilted ,too.👍

Great video! I enjoyed your finds so much. I was raised in Vermont and spent a lot of time in the woods. Everything you film brings me back to my long ago childhood. The photography is just a joy to me. I also love the music you play to go with the the images. Everything really works together well. Thanks for a creative, personal, well made work of art.

Good morning from Copperhill Tn.

That half dime comes in a large 4 and small 4 variety. Awesome finds there!

To recover a part of History is very special and a moment you will always remember..

Sweet spot and hunt! I concur, Brad. Those remote and old sites rarely produce 1 silver coin, let alone 2. Congratulations, buddy!! That knee buckle is a pretty awesome find too!

Like you said Brad it’s amazing to think that the 1/2 reale made it all the way from Ol Mexico City to that mountain but then to find that half dime at the same spot at the same time is just amazing! And to think how much those two little coins would buy you back then!!

I've also watched the farrier shows. My favorite shows are of the horses who have waaaay overgrown hooves and can't walk well. I like the recovery for the poor horses, getting to run and kick up their feet! This was a fantastic post, great silvers!

Brad, I've just got to say that I really like the direction you're going with your musical creations. You are certainly a very talented young man and I can easily see that you might have a future in writing and performing soundtracks for movies and television.

You and Vermont never cease to amaze me. Great hunt!

I love your videos. Not necessarily because of the artifacts. It's just the whole feeling/vibe they have. Your editing is phenomenal and I always feel happy and relaxed when watching them.

Absolutely INCREDIBLE SAVES for that sweet coil spill Brad and other goodies!!! Congratulations

Congrats on your two silvers Brad. 🎉

I just had to mention how happy I am about your silver spill up in the mountains! Obviously there were people up there living and it was almost 200 yrs ago or? Good going Brad! It couldn't have happened to a nicer and better guy! 😌

Impressive find of two coins in the same hole! I will never forget when I did this in 1994 - I got a one reale and two reale in the same hole with my Whites Eagle 2 machine. They where in front yard of a fallen house that had a rock foundation. I have never repeated the magic of this find, which was right on my birthday.....

About double checking a dig!!! Back in the 70's I dug a $20.00 gold piece in North Georgia. Super crazy excited at the time. Came back a few days later and after hours of searching never found anything else and was leaving and walked by where I found the gold coin and scanned the hole again and found another $20.00 gold piece and two silver dollars in the exact same hole. Have always double scanned every find since. Enjoy your videos so keep them coming.

You do an excellent job of editing and making this video. Awesome finds. Had to sub!👍

You really need a hydration pak or 2, one for you and 1 for dunking, or spraying your finds, and brushing them as clean as you can in the field. This will give satisfaction to the watchers, and also give the integrity, history, and really see the beauty of your finds. I look forward to your treks! Thanks.

Wow Brad, two coins from almost 200 years ago, that is amazing. Awesome finds.

Outstanding finds! Way to go, Brad! Congratulations! Thanks for the wonderful content!

Dude :) I got permission to do a huge old insurance building in town that's been abandoned. It has a 7k volt fence around it. The place is huge like a mall. It's got 7 parking lots. Took me all day to work one side of it. Almost stepped on a copperhead searching one side of one lot. Heading back out this morning. Hope to find some really kewl stuff once I can get inside. You sir are an inspiration. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you at the last meet in NC. Peace.

Great finds today! Amazing that silver coin spill. 😮 I also love seeing the strange plants that you show in your videos too. 😊

Thank you Brad for an awesome adventure and seeing some amazing finds !

I’ve been watching for a couple years now ….my favorite channel !!!

Great 1830's finds ,Thanks for taking a few of us with You

Double high five on the silvers! After sharing every Friday with you for however many years, I tend to get excited with you on the big finds. The second silver made me 'whoop'.....which disturbed my cat in my lap and and scared her. I'm still smiling as I go to clean the scratches but well worth it. Congratulations!

What a great day, Brad! Congrats on your silver finds!

Certainly a day you will always remember! Congratulations Cathleen

Congrats Brad! You work for your treasures 😜. Happy for you and us who got to come along. Blessings

Another awesome video, feels like I’m out there with you. Great finds.

What an incredible day diggin! Would love to find that half dime! Never seen an orthopedic ox shoe before, amazing silver plated shoe buckle too! Congrats Brad!

Finds like these make it all worth it .

Greetings from a fellow detector in New York city, NY..