WANNA BE BRANDO-1950'S HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE AND RIDER IN FULL HARLEY OUTFIT

HERE'S A PHOTO THAT I RAN ACROSS, ITS SHOWS A VINTAGE HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYLE WITH A RIDER IN HIS FULL MOTORCYCLE OUTFIT.  THIS IS A CLASSIC 1950'S LOOK, THE FACTORY HARLEY DAVIDSON NEWSBOY CAP.  THE ENGINEER'S BOOTS, BLUE JEANS. ANOTHER GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST.-THE TIME SEARCHER

1770'S COLONIAL BRITISH CAMP AXE HEAD: THE SECOND ONE FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

YESTERDAY, THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND MYSELF RETURNED TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR OF 2017.  IF THIS TRIP IS A PREDICTOR OF RELIC FINDS FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT ONE.  I FOUND MY SECOND AX HEAD AT THE SITE ALONG WITH SEVEN BUTTONS.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER ADDED TO HIS SCORE BY FINDING SOME GREAT BUTTONS INCLUDING A LARGE COLONIAL COAT BUTTON.  GOING TO THIS SITE IS LIKE ENTERING THE TWILIGHT ZONE. WE DID A SPIRIT BOX SESSION IN WHICH WE HEARD FROM THE GHOSTS THAT OCCUPY THIS LOST VILLAGE. YES, I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY.  BUT, WE HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IT AND OUR VIDEO FOOTAGE OF OUR EXPERIENCES WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.-THE TIME SEARCHER

A RARE FIND: A RETRO AND VINTAGE LIFESTYLE BABE: LILLY JARLSSON

I WAS RANDOMLY LOOKING AT VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND STUMBLED UPON LILLY JARLSSON'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL.  SHE IS A GERMAN WOMAN WHO DOES VIDEOS ON RETRO STYLE AND LIVING AND ITEMS FROM THE PAST THAT SHE USES IN HER DAILY LIFE.  I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED ( O.K. COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER, I ADMIT IT, I WAS ENCHANTED) WITH HER.  MOST OF HER VIDEOS CONCERN WOMEN'S FASHION, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE WHO LIKE THE THINGS OF THE PAST.  WHAT MAKES HER VIDEOS SO ENJOYABLE IS HER ENTHUSIASM AND (YES, I AM VERY SHALLOW) HER GOOD LOOKS.  IT IS RARE TO FIND AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN INTERESTED IN THE ANTIQUES FIELD.  SO,  LILLY IS A RARE FIND INDEED.  I LINKED HER VIDEO ENTITLED "WHY & HOW DOES SOMEONE START A RETRO LIFESTYLE.  I AM AMAZED HOW WELL SHE SPEAKS ENGLISH WITHOUT AN ACCENT.  AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS AN AMERICAN.  THEN I SAW THAT SHE IS FROM GERMANY AND LIVES THERE.  SHE HAS INTERESTING VIDEOS AND I THINK SHE WILL GO FAR.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE: NOVEMBER, 2016 PART THREE "THE FALLEN TREES" COLONIAL RELICS

HERE'S PART THREE OF OUR NOVEMBER, 2016 TRIP BACK TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  WE FOUND ALOT OF FALLEN TREES FROM A LOGGING OPERATION ON THE PROPERTY.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER USED AN OLD TRICK OF HIS TO DETECT THE DIRT BETWEEN THE ROOTS OF THESE TREES AND WE MADE SOME GREAT COLONIAL BUTTON FINDS.  I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK THERE FOR MORE OF THE SAME.-THE TIME SEARCHER                                                                                                      

                                            

PAID CIVIL WAR RELIC HUNTS-DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY-THE LESSON OF THE $1,100.00 MINNIE BALL

HERE'S A PHOTO OF A CIVIL WAR MINNIE BALL THAT I KEEP IN THE CENTER DRAWER OF MY DESK TO REMIND ME NOT TO FALL FOR SOME PEOPLE'S HYPE
ON RELIC HUNTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THE GREAT FINDS THAT PEOPLE WERE MAKING AT THESE PAID CIVIL WAR RELIC HUNTS.  THE CONCEPT IS VERY SIMPLE. A COMPANY GOES OUT AND MAKES A DEAL TO PAY THE LANDOWNER SOME MONEY TO HUNT HIS PROPERTY WHERE A CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT WAS OR A BATTLE SITE IF YOU ARE LUCKY.  THEN THE PROMOTER GOES OUT ON THE INTERNET AND BALLYHOOS ALL THE GREAT FINDS MADE AT HIS HUNT SITES.  YOU ARE TOLD THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE PERMITTED TO HUNT THIS SITE OVER THE YEARS AND IT IS A REAL PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS HUNT GROUP.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT IS RARE TO FIND A FAMOUS, LARGE CIVIL WAR SITE THAT IS NOT UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL OR IF IT IS ON PRIVATE LAND HAS NOT BEEN HUNTED TO DEATH.   THERE ARE TWO COMPANIES THAT DO THESE HUNTS AND I WENT TO ONE BASED IN VIRGINIA.  IT WAS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT, THE RELIC HUNTING WAS ELBOW TO ELBOW IN SOME FIELDS AND OTHER RELIC HUNTERS TOLD ME THAT MANY PEOPLE HAD HUNTED THE SITE IN THE PAST.  ON THE ONE HUNT, I ONLY FOUND ONE MINIE BALL COMPARED TO MY $1,100.00 IN COSTS TO ATTEND THE HUNT INCLUDING THEIR $275.00 HUNT FEE.  THERE WERE AT 300 PEOPLE AT THIS HUNT.  THEY MADE A KILLING AND FRANKLY DIDN'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT THE ATTENDEES.  A HARD LEARNED LESSON  TO PLAN YOUR OWN HUNTS.  WOULD I ATTEND ANOTHER PAID HUNT?  I MIGHT TRY ONE IN EUROPE IF THE COMPANY HAD GOOD REVIEWS.  AS FOR THE US, THE TIME SEARCHERS WILL MAKE OUR OWN PLANS FOR OUT OF STATES HUNTS LIKE WE DID BEFORE THESE CON ARTISTS STARTED THEIR SCAMS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS MEET A FRENCH HOE-RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE: NOVEMBER , 2016 PART TWO

                                     
HERE'S PART TWO OF OUR NOVEMBER, 2016 TRIP BACK TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER FINDS A EARLY 1700'S FRENCH HOE FARM IMPLEMENT. A GREAT TRIP AND ANOTHER FIND THAT ADDS TO THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.-THE TIME SEARCHER  

HAND MADE CIVIL WAR ERA TRENCH FIGHTING KNIFE

HERE'S A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF A CIVIL WAR ERA TRENCH, FIGHTING KNIFE THAT I BOUGHT A FEW YEARS AGO WITH SOME OTHER CIVIL WAR ITEMS.  THIS IS A HANDMADE ITEM.  ITS CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS USED ARE DEFINITELY PERIOD.  THE BLADE IS HAND FORGED AND ITS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE IMPROVISE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.  AS I TOLD THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER A FEW DAYS AGO.  I HAVE A FEELING THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE TO FIND SOME RELICS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

THE NINTH GATE-JOHNNY DEPP-A GLIMPSE INTO THE BIG TIME WORLD OF ANTIQUES COLLECTING

HERE'S A LINK TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS.  I THINK THIS ONE IS ANOTHER UNDERRATED CLASSIC.  IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE OLD FILM NOIR AND MODERN FILMS.  JOHNNY DEPP DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING ANTIQUE BOOK DEALER, DEAN CORSO.  THIS FILM REMINDS ME OF THE TIMES WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE DEALING IN ANTIQUES AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT COLLECTORS, DEALERS AND AUCTION HOUSES.  IN THE HIGH END  ANTIQUE AND ART MARKET, THESE COLLECTORS ARE A BREED APART AND HAVE THE MONEY TO GET WHAT THEY WANT IF THEY WANT IT BADLY ENOUGH.  GUYS LIKE THE CHARACTER BORIS BALKEN WILL TRY TO USE YOUR CONTACTS AND INFLUENCE TO GET TO  A CERTAIN PIECE.  ALL THE BIG AUCTION HOUSES  AND DEALERS KEEP TRACK OF WHO OWNS CERTAIN PIECES.  SO, THE FILM IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY ON THAT COUNT.  ALSO AS BROUGHT OUT IN THE WIKELEAKS EMAILS, SOME OF THESE RICH PEOPLE ARE IN TO DEVIL WORSHIP AND EVEN IN MY LIMITED EXPERIENCES, I FOUND THE MORE GRUESOME THE HISTORY OF THE PIECE, THE MORE MONEY THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD PAY FOR IT.  I THOUGHT THIS ODDBALL FILM WAS ONE OF JOHNNY'S BEST AND HE DID A GREAT JOB IN IT.  HIS CHARACTER GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE HUNT FOR THE SECRET OF THE NINTH GATE BOOK AND THE MORE YOU STUDY AND PURSUE SOME HISTORIC ITEMS, THIS IS EASY TO LET HAPPEN. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH A YOUNG BILL CLINTON LOOKALIKE-A MALT SHOP CIRCA 1952-54 PHOTO

HERE'S A PHOTO THAT I JUST CAME ACROSS IN SOME ITEMS THAT I JUST ADDED TO THE ARCHIVE.  IT SHOWS A GUY THAT BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO A YOUNG BILL CLINTON.  I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS HIS  DAD OR NOT.  THIS PHOTO LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN AROUND 1952-1954.  NOTE THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO POPSICLE AD.  I LOVE THE COUNTER DESIGN AND ADVERTISING DISPLAYS.  I HAVE MORE PHOTOS THAT SHOW THE OTHER PARTS OF THE MALT SHOP.  THE ONLY PERSON MISSING IS MARTY MCFLY.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE: NOVEMBER, 2016 PART ONE, COLONIAL BUTTONS: THE FRENCH BUTTON.

HERE'S A VIDEO OF OUR TRIP IN NOVEMBER, 2016 TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE. ON THIS TRIP, WE FOUND FRENCH ITEMS THAT SHOW THE FRENCH WERE THE FIRST EUROPEAN COLONISTS IN THIS AREA.  I FOUND A FANCY FRENCH CUFF BUTTON. -THE TIME SEARCHER