END OF 2016, BEGINNING OF 2017-HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THANKS FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS

HERE'S THE COVERS FROM THE TWO DVD'S WE PRODUCED IN 2013 AND 2014.

THE CIVIL WAR TREASURE TROVE VIDEO WAS ONE IN WHICH WE WERE PRESENT FOR A MAJOR RELIC FIND: A COIN PURSE BULGING WITH CIVIL WAR ERA COINS AND A RARE CAPE PIN.   THE OTHER DVD CHRONICLES OUR PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES ON A CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD.  REMARKABLY, WITHOUT ANY REAL PROMOTION,  THESE TWO DVD'S HAVE DONE WELL IN SALES.  ALTHOUGH SOME RELIC HUNTERS DO NOT APPRECIATE THE PARANORMAL ASPECT OF THE LOCATIONS AND RELICS THAT WE ENCOUNTER.  WE HOPE TO PRODUCE MORE DVD'S AND VIDEOS IN THE COMING YEAR AND HOPE GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD FORTUNE TO EVERYONE.-THE TIME SEARCHER

A TRIBUTE AND GOODBYE TO DEBBIE REYNOLDS-A GREAT ACTRESS AND GREAT COLLECTOR OF HOLLYWOOD HISTORY

IT WAS WITH GREAT SURPRISE THAT I HEARD ABOUT CARRIE FISHER'S PASSING. SADLY, HER MOTHER, THE ACTRESS, DEBBIE REYNOLDS WAS SO UPSET THAT SHE HAD A STROKE AND PASSED AWAY.  A TRULY CLOSE FAMILY BOND THAT SHOWS IN A TRAGIC WAY THAT FAMILY IS TRULY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE BEYOND MONEY AND POSSESSIONS.
WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT DEBBIE REYNOLDS WAS A TRUE RELIC COLLECTOR.  WHILE MYSELF AND THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER HUNT AND COLLECT COLONIAL AND OTHER RELICS.  DEBBIE REYNOLDS HUNTED AND COLLECTED  MOVIE WARDROBE AND PROP ITEMS: RELICS OF HOLLYWOOD.  IN FACT, SHE BOUGHT ALOT OF ITEMS WHEN MGM STUDIOS WAS BOUGHT OUT BY KIRK KEKORIAN WHO BASICALLY SOLD EVERYTHING OFF INCLUDING THE HUGE MGM WARDROBE AND PROP COLLECTIONS.  IN 1970 MGM HAD A HUGE AUCTION OF THESE ITEMS.  DEBBIE REYNOLDS BOUGHT ALOT OF ITEMS AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO DISPLAY THEM IN A MUSEUM.  THESE EFFORTS WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL AND IN 2011 SHE AUCTIONED OFF MOST OF HER COLLECTION.
SHE DID NOT COLLECT TO MAKE MONEY.  SHE COLLECTED BECAUSE SHE LOVED THE HISTORY REPRESENTED BY THESE ITEMS.  A TRUE COLLECTOR.  A VERY NICE LADY WHO IF YOU MET HER WOULD TALK TO YOU AND NOT BE A HOLLYWOOD PHONEY.  A GREAT TALENT AND COLLECTOR THAT WE WILL ALL MISS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

THE TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE: OCTOBER, 2016 PART THREE- COLONIAL RELIC ROUND UP

HERE'S THE THIRD PART OF THE TIME SEARCHERS TRIP TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE IN OCTOBER, 2016.  IN THIS INSTALLMENT, THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER GIVES US A ROUND UP OF THE COLONIAL RELICS FOUND ON THIS TRIP. -THE TIME SEARCHER

THE KINKS THE ANTHOLOGY 1964-1971 THE MODS MUSIC FROM THEN AND THE 1980'S

O.K. CHRISTMAS IS OVER AND WE'RE GOING OVER THE GIFTS WE GOT AND SOME WE SIMPLY BOUGHT FOR OURSELVES WHILE WE WERE SHOPPING.  HERE' S ONE OF THE LATTER.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT.  THERE WERE STILL MODS IN GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1980'S.  I KNOW THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER HATES THIS FACT AND HE IS THE VETERAN OF MANY RUN INS BETWEEN THE MODS AND THE ROCKERS FROM THOSE DAYS.  SOME OF THE MUSIC FROM THE MOD ERA IS THE KINKS.  THIS SET WAS PRODUCED TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE KINKS.  THE BAND ITSELF DISBANDED IN THE MID 1990'S. RAY DAVIES STILL DOES SOLO STUFF.  BUT NO MORE ARENA CONCERTS.  I LIKED RAY DAVIES STUFF AND STILL DO.  THIS SET COVERS THE MAJOR SONGS OF THE KINKS FROM THIS AREA AND INCLUDES TRACKS NEVER RELEASED BEFORE.  HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME GREAT SONGS NOT INCLUDED FROM THIS TIME LIKE THE ONE FROM THE ARTHUR ALBUM AND MUSKWELL HILLBILLIES.
     IT IS STILL A GREAT SET TO PICK UP. AND YES COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER,  I BROUGHT MY 1962 TRIUMPH TINA MOTOR SCOOTER BACK HOME.  IT IS NOW FULLY RESTORED AND I WILL HAVE TO  DO A BLOG FEATURE ON IT.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE-OCTOBER, 2016 PART TWO COLONIAL BUTTONS COLONIAL HORSESHOE FOUND RELIC METAL DETECTING

HERE'S A LINK TO OUR LATEST VIDEO ON OUR OCTOBER, 2016 TRIP TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  I WILL KEEP POSTING VIDEOS AS OFTEN AS I CAN.  WE ARE LOADED WITH VIDEO.  I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEARS RELIC HUNTING ADVENTURES.  WE HAVE SOME GREAT NEW SPOTS LINED UP AND WE APPRECIATE THE INVITATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM OTHER RELIC HUNTERS WE KNOW TO HUNT WITH THEM AT SOME OF THEIR SPOTS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

PEARL HARBOR-75TH ANNIVERSARY-RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY

I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN 75 YEARS SINCE THE JAPANESE ATTACK AGAINST PEARL HARBOR.  MY DAD USED TO TELL ME STORIES ABOUT THE PUBLIC'S REACTION HERE IN THE UNITED STATES TO THIS UNPROVOKED ATTACK.  PEOPLE WERE SCARED AND ANGRY AT THE SAME TIME.  THE RECRUITING STATIONS WERE SWAMPED WITH MEN WANTING TO GET EVEN AND FIGHT FOR THE UNITED STATES. I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WERE EVER MORE UNITED THAN THEY WERE IN WORLD WAR TWO.  ITS TOO BAD WE DON'T SEE THIS TYPE OF UNITY TODAY.
I PUT A PICTURE OF THE B-17 BOMBER "PATTY ANN" UP SINCE ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING WHAT IF STORIES IS THAT THE RADAR OPERATORS AT PEARL HARBOR HAD ACTUALLY DETECTING THE INCOMING JAPANESE PLANES AND REPORTED IT TO A FIRST LT.  WHO TOLD THE OPERATORS TO IGNORE IT SINCE THE DETECTED AIRPLANES WERE MOST LIKELY A FLIGHT OF B-17 BOMBERS THAT WERE DUE IN TO PEARL HARBOR FROM THE MAINLAND THAT VERY DAY.
SADLY, THIS OFFICER IN AN INTERVIEW YEARS LATER STILL STUCK TO HIS EXCUSE NOT TO ALERT THE ISLAND OR AT LEAST TRY TO CONTACT THE AIRPLANES BY RADIO OR OTHERWISE CONFIRM THAT THESE AIRCRAFT WERE ACTUALLY THE B-17'S.
IF THIS WARNING HAD BEEN HEEDED AND THE ISLAND FORCES PUT ON ALERT, IT COULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF LIVES AND CHANGED HISTORY.  BUT, LIKE ANYTHING IN LIFE, IT IS EASY TO SPECULATE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THINGS HAD BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME,  THE UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR TWO AS A COMBATANT HAD BEGUN.  A THREAD OF HISTORY THAT CHANGED THE FLOW OF TIME UP TO THE PRESENT.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

FATE-SOMETIMES TIMING IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH-A TRAGIC THANKSGIVING THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET

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I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.  IT IS A TIME TO MEET WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AND APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDSHIPS AND GOOD FORTUNE THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED FOR THE YEAR.  I FEEL THAT I WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL GIFT THIS YEAR ON THANKSGIVING.
I WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH RELATIVES THIS THANKSGIVING.  AS USUAL, I WAS RUNNING LATE AND HAD TO MAKE A LAST MINUTE, UNSCHEDULED STOP AT MY OFFICE TO PICK UP THE CHARGER FOR MY PHONE.  DURING THE TIME I TOOK TO DO THAT A FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A SPOT ON THE ROAD THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON AT ABOUT THE I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IF I HAD NOT MADE MY UNSCHEDULED STOP.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 2:23 PM AND I ARRIVED ON THE SPOT AT 2.27 PM AFTER MAKING MY UNSCHEDULED STOP AT MY OFFICE TO RETRIEVE THE PHONE CHARGER.  THIS STOP TOOK ME 3-4 MINUTES.  I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS NOT AT THIS INTERSECTION AT THE TIME AND I PRAY FOR THE POOR FAMILY OF THREE THAT WAS KILLED IN THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT ALONG WITH THE THREE INJURED IN THE MERCEDES SUV.   IT WAS A TERRIBLE SCENE AND I COUNT MY BLESSINGS THAT THE GUY UPSTAIRS HAS OTHER PLANS FOR ME-THE TIME SEARCHER

WORLD WAR TWO JAPANESE SOLDIER'S HELMET-ITS A RELIC

HERE'S A JAPANESE SOLDIER'S HELMET IN RELIC CONDITION THAT I FOUND YEARS AGO.  ITS MISSING ITS ARMY STAR ON THE FRONT AND THE LINER IS GONE.  BUT, IT WAS A THRILL RECOVERING IT.  I USED TO TRAVEL MORE AND PLAN TO GO ON SOME TRIPS LIKE WE DID YEARS AGO SEEKING OUT RELICS LIKE THIS HELMET. I CAUTION ANYONE IN THE PACIFIC OR EUROPE TO BE CAREFUL. THERE IS ALOT OF LIVE SHELLS STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF WHAT WAS ONCE BATTLEFIELDS.  LEAVE THEIR DISARMING TO THE EXPERTS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

RMS TITANIC MAIDEN VOYAGE APRIL 10, 1912 PHOTO AUTOGRAPHED BY ROBERT BALLARD-DISCOVERER OF THE TITANIC WRECK SITE

HERE'S A PHOTO THAT I RAN ACROSS IN SOME ITEMS THAT I ADDED TO THE TIME SEARCHER ARCHIVE.  ITS A PHOTO THAT THE FAMED UNDERSEA EXPLORER, ROBERT BALLARD SIGNED IN 2010.  I ALWAYS ADMIRED BOB BALLARD'S WORK.  I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WORLD WAS AMAZED WHEN HE FOUND THE LEGENDARY TITANIC.  PRIOR TO THIS FIND IN 1985, THERE WAS OTHER EXPEDITIONS TO FIND THE TITANIC.  BUT LIKE  "THE RAISE THE TITANIC" MOVIE FROM 1979, BALLARD'S EXPEDITION HAD THE COOPERATION AND HELP OF THE U.S. NAVY WHO TASKED BALLARD IN A COVERT OPERATION TO FIND TWO SUNKEN SUBMARINES IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR HELP IN FINDING THE TITANIC.
I HAVE DISAGREED WITH BALLARD'S POSITION THAT NO RELICS SHOULD BE SALVAGED FROM THE TITANIC OR THE DEBRIS FIELD AROUND THE SHIP.  ITS MY BELIEF THAT THESE RELICS SHOULD BE RECOVERED TO TELL STORY OF THE TITANIC AND THE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE SHIP.  OTHERWISE, THESE RELICS WILL ROT AWAY TO NOTHING AND BE LOST TO THE WORLD.  RELICS TELL A STORY THAT JUST READING THE TEXT IN A BOOK CANNOT CONVEY.  SEEING AND HOLDING A RELIC FROM THE TIME AND EVENT YOU ARE STUDYING GIVES YOU A CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS OF THAT TIME.  I BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE FOR THE TITANIC AND OTHER EVENTS OF HISTORY TOO. THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR RELICS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1890'S ROARING LION ARCHITECTURAL RELIC OLD BUILDING ORNAMENT

HERE'S A ROARING LION HEAD THAT SOMEONE HAD TAKEN OFF A BUILDING YEARS AGO. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS BEAUTY IN THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  I LOVE THESE OLD ORNAMENTAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING PIECES.  YEARS AGO, BEFORE THE STERILE LOOK OF THE 1950'S AND LATER BUILDINGS, WE HAD ORNAMENTAL PIECES LIKE THIS ON THE SIDES AND EDGES OF BUILDINGS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

EARLY 1700'S FRENCH FLOWERLY BUTTON-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE EARLY 1700'S FLOWERLY FRENCH BUTTON I FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER FOUND HIS (NO PUN INTENDED) FRENCH TRADE HOE.  THESE FINDS ARE EXCITING TO US SINCE THE SITE DATES FURTHER BACK THEN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE-OCTOBER, 2016-COLONIAL BUTTONS AND COLONIAL CAMP AXE HEAD FOUND

HERE'S A LINK TO OUR LATEST VIDEO.  THIS WAS OUR OCTOBER, 2016 TRIP TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  SOME GREAT FINDS INCLUDING A CAMP AXE HEAD. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA CANNONBALL RESCUED FROM THE DEPTHS

HERE'S A PHOTO OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA CANNONBALL RECOVERED FROM A RIVER NEAR A FORT SITE.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND MYSELF PLAN TO DO SOME WATER HUNTING NEXT YEAR AND THIS FIND CERTAINLY HAS INSPIRED US.  NOTE THE GROWTH ON THIS CANNONBALL FROM BEING IN THE WATER FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS.  I AM AMAZED AT THE GREAT CONDITION OF THE CANNONBALL ITSELF.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER PLANS TO REMOVE THE CANNONBALL FROM THE RIVER GROWTH WITHOUT DAMAGING ITS GROWTH SHELL.  THIS SHOULD MAKE A GREAT DISPLAY PIECE.  IT REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE SPANISH FLEET ITEMS THAT I SAW MEL FISHER RECOVER IN THE 1980'S BACK IN THE DAY.-THE TIME SEARCHER

EARLY 1700'S FRENCH TRADE HOE FOUND-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

O.K. BACK TO THE RELICS.  AFTER ALL, THAT 'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND MYSELF WENT BACK TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE A FEW DAYS AGO.  WE HUNTED SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAD NOT HUNTED MUCH BEFORE.  SOME GREAT FINDS WERE MADE INCLUDING THIS EARLY 1700'S FRENCH TRADE HOE FOUND BY THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  AN EXCITING FIND TO US SINCE FRENCH TRADE ITEMS ARE RARE IN OUR AREA.  MOST OF THESE FRENCH PIECES PREDATE THE BRITISH DOMINANCE AFTER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.  WE SUSPECT THAT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE MIGHT HAVE STARTED OUT AS A FRENCH OUTPOST SINCE I FOUND A FLOWERED FRENCH BUTTON THAT WILL BE A FUTURE BLOG ENTRY.  THE HAND WORK ON THIS HOE IS AMAZING AND THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER WILL POINT OUT ITS FRENCH CONSTRUCTION CLUES IN A FUTURE VIDEO.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

WAH! WAH! WAH! CRY BABY HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS CRY AND CAN'T ACCEPT ELECTION RESULTS!

JUST A QUICK ENTRY TO SHOW HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE BIG CRY BABIES AND CAN'T ACCEPT NOT GETTING THEIR WAY ON EVERYTHING.-THE TIME SEARCHER

PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP-THINK BIG AND KICK ASS

CONGRATS TO DONALD TRUMP FOR HIS WIN LAST NIGHT.  THE TIME SEARCHERS ENDORSED HIM FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN THE SPRING.  I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN SINCE HIS FIRST BOOK BACK IN THE 1980'S.  BACK THEN HE WAS A CELEBRITY AND HE PROVED HIS BUSINESS SKILL REFLECTED IN THE BUSINESS BOOKS HE WROTE OR CO-WROTE.
       HE IS PERFECT? NO.  BUT HE BELIEVES IN TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS DID IN COLONIAL TIMES.  I DON'T LIKE TO GET POLITICAL BUT HILLARY CLINTON IS AN OPPONENT OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND IS IN FAVOR OF CENSORSHIP ON THE INTERNET.  SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN NATIONS AND MADE ALOT OF MONEY PEDALING INFLUENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.  SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER AS PRESIDENT AND I AGREED WITH THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD FOR THE COUNTRY AND RELIC HUNTING.  HERE'S A PHOTO OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE DONALD TRUMP BOOKS: THINK BIG AND KICK ASS.  TRUMP LAYS OUT HIS BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY AND I FOUND THAT HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MARK ON HIS VIEWS AND ADVICE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.  LET'S HOPE HE WILL APPLY THESE SAME PRINCIPLES TO THE PRESIDENCY AND DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. -THE TIME SEARCHER

NEW TIME SEARCHERS GHOST RELIC SQUADRON SERIES RELIC HUNT SHIRT EMBLEM-PACIFIC THEATER 1944 B-24 BOMBER NOSE ART

                             

HERE'S THE NEW EMBLEM FOR THE TIME SEARCHERS RELIC HUNT SHIRTS

WE WILL BE PRODUCING TOWARD THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR THE NEXT RELIC HUNTING SEASON.  YEARS AGO, I WOULD DO SPECIAL SHIRTS FOR OURSELVES.  I GOT OUT OF THE HABIT OF DOING THESE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.   HOWEVER, I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR NEXT SEASON AND CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN WITH A PHOTO FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  THIS ONE IS FROM A B-24 BOMBER FROM THE 7TH ARMY AIR FORCE THAT FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER.-THE TIME SEACHER

THE ULTIMATE WORLD WAR TWO RELIC: THE INFAMOUS ADOLF HITLER RED TELEPHONE

HERE'S AN INFAMOUS RELIC THAT I WAS GRACIOUSLY GIVEN ACCESS TO BY SOME OF MY FRIENDS IN THE RELIC COLLECTING COMMUNITY.  THIS VIDEO FEATURES THE ACTUAL TELEPHONE THAT THE GERMAN DICTATOR, ADOLF HITLER USED FROM 1943 TO HIS LAST DAYS IN THE BUNKER IN BERLIN IN 1945.  THIS TELEPHONE WAS USED BY HITLER TO SPEAK TO HIS MINISTERS, GENERALS, ADMIRALS, PARTY OFFICIALS.  MY MIND REELS WHEN I THINK OF THE WORLD EVENTS THAT WERE CAUSED BY HIS WORDS THAT REVERBERATED THROUGH THIS VERY TELEPHONE:  STALINGRAD, D-DAY,  THE JULY 20, 1944 PLOT AMONG MANY OTHERS.  IT IS VERY SAD TO THINK OF ALL THE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ORDERS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THIS TELEPHONE.  A LESSON IN HISTORY THAT WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET.-THE TIME SEARCHER

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: TRUMP PROTESTERS IN PITTSBURGH PA SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

HERE'S SOME VIDEO I SHOT IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH YESTERDAY WHEN DONALD J. TRUMP WAS IN TOWN TO SPEAK AT A GAS DRILLING EVENT.  I HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY AND I AM SORRY THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO POST RELIC FIND VIDEOS AND PHOTOS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.  I WILL TRY TO GET SOME OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  THIS VIDEO LET ME DO REPORTING ON HISTORY IN THE MAKING.  WHETHER YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST TRUMP, HE IS A HISTORICAL FIGURE AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THIS HISTORY HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.-THE TIME SEARCHER

1960's HIPPIE FLOWER POWER GERMAN HELMET GROOVY BABY YEAH!

HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF A VINTAGE 1960'S HIPPIE FLOWER POWER HELMET THAT A GUY PAINTED UP.  I RECENTLY ACQUIRED A COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR TWO ITEMS THAT INCLUDED SOME GERMAN HELMETS INCLUDING THIS ONE.  IT IS A M42 HEER HELMET THAT WAS A US ARMY VETERAN BROUGHT BACK.  LATER HIS SON GOT A HOLD OF IT AND PAINT IT UP WITH THE HIPPIE DESIGNS.  I WOULD RATHER IT HAD BEEN LEFT IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE LIKE THE M35 GERMAN HELMET IN THE PICTURE THAT WAS PART OF THE SAME COLLECTION.  BUT, IT IS A RELIC OF THE ANTIWAR PROTESTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.  AS MUCH AS I DON'T LIKE ORIGINAL PERIOD ITEMS BEING ALTERED, A PART OF HISTORY TOO.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1950's AMERICAN TOURIST'S PHOTO OF ROMAN TOWN STREET UNEARTHED IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG.

HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE 1950'S AMERICAN TOURIST ALBUM THAT ARE IN THE TIME SEARCHER ARCHIVE.  THIS ONE SHOWS A NEWLY UNEARTHED STREET DUG UP NEAR THE PRESENT SITE OF A TOWN NEAR ROME, ITALY.  NOTE THE MORE MODERN BUILDINGS TO THE LEFT IN THE PHOTO AND HOW DEEP THAT THE TRENCH HAD TO BE DUG TO GET DOWN TO THE STREET LEVEL OF TWO THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE. THE STRUCTURES ARE ACTUALLY IN GOOD SHAPE IN THAT THE WALLS ARE STILL STANDING.  THIS WAS QUITE A PROJECT.  I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO METAL DETECT THIS ROMAN STREET.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS-THE CIRCLED COLONIAL BUTTON-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE-MAY, 2016 HUNT

HERE'S A QUICK VLOG ENTRY THAT SHOWS A UNIQUE CIRCLED COLONIAL BUTTON BEING RECOVERED ON OUR MAY, 2016 TRIP TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  I HAVE BEEN BUSY LATELY AND HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO UPDATE THE BLOG.  BUT, I HOPE TO REMEDY THAT SITUATION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  WE HAVE SOME NEW COLONIAL SITES LINED UP AND ARE PUMPED TO GET BACK OUT IN THE FIELD. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

FUSIL MODELE 1866 FRENCH INFANTRY RIFLE, KNOWN AS THE "CHASSEPOT"-THE NEXT STEP IN WEAPONS AFTER THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

FUSIL MODELE 1866, KNOWN AS THE “CHASSEPOT”  FRENCH INFANTRY RIFLE.  HERE’S A BEAUTY THAT I WAS ABLE TO ADD TO THE TIME SEARCHER ARCHIVES.  IT’S A NICE CONDITION EXAMPLE WITH NO MODIFICATIONS.  THIS RIFLE WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BOLT ACTION WEAPONS USED IN THE MODERN AGE OF WARFARE.   IT USED A PAPER CARTRIDGE.  THE CHASSEPOT BECAME FAMOUS AS THE RIFLE OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR OF 1870-1871.  THIS RIFLE WAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1866 TO 1875.  THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1873 AS INDICATED ON ITS STAMPINGS ON THE STOCK OF THE RIFLE.  ALL SERIAL NUMBERS MATCH.  MOST OF THESE RIFLES WERE CONVERTED TO FIRE METALLIC CARTRIDGES.  THIS ONE LOOKS UNTOUCHED.  A NICE RIFLE TO SHOW THE NEXT STEP IN INFANTRY WEAPONS FROM THE MUZZLE LOADER OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR TO THE BOLT ACTION RIFLE THAT DOMINATED EUROPEAN RIFLE MAKING UP THROUGH WORLD WAR TWO.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1770'S COLONIAL COAT BUTTON-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

O.K. BACK TO THE RELICS, THAT'S WHAT THIS BLOG IS ABOUT.  ABOVE IS A PICTURE OF A 1770'S BIG COAT BUTTON THAT THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER RECOVERED FROM THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE ON OUR TRIP THERE IN MARCH, 2016.  NOTE THE UNIQUE PATTERN ON THIS BUTTON.  IT WAS A NICE FIND.  THE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM IS COLONIAL ERA CUFF LINK ALSO RECOVERED THAT DAY.-THE TIME SEARCHER

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY NETWORK BURIES THE DIGGERS TV SHOW: WILL THE GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY CLOWN SHOW CONTINUE?

IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY TV DIVISION HAS NOT RENEWED THE DIGGERS TV SHOW.  THIS SHOW PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY FEATURED TWO GUYS RUNNING AROUND AND SHOUTING.  ACTING LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ABOVE: TWO CLOWNS.  THIS SHOW HAD GREAT POTENTIAL.  I SHOULD KNOW, I APPROACHED VAUGHAN GARRETT BACK IN 2009 AND PITCHED THE IDEA TO HIM.  HE INITIALLY AGREED TO SPONSOR THE TIME SEARCHERS ON YOUTUBE.  BUT, OUR TALKS BROKE DOWN AND AS YOU KNOW, HE TOOK MY IDEA AND FORMAT OF A SHOW AND WENT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
       WHETHER IT WAS MYSELF AND THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER OR SOMEONE ELSE.  I BELIEVE GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY TOOK THE LOW ROAD AND ACTUALLY HURT THE METAL DETECTING HOBBY BY TRYING TO APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE NO APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE RELICS.  GARRETT JUST WANTED TO APPEAL TO THE  PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME OR COOL TO GO AROUND AND DIG RELICS UP.  THEY FOCUSED ON THE ALLEGED VALUE OF THE ITEMS AND RESORTED TO TWO GUYS WHO HAD NO RELIC HUNTING EXPERIENCE BEHIND THEM OR EVEN A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY WERE DIGGING UP.  JUST TWO GUYS ACTING LIKE IDIOTS AND FAKING THE STORIES AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE RELICS.   GARRETT JUST LOOKED AT THE SHORT TERM PICTURE OF SELLING MORE MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THESE UNTRAINED, UNINFORMED FORTUNE HUNTERS BEING TURNED LOOSE.
           THIS SHOW HAS TURNED A NUMBER OF LANDOWNERS AGAINST METAL DETECTING AND PROMOTED WHAT I CALL THE "GARRETT MOOKS" COMING INTO THE HOBBY AND MAKING IT A TOUGHER SELL TO GET ON PROPERTIES WHEN THE MOOKS COME ON AND LEAVE HOLES EVERYWHERE.
EVEN WITH THE CANCELLATION OF THE SHOW, GARRETT METAL DETECTOR COMPANY IS STILL TRYING TO GET THEM A NEW SHOW ON ANOTHER NETWORK.  LET'S HOPE THEY ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL.  WE NEVER HAVE USED GARRETT EQUIPMENT ON OUR SHOW NOT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE APPROACH THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THEIR PROMOTION EFFORTS AND THE EFFECT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE RELIC HUNTING FIELD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. BUT, THE SIMPLE FACT IS THERE IS MUCH BETTER EQUIPMENT OUT THERE FOR US TO USE.
     AS FOR US, YES, WE WISH WE HAD MADE THE MONEY THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN PAID IF WE HAD SAID THE RIGHT THINGS TO VAUGHAN GARRETT AND THE PRODUCTION PEOPLE.  BUT, UNLIKE THE DIGGERS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE REAL CAREERS AND DON'T HAVE ACT LIKE TRAINED MONKEYS WHEN SOME PROMOTER OR TV SHOW PRODUCER TELLS US WHAT TO DO IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE "BIG TIME".  IN THE END THE TWO GUYS ON THE DIGGERS WILL BE REMEMBERED AS TWO CLOWNS.  NOT REAL RELIC HUNTERS LIKE WE WANT TO REMEMBERED AS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS: THE ADVENTURE OF THE GHOST COLONIAL COPPER

HERE IS A TIME SEARCHERS VLOG ENTRY.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER SAW A SHADOW FIGURE IN THE RUINS OF THE LIVERY STABLE OF THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE AND THE TIME SEARCHER DECIDES TO DETECT THE PARANORMAL TRAIL OF THIS SPIRIT AND DISCOVERS A LONG LOST COLONIAL BRITISH COPPER.  SEE BILLTHERELIC CHANNEL FOR OUR FULL LENGTH VIDEOS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

PINK PANTHER JEWEL GANG GETS CAUGHT-THESE GUYS ARE NOT DAVID NIVEN

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HERE'S A LINK TO THE STORY ABOUT THE LATEST CAPER OF THE PINK PANTHER JEWEL GANG.  THESE GUYS ARE ONE OF A NUMBER OF GROUPS FROM EASTERN EUROPE  THAT ARE PART OF THE PINK PANTHER JEWEL GANG.  THEY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH SOME MAJOR JEWEL AND ART THEFT CAPERS IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.  I KNOW THESE GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF CROOKS AND THEY DESERVE TO GET CAUGHT.  BUT, YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE THEIR SUCCESS IN THESE CAPERS.  (YES, I KNOW, COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER, I WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY IF I OWNED THE JEWELS OR ART THEY STOLE.)   THESE GUYS LACK THE STYLE AND FINESSE OF DAVID NIVEN.  TOO BAD THE FRENCH DO NOT HAVE A REAL INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU TO CATCH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PINK PANTHERS, BELOW I HAVE PROVIDED A LINK TO THE TRAILER OF THE ORIGINAL PINK PANTHER FILM.  THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES CAUGHT THESE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PINK PANTHER JEWEL GANG.  PETER SELLERS WOULD HAVE LOVED IT.-THE TIME SEARCHER

REVOLUTIONARY WAR COLONIAL ERA BRITISH ARMY BUTTON FOUND-THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER

HERE'S A PHOTO OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR COLONIAL ERA BRITISH ARMY BUTTON FOUND BY THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  THE STAR DESIGN IS ONE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.  WE FOUND IT IN AN AREA OF THE VILLAGE THAT APPEARED TO BE AN ENCAMPMENT SITE NEAR A CREEK.  NO FOUNDATIONS WERE PRESENT.  BUT, SEVERAL BRITISH ARMY BUTTONS WERE FOUND THAT DAY.-THE TIME SEACHER.

1780'S COLONIAL ERA LEAD DUTCH TRADE SEAL-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE-TIME SEARCHERS

HERE'S A PHOTO OF A COLONIAL ERA DUTCH TRADE SEAL THAT I FOUND ON AN EARLY TRIP TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  THERE WAS SUCH AN ABUNDANCE OF FINDS AT THIS SITE.  TWO YEARS LATER,  WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THE VIDEO AND PHOTOS FROM JUST HUNTS AT THIS SITE.  THIS LEAD SEAL WOULD HAVE BEEN ON PRODUCTS FROM HOLLAND.  THERE WAS A BRISK TRADE IN DUTCH GOODS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES EVEN THOUGH THE BRITISH AND FRENCH EDGED THE DUTCH OUT EARLY IN THE GAME HERE IN THE NEW WORLD.  WE PLAN TO PRODUCE A DVD ON THIS INCREDIBLE SITE FOR SOMETIME IN FUTURE.  THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT-THE TIME SEARCHER

1937 FORD BUSINESS MAN'S COUPE RACE CAR-CIRCA 1950

HERE'S AN INTERESTING PHOTO I RAN ACROSS FROM LAST WEEK.   ITS A 1937 FORD BUSINESS MAN'S COUPE.  THESE TYPES OF CARS WERE RACED ON LOCAL STOCK CAR SPEEDWAYS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.  THIS PHOTO IS PROBABLY FROM ABOUT 1950.  BY THAT TIME, THE CAR WAS DEPRECIATED AND COULD BE HAD FOR NOT ALOT OF MONEY. BEST OF ALL IT HAD HENRY FORD'S LEGENDARY V8 ENGINE INTRODUCED IN 1932.  THE BUSINESS MAN'S COUPE WAS IDEAL SINCE IT WAS MADE FOR LIGHT TRAVEL WITH THE POWER OF A V8.  AN ENGINE THAT CAN EASILY BE HOPPED UP AND HOTRODDED.  NOTE THE GRILL GUARD TO PREVENT RUPTURE OF THE RADIATOR AND THE ROLL BAR INSTALLED.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRACK THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT.  I COULD FIND NOTHING ON JERRY FERD THE DRIVER LISTED FOR THIS CAR.  THESE WERE THE DAYS OF MOONSHINERS AND GUYS GETTING INTO RACING FOR NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.-THE TIME SEARCHER

1770's BRITISH ARTILLERY BUTTON FOUND, FINAL PART OF TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE: FEBRUARY, 2016

HERE'S A LINK TO OUR LATEST RELIC HUNTING VIDEO.   I FIND A 1770'S BRITISH ARTILLERY BUTTON.  WE HAVE OUR RELIC ROUNDUP OF THE ITEMS WE FOUND ON THIS OUTSTANDING RELIC HUNTING TRIP. -THE TIME SEARCHER

1812 MORSE'S UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY VOLUME TWO BOOK-A GEOGRAPHY LESSON FROM THE PAST.

 
HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF A BOOK I JUST PICKED UP A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.  ITS A 1812 EDITION OF THE MORSE'S UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY VOLUME TWO OF A TWO VOLUME SET.  I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS THAT SOMEONE HAD AND FOUND THIS ONE.   THIS ONE COVERS EUROPE AND THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.  VOLUME ONE COVERS THE AMERICAS.  THESE BOOKS WERE EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING TO THE READERS OF THE TIME.  THIS WAS BEFORE TRAINS, TELEGRAPH AND THE STEAM SHIP.  NO INTERNET OR TELEVISION IN THOSE DAYS.
PEOPLE WOULD STUDY AND READ BOOKS LIKE THIS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND  PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORLD.
     PERIOD BOOKS LIKE THIS ONE GIVES US A INSIGHT TO THE LANGUAGE, THOUGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIME.  IN FACT, THIS BOOK STATES THAT IT PROVIDES " A VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE OF ALL THE KINGDOMS, STATES, AND COLONIES IN THE KNOWN WORLD."  A GREAT BOOK TO READ BY THE FIRESIDE AFTER A LONG RELIC HUNT.-THE TIME SEARCHER

THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY-A CARRIER PIGEON ID TAG BAND THAT DIDN'T LEAVE THE TWILIGHT ZONE WE CALL THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

HERE'S ANOTHER UNUSUAL ITEM THAT I FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  ITS A CARRIER PIGEON ID LEG TAG.  I HAVE FOUND A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS BUT NEVER ONE OF THESE.  THE CODING SHOWS THAT IT WAS FROM A CARRIER PIGEON REGISTERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOMING PIGEONS FANCIERS.  THEIR WEBSITE COVERS LOST BIRDS BACK TO 2000.   IT LOOKS LIKE THIS BIRD WOULD HAVE DISAPPEARED IN THE EARLY 1980'S SINCE THE TAG HAS A "81" ON IT.  NO SIGN OF THE BIRD.  HE PROBABLY MET HIS END IN THE FOREST WHERE THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE IS.  ANOTHER MYSTERY AT THIS STRANGE, ENCHANTING PLACE OF RELICS. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

1770'S BRITISH LIVERY BUTTON-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE TIME SEARCHERS

HERE'S A 1770'S BRITISH  LIVERY BUTTON THAT I FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  WE ARE HUNTING OTHER AREAS OF THE VILLAGE WITH GOOD RESULTS.
I WILL BE RUNNING SOME OTHER MAKES OF METAL DETECTORS AND MIXING UP THE COIL COMBINATIONS FOR THE AREAS WE HAVE HIT HARD ALREADY.  ALL WE NEED TO DO IS COVER OURSELVES IN INSECT REPELLENT AND WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS.  I WILL BE GETTING SOME VIDEO UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.-THE TIME SEARCHER.  

WORLD WAR TWO GERMAN ME109, FW190 HOHENMESSER ALTIMETER

HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF A WORLD WAR TWO GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT ME109, FOCKE WULF FW190 FIGHTER PLANE ALTIMETER.  USED IN SOME OTHER GERMAN AIRPLANES TOO.  AT THE TIME  I FOUND THIS PIECE RECENTLY, IT WAS LIKE SEEING AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN.  WHEN I WAS A KID, MY DAD HAD ANTIQUE CAR, MOTORCYCLE AND AIRPLANE PARTS ALL OVER OUR HOUSE.  WHETHER IT WAS A PART OFF A 1910 LOCOMOBILE OR A STUDEBAKER FROM THE 1960'S.  IT WAS A PART OF HISTORY THAT TOLD A STORY.  IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD HOLD IN YOUR HAND.  FOR ME IT BROUGHT HISTORY ALIVE.  I WAS PRIVILEGED TO KNOW AND INTERVIEW SOME WORLD WAR ONE AND WORLD WAR TWO VETS INCLUDING SOME PILOTS.  I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THESE MEMORIES AND HONOR THESE GUYS FOR WHAT THEY STOOD FOR.
I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO PUT UP ANY BLOG ENTRIES LATELY.  THERE IS A TON OF PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF OUR LATEST RELIC HUNTING TO PUT UP.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER AND I DID A RELIC RECON TRIP EARLIER THIS MONTH TO FIND SOME COLONIAL LOG CABINS SITE AND
WE ENDED UP CHEWED UP BY INSECTS AND WORSE OF ALL HAD A RUN IN WITH SOME DEER TICKS WHICH FORTUNATELY NEITHER OF ENDED UP GETTING LIME DISEASE.  BE CAREFUL IN THE WOODS AND USE THE INSECT AND TICK SPRAYS, THEY LITERALLY CAN BE A LIFE SAVER.  I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET SOME GREAT RELIC VIDEOS UP.  I THANK OUR SUPPORTERS FOR THE INTEREST IN OUR DVDS ON AMAZON AND WE WILL BE PRODUCING NEW DVD SHOWS. THANKS-THE TIME SEARCHER.

SOUP NAZI-TIME SEARCHER-NO RELICS! NO SOUP FOR YOU!

       HERE'S A JOKE ITEM.  I ALWAYS WAS A FAN OF THE SEINFELD SOUP NAZI EPISODES.  HE MADE THIS GREAT SOUP SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD GROVEL TO HIM.  I ALWAYS IMAGINED HOW IT WOULD BE IF THE SOUP NAZI RAN AN INVITATIONAL RELIC HUNT OR OWNED A HISTORICAL PROPERTY AND I WANTED PERMISSION TO RELIC HUNT THERE.  IN RELIC HUNTING AS WELL AS LIFE'S OTHER PURSUITS, YOU WILL RUN INTO PEOPLE LIKE THE SOUP NAZI.  DON'T LET THEM RAIN ON YOUR PARADE.  FOLLOW YOUR DREAM AND NEVER QUIT.  SOMEHOW IT SHOULD ALL WORK OUT.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

JULY 4 STYLE CELEBRATION CEREMONY-CIRCA 1910

      HERE WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE JULY 4 HOLIDAY WEEKEND  I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TIME GOES (AND I'M THE TIME SEARCHER).  ANYWAY, I WONDERED WHAT TO POST FOR THIS WEEKEND AND THOUGHT WHY NOT SHOW AN IMAGE FROM OUR PATRIOTIC PAST..  SO, HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER PHOTO FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  IT SHOWS AN EVENT CIRCA 1910.  IT LOOKS LIKE THE OFFICIAL IN THE FRONT ROW IS A POLICEMAN.  I BELIEVE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO SINCE THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S STUDIO WAS LOCATED THERE.  IT COULD BE A  PHOTO OF PEOPLE BEING SWORN IN AS U.S. CITIZENS.  I AM NOT SURE.  BUT, THE EVENT DOES HAVE A PATRIOTIC THEME TO IT.  IT IS NICE TO SEE EVERY ONE WELL DRESSED.  PEOPLE SEEMED TO CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCES THEN.
       I WILL BE GETTING MORE RELIC HUNTING VIDEO UP SOON.  MAYBE SOME THIS WEEKEND.  WE WILL BE DOING SOME RELIC RECON ON A 40+ ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE HOPE OF FINDING SOME LOST COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS.  HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME FOOTAGE FROM THAT.  HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE JULY 4 AND REMEMBER OUR BRAVE COLONIAL FOREFATHERS WHO RISKED IT ALL (INCLUDING THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE) TO ESTABLISH THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

1723 BRITISH COLONIAL COPPER COIN METAL DETECTING RELIC FIND-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

 
     HERE'S A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF A 1723 BRITISH COLONIAL COPPER COIN THAT
I FOUND AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  ITS INTERESTING TO ME THAT THIS COIN STILL HAS SOME DETAIL TO IT.  IT PREDATES BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT IN 1755 AND IT IS MY FAVORITE FIND THAT I MADE AT THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  MOST COINS WE FIND HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DON'T HAVE MUCH DETAIL SINCE THE COINS HAD CIRCULATED FOR YEARS BEFORE THEY ENDED UP OUT HERE.  MOST ONES YOU SEE FOUND ARE WHAT WE CALL "SMOOTHIES".  MEANING THAT IT IS IT IS WORN SMOOTH WITH NO DETAILS LEFT. -THE TIME SEARCHER

FUNERAL IN BERLIN (1966) FILM-1950'S GERMAN BERLIN POLICE SIGN.

     HERE'S A GERMAN BERLIN POLICE SIGN FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.
IT DATES BACK TO THE 1950'S.   I WAS SCREENING "FUNERAL IN BERLIN" A FEW NIGHTS AGO AND I THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT BLOG ENTRY THAT WOULD MAKE WITH THE SIGN.  IN THE FILM, WHEN HARRY PALMER (MICHAEL CAINE) GOES TO THE POLICE STATION, YOU SEE SOME SIGNS LIKE THE ONE ABOVE EXCEPT THOSE LISTS OTHER  POLICE STATIONS IN BERLIN.  

    HERE'S A TRAILER FOR THE FILM.  HARRY SALTZMAN OF JAMES BOND FAME PRODUCED THIS FILM.  MICHAEL CAINE GAVE A GREAT PORTRAYAL OF A BRITISH AGENT IN A REALISTIC WAY. THERE ARE MANY GRAY AREAS OF MORALITY AND CERTAINLY NO SLICK, FANCY GADGETS,  LUXURY OR CLEAR CUT GOOD VS EVIL FOR MICHAEL CAINE'S HARRY PALMER AGENT CHARACTER.        


     THE FILM PORTRAYS GERMANY AS IT WAS BEFORE THE WALL CAME DOWN.  I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT GERMANY SURVIVES ITS PRESENT DIFFICULTIES AND ELECTS A RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT THAT WILL PROTECT ITS CITIZENS MORE THAN THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

                 

TIME SEARCHERS VLOG-SCARLET PIMPERNEL STYLE RELIC HUNTING

    HERE'S A TIME SEARCHERS VLOG ENTRY FROM OUR RELIC HUNT EARLIER THIS MONTH.  HERE THE TIME SEARCHERS GIVE THEIR TRIBUTE TO THE FAMED SCARLET PIMPERNEL OF THE STORY IN THEIR RELIC HUNTING ADVENTURES.  SINK ME!-THE TIME SEARCHER.

HERE'S A LINK TO THE FIRST PART OF THE 1982 VERSION WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE BETTER SCARLET PIMPERNEL FILMS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

ANOTHER TIME SEARCHERS' METAL DETECTING THE WAY IT USED TO BE- 1972 WHITES ELECTRONICS DEALER SIGN STICKER

    HERE'S ANOTHER TIME SEARCHERS' METAL DETECTING: THE WAY IT USED TO BE.  THIS PHOTO SHOWS A 1972 WHITES ELECTRONICS DEALER SIGN STICKER THAT THE LOCAL METAL DETECTOR DEALER WOULD DISPLAY IN HIS STORE WINDOW OR A SIGN OUTSIDE.  WHITES ELECTRONICS WAS THE BIGGEST AND BEST MANUFACTURER OF MACHINES IN THOSE DAYS.  THIS WAS BEFORE THE MULTI-FREQUENCY MACHINES OF TODAY.  GARDINER ELECTRONICS MADE SOME EXPENSIVE MACHINES THEN THAT FEATURED VLF DISCRIMINATION.  BUT, IT WAS WHITES THAT REALLY BROUGHT IT TO THE METAL DETECTORISTS (THIS IS A BRITISH TERM LATER ADOPTED BY AMERICANS, THEN WE CALLED OURSELVES TREASURE HUNTERS).  THERE WERE OTHER COMPANIES LIKE D-TEX, COMPASS, BOUNTY HUNTER AND THE WANNA BE WHITES COMPANY-GARRETT ELECTRONICS THAT RAN WHITES PRODUCT INNOVATIONS DOWN IN THEIR ADVERTISING BUT SEEMED TO COME OUT WITH THE SAME FEATURES YEARS AFTER WHITES DID.  EXAMPLE: 1982 GARRETT MASTER HUNTER 2 WITH VLF DISCRIMINATION. I GUESS IT TOOK TIME TO REVERSE ENGINEER A PRODUCT AND TRY TO FIGURE A WAY AROUND THE PATENTS.  A FUN TIME IN METAL DETECTING BEFORE THE MASS MARKETING, REALITY SHOW ENVIRONMENT OF TODAY.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS 1808 SPANISH TWO REALE FOUND: OUR VIDEO OF THE RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE FEBRUARY, 2016 PART SIX

HERE'S THE LINK TO PART SIX OF OUR FEBRUARY, 2016 RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE.  UPON REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE, I REALIZE THAT THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER HAS ACTUALLY FOUND SIX SPANISH TWO REALES AT THIS SITE.  A PICTURE OF THIS FIND WAS IN AN EARLIER BLOG POST.  THIS IS THE VIDEO FROM THAT DAY ON THIS FIND.  AN INCREDIBLE RECORD AND WE HAVE BEEN BACK A COUPLE TIME SINCE THIS TRIP AND I WILL GET THE FOOTAGE UP AS SOON AS I CAN. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

DID SPARTACUS FIGHT HERE? 1950'S AMERICAN TOURIST PHOTO OF ANCIENT ITALIAN ROMAN ARENA

     HERE'S ANOTHER GREAT PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE SAME CACHE OF PHOTOS THAT I CAME ACROSS LAST YEAR.  IT SHOWS A ROMAN ARENA (IT IS NOT IDENTIFIED WHAT CITY OR TOWN THAT THIS ARENA IS IN).  I WONDER IF SPARTACUS DID FIGHT HERE.  IT IS SOMETHING LOST IN THE MISTS OF TIME.  THIS PHOTO IS FROM A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 1957 BY AN AMERICAN TOURIST IN ITALY WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN ARCHAEOLOGY AS OTHER PHOTOS I WILL BE POSTING WILL SHOW.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

TIME SEARCHERS VLOG: THE TORTOISE MEETS THE RELIC HUNTERS- THE MAKING OF A FABLE.

HERE'S ANOTHER QUICK VIDEO FROM OUR LATEST HUNT.  WE MEET THE FABLED TORTOISE OF THE OLD STORY OF THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE.  IN THIS CASE, THE TORTOISE AND THE RELIC HUNTERS,  OUT IN THE FIELD.  THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER ALWAYS URGES ME TO SLOW DOWN AND THIS TORTOISE SHOWED ME THE WAY TO SUCCESSFUL RELIC HUNTING: SLOW DOWN.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS VLOG-THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER'S 1785 SPANISH TWO REALE SILVER COIN FIND VIDEO

HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO CLIP WHERE THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER FINDS HIS 1785 SPANISH TWO REALE ON OUR LATEST RELIC HUNT. SEE BILLTHERELIC CHANNEL FOR OUR FULL LENGTH TIME SEARCHER VIDEOS.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1785 SPANISH TWO REALE FOUND-LOST COLONIAL VILLAGES FINDS MADE TODAY

     I MANAGED TO GET OUT TODAY TO RELIC HUNT WITH THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  IT WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE THAT BROUGHT SOME NICE RELICS TO LIGHT.  AMONG THEM WAS THIS 1785 SPANISH TWO REALE FOUND BY THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  IT WAS HIS FIFTH ONE FOUND AT THIS SITE.  I FOUND TWO COPPERS AND TWO BUTTONS.  GREAT VIDEO FROM THIS HUNT THAT I WILL BE PUTTING UP REAL SOON. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

1930 FRANKLIN STEELCRAFT PEDAL CAR-ALL ORIGINAL

    HERES A 1930 FRANKLIN STEELCRAFT PEDAL CAR THAT I RECENTLY ADDED TO THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE COLLECTION.  ITS ALL ORIGINAL HARDWARE AND PAINT.  A TRULY RARE FIND IN THAT WHEN THIS PEDAL CAR WAS MADE  DURING THE DEPRESSION,  NOT TOO MANY PARENTS COULD AFFORD TO BUY ONE FOR THEIR KIDS.  THIS PEDAL CAR IS BASED ON THE REAL FRANKLIN AUTOMOBILE.  A TRUE LUXURY CAR FOR THE DAY.  THE COMPANY PRODUCED CARS FROM 1902 TO 1934 WHEN THE COMPANY BECAME A VICTIM OF THE DEPRESSION AND WAS LIQUIDATED.  STEELCRAFT CO. THAT MADE THIS PEDAL CAR SURVIVED UNTIL 1937 WHEN THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND WERE BOUGHT BY MURRAY INC. WHO CONTINUED TO MADE PEDAL CARS UNDER THE MURRAY AND STEELCRAFT NAMES.
THIS WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR ME TO FIND THIS PEDAL CAR SINCE YEARS AGO, MY DAD HAD A 1931 FRANKLIN SEDAN IN HIS ANTIQUE CAR COLLECTION.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

1770's BRITISH LIVERY BUTTON-LATEST FROM THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE

     HERE'S A 1770'S LIVERY BUTTON FROM THE LOT COLONIAL VILLAGE.  THIS WAS A DEEP ONE AT 14-16 INCHES.  WE HAVE SOME GREAT VIDEO THAT THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER SHOT WHEN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THIS BUTTON.  NOTICE THE GOLD GILT STILL ON THE BUTTON.  IT LOOKS TO BE A BRASS BUTTON WITH LONDON MARKINGS.  THE LEFT SIDE SHOWS A CROWN WITH AN EAGLE PERCHED ON THE TOP OF IT. THE RIGHT SIDE SHOWS A MAILED FIST HOLDING A SWORD.  I LOVE BUTTONS LIKE THIS ONE.  ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A PATTERN THAT I HAVE NOT FOUND BEFORE.  WE HOPE TO GET BACK TO THIS SITE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  BUT, IT IS A 3 MILE HIKE IN THE WOODS OVER STEEP HILLS.  YES, I KNOW, COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER.  I SHOULD HAVE WORKED OUT MORE.  OK, I SAID THAT BEFORE I AM OUT THERE HUFFING AND PUFFING, TRYING TO KEEP UP.-THE TIME SEARCHER.