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

BEFORE EMAIL FACEBOOK TWITTER POSTAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE CIRCA 1910-TIME SEARCHERS LOOK BACK

HERE'S A PHOTO FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  THIS IS ONE THAT I FOUND IN A PILE OF FORGOTTEN PAPERS.  IT SHOWS COMMUNICATION OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FROM A SIMPLER TIME.  BEFORE THE INTERNET EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WAS THE CLOSEST YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATION FASTER THAN REGULAR SNAIL MAIL.  A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE WOULD BE RECEIVED BY A LOCAL STATION.  IT WOULD BE DELIVERED BY A MESSSAGER.  LOOK AT THE GREAT BICYCLES AND UNIFORMS THAT THIS GUYS HAD.  AWESOME,  I GLAD THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TIME CAPSULES LIKE THIS AND GET A GLIMPSE AT LIFE FROM THAT TIME.-THE TIME SEARCHER.

THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER GIVES US A LECTURE ON COLONIAL TRADE AXES, CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION

HERE, THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER GIVES US A LECTURE ON COLONIAL TRADE AXES.  WHEN DID COLONISTS COME TO AMERICA. ALSO, IS AN INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND EVIDENCE OF IT IN HISTORY. THANKS COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER-THE TIME SEARCHER.

PATRICK MCGOOHAN-JAMES BOND ON TV YEARS BEFORE THE MOVIE JAMES BOND

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE I LEARNED THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS, PATRICK MCGOOHAN PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 13, 2009. TODAY, HE IS VIRTUALLY FORGOTTEN.  MCGOOHAN WAS A SMOOTH, LOW KEY KIND OF GUY WHO AT THE SAME TIME HAD HIS ECCENTRIC QUALITIES.  HE STARRED IN THE DANGERMAN TV SERIES IN THE UK FROM 1959-1961 AND ITS REBOOT FROM 1964-1966.  THE SHOW WAS KNOWN AS "SECRET AGENT" IN THE UNITED STATES.  HIS ACTING STYLE WAS GENUINE AND HE MOLDED HIS CHARACTER "JOHN DRAKE" TO HIS OWN VALUES.  HE INSISTED THAT HIS CHARACTER NOT ENGAGE IN UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE AND NOT BE A WOMANIZER (THAT'S ONE POINT THAT I WOULD DISAGREE WITH HIM ON.) BUT, HE WAS SO GOOD AT THIS PART, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE PRODUCERS OF THE BOND FILMS BASED THEIR VERSION OF JAMES BOND ON PATRICK MCGOOHAN'S JOHN DRAKE PORTRAYAL ON DANGERMAN.  IN FACT, SOME BOOKS SAY THAT HE WAS INTERVIEWED FOR THE JAMES BOND PART.  BUT, THEY COULD NOT AGREE ON TERMS.
MCGOOHAN WROTE AND DIRECTED THE PRISONER SERIES IN THE UK.  AFTER THE PRISONER SERIES, HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND DID SOME FILMS AND AND GUEST STARRED ON THE OLD COLUMBO SERIES.  BUT, TO ME, DANGERMAN WAS HIS BEST WORK.  I FOUND HIM TO BE A CREATIVE GUY THAT LET ALCOHOL TO GET THE BEST OF HIM.  I WISH THAT HE HAD DONE MORE WORK.  BUT, I VALUE THE SHOWS THAT HE DID AND I THINK THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER THAN HE WAS.  BUT, HE WAS HIS OWN MAN AND PLAYED BY HIS OWN RULES.  HERE'S SOME LINKS TO SOME VIDEOS THAT SUMMARIZE SOME OF HIS GREAT WORK ON DANGERMAN.-THE TIME SEARCHER.


DANGERMAN-1959-1961

                                       


DANGERMAN-1964-1966

                                   

                                   




HERE'S AMAZON LINK FOR THE DVD SET OF THE COMPLETE SERIES.

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Agent-Aka-Danger-Man/dp/B003JQZY8A/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1484697288&sr=8-3&keywords=DANGERMAN+COMPLETE+SERIES