Metal Detecting the Battlefield From the Movie "Lincoln"!!! | History Traveler Episode 205

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I’ll never forget that day. I’m grateful that we had the opportunity to save some Jenkins’ Ferry history together.

You are a blessing.

The Civil War as it says in the name was an American affair but also had an impact around the world. The end of the war led to a crash in the cost of cotton leading to peasant revolts in India and threatening the British rule. History never fails to amaze

Fascinating and too much fun 😀

This is sooo COOL!! Metal detecting a battlefield has been on my bucket list ever since my Dad took me to Little Bighorn Battlefield when I was 8 years old. I'm now 40 and living vicariously through you, JD. Thanks for the excellent content, keep em comin!!

I know I’m late to the party. But I would like to say congrats on your first Civil War relic. Being the first person to hold a relic after it was lost by a soldier almost 160 years ago is a feeling that never gets old. Congrats again !!

Ain't going to lie, the letter from the soldier to his family inexplicably shook me up w bit.

JD, your stuff is absolutely incredible. I'm not afraid to express the fact that I am an extremely jealous man. Your ability to find, examine, research and share history is extraordinary. Thank you for letting us participate.

Wow! So wild to find that bullet and be the first person to touch it since the Civil War! This was fun!

The size of those Minnie balls are just horrifying, no wonder the Civil War was so bloody and brutal.

Fascinating! Finding that six pounder and especially your first Civil War bullet knowing that the soldier who carried it was the last to have it before it found it's way into your hand, special. Great work JD.

What a fun episode. My grandfather went to an event in Gettysburg in the 1930s. He saw a field that had been recently plowed and went into the furrows and found about 8 minie balls (the pointy three ringed kind) which he kept in his roll top desk. He would get them out from time to time to show us. After hearing that I always thought how much fun it would be to go digging like this with a metal detector near a battlefield. And according to your episode today, it is indeed fun. Any kid or adult who likes history would really get into this. When you expose a child or teen to close-up history like this it changes them in a profound way. I grew up during the 1960s when America was going Civil War centennial crazy and our parents took us on summer trips to various Virginia battlefields We went to Gettysburg on a school field trip but my parents also took us there. Another summer we drove to Canada and stopped at Fort Ticonderoga for an even earlier stop with history. Kids who grow up in the New England or mid-Atlantic states have so many sites and historical places of interest to visit if only their parents will take the time to take them there. It's a great way to get your kids hooked on history and off social media (unless they are on google researching historic sites!) This was an excellent episode. Thanks so much. I hope you got a new pair of boots!

By far the best channel for historical content there is. Surpasses cable by far. Can't say enough.

I Don't Know How I Missed This Episode I Always Love Learning From You J.D

Just to think, The Last Human to hold that canon ball was the Union or Confederate Soldier who loaded it into a canon over 150 years ago.. That is truly Awesome!!!

Discoveries like these bring a real sense of immediacy to history. A great-great grandfather of mine, Jacob Farnsworth, served with a regiment, the 36th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, that fought at Jenkins' Ferry. Thanks for sharing the video.

Here we go!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

A big hi from Northern Ireland, another amazing episode. I really love everything that you do on YouTube. Have you ever thought of coming to Ireland to look at some of our history. I live near to the historic walled city of Derry/Londonderry and I think that you would love it here. History is not just the only passion that we share, I am an accredited preacher of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and my faith is very important to me as well. I study Civil War History at Ulster University and my planed dissertation will be on how Robert E. Lee's faith and honour code and how it shaped his life and the way that he fought the war. Please keep doing what you do so well, I have a chaplain friend in NC who keeps asking me to come over to the US, but your show allows me to see places that I may not otherwise never see. Kind regards, Oscar

EXCITING !! William H. Colborne's letter is truly poignant. Congratulations again for your first discovery of this rifle bullet. Alan from France.