Brass Trunk Corner | Diggers

kg and I are in Montana at decision point with our archaeologist Marc and we're on the hunt for Lewis and Clark nectar in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson hand selected Meriwether Lewis to lead a top-secret Army expedition into the lands northwest of the Mississippi after enlisting the help of William Clark the pair of explorers led a team of pioneers named the Corps of Discovery on a dangerous two-and-a-half year mission to chart a water route along the Missouri River to the Pacific but after a grueling year the Corps hit a critical juncture at the confluence of the mariah's and the Missouri rivers the future of the mission and the country depended on their next decision decision point is actually where Lewis and Clark stood as they gazed on the two rivers and tried to decide which way to go Lewis said we've got to send a scouting party both ways whichever river has the falls will know we're on the Missouri River Lewis and Clark spent ten days here at decision point we're looking for the exact campsite because nobody knows exactly where it was I would love to find buttons one of their guns maybe a knife Lewis and Clark they had round balls in their guns I bet they wish they would have had these and the guns to shoot them Lewis and Clark were outfitted with 49 caliber muzzleloading flintlock rifles we could find a cache of 49 caliber round balls I know we'll be on the right track all it hit right here Luis hit a cache of supplies a decision point finding anything from that stash could be clear evidence of their campsite ah there we go look at this an old can of Lucky beer this will give me luck now I'm gonna find that Lewis and Clark nectar oh listen to that decision point and I get a great hit screaming high pitch in the middle of a field you can't ask for more than that it's gonna be something good so I drop down dig a plug I can see the edge of it right there what I get it loose bring it out into the open light oh it's made of brass and this is pretty darn old oh look at that there's a little nail or something in there holding that piece of wood on still to this day I have something that could be Lewis and Clark era and you know when they're traveling they had to have their goods stored somewhere probably old trunks and they would add metal corners like this decision point they probably used all the goods in this trunk and then made the decision to Eve this out onto the bank I got Lewis and Clark's little trunk corner all I got to do is check with our archaeologist to verify it and I will win the day you

Channel: National Geographic

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Keywords: national geographic, nat geo, natgeo, animals, wildlife, science, explore, discover, survival, nature, documentary, Diggers, Lewis & Clark’s, Montana Bonanza, digging video, diggers, handmade, horseshoe, horse, Orthopedic Horseshoe

Id: XCHMW9G1OSA

Length: 3min 8sec (188 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 02 2015