Gotta love free music that comes with iMovie. Someday, I will upgrade. :-)

Welcome to the channel. Sorry about the grandson....not really. It is a great hobby. Way better than video games and Cheetos. ;-)

Absolutely, he's not allowed video games :) I home teach him as well, so this is going to help us clean rocks we find for his summer report on ...drum roll....ROCKS! What's the best way to learn solutions for cleaning them up to their finest? Safely and respectfully mind you, to teach him? This is going to be so fun for him. Thanks for any info you can help direct me to. You're fun :)

Good for you taking on his education. Have him email me at tess99991rocks@gmail.com. Shhh. Don't tell anybody. I will send him a silver nugget for his collection.

Awe, I am so touched and humbled by your response. I sure will, tomorrow in class. Our school year runs October to when we finish, but have to have all completed by end of Sept. During the winter we get the math, , all language and history out of the way and then we 'science' in the summer. I can't tell you how thrilled he will be! His 10th birthday is coming in early July and his first metal detector! I can keep a secret, how about you? Ha! You are one nice man out here, thank you for caring and encouraging a young mind and spirit by even offering such a kind gesture. You'll be hearing from him tomorrow I assure you. He will be one happy young man! Love and blessings always to you and yours. We will talk again I hope.

Thanks so much for the kind words. When I am trying to ascend the stairs into heaven, I will remind the gatekeeper that someone thought I was OK. ;-)

So nice of you

Daisy loved her time up north, except for the bugs. She is already ready for another trip.

Maybe one day!

I should do that more to pull together the hunt with the roundup. Thanks for the feedback.

I like the excavation more than the editing afterwards. LOL All too often the camera work was so bad that I had to salvage what I could get out of it. Still, it is a a learning curve and I learn something new every time. Thanks for the nice comment.

Happy Happy.

I think so too!

Thanks Steven!

Dig Dig....the only way to know what's inside is to look inside. And I love surprises.. :-)

You say that until you have dug your 500th drill rod. FYI - they can be really deep. LOL

The camera must make it look closer than it really is. I will use another rock or block of wood if I think my fingers are getting too close. So far, I have kept all of my digits. ;-)

Good luck with your journey

Thanks. All I can say is just wait. We really hit it at the end of the trip. I have not reviewed (or edited) the video, but hope it is as fun and special as when I was there.

Thanks for dropping by.

Labs love to pull, but it is bad for their joints. They tend to get arthritis early in life. I will have to hump out the rocks myself. A one wheel cart would be helpful on the big ones for sure.

I collect for fun and don't have a business. There are others who do.

Rocks make noises? Beep beep under the detector? It would be nice if the good ones would call out "hey, over here".

"Who was that masked man?"

All of the quarries between Hamilton and the border have crystals and sometimes galena. It is difficult to get access unless you are a member of a rock & mineral club. There is a rock dump in Niagara Falls called the Montrose. It was rock from the power canal. It has been picked over but there are still nice rocks to find.

Welcome. This was a solo adventure. Thanks for coming along. FYI - I should have some more videos with the Chigg posted shortly.

sweet! ill be on the look out for them. glancing at your vids, i think im in it for the longg haul.

good good ;-)

And the Chigg can dig.

Thanks my BC friend.

I’m wondering that too

Acid treatment

Crush them and nitric acid

So far, I mostly just stack it up or give it away. I should consider a way to sell some. It would help pay for new equipment and gas. Maybe someday. ;-)

I love seeing it when I cut rock. I find it to be very special.

Good luck on your adventures. Cobalt.

Sometimes.

I have panned silver. It is not as easy as gold, but can be done.

Ah. You know me better than that. No angels near me. LOL

Beautiful silver veins in those rocks you sliced! Congratulations,

I am only as fast as the Chigg when I speed up my video. He can dig like a honey badger. I am more like a mole. LOL

There was another spot/day where we got into another spot that probably had even better rocks. I have yet to download the video from the camera or unload the rocks from my truck. Hopefully, I will have a video that I can share soon. Soooo, when are you going up there?

LOL!

Cannot come up this year, sorry. Maybe next year

If you do that, you will miss some good rocks. Basically, hunt in all metal to get max depth. If the detector gives a consistent signal, then dig everything above iron and cobalt. Cobalt is just a little bit above iron. If the signal is too weak to get a good number, then remove some rock as it might be a good target that is deeper. Most of the ore is mixed with other metals (not pure), so cobalt will take the number lower and nickel higher. You have to get the rock to inspect it to be sure. Of course, there is lots of junk to cause confusion. You have to dig it to know.

Hey, thanks for dropping by. I still think about making a silver bar from ore like you did...

@@meMiner, all it takes is time my friend,.. let God guide you, use multiple tanks in parallel to avoid the tanks from freezing, hook them all to a manifold to control your gas release!

I did the next best thing. I sent about 6 lbs of scraps from my saw (that I had panned out to isolate the heavies) to a buddy, who will try to make a bar. Once he has his process down pat (hopefully), I will visit with more silver and make my own.

@@meMiner get your fire bricks and your barrel! refractory mortar,..and some scrap iron pieces! you can do it!

My wife says I should also put a camera on the big tree overhead to capture video of the birds falling out. LOL Actually, this makes me think about my sister's neighbour. On really cold days, little sparrows gather on their brick chimney for the heat. Then one by one they start to wobble from the carbon monoxide and either fall in or down the roof into the yard. The ones in the yard don't learn and usually fly back up unless a cat gets them or they freeze. Now, that would be a sad, but interesting, video...

Will do!

Lipstick assessment? LOL All kidding aside, you are bang on.

meMiner lipstick assessment hahaha

thanks

Never grow up. Yes, it is a just a wet tile saw from Home Depot. I had it from doing a bathroom renovation and have never put it away since cutting rock

meMiner Thank you, is there a email to send you photos. I've been to gem shows looking for something looks like a round head of cauliflower or a brain. l have two beautiful ones and haven't been able to find out what they are. One is red and the other is white. Both have staining

I really enjoy using the Minelab. However, Aquachigger and I did some compares with a his Garratt on various targets. The results were surprising to me. Aquachigger took a video and will hopefully post it soon. Also, I noticed on our last day detecting the same tailings ... that I found a few good rocks that he had missed, but more important to me....he found a number that I missed. I am sure on different ground that the results would vary.

When you talked to him, did you see his collection of rocks? He had a pile of good ones. When they were stacked on one side of his truck, it had a serious list. The sign of a successful hunt. ;-)

You cannot tell from the video, but it is getting more difficult to find good rocks. They are not making any more and there are lots of people with good detectors. It sure is fun. My dog Daisy slept for 3 days afterwards and she did not do any digging. LOL

I would imagine that things get pretty well picked over. Still, I would LOVE to do that someday. I have pals who live in the area where you are there, so maybe they would let me stay overnight sometime so I could meet up with you. Not this year though... Daisy is a sweetie. She looked to be a camera assistant on this video. LOL!

Years ago, the locals simply walked the tailings and picked up good ore by eyesight. Since metals detectors got better, most of the shallow really good stuff is gone. Still, there are worthwhile spots, it is just a bit more work. Of course, anytime they move rock is a new bonanza. Daisy and I are always ready for another trip.

Glad people are willing to go the extra mile and have some fun too!

meMiner I know you probably carry enough equipment with you to do your exploring, But a spray bottle of water would give you a better viability instantly. But again with your knowledge you may not need it. But for us on lookers it would help. Love your dog Daisy she's a trooper. Thanks for your knowledge.......

It is good fun for sure.

Very cool

I like the way you think. That is why I cut it into half. I will polish each piece without having to add weight, then cut a slice, so one side is raw and the other finished. I need to cut a few more stones to fill up my lap. Sounds like another video? LOL

I just got back from a quick trip. Found some nice stuff and hopefully got some good video which I will post as soon as I have time to edit. You should be OK with 600 to start unless there are marks from the wheel on the rock. If there are marks to remove, you will want to drop to at least 200 or you will spend too much time. The 1200 should polish the rock pretty good. Finishing with 2000 or 3000 is still recommended.

meMiner Thankyou very much...im going nuts, I want to do it right now BUT I will wait and go to that store to get the right grits, or I think I could order it.....thanks again! (Videoso are great!!)

Notice the colour? I find that the the bright pink to just be cobalt, but that colour tends to contain high grade silver. I get excited when I see it....

meMiner Yes it's more of a deep red almost, I got some rocks like that from the temiskiming area , gets me more excited to look at mine again

So that is where they all went. You got them. ;-)

meMiner yah I got prob 75 lbs of stuff that I took home, but I got a real nice lunker from the beaver literally 20ft from where I was talking to you and Michael, it was on the surface and looks like somebody smashed it open. had a 2-3in vein with a nice smattering of silver through it it made a real nice book matched display piece

Ask Ty who broke it. Hint. Earlier, I had carried out a 150 lb clay covered hot rock and did not want to do it again. Good for you to check it more carefully than me.

Michael Jackson's other glove. You can have it next time I see you. LOL

LoL I found a pretty nice rock today on an adventure. Maybe this place hasnt been gone over well, maybe 2 holes there and a company had a sample rock there (rock with a paper ribboned to it saying they took samples for assay) so maybe it was them. Otherwise.. right close to town, but a bitch to get to. You MAY have got there if you went south on the tracks and hiked in the bush. I climbed under the fence to the shaft and found it there in the rock they pushed into the shaft before the fence went up. I have a 5" diamind blade for the angle grinder, so I cut it in half and polished it up.. but It should be sliced probably and that requires a better cutting device. My pin pointer knew right away.. so +1 for the chinese pos, it doesnt beep for pure cobalt. I found that out, so basically silver or nickeline.. or iron, but its obvious, so thats kinda neat. I wonder if it reaches into the middle of some rocks or not.. cause Ive tested it on a few that I woulda brought home otherwise and nothing.

And I didnt mean jealous of the glove hahahahahahaha!

Doesn't beep on cobalt? Just like my detector. LOL I have been in that area a number of years ago. I found nothing. Once again, Ty does better. Good 4U!

LOO I know....

Probably could get there by bus from your location, but would likely take all day including transfers.

Good idea. If you can believe it, I had a couple in the truck.

The grey host rock, locally called greywacke, was intruded later by the arsenides, carbonates and metals.

Sometimes, the old timers hid their bounty pretty good. It took me a while to find this spot. ;-)

I have a few pinpointers from various companies. The one in this video is a Garrett. I think they call it the carrot (for obvious reasons). What I like about it (other than it works) is it is waterproof. I have used it underwater a few times.

@@meMiner Thank you for the info. You always do a great job.

@@kiteman357 When I young, I went skiing in CO for a couple of weeks. I took a day off and ended up exploring Leadville. That started my interest in gold prospecting because there were still active placer mines. It opened my eyes and I never looked back. Someday, I would like to return and rockhound for some of the amazing quality crystals in CO. I have a big bucket list, but that is high on it. ;-)

Still might happen. I was thinking to try to remove the vein separately from the rock. If thick silver, it should be hard enough to crumble the rock adjoining it.

Thanks Drew.

I will never recommend anyone to trespass. There are lots of places in Ontario to go where this is not a problem.

Under the video screen, find his channel name, "meMiner". Click on it to go to his channel. Once there click on 'videos'. that's it.

There is more value as a specimen. Smaller pieces and cuttings get melted

Should I be happy about that or insulted? LOL

It got kinda soft, but worked OK. Use what you have on hand,, always...

Good to know. Thanks

You like? I like. When I was younger, my Girlfirend's Mom used to talk like that. It always stuck with me. LOL

Not yet. I am looking into it.

It happened now! :) The only acceptable way to do it with stuff from here is with scraps. Otherwise, it's blasphemy! That being said... I have some plans for the future lol (for my other channel)

Also, I'm sure your bar could be dissolved in nitric acid and precipitate the silver out with copper. That would get you 99%+

The cobalt from Cobalt is expensive to process. A good rock is still a good collectable for polishing. Amazing that a short time ago that cobalt was $5 USD/lb. I know spots that one could fill a truck without turning on a metal detector. I still prefer silver.

Oh I prefer your silver also and can only imagine the knife handle you could create with some of those slabs.

That would be nice.

Nice, where are you finding your specimens at?

Every mine is different. Some don't care, as long as you don't make a mess or do something dangerous, stay behind the fences, etc. Others get quite upset.

@@meMiner thanks for your response!

About 2 hours north of North Bay

Thanks my friend.

For sure, if you can stand the bugs. LOL

meMiner I'll just have to bug them back.

Excellent answer!

LOL

You can ask here or email me at tess99991rocks@gmail.com

A few years ago, I had some rocks tested and one 5 lb that I thought was silver was 50% PGM. Quite the surprise and I lost track where it was from

It is just a tile saw with a diamond blade.

@@meMiner What do you use to cut your bigger stones? At the mineral club I go to they have some 14-24" saws but the whole contraption is crazy expensive. Do you have any DIY bigger saws or just club your stones to move manageable pieces?

@@PawnSacrific3 I too have quite a few large rocks stacked up, waiting for access to a large saw. I have broken some to fit my smaller saw, but that is a bit of a shame.

@@meMiner Yeah I know how you feel. I love your vids though! They make me want to find some old silver mines in my area.

@@PawnSacrific3 or road trip here. ;-)

Good area!

When I am finding, I don't even notice that I am being eaten. LOL

Except this material is relatively soft and corundum is quite hard...

One can only take what one is willing to carry. Silver is hard. You cannot bend a 1/8 vein or plate of silver.

1/8" of silver