Hi Matt, If the Ais prevented the Spanish from being able to salvage shipwrecks, is it possible that there are unsalvaged wrecks nearby? Thank you for sharing all the great videos. The gold mining videos are a treasure by themselves.
@mattmattsongold4 күн бұрын
That is exactly what happened. There are shipwrecks scattered along the line of the 1715 fleet wrecks that are far older. Suspected another fleet went in at the same location and is deeper in the sand. One has been discovered (scattered). Look for Bob Weller 1715 fleet - he is the one who sent me out west (I was just a diver at the time) to find gold. Bob was a UDT diver in WWII and #6 on the all time treasure list for many years - in later life he wrote many books about the 1715 & 1733 wrecks. Had his own crews, salvage boats, etc.
@ryonlabaw14984 күн бұрын
@@mattmattsongold OK, I've heard of Bob Weller and the 1715 + 1733 wrecks. As you noted, there should be wrecks that are far older. Surely there must be untouched ships to be found, or pockets of treasure to be discovered. Metal detectors only go so deep, so I've always assumed there is still gold on the beach, just too deep for peoples detectors. Perhaps pay-streaks, that get tossed in storms. But I'm still learning and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
@mattmattsongold4 күн бұрын
@@ryonlabaw1498 : you are correct in all that. I used to run a treasure diver forum, and all that was discussed privately and some in public. Just N of St. Lucie Inlet is one of the 1715 wrecks I was metal detecting near the low water mark and got a hit and dug down to my armpits. I could just barely feel the top of a bar, which was the size of a silver bar, and the detector had told me silver. The tide was coming in, I didn't have a snorkel, and before I knew it I could no longer hold out against the tide. When I came back, there was even more sand deposited (it was making a sand bar) and no longer in my reach at all. I did find one of 3 silver spikes ever found though (when they replaced a plank in the early 1500's they had no foundries so simply made a spike out of silver). Read everything you can by Bob "Frogfoot" Weller. He was diving and running crews into his 80's - he'll teach you the business through his many books. Good luck!
@ryonlabaw14983 күн бұрын
@@mattmattsongold Excellent info. That must have been both exciting and frustrating to have those possible silver finds just out of reach in a 5 foot hole. The thought of a Spanish galleon with silver ship spikes, is every treasure hunters dream. Without giving to much out publicly, I just wanted to get your thoughts on prospects of that deep beach gold. Thanks for confirming there should be some there. I will be reading up on Bob "Frogfoot" Weller. I work in EE and as a side project I am building a multifreq GPR unit for myself and perhaps a few others. My main focus is finding cracks and false bedrock, where I am located in norcal gold country. I also want to try the device on the Florida beaches to look for this deeper beach gold. You're doing a great service for the treasure hunting community. I appreciate for your time.
@mattmattsongold2 күн бұрын
@@ryonlabaw1498 : I'm going in for a cardiac procedure tomorrow but wanted to tell you to go - even if you find nothing it's worth the try - there's nothing quite like it. Pick a wreck or two - work opposite and stick with it. Kind of like gold country, if you move around a lot your time is quickly gone to dig down to what you want to find. Excellent on the engineering! Good work and I wish you much success! No need to reply as I won't be around to reply for awhile.
@DJNeet-sc3jk4 күн бұрын
Where do you get your screens from ?
@mattmattsongold4 күн бұрын
DJ: these are all (no matter what they call them) grain screens. Almost any large farm store has them. These will be the cheapest. They are available at mining stores too (Keene Engineering, etc.) called classification screens - and these are usually the most expensive. Good luck finding them!
@einsteindrieu7 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤ Matts great !!!
@mattmattsongold4 күн бұрын
Thanks for that Drew - I haven't been around much making movies. My check engine light came on a few months ago when I went into A-Fib (my top chambers are fluttering at 1000 beats/min) and I have a cardio version (shock) scheduled for Monday morning. Hopefully that will go good and I'll be able to do more. Thanks again - good to hear from you.
@nycj3ahudson34112 күн бұрын
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@uglyfrog726313 күн бұрын
You don't know shit about these reels!
@richardnewman915919 күн бұрын
Hi Matt, I'm going thru your series with genuine interest. The information on how to use the USGS maps on the technical side as well as the tips on tool use and sampling /pay streak and pay layer pattern are key to getting the gold home, Thank you from central Oregon.
@mattmattsongold18 күн бұрын
You're certainly welcome and I hope the information gets you on the fast track to success! Wish you well.
@WildWildArunachal21 күн бұрын
Thank you for the fried chicken.
@mattmattsongold20 күн бұрын
My goodness - you watched the whole thing! You're welcome - nothing like fried chicken.
@CaidenStanton25 күн бұрын
Saw one of your videos a few year back have had the fever ever since. I’m currently working out cow nothing super huge but some chunky stuff. Appreciate the info
@mattmattsongold25 күн бұрын
You're quite welcome - you're in the gold so just work steady and try and work into the heavies - don't leave the spot until it's worked out though. Good going in locating and good luck finding the streak!
@CaidenStanton25 күн бұрын
@@mattmattsongold any information you can give me on clay? I’m working this gray/rusty colored clay and I feel like pretty much any time I’m digging I’m finding gold. Definitely harder to dig but the gold is the best I’ve found. Seems like the rusty layer is more rich. I know you said don’t leave gold to find gold just curious if you think I’m wasting time dealing with the clay and over burden.
@mattmattsongold25 күн бұрын
@@CaidenStanton : the gold sticks to the clay - if you've got mask and snorkel - fan off whatever is above it and look at it for gold you can pick off. Clay is a double edged sword - don't know if you're working cracks or working a bar with a sluice - but if a sluice that clay can remove gold too. ---- If you're working cracks - go ahead and get it out as long as you see gold in it. You might just get beneath the clay layer and into some really great gold and try this: take a concreted drill or a wood drill slightly smaller than the crack and drill down into it. You'll know real quick how deep the gold is and maybe how deep the crack is too. I sure wish I was physically able to help. Nothing like what you're doing.
@CaidenStanton25 күн бұрын
@@mattmattsongold I have checked pretty much every spot you marked along the south hard to find river access anymore and I don’t have air currently, along with the dredging stipulations basically impossible. I’m only 24 it’s still a hobby I’d love to see a day where it was my source of income. Working a sluice in a whole bar of clay typically don’t dig this much but I’m super curious what is under the clay layer just didn’t know if I was wasting my time. I’ve worked cracks, most that I’ve been in are clean I’ve found one piece of stingy gold in the bedrock but I need to find some more discrete places.
@mattmattsongold24 күн бұрын
@@CaidenStanton : most often - in a bar - there's not much if anything below the clay layer - the gold is stuck on top of it. Clay in a crack - we always removed that - since it can act like a stopper - while gold infiltrates to the sides and slides beneath it. I'm not about to tell you not to remove some clay and check though - we all did - but usually, there just wasn't much there. Thin layer - I'd remove a bunch and look - thick layer (foot+) - I'd think twice, maybe try and find the edges of the clay and check those spots or look for the next spot in your gold line upstream to prospect (downstream is likely more clay).
@magnanamus865928 күн бұрын
Thank you sir.. for passing on your immense knowledge.. and for all you've done for the hobby.
@mattmattsongold27 күн бұрын
You're most welcome and thank you for watching - I hope you have great success in the field!
@ScotMcLean-pk8lnАй бұрын
LOVE Myrtle Creek. 😌🇺🇸
@mattmattsongold29 күн бұрын
Absolutely! One of the best places I've been to and 4 years of memories there.
@JeffreymartАй бұрын
♥ Thank you
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
You're welcome!
@jimmorrison306Ай бұрын
Wonder if you could replace the fuel tanks with an aluminum automotive racing-type tank? They are square and designed to be safer in a crash. Any regulations with boats?
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
Our other boat had exactly that - aluminum tanks. Boats are all over the map as far as components and installation are concerned - nothing like the aircraft industry I came from at all.
@FactionPlays01Ай бұрын
Thank you!! Thanks to this video I was able to fix the drag on a 60s-70s medium rivet I just picked up which is my first venture into vintage reels. Your other video on how to service them was a great help as well! Much appreciated!
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
You are most welcome and I'm glad another was saved to fish again. Thanks.
@VolcanoGoldDiggerAdirondacksАй бұрын
I am 82 years old started looking for gold 2020 I found 3 volcanos in the Adirondacks because of my forestry training red pine and schoch pine are not native to the U.S. I found a rock that had a lot of gold in it. Because of my sons bad leg He wanted to take of before we got it all out. We just road around and saw where a forester person moved some large white stones got my stone Book out and saw it was Rhyolite bolder The next year after my son died went back and saw my stone was rhyolite and the hill had red pine and schoch pine that the CCC camp camp people planted from 1930 to WWII The second volcano I call Mother Nature volcano A 20 food diameter bolder sat on the rim of the volcano and blew sand for miles and miles. One day metal detecting notice a rock that was roundish the sand had to rub against this to get here and all rocks that are in a rock stone quarry pit are roundJust to let you know they were not all river rocks like geologist say. I like your 5 cent deal sounds like and oz of gold. and how gold gets in rivers If you want to see black bear sleep at night and what moose does to trees see [ centure new technologies' company ] got out of mantal detecting movies but not looking for gold
@russellhiller4198Ай бұрын
Awesome video Matt, your knowledge is very appreciated and thank you for sharing it.
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
You are most welcome - I hope you put these locations to good use as others are doing. Some working the cracks have been doing quite well.
@karaokerulesАй бұрын
What would make my more recent 33's drag seaze up
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
It's kind of counterintuitive, but a lot of those drags need grease to work - smear some on and give that a shot. If it still doesn't work, take it apart and see if the facings of the drag are burred (if metal), or (hopefully not) mashed, etc. If the metal facings are scarred - burnish them with a smooth tool (any will do). If the drag is phenolic block or another softer type - you might need new parts to fix properly. Good luck!
@karaokerulesАй бұрын
@@mattmattsongold Thank ya, Thank ya, I appreciate the input
@KaellandАй бұрын
It's funny that you call this "Grandpa's reel." I'm watching this because I need to rehab my old Zebco 33 that's been languishing in the garage for a long time. My grandfather gave it (and the pole it's on) to me when I was a kid. It was the first rod and reel I ever had that was just mine and that I didn't have to share with my siblings.
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
My experience exactly. It was given to me and I got to fish with Grandad in his little Sears Jon Boat and I was finally a big man (or so I thought). I still have the rod too. Good luck getting yours together!
@pauljones6392 ай бұрын
Where can I order new Orings??? Im trying to rebuild my late father's 1950s 33. the Oring crumbled in my hands
@mattmattsongoldАй бұрын
www.walmart.com/ip/XBVV-1008-Pcs-SAE-O-Ring-Kit-32-Sizes-USA-Standard-Nitrile-70A-Rubber/1182014818?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101247834&adid=222222222221190373176_10001267194_1164384698033785_pla&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=e&wl1=o&wl2=c&wl3=72774347087277&wl4=pla-4576373583358247&wl5=&wl6=&wl7=&wl10=Walmart&wl11=Online&wl12=1182014818_10001267194&wl14=ace%20hardware%20sae%20o-ring%20kit&veh=sem&msclkid=4cedbc60572a1e4ffcc8dae1b91168d1 -- what most of us do is get an O-ring kit (after measuring the brake ring diameter). I got mine from ACE, but any that have a workable ring in them will do. It may or may not have the exact feel - but will work and we get used to it until it's normal. There are other options as well, outlined in the other video on Zebco 33 O-ring & Drag fixes. I do hope you are successful!
@eeanderson492 ай бұрын
Good to hear your voice again Matt! Hope you, Connie, and Goldie are doing super well.
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
Good to hear from you too! We've moved to Wilmer (Mobile), Alabama - Connie had a bad fall just before we sold the fish camp & had 3 screws put in her hip in Dothan - and that hasn't gone well at all. This coming Tues. (July 2) she'll go into the Infirmary and have a total hip replacement. We're hoping that will go well (Dr. Zarzor has quite a bit more experience than the whiz kid that operated on her at the emergency room in Dothan). At any rate - that's how it's going . . . I put an update here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZOFlN15trmlZ4U.html (just click out of the commercials if there are any) that shows what we're doing (bare acre - we're improving it).
@gabrielheredia75632 ай бұрын
Thats super amazing sir whats new?
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
I hate to say this but we're kind of stuck in limbo for awhile to get Connie through hip surgery. I don't know how long that will be - but we're still around. Thanks for asking!
@marissastafford43892 ай бұрын
What kind of grinder are you using?
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
I have looked all over for that (we've moved - twice) and cannot find it - but - we were using a "granite polisher" and you can use granite polishing pads & sanders on a normal air drill. The electric version: www.homedepot.com/p/VEVOR-Wet-Buffer-Polisher-New-7A-Corded-4in-And-5in-Pads-Grinder-Sander-Polisher-With-59-in-Pipe-Adapter-And-Splash-Shield-SSPGJYPJT110VW7XLV1/328868009?mtc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-BNG-D25P-025_009_PORT_POWER-NA-NA-NA-PLALIA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PortablePower_2023&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-BNG-D25P-025_009_PORT_POWER-NA-NA-NA-PLALIA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PortablePower_2023-71700000106432953-58700008273440508-92700079460122464&msclkid=c2f347e15f2019396266219898778b4b&gclid=c2f347e15f2019396266219898778b4b&gclsrc=3p.ds Not sure I'd go that route over an air drill with pads if you have a compressor. Good luck - the granite pads do a great job of polishing.
@kirkfrahm12522 ай бұрын
My grand pappy was too
@coleaydeesixxx2 ай бұрын
I thought they had bronze gears Marvin? ⚙️ ⚙️
@Jeffreymart2 ай бұрын
Good information does not age. Another fine presentation. Thank you.
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
15 years ago . . . wow - where has the time went? Thanks for the thumbs up - my buddy in the video has since went on to a quadruple bypass and luckily came out of it. Thanks again!
@Jeffreymart2 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the presentation and was happy and surprised to learn all the way through it. You get a big thumbs up and subscriber, enjoyed the chicken 2.
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
Thanks for that Jeffrey - hope you can put it to good use in the field someday! Glad to have you with us!
@Jeffreymart2 ай бұрын
@@mattmattsongold I will. Gold seems to find me, I also like that fellow Jeff Williams the prospector, you both know your geology. Thank you.
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
@@Jeffreymart : yes - he puts out good information. Have fun out there!
@Jeffreymart2 ай бұрын
@@mattmattsongold U2 amigo 😀
@ModernProspector2 ай бұрын
Hey Matt. Are you still doing any mining? We got permission downstream from the sloan kimberlites in Colorado and plan to start mining soon.
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
Not at the moment - Connie's hip has collapsed and we have surgery coming up. Pretty much everything is up in the air right now. I wish all of you the best - that should be some exciting hunting for sure!
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
Didn't have time yesterday in the doc's waiting room to write the rest: when Larry and I did that, we went to the Univ. of Wyoming there in Laramie and did research. There's a lot of it. We also paid attention to how the miners in Africa use greased slick plates to catch the target. There are some videos now of that. You can make one of these easy by removing everything from a sluice and greasing it. We found many millions of the things - but not one cuttable - they were all micro-sized. Hope you have better luck and great success!
@ModernProspector2 ай бұрын
@flagold I appreciate that! I've been mining out there for about ten years but this is my first time on private property and working downstream from the Sloan. I've found some nice diamonds including several cutters while out there using a saruca. When things aren't so busy for you please feel free to reach out because it would be great to meet and mine with you if you wanted. My friend also claimed up a kimberlite pipe Dan Hausel had claimed when he was the VP of Exploration for DiamonEx. We just spent a couple of weeks in the Iron Mountain kimberlite district and collected a bunch of kimberlite for processing. We also sampled some of the placers.
@ModernProspector2 ай бұрын
@@mattmattsongold Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Connie!
@mattmattsongold2 ай бұрын
@@ModernProspector : she said to thank you for that and I certainly do! We'd both certainly like to come out but our time isn't our own now - since a surgeon botched the first surgery on her hip with screws that failed we've really been through the mill. In the past few days we've gotten her final approvals to go ahead on July 2 so all is a go. Hausel was the man as far as that area's gems during my time. Thanks for the invite and we may yet take you up on it at a later date. Godspeed.
Getting the classified paydirt home to process is a great idea! Makes sense for the right situation
@keithross81153 ай бұрын
My dad used to dredge right there by the train trestle in Myrtle Creek back in the late seventies used to do pretty good
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
I'll bet he had a blast there! That's draining the Cow Creek/S. Umpqua right below their juncture (I know you know this but others don't). He had an excellent eye for picking a spot. Thanks for posting.
@bushforme3 ай бұрын
THANK YOUfor your channel! Picked up a Silver anniversary 33 yesterday at a local goodwill and the O ring is loose..bought that reel for 1.99! You wouldn't believe what I have picked up there!
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Good deal! I'm glad you can get it back in operation as well - all good.
@JCommycrusher3 ай бұрын
THANK YOU RITE ON!
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
You are welcome and I wish you many happy adventures in the gold fields!
@93mclaren3 ай бұрын
Hoping Connie does well with her surgery. Congrats on your move! (cousin Ronnie)
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Good to hear from you Ronnie! Something the family doesn't know - I do a little writing from time to time as well: www.quora.com/What-are-some-of-the-most-bizarre-and-surprising-incidents-that-happened-during-World-War-II/answer/Matt-Mattson-6 drop in sometime. Connie goes in for a CT next Wed. and we'll get scheduled after that. Thanks for the well wishes.
@bigg91013 ай бұрын
You are the best Matt! Thank you for sharing your immense knowledge!
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thanks and I hope you have a great time in the field!
@georgehummingbird67023 ай бұрын
Do you know of anyone that can work on a feathertouch?
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
George: I can work on it - and so can you. The "feather touch" feature is simply two springs on the end of the activator bar. There are clips there and Zebco never did get that feature robust enough to last - it was quickly discontinued. If you take the springs off - you have a normal Zebco 33 of that era. If the springs are still there and one is off - put it back into the slot (magnification helps). If one is broken - your best bet is simply taking the other off and the reel is fully fishable again. Hope that helps!
@georgehummingbird67023 ай бұрын
@@mattmattsongold I took it apart, but it's still stiff winding.
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
@@georgehummingbird6702 - Ok, that's not anything to do with the feather-touch. That can be as simple as the housing isn't on right to as complex as the gears aren't meshing right. There's an L shaped piece on the winding stem that sets the gear mesh - normally we don't have to fool with it but if you took it all the way apart, that may be the issue. You've got it all lubed I assume. If worse comes to worse you can send it to me, just not right now and I don't know when - we've moved and everything is in limbo right now. Do let us know if you get it solved and what the issue was. Good luck!
@PirateStyle20133 ай бұрын
cool
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thanks - glad you're watching.
@jharper98993 ай бұрын
Give Connie our best and it’s good to hear from you Matt.
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thank you for that and she's reading it right now. Thanks again!
@riverbender98983 ай бұрын
Sorry that Connie's hurting. Thanks for the fire-ant cure. I'm expecting them anytime. Property looks great. All the Best...
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thanks Larry - about time for them to pop up out there too.
@Notellemkrik17763 ай бұрын
Best wishes and speedy recovery for Connie 🙏❤️✌️
@Notellemkrik17763 ай бұрын
Wow, nice place Matt, congratulations my friend SCP
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thank you for that and your other comment - and the very best to you out in the field!
@Notellemkrik17763 ай бұрын
@@mattmattsongoldIdaho is beautiful
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
@@Notellemkrik1776 : yes - Connie and I went all through it looking for gemstones (aquamarines) and of course did some metal detecting for nuggets at our friend Larry Drown's claim (on top of huge tailings piles) on the road going to the old ghost town of Atlanta. It was a great adventure and I'm sure glad we did it.
@beverlytim3 ай бұрын
Teacher at heart. Gods speed with Connie's hip recovery. I have watched all you au recovery videos. woud love to know more. Best of luck on your new travels
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thanks for that - we are most humbled at the kindness people have shown us over the years. Heavy pans to you!
@kevinsmith15583 ай бұрын
Gold & fried chicken don’t mix, you probably taught me that! Hope to meet you someday.
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Thanks Kevin - maybe we will.
@kevinsmith15583 ай бұрын
C’mon down to Lawson bar tomorrow. I’d love to shake yer hand. Thanks a bunch for all the knowledge sir.
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
You're welcome, Kevin - hope you come back with a lot of buckets!
@AaronChristensen3 ай бұрын
I wish i would have known you were here. I am a prospector and live in Riddle
@mattmattsongold3 ай бұрын
Right up the road! Yep - I wish so too. Hope you are doing well.
@denniscorson89974 ай бұрын
thanks for all the info. helps a great dial. the first one i saw was, in 1957. all most 10 I was.
@mattmattsongold4 ай бұрын
You're most welcome - if you're working on one I hope you get it together and back to fishing.
@raymyers65224 ай бұрын
Have you seen the old zebco 89 reel
@mattmattsongold4 ай бұрын
No - I finally saw a Zebco 55 on a table for sale and as luck would have it my wallet was in the car . . . and by the time I got it and back - it was gone.
@alaskawilliam14 ай бұрын
I'll be back in the field soon! I'm feeling that gold is a good hedge against inflation
@mattmattsongold4 ай бұрын
Excellent! My mother and grandmothers told me to "save the antique plates" and not sell them as they'd be worth a mint "someday." It's been almost 30 years since the last one of them died and I might get $3 a piece at the flea market. Nothing holds value like gold.
@seymourwrasse33214 ай бұрын
nice ring, mine has a blue stone
@mattmattsongold4 ай бұрын
I would have picked that as well - but this one is special, it belonged to my great-uncle: Roy Baker. He was a silent film actor (extra) - down on his luck he walked into a hotel in Miami and the manager said: "Where have you been?" Turns out their recent mail order hired hotel manager had failed to show - after hearing this Uncle Roy looked at him and said: "You're in luck - I just happen to be a hotel manager." He went on to become hotelier to the stars of that age and had hotels in Kennebunkport, Lake Placid NY, Lake Placid Fl, Sebring, Fl, Miami and who knows where else. Each had rides and amusements like Disney. He's listed in the who's who of hoteliers and part of his story is here on KZfaq in "An Immigrant's Tale" about the early Mattson Family. I hope you have a fine time in your travels!
@snowstephenanderson8014 ай бұрын
yes sir I know they there are many I live in Gresham, OR. and I'd like to file a claim somewhere between Mt. St. Helen's and Mt. Adams or somewhere down by Cow Creek, S. Umpqua, or my uncle lives on Ruby creek N. Idaho...I've tried to put all the google maps and USGS and I want to do it all Matt or Mr. Mattson, I wanna, prospect, mine, gems and precious metals and make jewelry! That is what I am working on already...but I'm limited for now to the PNW as I am on SSI and should be on SSID but the justice system let 2 attempted murderers go with all the witnesses and cameras and admissions of guilt but they made 50.2 billion in 2018 and I got there in Jan. 2019 and was caught there till the beginning of 2020...so I'm trying to get something going that I can do, I know it's hard work I used to frame homes so I know hard work but my body is much more beat up...I made it to the Snake for 6 days but only had 24 hours at Cow creek, Lawson bar, the place where you got a bunch of platinum and gold around desolation flats and only was able to get a small amount from down there, where the place on the Snake there was a cheap hotel......anyways I need help as I am just healing from the traumatic brain injuries to where I can think a little clearer...so thanks for all you do...lol...thanks Matt