Rockhounding and metal detecting at abandoned silver mines outside of Cobalt, Ontario. Plus drone video footage of Lawson Headframe, which is soon to be torn down.
I have always loved your videos and especially the personality that comes through. The drone shot imho have brought it to a new level and I only see them improving. It nice to see the amount of time you put into production which imo sets you apart. Thank you for the effort you put into each and every one
Thanks for the really nice comment. It is an effort to carry a camera and later edit. I am still learning how best to do it, so hopefully my videos will improve over time. It is nice to know that the effort is appreciated.
THANK YOU! !!!! I'm going out later today and have all new rocks to look for...geez man I really appreciate these videos I get super excited as you identify different things. I feel I can go back in each time being more successful. Again thanks man you rock 🎸🎤🎶😉
Thankyou for a look at the old head frame. Most of us won't be able to see it in person before demolition, so thanks for that. Good vid as always- like the cutaway to cutting the rocks so we can follow the process through from finding to seeing the inside. Nice. Cheers!
It is too bad that real history is being lost to demolition, but this one has been abandoned for so long that it is beyond repair. I had thought that I had lost the footage from failing to turn on the camera in the drone. I was kicking myself over this pretty good. As it turns out, it was recorded to the drone's internal memory and not the memory card. Everything is a learning curve. ;-)
Best part about your videos is Daisy loving life lol she's a great friend.. I'm making a trip up to cobalt in october those are great finds I can't wait to go.. Ty invited me up...
Hahaha yea the snow lol should be ok in October. Plus no bugs! Even today was great :) another Birthday rockhounding trip happened today. (Im trying to be sure of the name before I post the video lol one map says Foster, one says Penn Canadian/Bailey mines. Maybe it was all 3 over the years?! Lmao its the cliff on the northeast side of Glenn Lake. The road that goes up the middle of the lake (yellow gate across with no trespassing sign) gets you to the bottom of the cliff. Theres that trail halfway up the hill that gets you to the top. We went there
You are sure blessed to be in a mineral rich environment ike that I watch your videos all the time and see all the different minerals you find lol I bet you house looks like a museum I'd love to see a tour of your mineral collection great video meMiner
So much to find and so little time. I cannot believe that summer is almost over. I have a long list of places that I want to visit and know there will be snow before I will get to them all. ;-)
The Lawson headframe was still in one piece 5 years ago. The top started to lean, fell off 2-3 years ago! A shame they couldn't save it, was a cool looking relic of the past. Glad I took some great photos of it on my first ever trip to Cobalt.
@@CobaltOntarioadventures Yeah it was strange, it was my favorite one though. The history is more important than finding silver, the latter is just a facination I have of minerals.
Thats why Im out and about so much. I cant help but imagine what it woulda been like arriving here in the beginning.. finding massive veins or boulders or slabs of silver.. then the mines lol the way they did them, the way the tech changed over the years, the mills.. and environmental disaster they caused.. draining lakes!?!.. the amount of mines.. where they are (like Coniagas #4 for exapmle and its ridiculous history)... friends getting hurt growing up... ALL OF IT! Its really incredible to try to take it all in. Then the amount of silver extracted from really a small area is just astronomical. Im proud to be from Cobalt, never really cared growing up though. And to locals, Cobalt is like the ghetto.
She loves it. Can tell she is getting a bit older because when she gets tired, she goes into the truck for a snooze. I have felt like that plenty of times too ...
Yes, it will be a glorious day for you indeed..I'm a single parent and thank goodness for my older daughter who helped taxi the boys around..insurance is a whole other post lol..
Very cool. I wonder if an XRF Would be able to detect what the mixture is in some of those? Canada seems full of exciting places to hunt. Thanks for sharing, oh and Thank you Daisy 😉
A few years ago, I took some of the rocks to a lab who had an XRF. Quite a bit of stuff in the rocks and everyone was different. I would love to have a portable XRF, but the darn things are expensive.
@@meMinerexpensive alright, we have one at work for testing bling bling and I remember being told it was around $23,000 USD! Wish I could test rocks in it but I'd probably be fired on the spot 😂 I love seeing the interesting finds you get up there. It's a little bland here in NZ but still enjoyable enough.
Pretty Cool! If you do not mind me asking, does that silver collect on your cutting blade of your saw? I have a saw similar to yours. I have cut copper/silver and the silver/copper sticks to my blade. If it does stick to your blade how to do you clean up your blade? Thanks!
Great question and yes. Silver is very soft and covers the diamonds on the blade. One of the subscribers told me the solution: cut an old brick. It cleans it right up. I used to throw away the blades and this little tip has saved me plenty of dollars.
If you acid treat some of those silver pieces like uve done before to expose the silver..does it increase the value versus just leaving silver in native rock?
Usually, the value of a rock increases substantially if you can point to a spot on a rock where silver is exposed. You don't have to expose it on the whole rock. You can do this with cleaning, rubbing, grinding or etching.
Hi, i love ur videos! I'm in Alberta, and still trying to find places. I was wondering what type of metal detector ur using? Thank u for taking the time to make these videos. You and Daisy take care of each other
For the silver, I mostly use a MInelab GPX5000. I bought it for gold nuggets, but it works well for silver. You don't need such an expensive detector and I sometimes get "my clock cleaned" buy guys using a VLF such as the Fisher F75 or Minelab Equinox. I have both of those detectors too.
Hi! I just started a month ago at Creighton Mine in Sudbury, i feel silly asking a coworker what color nickle ore is but you are saying its green? I've seen a lot of rocks but havent gotten to inspect any yet.
I have a question; I have found milkquartz or Granite whit some small, very small red cubes or crystals. I wonder what that is. I dont know how to send a picture on it on youtube. If you could answer it could be awesome.
Pictures are usually a poor way to identify most minerals/crystals. Location, hardness, streak are usually required. I usually direct people to try to look up their mystery rocks using the search feature on mindat.org They will offer suggestions with links to pictures. I use this too.
I had one 5lb rock that was tested as 50% PGE and all detectors including pinpoints screamed over it. I also found a platinum man's ring (with diamonds) and the signal over that was strong too.
On the last trip, I found a huge rock that was maybe 400+ lbs and seemed to have silver in one side. Too big for me to pick up and I didn't have my big sledge hammer.
@@meMiner like I said, I'd be more them happy too help. My grandfather was a gemoligst. I also have a set of brass grading sieve. And plenty of picks hammers and a portable diamond stone saw that's auto feed.
It is an old silver mine. In the really old mines, they hand sorted the rock and bagged up the silver. Back then, cobalt had no value. When cobalt oxidizes, it gets a pink bloom on it.
meMiner I know you have no marbles, I was just asking if you had found some. Either there are a whole load of big foot or one is following Daisy and keeps teasing her.
If you ever want anything XRF tested I think I could take it to one of my mining engineering profs and have them give it a quick zap. Also I really liked the intro on this video.
lol 9:00 I've heard of the old tyme miners here at Silver Islet would throw their wool caps at fresh blasted calcite veins, and if it stuck (because of that 'hook' texture) it was good ore! They also dealt with gas pockets (with candles on their heads for light, = lots of fires) and ceaseless flooding (the mine was IN lake Superior!). It's like people were tougher back then....
I guess the hat worked better in the dark than trying to see with a candle. LOL I have no idea how they worked in those conditions. Silver Islet had an interesting history.
First successful mine in Canada! They only shut 'er down when they found that crazy-rich ore where you've been picking (Cobalt area). It's actually pretty crazy how few people in this area realize the silver potential here. But I haven't seen stuff that looks like what you were getting. That's GORGEOUS!
Mmmmm. Cobalt & nickel. I'd love to get a sample of cobalt comprised ore. I've been processing cobalt into pure elemental form from an old LiPo battery. It's got some wonderful/amazing properties, though it's extremely toxic especially in the fine powder form which I currently have....
Cobalt when cut is not shiny, but polishes nicely. Look at the pics towards the bottom of this thread. My rocks are from the same area: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/84214/fun-finds-sfgms-show-today
Awesome !! Do you know if there was any other metals found in cobalt along with that ore ? . read something about temagami or boston ontario . began with copper more so and discovered other things like gold .? Here they were drilling for uranium but ended up finding copper " spragge ont"copper " close to pronto mine "uranium" If you live in cobalt . u should take a trip to spragge ! curious to see what the ore would look like in your hands .. pro polihed and cut with a actuall saw hahaha . The ore kinda reminds me of pudding stone , but rather than the sandstone holding pebbles its sulfides holding quartz pebbles and ilminite , .pree interesting , . would be worth the travel mann ! My dad wont bring me there bcs he had quite the time trying to get me to leave LOL buckets and backpack filled . but kept on stacking up rock , wasnt good for the vehhicle xD ..
There is an unreal amount of ore there . solid metals . simular to sudbury . nobody knows about it cuz its just rust until ya break er open old small town . probably 10 ppl haha .. noone gives af about rock
arsenides and sulfarsenides of Co,Ni, Fe, together with native silver and bismuth, with minor antimonides, and sulfides of Pb, Sn, and Cu are the typical ore assemblages. High grade gold was found just up the road in Latchford but can also be found locally along fault traces. Its one of the more interesting areas Ive worked in as a geologist.
I live outside Toronto, so Cobalt is a 6-7 hour drive. In Cobalt, they also found diamonds. I have had some rocks XRF tested and they contained a number of things including copper and rare earth.
Can you make a video on tools you use and bring.. and maybe which cheap Chinese ones you stay away from? I just order a estwing rock hammer.. but also a $14 digging knife(LuLuhome Garden Knife).. can I except it to break?
That is a good idea. Once in a while I have shared what is in my backpack when going out. At the end of the day, the best tool is the one you have with you, or sometimes in my case the one I left at home. ;-)
@@meMiner Yes I noticed! But sometimes while watching your videos I find myself trying to figure out what saw that is, tool this is, etc. Just a suggestion, love your content.
I will try to remember. Even if I just say something when I pick it up. I guess the only one I really mentioned last year was the brush "dollar store". ;-)
Standing in the parking lot talking to a Neighbor about the rocks I drug home. I found tiny pieces.. gold , jade , tiny quartz crystal with a nice shape, and many more. It was bizarre. Now I wonder if my old neighbor was a rock hound. There is no way I can find what I did in that little area. Or she is good luck.
When looking at your cuts, I remember walking at the back of our city and thrown asunder were plates of rock cuts that looked like tombstones, just lying there in the bush. Sad when you know that people have to pay big bucks for them.
Too heavy to handle, I am just little old me, I like to say I am 29 but alas the old age crept up on me, 63 next year, plus receiving Full Native Status in 2015 lol. The reason I took interest in rocks was because my son was not permitted to enter med school, he dropped a rock course, he did not understand, neither did I, the importance of rocks in medicine, it was a prerequisite course, after being on the deans list for 4yrs it was quite disheartening to see his graduation pictures with eyes all swollen from having cried prior to taking his picture, I still tear up when trying to tell his story, he became a physiotherapist which to me did not obligate him to prescribing pills that helps no one, that is how I see it today, and yet have not seen why rocks are important to such a degree YET.
I hear you about age...It seemed for most of my life that I was a kid surrounded by old folks and then suddenly became one myself. Still not sure who is looking back at me in the mirror. Physio is a good career, but too bad they thought rocks were a prereq for med school. I bet they would have fought hard to get him if they knew he was Native. There is a huge shortage.
The natives worked against me too, the law changed in 82 and I could have gotten it then, but evil surrounds me, we had family members within my band, I was placed in a foster home, had to seek out my heritage, it was beneficial, no complaints. Language barriers abound, uncle Barney was our saviour but a deterrent to our getting status, through the census he was named Barnard (out of respect for him they called him Barney (Barn yard could be used to tease him) he was baptised **Bernard**, we never knew, through my research on ancestry I finally clued in and then gave the information to my sister in law who had her daughter in law (lawyer) working on getting our status. But had the family in our band who was comprised of chiefs related to us, they could have helped the process, chose not to do so. then we could have had their backing when he applied, see how evil works, one evil deed after the other was sending me into a world of chaos, even today things have not changed, fighting for my right to survive. So I concentrate on educating myself otherwise they would have me in the loonie bin. lol, interesting story uh?? as the quest to know what kind of rocks i have, a rock shaped like an Indian moccasin is one interesting rock, then I have one that is shaped to fit my hand another that is very heavy and I saw a pic and it looks the same, Gold perhaps I do not know. I do NOT care if people my story, it is one to be told as I have mega experience, nice to have someone far away from this city who has taken an interest in responding, thanks a bunch.
jason genaw Greig won't trade, it's not his thing, he won't even sell online, plus the postage is criminal and anything he receives gets a big thank you tax, I've had many discussions with Greig and if he doesn't want it he won't take it, so in essence everything he has he wants.
John Smith A detector is what it is, some better some worse, it's really personal preference and what you are intending looking for, deep digging or pound coins in the sand, rings and things in the rocks or relics in the woods. What you really need to do is find a comparison list of which does what, don't go for something you will spend so much time setting up and trying to understand, it takes the fun out. Entry level garret go for about £100. but if this is your first one you will need a digging tool and trowel , if you don't have a pin pointer you may struggle, there are lots of considerations least of all having somewhere to hunt and never forget to fill the holes before you move on.
Nice! You and Daisy always find good stuff. Like how you did this video too. Rock on 😀
Love watchin your shows. They're so educational. Thx for the info. Take good care & have a gr8 day, shawn!
Shawn - Thanks much!
I have always loved your videos and especially the personality that comes through.
The drone shot imho have brought it to a new level and I only see them improving.
It nice to see the amount of time you put into production which imo sets you apart.
Thank you for the effort you put into each and every one
Thanks for the really nice comment. It is an effort to carry a camera and later edit. I am still learning how best to do it, so hopefully my videos will improve over time. It is nice to know that the effort is appreciated.
Great video again you show me new minerals. Thanks so much for sharing.😊☕
Another great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us. Take care and be safe.
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for dropping by.
THANK YOU! !!!! I'm going out later today and have all new rocks to look for...geez man I really appreciate these videos I get super excited as you identify different things. I feel I can go back in each time being more successful. Again thanks man you rock 🎸🎤🎶😉
I am still learning too. ;-)
Cool video as always.
Thanks for sharing dude, always love seein your vids pop up, it means it’s time for some good watchin! As always 👌
Thanks Rookie!
Ditto...
Your videos blow me away buddy , thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge with us ☠👍👍👍⛏💙⛏
Thanks for the kind words. I enjoy it.
Thankyou for a look at the old head frame. Most of us won't be able to see it in person before demolition, so thanks for that. Good vid as always- like the cutaway to cutting the rocks so we can follow the process through from finding to seeing the inside. Nice. Cheers!
It is too bad that real history is being lost to demolition, but this one has been abandoned for so long that it is beyond repair. I had thought that I had lost the footage from failing to turn on the camera in the drone. I was kicking myself over this pretty good. As it turns out, it was recorded to the drone's internal memory and not the memory card. Everything is a learning curve. ;-)
meMiner They are a part of Canadas history, like the old grain elevators out west, disappearing forever.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Daisy was looking pretty tired there, could tell it was nap time.
Daisy was completely whooped. She slept for 3 days after getting home.
Best part about your videos is Daisy loving life lol she's a great friend.. I'm making a trip up to cobalt in october those are great finds I can't wait to go.. Ty invited me up...
Ty is a good guy. You will have fun. Hopefully, no snow. ;-)
Hahaha yea the snow lol should be ok in October. Plus no bugs! Even today was great :) another Birthday rockhounding trip happened today. (Im trying to be sure of the name before I post the video lol one map says Foster, one says Penn Canadian/Bailey mines. Maybe it was all 3 over the years?! Lmao its the cliff on the northeast side of Glenn Lake. The road that goes up the middle of the lake (yellow gate across with no trespassing sign) gets you to the bottom of the cliff. Theres that trail halfway up the hill that gets you to the top. We went there
Thanks for sharing this informative video
You are sure blessed to be in a mineral rich environment ike that I watch your videos all the time and see all the different minerals you find lol I bet you house looks like a museum I'd love to see a tour of your mineral collection great video meMiner
So much to find and so little time. I cannot believe that summer is almost over. I have a long list of places that I want to visit and know there will be snow before I will get to them all. ;-)
Thanks for another great lesson!
You are very welcome. Thanks for dropping by.
The Lawson headframe was still in one piece 5 years ago. The top started to lean, fell off 2-3 years ago! A shame they couldn't save it, was a cool looking relic of the past. Glad I took some great photos of it on my first ever trip to Cobalt.
It really was a funky looking headframe eh!
@@CobaltOntarioadventures Yeah it was strange, it was my favorite one though. The history is more important than finding silver, the latter is just a facination I have of minerals.
Thats why Im out and about so much. I cant help but imagine what it woulda been like arriving here in the beginning.. finding massive veins or boulders or slabs of silver.. then the mines lol the way they did them, the way the tech changed over the years, the mills.. and environmental disaster they caused.. draining lakes!?!.. the amount of mines.. where they are (like Coniagas #4 for exapmle and its ridiculous history)... friends getting hurt growing up... ALL OF IT! Its really incredible to try to take it all in. Then the amount of silver extracted from really a small area is just astronomical. Im proud to be from Cobalt, never really cared growing up though. And to locals, Cobalt is like the ghetto.
very interesting lesson. Thank you
Great eye sweet video for sure thanks
Daisy is having a blast too.....
She loves it. Can tell she is getting a bit older because when she gets tired, she goes into the truck for a snooze. I have felt like that plenty of times too ...
Loved this - thank you!! ;)
It is 4.00 pm , found u had uploaded a video, 👍👍👍😇😇🏴🏴
Mines make mine dumps and mills make tailings. 😁👍
Twins off to school..coffee in hand and silver in the rocks..gonna be a good day!
Twins, wow! You must have your hands full most days...
It's getting easier..they 16..drive themsleves to a technical school..and work..soo i do see a light at the end of the tunnel lol
Amy turns 16 in a few months. It will be nice when she gets her drivers licence and I am no longer Mr. Taxi. ;-)
Yes, it will be a glorious day for you indeed..I'm a single parent and thank goodness for my older daughter who helped taxi the boys around..insurance is a whole other post lol..
Insurance is a necessary evil.
Cool Rocks !!!
So jealous you are able to get up there so often. Lucky duck!
This was a short trip. I almost spent as much time driving as I did detecting. Still, I think it worthwhile...
Pray to your Grandbaby, show Grandpa his I love it
Very cool. I wonder if an XRF Would be able to detect what the mixture is in some of those? Canada seems full of exciting places to hunt. Thanks for sharing, oh and Thank you Daisy 😉
A few years ago, I took some of the rocks to a lab who had an XRF. Quite a bit of stuff in the rocks and everyone was different. I would love to have a portable XRF, but the darn things are expensive.
@@meMinerexpensive alright, we have one at work for testing bling bling and I remember being told it was around $23,000 USD! Wish I could test rocks in it but I'd probably be fired on the spot 😂 I love seeing the interesting finds you get up there. It's a little bland here in NZ but still enjoyable enough.
Using vinegar to exposed mineral?
Or just using soap and water?
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Pretty Cool! If you do not mind me asking, does that silver collect on your cutting blade of your saw? I have a saw similar to yours. I have cut copper/silver and the silver/copper sticks to my blade. If it does stick to your blade how to do you clean up your blade? Thanks!
Great question and yes. Silver is very soft and covers the diamonds on the blade. One of the subscribers told me the solution: cut an old brick. It cleans it right up. I used to throw away the blades and this little tip has saved me plenty of dollars.
@@meMiner Perfect! Thanks so much!
What do you typically do with the rocks? Do you smelt/sell or keep it for decoration or something else?
I normally just keep them as samples.
If you acid treat some of those silver pieces like uve done before to expose the silver..does it increase the value versus just leaving silver in native rock?
Usually, the value of a rock increases substantially if you can point to a spot on a rock where silver is exposed. You don't have to expose it on the whole rock. You can do this with cleaning, rubbing, grinding or etching.
Hi, i love ur videos! I'm in Alberta, and still trying to find places. I was wondering what type of metal detector ur using?
Thank u for taking the time to make these videos. You and Daisy take care of each other
For the silver, I mostly use a MInelab GPX5000. I bought it for gold nuggets, but it works well for silver. You don't need such an expensive detector and I sometimes get "my clock cleaned" buy guys using a VLF such as the Fisher F75 or Minelab Equinox. I have both of those detectors too.
thats cool!
Hi! I just started a month ago at Creighton Mine in Sudbury, i feel silly asking a coworker what color nickle ore is but you are saying its green? I've seen a lot of rocks but havent gotten to inspect any yet.
Nickel from Cobalt Ontario is a brassy colour when freshly broken. The green is the oxidation stain (rust) that forms on the outside over time.
Cool vid I like the drone footage . Just wondering did you ever make it back to that creek with all that gold?
Not yet. I will try to get back into there soon, with some proper gold placer tools and hit it hard.
I have a question; I have found milkquartz or Granite whit some small, very small red cubes or crystals. I wonder what that is. I dont know how to send a picture on it on youtube. If you could answer it could be awesome.
Pictures are usually a poor way to identify most minerals/crystals. Location, hardness, streak are usually required. I usually direct people to try to look up their mystery rocks using the search feature on mindat.org They will offer suggestions with links to pictures. I use this too.
@@meMiner ok. Thx
Have you ever tried to use your Garrett pro-pointer on PGE ore? and did it work well?
I had one 5lb rock that was tested as 50% PGE and all detectors including pinpoints screamed over it. I also found a platinum man's ring (with diamonds) and the signal over that was strong too.
@@meMiner Thank you so much! that's what I wanted to know.
Beautiful footage!! I could do this all day lol you'd have to force me too leave lol
I love it too. The only reason to stop is darkness or exhaustion. Or hunger if you forgot to bring along food. ;-)
@@meMiner well if you ever need help, I'd be more them happy to help carry out the materials lol. I got a milspec drag bag that could haul alot.
On the last trip, I found a huge rock that was maybe 400+ lbs and seemed to have silver in one side. Too big for me to pick up and I didn't have my big sledge hammer.
@@meMiner like I said, I'd be more them happy too help. My grandfather was a gemoligst. I also have a set of brass grading sieve. And plenty of picks hammers and a portable diamond stone saw that's auto feed.
Have you ever made a silver smelting from ore video? That would be really helpful
Hey I'm 60 , well actually I'm 58 but I'm #60 on the list of likes. Great video young fellow and I always like hearing - That's heavy.
I am the same age
LMAO 😂😂
Im 16
If I were a Rock, what would my rock look like ? Yeah Daisy bird for dinner, I'm getting hungry.
damnnn thats a lot of pink,,whats the tailings from?
It is an old silver mine. In the really old mines, they hand sorted the rock and bagged up the silver. Back then, cobalt had no value. When cobalt oxidizes, it gets a pink bloom on it.
I did warn you the mining industry was coming back to the old mines for the cobalt, they are going to need tons and tons .
Did you find any marbles?
No marbles...
meMiner
I know you have no marbles, I was just asking if you had found some.
Either there are a whole load of big foot or one is following Daisy and keeps teasing her.
Symon Sheppard bigfoot in NorCal for sure❤️
You and silver is like me and agate, i can be in home depot parking lot and ill find agate,
If you ever want anything XRF tested I think I could take it to one of my mining engineering profs and have them give it a quick zap.
Also I really liked the intro on this video.
Are you at U of T?
meMiner A bit further north. Montana Tech. I'm studying geological engineering with a mining focus.
Excellent program and school. I wish you all the best with your studies. I will keep you in mind if a rock completely baffles me.
@ZE0XEO -
I need help regarding cobalt identification
If you want to, I'll send you email or any other means of contact
Kindly provide your email
lol 9:00 I've heard of the old tyme miners here at Silver Islet would throw their wool caps at fresh blasted calcite veins, and if it stuck (because of that 'hook' texture) it was good ore!
They also dealt with gas pockets (with candles on their heads for light, = lots of fires) and ceaseless flooding (the mine was IN lake Superior!). It's like people were tougher back then....
I guess the hat worked better in the dark than trying to see with a candle. LOL I have no idea how they worked in those conditions. Silver Islet had an interesting history.
First successful mine in Canada! They only shut 'er down when they found that crazy-rich ore where you've been picking (Cobalt area). It's actually pretty crazy how few people in this area realize the silver potential here. But I haven't seen stuff that looks like what you were getting. That's GORGEOUS!
@@thirstfast1025 Gorgeous 4 sure @ 8:13!
Mmmmm. Cobalt & nickel. I'd love to get a sample of cobalt comprised ore. I've been processing cobalt into pure elemental form from an old LiPo battery. It's got some wonderful/amazing properties, though it's extremely toxic especially in the fine powder form which I currently have....
If you are in Canada, I would send you some. Not worthwhile to ship out of country.
why iis this silver been missed?
What does the cobalt look like tumbled?
Cobalt when cut is not shiny, but polishes nicely. Look at the pics towards the bottom of this thread. My rocks are from the same area:
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/84214/fun-finds-sfgms-show-today
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Awesome !!
Do you know if there was any other metals found in cobalt along with that ore ? . read something about temagami or boston ontario . began with copper more so and discovered other things like gold .?
Here they were drilling for uranium but ended up finding copper " spragge ont"copper " close to pronto mine "uranium"
If you live in cobalt . u should take a trip to spragge ! curious to see what the ore would look like in your hands .. pro polihed and cut with a actuall saw hahaha .
The ore kinda reminds me of pudding stone , but rather than the sandstone holding pebbles its sulfides holding quartz pebbles and ilminite , .pree interesting , . would be worth the travel mann !
My dad wont bring me there bcs he had quite the time trying to get me to leave LOL buckets and backpack filled . but kept on stacking up rock , wasnt good for the vehhicle xD ..
There is an unreal amount of ore there . solid metals . simular to sudbury . nobody knows about it cuz its just rust until ya break er open
old small town . probably 10 ppl haha .. noone gives af about rock
arsenides and sulfarsenides of Co,Ni, Fe, together with native silver and bismuth, with minor antimonides, and sulfides of Pb, Sn, and Cu are the typical ore assemblages. High grade gold was found just up the road in Latchford but can also be found locally along fault traces. Its one of the more interesting areas Ive worked in as a geologist.
I live outside Toronto, so Cobalt is a 6-7 hour drive. In Cobalt, they also found diamonds. I have had some rocks XRF tested and they contained a number of things including copper and rare earth.
strakerj83 Ehh nice ! Thanks for the info man ! :)
oh :/
always thought you lived in cobalt !! long drive forsure! abit longer to here also ..
You need to teach Daisy to fetch your metal detector!!! 😜
I'd be happy if she would fetch me a beer on a hot day. ;-)
meMiner 👍😜
What kind of saw and blade is that ?
Just a diamond blade suitable for cutting porcelain.
Come to Placer County please🙏
Where is Placer County? Sounds wonderful if it is named for abundant placer gold. ;-)
Can you make a video on tools you use and bring.. and maybe which cheap Chinese ones you stay away from? I just order a estwing rock hammer.. but also a $14 digging knife(LuLuhome Garden Knife).. can I except it to break?
That is a good idea. Once in a while I have shared what is in my backpack when going out. At the end of the day, the best tool is the one you have with you, or sometimes in my case the one I left at home. ;-)
@@meMiner Yes I noticed! But sometimes while watching your videos I find myself trying to figure out what saw that is, tool this is, etc. Just a suggestion, love your content.
I will try to remember. Even if I just say something when I pick it up. I guess the only one I really mentioned last year was the brush "dollar store". ;-)
Standing in the parking lot talking to a Neighbor about the rocks I drug home. I found tiny pieces.. gold , jade , tiny quartz crystal with a nice shape, and many more. It was bizarre. Now I wonder if my old neighbor was a rock hound. There is no way I can find what I did in that little area. Or she is good luck.
Someone will say the same thing someday about my backyard. ;-)
When looking at your cuts, I remember walking at the back of our city and thrown asunder were plates of rock cuts that looked like tombstones, just lying there in the bush. Sad when you know that people have to pay big bucks for them.
Hope you collected some...
Too heavy to handle, I am just little old me, I like to say I am 29 but alas the old age crept up on me, 63 next year, plus receiving Full Native Status in 2015 lol. The reason I took interest in rocks was because my son was not permitted to enter med school, he dropped a rock course, he did not understand, neither did I, the importance of rocks in medicine, it was a prerequisite course, after being on the deans list for 4yrs it was quite disheartening to see his graduation pictures with eyes all swollen from having cried prior to taking his picture, I still tear up when trying to tell his story, he became a physiotherapist which to me did not obligate him to prescribing pills that helps no one, that is how I see it today, and yet have not seen why rocks are important to such a degree YET.
I hear you about age...It seemed for most of my life that I was a kid surrounded by old folks and then suddenly became one myself. Still not sure who is looking back at me in the mirror.
Physio is a good career, but too bad they thought rocks were a prereq for med school. I bet they would have fought hard to get him if they knew he was Native. There is a huge shortage.
The natives worked against me too, the law changed in 82 and I could have gotten it then, but evil surrounds me, we had family members within my band, I was placed in a foster home, had to seek out my heritage, it was beneficial, no complaints. Language barriers abound, uncle Barney was our saviour but a deterrent to our getting status, through the census he was named Barnard (out of respect for him they called him Barney (Barn yard could be used to tease him) he was baptised **Bernard**, we never knew, through my research on ancestry I finally clued in and then gave the information to my sister in law who had her daughter in law (lawyer) working on getting our status. But had the family in our band who was comprised of chiefs related to us, they could have helped the process, chose not to do so. then we could have had their backing when he applied, see how evil works, one evil deed after the other was sending me into a world of chaos, even today things have not changed, fighting for my right to survive. So I concentrate on educating myself otherwise they would have me in the loonie bin. lol, interesting story uh?? as the quest to know what kind of rocks i have, a rock shaped like an Indian moccasin is one interesting rock, then I have one that is shaped to fit my hand another that is very heavy and I saw a pic and it looks the same, Gold perhaps I do not know. I do NOT care if people my story, it is one to be told as I have mega experience, nice to have someone far away from this city who has taken an interest in responding, thanks a bunch.
I got a woody looking at that silver...Bix Weir would
What do you do with cobalt?
I put it into a bucket. It shines up nice for those who want to cab it. If I find a big cobalt rock, I leave it for others. Doesn't last long.
Today and every year, the demand for ores such as Cobalt or Lithium will increase, and the Cobalt deposits are decreasing around the world.
The issue with cobalt from the Cobalt silver camp is it is associated with arsenides which are expensive and not trivial to refine.
Or do you want to trade, quadrupole that weight in agate?
jason genaw
Greig won't trade, it's not his thing, he won't even sell online, plus the postage is criminal and anything he receives gets a big thank you tax, I've had many discussions with Greig and if he doesn't want it he won't take it, so in essence everything he has he wants.
You need a pointer song, Enni, Minnie, Miney, Mo
Nice video how can I contact you?
No pyrites?
There is pyrite in the area, but why hunt for it there when you can find silver?
12:04 how mich for a slice?
jason genaw
Greig doesn't sell any minerals, rocks or finds
U must have a vault in ys house unless u sell them specimens😉👍
I have a mean dog...
Isn’t colbalt toxic, well only if you have a long exposure to it.
Yes. Don't eat it
@@meMiner that’s true, but I have a question how much money do you make by finding this precious metals it must be a lot.
You make me sick, I'm so mad at you! You go to all these great spots and where am I, at home making old fashioned Potatoes Soup!
Sometimes I am at home too, making or eating soup...
Mother may I ?
Liked.. just wondering if anyone from UK can tell me of a decent detector for £100/under,, to get me going
John Smith
A detector is what it is, some better some worse, it's really personal preference and what you are intending looking for, deep digging or pound coins in the sand, rings and things in the rocks or relics in the woods.
What you really need to do is find a comparison list of which does what, don't go for something you will spend so much time setting up and trying to understand, it takes the fun out.
Entry level garret go for about £100. but if this is your first one you will need a digging tool and trowel , if you don't have a pin pointer you may struggle, there are lots of considerations least of all having somewhere to hunt and never forget to fill the holes before you move on.
Why does it look pink at first
Oxidation of cobalt is pink
@@meMiner hey thanks for letting me know. My wife likes finding those.
Why don't you get together with Jason and smelt some of your silver ore and refine it
Hi prof
Intresting vidéo
So Can I have your contact?
I wanna handle a Ni_Co research without any expérience.
Thank u
meminerrocks@gmail.com
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