Rockhounding Adventure - Spots like this still exist?

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  • Collecting malachite, pyrite and breccia at an old copper mine and then cutting a few to see what they look like inside. Outstanding spot!

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  • @ronaldw3498
    @ronaldw3498 2 роки тому +17

    Daisy needs a saddle bag to help with all your rock's. Always love your videos.

  • @JhonDiamond2021
    @JhonDiamond2021 2 роки тому +2

    What an extraordinary discovery my friend, I think a place like this is hard to find.

  • @BIGALL7777
    @BIGALL7777 2 роки тому +1

    Fun adventure & love your finds. Also great to see Daisy out exploring too. Best regards & wishes always.

  • @fogogin
    @fogogin 2 роки тому +1

    they look pretty cool, and I'm guessing your back is feeling good enough to haul that huge load out. good stuff

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      I am told my back is fully healed

  • @ferdburphel2076
    @ferdburphel2076 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed! Just like opening presents.....some are socks and some just what you wanted🍻. This big rock were on is truly amazing!

  • @JohnSmith-co1dw
    @JohnSmith-co1dw 2 роки тому

    Nice! I cut up some petrified wood and tumbling it now.
    It's my first time doing it.
    Oh i learned something from ur video. Thanks.
    Rock on meMiner!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      Good luck with your tumble

  • @jeytex3161
    @jeytex3161 2 роки тому

    Beautiful material and such depth too! Thanks for sharing your adventure.

  • @jasonhenderson5642
    @jasonhenderson5642 Рік тому

    Dang would love some of that jasper. Cool finds.

  • @markattardo
    @markattardo 2 роки тому

    Fascinating range of specimens!!

  • @rastastarman
    @rastastarman 2 роки тому

    I always enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing.

  • @fun-galfaraway579
    @fun-galfaraway579 2 роки тому

    I want to go here and hang out with these rocks!! Great vid!

  • @jacqulynhilyard1561
    @jacqulynhilyard1561 2 роки тому

    I really enjoyed, thank you.

  • @carolgoldbeck7531
    @carolgoldbeck7531 2 роки тому

    Awesome video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @moonstruck581
    @moonstruck581 2 роки тому +7

    Amazing copper adventure fascinating to see what specimens you choose to take home. I just found my first specs of copper in two rocks and now I am hooked. Always very educational thanks for another great video😊

  • @gwynnfarrell1856
    @gwynnfarrell1856 2 роки тому +5

    Wow, those are beautiful! Me like very much and would love to see some polished. Thank you for the adventure and the cleaning and cutting. So much fun!

  • @frosthollowfarms174
    @frosthollowfarms174 2 роки тому +2

    Mainly chrysocolla and malachite, maybe a little turquoise. Azurite is almost royal blue. Copper sulfates are stunning

  • @bettywing52
    @bettywing52 Рік тому

    Looks like a dream come true, picking through those coppery seams. I wonder if there was some azurite somewhere?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому +1

      In this spot, there was a little bit.

  • @joetrueblood7663
    @joetrueblood7663 2 роки тому +3

    Love all the different patterns with rocks, I think it would look awesome slicing up different patterns and lay them out on a door or table with clear resin. 👍

  • @gladlawson61
    @gladlawson61 2 роки тому +1

    I'd buy some of that. one good size rock.
    same with a slice of silver. both look cool
    maybe if u go back with some help?!

  • @jimlancaster6120
    @jimlancaster6120 2 роки тому +3

    Great day! Loved the show!

  • @michaelzsizseri8015
    @michaelzsizseri8015 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome video me Minor As always favorite rock Hound👍🙏

  • @maryhutt4263
    @maryhutt4263 2 роки тому +1

    I like that blue, green, but look at the small pieces in the sand their good fer jewlery

  • @mariehillard1742
    @mariehillard1742 2 роки тому +1

    That was interesting! Thank you from the land down under.

  • @auroraperez1223
    @auroraperez1223 2 роки тому +1

    Hola amigo bello video se ve muy bien ya repuesto de lo pasado me gustan mucho las piedras minerales

  • @sandrasidden2164
    @sandrasidden2164 2 роки тому +3

    Always enjoy your adventures. Thank you!

  • @bandilla7317
    @bandilla7317 2 роки тому +1

    Wow beautiful very interesting it is very nice.

  • @angef9687
    @angef9687 2 роки тому +3

    WOW!!!! Those were some great finds! As soon as I saw that giant jasper I was hooked to see what else you would find (the greens were just phenomenal). Daisy is looking well and she is definitely happy when out exploring with you. I had a good chuckle at your comment of "I only have a backpack so I have to be a little more choosey as to what I take home" to be followed by "that's coming home with me, that's coming with me, that's coming with me" lol! The ones that you cut with the copper running throughout were stunning and I can't wait see the cabochons that you make from them! Thank you for another great video! One day, I hope to bump into you and Daisy while out rockhounding and maybe learn a trick or a tip (this rookie is always eager to learn). Have a great weekend Greig!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      For sure, if you see me then say "hello".

  • @faun-marieorton3382
    @faun-marieorton3382 2 роки тому +1

    Lol, I like the comment about having to start choosing which ones to take and then every rock after that is a keeper!

  • @BiggestKev1960
    @BiggestKev1960 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing👍 Malachite I love finding this when I'm looking for Gold. Cheers Kev

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      Yep, malachite, chalcopyrite and wormy quartz seem to be close friends with gold. There was some gold at this mine too.

  • @BigFireDave
    @BigFireDave 2 роки тому +1

    You need to get a Dasy pack so she can carry some too. LOL

  • @dougreed9843
    @dougreed9843 2 роки тому +1

    Like those ones with red and green bet those are nice cabs

  • @12thsonofisrael
    @12thsonofisrael 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful specimens.
    Suspended in clear resin as a pendent would be nice 👍🕊️

  • @gladlawson61
    @gladlawson61 2 роки тому

    I assumed there would he more copper threads and stuff after the acid.

  • @coindigger5392
    @coindigger5392 2 роки тому +2

    your the best in presentation of the natural wonder of nature... beautiful rocks, like to know more on how the origin of the rocks on forming the way they do.. so much learning you teach in a fun way . ty for your channel..

    • @cretan911
      @cretan911 2 роки тому

      yes I agree, natural wonder of nature indeed!!

  • @ReclusiveMountainMan
    @ReclusiveMountainMan 2 роки тому +2

    Always a good day when meMiner uploads. Hope you are well. Another great adventure.

  • @littleSallyJo
    @littleSallyJo 2 роки тому +1

    well, wasn't that FUN!! Lovely Chrysocolla color at the site, and who-knows-what when cut! A total FUN adventure!! Absolutely enjoyable & THANKS!!!

  • @paulsimmons390
    @paulsimmons390 2 роки тому +1

    great find beautiful rocks

  • @scottdawson7805
    @scottdawson7805 2 роки тому +1

    I just rewatched the slicing on the breccia am I seeing iron mineral staining.
    If so I would powder up a slice so that 80% goes through a 30 mesh screen and pan it for free gold. I was camping with the family and found a breccia rock with a similar look. Broken a chunk off ground it up panned it out. It had some really nice gold in it and now the rest of the rock sits in the front yard garden and sprinkled all around the plants is gold bearing mineral specimens.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      There was gold at this mine. I am not sure the % per ton.

  • @gergokulimak
    @gergokulimak 2 роки тому +1

    That's some nice pieces! Thank you for sharing the adventure! And good luck!

  • @sooth15
    @sooth15 2 роки тому +1

    OMG the ones revealed at 14:30 are gorgeous!

  • @billmchugh8654
    @billmchugh8654 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed this video! Just recently got more interested in rocks. Can you explain what you are looking for when you use the pinpointer? Thanks!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      The pinpointer sounds off on any metal - silver, gold, copper and of course iron. These blue/green rocks were copper stained, so I wondered if inside might be detectable amount of copper

  • @wildriver_d
    @wildriver_d 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting 👍🏻😊 thank you for this video. And what is the result after acid ? Other methods to extract the copper ? Have a nice day - Francesco

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      Some copper was exposed and also pyrite. It was an interesting experiment. I'd like to try a rock heavy in copper next time

  • @keithcunningham7925
    @keithcunningham7925 2 роки тому +1

    Very cool I love that red copper ore

  • @jameshilliard3334
    @jameshilliard3334 2 роки тому +1

    I think you did just fine!

  • @summerland6397
    @summerland6397 2 роки тому +1

    Nice pieces. Hope you make a follow up video after they are polished.

  • @MrBillK1961
    @MrBillK1961 2 роки тому +1

    No broken bones! It’s all good! Nice video buddy!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      You got that right!

  • @nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976
    @nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 2 роки тому +1

    They are really beautiful.
    I love green rocks.
    Will you put any in your tumbler?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      I haven't used my tumblers at all this summer. I really should get one or two spinning

    • @nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976
      @nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 2 роки тому +1

      @@meMiner yes you should.
      I used to like watching your tumbling videos 😊, I learnt a lot from your videos.
      I make a few videos of my tumbling, they might inspire you to get the tumbler going 😊😊😊😊

  • @swoop5885
    @swoop5885 2 роки тому +1

    You were right, you could have even heat treated several of those b4 slicing and I think they would have turned out awesome.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      Interesting comment. I didn't think about heat treatment

  • @SmallWonda
    @SmallWonda 2 роки тому +1

    Pretty rocks - I guess note to self: always pack pin pointer! Good Adventure.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      Yep if not a full metal detector

    • @SmallWonda
      @SmallWonda 2 роки тому

      @@meMiner But you were traveling lite!!

  • @Smithsgold
    @Smithsgold 2 роки тому +1

    Cool spot !!!!!

  • @massachusettsrockhounding3373
    @massachusettsrockhounding3373 2 роки тому

    Epic

  • @debratimn7543
    @debratimn7543 2 роки тому +1

    Definitely a nice spot.

  • @wadecook8102
    @wadecook8102 2 роки тому +1

    I liked that a lot, it was cool to get that cut view of metals. You can see how they can be crystalline, too... so cool.

  • @bigalscreativejuices2432
    @bigalscreativejuices2432 2 роки тому +1

    Great adventure. Love the finds & also great to see Daisy exploring too. Best regards !

  • @MrInsaint
    @MrInsaint 2 роки тому

    Awesome, just brilliant 👍👍👍🆒 and Thank You for sharing 🤠🍻

  • @brianholcomb940
    @brianholcomb940 2 роки тому +1

    Actually very interesting how different the inside of each rock is! While one is awesome, the next is quartz! Thanks for sharing !

  • @mariemoss2475
    @mariemoss2475 2 роки тому

    If I was you I would get yourself a pack horse next time you go 😂👍... beautiful rocks.

  • @lounisrajah5951
    @lounisrajah5951 2 роки тому +1

    Gems in the image of their natural environment

  • @Redeyedye
    @Redeyedye 2 роки тому +1

    As always.. love the Video

  • @gcegubbels4734
    @gcegubbels4734 Рік тому

    Nice

  • @cretan911
    @cretan911 2 роки тому

    me, love the channel. Reminds me (ones self, not you) of when I was a kid. Had my nose to the ground 16-7.

  • @designworksdw1949
    @designworksdw1949 2 роки тому +1

    Great video, Thx for the content

  • @NickRanger
    @NickRanger 2 роки тому +1

    Rock on

  • @anneburton6708
    @anneburton6708 2 роки тому +1

    Love the rock hounding and cutting them !

  • @kenmeldrum9787
    @kenmeldrum9787 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoy your videos, it helps me keep my bucket list full thank you

  • @pinkerbot
    @pinkerbot 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing!

  • @tahaaliakbarkhani9647
    @tahaaliakbarkhani9647 2 роки тому

    Silver sulfide, which is black on the stone, is dissolved with what acid and then precipitated with sodium sulfide

  • @Flyawayart
    @Flyawayart 2 роки тому +1

    How do you stabilize yours for cabs?

  • @TarnishedViking.
    @TarnishedViking. 2 роки тому +1

    BEAUTIFUL!! 😻🤘👍

  • @PabloDiablo682
    @PabloDiablo682 2 роки тому +1

    never judge a rock by its cover. lol

  • @MultiCrackerjacker
    @MultiCrackerjacker 2 роки тому +1

    Yeah! We’re going on an adventure!

  • @treasuretom13
    @treasuretom13 2 роки тому +1

    Marvelous finds congrats!

  • @grimzombieapocalypse1484
    @grimzombieapocalypse1484 2 роки тому

    I have found similar rocks where I live and I can’t seem to figure out what they are

  • @nicoleharvey2216
    @nicoleharvey2216 Рік тому

    Omggggg I’ll pay you to tell me where this is 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @Cliffwalkerrockhounding
    @Cliffwalkerrockhounding 2 роки тому

    Oh buddy, don't I know the weight of your pack! Those are so cool. Are they pyrite and chalcopyrite crystal vugs that filled with calcite? In a quartz host? Never seen green muriatic before!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, quartz host. Pack was OK but certainly felt heavier walking uphill

  • @mikecole9658
    @mikecole9658 Рік тому

    we are located in the Cloyne / Plevna area . Have you ever explorded this area and are there any good spots for rock hounding ??

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      You are centre to lots of great collecting. I know some spots on private land, but you can get started with road cuts or google "mindat cloyne" and start your research where others have found stuff nearby

  • @wrxs1781
    @wrxs1781 2 роки тому

    Good video, the location for me wouldn't warrant a second trip.

  • @DjangoPorter
    @DjangoPorter 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed your post.
    Hey meminer! What. Do u think of. What Roger
    From The mud fossil university says about. Geology and. Fossils?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      I think it is amusing.

  • @symonrocks9847
    @symonrocks9847 2 роки тому +1

    If you become an expert rock hound , hunter, searcher etc .
    What would you have been before being an ex pert?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      Pert. Now, old and ex pert

    • @symonrocks9847
      @symonrocks9847 2 роки тому

      @@meMiner
      Pert, I thought that a was flimsey top, summer breeze thing. lol.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      @@symonrocks9847 Maybe in the UK, but here is means young and beautiful. ;-)

    • @symonrocks9847
      @symonrocks9847 2 роки тому

      @@meMiner
      It does indeed mean young and beautiful but it is also used as a reference when mentioning female form.

  • @smfritz8571
    @smfritz8571 2 роки тому

    Hope you can get out that Jasper. Looked amazing

  • @DigginWithDeej
    @DigginWithDeej 2 роки тому

    For a guy that broke his back thats a heavy back pack. Daisy is too old to carry a pack. Cool results!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому +1

      Specialists said my back is fully healed and to use it. But I wouldn't put a pack on Daisy other then maybe to have her carry a couple of small bottles of water. ;-)

  • @theruraloccident9407
    @theruraloccident9407 2 роки тому

    Amazingly beautiful! 👏well done... what's the geology... there are copper mines near me I want to check out

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      Next time, I will try to get into a cut or adit to look at the geology

  • @valsummers5330
    @valsummers5330 Рік тому

    That was fun to watch
    It was interesting which stones were contrasting and others were just grey
    Your rocks look similar to some of mine found in BC near cache creek mile 16 n was at a spot called Scottie creek
    There was also serpentine , asbestos and muscovite as well as amythyst and smoky quartz bands
    The green was brecciated with cream, and mauve colours. Very similar
    Your video is the first I’ve seen that was similar

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      I remember years ago driving by a small mine in the Cariboo on Cunningham Creek and there were was similar waste rock right down to the road. Back then, I was only interested in gold. I'd love to visit it again.

  • @thedesertartist
    @thedesertartist 2 роки тому

    nice stuff!!

  • @RiskyMethods.81
    @RiskyMethods.81 2 роки тому

    Spots like that all over. I've been prospecting and collecting for a while now here around Chloride near Kingman AZ. Lots of precious metals and other minerals to find.
    What I don't get is, why all these people that love this stuff, they have money, but they don't go out and get it. Sure wish I had money to start an operation around here, I know some really good spots.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      Good luck with your projects. Stake the claim and look for others to invest or help.

  • @hashemameli3666
    @hashemameli3666 Рік тому

    Dear friend. very good. I have this type of oxidized copper in the mine and it has very good gold in the iron and copper rock test. Especially green copper oxide. At the same time, pyrites with copper also contain gold. To extract gold, use the above demti cleaning. I extracted two grams of gold from malachites with silica in one kilogram. Good luck.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing

  • @KT-rl1dy
    @KT-rl1dy 4 місяці тому +1

    Are you in Pennsylvania

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  4 місяці тому

      No. Ontario, Canada

  • @billhardy7870
    @billhardy7870 2 роки тому

    Really enjoyed it! Beautiful and unusual specimens. Would that first big boulder for my rock garden. Would also love to know the location!! 🙂

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      The big one is still there

  • @PabloDiablo682
    @PabloDiablo682 2 роки тому

    I was wondering how you can still do this kind of thing after the absolute beating your body took? You must have had some excellent doctors, or good genes or both? When i saw you all smashed up i thought, man he may never be able to keep up with his hobby. Boy was I wrong. Thankfully!!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". ;-)

  • @nealfoster70
    @nealfoster70 2 роки тому +1

    Loved it

  • @kathybradbury
    @kathybradbury Рік тому

    I’ve seen white quartz with yellow staining/ streaking that is rich with gold.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      VG inside that could be crushed out?

  • @ronaldhoppus9015
    @ronaldhoppus9015 Рік тому

    Hey Bud, I think if you lock the blade down so it dosen't lift up will give a better cut.... Thanks for the journeys

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      The saw is getting old and no longer locks down. ;-)

  • @cassiebrindza8306
    @cassiebrindza8306 Рік тому

    "Maybe Baby?" LOL
    I relate that to an American Dad episode!
    Love your wanderings btw 😊

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому +1

      Also Tony Soprano ;-)

  • @mikemalo6336
    @mikemalo6336 Рік тому

    you got the camera to show pyrite as "fool's" gold with the color change in shade. many people white balance so the pyrite shows as a dull, opaque, grainy, greenish silver.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      A couple hour drive from there

  • @marcoallin
    @marcoallin Рік тому

    we need to drop an acid bin there, process it right on the spot ;) btw you carrying 80lb in a backpack?? A true lumberjack

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому

      Interesting idea about the HCL

  • @erikneilwilson8055
    @erikneilwilson8055 2 роки тому

    shame u didn't tumble some pieces to make beads. would be gorgeous to use for jewellery making. i use loads in jewellery.....

  • @angelawesel4654
    @angelawesel4654 2 роки тому

    What a beautiful mess.😍js 🇺🇲🧐

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel9828 2 роки тому

    Wild rocks. Really pretty. I hope you can go back and get a chunk of that first big aqua boulder. Thanks.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  2 роки тому

      That's the plan!

  • @aaronengland5622
    @aaronengland5622 Рік тому

    I'll trade you my house for that big green flaky cut cut rock from the beginning of the video.
    The other three inhabitants are included in that offer.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  Рік тому +1

      Send pictures. LOL

  • @marcoallin
    @marcoallin Рік тому

    oh wow, what a nice cut stone, much surprised