Techatticup Gold Mine Ghost Town Antique Car Junkyard Near Vegas
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2017
- Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #170!
People are always asking me if there are any ghost towns near Vegas. Unfortunately, because of rampant development in recent years, all the authentic old-timey stuff in the area has been bulldozed to make way for casinos and football stadia :-(
But, we do have this charming little fake ghost town down by Lake Mojave -- just 45 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip! Techatticup (also known as Nelson or El Dorado Canyon) is the site of a historic gold mine (which you can tour!), and the owners have amassed an extraordinary collection of old cars, trucks, busses, antiques and mining equipment, strewn about the grounds amid a gathering of old wooden shacks and buildings.
This is without question one of the coolest things to do within an hour's drive of Vegas, and it's FREE! I think they charge a nominal fee of around $20 if you want to do a "professional" photo shoot...but if you just want to poke around and take snapshots with your phone, all you have to do is sign a waiver inside the general store, stating that you won't sue if you step on a rattlesnake or a rusty nail. Good deal!!
You can book mine tours and find more information at their website: www.eldoradocanyonminetours.co...
Check it out!
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Hey Wonderhussy, the old Navy plane was a T-28 Trojan, manufactured by North American. It was used as a Navy Basic trainer from the mid 50's through the late 70's. I was a Navy Instructor pilot flying those planes out of Whiting Field in Milton, FL., just northeast of Pensacola, in the mid-late 70's. That particular plane was from squadron VT-27, based in Corpus Christi, TX.
The North American T-28B TROJAN ,is from N.A.S. Chase Field ,Texas (Serial No. 140003).Squadron VT-27,Tail Code 753 D,
Last flown in 1979 .i love your job ,thank you Wonder Hussy.
As you say "way cooler place" , I will try to get there someday. By the way the barn is not full of junk it is full of "STUFF" please remember that if it is thrown away it is junk if it is saved it is STUFF. Thanks for the trip.
When you were looking at the baja bug in the back ground was a challenger W22 water well rig... My grandfather was a water well driller and thats the rig he had that i worked on as a kid, Thank you for the walk down memory lane...I had so much fun learning the trade from him and that rig.
When I was a kid my dad made an RV from an old I-H Metro, we had a blast on the Oregon coast with that. It was named "The Blue Goose"
We finally made there and had fun thanks. I still enjoy your trunudist videos as well
Great place to visit! Fun tour. Bruce was Great! It is fantastic and fun! The Colorado river is about 5 miles down the road!
That's a Good sample of Really Nice International Harvester trucks and Buses !!! Very Nice !!!!
It is an interesting and cool place that is hard to find these days great job Wanderhussy .
The old vechicles are great,and quite collectable. Very cool.
Hey Hussy, The Caddy in your vid '61 sedan de ville(Yup, it's all in the fins) and the fins on the teardrop are based on a Shasta trailer. It's a drag being old AND a nerd!
I love your laugh ..and how things make you giggle ...Happy Trails Wonderhussy
Another great/fun video! WH just keeps getting more beautiful!
Another great tour. hopefully, I can make it there if this SARS-2 virus goes away. I skipped a hike today and watched your videos, I find them fascinating. Thank You.
Loved this whole video. You stood next to a 5 window Chevrolet pickup as you were closing your video. THAT was cool.
Saw another video on this place but yours is more detailed. Thanks WH.
That old truck with the tank could have been a dairy truck. Fun adventure. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice spot Sarah, you find some of the most interesting spots in the desert. And no matter where you go you add a lot of class to everything. very nice as usual kid, love your videos
Very interesting video. You seem even happier than normal. Happy Thxgiving!
Good job, my dear. Thanks for sharing.
Lol! Your videos are getting better and better! You’re a nut!! You crack me up! 🤣
I just love the way you talk, never a lose for words, and you sing so much better than I ever could. I had a question, but you answered it a minute 26:00, darn !! Serious, I would never go to places, but am content to let you show them. Keep on going, we'll follow.
Very cool old stuff..love the old tear drop..awsome stuff...
Merry Christmas Sarah,, but I had to text you . I was watching your videos about the gold mine ghost town junkyard near vegas. from 2017, You are so darn funny, I have greatest sense of humor. And the way you reacted to those different buses and cars was very enjoyable. Love ya, Thanks for those laughs. I felt I was there with you. Dave in Ohio
Very fun! Thank you,Cheers;)
Great place...great video...great personality. Thank You so much!
WOW what a Place, Sooooo Cool .Thanks for taking Us on Your adventures. " Stay Safe " ...!!!!!
My late-uncle, got me into old classic cars, like the cars in this video!
Loving VW's and how they made them!
Loving the all sorts of vehicles!
The Lambo is alright.
I am into more of classic vehicles though!
Thank you for the great self-video tour of Techatticup!
Thank you so much love old junk yards .
A co-worker just told me about this as a cool place to vlog. I like your version and perspective on things with your vlogs. I'll eventually drive out there as we just moved to Henderson.
Old Jeep looks like a 48 Jeep Willy. The other Jeep looks like a 56 Willys Cargo truck. An early SUV. Damn that's gold to see!
This one of the most coolest places you have shared with us. Thank you my wonder woman...😀😀
Awesome video Wonder woman,love those old cars and trucks,the Navy was still using the old T 28 trainers when i was in,oops aging myself 😂👍
They chop Topp'd that desert buggy! That would be gold at the Weird Festival! That's waiting to join the ranks of Mad Max with a few additions!
Live in Minnesota, 25 miles from LaCrosse WI. Octoberfest is HUGE celebration!!
As Always S.J., You've Blown Me Away! Another Ultra Cool spot to add to my list. Sending best wishes,and Peaceful thoughts your way. C-Ya!.....Peace!
I was out there last June and there were models and photographers all over including taking photos of one model lying in the middle of the road. The upstairs in the barn really has some great light and ambiance. I watched a shot for a while there.
Thanks for sharing! There is so much there to catch your eye. Plus if you take 165 to the end there is a great view of the Colorado river.
I have had a 54 Chevy five window pickup that is almost flawless and original. Found it behind a huge shrub on a ranch a few miles north of Las Vegas in 1997. Moved to northwest Washington in 08 and use it around my five acres of evergreen forest.
I can't stop laughing about the Volkswagen Beetle story, the one where your Mom was driving and engine fell out of the floor, "Hilarious comedy folks"
Thank you Sarah,Another Fav from WH!!!!!!!!!Very very cool video.Thank you,May I have more please?TY73s
Imagine restoring that Metro Delivery van and having the to go around the seers in. That would be big enough to be a small house! That would be killer with Wonder Hussy or the Hussey XPRESS on the side of it with a killer paint job or maybe not. Go patina style. Represent the desert!
That was the best one yet with all the equipment. Loved the old iron. That is a Manure Spreader at 27:00. You were right on the Model T Beer Truck. 1913-1927. Any old Truck with an IH on the Grille is an International Harvester, also involved in Farm Equipment in the '50's.
I could spend a day or 2 there with you.... Caddy with the Teardrop Trailer is early '60's.
Those Ford and Mercury Panel trucks and that Cab Over (engine) GMC are rare. Old Buicks with 'Waterfall' grille.
A very professional job of chopping the top on that black VW. 6x6 was fantastic, Diamond Reo Grille? Lots of others that you didn't get to. Those Honda 3 wheelers were deadly. Super job and super location. Thank You.
great video and a really cool place to check out on a trip to vegas
Keep it up Wonderhussy! I live in my van, (Sometimes Down by The River! lol!) with my fatass Dog. We roam between (Home) Vegas & Alaska. Love all your suggestions. A Fav stop last Summer, was the "Goldfield Graveyard" at Sunrise!
Awesome vid! You crack me up for sure! Keep up the great work..xo
for that vw beetle, the low roof thing is called chopping the top, or chop-top. Its something American car guys did, mostly to look cool.
The US Navy T-28B Trojan (BuNo 140003) caught my eye due to the orange markings. Orange is used for high visibility, making tracking easier. The Navy paints aircraft slated to be target drones like this - an area I used to work with. This particular aircraft began it's life in the 70's as a Marine in Beaufort, SC - home of Paris Island training center. In the 80's it was transferred to NAS Corpus Christi, TX as part of VT-27. After that it had enough of the Navy life and transferred to the Air Force to retire in the quiet Nelson, NV desert. In the end the aircraft was sold for scrap, and rests peacefully at Techatticup.
Not that you asked Wonderhussy, but the plane is a North America T-28 Trojan. It was a trainer. Lots of Sailors and Marines earned their wings in that plane and planes like it. Also, you look amazing in this video!
loved it, the van and vw on top wow! thanks for the Navy shout out, Son in flight school to become a Navy Pilot now.... Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka to you...
I love this place. Good video.
I was wondering where that stove wound up.I need it returned to Pa. as soon as possible for winter. Mrs Hussy. So send it COD to me...lol all kidding aside that is one beautiful stove
I've been there 3 times and I really like the automobiles they display. I believe they filmed a couple of movies there too
Ya, this was a pretty interesting place, lots of old stuff that's fun to look at. Thanks!
Awesome video. Your commentary is hilarious at the same time informative. Well done.
Wonder Hussy, you make these places seem so interesting and fun. Your infectious spirit makes me smile every time. Keep making the videos and have a Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you can share it with a loved one.
I think this is my favorite video that you have done. Fantastic place.
I love your videos you do really good job and you're very entertaining and you're pretty to boot I've got to say you crack me up
WILLYS WAGON IS MY DREAM VEHICLE. LOVE THE OLD 50'S WILLYS WAGONS.....
If I could take one item from this place it would be that amazing woodstove. 😊 great vid !!!
Great find, I've been there and will return next month while travelling from Vegas to Laughlin.
Next time out there go into the general store and check out the "Worlds Largest Rattlesnake" or something like that was caught near here.
Also, point out a couple of cool movies that have been shot here. They shot parts of "3,000 Miles to Graceland" with Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner (The "gas station" was blown up) and the part of "Breakdown" with Kurt Russell where he was driving down the road toward the river fighting with a "bad guy". They also sell DVDs of both movies .
That is an A-1. A really good plane developed in the 1940's and used well into the 1960's.
It takes massive balls to climb into a piston plane and fly into combat in the age of jets.
The motto of the A-1 pilots in Vietnam was, "So others may live." (they flew air rescue missions, protecting the helicopters used to rescue downed pilots.
at 16:01 Yellow triple decker bus, the owner said, because the town was lawless there are unmarked graves under that bus and thru out the property. That was an amazing place to see. Thank you WonderHussy,, met you at Storm Area 51. 1/23/2020 Black Mail Box guy,,
Great vid as usual Hussy. Happy Thanksgiving! So much cool stuff!
That teardrop camper was sweet
LOVE THE BAJA BUG! SUPER COOL I WANT ONE.😎😝 SO AWESOME. HAD A 64 CADDY, I'D DRIVE THAT 50s CADDY IN A HEARTBEAT SEC, HAD AN OLD WILLYS JEEP TOO YRS AGO.. WOW GREAT MEMORIES. THANKS.
The Willy's-Overland jeep you were showing was most likely manufactured in 1946. Willy's was contracted during the war to build what most people refer to as simply jeeps, and so often recognized as such. As a kid we had one out on the ranch. No key (for obvious reasons in wartime) and that thing was indefatigable in simplicity and reliability. Many were sent to Russia, along with a lot of other stuff, to support Russia's fight against Germany. I've read historical narrative where the Russians were amazed at how reliable the Willy's were. Amazed at the durability and simplicity. (for repair) Willy's/Jeep produced about 360,000 'jeeps' ending in 1945, at the war's end. The Willy's-Overland civilian (wagon, the one you have shown) came out following the war.
Hey Girl!
I always love your videos.. and you've got a great sense of humor... You're really making me want to come out west and camp around for a couple months.
Gotta meet you one of these days. Love the vids. Love you too.
Great place to visit. Thank you so much for the great video's. You are doing exactly what I always wanted to do, travel to cool places and hike in the desert, and enjoy life. Keep up the good work.
This is one of the coolest videos you have done!!!!!.....I have always been interested in tanks, or tank like tracked vehicles. So glad you went inside!!!!!............Loved every minute!!!!!!!
that is the coolest place i love old cars and antiques really cool video
Yeah, I did as you suggested and took a screenshot of that fantastic fender and sent you a sample of it, thanks!
I think they may have called the old Willis a "Jeepster". I spotted one for sale along the 126 heading to Ventura and thought it would make a cool surf wagon but it had already been modified & they wanted too much. Thanks for another great tour!
Really great video! Thanks.
I just love your video's. interesting places always
Thanks for another great,video keep them coming and stay safe hope u have a blessed thanksgiving
Great Video ! very fun place to go to it looks like !
I enjoy your passion for old things from the past. I love doing just what you are doing. I love going to Mid Central USA out of the way small towns of Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas. I check out old Mom and Pop Junk /Antique stores. In spring to Fall small town yard sales are Great for finding past history and old towns of yesterday!
If only we could go back in time and see what whent on and how things where back when it was a busy place and the same for all the places you venture to. Another wonderful explore Hussy yay \m/
This small gem is worth seeking out!
THE VAN LOOKS LIKE THE CREEPERS VEHICLE ALMOST .😱😝
Another great vid., you are definitely top shelf all the way. Your commentary is always funny and entertaining, makes Wed. evening something to look forward to..funny how many places I have been(30+ years ago) that you visit in your adventures.
Thanks...
Love it.
Just added on my to do list.
Great place. Been there several times. If you take the 4x4 recommended trail, you'll find a home down in there.
We had one of those International Vans for years. My dad converted it into a camper,hunting van. He bought it as a bread truck. He put seats and benches in it that you could sleep on. There was a propane tank mounted on the back for a heater,gas lights and cook stove. I have many great memories of that van. I would consider buying one of them back when I was younger,but now I would just buy a conversion van.
Your videos are Awesome , I enjoy all of them.
Neat Tour. Thanks
This Video of yours is another one of the richest ( content and location ) eye candy thank you so much ..love you
thats a cool place. awesome cars. some of them is ready for the next mad max movie :D
No way!! I have absolutely been to Oktoberfest in LaCrosse, WI. Lots and lots of drunken midwesterners. There were tons of immigrants from Europe that moved to that area, especially from Germany and Norway. I grew up in that area, across the river, and a lot of places have a heavy and authentic European vibe. There's speculation that there's a serial killer that targets drunken young college-aged men attending Oktoberfest since they keep disappearing and ending up in the Mississippi, year after year. Anyways, a very cool find out there Techatticup!
I use to hate when my Grandpa watched Old Westerns. I asked him why he did and he said because that is how things used to be. Now I catch myself watching very old shows and those same old westerns...O.o Life...
No, "Westerns" are a Hollywood invention for entertainment. Things are not as Hollywood portrays them, whether in the present or the past.
Mator is Larry the Cable guy ..
Iv recently started watching your stuff as some of your competitors have seemed to become more based on money and subscribers.
I realise this is important but I like the way your vlog takes me places as if I was viewing it my self.
Please keep your simple style and as a foreigner ( New Zealand) wouldn’t mind interviews with real life Americans like your self.
Keep up the interesting work. Kind regards
Kell
That town is fun, we actually got married there and got some awesome wedding pictures.
Great video, thank you, I like the longer ones... an interesting place. I like that we don't get to see the "creator" the mystery is much more enjoyable, keep up the good work grrl, lookin great :-)
wow that Willys wagon was really cool they were a really good four wheel drive that's seated five. my best friend in high school completely restored 1 and he had a 289 Ford V8 with a C6 automatic in it .we built nice bumpers for it in metal shop and put a big warn winch on it .we went everywhere in that thing! cool video!
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Just ran across your entertaining stuff, you are hilarious. Minor correction, a Willys Wagon is NOT a "woody." "Woody refers to the old wagons actually made of wood, stopped in the early '50's I think. Something like a 48 Ford was a real woody. Certainly not the fake wood trim "as made fun of" in the "Vacation" movie "family truckster" which by the way was an incredible crush of 70's and 80's American cars.
Another great video. Thanks
great location, thanks for the entertainment