My son, father and I went up in 2019 and were fortunate to find several nice specimens including a hybrid of copper and silver. We did not discover it was mixed until we cleaned it up with acid. Weight of three ounces. That piece you found on the lakeshore is awesome and rare to find. So much to see and do in the copper country.
Hi Mike. That fire starting rock looked like an omar to me. Look up “omarolluk”. They’re really common in he eastern U.P. I don’t see as many in the Keweenaw Peninsula. I have never taken a metal detector to the tailings piles. I have found several pieces of copper by just looking around. How did the muriatic acid do cleaning it up? I have a rock a little bigger than a softball with a couple pieces of copper sticking out the top. The rock isn’t extremely heavy, so I don’t think there’s too much more than what I can see. Have you had any luck extracting copper from something like that without just smashing it with a hammer? I thought about cutting it on my saw, but I jammed my saw once with a rock containing copper and I’m hesitant to try it again.
Thanks for the ID. I was also told it might be a "nutting stone" where the natives would place a nut in the divot and hit it with another rock to break it open. It might also be an omarolluck, too. I found it on the shore of Lake Superior on the west side of the shark fin (Keweenaw Peninsula). Thanks for watching.
That was pretty cool. I'd never really thought much about the copper mines and their reject piles being such good hunting grounds. Yet with the copper prices they way they are, it's good money, if your finding it to sell 👍 Thanks for all of this history and info about these mine locations.
The Lansing copper was probably brought down from the U.P., lost by someone or deposited there by glacial activity back in the day as there are no known copper deposits in the lower mitten. Indians used to make arrow and spear heads from native copper... I would LOVE to find one of those.
@@Metal-Detecting-NC it has little rock substructure pure, heavy and elongated.. additionally it appears to have a dark red material. Are you on Facebook..I posted a picture there..2nd to last posting..not glacial I wouldn't think
@@Metal-Detecting-NC yes I dug it about 6-8 inches at an old pig farm. Also I dug a huge chunk of Native iron in an old city trail in East Lansing go figure
This was so interesting to me. I love being in the U.P. but never been around the old copper mines yet. Your nutting stone really does look like a nutting stone to me. All the Omar I have found were solid black in color. Yours appears to have different colors in it. As we all know the Native American were all over in this area for the copper. They even traded in my area. I have found a few Native American Copper Pieces. Thanks much for sharing !
@@jimknarr I tried that but there is so much copper there, a pinpointer is the best option. Thank you for the comment and for watching. I appreciate your support
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Most enjoyable. Carrying on the family tradition of mining copper your own way.
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed the video. It was a great time in the Copper Country.
My son, father and I went up in 2019 and were fortunate to find several nice specimens including a hybrid of copper and silver. We did not discover it was mixed until we cleaned it up with acid. Weight of three ounces. That piece you found on the lakeshore is awesome and rare to find. So much to see and do in the copper country.
That is a very nice and rare find! I love it up there with all the wildflowers growing everywhere in the summertime.
Love getting up to the Houghton area! Lots of nice specimens! Fun video MetDet. Thanks for sharing. GL&HH!
Thank you. I didn't get to spend as much time at the rock piles as I would have liked. Found some nice specimens though. Thank you for watching, Tim.
Michigan.... isn’t that by Canada???🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cool my friend!✅✅🍺🍺
LOL, yes. There is a little puddle between Michigan and Canada. I saw black sand on the shore of Lake Superior and thought of you.
Hi Mike. That fire starting rock looked like an omar to me. Look up “omarolluk”. They’re really common in he eastern U.P. I don’t see as many in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
I have never taken a metal detector to the tailings piles. I have found several pieces of copper by just looking around. How did the muriatic acid do cleaning it up? I have a rock a little bigger than a softball with a couple pieces of copper sticking out the top. The rock isn’t extremely heavy, so I don’t think there’s too much more than what I can see. Have you had any luck extracting copper from something like that without just smashing it with a hammer? I thought about cutting it on my saw, but I jammed my saw once with a rock containing copper and I’m hesitant to try it again.
Thanks for the ID. I was also told it might be a "nutting stone" where the natives would place a nut in the divot and hit it with another rock to break it open. It might also be an omarolluck, too. I found it on the shore of Lake Superior on the west side of the shark fin (Keweenaw Peninsula). Thanks for watching.
That was pretty cool. I'd never really thought much about the copper mines and their reject piles being such good hunting grounds. Yet with the copper prices they way they are, it's good money, if your finding it to sell 👍
Thanks for all of this history and info about these mine locations.
Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to watch.
Awesome find
Thank you, it was fun going back to where me and my brother scoured the mountains of rock looking for copper when we were kids.
awesome to see a vid about Michigan!😀👍 my home!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you.
MetDet NC i enjoy histortmy.. ecpecially michigan histiry!😀👍
Hello, nice video))))
Thank you! I am glad you like it.
Love the U.P...Funny I just found a nice chunk of heavy native copper..in lower peninsula near Lansing! Haven't weighed it yet
The Lansing copper was probably brought down from the U.P., lost by someone or deposited there by glacial activity back in the day as there are no known copper deposits in the lower mitten. Indians used to make arrow and spear heads from native copper... I would LOVE to find one of those.
@@Metal-Detecting-NC it has little rock substructure pure, heavy and elongated.. additionally it appears to have a dark red material. Are you on Facebook..I posted a picture there..2nd to last posting..not glacial I wouldn't think
@@tomshively5419 i saw the pic in your post. It is float copper allright. Its a mystery how it got where you found it.
@@Metal-Detecting-NC yes I dug it about 6-8 inches at an old pig farm. Also I dug a huge chunk of Native iron in an old city trail in East Lansing go figure
@@tomshively5419 My friend has found a couple large chunks of float copper in fields of Midland Co too. I assume glacier deposited it too.
beautiful video!😍😁
Thank you very much, I appreciate it.
MetDet NC no prob bud!😀👍
This was so interesting to me. I love being in the U.P. but never been around the old copper mines yet. Your nutting stone really does look like a nutting stone to me. All the Omar I have found were solid black in color. Yours appears to have different colors in it. As we all know the Native American were all over in this area for the copper. They even traded in my area. I have found a few Native American Copper Pieces. Thanks much for sharing !
Thank you for helping confirm what it is. I thought it was a fire starting stone.
Can't you turn your sensitivity WAY down to only find the largest chunks of copper?
@@jimknarr I tried that but there is so much copper there, a pinpointer is the best option. Thank you for the comment and for watching. I appreciate your support