Uncovering 500-Million-Year-Old Buried Treasure
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
- In this video I continue on in very remote country and meet up with a guy who's been digging up the desert for decades...
DATE FILMED: Early November 2023
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VIDEO LINKS
** Folding lug wrench: amzn.to/48shtry
** More info about the shrimp fossil thing: millardccp.com/featured-local...
GPS COORDINATES, etc.
** Starting campsite: 39.36891, -113.32131
** Sinbad Spring: 39.38064, -113.32107
** Waterfall: 39.37980, -113.32146
** The quarry: maps.app.goo.gl/1dXroT7TLSCG6...
** Ending campsite: 39.44929, -113.27451
OTHER LINKS
** Gear I use: suvrving.com/gear
** SUV RVing the Book: amzn.to/2SUrtme (Affiliate link)
** The blog: suvrving.com
** Instagram: / suvrving
** My other UA-cam channel: / tenkaraaddict
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Here's more info about Clay and his unique fossil find: millardccp.com/featured-local-news/54-featured-news/5493-a-new-dig-chip-away-at-discovery. And here's the Amazon link to the lug wrench I show in the video: amzn.to/48shtry. Happy New Year, everybody! 😁🎉
Might I suggest including a couple spare lug nuts in your kit. They are easy to lose when changing a tire in the field, especially in mud/snow/ dark.
Great tip!
Well thanks for that info. I had never thought about that but will add some too. TY
AND a rubber-head Hammer. Those Tire store guys firmly set the lugs!
What a great video! Thank you. Happy New Year!
Great video. A spring, a waterfall, fossil hunting, and Clay seems like a great guy to meet. The time you take, your sincere appreciation of nature, and the expense you take just to make one video is very appreciated
Keep up the good work!
I watch all of your videos and I watch every minute of them!
Thanks, I appreciate that! The videos are a lot of work, but I love having this record of my adventures.
Take your fossils and put them surrounded in cement or other material that you can make a pathway or patio for your house. Every time you see them it is a great reminder of your adventure.
That's a great idea!
What a fun day! Utah has so much to offer throughout the entire state. Love this kind of content and throw in a good hike. Thanks again and keep em coming!
Agreed! I've always said that Utah has the highest density of interesting/beautiful places of any state.
Absolutely appreciate your perspective on true value of an experience and on passing forward kindness when someone needs assistance. What a cool story to hear how Clay found that new species! Another gem found on your journey ✨️
Isn't that a neat story? He's living an interesting life, for sure!
WOW. Go Clay! Would love to dig for fossils. Always a surprise as what you get. Loved the waterfall in the desert especially when it can help man & animal in a pinch. Keep on traveling, Tristan. 👍🏻🙋🏼♀️
Thanks Sharon, will do!
What go's around comes around my friend👍 Thanks for being a friend!
You find the coolest things to show us, Tristan! ❤😊
I try!
Tristan, I’ll say it again, thank You for sharing your adventures 🙏 as a disabled elder who used to do these things, your videos take me back into fond memories and bring me such peace and joy. You are truly a blessing to those of us who can no longer do these things 🙏 in my youth I worked to build the IPP exhaust stack in Delta and several small pipeline projects throughout the region👍😎🙏 and Congratulations to Clay🎉🥳
I recommend having a cheater bar for your lug wrench. If you have a tire shop mount your wheels, it can be almost impossible to loosen the nuts with a short-handled wrench like you showed. Always best to try this stuff at home first.
Here is a tip for using the 4 way lug wrench: Nuts that were over-tightened by an ape at the shop can be too hard to loosen by pushing down with one hand and pulling up with the other.
Find a belt or sturdy strap in your car. Loop it over the far side of the arm (the arms of the wrench should be parallel with the ground). Pull up on the strap, while standing on the arm on your side. I had to do a kick down on the arm with the tightest lug. This works best with someone else holding the 4 way in place and pushing in, so it doesn't bounce off the nut.
Not the best way to do it, but it has never failed to get the lug off.
When you are finished and looking to get the tire fixed or replaced, take it to a different tire shop. Lug nuts are supposed to be torqued to spec. Over tightening will warp your brake rotor/drum.
Thanks for all your videos in 2023, here's to adventuring in 2024!
I've got some good ones planned for the upcoming year!
Really enjoyed your talks in recent videos about emergency preparedness/knowing your vehicle. It’s something I and many may sometimes not think about deeply enough when planning. As someone who rents a vehicle for these kinds of trips, I’ve found there’s definitely a need to do an extra level of research and prep.
I live in Florida, so for most of my Western camping trips it’s more time/cost-effective to fly in and rent a vehicle. In July, I rented a Crosstrek via Turo in SLC for a trip up to a friend in Kalispell and back. We were driving up the North Fork Road north of Polebridge near the Canadian border & Glacier NP, a sparsely traveled but fairly well-maintained gravel road, when we must’ve driven over a sharp rock and got a flat. We pulled over and scoured the vehicle - no lug wrench.
We sat there with no service, cursing out the Turo renter and myself. Luckily a car would pass every 30 minutes or so, but none had a wrench that fit the Crosstrek lug nuts. After about 2.5 hours and the hatching of a terrible plan to hitch a ride back to Polebridge and find someone with a Crosstrek to borrow their wrench, a guy in his work truck came by that had miraculously just bought a torque wrench set that fit, which we used to put on the donut. It was ~50 miles to a Les Schwab in Columbia Falls and we drove back down the road, radio off, clenched the whole way.
If you’re like me and renting a vehicle, and especially if you plan to be out on these types of roads, bring something like the wrench you showed in the video, a small tire plug/patch kit (that you know how to use), and make the vehicle’s tire replacement equipment something you check along with any other pre-trip vehicle inspection. Probably an obvious thing to check for most, especially when using a service like Turo, but I didn’t give it any thought and just assumed it would be there. Of course check your tire tread, and ideally rent a vehicle equipped with off-road tires. Other times, I’ve gotten away with opting for rentals with highway tires (albeit those times it was a 4Runner), but the premium will evidently save a lot of stress even on simple gravel roads. It would’ve been helpful to research/know the jack points before setting out as well. Finally, I’ve since gotten a Garmin inReach for not just hiking, but also for these no-service roadside situations.
Happy to see how much the channel continues to grow, have gained so much knowledge and a backlog of trip ideas from your content!
That was a GREAT adventure Tristan.! Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Another interesting video. Especially the story about your meetup with Clay. (His name is appropriately associated to his hobby) Very worthy tip and reminder regarding spare tire, etc.
Thank you Tristan for another entertaining and educational year following your travels. This channel is truly a valuable resource for people wanting to see what beauty and mystery this country has to offer. Wishing you all the success in the world for 2024. I'll be here watching and getting motivated to explore some of these spectacular places for myself.
Looked like u make urself a great new friend. That looked like fun digging her own. Much more fun than buying some.
Yep, definitely more fun. Thanks for watching!
What an awesome adventure, and getting to do a kindness is a great bonus.
so dang much fun , thanks again for taking me along !!!!
Thanks, I had a great time! 😄
We love going out the west desert of Utah. Most people who live here in Utah never explore west of the Oquirrh Mountains... we just find it's so peaceful and relaxing to explore out there in our van!!!
My 33 year old son bought a house on 3 1/2 acres in Maricopa, AZ when he was 28 years old. He owns his own tree removal business and he's a Journeyman Electrician. When he bought the house, he was told that the city was going to dig a new well in his area. 5 years later, they have no intention of following through. He hauls his own water because the water that comes out of his faucets are poison and not consumable. They wash dishes, clothing and have a filter for the water that comes out of the showers; however, he and his wife are expecting their first baby in June and so my husband and I will be purchasing a whole home well water filtering system for them. All this to say, that when we see trickling spring water, especially in a desert area as is Maricopa, AZ (30 minutes south of Phoenix) and western Utah (my daughter lives in Salt Lake City), we have a genuine appreciation and do not take it for granted to the point of thanking God. This clear, clean spring water you came upon is a miracle to us.
On another note, while I believe in a young earth-thousands of years- flood age of the earth view -and not billions of years, the archeological dig was super cool and helping him out with his tire situation alone was well worth the $80. I truly hope he finds another one of those shrimp fossil's, it's a long time comin' for him : ) Thank you for your content Tristan. As always...amazing!
Another piece of kit you might consider is a breaker bar and appropriate sized socket or a pipe extension for your four way wrench in order to give more leverage for frozen lug nuts.
Intellectual curiosity is an essential component in all interesting personalities, and you've got that in spades. It's just one reason why you've got a great channel. Thanks for making an interesting and unusual video, and thanks to amateur scientists like Clay for his devotion to searching for fossils. Amateur scientists contribute a lot to science, but don't often get credit for it. It had to be pretty sweet for him to have a genuine footnote in paleontology journals for Clay after his years of digging!
Fantastic video. It's always fun to have something different while you're out exploring.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Your comments about the lug wrench is correct. But you need to go one step further and make sure your tire wrench works on the vehicle you are carrying it in. I got new wheels on my previous vehicle, and it turned out the the "wells" (for lack of a better term) were too small for both the stock lug wrench and the cross wrench I had. Luckily I discovered this when I went to rotate my tires, and not when I got a flat in the middle of nowhere.
That was great to see you at the fossil farm. Bet that dude enjoyed your company. ✌
Great adventure and me being a rockhound, I super loved this adventure!
Also, thanks for the tip on actually checking out your spare tire and gear to make sure things are in great working order.
It's a tip I definitely wish I'd have followed on a few occasions!
The 4-way lug wrench is a good idea. (Especially the collapsible version.) I carried one for many years starting in the '60's. Now I carry a socket that fits, a ratchet wrench, and breaker bar for stuck lug nuts. You never know who tightened those lugs and they can be hard to loosen without a long bar. However, the 4 way allows you to get power on the nut using both hands and making it less likely to get crooked and breaking off the lug bolt when struggling with a typical original equipment lug wrench. Spinning the 4-way also makes it quick to remove the loosened lug nuts.
You seem to always find ways to enjoy your days.
WOW 2 great finds the fossils and Clay... what an interesting story
That was so interesting, thanks Tristan 🤩😎⭐️
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
A great name for a guy who likes to dig in the dirt…Clay! Great video! And your drone video footage is not unnoticed… very nice!
Higbeeeeee!!! Great vid, man. So enjoyable to watch. Take care out there, bud. Let me know if you ever need a hand out there for whatever reason. Much love🫶🏻 -Джексон
Hey buddy! Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I've started studying Ukrainian again, by the way. Just reading for 20 or so minutes each day. I love it.
@@SUVRVing nice brochacho. You do that thang!
I used to visit East Coast limestone quarries and WV coal mines for work and often times we would find fossils among the mine tailings . It was always a thrill to find them.
Tire change dry run. GOOD IDEA!
Especially if you've never changed a tire on your current vehicle.
Get a scissors jack that has a six sided nut drone. Then you can use an electric drivv/nut driver to operate it. I also carry an impact driver in case it needs more torque. If you're vehicle gets flat in the siu in triple digit heat, it'll save a lot of time and maybe heat stroke.
What fun. Thank you.
The Trilobite beds are fun. When I was a kid many years ago I found Trilobite fossils in the Stansbury Range. Can't remember he exact place now as it's been so long ago. Love the west desert. Also just across the Nevada border up to Ely, Great Basin NP and Lehman Caves. Better than Disneyland for me. It's partly what got me to pursue a career in Geology. Another excellent video!
That does look like a cool adventure. I hope this video brings more business (and help) to Clay. I hope he finds another one of the new species.
Thanks!
We've loved our adventures in the west desert. Spent quality time at the Geode Beds, but haven't been to the Trilobite mine. Added to our list! Great meeting you.
Great meeting you too! I hope the stand serves you well for years to come!
What a fun video! Interesting site! The owners hat cracked me up!! Good on you for helping him with his tire.
The hat was great, wasn't it? 😄
Fascinating
Looked like great trip, enjoyed. Glad you were able to lend a hand.
Cool fossils! You paid for a fun adventure!!
I agree!
Exellent reminder to have lug wrench in the size or sizes, you need. It is always a good idea to change a tire, or even rotate tires yourself to see what is missing or could be improved. I would think the longest of the X type would be better for those of us who aren't really strong. I actually use a different style that uses sockets, since I also like to check the torque and carry a Harbor Freight torque wrench. Having a better jack that will fit into your rig might also be something to look into.
I recently retired from 40+ years of lab work. One of my many testing duties was parasitology. The first trilobite you showed reminded me of a big Giardia cyst.
The water in the desert is indeed special. And, digging your own trilobites makes them so much more special... what fun!
That's very nice of u.
a good break over bar a socket and extension easy to store and get lug nuts off a lot easier then that thing u bought especially after they put you wheels on at 100 lbs of torque, i keep one in my jeep along with an aluminum floor jack and a piece of plywood to put on the ground just makes thing easy
Nice tip on the lug wrench. But I have a better tip! Battery powered impact wrenches are very affordable now and you can use them for other things plus they are small and easily storage. Make sure you have the right size socket for the drive and lugs.
Better off with a lug wrench. From my experience most standard impact drivers won’t remove torqued lug nuts
@brucewunderlich4949 You probably haven’t either used the newer (last five years) tools, or you are way over tightening your lug bolts. The better 1/2 inch drive models (red or yellow) are strong enough to change a tire on an 18 wheeler.
@@kurtclark8560 my Milwaukee will twist the lug studs off if I'm not careful. I snug the lug nuts up then finish up the torque with tire iron/lug wrench. HOWEVER, a lug wrench won't take up the space a 1/2" drive impact will take up.
That would certainly make it easier, but you'd also have to consistently check to make sure it's charged. With how little I use these things, I'm fine with having the non-battery-powered version. Of course, ask me that again when I'm on the side of the road with a flat tire 😄
That lug wrench is very cool.
I thought so!
Quite the adventure.
Prehistoric Chapstick...that's the coolest thing ever!
Lol
Your drone footage adds nice context to your hikes and campsites. A very nice addition.
Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Thank you for taking me on adventures I can no longer take due to health issues. I enjoy seeing all the new places you have taken me to.
A once ancient seabed where aquatic trilobites once flourished going back to the Cambrian age or around 285 million years before the dinosaurs. Yeah, its great that Clay found an undiscovered specie and then had it is named after him, the Clay shrimp. He deserves it, he's put in a lot of hard work and many years. Ya know, you might just want to pack a mental detector ?....take care and see you next year !!
Hoping to see your channel top 200,000 subs soon in 2024!
Love the Trilobites!!
Really nice topaz in that area as well. Beautiful country.
I've driven past Topaz Mountain about a million times but never stopped there! One of these days...
@SUVRVing it's definitely worth a stop. Plentiful in topaz, and if your lucky enough you can find some red beryl which was discovered by Thomas Maynard and the reason that range was named. After that head down the road to the hot springs after a long day's digging and soak up the desert sunset.
Great trip! Clay sounds like a very colorful fellow. Lucky for him you happened by. TFS your travels, Tristan. It’s always a joy to view your vids! Happy New Year 2024 🎆
What a fun adventure! Being a rockhound and hiking enthusiast, I love your channel. I'm going to need to make it out there to spend the day looking for trilobites.
It's kind of funny...your channel focuses more on hikes and occasionally does some rockhounding, my channel focuses on rockhounding and occasionally does the hikes.
In southwest Ohio you can find fossils in every creek , every local retaining stone wall in the region is full of fossils.
Cool!
$80 for a memorable experience is honestly very much worth it. Plus it's a very unique one.
I stayed in Delta last year on a road trip and found some mighty tasty tacos there!
I also carrying an inner tube. Easy to seat the bead. Two flats at one time are very common.
Hey Tristan hope you have a great new year
Thanks you too!
It was definitely worth it. It’s more fun to find things yourself than buying them, like you did with the geodes (I think last week). And finding a unique, new species is incredible. I hope he finds one.
I do too! Thanks or watching.
Wow very cool
Are you familiar with American Fossil Quarry near Kemmerer, WY? You can split rocks there and find fossils around 52 million years old. Mostly you find two species of fish, but if you get lucky and find a turtle, or exotic plant it could be worth some serious money.
Some tire irons are also lug wrenches I believe
I think you're right 👍
Neatoooo!
If shopping for fossils visit Tucson January thru mid February for the annual Gem and Mineral Show. There are fossil dealers offering any and all types, sizes, prices of fossils it is a paradise for fossil hunters and not to be missed.
check for wheel locks and key..(remove them, throw them away!) also a 16 inch slip-on piece of pipe to add leverage. Owners manual will have some helpful info
Amazing fossils!
Another tire repair item is Colby Valve replacement for your tire valve stem. Installs from the outside of the rim. I need to get to that U-Dig place, very interesting to me. Nice video.
Awesome!! Thanks for taking us along!
You should try unscrewing a couple lug nuts by hand. Some tire shops use impact wrenches and tighten them down so hard that the lug nuts can't be unscrewed by hand. I've seen it happen. The car had to be towed to a tire shop to get the lug nuts off.
There is a BLM trilobite site just off US 93 in Nevada near the town of Caliente. The Oak Springs Trilobite Site has tools in the trail register box at the trailhead and is free. It was absolutely worth the stop on a recent road trip.
I've driven past that one but never stopped there. I'd love to pay it a visit in the future. Thanks!
I have one of those tire irons for my travel trailer. Good thing about that set up there are multiple bolt sizes with that unit which is important. Another good thing to have is a impact wrench with multiple sockets.
Great video. I loved the fresh spring, I hope that the animals know about it or come across it.. I love rocks. I always walk with my head down. I have found some beautiful ones but nothing like yours
Happy new year and looking forward to go along with you on your many more adventures this year. Stay safe!!!
Love your adventure videos.
Thanks!
Your experience of digging and meeting Clay was definitely worth the money😊. Hope you enjoy your adventures as much as we do. Thank you. Happy new year to you,Cassie and Bowser🎉🎉
I visit the west doing a similar style as your adventures. However I opted for better gas mileage in exchange for vehicle capability. My Honda CRV hybrid and has the space I need and moderate clearance, but NO spare tire. Makes me nervous. I appreciate your noting what kind of vehicle is needed to access all the places you go. I’m going to get a garmin, and learn more about self rescue (ie how to use a tire plug/patch kit or replace a valve stem) based on some comments by others in this thread. Thank you for the videos!
Loved this adventure! Thanks😊
Super cool Tristan! Loved the water discovery, waterfall, fossil exploration, helping Clay. Well done. I was just travelling with my elderly mother when the camper lights quit in the dark. We pulled into a hotel lot. 2 HVAC vans were sitting next to each other, I walked up and asked for help. The guys jumped out and fixed the problem. Thank goodness. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Tristan. May 2024 be filled with wonder and adventure for you and your family.
It was cool that you included a clip of you shooting the rifle. Ive always wondered if you carry a pistol or anything during your camping trips. A personal question I don’t expect you to answer, but after seeing that clip I wouldn’t be surprised if you had a few yourself! Thanks for the great videos as always
Cool trilobites! I can gladly mail you some Ordovician fossils from
KY also. They’re everywhere!
Sure! Here's my PO box:
Tristan Higbee
2829 Commercial Way #313
Rock Springs, WY 82901
I'll send you an SUV RVing sticker and magnet (assuming I can find them) in return, so be sure to include your address in/on the package.
I don't actually believe their timeline narrative, but this was pretty neat anyways. The taco/burrito and carrot cake looked good, at any rate. 👍 19:53 mark: You would be amazed at how much is buried beneath our feet. We were definitely flooded out at some point in recent history. Our past is literally underneath mounds of dirt and soil.
Thanks for another great video and adventure - happy new year
Beautiful area and the fossils are so cool. I like that you always share knowledge with your videos, makes them interesting.
Thanks for sharing.
your trilobite haul might not be worth the $80 you spent but helping pay for fuel to get closer to the next shrimp is way worth it. thanks for sharing!
That's a great way of looking at it!
Just imagine in another half a billion years someone fascinated by cracking open rocks and finding pill bugs. It’s all perspective.
How awesome to find these fossils. Such a cool experience.
I thought so too!
Nice
What an awesome adventure! Clay’s fossil find was awesome!
It's amazing, isn't it? Thanks for watching!
I have a scar on my hand that I have had since I was 12. We happened to be studying fossils and Trilobites in science that year. That's when I realized my scar was a spitting image of a Trilobite. So for years, I would tell people I had a Trilobite and show them my scar. Very few people caught on 😂 but I thought it was hilarious. 🌎✌️😊 Thanks for the content.
What a day. Great times for you. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you, too!
Love your videos Tristan thank you. Happy New Year.
Thanks, I'm glad you like them! Happy New Year!