Metal Detecting an Oregon Abandoned Mine Site
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2021
- Metal Detecting an Oregon Abandoned Mine Site
In this video I bring you all along as I explore and metal detect an abandoned mercury mine site in Central Oregon. There are many of these abandoned and lost mercury mining and gold mining sites in the area where I live. There was a lot of mining history dating back to the late 1800s. This is a cinnabar mine site located in the remote back county that I found while out searching for lost history sites a few years ago. I’ve had it on my list for a while to get back to it and do some metal detecting.
Hope you all enjoy joining me to explore the site!
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Cheers,
Casey
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.The 38-55 was a cartridge developed by Ballard and originally used in their single shot rifles. Both the rifles and the round were renowned for their accuracy. Later on John Marlin chambered his lever action rifles in .38-55 using Ballard style rifling. The .38-55 was very well liked as a big game round with very good accuracy and stopping power. Winchester also made rifles in .38-55 and both Winchester and Marlin rifles chambered in this round command a premium in the collector gun market. I am fortunate to have a Model 1893 Marlin lever action rifle made in 1900. It is still astonishingly accurate and a joy to shoot.
My brother inherited a Winchester 94 in .38-55 that was made in the early 20's if memory serves. He sent for a letter from the factory. It was a custom order: Rifle length, 2/3 length magazine tube, crescent butt plate with a Lyman tang sight. It's a beautiful gun that shoots like a dream. Personally, I'm a Marlin guy, and I'd love to add a 93 to my safe someday.
I would love to see more metal detecting videos in these areas.
I used to work with a guy in 1999 in low-volt work for Fred Meyer. Anyways he would go by horseback with groups to old ghost towns to metal detect back then. I wish I could find him now! Looks so fun!
Up until the early 1950's Mercury was an extremely valuable substance. Gold processing, thermometers, a lot of specialty switches used in military munitions, I believe the first two A bombs had mercury switching components. That heavy, curved piece of sheetmetal you found makes me believe that they had some kind of furnace on site to bake the ore and release the Mercury vapors. An oz of processed Mercury would be worth many 100's/thousands of pounds of raw ore that needed to be transported and still processed. We have two old time Cinnabar mines her locally. 1st is New Almaden,,, right in the fancy area of Silicon Valley. 2nd is New Idrea south of Hollister. The "New" appelation is because Almaden and Idrea were the prime sources of Cinnabar in Europe. The Old World. Good stufff.
Enjoy your sense of humor with the outhouse!!!!
I really enjoyed this metal detecting video Casey. You said it might not be very exciting, but I guess I like being there while you dig at an unknown signal. A small stream runs through my property in the middle of England that has a lot of Jurassic fossils and digging around in the mud has yielded some good finds. I should try a metal detector as there are apparently Roman artifacts around here too.
I’m at work but I’m so excited to see this and can’t wait to get home, I love metal detecting.
Medal detecting is like finding a new trail or road you never know what's there untill you try .love your traveling ways. Cjd wash state .
Hey Casey hope all is good love medal detecting out house are good area some times to detect I’ve found early 1800s locks cartridges etc but cool thing I found is a old 5 dollar coin only worth 200 bucks but was cool to find was around a old out house good stuff have fun an as always be safe 👍👍👍👍
Enjoyed watching you metal detect. I hope to see you detecting more in the future!
Eastern Oregon seems to have quite a few hot springs. Those sites would be great for metal detecting.
Casey good to see you out enjoying the hobby, the thrill of not knowing what will pop out and are primal connection of the hunt for the unknown always makes for a good day!
Interesting fact that might help date some stuff. The country of origin marks (made in USA) were actually mandated in about 1960. I cant remember the reason why, but it had something to do with foreign trade picking up substantially around that time. Its a common thing to help put a rough manufacture date on old cast iron cookware. So If you stumble on something marked with a country of origin, its probably post 1960.
That’s a good tip. I had read that or heard that at some point in the past but had forgotten about it. But i really like pieces of information like that that can help bracket the dates of finds out there. Cheers!
Doesn't matter subject of your videos, Casey, they are educational, interesting, scenic, and always enjoyable. Thanks very much.
My mom crew up there. Some of the old gold/cinnabar mines are still owned by my grandparents. :)
My Dad found several gold and silver coins in old outhouse sites. Once he for found an old colt revolver, Lord knows how that ended up there.
We found an old black and white plate photograph of my folks property in the Santa Cruz mountain foothills. You could see the old outhouse location in the photo so one afternoon a bunch of us dug it up. We found old late 1800's whiskey bottles, snake oil bottles, old broken ceramic cups and dishes. There's probably a lot more still buried nearby. Back then, they dug a hole, used it till it filled up then just dug a new hole and moved the outhouse over it.
@@scottmacdonald1877 so cool finding this stuff in an old crapper. My dad said he could understand dropping a coin or two I to the crapper when they were using the outhouse, but he figured someone must have been drunk to lose a colt saa in the hole.....
Excellent adventure!! I could do that all day!!
Looks like some great times 👍👍. I love going metal detecting. I am getting ready to detect a 200 year old house sight. Have a great week.
As always a great video Casey. I live in NW Arizona and enjoy looking around old mine sites also.
Thanks for the video. I don't metal detect, but it is fun to see others do it. See you on the trails, George.
Good stuff! Tnaks for sharing.
Thanks glad you keep things simple 👍👍🍺
Great video thank you!
I always love your videos but the scene on the old privy made me laugh out loud. That was great. I wish I could go with you on some of your adventures. I'm 70 (I still climb mountains though) and most of my friends have either died or retired to Florida. You'd be great to hang out with. Thanks.
Enjoyable video Casey, look forward to what you unearth on a return trip. Has to be some old coins and buttons around there! Cheers mate. Warren.
Loved it!
Down here in Central California there is the old New Idrea mine about 60 miles south of Hollister. Today its an old ghost town. They mined Cinnabar down there in the San Benito mountains. The old Cinnabar/Mercury mill is still standing along with the old miners union office and about a half dozen other buildings. The old store and hotel plus a bunch more structures have burned down over the years. The New Idrea mine has over 22 miles of tunnels going back into the mountains. They mined and processed something like 17 billion dollars worth of mercury out of there in today's currency. They used to use rotating iron furnaces to heat the cinnabar ore. The mercury vapors would rise up and condense in a series of pipes and revert to a solid/liquid. Very Toxic!!!!!!
Cool, keep the interesting stuff coming
Good video again Thank you
Super interesting video and site, brother! Cool finds! Looks like the truck is treating you well! Pretty good flex :)
Yeah. That truck is working out great!
Hey Casey! Good to see you finding interesting things detecting old mining and camp sites! You are putting in the work walking/surveying the land to get an understanding of it, then thinking/imagining how that land was used for best detecting success. Anybody can show up on Monday and say they detected a mining site over the weekend... the reality is they had no clue and just wandered around not finding anything. You, sir, are on the verge of tremendous success with your articulate and documented research and outings. The rewards are yours to enjoy. Keep living well, my friend. Pete - KI7LIL
Just drive through without a spare or tire repair kit and you'll find all the nails
lol
Sitting in the thunder box reading the Sears catalog trying to decide if you should have them mail you a new hunting rifle or shotgun, those where to good old days. 😎 Good video. 👍🏻
Casey depends on people from before "Leave No Trace" 🤔😉
I was thinking the same. Archaeologists of the future will find it much harder to figure out what we were up to in the 21st century.
Nice bullet, that rang up pretty nice.
That piece of lead you found looks like a mini ball. Possibly after it hit a sharp edge and was cleaved in half? Once they impact something IDing them becomes very difficult.
38-55 is a great cartridge my dad used one in the 80s for deer hunting in PA, it was my Grandfather's rifle.
I’d bet the older cartridge casings that you were digging were from lever action Winchester’s. I’ve been swinging an F-75 as my primary machine since 2008 (sending it to Fisher every few yrs for software updates). I have three coils for it, and use the Z-link on my headphones. Same Leasch digging tool as you, and the Garrett “Carrot”. Been a Fisher guy since ~1990. Whites before that...Been one of my main hobbies since 1966 when I was a kid. I hunt the Far West (including SE Oregon along the CA/NV border) but also love travels no east to Civil War sites in early Winter. I’ve dug just about everything I’ve ever wanted to dig over the yrs. enough for now. I’m boring everyone. Thanks for posting your MD adventure.
Great metal detecting video. I enjoy exploring areas with my metal detector technetic t2 metal detector
Let’s get out soon!!
Me and my dad have metal detected there! this was 10 years ago and what a coincidence, My dads name is Casey LOL
Ha! That’s crazy! Pretty interesting coincidence. I wonder if I know your dad? I do know another Casey in town. Cheers!
@@CoyoteWorks01 Lewis is the last name😉
Cool video man.
Man that old boiler steel that thick is worth a lot of money these days, might even be able to salvage it to make gong style targets for the range. Cheers from Montana.
Love it I watch most all of your videos please do more metal detecting videos. I am always looking for places like this that has been lost and undisturbed I live in salem do you have any suggestions of places near sslem I could find any old wagon roads or sites similar to ones you visit in your videos
Super cool finds! You found restaurant or railroad ware again... that made in Ohio china is too thick to be regular china. Can't wait to get out into the hills again, but I have to wait til it gets a wee bit warmer ;)
Cool. 38-55 was a popular target cartridge in the late 1800drs, it was also the first cartridge the 1894 winchester was chambered in. .30-30 was interested in 1895
Fun hobby.
Yeah buddy!!!
Tnak you...
Have you tried using a smaller coil. There pretty handy in the old iron beds.
Lead Bullitt is a 58 cal. Mini ball. Civil war type.
I dont think so. Mini ball has a concave base this one looks flat. US .50-70 would fit the timeframe better. It was a popular big game cartridge around the turn of the century.
Check for ticks and snakes before you sit. Lots of fun at those old minesites
As beat up as that bullet is, its hard to identify. The color will give a little idea of the age, and it looked pretty bright like recent decades. A cast bullet with lube grooves like that could be anywhere from late 1800s to present. A 38-55 bullet may weigh is the range 255-285, an intact bullet can be identified by weight.
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I’ll check that out! Thanks for the suggestion.
Try the old gold tailing piles.
Always enjoying your vids
Regards from israel
The old Bullitt looks like a Sabot.
Nice video . Now here is my question . Did you get ghost butt when doing #2 the next day ? Also , so funny ... The Tnaks for watching in the credits . I find I do such , more and more as I age and try and type fast (ish ) :D ... Gubs
Casey, love that you're getting a lot of use out of the truck--that it's wasn't just a project/exercise.
For sure! I love that truck!
Coyote Works Prduction? Not a nitpicker, but that just stood out at the beginning .....
Ah heck I'll give ya thumbs up on this one ... lol ...
I love how he found the shell casing in a spot with already disturbed ground. Probably found it off camera and buried it back. Lol
At 3:48 you can see him drop it in the dirt, then pick it back up. :)
I'm thinking this site must be somewhere off of the old Paulina Izee highway or perhaps north towards Horse Heaven or Ashwood. I know there was a lot of mining activity in the Ashwood area and along the old Dalles Military road
Think I'll be heading to horse heaven this weekend
@@josephrushin986 -- Are you talking about driving the old "the Dalles military road" this time of year?
I was thinking about it but am going out to the Kimberly area instead
@@josephrushin986 -- The Dalles military road is unimproved and can be dangerous this time of year. Don't ask me how I know, LOL. There is a hill to go down after Horse Heaven that can be particularly dangerous when wet and muddy. This type of mud is thick and sticky and will fill your tire treads making them slicks. I darn near went over a cliff. The orchards in Kimberly may still have apples for sale, not sure since it's a little late. We got ours a couple months ago.
Oh I have some family that live out by the museum and I enjoy that country.little private fossil bed
Enjoyed your adventure. I might ask for medal dec for my birthday in Aug. What would you suggest for a simple one?
You didn't ask me, but I have been doing it a long time.
Stick with a quality company. Garret, whites, Fischer, minelab, or Tesoro. DONT BUY A BOUNTY HUNTER!
Garrets bottom end machines, I think its either a 200 or 250 is about $150 on Amazon and a great starter machine. Not overly complicated and it will work.
The bullet looks like a Minié ball. Latter 19th century.
Yes bullet. The rings were made during the casting of the lead to hold grease during sizing. For a long time it was thought that the lube acted as a gas seal. Most "experts" now believe this is not the case, and that lube actually acts as a film between bullet and bore.
I like the new car, should give you a bit more room to work with ( hopefully less flammable )
58 Minie ball or 52 / 54 Sharps?
Man, do I need this tutorial!
Ugh reminds me of my home town bend oregon :)
Hi Casey. How long have you been metal detecting?
the only bullet that comes to mind that has 3 rings like that is a 45-70 gov but i could be wrong
What was the make and model of the metal detector?
out of curiosity what direction was the outhouse facing
Your description of using the outhouse was so compelling I could almost feel myself there, pants around my ankles, cool morning breeze on my buttocks...
Those old magazines WERE the TP.
The rifle bullet could be an old springfield bullet. The 3855 shell casing was manufactured by ballard for marlin firearms from 1875 thru early 1900. It was used in their 1893 lever action rifle and used by winchester in their 1894 lever action. It was used by us calvary officers around that time
Appears to be a modern Missle loader slug
Will you recommend a cost efficient metal detector. About $500 to $800 ?
Hey Casey do you think you're going to be doing a group outing at all this spring or fall
I’m hoping too! I think so. I have a few things I need to get taken care of before I can finalize a date but I’m hoping to in the next few weeks.
@@CoyoteWorks01 sounds good
What ply (6,8,10) do you have on your truck ??
I try to run 6-8 ply tread and a 3 ply sidewall or the equivalent. Basically an E rated tire.
No thank you for the vid, thx
So many bullets from the era with 3 lube groves if one could identify it I'd be amazed. Although if the whole bullet is there weight would help
Where is that mine sight?
Cinnabar mining, what are you looking for?
Pretty sure you need a ghost detector also.
We should send Casey to Egypt....he’ll figure that place out
Check out Aquachigger, the man is brilliant. Very educational in regards to detecting and relics.👍
You got rid of your jeep??
5:47 Nice land! If the BLM owns this, I wonder if they know the land as well as you do, and how they would conduct a value assessment in case of buyer interest.
I didn't know BLM sold land. Are you sure?
Have you ever thought about bringing a dog along on your adventures?
58 cal norther bullet civel war
If its on US Forest Service land it is illegal to metal detect on it.
Bullet
That’s a civil war bullet
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I doubt it is as lost of a mine as described
Elk camp Dude come on.
I've been researching and planning trips and doing those trips to abandoned mercury mines central Oregon for the last 4 years. Disappointed every time, save your gas, stay home.
Have you ever seen a bigfoot or Sasquatch or yeti? For real? (Not including my ex?)
More search and digging, less talking...