Hey, I am a Geologist and PhD Candidate all the way from The University of Stathclyde (Glasgow) :). I love your videos and just wanted to share some of my expertise. The beach would be a bit of a paradise for me I think with all those large and interesting fossils and relics just waiting to be discovered. The first few fossils don't look like Devils Toenail (Gryphaea) they are much too big. However, I think its in the same family (Gryphaeidae) and more likely belongs to Sp. Exogyra probably Exogyra ponderosa. You are right though it is a rather nice saltwater oyster fossil . Probably from about 100 million years ago (Cretaceous)and about the same time that England was under a warm tropical sea much like the Caribbean today. The ridge marks you can see on some of them show growth lines as they grey year on year. The little holes and scratches you see in these fossils are original and are the remains of ancient worm burrows on the surface of these ancient oysters just like you see today. The piece of rock at 1:42 is quite cool its what is called a "Slickenside" it basically grew within a Fault (A moving fracture) within the earth. Because there is a fracture in the rock water moves through depositing minerals like calcite or quartz in the same way as limescale accumulates in a kettle. Because there is a gap here the rocks use this as a movement surface gauging out lines in the rock. If there are steps/rough side on this rock then it shows the direction which the rocks were moving relative to each other. Yup cool fossils the first one is definitely bone, a trick of the trade is to lick your finger and slide it along the fossil if it dries very quickly and feels porous its a bone fossil. If its not chances are its a plant fossil or piece of funny looking stone. This is just a rule of thumb though :). Second one I am not convinced by. Wow! that is a gorgeous Ammonite, you can see the fantastic feathery lines on the fossil these were made by the creature as it got bigger outgrew each chamber and moved forwards. Generally the main part of the creature was only in the last 1-2 chambers with the old ones forming lots of buoyancy chambers which the Ammonite could take on water through and rise and fall as a submarine would. The ammonites take many years to grow to that size probably 15-30 years as a guesstimate. Bacculates not to be confused by their distant cousins Beleminites are another form of Ammonite which had evolved into long straight shells similar to the orthocones 400 million years before hand. This similar nature s an example of similar creatures evolving completely independent of each-other and must be a testament to the design of such creatures (though there are differences). Interestingly geologists think that the male creatures could have been a third smaller than the females and that these creatures like the Ammonites probably ate tiny plankton, small crustaceans and maybe even other ammonites in the warm tropical seas where they lived. 8:14 those are concretions. Basically some of the more porous layers say sand vs clay, the sand layers get most of the water moving through them depositing the limescale I mentioned earlier and gradually fill up with sludge which eventually hardens into these harder globules over millions of years. Some of them can have some pretty cool geodes/Septerian Nodules inside though :). Actually looking at it the one at 08:02 is almost certainly a septerian nodule and definitely keep your eye out for them as they are very pretty. 9:03 thats a trace fossil worm cast. Basically, as you walk out on the beach today you get little worm burrows which the fishermen use for bait. Those are essentially 100 million years old versions of those worm burrows. Or its the inside of a septerian nodule can't tell if its sparkly. Thanks and Please Continue Making Awesome Content. Sam
Another great video. I can hardly wait for the next one. You are sure having the time of your life. You are not the only one who brings home rocks and thing for his wife. My husband does the same for me and I think it is awesome. I love found objects and funky rocks and shells and things and he loves to salmon fish and wander the rivers edges and streams. It makes for a happy marriage of nearly 38 years.
Can't even begin to comprehend the age of the fossils. At least not compared to the age of this old man. Reminds me that my life isn't even a blip, not even a nano-second in the history of our planet. Thanks, Beau, for making me feel so insignificant! LOL! I loved the fossils.
Welcome to Texas.... It was a pleasure meeting you at the TAMDC. I have lived here all my life, not East Texas but you have found more silver than I have. I have 500 acres up in West Texas I think you would love. There are 2 houses supposedly from the early 1800's that I have not detected yet. You are always welcome.. Take care
Love collecting fossils here in the UK, it's great to see what you find over there. Thanks for all the work you put into your videos chigg, really appreciate it 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Vernon Hastings exactly! And yet the rookie finds a 150 yo coin!! Ive been there 100 ties and NEVER found old coins. Lots of fossils last year. and pointed rocks. but no old coins.
EARTH ANGEL😇. NICE finds MR. BEAU!!!👍 That seated dime was surely a perk! Just luv those devils toe nails😍!! An engineer for Guilford RR gave me A small tin of those date nails, started me collecting,have some from the 20s! Don't take up much space ,either! Nice trip!Good luck tomorrow!
Hey Beau! Cool, to see you visiting Texas! I live in East Texas, near Lufkin. I was born in Houston, but raised here. I'm glad you were lucky to find some old silver coins. I hope you can find some arrowheads and pottery, too. I'm Native American. A member of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. I really love your channel. I really like it when you have viewer contest. have a great time in Texas, and keep the awesome videos rolling! Chigg, you Rock! Kari Celestine in Texas
Silver finds, that would make my day for sure. It looks like the river had changed directions, and your digging what was once the river bed. It looks just like your videos where you find all the heavy metal collected in the bedrock.
Don Oja right. There is no bedrock at that spot. mostly a hardened clay. and I think the low spot must have gotten washed out with that 17ft flood. Same happened last year and I found a collection very similar there. link's in comments on my newest VlDE0
Doing some research on fossil hunting this came up in the queue, love how excited you got when you came across all the metal stuff...that coin is so cool! Carrie
Great finds Beau! I'm jealous! I was riveted to the screen. I want to be right there with you with my new screens to help you sift through it all! I have three new panning screens with different size holes. I haven't gotten a chance to use them yet. I'm trying to find something to carry them in with my new plastic scoop sifter and a plastic scoop shovel. I have metal shovels too just in case the plastic ones break. I think that they are more for the loose sand at a beach. I found a 5-gallon bucket that I'd like to use to sift the soil over.
What would Chill Bill call it, scraping with that old metal spike? He called it something when you and he were " mudlarking ". I'm glad you stayed and dug the stream bed. Nice coin finds and I hope Lindsay really likes her gift. I love rocks, fossils and old artifacts! Great video, Beau.😉
The North Sulphur River , been there many times . But I always go to the rock and gravel/fossil beds to the east of the Hwy 19/ 24 bridge . That area of the river is FULL of Gryphea , calcite geodes and other fossils and even granite . It's the best area for collecting , period . Rubber boots are a very good thing to wear there . You can walk down on the north side of the river cliff way down to where its accessible , across the soft silt and MUD to the 4 rock beds . It's best to go when it's low water time because high river time means a lot will be underwater there . DO IT , and good hunting !
As usual you make me laugh in between your informative tutorials. As you're scratching the dirt and fossils you're saying "where's the gold? Where's the gold? I know it's in here!" Like a gold prospector but you're looking for (gold) coins!! Hahaha!
Dude you are living the dream. Great trip, I know you are gonna dig that honey hole. I predict 5 mini balls, 3 indian heads, 1 rosy, 1 barber dime, a 1/2 dollar, gold, and 1 arrow head.
5 years later, I come across this video. 1/5/23. I’d guess you’re on the Sulphur River in northeast Texas. I saw a few vertebra and fish scales as you panned along. I’ve been there 3-4 times over the last few years. It’s going to be dammed up to create a lake for Texas’ growing population. Lots of Yankees and Californians moving to DFW.
lots of nasties under rocks in Tx. Sticks,stings or bites. Watch those digits. Live near the confluence of the Brazos and Nolan rivers. Buzzard Cave Arch. Site and Philip Nolan make interesting sites to explore
People have probably told you already. But, the piece you thought was "some kind of drain plug" is actually a piece from an old natural gas house (space) heater. You would attach a hose running from the heater to that piece to heat your room. In many parts of Texas everyone got free natural gas many moons ago. We actually had in until the 1980's. Of course, the family I married into at the time owned the mineral rights.
That's MY exact spot on the EXACT river for fossil hunting. I've seen a lot of rusted metal down there, but I've never seen a pile of it like that! Looks like nature vomitted up all the man-made stuff! I agree that a metal detector would be tough to use down there with so much metal. :)
Looks like the perfect place to pick up a shovel and run the stuff through a screen. I took an old folding card table, removed the table part and lashed some quarter inch mesh hardware cloth onto the frame. Works great! Of course it helps to have a few energetic teenagers to help with the diggin'.
john gould I've screened there a few times, but always did better just surface hunting. Visited there 10-15 times last year and shared them. Just search my old ones.
I saw several rocks that had that round, geode-like appearance. The explanation you gave about the bullets sounds plausible. But, what about the shotgun pellets? In any event, that area is ideal for sifting shovelfuls of dirt through a screen.
Awesome and nice hunting and the best is the coin silver 1887 And I hope you will find a gold one I wish you good luck from Switzerland 🇨🇭Geneva all the best
It's the North Sulphur River , south of Paris , TX. Been there several times and collected many excellent fossils . The large fossil '' devil's toenails'' oysters are Exogyra . Well known for it's Mosasaur bones , also other fossils .
People often go to the Ladonia crossing to the steps leading down for a few small specimens - but the best collecting is just west of the big Highway 19 bridge that crosses the river south of Paris . It's about a 30 to 40 foot very steep drop down the cliffs to the river from there , so it's best to walk down the north side of the cliff a good ways [ private land ..] till you arrive at the lower slopes to access the rock and fossil beds . Large pristine Exogyras , calcite geodes , small pieces of pet. wood and even vertebrate bones [ rare ]. Good luck
Awesome River finds! Love the Fossils! I'll be doing a river relic and fossil hunt in South Texas toward the end of May if you want to come. I'll be using a kayak to get to the location. Happy Hunting! GL! ~ Gypsy from Texas
I can't wait to get out there! I'm going to spend some time in western Az east California this late summer and early fall. It's going to be my detecting vacation. I've been researching and collecting period map's so it should be a fun time. Thanks for sharing your time out in the field. I'm definitely going to be searching washes! Thanks Beau. Happy travels! Beeps.
I quit collecting in 1965 and began speleology photography, To go further with film I certified for SCUBA by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Was paid to reside inside Micronesia and enjoyed tidal surge within reef caves. Learned cartography and last assisted the US Park Service with it under Montana..Retired and my American Dream is to continue discovery and exploration of limestone caves as a senior citizen . Just 5 miles from the caldera of an active volcano ......
Darrell Eidse Thats what you find there. I miss that river so much. It is a treasure trove... well till summer sets in, then it gets picked over to heavy.
Those other rocks look like geodes too ! maybe you should bring a small hammer tomorrow and find lyns summink more beautiful lol :) Amazing how you find that stuff good luck !
Hey, I am a Geologist and PhD Candidate all the way from The University of Stathclyde (Glasgow) :). I love your videos and just wanted to share some of my expertise. The beach would be a bit of a paradise for me I think with all those large and interesting fossils and relics just waiting to be discovered.
The first few fossils don't look like Devils Toenail (Gryphaea) they are much too big. However, I think its in the same family (Gryphaeidae) and more likely belongs to Sp. Exogyra probably Exogyra ponderosa. You are right though it is a rather nice saltwater oyster fossil . Probably from about 100 million years ago (Cretaceous)and about the same time that England was under a warm tropical sea much like the Caribbean today. The ridge marks you can see on some of them show growth lines as they grey year on year. The little holes and scratches you see in these fossils are original and are the remains of ancient worm burrows on the surface of these ancient oysters just like you see today.
The piece of rock at 1:42 is quite cool its what is called a "Slickenside" it basically grew within a Fault (A moving fracture) within the earth. Because there is a fracture in the rock water moves through depositing minerals like calcite or quartz in the same way as limescale accumulates in a kettle. Because there is a gap here the rocks use this as a movement surface gauging out lines in the rock. If there are steps/rough side on this rock then it shows the direction which the rocks were moving relative to each other.
Yup cool fossils the first one is definitely bone, a trick of the trade is to lick your finger and slide it along the fossil if it dries very quickly and feels porous its a bone fossil. If its not chances are its a plant fossil or piece of funny looking stone. This is just a rule of thumb though :). Second one I am not convinced by.
Wow! that is a gorgeous Ammonite, you can see the fantastic feathery lines on the fossil these were made by the creature as it got bigger outgrew each chamber and moved forwards. Generally the main part of the creature was only in the last 1-2 chambers with the old ones forming lots of buoyancy chambers which the Ammonite could take on water through and rise and fall as a submarine would. The ammonites take many years to grow to that size probably 15-30 years as a guesstimate.
Bacculates not to be confused by their distant cousins Beleminites are another form of Ammonite which had evolved into long straight shells similar to the orthocones 400 million years before hand. This similar nature s an example of similar creatures evolving completely independent of each-other and must be a testament to the design of such creatures (though there are differences). Interestingly geologists think that the male creatures could have been a third smaller than the females and that these creatures like the Ammonites probably ate tiny plankton, small crustaceans and maybe even other ammonites in the warm tropical seas where they lived.
8:14 those are concretions. Basically some of the more porous layers say sand vs clay, the sand layers get most of the water moving through them depositing the limescale I mentioned earlier and gradually fill up with sludge which eventually hardens into these harder globules over millions of years. Some of them can have some pretty cool geodes/Septerian Nodules inside though :). Actually looking at it the one at 08:02 is almost certainly a septerian nodule and definitely keep your eye out for them as they are very pretty.
9:03 thats a trace fossil worm cast. Basically, as you walk out on the beach today you get little worm burrows which the fishermen use for bait. Those are essentially 100 million years old versions of those worm burrows. Or its the inside of a septerian nodule can't tell if its sparkly.
Thanks and Please Continue Making Awesome Content.
Sam
Thank you Sam, very informative. I have always walked with my head down on beaches, etc. because of my love for rock formations, fossils, etc.
Wizzkid9000 ah heck if I was there I would be stuffing my pockets with fossils/artifacts!!!😂😂😂
Wizzkid9000 but isn't a geologist study of rocks, not fossils, and bones ??
Wizzkid9000 wow that's a lot of rock solid information !! cheers
Wizzkid9000 I hope you get to earn $150K someday like my PhD geologist cousin! ;)
15:27 You don't even need electronics to find treasure!!! And I didn't have to hold my breath yet either!! Welcome to Texas!!!!
The fossils are fascinating!! Wow... that trip must have been a blast !!! Thanks for taking us along !!!
Can't wait for part two!! You have amazing perception chigg, it's incredible!
Another great video. I can hardly wait for the next one. You are sure having the time of your life. You are not the only one who brings home rocks and thing for his wife. My husband does the same for me and I think it is awesome. I love found objects and funky rocks and shells and things and he loves to salmon fish and wander the rivers edges and streams. It makes for a happy marriage of nearly 38 years.
Lesa Hanners this was incredible!! I am still dumbfounded Chiggs in my river!! I have vids of the same place!! crazy
Can't even begin to comprehend the age of the fossils. At least not compared to the age of this old man. Reminds me that my life isn't even a blip, not even a nano-second in the history of our planet. Thanks, Beau, for making me feel so insignificant! LOL! I loved the fossils.
Happy to hear that.
How exciting!!! I smiled so big when you found the first coin! Then 2 MOOOOARRR!!!! Awesome!
Welcome to Texas.... It was a pleasure meeting you at the TAMDC. I have lived here all my life, not East Texas but you have found more silver than I have. I have 500 acres up in West Texas I think you would love. There are 2 houses supposedly from the early 1800's that I have not detected yet. You are always welcome.. Take care
Great video showing the diversity of your adventures. Love the fossils and I'm sure Lindsay did too.
This is the most interesting part chegg when you found that dime that made me happy then 😁 chegg started doing what chegg does best
Chigg can just smell where the coins are. The metal detector is just a prop.
SpiritBear12 apparently!! Been there a hundred times, same spot and never an old coin!! All those fossils I got on vid3o, but no old coins!
yeah, but the question is; CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE CHIG IS COOKING????
milcoll73 he seems to have a thing for soup bones! so that's what I smell.
milcoll73 lol
Well this hunt had practically everything. Relics, fossils and more. Keep them coming!
Fascinating! You have REAL good eyes for seeing the tiniest of shapes and patterns.
pepeledog right! We have 10-15 vide0s in THAT river and never find an old coin. Lots of cool fossils, but the Chigg finds silver coins!! Crazy!!
Healthy Family Variety Channel you do find some really great fossils!!!
Love collecting fossils here in the UK, it's great to see what you find over there. Thanks for all the work you put into your videos chigg, really appreciate it 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
the pro is on.his hands and knees....the rookie is walking along!!!! lol..loved it
Vernon Hastings exactly! And yet the rookie finds a 150 yo coin!! Ive been there 100 ties and NEVER found old coins. Lots of fossils last year. and pointed rocks. but no old coins.
Your just obsessed! I like it! Think that's why I watch your videos! Hope to see another soon!
nice seated and a murc Likey a lot got to be MOAR!!!! thanks Beau. 😁😁😁
Super fun video!! One of my favorites, thanks for keeping camera on while digging through the treasure!!!
EARTH ANGEL😇. NICE finds MR. BEAU!!!👍 That seated dime was surely a perk! Just luv those devils toe nails😍!! An engineer for Guilford RR gave me A small tin of those date nails, started me collecting,have some from the 20s! Don't take up much space ,either! Nice trip!Good luck tomorrow!
I have learned everything about metal detecting abd about geography from u plz never stop making videos
Your videos are relaxing to watch! I've never been interested in any of the things you do but I am now! Thanks@!
Nice video! Keep it up!
Wow, fossils, bullets, and coins. Nice haul.
Hey Beau! Cool, to see you visiting Texas! I live in East Texas, near Lufkin. I was born in Houston, but raised here. I'm glad you were lucky to find some old silver coins. I hope you can find some arrowheads and pottery, too. I'm Native American. A member of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. I really love your channel. I really like it when you have viewer contest. have a great time in Texas, and keep the awesome videos rolling! Chigg, you Rock! Kari Celestine in Texas
Do you know what river he is in?
@@alissaross5306 I don’t actually know. Probably somewhere in West or North Texas.
l live in East Texas. Good to have you out here. I love it. Welcome
You are in my river!!!! Aquachigger is in my RIVER!!!!! I have about 10 videos in that river!!!!
3:30 there is probably not a bacculite, hard to tell for sure, That looked more like a clam burrow hole top. Awesome ammonite fragment!!!!!!
Healthy Family Variety Channel what river is it? I live in East Texas.
Is it our Sabine?
Healthy Family Variety Channel which river is it? I’m in E Texas too and want to go.
Rusty would have to fight me to get out of there. So cool. Awesome fossils and just cool stuff. Thanks for all the footage.
Only you could go out in the middle of nowhere and find some really old coins. Really good job of reading the area/ground and capitalizing on it!
Randolph Relic Recovery yep, and we've hunted it 100 times...never found coins. lots of fossils on our channeI
Silver finds, that would make my day for sure. It looks like the river had changed directions, and your digging what was once the river bed. It looks just like your videos where you find all the heavy metal collected in the bedrock.
Don Oja right. There is no bedrock at that spot. mostly a hardened clay. and I think the low spot must have gotten washed out with that 17ft flood. Same happened last year and I found a collection very similar there. link's in comments on my newest VlDE0
Doing some research on fossil hunting this came up in the queue, love how excited you got when you came across all the metal stuff...that coin is so cool! Carrie
Great video! That would be so much fun digging In that river area! All the best to you!
You shouldn't worry about our excitement, just the anticipation of seeing something you miss is good enough for us. Just wish this was real time.
Awesome finds Beau. Sometimes we just have to slow down and look. Hope you went back and found some more neat stuff. enjoyed this one a lot....Ron
Your sifting tomorrow should be spot on!!! Can't wait to see what you find!!
Andrew Meyer I hope he does well, but I never had much luck sifting that spot. In that river I do better surface hunting.
20:25 - I see a slot on the linear side - almost looks like a belt buckle without the pin...just a wild guess if it isn't what you thought.
Great finds Beau! I'm jealous! I was riveted to the screen. I want to be right there with you with my new screens to help you sift through it all! I have three new panning screens with different size holes. I haven't gotten a chance to use them yet. I'm trying to find something to carry them in with my new plastic scoop sifter and a plastic scoop shovel. I have metal shovels too just in case the plastic ones break. I think that they are more for the loose sand at a beach. I found a 5-gallon bucket that I'd like to use to sift the soil over.
What would Chill Bill call it, scraping with that old metal spike? He called it something when you and he were " mudlarking ". I'm glad you stayed and dug the stream bed. Nice coin finds and I hope Lindsay really likes her gift. I love rocks, fossils and old artifacts! Great video, Beau.😉
Hey Beau at 18:54 you find a gold earing and looks like a coin or 2 . Keep up the great work buddy :)
I wanna see the screening video! Anticipation is building...
me 2
Only the Chig would find a Seated Liberty dime and a thick silver bracelet with-out a metal detector. Nice surface finds, headed to Part 2.
The North Sulphur River , been there many times . But I always go to the rock and gravel/fossil beds to the east of the Hwy 19/ 24 bridge . That area of the river is FULL of Gryphea , calcite geodes and other fossils and even granite . It's the best area for collecting , period .
Rubber boots are a very good thing to wear there . You can walk down on the north side of the river cliff way down to where its accessible , across the soft silt and MUD to the 4 rock beds . It's best to go when it's low water time because high river time means a lot will be underwater there . DO IT , and good hunting !
Boy, Beau, you can sure nose out some coins! Great finds.
Some of the best content on youtube. I love Fossils
The find at 20 Min. or so is called a D ring and are commonly used in horse rigging. Thanks for your vids. Billy, Canada
Some nice finds, AND Mrs Beau gets a new bracelet to go with her fossils. lol
l cannot wait to see what y'all find using screens, I bet there's all sorts of old relics to be found.
I'm a total stranger to you so this may not mean much but thank you so much for filming your adventures my 5 year old and I watch every video you make
So Jealous Man!!! That place looks awesome Chigg... Look forward to the next, screen & shovel baby!!! :-) Good Luck & Happy Huntin'
Diggin' It! it is a super awesome place!! I have about 10-15 videos there from last summer!!! Can't. believe Chigg is there!!!
That's Cool I checked out your latest, I'll have to delve into a few of your older ones a little later! Good Luck & Happy Huntin'
Diggin' It! thanks!!!
I went and found the one with the lead and iron just like Chigg found. except I found no coins!!
You'll make a great story teller. You have awesome videos on history
As usual you make me laugh in between your informative tutorials. As you're scratching the dirt and fossils you're saying "where's the gold? Where's the gold? I know it's in here!" Like a gold prospector but you're looking for (gold) coins!! Hahaha!
I love your videos! I'm always excited to see what you find next.
Dude you are living the dream. Great trip, I know you are gonna dig that honey hole. I predict 5 mini balls, 3 indian heads, 1 rosy, 1 barber dime, a 1/2 dollar, gold, and 1 arrow head.
5 years later, I come across this video. 1/5/23. I’d guess you’re on the Sulphur River in northeast Texas. I saw a few vertebra and fish scales as you panned along. I’ve been there 3-4 times over the last few years. It’s going to be dammed up to create a lake for Texas’ growing population. Lots of Yankees and Californians moving to DFW.
Love your adventures... just like being there!
Rosi Koenig if you wanna see more from there, checkou t mine from last year. Its a great place!!
Healthy Family Variety Channel thats cool!
lots of nasties under rocks in Tx. Sticks,stings or bites. Watch those digits.
Live near the confluence of the Brazos and Nolan rivers. Buzzard Cave Arch. Site and Philip Nolan make interesting sites to explore
d taylor I’ve found lots of arrowheads in that area...that big camp at mouth of Nolan. Good area for exploring 🙂
People have probably told you already. But, the piece you thought was "some kind of drain plug" is actually a piece from an old natural gas house (space) heater. You would attach a hose running from the heater to that piece to heat your room. In many parts of Texas everyone got free natural gas many moons ago. We actually had in until the 1980's. Of course, the family I married into at the time owned the mineral rights.
If you ever find pottery sherds I would love to see those. I occasionally find them on the sandbars. MOAR river treasure!
awesome video chigg, these are the kind of videos i love
WellT21 I have 10 plus of them up, from the exact spot last year. But I didnt find any old coins!!! Leave it to Chigg to find silver coins!!
Great video Mr.Chigg
Awesome!!!! Hold your breath for the next video!
That's MY exact spot on the EXACT river for fossil hunting. I've seen a lot of rusted metal down there, but I've never seen a pile of it like that! Looks like nature vomitted up all the man-made stuff! I agree that a metal detector would be tough to use down there with so much metal. :)
Great find, Chigg! 👀🖒👊
+1. Nice to be out of the caves!
Looks like the perfect place to pick up a shovel and run the stuff through a screen. I took an old folding card table, removed the table part and lashed some quarter inch mesh hardware cloth onto the frame. Works great! Of course it helps to have a few energetic teenagers to help with the diggin'.
john gould I've screened there a few times, but always did better just surface hunting. Visited there 10-15 times last year and shared them. Just search my old ones.
Where is that river? I looked through your videos and you don't say it there either..
Great video! Good luck for future hunts!
Can't wait to see you back at that spot!!
Beau is a master detector. Crazy
Solid brass d rings were also used on shoulder straps for attaching possibles bags used by frontiersmen. Historically correct.
You know its spring when Chigg starts the uploads.
I saw several rocks that had that round, geode-like appearance. The explanation you gave about the bullets sounds plausible. But, what about the shotgun pellets? In any event, that area is ideal for sifting shovelfuls of dirt through a screen.
looks like the sulpher river and great find on amonite
great vid, loved the the garter snake
Very cool. (Video from 4-29-17 in Texas Pt1 ). See ya on the next one.
If I had to guess, all the melted lead you found came from an old school body shop where they used lead filler for dent repair.
this is awesome man. I love it. the best thing in life is to get on out.
I hope you all are safe, I am in Garland near Garret Metal Detectors, and know it was not safe out that way last night.
Awesome and nice hunting and the best is the coin silver 1887
And I hope you will find a gold one
I wish you good luck from Switzerland 🇨🇭Geneva all the best
It's the North Sulphur River , south of Paris , TX. Been there several times and collected many excellent fossils . The large fossil '' devil's toenails'' oysters are Exogyra . Well known for it's Mosasaur bones , also other fossils .
jeff williams, Awesome. I'm from Sulphur Springs, I need to head up there and look around.
People often go to the Ladonia crossing to the steps leading down for a few small specimens - but the best collecting is just west of the big Highway 19 bridge that crosses the river south of Paris . It's about a 30 to 40 foot very steep drop down the cliffs to the river from there , so it's best to walk down the north side of the cliff a good ways [ private land ..] till you arrive at the lower slopes to access the rock and fossil beds . Large pristine Exogyras , calcite geodes , small pieces of pet. wood and even vertebrate bones [ rare ]. Good luck
jeff williams, Thank you. I knew there were some places around here. I just didn't know the locations.
Jeff, shhhhhhh, don't tell!
Wish Mr Garrett had given you a triangular miners pick, magic for digging and scraping in the dirt.
leave it to aquachigger to find bullets in a fossil field. we should start calling you Hawkeye. great video again !!!
looking forward to part 2
Ken. UK
great video lots to find there
Excellent video!
Nice spot!! Hope you got to dig and screen there!!
Awesome River finds! Love the Fossils! I'll be doing a river relic and fossil hunt in South Texas toward the end of May if you want to come. I'll be using a kayak to get to the location. Happy Hunting! GL! ~ Gypsy from Texas
I can't wait to get out there! I'm going to spend some time in western Az east California this late summer and early fall. It's going to be my detecting vacation. I've been researching and collecting period map's so it should be a fun time. Thanks for sharing your time out in the field. I'm definitely going to be searching washes! Thanks Beau. Happy travels!
Beeps.
I quit collecting in 1965 and began speleology photography, To go further with film
I certified for SCUBA by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Was paid to reside inside
Micronesia and enjoyed tidal surge within reef caves. Learned cartography and
last assisted the US Park Service with it under Montana..Retired and my American
Dream is to continue discovery and exploration of limestone caves as a senior citizen .
Just 5 miles from the caldera of an active volcano ......
Aquachiggar around 4:49 just to the left of the tub it looks like there is a type of tooth there above a small white round rock
Awesome coin finds.
You did not even have a medal detector an found coins that was a cool video. Thanks for bringing me along
aquachigger,is that a coin at 11:25 when you move the rock?
sure looks like roundness!
I thought so too
Wow, talk about great surface finds :-)
Darrell Eidse Thats what you find there. I miss that river so much. It is a treasure trove... well till summer sets in, then it gets picked over to heavy.
dang, that seated liberty dime is in excellent shape... I'd send it out for grading.
hope ya go back w/ screens......can't wait to see "MOAR"!
Chigg you could find a grain of earth sand on the moon, your eyes are just so well trained now.
WOW welcome to Texas !
Texas mud larking .😂
James Lockmiller pretty much!! That river is a great place to go. I made so many VlDE0S there! Wow, and Chigg visited the same spot!
Healthy Family Variety Channel I'll go check them out. Do you find anything good?
Those other rocks look like geodes too ! maybe you should bring a small hammer tomorrow and find lyns summink more beautiful lol :) Amazing how you find that stuff good luck !
Wow, that was a great video.
Fenga Papit! hahaha I forgot all about that!