Metal detecting native silver with Minelab GPX5000 at an abandoned Ontario silver mine. Some nuggets are dendritic, which is always a bonus. This is what nice silver looks like.
Just got my first rock saw and did my first couple cuts. I've watched all your videos and decided to go for it. Loved seeing how your pieces have turned out. Thanks for the inspiration! Maybe the wife will start seeing more than "just rocks" now. Lol
Excellent video. I would have bet against you ever finding a bell in those rocks lol. The drill core samples were very cool. I can't stop thinking of what a person could make out of them. Congrats on some beautiful silver being found. Take care and be safe.
Some people have suggested wind chimes from the drill core. That is why I was tapping them together. I think they are right and it would probably work.
Those looked like maybe BQ, which is pretty small, but when you get up into HQ or PQ, you can slab them up and make very stylish, unique coasters. AQ and BQ make good wind-chimes if they're very competent, usually microcrystalline rock types.
Daisy loved being there at this time of year. She swam in the lakes during the day and at night the temperature dropped to 14 C, which was perfect sleeping weather for her.
I gaze into the Crystal I barely see the lines on my face I grasp on too the light in my hands to see clear of the shards in my Heart Behold the power too conceal the Pain in my love .. Prof’ fly. Thank you 🙏
I will have to think about polishing. I don't think I can get the silver to get any brighter, but it would be nice to remove some of the cut marks. My worry is the silver will be soft and smeer.
Just to clarify what you’re finding here.... the ‘green’ slime you’re finding on the ore is actually annabergite, nickel arsenate, and the pink ‘slime’ is cobalt arsenate, or erythrite. If this is the Burgess Mine then some of the pink coating could be burgessite... which is worth many hundreds of dollars a specimen! Also, nickeline is actually nickel arsenide and not pure nickel metal. Pure nickel is actually quite rare in the earths crust. The other ore minerals you’re seeing are cobaltite, arsenopyrite, skutterudite, and nickelskutterudite plus others. If you find vuggy rock here look for bright red crystals of proustite... very pretty. Nice finds!
You mentioned a piece of slag at that site, does that mean they processed the silver at the mine, also I was looking at your tile saw model at Home depot, I wouldn't call it a cheap model.
They had shacks for testing the silver at many of the mines. I have also found crucibles in some out of the way places. Well, I guess cheap is a relative term. I was looking at trim saws and have not yet recovered from the price shock.
;) *geiger... Cobalt 60 is man-made, and Cobalt 59 is stable, so there is no risk of radioactive exposure beyond background picking these minerals. Cheers!
meMiner got a question I live in Kentucky got tons of geodes and agate and florite do u have any tips on how to find single crystal without finding them in geodes
You are lucky to have geodes. I don't have them around here. As for other types of crystals, the prime place to look is where exposed rock turns to calcite, any vugs or near any areas where there is mica (especially muscovite) . Crystals tend to form inside calcite and can be exposed with acid. I always look along edges where one type of rock turns into another. Hope that helps a little bit.
A lot of central and east central Kentucky is geodes. If you want single quartz crystals there might be a few places to look but the common minerals here are calcite fluorite baryte and those will be found along the many fault lines that run across the bluegrass area and western ky
DUDE!!!!!!! I want a slice of that last rock!!! Amazing! Are you going back up again around Thanksgiving long weekend, if so let me know I'm going up for a week of vacation and will be around the area metal detecting.
I am not sure our plans for Thanksgiving. I was there last year at that time and the area was quite busy which ruined it for Amy who wanted to find birds. On the plus side, there is a restaurant in Latchford where we ate a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner every afternoon were were there.
@@meMiner I passed you last year on the 4 wheeler on the Sunday , I'm gonna be there the sat-sat so if you think you might head up give me a shout, I emailed you in the spring about the Peterborough gem show so u might still have my email address.
I am sure you have found some of those bizarre cottage cheese like lumps of altered nickel arsenides. putting that in a video would be neat for people to see.
I don't recall getting nickel looking like that unless it is just what I would call nickeline nuggets. Most come out the ground with a thick cover of green slime.
dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you are bored like me atm then you can watch all the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my brother during the lockdown :)
Hey SmithsGold. I still like gold, but silver in a good spot is fun to metal detect. I have gone for days in historic gold areas without finding anything. I seldom have a slow hour in our silver fields.
@@meMiner I'm not patient enough to wait lol I'd have crushed and smelted even the smallest of my finds. Unfortunately I live in an area where there's nothing to find.
What is the stuff that looks like florescent green? I'm glad to see you back at the silver. Could you send me your email again so I can talk to you about some apatite and a dendritic silver slice? I accidentally deleted your address! Thanks.
Just got my first rock saw and did my first couple cuts. I've watched all your videos and decided to go for it. Loved seeing how your pieces have turned out. Thanks for the inspiration! Maybe the wife will start seeing more than "just rocks" now. Lol
LOL Mine only sees "rock" too.
What an amazing core sample pile, wow. The first slab you cut was very nice, but that lat one was really cool. Great video and thanks.
Woah it is so pretty when you cut them and see the slices shiny with silver. Thank you for sharing!
I was pleased with the inside. ;-)
Nice upload . Always fun to watch.
Thanks Marc
Like the last cut, the Nickel/Silver looks very cool!
Love watching a pro such as yourself. What an awesome find with that last slice. Can’t wait till your next polishing video!!
Wow. Thanks for the nice comment.
Wow! Beautiful rocks! Lots of silver! Great video! Thanks!
Thanks John!
Beautiful, I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next big find. TY
It was a short but fun trip. There might be one more in the cards, unless we get an early snow. Thanks for the comment.
wooow ! nicest rock with silver ive ever seen man . first cut .
no wonder the chigg likes to visit you, who wouldn't,the samples look really sweet thanks for sharing
Oh, I'm loving the last one you sliced..well no...ALL are fabulous!..
Thanks Yvonne! I was pleased with the rocks too.
The first big sliced one was spectacular.
Thanks man. I was pleased to see the silver. I was pretty sure it was there, but ya never know until you open it up.
Excellent video. I would have bet against you ever finding a bell in those rocks lol. The drill core samples were very cool. I can't stop thinking of what a person could make out of them. Congrats on some beautiful silver being found. Take care and be safe.
Some people have suggested wind chimes from the drill core. That is why I was tapping them together. I think they are right and it would probably work.
Those looked like maybe BQ, which is pretty small, but when you get up into HQ or PQ, you can slab them up and make very stylish, unique coasters. AQ and BQ make good wind-chimes if they're very competent, usually microcrystalline rock types.
Good to know. Thanks.
Gold and Silver is my favourites of metalls. They cost so much.
Like to see the last one polished up
That first rock you sliced was super pretty.
Thanks Debie!
Very nice finds ....for Daisy
Daisy loved being there at this time of year. She swam in the lakes during the day and at night the temperature dropped to 14 C, which was perfect sleeping weather for her.
I gaze into the Crystal I barely see the lines on my face I grasp on too the light in my hands to see clear of the shards in my Heart Behold the power too conceal the Pain in my love .. Prof’ fly. Thank you 🙏
Good lyric
Oh man NEED to see those polished up!!!!
I will have to think about polishing. I don't think I can get the silver to get any brighter, but it would be nice to remove some of the cut marks. My worry is the silver will be soft and smeer.
meMiner - didn’t you polish up some similar slabs in an earlier vid? Why would this one behave differently? Just want to learn!
Wow sweet finds and yup I would keep the little ones they add up after awhile thank u
Sometimes, the little ones are really high quality.
Just to clarify what you’re finding here.... the ‘green’ slime you’re finding on the ore is actually annabergite, nickel arsenate, and the pink ‘slime’ is cobalt arsenate, or erythrite. If this is the Burgess Mine then some of the pink coating could be burgessite... which is worth many hundreds of dollars a specimen! Also, nickeline is actually nickel arsenide and not pure nickel metal. Pure nickel is actually quite rare in the earths crust. The other ore minerals you’re seeing are cobaltite, arsenopyrite, skutterudite, and nickelskutterudite plus others. If you find vuggy rock here look for bright red crystals of proustite... very pretty. Nice finds!
whoops, i meant the Keeley Mine, not burgess.
You mentioned a piece of slag at that site, does that mean they processed the silver at the mine, also I was looking at your tile saw model at Home depot, I wouldn't call it a cheap model.
They had shacks for testing the silver at many of the mines. I have also found crucibles in some out of the way places. Well, I guess cheap is a relative term. I was looking at trim saws and have not yet recovered from the price shock.
Dude yes! New big vid! Gonna make a coffee and get my watchin on! Noiiice!
Edit: dude nice! Quality video every time, and the rocks! Damn! 👌
Hey Rookie Rock - thanks man!
Have you ever thought of using a gyger counter to find the cobalt or if the exposure to cobalt is dangerous?
;) *geiger... Cobalt 60 is man-made, and Cobalt 59 is stable, so there is no risk of radioactive exposure beyond background picking these minerals. Cheers!
Thanks k4swx and meMiner
meMiner got a question I live in Kentucky got tons of geodes and agate and florite do u have any tips on how to find single crystal without finding them in geodes
Molly Singleton what region of Kentucky?
You are lucky to have geodes. I don't have them around here. As for other types of crystals, the prime place to look is where exposed rock turns to calcite, any vugs or near any areas where there is mica (especially muscovite) . Crystals tend to form inside calcite and can be exposed with acid. I always look along edges where one type of rock turns into another. Hope that helps a little bit.
A lot of central and east central Kentucky is geodes. If you want single quartz crystals there might be a few places to look but the common minerals here are calcite fluorite baryte and those will be found along the many fault lines that run across the bluegrass area and western ky
Southeast Kentucky
I kinda figured when you said lots of geodes and agate. I'm in Lexington. But yeah follow the faults. Or look around old mine areas.
DUDE!!!!!!! I want a slice of that last rock!!! Amazing! Are you going back up again around Thanksgiving long weekend, if so let me know I'm going up for a week of vacation and will be around the area metal detecting.
I am not sure our plans for Thanksgiving. I was there last year at that time and the area was quite busy which ruined it for Amy who wanted to find birds. On the plus side, there is a restaurant in Latchford where we ate a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner every afternoon were were there.
@@meMiner I passed you last year on the 4 wheeler on the Sunday , I'm gonna be there the sat-sat so if you think you might head up give me a shout, I emailed you in the spring about the Peterborough gem show so u might still have my email address.
the green slime and coatings are a secondary mineral called Annabergite which is a result of the alteration of Nickeline or Ramelsbergite. Good video
You are correct! I tend to keep things simple where a rock is cobalt, nickel, junk or silver. Your approach is better.
I am sure you have found some of those bizarre cottage cheese like lumps of altered nickel arsenides. putting that in a video would be neat for people to see.
I don't recall getting nickel looking like that unless it is just what I would call nickeline nuggets. Most come out the ground with a thick cover of green slime.
Darn nice pieces dude! Perfect vib-lap fodder!
dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you are bored like me atm then you can watch all the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my brother during the lockdown :)
@Solomon Immanuel Definitely, I have been watching on Instaflixxer for months myself =)
@@solomonimmanuel8087 Reported, you POS.
Spectacular!
Thanks. I tried cutting some more today and hope to get the video edited and posted by Tuesday.
Very nice some day I’ll get to find silver !!!
Hey SmithsGold. I still like gold, but silver in a good spot is fun to metal detect. I have gone for days in historic gold areas without finding anything. I seldom have a slow hour in our silver fields.
I would love to look for silver but I'll have to stick to Gold for Now !!!! your silver rocks sure kook nice when cut !!!!
liked that last rock
Thanks William. I always like the look of dendritic. As you could see, I did not make additional cuts. These rocks deserve a good trim saw.
Do you smelt your silver? How do you process your silver ore that you find?
I have not done any melting or refining (yet). Maybe soon
@@meMiner I'm not patient enough to wait lol I'd have crushed and smelted even the smallest of my finds. Unfortunately I live in an area where there's nothing to find.
Do you crush and spate the silver and melt it down into bars?
I don't do that (yet). I think it would be interesting to try.
They're worth substantially more as mineral specimens. ;)
And make a video series out of it hehehehe.
could the pink be cobaltian calcite/dolomite?
For sure could be. Calcite/dolomite and cobalt are all in the area.
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How do you get the silver out of the rocks
They can be refined. I have not done it (yet).
What is the stuff that looks like florescent green? I'm glad to see you back at the silver. Could you send me your email again so I can talk to you about some apatite and a dendritic silver slice? I accidentally deleted your address! Thanks.
Green is oxidized nickel.
@@meMiner About halfway through the video I saw a few pieces that really looked florescent. Have you ever looked with a black light?
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I bet they are high quality
I think so.
and the last one hahah , beut !
It makes me want to go back and find more. ;-)
Thats understandable! lol . Round 2 ;) !
Let me know about trading some stuff
Your turning your pin pointer on when touching your target!
If I am doing that, it makes it less sensitive (balances to the target). I will have to watch that because it could be a bad habit.
@@meMiner Exactly! Probably wouldn't miss your target but would at least save time. Great videos BTW, Thanks for sharing.
Nice pieces..do you have a rock shop?
No. I have a rock backyard that drives my wife nuts. LOL