Welcome to Northeast Expanse. Join us as we share our love for the outdoors through exploring, prospecting, navigating the waterways and the mountains of New England.
All those downed trees will be the cause of flooding and damages during the next high water event. They will pile up at the mouths of culverts and between the abutments of bridges, causing the waters to dam up and wash over roadbeds, erasing them. What a mess. We have seen the same thing in our area. Steep, narrow valleys, 90% forest and nature does its thing.
So true. This area is pretty far from any major areas which is a good thing however there is a low lying flat zone at the bottom of the valley that was destroyed last year. I pray Vermont doesn’t get anymore floods anytime soon.
This is a green mountain gold trap which is a fluid bed classifier. I don’t run it backwards because if I did it may reverse the time space continuum and that would bring us back to the 1980’s…actually on second thought 🤔🫠
@@northeastexpanse my sincerest Apologies sir! I didn't mean to come off as all Karen like.. I seen a guy up at echo using a sluice.. My beef with the Vermont sluice law is this, a 5 foot to 6 foot sluice has zero impact on water... The place gets ripped up by flooding on a regular basis... But they want to tell people that there little sluice and bucket are a danger to the water?? Land of the Free? I asked the guy if anyone ever gave him a hard time and he said once.. No tickets or anything.. It was more of how to without the hassle.. Im sorry but Vermont needs to leave people the eff alone... I do this as a side gig because I'm extremely passionate about it! Im a amateur geologist and have been tracking load deposits & placer for the past 10 years... There is so much more to this place.. The Green Mountains are literally my 2nd home! I been building Fence for the past 27 years and decided 10 years ago that I wanna be a full time gold miner/treasure hunter.. Honestly, I am addicted to adventure man! I love finding caves, old mines and anything out of the ordinary!
Thanks brother! My guess is that no one will be out there with a chainsaw. I am curious to see what it looks like beyond the brush mess though. Thanks for watching 👊🏻
All those downed trees are going to trap a lot of gold in the years to come! It's the journey and adventure that's important not the gold - so don't worry about colour :)
Someday after many seasons of spring runoffs I’ll head back out there. I’m always more excited about what the area I’m prospecting will look like over whether I find gold lol. If I’m mining though, I get antsy if I’m not finding any gold.
another great video! absolutely not or ever bored with your videos.. the "critter cam" shots are a nice touch also. i can't get over how much damage was done,,again, in a short period of time..
Cool I’ve never heard that term! We call them Cairns in the Northeast. They are mostly used here on our mountain trails from the alpine zones to the summits.
When I would get to spots like that, just a complete tangled disaster, bail out of the river channel and walk through the woods, keeping an eye on the river to see when you get passed that stuff. Otherwise,like you said, you'll spend hours trying to move half a mile up or downstream. Still, a bad day prospecting is better than a good day sitting home doing nothing 🤷♂️
Great video! You’re right, just go out and have fun! The washed out bank looks like a promising area. You’ll have to dig a bit. lol. Good gold hunting! Take care.
Thanks! Everytime I come across one of these old roads it crosses my mind. I never go back and do it though lol. I’m really interested in getting a better detector eventually.
Dude. This is awesome. Good stuff Jimmy! It looks like so much fun. I was thinking it would be cool to join ya on one of your hikes. Do like a sober trek through the woods for my channel too. But then I thought, with the amount I swear, there's no way he'd be able to monetize it lol lol. Anyways. Great stuff my friend. Keep it coming.
Thanks Ron! Buddy it would be great to bring ya along. Next time you are back in Boston let me know beforehand. I’ll bring ya north for a couple days to hike and gold prospect.
Systematic gold prospecting, that's the right thing to do. Then you know exactly where there is little gold. And that is also a success. Well done, mate ⚒👍🤠
Wow! I spoke to someone who was getting $1400 a lb dry last year. Had no idea you could get even more for it. There’s a couple places I think I’ve found it now.
Which specific rock unit do you have marked out on your map ?(at the end of the video). Looks like it's the devonian DW formation, the very bottom portion of that formation is where the loudville lead and silver mine is that I used to frequent. It's a fairly rich formation with many pockets of high mineral deposition.
It’s some of places I’ve been, and going to be heading to. Bronson Hill Arc is part of it. Haven’t been out to the mine in South Hampton. Looks neat though.
@cwilson6880 I’m with ya, had to talk myself out of spending to much time in one spot. Saw some scat on the way back with gray hairs in it and big ol’ palm sized canid prints only feet away.
Such a grub 😃😂. Yeah man that area was nuts. My brain was saying ginseng but I’m still not sure. Digging for ginseng doesn’t start until September 1st and I need to get a license to dig.
Oh man brother... you know I'm a big fan of the sled. I've been using the sled for yeaes to mine.. but you are a genious. . The built in classifier really sets it off. . I'm gonna have to build one
