Metal Detecting in USA Pacific North West (Whites MXT detector) Bedrock Prospecting 

Thanks, the Aussies probably think it sounds terrible 😄 but I gave it my best. That's a good theory, totally makes sense, I like it.

Thanks! Will do! Good luck to you.

🤣 naturally... it knew it's place.

Awesome, thanks!

Same here. New subscriber. Finding your channel to be very interesting. Hope you strike it big! Cheers! Whipple

@@Whipple1 Thanks! I hope I do too 😆Can't wait till the water goes down and I can do some more sniping in the river.

Very happy for you. I am curious of your aprox, location. Like Ak or UK. I'm going on my boat to look for a claim. On the coast of Ak.

😄👍 thanks for watching.

Ahh that would make sense. I was thinking maybe it was a nipple or belly button piercing stud 😆. I think your theory is more accurate though.

Interesting I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

Haha, maybe someone will find the bolt now.

You mean like on a bridge?

Ok that makes sense. I thought it was a nipple piercing stud or something lol.

Haha, yeah all I ever find is trash with the detector.

My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

😆 then I've got tons of marble!

Certainly did. I need to nugget it next time.

@@wildernesseric I'd Get 1 of those Portable Vacs & Extra batteries. JJ

@@johnjacobs1625 If I can find a good light weight setup that's definitely something I should do in the future.

I did for most of the time. I tested it with a small nugget I had and it seemed to work best on that mode with all the iron trash around.

You are right, in the video after this I found an old mining camp from the 1800's. I also found some remnants of what looks like an old flume. I'm going back sometime in the future to metal detect the old mining camp.

I think that's a good guess on the block even though there is not a bridge nearby I suppose it could have floated way down on some wood. The nails appear to be from at least a couple different era's in time. Definitely need to do some exploring around the area to see what I can find when I get some time.

Yes you're right. In fact I did some exploring around the area and found a really old mining camp! I'm going to show it briefly in my next video probably and then scour it with a metal detector later on. I enjoy detecting for relics more than gold detecting because it's more fruitful. I haven't given up on gold detecting though, I'll be back at it.

That's what I'm guessing about the detectors. I've only used VLF detectors and have not tried a pulse induction detector yet, hoping to get my hands on one to test as they work differently. Another viewer seemed to think the small piece as part of a fishing lure, I thought it looked kind of like a body piercing stud. It's not even slightly magnetic.

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For what?

Yeah, I tried to look it up after that but couldn't find any information on how old it could be. It definitely looks old fashioned as no modern tire weights look like that. I'm finding square nails and round nails so I'm thinking maybe there is stuff from the 1800's mining days and the 1930's. Either way it was a long time ago because nothing is left but wilderness and pieces of metal.

Thank you, greetings to you as well 🙂

The old miners here loved nails!

Dead man? Is that the point where a cable is anchored on a bridge or something?

Yeah, seems to be status quo with detecting. Even though there's nuggets there you still can't find them in areas like this with a detector. I guess that's good and bad. Those who are willing to dig a little get rewarded, but it's work to find the gold.

@@wildernesseric gotta go away from people most try, like creeks where the hike is harder. ToeToes always finds stuff, but he also find a ton of crap too.

@@petertwiss356 that's the crazy thing, this is away from people. Didn't expect to find this much stuff. I suspect now that there's probably some old mining camps around somewhere. I'm gonna do some exploring and see what I can find.

Yes, definitely. Luckily the water is going down faster than I thought it would so I will be in there very soon! Thanks for watching!

Do you mean the cost of the metal detector? They are around $700 usd.

I've heard a lot of people suggest the Gold Monster. Hopefully I can find someone who will let me test theirs out first.

@@wildernesseric That machine is made for hunting bed rock.

Sorry, wish I could say but need to keep the location secret at least for now. 🤐

I've been carefully studying all of the trees, rocks, and even the deer in the video. I am 100% sure that I have a clue on how to find Eric. Don't look here in Indiana. That is definitely not my state. Hope that helps...

Thanks!

Awesome thanks I'm glad someone was finally able to tell me what it is 🤣

I have looked around the area since this video and have found an old mining camp and possibly remnants of an old flume. I'm going back to metal detect the old mining camp sometime in the future.

@@wildernesseric oh sweet, how cool is that. Never know what you might find, I took my GM1000 out to a old hydraulic operation & found some super cool relics of the forgotten era when men wore a shovel to a nub trying to make a living wage, they don't make many like that anymore goodness gracious. Good luck searching for treasures my friend happy trails, safe travels & heavy pans Sir.

@@phylxguy5547Thank you, yeah I keep finding more and more cool stuff and places to treasure hunt in this area. Wish I had more time to explore it all. You find any valuable relics? I'm wondering if the old timers had a habit of stashing gold or coins.

@@wildernesseric well depending upon what you perceive as valuable I believe so haha I've found an allotment of tools, a belt buckle & multiple coins obviously not in tip-top shape nonetheless a treasure to me. Although I do know of a guy who has found a stash jar that has almost 1 oz of gold nuggets and a little bit of flour gold he found not far from a old pioneer campsite that was almost 10 years ago now but that showed either they stash ,lost, got robbed or possibly killed by either murder or sometimes of natural causes but they occasionally had something of significance that gets lost into time & mother nature's labyrinth of flora that takes back making for an incredible adventure searching thru the maze of obstacles put forth to aid in your experience.

Greetings

I've tried all 3 modes and get the same results. I did some testing and put a small nugget in with some black sand. The nugget reads as a hot rock because of all the mineralization(black sand) around it. I think this is the main reason I'm not finding nuggets with the detector, and there are way too many actual hot rocks to dig all the "hot rock" targets. I'm gonna have to try a few different types of detectors and see if I can find one that will work in this area.

Yep pretty much.

Haha yeah, if I find anymore I'll have to build a cabin 😄

@@wildernesseric I believe that hunk of iron is a hillside washer, or beveled washer. Allows the bolt to bolt something that has any kind of angle aside from 90 or 180. Just a speculation though.

@@danielhughes9556 that's a good thought. Though I wonder how it got to the river in the middle of nowhere? Maybe a piece of bridge that washed out way upstream or something? Maybe floated down connected to a piece of wooden structure?

Maybe. I work on bridges, and have used hillside/beveled washers. Only WAY smaller. That thing is massive

@@danielhughes9556 oh, well I guess you're the right person to aske that question too then 😆 Now I wonder how old it might be? Also wonder if maybe it could be something to a piece of old mining equipment.

My friend has a gpz7000 but it does not work well in this area because there is too much metal trash and mineralized soil. It's quite a challenging area to detect.

@@wildernesseric looks like a decent claim. You gotta watch for poachers. Hope your hard work pays off. Peace.