Metal Detecting an Oregon Abandoned Mine Site
Metal Detecting an Oregon Abandoned Mine Site
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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Cinnabar mining, what are you looking for?
Will you recommend a cost efficient metal detector. About $500 to $800 ?
Try the old gold tailing piles.
Super interesting video and site, brother! Cool finds! Looks like the truck is treating you well! Pretty good flex 🙂
the only bullet that comes to mind that has 3 rings like that is a 45-70 gov but i could be wrong
Check out Aquachigger, the man is brilliant. Very educational in regards to detecting and relics.👍
Eastern Oregon seems to have quite a few hot springs. Those sites would be great for metal detecting.
out of curiosity what direction was the outhouse facing
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
Casey, love that you’re getting a lot of use out of the truck–that it’s wasn’t just a project/exercise.
I like the new car, should give you a bit more room to work with ( hopefully less flammable )
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.
Have you tried using a smaller coil. There pretty handy in the old iron beds.
I would love to see more metal detecting videos in these areas.
The old Bullitt looks like a Sabot.
Good stuff! Tnaks for sharing.
Ugh reminds me of my home town bend oregon 🙂
You talk so damn much. I really came here to see you metal detect a mercury mine.
What a waste of time. Change the name of your video to listen to me talk. This almost has nothing to do with what we are looking for.
Have you ever thought about bringing a dog along on your adventures?
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You got rid of your jeep??
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.
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!
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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.
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.
bullet ID lead… http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/495018-modern-antique-lead-3-ring-bullet.html#post4898642
Seems like post #11 could be a start
The can at 14:12 is a hole-and-cap can used for food. They’d stuff the tomatoes (or whatever) in the large hole then solder the cap in place. They would then steam the food and solder the dot to close it up. The diameter of the can as well as the diameter of the cap may help narrow down the food type.
https://www.academia.edu/11724747/What_Can_This_Be_A_Practical_Workshop_on_Tin_Can_Identification_and_Analysis
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.
What ply (6,8,10) do you have on your truck ??
Check for ticks and snakes before you sit. Lots of fun at those old minesites
Excellent adventure!! I could do that all day!!
Bullet
Pretty sure you need a ghost detector also.
Yep that’s a bullet
If its on US Forest Service land it is illegal to metal detect on it.
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…
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
Hey Casey do you think you’re going to be doing a group outing at all this spring or fall
We should send Casey to Egypt….he’ll figure that place out
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.
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.
The bullet looks like a Minié ball. Latter 19th century.
Me and my dad have metal detected there! this was 10 years ago and what a coincidence, My dads name is Casey LOL
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!!!!!!
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
As always a great video Casey. I live in NW Arizona and enjoy looking around old mine sites also.