Mudlarking The Mississippi River
Mudlarking The Mississippi River
On my way back from driving out west, I decided to make a quick stop as I crossed the Mississippi river to mudlark and search the river banks for relics, bottles, and other treasures.
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I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure,
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You would enjoy doing this where I live in UK lots of stuff going back to the Vikings can be found
That arch type clamp fastener is a crosby clamp…for fastening braided lines together…
Super nice view of the MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER. And your 100%
right on not
able to Metal detect an Corp of Engineers ran water way. Same rules down here on The Chattahoochee River and Lake Westpoint. You can look for relics but you can’t pick up any or take with you. Considered Federal lands. Thanx Chigg for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE see you on the next.
Chiggin in Memphis!
Wonderful video !
HEY! Your best find was that bone handle toothbrush by far! You didn’t even look at it. Way better than that 60s wine bottle or whatever.
Whiskey bottle and table leg… Concrete your in my wayy…
Was that a dredge boat at the end of the vid, being pushed by a tug boat? We have that a lot on the Columbia river here in Oregon, where I live, keeping the shipping channel navigable!
Those ‘things’ are for clamping cables, probably on boats. lol.
I think the clampy looking thing is from cables (from shoreline structure or from boats).
It’s always interesting looking along shorelines and surprising what can be found.
Only certain construction projects, like dams, levees and such are under the purview of the Army Corp of Engineers.
You can keep most things found or fished from the river.
I didn’t make it downtown when the water was that low. About 15 miles or so south of there is a much smaller area of the same thing in Walls, MS. The rectangular blocks were in a mesh with rebar holding them together. I have a lot of pictures, one that looks like a large bone is beneath those stone pieces. This was also an area where boats docked and the tie lines are still there in places. It is a nice, quaint park now with a boat ramp.
We use spark plugs to release hooks when they snag on logs and rocks.
Thats bottle a relic and not just trash? I see them all the time..
Happy New yEars!
I think the bottle you found that was intact was a bottle of Moet &Chandon White Star
Be careful around Memphis dude – it’s a war zone. Not kidding. I’ve traveled around the world and no cities are as dangerous as LA, Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis, Baltimore and Atlanta. I suppose there are a few in REAL war zones that might be worse, lol.
This is our land, not theirs.. bet they take things!
Waters low should be lots of artifacts about. Watch west Memphis lots of shady characters, lol.
There’s a wallet, there’s a bag, uuup, there’s the body 😆
Yeah! That looks interesting! I’m in Arkansas and been thinking on running over there to take a look see.
Cool!
What part of MD are you from? I’m in Calvert County
It’s only illegal if you get caught !!!!
Man I’m just 2hrs from Memphis would love to meet u maybe one day I been wanting to to Memphis to look around I have seen all the great finds ppl have found couldn’t because of work maybe one day If the water doesn’t rise
Memphis is my home town. I was expecting you to walk up on a body! Haha!
gonna be plenty of snow melt in the spring that will fill the river back up and its probably a good thing it is low..some people pay money to drink that Mississippi Mud lol
The thing with the two nuts is a cable clamp for wire rope
Chig, want to stop in and wish you and Lindsey the happiest 2023 possible, and all your four footeds, too. You are such an uplifting, heartfelt, encouraging man and everything you post lifts the spirit. You helped me get through a VERY VERY difficult dark year, and have a better world view and hope to come out the other side. Looking forward to your posts in 2023 !!
Just a little Mississippi mudlarking tonight. I hope you enjoy the video!
こんにちは♪・Hello, I enjoyed your videos again this year. thank you.👍
Took one out of Rileys book
Wouldn’t that be cool is Beau found Jimmy Hoffa? Haha
You would think they would want people to pick stuff up to help clean up the river
I find some lovely driftwood on The Missouri River.
Those were battery cable juctions
If you can’t find good stuff along the river bank go to the area where it comes into the gulf. Sure miss the old Steamer Admiral that turned around at the old JB Bridge. Could watch it go past my grandparent house on the bank at foot of Nagel street.
I larked in Baton Rouge, at low water. I found a tan gunflint, musket vent pick, canister, pipe bowl fragments, bone buttons…
U bolt with two nuts is a cable clamp.
Nice trip chigger first time to see the place again stay blessed and see you again on the next episode 👍
Chigg,
I think I could enjoy boat watching where you were.
A lot of fascinating history floating past.
Cheers,
Rik
The u-shaped bolt with a piece of metal across it and a nut on both sides is for holding cables together
That last bit reminded me of the pusher boat Paul Newman hitched a ride on in "The Long Hot Summer".
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I understand they have no problem with you Metal detecting the grounds of GRACELAND while there. Elvis lost a couple of rings worth 40k each while practicing Karate on the rear lawn.
Hope you’re doing a bit of detecting too, while you’re out there. Glad to see you back ! Have a great trip and a happy new year!
Good to see you still out there I hadn’t heard nothing or seen any of your videos for quite a while. Happy new year.
Screw any law that tells you that you cannot retrieve historical items that will be crushed and lost to time. On god damn land our tax dollars fund. I’m not anti-gov but I draw a line somewhere.
Hi Chigg at 521 in video its a cable clamp pinches to cables together instead of a knot….really enjoy your vids….
Cable Clamps.
Cable clamp