Where To FIND GOLD and RARE GEMS in MINNESOTA!
Where To FIND GOLD and RARE GEMS in MINNESOTA!
This is the third video in a series explaining where to find gold and other rare minerals in all 50 states. This video is about the beautiful state of Minnesota! Our goal is to help people living in or visiting Minnesota to go out, explore, and prospect. This video is the subject of the metals, minerals, and fossils there are to find in the state.
The fore mentioned minerals in this video consist of Gold, Nickel, Copper, and Platinum group metals, Lake Superior Agate, Fortification Agate, Water Level Agate, Eye Agate, Peeled Agate, Seemed Agate, Water Washed Agate, Pipestone, Thomsonite, Binghamite (only native to Minnesota), and many types of Fossils which include Oysters, Snails, Sharks Teeth, Clams, Algae, and more.
The areas in which these minerals can be found in are the Zumbro River, Oronoco, Lake Vermillion, Trout Lake, Soudan, Ely, Rainy Lake, International Falls, Cook, Cook County, Babbitt, Historic Vermillion Iron Range, Embarrass, Lake Superior, Moose Lake, Pipestone, Cuyuna Iron Range, Crosby, and Crow Wing County.
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Agates of Lake Superior: Stunning Varieties and How They Are Formed: http://a.co/84XdaEj
Hill Annex Mine State Park: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hill_annex/fossil_tour.html
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There was some stuff in there that I did not know so cool.
What about Thompsonite?
Does anybody know of a gold prospecting club in Minnesota that would be good
Dude.. you butcher city name it’s Ely not Eli. Soudan…. Is no So Dan. Oldest and deepest mine.
Do some history research please. Very little gold up here. Copper and nickel mostly. EH
I have actually been to a Gold Vault and there is gold as thin as Paper, I was told it was used for Awards etc. And the employees wore Steel or lead Shoes ? And yes there are Gold bars & and Gold Coins And in order to get to the place One had to traverse a narrow Passway with Surveillance Cameras Dave Minnesota
Hey young man, this was good, I watched the whole thing!
Thanks
Great video. Minnesota resident here. Never heard of binghamite.
Awsome video👍👍
I don’t know, but I’ve always wanted to try this. I found a few spots I might try this spring up near Tower, MN.
I’ll help with the pronunciations
Ely = Ee – lee
Soudan = Soo – dan
Actually the underground mine tour there is well worth going.
This was really good. THANKS!
So want to find gold fossils etc
Did u do that Ojibwa/native art
He is not from Minnesota, he mispronounced almost every town and county names its pronounced sue dan
Great Video, thanks!!
1:49 Zumbro River is pronounced Zum-bro not "Zum-bo-ro".
Thanks, man! I live in central minnesota so, i think ill start hitting the gravel pits!
Cuyuna in Crow Wing County is pronounced ki-you-na! 😉
Great video! My family and I always make an annual trip up to Grand Marais and looking for agates is definitely the highlight of the trip for me.
Ely is not pronounced E-LI but ELEE
Some of the best agates ive found were in a friends neighbors farm field. Maybe 20 min north of mpls
Hell ya, me want gold
I’ve recovered a little over 1 gram from my secret spot (gold). Minnesota is quite underlooked when it comes to gold