A Week In The Life: I Own A 'Ghost Town'
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2021
- Hey guys! This week I tried to show what a typical week looks like up at Cerro Gordo these days.
It's coming up on two years I've been living up here and life is definitely a lot different than before. I spend most days restoring old buildings, exploring abandoned mines, and enjoying natures.
In this video, I start a cabin rebuild, continue progress on the American Hotel, check out some new mines, and much more!
Thank you all so so much for all the support for this channel. It's been amazing to see people from all over helping support this old mining town. If you haven't already, I hope you'll consider subscribing to the channel for more.
More photos on Instagram: / brentwunderwood
Cerro Gordo T-Shirts and more: store.cerrogordomines.com/
Mailing Address: PO Box 490, Lone Pine, CA 93545
THANK YOU!
Thank you all so much for the continued support for the channel! Next week I'm back with possibly my craziest adventures yet! I really hope you'll subscribe and tune in! If you missed Friday from this week, check out the video with the Diesel Brothers here. We cleared a site, explored a mine, and a lot more!: czcams.com/video/laDllIpLs2s/video.html
And if you're interested in helping metal detect Cerro Gordo, shoot me an email! I'll set up a date soon: cerrogordometaldetect@gmail.com
I enjoy seeing videos of cerro gordo beautiful place
Miss that pixie mug! Shine on- you crazy diamond ....
Excellent show today I really enjoyed it 👏
Fun!!!!
I love how Brent is just like "oh cool a door keeps opening" and keeps ignoring the ghosts wanting to join in on his story telling! He's fully immune to their shenanigans lol
true but you could also see the curtains blowing with the wind, so its just the wind. (look at the reflection in the grass)
the later sound sounded like a cat running. :)
#ghosttownliving
Exactly when he says that you can see the reflection of a blind blowing around violently in the window to his right
I think if Brent would have mett any ghosts they be down in the mines..
@@Joe.S4816 ahh, that would actually be to his left. I have to fix everything.
I hope Brent getting scared from the door moving when retelling the miners story is ALLUDING to the fact he might make a ghost/ spooky themed cerro gordo Halloween video!
Every time he stops if you look behind his left shoulder there's something moving
@@cr103 yes. its called a curtain (in the wind) BOO!!
@@cr103 were you talking about out the window behind him?
@@cr103 , I saw that, it look to me like a black blanket moving. I Don't know what it was but I saw it too!
@@cr103 JFC... Y'all never heard of wind? He's literally on the side of a mountain.
I love the occasional "whats that door opening and closing" - uh duh - ITS A GHOST TOWN. This channel is a literary and literal "documentary" masterpiece - and the meta commentary on what a documentary is, how the historicity of everything affects the telling of the stories over time, really is a binding reinforcing element throughout this series. Brilliant. I'm a huge fan.
Thanks SO MUCH Brent~I came upon your channel when you first started it in April of 2020 I was bed bound/ home bound at the time with an illness I have since recovered from...my father had passed in August of 2018 at the age of 92, I was the youngest surviving child and was appointed executor of his lil 1930 farm house on 1 acre in Florida...I had been working 10 hours a day cleaning His LIFETIME OF HOARDING for just over a year when I got sick ..I ALMOST THREW IN THE TOWEL and walked away until I found your channel!!! YOU INSPIRED ME to KEEP GOING ...I finally got well enough in May of 2021 and BEGAN WORKING daily again on my Daddy's Lil Place...IM HAPPY to say I am 75 percent done and now have farm animals and rescued dogs and cats here with me here( Now that it's clean enough and safe enough for humans and animals to live here again~MY THOUGHTS DAILY Where ...if One Man can take on RESTORATION of a Ghost town 7 Miles up mountains overlooking DEATH VALLEY??? Then by myself this lil COUNTRY GIRL could rehab and clean up my Daddy's 1 Acre and 3 bedroom farm house PACKED TO THE GILLS with JUNK...thanks AGAIN BRENT ...your commitment and perseverance at the BREATH TAKING Cerro Gordo Has inspired MANY -I randomly look back on old video like today to REMIND ME of both your accomplishments there and mine here🤠✌️😁💚Take Care and Stay Safe Always!
24:30 Brent is alone in a ghost town at night, hears weird creaking sounds and just goes "what the heck is that??!... anyways:"
I think he has just formed a symbiosis with the ghosts by now haha
Something kept moving in the window behind him, did you see that?
@@virginiaroy3551 Yes that curtain in the reflection was moving so much, what was that?
@@yih just the window open and wind blowing the curtains, probably blowing the door around also, hahaha. but yes it's halloween soon it's totally ghosts :)
So no one is gonna talk about the scary moving shadow on the window from 26:32 to 26:42?
Virginia Roy So no one is gonna talk about the scary moving shadow on the window from 26:32 to 26:42?
I have never ended a "Ghost Town" episode without a smile on my face. Thank You so much.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy them!
@@GhostTownLiving 😌
I am so fascinated with the fact that I thought I was the only crazy person that had a dream to live in and restore a ghost town. I officially feel far less crazy and not so alone. I love this on an epic level!
go meet him.. would be fun
This has truly got to be one of the most unique and interesting channels I have found. I love history antiques and the search for forgotten items. Wow feel like a kid in a candy store.
Yea'uh, TrueThat!
Who else looks forward to Brent's next video every single week?
Cerro Gordo is on my bucket list
“it s just a door that keeps opening and closing” 😱😱😱😱😱 😂😂😂
I always love the subtle nuances of each of his videos. For example, how he always includes at least one shot of his drone crashing into something… the fact that the haunted footsteps and ghosts slamming doors during his monologue are just “minor inconveniences”… the absent audio from a clip, him sneaking past visitors to run to the
$#!+house…. It’s a very intimate and raw look into his life. Privacy’s priceless, but Brent forgoes it for OUR sake. A week in the life, how fantastic. Never edit out the quirks and hiccups of your daily life. There’s something to these videos that can’t quite be described in words, but it seems to be working well. Keep it up, Brother. You’re an inspiration to many of us.
Love how it cuts out on the guy saying, "hello?" as Brent is trying to sneak out.
It's not one of the cats making noises?
The way he picks up Levi always cracks me up. Like he just goes *yoink* look at this dubious little creature
I've watched the Heavy D videos and was familiar with you and Cerro Gordo but didn't know that you were making any videos until I stumbled upon this one which I was engrossed with. You and I have a lot of parallels in life from being off grid to logistical challenges to just wanting to return when you leave the place. My wife and I are 80 miles from the nearest road a 9 mile snowmobile or boat ride from Skwentna AK. I've been successful in life and never imagined that I'd become one of those reclusive weirdos living in the bush but it is so peaceful and like you, I always have a ton of projects to do.
26:30 the curtains in the background through the window are moving so much, definition of ghost town living love it
Yeah either the cats or ghost
Yeah I noticed that too!
They really were moving in a very unusual way 😳
Cat climbing up😁
Yes I seen them ghost adventures has been there already I think they should go back there again
I still can't believe we are coming up on two years here. Amazing Brent!! 🤯
Also, if you see this, go request the Cerro Gordo firetruck on @HeavyD's channel! www.reddit.com/r/CerroGordo/comments/qebgdd/heavyd_old_school_firetruck_go_like_the_comment/?
Thank you for the donation
@@peternagy6067 Welcome :) Gotta help rebuild the hotel if we want to stay there in the future!!
What an experience!
Been watching since the first show myself......
I'm sorry you have been struggling with your mental health Brent. But I'm so glad you're feeling better, you're important. Thank you for this channel. Love from Scotland 🏴🫶🏻
Imagine the hardwork of this creator.lets appreciate him guys👏👏👏👏👏
That curtain moving in the background SCARED ME when Brent was talking about A Day in the Life of a Miner (around 1:04:06) when the door that kept opening and closing hahaha. He goes “what was that” and I immediately saw the curtain behind him moving around and I was like ohhhhhh holy sh*t
I saw that! But then again, he does have cats...
@@biriqueen2578 he doesn't go into one building. But yeah. Either cats or whatever. But the door opening and closing is weird. Cats rarely close doors and doors which open by themselves... Cats don't need to open so they don't touch the door to close it.
If the window is open, the curtains moving would indicate air movement. Air movement can be strong enough to make doors swing and sometimes slam. Happens in my house all the time. My garage door is on spring closers but the air pressure (?) in the house is strong enough to hold it open about a foot on some days, and slam it on others.
Or... it was Casper looking for (your favorite Halloween candy here.).
Everyone else in the comments is like "oh it must be a ghost", I only think of the Japanese woman that was hiding in the top shelf of a closet of someone's house for years discovered in 2008.
I use the nam jehovah they leave psalms 8318
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Only at the end I noticed this episode was one hour. The story telling is so exceptionally good you don't even notice an hour is passing by. Thank you for sharing these stories with us.
I’ve been binge watching this morning , I too am a history buff and what you are doing to preserve the history of cerro gorto is amazing . I live in Kentucky so I’m a few miles away , but hopefully 1 day I can come and spend a weekend helping restore something . In the mean time thank you for what your doing .
At 10:00 there’s an audio issue that lasts the entire video -- update Brent saw my comment and fixed it :) love you and good luck! everyone enjoys watching you on this journey
my mom and I had such a great time volunteering the other week! So neat to see the town and meet you, Brent. Thank you for the wonderful experience, we hope to return again soon!
It is very welcomed to hear a human female voice on this channel.
@@ddd228 yeah I was getting tired of all these dog and raccoon females finally a human
Oh that must have been so cool! Thanks for going and volunteering as somebody from Canada I appreciate the people who trekked up there to help him out! Maybe one day I’ll get to as well.
how do come to volunteer
That would of been great, I would love to go their also. I would be one that wouldn't ever want to leave.
Bob was the great Grandson of W F Holcomb. Bob was my wife's cousin. William Francis Holcomb sold his diggings in Southern Oregon for a stew dinner and headed south to the San Bernardino mountains. Holcomb Valley is named after him and Bob was his great grandson. I thought you might like to know W F Holcomb was a miner.
G'day GTL, first vid for me. I tip my hat to anyone preserving history, surround yourself with people you trust and you'll achieve your goal 👍🇦🇺Ishman.
Those of us with a free spirit enjoy everything in our journey through life.
Brent, I recommend getting some oats to make oatmeal with brown sugar. Oats pack a lot of energy that burns slowly and gives you energy through the day. And the brown sugar gives you a little kick to start the day.
Both ingredients hold for a long time, and you can buy them in bulk.
I was always the skinny kid in school, so I know how it is. This was a change in my diet that helped a lot to get me to a healthy weight. I always feel so full of energy after a hearty breakfast with eggs, coffee and oatmeal.
Sincerely, the skinny kid
Also, the sugar spikes the insulin so the body takes up more of the energy. That way your body absorbs more of your breakfast to keep you fueled through the day
To be fair theres a lot of benefits from being skinny, especially when in mines and small holes. Being skinny isn't a bad thing.
@@Kevakazii the problem is Brent has struggled keeping a healthy weight due to how much energy output he’s added on top of him being naturally thin. He’s talked about this before. It’s not that being skinny is “bad” but that he’s struggling maintaining a healthy BMI
@@Kevakazii yeh but what if he gets sick. ( I hope not) of cancer or something. He would have nothing to fight with. J.m.o.
@@explosionbunny It is great him talking about this. But BMI is not really reliable anymore. J.m.o.
I gave you the Recharge. Start using it now on everything. It chews up rocks and turns it into dirt. Makes bad dirt turn into good dirt. You especially want to use it on baby plants. The bacteria does up to 30% of the food production for the plant. It's like having free employees in your dirt. The fertilizer also has this same beneficial bacteria in it. Great video. Glad you got the package.
Brent you are a true renaissance man. Thank you for sharing this adventure with us . I admire your enthusiasm and commentment pursuing your dream.
Recognizing earlier paths taken was not your calling and changing directions takes
Courage. Hope to visit cerro gordo and meet you one day. You have a good nature that reveals kindness and goodwill to all.
Brent you’re a genuine person on an awesome life’s journey may you continue to be as blessed as you are now,and I always look forward to your next video!
Wow! 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 5 secs of a week at Cerro Gordo. I find myself being greedy and wanting content 24/7 because I can't get enough of this beautiful, historic place. A window into this Ghost Town and we get to imagine how it might have been, during its heydays. And more than anything, I enjoy seeing your passion for your town, and how it is pure. The hard work, and determination, and your sense of adventure and wonder. Thank you for this post. Can't wait for the next one. PS: The spooky noises clip was intense and I hope we get a ghostly Halloween post. Even if it is the cats or the wind...tenants of old may be trying to communicate with you. 😮😱
hahaha. greedy!
would only be a win win. money for him due to add revenue, and entertainment for you. :)
*From a friend- Treasure find is a claw hatchet combination tool meant to combine a claw hammer with an axe/hatchet. They still make them, a variation of carpenters axe that used to be popular with roofers, good for working on shake shingle roof.*
*The first claw hatchets were manufactured circa 1845 and while every major brand eventualy made them, they were some of the first commercially manufactured hatchets.*
@@1nvisible1 Thank You For The Insight & Saving Me The Time To Look That Up. Good Looking Out!
Keep It Safe Out There
Sounds like you need to spend 1 week there helping to restore
You are a prime candidate for Starlink! And Brasscheck!? Very cool. The connection to Ryan is now very apparent. As much as I love the weekly episodes I often find myself quite emotional at the little essays you share at the end of each.
Starlink users are still limited and only possible in certain areas! As soon as it will be possible, he said he will use Starlink :) he is aware of it.
@@eopo Good! I am told by a personal contact that it will be available for that area any day now. Weeks at most. Not months.
yeah he should definitely get starlink!
Great video
@@eopo Nationwide availability is coming in October, Musk said. Though it looks like even with just the availability being everywhere, there would still be delays on orders, and dealing with saturation.
So wish I could come there and dig for old treasures. My son would love it too.
Vilken fantastisk resa du går igenom! Det ger mej en otrolig glädje,har varit sjuk i över 2 år och tyckt att jag hamnat i en hopplös situation. Men när jag sett din energi åt ett nästan oövervinnerlig utmaning så inser jag att inget är omöjligt!! Tack för en fantastisk kanal!!!
Hi guys, please start carrying recovery rope with your own Jeep - Mat's Recovery rope or similar. Also, please do not pull at such a sharp angle, you risk damaging the vehicle you are pulling out and your own. Last point do not pull in reverse unless there is no space to do the recovery, or the vehicle being pulled is lightweight - or a flat pull. Recover by pulling in the forward gears, or you will damage your differentials. Preaching Done - Nice video.
You live the most peaceful life anyone could ever hope to live. I struggled with my brain for a long time after getting home from the service. I drank myself into oblivion most days. If I had this level of peace, I would've recovered much quicker. As much as I could recover anyway...
Hope you can seek therapy, CBT helped me with PTSD ✊
@@nesser52 I'm pretty even keel now. The 1st few years were rough.
Thank you for your service
Thank you for your service, Sir. I’m grateful you’ve recovered 🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸🙏🏻🥰 God Bless🙏🏻
Good your no longer a loser, now celebrate.
I just discovered your channel yesterday but I am so blown away by everything you’ve done. You’re making a huger impact than you know
Never considered buying the town, one of my favorite places since my first visit 50 years ago. In the past, as most people are aware, the way to deal with waste was dig a pit and then cover it up. On my 5 acre property in Anza CA, I have to deal with these pits. Enjoyed your vid.
Brent; some treasure finding tips you may or may not already thought of. First, you shared that levis were once found in the cellar of a long gone building, which gave me a thought; look at your old photographs of the town for visable side access cellar doors on long gone buildings, or identify those long gone buildings that likely might have haf a celler due to their function. Also that method could be applied to finding the best locations for your bottle dumps and other treaure hoards. Look at the antique pics, identify those areas that will produce the most likely results, and start digging. Also, sad but a reality of history, in times past, the chinese laborers were usually given the most dangerous jobs, dynamite, ect... and also usually made to have a seperate camp or housing away from the general work force. They would typically store their pay in coins in old mason jars, as well as coffee cans, and then bury them near their camp, sometimes never to return for them as a result of the dangerous jobs they were doing. Locate the camp or dwelling area of those workers and bring your metal detector. A side note; the chinese laborers inthose bygone times, were some of the hardest working folks, and are credited with much of the infrustructure such ad tunnels, that we see today. Great content as usual, thanks for sharing.
Preciate you mike💪🏾
Grreat suggestion!
Great advice Michael! Being an antique collector myself, another great place to look would be to find where the outhouses were located. People threw a lot of ‘shit’ down those holes 😉 Loving your adventure Brent
Yes great content! Bless the hard workers that helped our nation 🐈⬛🗽☮️💪🗻🐐🔦☯️🕯🧿🦙
I was thinking your town would be perfect for amateur astronomers to set up telescopes and look at the stars. That’s one thing I miss about living way out in the woods vs. the city. I could see all of the stars in the sky instead of a handful.
I was thinking the same thing. It would be cool to see him work with someone like astrobackyard.
I was just thinking while watching this how much I'd love to go set up my telescope up there for some astrophotography.
That would be amazing since there’s no light pollution I bet you’d see soooo much!
I'm soooo jealous. If I was younger and on my own I'd be there every day with my bucket and spade. Like being a kid again. Lol. Anyway I will thoroughly enjoy this journey virtually from the UK.
Really enjoyed watching this. I've always been fascinated by ghost towns. I can always sense their history and I love the smell and feel of places like that and quiet solitude. The opportunity never materialized to own such a place but I've visited many, some in Idaho, some in BC and many in AZ. Now, due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm stuck in a place I don't like or want to stay in. Mostly due to heath issues that are fixable but painstaking and expensive. So I really appreciate people who put interesting stuff like this on line. Thank you. See ya next time.
“There’s this door that keeps opening and closing.”
Me - runs in terror
Brent - I’m trying to film dammit can you wait until I’m done?!
you can see the curtains behind him moving from the wind from the door too.
@@MollyTheLag Oh I saw that too... BUT... a little more into the vid, I don't think its wind, not in the way its moving!! 🕸🎃
The structure built into the dirt with the chimney is a smoke house. Predates refridgeration
thats what i was thinking
Your digging in the garbage dump….best treasures there. Your videos are my new favorite obsession here on CZcams
A few friends of mine , we all took a trip out to Cerro Gordo back in "79-80. We were all photographers and did a lot of camping out in remote areas phototgraphing old buildings etc. My husband and I remember this trip and it was cold and windy!
Some of us still have a family history of living like we’re broke/ in the depression. Food for ourselves ends up being the last priority. I’m proud of you for trying to take better care of yourself!
Happy to see you back, I was getting worried. I hope you have a book you write in where you are going to be each day. Would makes it easier for search and rescue to know you were on level seven or the back of the property. Enjoy your life, we are.
You need to start reading his status updates behind the community tab on this channel.
czcams.com/users/GhostTownLivingcommunity
For a guy who doesn’t metal detect, you picked probably the best entry to mid level machine on the market! I use that one exclusively and it is perfect for finding relics and other stuff in places like Cerro Gordo. When I started that hobby, I lacked patience. I found after a while that the pattern of swinging it back and forth and then listening for certain tones helps clear my head from my work. If you ever have any questions about how to use that machine, feel free to ask.
you guys are NUTS for climbing down that old wooden ladder in the mines.... awesome footage
When you talked about the miner getting a divorce and had the noise that distracted you, you didn't notice that the right side curtains in the window behind you were moving like they were being pulled. Great video.
Your production quality in these videos has improved exponentially.
Actually I think it improved linearly. Or at least if you were to plot the quality over time on a graph, the result would more closely resemble linear progression than exponential.
Also he must not have been paying much attention during the editing, because there's a lot of parts where the audio and/or video cuts out and it don't look like it's supposed to.
Hi Brent, I can't believe nobody else seems to have mentioned this, but by the time we get to Tuesday the audio is a good 30 seconds out of sync for the entire video ☹, is there any chance of a fixed version being uploaded? I'd love to watch this in full but for now I'll have to skip to the next one.
Either way, love your videos keep up the good work!
I think it’s a new issue. The video wasn’t working for me earlier and then when it started to work the audio was all goofed
It's an issue with youtube, wasn't like this before but it glitched out earlier today
It's glitched for me too :(
Me too.
:(
As a life long New York resident, I'm so amazed while watching this. Finding the old buried stuff is awesome! Oh, and it's probably haunted.
This was a most epic episode! Thank you Brent for all of your effort in creating it! Also, I thank you VERY much for choosing to wear a helmet in your later motorcycle rides. We all love you and we do not want to see you harmed in any way. I am a survivor of a motorcycle accident without a helmet. After the accident it took me 2 years to be able to speak coherently during a conversation. Let's just say that you can appreciate the small details in life even more when your brain cannot process them during daily life.
Awe I'm so sorry. Your comment was beautiful.
I’m so jealous of you. This is a future I hope to have one day: a ghost town that you can just keep expanding, keep building, keep exploring, doing whatever you want and enjoying the scenery. You are living the dream, my friend!
Same
Same here too!
Soo true ❤️🇦🇺
Always a joy to watch your Videos, now over a year of joy. Came back to see these older ones. THANKS.
Coolest thing ever. Just stumbled upon you on CZcams and I'm all sorts of enthralled!
The very second you gonna open your hotel in Cerro Gordo, I will book a plane ticket all the way from Germany and come to your place. I need this silence there. I NEED IT!! Patiently waiting for this day :3
I just can't get past how excited you always look when you're planning new things to do or finding old trinkets - it's so nice to see how interested you are in everything you do there.
Good luck for whatever comes next!
I love how excited you are every day to be in this beautiful place and that you love sharing it all with the world! Your appreciation for all that surrounds you is awesome to watch and it sure does seem that your love of history has spread throughout all your subscribers! I just LOVE this channel and all you do!
One of the best videos you’ve ever done. Thank you so much for taking all of that time to film and put it together for us!!
Maybe think about implementing some kind of signal code for the mine elevator with a flash light and/or a bell attached with a line (bell at the top line running down the shaft) and/or an air horn, and then have a signal code info board at the top of the shaft and in the cart.
OR just drop a Cat 5 or POTS line down, easy peasy!
@@kauphaart0 the idea with the light or bell with string is you can use them at any height without some complex system.
@Cassie Harry this could work but with my experience technology works until you need it. The light or bell with string would be more of a backup to the radios they already use. And when it comes to backups its good to have different methods to rely on.
Try a flashlight. With a translucent colour on it. Red would probably be the easiest to see
don't make it to tech remember 100 year ago the system they used work good tug on a line ,may be one tug down 2 tugs stop 3 , for up simple
So very cool what your day is like. I would definitely like to see your town when we are in the area. Thank you for your love and care of Cerro Gordo.
I love these videos. I watch these videos and get lost in your ghost town and your adventures. There is something so special about that town. I love hearing the stories and history of your little town. If I lived near you I would be there every weekend helping. It's coming along and you make a great care taker of that land.
Brent I love how you speak and live with wisdom far beyond your years. It makes me very proud of what I have accomplished in my 62 years of life. Thank you for sharing your dreams.
I’ve been watching from the very beginning and the amount of physical work as well as the amount of time just to film and upload is staggering. Props out to you my man!
In Australia the grease old timers used for applications like those hoist guide rails and any exposed gears or whatever was called 'crater grease'.
Old timers who knew such things told me it will stick to anything and never, comes off!
I looked it up on the internet and it is still available!
I woke up to this video after talking to someone about abandoned property. It's new year's eve and I at 59 am going to make another run.
Taking on a town is a young man's game. I don't have the benefit of youth nor capital.
I have done a bit of real estate before, I'll do it again. The rules have changed: I'm not married this time around. I have one person to worry about, my Daughter.
I do find it interesting that my earlier conversation was over and I decided to knock off for a couple of hours, then I woke up listening to you. Thank you for your video. Good luck with your town.
The ending with the music and the drone shots was absolutely epic.
I love how you showcase your drone collisions…it’s like a juxtaposition to the limitations of technology in a very untechnological place..whether that’s your intention or not.
IKR? Its not a Cerro Gordo video unless the drone crashes at least once in the video.
Love watching your videos!! We are part time miners in Colorado. I know the thrill of finding the treasures!! Love that you are restoring the town. Be safe on those old ropes going down the shafts!
You have/are doing something wonderful here. And you got a town with buildings, mines and tons of goodies! I am in heaven with just the thought of what a day is like for you. So sorry about the hotel, I cried so hard. Historical buildings are my passion. Glad you are carrying on and rebuilding. So happy I found this channel, about time. Catching up. 🧡
It’s so refreshing to be able to watch and feel involved in the video without adds popping in every ten minutes, I know adds make money but it also drives viewers away
Love watching Brent because he is what u see
I’ve been in harsh times since you started the channel and honestly I’m glad that you’re still uploading since those 19 months because I always look forward every Monday to watch your vids, it brings me happiness man, thank you
I really admire you man... Thanks for all the adventures you go on love watching them. Your adventures make me miss hiking the trails even more can't wait to get back out there time for me to get out of this depression and live life again. looking forward to watching many more. Peace ✌
Love the refelection of the 👻 in the window when he said the door was moving
I must say I have fallen in love with this story! I'm from Scotland where we have a rather powerful and rich history but I've always had a love for mining and this is just incredible! Your living my childhood dream!
Thank you for sharing your progress and to story!!
I'm chanting, "Brent! Brent! Brent!" every episode ... I haven't been able to contribute financially or with my time volunteering. But I'm an Architect and I worked in a few trades before that. I admire what you're doing, definitely not easy.
He sells a memorial coin for "The American Hotel", and I love telling people to go and buy one to help out. I bought one for me, and one for my father. I believe all proceeds go to helping out with the town.
Just watching his video past the ads helps contribute to Brent’s money he makes on CZcams! So as long as you skip or watch the ad and then keep watching the video thereafter he’s making money from it!
I wanted to say thank you Brent. Such an interesting channel. It takes a lot of dedication and hard work to make these videos. I’ve been along for the ride here in Cerro gordo I honestly feel like I know this town and never been here. I work all the time and this lets me get away from it temporarily. The uploads are so beautiful and it’s nice to get lost in something other than the ball-and-chain lifestyle. Many thanks and good luck inall that you and the kind people that help you .
Brent you are an amazing example the force in action. Thank you for being you.
I truly don’t know if I could live that for two weeks, let alone two years. It’s awesome what you’ve accomplished so far Brent. Something to be admired, that’s for sure.
Hi, it almost seems like the town picked him, what a great guy.
Looks like a Matt's Off-Road Recovery rope investment is due. It's a specialized rope made by Yankum Ropes that stretches around 30% under max load. That lets you get a little running start to build momentum then the rope stretches to absorb the shock of the pull.
Pricey for a rope but it does an amazing job and it would help support a CZcamsr who rescues people from sketchy situations on a regular basis.
Matt is a great blog to watch. Don't understand having a Jeep out there and not having a recovery rope. Take his man card down a notch...
@@DukeSky Lol Jeeps aren't the best for recovery.
exactly what I thougt haha
@@AshtrayAnnie lol, i implore you to watch Matt's offroad recovery, you'll know youre talking bullshit
@@narojdebeste Any person that's ever worked recovery or knows anything about 4x4ing knows Jeeps aren't even close to the best for actual RECOVERY. They are WAY to light to ever make a proper recovery vehicle. But please....keep talking shit when you are clearly just someone who watches CZcams videos and then thinks they know something about practical use or real life situations🤣.
You are living the dream, Brent. Everyday, your life seems like an adventure. Everyday is a surprise!
I just found your channel and i love it! Your a real man doing construction and so self sufficient and inspiring!
One day if I get to go to California I definitely will bring my metal detector and go to cerro gordo . I like how you open up and not shut people out for looking around cerro gordo. And you can actually feel like you’re back in time not like in most museums that you just look at things.
I'd love to spend a day just digging around treasure hunting lol, that looks so much fun!
Been YEARS since I used a metal detector, I DO have the patients becasue I love mundane tasks like that.
Such a shame I live 6000 miles away in the UK lol I would love to metal detect at Cerro Gordo!
“Patience,”. not patients.
Lucky for you, we are living in 2021 - the world is now globalized! Air travel is fairly priced and in certain seasons, you can travel from London to San Fran for under 500 USD! If you go in Feb/March, you can even get them even cheaper!
You can check out the beautiful city of Frisco, grab a rental car and head over to Cerro Gordo, after emailing and arranging with Brent - of course … all the best!
Ya know, You need to know that for some of us....you are changing lives! Stay who you are!
You are living the dream, Brent.
I’m somewhat broken hearted by the absence of the buildings that are shown in old photographs. Now just memories. Incredible progress seen in your videos . So interesting to watch your journey.
As a person who is claustrophobic watching the mine explorations terrifies me. I really enjoy watching the underground adventures as I’m safe in my home.
The remaining town is so beautiful with so much history. Great channel.
You are a fantastic vlogger/narrator/storyteller!! Every video I’m drawn in as if I’m part of the adventure. Trying to find a favorite among the history, treasure hunting, exploring, starry nights and the solitude is nearly impossible. Thank you for sharing your journey.
You are awesome Brent! Love your videos & preserving Cerro Gordo's history!
Brent, thank you for sharing your channel and giving us perspective into such an undertaking. I haven't been this captivated or inspired to go for your dreams. I'm from the Grand Forks BC area and it has extensive history with the Phoenix Mine as well as the development of three phase power. Looks like you have "visitors" despite being alone up there.
Looking forwards to seeing more! Take care
You should get a couple snatch blocks for situations like that and keep them in your vehicle, even using one of the vehicles as the anchor it would have been super quick and easy even with just the small rope.
Tuesday: "I've been spending so much time with HeavyD that I decided to rescue people".
Positive example makes it
Hey Brent! You are truly a mensch. You keep excited and motivated, even when facing truly difficult hardship. I did not expect the last event after this exhilarating story of building success. Keep working on your dream man, I will be one of the first to sleep at the hotel when ready.
”Ghosts or whatever..” Start watching 26.30 min and check the background curtains when you remark on the noise of slamming doors. 👻
Awesome project, thanks for letting everyone be a part of your journey! 🙏 Best of luck! ❤️
**** Brent, if you're looking for some reasonably cost food that is higher concentration of healthy calories here is some tips ****
Nuts - Almonds, Peanuts, Peanut butter
Oatmeal
Legumes - Chick Peas, Pinto Beans, Lentils
Tuna + Mayo
Whole wheats
(but not the wild almonds, just sayn' xD)
I was laughing at the steak and eggs. Not gonna be putting on much weight with those!
Brent needs some of my famous made from scratch homemade biscuits!!!! Lol....honey and fresh butter from my cows, Clara Belle and Patty cake❤️🐂❤️
I've watched all of your episodes and this one is one of the best in my opinion. Showing your daily life is more amusing to watch than mining for 20 minutes. Keep up the good work
Awesome! Fairwinds!
I'm so glad I just found this channel. I'm a 40 yr old new Yorker that has lived quiet a life. Arizona was my favorite place I've ever lived. I feel there's something about untouched nature that just calls us to it. I can't explain it, but it just feels like home. My wife and I went to Montana and Idaho last summer. It was her first time out west, and she completely understood what I meant. It's just a feeling of "I belong here." I really envy you my friend. What I wouldn't give to live your life. I hope to some day get to see your town. I love the treasures you find as well. Be safe out there