Oh wow. I cringed when you mentioned tumbling it, thinking it would crumble to oblivion, but what a GREAT result. Very impressed with how majestic and raw that looks. Wow!
I did lose all of the fragile pieces that were sticking up. On the other hand, they well go into a melt soon and I probably would have lost them over time by handling the nugget.
Absolutely incredible. I like the tumbler look. Its amazing that most that was achieved using only vinegar. That's got to be a centerpiece for your mantle. Thanks for sharing another great episode and take care.
So good to see another man as passionate as I about rocks and geology, the ol' acid trick can reveal what would otherwise be just an ordinary rock. Thanks for the great videos MeMiner!!
What a beautiful specimen and being 12 ounces, wow that is a wopper. It really pays off to go the tailing piles and search for the stuff that they left behind.
Wonderful find and job on spiffing it up! You're making me excited to see my childhood rock collection after years of not seeing it! I know I remember quite a few metaly North Idahoan rocks in there! Love your vids man. :D
Great nugget wow. If you don't look you'll never will find it. I grew up in a city and never got a chance to look for anything like that. I do find things from time to time like today. I found a silver dime 1962. Your doing the real deal. Plus you get to spend time with your children and teach them too. To me thats the most important part. Passing off your knowledge to your kids. I had a dead beet father. I don't think/ I know he never gave or bought me anything. I did spend a little time with him before he died.I don't think he wanted to die alone. It's very important to spend as much time as you can with your children. You'll never regret any of it. And when you children get older they'll have wonderful story's to tell and teach there children. Thanks for sharing.
Hi meminer big fan of your stuff here! Really enjoy the fact you just appreciate, as I do, the beauty in the natural aesthetic of the pieces . Don’t always need to know value, weight etc to find gratification. The hunt and the end results speak for themselves in satisfying our innate need to search out the shiny !
I really enjoy exploring and the hunt. I have no idea about value. Years ago I was collecting with an expert and well known seller. I showed him a rock and asked if it was a good one. His answer always stuck with me "if you like it, it is a good one"
Looks nice. Bottom line is that it's your rock, and after the soak you exposed a beautiful piece of silver. To tumble it a little bit worked well in this instance. Nice find!
That’s beautiful nice find, I am going to plan a trip up north and find me some to play with , I have a garret 250 love it now to find some silver , thank you for sharing your hobby with us , love your videos
Watching Me.Miners videos is an adventure in its self even if he doesn't find anything. But now that i think of it he always find something. Great video's thumbs up every time.
😍 Simply gorgeous! I am a damn obsessive madman I would have put the darn thing in vinegar until the last micron of calcite was gone 😁 Does heating up the vinegar improve the reaction effectiveness like HCL?
Hi, I just subbed to your channel, found you through watching the Chigg. I will be interested in watching your other videos, because so far I like the content. Shalom, and have a blessed day.
@@alistairnandreadownie2238 Your most welcome,i am retired and your video has given me ideas..:)) and i saw how happy you were with your rocks,some looked quite valuable!...really good..!!
I had the amazing opportunity of rockhounding with MeMiner at Shadow Lake yesterday. This guy is a CLASS ACT. Not only is he a literal well of knowledge, he is honestly the most friendly dude you could ever hope to talk to. I learned SO much! We are all super lucky to have the chance to be subscribed to such an amazing channel. This guy is a great teacher.
Nice.. I never thought of doing that.. I know where there are a few old silver mines that no one even remembers they are thee.. I am going to have to take up my metal detector and look around a bit one is by an old creek I have fished a few times..
I am not sure what it is worth. Melt value, maybe $200. It is now sitting on a display shelf. As for time, if you are impatient, then use diluted muriatic. I actually prefer to use weaker acid to slow the process down in case I want to stop it without removing all of the calcite.
Thanks. I want to try it again soon. I don't think any of the rocks I have at home would give the same result. I look forward to another trip to the mines.
It sure looks prettier in the end. If that was your goal then I would say you have a great conversation piece now! I probably would have melted it down after the soak instead of putting it into a tumbler. Thanks for the video!
Ripper mate!! From an Aussie who lives in the city and has never seen anything like that before, at least not with silver. I'll have to watch a few more of your videos!!
@@meMiner lol ..I guess I won't be looking for silver then. I have a metal detector but get sick of digging up old nails n wire..is hard work too. Plus in Queensland Australia you are supposed to buy a permit to use the flippin thing. Do you have to pay for a permit over there. Bloody government don't miss a trick do they. I definitely wouldn't tell the bastards if I ever happened to fine a nugget that's for sure! Lousy lot.😀 Have a good weekend👍
Looks great as a nugget you did a good job Man and only used Vinegar Wow I'm gonna try that I'm a Rock Hound at Heart i would love to see what's inside of some Mineral rocks
We demand more of your videos, more oar hunting adventures, chop chop.!! You will soon be most well off and much subscribed to simply for being you and sharing your wisdom.with us..
Oh wow. I cringed when you mentioned tumbling it, thinking it would crumble to oblivion, but what a GREAT result. Very impressed with how majestic and raw that looks. Wow!
I did lose all of the fragile pieces that were sticking up. On the other hand, they well go into a melt soon and I probably would have lost them over time by handling the nugget.
Absolutely incredible. I like the tumbler look. Its amazing that most that was achieved using only vinegar. That's got to be a centerpiece for your mantle. Thanks for sharing another great episode and take care.
Right now, it is on a shelf in the kitchen. I am not sure how long it will stay there. My wife's only comment was "too bad it isn't gold". LOL
@@meMiner, sounds like permission to go on a gold adventure lol. Take care.
I keep staring at my dog and my truck, thinking if we leave now, we can be there after 58 hours on the road.
A great result. I have never seen the silver and calcite dissolve to the finished silver. Good video and extremely helpful. God Bless.
Yo meMiner i lor your videos..
Great stuff thanks for sharing your experience
It was a fun video to make. Thanks for your nice comment
So good to see another man as passionate as I about rocks and geology, the ol' acid trick can reveal what would otherwise be just an ordinary rock. Thanks for the great videos MeMiner!!
looks better as a nugget to display it polishing it in tumbler made it better in my view
Thanks for the feedback.
What a beautiful specimen and being 12 ounces, wow that is a wopper. It really pays off to go the tailing piles and search for the stuff that they left behind.
I like the finished nugget. You can always find more to try something else to.
Thanks for sharing.
Keep having fun.
🙏👍❤️🐕
Love how you retrieved the silver with the food grade vinegar. Thank you
That is a nice piece for a collection :)
It is sitting now on a shelf in the kitchen. My wife hasn't relegated it to the downstairs yet. ;-)
@@meMiner Your should be happy only used reg. Vinegar not the toxic with added chemicals. :)
Your way of calm talking and a great show is another precious silver.. Keep it up👌 cheers from Egypt
So nice of you
Wowee the end result was beautiful. I wished that I could tell the difference in different rocks. You definitely have great eyes for this. ❤️
The metal detector certainly helps. Eyeballing for silver can be done, but you would miss quite a bit.
Wonderful find and job on spiffing it up! You're making me excited to see my childhood rock collection after years of not seeing it! I know I remember quite a few metaly North Idahoan rocks in there! Love your vids man. :D
I found my childhood rocks the other day. There were a few good ones in there, including copper. It was fun to revisit an old friend.
Great nugget wow. If you don't look you'll never will find it. I grew up in a city and never got a chance to look for anything like that. I do find things from time to time like today. I found a silver dime 1962. Your doing the real deal. Plus you get to spend time with your children and teach them too. To me thats the most important part. Passing off your knowledge to your kids. I had a dead beet father. I don't think/ I know he never gave or bought me anything. I did spend a little time with him before he died.I don't think he wanted to die alone. It's very important to spend as much time as you can with your children. You'll never regret any of it. And when you children get older they'll have wonderful story's to tell and teach there children. Thanks for sharing.
Great advice. You only have one life, so make the most of it.
I'm glad you got the calcite off. I too would want to see a great big silver nugget. Thanks for this video.
I'm just learning all these things.Thanks so much for sharing!
I am still learning too. It is fun to share the experiments and projects, win or fail. I also enjoy the comments. Thanks
You did the right thing big improvement shows of the beauty of the silver
Excellent work,perfect timing with the rock tumbler...Thank you for sharing ...
Awesome result. Congrats!
Silver isn't real cheap these days,so not a bad idea you have going there,just a few hours of your time for these kind of results is well worth it .
Hi meminer big fan of your stuff here! Really enjoy the fact you just appreciate, as I do, the beauty in the natural aesthetic of the pieces . Don’t always need to know value, weight etc to find gratification. The hunt and the end results speak for themselves in satisfying our innate need to search out the shiny !
I really enjoy exploring and the hunt. I have no idea about value. Years ago I was collecting with an expert and well known seller. I showed him a rock and asked if it was a good one. His answer always stuck with me "if you like it, it is a good one"
Nice work! Super job. A defininate atta boy to you sir. You have it coming.. Keep taking names and kicking butt.
It looks great as always. Keep the great project coming. I am looking forward to your adventures on your gold claim.
Booking flights tonight for BC
Nice piece Thank you for the video.
I seriously could watch your videos all day long. I've pulled up this one 4 times so far.
Wow. Thanks for that. ;-)
Looks nice. Bottom line is that it's your rock, and after the soak you exposed a beautiful piece of silver. To tumble it a little bit worked well in this instance. Nice find!
I like it all cleaned up, congrats on a sweet find!!!
Thanks
I recently got into admiring river rocks and some hard rocks that are around my neighborhood...Its addictive.
welcome to the club. ;-)
Awesome results!!! I'm glad you ran it through the tumbler!!! Congrats on the find!!!
Thanks Chad
Can't wait to try this out where I live, great video as always meMiner!
Good job you made the right call
I like the end result👍🏻
Absolutely love your videos, I've watched many of them. Sooo relaxing, and really really interesting. Thanks for everything... Andy 🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍😎
A good result. And Mr. Me-Miner thanks for sharing your silver nugget with us. Stay awesome.
it is like miracle, where you find such rich in silver rocks...
Well done, great find
A new one for me. Fascinating processes... thank you.
That’s beautiful nice find, I am going to plan a trip up north and find me some to play with , I have a garret 250 love it now to find some silver , thank you for sharing your hobby with us , love your videos
The black Rock may be some gold compounds. Try heating the black rocks with a torch.
The piece has more value as an ore nugget for sure.
Great result!
Back in Bowl baby, back in bowl. I Love it. Awesome results! Thx for sharing.
Me loves the meminer experiment...it is such a sweet specimen!...thanks for sharing!
Wow !!! That's was good ,, I think digging is a good job !! Share us more!!!
And thank you!!
How much does it weigh; how much is it worth?
Great job!! Love your channel!
I "Like It"
Great videos and thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to your next adventure.
Thanks. Next up will probably be rockhounding at a new spot for me.
I would say that is an excellent result
Because you threw that stone in the hole, the goblins replaced your stone with an ordinary stone😂😂😂
I guess I will throw it away then? Good one!
Watching Me.Miners videos is an adventure in its self even if he doesn't find anything. But now that i think of it he always find something. Great video's thumbs up every time.
I don't like posting video when there is nothing found. Trust me, that happens a lot. ;-)
A good result. A rocks inner beauty now truely able to be displayed. Good job 👍
😍 Simply gorgeous! I am a damn obsessive madman I would have put the darn thing in vinegar until the last micron of calcite was gone 😁 Does heating up the vinegar improve the reaction effectiveness like HCL?
Heating vinegar does speed up the process.
Nice find
Hi, I just subbed to your channel, found you through watching the Chigg. I will be interested in watching your other videos, because so far I like the content. Shalom, and have a blessed day.
Welcome and thanks for dropping by. I had a blast with the Chigg and hope to have another adventure with him soon.
I got here from Chigg! New subscriber here. I love listening to your voice! This makes me want to try the vinegar!!! Cheers!
Glad to have you aboard. I have a blast with Beau and hope to do it again soon.
Wow! Awesome!!!!
Great result! .....Cheers & Beers & Good Ideas!
Nice one, and thank you for your upload~♥~
@@alistairnandreadownie2238 Your most welcome,i am retired and your video has given me ideas..:)) and i saw how happy you were with your rocks,some looked quite valuable!...really good..!!
I like the result. Looks purer than I expected.
I had the amazing opportunity of rockhounding with MeMiner at Shadow Lake yesterday. This guy is a CLASS ACT.
Not only is he a literal well of knowledge, he is honestly the most friendly dude you could ever hope to talk to. I learned SO much!
We are all super lucky to have the chance to be subscribed to such an amazing channel. This guy is a great teacher.
You have to tell me how the silver looks when you have a chance to slice it. Hoping it is lightning.
Cool
Wish you would of shown weights and values.
Next time
How much would that silver be worth if u sold it? Love ur videos
The value just increased.
300,000 rupees
That was so awesome to see the process, and what a fine specimen. I'm new at this and it was very interesting to watch, thanks for sharing, cheers....
Great result! Good video, as always.
I would have definitely drilled a hole through it and hung that thing around my neck! 😂🤣 Sick piece Greig👍👍
Melt it down man! I want some silver bars!
One heck of a nugget, finished results look great.
That is amazing I’m glad you put it through the rock Tumblr.
Nice.. I never thought of doing that.. I know where there are a few old silver mines that no one even remembers they are thee.. I am going to have to take up my metal detector and look around a bit one is by an old creek I have fished a few times..
Good luck with your adventure.
How much is something like that worth? That's amazing! How long did it take altogether to get all the calcite off that silver?
I am not sure what it is worth. Melt value, maybe $200. It is now sitting on a display shelf. As for time, if you are impatient, then use diluted muriatic. I actually prefer to use weaker acid to slow the process down in case I want to stop it without removing all of the calcite.
Man that’s so cool mM, I bet you’re glad you dropped it 😉
It looks so beautiful with the shine from being in the tumbler. Just beautiful! 👌
It opened my eyes to what might be done with other rocks that are stacked up in my backyard.
Tumbler was a Great idea! That turned out very cool! Nice find.
How much does it weigh! Awesome video!!!
My thoughts exactly.
3/4 lb
@@meMiner wow amazing find
SILVER NUGGET YEAH!!!; )
great video,thanks for sharing.Good luck with your prospecting!Cheers from Australia.
Thanks Larry. I have to be nice to the Aussies. Might got there someday. ;-)
I like the tumbled look. Good job!
Have it melted down lets see how much actual silver is there
Yep.Burn it and see what u have
Melt it down and see how much you have in pure silver
Not this one. I intend to do that with some other rocks.
Excellent result. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely good results and get them thumbs up for your effort thank you for sharing .
That's what I'm talking about . I'm all about SILVER Nice find. was that in cali?
Cali as in California? No, Ontario Canada
@@meMiner Wow I was raised just out side of Buffalo and I never new that there was silver back up that way.
@@dajana991 As they say, gold is where you find it.
@@GottliebGoltz true that.
Whats the weight of that nugget?
3/4 lb
WOW! That's a great result! A solid vein piece, would make a great addition go my collection lol keep saving those little pieces they add up!
Looks great! I really enjoyed watching that calcite dissolve away.
Thanks Vashti
So vinegar is not just for fish&chips. Heaps better in, my opinion, after the vinegar.
Makes you wonder what vinegar does to your teeth over time?
Now just smelt down to a bar
Wow I love that kind of serendipity. You think you’ve made a mistake by dropping something and its just made the job easier. Wonderful! 😂 ♥️
Yes! Thank you!
Excellent results. Add to your specimen collection.
I think you made the right decision to take to the final step. Good work.
Thanks. I want to try it again soon. I don't think any of the rocks I have at home would give the same result. I look forward to another trip to the mines.
Great find Grieg.Wow has Amey Grown up.She is a beautiful girl.Glad to see she still travels with you.Luck Mcbain.
We have a good time together. Sometimes, she would rather fish than prospect, but we figure that out together.
It sure looks prettier in the end. If that was your goal then I would say you have a great conversation piece now! I probably would have melted it down after the soak instead of putting it into a tumbler. Thanks for the video!
I caught your "All of Me" reference, subtle, fantastic.
Ripper mate!! From an Aussie who lives in the city and has never seen anything like that before, at least not with silver. I'll have to watch a few more of your videos!!
Great comment. Thanks for dropping by.
@@meMiner No worries. I'll watch some of your others too. Thanks mate.
Wow! Great result nice find...you'd have to be happy with that! I would have just stepped right over that...handy little gadget👍
Yeah. Unless a detector tells you there is silver, the typical rock looks like something to just kick.
@@meMiner lol ..I guess I won't be looking for silver then. I have a metal detector but get sick of digging up old nails n wire..is hard work too. Plus in Queensland Australia you are supposed to buy a permit to use the flippin thing. Do you have to pay for a permit over there. Bloody government don't miss a trick do they. I definitely wouldn't tell the bastards if I ever happened to fine a nugget that's for sure! Lousy lot.😀 Have a good weekend👍
I like the final look! Great job
I like the way you polished it
Love it, always think i go to far but i always want to see whats inside. great nugget.
Nice find. I like it just the way it is. Good job.
Awesome, love the result!
You did a beautiful job
Omg 😍 just a fragment of silver there lol. Great find! :) it looks great polished off :)
Amazing choice to alter it and get the good part out. I bet AquaChigger will be jealous of that specimen!!!
He got some pretty good rocks himself on the last trip.
Looks great as a nugget you did a good job Man and only used Vinegar Wow I'm gonna try that I'm a Rock Hound at Heart i would love to see what's inside of some Mineral rocks
We demand more of your videos, more oar hunting adventures, chop chop.!! You will soon be most well off and much subscribed to simply for being you and sharing your wisdom.with us..
I do this for fun. Glad to have you along on my little adventures.