Ancient Indian Sweat Lodge, Red Crystals & Miners Dugout

[@lostadamsgold]

At the prospector site, you might consider putting a long stick in that hole and seeing where it points. I bet those two sweat lodge big rocks probably were flat and were pulled up and the smaller rocks leaned against them. I have seen similar in a number of places where the procedure was more obvious. That red quartz is amazing. I have not seen any like that. Boo on people dumping any sort of animal. Good vid.

[@LowBudgetExploration]

I thought the same thing regarding the flat rocks being propped up. That red quartz was beautiful!!! The wife keeps wanting me to go back and "get her a piece". LOL.

[@ColoRockCo]

Those red crystals are crazy! I've seen a lot of rocks, but none like those!

[@LowBudgetExploration]

They are special and I have never encountered anything like them in my travels. I just subscribed to your KZbin channel. Awesome channel!

[@ColoRockCo]

Oh wow, thank you so much!! You're one of the bigger inspirations for starting it! If it's awesome, it's definitely in part thanks to you! It's undoubtedly better than it'd otherwise be without all you've already taught me! While filming my Petroglyphs video and standing before them, I couldn't help but think of the miners you talked about in your Guardians video, standing before the pictographs, and the respect they had... I don't know of any amazing secret places to show you, but if you're ever in Grand Junction and want to go out on a hike and maybe make a new discovery, I'd be happy to take you to some places where it's possibly a little more likely to happen! Although, I'm really looking forward to watching you go to all the places you already have planned!

[@LowBudgetExploration]

@@ColoRockCo Sounds good and appreciate the offer. If I ever get some rocks I can't identify (happens a lot), I'll send you some pictures to get your input.

[@6610stix]

You think the prospector could have had the green bottle with the attached wire could to carry nitro? Then bore that hole into a larger rock, set a small charge and blew that slab off to see inside?

[@LowBudgetExploration]

Hi 6610stix and thank you for subscribing. Your theory about the bottle has merit and could very well be what he was using the bottle for. I always wish I could go back in time and see what people where up to. It's amazing all the old stuff/mysteries that are still out there waiting to be re-discovered. Not too many miles away from the site with the core hole, I found some trees that had been marked way up a steep canyon. I think some old miners marked the trees and they have a mine or cache somewhere nearby. I am just waiting until I have some time to get up there and explore around more. When I found the old trees the snow was starting to get deep and I had to turn around and hike back off the mountain.

[@6610stix]

@@LowBudgetExploration In what part of Colorado were you for this video? Was it up on the Uncompahgre?

[@LowBudgetExploration]

@@6610stix This video was filmed in Pike National Forest.

[@muleskinner485]

In north Co. while elk-hunting i stopped to rest and sat on a big weathered rock to rest, this rock looked like it had pimples all over it, the pimples were purplish red in color like amthest or garnets the rock was like pyright, soft flakey material that weathered away, always wondered what it really was ?

[@LowBudgetExploration]

Sounds like possibly Chalcopyrite. When it becomes really oxidized it will turn purple/red. They call it "peacock ore".

[@ocotillooutlaws4101]

Great video! That fire quartz is amazing😎thanks for sharing.

[@LowBudgetExploration]

Thanks Ocotillo. I'm going to explore around the area with the Fire Quartz again and see if I can find some more. The wife keeps bugging me to go get her some. LOL.

[@ocotillooutlaws4101]

@@LowBudgetExploration Now my wife wants to look for some too! We have quite the variety of Quartz in our area but haven't seen any of the fire Quartz. We will be back hanging out with our Utah chapter of outlaws soon and poke around a little. For me I'm just happy to be on the trail in constant amazement of our past, present and future ☮

[@paulroberts3311]

Great video. I would love to do that exploring you are doing. As i grow older now i have often thought how extremely difficult just two generations back would have been for even my family being my father and his were poor share cropers. If you didn't preserve and stock pile all fall you were going to almost starve or freeze to death. My grandfathers would have been born i 1860s 70s. Also i absolutely love listening to the music in this video. It takes my mind back in those days. Thank you

[@LowBudgetExploration]

I agree and think most people don't realize the hardship these old timers went through. They base their knowledge on Hollywood movies, which don't always convey the reality of life back then. Thank you for the awesome comment.

[@patranney1561]

I really enjoy your travels

[@LowBudgetExploration]

Thank you Pat. I do feel blessed, beautiful country out there.

[@waltertodd4479]

Prospectors go everywhere and eventually test everything. The hole looks to me to be a core sample hole of rock taken for age dating or scientific research. Please note there is a major difference between rhodonite and rhodocrosite. The photo provided was rhodonite a Ca Fe Mn Silicate. Rhodocrosite is often associated with a type of gold deposit you often show pictures of to us. Rhodonite is commonly found with manganese deposits. Thanks to your videos, i feel like im in the field again....

[@LowBudgetExploration]

As always, thank you Walter and I value your opinion and knowledge. The more I've thought about it, I tend to agree with you regarding the core hole. I think you are probably correct in your assessment. I didn't know that about the Rhodochrosite. Great information and thanks for sharing!!

[@Partimepeasant]

14 :29 there is a bloody cross on that stone.

[@crypticcrazy3672]

What is the music played at the end?

[@LowBudgetExploration]

It's a Viking Song called, "Dance of Iron". On KZbin search "Viking Trolls - Ean Grimm". If you have any issues finding it, just send me an email and I'll send you a link.

[@toymaker20]

always great, but the wild chickens had me cracking up, something you never think about.

[@LowBudgetExploration]

LOL, I know what you mean. I did find the rest of them, or should I say what was left of them. I can almost hear it now as the parents and couple of young kids cut them loose, "you are free now, go live in the wild like you were meant too. We love you." Personally, I would have ate them.

[@Anubis-hm7ro]

How did the propped up rocks sit w the sun??

[@LowBudgetExploration]

At 13:01 I am facing West (setting Sun). Hope that helps.

[@debbiedavis8048]

Very interesting

[@LowBudgetExploration]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed the video.

[@chriswertz1438]

Thanks

[@LowBudgetExploration]

My pleasure and thanks for watching.

[@BrianDoherty-e8s]

I'm not buying it that the short rock wall with a trail, and old circle of stones is a sweat lodge. I have no idea what it is beyond a human construction. The "ceremonial" label gets put on a lot of mysteries. I doubt the Indians spent any more time on ceremonies than we do today. One thousand years from now some archaeologist will find the bucket of stainless steel nuts and bolts, now in my shed, buried a foot under the ground and declare this was an offering to the Gods.