Dropping Go Pro Down Abandoned Mine Shaft In Oatman - Arizona

[@Askjeffwilliams]

* Notice * ( We had to re-uploaded the video because of technical issues so in the process we changed it to 4k ) We check the mines of the Oatman Arizona area looking for mineshafts that might have potential for mineral exploration and the best way to do that is to drop a Go Pro down there first to see if it is worth rappelling down with full gear. We find one mine that has a good working level and will be on our list for the next exploration adventure. If you want to learn more about the Geology of the area then just watch this video and smash that like button. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGnYmGOlgJKIfqM

[@Askjeffwilliams]

@@820-t3q thanks

[@bencarlyle2155]

​@@Askjeffwilliams hey buddy... Let's get some lithium. Love the geology and gold but we got a new rush on.. what's up with with finding some rare earth minerals? I assume Nevada has substantial deposits. Am I wrong? What does take too make you excited?

[@LeTrashPanda]

PS: yellow jackets also behave like those bees if you go near a nest (they love to nest in the ground, so be careful where you walk) they also love the color black and hate sudden movements (swatting makes em even madder!) and have the ability to fly UP your clothing (like pant legs!) found out the hard way since I live in a forest, lol.

[@Trybalone21]

I was totally born too late . I feel a deep desire to do what you do. I cannot get enough content from you, Jeff

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@bingo1646]

@@Askjeffwilliams can Ai do the job of the geologist?

[@jamesdarke5641]

Looks amazing. Loving the drone footage you've been using

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Yeah I wouldn't go into those mines all collapsed and everything but it's beautiful countryside your and your wife driving around having fun interesting geology me I'd stay on the surface but thank you for the video it was a good one I enjoyed it tell your wife Lila that is subscriber says hello😂😂❤😅😅😊

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks and will do

[@bearfoot100]

That's a fun video, thanks for making it. Jeff, the yellow/orange stuff, growing on that plant is called "Dodder". It's in the Morning Glory family of plants. Did you notice, that it doesn't have leaves ? There is no Chlorophyll in Dodder, that's why it's not green. That's because it's a parasitic plant. It totally lives off the host plant, that is growing under it. It dose this, by invading the stems and roots of its host, stealing its moisture and nutrients. The Dodder will flower and form seeds pods. Birds and the wind most likely spread the seeds. It loves Alfalfa and sleeping Prospectors

[@Askjeffwilliams]

sounds like the making of Pod people

[@jeffjefferson2676]

7:07 really is a good example of how a good 2 compartment shaft is constructed. Its done by the book. Very impressed by it. I really love the geology videos. It really shows how gold is deposited, and what to look for. For me, i really need things being said a couple of times, and then it wears in, so i remember what is told. :) Pretty good stuff. Greetings, Jeff

[@davidsidwell8749]

It is amazing how smart the old timers were. And how hard they worked.

[@gwolfeman]

Beautiful video and amazing real life prospecting expertise, almost like being there with some old time prospector from long ago! Thanks Jeff looking forward to more of this series!👍

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you betcha

[@richardwarnock2789]

Need ya Sheave wheel for the camera 📷 😏 glad your getting out of the hole 🕳!!!; )

[@jacquesjackcoomans2295]

The first shaft Jeff, I found something lol, nuggets, actually 5 tiny eggs in a nest @0:56 . As I have mentioned before, I love the fact that you record in HD as there's nothing better than when I watch it in 2160 4K, I can just about touch the rock. Really lovin' these exploration vid mate...Keep them coming

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks Jacgues ...we always shott in 4k just for that reason

[@jamesriggsdds2337]

You are right about the rattlesnakes! We just ran into three rattlers 🐍🐍🐍in two days of mine exploring the Old Dale area just east of Joshua Tree. That time of the year!

[@dodgeit3014]

I know I watched all your videos over the last cpl years. Had to rewatch this one as well. I enjoyed it just as much the second time.

[@lymasl]

Cool and educational. I will see the geology in a different light when I am down there riding.

[@sandyrella8158]

Do you ever age?!? My man looking young forever!! Another great video!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

I eat the Gold ...an old trick the Anunnaki told me

[@sandyrella8158]

@@Askjeffwilliams head banging and gold slanging lol love it !

[@johnramirez5032]

@@Askjeffwilliams ha..... you were a Forman! Had a realistic dream. Was young. Everyone was young. S. F. Area was very clean. Digital movies were the rave. There werent any real actors anymore. Didnt see any homeless people. If they were they weren't dirty or despondent. Dream was in 4k and color.

[@MikeOrkid]

Really love these exploring videos. Its a cool feeling finding a portal where there isn't one listed on a map. I do the same with anthracite mines in NePa. Thanks for always sharing your knowledge with us.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

Nice work Jeff. I know these are all very dangerous places. I'll let you handle the prospecting.

[@johnbrownlee7623]

Good Morning Sunny Jim..Man that first shaft, the ride down was so bumpy, I spilled my coffee..lol.............What a kool way to Explore these old mine shafts.....And the Drone, man thats the cherry on top the cake...I have a WAY fix for grumpy bees, ya called Napalm....hahahahah.....A permanent fix............Well ok, old son, got to get back to work..............VERY good video.....................JB.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Iknow...right ...not liking them bees ......Thanks JB....

[@jimwednt1229]

It's impressive to see a shaft cut through solid rock going down sometimes hundreds of feet . All done by manual labor with pick and bucket 😦 . Much respect for those old-timers !

[@jdlives8992]

those old timers made our lives to easy. we are gonna pay for it one day. their hard work and sacrifice will come back 10 fold to those that can’t survive.

[@jimwednt1229]

@@jdlives8992 , yes sir I believe things are headed that way too!

[@BC5391]

Always a learning experience, thank you Jeff

[@MikeJudy-hr4vd]

Once again Jeff this vid (especially the latter half) knocks the ball out of the park! TY!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks Mike

[@davec9244]

Nice job, thank you. At 26:12 top right Bud Light can, just saying ALL stay safe

[@robertcribb3859]

I enjoy all of your adventures they are all a chance to learn something I never knew about Thank You

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you betcha

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

Oh my that initial drop down the mine was jarring. I was not prepared for that level of camera shake and ear banging. Lmmaooooo… fascinating stuff tho!

[@antmantony2642]

As always, very interesting information, thanks for producing such great content. At 3:27 of the video, that's what I've learned to call witch's moss or witch's hair, a parasitic plant known as dodder. It is in the morning glory family. 👍

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks for the info

[@MrMarkar1959]

Cool,i forget what i said the first time anyway. I say mark that beehive on your gps and after dark go back and napalm the buzzing hole.

[@fajile5109]

They deserve the smoke😂😂😂

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

The first one wasn't quite straight down, was it. The 2nd one was short. 3rd one was cool, good recon. Those type of bees, vicious. Geology of veins, they make their own paths, no such thing as right angles. Jeff, you had a beautiful day. Finding all those shafts, adits mines. Good going.

[@hgghgguk]

man Jeff you would make a really cool university professor i would love to be in ur seminars you would make them so fun an engaging you will always get people to learn an not realize they are even learning an would have awesome trips out to so many beautiful places to put into practice what you would be teaching about geology

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks ...I use to teach back in the day

[@johnramirez5032]

Hi Jeff and Lila! I almost feel like ive know you for years. Videos are educational but i think until one get out there and sees and touches it there a gap. Like cooling rates and multiple viens at different times. Composite rocks and what it means. Those miners work there areses off. A ton of rock is a bunch of material to move.

[@perry92964]

10:36 i see someone dropped their bic lighter, i wonder why they didnt go down after it?

[@bradleyodonnell9225]

afro beez

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Awesome video Jeff. Very interesting

[@Times365up]

😊 Sounds like fun.

[@garyhuffman133]

Great shots. I am sure that you have put a lot of thought into this. It would be great to have two cameras one straight down and one that could be rotated to look up cross cuts. It would be nice to be able to maneuver the device to go around obstacles and have live video to help maneuver. You could make a tripod out of conduit to get to the center or a dangerous shaft. I am sure you already though of these things, just a pipe dream on my part.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we have a second mount for another Camera on the rig .... ...would use aluminum for the tripod

[@Gravity4220]

I wish I was here 3 days ago! Let's Goooooo!

[@jasondoesthings]

Always dig your videos Jeff 🤠👍

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@richardfellows5041]

Would really be nice to see an explanation of your gopro rig. I have a cave I would like to drop a gopro down and would really like to see what you made and your comments on the design and performance. Thanks for your great videos, I really enjoy them and always learn a lot.

[@henrymuzgay1023]

love this I want to do this in Oregon great video

[@rockhunter6260]

Very informative video Jeff, now get some of that color👍🏻

[@meshugas4christ779]

Bee careful 😊!!!

[@diggindiggenit6540]

This is going to be so cool

[@theknifejoker99]

Thanks for the sneak peak BroChaCho!!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you betcha sonny Jim

[@f.k.burnham8491]

Jeff- How about a video on how to safely replace a rotted out/ damaged collar, remove the damaged framing, and re-frame it up down to the bottom level or a side shaft? Thanks. If I was even 50 years younger, I'd be doing some prospecting in NV or AZ.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

great idea

[@nightcrawleroriginal]

Very informative thank you. :)

[@donaldfitzgerald8950]

Hey Jeff 😅 I'm getting the feeling the red worms might be worse than those African bees lol! Miles of quartz vein😮...

[@tinadelwiche416]

Still an amazing video. I would be afraid of snakes. Keep up the great work u two😊😊😊😊. Very educational as always 😊

[@johnramirez5032]

That shows me you have sense! It gets hot out there and smked look for shade

[@giuseppe_M]

I LOVE THIS SHEET

[@markmayer2029]

I really appreciate the additional geological info. I really prefer the additional Ham, Cheese, and Beans over the monotone narration. Thanks again for more great videos. You can tell me to FO, any time now.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we have plenty of Ham and Cheese for ya ...Cowboy style

[@markmayer2029]

@@Askjeffwilliams I forgot how good Ham and Cheese is, thanks Jeff.

[@wickedtrutharms57]

Cool thank you

[@willam1992]

How do u stop the camera rig form spinning

[@freeride21a]

Is that a bimini cover off a boat at about the 11:30 mark?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes it is .... Lol

[@freeride21a]

LOL

[@peteroliver3408]

Living in southern AZ good advise on bees an snakes. Lots of caldera around AZ. Which vein area and associated washes would you pan or detect as part of sampling?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

that is a very long explanation and we would have to make a vid on it

[@grantberry4540]

Very cool 😊

[@goldenrocketowner8649]

2 in one day?😮

[@ThriftShopHustler]

Jeff, maybe put wheels on the sides of the rig so they glide down the sides of the rock

[@georgescott249]

i sure wouldnt be walking around in the dark out there ,to many big holes in the ground

[@elmagnifico8475]

Great Idea Jeffe! Nice video! Have you seen mine? Have fun Guys!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks and no

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

You need a GoldPro !

[@Askjeffwilliams]

hahahahahaha

[@sergeantcraphead]

Hello!!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Howdy

[@sergeantcraphead]

@@Askjeffwilliams :D Shout out from Idaho springs Colorado! Where the gold rush began. Great information and footage. Be blessed 🙏

[@davidcase1286]

great video

[@michaelkrisko1014]

Be careful out there...see ya guys soon..

[@ManuelSanders-tr9mu]

I always wanted to do this kind of thing when I was younger but glad I didn't push my luck or I probably wouldn't have got older.

[@chriss8206]

Jeff what are the least favorable States for gold prospecting or the States that have the least found gold.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Texas and Florida

[@GarrettAustin-rp7db]

How far is this from wickenburg

[@Gippslandgolddigga]

Beats climbing down them👍

[@chrisfrench2130]

When it leaches where does it go or is that what they mined

[@Askjeffwilliams]

int the soil ...that is why soil samples are needed

[@chrisfrench2130]

@@Askjeffwilliams that's what I thought thanks for verifying

[@Gunbudder]

16:27 if you have ether for starting an old truck or carb cleaner (or brake cleaner) that will kill any kind of bee INSTANTLY. its wild how fast it kills them. way faster than actual commercial bee spray. gasoline or diesel can also kill bees on contact, but not as fast. if you are getting swarmed an you have extra fuel or cleaner with you, it may save your life to be able to kill them. you can poke a hole in a water bottle with a knife to make a sort of spray bottle. its also good to take a bunch of benadryl with you and keep it in your first aid kit. those africanized bee swarms can be lethal even if you aren't allergic because they sting over and over and over and pump you full of venom. if you run into bees that are africanized you should do anything you can to completely kill them all if you can do it safely. they need to be wiped out as much as possible before they completely replace all of our bees in north america

[@paulsmith2105]

Awesome jeff no ones been down those holes in awhile lol african bees are definitly very aggressive they chased me more than a half mile away stung me a couple times one landed right below my eye and I slapped it real fast and I made my nose bleed lol I want to check out oatman area

[@richardwarnock2789]

A tent was thrown in there!?

[@fkitbaylife902]

If your ever in the black canyon city area the desoto mine would definitely make for a awesome video

[@Askjeffwilliams]

would love to check it out

[@fkitbaylife902]

@@Askjeffwilliams rubber boots are really helpful but not necessarily

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

[@Askjeffwilliams]

morning

[@ModestCube100]

There was a video similar to this but the guy went down one of these alone. During the video you can hear hissing, moaning and people talking. Pretty spooky!

[@garyday5299]

Riddle me this, Batman---with the huge amount of timber, planks, stulls in a mine, in the middle of a desert, with no apparent train rail lines....where did they get all the wood, and how did they get it to the mine, especially considering many are reached by only a steep burro trail??

[@Askjeffwilliams]

wagon or pack mule

[@donnanorth7324]

Now just add some robotics to that go-pro setup for panning L to R and U & D. Doing what you did is the best way to warn and teach couch-people why they should stay away from old mines. Find a dead body for them! That ought to nail it.

[@greggiles7309]

would using a fishing rod be easier?

[@johnramirez5032]

Too much weight on end

[@mklint4255]

Hey Jeff! Have gone trough a bunch of your videos and I like them :) one thing I still dont understand is and thats how bedrock looks like and how you know its bedrock and not some stones on the ground? For exampel, if I find a stream with some rocks in it. Is that bedrock? Maybe me who is slow minded :) I hope you understand my question. Regards from Sweden

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good question but the bedrock will be visible throughout the area as it outcrops and it will have contours and color that you will see in other areas

[@mklint4255]

@@Askjeffwilliams thank your for the respons!! It made some sence in what your wrote.. it thinks its me who knows to little to understand that better

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

Wow thats’s a really deep mine shaft! You could probably crash a 767 into it and never be able to recover any bodies or black boxes.

[@TREASURETEAM-X]

Do you have a plan of the go pro fra.e? Its what i need to build as well. Thank you

[@Askjeffwilliams]

not really ...just grabbed some PVC from Home Depot and went to work ....we can go over it if ya like

[@Trucker-Belly]

I remember the last time you did this. Slim was at the bottom😂. That was a few years ago. Im hoping to see Slim at the bottom of this one too😂

[@ManuelSanders-tr9mu]

Maybe he could look for Jimmy Hoffa too.

[@BearWa11ace]

Back, for more stuff! =] Love the vids... thanks for make'n um! =]

[@amyhouse1415]

Hi Jeff! That"ORANGE FUNGUS" is actualy a parasitic plant called DODDER

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@spongebobvs24]

Sweet videos man! I'm a local here in Golden valley Az and an exploration driller. I've drilled all around these hills in the last few years. I recently changed contacts and am drilling in Alaska however I still live in AZ. I would love to get in contact with you about a crazy project I have in mind sinking a shaft in my yard. I also teach venomous snake handling (rattlesnakes) and can offer up some tips for the next time you run into a rattler in your path if interested.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thats pretty cool and would love to see ya drop that shaft

[@spongebobvs24]

@@Askjeffwilliams is there a way I can get in contact with you on a project?

[@Hockeymyk]

jeff have you ever done a video on the superstitions and the lost dutchman's?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

no ...not yet ...we have been told where it is but also told not to go there

[@Hockeymyk]

@@Askjeffwilliams just take your six shooter and the national guard and you will be fine

[@bonsaifesway432]

I've watched it but can there's still be gold in their

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes

[@richardwarnock2789]

My first encounter was Yucca Flats might have spell it wrong was highly a Allergic after the killer bees stung me almost died the strange thing now not Allergic to bee's or wasp weirdest outcome!

[@timocrosby]

What happened to "so come on let's go!"??

[@davidmcnutt3926]

Ok another way to find out there are Rattle snakes inside is to bring with you a bottle of Rubbing Alcohol & some cotton balls. Wet a couple of Cotton balls in Rubbing alcohol and toss in a few feet on both sides, Wait and LISTEN, then throw in a couple of more a little further in. IF YOU HEAR A RATTLE MOVE!!! He's coming out in a hurry. Jeff I have a question, Why sink a vertical shaft instead of just making it an open pit mine? Which would also be safer

[@baddog9320]

A lot less material to move. its far easier to remove say a 8x8 shaft. Then 100 x 100. And even that is very small. An 8x8 x 100 feet deep is 6400 cubic feet of material. While a 100 x100 x100 is 1,000,000 cubic feet of material. And like I said even the 100 x 100 would be extremely small. It would need to be approximately 1000 x 1000 feet per hundred foot deep to be remotely as you speak. And if I did my math correct for 100 feet deep that would be about 500,000, 000 cubic feet of material . or 18.5 million cubic yards. Or loosely 18 million tons of material. Compared to 237 cubic yards/ or 240 tons. Thats a lot more man power needed. Now if your gold is wide spread and at the surface. Then it make scents to do as you said. Most quarries do this because they are using all the material once past the over burden. However. I've also worked rock mines. And that was catacombs cut. I don't remember the exact size but imagine grid paper each square is 30 foot. The first row is not blocked. Then every even row. Every other square is a rock pillar not cut. And the area between the pillars us called a room and is 20 foot tall. And the last row goes down 60 feet? to the next level below. The rock mine I powder monkey in was at 4 levels at that time. And each level was about 20 rooms by 20 rooms. They did it like that. To save on EPA issues. EPA is rough on open mines like quarries. The old saying our of sight out of mind. People don't like seeing a huge open pit. Now I've also worked quarries that were basicly removing a mountain. Never going below ground. I tried to make this as simple as I could. But short answer. Far cheaper to sink an audit and tunnel then to remove all the over burden. Which you don't get any money from the over burden.

[@baddog9320]

But I have a question for you So how effective is alcohol on cotton balls with rattler? And how close do the cotton balls need to be to get them to move?

[@baddog9320]

And safer is relative. To make something that big. To go down hundreds of feet. You need big equipment. Which requires even more area to use. Figure each truck cost $250,000. Each loader or excavator same price. Drill same price. And each person that you hire cost about $50 per hour. And repairs. This would be cutting things way to tight for such job. 10 trucks 2 loaders 1 drill a foreman 1 mechanics and two helpers Operators for each piece of equipment Equipment 3.5 million ( almost forgot mechanics truck) 17 employees after benefits and not being fair by paying everyone the same $1700 per hour x 12 to 16 hours 6 days a week $735k per month And maintance So ball parking. $2.1 million per month cost. In beganing truck will about move 80 ton per hour and less the deeper you go by per hounded feet that drops in half. You are look at 8 months / $16.8 million. Just to reach that 100 foot Plus following the vain in the same matter. And where to put all that over burden. BLM is funny about the overburden. Now say you got half an ounce per ton following the vien. I believe it was 240 ton. ( that pretty un realistic an given far more credit then should) that 120 ounces at.. I haven't look at spot lately but let's use $2000 per tr oz $240,000. Yet it cost you $16,800,000 to do it. Well thats one heck of a tax write off. Lol. A lost of over $16.5 million Don't get the wrong impression. Following the vain isn't cheap either. You could still loose money just following it. Even though you are working on a much smaller scale. It all about gross and net profits. Yes mining gold you can gross big money.( or lose it). But it doesn't count until after net. I personally know two rock quarries. Well one. But the other is right next door to it. And I know they did the same thing. That ran at a lost for the first 3 years. But the gold the loud owner ( he had silent partners) got off the wash plant ( where you make sand) made them all lots of money under the table. One of the sets of silent partners was my ex mother and father in laws. And they received roughly $5m I don't know if that was for the three years or that year. But I need to but that in prospective. Roughly today that would be $15m. And I know the owner received more and I knew of one other silent partners. There was probley more. Point being. If it ran say as a quarry. Then the gross changes. And even though the quarry was reported as running at a lost. That doesn't mean it was. I don't mean fixing the books. But legibly there are ways. But I learned those in college. Just wish I knew back then that mining gold wasn't illegal. It was just how they were doing it. lol.

[@fajile5109]

They only followed veins. Theres no point to do massive excavation because most of the stone has nothing in it. Not to mention this area is drills and dynamite not scooping with buckets. You would wear the teeth off your excavator in a hour.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

@@baddog9320 thanks

[@robertjohnston5909]

Bee suit and blow torch

[@dherman0001]

19:30. "Poke in the vein!".

[@rickjohnson6559]

I'm gonna give you a little trick. Something we all carry in our pickups. Wd 40. Yes kills bees and hornets lol Im listening I was in selway Idaho border with Montana same thing. Run like heck.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks for the tip Rick ....

[@2M3TAL4U]

OH Yeah!!!

[@mawi1172]

I am sooo glad you put a camera down there instead of YOU!😢😢😢😢😢😢 What an ugly hole,huh?😢😢😢

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

I enjoyed it too

[@dirtyolpat]

Hey Jeff I still wanna buy a few hundred dollars worth of Slims paydirt but it never seemed to work out !

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we are stocking up on Specimen Gold for ya ....

[@itatane]

Yeah, those Africanized Bees are a right pain in the buttocks. All because people wanted a shortcut to more honey production without proper quarantine. A friend of mine keeps bees and was telling me that folks are trying to breed more docile queens to try and negate some of the hyper defensive characteristics.

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

It wasn’t the researcher that took off the queen guards the cleaning crew did it🤨

[@jimwednt1229]

, no doubt they were extremely Careless.

[@brianevans1851]

Did you see where someone has introduced the Japanese hornet into our country they destroy bee colony's

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

@@brianevans1851 They might have arrived via aircraft. Snakes did this in Guam I believe.

[@brianevans1851]

@@naughtiusmaximus830 possibly but I have doubts with china doing everything they can to divide us .what I do know for sure Japan has no honey bees they actually have to pollinate the Fuji apples by hand it's a scary thought either way you look at it

[@tradermunky1998]

Haha, not nearly as elegant as Mr M's drops down shafts, but still cool 👍

[@offgridwoodworld]

Man I bet it's getting hot in the desert

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes it is

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Anthill ey. We will show you an anthill hahhahahhah! It's a shallow anthill. Don't worry

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Lol

[@leeskillings2172]

Giving those old mine a colonoscopy AYE 🤣

[@tonyp6626]

Hey, what are you doing drop a Go-Pro down unknown shafts,.. 🙄... find a long rope and drop a Speedycaver down them..! 🤠 Joanne and I have dropped dozens of shafts just to see if it's worth dropping. 😆 I need to get back out there. You can just leave me in cupboard with a cup of tea until you find a shaft that needs dropping 👍

[@Askjeffwilliams]

TONY !!!!!! waiting for you to come back to the States to give us a good push hahhahaha ....just call 1-800 - SPEEDY - CAVER .....sounds like a plan ....so you know what I am gonna say huh

[@jimevans4224]

I am sure you won't see this Jeff (sorry, i was wrong), but I would like to know about the femur bone from the chinese mine that you punched into so many years ago. That has always peaked my interest.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

that was quite the adventure ...huh

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

@@Askjeffwilliams well I guess he’ll just keep wondering, huh? Yeah, screw your curiosity bruh. Mind ya bidness! 😬😉

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

He sewed it. He sewed it and weaved it. Very successfully mind u.

[@jimevans4224]

@@TroubledOnePaydirt that wasn't very nice.

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

@@jimevans4224 I agree. He definitely should have answered your question. Oh well, what can ya do?? 🤷‍♂️

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

Wouldn’t flying that drone down one of those holes be easier than gettin on the edge and dropping that contraption down the hole? I imagine it would take a steady pilot, and range on the drone…what is the average range of a drone anyways? I just realized I have zero idea what that is so my point here is null. Lol… 🤷‍♂️

[@Askjeffwilliams]

if that drone even touches the lagging its gone and now you have to rappel down to get it

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

@@Askjeffwilliams yeah I guess the risk is not worth it. Understandable

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

Whoa whoa whoa pal… as a Home Depot Lumber Department Supervisor I take that much more personally than you intended. The wood is construction grade sir. Home Depot has no say in what size the 2x4’s actually are when sent to us. Inch and a half by 3 and a quarter is close enough thank you very much. 🤨🤨

[@Askjeffwilliams]

no offense, want people to know that back then a 2 by 12 was just that and today you can only find wood like that at a lumber yard ( rough cut )

[@TroubledOnePaydirt]

@@Askjeffwilliams I know. I was just givin ya shit. Lol… no worries! 👍👍