Searching The Desert By Motorcycle

[@weaktearecords]

We've always found that where you find gourds growing you will find native ruins. They scattered seeds everywhere they stayed

[@steves7896]

Right now there's a MASSIVE coyote gourd growing on the offramp embankment on I-15 NB just before going under the overpass for Silverado Ranch Boulevard, Las Vegas. Kind of amusing to me, it looks so out of place.

[@aquachigger]

Okay, took a break from the mine to try to figure out how to best try to get my drone back and most importantly, get a camera with lights down there. I figure half of that out.

[@CookingWithCows]

Use sticks to build a kind of tripod/trellis above the hole and lower your camera with a light on it down that way, like the winch of a well. You can put a bit of rope on you camera rig with a hook on it to try and hook it on your drone if you find it. Wifi might be a problem to see where your camera is at any point in time. Very difficult if you naturally don't want to approach the edge of the hole

[@tomwilliams8675]

I hope you'll get some help and not and do it alone. That shaft definitely needs to be cleared then get your drone back and sealed forever. All those open shafts in that county should be searched and sealed.

[@parkerrowe4687]

Call Gly from abandon and forgotten places on y.t.. bet he would drop down there.. he has alot of experience with mines like that

[@slimwantedman6694]

@@parkerrowe4687 No he wouldn't. Call Frank and Sharon. Or Mr. M and his (cant rember the name) snobulator? Lmao... He does have an awsome mine camera set up.

[@BimmerWon]

I’d probably drop a camera down there on some string first to see where your drone is situated. You can tie a piece of string to the front and back of the camera so you can angle it up and down to look around. If you can figure out a way to see what the camera is looking at on your phone or something in real-time then all the better.

[@GDavid1955]

Learned another new word: "Virga". Always something for me to learn from Beau.

[@atuuschaaw]

You find pot quite often it seems! Even in the desert. That's incredible! 😉♥

[@piricarroll]

Solid content as usual Chigg. Appreciate your work and all of your wisdom! Be safe out there.

[@aquachigger]

Much appreciated

[@garykolo8650]

Beau from a Firefighter point of view the piles of cans and bottles was from a accident on the Interstate involving a Tractor Trailer, It was a close place to dump them and clear up the travel lanes. That's my thought when seeing it.

[@rossmacintosh5652]

I went back to review Beau's footage. The cans appear to have been opened suggesting they aren't from a spill. I'm thinking they are suggestive of a mining camp, military tank/training range, or maybe a work camp when the nearby highway was built?

[@dougalexander7204]

We’re the cans opened?

[@rossmacintosh5652]

@@dougalexander7204 Go back to the very start of the video. It opens with the pile of cans and they can be seen to have been used with lids off & punched pour holes.

[@craftilyrecycled]

It's amazing how some of the most inhospitable places can accumulate so much trash. The cans and bottles remind me of the hunting camp sights I used to find when exploring my family's property as a kid (much smaller dumps). But we lived backing into a swamp (which I also explored), so plenty of birds to hunt, unlike the desert. This was in rural areas outside of Darwin, Australia too. A world away from the Mojave! Lots of burnt out cars (presumably stolen), spent cartridges, and sadly the remains of dogs and horses from the not so reputable racing breeders in the area. That was decades ago, and before the place became so populated. But this video brought all those memories back.

[@MikeMcInroe]

Just you and those coyotes out there hey Chigg! Glad to see you out there wandering with a purpose and it really is good of you to do what you are doing! Mike in wet Florida

[@OldButStillKicking]

Your compassion shines through as always.

[@fishnchips8618]

Coyote Melons! I used to work down there. They are inedible and naturally occurring. Always loved the desert. I loved exploring mines and they are everywhere.

[@danielwangler532]

Those cans could possibly be Patton's tank maneuvers. They were all over out there

[@jamesdisbrow2157]

They also paint lines on the road that look like the metal cattle guard and the cattle won't step over them either. I love the desert. I enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing. Be safe. God bless.

[@tailhighadventure6589]

I like how you have incorporated the bike into the adventure!

[@kelleymendenhall180]

The can dumps are probably from old construction camps for the road, or railroad. You should check and see if the older ones are lead soldered. Lots of can and bottle dumps here in Nevada near the old mining towns. The cans hang around forever due to the dry climate.

[@earlshaner4441]

Good evening from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your adventures

[@cdd4248]

Syracuse is a world away from the Desert! NY is a beautiful state.

[@earlshaner4441]

Yes my friend

[@aguadigger]

🌵Great a double Bill of The Chigg before bedtime ! Just got to the end of another episode of River Hunter’s on TV. Then found another KZbin video waiting. The desert is certainly in need of a janitor with a big truck and a 🧹🧲 🌵☀️

[@tylernaturalist6437]

I assume “Super Bloom 19” refers to the massive wildflower bloom that happened in that region during 2019, it’s basically a perfect storm of conditions that leads to an exceptionally large bloom of wildflowers that blows normal years out of the water.

[@leannkennedy6568]

That would be an amazing sight to behold.

[@grey1wa]

@@leannkennedy6568 it was it only lasted a couple weeks (I couldn't make it there) but some friends made it and got awesome Pictures

[@jasonleee9401]

I thought super bloom was fertilizer for pot plants

[@Done975]

Yes that happened here in the Sonoran desert 🏜 as well. It was so beautiful

[@NaterBater]

Thank you for your help to try and get this family some answers. It’s such a tragic story and I feel like it’s almost forgotten, but you are using your platform to help shine some light on it. I hope others will try and do anything they can.

[@c103110a]

I love just putting around on my dirtbike with no particular place to go. It's fun and I can cover a lot more ground than just hiking! It's very relaxing!

[@madamecampsalot6384]

It saddens me to see the trash. I have great respect for what you're doing, though.

[@allenpeck8239]

Quotable Quotes- "... always hate to see carpets, when you're out looking for... (?)" aquachigger - the very definition of tact -keep up the good work, my friend...

[@DymondzTrucking1962]

Lot of Open country out there if you want to make a body disappear it sure wouldn't be hard. Hopefully you'll find something to give the family closer. Build your tripod big enough to fit over that mineshaft put a snatch block on it and run your rope down there with a camera hook to it so you can see what's down there that's the way I do it. Stay safe out there I really enjoy your videos.

[@tortugalisa4748]

Hi Beau😊 Great day out! It's always upsetting to see the trash scattered around the deserts. Some people just don't appreciate the awesome desert 🏜️ Thanks for the trip out today. #Chiggsarmy

[@jward7183]

Great view of the valley and cloud formations

[@forrestball8518]

I love to follow Chig's adventures and find where he's been on Google Earth. Just found Glass pile, can pile, mine and his camping spot near cell tower. Keep it Chig

[@darlenefrancis1175]

Chigg please be very careful out there. Hope you're having a great time.

[@Travelling..Bottle..Digger]

Thoroughly enjoyed... thanks for sharing, man 👍👍

[@ZeldaRosenthal]

Beer and beans. I have seen this to a lesser degree out in the desert north west of Sedona. Things last FOREVER in the desert. Thanks for the journey!❤

[@wills.9807]

Totally. There and Oak Creek canyon. One of the most beautiful places in Arizona, and people have pretty well trashed it.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

Reminded me of when I was kid in the UK in the 1970s, we used to find loads of tomato plants growing where some soil improver/fertiliser had been dumped from the local sewage works.

[@TNgrandee3]

Amazing places and things you find on your trips out west. Stay safe.

[@tinytattoomike7943]

The cans are from military training back in the day they would tow targets behind planes and shoot AA at them also Patton practiced tank battles out there

[@Andrew-ur5hr]

The big “bottle dumps” you see in that particular area off mountain springs rd is from the old service station that used to be there. It would have been right dead center of the overpass where the I40 freeway sits now.

[@rachaelleann9847]

Outstanding searching chigg and content as well. Love seeing the land and desert. Cause will prob never see it in real life. This the best next thing for sure.

[@russbonk1372]

Even out in the far-off Wilds of nowhere......"The Spoils Of Man."

[@NickG6623]

I love these videos. That’s my stomping grounds. All the Mojave especially between the 15 and 40 fwy’s.

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota

[@ronschraut8581]

Cool didn’t know you grew up on the cape 😎👍🏻 Whitman here 🍪🍪🍪😁👍🏻

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Great finds enjoyed watching

[@tylermallory2504]

Like you said in the beginning looks like people shoot there, pumpkins are often used as targets!

[@Attercop47]

well that was fun , I never been down in hole that deep hanging on the end of a rope before , thanks for that video , virtual reality

[@timcisneros1351]

My wife and I currently live in Half Moon Bay Ca. but we are building a cabin near Flagstaff to retire. I have traveled that I-40 route twice a year for the past 6 years. Always wondered about some of the landscape that you are exploring and whether I could camp back in there. I usually stay at the KOA in Barstow. It's very convenient but it's $55 to camp! Like you say it's "Sketchy" back there! I am armed but still "sketchy" and totally "Out there". I have heard about a campground near Kelbaker rd. that I would like to check out. Enjoy your channel. It's nice of you to try to help the family. Hope she is found safe.

[@dougalexander7204]

Thank you Mr. Chigg. I so wish you could find her.

[@punkinpunker]

Love your stuff chigg!

[@aquachigger]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@punkinpunker]

@@aquachigger I really do. Only channel I constantly follow and religiously watch. My 5 year old loves it, we've even got a metal detector!

[@michaelamanek8908]

Sad to see how people disrespect mother earth

[@mrj10101]

The earth recycles everything give it time

[@UrbExGear]

@@mrj10101 not the plastic unfortunately...

[@calicoasting]

do you drive a car or use just about anything on this planet? if so you are contributing to disrespecting mother Earth ..

[@martinsimon2170]

Such a nice landscape it could be without all the trash!!

[@robertforrester9001]

Evening from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hi Chigg

[@TheMrlister72]

Hullo from another Scottish guy 👋 Love the Chigg 👊

[@critterjon4061]

If this series has taught me anything it’s that it is super easy to hid a body in California

[@cdd4248]

Anywhere in the SW -

[@AndrexT]

Nevada isn't it?

[@b-radfrommalibu]

@@AndrexT no its so cal

[@mandybrown7758]

It's weird I see alot of those old cans thousands in videos when people explore the deserts it's crazy

[@tortugalisa4748]

Hi Mandy😃❣️

[@FireMcgwire]

I love the wisdom buddy.

[@randlerichardson5826]

See you on the next one Chigg be safe and GOD BLESS

[@kennetheskra2627]

I believe General Paton trained tank crews and B24 bombers in the very early 40s. The metal box is a ammunition box thrown out of a plane ( you find them all the way down to the sand dunes). Thank God he did, to beat Rommel in north Africa. There is a museum at the top of Indio hill. My best guess ?

[@dannyboy4372]

Explored that whole area 2019.If you carry on towards Amboy you'll run into all kinds of ruins to explore.Its was easy on my dual sport to get around all the bridges that were out.Two places of note Is The RoadRunner made famous in the old Tv Show Route 66.Also along the way you'll find an old rest area that has some awesome plaques placed long ago about the mother road.All kinds of other historical spots line the road.Do not miss this ,you will not be disappointed.

[@markholbrook3949]

Hey Chigg: Abandoned and Forgotten Places has a boom he hitches to his jeep with a hoist on the end of it. He uses the contraption to lower himself into holes just like the one your dealing with..

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

You’re amazing Chigg! ❤❤❤

[@johnnyphillips9735]

Thanks for sharing mr chigg thanks for serving

[@cyberleaderandy1]

We have a LOT of cattle grids in the UK. outside of towns and cities, as in the countryside sheep, cows etc are very common in rural areas and many places dont have fences between fields.

[@perfectsims]

Sending you love ❤️

[@davemanley2954]

I’m not really sure why - but I really like you and what you do . Maybe because of the straight forward honesty Or because you are a contemporary of mine?

[@michaelhadock7495]

Don’t look under the mattress! I do love your content!

[@derrickjacobs3375]

Seems like under the mattress would be a nice obvious place to put a body. Should have checked there. Thanks for another great video there Chigg. By the way, how do you not get skin cancer?

[@claudiasmigelski1528]

Thanks for sharing, Chiggs ….wisdom and all ! Haha 😄

[@Apoplectic_Spock]

0:50 Well Beau, you found pot, just not the good kind! 😆

[@andrewdavies4604]

There are piles of old cans and bottles in Australia, close to highways, which are known to have been Trucks overturned and shed their load. I've seen one, and it looks almost identical to those can piles.

[@Limoncellodeceptobro]

Aya Bubba! South shore boy huh? I'm from Newburyport! Love the videos, especially these "specialty" series!

[@jimjustice581]

You’re banking a lot on your bike taking you in and out of the desert. Great video though, as always. I hope you find the person of whom you’re searching.

[@ObelixMagnetFishing]

Something similar in Amsterdam about a specific route from the Cargill to the landfill were all sunflowers. Yes I had to throw a tarp over it, but let's face it, the neighborhood is happier with sunflowers 😉

[@PrepaidViolence]

Dumpkins are a new species!

[@Fulthrotle73]

Thanks for the vids!

[@mattnobrega6621]

May God be with you

[@jaycee6996]

The fact that he said he left her there is a hint that if he killed her he probably left her somewhere else. The critical question is when was she last seen by anyone except her partner? Her phone record is not necessarily useful since it could have been in someone else's possession (his?) when it was last located. A truck pull over is not a good place to get rid of a body since you have to take it over 100 meters or more away from the road to find a suitable, unlikely to be recognised, burial spot. The ground looks pretty hard so digging a grave would be tricky and take time and increase the likelihood of being spotted. The mineshaft is worth examining but unless you knew it was there is would not be sensible to wander around the desert carrying a body in the hope you could find a suitable mineshaft. He would not drive his rig into the desert so the place she was dumped had to be in easy reach of the road. Important to check the local possibilities but I suspect he would find an isolated spot not far away to pull over with a ravine close by and drop her there if she was murdered.

[@DarronBrown777]

Hello! Those cans and bottles are from where they use to pull major wreaks and burned out vehicles off to the side for later cleaning and pickup. Usually, back in the day with no regulations the owning companies wouldn’t never clean them up, so they continue to sit for Mother Nature unfortunately.

[@randlerichardson5826]

That flower pot had some of wacky backy in it Chigg

[@TheJoeyboots]

Thanks!

[@aquachigger]

Thanks

[@johncalliope197]

Grew up next to the Washington county landfill next to Resh Rd before they moved it to rout 40. I've been a dumpster diver my whole life.

[@socalrockhound]

Those can dumps are in Ludlow as well. The ones there are from the railroad camps when they were building the railroads. So it’s probably from that or mine dumps.

[@slngblde]

Beau, that may have been a corvair. The suspension sure looked odd and that’s the only thing I can think of from that era besides a corvette that had independent suspension in the back

[@209turtleboy]

I know on I-80 there's tons of those piles, some old that are from vehicle and tractor trailer wrecks. Thats why there's car parts, food cans etc. They usually would go about 1/4 mile off the highway near the accident and pile all the debris up.

[@ronvc6601]

The mattress was it from a semi ? It could have been discarded from the truck because it had blood on it. Just a thought.

[@mikenienburg5737]

I say the can dump more possibly from interstate build era. I would think they would have some sort of base camp/staging area every 15-20mls. if you think of how large construction projects would be done back then in desolate places

[@JudyinAZ3]

Tyvm. Quite interesting

[@cameronpeach6573]

Is this part of the Lincoln Hwy? If so, it could be an area where travelers camped. This was a huge problem back then. They would leave cans wherever they camped. A lot of times it was on someone’s property.

[@noradaniels8802]

I'm probably not right. But, what about one of those fishing magnets? The drone must have screws and nuts holding it together. I hate to see you lose the drone. Anything is worth a try. Just do not get too close to the edge of the mind shaft. The dirt around the opening is lose.

[@20greeneyes20]

I thought he said he would try to fish it out with his magnet. I was just going to write and ask him if he retrieved it.

[@noradaniels8802]

@@20greeneyes20 I guess I missed that part. I was listening to his video in the truck shop. 😂 lots of noise.

[@leannkennedy6568]

A few years ago I lived in idaho. I miss the desert.

[@kbbacon]

As an old Army Veteran that spent time in the California desert, I would guess those piles of cans were bivouac sites. Another possibility would be road workers from way back.

[@kbbacon]

@No Comment certainly

[@keithsteele615]

i saw smaller dumps in az in th 90s. and if that is a vegas route..... there are check points

[@stevetealey2804]

WOW Thats a lot of class and a lot of tin cans what the hell.

[@DesertRunner9875]

You might try getting in touch with (Abandoned Mine Exploring with Tom and Julie) They have the repelling equipment and might be willing to help you recover your drone,...... maybe not but maybe worth a try.

[@Rob-ze1wi]

I logged quite of few boreholes in the area for groundwater for several facilities. Found weird stuff every time.

[@mrj10101]

Like?

[@Rob-ze1wi]

@@mrj10101 surface finds. Desert finds near a large city with strange desert people around. Hollow steel balls 8 in dia., clam shell. Carpet mounds, fridge, weird unexpected things. Nothing fancy. Just unexpected.

[@AndrexT]

I think those are melons. I have a plot in a native Canadian Indian community garden and they grow them. I was hoping to get one from them as I have been watering them all summer, but they were all harvested.

[@hardyakka6200]

I'm very surprised that you don't have an awning coming off your roof rack. They are very popular here. They afford you some shade from the blistering sun.

[@brodiedavisalmostprimitive1262]

Perfect ending. Song dog

[@andreamills5852]

6:39 There for a minute I thought the Chigg got himself snake bit.

[@s7v7nfiv5]

Great footage of the area also just order a long sleeve chigg army shirt 🤙

[@theniteniteduck]

Those melons around 2:40 are wild coyote melons

[@mmland100]

During the dust bowl California closed its borders to people migrating from Oklahoma and other hard hit areas. I am guessing people were stopped in that area and did not have resources to continue to a better resettlement location.

[@canadianhonker2537]

She most likely isn't anywhere near there. Maybe He would take her body to an area that he has explored and was familiar with. How long has he driven that route? How would he have explored that area to know where to dump a body, used rental vehicles on lay overs? So many questions, but I doubt she will show up around there.

[@richardmarsh9257]

Those are coyote melons. They are native to that area. I saw lots of them between Williams and Kingman in Arizona.

[@terrysnyder3599]

And good eating too! Great for a quick snack. 😉

[@richardmarsh9257]

@Terry Snyder eat one and you won't soon forget it! 😉

[@terrysnyder3599]

@@richardmarsh9257 Sometimes they can be just a little to sweet though.

[@Margrreet]

Coyote gourds! Inedible. Still cool.

[@aserta]

If the cans, bottles, glass, cars and all that are in the same area... maybe they're an office building (of the period, so like a few houses with windows) for the road builders?

[@perfectsims]

Keep it up brother 💜❤️💜💜❤️🙈❤️🏴‍☠️😉