Secret Cave Exploring In The North Georgia Mountains

Exploring 3 secret caves or old gold mines hidden in the North Georgia mountains.

[@crowhawk2008]

This was beautifully done.I am sure it was an honor for your son to go with you.These caves are sacred and should be treated as such.Thank you so much for this video.It was the gold in georgia that led to my people's removal from their home and made to walk the "Trail Of Tears".My 3rd great grandpa and grandma died on this walk.My 2nd great grandpa hid in a cave in McMinnville,Tn and was found by the Nunley family at the age of 10 and was adopted by them.

[@crowhawk2008]

AJ C Thank you.my friend.Your words honor my Cherokee family..

[@crowhawk2008]

Alex G.If caves are in Cherokee country,as this one is,it is a sacred site to the Cherokee.Your knowledge,of Cherokee people,seems limited and shortcoming ..You have the right to your opinion and I respect it and thank you for your comment..Cherokee people are,also,known as the Tsalagi .This name,basically means,"cave people or cave dwellers"Wado Udo

[@GinaRJumper]

Tommy Crowhawk Tsalagi is the cherokee word for cherokee. May have been originally derived from the Choctaw word Cha-la-Lee which means people who live in the mountains...or the Choctaw word Chi-lui-ok-bi...meaning people who live in the cave country.

[@Andr3s90sanch3z]

Soon after they stole California and other states from Mexico because the gold they didn't even know about was there

[@billythekid6418]

Tommy, what tribe of Cherokee are you with?

[@take2wheels556]

Found an unsearched Native American Rock Shelter Overhang in North GA.There's a cave inside but I'm too chicken to get back there.My friend went in about 20 feet and said it's tight and looks like it open up.

[@snowfreak207]

Where is this?

[@Blowingmind]

I used to live near a rat hole that I suspected was a cave. In Gainesville Ga.

[@charlesolsen1587]

where!?

[@theForrestGalantey]

Gainesville sucks dude. You glad you moved?

[@averygentry35]

You guys only have a tiny single light? No helmets?

[@Bradybrandwood]

avery gentry Like I mentioned in the video, I had been in those holes before,... all are dug by man, all are primarily dirt.

[@ZachByrd]

Very well done video. I've been known to roam these North Georgia hills for caves too. Hard to beat the excitement one feels when stumbling upon a new cave.

[@windyridge9591]

I am originally from KY and as a kid I slid through lots of cracks that opened up into big caves like these. We also had what we called rock houses, large open caves in the side of a mountain. These were my favorite places to play. Thanks for sharing😀

[@Bradybrandwood]

Windy Ridge Thank you for watching. Interesting history for sure.

[@dennisdavis8649]

He needs to buy his self a better flash light.

[@heenanyou]

Just what I was thinking. If he continues to use his cellphone flashlight, he is quickly going to find himself without a cellphone battery. Surprising newbie mistake from someone I consider an expert in everything he does.

[@CaptainMagnus]

Do you have the GPS Coordinates of these caves?

[@freetofilmflorida5900]

Did you ever get them?

[@awesomepumashoes]

He ain’t gonna give’em up. Guess you gotta go out and find them lol

[@andrewdavidson9956]

It’s a mine anyway

[@cmoore1369]

Anyone else from Habersham?

[@jcee2259]

No, I do not, as I use USGS topographic maps to chart a trek route to a cave and inside a cave. Off a USGS Benchmark for my cartography. I never put my work online.

[@TheSkoto1]

these are not caves. they are old mine shafts and are very dangerous. enter at your own risk and please let someone know where you are going. just in case they have to dig you out. been caving a long time and there is only one of them that looked ok and that one was iffy. good luck guys.

[@markhuber8107]

That third cave was a mine . It reminded me of the mines we used to explore in Nevada years ago before the state covered them up for .Safety reasons.Caves don't generally arch in that way and hardly ever give you room enough to stand, the quartz was the giveaway you were correct gold miners love quartz. Nice job on video stay alert in there and stay safe . Ps you might want to carry a small air horn . Its good for discouraging animals(bears)and if you get trapped the sound will carry.HBY

[@Foxtrap731]

Air horn?

[@dariusjoseph6765]

Awesome.. Although I would never crawl into such caves but you two were awesome.. Waiting for the next one

[@gsp49]

These do not look like caves to me, but hand dug mine shafts. Somebody was chasing a vein of gold into the mountain?

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

They are old talc mines

[@jonathanbedsole1671]

Yeah. Caves aren't dug. Definitely mines if they were dug.

[@Bradybrandwood]

Hi 08dobbins71, life, real life is FULL of dangers, and full of potential excitement and adventure. Flying is pretty freakin' dangerous! You could tell 50 people where you were going, have on a helmet, and 37 lights, and 4 parachutes,... and you could still die easily in a plane. Agree? Those caves have been there probably 160 years,... 58,400 days or more,... now what are the chances they would cave in on the day we were there,... versus the incredible time we had??? Brady

[@keaganthegreat]

Brady Brandwood please tell me the general area this is in. I’ve been searching for new areas to explore. I’m always hiking, spelunking, and camping here in North Georgia, but I’d love to find new areas to explore.

[@mdstras]

Brady Brandwood I recently found the Finley Mines near Dahlonega. Shoot me an email [e-mail]

[@texascommtech]

I would not tell ANYone about these caves; you might need to hide and to LIVE in them some day soon! Consider stashing things you would need to live on in one or more of these places after waterproofing them real well. I envy you for finding these; wish I had a great cave of my own that no one knew about. At the least you could grow mushrooms there. Do you feel that any of these are manmade? PLEASE let me know if you ever explore the third one and whate you find. STAY SAFE, take no chances.

[@HoschtonBoy]

Great video, even better: A father and son that has enough love for each other to spend quality time together in the great outdoors.I loved every minute of the video, keep up the great work guys.

[@debtortomercy]

Why are you caving in shorts and tennis shoes? One small flashlight no helmet!

[@Bradybrandwood]

debtortomercy You know it was a fun video. Don’t be so critical.

[@JC11B]

this is extremely interesting. thank you for the effort you put into this video.

[@Bradybrandwood]

Cole Bennett Many thanks Cole, much appreciated!

[@lekocafe]

Great video. and thank you for not divulging where, exactly, these caves are. that helps to keep them pristine (and less ciggarette butts and beer tabs). I'll have to go looking for them, sometime.

[@jayclark2245]

If you are in Northwest Georgia, these are probably iron ore mines.

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

They are talc mines

[@shooglechic]

It's still shown that this could very well be a Mayan city since most of the other tribes were nomadic. Also, the way the stones are set seem to be for terracing and could have come from the mines you found. The indigo used in the Mayan paintings and clothing dye are a match for indigo found in Georgia. I hope y'all can still go back to the site with better lighting and camera!

[@Whittmike2011]

Nice video! I live in Madison County, Ga. My sister used to find and explore caves in North Ga and I never new about it until shortly before she passed away. I have been a bit of a rock hound and explorer with my camera over the past few years and hope to one day find something long forgotten. Thanks for sharing!!

[@Bradybrandwood]

Mike Whittington Many thanks for watching.

[@johnbates888]

Awesome find. I have been caving for allot of years & live just outside of Helen. Not much in the way of caves in North east Ga mountains but there are allot in the North west Limestone area. Would love to take my metal detector up to the last one that without a doubt looks like a old abandoned mine. Maybe I will luck up & find it one day :)

[@graysons3079]

Hey John! I too live up near helen and am interesting in learning a little more of my surrounding areas. I also see your profile is an s30. I have two 74 260z's and it would be awesome to meet up with another local Z guy

[@tonyshannon725]

cool video. i think your brother used to sneak off to drink beer and smoke cigarettes there

[@alphaone101]

Did you see any signs that these were man made mines versus naturally occurring caverns? If they were mines then where is all the rock and dirt they removed from the mines. I didn't see any signs of that outside the mine/cave? Then there is the entrances to these mine/caves: if they were going in there to mine on a regular basis I think the portals would have been larger.

[@Bradybrandwood]

max8196,... You worry bout yo-self. Brady

[@nativecowboy7950]

They aren't allowed to show the first one. It's private property now. They hiked to the left a half mile down the mountain and were actually tresspassing.

[@mr.skeptical3071]

Were these caves or mines?

[@Bradybrandwood]

Yeah technically mines,… ✌️✌️✌️

[@athensdawg8671]

I know of a few of these...there is one over at Skylake in White County, and there are a couple on Raper Road in Batesville, Northern Habersham County. One actually goes under the road itself. The other would be difficult to find, but I remember the general vicinity. I was told that they were either mica or gold mines.

[@brahamtate5810]

Athens Dawg where’s the one at skylake? I live 5 mins from there

[@jawjagrrl]

Our farm has a lot of mica deposits and isn't far from a couple of those. Doesn't surprise me.

[@noobface1000]

you find a hole that small and you just climb right into it? you are so brave o.O

[@SuperDscruggs]

Caves? You mean mines?

[@Bradybrandwood]

Are we being critical???

[@johnraimondi1811]

This video is golden lol no pun intended. I've been hiking in the mountains here a million times, but never stumbled upon something as significant as this. I'm obviously doing something wrong!

[@camronfox6181]

I love how you added "Or a bear"😂 that's my main concern with cave diving. If your looking for mostly natural caves y'all should visit Telco river area. Legend has it the cherokee had found a huge gold deposit in that area.

[@stijnxd]

I wish there was stuff like this around where I live, here we only have roads, city's, crop feelds and lame artificial woods that don't have anything in them.. I could go to the ardens but that's at least a 4 hour drive and almost every cave there is closed with gates.. :/ I did found a really deep hole there once while hiking but I was there with family and I don't remember where it is.. threw a rock in it and only heard it land after about 6 - 7 seconds or so! It was also to steep to go in to.

[@vandelcollins3638]

What part of North Georgia are these in I live in North west Georgia mountains

[@Nite.StyleFD]

Vandel Collins did you ever did any?

[@rodneygreenway982]

I know this is a very old video, but I was wondering if you have any information on how to find these sectret/hidden/forgotten caves. I live in Georgia as well and am very interested in doing some exploring like this. My luck very good and I end up making the 3 hour drive to not find anything. If you have any tips or tricks, that would be great!

[@Nite.StyleFD]

Rodney Greenway me as well

[@cavercrash]

Caves are natural voids, not dug out.

[@SinFulxxNaTure]

Crash Kennedy some caves are man made bud

[@mudbob1]

If it's man-made "cave" is not the appropriate term to describe it. In that case it would be a mine or something else.

[@standardengineco.7428]

"Tunneled-ways"

[@theForrestGalantey]

@@mudbob1 what if cave or mineshaft built by animal?

[@manyhammers5944]

We have been into mine tunnels and shafts in Villa Rica Ga and Lone Oak Ga back in the early 90's.

[@banjohusky]

Would you mine telling the exact location? Would love to explore it one day! I am trying to explore a bunch of less-known places in Georgia

[@Nite.StyleFD]

banjohusky did you ever find any? Would love to know

[@anteup7474]

This was a fantastic video! I loved the narration and seeing your son explore . I wish it were me👀

[@thebasedben]

Is that the Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway? Is that where the "caves" are? I've been spelunking in the Findley Ridge gold mine over in Dahlonega, as well as the Radar Ridge mine.

[@NGaMineFreaks]

Benjamin Smith Where is the Radar ridge mine? Never heard of it?

[@Gohot229]

I don't like this.... no thanks.. no....

[@AWDn0t2]

I wish I was as fearless as you two. I'm not claustrophobic, but can't bring myself to blindly crawl into a cave. I don't know if it's fear of the unknown, fear of what animal might be waiting inside?

[@andrewphillips6309]

This is an awesomely interesting video!! Exploring is so interesting!!

[@PlayKeeps-il4fn]

Who wouldf knew 7 years later i would be fascinated watchin this video about caves now thanks

[@TheThrasher707]

wow you guys are brave. i would honestly not have the balls to go into an abandoned pitch black cave

[@henryquenin6580]

Thanks a lot for posting. The third one looks like a man-made mine.

[@valfpsmonky]

totaly awesome! i love things like that! unfortunately its no caves like that where i live, (Oslo, Norway) me and Iver (my friend) would love to find a cave like that :D keep going!

[@heenanyou]

Fascinating but totally triggered my claustrophobia.

[@SinFulxxNaTure]

Cords please ?? I want to go to them !

[@cwf081166]

Great Video upload! After watching a second time I think the first two were exploratory digs and the third was what the digger though was the real deal. If they were Native American You would have found a dead fall well before you found anything of real value. When the Native Americans in the southeast found out they would be leaving a couple years later regardless to their approval, they would go out and dig up their ancestors, their valuables and bury them is the floor of their cabins and long houses.

[@Bradybrandwood]

Hey Chris Fowler, thanks for watching,.... I enjoyed your comments and insight also. Any chance you are related to the great Dr. Fowler of Clayton, GA, who was also in 'Deliverance'?

[@cwf081166]

No sorry. I do not think I am. In the early 1830s my GreatGG Grand Father did move into Cherokee county from Hall county, after leaving Jackson county GA.

[@knowledgetracker]

This is fantastic! You did an awesome job with the narration and pics. It's so educational and has given me renewed interest in exploring the area. My uncle is a retired Chattahoochee Forest Ranger. When I was a kid, he used to take us to Indian caves. I recall this one cave that had this long tunnel in a rock that hung out over the mountain. The Cherokee would crawl up through the tunnel to look out for enemies. It was created by both an underwater river and partly carved in the rock.

[@snowfreak207]

Where at?

[@knowledgetracker]

@@snowfreak207 - Blue Ridge and Mineral Bluff.

[@snowfreak207]

@@knowledgetracker dang I'd like to go see this I'm just in Murphy

[@Emeraldeize]

no way..too claustrophobic!

[@humbumhumbuim]

I'd like to wander through these...how do we get to them??

[@Nite.StyleFD]

VinniePaulComedy did you ever find them?

[@08dobbins71]

I agree with max... it is very dangerous to do stuff like that.

[@valfpsmonky]

but its just one thing, i was born with spider horror :(

[@cmr7217]

Blood mountain hwy 129 area?

[@Nite.StyleFD]

Chris Hlentzas have you found any up there?

[@maryrymer1104]

I live in Chatsworth,Grassy Mountain has some cool caves they are just hard to find.Even found a couple with freshwater springs flowing out of them and old abandoned moonshine stills at the entrances

[@Bradybrandwood]

Lonnie Walker Very cool! Any idea how old, or what they were looking for there?

[@maryrymer1104]

Some are natural limestone caves and according to my grandpa the others are old gold mines from when the Dahlonega gold rush was going on.Also there is a Cherokee legend about a giant serpent...I think it's called an Uktena,my grandpa says the old superstitious folks used to dig in them looking for an Uktena scale which is supposed to bring good luck.Lots of folk stories in these parts

[@maryrymer1104]

The man-made ones were dug out around the 1830s

[@Bradybrandwood]

Lonnie Walker Okay very cool. That’s absolutely consistent with the research I did.

[@panzerdivizzion]

the entrance is long and tight and tricky. thats what she........

[@colejustice6768]

I would realy like to start caving and would like to go there

[@jayjay269]

+cole justice If you're new to caving, I would recommend going on a guided tour of Pettyjohn before venturing off into the darkness below.

[@08dobbins71]

The video was great. but be careful man.

[@joepresley4940]

Where did you come across this cave "what county"

[@ChristianSilipo]

merica

[@_Svartdod_]

Nice 80s music in the back

[@Bradybrandwood]

The Antichrist666 Thanks for noticing.

[@akmediascope]

adventurous! beautifully narrated!

[@Bradybrandwood]

akmediascope Many thanks, and thanks for watching.

[@lynnscott8286]

You need some stronger flashlights

[@llkoolbean4935]

cool bats...

[@kingfiremonster7916]

World is getting more scary by day

[@lbbradley55]

Now This is a True Hidden Cave Video. Good Stuff Guys. I believe knowing what little I do about Indian Culture that the Rocks were put there by Them. I always think if I lived in the period I would want shelter Water & Food. Lots of Evidence of India's living in Caves all over. What looks like a Nest I believe very well may be a GRAVE. the hard access to the second Cave. & The fact that Indians Burried There Dead in Caves leads me to think that. !

[@jamesbrinn9701]

OK is this you Brady You sound a lot older

[@kingfiremonster7916]

I wish you could tell use were the cave is

[@williamlinton1460]

Very dangerous without the right equipment. I cave dive sometimes in North Georgia. The second cave had a cave in back in the early 70s two people lost their lives there. It is said to be haunted.

[@debbiramsey4603]

My other Relative was from Scottland and was on a English ship. Injured and eventually came to America as a preacher.

[@billconserva1461]

I appreciate the effort but i have concerns. Basic rules here, long pants, high top boots, oxygen sensor and better lighting. Still, thanks for what you showed !

[@rickyrehbein9241]

What would you guys think if you discover another cave, but this cave has a well preserved ground sloth sub-fossil? I guess it would be a mummy.

[@jamsax6915]

great video I have a small cabin in dahlonega GA very new to the area just love this stuff I look for gold when Iam up there.would like to check out sum caves but don't know where to look. can any one point me in the right area .thanks

[@mermaidgirl9232]

I would never do what you and your son are doing but I’ve really enjoyed watching them. Thanks so much for sharing. Happy caving and please be safe.

[@john-oh9cr]

Okay I have something to say about what you said about being too tight and creaking for bats to maneuver out of . I'm going to tell you if you didn't have much of a problem getting in there a bat won't have any problem . And believe me they could get in there better than you could .

[@AlC92575]

Greetings from Catoosa.

[@Caver461]

Last one looks like a mine. Tunnel shape is not anything you would see in that location, its been dug. Rock is wrong as well, thus the other 2 might also be mines, just hard to tell by the video. look around the entrance for tailings, that should be the exterior clue.

[@fm15243]

Man that was a place for people to survive the ice age, nobody would have dig a mine all those years ago you don't need money you need food and a place to live

[@fm15243]

+Pala Luka the last one does look like a mine the other ones don't

[@scottcupit2508]

I live in north ga mountains, and hike off trail all the time in hopes of finding a cave. What mountain is this located on? Please let me know

[@winstonsmith8480]

Natural caves or man made tunnels?

[@Bradybrandwood]

+Winston Smith84 These were definitely man made tunnels,... old.

[@fm15243]

+Brady Brandwood a place for a small 20 people to live forsure

[@Ful-OGold]

Amazing

[@sallymay3643]

That is 1 brave kid♡

[@GaMt13]

I know where several of these are in Gwinnett and White County. Most are old mines. Be careful.

[@texascommtech]

I admire you for being a father & son team that does these things, but I would NOT do this unless I for sure had TWO cellphones, one for each person; they both should have GPS TURNED ON, you should have good LED flashlights with extra batteries, shovels in case of cave in, first aid/snake bite kit, etc. Also to let someone know EXACTLY (GPS coordinates), where you went, and EXACTLY when you will be back; someone you could trust with your life. Would hurt ME to have anything happen to you guys!

[@jeffreyelliott622]

Yeah that 3rd cave was a gold mine shaft for sure but the first two look more natural and not hand dug !!!!

[@AlexMW-1]

Hey buddy, most enjoyable video. I wish my son got into the outdoors like yours. Seems like a great thing to pass down.

[@jefflovejoy2997]

If it's a mine then it's not a cave. As a spelunker, I'm just saying.

[@MungoidHen]

A really well presented, informative and interesting upload. Thank you folks, I really did get into that.

[@sallymay3643]

Cool

[@cwf081166]

Depends on what part of the North Georgia mountains You were in. In some parts men were looking for Talc, some parts Mica or Pyrite, some gold and some for the so called great Chattahoochee River Iron/Copper Vein which was really on the north side of the Etowah River. Some were dug out for moonshine stills. My Great Grandfather and His sons dug several caves for their stills. He was also a Deacon at his local church. Corn was cheap and plentiful. A quart of Corn mash/whiskey was worth ten time as much a bushel of corn. Our county sheriff at the time was the biggest maker, buyer and seller of moonshine. The Muscogee Creek were here first, They would have known more than anyone.

[@jasonbare3472]

You're saying the police back then were the biggest drug runners I don't think anything's changed

[@SuperTomcatUk]

Hi there.. Did you sample the quartz vein? Maybe you should you might be sitting on a fortune there. So claim the area first then sample the quartz vein no one will dig that far in for nothing....

[@RobFarrowATV]

Well done!

[@Bradybrandwood]

Many thanks Rob, much appreciated!

[@jefffkenney654]

VERY KOOL,GREAT VIDEO!! I dont think to many people will find this.I go up to lake conasauga and thats a speck.thank you.

[@Jarkodeatin]

this is really cool....... I'm claustrophobic so it scares the sh*t out of me.... but cool

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

Wear a helmet

[@BmanAtown]

snakes, bobcats or bears?

[@Bradybrandwood]

BmanAtown Hey, no none of those,... just some bats and insects.

[@SolTrainToFreedom]

what are the coordinates?

[@ErwinTipton]

Alot of the caves are well known to Chattahoochie tribe too . our home land in Goregia mountains

[@KushMan0723]

look in the base of the cave on the ground in the dirt. you will find things

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

Those aren’t natural caves and more likely to be unstable

[@buddavis2535]

Information : BATS CAN FLY THROUGH A HOLE THE SIZE OF A BACEBALL WIDE OPEN . ( AS FAST AS THEY CAN FLY ) TEMPERATURE HAS MORE TO DO WITH IT THAN ANYTHING . IF ITS A SMALL CAVE IT WILL NOT HOLD HEAT LIKE A LARGE CAVE WILL . the nest is most likely a raccoon . or possibly muskrat .

[@pensnut08]

A muskrat??? Hahahahahaha That may be the dumbest comment ever..

[@08dobbins71]

The pile of rocks at the second cave may have been tailing piles... be careful crawling around and exploring these caves. You may get lost, or the cave may collapse and you might not be able to get out!