These posers think I won't find them... [GEO DETECTIVE #23]

[@FLEETWOODZACH29]

Imagine being Trey watching this thinking ‘haha look at him searching everywhere and getting nowhere’ only to be found because of a fucking blurry sign behind you 😂😂😂

[@Vertical-sandwiches]

I found it in 2 seconds, that was way too easy.

[@Lavassin]

​@@Vertical-sandwichesNo one cares Karl

[@b3an3rgvngaw3]

​@KarlPilkington89 your heads shaped like a fucking orange

[@stich21]

I care@@Lavassin if that is your real name.

[@jochem420]

@@Vertical-sandwiches so you got both of them in 4 seconds? impressive

[@WiscomptonBoys]

Trey’s photo… he figures out where it is and starts zooming in and goes “I thiiiiiink we’re… here!” And drops the man there we are right in front of the sign and that angled sign off to the right of the photo, too. That was unreal, cool to see.

[@jaymesonp]

The car in Trey's photo is a Dodge Challenger RT...the more you know, lol keep it coming Tom!

[@tomu2858]

he did get the shitty american car part correct though. one shitty american car is just like any other shitty american car.

[@bbateson]

I immediately said 'it's a Dodge' and had to come and check the comments to see if I was right. Quite pleased with myself for getting it right. :)

[@Jammymc1992]

lol it literally says it on the side

[@Buff_MC]

I bout lost it when he said mustang 🤣 Then again I have autistic levels of car knowledge so I can't fault others for not knowing the same lol

[@Glotttis]

@@tomu2858 where did American car touch you?

[@1DY.]

This is mad. I was visiting Las Vegas from the UK for work over the last three weeks and just so happened to drive down that road in Boulder City only a few days ago whilst we took a trip to the Hoover Dam. What a coincidence lol.

[@longbow3082]

THEY SEE EVERYTHING. You are not safe from their eyes

[@spakwi]

I have been playing Fallout New Vegas recently and just visited the Hoover Dam, so i thought, wouldn't it be funny if this was next to the Hoover Dam, and then bam!

[@chux4w]

Todge Butler is hilarious. If nothing else, this entire series has been worth it for that name.

[@nitro2199]

I don't get it.

[@chux4w]

@@nitro2199 There's not really anything to get. Todger is a silly English name for a penis, so that's funny, but otherwise it's just a funny sounding name. Which also means Penis Servant.

[@brickwall2016]

@@nitro2199 I dont get it either

[@matthewwalker5430]

Named after the Butler's todger ... you may have to be British and be sufficiently juvenile in order to "get it", luckily I'm both

[@charlottelanvin7095]

haha that made me laugh too. Todge Butler, Butt Todger

[@Jackomanacoman]

Calling him a Devil was a lovely subtle nod to Tasmania. Great work

[@AMAINE207]

When you first went to Lake Mead I could see you were right on the money, then left. It killed me lol.

[@Thungon]

Yeah as a Vegas local I was like "... No no, stick with lake mead".. Unless it was lake Roosevelt from that other video tricking me again lol.

[@adriang3498]

me too. and he never mentioned the other sign near the guy's hat. looks like a viewpoint

[@P1tr_]

Or maybe he knew it already, but for the purpose of the video he wanted to make it longer? 🤔

[@SchaeferArt]

I thought the same thing, I actually paused the video and went on Google Earth to check and the little island in the back matched perfectly haha..

[@Luis-yy2fs]

no joke i just googled concrete radio tower hike and found it, mount wellington

[@skullorenz8922]

bruh, that was pretty easy lol

[@hannah-wj9ot]

I just did the same thing

[@oleshikaru]

hahaha same!

[@TheDiamondBullet]

9th image result searching that haha

[@TheBaldr]

I did the same, the sad part is my Sister lives in Hobart and I've been there many time, but I've never been to the top of Mt. Wellington.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

For Tasmanians and people of Hobart this is a VERY well known spot, you'd have found it ultimately I think. It's right next to the summit of Mount Wellington which overlooks Hobart and is like, THE summit to drive to if you're visiting the area coz it's so easily accessible.

[@mirabix1141]

Yes, recognised it straight away, mostly the terrain

[@2EisME]

As soon as it came up I had a weird feeling I'd been there, turns out I had! (I'm from Sydney, went to Hobart for the first time a couple of years ago)

[@shrubberymarie]

As a Hobartian I recognised it instantly :)

[@RyanYoxo]

Was Born in Hobart, don’t ever remember it.. moved to vic when I was 5 but and have only been back a few times. I only remember the cliff sides of dodges ferry

[@rosmeeker1964]

Also a local. Also immediately recognised it- from the vegetation. And then by the tower.

[@paulranalli3367]

"no wonder it looks alien.. it's Tasmania" As a Melbournian, I approve this message 😂

[@tasmanianmapping]

booo

[@GuanoLad]

When I saw the first one and Tom said the foliage looked alien, my immediate thought was "it does? Seems pretty familiar to me" and now I know why.

[@jomanna5934]

I live in Melbourne, closest mainland city to Tasmania. When you first brought up that first image I immediately got southern Australia coastal vibes. Weird how vibes are so often right!

[@gyros69420]

Excited for the upcoming straight line mission... Scotland attempt 2 possibly?

[@pigggy2313]

it’s russia

[@AlanHoey86]

Most likely a 'free to roam' country such as Austria, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland etc. My money is on straight line across southern Sweden.

[@jerviservi]

If you subscribe to the patron, you'd know all of straight line missions happening

[@lavente5253]

I don't think Austria is possible, the West is way too mountainous and the east too big and populated. ​@@AlanHoey86

[@AlanHoey86]

@@CaptainHoratioPugwash thank google copypaste

[@Dakotarunner2013]

That shouting you were hearing was me saying, "Tom, stick with Lake Mead--that photo was taken not far from Hoover Dam!"

[@michaelwisniewski6047]

That's funny, cos just two days ago me and a couple of people had a chat under one of Zigzag's videos that Tasmania could be a cool spot for a straight line mission. We were talking about what SLM Zigzag could do. And here you mention the same thing. I even suggested that Hobart to Devonport might be doable, though it's 200km.

[@driloni]

I am honored to say I was one of those people, and Tom should def think for a straight line mission in Australia. I think Cape York Peninsula makes more sense since it's mostly flat but I don't know about the fauna there.

[@LucasChamberlain]

You would be surprised at how tricky a straight line mission in Tasmania would be. So much of the scrub is impenetrable. There's a plant that's actually called 'Horizontal' which slows you right down, and can result in you hopping from branch to branch a few metres in the air. There's also dense alpine scrub in some areas - species like wiry baeura, scoparia, tea tree, hakea, cutting grass, can make for an extremely unpleasant time. You would get some nice open areas though, so maybe it's doable haha.If you went up the midlands somehow, that would be possible. But I would be steering clear of the southwest and much of the World Heritage Area.

[@michaelwisniewski6047]

@@LucasChamberlain This being Australia, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a plant there called "pull right back" or even "grab and pull underground"

[@pancakemix25]

I’m working on a time sensitive project for my job at the moment. Unfortunately for my boss, I had to let him know I’m stepping away for 25 minutes and 44 seconds. I told him I’m searching for missing loved ones and will have their location shortly.

[@cflwhat]

Right when you showed the second picture and went to lake Mead I was like oh this one will be quick... Followed by me screaming "it's lake Mead" for the next 10 minutes at my screen 🤣. One of those lakes once you've seen it once in person, it's unmistakable.

[@jonconstant3914]

yeah, Lake Mead is THE LAKE for those water lines on the rocks as well. Insane how he mentioned that and then just didn’t think about it.

[@Mackerdaymia]

Have to say, my instant feeling with Todge was "Coastal Australia" as the foliage resembles that found on both Kangaroo Island and at Cape Leeuwin, WA. Tasmania was still suprising though!

[@mirabix1141]

That terrain is instantly recognisable to Tasmanians. Drove up the mountain all the time to play in the snow as a kid.

[@mytube001]

It's just that there are very few Tasmanians in the world... :D

[@jay-em]

As a Melbournian I immediately thought Great Ocean road when I saw the scrub, so not too far off 😂

[@kristinlawrie7742]

I love playing along with these and my first search was "tall concrete monument on mountain". Boom! Page one.

[@SlipperyBananaa]

Best content on KZbin -- uncontested. So unique, genuine, and relaxing. Keep it up Tom! (also best of luck on the mission mate)

[@CampingRulesOkay]

I couldn't agree more. He has also been a huge inspiration for me and many others. I know I wouldn't have started my channel without him 😊

[@JPRobinso]

maybe best content for this genre, but there are other genres, so if you like watching an Englishman almost single handedly rebuilding a 100 year old French chateau that burnt down 40 years ago, (with really good cinematography) then you could watch '@EscapeToRuralFrance', and you might think that's the best content, or if you like to watch an Irish man renovate an old French Town House, then '@DublinVanLife' might be more your thing, or if you like watching a Scottish man learn new skills, then try '@MikeBoyd'. clearly people are different and like different things. (building a 5 acre bass pond in Alabama - '@BamaBass', review of every Aston Villa football game '@VillaOnTour', one man and two collies running a marathon every single morning for over a year - '@MyCrazyCollies', etc, etc)

[@fattdamon5342]

This is definitely my favorite series of yours, always just amazed how you suss these locations out.

[@Uncle_Buzz]

22:28 - RIGHT ON! BTW, The Dodge Challenger is the same car Walter White burned in Breaking Bad.

[@MultiCavis]

"Is this the only sign of its kind in the whole of America?" There's actually two on that stretch of road. The Google search showed the "do not leave pets in parked vehicles" sign, but you correctly placed him at the "do not leave children parked vehicles" one that is next to the map.

[@LyleH45]

Thanks to all of the media coverage and youtube videos last year, I instantly was 100% sure that was Lake Mead or one of the adjacent reservoirs.

[@jpob5]

Wow. I've been waiting for you to accept more submissions because I had a perfect picture but its the exact same spot as Todge's (other side of the mountain though). Glad to see it took you on bit of a wild goose chase for awhile.

[@andrewinnj]

The best way to learn something from the Internet is to state something incorrect and then leave the comments section on, as evidenced by the number of people jumping over themselves to tell you what kind of car it actually is 😂

[@thulyblu5486]

That is the power that community notes acutally harvests now on Twixer. Not a bad idea.

[@durabelle]

Also a brilliant way to please the algorithm by the flood of comments 😆

[@KalebPeters99]

Cunningham's Law never fails!

[@evanever]

​@@durabelleI think Jay Foreman on one of his Map Men videos mentioned getting details intentionally wrong to make people comment/discuss the topic.

[@durabelle]

@@evanever I'm not surprised. Then again Jay Foreman says many things definitely not true for just an added comedic value too when it suits him 😁

[@LittleFires8]

Love the little sped up montages of you searching with the local music over it

[@champagne.future5248]

It always seems impossible that he’s going to get it and then he comes across it while googling turkey even though it’s in tasmania 😂. Tom is living proof of the saying “Genius is 1% inspiration 99% perspiration”

[@olenilsen4660]

I´m just full of admiration for all the time and effort you put into this series! I can´t really imagine the amount of grinding you go through! I bow in respect for all the places you did find, and I find it really hard to blame you on the rest.

[@porkinsdlx5764]

I got into these late (typically watch geo guesser stuff and the travel stuff) and have gone back and watched the other ones, these have quickly become a fave :) keep it up lad!

[@boncret]

Never say never Tom! A straight line in Tasmania would be awesome! I am sure you would find a sponsor! ;)

[@symbungee]

Awesome!!! ❤ I knew it would be Tassie straight away looking at the foliage/bushes. Great episode - with love from Tasmania

[@LucasChamberlain]

I would thoroughly enjoy a straight line mission in Tasmania. I love the state and it's magnificent scenery. BUT. You would be surprised at how tricky a straight line mission in Tasmania would be. So much of the scrub is impenetrable. There's a plant that's actually called 'Horizontal' which slows you right down, and can result in you hopping from branch to branch a few metres in the air. There's also dense alpine scrub in some areas - species like wiry baeura, scoparia, tea tree, hakea, cutting grass, can make for an extremely unpleasant time. I've done plenty of off track bashing in Tassie, and it's pretty draining. You would get some nice open areas though, so maybe it's doable haha. If you went up the midlands somehow, that would be possible. But you get lots of private covenant and farmland there. I would be steering clear of the southwest and much of the World Heritage Area if possible, despite the freedom to travel anywhere in those reserves.

[@evanever]

Oh hey, I subscribed to you a few years back for bushwalk videos. Definitely a reputable source on the difficulty of Tasmanian terrain, haha.

[@deepakrajendra8019]

More and more geo detective, let's go!

[@heliumnetworking5103]

Cut the straight line crap this is what the people want

[@TalRohan]

interesting to see just how quickly you can find people based on searches and google earth...kinda says don't photograph yourself doing things(good or bad) and post it on the internet because a reasonably determined party can find you ...or your kids ..or your property very very easily. Thanks for sharing

[@chrstnrynrd]

I googled concrete radio spire and found it in a few seconds, finally found something faster than Tom. Great video as always! Look forward to the mission!

[@NeilHendin]

The satellite dishes are usually pointed at geostationary satellites positioned over the equator, no? So the angle they are aimed off of the ground is the compliment of the latitude.

[@miguelcardenal2195]

Love this series...actually Tasmania has a similar climate than Spain so you werent far off in your guess

[@Eldin_00]

That particular design for a "Heat Kills" sign seems to be unique to Boulder City, but there are a few of them around the town, including one maybe 100m along that same road from the one you put the marker down by.

[@EllenHamptonFilgo]

I knew that was Lake Mead immediately - it's such an iconic view on the road to the Hoover Dam - that blue blue blue water with those hills around it.

[@FigsyGames]

Great Video. One other thing that could of been used in the first image (maybe) satellite dishes will face towards the direction of the equator

[@cpzmelbs]

Interesting... the more you know !

[@FigsyGames]

Can really help when playing Geoguessr@@cpzmelbs

[@R.Daneel]

Ok. The Tasmanian Devil quip won you a thumbs up. Love these detective episodes. Worthy of a comment for the engagement algo.

[@kaiyotech]

I've watched every episode of this over the last couple weeks after finding GW. I'm really sad that this is my final one (the actual current final one was the first one KZbin algo provided me). I can't wait for more.

[@shearersboots]

What's with calling it Hobar Tom? It's a hard T. Mt Wellington where he mast is is a great place to visit. the wind up there is hectic at times and the access road is frequently closed due to icing up. Indeed epic views of Hobart.

[@imraduin]

I love these detective videos, and I can't wait for the coming straight line mission. You're the best Tom!

[@Reptex_cs]

Omg I cant wait for the straight liner! It has become my favorite series of all time on YT👌

[@denfurtz2011]

6:03 was on that tower about 15 years ago. My aunt even lives almost right next to it. Great Video keep it up! (Not a Mustang, a Challenger mate)

[@adamknight6752]

Lake Mead, yup I instantly called that. I do this myself sometimes for fun.... never thought it would be this popular. I feel I'm getting pretty good now and a lot of these are too easy, tho I have been training by watching all your videos. LittleHampton one I got instantly too, it's hard to explain but it seems to be subconscious photogenic memory kicking in. More GEO D Chief please

[@iamjeramy]

Tom, I found Great Aunt's Painting at Pont Neuf, Paris. It was actually very accurate! Just want you to be able to update your spreadsheet. :)

[@joeheaton7607]

Its very impressive watching this Tom. Great content between straight line missions etc.

[@CampingRulesOkay]

He puts so much time into everything he does! I know first hand just how much editing this stuff takes but he really does put in the hours in all round

[@andrewwhite9739]

I stopped at 22mins. to write my guess for the second one. It looks like Hwy.395 at Mono Lake, California. I think the building in the background is the visitors center. Now I'll finish watching and see if I got it.

[@georgefowler6120]

I called the lake mead one right away!!! Pretty recognizable for anyone who has been there. Love your vids.

[@RubbishFPS]

Tom you should look at some images of Lake Tahoe. Its one of the most beautiful places ive ever seen. Massive mountains and ski resorts surrounding a crystal clear lake.

[@Lily-Bravo]

What would have helped you witht he first one, was the plants. I recognised them straight away as I lived in Australia a few years. Maybe Hebes? The rest of your search was brilliant.

[@bender2o]

"Todge Butler must be a local Tasmanian... the little devil" hehe I see what you did there.

[@vincentkorpel8695]

@24:19 you can also see the square plate about where your > on the road is, 1 step to te right, there is a plate with info looks like, and also in original picture.

[@finlandtaipan4454]

Thank you for another great episode! I recognized Lake Mead immediately because I have been at the exact same spot and taken a picture. I didn't remember exactly where it was (I knew it was in Boulder City) and about a year ago I went through the exact same exercise in pinpointing the location.

[@KSPRAYDAD]

Absolutely terrific. On the second one my first blush guess was Lake Powell but using the sign was a great move!

[@sir.benzerlot4571]

Proud to say I thought it was Tasmania from the get go. Those pushes are really common on the southern end of Australia

[@gsainsbury86]

Having grown up in Hobart, I thought this looked familiar! The top of Mount Wellington (where I proposed to my wife), but there's more interesting views looking the other way!

[@Synystr7]

0:55 before I watch the video... That has to be Lake Mead, no? Yep. That staining on the shore/walls gives it away.

[@fermun]

I grew up in Boulder City, NV and I instantly recognized that picture's location and I was frustrated watching you look at other lakes before finishing Lake Mead, lol. BTW, the raised dot centerline and lane dividers that you called "cats eyes" are called Bott's Dots, and they are only used in snow-free areas of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Georgia, Washington, and Texas (a snow plow will rip them off the road). There are a few states that use them during summer road construction, and California is rapidly replacing to have painted lane divider lines plus Bott's Dots on top of the painted lines, so Arizona was never an option and if the picture was recent, neither was California. If you knew that fact, nor was even bothering to check Lake Tahoe. Hope that trivia fact helps sometime in a future video.

[@chezeus1672]

my mind immediately jumped to australia, because the strange plants somehow reminded me of the great barrier reef :D and that's how you can solve any riddle with nothing but utter cluelessness.

[@JamieBull1]

Straight line mission across Australia would be epic!

[@CampingRulesOkay]

Epic? Legend.... Wait for it.... ary!

[@seleucusxxx7216]

Didn't go so well for Burke and Wills.

[@jakethomas487]

While I love your straight line and other adventure videos, watching this video from Boulder City, Nevada gave me the most excitement out of any of your vids

[@Phenylpiracetam]

Lake Mead is easy to tell because of the extreme discoloration banding from the water level dropping over the years

[@andrewjolly319]

Come to Australia for a straight line mission! Snakes will add to the risk factor nicely.

[@gubbish]

A serpentine mission...

[@rosmeeker1964]

Hobart to Launceston. A stashed kayak to cross the Derwent.

[@numlock1001]

Love these vids, the search and finding is so good.

[@tonyghicks01]

I'm sure literally thousands of comments say the same thing.. but I love your knowledge and research skills, and find this video series captivating... thank you!

[@sherespawns8373]

Todge looked to be wearing a Kathmandu jacket so I thought it may have been Australia but I was still surprised when it was lol.

[@alxbrsn]

I think you only get those kind of road markings instead of lines in Nevada. Could instantly tell it was Lake Mead but I couldn't place it, got confused by the lens too.

[@Nooticus]

Excellent video. So happy to see another one of these so soon. Huge good luck on the straight line mission you're attempting currently!

[@troubadordand8531]

I love the standard geoguessr, thoroughly enjoy the straight line missions, but this has quickly become possibly my favorite series of yours. Know you wont see it, but ill comment for the algo. My favorite youtube channel for years now.

[@obant]

Grew up going to Lake Mead several times every summer. Seeing it here was a trip.

[@toddcunliffe9920]

Keep the classic GeoDetective coming 🔥

[@ejdumuggel]

I just knew it was lake Mead! Have been to the hoover dam and the water level drop was so close to this one!

[@brettduffin8412]

Crazy, i live in tassie, and when i saw the picture i thought of mount wellington, but i had never known about the satelite dishes. One single google search and i got it. Bit of an advantage living here i guess! And no, tasmania is an impossible straight line mission, no questions.

[@1GrilledFoot]

Excellent work on #2, I knew right away it was Lake Mead taken from the Boulder City area but it would have taken me far longer to find the exact location.

[@james263]

I haven't watched to the point where you find what the tower is yet but it looks like Post Master General Tower at the Top Mount Wellington. Might have to skip ahead now though as the suspense is killing me!

[@joelg4849]

What's crazy is, about 6-8 months ago I was watching the shrinking water levels in Lake Mead, and the bodies appearing in barrels etc, on KZbin. I saw this picture of the guys and the car, and the voice in the back of my head said "that's lake mead" and I dismissed it. Like how could it be. How can someone in Australia watch 4 or 5 videos about bodies appearing in a lake, see it from a distant shot and know what it was. Turns out I was right. It's amazing the details and the information your brain can store and recall when you last expect it.

[@michaelfink64]

2:47 in and I am pretty sure I know where the first one is. Looks like the radio tower on top of Mount Wellington, which overlooks Hobart, Tasmania. Let's see if I'm right.

[@SynbaddYT]

Crazy that it ended up being your first instinct on the second photo! great work!

[@leod-sigefast]

I think it is called foreshortening. The effect where things in the background can appear closer due to the orientation of the viewer/camera. Artists pay a lot of attention to it to get their perspective right in landscapes paintings (urban in particular).

[@smurftums]

My first reaction to the man with the tower was that he was on top of Mt Wellington, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The tower and the vegetation were the clues for me. (Having traveled up there as a local also helps... :) :)

[@UrbanCha0s]

I thought Hoover Dam as soon as I saw the pic, but great work on the sign. Couldn't read it from the vid.

[@lackointer222]

When you first visited Lake Mead I instantly realized, it is the right spot. And that was your first pick, crazy. Then you decided to leave, and I was like 'Nooo, Tom, noo, you've found it, don't leave!' :D Glad you were back sooner than I thought, thanks to the sign.

[@vailpcs4040]

When I saw the Lake picture, I know exactly where it was as I've stopped there and taken almost the same picture. That's hilarious.

[@isaacbobjork7053]

I actually thought of Lake Mead immediately, with the white area by the water, created by the different levels of surface (nowadays I think it is much lower water levels even)

[@johnbuckley1533]

Bahahahah, a straight line challenge in Tassie. Cannot wait to see that.

[@evanever]

The top of Mount Wellington is pretty amazing. Hobart looks like a little model city below you.

[@redhotchilipepperslego2529]

As a Vegas resident, I was able to spot Lake Meade in an instant, so I was surprised that you went away from it after your initial hunch and started second guessing myself.

[@Wrennn]

This was a fun one. Two days ago I was deleting some photos from google photos and it had one of those memory album things so I clicked on it to look at some old photos and the third one was me standing next to this tower.

[@fayelitzinger9824]

as far as I can tell, those signs are specific to Boulder City, NV. however there is more than one sign, in fact there is even more than one version - there is another similar design that says "don't leave children in cars" and references a Nevada state law rather than a local municipal code (BCMC). in the corner of the sign it say "donated by the Boulder City Community Club and Desi Arnaz Jr" - that's because he is a resident of Boulder City and has lived there for decades!

[@Mooshimoca]

Instantaneously knew it was Lake mead, very well known lake from its drastic drop in water levels last year. been watching Sin City outdoors for a while now.

[@jackperkins93]

Haha I've been exactly there during my tazzy road trip and thought it looked familiar but didn't register until you said tasmania

[@deadfrontdm]

I was just in Boulder City! I wanted to yell it at my phone but I’m in a busy diner. Drove to Vegas from Cleveland, on my way back now.

[@howdypardner4128]

I knew it was Boulder City when I saw the thumbnail. I've driven that road many times. Exciting!

[@maximemm7768]

I drove next to the next second point like two months ago. Definitely a beautiful spot to take picture 🤠

[@thomaswyly342]

As a Tasmanian it's so nice seeing our little island featured! Recognised it straight away, I've been to that summit many times 😆