What Else at Bottom of 100yr Old Creek? Shoveling the Coins Out

[@kriley9386]

Explorer dude, may I suggest that you take the lead items home with you? Any lead that we can remove from the environment, however small, is a good deed. Yes, I know that the amounts are small, but if we all remove a tiny bit, it adds up. I have my own box of scrap lead, and I’m not a tree hugger.

[@slaminaytrap2754]

By the time this video ended I found a buc n a half in my couch cushions

[@RonaldPaulvanDam]

AND something to nibble!

[@RonaldPaulvanDam]

I need a drink!

[@br33tt]

The small lead frame may be the outer edge , of a single plate, of a six volt lead acid battery.

[@fullflavor5]

those lead pieces are probably what's left of some car battery cells over time the lead will dissolve erode away .

[@att.2897]

With the amount of sparkplugs in there, That would be my guess as well.

[@ThePwcj]

We hit 93 here in my part of the world today. The creek needs a shade tree. Thanks for making your videos.

[@ExploringAlabama]

Thank you for watching

[@bettycourson1691]

I love the water. It’s so clear, if your hot splash someon you.

[@lucky-rowe2623]

That 2 x 1 inch block is a chain slider from a dirt bikes swing arm...Was the slug a 9mm?

[@freezeinak]

EA, make yourself a raised manual agitating sifter box that has the openings sized so that a dime will not fall through but everything else that is smaller will fall through. You will be able to shovel and sift large quantities of river gravel and sands and find those coins you are looking for. If you win the lottery ( you'll have to go over to Florida for the tickets ) then you can buy a Keene suction dredge which will allow you to suck up lots of river sediment and run onto a sifter screen. You can size the intake to not allow large rocks but still suck up small objects like coins. After you are tired of sucking up coins you can use the dredge to search for small gold nuggets and gold dust that you can catch in a sluce box. If you have a water pump you can buy a suction nozzle and make your own suction dredge from parts you have have laying around. Lets start moving some real paydirt on that city creek. Go big or go home :-)

[@ExploringAlabama]

That's a lot of time and money for a spot not much larger than a big kitchen table. The walls and base of this city creek are concrete and this one spot has been washed out so lots of flavor gets stuck in this spot. Also the walls are 5' tall there are no steps so you have jump down into it and pull your way out. Also its in the city, I prefer to be quiet, not run a dredge that will have 500K people standing over me wondering what I am doing. Plus I'm not in the best part of town. Just some info to help everyone understand. Being quiet is the main point, yes it is a public city creek, but people usually don't "play" in them.

[@freezeinak]

I get your drift EA, but having a good rocking sifter would definitely come in handy in your future endeavors on land and in the water. Maybe not so much the suction dredge if you're concerned about the noise drawing a crowd. There will definitely come a time when you discover some neat location and you'll wish you had a good working sifter to search for artifacts and coins etc. Anyway, good luck and I enjoy your treasure hunting video adventures very much.

[@treeclimbing7798]

Exploring Alabama First ya Should Remove the LEAD & Heavy Metal Items, Just to Clean the water Quality. Pointer Detectors Should be #1 Tool.

[@ExploringAlabama]

The lead does not leach. Birds are the only thing poisoned by lead on land, and that is if it is small and round. The Iron goes back into the earth (i.e sinking ships for habitats, salt and freshwater. A pinpointer would be constantly beeping.

[@clintpendle4302]

waterfowl and bottom feeding fish do eat lead shot, one of the reasons it is banned for hunting .

[@716CoinJunkie]

also any pennies after 1982 are made mainly out of zinc so if you ever get a crusty penny like the 2 you had in this video they are most likely new "stinkin lincolns"

[@alisonwatson6159]

Thanks for the video! Why not dump the small rocks into a small concrete mixing pan so nothing accidentally escapes?

[@erinhankie2338]

There's a river where I live and an ammunition factory blew up a long time ago. You can still find molten stuff in the river. I'm about to go down there with my grandmas old sewing net and my go pro!

[@erinhankie2338]

j/j about my grandmas old sewing net. I'm too lazy to go alone.

[@erinhankie2338]

We're pretty sure Tecumseh and his buddies gun out round these parts.

[@RAdams]

Love your persistence and comments

[@ExploringAlabama]

Thank you

[@direbearcoat7551]

You've got sharp eyes! I would have missed all of those details!

[@jerrybuonfiglio419]

dirt,

[@michaela.660]

The lead dofunchy is part of a lead pour mold matrix, like what is left over from making lead soldiers, parts and the like.

[@adventuresunknown1013]

Cool that you are still finding coins even if they are mostly pennies.

[@bryanlachapelle2818]

I think the small lead your finding are dress weights ,used to keep the wind from blowing your dress up.

[@robplotts9412]

Chest waders and a beach fold up chair . Sit right down in the water on the chair kick back reach over side look for treasure. Sitting in the water in chest waders should cool you off a bit too.

[@laurahause7562]

You are so funny to listen too with your soft southern voice

[@mrobertson188]

people didn't lose pennies. people love to throw pennies in the water.

[@shelleyrambleson9198]

yep! and also, if people dropped change in the street and looked down to pick it up, some would not bend over for a penny, so it gets left....but, if it was a nickel or a dime, either the person that dropped it or the next along the street would pick it up. That is why it is mostly pennies.Me - I bend to pick up pennies - you never know when you will need one!

[@cjw2661]

It looks like you missed a coin where you found the lock. On the right hand side, close to the big rock you were putting things on.

[@Lighthawk_Demon]

Are you watching the rocks that you're dismissing? I'm wondering if some of those green colored ones aren't Jade.

[@lavenderrose22h55]

wish I had been there I would have picked up the dark blue and amber glass pieces another good vid

[@bobordewald1367]

if your back hates this why don't you take a something like a hand truck or a wagon and rig it to be both a table and a bench. It could also hold your other tools in transit to your work site. If you need plans I suspect i could design something for you that would not be to heavy or to hard to build

[@ExploringAlabama]

It's a 6' tall concrete wall & ditch for miles both ways

[@donametler5697]

awesome that you can do this for yourkids.

[@716CoinJunkie]

you should get yourself i little pinpointer from garrett or something. its a handy little tool to help find metal in that pile of rocks. garrett makes an orange one thats waterproof!

[@LadyBeritanavatarius]

Just thought of something... maybe you could bring a TV folding dinner table and a folding chair and bring the pebbles over to them to sift through? I'm sure you could figure out a way to keep them stable on the creek bed, then you wouldn't have to bend over so much?

[@CurlyQLink]

You need to buy a pro-pointer (waterproof) metal detector. They only cost about $37 on eBay and will save you a lot of time searching through pebbles and rocks.

[@marykaystreasures]

I like your scooper shaker did you make it 👍⚒️👏♥️🗝️

[@Muscles_McGee]

Hi. What is that chicken wire rake sifter you use at the start? Home made or can you buy it somewhere? Most useful tool! Thanks

[@ExploringAlabama]

It was my granddads crawfish catcher he made many moons ago

[@edithreardon6042]

I was interested too. It looks like a deep fry tray attached to a handle. I could probably use a freezer tray if I added some smaller wire to it. I will be looking for something that will work for me.

[@cedarmedlin8961]

Hey, EA, I really admire the beauty of the creek you're at... where would this be?? I'm thinking of maybe going somewhere like that for summer vacation, but am having trouble finding such a place.... that area is truly beautiful, and I really want to go there....

[@cjw2661]

Do you ever collect the pieces of "sea" glass and make anything out of them ???

[@cherylmatthews7172]

Please EA these Lincolns aren't worth you back hurting. Get out and do some walking with your detector. Not telling what to do. I've had 3 lower back surgeries. I just don't like to hear that your hurting. Be careful!

[@bigjohn1154]

to bad you don't collect agates, big money in some of them, I've seen a few small ones in your videos

[@prestonbike]

Big John thought the same thing watching this. There were some good lookers

[@munchmann1320]

17:05 just below center ... you missed a ring ,,, then brushed it away twice and completley lost it

[@piximyn1910]

That's what they use to get bait for fish in the Ocean, or crabs, etc. It only makes sense they would use it for coins. Good Luck

[@nataliebritton8602]

So, do you take the glass away???

[@gbaughman3348]

Hmm, Try taking smaller scoops that way you can sort quicker. I have found arrow heads doing what you are doing.

[@phackqu]

Where did you get that awesome scooper?

[@ExploringAlabama]

that big basket shaky thingy? it was my grandads, he made it for catching craw dads

[@sparkyjones560]

modern Lincoln cents are a bad sign. meaning you're digging and digging but besides the blue Glass and square nails, everything is pretty modern. maybe even the blue Glass and square nails. I wouldn't do this much work at this spot unless you find an old coin there. possible it was picked through already a decade ago.

[@ExploringAlabama]

I've spent numerous days in this one spot. I just found my 3rd Civil War caltrop yesterday, next to about 10 modern library pennies.

[@johnwriterpoet1783]

It sounds like a relaxing babbling brook.

[@arid-zonea689]

Ain't nutin like having fun, and finding stuff.

[@KubotaManDan]

Get a plastic milk crate to set in the water for a sorting seat

[@merkalerttv6546]

that water is super clean for a city creek.

[@bub_lite_6361]

E.A.: You should bring the at Pro set to disc mode to find those elusive coins. ;-)

[@TheKds9999]

where did you get the crawfish scoop?

[@jillybean9329]

kevin stauber it belonged to his grandfather :) repurposed ;)

[@sindrome303]

those lead bars are from the insides of a car battery

[@sandlapperjewelers1956]

I believe that those pieces of lead are out of old batteries.

[@adventureswithmikey1812]

Do u find like gems n creek beds or no

[@BJH862]

I think the megabucks are just not there. You have more patience than I would ever have and I consider myself a patient person. I am afraid to pass up a video for fear that I will miss out on the silver quarter, the V-nichol, the Merc or a silver dollar. Gotta get off her and go make a pan of homemade biscuits. Yum. HH

[@jcmo69]

You just go to the creek and start looking for coins? No hand probes or detectors?

[@ksero1000]

What fun! Unfortunately someone could have dumped $2000 of today’s coins right in that spot a month ago, and it probably would all be disintegrated by now. Cool video!

[@ExploringAlabama]

Thanks for watching my videos, hang around with us for a while

[@exploringmetaldetecting5989]

hi there my in joy watch ur finds .you sund like mr Clint Eastwood

[@jameslandon4126]

Clint Eastwood....are you serious? His voice is about as similar to Clint Eastwood's as Morgan Freeman's voice is similar to Pee-wee Herman's.

[@burpengaryjosh5614]

johnny yendole that’s exactly what I thought too! Clint Eastwood for sure👍

[@BUSTER.BRATAMUS]

No perspective on why this creek or this location has coins in it?

[@dreamer225c]

MAybe instead of just looking for coins you should look for gold the rocks look full of minerals

[@dorothymontevideo1326]

the lead things look like leftovers from models? did they make lead models lol

[@sharoncassidy7119]

I never thought about finding coins in a creek

[@grierhucks8964]

the lead piece you found is from a lead acid battery plate.

[@ExploringAlabama]

Yes! Thanks, I knew I knew or use to Knew or know what that was, and still is. Thanks.

[@harleydogs]

Dude with all of the bed rock why are you not panning for gold?

[@theamateuradventurersuk219]

Great videos keep it up

[@barbarabrantley4779]

Loyalty is royalty! It definitely will be loyalty if I win. I’ve wanted to hunt for “treasure “ for a long time!

[@shelleyrambleson9198]

You need to take along an empty 5 gal bucket. Sit down and spare your back! OR, just sit down and (literally) cool your britches on that big flat rock you are working on. You could just work alongside yourself and sift slower. No need to hurry!

[@davidmoseley2277]

Please excuse a deaf old Brit, but are you saying 'library penny' ? I can't find reference to that coin.

[@karlakirkpatrick8927]

where in alabama do you explore?

[@ExploringAlabama]

everywhere

[@Lainiegrl619]

If you ever find bits of china or stuff like that cool glass that you would like to sell. Im a jewler and would love to do domething with it

[@sadboy.chronicles7065]

What part of Alabama do u live in

[@lynnerodgers4461]

What is a library penny/cent?

[@nancyfikes4340]

Thanks for the reply.

[@UrbanDKaye]

A prize in (almost) every scoop. Not bad. I hear ya about the backache tho.

[@ExploringAlabama]

Thank you for watching

[@patrickforbes6745]

Those lead things are from the inside of a car battery

[@trulaigou9800]

nice video, thanks for sharing

[@Silvertoburn]

Very interesting right there, thank you sir! ;) Burnie.

[@lauriebott3020]

You get enough pennies maybe you can purchase a metal detector

[@RhodeIslandWildlife]

How does all that stainless steel come to be there?

[@ExploringAlabama]

I"m not sure, it is strange. All businesses along this area are closed for good

[@LE123LE123]

What did you mean by 'flavor' on the coin and what was that item...duflatte? Sorry, my hearing isn't the best with these videos ;)

[@johndue2366]

The water looks crystal clear, but you use robber gloves.. Is the water drinkable? I'm not a fanatic about nature, but in my country (Denmark) where citizens and government are really focused on preservation of the nature, still we have a lot of streams with water that contains large amount of nitrates from the agricultural industry (= farming). Backpacking in Sweden above the Arctic Circle is a pleasure. No industry of any kind, - only airborne waste from far away have a chance to contaminate the water in creeks and floods. You can drink all water there. Regards from Denmark

[@ExploringAlabama]

You should never drink any water that contains city run off like this one

[@dryslick09]

To me the bits of lead look like pieces of the plates from an old lead acid car battery.

[@gonzo5912]

that lead stuff looks like battery inards.

[@davemork4910]

Nice video but I have to ask why you are not removing all the iron items. You know that you can make money by recycling any metals right? It would also be nice if you were to recycle all the glass as it will help keep you and others from getting cut. Best of luck! ;-)

[@nytehawktawadi4072]

Later on the news..police trackdown the owner of exploring alabama, arrests him for stealing coins from the city creek, film at 11.

[@jillybean9329]

EA...try doing a seated figure 4 stretch after your hunts. .. your back will thank you :) We need to keep u in commission!! ;)

[@ExploringAlabama]

Ok I gotta look that up, thanks

[@anonymouswalker2634]

At 14:54 you covered up a coin or two

[@karensanchez898]

you need a campers stool to sit on while going through the gravel

[@HoneyBee-ge2wx]

You need a little chair to sit on while you go through everything to save your back

[@dhankins51]

Did you get the late comers for Roons graduation party?

[@ExploringAlabama]

a couple, video on the way

[@kevinerickson2595]

A garret waterproof pinpointer👍

[@VoklstWestie]

You possibly would make more $money recycling all that iron too. Its heavier sitting in the water, all that time.....

[@alt6602]

I sure could use that spark plug... LOL

[@charliegaines1022]

Why not pick up stuff u didn't want and throw it away?such as washer that's been there forever and that spark plug?

[@t69gto]

1 word of advice. Try a magnet next time.

[@ExploringAlabama]

9 words of response: I have many videos using magnets in this creek.

[@dr.matthewadamczyk7799]

yeah, I counted them, too. :(

[@dawnpiper5883]

Here in England some twat with a clip board would be looking over your shoulder saying you can't do that

[@cedarmedlin8961]

"Down at the marshy mushy mush." Wow... if I could have picked a carbon copy of my grandfather's personality, then he would've been the top pick.....

[@cavemana2182]

that looked like it hurt your new gloves.! lol

[@francischevalier821]

dude throw those really crusty ones in vinegar overnight, and be amazed.

[@BookofKeys123]

Did he say library penny?

[@ExploringAlabama]

Not sure, let me ask him

[@sparky1331]

I Think I Saw 3 Arrow Heads!

[@philcook1799]

looks like fun..but that would get you a 10,000.00$ fine in california for causing turbidity in a creek or water way...ca sucks ass

[@guitarmanz51]

phil cook p

[@hilarywestwood1075]

phil cook I.

[@billwilson5341]

John H: Why are you so angry? phil cook said absolutely nothing wrong and yet you come out like a rabid dog. Why?

[@jnolette1030]

I'd drop my ACE 300 and detect the metal much easier.

[@ExploringAlabama]

rebar in all the concrete

[@jnolette1030]

@@ExploringAlabama oh that's a nightmare!

[@davidross5169]

Do u find Indian artifacts in there.

[@ExploringAlabama]

none yet

[@guymandude999]

Well I hope nobody invents the magnet before you get back there dude

[@davidb9114]

In a hundred years you might find enough for a happy meal at mcdonalds

[@kristiancrosby7117]

At 9 48 bottom middle of the screen I saw a coin