How to mine Herkimer Diamonds
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let's see if we can find ourselves some
Hertz hey diggers
yeah I'm still sporting my Cova haircut
we're at the mines we're gonna go
through some tips today and we're gonna
see if we can open up the pocket and the
air at least do some scavenging which is
where I'm gonna go next
you guys want the first tip when you get
here look at the holes
you'll see all the little pockets these
ones are actually a little higher off
the ground
we normally ground level you can stick
your hand in there make sure you got
some gloves on because these rocks can
be sharp see if people left any jerks in
the pockets
somebody's big pocket right there a
little outcropping right here is where
I'm gonna start working yeah I got some
nice cracks on it I think we can get
that out we got my wedges but you can
see all the pockets all along here and
not just in the pockets around the
pockets on the outside of the pockets
and even above them on the shelves these
are great things for the young uns to
actually do well a solider people get to
break these rocks open y'all walk it
through you're finding pockets look at
some of them don't be afraid to stick
your arm in there because honestly just
right here excuse the camera waving
I just got me another crystal
so if you actually do open a pocket
take all the mud out of it take home
with you and then screen it because
you'll find a bunch of these in there so
since I found that one I'm not digging
around in here some more all right there
we go just looking around I haven't seen
it yet but I've seen quite a few rocks
that look like they would had something
in it and unfortunately as people break
the rocks open these crystals fall out
and good luck recovering it so
scavenging one of the best ways to do it
there's other places that you can
scavenge now go through those later all
right
right now I'm actually gonna bust me
this rock over here I have a feeling
about this sucker I'll be back all right
guys again find those ugly rocks as soon
as you crack them open
you know one of those puppies I will
work this pile some very cool yeah
welcome back welcome back
there's not that many people here
nice
all right what we're doing right now
trying to lift the ledge they got a road
spike those are really good small wedges
I also got myself some leaf springs
sharpen on one end holding it on the
other a whole bin full of them all right
now we're gonna pop that top off and
Sunday luck there might be something
under it
I'm expecting it to be another Rock
below it though but you never know that
pipe it's up by all right I think we can
get this off together pretty good crack
in it
nothing naughty I expected that when I
get to the down in there all right
and what break does open just in case
look on the ground and he thinks shiny
been down and look at it especially if
the Sun is at your back he's a little
glisten in your face just about just got
done lifting that rock and busted a
couple other rocks in half just just for
fun
I figured I'd look around real quick see
if we can find some more cool
all those holes no you look great behind
those buckets that's mine
boy that's hard work
got a couple spots cut man taking a
break
plus the rock bunch of people
here now unfortunately there's only one
mine open so I figured I'm going to go
through some of the tailings and that's
the next tip break this stuff open guys
I talked about in my last video go for
those ugly rocks because that's where
you're gonna find
all the nice crystals that one's got Lu
yo Tim there's another one around here
there it is down there in the bottle
right there so look at those ugly rocks
I'll find a couple more now break them
open with you all right I got pick up
these crystals before I lose them all
right see it the next
all right diggers here we go
the other self going pretty good here I
think
I just don't know if I'm gonna be able
to get this little rock out without
trying to lift that top rock
I got some wedges in there which is a
choice for this job or cheap leaf
springs sharpened I got a few more my
bucket and I do like road spikes since I
find a ton of woman they get me started
pretty good in these cracks and I can
start opening them up so that's where
I'm going next and I got myself a nice
big wood ledge and I try to get below
there see if I can just shift this rock
over a little bit and you guys want to
watch this is kind of boring stuff
it's more fun finding them working forms
no fun but if you want the big ones
that's where you got to go no guarantees
though I brought all the necessary
equipment
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all right so that's four polygons this
relevant to ours
you didn't get that thing to move one
inch I got the right equipment we can do
this we can do this
definitely I'm able to chisel it out and
get stuff in there but it's not gonna be
able to do it by myself
unfortunately all right number one rule
overcomer bring a friend so I'm gonna go
a plan too
alright guys I don't know if any of this
is gonna come out little sparrows
everywhere that's what you want to do
anybody can do this old young tired like
myself after being here for six hours
about two of that pounding on the ledge
and the rest of it breaking rocks and
then when you see this shiny go down for
it see what it is
there's a dirty little Herc all right
keep flipping around here for about half
hour than I think I'm done I got a good
handful I'll do a wrap up when I get
back
let you guys see what we got that's a
shiny new breaking rocks all over the
place over here all right let me go see
what I can find
all right we got another her again guys
just look down that's all you got to do
then rolling around on the rocks for a
while she's still determinated clean her
up very nice mm-hmm
all right yeah keep breaking some rocks
hey diggers here's the haul from this
Herkimer hunt
we got about 53 of them they got some
nice matrix in the back nice
crystallization in those rocks all these
little tiny ones these are all the ones
that came out of the ground off the
ground nice and shiny you could see that
sparkle that's what you look for when
you're walking through the ground
there's quite a few of them I think I
might have got one of these out of the
rock pretty much all the rest of these
except for a couple of them came out of
rocks did find a nice little cluster
this smokey cluster that is other than
that it was a short hunt that was only
about six and a half hours not really a
lot of time to break open a pocket gave
it my best shot
I'm heading back for at least a two-day
run and hopefully we'll get something
bigger
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take your time go through the place
don't hurry and you're guaranteed pretty
much to find at least some of the small
ones
you work a little harder you'll find
some of the big ones and if you work
super hard you'll get some of the
pockets that's where we're gonna try to
do next all right guys thanks for
watching
hey you're going leave a comment below
love to hear how your trip turned out
and uh hey keep diggin life you never
know what you
you
