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HighCountryRocks
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 10 มิ.ย. 2021
Gem and Mineral Collector from Western North Carolina. Collecting corundum sapphire ruby beryl aquamarine emerald and helidor and varieties of quartz crystals and much more. Searching mines and mine tailings and prospecting new ground for further discoveries. This channel is all about a positive vibes and sharing experiences for others to enjoy and obtain. Learning from personal experience. Gems and minerals from the ground to hand to you. Focusing on the World Famous Propst Farm , Ray Mine , Emerald Hollow Gem Mine The ( Old Rist Mine grounds) Graves Mountain , Jackson Crossroads , and public mines or public digs. Being raised in the " Mineral Kingdom " of Western North Carolina the opportunity is endless.
Follow at Instagram @Highcountryrocks
Follow at Instagram @Highcountryrocks
Frozen In Timecapsule Hurricane Helene North Carolina
Western North Carolina is frozen in a time capslue since #helene . Back-to-back Artic Blasts have made surviving this natural disaster even more challenging.
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Save Our Land * Save Our Rivers * Save WNC December 2024 After Helene
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The outlying areas are left with fading hopes and dreams. We, the people, can not allow this to happen. This natural disaster is slowing fading away from the public eye with less than 10% of it being fixed. This will be years to decades before the local life will be comparable to what it once was. We have to start somewhere and you can help. If forgotten, we will lose one of the most beautiful ...
One Month after Hurricane Helene Green Mountain N.C. Toe River Rd.
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This section sits exactly as the flooding left the road. Tremendous work has been achieved in the last month. Hopefully this will be the next section of Toe River Rd to be fixed. This section is just after Long Branch Rd on the Toe River. Many more populated parts of Toe River Rd left like this after the wrath of flooding that occurred has already been temporarily fixed. The Toe River did major...
CSX Railroad Track after Hurricane Helene/ ToeCane
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Loafers Glory and ToeCane Railroad Section going through the North Toe River Gorge. The railroad tracks were ripped off the track foundation and pulled into the river 100s of feet below. The power of water cannot be underestimated. ToeCane is a small river community in Mitchell County North Carolina. CSX has a lot of work cut out for them in the near future. This video was filmed on October 23,...
River Apocalypse North Carolina Flood Damage Toe River Aid Distribution Green Mountain
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Hurricane Helene Flood In The Mountains 19-E Burnsville & Spruce Pine
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Hurricane Helene Flooding Boone North Carolina Watauga County
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Collecting Garnets in North Carolina Dig Your Own Little Pine Garnet Mine
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Hiking Boone Fork Trail - Mountain To Sea Trail Julian Price Park N.C. Blue Ridge Parkway
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Finding Emeralds in North Carolina Crabtree Mine
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Turing Trash into GOLD Gutter Glory North Carolina Gold Prospecting ⛏️
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Discovery of Chlorite Quartz and Fluorite North Carolina
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Hitchhiker Alert Brian Laundrie ? Trailhead Appalachian Trail North Carolina Tennessee
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High Altitude Crystal Pocket Appalachian Mountains North Carolina Gemstones
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Was planning a gold prospecting/rock hounding trip to North Carolina, especially to look for the rare North Carolina diamonds in a few months. Had no clue it was still so bad there. Growing up in Florida and seeing the end result of multiple cat 4s, it is surprising to think how long even basic recovery is taking. Then you realize that Florida is so used to devastating storms that we have infrastructure in place to deal with the devastation quickly. Plus, while we had storm surges, we didn't have mud slides. Now that I live in Tennessee, North Carolina has become my rock hounding mecca. Looks like I will need to make different plans. I feel for the people there, you don't normally expect that level of devastation from storms there, and the state was about as prepared for that as Florida is prepared for week long blizzards. Rough...
I lived in Fort Myers, so I have a very good understanding of what hurricanes can do. This was another type of beast. I also prospect with the gold panning. I thought I understood ancient floods. I realize the picture is way more extreme than I would have ever anticipated. You could find fold deposits a quarter mile away from the flood plain.
@HighCountryRocks No doubt. You had rivers change course, bedrock exposed in areas that hasn't been exposed in ages, and entirely new rock exposed from the floods and slides. Once they recover, who knows what type of new mineral deposits will be discovered. Was watching videos of post storm geology and that storm was a geological event and will be seen in the geological record for millions of years to come. My retired mother is planning to go out there and donate her time to help out soon, unfortunately I have work.
$50 a day?
30$
Serious though I wonder why they didn't just use water to cut the colio super deep bore hole it'd probably cost a little more but after a certain depth most likely you wouldn't need to pump the water in just vacuum it and muck out... 😂guess that's why government never gave me millions to dig a hole, but if any government out there would like to I'm down to dig.....
Yes I'm aware I spelled it wrong just wanted to give you trolls some candy to suck on 😂
I think we have learned a ton . It will be wild the idea people come up with.
Half the time your auto correct spells it wrong. You will never hear criticism from me.
Over in roan mtn st park there was a little foot crossing bridge the army corps of engineers built after the flood of 98 I specifically remembered the head engineer saying no flood would ever destroy it again because they used 24 in I beams and pinned it to the rocks with 2 in stainless steel pins , the 2 I beams are wrapped around a tree about 100 yards below former bridges location 😂 the power of water SMH 😮 is arguably the most powerful thing upon the earth I mean they use it to cut the hardest granites ,diorite s , even steel at high enough pressure it will cut diamonds heck I wouldn't be surprised if it wouldn't cut through that weird gunk that somehow appears under the bottom of veggie bin every couple of months ( college students you know what I'm talking about about) most likely a conglomerate of shrimp sauce n spilled beers 😅 lmao
I wonder how that bridge faired? I know exactly the bridge you are talking about. I might have to ride over the mountain and check it out. Idk if that side of Roan Mt. Received the same amount of rain.
Interesting very interesting; I Pray no one got hurt in any way. PRAYER'S🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sadly people did get hurt during this event. Still hundreds missing even four months later.
I feel like I've wasted my whole life watching this video
I bet you make good biscuits
And steak eggs and bacon.
Who cares about laws! 😊 I like to take Dynamite
Oh God this sucks
Welcome to legit gold panning in N.C. after the gold rush.
How much would a piece like this be worth? Would it be more valuable to cut it and make it into jewelry?
Yhe value depends on the quality of the rough stone. The locality also makes a big difference with the price. This one would be more valuable cut in my opinion. It has a very nice section. The specimen value is all over the place depending on so many variables.
Are you able to ride dirt bikes there? I don’t see no riding on the sign 😂
I didn't see it on the sign, lol.
Superb 👌❤️
THANKS 😊
Thank you for your video. Well done. Really cleaned up well Can you explain the gases?
I know you do not want to inhale the gas. It would make a great video.
@HighCountryRocks Definately not
I watch the video on the geology of North Carolina and how three different fault lines of different minerals connect there it's like a little Colorado
Thank you very much
Thank you
... WE were Born in AusTria aß AusTrian 🇦🇹 CiTizen
Thank you for watching.
Awesome beautiful gold
It is tough work. The reward will keep you going.
Yay I thought my method is wrong for scrubbing my hearts out.
I still scrub my heart out .
Yo if I came thru would love to check it out!
Great find ‘ amazing area’.
Hurricane Helene sadly destroyed it. 😢
I'm sure this already exacerbates the Limited Fish Consumption for Sm Bass to 2 Meals A Day and None by Pregnant Women and Children per the TDEC Notice that is Posted Way Down River from here on the Hamblen Cocke County Line downstream of The Mouth of Lick Creek and Shortly Before it empties into Douglas Lake....Its A Mess down there as well.... Prayers Go out Daily for this situation 🙏
I would not eat anything out of our river anymore.
Never , and never will be. Forgotten by NC gov fed ect. Wow. Mindblower still
Thank you.
We are probably neighbors lol , could use a rock buddy
I am sure we will run into each other.
Live close , there few days ago , exact spot
It's one of my favorite areas. I will never forget the feeling when I saw for the first time river after the flood down there.
Still sucks , even hounding...
That is definitely a puma! Hope the population becomes established.
There are plenty of hiding spaces.
Thank you for the thoughtful video! It is winter now and I'm working on cleaning some "pegmatite soup" specimens. Years ago I got a piece from Brazil that is a botryoidal blue agate with well formed quartz crystals on top. The crystals have a lot of a white feldspar on them. I've considered using muriatic acid. I'm going to soak the specimen in a low percentage solution for a while and see where it goes. I've subscribed- Thanks!
Good luck. I know the excitement of the mystery.
Where do you sell them once you find one?
Beautiful cat, beautiful video. I've seen one here in Tennessee, between the Tennessee River & Cumberland Plateau. TWRA says we ain't got em, but we do.
Anyone ever try the creeks in Fletcher NC?
Chlorine gas is given off. Do not breath fumes The gas is still very acidic and will burn skin.
What you think about digging them rivers and creek channels deep enough to handle a flood like that or do you condemn the flood plain what’s best for everyone
It needs to be done ans has been started on small creeks.
The last heavy rain after Helene flooded again because of the shallow river beds after the flood.
Nature made it what it was and made it what it is now.
WNC is one of my favorite places in the world to be. This is just heartbreaking to see. What are some organizations I can volunteer with to help with cleanup?
I will start listing and linking organizations in the description. MOUNTAN STRONG is my first recommendation.
I will treasure this area to the day I die. God's Land.
There is an overwhelming amount of work to be done still , I have no doubt .
It hurts to work so hard and it feel like it is a drop in a bucket. The more drops the bucket Will fill I keep telling myself.
I always wanted to buy a house that was close to a big river but now I'm glad I didn't get my wish 👍🧑🦳
When we moved the WNC in the early 90s we thought the same thing. Now, 3 of the homes we looked at are no longer there. It is now obvious the risk, like living beach front.
UV light makes them glow and I actually thought I had found a piece of metal lol
I love the UV side to rockhounding.
It is really wonderful! I have been collecting since 10 years old and I am 62!
Have Mercy…
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The Toe River flows into the Nolichucky River, which also had catastrophic flooding. Erwin, Tennessee was heavily flooded by the Nolichucky River.
ERWIN was hit so hard from all this water.
Thank you for sharing this. Don't see much info on it and I'm in Virginia. Call your state leaders and demand they help. Why is this still going on. So sad.
June 13 1998....I was set up and arrested by burnville police ..and Christel d ledford aka Crissy Allen.....y name is Andrew Odell they prosecuted me on June 1 1995 juvenile and December 4 1998 fake classified juvenile illegal unlawful criminal history and recordanafactured by Washington co tn da office and Sullivan county ...I need nc sbi to look into this as I will be filing ucs 1983 against n.c. and this county as well as tn ....for complete exoneration the 1926 expi dent 8 sighed produced several flas arrests and hold they used to domestically terrorize me ....that place knew what was going on and the record was falsified. .. and went along with Tennessee.....since that date .y life has been forever changed ....costing me probably million of dollars and will definitely cost them as they still ongers after the expundgment .....
Where is this located?
Incredible find! Just WOW!!
Thank you I love that Green
❤❤❤❤ may God bless everyone who helped during and after the flood. And I pray for everyone who has lost their loved ones and homes.
Prayers Y'all 🙏❤🙏
THE NEWS DOESN'T EVER SHOW ANY OF THIS. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS STATE??????????????????????
We are forgotten.
Water has done a lot of damage to these little towns. Towns we’ve never heard of before. It was said that almost 24 inches of rain fell. Prayers for those without proper shelter, Winter is closing in fast. God bless them with their needs & health.
61 inches of rain fell on MT.MITCHELL.
What town is this close to?
BURNSVILLE N.C.