When i was a kid, about 60 yrs ago, we had a toy made of heavey cardboard with a bald man's face drawn on it with a similar material in it and had a clear plastic cover of it. It also came with a small magnet wand that you used to move the filings around to give him hair, a beard or mustache. Hadn't thought abour that for a long time. Thanks for the memories and for being such an awsome family. Also Rose, love your cast iron, but I don't have near that much. They are the best cookware EVER. Much appreciation from N.W. IOWA
At the 4:35 point I was thinking of how this would be an awesome tree to climb ( because I love tree climbing) when suddenly I hear -That would be a fun one to climb. Lol.
@@highenergyog I remember the first time I took my 7 year old daughter to Niagara Falls many years ago. She has always been a "Climber" and me, nervous as a cat in that environment. I had to watch her like a hawk.
Rose you are so beautiful ❤️💯🥰 I’m new to the channel but I’m in love with your family! You guys are funny and educational and adventurous and wholesome!!! Very good channel! 💯
I would like to say ,,this father knows exactly how to talk and discuss with his kids wisely and nicely ,,also their mom is raising them with care and love👍🙏🖐️
Had similar things happen to a couple of my digits as well, one working with the cattle and another with a circular saw. They pretty much lived in Polysporin till they were healed, I know it's too late now, but it's one of those things that's always worh having a couple tubes of ... On... Hand... 🤦🏻♂️😂
Get a bar magnet. Place it under a sheet of white paper. Sprinkle the black sand on top of the paper and you will see the magnetic lines appear between the poles.
And BTW I agree with many of the other posters that Jeff is indeed a great father. He is always promoting an active exploration of the world. At least that is what I have observed from the many videos I have watched. And to have kids so willing to engage it is a gift to them both for sure. Keep it up folks! And thanks for a great little Sunday morning pick me up!
*Makes me want to go dig up our garden...but im not sure how much black sand I'd find here in south east london. My landlord/housemate...did find a small gold ring some years ago. The museum of london had it for a while and when he got it back it came with paperwork stating it was Roman in origin. So it had been in the ground for some 1500yrs. Back when London was Londinium. A roman lady lost her ring in these parts. For it to be found many centries later. Rob*
Great video and the whole adventure was outstanding. I live in San Diego, Ca so I don’t get to tramp around in the snow but I do have a shop magnet. I put a thick zip lock bag over the man-gent part and ran it over the dirt in the back yard. In my area I would guess the housing area has quick a bit of fill dirt but you can still find lots of black sand... and you don’t even need to real dig. Thanks for sharing and have a great 2021!
Not seeing the hill, I'm not sure, but I think you are up where the big continental glacier was? So it might be a drumlin. But because there's water worn (river) rocks, I'd guess that it's either on an old river bed, or when the glacier was receding, the outflow of all the melting ice formed river courses, and made water worn rocks. So all the rules of prospecting a stream would apply, ie look for biggest rocks, where heavies fall, pay streaks, etc. Just thinking out loud. But whenever I see river cobbles, I get interested.
Jeff there is a good chance that the feeling will come back to your hurt finger , it could take a year or two , it’s great to see my friends up in the BC , so glad to hear from you all.
If you are finding specs in the overburden then you HAVE to get down to get bedrock. Those flakes looked rough so you might be onto something, garnets too, a good indicator. Gold is where you find it !
I just happened upon your channel within the last couple of weeks. I really enjoy it! Great job mom and dad with training your children the way they should go, as the scriptures say.
LOL-at 8:40, it looks like something from the Twilight movie series-burying her alive!! Could that big rock chunk be volcanic rock? Magnetite is very cool. Sorry about your finger!
I cut a finger on my left hand on a big exhaust fan years ago. The fan blade was bent and trashed. The doctor wondered out loud how in the world I didn’t lose it. Took several stitches to knit it together. It was numb on the end afterwards. It took time…maybe two years. But the feeling in it returned. I don’t even notice the difference in it now.
I detect a summer project coming on! Bet that hill gets sluiced in the not too distant future! Based on what I have observed from Jeff, it's gonna naw on his brain for the rest of the winter.
We vacationed at Lake Michigan when I was a kid... either on the Indiana or Michigan shores. I always brought a magnet with me when I prowled around in the dunes, and collected piles of "black sand" iron ore lost from the lake freighters coming down from the Mesabi Range to the steel mills. Memories!
When you were digging under those trees, I thought, good crop of potatoes! What a shame they were all rocks! But gorgeously shaped rocks like that would be very pretty painted paper weights. A bit heavy to post perhaps, but they could be sold locally in gift shops. Is there any native art, local to your region, that you can use as inspiration? A great science lesson today for all ages. Black sand was new to me too.
Use a couple drops of dish soap on your concentrates, scrub with fingers then pan. Opalized schist maybe whats the hardness of the weird rock? Sluice the area in the spring melt, when you have water, you can move lots more pay dirt for same energy spent, or build a fire and melt snow for water build a small 5 ft sluice out of corrugated pipe. Have fun.
You guys are so much fun! When I was a kid, I'd drag my large horseshoe magnet, on a rope, behind my bicycle, and would ride up and down the dirt alley behind our house. I amassed a 3 pound coffee can full of iron filings to play with that summer. Fun stuff!
I live on the West Coast of New Zealand and all the west beaches around Auckland are black sand beaches am I am about 5 minutes away from Glenbrook steel mill that mine's the sand to make steel black sand is truly quiet call cool and the beaches have some of the best surf around
It seems we missed Dave's perspective on all this gold-digging?? Gold digging in the dead of winter on a mountain, how grand! Enjoyed the magnetic "hair" show! S. Carolina
How fun of a video!! I didn’t know you had black sand and those amazing rocks with gold and all that their! Rose I love your cast iron frying pans, pots, and all the stuff you have. These contribute to cooking and baking the best meals on a wood cooking stove!!
"It's alive !" " IT'S ALIVE !!! " Wow! 😊 How fun & interesting. Your whole family is fun, interesting and very intelligent ! 👏 Love, love, love all that you share. 🙏🙏 Thank you. 🙏💖🙏 I hope you find lots more gold & gems & other good stuff. ✨
Hi again my friends, I really like how you made the trip to the hill a family exploration. As a former science teacher I loved watching your daughter Kez experience the wonder and amazement of what God has made, even to the point of tiny specs of magnetic iron that act alive. Both of you are great parents. God bless you all. Arctic Circle Dave
There was an iron filing magnet toy in the 50s. The filings were between cardboard and plastic about 5x7 area, a quarter inch deep. I played with it for hours.
Must be nice to have your finger repaired by your girls and the neighborhood kids, with their advanced medical tools. There is probably no limits to their capabilities. Lucky you. Lucky them they will have someone to practice on.
That is so cool that you have that resource. I'd love to collect that sand to try making a steel bloom/tamahagane for forging a knife. Fun times either way!
I'm always glad when you post a new video, and this one did not disappoint. In fact, NONE of your videos disappoint! You all are always doing such different and interesting things, and what makes it best is that you do them together as a family! I like seeing the smiles on all of your faces. God bless you all, and keep the videos coming as you have time.
That’s some pretty cool sand! My kids want to go dig holes now! They said they could play with that all day! Great video! It’s nice to see some different activities to do in the winter months.
Awesome videos and very inspiring! Guys, can you make a video of how you managed to buy a property together with your friends and how you set it up - so at the end you are still friends :) ? Thank you!
Marketing idea 💡.. Sell vials of your dirt so we can play with also! Put a magnet in as a package deal. Just a thought. Great homeschool science project.
I loved climbing trees as a girl - the higher the better! 👍🏻
That black sand. Is just crazy. Never in my life have I seen that.
When i was a kid, about 60 yrs ago, we had a toy made of heavey cardboard with a bald man's face drawn on it with a similar material in it and had a clear plastic cover of it. It also came with a small magnet wand that you used to move the filings around to give him hair, a beard or mustache. Hadn't thought abour that for a long time. Thanks for the memories and for being such an awsome family. Also Rose, love your cast iron, but I don't have near that much. They are the best cookware EVER. Much appreciation from N.W. IOWA
Dad of the week award, "don't fall" advice. Glad to see a family that still gets out and let's kids be kids.
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As a Dad of 7 boys you are absolutely correct, he is the Dad of the year in my views .
At the 4:35 point I was thinking of how this would be an awesome tree to climb ( because I love tree climbing) when suddenly I hear -That would be a fun one to climb. Lol.
@@highenergyog I remember the first time I took my 7 year old daughter to Niagara Falls many years ago. She has always been a "Climber" and me, nervous as a cat in that environment. I had to watch her like a hawk.
@@afishingmagician out of all my boys only one fell from approximately 30 feet from his tree fort, thank goodness he wasn't badly hurt .
You guys are awesome! Those young ladies will be quite the catch for some young Canadian fellows in a couple of years. Mom and Dad, beware.
Oh, we're aware! Lol
Rose you are so beautiful ❤️💯🥰 I’m new to the channel but I’m in love with your family! You guys are funny and educational and adventurous and wholesome!!! Very good channel! 💯
awesome day. never thought just in the woods. The table saw finger, know how you feel. cut side of thumb off. the nerves will all grow back in time.
A young lady with dirt under her nails who could careless. AWESOME!
The fun you all have.... with dirt! priceless :)
I would like to say ,,this father knows exactly how to talk and discuss with his kids wisely and nicely ,,also their mom is raising them with care and love👍🙏🖐️
Always looking for the latest video from GRIDLESSNESS! Always superb and heartwarming too!
That is like the Etch-a-Sketch drawing board
Had similar things happen to a couple of my digits as well, one working with the cattle and another with a circular saw. They pretty much lived in Polysporin till they were healed, I know it's too late now, but it's one of those things that's always worh having a couple tubes of ... On... Hand... 🤦🏻♂️😂
Not a big surprise. I find gold every time your family puts out a vid.
Gr8 fun team, rather lucky for a table saw injury bro musta been just a tuch, looks to be healing well 😎👍 stay safe team 👍
Get a bar magnet. Place it under a sheet of white paper. Sprinkle the black sand on top of the paper and you will see the magnetic lines appear between the poles.
Your girls are really magical.They make an old bitter man s heart smile.
And BTW I agree with many of the other posters that Jeff is indeed a great father. He is always promoting an active exploration of the world. At least that is what I have observed from the many videos I have watched. And to have kids so willing to engage it is a gift to them both for sure. Keep it up folks! And thanks for a great little Sunday morning pick me up!
Some of the best REAL content on the web. Thanks for an awesome 20 minutes 😀. God bless you all.
The sand looks like the demon/boar/creature in Princess Mononoke. Love it
hi guys..just new to your channel..i've been viewing your videos a couple days ago..😁
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So rad 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Black sand is fun and exciting, but Rose, your cast iron collection is Beautiful
You will have to start a garnet and gold mine. Glad to see all of you re healthy and doing well.
This and other things you all do - what a great way to raise and teach your children things few children learn or experience these days.
*Makes me want to go dig up our garden...but im not sure how much black sand I'd find here in south east london. My landlord/housemate...did find a small gold ring some years ago. The museum of london had it for a while and when he got it back it came with paperwork stating it was Roman in origin. So it had been in the ground for some 1500yrs. Back when London was Londinium. A roman lady lost her ring in these parts. For it to be found many centries later. Rob*
Great video and the whole adventure was outstanding. I live in San Diego, Ca so I don’t get to tramp around in the snow but I do have a shop magnet. I put a thick zip lock bag over the man-gent part and ran it over the dirt in the back yard. In my area I would guess the housing area has quick a bit of fill dirt but you can still find lots of black sand... and you don’t even need to real dig. Thanks for sharing and have a great 2021!
Not seeing the hill, I'm not sure, but I think you are up where the big continental glacier was? So it might be a drumlin. But because there's water worn (river) rocks, I'd guess that it's either on an old river bed, or when the glacier was receding, the outflow of all the melting ice formed river courses, and made water worn rocks. So all the rules of prospecting a stream would apply, ie look for biggest rocks, where heavies fall, pay streaks, etc. Just thinking out loud. But whenever I see river cobbles, I get interested.
when i was a kid I loved to play with a magnet in the dirt and collecting iron. Actually I still do.
Still my favourite channel. Loved this. The warmth and love just beams off the screen. Lovely. Thank you all.
Jeff there is a good chance that the feeling will come back to your hurt finger , it could take a year or two , it’s great to see my friends up in the BC , so glad to hear from you all.
We're hoping the feeling will come back as well! Thanks,
If you are finding specs in the overburden then you HAVE to get down to get bedrock. Those flakes looked rough so you might be onto something, garnets too, a good indicator. Gold is where you find it !
I just happened upon your channel within the last couple of weeks. I really enjoy it! Great job mom and dad with training your children the way they should go, as the scriptures say.
LOL-at 8:40, it looks like something from the Twilight movie series-burying her alive!!
Could that big rock chunk be volcanic rock? Magnetite is very cool. Sorry about your finger!
Those round rocks are amazing. It's like digging in a stream bed.
"And there's fire on the mountain
Lightening in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there" - Marshall Tucker Band
Japanese use black iron sand, mix w/ charcoal they make to create steel for knives and tools.
I wish I had more of your explorations. I just found some of your old videos when the girls were real young. Great videos I want more
Where you find red garnets you’ll usually find gold 😉 Great adventure y’all loved it ✨⛏
I cut a finger on my left hand on a big exhaust fan years ago.
The fan blade was bent and trashed.
The doctor wondered out loud how in the world I didn’t lose it.
Took several stitches to knit it together.
It was numb on the end afterwards.
It took time…maybe two years.
But the feeling in it returned.
I don’t even notice the difference in it now.
Glad your recovery has gone so well!
watching from the Philippines..
I detect a summer project coming on! Bet that hill gets sluiced in the not too distant future! Based on what I have observed from Jeff, it's gonna naw on his brain for the rest of the winter.
Oh, you know him well.....
We vacationed at Lake Michigan when I was a kid... either on the Indiana or Michigan shores. I always brought a magnet with me when I prowled around in the dunes, and collected piles of "black sand" iron ore lost from the lake freighters coming down from the Mesabi Range to the steel mills. Memories!
Its alive!!! Thats so so cool!! Thanks for sharing this!!!😀💜💜
Finding some iron (interesting) but with the whole family together thats adventure !Very nice I enjoyed this! More updates of the forest life
When you were digging under those trees, I thought, good crop of potatoes! What a shame they were all rocks! But gorgeously shaped rocks like that would be very pretty painted paper weights. A bit heavy to post perhaps, but they could be sold locally in gift shops. Is there any native art, local to your region, that you can use as inspiration? A great science lesson today for all ages. Black sand was new to me too.
Pure Awesomeness 😎
Climbing trees, yesss! Stay safe up there :)
Put Dark honey on the finger it will help speed up the healing..
my Brother..👍👍👍🙏❤❤❤
Use a couple drops of dish soap on your concentrates, scrub with fingers then pan. Opalized schist maybe whats the hardness of the weird rock? Sluice the area in the spring melt, when you have water, you can move lots more pay dirt for same energy spent, or build a fire and melt snow for water build a small 5 ft sluice out of corrugated pipe. Have fun.
The smile of individual is sooo contagious
You guys are so much fun! When I was a kid, I'd drag my large horseshoe magnet, on a rope, behind my bicycle, and would ride up and down the dirt alley behind our house. I amassed a 3 pound coffee can full of iron filings to play with that summer. Fun stuff!
That is awesome and a great image! Thanks!
I live on the West Coast of New Zealand and all the west beaches around Auckland are black sand beaches am I am about 5 minutes away from Glenbrook steel mill that mine's the sand to make steel black sand is truly quiet call cool and the beaches have some of the best surf around
Time to head down to the beach with a magnet!
There's Gold in them there Hills😱🎆🎇
WOW that's interesting Stuff 🐦!
JO JO IN VT 💕😄🇺🇸☃
Your girls are so adorable! Great job Mom and Dad. These young ladies will help change the world.
So much fun! Lots of luv from north of PG. And Yes to a bread video, I want to see more of that mixer! Cheers
SawStop table saws, worth every penny!!
I like how he gives the "This is going to be so cool!" pep talk just before the hill slog.
I always like your video's
It seems we missed Dave's perspective on all this gold-digging?? Gold digging in the dead of winter on a mountain, how grand! Enjoyed the magnetic "hair" show! S. Carolina
That last 30sec it looks like you are sitting in the snow with those big windows
Great stuff...love your videos and your family adventures...they make me smile, laugh and learn. The gridlessness family rocks... literally
How fun of a video!! I didn’t know you had black sand and those amazing rocks with gold and all that their! Rose I love your cast iron frying pans, pots, and all the stuff you have. These contribute to cooking and baking the best meals on a wood cooking stove!!
"It's alive !" " IT'S ALIVE !!! " Wow! 😊 How fun & interesting.
Your whole family is fun, interesting and very intelligent ! 👏
Love, love, love all that you share. 🙏🙏 Thank you. 🙏💖🙏
I hope you find lots more gold & gems & other good stuff. ✨
Watching y'all play with the black sand makes me want to go dig in the dirt and see what I can find, and I'm 68 years old 😂
Do it! I’m sure you’ll love it!
Love your videos.
Wow.Permanent magnets natural.
You guys are the best! To interact with and observe our world is why we're here!
I always watch your videos guys KEEP SAFE...subscribe done FROM PHILIPPINES
Hi again my friends, I really like how you made the trip to the hill a family exploration. As a former science teacher I loved watching your daughter Kez experience the wonder and amazement of what God has made, even to the point of tiny specs of magnetic iron that act alive. Both of you are great parents. God bless you all. Arctic Circle Dave
There was an iron filing magnet toy in the 50s. The filings were between cardboard and plastic about 5x7 area, a quarter inch deep. I played with it for hours.
I remember that ! Hadn't thought of that in many decades.
Must be nice to have your finger repaired by your girls and the neighborhood kids, with their advanced medical tools. There is probably no limits to their capabilities. Lucky you. Lucky them they will have someone to practice on.
Thank you for sharing your video my friend love watching here
the simple things that Mother Nature has made for us that can bring so much Joy.
Getting very wild Rose!😂😂
Good family ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍🤘🏽🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘
So cool!
Your smiles are magical , everytime you smile thousands of people do to, like a shared yawn.... ha ha but the opposite .... it wakes hearts 💕
That is so cool that you have that resource. I'd love to collect that sand to try making a steel bloom/tamahagane for forging a knife. Fun times either way!
That very odd rock with the veins through it...the veins look almost opalescent. I hope you can discover exactly what it is. Cheers from Australia :)
I'm watching all your videos.. U guys are so amazing.. I'm from Pakistan. I really love to live such a life.. Here is so boring hh..
Wow family fight Greetings to you.
Love this family
Having a simple life with gorgeous family like this is a dream for me. Nice video anyway hoping to see more.
Great winter fun! ❤️
I'm always glad when you post a new video, and this one did not disappoint. In fact, NONE of your videos disappoint! You all are always doing such different and interesting things, and what makes it best is that you do them together as a family! I like seeing the smiles on all of your faces. God bless you all, and keep the videos coming as you have time.
Great to visit with y'all!
Greetings from Calgary. Really enjoyed the video. Thank you to everyone for sharing. Take care.
How u guys do everything... This is mind-blowing i mean, Everyone is expert.
Now I have to start digging all of the dirt off of the bedrock behind my house and panning it . Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic . Thanks for showing this to us
That’s some pretty cool sand! My kids want to go dig holes now! They said they could play with that all day! Great video! It’s nice to see some different activities to do in the winter months.
Michigan here, we all love you guys and all that your doing!! My prayers are with you
wow nice and cool family bonding stay safe be careful Julia
Awesome videos and very inspiring! Guys, can you make a video of how you managed to buy a property together with your friends and how you set it up - so at the end you are still friends :) ? Thank you!
Always wacth ing and waiting for your video. God bless
you have a beautiful family
Marketing idea 💡.. Sell vials of your dirt so we can play with also! Put a magnet in as a package deal. Just a thought. Great homeschool science project.
Beautiful day.
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for letting us all enjoy your adventures ! !