1890's Miners Camp And Colorful Mineral Vein At The Perseverance Mine
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- We make a return visit to the Perseverance Mine and rappel down the vertical shaft to see what we can find. It's an interesting working on another colorful mineral vein.
This was a lead/silver mine that operated in the late 1800's and early 1900's. We also visited the miners camp to find only one of the original three cabins still standing. The cabins are from approximately 1910. There was at one time a five stamp mill here, as well.
Here is the link to our first explore of this mine:
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Good Morning Vietnam ....haahahahhaha nice rappel ....looks like it will be fun coming up .....don't ya just love them Cholla cactus ....get ya every time ...thats altered Limestone with polymetallic replacement deposits in place....wonder what the bottom level looks like down there ....another great explore ..... have a Happy Golden New Year my two mine exploring friends .....and as always we smashed the like button .....smashed it hard
Thanks for the geologic assessment, Jeff. It's always more fun going down than it is jugging back up the rope. There is supposed to be another 60 feet of shaft there. I didn't show it but there was a plug in the shaft about 15 feet below where we got off the rope with a dead deer laying on top of the plug. It wasn't pretty. Hope you have a golden shiny new year with a few fat nuggets in your pocket. Thanks for smashing the like button, too. We'll see you somewhere on down the line.
Happy New Year!! Great explore! Would have loved to find out just where all the sediment was coming from. Or maybe it was just on occasion with just the right conditions. Too bad the last section was plugged up. Thanks for the hard climb out but you two took us on another Awesome explore!👍
@@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756 We would have liked to get down to the lowest level to see it, too. Not to be. The shaft is reported to be 165 feet deep with 4 levels. Water runs right into the mine through another opening from a wash that's above the area. Glad that you enjoyed the explore. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you!
0:52 Could be a Maxwell House Instant Coffee jar from the 1960s. The other jar could be syrup, or cooking oil. The difference between a jar and a bottle is the size of the opening. A jar has a wide opening, typically the same size as the jar itself. A bottle has a smaller opening which makes it easier to pour liquids or small solids.
That's what I was thinking about the jar. Another person thought it might be Tang jar. Same with the bottle, I thought syrup, but some others thought it was cooking oil. Thanks for your input, Duck. See you next year!
look up vintage crisco oil bottle, my buddy watching with me here recognized it immediately....
Great way to start 2022, underground with Tom and Julie ! Thanks for taking us along on your many adventures.
Thank you, William. Happy New Year!
Awesome New Years Eve treat ... hope to see ya next year!
Glad that you enjoyed it. Happy New Year and we'll see you next year.
Wow, you two are amazing, and a great team. Thank you for sharing your experience. It a real treat being witness to the work these tough old timers accomplished, leaving behind their work in the form of those tunnels. My hat goes off to them. You two show us how much you know about exploring these mines by the way your equipped with all the right tools, ropes, harnesses, lighting and cameras. Well done and thanks again. Many blessings and safety in all your future endeavors.
Yes, the old miners who built these mine were really special. Tough as nails and resourceful, using what they had to get the job done. Thanks for the nice comment and blessing, Sharon. Happy New Year to you!
So cool! The soft pastels of the colors really set it off. Nice work, and a very good video. See y'all next year and look forward to more explorations with ya's. Be happy, safe, and confident. Peace.
I really enjoyed the pastels in this one, too. Thanks for the nice comment, Richard!
Look at you two!...you've come far pilgrim's......Great video!...Dave
Hey, Dave! Thanks for watching. It's always good to hear from you. Have you watched The documentary titled The Alpinist? Pretty wild mountain climbing stuff.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring The Alpinist...I have not but i'll check it out...thanks Tom!
Enjoyed the episode, glad I wasn't the one who repelled down the shaft I definitely would be freaking out because I'm deathly afraid of heights 😅
Looking forward to your next episode 😀
Happy New Year !!!!
Not the hobby you want if you're afraid of heights. I'm not afraid of heights, but it's still a little unnerving hanging on a rope over a deep shaft. I'm usually hoping my anchor knot will hold fast. Glad that you enjoyed the video and Happy New Year, Rick!
Hello Tom and Julie, you know I remember that bottle in the middle. I think from the 1970's. I did a google search and it looks like a Crisco Brown oil bottle. Looks like it was around from 1959-1967. Hmm I don't think I would remember that as I was only 4 in 1967. Maybe my great grandmother had one because I do remember it. Great video.
Hi Stephen. That very well could be what that bottle is. Thanks for doing the search on it. We appreciate the comment.
Tom and Julie.
Love you guys
From Missouri
Ozarks
Thanks for the support. Hope all is well in the Ozarks.
The "Artists' Palette" mine! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
That's what it should be called. That a fun area of Death Valley to see. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year, Lesley!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring, and a Happier New Year to you both!
Another successful trip to the outskirts of Hades. All the best for the new year, Tom & Julie.
Haha, that's about what it's like. Thanks for the comment and Happy New Year to you, Mark!
I almost couldn't watch this video. My heart was in my mouth watch Julie walking on the slippery ledges above a straight drop into nothingness below. I was terrified that she would fall and be killed. I was very happy to see you both back on top again. I love your videos but I honestly think that you are crazy. Please be safe.
Hi Robert, sorry to make you anxious while watching this video. Mine exploring is a dangerous hobby. I guess that part of the fun and thrill of it. Thanks for the comment and we will try to stay as safe as possible during our explores.
Very interesting mine cool geology colors, definitely a lot of water comes in at times, always love the approaching setting of a mine when there’s artifacts buildings etc good stuff Tom/Julie as always be safe 👍👍👍👍👍
Glad that you enjoyed the explore, Steve. I enjoy the hike to a mine, too. You never know what's coming next. Thanks for watching!
INTERESTING LITTLE MINE. THANKS FOR THE EXPLORE
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching!
Hello Tom hello Julie
What a great landscape and the Fotos very good.
The mine looks abit Lost and creepy .
The colours and the Minerals very good
Thank you for sharing your adventure
I wish you a happy New year and all the best wishes for the New year
Until next time
Yours Frank Galetzka
Hello, Frank. It's been a long time since the mine has been worked so it needs a rehab. Glad that you enjoyed the colors and minerals. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you!
Wow what a tour!!! Bravo on your seseendiong into that shaft. Tom I believe your definition of bottle vs jar is pretty close to fact. Thanks for your exploring work. A Happy New Year to you both. ♥♥
Thanks, Jacob! Glad that you enjoyed the tour. We appreciate your support. Happy New Year to you!
A great way to spend New Years Eve with Tom and Julie. Happy New Year guys!
Hey Cheyanne and Adam, thanks for spending part of New Years Eve with us. We appreciate it. Happy New Year to you, as well!
Have a Happy New Year, may it bring y'all good health and God bless you both. Julie looked like a pro on that rope. Stay safe in the coming year.
She is getting really good on the rope. Happy New Year to you and thanks for the blessing, Jimmy!
You two are such fun, Happy New Year and long may you run!
Thanks for the nice comment, Robert! Happy New Year to you!
Yeah Y'all keep me on the edge of my seat. Great video. Great job.
Glad that you enjoyed the video, Dianna!
I love the colors of the crystal with the uv light need more of it thanx.
It's a bit uncommon to find minerals that flouresce with UV light. It sure is fun to see when they do. In our next upcoming video, we visit a mine where the waste rock is opal. It flouresces beautifully. I think you'll like it. Thanks for the comment, David!👍😁
Thanks guys that was one amazing mine explore you both have a lot of courage going into some of these mines stay safe .
Hi Tony. This is a very fun mine to explore. Yes, it is a bit unnerving every time you step off the edge and onto the rope. You do get used to it with experience. Thanks for watching!👍😊
I think the one bottle with the rippled top looks like an early Maxwell House instant coffee bottle.
That what I was thinking, too. I didn't know what brand but some kind of instant coffee. Thanks, Gary!
Liked the pastel canvas in that mine. Lots of under cutting, but not much for artifacts. Probably buried by all the mud and rocks. Great views guys, thanks for another beautiful explore.
Glad that you enjoyed it, Kimbra. Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHAREING YOUR TRIPS ---
You're very welcome, Charles. Thanks for commenting! 👍
Hi guys good explore and yes I hit the like and shared on my FB page, thanks for taking us with you. Please stat safe out their looking forward to your next adventure.
Thanks for watching and sharing, Tom! Glad that you liked the explore. Happy New Year!
Boy, these tunnels sure suck up the hit. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great stuff as usual... living through your adventures 😃...
Thanks, Scott. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! As mixed up as it looks, it appears the high yield material was in one general area. It seems they punched around a bit and came up with nothing more. Beautiful colors! Nice!
That very well could be the case. They did seem to go in all directions plus up and down looking for more high grade. Thanks, William, and Happy New Year!
Thank you both for sharing your adventures! That was an interesting mine with some beautiful desert scenery. Happy New Year!
You're welcome. We're glad that you found it interesting. Happy New Year to you, too!
Good morning Tom and Julie, the second jar is an old powdered Tang jar.
Another good guess on the jar. I was thinking instant coffee, but I forgot about Tang. Thanks, Chris!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Always great content, I appreciate your hard work!
almost definitely a crisco oil bottle at the start there, look up vintage crisco oil bottle, my buddy watching with me here recognized it immediately.... interesting that would be 1960s or 70s even,// Wow that was a crazy descent and watching Julie walk on the edge at about 16:40 is OMG crazy. Those minerals in the walls are unreal.. another insane exploration thanks so much for taking us with you
I think you are correct about the bottle. It was a fun little rappel into the mine. The colors were really cool. Thanks to you and your buddy for watching, Thorn!
Thank you for the great mine explore! Also looks like someone had fun with crayons on some of the mine walls!
Some of those mineral formations are like works of art. Very fun to see them. Glad that you liked the explore, Bruce!
I am not a mine lover. I just like these two wonderful people who like mines...LOL Tunnels like an ant farm.
Thanks for putting up with our mine videos, Max. I usually try to include a little hiking footage for you. Happy New Year.
Tom, you are the luckiest man in the world (well my wife is amazing also). But, really Julie doing all that scary stuff is amazing!
Yes, I am a lucky guy. Julie is s really good mine explorer and partner. I'm sure yourcwife is amazing too. Thanks, John!.
Happy New Year, be safe in the coming year.
Thanks, Jake. Happy New Year to you. We'll do our best to stay safe.
Have a safe and happy new year filled with lots of exciting explores!
Thanks, Jeremy. We will do our best to accomplish just that. Happy New Year to you!
Hi Tom & Julie, first off Happy new year to you both, I hope you both have an amazing safe, healthy and happy 2022 and pickles too of course.
I think what makes one a jar and the other a bottle is that a bottle has a neck where as a jar doesn't. I would hazard a guess and say the jar was for coffee.
I love the colours in this mine, they are so pretty, it's kind of a strange one though because some parts actually look cave like don't they ?.
A very nice explore with a few sketchy parts but nothing you guys couldn't handle. The little cabin was so cool to see and the scenery is just breathtaking.
Thank you for sharing, much love to you both and Pickles. xx 💞
Thank you, Sue. Happy New Year to you, too. We hope you have a good year in 2022. Glad that you enjoyed this little mine and the colorful minerals in it. I think you are correct about jars versus bottles. The beautiful desert scenery in this area is always tough to beat. We appreciate all of your support that you have given us! ❤🐈⬛🌵
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Beautiful scenery, fun explore, great video!
Happy New Year! Wish you both all the best!
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Glad that you enjoyed the video, George! Happy New Year to you, too.
Nice adventure, a while back I keep thinking, there going to run out of mines...then I was on Google earth looking at Nevada and they were just popping out everywhere, happy new year have fun
Yes, there are a lot of mines out there. Not all are good for exploring though. Some are collapsed, some are private and many are smaller prospects that aren't very interesting. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you!
What a great explore thank you Tom and Julie. Time for a beer after watching you climb up out. Happy new year to both of you.
Haha, we were ready for a beer afterwards, too. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you, David!
I’m a newer subscriber and just catching up on your old videos, this one was a good one and looked quite challenging.
Hi Brian, anytime you're in a mine on rope it's probably going to be challenging. This one was no exception. Thanks for subbing and watching some of our back catalog of videos.👍👌
I think that cabin door is a little bit like me, coming unhinged!😳🤔🤣
Haha, yeah but it's still hanging on by one hinge. Hang in there, Daniel. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU TWO!!!!! I enjoy your videos!!!!!
We're glad that you enjoy the videos, Thomas. Happy New Year to you, too!
we enjoyed and thank you
Glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment, Jerry!
Fun...nice colors, Julie's jacket complimented the rock colors nicely. Hey that hole in the drift in the bottom level may have been a false floor that gave way, due to the water, leaving the rails to span the hole. Maybe, you never know about them false floors, wink wink
I forgot to take a close look at that hole, although Julie said it didn't go anywhere. That main shaft is supposed to be deeper than what we found. I didn't show it but there was a dead deer in the bottom of the shaft. It might be plugged and maybe there is another way to get lower. Thanks for the comment, Ken!
"You'll never see a bottle of Skippy." Tom! Check your oxygen meter! And Happy New Year to you both!!
Haha, probably low on oxygen. Happy New Year to you, too!
Great explore, thanks for posting! Some really unique coloration in this one. I wonder what the very bottom looks like - maybe it's flooded? Videos like this always remind me of how tough those old-time miners were.
This was about as far down as we could get. The pastels colors are pretty cool to see. The old timers were tough as nails. Thanks for the comment!
Oh yeah I left those bottles there last week when I had peanut butter waffles and home canned peaches. Yum. My bad.
That's probably a thing now.
Merry Christmas and happy new year.
Thank you, Wendell. Happy New Year to you!
Great way to spend new years eve. Such soft colors in this mine. Weird how water ran and disappeared. Would like to see it happen. Looked like a work out coming up. Did you figure out what the dead animal with fingers was.
Glad that you enjoyed it, David. The pastels colors were a nice change from the usual mineralveins we see. I'm surprised there wasn't water in the mine as it had just rained. I never really figured out what animal skeleton was there. Happy New Year!
No way when Julie slipped and swung over on the rope 😮
That's always a moment of excitement when that happens. She's getting pretty good on the ropes. Thanks for the comment, Paul!
Excitement is not what id call it 🙃 both brave people or is it crazy haha
@@Paul-cz1cg A little bit of both I guess.
I believe you pour from a bottle and scoop out from a jar. Fun to watch this again.
Haha, yes sir, ya do. 👍👍
You might try bungee jumping a shaft. Go down 150 feet take a picture than back to the top. Plenty of time to hit the 4:00 meal deal at Dennys.
Haha, you go first, Roger.
Happy New Year!
Thanks, Joel. Happy New Year to you!
I love all vedeos
Thank you, Charles!👍😊
Hope you both have a safe and happy New Year
Thanks. Ronnie. Happy New Year to you, too!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring your very welcome
first 😀 have a great and safe time and a healthy and successful year 2022🖤
Thanks for the wonderful comment and for being first, Orsito! Happy New Year to you!
Second Jar looked like an instant coffee jar. Beer botle prob Decheuts Brewery from Bend. A lot of modern beer bottles don't have threads.
That what I was thinking about that jar. Another comment was that it was Tang. I guess the smaller craft breweries don't use screw top beer bottles. I like some of the Deschutes beers. Thanks for your input!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Do not partake in Tang, but I think that was a good idea too.
I was trying to get in to the real estate craze. I have the cabin listed on Zillow for $1.25 million. You can pick up the heap of lumber for a cool $800 thousand. Hurry, won't last long in this market.
The way lumber prices are now that price isn't far off.
For pits less than 100 feet this works really well : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munter_hitch Great way to start 2022 underground with Tom and Julie, thanks for taking along on your adventures.
Thanks. William. While a Munter hitch does work for rappelling or belaying it puts twists in the rope. This is something one would use in a pinch if another device failed. Also, when jugging up a line, we need a progress capture device to hold the upward progress we make when climbing out of the shaft. A Munter hitch is handy to know about though, as is the clove hitch, which is similar to the Munter and something we use very often. Thanks for your input and a very Happy New Year to you!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring I have used the Munter hitch many times on short drops, we use PMI rope which is a static rope ment for caving, I have not seen any rope damage from doing that. It is used for cuick easy decents only. For accending I use a Rope Walker system. Everyone needs to have their own gear and technique and be so well practiced that you can do it safely without having to think about it, so if you are injured or exausted you can still do it safely and easiely. I am not suggesting that you should change how you do things. Just remembering how I used to drop short pits. I have dropped pits as deep as 1.100 feet in free fall, but that requires very different gear.
like the ideal of the ski poles .
We don't leave home without them. They're 4WD for humans. Thanks, Todd!
great video those accents look brutal!
Yes, easy going down, much harder coming up. Thanks for watching!
Another great adventure next time have julie narrate 😉⛏👀
Glad that you liked the video, Jeff! Thanks for the reminder to have Julie narrate. We had planned on doing that. Happy New Year!
This is a nice mine you found. Loved all the different minerals and the color they provided. That rock formation at 28:30 into the video was gorgeous. You called it Tom when you said it was a piece of art. The stopes were really interesting and it was cool how Julie was walking on those tracks bent around the corner in the air over that pastel slope at 16:50. Chasing the source of the water in the mine added to the adventure. Who knew you were a hydrologist. Was wondering why you used only one atrea on your rope ascender? With two you put your weight on one while lifting your other leg. Just curious. Anyway film and narration was excellent as always. Stay safe you two, Rik
Hi Rik, we're glad that you enjoyed this one. It is a fun mine to explore with beautiful mineral veins. That was cool to see Julie walking the tracks over that stope, which seemed to just be hanging in thin air. There is a regular creek running through this one at times, judging from the washouts. There are many ways to ascend a rope. The only way I know of to use both legs is the frogger style. That technique uses two foot ascenders and usually a chest ascender like Petzl Croll. It is probably easier to climb than the style we use except the change over from rappelling to ascending is more difficult, and it also requires one to carry more gear overall. Any way you do it, jugging up a rope can be extremely difficult. I had a tough time earlier this year when I was 180' down a huge shaft and couldn't touch any of the sides of the shaft, which helps to stabilize yourself. I was spinning in circles and not having much fun. Thanks for the comment. We appreciate you!👍😁
Hello from Denmark
Hello from California. Happy New Year to you!
How in the heck did that dead animal get to that drift? You know what couple would be fun to see you explore with? Frank and Sharon from Canada. You’re all good on the ropes and I think, all about the same ages. Cept for you Tom, I think you’d get the old man award..lol. Another fun explore. Oh, did you see any pick marks, being that’s an old mine? Hope you had fun over the holidays. Well, see you next time and stay safe. Thanks, T&J!
Where the dead animal was is below the opening to a wash. Water flows freely into the mine so not hard for an animal to fall in there. We're always up for exploring with just about anyone. I'll take the old man award...I've earned it! I don't recall seeing any pick marks. We had a good time over the holidays and hope you did, too. Thanks for watching, Ralph!
She came through the cabin window, protected by a silver spoon.......... Hello U2
Hey Ren! Did you watch the Beatle documentary Get Back? There's a pretty big part about that song in it. Thanks for watching.
What a physically difficult exploration day!!!
Yes, it was. Rappelling and climbing back up, or jugging the rope, is quite tiring. Thanks for the comment, John!
Awesome descent you two! No artifacts but the walls were colored and looked really cool. I'm sure in person it was a better view! Glad you made it back safely. How long were you
two down there? Keep up the great work as I really enjoy your adventures. You both have come a long ways!!
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Yes, another fun mine explore for us. We were only there for a few hours since it's not a huge mine. The colors were great. Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for the nice comment, Duane!
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Thanks, Lincoln!
I was listening to a video on how to change an Acorn stair glide the other day. I thought I recognized that voice and sure enough it was Tom.
Do you fix them for a living or just did yours? I've been paralyzed for the last 30 year's and have one in my house.
Love your video's. It would be good to get all the mine video guy's together and explore some mine someday. Each adds a little different aspect to min exploration.
That's a funny coincidence. I don't fix them for a living, but I am kind if a handyman. That Acorn repair has been a good video for me. I have several "how to" videos besides our mine exploration videos. It would be fun to get all the mine explorers together, although it might create mass confusion. Thanks for the fun comment and hope all is well in your world despite being paralyzed. Keep in touch please!
Another great video! Just curious what is in Julie’s backpack that she wears white mine exploring?
We both carry a fair amount of gear. She carries a camera, extra clothing, small emergency tarp, food, water and batteries. A gun, folding shovel, 2 flashlights, stiff hair comb(for removing cacti parts from your body) first aid kit, paper map and a GPS. I carry similar items except in lieu of the shovel, first aid kit and GPS I have four lights and other videoing equipment. If we are on ropes then we each have a climbing harness and a bag of climbing hardware. Thanks for asking. I'm sure I'm forgetting some small things like a pen and paper, short lengths of light rope for securing flashlights and cameras so they don't end up at the bottom of the shaft and a multi tool.
Just AWSOME you 2 .....................................
Thanks, Bill.
2nd jar I'd say is a Tang, And formally auntie J.
Good guesses, Robert. I had forgotten about Tang when we were there.
You're damn Skippy, jar.
Lol, good one.
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Thanks, Les!👍👍
I think it is a Mrs. Butterworth.
That's probably correct. Did I say Aunt Jemima? Hard to get things right all the time. Thanks for the comment!
looks like an Aunt "ya can't say it anymore" syrup bottle
That was my first thought, but I think it's an oil bottle. Too bad about old Aunt Jemima. It was a tribute to her good tasting pancakes to have her on the box.
Some of these areas look like you could take your Jeep up a long way like the wash.
You could, but you can't legally drive off established roads in a national preserve. Thanks for the comment, Rick!
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Tom and Julie do you ever dry pan the waist piles
We don't really look for gold or silver. There is definitely gold in some of the mill tailing piles. The recovery rate was as low as 60% at times, which means 40% of the gold that was pulled from the mine still sits in a big pile. Happy New Year!
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Thanks for watching, Manuel! 👍👍
Has anyone noted that 2nd jar Julie picked up looks like a Tang jar from the 70s or so?
I think there was an earlier comment to that effect. Thanks for your input, Rick!
I always worry about you two when you ascend
Don't worry, we're careful.
The other jar was tang
That's what someone else said, too. Thanks, Mike!
julie's a badass!
Haha, yes, she really is. Thanks for the comment, Jay!👍👌
The dead animal in the drift was clearly a North American Kangaroo.
I still can't figure out what that is. It seems too big for a jackrabbit, legs too long for a fox. Maybe it is a kangaroo.
Enjoying your videos! Does Julie have an identical twin sister that happens to be single???
Glad that you enjoy our videos, John. Funny you should ask about Julie's twin. She does in fact have a twin sister, not identical though. You can't even tell they were twins if you didn't know it. Thanks for the fun comment!
did you really just bring some old jars from home and put them on the trail to look more authentic? lol I doubt anyone is going to believe that glass has made it 100 years in the open on a well worn trail.
The glass looks to be from the 60's. If I was going to salt the video I think I could do a better job than that. It looks like someone had rounded them up from the area and left them there.
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This mine is in an area where you can not legally remove anything. Thanks for the comment!👍
please be careful you should have CO2 and oxygen detectors
We do carry oxygen and gas monitors, Francois. We try to be as careful as we can in a dangerous hobby. Thanks for your comment!
NEXT TIME SAFETY GLASSES , INSTEAD OF GETTING BEANED AS YOU SAY , LOVE YOU TWO.
That's a good suggestion for eye safety. Thanks for watching and for your input, Robert!
Está bonito el video pero lo que no me gusta es sé casco azul que los cargan que ridiculo en todos los vídeos y se ve monótomo ya es hora que canbien ese casco azul orible
What color do you want? Lol. I guess you can't please everyone.🤔
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you!