Exploring Historic Bickel Camp and Nearby Cabins
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- On the second part of this trip, we checked out historic Bickel Camp and all of it's amazing machinery, equipment, vehicles, structures and just relics in general! There is just so much to see and check out around here. After checking out the camp we continued offroading and were able to find several cabins and even the old post office from a neighboring ghost town. Lots going on in this video so I hope you guys enjoy this one!
A buddy and myself rode our dirtbikes to the Bickel Camp when a Mr. Bickel was still living there. I am 80 now and that must have been in the 1990's. I rode a KTM EXC 250. I still ride a KTM 200 on the desert. Usually trailer camp on Searles Station Rd. David Smith
That sounds pretty amazing...and very cool that you are still riding!
Would love to hear any background. I rode my 300 out to Burro Schmidt tunnel a few years ago, walked through and back then checked out that camp and the other cabins nearby.
There's also some borax mines in that area that are pretty cool.
That Datsun has some value. Super rare to see those anymore. Cool vid!
It's strange to see that ol' 320 sitting out in the desert in what appears to be completely original condition. It looks like it would drive!
Really enjoyed this adventure and I want to thank the people for all their hard work in providing us with a unique look at all the artifacts and relics in such a wonderful layout!! At 1:38, looks like a Water Drilling Rig. 4:39, Dearborn, Michigan. 6:17, Stove looks like Butane or Natural Gas; not Oil Burning. 17:22, #14 Char-Glow Made In Japan for DE Sanford Co STP (or SFP) . 18:11, That is a Jack for lifting a car or other heavy things. 19:34, Yes that goes to a Mop. Good call. Keep up the wonderful explores!!
Really interesting. Thanks! Hope the Navy is going well! Take care.
The Jeep is a nice addition to your adventures mate. I'm sure it will open up a lot more options for you to explore. Great episode. Stay Safe.
Ebenezer, QAM
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The engine that you looked at immediately after the Datsun pickup is a 1948 or earlier Cadillac flathead V8. And that transmission bolted to it is General Motors first successful automatic transmission.
At 3:20, the first several cans are for water, not gas. Note the caps are different from the cans further back. The weathered olive drab paint suggests military usage. Mfg dates are usually on the bottom, sometimes under the handle. Your "meat grinder" (18:03) is a car jack.
That Ford tractor is a great find. Everything else was cool to see.
Thanks for the look around, Jerith. You even got a bit of underground time. Hope the YJ is running good!
She's running great! Just went out this weekend and got in another good trip. Hope you guys have been well. Thanks for stopping by!
@WesternMineDetective You're welcome. All is well here. Thanks for asking!😁
Cool thanks for sharing
I would totally love to explore there !!
The crane is actually a portable drilling rig for boreholes . It was built on an old vehicle chassis. Seena few of these in the Australian outback.
Some really cool machinery. Would love to restore some of them. The two wheels look like they are from a hit n miss motor. Would love to get that Scout and fix it up.
I'd love to see them restored, maybe one day someone will take up the task
Thanks from Australia
always good videos thanks for sharing
Always appreciate you watching! Glad you enjoyed this episode
i hope you can do more similar videos,,its good to see you getting a break from having to walk those ladders in the mines,and this is not so scary to watch,you do a great job at this@@WesternMineDetective
Was that “ Johnny “ from All those Videos with Brent Underwood and Cerro Gordo Fame ?? 😉. Enjoyed this video & Chris Bickel camp is pretty Damn cool.😎👍. Thanks for sharing this with us all.
Yep that's him! Glad you enjoyed this video, thanks for watching.
Well done!
I have been watching exploring channels for a long time, and never have seen this place. Nice find not mini -TH-camrs have been here thank you stay safe
Good video thanks 👍
Thanks for sharing an awesome video as I really like seeing old mining equipment which is a party of history. Good narration and yes I like your jeep. I will looking forward to your next video
More photos please, videos excellent, your pictures outstanding, artworks. ❤
I know this comment is late in the game, but isn't that a big ass meteorite laying next the pan at 13:36? The black smooth surface on the rock looks just like fusion crust to me!
Nice find!
There is so much cool stuff there to see
Sweet video thanks for sharing this was awesome things for me to see & enjoy. Can't tell everyone where place like this is will get destroyed or take it all. Thanks again⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
19:03...canteen. Look at the bottom for a date such as 1944 , 1945, be a WW2 steel canteen. If no date it's an aluminum copy. That international scout is a tank, they run good
Yes we call it n stamp drill to drill/clean boreholes
Drop a go pro down the bore hole,witha a rope,lol,so curious thanks for showing all the great artifacts
That is a water well. Not a bore hole.
Cool thanks
That first machine looks like something used to make holes. I've seen some old well drilling machines that resemble that. Some drill in a rotary fashion and others just drop a heavy cylinder repeatedly boring a hole. This looks like the sort that drops the bit. If that's what it is
That's exactly what that was! A Cable Tool Drilling Rig.
And a home-made one at that! It looks like it was cobbled together using old automobile frames. I'll bet that ol' Bickel built that himself. He was known for that sort of ingenuity.
Cable Tool machines were the first effective drill rigs. Before them, it was basically shovels and buckets to drill a well.
Your explorations are very cool man, bold and brave.
You are your own man, watch your rear view mirror.
It appears the daddy’s boy from Vegas is hot in trail of your ideas for example the tunnel.
Just sayin. Good stuff though and nice Jeep✌️
What uou were calling a crain and jack leg is actually a cable tool drill rig and what you didn't want to drop your gopro down was a well .
The thing you thought was a meat grinder is actually a car jack.
Purple glass signifies that they added a little bit of manganese ore to the mix. When the silica and other ingredients have a traces of iron, it makes the glass yellowish and unpleasant looking-- adding a little bit of manganese ore to the mix corrects that and makes for clear glass again---but sun exposure and time eventually brings out the purple color from the manganese.
First machine is likely a drop hammer well drill.
G clamp, for you Brits, out there.
Was just out a bickel camp 3 weeks ago.
i watch every vidieo on old mines and camps there was more stuff at first mine i ever seen
que chulada encontrarte todo eso
Can I get there with 2 wheel drive truck?
I live nearby. Went to the Burro Schmidt tunnel on dual sport MC, but don't own it any longer.
Dearborn, MI - Henry Ford and Son
Dude, that’s not a meat grinder. That’s a jack.
I met Walt Bickel a couple of times back in the early 80s when he was still working the claim. The BLM came in and kicked him off some time in the mid 80s when they were going after "illegal homesteaders". The BLM claimed that he did not have to live on the claim to work it. My friend bought a couple of small nuggets from him. Mr. Bickel was gruff and stern but also friendly. He was an interesting man to talk to. There used to be more cars and trucks around his work shed but the BLM hauled many of them away.
35:03 No spare tire? Does AAA go that far?
Is this camp and mine in Arizona?
5:16 Henry Ford and Son ....Google Fordson Tractor.
What sunglasses are those?
That is off of a mop
23:23 ingenuity because you had to use your brain and whatever you had there, lol.
A web site describes more.
Funny, the USS Bunker Hill was just decommisioned a few days ago in San Diego
They don't make 'em like this anymore city. Shame to leave it all rotting out there, although, that's probably why they've survived this long.