Yeah, I wondered if it was considered an endangered species. I read that it's illegal to kill any rattlesnake in NC and that's anywhere not just in Federal or State lands (according to what I read)
@@LeeHendrixGold yeah, most people don't know that. many people kill any snake and most think any snake in the water is a cottonmouth. the mocassin range is similar to that of the alligator being from the coast through the sand hills. i envy you for being able to see a rattlesnake in the wild. thank you for sharing your gold hunting.
Nice Gold Period!!! I also like the close use of the hand dredge at the bucket opening (smart). always a great video and now you add a rattlesnake!!! LOL... What's next??? Bigfoot is always watching...👀👀😎
Lee, after goiing with Jon to all his best 'secret spots' and cleaning them out bare, it is good to see you back at the Uwharrie making a video again. You did well here.
Thank you for saying so. I'm still looking for that next good spot so the pickings will be slim until then. I owe a snake for this video because it gave it just enough umph to make me want to bother with it.
Great video Lee, glad you let the rattlesnake live, I agree with your philosophy. I haven’t seen a rattlesnake, but I was crotch deep in the water digging material when a very large copperhead was angling down the bank towards my hole. I redirected it. Lol
Oddly enough, I have not run across a copperhead yet in Uwharrie (knock on wood) but do occasionally see one here around the house. I do dispatch those since they are territorial and I doubt Oakley knows the difference between them and blue-tailed lizards (she likes to separate the lizards from their tails and we know what's going to happen when she tries to do that to a snake!)
Well done, Lee. I've also found that it's worth cracking through the bedrock. Buddies of mine have found nuggets up to a gram. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to show it because otherwise many adventurers would have come there. We don't have black snakes here. Only adders and grass snakes. Nice authentic video, Lee ⚒👍🤠
Hello Peter! Yes, Jon is a hammering fool with the rock bar to get those pickers out of bedrock. You've heard of woodpeckers, he's a rockpecker! Too bad we can't use rock bars inside the National Forest so that the cachophony of rockpeckers could drown out the ATV noise 🤣
I know some guys in the GPAA here were told not to bring hand dredges back or they would have a expensive day in the park, it was the female ranger. Also there are two kinds if Rangers ones that carry guns can arrest you, ones with out guns have to call the other Ranger to arrest you. Just a FYI for ya! Them snakes aww well they just lay around.....lol, water snake laid on my back one time dredging in the 2ed Broad river!
Yeah, I figure if I see one, there are a hundred that I will never see so killing it wouldn't really make things any safer. I'm pretty sure my Oakley would have gotten herself bit if I had her along and off leash. That might be something for dog owners to consider if taking pets with them.
@@LeeHendrixGold Good point! My Oakley is a big scaredy cat so I’m not sure if he would’ve gotten close enough to get bitten. Once he nearly got into it with a skunk. If I hadn’t yelled at him to back off he would have been sprayed. 🤢
Yeah, hard to say if my Oakley could be called off in time. She's a beast when there's something in "her" yard! I'm glad you were able to get your Oakley to listen. If he had to ride home with you in a car after getting sprayed I'm not sure that's even possible without a respirator 🤔
That hand dredge is pretty slick. Did you make it yourself? I would not consider it to be "mechanical" any more than a shovel or classifier. I guess ultimately it is up to the ranger to interpret the rules, but I don't agree. Glad you spotted that rattlesnake before you stepped on it!
Yes and I should have made it out of something much lighter because if I accidentally throw it at Jon and hit him in the head, he will possibly be concussed and definitely cussing. I agree with you and there would have to be a better justification than being mechanical because I've read someplace that shaker boxes are allowed. And yeah, if a rattlesnake bit me it wouldn't be the venom that gets me; it would be the heart attack!
Thanks for the tip! That is definitely a better idea than using Jon's toilet brush. Not sure I would be able to get his toothbrush back clean enough he didn't notice - but no guts, no glory... 🤔
Well you know what I'm going say... C'mon, let's go! Seriously, I'm going this weekend if I wake up in time. Send your cell # to leehendrix@roadrunner.com if you're still in town.
Hello Lee. I have a cousin that live in Randolph county. I had considered doing a First time gold panning video in that area, but not sure if it will produce any gold with the trouble. Good luck to you. I'm in Portsmouth Va. take care
You would have a hard time finding a creek in Randolph county that did not have gold in it. There was a guy interviewed in USA Today a while back that said he had literally found gold in every creek in Randolph. That doesn't mean you'll come home with a good weigh but you will at least find a bunch of dots
I have carried and used my hand dredge in the uwharrie NF for going on 3 years now never had an issue, the rules state no mechanical tools i do not consider a hand dredge mechanical,i consider it what it is a "hand dredge" i guess it would depend on the ranger on any givin day.
How odd, I guess it's just the ranger and his/her interpretation of what's allowed. I know you've had good luck with hand dredging and gotten a good return on the labor. I seem to do better running lots of material off the top of decomposed bedrock and clay that can be shoveled
Some damned fool told me that you aren't allowed to use hand dredges in URE, so I just take my "toilet plunger", just in case things get "clogged up"😆😂‼️🪠🇺🇸🦾
it is a good thing you didn't kill it, it is against the law to kill it. the ranger wouldn't like that.
Yeah, I wondered if it was considered an endangered species. I read that it's illegal to kill any rattlesnake in NC and that's anywhere not just in Federal or State lands (according to what I read)
@@LeeHendrixGold yeah, most people don't know that. many people kill any snake and most think any snake in the water is a cottonmouth. the mocassin range is similar to that of the alligator being from the coast through the sand hills. i envy you for being able to see a rattlesnake in the wild. thank you for sharing your gold hunting.
On the Gold, Thanks for bringing Us along. 👍✨️
It's a privilege and an honor. Thank you for watching!
That's how to get it done fam. What a blast. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out!!!
👍 Thanks Jason. Tether ball tires in your creek and now a rattlesnake on my path! What's the world coming to?
Gold could be anywhere. Brilliant. Good prospecting!
Always good to test, test, test 👍
Awesome Lee get that shinny 👍those were some nice pieces
I'm still trying to figure out why a male platypus has venom in its feet and a female doesn't. That's opposite of spiders 🤔
Keep up the good work lee!
Thanks Ron, I think I'll just pretend that was a garter snake and keep at it 🤣
Nice Gold Period!!! I also like the close use of the hand dredge at the bucket opening (smart). always a great video and now you add a rattlesnake!!! LOL... What's next??? Bigfoot is always watching...👀👀😎
I'm always watching for Bigfoot 👀👀 and Jon is always hearing Bigfoot 👂👂🤣
You have a great sense of gold and where it is hiding.
You should see Jon, he just picks up nuggets off of rocks. I have to work for my gold 🤣
That was a Timber Rattler, also called a Canebrake Rattler in the south.
I think this one was made in China because it did not rattle like it supposed to 🤷🏼♂️
would have made good BBQ and a hat band lol
Lee, after goiing with Jon to all his best 'secret spots' and cleaning them out bare, it is good to see you back at the Uwharrie making a video again. You did well here.
Thank you for saying so. I'm still looking for that next good spot so the pickings will be slim until then. I owe a snake for this video because it gave it just enough umph to make me want to bother with it.
Great video Lee, glad you let the rattlesnake live, I agree with your philosophy. I haven’t seen a rattlesnake, but I was crotch deep in the water digging material when a very large copperhead was angling down the bank towards my hole. I redirected it. Lol
Oddly enough, I have not run across a copperhead yet in Uwharrie (knock on wood) but do occasionally see one here around the house. I do dispatch those since they are territorial and I doubt Oakley knows the difference between them and blue-tailed lizards (she likes to separate the lizards from their tails and we know what's going to happen when she tries to do that to a snake!)
Well done, Lee. I've also found that it's worth cracking through the bedrock. Buddies of mine have found nuggets up to a gram. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to show it because otherwise many adventurers would have come there.
We don't have black snakes here. Only adders and grass snakes. Nice authentic video, Lee ⚒👍🤠
Hello Peter! Yes, Jon is a hammering fool with the rock bar to get those pickers out of bedrock. You've heard of woodpeckers, he's a rockpecker! Too bad we can't use rock bars inside the National Forest so that the cachophony of rockpeckers could drown out the ATV noise 🤣
I know some guys in the GPAA here were told not to bring hand dredges back or they would have a expensive day in the park, it was the female ranger. Also there are two kinds if Rangers ones that carry guns can arrest you, ones with out guns have to call the other Ranger to arrest you. Just a FYI for ya! Them snakes aww well they just lay around.....lol, water snake laid on my back one time dredging in the 2ed Broad river!
Keith, thanks for that info! Did the lady ranger say what the fine was if she wrote a ticket?
I've seen snakes go right up a rake handle🤨😆‼️
LOL, I bet that rake went a flyin'. Sounds like a survivalist mea
l though "snake on a rake"
You had the right call not killing the rattlesnake Lee! IMO that was a classy move.
Yeah, I figure if I see one, there are a hundred that I will never see so killing it wouldn't really make things any safer. I'm pretty sure my Oakley would have gotten herself bit if I had her along and off leash. That might be something for dog owners to consider if taking pets with them.
@@LeeHendrixGold Good point! My Oakley is a big scaredy cat so I’m not sure if he would’ve gotten close enough to get bitten. Once he nearly got into it with a skunk. If I hadn’t yelled at him to back off he would have been sprayed. 🤢
Yeah, hard to say if my Oakley could be called off in time. She's a beast when there's something in "her" yard! I'm glad you were able to get your Oakley to listen. If he had to ride home with you in a car after getting sprayed I'm not sure that's even possible without a respirator 🤔
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Hey man, thanks for dropping by!
That hand dredge is pretty slick. Did you make it yourself? I would not consider it to be "mechanical" any more than a shovel or classifier. I guess ultimately it is up to the ranger to interpret the rules, but I don't agree. Glad you spotted that rattlesnake before you stepped on it!
Yes and I should have made it out of something much lighter because if I accidentally throw it at Jon and hit him in the head, he will possibly be concussed and definitely cussing. I agree with you and there would have to be a better justification than being mechanical because I've read someplace that shaker boxes are allowed. And yeah, if a rattlesnake bit me it wouldn't be the venom that gets me; it would be the heart attack!
Stop by a NAPA store and purchase a parts washing round brush to sweep that clay from the rocky bottom may help.....
Thanks for the tip! That is definitely a better idea than using Jon's toilet brush. Not sure I would be able to get his toothbrush back clean enough he didn't notice - but no guts, no glory... 🤔
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I was out there Wednesday and Thursday. It would be cool to meet up fam!
Well you know what I'm going say... C'mon, let's go! Seriously, I'm going this weekend if I wake up in time. Send your cell # to leehendrix@roadrunner.com if you're still in town.
Gotta watch out for them "Rackle-Snakes"🤨🧐‼️
Uwharrie never ceases to amaze me. So rich with history and the mountains are older than you and me put together 🤣
@@LeeHendrixGold older than Me ⁉️😆 Mebbe you're Right, after All 🥴😉👌🇺🇸
Yikes! Rattlesnakes?!?! 👀
IKR!!? What do you think the chances are that I will get Mrs. Hendrix to go back there again 🙄
@@LeeHendrixGold zero if she sees this video 🤣
Hello Lee. I have a cousin that live in Randolph county. I had considered doing a First time gold panning video in that area, but not sure if it will produce any gold with the trouble. Good luck to you. I'm in Portsmouth Va. take care
You would have a hard time finding a creek in Randolph county that did not have gold in it. There was a guy interviewed in USA Today a while back that said he had literally found gold in every creek in Randolph. That doesn't mean you'll come home with a good weigh but you will at least find a bunch of dots
I can vouch for there’s gold in every creek in Randolph.
I have carried and used my hand dredge in the uwharrie NF for going on 3 years now never had an issue, the rules state no mechanical tools i do not consider a hand dredge mechanical,i consider it what it is a "hand dredge" i guess it would depend on the ranger on any givin day.
I agree with you 💯 percent 💪. Unclear regulations are going to be interpreted however best suits the person making the call
my hand dredge identify's as a smart shovel, never had a forest ranger say anything about them had a few stop and talk no problems
How odd, I guess it's just the ranger and his/her interpretation of what's allowed. I know you've had good luck with hand dredging and gotten a good return on the labor. I seem to do better running lots of material off the top of decomposed bedrock and clay that can be shoveled
The trick is to keep the end of the hand dredge in the water and get as close to the bucket before lifting and discharging it
Are highbankers allowed in uwharrie ? I looked but no info on Google I could find
No, nothing is allowed that is run with electric or gas powered pumps and motors
@@LeeHendrixGold thank you very much , thank goodness for folks like you helping us old farts out
i live near by somewat when u gonna teach me since i finally retired
leehendrix@roadrunner.com
Some damned fool told me that you aren't allowed to use hand dredges in URE, so I just take my "toilet plunger", just in case things get "clogged up"😆😂‼️🪠🇺🇸🦾
All you need now is Jon's 🚽 and 🦷 brush and you'll have the complete crack cleaning kit 🤣
@@LeeHendrixGold oh, I can Clean a crack, Lee😆😁😎👍🪠‼️
In my experience, bedrock produces quality, but not quantity material, but I Know, that You Know that 😉😎🦾🇺🇸🪠👌