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Thank you!

Yeah, unfortunately shade can be hard to work with. Thanks for watching!

Awesome! I have found some nice chunky pieces, but no picker yet. Thats cool that they are turning up some fresh dirt. I am going to try and get out there again soon for a day or two.

Im sure I'll be out there once or twice next week. May spend a day at the lake also.

If you decide on a second pump you can do the Mike Pung dowel rod trick. Roll a 10" x 5/8" dowel rod down the top tray so it plugs the first g force drop thing. If the water over flows out the cut outs of the tray then you have too much flow. With a speed controller you can dial it in perfect. That's how I run mine when I'm using my topper with a 2000gph pump. I run longer hoses than the stock hose that comes with it so I went with a larger pump to counter act the added head pressure.

Nice, I probably won't make it out for a few weeks.

Interesting, that is a good idea. I might have to try that out at some point. Using the 1200gph pump with the trommel seems to do pretty decent as long as I can keep the water well supplied and clean.

I know, that was really sad because that was the primary place I wanted to take it.

@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt ya, I just finally put together a self-contained power sluice to take up there.

Hopefully next year they allow it again.

I had a blast too. I will be looking forward to that video. Heavy pans brother.

If you do a lot of prospecting, I highly recommend it.

Thanks, I will need a battery like that for sure. Did you go to Gert's? Unfortunately, I was only there for a day.

@@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt no, I had other engagements. Sry

No problem, maybe next time.

@@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt I am at athens right now......

Oh cool, I am actually only about 40 min from Athens. How long are you staying there?

Thanks! Will do!

It used to be owned by the LDMA and was used for the GPAA events, now it has been sold to a private owner. He is still allowing the gold events and prospecting. I guess the MI chapter of the GPAA is inactive at the moment and most of its members have formed a new group called the GPM (Gold Prospectors of Michigan). The GPM is now hosting the events out at Athens.

Thank you for watching, I do appreciate the constructive criticism. Was there any particular part, or all of the background music? We only added it to the interview part because of some editing I had to do to get the fountain noise to quiet down. It ended up making the audio for that portion a little weird.

I appreciate the observation; you could certainly be right about the water flow. I did not use jet dry in the video, but I do usually use some Dawn dish soap when doing the cleanup. I should pick up some jet dry and try that, everyone seems to recommend it.

Thanks for watching! Heavy pans.

Thank you! It was a lot of fun; we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Thank you so much for the fuses!

I am south of Kalamazoo. I am not sure how far it is for you, but I have heard Brown County in Indiana has some gold. Or depending how far North you are you could check out Athens, MI.

Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Yes, classification is key.

It is worth the trip, especially if you camp there for the night. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Awesome, thanks for watching! Heavy pans!

I'm also in Grand Haven! ❤

Always! Thanks for watching.

Thank you for watching. Haha yeah those were designed to suck the money out of your pockets.

Thanks for watching, the glass finds are great. Especially when they are as intact as that one was.

Thank you! Yeah, it was exciting to dig it up, but the cool part about it was doing the research about it to find out what it was. That is a nice piece, your uncle did great work.

Thank you for watching! I am glad you enjoyed it. That would be really cool, I could use a few pointers for sure. I have been at it for a few years, but my really good finds have been few and far between. I live down by Three Rivers, but I am actually from Chesaning. That really is fairly close to Lapeer, and I am back in that area pretty regularly.

@@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt Great! Sounds like a chance to get together is possible. What kind of detector are you using? I'm using a Garrett A T Pro,, its a nice machine for finding coins. I've wanted to buy the Minelab monster 1000,which is an excellent gold nugget machine, but I've never known of gold in Mi.? But coins are a different story, Mi. has tons of them in the ground just waiting to be dug up. Ya just gotta know where to look...

Yes, it is definitely possible, I will leave my email below. I have the Garret AT Max, I think it really similar to the pro. I have yet to find a silver coin, I have found a few silver rings and some other jewelry, but really want to find some old coins. You are exactly right about knowing where to look. There is gold in MI most of it is glacial gold deposits, but there are some places that have higher concentrations. I have heard the Rouge River, a tributary to the Grand River, has produced nuggets. Might be worth looking into. jkohlhoff3@gmail.com

@@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt Got your email, watch for my email from a "smartass", sometimes it goes to spam. Ken

I will have to check and see; I do know they offer a lifetime membership. I think from memory though that I only paid for a two or three-year membership. I can check into it though.

Thank you for the tip, that makes sense. I'll definitely run it that way the next time I get out.

I had a three-year membership a few years ago, but unfortunately, I didn't really do much with it at the time so I did not renew it. I was thinking about becoming a member again though.

That makes sense, I thought about that. I just wasn't sure if there was going to be a loss of GPM running it that way that would negatively affect the flow through the cube. Thank you for the tip, haha I am glad I don't need to buy another pump.

Thanks for watching, it was awesome weather for sure.

Thank you for the advice! I definitely am going to remove the bung and try some of the other techniques as well. It is a lot of fun trying to perfect the craft.

Haha it is a long story, but they are actually just pets.

Thanks for watching!

I do not believe I tapped any red, mostly sugar maples and some silver.

@@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt could you do a video on the different types of maples and how you can identify them? Im just starting out in the syrup game and its not as easy as i thought on identifying trees lol

I could probably make that happen, although admittedly I would have to do a little research myself. This was only my second year doing syrup, so I am not expert level yet either. Great idea for a video though, thank you for the suggestion.

Thank you! Yeah, I thought that bolt was pretty cool too.

It's a long story, but I actually have four pet turkeys... haha

Thank you! It's always awesome to see the glint of gold in the pan.

@@MyMIAdventures-cv4dt awesome sample your dad sent you. 👍

Yes it was, he had a knack for finding really good spots. The beach sand in Nome is known for having a ton of gold. They have regulated it quite a bit now, but people used to live on the beach in tents during the summer months and mine.

Thank you for the advice, I will get a mat for that slick plate for sure. It will take me a little bit, but I am sure I will get that panning technique down. I did lose a bit by swirling the pan, but I will run it all back through again to catch what I lost and use it to practice panning. I am going to look into that gold wheel, I have been hearing good things about it.

Cobbles!!!

The slick plate is not supposed to catch gold

That why you have the other 2 trays😊

@@Berkshireminingco thank you for watching 😁

Thank you! I can't wait for the trommel to come in, it will be such a time saver out in the field. I will have to check out that spiral wheel, finish panning takes a long time the old school way.

Admittedly the pinpointing in this video is subpar, I do pretty well with the pinpoint function on my detector normally. Future videos should be better as I craft a good format and get more used to filming my digs. Hope you get some good weather soon, good luck on your first video.

Thank you! You never know what you may find, do some research on where gold settles in rivers and streams and then start sampling some areas. You will definitely have fun getting out and trying. Good luck, I hope you turn up some good gold.

Thank you, I will include those going forward.

They sure did! Haha

Nice, I was thinking about doing something like that to speed up the process. Thanks for the idea.

Adding a fan does that burn through more fire wood??

@@danielfrancisco8678 not really because you get done faster

@davelorge5156 have any issues with having to clean ashes out before being done boiling sap? Say 40 gallons?

@@danielfrancisco8678 no issues with ash ,boil rate is 5-6 gallons per hour