I like these "Where to look for gold" videos, I wish we had some spots like that where i live, or id be out side way more often. The Fraser looks like a awesome river, gold wise and beauty wise too.
As a kid I read every book I could find about the Mackenzie, the Thompson and the Fraiser rivers. I grew up dreaming about BC, and Dan you are living that dream every video!
Thanks for another great video Dan... I always watch them at least 3 times to try and pick up on some tip or something you might be doing that I’m not...like getting great gold. LOL Always fun and educational....I’ve watched every one of them so keep them coming!
Man those ancient river cobbles up above the bedrock...drool! I would love to see you pull some bonified nuggets out of the higher cracks. It seems to me they have to be there? Such a beautiful place, it would be hard to leave before dark, thanks as always for sharing Dan Hurd!
Another Fraser river gold bonanza! Cool to scoop me some of that kinda material for this epic swap collaboration! I love that river, wish I could get into that kinda material! You’ll love my line of paydirt... Brooklyn’s finest A/U :) happy panning my friend
Oh, I haven't been to this claim - I think I'd like to go as it seems very peaceful, though not kid friendly. Looks like Mike did well again! Always good to see the gang with you Dan.
The first time I went gold prospecting, I got the gold bug after a few hours. My first day I had found under 2 grams with my homemade rocker box up in Montana. @ $70 an ounce and it wasn’t worth all the back breaking labor, but I had a blast. I guess I just revealed my age, lol. Thanks for sharing. G.L.&H.H.
It must be hard to go home when you're on the gold , not sure I would be able . Good video as always Dan keep up the good work and the rest of the fellas.
I’ll be hitting up the Fraser this week in quesnel, the government recreational portion in town. Your videos inspired me to get out and explore more here in Penticton : )
Beautiful claim love that slate bedrock looks to be good gold almost everywhere .cant wait to get back on my bridge river claim cheers dan great video ...gooold luck
Go Dan go Dan go ooo get that gold buddy.. you must have tons collected over the years.. u asked for ideas.. so show us all your best finds of all time.. just an idea.. I must say that I don't have any problems with any of your content it's all fantastic 🤘🤘
Great finds and another great presentation.....someday I will actually be able to try your methods. We are in the center of the California gold rush area ,lots of panning/sluicing/and detecting opportunities . Thanks for all your posts and knowledge..... Have you ever done any dry sluicing videos? Thanks
Suggestion of testing upper ridge old river cobble areas that are far from water... Take a plastic bin and fishing pole with heavy poly line to tie bucket to cast for water. Rill in the buckets of water to fill plastic bin and use bin to pan wash pay dirt in for testing. Fishing pole can also be used for fishing on the side while panning for gold. Grill fish for meals while panning as well. :-)
Winter is getting close. I really enjoy your outdoor videos, but isn’t practical in the winter. Your other videos I’ve enjoyed were your homemade classifier, rock cutting and others of that nature. I hope this helps with ideas on future videos.
Deffinetly looks like it. But i am cursed and live on a ice age mud bank called Denmark - the only gold im likely to find here is burried viking treasure
Fraser river is nice dan and the mountains and streams around it peace of heaven do any fishing in the Fraser what you catch sammon or trout we have a few rainbow trout parks and hatchery's here in the Ozarks I notice some places along the river is pretty bare is that because of high minerals content in the ground or your above the tree line some😁
People do fish on the Fraser - I don't. The Fraser even has white sturgeon on it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/giant-stranded-sturgeon-rescued-on-the-fraser-river-1.4847148
So can you prepare a crack you have worked with a bunch of rocks to make a "natural" sluice ? So a season or so later you can go back and "find" more gold.
Love the scenery. How deep would the river still be at low level and are you allowed to snipe in it or is that not a part of you claim. how long is the average claim ?
I may be mis-reading the one large flat puddle in the fissure at the 8:40 area, but those very round rocks seem to have been washed there by a powerful current from the bottom some place, and once there dropped out, which so me would seem to promise a whole lot of gold also dropping.
Looked like a good day with friends and the yellow stuff. The first thing that got me watching you oddly enough was your toothy grin, I have been doing that all my life and thought I was alone but now it seems to be affecting your friends as well✨⛏
I plan to come back during higher water and check them out. During flood they are completely under water, so if I time it right I should be able to find a time when the water is close.
@@Danhurd Mike makes me laugh! Amen Mike. Hahaha I love watching spots in the winter due to the high water and see what the water does in true high water vs ideas of what folks think it does. Water can be a NASTY animal. Look at the past in the gold rush, Frasier River makes the nastiest woman look tame. Maybe that can be a video show different water levels on a claim and how it moves material.
Nice love this video good times glad to see it's nice up there not raining and miserable yet or solid snow either it's been raining here in the Skagit county for a couple weeks now had nice days before but now it's nasty had a good day yesterday but couldn't make it out whole work schedule got flipped around and now I have zero days off either I work all night and morning till afternoon or I work all night and not good to drive around sleep deprived.
That is a very nice looking bedrock location. Have you ever considered doing some underwater metal detecting for gold in that location, I bet it would be hot!
Are they quartz/calcite veinlets in the shale? I would have thought that any fault/shear zones that intersect them would be a likely source for your bigger gold.
A was thinking surely the river won't get right up to the top where you were looking at the cobbles.might actually be worth a bit scratch around there.it looked like it was at least 20 meters down to the river.take a tub and some water up.
Man you should do some sniping on your Frazer river claims! Just get a two piece 8 mil wetsuit and you will be cozy lol as long as you keep crevicing!!!
From my perspective watching your videos on this river it seems to me the bulk of the gold is coming from upriver rather than up the bank. There are two reasons I think this- the obvious is that most of your larger pieces seem to be found closer to the water level. The other involves math. If you look at your takes from the various areas they are pretty consistent. If the bulk of the gold had come from local uphill placers I would expect the various gully/crevice areas would fluctuate wildly in gold content to correspond with the features of the ancient river. On the other hand, if most of the gold is from up river then one would expect more consistent production place to place. The second part of the math is that there is a whole lot more "goldshed" up river than up hill. Just a couple of thoughts from an amateur.
The uphill Placers are just upriver placers deposited long ago, so in a way the gold has come from up river. The reason I don't think they are currently being placed thereby there river. (At least the bigger pieces) is that the gold would have to climb a long ways from the river bottom to deposit on the cliff walls where we are. the river has to be at least 50 feet deep in this channel even at low water.
@@Danhurd All the pieces I can remember in your vids were flakes in shape and many were folded. Seems those shapes would "fly" better than other shapes. And it seems more likely the folding would happen moving with 5 pound cobbles rather than in the crack. I hope you can figure it out for certain and we'll all know a bit more! That's the real fun in this game!
I was saying to the guys I think I have been spoiled. I used to be happy with even a 1/4 gram in a day. Now anything less than a gram and I think it was a bust.
Good morning and great video! You asked for ideas and covered it before I could suggest it.....get outta my head! Actually you're welcome in but you might get lost!
Oh.i just had a thought. Have u ever prospected under water? Like,putting ur mask and snorkel...? Bet the Frazier is well worth a go,but maybe with a tank of oxygen,although,the current looks quite strong and sturdy....great vid again 😬😬👌
I was able to do some underwater sniping with Pioneer Pauly this summer. It was amazing. If you search my channel you will find a video I did with Pauly sniping gold off bedrock with a snorkel and mask.
Hi Dan. Just an FYI mate. You probably are aware of this but just wanted to let you know anyway. You are on a channel called "Top 5". Search--"Top 5's LUCKY gold pans". Cheers mate.✌️👍
Another beautiful day on the Fraser.
Love how educational you make your videos.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You are welcome
Fun day with great scenery and even better company. Thanks for the lessons Dan!
Thanks for sharing the day with me.
I like these "Where to look for gold" videos, I wish we had some spots like that where i live, or id be out side way more often. The Fraser looks like a awesome river, gold wise and beauty wise too.
Fraser is my Favorite for sure.
Hey my favorite guys you Mike and Pete!!! Right on!!!
Great looking claim. I just recently found your channel and I love your classes that you teach in the classroom. Great information. Thanks.
Welcome to the channel
@@Danhurd Thank you. Keep up the good information
As a kid I read every book I could find about the Mackenzie, the Thompson and the Fraiser rivers. I grew up dreaming about BC, and Dan you are living that dream every video!
Livin' the dream!
Tanya and I like this one, great scenery and the bonus of gold!!
Good friends, the Fraser, a beautiful day, and gold, it doesn't get any better. Great video, thanks.
Always good to hear from you Joel.
Wow ! What a gorgeous place! Just love peaceful places ,and gold too!
I love it too.
Thanks for another great video Dan...
I always watch them at least 3 times to try and pick up on some tip or something you might be doing that I’m not...like getting great gold. LOL
Always fun and educational....I’ve watched every one of them so keep them coming!
Sure will, thanks for being a fan.
Ahhhh morning coffee and some of the gold HURD!
Good morning!
@@Danhurd good gold morning to you also sir!
Nothing better that gold and coffee in the morning Adam!!!! Well, maybe a shot of whiskey in the coffee would be good too!!! LOL!
Loverly video ...The frazer in her autumn colours looks so nice ....Gold in a Golden land ....thank you Dan
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed.
Loved setting here for breakfast and watching your fun. Thanks for sharing your fun adventures. The gold is cool too. The canyon is breathtaking.
Oh, it's a beeauuutiful spot.
I imagine the relaxation that those 4 old people had that beautiful day in the river as I would have liked to have been there with you brother
It was such a beautiful peaceful day.
Man those ancient river cobbles up above the bedrock...drool! I would love to see you pull some bonified nuggets out of the higher cracks. It seems to me they have to be there? Such a beautiful place, it would be hard to leave before dark, thanks as always for sharing Dan Hurd!
I'm thinking of working those upper gravels during high water. Yes I hope for bigger gold up there.
I'm kinda new to your channel. Love your older video, going to try to catch up.i feel like I'm right there with you.God bless and thank you again.
Another Fraser river gold bonanza! Cool to scoop me some of that kinda material for this epic swap collaboration! I love that river, wish I could get into that kinda material! You’ll love my line of paydirt... Brooklyn’s finest A/U :) happy panning my friend
Shipping would be awful! But maybe we could do something.
So much gold. Nice spot. Its interesting that the gold ist above in the gravel. Makes sense. Thanks for Showinger. Greetings Goldjunge Tom
Good luck out there Tom, Hope you find lots!
Life is beautiful! Great video Dan!
Thanks.
What a beautiful spot you have there. Thanks for the video
You are welcome.
Good information Dan ....Great Gold and Awesome views of the river Thanks for taking us along .
You are welcome.
Oh, I haven't been to this claim - I think I'd like to go as it seems very peaceful, though not kid friendly. Looks like Mike did well again! Always good to see the gang with you Dan.
Is this how we talk now?
The first time I went gold prospecting, I got the gold bug after a few hours. My first day I had found under 2 grams with my homemade rocker box up in Montana. @ $70 an ounce and it wasn’t worth all the back breaking labor, but I had a blast. I guess I just revealed my age, lol. Thanks for sharing. G.L.&H.H.
$70 an Oz, WOW!
It must be hard to go home when you're on the gold , not sure I would be able .
Good video as always Dan keep up the good work and the rest of the fellas.
Thanks for watching.
Very Nice Gold and
And Enjoyed The Outdoor Peace and Quiet except for when the Shiny Yellin Starts ! YIPPIE !
Nice looking claim Dan...keep up the good work.
Take care out there.
Great to hear from you Darcy. I have always been a big fan of yours. Hope you are hitting it big up there.
Thanks...all is good.
love the vid dan. also realy like your early vids with the tutorials on how to make your own equiptment.... maybe you could do some more of those?
I covered most things, but I'll see what else I can do.
Outstanding!!!! Close to tracks 🚂 The bed rock is unreal
I'ts like a different world down in that canyon.
I’ll be hitting up the Fraser this week in quesnel, the government recreational portion in town. Your videos inspired me to get out and explore more here in Penticton : )
What is a professional gold hunter.
Congrats Dan!
Not sure.
@@Danhurd and this river is very good for fishing :D
God bless you Dan! You legend 😎🍀
all of my Fraser river knowledge comes from watching old Bill Barlee videos/stories. So much history
He was GREAT! I got to meet him once when he was still alive.
Man that area has some NICE gold!!!!!!! Great video!!!
Yes it does. :)
Love your content Dan!
Beautiful claim love that slate bedrock looks to be good gold almost everywhere .cant wait to get back on my bridge river claim cheers dan great video ...gooold luck
Ah! Big gold on the Bridge river.
Thanks nice finds fellas enjoyed the video!!!
Glad you enjoyed.
Look forward to every video! Keep up the good work Dan.
I will try! Thanks for watching.
LOL your gold videos make me want to go fishing.
You should have seen the fish 2 weeks ago. they were everywhere. and BIG.
Great video Dan. Love the stretch of river that your working I would be fishing it as well
I'm not into fishing, but yes it would be a good spot.
I like the stick spinning during the intro. Reminds me of a compass.
;)
I love that river Dan!!
So do I
Nice info thanks Dan
Great video Dan! Beautiful scenery and great GOLD!! HH
Beautiful spot isn't it.
Go Dan go Dan go ooo get that gold buddy.. you must have tons collected over the years.. u asked for ideas.. so show us all your best finds of all time.. just an idea.. I must say that I don't have any problems with any of your content it's all fantastic 🤘🤘
That is a great idea. Great video for winter when I can't get out.
@@Danhurd well I will look forward to that one.. getting pretty cold here in scotland snow on hills and stuff..
Great finds and another great presentation.....someday I will actually be able to try your methods.
We are in the center of the California gold rush area ,lots of panning/sluicing/and detecting opportunities .
Thanks for all your posts and knowledge.....
Have you ever done any dry sluicing videos?
Thanks
We are not dry enough to dry sluice or dry wash here.
Thanks I'm sure if you did one it would be just as great on presentation.
Suggestion of testing upper ridge old river cobble areas that are far from water... Take a plastic bin and fishing pole with heavy poly line to tie bucket to cast for water. Rill in the buckets of water to fill plastic bin and use bin to pan wash pay dirt in for testing. Fishing pole can also be used for fishing on the side while panning for gold. Grill fish for meals while panning as well. :-)
I'll probably go back at high water and test those.
@@Danhurd be different and have fun. Show some multi-tasking and creative ideas instead of waiting and risking more of the gold being washed away.
Nice stuff Dan.
It is always nice getting out and finding gold.
Winter is getting close. I really enjoy your outdoor videos, but isn’t practical in the winter. Your other videos I’ve enjoyed were your homemade classifier, rock cutting and others of that nature. I hope this helps with ideas on future videos.
Thanks so much. I might have to get creative to keep content coming over the winter.
another beautiful spot and video, thanks for the share dan!
You are welcome.
As always another great video with good Gold !!!!!
Yes, but I have to go back to Pickerton, it is calling for me.
I bet !!! How much longer are you going to be able to work before the weather shuts you down?
Hard to say on the fraser, some years it stays open all winter.
Dan Hurd that’s cool !!!
man, this looks like so much fun :) I think i shall take a gold panning vacation sometime.
It's a great hobby!
Deffinetly looks like it. But i am cursed and live on a ice age mud bank called Denmark - the only gold im likely to find here is burried viking treasure
Beautiful river & gold.
Beautiful day
Once again, awesome fun content.
Thanks
Fraser river is nice dan and the mountains and streams around it peace of heaven do any fishing in the Fraser what you catch sammon or trout we have a few rainbow trout parks and hatchery's here in the Ozarks I notice some places along the river is pretty bare is that because of high minerals content in the ground or your above the tree line some😁
People do fish on the Fraser - I don't. The Fraser even has white sturgeon on it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/giant-stranded-sturgeon-rescued-on-the-fraser-river-1.4847148
As usual Dan, another great video. Come on people, help Dan out at join him on patreon
Thanks Barry
So can you prepare a crack you have worked with a bunch of rocks to make a "natural" sluice ? So a season or so later you can go back and "find" more gold.
Love the scenery. How deep would the river still be at low level and are you allowed to snipe in it or is that not a part of you claim. how long is the average claim ?
Claims ar about 1/2km long. this river is VERY deep even at low water. And technically we can't snipe underwater.
Great info on where to find the gold Dan, I,m all for jumping in the water to find the gold but that river looks a bit beep for that.
Knowing the Fraser, and knowing how fast it should be running. Considering it is only about 50 feet wide here, it must be 100 feet deep.
Yeah I don't think sniping is on the cards :-)
I may be mis-reading the one large flat puddle in the fissure at the 8:40 area, but those very round rocks seem to have been washed there by a powerful current from the bottom some place, and once there dropped out, which so me would seem to promise a whole lot of gold also dropping.
I'm going to go look at that section of video right now.
Great video Dan. Thanks for sharing your adventures. CHEERS. And yes you truly have a beutifull section of awsome river there. :)
I love the Fraser. Specially this time of year.
Great gold guys well done! I really like the look of the Fraser river Dan, and it has some nice gold too! Cheers from Western Australia✌️👍
I love the Fraser. Specially this time of year.
😆 love watching your stream! Especially where the gold is hidden,
;)
Hi.Dan nice vid.I got 2m of water over my site today
Ya I heard the floods came through. Just the rain storm? Or did some snow fall then melt up top? Hope you and all your stuff is OK.
Great video. Loved the View thanks
You are welcome.
River is nice an calm today
At low water this stretch is always so peaceful.
Great video mate 👊🏻😊👍🏻
Thanks.
Looked like a good day with friends and the yellow stuff. The first thing that got me watching you oddly enough was your toothy grin, I have been doing that all my life and thought I was alone but now it seems to be affecting your friends as well✨⛏
;)
@@Danhurd 😬
Rich in scenery and gold !
Yes, I'm very lucky.
Awesome awesome such a gorgeous colour
Yes it is.
very good looking river
Yes it is.
Watching your videos of rekindled my gold bug
Great video buddy 💪💪
In the first 5 seconds i saw a very large crack under a massive bolder laying facing the waterstream 🤑🤠🍻
Yes they are all over.
@@Danhurd the one thing that would keep me from metsl detecting ...if i had a river like that to play with 🤩🤠
Love your channel ❤thank you ..
The Upper Old Gravels could you use the old bucket tram system could make the work less difficult.
I plan to come back during higher water and check them out. During flood they are completely under water, so if I time it right I should be able to find a time when the water is close.
@@Danhurd Mike makes me laugh! Amen Mike. Hahaha I love watching spots in the winter due to the high water and see what the water does in true high water vs ideas of what folks think it does. Water can be a NASTY animal. Look at the past in the gold rush, Frasier River makes the nastiest woman look tame. Maybe that can be a video show different water levels on a claim and how it moves material.
Nice love this video good times glad to see it's nice up there not raining and miserable yet or solid snow either it's been raining here in the Skagit county for a couple weeks now had nice days before but now it's nasty had a good day yesterday but couldn't make it out whole work schedule got flipped around and now I have zero days off either I work all night and morning till afternoon or I work all night and not good to drive around sleep deprived.
Rain has started here now too.
@@Danhurd sorry to hear that but rain makes high water and that can replace the gold with new
looking good so far.................
Me! Thanks. Oh! the claim........
Thanks for video's. Some well placed poly could give you a source of water for the next month before hwy 97 gets ugly.
good call.
That is a very nice looking bedrock location. Have you ever considered doing some underwater metal detecting for gold in that location, I bet it would be hot!
Would be hard to go underwater here. Considering the river is only 50 feet wide and moving so slow, it must be 100 feet deep at this point.
@@Danhurd Wow, that is deep, I imagine there has to be some serious gold down there. What do you think?
Thank you Teacher, beautiful
You are welcome.
Nice spot to fish
It sure is!
Beautiful area. Wish I could be out there.
Yes it is beautiful.
That spot you were in was sweet. Time to get your vacuum in there
Long way to carry a heavy vacuum.
Do you know if they ever got that car off the road that you and your dad had to get around last month i bet it was a fun tow adventure
We have not been back, so not sure.
Are they quartz/calcite veinlets in the shale? I would have thought that any fault/shear zones that intersect them would be a likely source for your bigger gold.
Yep Quartz calcite veins all around.
A was thinking surely the river won't get right up to the top where you were looking at the cobbles.might actually be worth a bit scratch around there.it looked like it was at least 20 meters down to the river.take a tub and some water up.
The river gets all the way up there, and then some. The Fraser in full flood is something else.
Fun stuff Dan. Thanks for sharing.
Doesn't anybody lose their footing slide down the bank and into the river anymore?
Pete ended up with a very wet leg. When you make a mis-step here you go in a long ways.
Man you should do some sniping on your Frazer river claims! Just get a two piece 8 mil wetsuit and you will be cozy lol as long as you keep crevicing!!!
I would love to spend a day out looking for gold.
Hopefully you get the chance.
From my perspective watching your videos on this river it seems to me the bulk of the gold is coming from upriver rather than up the bank. There are two reasons I think this- the obvious is that most of your larger pieces seem to be found closer to the water level. The other involves math. If you look at your takes from the various areas they are pretty consistent. If the bulk of the gold had come from local uphill placers I would expect the various gully/crevice areas would fluctuate wildly in gold content to correspond with the features of the ancient river. On the other hand, if most of the gold is from up river then one would expect more consistent production place to place. The second part of the math is that there is a whole lot more "goldshed" up river than up hill. Just a couple of thoughts from an amateur.
The uphill Placers are just upriver placers deposited long ago, so in a way the gold has come from up river. The reason I don't think they are currently being placed thereby there river. (At least the bigger pieces) is that the gold would have to climb a long ways from the river bottom to deposit on the cliff walls where we are. the river has to be at least 50 feet deep in this channel even at low water.
@@Danhurd All the pieces I can remember in your vids were flakes in shape and many were folded. Seems those shapes would "fly" better than other shapes. And it seems more likely the folding would happen moving with 5 pound cobbles rather than in the crack. I hope you can figure it out for certain and we'll all know a bit more! That's the real fun in this game!
Well done
Very pretty place
Yes it is.
sweet place!
Sure is
have you ever tried burning the moss to see if there is any gold stuck in it?
There is gold in the moss. Lots on this claim. But "mossing" is a bit of a grey area when it comes to the regulations here in BC.
@@Danhurd cool thx for the info.
You've found awesome cracks for your nuggies. Lol
ummmmm..........
Merch...? Special Dan Hurd paydirt bags?
Lots of people asking for that these days. Shipping outside of Canada would be awful!
It's a beautiful day in the Fraserhood, a beautiful day in the Fraserhood, the gold will be mine, the gold will be mine, won't you be my nugget?
We may have grown up watching the same TV shows.
@@Danhurd I'm sure we did! Today, it's nothing but garbage.
I have sluiced all day for less than what was in the first pan lol The other claim has spoiled you.
Great as ever. Wish I was there ;-)
I was saying to the guys I think I have been spoiled. I used to be happy with even a 1/4 gram in a day. Now anything less than a gram and I think it was a bust.
@@Danhurd lol 1/4 gram day oh I wish ;-)
Good morning and great video! You asked for ideas and covered it before I could suggest it.....get outta my head! Actually you're welcome in but you might get lost!
I get lost in my own all the time.
Oh.i just had a thought.
Have u ever prospected under water?
Like,putting ur mask and snorkel...?
Bet the Frazier is well worth a go,but maybe with a tank of oxygen,although,the current looks quite strong and sturdy....great vid again 😬😬👌
I was able to do some underwater sniping with Pioneer Pauly this summer. It was amazing. If you search my channel you will find a video I did with Pauly sniping gold off bedrock with a snorkel and mask.
I forgot about that.im sure that’s what brought me to ur channel.however,I shall indeed look it up...☺️👍
How do you separate the good from the mercury
I haven't tried that yet
top stuff boy
;)
Hi Dan.
Just an FYI mate.
You probably are aware of this but just wanted to let you know anyway.
You are on a channel called "Top 5".
Search--"Top 5's LUCKY gold pans".
Cheers mate.✌️👍
Yes I saw that a few weeks back.