Another video on where to look for gold in a creek or river. This video focuses on Sniping bedrock cracks. Hopefully this video helps you locate where to look for gold.
It was written wisdom and understanding is better than silver and gold because obtaining the former enables you to retrieve the latter. Thanks for the educational insight sir. Much appreciated!
Yes, very true, some of us on land with placer deposits are realizing we're literally sitting on gold mines lol. Your info is very much appreciated, you've become my main go to for info :P
Thanks for all the informative videos, Dan. I live in Maine, and there is a lot of gold here. Sadly most of it is on land they do not allow basic panning on. Your tips help me a lot on the accessible and heavily hunted areas I can go for gold! Thanks for everything and have a great school year!
great vid! happened upon a spot on a creek that had been hydrauliced was having no luck panning the gravels and decided to investigate a small crack showing in bedrock above the creek level,pried a small piece away and was surprised to see 2 large pieces of gold stuck in the clay gravel mix to the bedrock, i could not believe it! had an amazing day! now hooked on crevicing!.
I know this is an oldish video however I love the simplicity of it and the background sounds of the creek and you poking and scraping and genuinely prospecting for gold. Great video Dan. Love your work in sharing your adventures. You have a good heart....... well now at least. Cheers from Victoria Australia
This is the first video of your I've seen, thank you for this. I have to blast some of the other channels which amount to self gratifying videos presenting and bragging about the rich soil they are fortunate to live near. You actually taught me something useful I can apply anywhere, thank you.
Hello Dan,. I am from Colombia, and i am beggining in the Gold world , lerning a lot with you,. here we have so many Gold on the nature and incredibbles waterfalls with Glory holes. Greettings
Thanks for the tips brother. I've started to go out panning now. Twice. Maybe a total of five hours. (I'm Disabled) Plenty of creeks around me to have fun in and one major river that by summer I should be able to check out.(Washington state rains have it raging right now) I have found about ten very tiny specks. Exciting none the less. Now with a bit more info on creeks I hope to continue bettering it everytime. I am finding what I think are garnets as well. Alot in fact! Are they worth the time? The biggest one I found was about the size of.... the head of a ballpoint pen. Thanks for the videos.
You are correct sir, many people seem to be flocking to the internet to learn the tips and tricks of prospecting (I'm one of them)! Thank you very much for your advice, I'll be trying some of it out this week!
I have used a dollar store turkey baster to suck out of the cracks. I have also added aquarium tubing to the end of one to extend the tip deep into cracks. A bit more cumbersome that a snuffer bottle, but works well. Also you can cut the tip off to classify the largest material that will pass. Not fancy, but if it works....
Down yonder here being so dry in the South West I would hit that bedrock with a Vac Pack. They work quit good when the area and materials are Bone Dry. You needed Kitchen Spoons and a Turkey Baster. Dang Dan ! Your One Little Flakes are what we call Nuggets here ! LOL, Another good Show Dan.
Hello, very nice video, great explanations and an impressive scenery. I hope we soon see more about the project" Trout Creek Claim" with the Bobcat, washplant etc. Greetings Tom from Munich
thats the only crack ill ever be addicted to lol, thanks for the public service you provide for us, it truly is worth gold to us! Ive seen your gold mining course series and learned quite a bit but I dont recall seeing a topic on flood layers\gravel layers, where the gold sits , what layers are generally a waste of time as well as which layers contain the best pay dirt and what composition of gravel to look out for. personally I have been experimenting with them but im trying to learn more. would you happen to have any info on that topic? Thanks brother!
Ok so I've watched all of your gold mining course two thumbs up ... very informative . Great job .. I have one question ... at what size do would you consider flour gold to start at ?? I'm in th area of the alberni valley .. vancouver island . They say there only flour gold around . There is a lot of bedrock rivers and streams around .
I always find you very helpfull if I was to ever get to go prospecting I would know exactly how to and what to expect and not your very helpful were and were not to to I watch you as much as I can when ever I can I find that if I was ever to be able to do a little gold hunting and paying I feel that I would know how and were and even how not to as As you are a great teacher its not like it could ever as I'm a industrial accident spinal
Another very enjoyable show! Been watching your well done videos for years. I subscribed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and time! I recently started a channel named GTAO Vlogs. Thanks for the inspiration Dan!
If you're breaking rock chunks away, at what point does it technically become hard rock mining? If you have a placer claim, how far are you legally allowed to push things before you're infringing on the mineral claim in that area?
No. Loose sand and gravel (placer mining) gets stuck in cracks which you are allowed to mine for. He is not crushing rock to extract gold (hard rock mining).
Hello Dan. Love your videos. Inspiring me to do it myself. I live in Ohio and was curious if it's possible to go to local parks with rivers and creeks etc and would have any chance to find gold? I'd assume it's probably *possible* to find gold anywhere, but is there anything distinctive to look for that would indicate there could possibly be gold? I feel like I'm going out completely blind and just kind of guessing. I hear you talking about claims a lot. I live by a lot of quarries but more like limestone quarries. Could those possibly contain gold flakes? I feel confident in being able to read a river, but how do I know i even have a chance? Or is there really nothing, and just luck? If you find gold, you found gold and keep going? If not - search a little more just to be sure, then move on? I just don't want to spend hours and hours just to eventually find out I actually had no chance lol. Thank you
Thanks for the video. My dad talked me into looking for gold in his creek. A few years ago he had a ton of bedrock wash down onto his portion of the creek. Lots of sand and small rocks. Anyways I dug into the sand a few feet and I found nothing but very small gold flakes. Does that mean I just dig deeper or try a different spot. I caught the fever!!
Billyt i think it could?if pieces are big enuf.i also have the at gold and i fail to detect some of the flakes even if they are in container all together. not sure why?
To all watching...If you happened upon this video by chance, please pay attention. You are about to receive a valuable education. The Dan Hurd school of mineralogy is the one place you'll receive practical information for your gold fever itch. Dan is an extremely gifted teacher and from what I gather a truly decent and humble guy. Always seems to find the gold/minerals and impart wisdom. Subscribe, and if able support him on Patreon.
LOL, When you start to get up in age like me you learn to really like this method. If your capable of getting there you can do this. It can be quite Productive at times. I've found Good Gold people have been walking over all day long.
Imagine having a bit of private property like this, is this your zen-spot Dan? You have to realize, i'm in a flat country called The Netherlands... We got lots of river gravel, but no bedrock whatsoever! :)
Dan, I’m sure you’re aware of your BC neighbour and fellow TH-camr AvE. He has a focussing incantation that seems to work every time, though it may not be so much your style. “Focus you fack!” Works every time!
Can tourists go ahead and get gold from another country like Australia to USA or other countries going to USA to find Johny cash that is what I call gold?
I need a working vacation. I want to come and camp, prospect for gold with my Grizzly 3 box! Can you accommodate me? I'll be coming from North Carolina. (Where Americas First Gold Rush happened!)
Check out Two Toes, on youtube he uses interesting tools and has great comments about,finding old mining operations from the California gold rush.My finger tips started to get sore watching you scrape the gravel off the bedrock.
After 40+ yrs. Inspired by Smual Clemans. & paint your wagon red. Back in grammer school.amoung other great movies . I went forth & did it my self . By 17 yrs old I had what ever when ever .& there since. SO NOW! *Your doing it all wrong & very miss leading to newbees. Oh sure you may find some . like you do? But if you want the B I G pockets. the [best] way is to Go read the creek at-[------ ----------]. You will then see a whole different & indeepth story On why them bolders are there & the bedrock is blow clean here. & the drift wood is up there.& why your equipment wound up way down there. The Leisure Technition. Was Here.
It was written wisdom and understanding is better than silver and gold because obtaining the former enables you to retrieve the latter. Thanks for the educational insight sir. Much appreciated!
Yes, very true, some of us on land with placer deposits are realizing we're literally sitting on gold mines lol. Your info is very much appreciated, you've become my main go to for info :P
Thanks for all the informative videos, Dan. I live in Maine, and there is a lot of gold here. Sadly most of it is on land they do not allow basic panning on. Your tips help me a lot on the accessible and heavily hunted areas I can go for gold! Thanks for everything and have a great school year!
great vid! happened upon a spot on a creek that had been hydrauliced was having no luck panning the gravels and decided to investigate a small crack showing in bedrock above the creek level,pried a small piece away and was surprised to see 2 large pieces of gold stuck in the clay gravel mix to the bedrock, i could not believe it! had an amazing day! now hooked on crevicing!.
Wonderful! Watch out for spiders and snakes! Remember- you are looking for gold!
I know this is an oldish video however I love the simplicity of it and the background sounds of the creek and you poking and scraping and genuinely prospecting for gold.
Great video Dan. Love your work in sharing your adventures. You have a good heart....... well now at least. Cheers from Victoria Australia
This is the first video of your I've seen, thank you for this. I have to blast some of the other channels which amount to self gratifying videos presenting and bragging about the rich soil they are fortunate to live near. You actually taught me something useful I can apply anywhere, thank you.
Hello Dan,. I am from Colombia, and i am beggining in the Gold world , lerning a lot with you,. here we have so many Gold on the nature and incredibbles waterfalls with Glory holes. Greettings
I have to live vicariously through you, while panning out my store bought paydirt, lol. Beautiful little stream you got!
Thanks for the tips brother. I've started to go out panning now. Twice. Maybe a total of five hours. (I'm Disabled) Plenty of creeks around me to have fun in and one major river that by summer I should be able to check out.(Washington state rains have it raging right now) I have found about ten very tiny specks. Exciting none the less. Now with a bit more info on creeks I hope to continue bettering it everytime. I am finding what I think are garnets as well. Alot in fact! Are they worth the time? The biggest one I found was about the size of.... the head of a ballpoint pen. Thanks for the videos.
You are correct sir, many people seem to be flocking to the internet to learn the tips and tricks of prospecting (I'm one of them)! Thank you very much for your advice, I'll be trying some of it out this week!
Hope it goes well!
I have used a dollar store turkey baster to suck out of the cracks. I have also added aquarium tubing to the end of one to extend the tip deep into cracks. A bit more cumbersome that a snuffer bottle, but works well. Also you can cut the tip off to classify the largest material that will pass. Not fancy, but if it works....
Down yonder here being so dry in the South West I would hit that bedrock with a Vac Pack. They work quit good when the area and materials are Bone Dry. You needed Kitchen Spoons and a Turkey Baster. Dang Dan ! Your One Little Flakes are what we call Nuggets here ! LOL, Another good Show Dan.
Very true!
Hello, very nice video, great explanations and an impressive scenery. I hope we soon see more about the project"
Trout Creek Claim" with the Bobcat, washplant etc.
Greetings Tom from Munich
Second time I watched entertaining and educational thank's Mr. Hurd keep the videos coming
Dude your awesome. Definitely can tell prospecting is where your heart is.
Lots of great pointers and info. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thanks!
Thanks Dan very informative as usual, i love that creek. Lucky guy.
Wonderful video Dan. What a beautiful claim you have. There has got to be a honey hole in there somewhere......loved it!
Jim Griffiths m
That was a beautiful piece of land, Sir!
thats the only crack ill ever be addicted to lol, thanks for the public service you provide for us, it truly is worth gold to us! Ive seen your gold mining course series and learned quite a bit but I dont recall seeing a topic on flood layers\gravel layers, where the gold sits , what layers are generally a waste of time as well as which layers contain the best pay dirt and what composition of gravel to look out for. personally I have been experimenting with them but im trying to learn more. would you happen to have any info on that topic? Thanks brother!
this was by far the most imformative sniping video ive seen , and ive seen lots it really makes me wish i was out there doing it
Thanks!
Ok so I've watched all of your gold mining course two thumbs up ... very informative . Great job .. I have one question ... at what size do would you consider flour gold to start at ?? I'm in th area of the alberni valley .. vancouver island . They say there only flour gold around . There is a lot of bedrock rivers and streams around .
I want to go there,,nice place to find gold,,gud job dan,,godbless and more gold to find,,,
Man that is one beautiful creek you have there, I could spend hours down there....
the black smiths in barkerville make a wide assortment of sniping tools to get down deep into those hard to reach places. there tough too.
Love your videos, do you do any with clean up methods maybe done at home? And what equipment can be used for the different types of recovery
Dan I've noticed many times you throwing out the big rocks. Have you ever found any of those that were valuable?
Nice video. Makes a lot of sense in the cracks of the bedrock.
I always find you very helpfull if I was to ever get to go prospecting I would know exactly how to and what to expect and not your very helpful were and were not to to I watch you as much as I can when ever I can I find that if I was ever to be able to do a little gold hunting and paying I feel that I would know how and were and even how not to as As you are a great teacher its not like it could ever as I'm a industrial accident spinal
Dan just showed us how to break a shovel. thanks Dan
Good stuff Dan, but you need to pump out more videos. I love to learn and your a great mentor.
I'm wondering if wearing polarising sunglasses would help you see gold lurking in the cracks?
thank you for sharing your knowledge. i started panning in a sandy river and found nothing. 😅 i maybe need to dig a little bit deeper
Hey Dan, some people call them sticks but I call them improvised crevice tools.
this is what I need. Watching some one show were and why and how. Is there fish in your creek?? Love your smile and whiskers.
That was FUN to watch, you made my evening!
Another very enjoyable show! Been watching your well done videos for years. I subscribed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and time! I recently started a channel named GTAO Vlogs. Thanks for the inspiration Dan!
Why would 20 people dislike this video?? People are flipping odd aren’t they. Love your vids Dan from Yorkshire. X
Thanks!
Cool while prospecting gold at your property's creek. Tks!
If you're breaking rock chunks away, at what point does it technically become hard rock mining? If you have a placer claim, how far are you legally allowed to push things before you're infringing on the mineral claim in that area?
No. Loose sand and gravel (placer mining) gets stuck in cracks which you are allowed to mine for. He is not crushing rock to extract gold (hard rock mining).
It's his property all rights are his
Danny I'm going swimming-sniping like Pauly does for the first time on Saturday! ;)
Hey dan, I like your pan and classifier . Can you tell me what size they are and Screen size?
Always enjoy your videos. Cheers.
Hello Dan. Love your videos. Inspiring me to do it myself. I live in Ohio and was curious if it's possible to go to local parks with rivers and creeks etc and would have any chance to find gold? I'd assume it's probably *possible* to find gold anywhere, but is there anything distinctive to look for that would indicate there could possibly be gold? I feel like I'm going out completely blind and just kind of guessing. I hear you talking about claims a lot. I live by a lot of quarries but more like limestone quarries. Could those possibly contain gold flakes? I feel confident in being able to read a river, but how do I know i even have a chance? Or is there really nothing, and just luck? If you find gold, you found gold and keep going? If not - search a little more just to be sure, then move on? I just don't want to spend hours and hours just to eventually find out I actually had no chance lol. Thank you
TL;DR - I feel OK about reading a river, but not sure where to start. If not working on a claim, are you basically choosing rivers/creeks at random?
Wish I had a uncle like you.
Thanks for the video. My dad talked me into looking for gold in his creek. A few years ago he had a ton of bedrock wash down onto his portion of the creek. Lots of sand and small rocks. Anyways I dug into the sand a few feet and I found nothing but very small gold flakes. Does that mean I just dig deeper or try a different spot. I caught the fever!!
dan, would running a metal detector (at gold) over the area help with locating gold in the crevices ???
Billyt i think it could?if pieces are big enuf.i also have the at gold and i fail to detect some of the flakes even if they are in container all together. not sure why?
Great vid Dan! have you checked out the Thompson south of Ashcroft?
Awesome video thank you for the tips!
How about using a high pressure cleaner to wash out all the crevices in the bedrock?
To all watching...If you happened upon this video by chance, please pay attention. You are about to receive a valuable education. The Dan Hurd school of mineralogy is the one place you'll receive practical information for your gold fever itch. Dan is an extremely gifted teacher and from what I gather a truly decent and humble guy. Always seems to find the gold/minerals and impart wisdom. Subscribe, and if able support him on Patreon.
Dan, cant you tell how to buy gold bug 2 from ebay???
I am from malaysia.
enjoyed the video thumbs up
What about using a small battery powered shop vac to clean out crevices?
Yup! That would work
@@Danhurd I'm surprised that I have not seen people using them seems like it would be pretty effective and save time.
Very nice video.
Thanks!
LOL, When you start to get up in age like me you learn to really like this method. If your capable of getting there you can do this. It can be quite Productive at times. I've found Good Gold people have been walking over all day long.
I really enjoy sniping
Imagine having a bit of private property like this, is this your zen-spot Dan? You have to realize, i'm in a flat country called The Netherlands... We got lots of river gravel, but no bedrock whatsoever! :)
That was fun I didn't know if you could know what your looking for any one can find gold amazing thanks for sharing your knowledge ❣️
Dan, what was the day's total?
I love the sound of sped up panning
You pulled out right when you found the good stuff. Whaaa?
We basically live there - we can go back to that spot any time we want.
Dan, I’m sure you’re aware of your BC neighbour and fellow TH-camr AvE. He has a focussing incantation that seems to work every time, though it may not be so much your style. “Focus you fack!” Works every time!
Sticks make great sniping tools :)
Also wouldn’t it be better to be on the downstream side of waterfalls in bed rock instead of upstream of them on the bed rock
How do you determine classifier size?
You are so awesome to watch ..
Thanks!
Can tourists go ahead and get gold from another country like Australia to USA or other countries going to USA to find Johny cash that is what I call gold?
I live in Illinois and it is really hard to find gold in this state!
I like your style🙂
Thanks!
Sweet video .
What state are you in??
Nice video!
Thanks
you have me hooked
sweeping is ok, but a vacpack is best and easy to build
Hellow I was wondering if you are located in linn county oregon
My name is Tony I am verry smart and no alot about prospecting and with your equitment we could get oz's of the GOLD🤑🤑🤑🤑
No, BC
Fuck yeah! Thank you for sharing your Knowlage
How come you don't put the rocks back after you are done so they could possibly catch the gold again?
doug johnsonj
You could never put them back how they were. Mother nature will make more.
Ok thank you. :-)
I keep seeing small birds flying by. Oh wait, they're not birds! They're big mosquito's! :)
What type of bedrock is that
what about lava rock because where im from we have a lot of lava rock
Are u in Australia 🇦🇺?
Canada
And, I bring with me experience derived from 4 generations!
I need a working vacation. I want to come and camp, prospect for gold with my Grizzly 3 box! Can you accommodate me? I'll be coming from North Carolina. (Where Americas First Gold Rush happened!)
inside curves any place that the water slows down
It's gotta be a genetic " hunter gatherers" thang. But ,I can do this from sun up to sun down and not blink. 😅
How come you don’t go through your classifiers looking for a large nugget
Check out Two Toes, on youtube he uses interesting tools and has great comments about,finding old mining operations from the California gold rush.My finger tips started to get sore watching you scrape the gravel off the bedrock.
TYVM
if you dont find gold, maybe some trout for dinner :)
Hmmmm trout.
Hmmmm trout.
@@michaeltheiss749 kokanee
GB2 detector will tell you instantly if there is any tiny gold hidden in those crevices , saves wasting time and effort
I'm jealous of your spot...looks great for crack addicts....get it... Crack addict. Wish i lived in B.C., East cost sucks for mineral lovers
The best and most economical spot to find gold is the jewellers.
If you're not already, I'm sure one day, your knees are gonna start giving you holy hell!!
Interesting
Where are the mosquitoes?
best
After 40+ yrs. Inspired by Smual Clemans. & paint your wagon red. Back in grammer school.amoung other great movies . I went forth & did it my self .
By 17 yrs old I had what ever when ever .& there since. SO NOW!
*Your doing it all wrong & very miss leading to newbees. Oh sure you may find some . like you do?
But if you want the B I G pockets.
the [best] way is to
Go read the creek at-[------
----------]. You will then see a whole different & indeepth story
On why them bolders are there & the bedrock is blow clean here.
& the drift wood is up there.& why your equipment wound up way down there.
The Leisure Technition.
Was Here.
Yes yes right right
gettim Bro...
I watch you a lot but think you salt your findings I'm on the fence with you at least klesh I feel it truthfull don't know about you