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
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!
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
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!
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.
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!.
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
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....
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.
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
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.
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!
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!
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
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 .
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
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.
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?
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!!
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!
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.
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?
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.
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!)
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, 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
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!
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
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!
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.
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 have to live vicariously through you, while panning out my store bought paydirt, lol. Beautiful little stream you got!
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
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....
Lots of great pointers and info. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thanks!
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
Thanks Dan very informative as usual, i love that creek. Lucky guy.
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.
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
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!
Dude your awesome. Definitely can tell prospecting is where your heart is.
That was a beautiful piece of land, Sir!
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!
Good stuff Dan, but you need to pump out more videos. I love to learn and your a great mentor.
I want to go there,,nice place to find gold,,gud job dan,,godbless and more gold to find,,,
Nice video. Makes a lot of sense in the cracks of the bedrock.
Man that is one beautiful creek you have there, I could spend hours down there....
That was FUN to watch, you made my evening!
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.
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!
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!
Always enjoy your videos. Cheers.
Why would 20 people dislike this video?? People are flipping odd aren’t they. Love your vids Dan from Yorkshire. X
Thanks!
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.
Dan I've noticed many times you throwing out the big rocks. Have you ever found any of those that were valuable?
I'm wondering if wearing polarising sunglasses would help you see gold lurking in the cracks?
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
Danny I'm going swimming-sniping like Pauly does for the first time on Saturday! ;)
Dan just showed us how to break a shovel. thanks Dan
Hey Dan, some people call them sticks but I call them improvised crevice tools.
Cool while prospecting gold at your property's creek. Tks!
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
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
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 .
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
Hey dan, I like your pan and classifier . Can you tell me what size they are and Screen size?
Great vid Dan! have you checked out the Thompson south of Ashcroft?
Awesome video thank you for the tips!
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?
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, 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?
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.
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 ❣️
Wish I had a uncle like you.
Dan, what was the day's total?
How about using a high pressure cleaner to wash out all the crevices in the bedrock?
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!!
Very nice video.
Thanks!
enjoyed the video thumbs up
What state are you in??
Dan, cant you tell how to buy gold bug 2 from ebay???
I am from malaysia.
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! :)
How do you determine classifier size?
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!
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.
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
Nice video!
Thanks
I love the sound of sped up panning
You are so awesome to watch ..
Thanks!
I like your style🙂
Thanks!
What type of bedrock is that
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
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
Sweet video .
Are u in Australia 🇦🇺?
Canada
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 live in Illinois and it is really hard to find gold in this state!
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?
How come you don’t go through your classifiers looking for a large nugget
Fuck yeah! Thank you for sharing your Knowlage
It's gotta be a genetic " hunter gatherers" thang. But ,I can do this from sun up to sun down and not blink. 😅
what about lava rock because where im from we have a lot of lava rock
I keep seeing small birds flying by. Oh wait, they're not birds! They're big mosquito's! :)
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.
And, I bring with me experience derived from 4 generations!
sweeping is ok, but a vacpack is best and easy to build
if you dont find gold, maybe some trout for dinner :)
Hmmmm trout.
Hmmmm trout.
@@michaeltheiss749 kokanee
you have me hooked
inside curves any place that the water slows down
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!)
If you're not already, I'm sure one day, your knees are gonna start giving you holy hell!!
TYVM
GB2 detector will tell you instantly if there is any tiny gold hidden in those crevices , saves wasting time and effort
Where are the mosquitoes?
The best and most economical spot to find gold is the jewellers.
Interesting
best
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
Yes yes right right
gettim Bro...
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.
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