There is no way I'd watch any of this if it were a different person doing the exact same things. I don't come here for the prospecting, I come here for Dan and his personality. Keep it up!
Anybody can go pan for gold. It takes a special presenter to take something that is really about as entertaining as watching paint dry and make it fun.
My Uncle Dale was a gold miner out here in the Deserts of California, Nevada and Arizona he was quite the story teller, just about the only thing he ever brought back. 👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸
It was a story or rather a report, that has started a GOLD RUSH., therefore, do not be a skeptic about stories of finding treasures or gold. For many years, many have risked -and lost - their lives chasing reports of the lost treasure in the Superstition Mountains, or any other famed treasure - they just may be right!
@@fcukyou2_ im usually the same, but i like this wording and these videos. So im subbed. At least this asker is acknowledging that they have to work for subs and doesnt hide the word subscribe in their environment, eg as a picture in the background constantly
Mr. Hurd, I am a petroleum geologist/sedimentologist/paleontologist in Oklahoma. I enjoy watching your videos, they are interesting, entertaining, and informative towards my scientific interest in gold prospecting. I particularly appreciate your enthusiasm for the education of your viewers in regards to the science behind gold. Keep up the good work, and if you are ever in Oklahoma, let me know, I'd be happy to show you some excellent geology/paleontology localities.
Hi, Dan. Greetings from Vermont. My 9 yr old son and I love your videos. Your enthusiasm and amazing personality make your videos a joy to watch. Thank you and Keep up the great work!
Lead oxidizes overtime when it's exposed to weather I see this a lot finding musket balls it's usually wight and powdery but it can have a variety of colors depending on the minerals you are correct it got the colors from the iron plates
What I adore about Dan is that he involves his family ( Er, I think when they WANT to be, hard to tell with the teenagers) and that he says he “hopes to earn your subscription “ the first and only TH-camr I’ve ever heard say that, apart from Dr Kat. Huge ✊ respect. Great videos too.
It looks to me like the lead was an intrusive deposit in a quartz amalgamate. Like the gold your finding it was broken free from hydro dynamics basically a lead/ silver deposit. So you not only have gold in them thar hills. Ya got lead too! The colorization did come from the sluice, the iron oxides leaching out during run off and the exposure to oxygen when the levels dropped would definitely cause colorization like that. As for the gold, two possible answers, inclusive in the deposit or it was hammered into the lead by the water forcing small rocks to force it into the lead. No matter what you had an opportunity to experiment with metals deposited together then changed by the environment and elements. That's always cool! Thanks for not only taking us on an AU candy hunt but posing an interesting question. Perhaps next time try to smelt for silver and see what happens. The gold will drop out in either case but with the lower temperatures the separation will retain the base metals in their weights what a button that would be! Thanks Dan!👍⛏️
Seems to me that the yellow lead was exactly that, 'yellow lead' otherwise known as massicot, a specific crystalline structure of lead(II) oxide. There seemed to be all sorts of different lead oxides in there, all naturally occurring but quite possibly aided by the addition of the sluice!
Hello Dan, been watching on and off for the last year and it always makes me smile watching one of your videos. It's nice to see someone enthusiastic about their work and/or hobby as much as you do. Keep up the fun videos and I'm excited to see what you've been hinting at in the next one.
Same for me but lead balls. Not really sure what they were - at first I thought lead weights but they were perfectly smooth and far too large to be shotgun pellets. Always good to know you're in the heavy deposits though.
You know what because you said hope to earn your subscription. Instead of just thinking you’re owed a sub I am now a subscriber. Love the attitude and how humble you seem to be it’s a breath of fresh air.
Hey Dan, when lead comes in contact with Iron it acts like an Anode and will look a lot like that. When used like this the led will corrode/deteriorate instead of the iron.
Dan you have motivated my brother and I to pan our parents creek off Running gold rd in California. We are getting 8-10 colors in our top test pans. We are going to use a high banker and see what we get. You rock Dan. Thank you.
I'm willing to bet I'm more likely to find jade up here in Ohio but I might just see what rocks I can find now that I know a little bit of what I could be looking for.
"Gold alloyed with a small percentage of lead is a hard, brittle, pale-yellow substance, which has a musical ring. If more than about 4 per cent, of lead is present, there is marked segregation on solidification, and this also takes place in the case of the zinc alloy and of some others." from a google search
Dan you will probably never read this… just want you to know how thankful I am to have found you. I’m currently tapering off a medication that doctors prescribed to me after a severe injury in high school. It’s a daily battle of pain and sickness but watching your videos push me and o can’t wait to be outside looking for treasures!
You Rock Dan , You think-question,investigate,and test and got an answer to your problem that is why you still are a great teacher.I learn from you and your videos.Never quit so I can understand what our existance really means.David out
Man this dude's channel is surging. Dan take advantage! Do another Christmas sale. :p I'm just sad I missed out and wasn't able to snag one of those Christmas bags on his store hehe
@@CuiuneDelSud he has a video about them from a couple weeks ago. It had some paydirt in it, few pieces of peridot, garnet, and finally a little gold. I believe he only had 100 bags for sale.
@@Arcin321 ya he only made 100- (of the 100 10 were 2x winner bags which had 2x the prize and 1 super bag with double everything) They were unsorted pay dirt and then he included about 1g in gold flakes, 2 greenish gemstone and 2 purple/reddish gemstones. I saw the video from a few weeks ago and I just found his channel so I’m super bummed they were already sold out 😕 and the ocean stone slabs were all sold out too! I’m happy he’s doing well but bummed I’m late to the party lol 😂
Your enthusiasm is contagious, not sure how you manage to keep it turned up to 11 but good on you. Thanks for the videos watched the three “ground sluice” videos before subscribing, so you earned it👍🏼
You earned my sub, my father and I went panning in Colorado when I was young and it was pointless but sure was fun. This Trilogy was fun to watch and that’s so much work for so little reward but oh boy is it some reward. I’ve never held solid gold before this is cool! Keep it up Dan.
Yeah it looks like fun as a hobby specially a father n son expedition. It might not pay much but most hobbies don't though is better than video games or movies all day being outdoors enjoying God's creation while staying healthy.
I've got a crazy trick with real gold... It will not change it's color when you cast a shadow over it, such as with your hand. This is particularly effective for when there's a lot of "fool's gold" around. Hope someone finds this helpful.
Sorry for all the hard work old timer but unlike people sitting around doing zero, you were out there doing it. Keep up the great video. You've got the right positive attitude for adventure. Good luck to you buddy.
I apologize for not subscribing 3 videos ago, what gained my subscription is showin us the process, I assumed u would do this off camera so thanks for filming it!!!!
Your 1st part to this small series came up on my recommended videos and I'm glad it did. So far I've watched all 3 parts and some of your other videos. Keep up the great work!
Not only is this educational content Dan, you have a wonderful presence and positive attitude about everything you do. Thank you for sharing the scenery too! Hello from Tucson, AZ.
Basically, the lead, which has a much lower melting temp than gold, gets sucked up and trapped into the porous ceramic of the cupel....it works a lot like a sponge.
I really appreciate you taking the time to tell us an show us the best way to do what you do best. May God Bless you an your family an stay safe and Healthy.
Hey Dan, pyrite makes beautiful and interesting cabochons for jewelry. I have a lovely pyrite pendant, and I have another cabochon that I’ll make into a pendant for my daughter. If you find lots of big pyrite pieces, you might want to offer it in your shop! And, make a nice pendant for the Mrs.
I was really hoping all that turned out to be gold for you. You have a nice little set up for testing it so you don't have to wait very long to find out. Here's hoping you find a huge batch of nuggets soon!
You won't typically find "yellow cake" out naturally on the planet. That form of Uranium is typically only created during an intermediary step in processing uranium ore. Yellowcake concentrates are prepared by various extraction and refining methods, depending on the types of ores. Typically, yellowcakes are obtained through the milling and chemical processing of uranium ore forming a coarse powder. And although uranium is one of the densest metals on Earth, yellowcake is relatively light, with a density approximately that of elemental sulfur. So in that incredibly rare chance that you ever did come across a natural yellowcake formation, you wouldn't find it through panning for gold because it would wash out.
Ohhhh British Columbia.....following the mad Flooding, from Ontario, very much hoping you and your family are safe, and that you were nowhere near the Fraser River yesterday......so very much enjoy your excellent, informative, entertaining programming for years now. Beautiful to see your side of the country......Ontario is Escarpment Country....not much panning ;]...some good rockhounding though..... Be safe, hoping your damage is minimal. Good thing you are very capable ;]
Dan, have you ever found uranium ore? I'd be careful cupelling uranium ore (or mercury amalgams for that matter.) Breathing that is no bueno. And uranium is pyrophoric to boot.
Nilered had a video about lead "sponge" where he put lead and I think mercury together. Kind of looked like this. Maybe the old timers used mercury to wash out gold and what's left of it reacted with the lead in there. Edit: th-cam.com/video/1-NbDjxh_v0/w-d-xo.html at around 10 mins he shows some pieces. It's actually diluted lead acetate and zinc powder.
Some old timers used Mercury to soak up fine flour gold to make amalgam, then they would squeeze out and cook out the Mercury. Lots got mad hatter's disease from the fumes.
Honestly I think asking him and showing him this video might actually get some results he is a really good chemist and might can narrow it down by this tests
Gold can be an almagam. The old timerss used to use mercury in the streams, caught the gold in an almagam and mercury. Then they drove off the mercury in a hot furnace, leaving the gold.
this is college course level education on geology for free on youtube. It blows my mind how I found you yesterday. I could completely see myself doing this when I am older.
@Dan Hurd , Hi Dan, Anyone who knows as much as you about gold needs to learn about monoatomic gold. look up David Hudson. I have it on my prospecting playlist. Get the full verson. When you say ,"I hope you enjoy"--I always enjoy. Did you teach in Denver? You rock fella!
I have refined placer gold from different places, and after dropping the pure gold out of soultion, i use amonia to test for copper and meuriatic acid to test for silver and have found copper left over a couple times so im sure almost any metal can amalgomate with gold in high temps and the right circumstances.
Hi Dan, been watching your vids for a while now. Great content, love the scenic beauty of your claims. I live down here in the Lower Mainland and always dreamt to explore and prospect, so I live vicariously through you. Keep up the good work and here's hoping you find the motherlode one day. Cheers
Let's get Lit! Interesting to see the whole process over the three videos. Liked seeing the testing at the end. Now I can't wait til next Sunday 10:15 am EST.
Hey Dan. Nice videos. Just started watching. You do a great job of explaining the history and process. It gives your videos an educational element that I believe is very attractive. The terms fizz and bubbling are good descriptors, but I would love to see you explain the gas evolution based on the chemical reaction taking place. Even if the exact chemical mechanism is unknown, the class or family of reactions can be speculated to explain the gas evolution and add a deeper scientific feeling to your videos and knowledge. I'd be happy to help if needed. I'm a chemical physicist down in Texas. Still a good video regardless. 👍🏼
Thats interesting, I couldn't here you speak when you had the lead in the fire. So I turned on CC and it interpeted the sound of the flame as applause.
Dan I have just watched the videos on the old time sluice setup! Very interesting seeing how you worked the area & panned the gravel! I have just subscribed and I am looking forward to watching many more of your videos! Thanks for the great content!
Hi Dan, I really enjoy your videos, well done. One thing I always say to myself is, have you ever thought of story telling ? I'm sure kids would absolutely love hearing you read those stories with such a melodious voice. Keep up the good work and stay healthy.
I'm fairly confident what you had was Lead Oxide in a orthorhombic lattice structure, it appears yellow and is found in the wild as massicot. That's based on the appearance of the mineral and the color of the HCL solution, it's not very soluble in water but is soluble in HCL. Adding a bit of potassium iodide to the HCL solution would precipitate Lead Iodide which looks also looks yellow/gold but isn't soluble in HCL.
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There is no way I'd watch any of this if it were a different person doing the exact same things. I don't come here for the prospecting, I come here for Dan and his personality. Keep it up!
Anybody can go pan for gold. It takes a special presenter to take something that is really about as entertaining as watching paint dry and make it fun.
It's Mercury that's what they used years ago was Mercury to gather the gold up cuz it wraps around the gold and it's heavy
The bullet you found is out of a black powder rifle and the rest of it was Mercury
Facts
You can tell he really loves what he does
My Uncle Dale was a gold miner out here in the Deserts of California, Nevada and Arizona he was quite the story teller, just about the only thing he ever brought back. 👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸
Divk flattening time
@@thickshmeat948 what the hell
It was a story or rather a report, that has started a GOLD RUSH., therefore, do not be a skeptic about stories of finding treasures or gold.
For many years, many have risked -and lost - their lives chasing reports of the lost treasure in the Superstition Mountains, or any other famed treasure - they just may be right!
Cant put a price on a great dale-tale
@@thickshmeat948 what exactly did you get outa this comment except the two responses?
The fact that you dont expect people to subscribe and instead “earn” it is why im subbed :)
Same here I've never heard a TH-camr ask to earn a subscription. I like that
I'm the opposite I dont sub to anyone who asks you to sub In the first sentence after their intro..
@@fcukyou2_ im usually the same, but i like this wording and these videos. So im subbed. At least this asker is acknowledging that they have to work for subs and doesnt hide the word subscribe in their environment, eg as a picture in the background constantly
Yup, I'm hooked now .
I agree, he's the only TH-cam I've ever heard that actually says he *hopes* to "earn" my subscription, he doesn't ask me to sub. That says much to me.
Mr. Hurd,
I am a petroleum geologist/sedimentologist/paleontologist in Oklahoma. I enjoy watching your videos, they are interesting, entertaining, and informative towards my scientific interest in gold prospecting. I particularly appreciate your enthusiasm for the education of your viewers in regards to the science behind gold. Keep up the good work, and if you are ever in Oklahoma, let me know, I'd be happy to show you some excellent geology/paleontology localities.
Hi, Dan. Greetings from Vermont. My 9 yr old son and I love your videos. Your enthusiasm and amazing personality make your videos a joy to watch. Thank you and Keep up the great work!
So sorry for the outcome. You deserved gold just for your enthusiasm.
Concentrated uranium is called "yellow cake" because of its yellowish color.
Iron pyrite is one atom iron and two atoms sulfur, FeS2.
WOW, so cool to see that gray stuff with a magnifier. Thank you so much for taking the time to discover and explain what it was!
Dan, I’ve been watching you for about 2 years now. Just wanted to say, you are awesome. Keep up these videos!
My compliments to your commitment
Lead oxidizes overtime when it's exposed to weather I see this a lot finding musket balls it's usually wight and powdery but it can have a variety of colors depending on the minerals you are correct it got the colors from the iron plates
What I adore about Dan is that he involves his family ( Er, I think when they WANT to be, hard to tell with the teenagers) and that he says he “hopes to earn your subscription “ the first and only TH-camr I’ve ever heard say that, apart from Dr Kat. Huge ✊ respect. Great videos too.
the quartering does that too, the hoping to earn your subscrption thing
I found this video seriously fascinating with the acid and cupeling. Satisfies my nerdy science self! Well done.
It looks to me like the lead was an intrusive deposit in a quartz amalgamate. Like the gold your finding it was broken free from hydro dynamics basically a lead/ silver deposit. So you not only have gold in them thar hills. Ya got lead too! The colorization did come from the sluice, the iron oxides leaching out during run off and the exposure to oxygen when the levels dropped would definitely cause colorization like that. As for the gold, two possible answers, inclusive in the deposit or it was hammered into the lead by the water forcing small rocks to force it into the lead. No matter what you had an opportunity to experiment with metals deposited together then changed by the environment and elements. That's always cool! Thanks for not only taking us on an AU candy hunt but posing an interesting question. Perhaps next time try to smelt for silver and see what happens. The gold will drop out in either case but with the lower temperatures the separation will retain the base metals in their weights what a button that would be! Thanks Dan!👍⛏️
Very well put together comment very impressed. You know your stuff for sure. 👌🏻
69th 👍
@@almostfamous1685 Thanks, I learned it all from Dan👍
Seems to me that the yellow lead was exactly that, 'yellow lead' otherwise known as massicot, a specific crystalline structure of lead(II) oxide. There seemed to be all sorts of different lead oxides in there, all naturally occurring but quite possibly aided by the addition of the sluice!
Is it possible a few shot pellets spent a decade in the rocks and then sluice?
This dude is like the bob Ross of gold panning
That’s such a nice was to describe his personality and content 😊
Your cleverness is a massive entertainment factor in your entertaining videos
Hello Dan, been watching on and off for the last year and it always makes me smile watching one of your videos. It's nice to see someone enthusiastic about their work and/or hobby as much as you do. Keep up the fun videos and I'm excited to see what you've been hinting at in the next one.
Thanks for clearing up the mystery. I had been waiting for this.
Found my first bullet the other day in my sluice cons when I was panning. Never thought I'd be so happy to find a damn .22 bullet lol
Well, at least you know you're catching heavy stuff
Same for me but lead balls. Not really sure what they were - at first I thought lead weights but they were perfectly smooth and far too large to be shotgun pellets. Always good to know you're in the heavy deposits though.
You know what because you said hope to earn your subscription. Instead of just thinking you’re owed a sub I am now a subscriber. Love the attitude and how humble you seem to be it’s a breath of fresh air.
Hey Dan, when lead comes in contact with Iron it acts like an Anode and will look a lot like that. When used like this the led will corrode/deteriorate instead of the iron.
I can hear the teacher in you. Thank you so much for explaining your process. I've already learned a lot!
Dan you have motivated my brother and I to pan our parents creek off Running gold rd in California. We are getting 8-10 colors in our top test pans. We are going to use a high banker and see what we get. You rock Dan. Thank you.
Find anything?.
I'm willing to bet I'm more likely to find jade up here in Ohio but I might just see what rocks I can find now that I know a little bit of what I could be looking for.
Bro, this is the wholesome content I need.
"Gold alloyed with a small percentage of lead is a hard, brittle, pale-yellow substance, which has a musical ring. If more than about 4 per cent, of lead is present, there is marked segregation on solidification, and this also takes place in the case of the zinc alloy and of some others." from a google search
I’m so happy to have your channel recommended. Your passion & demeanor make for a wonderful viewing experience.
Really hoped you'd clean out the grates as well, see what was jammed in them!
I almost never subscribe to a TH-cam channel. You are simply fun to watch and my family has been watching you for several days. Subscribed!
Dan you will probably never read this… just want you to know how thankful I am to have found you. I’m currently tapering off a medication that doctors prescribed to me after a severe injury in high school. It’s a daily battle of pain and sickness but watching your videos push me and o can’t wait to be outside looking for treasures!
Loved the investigation you did to determine what the material was. Just think of clearing out all that Pb from the river!
you have earned my subscription today. Your upbeat attitude has been helping with my funk after an old friends funeral yesterday
THE FOLLOWER COUNT IS RISING !! love that for you, Dan. It was so satisfying seeing the perfectly round gold balls.
The process you just followed with the cupelling is how I concentrate and clean any gold I find😋
Morning Dan. Well that was very interesting, disappointing for you but very interesting from a chemistry viewpoint.
You Rock Dan , You think-question,investigate,and test and got an answer to your problem that is why you still are a great teacher.I learn from you and your videos.Never quit so I can understand what our existance really means.David out
Man this dude's channel is surging. Dan take advantage! Do another Christmas sale. :p
I'm just sad I missed out and wasn't able to snag one of those Christmas bags on his store hehe
What was in them ?
@@CuiuneDelSud he has a video about them from a couple weeks ago. It had some paydirt in it, few pieces of peridot, garnet, and finally a little gold. I believe he only had 100 bags for sale.
@@Arcin321 ya he only made 100- (of the 100 10 were 2x winner bags which had 2x the prize and 1 super bag with double everything)
They were unsorted pay dirt and then he
included about 1g in gold flakes, 2 greenish gemstone and 2 purple/reddish gemstones.
I saw the video from a few weeks ago and I just found his channel so I’m super bummed they were already sold out 😕 and the ocean stone slabs were all sold out too! I’m happy he’s doing well but bummed I’m late to the party lol 😂
@@CuiuneDelSud 88
Your enthusiasm is contagious, not sure how you manage to keep it turned up to 11 but good on you. Thanks for the videos watched the three “ground sluice” videos before subscribing, so you earned it👍🏼
Such an interesting little series! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Hello Dan 👋. I can and manufacturer sponge gold from heavy black sand . It's a amazing process and really sponge looking gold !
You earned my sub, my father and I went panning in Colorado when I was young and it was pointless but sure was fun. This Trilogy was fun to watch and that’s so much work for so little reward but oh boy is it some reward. I’ve never held solid gold before this is cool! Keep it up Dan.
Yeah it looks like fun as a hobby specially a father n son expedition. It might not pay much but most hobbies don't though is better than video games or movies all day being outdoors enjoying God's creation while staying healthy.
Imagine on a cloudy winter day one just cozily sit around their house near creeks and use a kupel to bake some gold...that must feel so happy
I've got a crazy trick with real gold... It will not change it's color when you cast a shadow over it, such as with your hand. This is particularly effective for when there's a lot of "fool's gold" around. Hope someone finds this helpful.
I believe it has to do with the light refraction properties of gold.
Sorry for all the hard work old timer but unlike people sitting around doing zero, you were out there doing it. Keep up the great video. You've got the right positive attitude for adventure.
Good luck to you buddy.
Did we ever test it with the metal detector to see what it registered as? Try a magnet? Really loving this experiment.
Thats in the 1 and 2 video... This is part 3
I apologize for not subscribing 3 videos ago, what gained my subscription is showin us the process, I assumed u would do this off camera so thanks for filming it!!!!
Your 1st part to this small series came up on my recommended videos and I'm glad it did. So far I've watched all 3 parts and some of your other videos. Keep up the great work!
Not only is this educational content Dan, you have a wonderful presence and positive attitude about everything you do. Thank you for sharing the scenery too!
Hello from Tucson, AZ.
I'm excited for this one! All the way from Kansas, US! Love your videos, hope to do what you do one day. Keep being you, you're awesome!
I'm three videos into this channel and I'm hooked! You have a great personality, very educational, new subscriber here!! You earned it!!
pretty cool way to see how you separate the gold from the lead. does the lead remain in the orange residue?
Basically, the lead, which has a much lower melting temp than gold, gets sucked up and trapped into the porous ceramic of the cupel....it works a lot like a sponge.
The real gold will be in making these videos. Congrats!
Outstanding video Dan! Seeing the process you went through was interesting. 👍👍👍
I really appreciate you taking the time to tell us an show us the best way to do what you do best. May God Bless you an your family an stay safe and Healthy.
Hello from Australia, I’ve been waiting for this video, I can’t wait to see if it was gold.
Hey Dan, pyrite makes beautiful and interesting cabochons for jewelry. I have a lovely pyrite pendant, and I have another cabochon that I’ll make into a pendant for my daughter. If you find lots of big pyrite pieces, you might want to offer it in your shop! And, make a nice pendant for the Mrs.
I was really hoping all that turned out to be gold for you. You have a nice little set up for testing it so you don't have to wait very long to find out. Here's hoping you find a huge batch of nuggets soon!
What a beautiful workshop!
Dan, its it possible there you've got some amounts of Uranium ore - "Yellow Cake" - the color. the weight, etc seems possible. SC
You won't typically find "yellow cake" out naturally on the planet. That form of Uranium is typically only created during an intermediary step in processing uranium ore. Yellowcake concentrates are prepared by various extraction and refining methods, depending on the types of ores. Typically, yellowcakes are obtained through the milling and chemical processing of uranium ore forming a coarse powder. And although uranium is one of the densest metals on Earth, yellowcake is relatively light, with a density approximately that of elemental sulfur. So in that incredibly rare chance that you ever did come across a natural yellowcake formation, you wouldn't find it through panning for gold because it would wash out.
Ohhhh British Columbia.....following the mad Flooding, from Ontario, very much hoping you and your family are safe, and that you were nowhere near the Fraser River yesterday......so very much enjoy your excellent, informative, entertaining programming for years now. Beautiful to see your side of the country......Ontario is Escarpment Country....not much panning ;]...some good rockhounding though.....
Be safe, hoping your damage is minimal. Good thing you are very capable ;]
Dan, have you ever found uranium ore? I'd be careful cupelling uranium ore (or mercury amalgams for that matter.) Breathing that is no bueno. And uranium is pyrophoric to boot.
Elemental mercury isn't that bad for you at all... unless you ingest it. It isn't absorbed through the skin.
@@FTATF When you vaporize it, it's SERIOUSLY bad news.
@@FTATF or you breathe the vapors as it boils off the cupel....
That's that I was thinking it may be because uranium decays into lead
Awesome Sunday chemistry lesson from Dan!
Nilered had a video about lead "sponge" where he put lead and I think mercury together. Kind of looked like this. Maybe the old timers used mercury to wash out gold and what's left of it reacted with the lead in there.
Edit: th-cam.com/video/1-NbDjxh_v0/w-d-xo.html at around 10 mins he shows some pieces. It's actually diluted lead acetate and zinc powder.
I'd love if we sent this to Nile so he could have a poke at it.
Some old timers used Mercury to soak up fine flour gold to make amalgam, then they would squeeze out and cook out the Mercury.
Lots got mad hatter's disease from the fumes.
I wonder how the lead acetate and zinc powder got in there.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex thats right.. aka gold fever
Honestly I think asking him and showing him this video might actually get some results he is a really good chemist and might can narrow it down by this tests
Just got out of jail and thankful my favorite TH-camr is still posting!
Really enjoyed this video , the smelting/cupeling ..the acid reveal.... Lots of fun !!! Thanks for another good one Dan... very educational
New to your channel. Find it fascinating how people are still prospecting for gold on this scale in North America. Thanks 🇬🇧
Gold can be an almagam. The old timerss used to use mercury in the streams, caught the gold in an almagam and mercury. Then they drove off the mercury in a hot furnace, leaving the gold.
Pollution is priceless.
this is college course level education on geology for free on youtube. It blows my mind how I found you yesterday. I could completely see myself doing this when I am older.
Shame it didn't turn out as gold but Atleast you found some gold from the old timers built in sluice, was really interesting to watch too 👍😁
You ruinging it
I just started watching your videos yesterday... I started with this series! Glad i got to see the end!
Yep, I’m convinced God takes vacations in BC. Just absolutely beautiful.
Great investigation, Dan! And a clear illustration to the "young'uns" about why it's called "the acid test"!
The odd looking "Grey Gold" could be Platinum. The Ore has a similar Specific Gravity.
So you didn't watch the video where he figures out it is lead and then explains it all in a wrap-up.
I could learn a lot from this guy and listen to him for hours
Dan, out of curiosity what was the ministry’s perspective on the proper next steps for the gold you found in the illegal sluice?
It's on his claim so it's his, is my bet.
It is not gold...
@@gonorrheadischarges3021 he found gold, this video was just the stuff which he couldn't identify I way or other.
Informative video, thanks for taking us along. I thought it was lead when it plunked down heavily. But that color threw me off bad.
I totally enjoyed this video. It brought me back in time to some of our High School science lab projects. That was well over 40 years ago!🤣
Ok, You've earned my subscription Dan.
Love the energy you put into your videos. So cheerful and bubbly!
I’m curious if that was gold
I am as well
Same
@Dan Hurd , Hi Dan, Anyone who knows as much as you about gold needs to learn about monoatomic gold. look up David Hudson. I have it on my prospecting playlist. Get the full verson.
When you say ,"I hope you enjoy"--I always enjoy. Did you teach in Denver? You rock fella!
"Let's get lit" haha
You should do more of these! Love seeing the material refined!
That was interesting. To bad it wasn't gold. Still I very much enjoyed the process you used to determine the material's content.
I have refined placer gold from different places, and after dropping the pure gold out of soultion, i use amonia to test for copper and meuriatic acid to test for silver and have found copper left over a couple times so im sure almost any metal can amalgomate with gold in high temps and the right circumstances.
So glad to get to the bottom of the mystery material!
Hi Dan, been watching your vids for a while now. Great content, love the scenic beauty of your claims. I live down here in the Lower Mainland and always dreamt to explore and prospect, so I live vicariously through you. Keep up the good work and here's hoping you find the motherlode one day. Cheers
Let's get Lit! Interesting to see the whole process over the three videos. Liked seeing the testing at the end. Now I can't wait til next Sunday 10:15 am EST.
Hey Dan. Nice videos. Just started watching. You do a great job of explaining the history and process. It gives your videos an educational element that I believe is very attractive. The terms fizz and bubbling are good descriptors, but I would love to see you explain the gas evolution based on the chemical reaction taking place. Even if the exact chemical mechanism is unknown, the class or family of reactions can be speculated to explain the gas evolution and add a deeper scientific feeling to your videos and knowledge. I'd be happy to help if needed. I'm a chemical physicist down in Texas. Still a good video regardless. 👍🏼
The white coated bits are Lead I'm sure. It forms a white coat on its surface over time with the right pH around it.
Thanks Dan. It's fun to share in your adventures and learn about the finer points of prospecting.
You came up as a recommend short and I really enjoyed it so now I’m subbed!
Dan I swear your Vibe is like the Bob Ross of the gold world I love watching the channel bro keep it up good work
Thats interesting, I couldn't here you speak when you had the lead in the fire. So I turned on CC and it interpeted the sound of the flame as applause.
Dan I have just watched the videos on the old time sluice setup! Very interesting seeing how you worked the area & panned the gravel! I have just subscribed and I am looking forward to watching many more of your videos! Thanks for the great content!
I like your little oven, I have access to a electric stove, very hot to deal with as expected. yours seems easier to use.
You mentioned you were going to burn the carpets. I may have missed a new mention of it, but the prospect (lol) of that interested me.
Hi Dan, I really enjoy your videos, well done. One thing I always say to myself is, have you ever thought of story telling ? I'm sure kids would absolutely love hearing you read those stories with such a melodious voice.
Keep up the good work and stay healthy.
I am sorry about the lead, but the testing process is awesome. Thank you! ❤️
I hated science in school. Failed miserably. If you were my teacher, I would have LOVED it! You the man, Dan!
My guy love your energy, ive never had an interest in gold mining untill now, subscription earned
I'm fairly confident what you had was Lead Oxide in a orthorhombic lattice structure, it appears yellow and is found in the wild as massicot. That's based on the appearance of the mineral and the color of the HCL solution, it's not very soluble in water but is soluble in HCL. Adding a bit of potassium iodide to the HCL solution would precipitate Lead Iodide which looks also looks yellow/gold but isn't soluble in HCL.
little tip if u want to video hot things without ruining the plastic camera, use a tripod and have it much further away from the heat and use the zoom. soo in this case have it high above and use zoom to get the frame right :)