Hi Cris, A malfunction on my last comment. It had missing bits. This one is better to pin. I do enjoy your channel and your videos. The blue indicator mineral is azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 It is a copper carbonate mineral and like another variant, malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2 is green in colour. The mineralised habits (crystal forms) of both of these from gossan zones can be quite spectacular. I hope this helps. Cheers.
For some reason I am always super excited for these ore crushing videos. They may not be as adventurous and may not have as much natural beauty as your videos on the creeks but they are still super fun to watch.
I swear, if I was in Australia I would build you the biggest Rock crushing unit you've ever seen, for nothing! Another great video! Fern smacking that rock with her paw was awesome.
Hi Cris, I do enjoy your channel and your videos. The blue indicator mineral is azurite Cu(CO)(OH)It is a copper carbonate mineral and like another is green in colour. The mineralised habits of both of these from gossan zones are quite spectacular. I hope this helps. Cheers.
I once heard that old timers would put the quartz in the fire then quenched the hot quartz in cold water , the stone then gets very brittle and break real easy . That could make a good video too ! cheers.
Lovely to see what the old timers were on to! Fern was making sure the rock had the boxer seal of approval. Chris, since amethyst and citrine are types of quartz, have you ever looked for some alternative sparkly bits in the hard rock areas? A friend of mine supplements her income making jewelry out of semi-precious stones she finds, which she insists have more character than "boring old diamonds." (I agree with her.) Victoria Australia is such a treasure trove: citrines, sapphires, topaz, tourmaline, rock crystal, even some opals, I hear. A channel I used to watch (but neglected to subscribe to, now I can't remember the name) there was a fellow in your state who would go out and find gems and facet them. Gave my cat a scratch behind the ears, since he thinks he's a dog. Cheers.
Started with Dad's Reef and video ended with Dog Dad's Relief, a tired out and snoozing pupper, nicely into a circle and a fantastic result, can't wait to see more from there.
Hey Chris. Keep it up mate love the videos, Next time try an old miners technique with the quartz and its what I do, super heat the quartz like in a fire and drop it into water. The quartz shatters naturally into smaller pieces and its all contained in a bucket
Hi, blue minerals likely azurite which ,I believe is a copper mineral! Your puppy is a trooper or maybe his dad,lol,boxers ran me ragged many years! Miss everyone!
Hi Chris, l live close to Bendigo, and this week l was walking down a track in the bush with the detector and found a small reef in the erosion in the wheel ruts when l put the detector over it it screamed , l have taking about a half bucket of stone home each day and so far 57grams of gold, l back fill the hole each time as l think the area is covered by a mining lease, cheers mate. PS sorry about the rant just had to tell someone.
@@markrouse4514 hi mate, gold is gold and what they can't find is mine, some of the blows of quartz around here have yealded thousands of ounces at a shallow depth, l can't go down much and this is of the top and that's all for me, however it's not going to be easy to find when I'm finished, cheers.
Geez mate if it's under a mining lease (production) you really shouldn't be touching it. Not only could get yourself in alot of trouble but stuff like that ends up giving our damn overbearing government even more excuse to shut us all down! Ps: that does sound like a very rich reef though! (Less you're talking like 100 buckets idk)
Chris, a tip! Whenever you want to crush a Stone: put it in a small fire, like the size of a campfire, for 20 minutes. Let it cool after. The Gold will not melt, but the Stone will be brittle like hard sugar. It will save you hours of hard work when it's time for crushing.
Finding out what a rock has hiding in it is fun. Keep in mind about arsenic pyrite that some reefs hold don't let anything drink the water you pan it in. in our area it has it. Cheers Chris great vid. 🍻👍🍀⛏🇦🇺
I hear you’re meeting up with the Tessie boys in the next couple weeks looking forward to that. Levi looks like a pretty cool dude man. I hope you guys find lots and lots of golden boogers. May it be a snotty day. LOL
I absolutely love ur vids. my mechanical brain goes wild with all the ideas that I could turn ur maual processing ore in to a flick of a switch. hope u have a great one
hi Chris from beaut downtown tassie i enjoy youre adventures and thank you for taking time to record and share them including youre ones on a more personal note re mental health and the way you presented it with youre heart so raw it must have touched many a lost and wounded soul i have been trying to find a vid you uploaded from memory where you presented some drawiings of different scenarios where gold could have laid to rest in creek beds and one ime interested in where in ancient river bed ypu find layers of rocks from flood times where they appear almost as riffles am a retired support worker where i ran the music program and now enjoying being amongst the prickles and rocks etc cheers Geoffrey winder magicmountainharpist utube
Hey Chris, love watching your videos. Not just for great content but Fern is soooo bloody CUTE... The blue mineral is a copper bearing mineral called Azurite. Over thousands of years It can change into Malachite & if conditions are right can change back to Azurite.
Bahaha dang it man.....lol. I love your videos and wish I could come to the outback.....! But I'm not fortune enough so I'll keep going in my 1/4 of a states' gold accumulation. Love the vids!!!
This is basically what I would do, my 1 acre place is (still) loaded with quartz boulders. When I first started, I was destroying anything iron I used (since quartz has a mohs hardness of 7) so I simply ended up smashing 2 boulders into each other. I found the pure white rocks were the best to use as hammers since the red is iron staining so those red rocks had a lot more fault lines in them - it was bloody hard going tho.
Did someone say cookies? So couple other youtubers from tazzy just put up a vid with a cool tip on crushing quartz they heated it up a bit which opened up the cracks. Is that a rusty beta pan? is it gone or can you season it like a cast iron pot and get it back to its former glory?
CHRIS dads Reef is always a damn good video YOU AND MICK need to get back up there and do a good day or two up there would really like to see you get more then a half gram of gold so hopefully you guys are planning something soon at dads Reef. SO CHRIS i hear that LEVI and the family might coming to see you thats going to BE FREAKING EPIC 👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦
gidday thats mad what you got. I am going back to a spot i found last time out which had a huge amount of quartz and have a closer look at it thanks chris. p.s give fern a scratch for me cheers
The way I pop open that stuff is I'll wrap the chunk in in a piece of burlap sack put that inside of a pillow slip use my heavy duty bench vise with a cheater bar and you'll be able to pop those open without losing any of the little pieces super easy
Very nice, now I have a better idea on what to bring home and crush, have a bunch waiting, need to get a jaw crusher next. Like how it's kinda portable.
High five dad right, if all of it is that rich that looks like retirement to me buddy boy I really wonder what that's going to break down to per ton Glad you made it back there have been waiting for this video
Dude!! Do a day just digging the hillside !!! Take a magnet to find the spots that carry more magnetite 👀 im sure you already knew that.. and I realize you might have to pack out water, if I wasn't in USA I could come by and be a water mule for a day 🤣
Lol when covid ends I coukd carry water and a refillable misting bottle and give a good misting every 100ft 😆 jk Can't wait to see a video of it if you do!
Mate just a tip from an ex bricklayer/stonemason get some sand and put it on the grass and put the stone on the sand and you wont get that bounce from that cardboard.
Chisels flex when you strike them and vibrate. The shorter the chisel, the more efficient your efforts will be. It’s best to use one whose length is just greater than the width of your hand.
Hi Chris. Great video. Please stay safe and healthy and take care of yourself and your family members. To all members also. Talk to you later my friend. ☺☺☺😇😇😇
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Hi Cris,
A malfunction on my last comment. It had missing bits. This one is better to pin.
I do enjoy your channel and your videos.
The blue indicator mineral is azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 It is a copper carbonate mineral and like another variant, malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2 is green in colour. The mineralised habits (crystal forms) of both of these from gossan zones can be quite spectacular. I hope this helps. Cheers.
For some reason I am always super excited for these ore crushing videos. They may not be as adventurous and may not have as much natural beauty as your videos on the creeks but they are still super fun to watch.
I swear, if I was in Australia I would build you the biggest Rock crushing unit you've ever seen, for nothing! Another great video! Fern smacking that rock with her paw was awesome.
Love how Fern wanted to help. She is adorable.
Hi Cris,
I do enjoy your channel and your videos.
The blue indicator mineral is azurite Cu(CO)(OH)It is a copper carbonate mineral and like another is green in colour. The mineralised habits of both of these from gossan zones are quite spectacular. I hope this helps. Cheers.
Fern is so cute and helping to bust rocks, lol. Dad's reef looks like it might hold quite a lot of candy. Best of luck for your future ventures.
Fern breaking rocks and melting hearts. The gold was fantastic. Loved the content. Cheers Chris.
I once heard that old timers would put the quartz in the fire then quenched the hot quartz in cold water , the stone then gets very brittle and break real easy . That could make a good video too ! cheers.
www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/explore-location/110/grand-junction-quartz-kilns/
OMG Chris...love this! Fernie, with her paw on the rock...."helping you"! 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for making me laugh out loud. ❤👍✌
Lovely to see what the old timers were on to! Fern was making sure the rock had the boxer seal of approval.
Chris, since amethyst and citrine are types of quartz, have you ever looked for some alternative sparkly bits in the hard rock areas? A friend of mine supplements her income making jewelry out of semi-precious stones she finds, which she insists have more character than "boring old diamonds." (I agree with her.)
Victoria Australia is such a treasure trove: citrines, sapphires, topaz, tourmaline, rock crystal, even some opals, I hear. A channel I used to watch (but neglected to subscribe to, now I can't remember the name) there was a fellow in your state who would go out and find gems and facet them. Gave my cat a scratch behind the ears, since he thinks he's a dog. Cheers.
Started with Dad's Reef and video ended with Dog Dad's Relief, a tired out and snoozing pupper, nicely into a circle and a fantastic result, can't wait to see more from there.
Fern and the rock crusher paw 🐾, so cute , loved the vid 😎
Hey Chris.
Keep it up mate love the videos,
Next time try an old miners technique with the quartz and its what I do, super heat the quartz like in a fire and drop it into water.
The quartz shatters naturally into smaller pieces and its all contained in a bucket
Yes that definitely works.
Hi, blue minerals likely azurite which ,I believe is a copper mineral! Your puppy is a trooper or maybe his dad,lol,boxers ran me ragged many years! Miss everyone!
Hi Chris, l live close to Bendigo, and this week l was walking down a track in the bush with the detector and found a small reef in the erosion in the wheel ruts when l put the detector over it it screamed , l have taking about a half bucket of stone home each day and so far 57grams of gold, l back fill the hole each time as l think the area is covered by a mining lease, cheers mate. PS sorry about the rant just had to tell someone.
If you think it's under a mining lease, then you are claim jumping and a thief. you should find out if it's claimed or not.
@@markrouse4514 hi mate, gold is gold and what they can't find is mine, some of the blows of quartz around here have yealded thousands of ounces at a shallow depth, l can't go down much and this is of the top and that's all for me, however it's not going to be easy to find when I'm finished, cheers.
Geez mate if it's under a mining lease (production) you really shouldn't be touching it. Not only could get yourself in alot of trouble but stuff like that ends up giving our damn overbearing government even more excuse to shut us all down!
Ps: that does sound like a very rich reef though! (Less you're talking like 100 buckets idk)
Dang wish I could spend as much time doing what you love....I don't have that luxury......great job!!!
Chris, a tip! Whenever you want to crush a Stone: put it in a small fire, like the size of a campfire, for 20 minutes. Let it cool after. The Gold will not melt, but the Stone will be brittle like hard sugar. It will save you hours of hard work when it's time for crushing.
Many have suggested that. I must try it
Amazing buddy!love Fern hitting the sample
Finding out what a rock has hiding in it is fun. Keep in mind about arsenic pyrite that some reefs hold don't let anything drink the water you pan it in. in our area it has it. Cheers Chris great vid. 🍻👍🍀⛏🇦🇺
That chunk of ore was a sweet find. Well done! 👍⛏️
Yes it was!
Well done Chris. Loving your channel and your enthusiasm - wish I was younger and fitter. Great stuff
That was a nice bit of gold, for such a small piece of quartz.
I hear you’re meeting up with the Tessie boys in the next couple weeks looking forward to that. Levi looks like a pretty cool dude man. I hope you guys find lots and lots of golden boogers. May it be a snotty day. LOL
Ferns paw... The new measuring stick of luck! Cool video too. Looks so interesting to us amateurs who have no clue. Love your work, Sir
Nice results! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic content as always!!
Much appreciated!
Nice take Chris, Yes there is still some good gold up in them hills.
Gotta love that reef. Well done Chris.
Really enjoy watching you crush stuff!
Glad to hear it!
Nice results. I enjoyed your video. You had me at moldy hat. Lol
Nice ! Good to see your doing well. Your pup looks healthy and happy. Please give her a scratch behind the ears for me. Till next be safe .
That was very cool Chris...keep on digging 👍👍
Always quick to open the new Vo-Gus videos
I absolutely love ur vids. my mechanical brain goes wild with all the ideas that I could turn ur maual processing ore in to a flick of a switch. hope u have a great one
Chris: Oooo that's a hard one!
Me: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID! 😂
Lol
That's my line lol
Thank you, Bro
Don't wake the beast lol. That was a good chunk of ore thanks for sharing!
Dude, that's nuts! Rich and chunky😲
hi Chris from beaut downtown tassie i enjoy youre adventures and thank you for taking time to record and share them including youre ones on a more personal note re mental health and the way you presented it with youre heart so raw it must have touched many a lost and wounded soul i have been trying to find a vid you uploaded from memory where you presented some drawiings of different scenarios where gold could have laid to rest in creek beds and one ime interested in where in ancient river bed ypu find layers of rocks from flood times where they appear almost as riffles am a retired support worker where i ran the music program and now enjoying being amongst the prickles and rocks etc cheers Geoffrey winder magicmountainharpist utube
That was a good bit of gold and as always love your content. Please keep it coming and both my dogs send love to you for the scratch behind the ear.
Been waiting for you to sample some more of your dad’s reef, wow did not disappoint that piece of ore was loaded 👌👍
More to come!
That's a nice little reefy chunk, nice find
Thanks 👍
Good on ya Chris!
Hey Chris, love watching your videos. Not just for great content but Fern is soooo bloody CUTE...
The blue mineral is a copper bearing mineral called Azurite. Over thousands of years It can change into Malachite & if conditions are right can change back to Azurite.
Great little jaw crusher,does super fine job.Next on my x-mass list to Santa.Great video Vo-Gus Pros. David out
Very motivating, thanks Chris...
Any time!
Great again, thanks Chris
Man that's awesome! You should dig down into the reef a bit to see what comes out.
Great stuff, I thought you and Mick were already a couple of special units 🤣
Very nice Chris, and fern is sure growing up fast
Bahaha dang it man.....lol. I love your videos and wish I could come to the outback.....! But I'm not fortune enough so I'll keep going in my 1/4 of a states' gold accumulation. Love the vids!!!
Gave up on the cat lovers but I just love the channel and furn is a sweetheart I really like her and im happy you guys have her.
The new puppy is just so seriously cute it's hard to replace grizzly but this dog is a real beauty
This is basically what I would do, my 1 acre place is (still) loaded with quartz boulders. When I first started, I was destroying anything iron I used (since quartz has a mohs hardness of 7) so I simply ended up smashing 2 boulders into each other. I found the pure white rocks were the best to use as hammers since the red is iron staining so those red rocks had a lot more fault lines in them - it was bloody hard going tho.
Great one, Thanx mate
Did someone say cookies?
So couple other youtubers from tazzy just put up a vid with a cool tip on crushing quartz they heated it up a bit which opened up the cracks.
Is that a rusty beta pan? is it gone or can you season it like a cast iron pot and get it back to its former glory?
Thank you thank you
Dang bro, that was a nice piece or rock. I hope you have more videos from there coming out soon.
From there no, but from other reefs yes
That is tremendous. FYI, just got a new puppy, who is also finally taking a nap, and have the tiny hand scars to prove it. Cheers!
Its a hard gig
I lost it when the dog pawed the rock
Shes "helping"
That is a nice BIG bit of gold!
For my area its huge
It Just keeps getting better....Way to pick a rock!!
Fern was and is such a cute little puppy!! ;D
Thank you, made my day.
CHRIS dads Reef is always a damn good video YOU AND MICK need to get back up there and do a good day or two up there would really like to see you get more then a half gram of gold so hopefully you guys are planning something soon at dads Reef.
SO CHRIS i hear that LEVI and the family might coming to see you thats going to BE FREAKING EPIC 👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦
That is some ore'some I bet you will be looking for more ore/quarts like it to run through the ball mill. Loving the fern spam btw.
I hope so man, looking at getting a Keene crusher.
@@VoGusProspecting hell yeah! That would make life much easier! Just need to find bulk ore to feed it.
gidday thats mad what you got. I am going back to a spot i found last time out which had a huge amount of quartz and have a closer look at it thanks chris. p.s give fern a scratch for me cheers
Fern's teething. My pup's doing the same thing to the lawn as his adults front teeth all come in.
The way I pop open that stuff is I'll wrap the chunk in in a piece of burlap sack put that inside of a pillow slip use my heavy duty bench vise with a cheater bar and you'll be able to pop those open without losing any of the little pieces super easy
Hi Chris, so refreshing video... :-)
Glad you enjoyed it
When crushing rocks. I smash them up with a hammer and the dolly port, then I use a cheap blender( I got from the op shop) turns it to powder fast.
Interesting idea with the blender
Wow nice reef gold dad was spot on got to go back for mor eh
Very nice, now I have a better idea on what to bring home and crush, have a bunch waiting, need to get a jaw crusher next. Like how it's kinda portable.
Hi! To make it easier to break the stone, you need to put it in the oven.
Thanks for the tip!
@@VoGusProspecting Please! Happy finds!
Enjoyed watching your video nice gold.😀
Nice gold mate.keep up the hard rock vids please
finally the crusher is bolted down hahahha
Fern was telling you that rock had gold in it!
was waiting for this one and wasnt disappointed
Glad you liked it mate
You should get a stone cutter. It will make that process so much easier.
Great work fam. Keep getting that au. Gold squad out!!!
That was some good gold from that one rock
It was funny looked like Fern was saying dad thier is gold in here
Yes Fern, yes there is.
the blue / purple minerals likely magnetite or galena
r.i.p takeaway menu lol. Awesome result. 💛
Thank you 😋
Probably some good exercise that crushing
High five dad right, if all of it is that rich that looks like retirement to me buddy boy I really wonder what that's going to break down to per ton Glad you made it back there have been waiting for this video
Its 4.5 ounces per ton. Or there about.
Excellent work 😃😃
Thank you! Cheers!
Dude!! Do a day just digging the hillside !!! Take a magnet to find the spots that carry more magnetite 👀 im sure you already knew that.. and I realize you might have to pack out water, if I wasn't in USA I could come by and be a water mule for a day 🤣
When its not so hot man
Lol when covid ends I coukd carry water and a refillable misting bottle and give a good misting every 100ft 😆 jk
Can't wait to see a video of it if you do!
Great job carry on👍👍👍
@ 2:37 is that a tiny piece of gold that dropped on your finger ?
dear vogus, a bearing press or a vice to start with
Thats the best mate. Takes time but super worth it.🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Mate just a tip from an ex bricklayer/stonemason get some sand and put it on the grass and put the stone on the sand and you wont get that bounce from that cardboard.
The cardboard was only there to catch the stuff that fell off. In hindsight a sack would have been better.
Chisels flex when you strike them and vibrate. The shorter the chisel, the more efficient your efforts will be. It’s best to use one whose length is just greater than the width of your hand.
Thanks for the tips!
That's I richest chunk or oar iv seen! Crazy nuts!
You should watch my other ore videos. There has been better from this spot
Você está em qual país ? No Brasil não encontra essas bateias.
Chris! Do you ever use the Blue Bowls for final separation?
No. I don't own one
@@VoGusProspecting What do you think of the concept?
Hi Chris. Great video. Please stay safe and healthy and take care of yourself and your family members. To all members also. Talk to you later my friend. ☺☺☺😇😇😇
what good material looks a lot like the one in my region