I found an actual REAL GOLD MINE hidden on my property!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2021
- After stumbling onto an illegal mining operation on my property, I thought I would do some exploring of the 100+ acres that make up my mineral claim property. I found all sorts of evidence of old workings including an actual underground gold mine!
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Is it just me or does everyone else want Dan to bring his crusher everywhere he goes!!! 😂
Nah, one or two episodes of exploring followed by the results is great.
I also haven’t actually caught up with videos
Hey Dan I bet you find some gold in the rock samples you took to crush.
😂👌
Reading the comments at the beginning I haven’t gotten to the crusher yet but yes I’m already excited
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Dan, I've been adventuring in the Georgia outdoors for over 40 years. The way an old man turns young when pursuing their quarry is universal. Please keep making the great family friendly content.
Take me with you!!
Georgia county ???
@@zuxta The state Georgia
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I have been trying to convince my husband to go on a long weekend in an RV and go to old Civil War/Revolutionary War battlefields (to try to find bullets lodged in trees, which as of the late 70's/early 80's, my dad did regularly on our summer trips...always had his handy pocket knife, lol), or caves like Mammoth Cave or Ruby Falls, etc.; maybe even go to Diamond Crater and find a diamond! He's a no-go so far, but I think I want to go so badly because this is what my dad did with us when we were kids...all about nature, camping, taking us out to the Everglades to watch meteor showers or comets, and just letting us know how amazing nature is, and the fact that its beauty is all around us all the time, day and night, and it is so incredibly beautiful if you just take the time to look. I miss you, Daddy!
Who else is so happy Dan’s channel seems to be blowing up. Consistently in the 100s of thousands of views each upload! Crazy to think I’ve watched for years!! Keep it going Dan! Well deserved!
What he's doing actually looks like a lot of fun. Who doesn't love exploring.
Neat thing is dan has the discipline to scout around. The claim I helped mine was far enough away we tried to spend every minute we could.mining the spot we had been and little looking around and testing other areas
everything looks fun on youtube
@@Dualities
Not at all.
True
@@xXxKidderxXx
Wrong. Apparently you need to get out more because you have no idea what's out there.
Seeing the artefacts of a mine that’s only 100 years old really brings home how quickly nature reclaims it’s own.
if its 100 years not used.. than search cherynobyl is not even 50 years ago :'). nature will go if it get the chance! The cities you know are now still concrete because of people maintain it...
its 100 years next to a river. River cut the grand canyon. its going to wash everything down stream thats not maintained.
I always think about that when I see run-down places - like with trees growing up inside of buildings and stuff. Like wood rots, metal rusts and it all just goes back to dirt in no time basically. That "Life After People" show was really interesting.
Artifacts, its, when did we all get so stupid ?
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Dan Hurd, I know this is off topic but I wanted to say thank you. I've been watching your journey pushing through your surgery and getting back to doing something that you love and it inspired me to do the same. Just recently I had vascular bypass surgery and because of watching your recovery ahead of my own it inspired me to get up and get moving. My saying is if Dan Hurd can do it so can I. Again, thank you so very much for being such an inspiration! Keep doing what you're doing, And I wish you well!
Wish you an amazing recovery!!
Keep on going too. Have a speedy recovery.
Do you feel better now? Keep doing your cardiac rehabilitation/moderate paced exercises.
Hope your recovery goes well 😊
@@dn2817 I am starting to feel better now! It's been less than two weeks and so far so good. Thank you for your well wishes and encouragement!
@@justsandy4381 thank you!
I love your adventures! Very cool finds
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He just stumbles upon a gold mine. How lucky is Dan and how lucky are we to get to share the adventure with him. I found my hobby finally and something that centers me is gemology and prospecting and learning all I can about it.
This is such a beautiful claim. I love these exploration videos. Makes me excited for getting my own someday. Always inspirational, Dan!
I really love this claim. There is so much history laying all around, there are hidden mines, amazing quartz seams and the nature is outstandingly gorgeous! ❤
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I don't know how you ignore the beauty around you and actually get work done. The color of that river is amazing.
Recently stumbled on your videos and I'm loving them. My dad and I did some panning in the Lilloet area 20+ years ago. I've always wanted to get back into it and I think these videos are giving me the kick I need. Thank you.
Dan, I have spent a good part of my 32 years in the mining and exploration business crawling into rat holes like those you found (and many bigger.) Be very careful about the conditions of the back (ceiling,) An overzealous sampler banging a vein can get themselves hurt or worse PDQ. Another thing to remember is that standing water and rotting timbers consume oxygen. Not a deal in those short adits, but something to keep in mind. Oh, and don't step in puddles that you don't know the depth of. Some of them can be hundreds of feet deep.
The puddle could be addressed with the good old stick, but great word of advice!
Is it true to try not to disturb standing water as they could contain and release harmful gasses?
I need more info on the puddles that's so scary and haunting
@@peachpixiedust standing water absorbs contaminants. If you've ever seen chemicals boil, the gasses can be heavier than the air we breath, causing them to fall to the floor. Pretty scary seeing a dark cloud just floating about the ground. You might not notice anything walking through it as you're passing through undisturbed environment but on your way back all those disturbed toxic gasses have come out from low areas, the water and swirled through the air. By then it's too late. Mines also fill up with water naturally, what looks like a puddle may be hundreds of meters deep.
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Dan, great content and energy. Always look forward to your adventures. Stay healthy Sir and thank you.
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Wow, what a cool find! Beautiful property. To me there's nothing else that beats the feeling of spending time in nature and finding things never before seen by human eyes, or not in thousands of years is a bonus. Keep having fun and doing what you love, it shows :)
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This guy exudes so much joy and enthusiasm. Always a good way to start your day.
Thanks Dan, that was informative. I have a claim here in the other CA and it has an old chinese oven, rock stacking, placer pits etc. Your explanation has helped affirm and continue to unlock the mysteries. It is also a legacy claim.
Awesome episode Dan. It's great you discuss so many of the permitting requirements and BC mining regulations in your videos. If only it would stop the claim jumpers. It's a beautiful piece of land you have claimed up. Thanks for the episode ⚒️⚒️🇦🇺🇦🇺
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I wunt Goldberg
Thank you for sharing! I watch your videos on my lunch break and sometimes when I get home and you always lift my spirits 😊
Love your ability to read the landscape. I just see rocks and trees, you see a rich story. Very cool!
Dan, When you say you're going back home to figure out the composition of a specimen is it possible you could add a section showing the results of that at the end of each video? just a suggestion
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Maybe post a comment instead of a reply? I believe it’s all about expensive equipment and owning mineral rights to a property. You can’t just go out in the woods and start digging, in America at least… He’s referring to crushing rocks up and sampling them at various points in the video, I think this is most likely a years or decades long project. He may have been doing this hobby for 25 years!
This was a fun episode!!! You certainly make it exciting! Beautiful view and perfect angle shots. It would be real nice just to sit in the water and relax. Could there be anything else in that cave besides quartz and gold? Looks fun and spooky.
That place is utterly gorgeous in every season! What a wonderful place. History, mystery, and gold!
just recently stumbled upon dans channel. and I'm binge watching all his content!!! what a nice genuine guy! get this man a tv show!!!
Hope your ok Dan and your family after the flooding. Thinking and praying for all those affected.
@MrAbletospeak I don't believe in a god either but everyone's entitled to their own belief and there's no need to downplay someone else's belief cause you don't agree with it.
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Prayer; when we get to the other side we'll be wishing we had prayed more, I believe
This is just beautiful land. Have you ever been camping at such a beautiful place?
When someday it stops being a claim, you could start a theme park on gold mining with what history is embedded, and excavated on that land. I love your videos, keep it up and thank you.
Lol It's been a claim for over 100 years. It will probably be a claim for another 100 years.
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Love your videos throughout the years and have been glad to watch them as they come out . Keep on exploring and finding that gold , I love your dream claim it’s so amazing thanks for sharing this with us
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Dan Dan he's our man if he can't do it, Bryson will hopefully get it.
Ha! 😂
Not al heros wear capes Bryson!
Darn claim jumpers!
2 claps for Bryson 👏👏
If you change it to dan Dan he's our man if he can't do it bryson hopefully can it will rhyme
This guy makes some damn good quality content. You have indeed earned my subscription
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What I like best about Dan's channel is his great choice of upbeat music. It always brings me up in mood. What I dislike the most is Dan's finding gold and I'm not. lol Keep at it Dan!!!
That was awesome seeing inside the gold mines on your claim. How fun it was to watch.
i really hope everyone is ok dan, saw the frasier.... so sad. keeping you pauly and everyone in bc in my prayers.
They'll probably be great, more gold churned up by all the flooding!
@@krakhedd unfortunately it’s a lot more people than gold seekers suffering from this flood event
Water coming downstream means gold were I’m from
Thanks For the kind words Glenna ....
Saw the fraiser?
lets go get some gold!!
💙💙💙
Do it bro!
He seems like he is probably the nicest guy you'll ever meet if you were to actually run into him in RL. I think that is why i like watching his vids.
Cool exploration Dan. Amazing history on the site. Glad you keep after the claim jumpers
Mr. Dan have you made a video of what you go through on locating and purchasing a claim? love to see that.
What a great discovery Dan and I wish you all the best! To those who say that you shouldn't enter into an abandoned shaft, mine your own business.
@Michael S.
Thats what he said..
Dan I stumbled on to your channel about a week ago. I love your content even though I know nothing of your field of work. Today you've earned my subscription. Keep up the good work.
What a great claim! Can’t wait to see all of your finds!!!
This is absolutely fascinating, just finding them mines is as exciting as finding gold 😮
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Dan even though the shaft opening was abandoned doesn't mean its a dry seam. Something could have happened to them. As back then thier were alot of saloon disputes over card games etc. And land claim issues etc. Test everything.
Love your claim Dan. You earned my subscription today. Thanks for the tour.
It's so beautiful there! Really enjoyed this one and congrats on the new discoveries :)
Dan Hurd is the only person on TH-cam that is so genuine and likeable, that not a single viewer dares to leave a dislike. If you ever see a dislike on one of Dan's videos, it was most likely an accident
They removed the public dislike numbers
Or one of the claim jumpers! lol
Archeology is fun!! Can you find pottery and other things that could tell us a little about the people living and working there? Could be a nice video! Keep it up, Dan!
You're getting pretty close to earning my subscription Dan. Keep it up!
Looovee this video Dan! What an awesome find, I can’t wait to see if there’s much gold value in your samples!
Dan let me congratulate you on what looks like is going to be an amazing claim. That is the thickest quartz seam I have ever seen! I am also amazed at the color of that river. Wow what an amazing blue! I could sit and just watch the river but one final thing, are there trout in the river? Do you fish? Dude I would so be fishing that place every second I wasn't panning or running the seperator. Good luck brother I hope you have huge success on your claim, it looks like a slice of heaven!!!
Do a search for the Sixteen to One gold mine. they mined out a building-sized vein. it looks like it's made of snow inside
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Love the content you put out, you've sparked such an interest in gold panning and mining in myself and probably many others. Hopefully I'm somehow able to work this into my life as a past time that may turn profitable if I'm able to do the right things and invest enough time. Would love to buy a claim someday!
It's beautiful spot with really interesting history, Dan. Thanks for sharing. From the UK.
Such a beautiful area you live in! All your videos are so picturesque, and really fun too!
Took several screenshots of the river in this video, the water color is stunning and will make an awesome watercolor painting.
It is cool to see how they did their exploratory survey. They say the first people to do a thorough superficial geological survey of the lands comprising Canada today were Scottish engineers and geologists. Imagine the sense of adventure.
amazing as always, I enjoy watching, following and learning from you!
Crazy how watching TH-cam shorts about geology led to me binging your videos. Your presentation is super informative and got me interested in panning around the Columbia😁
Dan, idk if you will see this but that property is absolutely gorgeous. The light blue clear running water and all the bright green foliage is just stunning. Hope you have a great day!
I would be content with life if I owned just an acre out there & built myself a little cabin. Get away from all the chaos in today’s society. Wish you luck brotha on your endeavors !
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Hey @Dan Hurd i'm just getting into this hobby, your videos deeply inspire me, i stay close to old volcanoes in Scotland, lots and lots of rivers and streams here, and i have always wanted to try this. keep videos coming i'm learning lots, thank you.
As a retired geologist and cancer survival your videos are very enjoyable. Only wished I lived closer than the midwest. Thanks for your videos. 👌😊😊
I have been watching your videos recently and I have always had an interest in minerals and nature. I took geology for lab credits getting my engineering degree, and I find panning/exploring the earth's materials extremely interesting. I might even try a little panning of my local area once I look into mineral rights around here.
That claim has tons of potential! Definitely a keeper. Trap cameras all around it, please! Also, I loved that waterfall in the drone footage.
Why put cameras all around it? Paranoid much!
Dude literally finds a claim jumper's river sluice in the video and you're calling him paranoid?
That is such a beautiful claim. Just being there, doing what you love, is a treasure.
Been watching you for several daysd and in your words, you've earned my subscription!
Looks like the dream claim could really turn into "The Dream Claim" dependin on the hardrock samples. Stay safe up there. Seen all the flooding up there
It already is
@@Danhurd Hello ,,,, what state are you in ?
"IT'S A FRIKKIN GOLDMINE" needs to be on merch
Yessir
This is the only video I have seen from your channel, but you are the best guy for me to watch from now and on, if I am in a bad mood. Keep up the good work my guy.
Beautiful country, blue & clear river. Quartz is a lovely color. And the history you shared is very interesting.
Does your area have lidar imagery publicly available? It's great for finding old roads, pits, foundations, walls, dumps etc.
Pretty exciting stuff, exploring a big claim. Especially with historical stuff still there.
Do you have any videos of the process you use to crush and test the samples?
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@@Sirvaggos
I can’t give you that info, but I’m sure you can find a lot of resources and social groups online.
If you check out the channel: “The Crystal Collector” he goes all over the country and shows places where anyone can go to hunt for gems, ore, etc. He also has a very inexpensive group on Facebook with a lot of knowledgeable people, and they do a lot of group gem hunts and stuff.
Good luck!
The scenery is so beautiful, thanks for sharing ❤
This is so fun to watch. We have two contiguous properties which are old staked/named claims in Colorado where we have numerous shaft gold mines from the turn of the 1900s. Quartz tailings are all over. I’ve always got my eye on the ground looking for that particular color in the quartz!
I would like to remind everyone unless you really know what you are doing and know a lot about mines and your local mines. Don't enter Abandoned mineshafts are very dangerous. Knowing what they mine can also save your life. Allways make sure you have know what the air is like not only could you fall to your death you can also suffocate.
I want to see a Dan and Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines crossover.
I don't have any background in prospecting, but you make the entire process fun and exciting from an entertainment angle. I'll keep checking back for updates and hope you find some treasure :)
Dan, glad to see you back.
A friend of a friend had an abandoned gold mine on his property and there were plenty of tailings, but you really had to work to get it. (Kinda like you do... nothing to get rich over night.) They were too lazy.💖🌞🌵😷
Naa, not lazy, just not properly informed....
Get someone to do the work and as owner you get % of what they find. 0 work, but money.
@@charlesdalton5537, they took a couple of ton and had it processed. Just didn't have the yield they wanted. (If it was me ... If it paid for my gas to the woods, it would have been worth it. ... Getting paid to go on vacation is a dream job!) Sending lots of love 💖 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵😷
@@goblinwisdom, like I said too lazy. Sending lots of love 💖 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵😷
Since it's on your property, do you still have to stake a claim?
I believe he stated before he has the mineral rights for this claim. So he does not own the land only the right to mine the minerals.
That mountainside collapsing story was awesome!
Thank you on the update on the claim jumpers.
With all the hidden stuff Dan keeps finding I wouldn’t be surprised if he manages to find a downed ufo or something
The Annunaki will show up & jump his claim for the hidden gold. On the way out, being overloaded, their saucer will crash, the MOD will come in, declare the area off limits, haul away the smashed saucer & bodies & Dan gets the Roswell style warning & is forced to leave his claim as the MOD fences the area off & starts a man made landslide burying the crash site forever.
wow... look ! an abandoned spaceship loaded with gold
Or, God forbid, a family of 'squatches.
So I had an interesting idea for agate hunting. Do you think using a UV light would light them up? They would definitely absorb much different light than host rock so they should theoretically light up like a Christmas tree
Some opaline silica and chalcedony,but not all fluoresces under UV. It would be worth a try.
only if chipped might work as it has alayer off host rock and mudd on the surface. I have plenty of aggat here laying around and a UV light for testing hotelrooms and car AC leakadge
Tested it sadly it makes them more difficult to see.
@@rashakawa What about in darkness .. like tarped off or at night? That's one way they search for opals in Australia
@@MikeBaxterABC the agate itself doesn't contain anything that would illuminate under UV that goes for short wave and long. You might get a reaction to something that the agate is attached to but not the agate itself.
I've seen a few videos now and you've now got a new sub! Thank you for educating and entertaining us with your content. Happy Holidays and Wishing you tons of success for 2022! Cheers!
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First time viewer, you definitely earned my subscription! Great attitude and fun presentation. Watching people explore BC is really cool, it reminds me a lot of the forests where I grew up in CA, but just different enough
Who else wishes he was your grandpa?
Thank you Dan for another great video . Stay safe and good luck.
He is honest, pure and all good person.
That water is so enchanting!!! Absolutely breathtaking!!!
I've been in an old abandoned mine myself, great fun finding and exploring them. Very worth the boot full of water and the ride back with soggy boots.
Your a great guy Dan! I been looking for a hidden mine for 4 years. Today is my 4th time out looking for it. I go alone because no one ever wants to do cool stuff so I have become my own best friend!
Great work and God Bless!🙏
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I'm sooooo jealous! Not because of any gold, but the scenery and cool rocks is amazing!!! What a cool adventure.
I love how he’s so positive and happy about everything
Awesome Find. I cant wait to see what you find in those samples.
Brilliant channel !… Dans really engaging informative and enthusiastic-fascinating watching from the Uk
This channel has really been coming up and very interesting!
Great work Dan. So glad to see you in good health. Parts of that river look like the American River in the sierras.
Not a miner, but your claim is so beautiful, wish I could explore the place just to see everything. I love spending the day at places like this.
imagine just spending 1 year with this guy, adventuring and learning! :O
Absolutely gorgeous scenery!
Definitely earned my subscription! Gorgeous claim you have