Gold Panning made easy. 40 + years experience

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  • @BornOnFire
    @BornOnFire 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have watched this vid over 20 times and I learn something new every time. Thanks for sharing your craft with those of us who need it...like me!

  • @TacticalHandyman
    @TacticalHandyman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He just got gold with a pan faster than people I have been watching with machines, so maybe I don’t need a bunch of expensive equipment to try this. Nice 👍

  • @BCghostTownsDOTcom
    @BCghostTownsDOTcom  12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When your on good ground, you could use a 1950's Ford hubcap!
    Just get on some good ground, then any pans a good pan...

  • @redcarsarasota
    @redcarsarasota 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm thankful that he's generous enough to share his years of experience with the rest of us. I'm going gold panning next month in Georgia. I can't wait to try what he teaches in this video.

  • @Masonb27
    @Masonb27 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I panned out 6.41 ounce this past summer. My wife was against all the time I spent in the water until I cashed in the gold.

    • @Darkside.177
      @Darkside.177 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      she hates that you're a real gold digger

  • @beestoe993
    @beestoe993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Panning is so underrated because people either dont want to do the work or they dont have the patience. Yet they will spend hours running a sluice that dumps as much gold out the end as they catch just to get as much gold as was carefully panned here in about 7 minutes. Excellent technique!

    • @rigel1176
      @rigel1176 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes !!! And there is even more field panning technique !

  • @CurryRiceN_Chips
    @CurryRiceN_Chips 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is the best tutorial on how to use a pan I have came across, another awesome tutorial is shown by the guy who does the gold hog vids, he does an in depth tutorial on it.

    • @rigel1176
      @rigel1176 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two toe mining ....How to pan with Gerry .....or "WalNLiz" Australia ( Panning for gold )

  • @wwasicki
    @wwasicki 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ive watched alot of Panning since I was a little girl.My Dad used to promise us "one day we will go pan for gold".We used to sit and watch those "panning for Gold" shows all the time.Then as adults my brother and I used to talk of doing it also and life goes on and still havent gone panning.Finally bought my "kit" last week and jumped right in.Dang,I had know idea how hard it would really be.Got frustrated and put it aside.Just watched your video and I must say "YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Love it!

  • @hollerdoller
    @hollerdoller 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL i worked with this guy all summer!! I've heard this speach so many times and it never gets old

  • @nuggetnoggin
    @nuggetnoggin 13 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    nice, a very helpful video with the tips.

  • @therrienmichael08
    @therrienmichael08 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm officially a gold prospector. Used my pan for the first time today. I pay close attention now.

    • @CurryRiceN_Chips
      @CurryRiceN_Chips 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used mine for the first time yesterday, I didn't find anything but I'm still going back but more equipped this time :P

    • @therrienmichael08
      @therrienmichael08 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +godsword12 Heck Yeah. Almost two years now and I got a sluice box since.

    • @CurryRiceN_Chips
      @CurryRiceN_Chips 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm just saving at the moment for a sluice but as soon as I get one I'm going to take a tent and camp by the river for a weekend and see what I get :P

    • @therrienmichael08
      @therrienmichael08 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, Equinox 800 will be here first part of next week 8/2/18 and I'll be using the goldfield mode..

    • @KirkLee1983
      @KirkLee1983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@therrienmichael08 I started about a month ago found about 3 grams so far.. Need to find ounces though!!.

  • @66mirrors
    @66mirrors 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's so much wisdom in this, respect old timer!

  • @hobohacker258
    @hobohacker258 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been scouring youtube for a few days. This is by FAR the best instructional on panning!

  • @greggorsantonio4542
    @greggorsantonio4542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally a close up shot 7 min into a 7 1/2 min video....brilliant!

  • @blacksand357
    @blacksand357 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great presentation. Nothing like watching a pro make something look so easy...

  • @FairyFrequency
    @FairyFrequency ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic panning tutorial! Sending lots of love and warm greetings from Missouri.

  • @galeogden2054
    @galeogden2054 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done Gary Smith! (haven't seen you for a few years, but proud to say I know you!!)

  • @michaelnissila1335
    @michaelnissila1335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found out today that this legend lives right below me in the same building!

  • @HamRadioCrashCourse
    @HamRadioCrashCourse 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He doesn't even use one of them fancy plastic pans with the riffles.

    • @SJ-kr1zu
      @SJ-kr1zu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But they are way faster.

  • @everythingallin4905
    @everythingallin4905 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet that song is still on playing there on repeat to this day!

  • @coredor
    @coredor 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the most excellent concise instructional video on the panning technique that anyone ever will need.

  • @seethetruth3795
    @seethetruth3795 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    From one miner to another, that’s some world class panning my friend! Nicely done

  • @GeoffBosco
    @GeoffBosco 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is amazing artistry in what he does...it's funny how this level of mastery (of anything for that matter) is so compelling to watch...and, it doesn't take a college education to spot it.

  • @089674532
    @089674532 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    The greatest generosity is shearing knowledge, experience and truth. Thank you, great video!

  • @alexrod714
    @alexrod714 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nothing bests the advice of someone who has been doing this so long. Thank you for your advice. Can you show a vid on how to do this with clay? I'm in the Mojave and a lot of the time in working with clay.

  • @harrisonwithrow1496
    @harrisonwithrow1496 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this was the most informative video i have see on here. i hope i can get some gold when i start. my goal is to pan three pounds so i can buy a house

  • @MarkSeve
    @MarkSeve 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Gary Smith. That was very informative. Thank you BCghostTownsDOTcom for sharing this.

  • @doitagain009
    @doitagain009 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This guy is awesome! Great, informative video. Looking forward to gold panning in the creek later.

  • @chrisnussbaum9311
    @chrisnussbaum9311 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that is frigging awsom great video....im subscribing

  • @GamerzzDude
    @GamerzzDude 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg that was so cool. That much gold from one little bit of sand and gravel like that. He must be rich!

  • @ScottStephens84
    @ScottStephens84 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Thanks for teaching me more about panning that I could have ever found out on my own. Truly helpful.

  • @highenergyog
    @highenergyog 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm Riding my mountain bike with my trailer and camping suplies along with my homemade sluce box back to the city I live in, from a town called Owen Sound located in Ontario Canada.I live in Hamilton Ontario and I have a route planned out for the trip home.I will be slucing and panning along the way . I hope to use the information that I recieved from watching your video to assist me in finding gold. Thanks for posting this wonderful video, it leaves you feeling like you've learned something.

    • @lklarose
      @lklarose 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any luck on the panning between Owen Sound and Hamilton?

  • @OfolenWS
    @OfolenWS 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I finally found my gold pan in that bunkhouse of ours (basically a huge shed) after two days! I've been looking through every drawer that wasn't blocked and it was just on a top shelf! There's a creek down by the road not far from where I live, looks really hard to get to because it's in its own little canyon, I might look for gold in there.

  • @stephengervais3555
    @stephengervais3555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi i live in prince george barkerville is my favorite place! Great video!

  • @Outdoorsman631
    @Outdoorsman631 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    i remember this very guy teaching me to gold pan when i visited barkerville. amazing!

  • @elantoniohoow
    @elantoniohoow 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome accent, very skilled many thanx.

  • @stevepokere58
    @stevepokere58 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your are a great man Gary. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. Regards from New Zealand

  • @jajaid6
    @jajaid6 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow!awesome video!

  • @NorwegianProspector
    @NorwegianProspector 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice one! i remember wathcing this last year before i panned my first gold. good video.

  • @Randy1958morris
    @Randy1958morris 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish I lived closer, I would love to visit Barkerville Ghost Town...

  • @juicybadd
    @juicybadd 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this guys voice, great video, GOD BLESS his soul!!!

  • @sm2iuf
    @sm2iuf 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really really good. I will have to try it some day.

  • @redneck048
    @redneck048 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video from someone who actually knows what he is doing.

  • @chrisb7600
    @chrisb7600 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    going panning next weekend first time,thankyou your giving me the inspiration

  • @GarnettM
    @GarnettM 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gary if you were at Barkerville in the late 70s you probably taught me how to pan because I pan Identical as this system ironic never forget , Funny you`d think that the Cottonwood would be worked over by many minors since the 18-1900 hundreds but we panned out 3gr in one weekend still have it Thanks.

  • @fuzzynuts54
    @fuzzynuts54 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went out panning this weekend for the first time in 26 years, I was 5. I wish I had seen this video first. I had spent a season living on a small mine [placer?] on the cottonwood river or lightening creek?, just out of quesnel. One of the most memorable summers of my life. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use a pan properly until now. I was pretty close, that rotation is an excellent tip.

    • @rigel1176
      @rigel1176 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      May it is to long away .... 12 years .... I was mining on the cottonwood and lightning for years ,- and there are old timers ( one just past away in cottemwood ) with exellent skills !

  • @jaswas77
    @jaswas77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THanks I learned at least 5 new panning tricks

  • @darronmoore9177
    @darronmoore9177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you SIR!!!
    GOD BLESS YOU...

  • @graysondakis3781
    @graysondakis3781 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait for my first season in panning

  • @toadbile
    @toadbile 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have not been able to to much with that last teaspoon of black sand, so this video is very helpful. Still learning.

  • @ssnider420
    @ssnider420 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    good vid i took an old rusty pan my father had from the yukon and panned a nearby riverbank with the technique you showed in this vid and what ya know two "very-small" flakes my first pan

  • @clockguy2
    @clockguy2 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally someone explained it so an old clod like me could understand it! Hey my name's Smith...we must be related!
    Thanks

  • @z0ne333z
    @z0ne333z 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should make more videos , top notch.

  • @christopherb27
    @christopherb27 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd screamwith joy if I found a pinker! The black sand bar has skunked me, but I'm just starting out and haven't had much time. I finally gotyour panning technique down wellenough I get a lot of flour and a flake hear and there. The last step walking whats left of the gravel takes touch, but I'm getting better and have a pool in my yard i bring back samples to practice on and see what's there. I'm going to try popping some rocks here shortly.

  • @007tallguy
    @007tallguy 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a great explanation and demonstration! thanks for posting! :)

  • @markburn4422
    @markburn4422 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful technique

  • @DarkBearChan
    @DarkBearChan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome stuff

  • @dhawksby
    @dhawksby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent. Thanks!

  • @christopherb27
    @christopherb27 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use the same exact pan he has and was worried it wouldn't work. I've watched this a million times and still can't get it correct. I may just not be getting good soil, and finally got a bucket with a screen to seperate all of those larger stones. All kinds of Quarts where I'm digging, huge chunks with veins in them too. I found a spot the other day that had a a gravel bar of what looked like just black sand. Lots of smaller pieces of quartz and lead when I washed a couple handfulls off.

  • @suilekelly
    @suilekelly 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome clip

  • @Pochahontas89
    @Pochahontas89 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video!

  • @mobi_61
    @mobi_61 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video and great master of goldpanning. My hat is down from my head ;-)

  • @Fruice_Lee
    @Fruice_Lee 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was there 8 odd years ago, from Dublin.

  • @pet3ro
    @pet3ro 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice music in the background :)
    and awesome video, of course!

  • @bobbysworld7592
    @bobbysworld7592 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video.

  • @hockeydad6211
    @hockeydad6211 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well explained. Not only said what to do but why.

  • @BCghostTownsDOTcom
    @BCghostTownsDOTcom  15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi orangedac, The pan is just a regular metal pan.
    There are gold baring creeks in Ontario just read some History books for your area. If gold was ever taken out there will still be some to be found.
    Good Luck and thanks for your email.
    John

  • @erbstreettackle
    @erbstreettackle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video thank you

  • @alexblack6057
    @alexblack6057 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing tutorial👌🏻

  • @123kkambiz
    @123kkambiz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation.

  • @wahid556
    @wahid556 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    old is gold so this old is like a gold

  • @rar6178
    @rar6178 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks mr smith

  • @robyjacob7050
    @robyjacob7050 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work, nice video, also knowledge based, thanks

  • @TammyMartinBLUE
    @TammyMartinBLUE 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @ohioguy440
    @ohioguy440 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome!!! i think im gonna live off the land now! thanks for posting.

  • @shawnmattingly9268
    @shawnmattingly9268 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have 5 seasonal creeks on my 20 acres that I live on, what am I looking for besides the black sand to find gold? I have already found some really small flakes but I just wanted to know if there is a way to know when I am close to some good size stuff? The video taught me I have been doing it all wrong, thanks a million!

  • @wwasicki
    @wwasicki 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in New York State.Havent found any clubs yet.Just been one of those dreams since I was little.

  • @BCghostTownsDOTcom
    @BCghostTownsDOTcom  15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi no they were not 71 grams but natural nuggets that size take on extra value. But gold is very dense.
    Thanks for your comment and happy panning...

  • @christianadventure
    @christianadventure 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool to learn!

  • @markeldridge2385
    @markeldridge2385 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're the man thanks for the info

  • @jadekayak01
    @jadekayak01 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish i had watched this vid before i started 7 weeks ago.I got most of the techniques myself by trial and error but i would never have got the "swirl" right.
    Cheers for a great vid

  • @rweerakkody4565
    @rweerakkody4565 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    holy cow! thanks for posing this

  • @nikokirner1651
    @nikokirner1651 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i learned so much thank you
    and do you remember me i'm from mountveuw elemantry
    my class when to the gold panning with you guys

  • @TheEdisse
    @TheEdisse 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video

  • @firstligmo
    @firstligmo 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    mad goldpanning skills!

  • @joshuahill291
    @joshuahill291 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is pro. So legit.

  • @RonnieTheFish
    @RonnieTheFish 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    YOur awesome thanks for the wonderful info on the pan ... YOur the godfather of gold paning :)

  • @jadyason
    @jadyason 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one.

  • @marioharris5059
    @marioharris5059 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey all i went gold panning for my first time yesterday and had a great laugh at 3:20 in the video. That was me for sure, was doing 2 pans per hour in fear of losing a flake and only to end up with a bunch of gravel still in my pan.
    Found a few flakes though.
    Amazing experience

  • @BCghostTownsDOTcom
    @BCghostTownsDOTcom  13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi @akhero47 The nuggets are under two ounces Troy But large nuggets have a higher retail than just their troy weight.
    Thanks for your comment
    John

  • @mrpd1961
    @mrpd1961 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video..what kind of oil did you bake the pan with..cooking oil..motor oil?

  • @odhiscroco
    @odhiscroco 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive...

  • @robmob1
    @robmob1 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks helped alot

  • @MrCanadacronsmoke
    @MrCanadacronsmoke 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    good video

  • @pet3ro
    @pet3ro 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    looking for more country like this - banjo, fiddle, simple rhythms. any suggestions?

  • @Frankiethegift
    @Frankiethegift 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great skill you have there. would this work on -500 mesh head ore that is platinum and gold? I do not have base metals but the particals of metal and silica are so fine that it seems I can't seperate the metals fro the silica. I currently fire a 1 lb batch of head ore with pre mix platinum flux
    then separate from there. Im trying to release the metal from the silica so I can fire the metal direct, would appreciate any feed back. thanks for posting this vid. great job.!

  • @Yeshua144
    @Yeshua144 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome mate! thanks for sharing this , now going to get myself a nice pan, and harvest that beauty.. ^_^

  • @robertaskme1338
    @robertaskme1338 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always nice to learn how other's pan for gold as you never know when you might pick up a tip that really helps make a difference ;) ;) I know I did ;) ;)

  • @orangedac
    @orangedac 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    well could you explain what kind of a pan is it? would that technique work with a stainless steel pan?
    i feel like running down to the local creek with a pan from the kitchen. i know the only thing i'll get is a sore back by the end of it all.
    To begin with, is there any gold to be found in the toronto area in ontario or would i be wasting my time?

  • @SgtToughLove
    @SgtToughLove 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old dude, got skillz!