Amazing bedrock exposure discovered on whirlwind tour of 4 claims.
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- What a great bedrock discovery! Large cobbles sitting on soft bedrock. The Perfect place to look for large gold on Tranquille river. This discovery was part of a 2 day scouting trip to 10 different claims in the Kamloops, Lytton, Hope and Princton areas of British Columbia. As it is still Spring run off, the creeks and rivers are mostly too high for good gold panning, so I took the opportunity to go do some scouting for this summer. What I found was AMAZING and WOW I am looking forward to this summer gold panning and Prospecting for gold.
Also I am creating a paydirt bag, just like shown on Klesh Guitars channel, pay dirt reviews, but this time using paydirt found on this video.
This video is produced by Dan Hurd, Prospector, Miner, Teacher and TH-camr, as part of his TH-cam channel based on educational videos about gold mining, gold panning, prospecting, rock hounding, and mineral collecting.
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Great Video! Thanks for showing that we cleanup after each other!
Should be after ourselves.
But some people.....
Yup. It doesn't take much effort
Dan I'm excited to see what the last two claims yield.
So much FUN!
Can't wait, I really wish you had brought a pan with you the anticipation is killing me.
Good luck this season ✌️
Thanks!
Think you are honest.and that can be rare as gold. Like you showing micros at canal creek. Just came back from 2 days of panning have a lot of fine gold in concentrates. Been watching your videos.picked up a permit hit known spots. Any way keep up the good work.
Thank you
You got some good new ground Fraser River Dan Hurd! I can`t wait to see some of the big chunky gold you find in on these new claims.....looks good with the river gravel rock and locations
Thanks!
I literally learned how to gold pan from your channel and klesh... thank you for helping me find a hobby i never even knew i liked!
Nice!
Welcome to the prospecting club. What's better than enjoying your hobby, getting a little exercise, treasure hunting, and being out in nature.
@@Danhurd do you have instagram or a way to private msg?
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Thanks cyber brother Dan. For 17 minutes you took me out of my chair and make me part of your field trip. Greetings from Venezuela Nice and very mineral rich country, Gorgeous girls and chitty dictatorship... Fighting our way to freedom.
Pedro De lima good luck to your country
@@DAYBROK3 Working on it bro... We need to spread knowledge about the terrible situation that we live here. Please Write to your representant and ask him to pronounce It's Works.!!!! As many people seen and talk about the narrow the dictatorship movements gets...
@@PedroDelimaMarcano good luck to you people in your struggle, if the rest of us can just get the Russians and Cubans to butt out and go home you might have a chance.
Love from here in the US
We are all worried for Venezuela.
i think im just excited as you to see what comes out of the last claims. cant wait for the vids !
That last one especially
NOW I see why you want to go back there with Greg and I Dan! I'm licking my chops!
Soon
Thank you for the tour of those claims. Good luck to the bidders of that special paydirt.
Thanks for watching!
Dear Dan, I don't know how I've missed your channel til now but I'm glad I found it. I am really enjoying the videos and all the gold you're finding. Rock on brother!
I so appreciate the clean language and the consistent smile on your face. Thanks for continuing to share these videos in a way my daughters can watch and enjoy.
Thanks! My apologies if I ever slip
Cant wait to see the video of you working that last claim
Hurry lol
I can't wait to try that last one
@@Danhurd ya it looks awesome
@@Danhurd I bet you head there first.
I'd clean every ridge in that culvert pipe once the water is lower! I imagine there would be some good flood gold. Love the video and cant wait for the next one! From California we say hellllloooo.
you bet I'll be back at that culvert when the water is low
At 7:58 the river could have been much lower when they dug the pit, making it farther from the stream. They did however leave the place a mess. Thanks Dan for thinking about others and keeping the waterways clean.
Always amazes me what people leave behind
Those agates are cool! That loose bedrock i bet it's full of little nuggets and pickers, NICE!
Oh, I can't wait to return!
Your videos are so pleasant as are you. I love that I can watch your videos with my children and I don't have to worry about what they will hear. Thank you, Dan. You are the real treasure!
Thanks! My apologies if I slip up!
Nice video, I can't wait to see what you get off that bedrock under the cobbles.
I know. I'm itching to get back
Awesome vid Dan, it's nice to see a few little spots in one video...they all look like they have potential for both gold and rockhounding...both are always nice...and those spots look like they will do nicely for a prospector's camp...plus those old leftovers from the last claim owner look useable from that classifying box thing to all those pails...Well have a good one and until your next video...Bye 👍
Thanks! I certainly scored a few usable items
I love youre shows you are amazing . i would love to get a bag of pay dirt but i would love it it you autographed it . i watch youre shows every day and then a couple more before bed time. Keep up the great work buddy
Thank you!
The last claim looks to be the BEST. Can't wait to see what you find. I'm excited for you.
Thanks!
Great vid...loved that last claim you were at, I got excited for ya, wished you had your pan too, I got the itch to get out and start getting some more paydirt myself, gotta set up my sluice with return system still in my backyard and finish my left over buckets still....
That last one looks promising
Very enjoyable video. Tranquille, below the canyon has been very good to me. That bedrock looks very promising.
Let's hope so
Thanx for an awesome video. Love the scenery. Your videos are a ton of fun. Good luck!
Oh, what is the blue rock?
Just random rock
Thanks Dan
Woo Hoo pay dirt thanks Dan
Lovely scenery, makes me want to move to your side of the pond.
It is beautiful
We are at the local lake and it is raining. We are from Wisconsin, and only live few miles from it. I love your videos, because, I to want to pan for gold. You are a good explainer, in how to do it. Thankyou. You have a very nice beard.
Thank you!
I just fell in love with a couple of your claims. Thanks for showing them Dan.
Definite investigation needs to be done here!, Dan's brain wheels turning an the deep voice came out too, classic, I love it, I can't stop watching your videos,an panning my own Creek, even tho there is no gold, I keep trying an trying an trying
Thanks! it's a great hobby - just even getting out there is a win.
This is Jessie in the US.
You are inspirational Dan. Thank you.
I’ve learned a lot. 🙌🏼
Another great video Dan 👍👍 keep up your search for the golden nugget 🤠🤠 Have a great time working on the claims 🌞👋
Thanks!
thanks for sharing Dan, hope those areas are productive
Let's hope!
Hi Dan...
I’ve been watching your channel from back when you
we’re teaching Prospecting to High School kids...!
I cannot begin to tell you how much I have learned
from watching you.
I really appreciated when showed all of us how to make
so much of our own equipment when no one else would...!
I’m located in Northern Indiana in the US and I would love to
join you someday to learn more and to find my first Canadian
gold...!
You touched on a subject that I would like to expand upon due
to it being important.
To my fellow Prospectors, please use extreme caution when being
around any Metal culverts with water passing through them...!
I had a family that went to my church and their youngest son was a
good friend of mine.
The father and oldest son were Firefighters.
One Spring day we had a huge downpour hit our small town and Rick,
my friends oldest brother was on duty at the Fire-station when a call
came in that some kids were playing around by a Culvert down at the
Park and one had gotten sucked into the rushing water that was pouring
through it...!
Of course Rick took off in his car to get there ASAP instead of waiting for
any backup help, that was the type of guy he was...
Upon arrival, he saw the other kids and told them to get home and find their
parents and stay away from the Park for now.
All anyone knows of what happened next was from the kids retelling how they
had seen him holding onto the rim of the Culvert while reaching in to try and find
the lost Boy...
When the other Firefighters got there, they searched for Rick and the Boy on the other
side of the Culvert but there was no sign of either one...
It was all over the local news and by 6 pm that night everyone knew.
As a town we had to sit and wait for the water to drain off enough to allow for an effective
search which finally revealed our worst fears, the Boy had gotten wedged under a branch
that was stuck inside and Rick being the Big man that he was, had been found stuck inside too.
They guessed that he must have lost his grip and got sucked inside as the Boy had...
That day we lost one of our children and one of our Hero’s....!
It devastated my friend and his family’s lives.
They were never the same...
My friends Mom and Dad ended up getting divorced over it because they just couldn’t
deal with it....
So please, as the tears stream down my cheeks from retelling this story, don’t ever take
the chance...!
Instead, come home alive and well to your loving family.
I’m sorry for this being so long Dan.
Something just touched me and I felt compelled to share this story...
Thank you for sharing that story.
Thank you, Dan for such a beautiful video, although the Tranquille wasn't looking so tranquill at all!!!
I agree - it was raging!
It added to the beauty of the scenery.I loved Vancouver, BC. My ship visited there when I was in the U.S. Navy. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
Every time I see you post a video I get so pumped
Nice!
That's some nice claims Dan, Good luck on them forsure.
Thanks!
@@Danhurd It's my pleasure, enjoy every video of yours I've learnt A-LOT
Nice looking claims so far can't wait to see what they produce. Have a great day and prospect on.
Thanks!
Another interesting and informative video. And fun, too. Can't wait until you come back to these spots and find out what they have.
can't wait either!
Love the videos, love that you don't edit out the funny bits most people would remove that one video stuff kept going wrong and coffee came out my nose, pulled over high banker. Went to friends house and from the other room I hear, Well heelloo, lol I got them hooked he says you're his Canadian brother and y'all really could pass as brothers. Keep making and I'll keep watching.
Thank you for that!
I plan to prospect Arrow Lake region this spring!
Nice places to mine, hey I would like too have one of those bags of paydirt. Have a great day.
Thanks!
@@Danhurd I know you hear that pretty much all the time, lol
But I'll tell you what..... I have learned a lot from you and meMiner. You and him are my favorite TH-camr's, I wish that I was able too do all the mining that y'all do. It looks like so much fun, I'm disabled so I can't go trekking through the mountains like I once did. I'm a rockhound so I've been around a bit. But I really enjoy watching your videos, and I love the music at the beginning, so I really hope you and your family have a great day.
Nice looking claims
Thanks!
Thank you from Australia for another informative video. The best of luck in your adventures. We have very little or no water to play in with a drought.
Thanks! Drought unusual for this time of year?
@@Danhurd we have been in drought for the last 18 months with major rivers dry. Some towns are shipping water by truck for residence to shower etc. Running suices etc is impossible and has been like that for a while. I am at Tamworth NSW.
Droughts are common in Australia but this one is a very bad one.
That's pretty cool Dan.
Really enjoy the videos. I am new to panning this year, and learning so much from you. Keep them coming.
Thanks!
Another great video Dan, love prospecting. Keep up the good work! Thx!
Thanks!
Great vids Dan! I would love to fish your spots !
Great job Dan!! Keep it up buddy.
Thanks!
Good luck with those claims. Looking forward to the video's. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
All the claims look bountyfull good luck Dan an thank u
Thanks!
I'm hooked on your stuff fella
That last claim has me chomping at the bit. Foresee a lot of exciting videos in the near future. Liberty Washington is producing potato size nuggets again. Catch the three posted vids on TH-cam. Thanx Dan.👍👍
That 4th one has me intrigued
Great video the last spot looks great thanks Dan
Thanks!
@@Danhurd always😀I know you get this all the time but if you ever need a strong back im just a little south of you in central Washington I don't want anything just to learn
How could you check out your claim without your pan? It sure made you wish. Nice claims, hope they all produce for you. Beautiful country! Thanks Dan for bringing me along.
I know! I thought for sure spring runoff would make this inaccessible. I guess I'll just have to go back...
Great Video as always! Respect From The Far North!
Thanks!
You're an awesome dude, Mr. Hurd! Thank you for all the knowledge on what to look for in a "good" spot! Keep well, you fount of knowledge!
Thanks!
Hey Dan. i am a big fan of yours. i love to watch your videos and your style of working during digging and working. love from PAKISTAN 🇵🇰
There are some beautiful translucent greenish blue agate eggs just off Tranquille up watching!
Yes! I've explored there before
You cracked me up, Dan. It was a lousy day to be that mosquito, LOL. Great clip.
Thanks!
Was camping in the Tranquille area last June. Clouds and clouds of mosquitoes.
Beautiful good job picking that one up. Cant wait for the next video.
Thanks!
Sweet adventure nice looking areas to bad about the garbage left laying around well I hope one turns out like your Pinkerton or better be safe
Always amazes me what people leave about
I can't wait to see the video of you cleaning the bedrock on the last claim👍😉
I can't wait to get back there
You have inspired me to find places to go prospecting my 2 girls love the idea they have seen me pan in a few tourist attractions and had some luck but i need to find a place that's untouched by tourists
Nice!
That last claim on this video looks really promising.
I agree
Dear Dan. I am a real fan of you and Pauli. I am a recent fan but loyal. I have watched probably close to 100 videos in the past year. I would like to kindly add my vote that 4 commercials is one too many. Your early videos had 3 commercials, your later videos 4. Probably not, but do you think too many commercials will affect viewership. Sincerely yours, Richard
Great claims Dan
Thanks!
Four very nice claims Dan. You are going to have one hell of a great summer. @ 10:22 you describe a low place, make that the first place you dig. It looks exceptional for some reason. Thanks for the tour today, a great experience for me of your amazing "outback" :)
Thanks!
Awesome video Dan! I'm watching at home while feeding a high banker in the back yard. Gotta love this life. Safe travels
Thanks!
Woohoo!! New claims are always exciting. Good luck Dan the gold diggin man!
Thanks!
Nice area free buckets and bedrock waiting for you.
Exactly!
That bedrock looks nice.
I agree
Great Video :) Thank you Dan :)
Thanks!
Hey Dan - it is only 10 horizontal m +1 vertical meter on the FRASER - every other river in BC it is THREE from the water's edge as long as you are on a "gravel bar"- huge difference/distinction and huge amount of extra ground. (Look up the definition of gravel bar). This difference makes or breaks countless claims. If it was 10 meters then river claims would lose a lot of their appeal and value, instead they can be really good and convenient. I just got my work reports audited by the inspectors and I was forced to issue a few minor corrections but they never said anything about my work distance because that is lawful. I even measured it and we cut the workings at exactly 3 meters. No fish egg or spider was harmed. They went through everything with a fine tooth comb too and I had to answer a lot of questions they had to make sure I was following all 500 pages of regulations. I have also had the mine inspectors comically descend from a helicopter to land dramatically nearby and warn/ticket people and it was all for being within 3 meters of the waters edge or having oversized (bigger than 1.5 inch) pumps. They obviously didn't force us back 200 meters to where there is no gold and some purists would define the "high water mark of the riparian" or whatever. P.S. Those previous guys were dicks for not reclaiming their workings.
These holes were within the riparian zone and that's not lawful
@@Danhurd Right, and they are surrounded with vegetation but you could have something that looks very similar and have it be legal as a hand pan test (minus the plants, litter, a few meters, and lack of reclamation). You are definitely allowed to hand mine within the riparian zone as you call it because that is often the entire area of prospective ground and includes a massive belt around any watercourse. What makes up this zone and its end points is also a bit subjective and varies area to area. The place where the helicopter landed is a flat area in the river - this about 200 meters of flood plain by the water. Technically nearly all of this is "riparian" / waterside habitat about half gravel bars, half scrubby island vegetation. Did they force us 210 meters away to meet the technical but extreme definition of the word riparian zone? No, because that's crazy. The inspectors I talk to just want us to use common sense and not destroy everything. There is no rule "no mining or prospecting activities within a riparian zone" otherwise nearly all of your videos and 95% of everything I have seen 100s of prospectors do is illegal... even directly in front of mining inspectors. It is not. The distinction is zone vs setback. The rip zone is massive, the rip setback is just 10 meters. We are allowed to prospect right up to the waters edge within a riparian with a shovel and pan (like you did), 3 meters (current water level) for high bankers on bars, and ~10 meters (beyond the high water level) for high banking standard watercourses. If you were at 8 meters instead of 10 I doubt anyone would care... or know if you clean up properly. The mine inspectors just don't want you to damage large vegetation and have water flow back into the river as the two major things. You are, however, allowed to turn the entire river brown panning, but not a trickle from your sluice (as giant natural landslides dump into the river nearby). :P I am getting super pumped to get back to B.C. and find more gold - Thanks, Dan!
I found gold in a jewelry box one time
Good Hunting. Hoping you find Pay Dirt.
Thanks!
Kool area, looks like fun!
Hope so!
Cool looking areas!
I'm very excited!
Some beautiful nature too. Thanks Dan.
It's gorgeous out there.
Thanks again Dan for all you do! I wish I was there with you, looks like good Diggins!
Great video Dan
Thanks!
Dan, buddy, I hate to be the one to tell you but your hat is starting to come apart. LOL . Awesome country ! Can't wait to see the rest !
I know - I have another hat but I prefer this one! Duct tape...
@@Danhurd Lmao !
Beautiful areas.
I agree
That last claim looks like it will be a good one. Hopefully it has a lot of shinny stuff
I hope so too!
For your paydirt you should put together something like Dylan (Miller Prospecting ) got from ebay where the "25 nuggets" were just mixed in with washed sand, all +20 to less than 40 mesh and he literally just sifted them out completely in one pass through the classifier. The whole thing was kind of hilarious as it was full of low quality but "rare Chalcopyrite". Clearly, you don't seem to be remotely the type of person who would actually do that however.
I'm giving serious thought to importing an Arbor classifier however; no one in Australia makes that kind of quality that I'm aware of.
As always, thanks for what you share with us.
I'll go and check out that video.
I thought in British Columbia, making a camp requires NOW to be filed first..? They are concerned with the garbage and other damage done by camping.
You are allowed to camp on any crown land
Prospecutor Pauly just found a thumb size surface nug
Nice!
Good luck with your new claims Dan...
That was definitely some nice bedrock on that final claim..
I agree!
Oh ya thanks for the video
You're welcome
you ever see a creek that seeps out of the ground I was at a spot driving back (where did the creek go) drive back the other way get out and look at the creek coming out from under the rocks I thought it was coming from the snow on the mountain out from the ground quartz all over the place interesting to see all the little creeks going together to make lytle creek
Yup!
Beautiful day outside wonderful scenery thank you so much for sharing it with us
Thanks for watching
Great areas!!!
Thanks!
Thank u for the useful information. Good luck to whoever gets that Paydirt.
You're welcome!
Mr. Hurd, fine claims you have there. Sad to see how the old owners messed their claim. Good Golding ;)
Thanks!
Last spot is promising
Great video
Thanks!
Its real nice to watch you looking up your new(?) claims, they look promising ( I cant help myself giggeling when I hear you sound like a guy that found his own Shangrila) :D
I like the look of that last one the best!
Can I love your video's makes me want to get out and see what I can find in idaho...great video..
Idaho is a great place to prospect!
@@derricknorris7493 I have always thought that. I'm retired now and would like to give it a try.
It's a great hobby!
It is so beautiful there. I could sit there all day. And pan for gold. Bought pay dirt. What a joke have to have 20 20 vision to see it.
Looks like a great day panning 👋😎👍🍻
Always!