I enjoy your videos very much. I will soon be 81 and have had anxiety/panic and depression most of my life and just wanted to encourage you in your efforts. Keep up the good work, your posts make my day. Thanks!
I was so thrilled when I got 2 smaller than fly poop specks last year!! Gold is gold!! Couldn't get out this past Summer. Another Hydro Dam being built upstream in British Columbia and water levels were extremely high. on the Peace River. Thanks for your knowledge!! I'll keep on looking too!! Love the painting, with the brush!! Cheers!!
Completely agree with your gold prospecting ethos, it's for the love of finding the stuff. I feel the same about finding even the smallest amount of the stuff here in the UK. Keep up the good work, and the great videos!
I'm in Bristol kieron. You're always welcome to meet up for a dig. I got the Garrett Ace 250 and Garrett panning equipment. I see partners not rivals 👍🏻
@@weekendwarriorprospecting817 You have to expect some replies like mine when you put up these videos. And what the hell is a melt ? Im from America dude, we never heard that adjective around here.
The pump breaking down is unfortunate but at least you got some gold . Love all the different camaraderie angles . Good luck and may your pan always be full of gold.
It's interesting, during cleanup, how you see the blondes wash up and out while some white sands stay behind down almost below the black sands. Wonder what mineral that is. Could be Cassiterite as it can be almost white, and is close to but not quite the density of magnetite. Could also be Anglesite which is almost always crystaline white.
Just started watching but had to comment...it's so strange seeing a pan get washed down to the end and NOT filled with black sand. Hope you get a boatload outta there Chris, guess i'll find out in 16 minutes 👍
Exactly for the fun of finding .. Cuz yea never know what you will find unless yea dig it up awesome adventure cant wait for the next n awesome camera angles keep up the amazing work much love n stay golden
Not sure if it's legal in oz, but have you ever thought about using a drill auger for loosening the dirt/gravel it should be quicker than a pick and probably lighter to carry in as well.
Hi Chris & Zoe. Video quality is better and better, camera, cut, sound... feels like being there with you... I relized, that highbanks are often better than what is in the current stream. At least now in the colder times (we have now). 30 micro specs in hour, not like you in 2 shovels, but feels good anyhow... :-)
that blew my guess out of the pan,! a .04 is what i was guessing.CHRIS, every time i give my dogs a scratch behind the ears it costs me 2 cookies! they were watching your videos in hopes of more cookies and asking to go and visit you cause you have no snow on the ground! and it looks warmer! we have about 2 inches that we got overnight.
Thanks for sharing your adventures going out to get the shiny Chris, I am crook and haven't been able to leave home for a very long time. It's been forever since I have been out bush for a scratch etc, which is bloody hard going since I grew up on the Murrumbidgee (well mostly in the river lol). Your videos put a smile on my face and remind me what I have to look forward to, especially with all the knowledge you have shared, so thanks again mate.
Chris It would be something to think. About rigging up a detatchable header So you can turn your HighBanker into a small dredge in times like that when water starts flowing while digging . At the suction end or vaccume end . Use two 1/8" bolts and make an x at the opening .this way less of a chance of plug ups .. and alot more Gold in the process , if the gold is there .
I'm watching from Canada after my Alberta season is snowed in for the year. Good to see you out there digging. I'm catching only about 80% of the ultra fine flour I'm finding over here with Dream mats, but at least my little sluice fits on the back of a Seadoo that lets me get around the rivers. I did a month in Australia a couple years ago and loved it! If the world ever changes gears from COVID and you wind up in Canada, check out my channel and I'll be happy to take you out to a local spot!
Awesome as always have been focusing on my new ford ranger wildtrak to set up getting into some spots that the santa fe was not designed for. preparing for a summer outing to turon and surrounds will try and post some pics and a video.
I’m guessing .28 close and yes there’s nothing that satisfies like getting your own gold and knowing your the first person to ever see.very cool you got a garnet and especially the Sapphire I’m subbed to an Austrailan sapphire mining channel Tim is a great guy like you . Great vid thx for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
Love your vids Chris. Wondering what ever happened with the hard Rock ore you found. Did you go back and crush it after all? I just look at Placer gold as an indicator to find the vein. Work your way up stream, keeping good records till gold dissappear, then try to home in on vein. Working on a small light 2 stroke jaw crusher to go along with the light chain mill I make for on site processing. It's so hard to get out there for most of us, and costly when added up. Can't help but apply my cnc mfg eq I have for gold eq. Mfg. The gold bug is real. Started with a pan and classifier about a year ago, and you are right, it does boil down to I love splashing around in a river, getting filthy, playing river loto as one of my greater joys in life.
Hello friend, what time is it in Australia, here in Caracas - Venezuela, it's 3:50 a.m., sometimes when I can't sleep I start to watch the gold prospecting videos of the channels in which I am subscribed Vo-Gus Prospecting It is one of them.
What u said about hard packed ground and being there for a long time, is that an indication that it hasn’t been disrupted by others, therefore being a possibility of a good yield if you’re patient enough to get thru it?
Hey Chris, if that is Phragmites Austrailis (Common Reed) you are walking through after getting your test pan, just wanted you to know it is great bush tucker. You can pan for gold and rustle up some grub in one fell swoop (and quite possibly impress the missus while you are at it.). According to www.ediblewildfood.com: "Roots contain up to 5% sugar and according to Edible Oz, can be eaten raw or cooked like potatoes. The flavour and texture are best when the root is young and in the growth cycle. It can be dried, ground coarsely and used as a porridge. Young shoots can be consumed raw, pickled, or cooked. They are best if used before the leaves form, when they are at their peak for taste. Shoots can be used like bamboo shoots. Dried stems were made into a marshmallow-like confection by North American First Nations. A sugary gum that exudes from the stem can be rolled into balls and eaten as a sweet. It has a somewhat sweet liquorice-like taste. A powder extracted from the dried stems can be moistened and roasted like marshmallow. In Japan, the young leaves are dried, ground, and mixed with cereal flour to make dumplings."
Hi Chris. Did u twist the wires together if u did it wont run. The two wires that go to the switch they are not connected when you flick the switch they connect and kill the spark to the spark plug witch kills the engine. Any rocker switch will work 👍
I saw those mosquito larvae at 16:18 you gotta treat that water with something or put a guppy or two in there to kill those things. You will thank yourself later, anytime you go outside you will have to deal with far fewer mosquitos.
You said you didn’t have a cleanup sluice but you have the gold hog multi sluice sitting right behind you. With the cleanup matt it’s a clean up sluice
Hey Chris! Alright I wish I could let this go but my curiosity isnt letting me😆. What was it you were saying about the hole and taking off the sharp corners. I got that it, in some way, was for stuff falling in the hole but other than that I really couldnt get it even after multiple playbacks😂. You mind explaining maybe a bit further, here, as to why you do that smooth ramp edge instead of sharp corners? The incredibly annoying and loud part of my brain thats wondering, and I would very much appreciate it! As always GREAT vid!! Reallyy like the new pop-up titles/text, never again will you need to say “if you can see that right there at the tip of my finger”😂👍🏼 Keep ya head up, buddy! We’re all in it together, dont forget that.
G'day mate. I am pretty sure Chris was just saying to take the edge of the hole he dug when there was not enough tailings to fill the hole properly. Mainly so it looks ok and not like some uncaring Prospector is making a mess of the bush. Also no tripping hazard maybe?
Hey oldy moldy great vid as usual not much gold here in New York unless I go maybe 6 hrs north towards Buffalo ny I would love to be panning every day 😀
Me Upon seeing you dump out the top of the Sluice = 😱NOOOOOOO! That was from the bottom of the hole where most of the gold will be coming from! Why didn't you tip it in a pan! 😱
Because we'll just go back with the high banker and get heaps more. It's not worth it. There was only like 2 pans worth of dirt, maybe 60 bits of flour gold.
Hola amigo, que hora es en Australia, aquí en Caracas - Venezuela, son las 3:50 am., a veces cuando no puedo dormir me pongo a ver los videos de prospección de oro de los canales en que estoy suscrito Vo-Gus Prospecting es uno de ellos.
@@VoGusProspecting If you remove all the still water at your place, there will be a heck of alot less mosquitoes around your place. Anyway what even are we talking about :P
Hey Chris, I gots to ask you a legitimate question please...why ain't my name got a members star here???!! & I've seen LAYRRS of black sand & know there's gold in between the blond sand & those BUTT, there ain't enuf water in NW AZ for creeks even when we get rain & snow so I don't wanna bring each layer home, I'm thinking in This area I should just keep up my nugget & vein searches? Your advice please
Hi I'm Rhonda L. From Florida I'm new to your channel love watching you, I see something had happened to beautiful fur baby, Grizzly. I was in love with him. May I ask what happened to him ? I Also Curious what caused your PTSD..I ALSO HAVE IT.
"I love the sound of gravel in the morning"!
wholesome noises
I enjoy your videos very much. I will soon be 81 and have had anxiety/panic and depression most of my life and just wanted to encourage you in your efforts. Keep up the good work, your posts make my day. Thanks!
Great vid, as always great bit of shiney but special mention to the camera operator, some really cool camera work and angles going on in this one. 👏
Totally agree. Whom ever did the shooting deserves a pat on the back.
@@MrKeenaz and who ever edited those great shots to make a grate narrative.
I was so thrilled when I got 2 smaller than fly poop specks last year!! Gold is gold!! Couldn't get out this past Summer. Another Hydro Dam being built upstream in British Columbia and water levels were extremely high. on the Peace River. Thanks for your knowledge!! I'll keep on looking too!! Love the painting, with the brush!! Cheers!!
Jeff Williams said" if you want that shiny you got to get off your Heine" love the channel Chris and the old moldy hat.
Completely agree with your gold prospecting ethos, it's for the love of finding the stuff. I feel the same about finding even the smallest amount of the stuff here in the UK. Keep up the good work, and the great videos!
How can you call that a good video. So I see you are one of those spec lovers
@@FinJosPat don't knock people for getting off their ass and doing something!! You sound like an absolute melt.
I'm in Bristol kieron. You're always welcome to meet up for a dig. I got the Garrett Ace 250 and Garrett panning equipment. I see partners not rivals 👍🏻
@@weekendwarriorprospecting817 when we're out of this pandemic, let's do it. Thanks @Lewis Howell
@@weekendwarriorprospecting817 You have to expect some replies like mine when you put up these videos. And what the hell is a melt ? Im from America dude, we never heard that adjective around here.
Nice gold, snakey looking spot
The pump breaking down is unfortunate but at least you got some gold . Love all the different camaraderie angles . Good luck and may your pan always be full of gold.
Nice Haul for the time spent, Chris!👍
i wonder how many of us guessed that we would grow up to be professional rock washers
Water is super clean nice place nice videos mate great JOB keep up 👍👍👍👍
It's interesting, during cleanup, how you see the blondes wash up and out while some white sands stay behind down almost below the black sands.
Wonder what mineral that is. Could be Cassiterite as it can be almost white, and is close to but not quite the density of magnetite. Could also be Anglesite which is almost always crystaline white.
Lead oxide is our guess.
Thank you.
Andy
Just started watching but had to comment...it's so strange seeing a pan get washed down to the end and NOT filled with black sand. Hope you get a boatload outta there Chris, guess i'll find out in 16 minutes 👍
Exactly for the fun of finding ..
Cuz yea never know what you will find unless yea dig it up awesome adventure cant wait for the next n awesome camera angles keep up the amazing work much love n stay golden
Not sure if it's legal in oz, but have you ever thought about using a drill auger for loosening the dirt/gravel it should be quicker than a pick and probably lighter to carry in as well.
Another awesome video! Great little clean up!
Quantity shoveled = Quantity Found. Looks like a great high banking spot. Tractor with bucket maybe :) Take care !
Hi Chris & Zoe. Video quality is better and better, camera, cut, sound... feels like being there with you...
I relized, that highbanks are often better than what is in the current stream. At least now in the colder times (we have now).
30 micro specs in hour, not like you in 2 shovels, but feels good anyhow... :-)
Gotta love a man with a blue pan!
he's a man with a blue pan!
Definitely the best colored pan for prospecting. I’ve used every color over the years and I’ll never use anything but blue.
Right on Chris, great job as always.
An enjoyable video! Thank-you!
that blew my guess out of the pan,! a .04 is what i was guessing.CHRIS, every time i give my dogs a scratch behind the ears it costs me 2 cookies! they were watching your videos in hopes of more cookies and asking to go and visit you cause you have no snow on the ground! and it looks warmer! we have about 2 inches that we got overnight.
Thanks for sharing your adventures going out to get the shiny Chris, I am crook and haven't been able to leave home for a very long time. It's been forever since I have been out bush for a scratch etc, which is bloody hard going since I grew up on the Murrumbidgee (well mostly in the river lol). Your videos put a smile on my face and remind me what I have to look forward to, especially with all the knowledge you have shared, so thanks again mate.
Cool Video, Chris!! Thanks for sharing!! Heavy pans bro! JJ
Chris
It would be something to think. About rigging up a detatchable header
So you can turn your HighBanker into a small dredge in times like that when water starts flowing while digging . At the suction end or vaccume end .
Use two 1/8" bolts and make an x at the opening .this way less of a chance of plug ups .. and alot more Gold in the process , if the gold is there .
Dredging is illegal in Australia
Great enjoy chris
Nice gold and a couple of flip switches on a piece of angle will fix that pump
I'm watching from Canada after my Alberta season is snowed in for the year. Good to see you out there digging. I'm catching only about 80% of the ultra fine flour I'm finding over here with Dream mats, but at least my little sluice fits on the back of a Seadoo that lets me get around the rivers. I did a month in Australia a couple years ago and loved it! If the world ever changes gears from COVID and you wind up in Canada, check out my channel and I'll be happy to take you out to a local spot!
Kill switches on small motors usually work by shorting the wires together to stop and breaking them apart for run
In NSW we are not able to use mechanical pumps to sluice, it is a huge game changer.
Vo-gus, dan heard, pioneer Pauley, and a two toes vid this week.
Very nice
gee chris thats a nice amount of gold for such a small run and as usual another great vid. am always learning from your tips thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
That's a nice looking hole you got there🤣🤣 hope you're staying safe friend
Awesome as always have been focusing on my new ford ranger wildtrak to set up getting into some spots that the santa fe was not designed for. preparing for a summer outing to turon and surrounds will try and post some pics and a video.
Good to see you now have some protection from claim jumpers with that pistol!
I’m guessing .28 close and yes there’s nothing that satisfies like getting your own gold and knowing your the first person to ever see.very cool you got a garnet and especially the Sapphire I’m subbed to an Austrailan sapphire mining channel Tim is a great guy like you . Great vid thx for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
Enjoyed the day.
You gots some mosquito or other bug things happening in your tub.
Love your vids Chris. Wondering what ever happened with the hard Rock ore you found. Did you go back and crush it after all? I just look at Placer gold as an indicator to find the vein. Work your way up stream, keeping good records till gold dissappear, then try to home in on vein. Working on a small light 2 stroke jaw crusher to go along with the light chain mill I make for on site processing. It's so hard to get out there for most of us, and costly when added up. Can't help but apply my cnc mfg eq I have for gold eq. Mfg. The gold bug is real. Started with a pan and classifier about a year ago, and you are right, it does boil down to I love splashing around in a river, getting filthy, playing river loto as one of my greater joys in life.
Always fun and insightful. I just downloaded the bubble level app. Thanks Chris!
fun video!
sorry to hear about the unfortunate incident with the pump,,,
,,,, blame it on ‘friday the 13th’
Hello friend, what time is it in Australia, here in Caracas - Venezuela, it's 3:50 a.m., sometimes when I can't sleep I start to watch the gold prospecting videos of the channels in which I am subscribed Vo-Gus Prospecting It is one of them.
What u said about hard packed ground and being there for a long time, is that an indication that it hasn’t been disrupted by others, therefore being a possibility of a good yield if you’re patient enough to get thru it?
Im always fascinated by the prospectors out there.
But I have to say you have beautiful eyes. Couldn't help but notice with your scarf on.
Hey Chris, if that is Phragmites Austrailis (Common Reed) you are walking through after getting your test pan, just wanted you to know it is great bush tucker. You can pan for gold and rustle up some grub in one fell swoop (and quite possibly impress the missus while you are at it.).
According to www.ediblewildfood.com:
"Roots contain up to 5% sugar and according to Edible Oz, can be eaten raw or cooked like potatoes. The flavour and texture are best when the root is young and in the growth cycle. It can be dried, ground coarsely and used as a porridge. Young shoots can be consumed raw, pickled, or cooked. They are best if used before the leaves form, when they are at their peak for taste. Shoots can be used like bamboo shoots. Dried stems were made into a marshmallow-like confection by North American First Nations. A sugary gum that exudes from the stem can be rolled into balls and eaten as a sweet. It has a somewhat sweet liquorice-like taste. A powder extracted from the dried stems can be moistened and roasted like marshmallow. In Japan, the young leaves are dried, ground, and mixed with cereal flour to make dumplings."
You should get a mini rototiller to help so you don't have to shovel hard pack
Oh how much I hate backfilling my holes!!
Ground water in the hole = Yabbi Pump!!! Yahoo!!!
Nice work camera operator!
Hi Chris. Did u twist the wires together if u did it wont run. The two wires that go to the switch they are not connected when you flick the switch they connect and kill the spark to the spark plug witch kills the engine. Any rocker switch will work 👍
I did that, no joy
@@VoGusProspecting try twisting thm together see if that works
Great video lots of knowledge 👍🏻
Always interesting, Thanks.
I saw those mosquito larvae at 16:18 you gotta treat that water with something or put a guppy or two in there to kill those things. You will thank yourself later, anytime you go outside you will have to deal with far fewer mosquitos.
I empty it once a week
Love you bro and all that you do
Got me some creek gold to day and my first shotgun pellets so l figured at least lm looking in the right place.
That sure does sucks still better than my good day. Still lots more gold too be found better luck
Beautiful ,tranquil place you are "working" 😎. ..
Smells like victory oops no,.smells like Gold
Hello. Problems with waterpump. Just remove the wires from the switsh. connect them if you want to stop the engine.
No it's packed away.
Great video Chris
Hi Chris, can I ask about your water pump. The one I have is too heavy. Are you using a water transfer pump. What size is it. Russell
Do you ever catch wildlife on camera? It would be cool to see some that you come across while prospecting!
Check out my latest films. They have more animals in them
Recon that oughta add up✌⛏👍 keep on diggin brother🤙⛏
A NICE BIT OF GOLD PLUS NO NEED FOR GYM MEMBERSHIPS WORKING FOR THE SHINY.
Use your pump to empty the water!
To much reset
Lovin the vids mate keep up the good work
Can't believe you showed the world that big azz rifle! You could take down an elephantitic mouse with that thing
Where's your clean-up sluice....??? What do you mean you don't have it...??? Lol...
It's in a box
You said you didn’t have a cleanup sluice but you have the gold hog multi sluice sitting right behind you. With the cleanup matt it’s a clean up sluice
No pump currently
That slows things down... maybe Zoe would keep dumping buckets of water on it for you... lol
The brush running through the gold at the end is almost erotic. Lol
Almost ?...lol
Nature
It doesn’t even bother me to be woke up by your notifications! It’s 4am here and I’m not needed to be woke until 6.
For a minute there I thought that all you were getting for your efforts was the privilege of refill'n the hole . But, some luck after all. Cheers.
That's what I thought until the clean up
Problems --- That's mining for ya.Something seems to happen more than not,just have to deal with those little hick-ups and keep on mining.
Hey Chris! Alright I wish I could let this go but my curiosity isnt letting me😆. What was it you were saying about the hole and taking off the sharp corners. I got that it, in some way, was for stuff falling in the hole but other than that I really couldnt get it even after multiple playbacks😂.
You mind explaining maybe a bit further, here, as to why you do that smooth ramp edge instead of sharp corners? The incredibly annoying and loud part of my brain thats wondering, and I would very much appreciate it!
As always GREAT vid!! Reallyy like the new pop-up titles/text, never again will you need to say “if you can see that right there at the tip of my finger”😂👍🏼
Keep ya head up, buddy! We’re all in it together, dont forget that.
G'day mate. I am pretty sure Chris was just saying to take the edge of the hole he dug when there was not enough tailings to fill the hole properly. Mainly so it looks ok and not like some uncaring Prospector is making a mess of the bush. Also no tripping hazard maybe?
@@steven_ewen ahh, makes sense! Thanks, brotha, always cool to see how nice this community is. Have a good one!
I wonder, is it only gold you find panning?
I do enjoy your vids. Very informative.whats you gold total to date? Love from the UK.
Chow-chow gold gold
Hey oldy moldy great vid as usual not much gold here in New York unless I go maybe 6 hrs north towards Buffalo ny I would love to be panning every day 😀
Me Upon seeing you dump out the top of the Sluice = 😱NOOOOOOO! That was from the bottom of the hole where most of the gold will be coming from! Why didn't you tip it in a pan! 😱
Because we'll just go back with the high banker and get heaps more. It's not worth it. There was only like 2 pans worth of dirt, maybe 60 bits of flour gold.
@@VoGusProspecting Kind'a figured ;) , but still doesn't stop me from having that 😱 moment.
Is Zoe doing the camera work? Love it
I heard it's a drop bear doing the filming :)
@@gadzee506 Damn, I didn't realize that they had learned to use technology. Chris was lucky not to be attacked.
@@markfryer9880 bahahaha ya gotta watch out for them they are more advanced than what people assume
Hey chris this is brian from canada you guys got a tick down there
Guessed 0.4gm. not bad
Good day from Canada EH!
I'll Double, double that!! Cheers!!
I’m gunna like that smash button! 😂
Hola amigo, que hora es en Australia, aquí en Caracas - Venezuela, son las 3:50 am., a veces cuando no puedo dormir me pongo a ver los videos de prospección de oro de los canales en que estoy suscrito Vo-Gus Prospecting es uno de ellos.
Great video i know id rather b out finding my own gold instead of buying it.
16:18 Your tank is fuuuuuull of mosquito larvae
Yeah, hectic season for them. I empty the thing once a week and the just keep breeding.
@@VoGusProspecting If you remove all the still water at your place, there will be a heck of alot less mosquitoes around your place. Anyway what even are we talking about :P
That’s what happened to my motor just as well it broke on the on heap of shit
I guessed 0.3!
Ya shoulda switched your water intake to your hole.. Drain the hole at the same time as you wash you dirt.
Think imma make my own high banker, any thoughts?
Go for it.
Do you know anything about rubies?
Not really
You did pretty good considering your pump took a crap. That Russian scammer must have been after all your gold lol. Thanks for the video Chris
I didn't think to pan soil. I've heard people say not to dig banks because it's not beneficial. You seem to be having plenty of success.🤷🏻♂️
Hey Chris, I gots to ask you a legitimate question please...why ain't my name got a members star here???!! & I've seen LAYRRS of black sand & know there's gold in between the blond sand & those BUTT, there ain't enuf water in NW AZ for creeks even when we get rain & snow so I don't wanna bring each layer home, I'm thinking in This area I should just keep up my nugget & vein searches? Your advice please
STAN THE MAN is watching over you 🤣🥺🥺🤑😁
Great bloody fuckin job mate! Were in a pandemic! The end of the world! Get it NOW! Tear it uppp!
😎👍
Hi I'm Rhonda L. From Florida I'm new to your channel love watching you, I see something had happened to beautiful fur baby, Grizzly. I was in love with him. May I ask what happened to him ? I Also Curious what caused your
PTSD..I ALSO HAVE IT.
Look up the video "Grizzly" thank you for your support
Keep a pickin and a grinin.