Trout like to hang out at the same spots as gold deposits. They can feed from the quieter water behind a rock or a ledge and use less effort to swim against the current.
Hi sir im mr.ALbert Lawagon from her counntry in the philiphines im dis Regards to about material Treasure pls give me Addvice full out that time in job come on yesterday commeng Giant Daimond stone Gold he was Bring separet full out pinis operation that time on job Treasure Hunting in the mountain have allso full set'up befor work inside airia Location site pls Thak'you give me addvice about d material treasure bye & gud'Luck sir god'bless you allways to waching ashk more power amen🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💝💝💝💝💞☝☝☝
I`ve got two creeks running through then meet at a corner of my property and I am going to start at that point,and work all the spots that look good according to the advice you provided in this vid. You have reawakened and reinvigorated me to get out and get dirty!!
Chris you are awesome!! If I would of skipped this video I would of kept digging in the wrong spots! Thank You so much for getting me back on the right track!
And to Mr Flynn.. So true about the trout!! If you're a fisherman and your looking to catch a trout or two... The rock your standing on is likely a good spot to test pan for gold 👍🏻.
@@ChrisRalph On hiatus atm. Mostly volunteer work, Women's transit, charity, etc. But I'd prefer we all band together and knock-out 'houselessness' by demanding new legislation based on eminent domain - expropriate from those who have profited obscenely to fund such projects. Compensation is the privilege they've enjoyed and baseed in the word 'obscene'.
I like how you have it down to an actual science. Nice work. I like how you also make sense of it all. Very useful information to help me out getting on the right track. Glad to have found your tutorials Chris and to be a subscriber.
Great information and delivery! You left out that the 'beach placers' (Black Sand) are deposited with the aid of the 'dissolved' gold species in fresh water meeting the 'saltwater' of the ocean. Thus San Francisco USE to dump about a mile down the beach, but now, with markedly less freshwater coming into the bay, the saltwater meets the 'fresh' several miles inland. (The freshwater being hugely tapped for the southern part of the State).
Glad you enjoyed the video. However, my friend, I will have to disagree and say that is not how beach gold is formed. The amount of gold in both fresh water and salt is infinitesimally small and mixing near zero with near zero does not cause the water that is functionally barren of gold to somehow drop gold out. If that were the case, then all beaches near rivers everywhere would have gold - because all of these waters - salt and fresh - have tiny, tiny traces of gold. But most river mouths do not have any gold. Instead, beaches near rivers with gold deposits upstream are the only ones with gold.
Very thorough great explanation,I'm sure these videos will help others.Your right,I have found little rich pockets panning loaded with Pickers about a foot down panning, then flew out there the next weekend with a highbanker or a dredge and punched a crater and hardly got anything they just petered out 🙄.can't wait to see lessons 2&3 cheers😁
I may be mis-=interpreting your comment, but Nos. 2 and 3 are already done and published. Any way, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Many more are coming.
Excellent Chris BLOODY EXCELLENT.THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.I NOW WATCH EVERY UPLOAD OVER & OVER & OVER BECAUSE I SEE YOU AS A PROFESSOR IN FINDING GOLD.LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT.CHRIS HAS TAUGHT ME A HELL OF A LOT & HAS HELPED ME FIND "FISTS FULL OF GOLD"HE TRUELY HAS,ALSO BUY HIS BOOK ITS THE BEST MONEY YOU WOULD OF EVER SPENT SINCE LEARNING THE ART OF PROSPECTING."ONYA CHRIS KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK.FROM BATHURST AUSTRALIA
Thank you very much for sharing your hard earned knowledge sir. It is much appreciated, especially considering the rarity of comprehensive and accessible information on this rare mineral.
@@ChrisRalph And thank you for your personal engagement with viewers. I will try to purchase your book when I can. Good luck with the shiny shiny! (not that you'll need it😉)
Hello Chris, thank you for the video as I'm learning the basics of prospecting and your information is very helpful and easy to understand. Living in San Diego, CA, there's some prospecting here, but once we are done with this virus, I hope to travel to other locations in the future! Keep those videos coming!
Don't know how I missed this one but it a great video and solid gold info !!! Jeff Williams made a great video that shows how a creek works and where the heavies drop out.
Thank you for this knowledge! I probably would’ve been digging in the wrong spots!I’m new to prospecting and excited to start hunting! Need to find some friends now!
This video was so interesting and informative. The last time I seen a river like the raging one you posted a pic of and it was in 2011 or 2012 I think it was tropical storm sandy and I was living in the white mountains in nh and I never seen a river like that before just incredible
Outstanding information. I live smack dab in gold country have all the gear & get out but rarely successful, actually never , leads me to believe I need to listen to those who are ..... thank you
I am just starting out. This weekend will be my first prospecting panning experience here in Denver, Colorado. Thank you for this valuable information Chris.
Very enjoyable Chris,,what you say in your vids are excellent and make alot of sense,,you are full of knowledge and you explain yourself with a no bull attitude,,,thankyou and will be following you for sure,,,rob from down under,,,cheers mate
Thanks man. I prospect in Maine. lots of bedrock. I appreciate your knowledge and the clarity of your explanation. I could have used a few arrows in some of the pics of actual streams, however, I find your info extremely helpful. Thanks again.
Thank you for the video Chris. Your teachings were clear, concise and very informative. You are a gifted teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Hello Chris thanks for the 1st part I'm in Australia just starting out, assuming that the info your sharing is applicable everywhere looking forward to getting more to help me on the way
@Peter B another great channel to dig into is “Aussie Bloke Prospector,” especially since he is covering your home turf...also Oz has some AMAZING state-funded studies and companion YT videos about not just the geology but the history and what is being done today to manage those resources. Crazy, you’d think they want miners to be successful at mining (novel idea, eh?) as well as communicating with and getting along with other land stakeholders! Now I may be totally wet behind the ears regarding mining but it certainly seems to me that VA and NSW (as well as others I cannot remember at the mo) are doing a bang-up job at providing high-quality and data-rich mapping of the SE geology going quite deep into the continent! Good luck, maybe this info will help!
Thank you so much for this excellent video! You do an awesome job of presenting the info in a logical, understandable and useful manner, which I am very appreciative of! Merry Christmas! God bless. : )
Chris, Im looking at the boulder at about 25:03 on the video, found myself thinking (cause i have been known to Flyfish) that theres probably a big ol Trout in the slack water behind that boulder. they tend to hang there because they dont have to fight the current to feed on the stuff rolling by in the current. So now ill be looking for paystreaks where the fish hang.
@@ChrisRalph I'm sure it wouldn't be a hard and fast rule, but could probably lead to some good finds. In fishing it's called Edges, anyplace that conditions change, current lines have edges, dropoffs have edges, obstructions have edges, anything that breaks up the norm
Great video , will be moving to Montana, before October.. Geology, is my passion all my life, stone Carver for 36 years...Paned for Gold in Arizona, found quit a lot...More knowledge, drive, can not Waite to pan, those beautiful rivers, streams, dry beds, just so excited..****
@@ChrisRalph I live in MT. Do you have any suggestions for good spots? I've seen a lot of specs in a creek but not sure if it's actual gold or if I'm the fool 😒
Very good video Chris, I am looking forward to the next to parts and I really enjoyed reading your book as well... Thank you, Chris, and may you always have a Flash In Your Pan.
@@ChrisRalph Yes we do, I would be honored to have you join us again Chris, we'll have to chat on FB messenger and get you on the schedule when it suits you.
Good day Chris, few questions. . I have claim. on the oyster River. I might have found the Source.. there quartz veins about 80 feet above the creek. You see at the creek where the water cuts into bedrock and quartz. I haven't gone down the gully.ill walk down when water.
Great show last night on Flash in your Pans show, Time to do some binge watching of your stuff and catch up... Thanks for the Book too Chris, Much appreciated.
@@ChrisRalph ,no worries and no Hurry at all. Best of luck on the prospecting trip. Getting to stay at the GA LDMA Loud mine this coming weekend myself. May our pans be heavy with gold
excellent video. I am in the Ardennes, Belgium and story goes a lot of gold has een found in pre Roman times, people tripping over pea sized nuggets. In the rivers there still are small specks to be found. I have been looking a bit with a Minelab Equinox 800, in hopes to find some larger gold, but realise I need a plan because just random searching did not do it for me. In this area also the geological maps are not free and about half are not even disclosed. But to me it is not clear yet what and where the source of the gold is so looking forward to the next parts of this series and maybe I will find some clues.
@@ChrisRalph yes I especially liked this sketch on where the river bed used to be. The Ardennes last mountain building phase was I believe in the area of 300 million years ago. The area is basically weathered down. Only in the valleys where the rivers run you get the impression you are in a mountainous area. Officially we can not even look for gold in the rivers. No where you can search for archeological objects but you can look for gold as long as you stay away from the rivers. But finding fossil riverbeds is not easy. I find it hard to visualize it. But if there ever was gold in this area there should be more in fossil riverbeds
Thanks for the vid. So lets model a River, flip on the fluid flow see where it goes. Okay how steep a grade ? I'm taking that at 8%-20% as moderate would that be correct ? How do they get the velocity of the river.
I've seen it done already. But 8 to 10 percent is too steep, lots steeper than nearly all gold bearing streams. That steep in a real stream blows the gold out and it needs to be flatter to drop out and deposit.
Its placer Deposit Geology, parts 1, 2 and 3. You can find Part 2 at: th-cam.com/video/NX7_g4ZMUi4/w-d-xo.html You can find Part 3: th-cam.com/video/Tqd0VRmBqYk/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much i am a beginner trying to find gold in my village big river...I learned lot from this video I tried panning in bedrock cracks but sadly I jst found 2 3 small gold particles ....am I missing something or the river doesn't contain profitable gold? The river name is Kaligandaki river from nepal...I am mining at altitude of 90m from ground level? Please guide me I want to mine profitable gold what should I do next?
@@ChrisRalph sir I want to earn at least 1000-3000$ per month frm gold mining is it possible? I have panned around 20 pans in 2 different bedrock cracks nd crevices but I found 9 10 small gold particles...any suggestions?
@@ChrisRalph the kaligandaki river is very big nd during rainfall season there is extremely big floods with massive flow of water materials travelling from himalayan region which is 600 km far from my area at lesser himalayan zone.. acc to the report in 1995 there is 413,487grams of gold in this river. But I'm far from himalayan region does the river in my area contains profitable gold deposits?? Edit: there is not proper research done in the kaligandaki river so its very hard to find accurate data that's why I'm so confused nd asking for professional opinion 😅 😀
Hi Chris, the local area I come from is subjected to exploration in the coming months by and Australian company. Id like to have some ideas so I could pan some before mining gets everything. The area has a big river, creeks and very rocky.
Ask Allah to bless me im asking Jesus to intercede and bless you..... were gonna put a end to this debate lol. Nah just joking my friend.... we ain't gotta Elijah it... your people are less of sinners than us lol. I'm disgusted by my people. But I still love em. Hope u catch a blessing man.
Hallo Chris, i dont know if you will read this, but here is a question on the methodology of sampling. So i have a 30km long river nearby that is historically known to produce good gold, though almost exclusively flour gold (100 mesh average). Small scale mining was abandoned in the 1850s. The current stream is 30 m wide. Studying old maps, satellite images and elevation maps, i have worked out the course of the old riverbed and where it intersects with the current flow of water (stream was straightened). I have started systematically sampling the river 2 yrs ago, placing my sample points (taking one sample pan each point, spaced 20m apart) on two main points of interest: standing-out features of the river (sharp corners, rapids, any irregularities visible on satellite), and on the places where old streambed intersects current waterway. I sample material within the river (along the banks) as well as material high above the bank (in case of interesting bench deposits). Until now, i failed to locate a deposit, though i have sampled a few hundred points. Still i know those places are there to be found (heard 'those' stories from people i know pretty well). How exactly would you go forward and place your points? Slowly i think i am getting somewhere (some segments of river, say 1 mile stretches are systematically richer then other 1 mile stretches, counting specks per pan), but how does structural geology play into this? I am kinda lost, on a river this size, what kind of sizes of patches are there to be expected? How is the general distribution of gold to be assessed, how should sample points be placed? Is gold distribution on fine gold as much dependant on elevation changes in the terrain as it is with coarse gold? Hope you could chime in on this!
Great question. There are a number of rivers in the US like this, the Snake, the Columbia, etc. I know guys who have done really well in these places too. There is a whole art to finding gold in these rivers.The problem is that 99.9% of the gravel is poor, with just a little gold. You are not looking for stretches of river that are good, you are looking for little hot spots where the heavy minerals (including black sands) will concentrate. Finding those spots, like on inside river bends, is the art you need to learn. Google "skim bar placers" and read all the articles. The first one on the list is an article I wrote. The information you read will help you learn to see the concentration spots. Black sand is a great indicator and the placer accumulations are often very thin on the surface, hence the name "Skim" bar.
I feel asleep watching some alien show and woke up to this series having been played. Strange urge to build a rock tower in garage with special attention to alluvial deposits at base.
@@ChrisRalph lol! I really did learn a great deal from your video- well presented. I used to pan gold in Idaho Rivers for fun years ago, but moved to Nevada and gave up on the idea without water. Its a great hobby to add to any outdoor adventure and your videos are showing how it can be done. Thank you!
I once worked as a tour guide at a non-producing gold mine, which had a gift shop where they probably made most of their money. Among the items for sale were some nice natural gold nuggets (sourced elsewhere). We were to tell our groups that natural gold nuggets are considered a gemstone and were worth a lot more than their weight in gold...like 3X their melt value! I don't doubt they are considered gemstones. But, valued at three times spot means a 10 gram natural gold nugget would sell for nearly $2,000. Is that correct?
No, the owners wanted you to exaggerate badly so they could make money. While some very, very special pieces of crystal gold could sell for 3x spot, in general, most nuggets would sell for 20 or 30 percent above spot.
*about placer gold?...* how does it form?... how many ways does it form?... in quartz veins or as sulfide bound particles... which break apart and float away.... do they gather... and form as a nugget?... i think a guy named odin christensen proposed that idea some time ago... that nuggets can grow in time....
my best questions would be how do you locate quartz in heavily vegetated areas? then how can you tell where the bedrock is without drilling or digging? also I have heard it said maybe you said it that; "not all quartz contains gold but all gold is contained in quartz".. so key here is locating the quartz deposit that has gold in it, I'd like to at least have a chance and at least know if the river or creek I am considering is downstream or was at one time downstream from a quartz deposit, better yet if it was gold rich quartz? so much quartz isn't visible so apparently guys will pan random areas looking for color but I know some geologists can say; "look there is no gold here there isn't quartz anywhere within 300 miles of here up or downstream"... that's what I want to avoid.. obviously mountains are good, volcanic activity is good then desert type areas are easier to spot quartz.. however, are there any resources that the USGS has printed that can outline quartz deposits and or outcroppings in a given area, maps? I used to use USGS maps to find hot springs in the day long before tech.. or the railroad company, or the phone company, electric so forth.. the library, their maps had hot springs marked on them, no specifics as in temps, flow or content but it was a good start, how I found scenic 4o years ago after it was long forgotten.. sure like to have that kind of head start looking for a little color.. I get why many are tight lipped but maybe a bone or a lead to get me off the couch? are there such things as bedrock maps? mineral deposit maps such as quartz or a clue to where it may be? really not trying to waste money on an ebay claim to find out its been mined 3 times already no thanks... lol
Actually very, very little quartz has significant gold in it - like 99.999% has little or no gold. Gold is rare, but quartz is the most common mineral on planet earth. Quartz does not decompose like most rock, so in the area around a quartz vein you will often find scattered bits of quartz on the surface. Then you start digging. You cant really tell where bedrock is without drilling or digging.... Many old mines and prospects are marked on USGS topo maps, but not all. You can see a lot of old mines and prospects by looking at Google Earth. Geologic maps tell what the bedrock is below the surface soils. Old government reports tell where gold was found in the past....
Trout like to hang out at the same spots as gold deposits. They can feed from the quieter water behind a rock or a ledge and use less effort to swim against the current.
@SRV. 123 Ha, this just made my day:-D
Hi sir im mr.ALbert Lawagon from her counntry in the philiphines im dis Regards to about material Treasure pls give me Addvice full out that time in job come on yesterday commeng Giant Daimond stone Gold he was Bring separet full out pinis operation that time on job Treasure Hunting in the mountain have allso full set'up befor work inside airia Location site pls Thak'you give me addvice about d material treasure bye & gud'Luck sir god'bless you allways to waching ashk more power amen🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💝💝💝💝💞☝☝☝
At least they know where all the good places are.
Is this legit? Lol asking for a friend.... 😅😂
@@RockyEvolutionGal yeah but like....... what?
Working my way through your videos for the second (possibly third) time, such a wealth of information to absorb...thanks Chris..!
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I've watched a ton of videos but this one so far is a great explanation. I'll be subbing.
Thanks, from Australia
Glad it was helpful.
I`ve got two creeks running through then meet at a corner of my property and I am going to start at that point,and work all the spots that look good according to the advice you provided in this vid. You have reawakened and reinvigorated me to get out and get dirty!!
Sounds like a good plan. Hope you are able to make a good strike. Glad you enjoyed the video.
These instructional videos are so awesome. Can't stop watching. Learning alot. Much love from Far Northern California.
Glad it was helpful!
Trinity?
@@cedartree7484 shasta
@hosgs14 howdy neighbor 😆 going out tomorrow, before it's hot. maybe I can retire early
Chris you are awesome!! If I would of skipped this video I would of kept digging in the wrong spots! Thank You so much for getting me back on the right track!
Glad I could help! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you so much for the gold rich knowledge and exploring future lands.
My pleasure!
Hands down the best prospecting video I have seen to date. Thank You Chris for laying the information out in a manor anyone can understand.
I appreciate that! Thanks.
I too have also seen a lot of videos and this one stuck with me the most. Very entertaining as well as informative. Thanks Chris
Glad you enjoyed it! Lots more that I have done and more to come.
so much to remember, sure helps to be a good geologist, man I sure wish I had taken that in college even as an elective
Much can be learned from books...
And to Mr Flynn..
So true about the trout!! If you're a fisherman and your looking to catch a trout or two... The rock your standing on is likely a good spot to test pan for gold 👍🏻.
Not really sure on this one....
@@ChrisRalph🤣
Thank you for making this video Chris!
Glad it was helpful!
Wish people would spend this kind of time and effort finding humanity.
How about you? What are you doing for humanity? We all should be doing more.
@@ChrisRalph On hiatus atm. Mostly volunteer work, Women's transit, charity, etc. But I'd prefer we all band together and knock-out 'houselessness' by demanding new legislation based on eminent domain - expropriate from those who have profited obscenely to fund such projects. Compensation is the privilege they've enjoyed and baseed in the word 'obscene'.
Chris ! You are awesome buddy ! Thanks for the videos .⚒🍺!
Thanks, Glad you like the videos!
I like how you have it down to an actual science. Nice work. I like how you also make sense of it all. Very useful information to help me out getting on the right track. Glad to have found your tutorials Chris and to be a subscriber.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the wealth of knowledge. I'll check out the other clips and the book as well.
Thanks - sounds great.
Really interesting! You have a good approach to teaching.
Glad you think so!
I'm also watching again and again all the time
Glad you enjoy them
So well done and easy to comprehend.Great learning but my problem is memory retention.LOVED IT ALL ,DAVID OUT
Watch again until it sinks in.
By-golly I'll do just that Chris
Great information and delivery! You left out that the 'beach placers' (Black Sand) are deposited with the aid of the 'dissolved' gold species in fresh water meeting the 'saltwater' of the ocean. Thus San Francisco USE to dump about a mile down the beach, but now, with markedly less freshwater coming into the bay, the saltwater meets the 'fresh' several miles inland. (The freshwater being hugely tapped for the southern part of the State).
Glad you enjoyed the video. However, my friend, I will have to disagree and say that is not how beach gold is formed. The amount of gold in both fresh water and salt is infinitesimally small and mixing near zero with near zero does not cause the water that is functionally barren of gold to somehow drop gold out. If that were the case, then all beaches near rivers everywhere would have gold - because all of these waters - salt and fresh - have tiny, tiny traces of gold. But most river mouths do not have any gold. Instead, beaches near rivers with gold deposits upstream are the only ones with gold.
Very thorough great explanation,I'm sure these videos will help others.Your right,I have found little rich pockets panning loaded with Pickers about a foot down panning, then flew out there the next weekend with a highbanker or a dredge and punched a crater and hardly got anything they just petered out 🙄.can't wait to see lessons 2&3 cheers😁
I may be mis-=interpreting your comment, but Nos. 2 and 3 are already done and published. Any way, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Many more are coming.
Book arrived via Amazon last month, More than happy.
Excellent! Best of luck to you.
Great video I will be watching more of your content! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Finally 😍 LOVE YOUR CONTENT 🌞🦋🇨🇦
Excellent Chris BLOODY EXCELLENT.THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.I NOW WATCH EVERY UPLOAD OVER & OVER & OVER BECAUSE I SEE YOU AS A PROFESSOR IN FINDING GOLD.LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT.CHRIS HAS TAUGHT ME A HELL OF A LOT & HAS HELPED ME FIND "FISTS FULL OF GOLD"HE TRUELY HAS,ALSO BUY HIS BOOK ITS THE BEST MONEY YOU WOULD OF EVER SPENT SINCE LEARNING THE ART OF PROSPECTING."ONYA CHRIS KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK.FROM BATHURST AUSTRALIA
Glad they were helpful and you enjoyed the videos
One of my favorite books. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
My pleasure, and glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you very much for sharing your hard earned knowledge sir. It is much appreciated, especially considering the rarity of comprehensive and accessible information on this rare mineral.
Thanks and welcome, glad to hear you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph And thank you for your personal engagement with viewers. I will try to purchase your book when I can. Good luck with the shiny shiny! (not that you'll need it😉)
Much good information. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Chris, thank you for the video as I'm learning the basics of prospecting and your information is very helpful and easy to understand. Living in San Diego, CA, there's some prospecting here, but once we are done with this virus, I hope to travel to other locations in the future! Keep those videos coming!
The Julian area produced some good gold..... Good luck!
I bought your book today in Western Australia 😁
Great. A guy imported a large number of copies to Australia about 18 months ago.
Don't know how I missed this one but it a great video and solid gold info !!!
Jeff Williams made a great video that shows how a creek works and where the heavies drop out.
Its one of my older videos.
I saw Jeff's video and it was good.
Thank you for this knowledge! I probably would’ve been digging in the wrong spots!I’m new to prospecting and excited to start hunting! Need to find some friends now!
Best of luck to you.
This video was so interesting and informative. The last time I seen a river like the raging one you posted a pic of and it was in 2011 or 2012 I think it was tropical storm sandy and I was living in the white mountains in nh and I never seen a river like that before just incredible
Its amazing what a big storm can do.
Outstanding information. I live smack dab in gold country have all the gear & get out but rarely successful, actually never , leads me to believe I need to listen to those who are ..... thank you
knowledge is the key to success.
@@ChrisRalph indeed.
I am just starting out. This weekend will be my first prospecting panning experience here in Denver, Colorado. Thank you for this valuable information Chris.
Good luck!
@@ChrisRalph Thanks Brother.
I found nothing. Then I went to Cali and joined the smash-and-grab fellas. No "panning" needed. Nicely polished already.
@@coloradostrongwhat's a good area to start in Cali?
Very informative I'm new to the prospecting world. I'm in Wisconsin and I go to upper Michigan a little. Just love the video.
Welcome aboard! There are small amounts of gold scattered all across the midwest.
Very enjoyable Chris,,what you say in your vids are excellent and make alot of sense,,you are full of knowledge and you explain yourself with a no bull attitude,,,thankyou and will be following you for sure,,,rob from down under,,,cheers mate
Thanks 👍 I had a great time years ago when I prospected in WA.
Thanks man. I prospect in Maine. lots of bedrock. I appreciate your knowledge and the clarity of your explanation. I could have used a few arrows in some of the pics of actual streams, however, I find your info extremely helpful. Thanks again.
Glad to help. I'll take the suggestion, but this is one of my first videos, and I've gotten a bit better since.
Thank you for the video Chris. Your teachings were clear, concise and very informative. You are a gifted teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Thanks for the kind words. Glad it was helpful!
Hello Chris thanks for the 1st part I'm in Australia just starting out, assuming that the info your sharing is applicable everywhere looking forward to getting more to help me on the way
Yep, the info is applicable everywhere. I've been to Western Australia and found gold there.
@Peter B another great channel to dig into is “Aussie Bloke Prospector,” especially since he is covering your home turf...also Oz has some AMAZING state-funded studies and companion YT videos about not just the geology but the history and what is being done today to manage those resources. Crazy, you’d think they want miners to be successful at mining (novel idea, eh?) as well as communicating with and getting along with other land stakeholders! Now I may be totally wet behind the ears regarding mining but it certainly seems to me that VA and NSW (as well as others I cannot remember at the mo) are doing a bang-up job at providing high-quality and data-rich mapping of the SE geology going quite deep into the continent! Good luck, maybe this info will help!
Thank you so much for this excellent video! You do an awesome job of presenting the info in a logical, understandable and useful manner, which I am very appreciative of! Merry Christmas! God bless. : )
Glad it was helpful! And Merry Christmas to you as well.
Chris, Im looking at the boulder at about 25:03 on the video, found myself thinking (cause i have been known to Flyfish) that theres probably a big ol Trout in the slack water behind that boulder. they tend to hang there because they dont have to fight the current to feed on the stuff rolling by in the current. So now ill be looking for paystreaks where the fish hang.
Not sure that will always work, but maybe worth a try......
@@ChrisRalph I'm sure it wouldn't be a hard and fast rule, but could probably lead to some good finds. In fishing it's called Edges, anyplace that conditions change, current lines have edges, dropoffs have edges, obstructions have edges, anything that breaks up the norm
Very interesting and informative guide to what we have to know and thanks for the 5 cent coin for comparison.I 👏👏🥂🍾🎯
I spent 6 weeks in Australia some years back.
Thanks for the tips.
Happy to help!
Great video , will be moving to Montana, before October.. Geology, is my passion all my life, stone Carver for 36 years...Paned for Gold in Arizona, found quit a lot...More knowledge, drive, can not Waite to pan, those beautiful rivers, streams, dry beds, just so excited..****
My wife and I are headed to Montana for a visit in a few weeks. Glads you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph I live in MT. Do you have any suggestions for good spots? I've seen a lot of specs in a creek but not sure if it's actual gold or if I'm the fool 😒
Aman , bother
Big thx and great presentation
glad you enjoyed it.
Thankyou, great video 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just ordered your book. Looking forward to studying it.
I think you will enjoy it. Glad you enjoyed the video.
You should turn up your video volume loud,please
I agree, but that is an early video of mine and the later ones are better. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Excellent video, thanks again Chris...!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Great Video, Chris! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
heading should be , How too find gold placer deposits and you would be on half a million views by now... tnx for the vid excellent stuff
Ilija Stojanovski ill have to try that!!!!!
Thanks for the tip, Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hello Chris 👋, great information for me to check out the next time I go to the creek. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Cheers Chris👍👍👍
Glad that you are enjoying these videos.
Great information thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Liked and subscribed! Excellent video and thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words and welcome to the channel.
That steep section i would prospect those bushes on the sides. Those can still trap gold even at high speed
The bushes would be worth investigating.
Very good video Chris, I am looking forward to the next to parts and I really enjoyed reading your book as well... Thank you, Chris, and may you always have a Flash In Your Pan.
We need to do another Flash in your Pan show one of these days.
@@ChrisRalph Yes we do, I would be honored to have you join us again Chris, we'll have to chat on FB messenger and get you on the schedule when it suits you.
@@FlashInYourPan We changed the night of our bible study, so it would likely be easier this time to schedule.
I bought it but I like listening.
OK, its up to you.
I can't wait to get out there after all our California storms pass.
Yep. Me too.
excellent, accurate, useful info.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
amazing job !!!! Love the unit.
Glad you like it!
watching again !!!!!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Finally getting back to my channel.
@@ChrisRalph Nice !!!
Thanks a lot, Master!!
I am master to no one, I am a bond servant to the Most High.
@@ChrisRalph A blessing to many lives! Happy new year! Keep spreading wisdom and The Word!
Absolutely superb video! Thank you very much for sharing you knowledge. You have new subscriber.
Welcome aboard! Thanks for the kind words.
Good day Chris, few questions. . I have claim. on the oyster River. I might have found the Source.. there quartz veins about 80 feet above the creek. You see at the creek where the water cuts into bedrock and quartz. I haven't gone down the gully.ill walk down when water.
Only way to know for sure it to test it and see... Best of luck to you.
@@ChrisRalph thank you. Is there any way I can share photos with you. And maby I can get your say on what I'll show you.
Great show last night on Flash in your Pans show, Time to do some binge watching of your stuff and catch up... Thanks for the Book too Chris, Much appreciated.
Will get it into the mail in the next couple of days. Out on a prospecting trip myself at the moment.
@@ChrisRalph ,no worries and no Hurry at all. Best of luck on the prospecting trip. Getting to stay at the GA LDMA Loud mine this coming weekend myself. May our pans be heavy with gold
Great video, thanks Chris.
I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Great video!
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Great video thanks
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Loved the info thanks😀. Hated the huge amount of ads☹️
Google controls the number of ads, and they have been adding a lot of them lately to all videos.
I bet you nobody ever failed your classes when you were teaching
Try the feather river canyon in Northern California good gold diggings
ok.
Thanks Chris, I got your book!!
Excellent, I am sure you will like it.
Good info and will keep coming back
Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you most educative
You are welcome.
Just some feedback, I can't hear the video unless it's turned to full volume. Most videos I listen to are turned up to 20, yours are at 90.
Its one of the first videos I made, sound has gotten much better. Only about one percent of those listening have a problem hearing it.
Helpful tips 👌👌👌
Glad you liked it
Can anyone send me a few nuggets so I know what to look for?
Not hard to buy nuggets on line....Glad you liked the video.
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That's a good one why didn't I think of that
Well that's one way to hunt for nuggets. 😂
excellent video. I am in the Ardennes, Belgium and story goes a lot of gold has een found in pre Roman times, people tripping over pea sized nuggets. In the rivers there still are small specks to be found. I have been looking a bit with a Minelab Equinox 800, in hopes to find some larger gold, but realise I need a plan because just random searching did not do it for me. In this area also the geological maps are not free and about half are not even disclosed. But to me it is not clear yet what and where the source of the gold is so looking forward to the next parts of this series and maybe I will find some clues.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph yes I especially liked this sketch on where the river bed used to be. The Ardennes last mountain building phase was I believe in the area of 300 million years ago. The area is basically weathered down. Only in the valleys where the rivers run you get the impression you are in a mountainous area. Officially we can not even look for gold in the rivers. No where you can search for archeological objects but you can look for gold as long as you stay away from the rivers. But finding fossil riverbeds is not easy. I find it hard to visualize it. But if there ever was gold in this area there should be more in fossil riverbeds
Thanks for the info!😎👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for the vid. So lets model a River, flip on the fluid flow see where it goes. Okay how steep a grade ? I'm taking that at 8%-20% as moderate would that be correct ? How do they get the velocity of the river.
I've seen it done already. But 8 to 10 percent is too steep, lots steeper than nearly all gold bearing streams. That steep in a real stream blows the gold out and it needs to be flatter to drop out and deposit.
If there is a part 2 and 3 could you please put the links in your description?.
Thanks for the vids.
Its placer Deposit Geology, parts 1, 2 and 3.
You can find Part 2 at: th-cam.com/video/NX7_g4ZMUi4/w-d-xo.html
You can find Part 3: th-cam.com/video/Tqd0VRmBqYk/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much i am a beginner trying to find gold in my village big river...I learned lot from this video I tried panning in bedrock cracks but sadly I jst found 2 3 small gold particles ....am I missing something or the river doesn't contain profitable gold? The river name is Kaligandaki river from nepal...I am mining at altitude of 90m from ground level? Please guide me I want to mine profitable gold what should I do next?
Gold is rare. Most rivers do not have gold. I do not know of every river on the planet earth, I do not know the Kaligandaki river.
@@ChrisRalph sir I want to earn at least 1000-3000$ per month frm gold mining is it possible? I have panned around 20 pans in 2 different bedrock cracks nd crevices but I found 9 10 small gold particles...any suggestions?
Find some place with lots of gold and work there. There are many thousands of rivers on earth, most have no gold, only some do.
@@ChrisRalph the kaligandaki river is very big nd during rainfall season there is extremely big floods with massive flow of water materials travelling from himalayan region which is 600 km far from my area at lesser himalayan zone.. acc to the report in 1995 there is 413,487grams of gold in this river. But I'm far from himalayan region does the river in my area contains profitable gold deposits??
Edit: there is not proper research done in the kaligandaki river so its very hard to find accurate data that's why I'm so confused nd asking for professional opinion 😅 😀
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Thanks, Gold Guru.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Chris, the local area I come from is subjected to exploration in the coming months by and Australian company. Id like to have some ideas so I could pan some before mining gets everything. The area has a big river, creeks and very rocky.
Got to explore the river and test different spots. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great lesson Chris, thanks for posting it. Looking forward to the upcoming sessions.
Thanks Chris for so informative video! May Allah bless you!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
Ask Allah to bless me im asking Jesus to intercede and bless you..... were gonna put a end to this debate lol.
Nah just joking my friend.... we ain't gotta Elijah it... your people are less of sinners than us lol. I'm disgusted by my people. But I still love em. Hope u catch a blessing man.
Great info thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
It would be great if the Audio quality is improved! tnx
One of my first videos. My sound output has gotten better but most people experience no problem.
Great info! the only issue i had was with the volume being really low. But Other than that loved it!!!
Its one of my first videos and there are technical issues.
Hallo Chris,
i dont know if you will read this, but here is a question on the methodology of sampling. So i have a 30km long river nearby that is historically known to produce good gold, though almost exclusively flour gold (100 mesh average). Small scale mining was abandoned in the 1850s. The current stream is 30 m wide. Studying old maps, satellite images and elevation maps, i have worked out the course of the old riverbed and where it intersects with the current flow of water (stream was straightened). I have started systematically sampling the river 2 yrs ago, placing my sample points (taking one sample pan each point, spaced 20m apart) on two main points of interest: standing-out features of the river (sharp corners, rapids, any irregularities visible on satellite), and on the places where old streambed intersects current waterway. I sample material within the river (along the banks) as well as material high above the bank (in case of interesting bench deposits). Until now, i failed to locate a deposit, though i have sampled a few hundred points. Still i know those places are there to be found (heard 'those' stories from people i know pretty well). How exactly would you go forward and place your points? Slowly i think i am getting somewhere (some segments of river, say 1 mile stretches are systematically richer then other 1 mile stretches, counting specks per pan), but how does structural geology play into this? I am kinda lost, on a river this size, what kind of sizes of patches are there to be expected? How is the general distribution of gold to be assessed, how should sample points be placed? Is gold distribution on fine gold as much dependant on elevation changes in the terrain as it is with coarse gold? Hope you could chime in on this!
Great question. There are a number of rivers in the US like this, the Snake, the Columbia, etc. I know guys who have done really well in these places too. There is a whole art to finding gold in these rivers.The problem is that 99.9% of the gravel is poor, with just a little gold. You are not looking for stretches of river that are good, you are looking for little hot spots where the heavy minerals (including black sands) will concentrate. Finding those spots, like on inside river bends, is the art you need to learn. Google "skim bar placers" and read all the articles. The first one on the list is an article I wrote. The information you read will help you learn to see the concentration spots. Black sand is a great indicator and the placer accumulations are often very thin on the surface, hence the name "Skim" bar.
I feel asleep watching some alien show and woke up to this series having been played. Strange urge to build a rock tower in garage with special attention to alluvial deposits at base.
That must have been the alien show..... They have weird effects that way..... As long as you dont start piling up mashed potatoes.
@@ChrisRalph lol! I really did learn a great deal from your video- well presented. I used to pan gold in Idaho Rivers for fun years ago, but moved to Nevada and gave up on the idea without water. Its a great hobby to add to any outdoor adventure and your videos are showing how it can be done. Thank you!
Thank you lord 💝💖🙏
Thank the Lord...
I once worked as a tour guide at a non-producing gold mine, which had a gift shop where they probably made most of their money. Among the items for sale were some nice natural gold nuggets (sourced elsewhere).
We were to tell our groups that natural gold nuggets are considered a gemstone and were worth a lot more than their weight in gold...like 3X their melt value!
I don't doubt they are considered gemstones. But, valued at three times spot means a 10 gram natural gold nugget would sell for nearly $2,000. Is that correct?
No, the owners wanted you to exaggerate badly so they could make money. While some very, very special pieces of crystal gold could sell for 3x spot, in general, most nuggets would sell for 20 or 30 percent above spot.
*about placer gold?...* how does it form?... how many ways does it form?... in quartz veins or as sulfide bound particles... which break apart and float away.... do they gather... and form as a nugget?... i think a guy named odin christensen proposed that idea some time ago... that nuggets can grow in time....
Real scientists have shown gold does not grow at normal temperatures.
@@ChrisRalph
you should read his work....
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odin christensen placer gold origins or something like that....
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real scientists still cannot prove food is medicine....
Thanks for the info.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
my best questions would be how do you locate quartz in heavily vegetated areas? then how can you tell where the bedrock is without drilling or digging?
also I have heard it said maybe you said it that; "not all quartz contains gold but all gold is contained in quartz".. so key here is locating the quartz deposit that has gold in it, I'd like to at least have a chance and at least know if the river or creek I am considering is downstream or was at one time downstream from a quartz deposit, better yet if it was gold rich quartz? so much quartz isn't visible so apparently guys will pan random areas looking for color but I know some geologists can say; "look there is no gold here there isn't quartz anywhere within 300 miles of here up or downstream"... that's what I want to avoid..
obviously mountains are good, volcanic activity is good then desert type areas are easier to spot quartz.. however, are there any resources that the USGS has printed that can outline quartz deposits and or outcroppings in a given area, maps? I used to use USGS maps to find hot springs in the day long before tech.. or the railroad company, or the phone company, electric so forth.. the library, their maps had hot springs marked on them, no specifics as in temps, flow or content but it was a good start, how I found scenic 4o years ago after it was long forgotten.. sure like to have that kind of head start looking for a little color.. I get why many are tight lipped but maybe a bone or a lead to get me off the couch? are there such things as bedrock maps? mineral deposit maps such as quartz or a clue to where it may be?
really not trying to waste money on an ebay claim to find out its been mined 3 times already no thanks... lol
Actually very, very little quartz has significant gold in it - like 99.999% has little or no gold. Gold is rare, but quartz is the most common mineral on planet earth.
Quartz does not decompose like most rock, so in the area around a quartz vein you will often find scattered bits of quartz on the surface. Then you start digging.
You cant really tell where bedrock is without drilling or digging....
Many old mines and prospects are marked on USGS topo maps, but not all.
You can see a lot of old mines and prospects by looking at Google Earth.
Geologic maps tell what the bedrock is below the surface soils.
Old government reports tell where gold was found in the past....
another informative video!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
26:06 - Wouldn't the lower waterfall become the top waterfall, after its all built up in that corner?
Not necessarily.
What about lakes especially the Great Lakes up north when they have flooded? Look in the boulders?
The lakes are a lot different from Rivers.
Joani P. Perhaps my channel could be of service....... regarding the great lakes