Dan I worked for a major gold mining operation for years. Recovery is about 2-3000 ounces daily. But...Man, I've learned alot for getting gold on my own from you and your videos. Thanks Man! Keep up the nice work!
Thanks Dan for another entertaining couple of videos up in the hills. My wife and I just returned from the Owens River in Bright Victoria Australia. Self isolating. A walk along the river reveling dozens of old tailings and trenches for water that the Chinese miners had dug out during the gold rush days . Could have spent some time there but had to get back home as my wife is a nurse and she is needed as the virus spreads rapidly throughout our city of Geelong. Sad times my friend, stay safe, and keep us all smiling/laughing as you have done so well in the past! 🍺
Man I bet the original miners were giggling all the way to town after they mined it out! Love your show Mr. Hurd! You are a world class prospector and a heck of a nice guy. I would partner up with you any day! Glad to hear that you are so appreciative! You deserve all of this. So lucky....
Mercury is still used in medicines. Thimerosal is a methyl-mercury based preservative used in multi-dose vials (flu shot included). It prevents fungi and bacteria contamination.
Around historic (49-er) placer mines in California, you often see buckets with pierced bottoms, cans with small nail holes punched in the bottom using small cut nails. These are often lying beside sluice lines, where cloth "miners moss" was washed down. They used the various buckets and cans as dippers to pour water over the mats and wash gold out of them.
The natural gold is so beautiful. With the result you got you will be back for another high banker run. I can't wait for the snow to melt so I can get back out there. Thanks Dan for the fantastic video, I really enjoyed it. I hope you are all healthy and well.
Fun Fun. Stay Safe Dan. I am getting a little better each month. Soon i want to be able to mine gold like you. Your the king. Thanks you makie me smile.
Truly enjoyed the prospecting adventure and seeing some gold , it definitely helps in these troubled times, yes those are some nice pieces with wire gold....nice to see that...
Great finish to that set of videos that piece at 19:14 that looks like it’s claws around that tiny quartz crystal is amazingly beautiful would love to have one like that in my collection some day thanks for sharing was a great set
Helloo! Dan. You have earned my subscription. I found you a week or two ago and I seem to be hooked. I know nothing of the gold business but when I watch you running the high banker it seems to me that the water running down the troughs is fairly hurtling along at what looks to me a terrific speed. Every time a shovel full of material is dropped in, the water turns dirty instantly. A moment later it runs clear again. Do you think adding a hopper at the top with a steady speed conveyor to make the feed of material more constant would allow a slower water feed and less loss of gold. A small motor drive would not be too hard to fabricate. If you had less water flow down the trough you would have an excess to power the conveyor motor. Hydraulic motors can run on water. Mayhap one of your fans could make one for you. Two rollers. A rubber belt made of pond liner. A squashed bucket with the bottom knocked out. Driven by a little hydraulic motor. Hang it up at the top. I can feel a video coming along.
Very fun video, would have been a great day/weekend trip. The gold is very pretty, but if in fact only 1 gram then this trip is more about a day in the beauty of nature than a day for decent pay. Have fun!
Thank you Dan. I love your videos, the adventures, the team, the claims. You have an unbelievable amount of knowledge in the field and it's inspired me to become prospector. Keep up the great work 😃.
Nice gold Dan! Have you ever thought of getting some graphite coin molds to melt down some of the powder and other tiny pieces? Make yourself some Dan Hurd Prospecting custom coins. Might be interesting to see how the colour would turn out with any impurities too compared to .999 or other common mixes.
Well done Dan! I hope you do more future high-banking videos (like this one), at your Blue Chip Mine and your Retirement Dream river placer mine. I don't know the gold could be so fine in BC! It looks like billions of fly specks! Wow if it could be melted down into pin-head sized nuggets, I wonder how much weight the pure gold would weigh? Hummmmm!
Dan, look at 19:12 mark on the right side is that quarts just being hit oddly by the light it has a strange luster that looks like a small !!! Piece of diamond?
I loved this 2 parter Dan!! That was some B- E- A-utiful gold that you all recovered. Thanks for getting out and making your videos. Cant wait for the next one
Thanks Dan your a legend keep it coming Stay strong in these troubled times and well done young fellas on the boulder rolling, love that ,it brings back good old memories for me
Hey Dan 10.22 sec, the piece of crystalline quartz, almost positive there's a rounded piece of VG on the right side and maybe a couple of smaller ones towards middle, hope you washed the dirt into pan!
Hey Dan at 19:12 is that a chunk of platinum? There are a number of shiny silver chunkies in there. May add a little more value to the Blue Chip. I'm stuck in the middle of Flatlandia Saskatchewan and I'm almost ready to go for the flour gold around here. I need to shake a pan or run a sluice. Lol. Maybe a gold cube with a tromal? Not sure, but I'm probably not getting to B.C this summer. I normally go to Sheep Creek area or Haul Siding (Not Sure if that's the right name for the place).
Beautiful gold thank you for sharing!! love those close up shots its so very pretty!! you all work so hard to recover it, it never gets old looking at God's creation. 😇
Just a generalized question why don't you do dry-land dredging with a water circulating pondI can understand if there are certain laws that prohibit you to do it but I assume that if you're far enough away from the water would be in the grey area of okay?
Absolutely fantastic. Glad you didnt leave it too long for part 2. Loved the final close up was it just the light making some bits shine more than others or do you think some were different carats?
You guys are great...I'm missing what you guys are doing in my life...just the brotherhood thing with a common gold...i mean goal ;)... but... I'm working on changing that and I think something maybe moving forward...wish me luck...for now having a great time watching you guys...8D
I wonder if there is still gold in that abandoned mine beyond the super tiny stuff found in the waste rock. I would guess they abandoned it when there was no more visible gold they could reach at the time but could more be extracted via rock crushing or chemical extraction means? Or does the vain run deeper than they could economically reach? Considering the mine appears completely flooded i would imagin trying to reopen it would be costly and dangerous tho.
Dan I worked for a major gold mining operation for years. Recovery is about 2-3000 ounces daily. But...Man, I've learned alot for getting gold on my own from you and your videos. Thanks Man!
Keep up the nice work!
Will do!
Dan is the best teacher ever!! I wish I could go on a gold panning trip with him someday!
How lucky those guys are dan, to be mining with you learning from the plethora of knowledge you have, would be so awesome to learn by your side!
It's a two way street, knowledge is power, but; free labour is free labour.
The COLOR of that soil just SCREAMS Gold!! What an incredibly neat little mine as well! Definitely worth exploring!
Well, that was fun. So happy to see part 2 without having to wait 'til Sunday. Thanks for what you do Dan. Very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it
It's awesome that these young folks are taking interest in this hobby, & coming out to learn with you, Dan!
They were so helpful!
Thanks Dan for another entertaining couple of videos up in the hills. My wife and I just returned from the Owens River in Bright Victoria Australia. Self isolating. A walk along the river reveling dozens of old tailings and trenches for water that the Chinese miners had dug out during the gold rush days . Could have spent some time there but had to get back home as my wife is a nurse and she is needed as the virus spreads rapidly throughout our city of Geelong. Sad times my friend, stay safe, and keep us all smiling/laughing as you have done so well in the past! 🍺
Dan you are an "essential service" - Thanks
Ha!
Agree 100%....Dan keeps us happy...That's essential!!!
Please find an ounce of gold sometimes!?
Man I bet the original miners were giggling all the way to town after they mined it out! Love your show Mr. Hurd! You are a world class prospector and a heck of a nice guy. I would partner up with you any day! Glad to hear that you are so appreciative! You deserve all of this. So lucky....
Thanks 👍
Thanks for still releasing new content during a time of boredom.
Love the vids💗💗💗
Glad you enjoy them!
Mercury is still used in medicines. Thimerosal is a methyl-mercury based preservative used in multi-dose vials (flu shot included). It prevents fungi and bacteria contamination.
I love your videos Dan. Great video.
Glad you like them!
Around historic (49-er) placer mines in California, you often see buckets with pierced bottoms, cans with small nail holes punched in the bottom using small cut nails. These are often lying beside sluice lines, where cloth "miners moss" was washed down. They used the various buckets and cans as dippers to pour water over the mats and wash gold out of them.
There is something special about seeing that kind of raw gold. Thanks for sharing , most people would never get to see that.Beautiful Gold-Randy
Glad you enjoyed it
The natural gold is so beautiful. With the result you got you will be back for another high banker run. I can't wait for the snow to melt so I can get back out there. Thanks Dan for the fantastic video, I really enjoyed it. I hope you are all healthy and well.
Thanks Joel. Staying safely at home now!
A great start to the part 2 with that cleanup and bonus picker! The shot at the end was awesome kinds of colors mixed. Thanks Dan
Wow that hard rock gold is so much different than creek placer. Very cool guys!
A pleasant calming voice in tough and trying times thanks Dan you are a much needed distraction...God Bless and safety to you and family...peace
Thank you kindly
Oh man that is sure some nice looking gold. Nice to see some good thing come from blue chip! Thanks for sharing Dan.
Those are some beautiful pieces of gold and specimens. That wire is really cool as well.
Fun Fun. Stay Safe Dan. I am getting a little better each month. Soon i want to be able to mine gold like you. Your the king. Thanks you makie me smile.
Thanks!
Fines is where the money is. Most don't know this. Cheers Dan! 🍻🍻
Your hardrock gold is a new art form. I am a rock collector and love the blue pyrite mixed with the gold. It reminds me of a kings sash.
Always learning and enjoying with Dan Hurd
Finally something that’s peaceful to watch on the internet. Every time I watch your vids feels like some type of orders been restored in the world.
Thanks!
This guy is memorising too watch, knows his hobby inside out.
Dan: it's a couple hundred pieces but it's just super fine powder.
Vogus Prospecting: I'll have that mate.
Ha! Very true
Truly enjoyed the prospecting adventure and seeing some gold , it definitely helps in these troubled times, yes those are some nice pieces with wire gold....nice to see that...
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for taking us back to nature Dan
Very nicely done Folk's definitely team work prevails!!!; )
Yay I'm so glad that you are uploading a video. The boredom is agonizing around here
More to come!
Great video, thank you all. Be safe, all of you.
Thanks, you too!
Thank you Dan , for your videos, as always very entertaining and informative . This is why you are Dan the man !
Great finish to that set of videos that piece at 19:14 that looks like it’s claws around that tiny quartz crystal is amazingly beautiful would love to have one like that in my collection some day thanks for sharing was a great set
Just catching up on your older videos. But I quite like this one. TY!
Helloo! Dan. You have earned my subscription. I found you a week or two ago and I seem to be hooked. I know nothing of the gold business but when I watch you running the high banker it seems to me that the water running down the troughs is fairly hurtling along at what looks to me a terrific speed. Every time a shovel full of material is dropped in, the water turns dirty instantly. A moment later it runs clear again. Do you think adding a hopper at the top with a steady speed conveyor to make the feed of material more constant would allow a slower water feed and less loss of gold. A small motor drive would not be too hard to fabricate. If you had less water flow down the trough you would have an excess to power the conveyor motor. Hydraulic motors can run on water. Mayhap one of your fans could make one for you. Two rollers. A rubber belt made of pond liner. A squashed bucket with the bottom knocked out. Driven by a little hydraulic motor. Hang it up at the top. I can feel a video coming along.
Very fun video, would have been a great day/weekend trip. The gold is very pretty, but if in fact only 1 gram then this trip is more about a day in the beauty of nature than a day for decent pay. Have fun!
It's gold fever.
Unbreakable love.
Precious Metal Gold
🏆🥇👏👏👏
Gold fever indeed
Love the banter with your friends and you. Nice video keep them coming
Thanks! Will do!
It's a great chance to be able to watch your videos during this lockdown ! Thanks from Paris, France Dan ! Keep mining ;)
Glad you like them!
Thank you Dan. I love your videos, the adventures, the team, the claims. You have an unbelievable amount of knowledge in the field and it's inspired me to become prospector. Keep up the great work 😃.
I have to say i need to check in every day to start my day.keep them coming love this program
Love when people find hard rock gold
Another good inspirational and informative episode...... nice one Dan!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was fun!
the clean up looked marvelous!!
looked like the the group had a fantastic time!
👍
Nice gold Dan! Have you ever thought of getting some graphite coin molds to melt down some of the powder and other tiny pieces? Make yourself some Dan Hurd Prospecting custom coins. Might be interesting to see how the colour would turn out with any impurities too compared to .999 or other common mixes.
HA! I was #1000. Great video Dan. Beautiful country. Great looking gold. Awesome video. Keep up the great work.
Awesome! Thank you!
What a great haul. Even the crystal finds were fine to find.
Thanks so much!
Good score. That sluice system really works good. I have long mused over the 19th century geological proceedures as primative at best.
Did love the humour in this one. Nice one guys
Well done Dan! I hope you do more future high-banking videos (like this one), at your Blue Chip Mine and your Retirement Dream river placer mine. I don't know the gold could be so fine in BC! It looks like billions of fly specks! Wow if it could be melted down into pin-head sized nuggets, I wonder how much weight the pure gold would weigh? Hummmmm!
Dan, look at 19:12 mark on the right side is that quarts just being hit oddly by the light it has a strange luster that looks like a small !!! Piece of diamond?
Love your videos. 100x better watching than uk TV 👍👍👍
Looks like alot of fun. Need to find some one to tag along with and learn.
Thanks Dan, love the 2 part idea and the beautiful shiny you got.
Stay safe!
Congratulations! You are very close to the vein !!! 👍👍👍👍
Very interesting visual difference then the gold you get panning on the Fraser Dan, thanks for sharing. Them young fellas sure can move some dirt.
They were great to have help!
Nice! It's always good to see the gold in the pan :-)
It sure is!
Awesome video as usual Dan. And I love your old hat. Thank you for sharing. 😉
I loved this 2 parter Dan!! That was some B- E- A-utiful gold that you all recovered. Thanks for getting out and making your videos. Cant wait for the next one
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Dan your a legend keep it coming
Stay strong in these troubled times and well done young fellas on the boulder rolling, love that ,it brings back good old memories for me
Thanks 👍
Hey Dan 10.22 sec, the piece of crystalline quartz, almost positive there's a rounded piece of VG on the right side and maybe a couple of smaller ones towards middle, hope you washed the dirt into pan!
14:25 what was that big Piece what goes into the water, i thought it was a big flake/ lil nugget
That gold under the scope was freaking beautiful, so clean and shiny
Hey Dan at 19:12 is that a chunk of platinum? There are a number of shiny silver chunkies in there. May add a little more value to the Blue Chip. I'm stuck in the middle of Flatlandia Saskatchewan and I'm almost ready to go for the flour gold around here. I need to shake a pan or run a sluice. Lol. Maybe a gold cube with a tromal? Not sure, but I'm probably not getting to B.C this summer. I normally go to Sheep Creek area or Haul Siding (Not Sure if that's the right name for the place).
I personally love dream mat. I prefer the original over that beach mat you had in the banker. Great video!!!
Thanks!
lady luck was on your side today day it all looked gorgeous and in these dire times plz be safe x
Thanks!
Nice spot !! Loves the wire !!
Awesome video Dan
Thanks!
wow the close up was very cool
Thanks!
AWESOME video Dan was that silver at 18:56 on the video cuz it sure looks like it a a few other bits in there to 🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍
I can't wait to see it melted to a chunky bar. Thanks for sharing!
Did anyone see that nugget-looking-thing at 9:42 top left corner?
Stay safe and healthy, Dan. Another great video. THXs
Thanks!
That was a nice looking piece of wire for sure !!
Incredibly awesome looking yeller there! Love it!
Binge watching all his videos ..so pro .so nice so calming 😌.tnx u sir!
Awesome joint venture with the guys keep it coming
Thanks! Will do!
Beautiful pan. Nice work guys
Thanks 👍
That's some awesome looking gold, nice take and phenomenal vid dan.
“We got to lower this guys blood pressure… all the way” 😆best daytime soap opera delivery I’ve heard in ages
Love your stuff Dan, thanks for the good content
Thanks Dan .. Am learning lots from you 👍
Really enjoyed this one! You are awesome
Always fun to watch you find gold looks like you guys were having some fun👍👍✌😎
Beautiful gold thank you for sharing!! love those close up shots its so very pretty!! you all work so hard to recover it, it never gets old looking at God's creation. 😇
Wow those are beautiful pieces
Awesome video keep up the good videos man. Can’t wait for the next one.
Sunday!
Those dream mats looks like a really good design...
I was happy with them
Awesome as always Dan the man that's some great gold very cool shapes an sizes be safe thanks for what u do for us
Awesome video Dan 👍👍keep up the great work and stay safe 👍👍
Thanks, will do!
Just a generalized question why don't you do dry-land dredging with a water circulating pondI can understand if there are certain laws that prohibit you to do it but I assume that if you're far enough away from the water would be in the grey area of okay?
Love watching you find gold, you are the best.
Thanks 👍
Prospecting and a comedy show what a combo
Thanks!
Super cool and interesting looking gold.
Absolutely fantastic. Glad you didnt leave it too long for part 2.
Loved the final close up was it just the light making some bits shine more than others or do you think some were different carats?
Gino, is the mineral man . Greetings from Holland.
Helllooooo!
Hello my friend
Wow, great clean up!
Thanks!
You guys are great...I'm missing what you guys are doing in my life...just the brotherhood thing with a common gold...i mean goal ;)... but... I'm working on changing that and I think something maybe moving forward...wish me luck...for now having a great time watching you guys...8D
I wonder if there is still gold in that abandoned mine beyond the super tiny stuff found in the waste rock. I would guess they abandoned it when there was no more visible gold they could reach at the time but could more be extracted via rock crushing or chemical extraction means? Or does the vain run deeper than they could economically reach? Considering the mine appears completely flooded i would imagin trying to reopen it would be costly and dangerous tho.