GOLD PANNING UK! 🇬🇧 How well did the beginners do in Scotland?!
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- Alright Mudlovers! I have always wanted to pan for gold, so why not do it here in the UK! See the fun and frollocks of Si, Sean and Stu as we get Gold Fever in Scotland. For PART TWO of this gold adventure click here - • EPIC RIVER GOLD! Anyon...
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Thanks for watching Mudlovers. To see more river antics in PART TWO > th-cam.com/video/2hyGHYSTDBg/w-d-xo.html
Here in California, so many people had "gold fever" back in the day. It's easy to see why when you find it. You want to keep going....
they are called burns not creeks .;...not panning you :)
“Let me just clean my tobacco and weed away!”
Lol 🤣🤣
Laughed at your friend's laments re bugs, ticks, etc., and your awesome jig, lol. Interesting and fun video, cool gold hunting outting. You're rich in fun dancing, singing friends and experiences. 😎👍
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻🐾🧡
you guys are the new forty-niners!
Glad all well with Stu - his robot was unforgettable!!
Haha! Cheers Marcel 👍🏻🐾🧡
That looked like fun & brought back memories of childhood. Glad it wasn't raining all the time.
Cheers Iris! Yeah we had a break now and again lol
Love from the old lady in Texas may God bless you always😊
Good on you, Si! John Webb would be proud of you for getting out in Scotland with your mates, finding GOLD.
Ah thanks mate. Loved that comment. We talked about him on the way up. I was thinking of him 👍🏻
@@Sifinds Thought you might be thinking of Webby. Hope you did find lots more gold. Can hardly wait till next video, though it looks like you had your share of troubles, too.
@@Sifinds You should leave the panning and mining to others and look for the things that the ancients did with the gold, bricks, anchors, fishing weights and crowns. th-cam.com/video/xWLA4y4s1Dk/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=RubinSchmidt
th-cam.com/video/HfqIcpdh1Iw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=RubinSchmidt !!!
🇨🇦 Interesting how different people have slightly different ways to pan gold. Also how the concentrates are different from location to location. The garnets here on the North Saskatchewan River are pretty much pink sand and the gold closer to Edmonton is dust and the closer to the mountains you get the bigger the gold gets. Makes sense I guess. The one indicator here for panning for gold is black sand called magnetite. It is basically iron flakes. Super fun to play with using a magnet. 🤪😁 Love those faceted garnets. I hope to go somewhere someday where I can pan for garnets. I also find the suction tube idea intriguing. I may have to try that.
You are a patient man Si. Very interesting video.
This along with a dozen other things is on my bucket list! Just turned 60 and cannot wait for the uk summer. Im on the border almost with scotland and not far from the pennines, after my first gold this year, but with he added twist I need enough for an Emerald ring am even off to Bogata for the emerald!! reat inspirational video. 100% for the Dance.
I can't wait to show you some gold Simon 💛thanks for sharing my friend's
Nice one Billie 👍🏻🐾🧡
So this is how panning for gold looks like in 2021. Love the 3 second tent and the great camper. 🦋🐝🐞🇺🇲
The tent competition !! LOL So happy for you that you found gold. Can't wait until part II!
😂 thanks Amie 👍🏻🐾🧡
Stu’s tent pitch throw soooooo funny.
there’s gold in them thar hills …
You shoulda popped by for a pint of gold while you were in our neck of the woods 🍺🏴
Pint of Scotch? 😂
@@Sifinds 🍺🥃half and a half!
Love the song gentlemen. 🎵
Thanks so much!
Wow what an awesome weekend with friends. The garnets are amazing. So glad you found some gold. Love your 3 second tent. We have garnets here in USA, along with the small gold pieces. Looks like you had an amazing few days.
Thanks! Yes it was a great break from the usual
Hi Si, can’t say you all didn’t find some gold. Interesting to watch. Great filming. You all look like your enjoying yourselves. The bus looks cool. Till next time, take care. Joyce 🇺🇸 ❤️. 🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶guitar music works.🎼🎵🎶
Thanks Joyce! Yes the bus is awesome! And we DID find the yellow stuff!
Yessss! Was waiting on this video. Comfy chair: check... drink: check!
Am watching now 😊
Cheers me dears
Si-finds Thames Mudlark
Need more video 😊
So interesting. Beautiful Scotland. Would love some of those pebbles for me garden! “Luck in the Creek!” 😂 Butterflies bring good luck. Oh Simon! Garnets! 😍 The gold flake shuffle 🕺💦 boys will be boys 😆☕️🍻
Haha cheers Georgie
Bottoms up!!
That van is Amazing ! I love it it's Wicked 😊
Glad to see Stu’s family member is okay, lots of garnets. Interesting gold finds.
Loved the garnets! If it were me, I would have started panning for garnets🙃 lol
Cheers Eileen
Well done boys, nothing like the buzz when you find your first piece of gold, patience is the key,
After seeing the river side that was a likely site to find gold, I thought it looked like my local river.
I know there’s a town call Goldvein about 40 minutes away.
After looking into it I discovered I live in a great spot for recreational gold panning.
I might have a a new hobby.
Any excuse to paddle about by the river sounds good to me. 🥰
Do it. I promise you won’t regret it. Keep me posted if you do 👍🏻🐾🧡
I had tried panning once before while down in Australia.
We were at a famous former gold mining town in Victoria called Walhalla.
We only tried for a few minutes and the guide said that they needed more rain to wash some gold down the creek for us to really have a hope of finding much.
It was fun and my sister did find a flake, ooohwhoo!
Simon, if you ever make it out to the states, and California for that matter, give me a shout. Ill bring you out to 'gold country' where we had our huge gold rush in the 1850s. Theres still tons of gold here! I pan for it, detect for it and sometimes use sluice and/or highbankers. You'd have a blast!!!!
I’d love to mate! I’ve been to Big Sur before, but never did gold panning
Si Finds, you old gold digger you! And a gold dance that should go viral! There is a creek that borders my property and years back some friends found some flakes. They were experienced planners and each found a dozen flakes or so. Tiny yes but fun. I suppose I should get me self a pan. Lots of quarts and mica as well in my area. And as always, you’ve inspired me. So Kind Thanks Simon to you and your mates! Gold in your hand by sifting the sand! Safe Travels and Joy in you Journeys! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Awesome adventure with the lads! Who would have guessed the rivers here in Scotland are hoaching with gold and garnets! ;) We should start gold panning... Nicole & Craig
I’d love to see that!
That was fantastic Simon! Really enjoyed 😃 The gold fragments are so beautiful. Looks like you had a great time!
Cheers Mudlover!
I’m 18 I live in Scotland. Interested in gold panning it looks really fun but I have no idea where to start or where to go
Theres a public panning river on Anglesey closer than Scotland for you Londoners
B L
Why is that?
B L
That's a very good reason indeed 👍🏻
What a wonderful entertaining and informative video. Loved every minute. Learned about panning for gold, dancing and the pitfalls of camping in the rain. I loved that you found those lovely garnets. I hope you kept them all. I would love to find some. Looking forward to the next one. Have a great week and please keep safe.
Thanks Diann! 👍🏻🐾🧡
Oh, Si. Your antics with the snuffer bottle will delight moms of little boys everywhere! ha ha ha!
Haha!!
Great video, love all the flowers and butterfly shots, very cinematic!!! Good job!!!
Thanks!
mudlarking is awsome* if gold was bigger would be worth it, still the adventure is what matters and fun:)
Yes - the thrill of the hunt!
exciting and inspiring video and great to hear some tips from an expert :)
Cheers Paul!
Wow! Now that looks like my kind of activity... Secluded, amongst nature and finding something precious! Nice one Si!
You get it 👍🏻
Well that was different, Si! It looks like hard work, but I am sure you will have lots of fun. I have watched American videos where they have huge equipment sucking up tank loads of rocks, They go in with proper diving gear on. and you can see veins of gold coming up with it! Amazing stuff. I can understand the gold fever! Good luck.😀
Thanks Lynne. We are only allowed hand tools here. No machinery allowed
I hope you took the garnets, too!
Looks fun but needs patience. Well done on your finds. Part 2 looks good xxx
You do! Thanks
Great song and great adventure! need to get you out here to California and get yourself some gold from panning. Great video.
Would love to mate!
Nice Gold, thx for showing 🤗👍
Thanks Maurice 👍🏻🐾🧡
that was super cool. think I will also try that every now and then. looked like quite a bit of fun tho :)
Totally worth it mate
Well that was sort fun but what a heck of a lot of work for such small payout.
It’s not about the payout. It’s about being somewhere beautiful, close to nature and having a laugh with mates. It’s a good work out too 😃
I do not mean money I mean the amount you actually find.
Yes! You have gold fever! Someone down stream has some great equipment thanks to you--- they'll feel the same way you have when you've found 400 year old coins on the foreshore. When's your next trip to the gold fields?
They are being ploughed now so soon hopefully
The butterfly at 6.48 was a Ringlet
@20:01 Sweet moves. Hehe. The second item on my bucket list is to find a small speck of gold. Living in Arizona, it shouldn't be too hard, but no luck yet. Here's hoping! Not giving up!
Haha thanks. That’s what it’s about, just finding the stuff is rewarding enough
Si.. most gold sits on bedrock. Next time find bedrock with cracks that water or flood water go over and clean out the crevasses.
Thanks!
Three seconds up but twenty minutes to collapse those tents. 😂
I liked your robot stew!
What you need to do is before you go again is continually check out the 2nd hand shops like the Vinnies, good Sammys and salvation army and buy any sheep skin car covers any sheep fleece type products and weigh them down in the river over night that's were you get an awesome concentrate even the ancients knew and used this technique with great success hence all those drowned and dead sailors trying to get their hands on the golden fleece
is that geeza on the bus with the orange top that football hooligan off the film lol 😆😆
Ah - Sid has caught the gold fever - I'm from the States so I know about the gold fever - many men have caught the fever, a few come back, but, most of 'em, sorry mate, most of 'em - ahh, ya never here from 'em again.
Sid might be one of the lucky ones - the lucky ones strike it rich, or they get nothing, and return to tell the tale - most of 'em, though - they are just lost up there in the hills - they wander forever among the stars, looking for the gold :-)
Don’t give up your day-job, Si. You lost more value on the tide than you’ll find in a month panning for gold, mate. Better luck next time tho. Maybe leave the gold prospecting to Sean and you stay with the mudlarking which we all admire you for so much! Cheers from down under🥰
Gold! Beautiful river. I had a very basic understanding of how to do this, but not the geological features to look for, not that I'm doing this mind you. Thanks for including that info. Glad Stu's family is ok. Nothing like getting a call in Scotland and having to hoof it back to S. England.~You took a lot of crap along, lol. Breakfast in a can, my god that sounds terrible!
Yes thankfully everything was alright, shame he didn’t get a few more days. All day breaky in a tin isn’t as nice as jam and cheese sandwiches 😂
Looked like a fun adventure. Always mesmerized by the garnets. Half expected you to find a clay pipe while panning. Lol. Did you find your equipment?
You’ll find out soon!
Not enough to retire on, but you had fun anyway. The mica is what is known as, "Fools Gold" many a gold hunter has been fooled by it. I live not to far from where the first gold was found in California, they still pan for gold, and on a higher level with suction, and divers. The area you were in looks a whole lot like our creeks/burns in the mountain areas here. Thanks to all for the video, and the comedy.
Thanks Pat! Yes we are only allowed to use hand tools. The Americans have the most gold. Good luck to them
@@Sifinds Please know I was not bragging, or making fun of you. Your the ones who have bragging rights, since all the countries around there are some of the oldest, and have such rich history.
Well the was a really fun and unexpected! You got some gold and garnets! Aww theres nothing like a sexy man in rubber! Bahahahaha TFS Hugs!
Hehe
You should hook up with the MudPies! You and Nick need to find out about the mud pan or shoes they use in the mud! New fan 💕💕WV
Hi Lynette, with all due respect we have been using Mudders (Proper Mud Shoes) for years
So sorry I never saw any videos of you guys using them! 💕💕WV🇺🇸
Just a little heads up lads weather your gold pans or most of the gold u find will just run out your pan ???good look
i dunno Simon...gonna take a long time for enough gold to make me a 16th century ring. Im cheerin ya on tho.
Haha! Well it’s pure gold so we can add some alloy yeah? 😂
Si’s “Gold Dance” 😂
Scotland is one place that is high up on my bucket list to visit. This looks like so much fun!
Thanks it was beautiful
Nice adventure! I love it :)
Thanks Monika!
😆 ! your so funny Si
😁
What, no Luck in the Loch while you're in Scotland? :D :D
Haha very good!!
Simon did ya check your other sxsi ,I sent you something hope ya like them
Hi Billie. Er, did you email me? Sxsi@aol.com. I’ll check tomorrow. Cheers mate
@@Sifinds yes I did let me know if you got all the pictures I sent you please
This time next year Rodney we’ll be millionaires
Haha
Can you keep the gold or sell it?
You can do what you like with it. But I shall be keeping it
"Yay! Gold! Yay!" "How much is it worth?" "20 pence." LOLOLOL! The look on his face was priceless. Oh my goodness, what fun. Never mind, you've only just begun. There'll be more color in the pan, but always remember, the truest treasure is time spent with friends. Looking forward to the next. Love, from the U.S.
Cheers Connie. Yes laughter is priceless
Time spent with friends is priceless indeed 👍🏻😊
Is there anything more endearing than an Englishman saying "In my heart, I'm dancing" 😊💕
Thar’s gold in them that hill, guys! Hope you find lots. Oh, you had going when you picked up the Mica. Gold and garnets. Maybe you get enough to make a piece of jewelry. Lol, loved the victory dance. Oh no! Awful that you lost some equipment. But it was an great video.
Thanks Coni!
What an awesome adventure mate we’ll done on the gold! I’m definitely gunna have to head to the hills and find some Scottish Gold! Can’t believe you got washed away 😂 and what an epic camper 👌
Cheers dude. Yes spend a week up there. Keep a look out for my sluice and gold pan 😂🤟🏻
@@Sifinds That would be so cool if I can find it 🤣 hopefully you left some gold in it for me ;)
*Can't wait for Part II👍* Part I was filled with riches... Sean's bus conversion & excellent guitar work plus Si's TikTok worthy gold dance! Kindly 🧡👍Dudley
Cheers Dudds!
@@Sifinds I'm practicing the gold dance😆
Love the garnets, and gold. Simon is determined to find more gold!!!!! Lol happy hunting ⚓️😀⚓️ ps- at first I thought I was watching Time Team!!😂😂
@Kiran Deka Oi! Kiran 😂 lol
Time team? 😂 why’s that? 😆
Si-finds Thames Mudlark
Because of the many merry men? 🤣
Yessss! Was waiting on this video. Comfy chair: check... drink: check!
Am watching now 😊
Cool song!!! Love it ♥️
Finding gold makes you feel rich 👍🏻
Observing your technique! I'll be panning in Alaska later this week.
Ah wow! So lucky!!!! Please let me know how you get on! I recommend going with someone that has some experience to save you some time.
Youre a brave man stripping off and getting in the river, your lady fans will be wanting a calender with pots and pipes covering your privates. Great fun adventure.
Well there were no showers sooooo. 😂
I am in love with Sean's bus conversion! Very original layout. I will have to rewatch again after I'm finished the video. I have watched thousands of conversions in preparations of retirement. Still not sure I want a conversion or something ready to go but I love his !
Yes it’s brilliant. Plenty of height to, it’s like a living room
I’m late commenting today.. in all
My 30 years of camping I have never seen A fire started with Pringle’s 🤣😂🤣. Enjoyed seeing you try something new 👍🏻✌🏼👊🏼❤️ Sean’s singing and guitar playing is really great touch to the video .
Thanks Marie. Yes the Pringles was us getting desperate after a loooong day. But it worked. Haha
Great video Si, it's amazing how finding tiny specks of yellow stuff can turn grown men into children. In Australia, ounces are just lying on the surface waiting to be found. 'Always wash your flaps', some great advice! Cheers pal
Yeah I know. I watch Aussie gold hunters from time to time. And Terry introduced me to Opal hunters! I’m moving to Aus! 😂
@@Sifinds 2 great shows. I'm with you in moving to Australia, everytime i watch Aussie gold hunters i think the same thing. Too hot though, i'm Scottish ffs!
@@UltimateCastGuides thanks for clarifying I thought you were Australian. Right, when do we emigrate? Lol
@@Sifinds front door is always open :) bring your sunscreen. You’ll need it lol
@@Sifinds Lol, I'm ready get me out of this hellhole.
Vitor tor Portugal 💰👍👍😎😎😀😀🇵🇹🇵🇹
I did some gold panning when I first arrived here in Australia nearly 50yrs ago from London, and loved it. You did well, look at all those beautiful tiny Garnets you found. You had a laugh, camping with a twist. 🇦🇺
We certainly did. Cheers Liz
Kleish guitars would love this video and the different panning implaments good vid
Cheers Craig! 👍🏻
Check out vo-gus prospecting. He got lots of tips on fine gold prospecting.
Glad you enjoyed it. I don't have the patience .[grin].
Nice song, well done. Great video I enjoyed watching your video. Stay safe and well 🙏🥰🥰👏👏👍👍👍
Cheers Chris 👍🏻🧡🧡
Sean's bus is gorgeous! I love it. Stu is a funny bugger. Good friends Si, for a good bloke. Haha, when you said nature at its best, I thought you meant the butterfly, then you showed Stu. Wishing your family member well, Stu. I absolutely love camping in the rain. Hope you are taking the garnets. Fun fact, the names on the Ginger beer bottle, my Dad and his family grew up on Sleaford Terrace in Port Lincoln, south Australia, then my Dad moved to Spalding, south Australia where he met my mum, married and had myself and my brothers. So cool.
Nice one. Thanks!!
Hey, at least you boys looked very good in your snazzy equipment, great dance moves and beautiful location. Si, you have some lovely friends. 🦋🐝🐞🇺🇲
Thanks my friend!
Looks like you've got gold fever Si! I've been gold panning here in Oz but the colour just blew off my hand! Lol 😁😆
Nooooo lol
Simon still mudlarking. Once a mudlark always a mudlark...lol 👍
Good onya with gold finds.
Thanks pal 👍🏻🐾🧡
I always wondered what happened to Mika, loved that song “Grace Kelly” 🤣 Your mispronunciation amused me greatly.
What an amazing location to be in.
Loving the Bourne bottle.
Yes that is a great tune! I say tomato you say…. 😉
@@Sifinds I say let’s drink tea 🫖
Love the humour and the dancing, not sure its worth it for the gold, but I love gold. More dancing please so funny !
Cheers Kath
Very cool! Here in East Tennessee we have lots of flour gold but every now and then we can find a small picker. Gold fever is contagious and the only cure it to find more! Lol
Haha! I want to go back
Always wanted to pan the rivers here in Nevada….maybe I’ll do that one day!! Very excited for you Si!! ❤️❤️
You must!!
I never knew anything about gold hunting! Now I feel like I could go out and find some gold! Great teaching and music! Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Well I don't think you got rich but it looks like you sure had fun! Can't wait for the next episode!😂
Yes Karen you’re right. It’s the thrill of the hunt
Loved that tube thing, never seen that being used before. Great fun to watch. That rock looked like a giant potato
Yes they’re wicked. River potato lol
Lovely bus conversion, great vid Si!
Cheers Sophie 👍🏻🐾🧡
I noticed something. I live in New England and when I was a teenager I used to look through the rivers in Northern New Hampshire(which is the state where I live) for minerals like
( semiprecious stones) Smokey Quartz etc. but I found allot of garnets just like you found. Same colours and sizes.I find that quite interesting. I've also panned for gold. You just need patience!
Really cool video. Thank you for taking us with you!
That’s cool! Nothing like searching in remotes locations is there. So peaceful
@@Sifinds that's for sure.
What a great video!! Loved every minute of the adventure! The little bits of gold you found and the hilarious jokes! Thanks Si! I’m still laughing!
Thanks Amy! 👍🏻🐾🧡
That was more fun than I thought it would be , I quite fancy giving it a go thanks for the video
Thanks !
Loved this episode of Si-finds. Looks like you guys had a blast. You inspired my hubby and I to start mudlarking, I wonder if I can persuade him to try gold panning 🤔
Thanks! You won’t regret it if you do 👍🏻