I remember driving in from Gold Canyon to Apache Junction and 25' off the the hwy60 there was the Crocodile Hunter and his entire crew lifting up and filming under some boulders . You could hear him telling a rattlesnake that he was a "naughty boy " that memory is now priceless. So come on, let's go !
Reading geology books is one thing. Field experience is something else, and can be damned hard to come by. This kind of education is golden. Thank you, Mr. Williams. Please keep up the excellent work...
I wish I saw this video sooner! Was just at the Virginia Dale and Supply Mines a few weeks ago learning to use my new Goldmaster 24K .. No gold, but did find an Old Dale saloon token from 1910 - so I got that going for me..
I'd like to add that in porphyry deposits you have two systems of veins. The first is as you mentioned, linear/parallel systems where the density of the quartz veins drops the further you get from the central hydrothermal enrichment zone. The second is radial/concentric such as the San Juan system in Arizona. There are both radiating veins that tend to be more or less equally distributed around the uplift, and then there are concentric veins as well. Imagine them like this...take a piece of wax paper and cover it with wet sand. If you slide the handle of a wooden spoon under the wax paper, lift only the spoon so that cracks appear, and then set it down again, you'll see the formation of the linear parallel systems. Consequently you'll get the side shoots showing the 45 and 90 degree variation on those main cracks/fault/veins. Now do the same thing, but instead of a handle of a wood spoon, try and put a tennis ball under there. As the ball pushes up on the underneath surface of the wax paper, it will cause the cracks to form around this central zone of pressure in concentric and radial fashion. In both systems, as you get further from the central pressure that caused the deposition of the quartz and mineralization, you lose the frequency of the veins. BUT if you can map the trends of those veins you may be able to find more that haven't yet been discovered.
@@hardrockuniversity7283 do you know of any family tree type of diagram that shows all the mineral types? That would help me and a lot of other people, to see them all listed in an easy to read format.
Thank you Professor. Your enthusiasm for the energies that formed our planet is remarkable. It's one thing to understand. It's a gift to be able to teach.
Thanks for this geology lesson. It will take a few years to learn all of this but with a great teacher like you it might not take as long. Thanks again Jeff, Keep these great videos coming.
I took freshman Geology in college and I understood about 85% of what you said! "That's some good schist." You can talk plainer than that.....lol Love the vids. Keep it up.
Jeff Williams I was never into Gold panning and All that but When I stumbled upon your channel You made it look So fun ! I was Ready to find gold like you so I Bought my self a garret 14inch pan and Some patient to practice and ever since I Go around In the rocky mountains, Colorado prospecting just because of you Jeff thank You very much !!! C'mon Lets go!!! Love Your viedos your my idol !
sounds great and that is the best way is to practice with real Gold and you will know exactly how to do it. Always our pleasure and thanks..really appreciate that.
After binge watching you're video's for days some over and over and studying all the maps and USGS data. Now I understand why I bumbled into the gold I found. Gold where's a iron hat. It is in the middle of iron ranges and has gold mines on both sides. Good thing it is months until ice out I will need that much time to study where I want to go pan. So much fun. Thanks again C'mon lets goooo! I am thinking june
You mentioned Olivine I know where there is a small tunnel that's made of the stuff it seemed to be hand dug and went back about 20' located in central NV. I was out hiking when I found it back in 2002 never knew what the green rock was but thanks to you I do now.
I cant wait till this crappy snowy cold weather goes away, here in Indiana. I got my pack filled with new tools and pans and even made me a sluth out of a gutter drain pipe. I got THE FEVER !!!!!! did a LOT of panning just around the sand road here at my place and Im sitting on .08 grams of Gold already. goin to hit the creeks and rivers this spring and summer. So Come On .... Lets Go !!!!!!!! Love ur vids Jeff. I've learned a lot. Thanks.
I would encourage you to build a lighting booth, and b-roll pictures of those pretty samples. I know it's a lot more work, but you don't seem to be afraid of a little work. Certain those samples look better live. A lighting booth will get as close to live as you can. Thank you for all the entertaining and informative videos.
He' getting into it deep in explaining this. Where I'm from, I would follow the slate/quartz/granite veins to find gold in the old mines. The Haile mine that was in Kershaw,SC was the first mine I had ever visited. I done research on this mine when it was first opened. They used the Thies Chlorination Process. And after that, I would visit other old mines thru the Carolinas. The gold was located in the piedmont plateau.
Jeff, this is one of your better videos because there are less theatrics and more basic gold-related geologic discussions. Thanks for posting it. I have watched this particular video several times. It's a good one right up there with your 'timbering a mine' video! Thanks for posting it.
around here almost every well stinks like sulfur and the water has a lot of iron too. on the beach there's a lot of spots where there are streaks of black sand too, but the rock seems to be about 90% limestone.
The coast of California has plugs left over from the erosion of the volcanoes. My friends daughter gave my son a rock when we were at the beach. When we got back home I looked at it, I was like is this quarts? It is smoothed out and there looks to be a few small pieces of gold embedded into it.
Awesome!! I found 2 spots that have a BOATLOAD of Quartz that has Granite and Swarm Quartz, and the Other spot has more sulfides and Iron and "ZIP ZIP" GB2!! This summer I am making plans for a Private property Mining trip in Douglas City,Ca plus stop at "Even Steven" claim.... Thank you Jeff Williams for the great video and Geology lesson!
Thanks for the geology lesson jeff it's always good to learn the real names of the minerals we dig instead of me calling them paprika layer and stuff lol take care folks
This video is pretty much the type of info my almost 8 year old son and I have been looking for. Thank you so much Jeff Williams for putting this together for us all and sharing your passion for the hunt and geology! I'd love to know if there are other videos that go into more detail some of the process (different environmental) conditions that you mentioned like hydro thermal, etc. Any book resources on this sort of thing, especially one that a smart 7 year old might be able to learn from? I hope you don't mind me saying, as these videos are a gift (or should I say, a "treasure") to be very grateful for. There is just a small adjustment I'd like to suggest to help us potentially get more out of your videos. The issue is, the camera moves and shakes too much. There aren't enough points where they will hold the camera still. Even as one pans, or zooms in or zooms out, there needs to be more time for the camera to be still, so we can better analyze and see the rocks. As long as the camera is moving towards or away, it is too difficult to really "observe" (at least for me). This is probably why TV networks have multiple cameras already focused and positioned on their "perspective point" - the viewer just sees the picture "jump" to a different scene, but it is a still camera from the beginning of that angel. Perhaps Jeff could put the samples down on something that is stable, to be filmed for 5 seconds or so, and the camera man hold STILL;) Maybe I am being too picky (I am an ex engineer from high tech semiconductor whos focus was on identification of process and tool related defects via analysis of signatures on the silicon wafers and the look of the defect itself zoomed in...and yes, different elements and compositions would have completly different looks to them even as just solid particulate...a lot like rocks!). Anyway, if the pictures could me stabalized (my iphone 6 plus does this, as does certain apps/software for cheap after the fact), this would be so helpful! IT probably seems like a no braininer to you guys who already have a good amount of experience IDing rocks and knowing what they look like. We are only learning, but always apreciated the beauty and variations. Now we wish to get more serious...maybe even find some valuables to the market! My son is a little entrepreneur! ;) We are interested in exploring our own area in Southwest Washington and Oregon - I guess we may have gold just 10 miles from us! W e also like to camp a lot, and recently took a camp trip to the Shasta CA area during Spring break, with the primary intention to do our first real hunt for gold! I prefer looking in rocks vs rivers. But, there is just SO much yellow and browns everywhere there . We collected a bunch, but we really can't tell IF it is gold, or something else. Just yesterday I finally looked at one under a magnifying glass I thought might be sparkling quartz or platinum glittered lightly on one of the rocks, but upon zooming in, to me it looks like tiny diamonds! I looked up "finding diamonds in rocks" and sure enough, their yellow, brown, and cream colored rocks looked like ours! But yeah, to us newbies it is just so confusing - especially knowing that things will oxidize and or dusting coated or lightly plastered on the rocks. I brought back some quartz with yellow stains in crevices, black iron (probably) type rocks with shiny silvers, copper colors, maybe gold....? It would be great to see some examples of what IS probably gold and silver (and copper), and what is NOT but may be confused by new people like us. I also worry a little bit about lead and mercury, and really don't know how to distinguish those with silver, platinum etc. I also did buy a few books before our trip on the kindle, but they really don't have many helpful pictures which was disappointing to us as we were looking through all the rock piles in CA wondering if they were gold or not - we still could not tell with the books. They always seem to like to take pictures of gold nuggets. But per my understanding, it isn't likely we would find just a gold nugget on the hillsides unless it was in a river or creek first and the majority of all the other rock was broke away or reacted with, setting the gold "nugget" piece free.
hey Jeff, here's my two cents worth of following bull quartz veins: look at the crystalline structure of the quartz itself, if you have large glassy and shiny surfaces with semi-regular cleavage to it there usually isn't much mineralization associated with it.. at least the veins in idaho i have looked at. when the crystalline structure gets really fine and the quartz looks more like frozen, fractured milk and the rocks cleaves randomly without making large sharp chips then you need to start paying attention. often times there is a blue tint to the quartz as well. i'm really diggin your channel, the info you're presenting here is so spot on! cheers mike
You have never been bit until you have been bit by a chuckawala. We use to find them all over the place (Amboy crater desert area), they don't have much of a sense of humor about them. Still watching all the videos Jeff, they are as good as ever, give slim a hug for me (but not too tight, LOL) Ray Lowery Henderson NV.
I live near the south Umpqua River in southern Oregon. My wife and I started with crack and boil holes last year. We got $413 worth. We are hooked. I got a Bazooka Gold box sluice for Christmas, can't get it wet yet the river is too high. Ever use one or know anything about them? We love your videos. Tell slim he looks well. Thanks !
If I could retain half of the information, I would be almost as smart as Slim. Miss my time in the desert but I will return soon enough. Thanks for all the education.
I know exactly where you’re at, the chuckwalla lizard and the holding tanks gave away the location. I love to camp at the stone cabin down the way one of my favorite spots.
So glad I ran across this video. I have found 3 large quartz rocks the same size as in your video. one is very smooth, the other 2 show what i think you call veins. (3 ft long, 2 ft wide, at least 12 inches thick, and thicker into the ground) They are in a straight line. 2 are 20 ft apart, the 3rd is 6 ft from the middle rock. they are near an old river/creek bed, the bed is 6 ft away. the other edge is a meadow. some of the old creek bed is swampy with pits and low areas of orange colored watery muck. is that clay? Is it iron? is that worth digging? the creek may have relocated more than once in a 75 ft wide area. I have not found another outcropping at a 45 or 90 degree angle. where should i dig? i know nothing, go looking every weekend. have found nothing. i read gold is often near quartz, which may be wrong. i have found many quartz veins. some 1/2", some 12" wide. now i found this outcropping.
nice materials Jeff you rock with the rocks I'm writing this with a broken ring finger I'm in keeping my hands away from fire doors for now yawwee that hurt a little VA k from work cool green desert sure is pretty thank Jeff and Slim not to forget that Navada Jack!!! : )
Ive always loved mining. I live close to nevada. I might go exploring and looking for an old gold mine. Please post more videos on your private mine. If you can make a video on how to dig a vertical shaft.
Love all the videos I seen so far. Around March 2023 when I start getting my military retirement monthly pay I'm definitely going to become a Patreon member. I can't at the moment because I broke my neck and lost my job June of 2022
Jeff, I have found a number of tunnels in the Reno area that show very heavy mineralization--yellows, blacks, reds, chalky whites (I assume was fieldspar). So using my Falcon sometimes I get good hits off this stuff--good enough so the wand just sitting on top of the mineral (many times at the base of the mineralized zone and the host rock) will continuously sing. But when I break up the rock I see no gold or silver (or anything else interesting) and the Falcon will stop indicating a metal. What is going on? I would think if this was micro gold for that kind of a solid reading I would see something . . . Thanks for your learned answer!
You have a great channel from beginning to the end. I'm definitely a newbie & joining my local mineral society/club near Mojave desert asap. Well shit I can't think of anything else to say other than "You Rock Brother" 👍😎👍
I don't know about the sulfide turning it yellow and if you brake it up you can smell it great thing to know. I was panning a creek once and found black sand everywhere evin in the middle of the creek but didn't find gold
How can I learn about gold mining. My family are gold miners we have a mine they are using shafts. I plan on investing to increase the scale but I would like to learn first.
Great video Jeff :-) I haven't been on in a while but I am moving back to Arizona and I'm going to be getting back into prospecting :-) keep up the awesome videos!
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I remember driving in from Gold Canyon to Apache Junction and 25' off the the hwy60 there was the Crocodile Hunter and his entire crew lifting up and filming under some boulders . You could hear him telling a rattlesnake that he was a "naughty boy " that memory is now priceless. So come on, let's go !
Reading geology books is one thing. Field experience is something else, and can be damned hard to come by. This kind of education is golden. Thank you, Mr. Williams. Please keep up the excellent work...
Thanks Michael and you betcha.
Michael McCurley 10.4
Michael McCurley your right on that, and he makes it fun
Jeff, you say gold is left behind from pyrite oxidizing. Is the gold still in the pockets or does it become flower gold in the dirt?
OK
This mans knowledge is impressive. Wish I could bring him with me to point me in the right direction. I am learning lots from his geology video series
thanks
I wish I saw this video sooner! Was just at the Virginia Dale and Supply Mines a few weeks ago learning to use my new Goldmaster 24K .. No gold, but did find an Old Dale saloon token from 1910 - so I got that going for me..
I'd like to add that in porphyry deposits you have two systems of veins. The first is as you mentioned, linear/parallel systems where the density of the quartz veins drops the further you get from the central hydrothermal enrichment zone.
The second is radial/concentric such as the San Juan system in Arizona. There are both radiating veins that tend to be more or less equally distributed around the uplift, and then there are concentric veins as well.
Imagine them like this...take a piece of wax paper and cover it with wet sand. If you slide the handle of a wooden spoon under the wax paper, lift only the spoon so that cracks appear, and then set it down again, you'll see the formation of the linear parallel systems. Consequently you'll get the side shoots showing the 45 and 90 degree variation on those main cracks/fault/veins.
Now do the same thing, but instead of a handle of a wood spoon, try and put a tennis ball under there. As the ball pushes up on the underneath surface of the wax paper, it will cause the cracks to form around this central zone of pressure in concentric and radial fashion.
In both systems, as you get further from the central pressure that caused the deposition of the quartz and mineralization, you lose the frequency of the veins. BUT if you can map the trends of those veins you may be able to find more that haven't yet been discovered.
Jeff's a great teacher. Just liston and his knowledge is fantastic..
I dont understand most of this, but I hope to absorb some. :)
I second the suggestion. The Sprott Group's series by Andrew Jackson is quite good.
There was a natural part on my head and this went straight through! LOL!! Interesting though.....
@@hardrockuniversity7283 do you know of any family tree type of diagram that shows all the mineral types? That would help me and a lot of other people, to see them all listed in an easy to read format.
Thank you Professor. Your enthusiasm for the energies that formed our planet is remarkable. It's one thing to understand. It's a gift to be able to teach.
Thanks for this geology lesson. It will take a few years to learn all of this but with a great teacher like you it might not take as long. Thanks again Jeff, Keep these great videos coming.
you betcha
I took freshman Geology in college and I understood about 85% of what you said! "That's some good schist." You can talk plainer than that.....lol Love the vids. Keep it up.
I still have 3 feet of snow and 4+ inches of ice but I'm still making the effort to melt it and get the GOLD!
I got the Jeff Williams fever 🤒. I love these videos. All the way from Australia 🇦🇺
And from Brazil too.
Howdy!
A good sickness, I totally agree here in the North East U.S.
Kiwi land as well Looking for those 90 degree Quartz veins ;) not to mention those rivers of greenstone :)
I found the channel today and can't stop watching.
Hopefully we get a shout out in his next video😉 I can't wait 😊
I gotta say i love how informative this is without the overbearing goofy-ness
This guy is nuts!! Outta here! Forget Jeff Williams videos😫😫😫😫
wish I had you as a teacher 40 ago Jeff...always lovin the vids! thank you
Thanks for the geology lessons Jeff and Slim! I’ve learned a lot from your videos and keep coming back for more!
You bet!
@@AskjeffwilliamsHey Jeff, you ever prospect in Virginia and North Carolina? Central area of the Piedmonts or Blue Ridge foot hills?
Jeff Williams I was never into Gold panning and All that but When I stumbled upon your channel You made it look So fun ! I was Ready to find gold like you so I Bought my self a garret 14inch pan and Some patient to practice and ever since I Go around In the rocky mountains, Colorado prospecting just because of you Jeff thank You very much !!! C'mon Lets go!!! Love Your viedos your my idol !
paydirt * my bad lol
sounds great and that is the best way is to practice with real Gold and you will know exactly how to do it. Always our pleasure and thanks..really appreciate that.
After binge watching you're video's for days some over and over and studying all the maps and USGS data. Now I understand why I bumbled into the gold I found. Gold where's a iron hat. It is in the middle of iron ranges and has gold mines on both sides. Good thing it is months until ice out I will need that much time to study where I want to go pan. So much fun. Thanks again C'mon lets goooo! I am thinking june
One of your best instructionals yet.... Better than collage
thanks
Great video covering lots of information about geology, which I have always enjoyed exploring. Make one just thirst for more.
educational and entertaining. You'd make a great teacher, even if would pay attention in your class 😜
Cmon lets go. You better, sonny jim
You mentioned Olivine I know where there is a small tunnel that's made of the stuff it seemed to be hand dug and went back about 20' located in central NV. I was out hiking when I found it back in 2002 never knew what the green rock was but thanks to you I do now.
I cant wait till this crappy snowy cold weather goes away, here in Indiana. I got my pack filled with new tools and pans and even made me a sluth out of a gutter drain pipe. I got THE FEVER !!!!!! did a LOT of panning just around the sand road here at my place and Im sitting on .08 grams of Gold already. goin to hit the creeks and rivers this spring and summer. So Come On .... Lets Go !!!!!!!!
Love ur vids Jeff. I've learned a lot. Thanks.
I would encourage you to build a lighting booth, and b-roll pictures of those pretty samples. I know it's a lot more work, but you don't seem to be afraid of a little work. Certain those samples look better live. A lighting booth will get as close to live as you can. Thank you for all the entertaining and informative videos.
Jeff , thanx for the field experience. You're more fun than Yosemite Sam.
The geology teacher I never had
Jeff & Slim as always another informative video seams I always learn something from you daily and even the third and tenth time I watch your videos .
As a geology student, can verify, this is great info
That's amazing! thank you. I'm really considering taking a geology class. I've always wanted to read the terrain like this. Pretty cool if you ask me.
Jeff, I just wish I had 1/2 the knowledge you have. Seems like you will always be successful.
I feel like he gave me 20+ years of being his side kick I have learned so much from him ++LEARN the ROCK find the GOLD!!++
Thanks
your commentary is hilarious. .. and your very knowledgeable about the descriptions of rock and what to look for
Thanks.
He' getting into it deep in explaining this. Where I'm from, I would follow the slate/quartz/granite veins to find gold in the old mines. The Haile mine that was in Kershaw,SC was the first mine I had ever visited. I done research on this mine when it was first opened. They used the Thies Chlorination Process. And after that, I would visit other old mines thru the Carolinas. The gold was located in the piedmont plateau.
Jeff, this is one of your better videos because there are less theatrics and more basic gold-related geologic discussions. Thanks for posting it. I have watched this particular video several times. It's a good one right up there with your 'timbering a mine' video! Thanks for posting it.
Glad it was helpful! we are going to be posting more like this one so stay tuned
around here almost every well stinks like sulfur and the water has a lot of iron too. on the beach there's a lot of spots where there are streaks of black sand too, but the rock seems to be about 90% limestone.
The coast of California has plugs left over from the erosion of the volcanoes. My friends daughter gave my son a rock when we were at the beach. When we got back home I looked at it, I was like is this quarts? It is smoothed out and there looks to be a few small pieces of gold embedded into it.
Awesome!! I found 2 spots that have a BOATLOAD of Quartz that has Granite and Swarm Quartz, and the Other spot has more sulfides and Iron and "ZIP ZIP" GB2!! This summer I am making plans for a Private property Mining trip in Douglas City,Ca plus stop at "Even Steven" claim.... Thank you Jeff Williams for the great video and Geology lesson!
Your videos always wake me up.
" AND I BET YA DIDN'T FIND NOTHIN DID YA!" (12:03) Comedy gold my dude keep shredding dawg!
Thanks for the geology lesson jeff it's always good to learn the real names of the minerals we dig instead of me calling them paprika layer and stuff lol
take care folks
I love your geology lessons. You're a great teacher.
I think I'm going to start reffing to Jeff as Master like in the old show Kung fu
You mean "Mahstah Yeff"?
This video is pretty much the type of info my almost 8 year old son and I have been looking for. Thank you so much Jeff Williams for putting this together for us all and sharing your passion for the hunt and geology!
I'd love to know if there are other videos that go into more detail some of the process (different environmental) conditions that you mentioned like hydro thermal, etc. Any book resources on this sort of thing, especially one that a smart 7 year old might be able to learn from?
I hope you don't mind me saying, as these videos are a gift (or should I say, a "treasure") to be very grateful for. There is just a small adjustment I'd like to suggest to help us potentially get more out of your videos. The issue is, the camera moves and shakes too much. There aren't enough points where they will hold the camera still. Even as one pans, or zooms in or zooms out, there needs to be more time for the camera to be still, so we can better analyze and see the rocks.
As long as the camera is moving towards or away, it is too difficult to really "observe" (at least for me). This is probably why TV networks have multiple cameras already focused and positioned on their "perspective point" - the viewer just sees the picture "jump" to a different scene, but it is a still camera from the beginning of that angel. Perhaps Jeff could put the samples down on something that is stable, to be filmed for 5 seconds or so, and the camera man hold STILL;) Maybe I am being too picky (I am an ex engineer from high tech semiconductor whos focus was on identification of process and tool related defects via analysis of signatures on the silicon wafers and the look of the defect itself zoomed in...and yes, different elements and compositions would have completly different looks to them even as just solid particulate...a lot like rocks!). Anyway, if the pictures could me stabalized (my iphone 6 plus does this, as does certain apps/software for cheap after the fact), this would be so helpful!
IT probably seems like a no braininer to you guys who already have a good amount of experience IDing rocks and knowing what they look like. We are only learning, but always apreciated the beauty and variations. Now we wish to get more serious...maybe even find some valuables to the market! My son is a little entrepreneur! ;) We are interested in exploring our own area in Southwest Washington and Oregon - I guess we may have gold just 10 miles from us! W
e also like to camp a lot, and recently took a camp trip to the Shasta CA area during Spring break, with the primary intention to do our first real hunt for gold! I prefer looking in rocks vs rivers. But, there is just SO much yellow and browns everywhere there . We collected a bunch, but we really can't tell IF it is gold, or something else. Just yesterday I finally looked at one under a magnifying glass I thought might be sparkling quartz or platinum glittered lightly on one of the rocks, but upon zooming in, to me it looks like tiny diamonds! I looked up "finding diamonds in rocks" and sure enough, their yellow, brown, and cream colored rocks looked like ours! But yeah, to us newbies it is just so confusing - especially knowing that things will oxidize and or dusting coated or lightly plastered on the rocks.
I brought back some quartz with yellow stains in crevices, black iron (probably) type rocks with shiny silvers, copper colors, maybe gold....? It would be great to see some examples of what IS probably gold and silver (and copper), and what is NOT but may be confused by new people like us. I also worry a little bit about lead and mercury, and really don't know how to distinguish those with silver, platinum etc.
I also did buy a few books before our trip on the kindle, but they really don't have many helpful pictures which was disappointing to us as we were looking through all the rock piles in CA wondering if they were gold or not - we still could not tell with the books. They always seem to like to take pictures of gold nuggets. But per my understanding, it isn't likely we would find just a gold nugget on the hillsides unless it was in a river or creek first and the majority of all the other rock was broke away or reacted with, setting the gold "nugget" piece free.
Damn thanks Partner for the great videos you and Slim make. Wow you know a lot. Bout rocks. I have learned a lot
hey Jeff, here's my two cents worth of following bull quartz veins:
look at the crystalline structure of the quartz itself, if you have large glassy and shiny surfaces with semi-regular cleavage to it there usually isn't much mineralization associated with it.. at least the veins in idaho i have looked at. when the crystalline structure gets really fine and the quartz looks more like frozen, fractured milk and the rocks cleaves randomly without making large sharp chips then you need to start paying attention. often times there is a blue tint to the quartz as well.
i'm really diggin your channel, the info you're presenting here is so spot on!
cheers
mike
Hi Mike and thanks for the info , really appreciate that and the comments .
digging lmao
You have never been bit until you have been bit by a chuckawala. We use to find them all over the place (Amboy crater desert area), they don't have much of a sense of humor about them. Still watching all the videos Jeff, they are as good as ever, give slim a hug for me (but not too tight, LOL) Ray Lowery Henderson NV.
As a reptile guy I love seeing your reptile shots👍🏼🐉
I live near the south Umpqua River in southern Oregon. My wife and I started with crack and boil holes last year. We got $413 worth. We are hooked. I got a Bazooka Gold box sluice for Christmas, can't get it wet yet the river is too high. Ever use one or know anything about them? We love your videos. Tell slim he looks well. Thanks !
Excellent video. I learned thru field experience that veins are usually formed in families. Some outcrop, many don't.
Thank you Jeff you are amazing. Keep up the great content I learned so much from you I don’t need to look further
Glad to hear it
This guy cracks me up ,I love him 👍👍
jeff and slim and nevada jack you guys sure know lots of stuff about rocks and gold.
Fantastic video! You don't hear this stuff anywhere else.
OK fine ! I've been watching your videos for a while , I've decided to subscribe Jeff .
Thank you sir. I rewatched this and took notes this time 🤓
Great Video as always Jeff.. keep them coming.
If I could retain half of the information, I would be almost as smart as Slim. Miss my time in the desert but I will return soon enough. Thanks for all the education.
I know exactly where you’re at, the chuckwalla lizard and the holding tanks gave away the location. I love to camp at the stone cabin down the way one of my favorite spots.
excellent information and enthusiasm love how you show passion for this field..Keep it coming
Thanks Robert
Love the Dr. Jeff Williams professor of Geology at Ruck Hound University XD
Thanks.
*Rock Hound U
Ask Jeff Williams can you please give me a gold detector and pay dirt and a pan or a once of gold please I am only 11 years old
Best intro ever.
Dude knows his rocks/metals/elements wow. Great video
Jeff is the best. Great teachings.
So glad I ran across this video. I have found 3 large quartz rocks the same size as in your video. one is very smooth, the other 2 show what i think you call veins. (3 ft long, 2 ft wide, at least 12 inches thick, and thicker into the ground) They are in a straight line. 2 are 20 ft apart, the 3rd is 6 ft from the middle rock. they are near an old river/creek bed, the bed is 6 ft away. the other edge is a meadow. some of the old creek bed is swampy with pits and low areas of orange colored watery muck. is that clay? Is it iron? is that worth digging? the creek may have relocated more than once in a 75 ft wide area. I have not found another outcropping at a 45 or 90 degree angle. where should i dig? i know nothing, go looking every weekend. have found nothing. i read gold is often near quartz, which may be wrong. i have found many quartz veins. some 1/2", some 12" wide. now i found this outcropping.
good information,,you know your stuff,,got a claim i am working on here in idaho,,your videos help a lot of us,,
Jeff,
Great video...As always...very informative and good info...I sure do appreciate you sharing some of your knowledge...
Man I love Jeff's geology videos
thanks Scott
when in doubt ask crazy... obsession usually breeds experts.
please make more videos like this, love all the juicy geology!
This is very help and informative, you have really helped me to identify some formation in the mine we just claimed
nice materials Jeff you rock with the rocks I'm writing this with a broken ring finger I'm in keeping my hands away from fire doors for now yawwee that hurt a little VA k from work cool green desert sure is pretty thank Jeff and Slim not to forget that Navada Jack!!! : )
Great tips you are teaching me so much more about finding gold thank you
You are so welcome
Ive always loved mining. I live close to nevada. I might go exploring and looking for an old gold mine. Please post more videos on your private mine. If you can make a video on how to dig a vertical shaft.
I wish this video was 2 hours long but I know jeff is a busy man . Slim has him working like a dog . Thanks Jeff ! 🤘🏼⛏
You bet
Love all the videos I seen so far. Around March 2023 when I start getting my military retirement monthly pay I'm definitely going to become a Patreon member. I can't at the moment because I broke my neck and lost my job June of 2022
thanks , we really appreciate that ...hope you get better soon
Do some old mines not have claims? love you vids. I learn alot from your content every time I watch. Thanx pard
Yes
Jeff, I have found a number of tunnels in the Reno area that show very heavy mineralization--yellows, blacks, reds, chalky whites (I assume was fieldspar). So using my Falcon sometimes I get good hits off this stuff--good enough so the wand just sitting on top of the mineral (many times at the base of the mineralized zone and the host rock) will continuously sing. But when I break up the rock I see no gold or silver (or anything else interesting) and the Falcon will stop indicating a metal. What is going on? I would think if this was micro gold for that kind of a solid reading I would see something . . . Thanks for your learned answer!
Best yet Jeff!!!!! Great vital info.
Thanks.
Awesome Jeff ! Lot of info in there, that was cool ! Thanks !
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Jeff, I wish I spoke geology its the language of the planet
I will be one of the first to buy your book or DVD or Pendrive, or CD, C'mon let's gooooooooo!!!
You have a great channel from beginning to the end. I'm definitely a newbie & joining my local mineral society/club near Mojave desert asap. Well shit I can't think of anything else to say other than "You Rock Brother" 👍😎👍
Jeff You Are The man...
I don't know about the sulfide turning it yellow and if you brake it up you can smell it great thing to know. I was panning a creek once and found black sand everywhere evin in the middle of the creek but didn't find gold
How can I learn about gold mining. My family are gold miners we have a mine they are using shafts. I plan on investing to increase the scale but I would like to learn first.
the dale mining district is one of my favorite places.
Always good ! Always Informative ! Thanks Jeff !
thanks Brian
thanks Jeff love all your videos they are a big help keep up the great work!
Thanks and we will.
Spot on... Good Video Jeff! Keep it up...
Another excellent educational video Jeff. So, what does it cost to spend a day with Jeff Williams to absorb some knowledge?
I am really learning alot from your videos thanks Jeff!
Impressive! Your book and real world knowledge is super cool.
thanks Les
Great video Jeff :-) I haven't been on in a while but I am moving back to Arizona and I'm going to be getting back into prospecting :-) keep up the awesome videos!
Thank you Jeff. I think i have gold on my 28 acre property in Santa Clarita Ca. Your videos really help
Glad to hear it
Jeff! Thanks! I get excited watching tpur videos. Gold fever! Got a question. You ever find gold in volcanic magma? The porus stuff?
no if you mean scoria or pumice ....no
You are actually watching a world class geologist at work. That's actual factual boys and girls.
thanks
"It's only like 40 ft, but 40 ft will mess up your day." Legend
1,000,000 BC staring Jeff Williams 22nd century geologist 🍻👏👏
Very educational, thank brother.
Cool field trip. Jeff. Thanks.
thanks ...it was a lot of fun too.
Excellent video, this is the type that I enjoy watching. Maybe someday I can find some nice gold too.