Where To Look For Gold #1 - Gold Is NOT Where You Find It!

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  • www.WhereGoldIs... This video begins to introduce you to the principles that govern how gold behaves in a river, and where exactly it is likely to be found. Gold follows the laws of physics, and this video will teach you how to predict where it will be found.

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  • @markvolker1145
    @markvolker1145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +585

    ***To the haters***
    This guy has taken his time to share his knowledge and teach anyone how to find gold, and instead of thanking him for sharing his knowledge, or complimenting what a good job he has done making this video, you have the audacity to insult him for the way he pronounces some words... You are a disgusting person!

    • @anagramconfirmed1717
      @anagramconfirmed1717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is called “virtue signaling,” and it’s shitty. Nobody is making fun of this guy. Shut ur fuckin fuck face🖕🏻

    • @grahamjonathan762
      @grahamjonathan762 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks *Gwitty Voice*

    • @josephsaunders6143
      @josephsaunders6143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said Mr. V,

    • @grahamjonathan762
      @grahamjonathan762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This comments on this thread are comedy gold...oh wait!

    • @justmetalking918
      @justmetalking918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯

  • @tattooedsoapwitch7323
    @tattooedsoapwitch7323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Great video, very informative. Smart guy; and he’s not deaf, he has a speech impediment. I have the same one. So for you mean people shut the hell up. You have brain impediments.

    • @georgezink6338
      @georgezink6338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don’t know what the HELL I’m doing why are people so damm IGNORENT.he is teaching y'all.knock off ur. ignorance

    • @bensouthwell1339
      @bensouthwell1339 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      being British I thought the guy was a Posh American ? very well narrated and very well informative too.

    • @womensarmycorpsveteran2904
      @womensarmycorpsveteran2904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn’t even notice till you said something. My hubby sounds the same but he is hearing impaired.

    • @bensouthwell1339
      @bensouthwell1339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      in the UK we call it B.B.C. english....not quite upper class/royalty but posh all the same

    • @tedphillips1977
      @tedphillips1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soul impediments, cant judge lest you'll b judged

  • @gp1971
    @gp1971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I’ve i’ve heard dozens of people explain how to find gold. This dude nailed it. He talks to people in a way that’s easy to understand. Thanks man.

    • @11111972cjb
      @11111972cjb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Herd" spell check will help you with words that you are not sure how to spell. "Heard" is what it should be. Now all the haters will comment. I'm simply wanting to help this person not look ignorant. Cheers.

    • @nickaroni87
      @nickaroni87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@11111972cjb STFU

    • @Foxyfreedom
      @Foxyfreedom ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s incredibly amazing how simple first grade grammar can just be so terribly challenging for many. I’ll never understand it.

    • @Ra7111
      @Ra7111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed 💯🎉

    • @lifeonsibuyanphilippines7212
      @lifeonsibuyanphilippines7212 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How many languages do you speak? Ohhh..... Only one????

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I don't dispute the meaning of the words themselves; obviously, gold is where it is; so is dirt, mold, or air; but the words are used to convey an idea that is completely wrong, namely, that you cannot predict where gold will be. You can. And in that sense, it is NOT just "wherever you happen to find it", but rather, where the laws of physics guarantee that it must be.

  • @mooseknuckle8334
    @mooseknuckle8334 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Fella your video has to be on of the best explanations on how gold works in a river ! Thank you for your content. I look forward to watching more.

    • @benjaminesheridan5017
      @benjaminesheridan5017 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Show me how to move a muscadine Vine to replant to replant

  • @natertater4024
    @natertater4024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He has a voice of a 1920's radio star

    • @C_CREATURE_
      @C_CREATURE_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/F83k8UD3eJM/w-d-xo.html

  • @ericcopenhaver
    @ericcopenhaver 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The "haters" in these comments! The narrator is not being pretentious, or haughty, or condescending. He's trying to teach, period. If you're not learning from him, then go the fuck away! Don't blame him for your thick skulls and calloused hearts. If you've got "advice" to share, do so with some tact, and appreciation for the "place" he's made, for you to offer it.

  • @ricknelson4764
    @ricknelson4764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I retired 2 years ago and bought a new atv, metal detector, slice and other prospecting equipment all told about $15,000 then traveled all over Idaho, Montana and Nevada. So far I have recovered about $12,000 I guess that I am one of the lucky ones and I loved every minute of it, just me, my dog and sometimes my brother....priceless!

    • @kingbriantherighteous6124
      @kingbriantherighteous6124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i'd say that's probably b/c 'you're a travelling man and u've made alot of stops.'

    • @kingbriantherighteous6124
      @kingbriantherighteous6124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and btw. u did very well.
      i took my son out west(CA) for his 18th b-day and panned and panned and never found one nugget. hit the redwoods and camped on the pacific beach in southern oregon where there were large rocks near shore and on shore.
      it would of been nice for the gold we panned to have covered the gas$ on our almost 6000mi adventure. that would of been the icing on the cake.
      would u recommend a decent area to try for anybody that might read this?
      and colorado. we didn't find any color, only black sand. but the mountain goats were majestic.

    • @sscorpionbat
      @sscorpionbat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm jealous bro. Good luck!

    • @luthahvelken4653
      @luthahvelken4653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it is so priceless..... why did you tell us how much it cost?

    • @Bignatejr9999
      @Bignatejr9999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s awesome, keep going and I wish you the best on your journey! ❤️

  • @PioneerPauly
    @PioneerPauly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    *Very well explained! Its nice to sit back and re-learn the essentials. Thanks for sharing* 👊

  • @DukeLaCrosse20
    @DukeLaCrosse20 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I will probably never prospect for gold, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. A very efficient communication of principles that should be obvious but are not. I watched a different video for over an hour and didn't learn any where near as much.

    • @tonymoon7370
      @tonymoon7370 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      DukeLaCrosse20 has come to me with you a friend

    • @justinl9677
      @justinl9677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tonymoon7370 What???

  • @BradleyWelshTV
    @BradleyWelshTV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    How to Get Rich Mining for GOLD... ignore the gold and sell tools and supplies to miners.

    • @Longashe
      @Longashe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's not mining, that's shopkeeping.

    • @jacobkiser4661
      @jacobkiser4661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plus most miners make they're own equipment.

    • @dougraddi908
      @dougraddi908 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol!

    • @lawrenceeichenlaub9880
      @lawrenceeichenlaub9880 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      it' always been so

    • @pagefour6498
      @pagefour6498 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Longashe depends if they pay in gold or not.

  • @BackyardProspector
    @BackyardProspector 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have watched your gold series multiple times. They are great, thank you! Please make more when you can!

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Glad you enjoyed it! This was filmed near Grass Valley, California.

  • @ginaalwaysavip1177
    @ginaalwaysavip1177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Awesome video I wish that I could spend a week with you then I'd be rich with knowledge. Thanks for sharing with us all!

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone who has prospected for any length of time, and consistently makes a profitable income from it, knows that this is true. It's just like poker - it's POSSIBLE for any hand to win the game. You could say that "a royal flush is where you find it"... but that doesn't make it worth staying in every hand just for that small chance. So successful players fold a LOT.
    Likewise, successful prospectors pass on 95% of the places they sample and only work the best. Gold follows rules, and so must we.

  • @normantveit4510
    @normantveit4510 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thank you so very much for your insight. Please excuse the ugly trolls who comment on this clip.

    • @kennethmoore4322
      @kennethmoore4322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very good thank you very much for the knowledge

  • @williamiannucci2740
    @williamiannucci2740 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you Sir, wish I could go along with you. peace

  • @dmorgan724
    @dmorgan724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some of the best info found anywhere!! Thanks Man!! I wish Id have found your channel before now but better late than never!! LOL!! Take care! Much appreciated!!

  • @ammobake
    @ammobake 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There are some exceptions to the rule of that impermeable layer (where gold is usually found in that foot or two above bedrock or some other dense layer of material). I recently heard of a miner here in Alaska that was hiking through an area of recent landslide on the side of a hill. He literally saw and picked up a 60 oz nugget off the ground that was released with other gravels by this landslide. The law of probabilities still applies to gold but it is not 100%.

    • @BilgePump
      @BilgePump 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea everybody has a gold story of a somebody finding a huge couple pound nugget laying right on the ground. It's a fun thought but it ain't true.

    • @erich8074
      @erich8074 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's true stories of it happening.

    • @HowToDrillAWell
      @HowToDrillAWell  7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh, the stories are often true but they're akin to being dealt a royal flush in 5-card draw. It just doesn't happen that often. Far better chance of being struck by lightning than finding a nugget just laying around. Not to say it doesn't happen - so does getting stuck by lightning :)

    • @iliketowatch.
      @iliketowatch. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think that nugget is what this guy refers to as "last year's gold." If someone hadn't come along by chance and picked it up, eventually it would have been pushed by the forces of nature (gravity, water, wind) to a lower spot where it would have stopped when it hit bedrock or something like bedrock.
      So you could walk around on land recently exposed in a landslide and hope you find a giant nugget, OR you could find the spot where nuggets like this one that have become exposed throughout thousands of years could have moved to and stopped.
      (At least that's what I think this guy's message is.)

    • @fastfunpokerjamie124
      @fastfunpokerjamie124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HowToDrillAWell I’m a royal flush magnet 🧲... I’ve had about 5 live and 10 online playing for 15 years.. so where can I find some gold ?

  • @garryjha1
    @garryjha1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you dear friend for explaining your wonderful knowledge of gold, now if Iam ever in a area I have a idea where to look, BLESS YOU!

  • @jamesmerecki3128
    @jamesmerecki3128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    extremely informative! thanks for sharing.

  • @garygraham4679
    @garygraham4679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Look above at all the overpriced crap you can buy to help find that 29 bucks worth of gold!!! If golf is a"great walk ruined" then gold panning must be "a beautiful trip to the wilderness interupted by hours of hard labor for less than a minimum wage"!

  • @Gsd_pack
    @Gsd_pack 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video. Thanks for sharing only in my second year here gold prospecting in the williamette valley in Oregon. No nuggets yet just fine gold. But I'm glad you show the real success and misses on your videos.

  • @brandonnicholson4760
    @brandonnicholson4760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video! You don't tend to find this type of knowledge without really looking for it. I am extremely grateful for you sharing your knowledge on gold. You gave definitely changed my perspective on where to find gold thank you so much.

  • @street1013
    @street1013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it common to find gold at the bottom of waterfalls?

    • @nathanielburson8929
      @nathanielburson8929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It can be, it's just a question of whether the gold is in the river or not. It's usually outside the crest of soil caused by the waterfall's splash zone

    • @street1013
      @street1013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nathanielburson8929 i jist need to figure out a good way to drege some out. I have a creek below mr that has all the signs u described. Lots of cobble and small and big rocks and gravel. Some sand mixed in also. And there is areas at the bottom of the creek that the bedrock is showing. Thats where im gonna look in the creveses u were talking about in bedrock

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't dispute the meaning of the words themselves; obviously, gold is where it is; so is dirt, mold, or air; but the words are used to convey an idea that is completely wrong, namely, that you cannot predict where gold will be. You can. And in that sense, it is NOT just "wherever you happen to find it", but rather, where the laws of physics guarantee that it must be.

  • @garyklafta3411
    @garyklafta3411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ALL THE EASY GOLD IS GONE!

  • @jesseechavarria4521
    @jesseechavarria4521 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ training.😀. great stuff. easy to understand. keep making more videos please. Thank you . sincerely Jesse .

  • @kristinflowerofchrist17
    @kristinflowerofchrist17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This guy is awesome and very smart....Awesome Video.... Thank you....

  • @KeepingbusywithMike
    @KeepingbusywithMike 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for the good information.

  • @paulwarren6005
    @paulwarren6005 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Way to get her done! I know it was for beginners! But you covered it well! Keep them coming! No matter what we do in life it will make some people Glad some Sad and the rest Mad! Paul.

  • @amabeza
    @amabeza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Common assumption is gold is found in rivers. In Zimbabwe its found everywhere...

    • @ynvassknrdar1233
      @ynvassknrdar1233 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Australia, you can find gold nuggets as large as a man's fist just sitting on the ground. But rivers? You'll be lucky to find one of those.

  • @LesActive
    @LesActive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good stuff, love yer accent.

  • @iliketowatch.
    @iliketowatch. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the humor. "Yes, it's possible a gold nugget rolled down the bank, hit a rock and ricocheted into a tree. It's possible, but it's not probable. It's not worth the time to go look in that tree for gold."

  • @billymurph8125
    @billymurph8125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YOU CAN FIND GOLD RIGHT OVER HEAL ........

  • @Sunandshine1234
    @Sunandshine1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for sharing , you have made me excited to go gold hunting , so informative !

  • @susanb5177
    @susanb5177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thank you for the information. I tried panning once. I happened across a panning club working in a creek. They shared their equipment to let me give it a try. I didn't find anything but gold colored chips and they said it wasn't real gold. But I have to say, it was very relaxing. It allowed me to forget about life's stresses for a few hours.

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For most amateur prospectors that's more than they find all summer. Some areas are richer, of course, but that's still pretty good. I've never met anyone who, without dredging, consistently averaged a gram a day.

  • @crsddabc5568
    @crsddabc5568 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I laughed out loud at your gold in the tree comment.

  • @BrianTDurden
    @BrianTDurden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    MY FATHER TOLD ME BENDS IN RIVERS GET BIGGER SO THE RIVER USED TO BE IN MARSHES ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE OUTER SIDE OF THE BEND. THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR. WHERE THE GOLD WAS BUILT UP FOR A LONG TIME, So, it's probably deep on the inside snakes of rivers. Just like he said.

  • @notpcone
    @notpcone 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent Video! Perhaps you could slow down a little........ Important comments that you are flying through! Thanks!

  • @jsl5570
    @jsl5570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to dredge in California before the idiot Ahhnold signed a bill outlawing it. Moonbeam also signed a bill to continue the ban. I mainly went to the American River, but also did some on the Bear, Yuba and Feather Rivers and tributaries.
    This guy is giving you the basics of how and where to look for gold. The suction eddy behind a rock or other obstruction will typically concentrate more gold than a pressure eddy will in front of the rock, but you may get lucky and find larger pieces in the front. Tree roots and moss along the banks can be productive. A good thing to look for dredging are the deep channels in the main water flow. As you dredge them keep an eye out for mercury covered gold. It looks much like lead. A good way to test it is to use a Garrett Gravity Trap gold pan and drag the piece across the bottom of the wet pan. If it streaks, it's probably lead. You can also use a flame or acid to burn it off, but be sure to stay upwind from the smoke & fumes. Since mercury is liquid it flows to the lowest spots in the channels, and it sticks to gold like a magnet to iron. Good luck to all you gold seekers.
    A book I found to be valuable when I was a greenhorn was by Dave "Ounce A Day" McCracken called Advanced Dredging Techniques.
    Now I have gold dredges, dry washer and other equipment I can't use. Send me a message if you might be interested in buying some equipment.

  • @mikenelson4896
    @mikenelson4896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think about when God flooded the whole world, think about how gold washed down from high mountains especially when the water receded !!!

    • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
      @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yep! people NEVER think about this. I have used this exact way of thinking to find gold where people told me there is no gold

  • @robonbass6864
    @robonbass6864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's a pretty dead on informative video, man...

  • @herbertbrown8683
    @herbertbrown8683 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love the video very educational thanks for the imput

  • @funnyfalabay7214
    @funnyfalabay7214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yeah it is good info,
    and hes not deaf u rejects!

    • @whome5933
      @whome5933 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's not very nice.

  • @jayfigg7981
    @jayfigg7981 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    LOVE your accent! My favorite uncle was deaf, and your voice reminded me of him! I had not even thought about him in a long time. Thanks for reminding me of a GREAT fella!

    • @DlrR77
      @DlrR77 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      people in New Brunswick speak same, it makes me feel comfy to listen to them. We all have
      an accent to others from other places.

    • @zymbotictoot
      @zymbotictoot 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DlrR77 I have never heard people from Newbrunswick speak like this fellow. I'd guess he has a slight speech impediment. But I'm not from NB just the same.

    • @jimmyeastwoodjonnyfleeeast1578
      @jimmyeastwoodjonnyfleeeast1578 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @paperchasin23 that made him a good guy???
      Ohh my

  • @Andrei.G.T
    @Andrei.G.T 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why is he saying "hieuwr" in place of "here" ???

    • @11111972cjb
      @11111972cjb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And your problem is??? The guy is brave enough to make a decent video and all you are concerned about is as speech impediment??? Go look in your mirror O perfect one!

  • @Luna-jk9de
    @Luna-jk9de 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really learned something new today thanks so much to this guy! Thank you so much, you are so intelligent and so giving. May blessings follow you to your next gold exhibition!

  • @mrsseasea
    @mrsseasea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this makes sense.....i’ve seen so many videos where the guys goes straight to the banks ......thank you for sharing

    • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
      @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Usually where I find good high bank gold, it is also good if not better in the water. However, a lot of areas, the water has been worked over, and the banks have been ignored.... which is part of the reason you hear guys say sample sample sample

  • @gigi-bs3ie
    @gigi-bs3ie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for your knowledge

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You just need to get out there with a pan and start sampling; I'll have a video uploaded soon on how to do that, so make sure you subscribe. It helps if you know gold has been found in your immediate area, so it narrows down the places to look.

  • @gerald4133
    @gerald4133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad took us on vacation in 1970 we went on a mining tour. There was huge vats of acid used to clean the gold across the valley we could see the side of a moutain had been cut away a Huge streak of Gold could be seen in that mountain. I think imo there is places that have loads of gold they just don't want us all to know. In Africa there are places that are very Dangerous because diamonds are laying on the surface but they are owned to be sold . Platinum is even dug up too in some countries. Everything for a price in this world 🌎

  • @dw6015
    @dw6015 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Some strange comments here, great little production, well shot and written. Thank you

  • @vaporislands6228
    @vaporislands6228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way he says here .its here not herow

  • @Karya.Layeut
    @Karya.Layeut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank for share, subscribed

  • @street1013
    @street1013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks man i learned alot. I have a creek below my house that has alot of exsposed bedrock. Whats the best way to get it out of the water other than a exspensive dredge?

    • @nathanielburson8929
      @nathanielburson8929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keep watching the rest of these videos you'll see how I do it :)

  • @mindfulwhimAnimation
    @mindfulwhimAnimation 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Gold is where you find it" is an adage...a proverb...a traditional saying. Taking an adage too literally is a sign of taking yourself too seriously. As it turns out, people who find a lot of gold do not try to convince other people that they know everything about finding gold, or that they can disagree with age-old adages that old timers found clever. They just quietly collect it.

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unexpected; not inexplicable. Certainly it is "where you find it" - so are cars and air and, well, everything. Of course it is where it is. The literal meaning of the words I don't dispute; but it is used in gold-prospector parlance to mean that you can't know where it is, or that it might be here just as well as somewhere else, and "just go dig someplace, after all gold is where you find it" - and that just isn't true. It is far more likely to be some places than others.

  • @PhaseSkater
    @PhaseSkater 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best gold I ever found was on the opposite side of a bend. It was a sharp bend though and a ton of bedrock was there to catch the gold splashing up in that area during insane floods.

  • @alikatts323
    @alikatts323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent video and explanation! This novice thanks you for sharing your time and wisdom.

  • @skyformQi
    @skyformQi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    O wHat a beautiFuL human being [tHis is jus' JoY [ puRe puRe poeTry] wHat exPression anD grace

  • @noahh805
    @noahh805 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this title makes no sense

  • @HowToDrillAWell
    @HowToDrillAWell  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the offer, but I love my gold far beyond it's intrinsic value. I'd have to be very hungry to part with it :)

  • @zandemen
    @zandemen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A good video for explaining the most common deposition type, but the reason people say "gold is where you find it" is that sometimes it settles in areas where you do not expect to find it.
    For example, you could have an outside bend, where you should not find gold, but perhaps thousands of years ago it used to be an inside bend that was collecting gold for a long time.
    Sometimes you find a big nugget in the middle of a river.
    Sometimes you find it waaay up high in the trees.
    It is most likely where you say, but it is also any other place that gravity works.
    I have worked a river, which is not supposed to have any gold at all, and found a huge boulder on the inside bend, dug way down to a false bedrock and found nothing, over and over again, nothing.
    I try another spot, which doesn't look likely at all, and find big flakes and small nuggets, and I'm not even at bedrock. there's a lot of karst, so maybe before a natural bridge collapsed and formed a canyon there was some deposited here or some other cataclysmic event changed the path of the river dramatically, but it's a river that should not have gold, on a bend that should not have gold, and a pay layer that should not be where it is.
    It is where you find it.
    Damn, there is not even a gold bearing mineralization in the entire drainage, for dozens of miles in any direction, or any geological formations where it is typically, or even atypically found. Karst, man.
    Limestone.

  • @los5162
    @los5162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice informational vid. Thanks for taking your time.

  • @bookgroup9937
    @bookgroup9937 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why you so far

  • @outtanowhere3599
    @outtanowhere3599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for the info. Gonna get out and find some gold. Oh and you earned a subscription.. Great video keep em coming

  • @nerolsalguod4649
    @nerolsalguod4649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very informative.
    Thank You!!!

    • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
      @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, hearing things in different context, even if its the same information, is good. This guy presents it very well

  • @Chief2Moon
    @Chief2Moon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Certainly appreciate the information on finding gold, although I live in Northern Ohio&don't think we're much of a "hotspot" around here. Happy hunting!

    • @donniebrown2896
      @donniebrown2896 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Glacial gold" is being found in Missouri, no big nuggets but it's there

  • @krookiemonster2673
    @krookiemonster2673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good info. I just bought a panning kit, and this video is really helpful only problem is that i live in waushara county, wisconsin.. the rivers and creeks here are almost completely sand and muck. Theres ocassionally a row or patch of basketball sized rocks, i dont know if theyre close to bedrock or not... i did try with a shallow frisbee and im pretty sure i found 3 tiny flakes. It seems like gold judging from the video i watched on how to classify it.

    • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
      @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      make a video about what you explained here, I will gladly watch it and comment on what I can help out with. Identification, best practices for that area, what places to sample and how based on your area... etc

    • @brendasteadman6808
      @brendasteadman6808 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gold is literally everywhere, the placer vain runs from Vermont to California.. look for quart's and black sand, rust and orange colored rock ...

  • @kingjack8998
    @kingjack8998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the video appreciate your time and knowledge

  • @teejay9929
    @teejay9929 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally!....some real honest advice...thank you for sharing this!...🤙🏼🇺🇸✋🏼😀

  • @wendymorton321
    @wendymorton321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, thanks for sharing it with us!!!!

  • @comradesvanticki4786
    @comradesvanticki4786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait what If the gold is under the bedrock... you cant mine that

    • @HowToDrillAWell
      @HowToDrillAWell  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Placer gold (gold in pieces) is never found under the bedrock, by definition. If it were, it would be in veins in hard rock and there is no practical way for small scale hard rock mining most of the time.

    • @comradesvanticki4786
      @comradesvanticki4786 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      HowToDrillAWell it was a joke related to minecraft

    • @HowToDrillAWell
      @HowToDrillAWell  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@comradesvanticki4786 Ah, I totally didn't get that. You young people and your video games.

  • @AnthonyBerardis-r1p
    @AnthonyBerardis-r1p 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He seems to have alot of good info. But i am having a hell of a time understanding him sometimes. It would be better if he didn't shoot from in the tree across the river. I really just want to suck in the info, those 2 things are making it a little harder. But still great info!

  • @mr.prepper6976
    @mr.prepper6976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great videos.

  • @roguekwads_fpv7368
    @roguekwads_fpv7368 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please be very careful when "digging" or sluicing out behind large rocks or trees, its extremely dangerous! He doesnt mention but with the river flowing adding pressure and you remove the dirt behind it, what's likely to happen should be obvious, but the rock will lose grip an be dislodged, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE BEHIND IT WHEN IT HAPPENS! Be safe, my uncle died this way

  • @kidjetrecon7153
    @kidjetrecon7153 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video most amazing informative video on gold I’ve ever heard .

  • @leedavis2262
    @leedavis2262 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to work for Hope Jones. Her 75 acres in Tucson Arizona. Fifteen horses in about 10 dogs. In the late 80s early 90s. Quite a cowgirl. Loves horses, more than people. Well over three hundred acres in redfield canyon. Cliff House. Another house, a few acres, from The Cliff House. Some. A##hole swiped everything out of it. Then set it on fire, burn it to the ground.

  • @gardenfever4139
    @gardenfever4139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great explanation. Felt very honest

  • @kanadadayasamak
    @kanadadayasamak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    a dollar of plastic 60$ you must be joking you find real gold mine by selling with this video isnt itits like 1 gram gold price better to hunt that way isnt it

  • @justintyme2764
    @justintyme2764 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks!

  • @DlrR77
    @DlrR77 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    again and again haters, listen up...don't be jealous of someone who has knowledge and the
    joy to share with others who actually appreciate those in this world of HATERS too self
    involved to step outside of their own inadequacies and stop being childish. Some of us
    cherish these people and life is about learning.
    Lighten up on the judging and stop acting like spoiled children. Grow up and let live.
    Okay with you?

  • @jmac3693
    @jmac3693 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please make more videos

    • @HowToDrillAWell
      @HowToDrillAWell  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would, but I have nothing left to say. The only other thing I wanted to talk about was dredging, but unless/until California legalizes that...

    • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
      @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just do what I do, get creative! I have used many different items to get through the dirt fast - where power can not be used.

    • @jmac3693
      @jmac3693 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HowToDrillAWell cool man thanks. I love your videos your information has made all the difference for me.

  • @rossm.brownrgrisres3102
    @rossm.brownrgrisres3102 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your knowledge and great job on the video. Be vewy, vewy quit..... I'm hunting Goad.

  • @jerryhenning110
    @jerryhenning110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The glories of finding bits of gold. Shifting through a bunch of crap for flakes of gold. Kinda like watching adult cartoons. It’s mostly crap but very once and a while there is a bit.

  • @88888z
    @88888z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the knowledge my friend. Greetings from Australia.

  • @marksofiev5141
    @marksofiev5141 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    few weeks half a oz thats sad

    • @nathanielburson8929
      @nathanielburson8929 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like someone who hasn't prospected much :) That's actually a terrific haul

    • @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot
      @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that was my thought too - I wish I could find that much that fast (speaking in context here, no machines or large claims)

    • @dogoargentino1948
      @dogoargentino1948 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not everything is work when you do it as a hobby!

  • @sovereignlivingsoul
    @sovereignlivingsoul ปีที่แล้ว

    very good information, stuff I never thought of, thank you, I will most definitely subscribe.

  • @lonnieclemens1614
    @lonnieclemens1614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this video.

  • @sickom576
    @sickom576 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol herall

  • @zandersgallery
    @zandersgallery 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Youre awesome dude!! Thanks for the info!!

  • @jduff59
    @jduff59 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Folks that are chronically unemployed should give gold prospecting a shot. You have plenty of time on your hands and you could even make a buck! If not, it's fresh air and exercise for body and mind.

  • @danielwatson6373
    @danielwatson6373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the tips. Much appreciated!

  • @noelmichaelkrassnitzer8678
    @noelmichaelkrassnitzer8678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Him:‚Gold is not where you finde it‘
    Me:, Okay i guess i have to leave my unusual place where i found gold‘

  • @elizabethfuhr5527
    @elizabethfuhr5527 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I speak like he does. We do not have speech problem, we just speak fast causing word traffic. That is not a crime. Let us thank him for sharing his knowledge.

  • @Chuxgold
    @Chuxgold 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best place to find gold is where no one else has looked. Benches and places the river or creak once was is the top of the list. Just remember bedrock is everywhere. Yet know most only are looking for some colour in the pan. If so this guy knows what he's talking about. But even upon that hill, there could be ancient bedrock that was once on the bottom of the cut the stream made that is now many feet above the bottom. Trust me on this I have found many nuggets with this logic. Even one 1.5 once nugget that was just sitting there.

  • @TheGalaxyhopper
    @TheGalaxyhopper 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outstanding Presentation, thanks for your efforts in producing this fine video! One of the best channels on All of You tube! SUBSCRIBED !

  • @acesoverkings7030
    @acesoverkings7030 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    All the people that make the negative comments are sorry , lonely unhappy insecure people. Just know this while reading them and ignore the toxic words their using to try to bring people down to pathetic level.