Absolutely correct ! The old-timer's didn't get it all. On my claim they only mined the center of the arroyos and left a bunch of gold on the slopes. Many years ago, we had a Lode mine near Searchlight. Originally an abandoned prospect from the old-timer's. likely too low-grade for them, and the seam dwindled. We blasted in a few feet and located a huge lens that ran 1/2 oz/ton AU. Made enough gold to pay for our equipment, but never got rich. We had fun though ! Thanks for the great video, Chris. Have a good Thanksgiving !
I like the information about where to find gold ... stuffing it in the back of my brain just in case I ever get the chance to find some myself. I love looking at the gold you find its really cool.
was out in barstow ca. horsing around with my gm 1000 and my nox 900. got really cold at night wasnt prepared for the cold. needed really heavy blanket. had to go home. next time. have a good day.
Great video Chris. I have been in Arizona now for 5 years and am finding a little gold but nothing like what I found on the California rivers. I bought your book. Very excited to start reading it. Are there any sections I should really pay attention to for desert mining? I am not expecting to get rich, but would love to see 1/2 a gram or more for a full day's work with the drywasher. Thanks Red
There is not really a special "desert section" that information is sprinkled through, best to read it all as lots applies no matter where you are. Keep looking for new places if you are only getting a little. Half a gram is pretty reasonable as an average if you are only getting a few specs, then find a new place.
@ChrisRalph Thanks Chris Just getting ready discouraged with 0.10 of a gram every trip out for 49 buckets of dirt. People are telling me to stay out of the washes, and others are telling me to find medium size washes and take them down to bedrock. This desert stuff has me baffled.
Just recently found your channel, thought I would subscribe and follow you on Facebook. I really enjoy all the information about gold prospecting, especially in California. I live in Central California and hope to use some of your knowledge as I hit the motherlode areas👍
Chris a question if I may. How long would you estimate it will take for someone to be consistent w/finding the shiny? I look at Two Toes as an example, he seems to consistently hit 2 grams per foray.
A hard question to answer. Will you be out prospecting 3 days a year, three days a month or 3 days a week? How much effort will you put in? will you read books to learn? How good is your equipment, what types of places can you go to legally? I've been doing this for more than 4 decades and so has Gary. I averaged around 2 grams a day this summer for the days I was out prospecting, but I had a lot more ups and downs than Gary this year.
I entered a historic hard rock mine within 10 months there was a global collapse in the mine I would have been buried under 60 ft of rock the entire ceiling came down 16ft wide quartz vein boulders glowing with gold
Hello sir I've been watching for a couple months now. Sir I need some advice please. I'm learning to be a prospector and am in a great area. My partner has 3 gold claims where I live. 2 old hard rock mines (not yet explored but I learned the process using chain mill all the way to the m7 wave table which I just got. Super expensive but I think I can make it pay for itself if.... Here's my problem. Everything I've learned is completely different then the gold I'm dealing with we have the only claim at a historical water falls. I went out last week had color but not much. Took home the concentrates. I classified there it's a 1/2 mile hike. Anyways I ran it through my wave table and ya I always get tons of black sand and a very obvious gold dust line in front. However it's so small I have to view it with at least 60x but gold is gold. Well last night I decided to check again and found a ton of gold but when I panned it it all floated right out like all the pyrite does but with a much more sparkling look. So after using lens I found that half the pyrite was gold it behaves just like pyrite it stays on top. Again it is the lightest material in the pan????? But im telling you it's gold. I picked out a gram in total but only had time for less then a gallon of concentrate. There's is so much fine gold how do I not keep recirculating my gold when it goes down my TAILINGS bin. It's all backwards to how I was recovering but I now know there's gold at these falls
I can't tell what is happening from your description. I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask.
An equally important point is the fact that the old timers undoubtedly overlooked things that they were utterly ignorant of. “Lepidolite? Spodumene? Lithium? Now yer talkin’ like a man with a paper head! Dagnubbit!”
@@ChrisRalph True. As time has worn on, the menu of exploitables has expanded. I enjoy going through The Diggings, looking for odd USGS annotations. In my neck of the woods, I found a mention of niobium. Who doesn't want to operate a niobium mine?
It calls to mind how my wife and I would eat Maryland blue crab. I would go for the claws and larger legs and she would pick out the smaller legs and bodies. She always ended up with more crab meat than me. Much like prospecting of old. They hurried collected the readily visible stuff and left the concealed and tiny stuff.
Very cool there is lots of hard rock mines in northern ontario in kirkland lake there alot of history there you might find interesting 😀 you are always learning 👍
Lots of old mines were guarded by the Indians until 1879 with attack after attack. Then an agreement happened and they all left the mountains and the mines were finally left unguarded but people all died who knew where they were. I find such places all over. Not all mines have been mined. It’s still like 1800s when people don’t go places other have been to before and find pounds of gold by the sack and not dust particle left overs
I appreciate your interest, but I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.
Great video and book Chris
Glad you enjoyed it and that the book is helpful.
All good points to remember !!!
Thanks.
Thanks Chris, I learned a bit more today. Excellent!
Glad you enjoyed it and that it was helpful.
That giant bolder with gold ✨️ 😮😮imagine finding that
That would be an amazing find.
Absolutely correct ! The old-timer's didn't get it all. On my claim they only mined the center of the arroyos and left a bunch of gold on the slopes. Many years ago, we had a Lode mine near Searchlight. Originally an abandoned prospect from the old-timer's. likely too low-grade for them, and the seam dwindled. We blasted in a few feet and located a huge lens that ran 1/2 oz/ton AU. Made enough gold to pay for our equipment, but never got rich. We had fun though ! Thanks for the great video, Chris. Have a good Thanksgiving !
Thanks Allan. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Chris - good comments and examples about staying out of mines 👍
Thanks.
I like the information about where to find gold ... stuffing it in the back of my brain just in case I ever get the chance to find some myself. I love looking at the gold you find its really cool.
It's truly exciting to find it when you are out prospecting.
Your videos are looking great! I really love the new outro!
Glad you like them!
was out in barstow ca. horsing around with my gm 1000 and my nox 900. got really cold at night wasnt prepared for the cold. needed really heavy blanket. had to go home. next time. have a good day.
It gets cold at night, even in the desert in winter...... Stay warm and safe.
3:20. "Follow the drywashers". Funny. Guess i dont need to read the book now. Its right in the title. Thanks again, Chris. Always enjoy your videos
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks Chris! I really like your videos . Born and raised in Nevada county
Glad you like them! Doing a video on Grass Valley soon.
Great video Chris. I have been in Arizona now for 5 years and am finding a little gold but nothing like what I found on the California rivers. I bought your book. Very excited to start reading it. Are there any sections I should really pay attention to for desert mining? I am not expecting to get rich, but would love to see 1/2 a gram or more for a full day's work with the drywasher.
Thanks Red
There is not really a special "desert section" that information is sprinkled through, best to read it all as lots applies no matter where you are. Keep looking for new places if you are only getting a little. Half a gram is pretty reasonable as an average if you are only getting a few specs, then find a new place.
@ChrisRalph Thanks Chris Just getting ready discouraged with 0.10 of a gram every trip out for 49 buckets of dirt. People are telling me to stay out of the washes, and others are telling me to find medium size washes and take them down to bedrock. This desert stuff has me baffled.
Gold bearing washes are OK, but search for areas of shallow bedrock and work them down to the bedrock and clean out crevices.
Just recently found your channel, thought I would subscribe and follow you on Facebook. I really enjoy all the information about gold prospecting, especially in California. I live in Central California and hope to use some of your knowledge as I hit the motherlode areas👍
Glad you like them! Lots of gold out there in the mother lode country.
Thanks chris, that was quite helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative Video Chris! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃! Dan Brent
Same to you! Happy Thanksgiving.
Chris a question if I may. How long would you estimate it will take for someone to be consistent w/finding the shiny? I look at Two Toes as an example, he seems to consistently hit 2 grams per foray.
A hard question to answer. Will you be out prospecting 3 days a year, three days a month or 3 days a week? How much effort will you put in? will you read books to learn? How good is your equipment, what types of places can you go to legally? I've been doing this for more than 4 decades and so has Gary. I averaged around 2 grams a day this summer for the days I was out prospecting, but I had a lot more ups and downs than Gary this year.
I entered a historic hard rock mine within 10 months there was a global collapse in the mine I would have been buried under 60 ft of rock the entire ceiling came down 16ft wide quartz vein boulders glowing with gold
Interesting, glad you were not hurt.
Hello sir I've been watching for a couple months now. Sir I need some advice please. I'm learning to be a prospector and am in a great area. My partner has 3 gold claims where I live. 2 old hard rock mines (not yet explored but I learned the process using chain mill all the way to the m7 wave table which I just got. Super expensive but I think I can make it pay for itself if.... Here's my problem. Everything I've learned is completely different then the gold I'm dealing with we have the only claim at a historical water falls. I went out last week had color but not much. Took home the concentrates. I classified there it's a 1/2 mile hike. Anyways I ran it through my wave table and ya I always get tons of black sand and a very obvious gold dust line in front. However it's so small I have to view it with at least 60x but gold is gold. Well last night I decided to check again and found a ton of gold but when I panned it it all floated right out like all the pyrite does but with a much more sparkling look. So after using lens I found that half the pyrite was gold it behaves just like pyrite it stays on top. Again it is the lightest material in the pan????? But im telling you it's gold. I picked out a gram in total but only had time for less then a gallon of concentrate. There's is so much fine gold how do I not keep recirculating my gold when it goes down my TAILINGS bin. It's all backwards to how I was recovering but I now know there's gold at these falls
I can't tell what is happening from your description. I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask.
I have a question does a Gold Moster 100 work under water?
Gold monster 1000 I Meant to say not 100
The coil and shaft can go under water but the control box cannot.
Ok, thanks!
OH Man That thumbnail !! My mind lives in the gutter hahaha
You do have a gutter mind. I simply don't see anything.
An equally important point is the fact that the old timers undoubtedly overlooked things that they were utterly ignorant of. “Lepidolite? Spodumene? Lithium? Now yer talkin’ like a man with a paper head! Dagnubbit!”
Depends on how early you were talking - by 1900, there were some - but enough to recognize lithium deposits.
@@ChrisRalph True. As time has worn on, the menu of exploitables has expanded. I enjoy going through The Diggings, looking for odd USGS annotations. In my neck of the woods, I found a mention of niobium. Who doesn't want to operate a niobium mine?
It calls to mind how my wife and I would eat Maryland blue crab. I would go for the claws and larger legs and she would pick out the smaller legs and bodies. She always ended up with more crab meat than me. Much like prospecting of old. They hurried collected the readily visible stuff and left the concealed and tiny stuff.
but sometimes the concealed and missed stuff was good sized - they just didn't realize it was there.
Hello 👋 from ontario do sell some of your nuggets or save them 😀 thanks Chris
I save them, they are trophies of the hunt, filled with good memories. They live in a safety deposit box in a bank.
Very cool there is lots of hard rock mines in northern ontario in kirkland lake there alot of history there you might find interesting 😀 you are always learning 👍
Oh the only way I could tell the difference was by using light and dark technique
Once you've seen enough you will recognize it.
Lots of old mines were guarded by the Indians until 1879 with attack after attack. Then an agreement happened and they all left the mountains and the mines were finally left unguarded but people all died who knew where they were. I find such places all over. Not all mines have been mined. It’s still like 1800s when people don’t go places other have been to before and find pounds of gold by the sack and not dust particle left overs
Interesting.
Can I pay you to help me find a claim?
I appreciate your interest, but I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.
Thenk you Mr alph..❤I am a man I am Algerian .in North afriqua s my contry is rich for gold.bat I have 10 year s fined gold .😢I didnt get gold...😢😂
Best of luck to you in your future endeavors.