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The snake is now named "Henry" since he seems determined to stay put. Sure, he'll swim off while I'm stomping around but he always comes back. I like Henry and Jon certainly respects him.

@@LeeHendrixGold Those banded water snakes are as fast as greased lightning!

Come back in the next couple of episodes and you may see that again but with a twist 👍. Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you!

Thank you Pinger! I appreciate you 🙏

I was there this past weekend and saw him in the same exact spot that I scared him from last time. I guess he's going to be a frequent NPC so I named him Henry. Could possibly have to rename Henrietta? 🤔

@@LeeHendrixGold what's funny is that coming out of the cypress swamp at the zoo there is a plaque with a picture of the watersnake along the railing and there was a real one on the ground below it. i like the way they have the big golden rock in the middle of the path between the rocky coast and streamside which was put there in homage to the gold mines of the uwharries.

I haven't been to our zoo in many years and that was way before I got into gold prospecting. That gold rock is a very cool tribute to our state and the first gold rush. Thanks for sharing that with me 👍

@@LeeHendrixGold you're welcome. there is no sign or plaque, but i asked if that was why it was there and was told it was by my boss a few summers back when i was working a seasonal education job there. there is a guy that i see dredging sometimes in cedar falls that probably is doing okay. i have a lot of white quartz on my land near there. i thought about trying out building your rock crusher invention.

I had a lot of fun trying out the pressure cooker idea. You can get one pretty cheap at a Goodwill. Another guy that was personally offended by my lack of safety and good sense said he would use something like a propane tank. I chose the pressure cooker to eliminate the need for welding but all ideas can be improved upon. As Dustin Hurt says, "don't get hurt and don't die" if you give it a go.

Maybe, but I put my nugget where my mouth is in that one video 🤣

She's laying at my feet snoring now that her belly is full 😊

Thanks, there's a lot of investigation to do!

Funny enough, the water got out of its creek banks when TS Debby rolled through and drowned that nest. I guess that's why you don't live in flood plains, for long 🤣

Thanks Jason 👍

My suspicion is that the gold continues out into that flood plain. It will be interesting to see what we find. Thanks for giving me a view and a comment 🙏

I've found over the years that those b'tards are particularly perturbed by lawn mowers and weed eaters. I've also found that I can still reach impressive sprint speed for my age category 🤣

No sir, it doesn't come easy unless you have a friend with an excavator 😁

Thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate you 😊

Yes, I really thought there would be better gold value in the overburden. There's a public gold mine (Mountain Creek Gold Mine) adjacent to property we are at that doesn't have bedrock and yet the dirt they excavate has enough gold for people to pay to play there. I guess that only proves that you should consistently test the ground because geology has a way of changing the rules in a very short distance.

@@LeeHendrixGold she sure does lol. Over here Lee, I run it all ,I'll run the overburden and when I start to see the bedrock, I clean the Matt's and start on the next phase of dredging . I find gold in the lose gravels ,flood gold and for me it's worth running the lot but i like clean Matt's ,when I'm hitting the pay layer . If there's flood gold ,there is plenty of it and digging down you just never know what you will face lol .that clay over here don't hold gold but below it there's plenty . The river I work was first mined by the Romans, they left a lot behind .Well in Lee, dredging 8s a rollercoaster ,you just got to ride it lol cheers from across the pond

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Thank you Bandit! I think I've taught the viewers many important lessons like... Umm, umm, well maybe they've learned something like how to dress fashionably for Uwharrie 🤔🤣

It's within a 90 minute drive from Winston-Salem 🤠

There have been a lot bigger pieces of gold found in that area and as you stated, the flood gold does not serve as a compass for finding the big pieces. Those hills are all that are left of mountains that towered higher than the Rockies so the ground itself is very concentrated with gold and that's why the creeks in that area are always getting replenished with gold every time there's a flash flood that moves a lot of sediment. Thank you for the insightful comment! Please keep 'em coming 👍

I wonder... How far does the gold go back into the field... 🤔

I was surprised there wasn't more gold sitting on the clay layer. The clay was not worth the time to process so the following weekend I simply shoveled it into the creek behind a ridge thinking that a gulley washer might just get rid of that clay and leave some small amount of gold behind. The "Debby" rains should have done just that, so I am anxious to get back there and see what I find out. Thanks for watching the video and leaving the comment! ⛏️⛏️👍

@@UtmostOutdoors Yes, have you ever parked a car 20' away from where you are "mining"? It's nice 😁

Hello Kirk, hope you are doing well? I agree, that and the benefits of exercise / stress relief 🍻👍

@@LeeHendrixGold Ditt”O

It's very exciting to have an opportunity to get access to land and equipment like I have with Tim's place. It has been a great learning & playing experience and is the exact benefit you would hope to get from YouTubing. In regard to the coarseness of the gold, yes, it has to do with how far the water has moved it from its source and it looked to me like it had moved some distance. The mine is known for having specimen gold. I have only found one piece, but I suspect the odds would be much higher of finding more where there has been no dredging in the past. Indeed, thank you Tim for allowing me the chance to share the results and experience with the channel watchers 👏

Thanks Jason, heavy pans! 👍

Wow, that's a big life event and I hope you have a great experience! You might run into the Mr. Gold, Emily or the Kelly's. Maybe the Kelly dad is out of jail by now? Just don't by any claims from him! 🤣

@@LeeHendrixGold I'm sure I'll see and meet them all, but I'm beach mining. 4 grams per yard minimum around 8 yards per day. Spending 45,000 to ship my 4 runner, and 20ft container with John Deere 4x6 gator and equipment along with provisions. Great thing is its all tax deductible as a sole proprietor first year up there. I have a Super Hog that I've improved into the "Iron Hog" complete with vibrator shaker on the two lower extensions and a "Brick Wall" underflow sluice box at the end (both to combat surface tension against super fine gold escape) I've researched it so much, that I'm super confident it will work out in my favor....as long as a Grizzly doesn't eat me. 🙏👍

It was apparent after seeing Tim in action that he has spent some time behind the controls. He really did a great job of leaving me a good place to test the different layers. I was expecting to find gold in a layer where there was fist size to football sized quartz rocks but the gold seems to have settled down on the bedrock long before those rocks where left behind. I liked getting that extra gold in the pan but I also liked learning more about the ground there.

From what I've learned dredging there with Jon in the past is that there are no large accumulations of flood gold but there are still spots that haven't been dredged by Jon and Dave with unusually large pieces of gold lying on or in bedrock with enough structure stop and hold it. We just chose the wrong spot that day, but it sure looked promising when we started. You never know until you try. Thanks for the comment and heavy pans to you!

Yes, I learned not to use too small of a classifier because there are the occasional pickers and even a 1g nugget I got earlier this summer. I use miner's moss in my 3-stage dredge but the gold it catches is always on the green mat or past the moss on the carpet. I don't know why that is. I guess I'm just not dredging up big enough gold for that to work 🤷‍♂️

@@LeeHendrixGold weird 🤔 i guess there are a lot of different miners mosses 😁 your gold is corse compared to the fine gold & mercury iam dealing with my biggest piece 2 mm x 2 mm 🤔 that's out of 16 grams the rest is like 1 mm . I think iam getting gold that got flushed down river from the stamp mills on top a Mountain, Vancouver Island . I catch most gold in the Moss because its tiny 🤔

I just realized that I have never checked it to see what it is catching because I always shake it into the bucket with all the other stuff. Next time I dredge, I'm going to have to check that - you've made me curious!

@@LeeHendrixGold check - ""outmost outdoors "" with the moss , his new work on Dredge is interesting - love the Double Dekker sluice ,he was dealing with very fine gold also 😀

@mrkus-nc7od Yes, love Kyle's channel. He's always designing something and testing it out. In fact, he has been talking to Jon about testing a dredge with an electric pump and since they aren't allowed in Australia, he is sending it here to Jon.

I may have slammed that Ginger Ale a little too fast. I can't believe I've only gotten one subscriber for those three belches🤷‍♂️. It was worth at least 3!

Kyle, thanks for dropping by the channel. I was dredging with Jon today and he told me that he might be testing your electric dredge prototype. I'll be sure to get some video of it 👍

I'll admit that insect repellent will definitely be in my pack until late fall. God gave me an early bug detection system on my arms and legs which keeps me safer than most. The worst bite I got was through the glove I was wearing because I did not feel it land.

I don't know what that says but thank you for watching and commenting 😁

Great info. I'm not familiar with that type of coupler but if it's made to operate that way it will simplify the mounting.

Good tip, thanks!

@@LeeHendrixGold yessir.. sorry if I came off mean.. not trying to be.. just constructive and helpful.. I do a bit of mining myself out here in Cali

No sir, not at all! I appreciate the comments. I had cystic acne as a teenager so my skin is super thick 🤣

Yes, it looked cool but brass shavings are not a good color of metal to have in your powder in addition to the point you bring up 🤣

We made candle holders in high school shop class. 😂

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Lester, my O+ blood must be a fly delicacy worth dying for 🤷‍♂️🤔😂

@@LeeHendrixGold I have the same problem, Lee😁😆👍

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Maybe I should give that a try. Swatting all those flies reduced my mining efficiency and I nearly whacked myself in the balls. Speaking of pain, is your pinky toe a normal color yet?

I'm sure there's a bureaucrat ready to roll us up in red tape until we can't move! Have you heard about the saltwater sports fishing catch reporting requirements the General Assembly passed? Before long we'll all be having to let them know every time we take a 💩 😳

@@LeeHendrixGold Thank God we don't get all the government we pay for!

I like those odds! It' was nice to see multiple colors in every test pan but the gold was really tiny. I had hoped for a picker in the V of that bedrock but the flies were too much. I only did three buckets that day.