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The Nugget Hunter
Canada
Приєднався 8 лип 2006
Hello all. My name is James Deraspe. I live in Cranbrook, BC Canada I own & operate a few gold mines & gold claims. What's the difference? A gold mine has permits to allow for mechanical activity verses a claim is worked only by hand. I know most of the miners in my claims areas & thus get to go on all sorts of adventures looking for gold, minerals & crystals. I'll try to post videos of some of my adventures & hope you subscribe to follow my mining mayhem & enjoy watching my videos of being The Nugget Hunter. I am also part owner of Pan In A Can Paydirt along with Steve from the Nip & Tuck goldmine.
Making a gold bar from scratch
Hello, in this video I make a gold bar(my first ever) from scratch, meaning I took a gold ore and smelted, melted, molded, sanded & polished it into the gold bar. It was an honour to be able to make this beautiful gold rush era Canadian gold bar! One can’t fully appreciate it until you feel the weight in your hand! I wish I got to keep it :) please subscribe to my channel as I hope to bring you lots more gold related content! Now I gotta go mine some gold of my own!
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Making my own gold ring from scratch
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Hello all, in this video I show some of the process while I make my own pure gold ring using gold I mined. This all started when I was asked to make a wedding ring for a friends bride to be. After laughing at the idea I should make it;(laughing cause it seemed like a horrible idea that a guy with no experience make something as important as a wedding ring) I thought about how I could do it. The...
Day of mining at Nip & Tuck goldmine
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Hello all, James the Nuggethunter here, this video is showing some of the operations at the Nip & Tuck goldmine. I spent the day poking around with my pan while Steve washed some rocks in his trommel. Joins us is search of our next goldrush!
How to find gold at the Wildhorse panning reserve in Fort Steele, BC
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This is a video showing of how to find gold at the Wildhorse panning reserve in Fort Steele BC. I hope this video can help gold prospectors and future prospectors have some luck while they're at the wild horse panning reserve, HI bankers are not allowed at the reserve, just a pan and shovel, but anyone can go for free & try their luck looking for gold. Please support this channel by subscribing...
First visit to our new gold claims & found gold in every pan
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Hello all, sorry it's been a while since I posted a video, but I've been busy mining away & have not forgotten to get some footage which I hope to have time to turn into something entertaining for all you prospectors. This video is showing our very first trip onto our new gold claims we got at beginning of 2022. Steve took me down since he knows the ground & I've never been down there. Our firs...
Last gold clean outs of 2021
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Here is a video showing a couple gold cleanouts & rechecks of some of the concentrates from the Nip & Tuck goldmine. This is the last of this years gold from our mechanical operation, now our goldrush will have to come from hand mining until spring. Don't forget you can buy our gold from our website paninacanpaydirt.com or on the pan in a can Facebook page. You can also see more content from me...
Plan B Gold Mining at Nip & Tuck
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Here is a video that started off great, then miner murphy showed up with mother nature & as quickly as my gold rush started, I was back to hand mining since the machine was broke. This site is at the Nip & Tuck goldmine in Fort Steele, BC Canada, home of pan in a can paydirt. Now winter is coming I hope to have time to make/post more footage that i have been taking this season, I hope you enjoy...
Part 2 of 2020 gold mining.
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Here is part 2 of my 2020 gold mining season video. I hope you enjoy it, it took alot of work to create cause all my videos had to be converted cause of a new format my vids are in after I updated my phone. You can find more pics on my Instagram account @thenuggethunter & more vids & pics on the Nip & Tuck & pan in a can paydirt Facebook pages. We have high hopes for this coming season but we w...
2020 Gold mining Part 1
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Hello all, this video is showing just some of the adventures I had while looking for gold in 2020. This video is part 1 of 2 & runs from Jan - end of June 2020. You can see more from 2020 on a couple of my other videos i posted earlier. Be sure to check out the Nip & Tuck goldmine & pan in a can paydirt channels for more videos & the Facebook Nip & tuck & pan in a can pages for contests, photo'...
Melting coated Chalcanthite in water
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This is a video where we see the effects of melting coated chalcanthite in water. We know that unless chalcanthite is coated even minor moisture can damage the crystals, but how long would it take to destroy this specimen that is coated? You can see more gems, minerals and crystals on my Facebook page James’ Gems
First ever attempt panning with a flat pan
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Hello everyone, in this video I try using a flat pan for the very first time. I’ve never even held one before this try. Because the 2021 world gold panning championships are just under a year away in Dawson city, YT I thought I better start practicing. I’ll admit it could have gone better lol but all in all it was a good result, good enough to win.... not ever close lol. Hope I’ll get a lot bet...
2020 Double D Goldmine start
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Here is a video showing me opening up the Double D Boulder goldmine. I got camp ready then Pistol Pete showed up to move some dirt so we could get ready to mine. You can find more of my adventures on Instagram. Just look up the nugget hunter.
Goldie Box & A Couple Miners
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This is the story of Goldie Box & a couple miners...….Once upon a time there was a couple miners in the forest that had a push box washplant named goldie box. Those miners knew another miner that had a quarter of a tanker train car that he wanted to turn into a washplant. After Goldie box started to get used at the Nip & tuck goldmine the 2 miners with essentially just hoppers thought if we put...
First trip to Nip & Tuck goldmine of 2020
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Here is a quick video of me & Steve going up to the Nip & Tuck goldmine worksite for first time to see when we can start mining. You can go check out the Nip & Tuck goldmine channel to see additional & extended footage of our trip up to the site along with doing a little panning from what little was unfrozen in the pay pit.
Finding gold in black sand.
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Since mining season has not started yet, now is a good time to clean this black sand to recover the gold I know is in it. I ended up finding a decent amount of finer gold. If you want some of this gold, go to paninacanpaydirt.com to buy some of our paydirt we sell. Find us on Facebook for the latest info, pictures, updates & contests Facebook Pages: Pan in a can paydirt, James' Gems & Nip & Tuc...
2013 Cranbrook Mower Nationals, CTV news coverage
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2013 Cranbrook Mower Nationals, CTV news coverage
Swollen Members in Cranbrook on CD release day
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Swollen Members in Cranbrook on CD release day
I'm not a smart man but the specimen is worth a hell of a lot more than that smelted stuff. Do you brother its just me having my opinion. If you and your friend are having fun thats what counts.
from scratch? so perhaps just some eggs and yeast, stir until well mixed and the bake in the oven until done?
Hydrochloric acid and nitric acid and sulfuric acid
You should use some acids to refine it better
That's awesome I wandered what was final weight
Well done looking good
How it happens u keep smelting ??
Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠
I've never seen anyone use a mold as a crucible before. Are you doing it this way because you're processing the gold inside, and don't want to pour molten metal indoors?
I use a fire clay crucible for smelting, the molding is in a graphite mold
woow 😍
Idk about from scratch but still pretty
Good job. Beautiful looking bar.
sry bout the molde, but a frking nice bar.......50 ounce ? or is it a secret thumb up
I wish it was that big, it under 10oz is all I can say
Nice work
Thx
Are you making a 24k ring? It's pretty common to crack at that purity, in Italy they make them 18k and in Dubai they really push it up to 21k but usually only for earrings or stuff that doesn't touch the skin. Maybe I'm just ranting and you're not using pure gold, but make sure you use a compound, most rings in the us are 14k, i think you can make better without it cracking
Ya that one of my probs, I'm doing 22-23.75k
@@TheNuggetHunter ok, good luck 🤞 i believe you need to find a workable alloy to make it possible. My previous comment is not correct btw, it's not gold that cracks but the presence of mineral impurities. I would try to make sure my gold is at the highest purity and then work it down with the alloy metal from there. Do you have any idea of the composition of your nuggets? I foresee an interesting chemical study in your journey. Very cool experiments, good luck again
Beautiful done!
So Awesome!! 👍🏻👍🏻 👏🏻👏🏻😎Thank you for sharing your journey!
That's awesome James! Great work! Have you considered trying out lost wax casting or maybe sand casting? It might work better than graphite, graphite is an excellent material for sapping heat out of whatever material is touching it and and that rapid cool down could be contributing to your cracking issues. I have to be mindful of it with my glass work as well for the same reason.
Yes I have, and I chose this method for several reasons, the cracking was cause I was using placer gold with no alloy that is not totally pure, it’s not like working with 99.99% gold, this is the best way for me with the equipment I got, when I get a new furnace with temp control I can to “pour” type casting
Thats pretty cool. Great job! Thanks for sharing.
Appreciate you guys. Can’t wait to take my boy on a tour one day. Good luck this season!
have a fun and safe summer. looking good
I was down there the other day. Found few specs, nothing crazy.
👍👍❤
Wow...an extraordinary hard work, looking for gold with very cold temperatures 💪💪💪⚒️⛏️👌👍🤍
Good job, great results💪👍👌
Meltinggoldfromblacksand
Good idea, but if black sand gold is very fine, I recommend Centrifugal concentrators , otherwise half gold can be lost
If you use handgloves, it ist necessary to use Drops. And if you learned to use a Pan it is usually to separate Black Sand from very very very fine Gold in time. No good Video.
You’re a good man. First off, I have no gold near my city. Bad geography, I suppose. I have a boy and a wife who I’m trying to get interested in panning, but asking the claim-owners for permissions is getting me nothing but rejections, perhaps other Albertans are giving me a bad name? Long story short, I’m spending time in the valley and the public panning reserve seems to be my only option. Your tips may make the days a little bit more fun. You’re living the dream man, I admire you. Thanks for the vids.
Nice video. Just subscribed. Cheers!
Wheres part 2 ?
First things first, I want a pair of those insulated bright orange gloves.
What a killa
Just goes to show you don't need all the expensive stuff to catch gold. Although wood is right up there with gold in value seems like. That is some rich ground. Just subscribed, where is this...Canada?
You know ,- I know ,- all them miners should know ..... that the yellow dream stuff have to pay the bills .... We hope you guys doing well !
OHH YEAH!
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very nice video i like all that bedrock nice clean up 🦅🦅🦅🦅
hi sir ..what is that chemical name add to water to separate gold from black sand? i can't get..because i have so much black sand recoverd in the cave yt.i dont know how to process..can you help me..thanks
Nice piece of ground! Thanks for the nice nature pan bit at the end. We miss you guys.
good job but jetdry no avail what can do it
dish soap will work, only use a drop to avoid to many bubbles
what is that name of chemical add to water to separate gold to sand..i can't get..coz i have so much black sand recoverd from yamashita treasure but i dont know how to proecess..can you help me..thanks
@@jonathanquiber2328 i have so many black sand also but we don't know what's the name of the chemical
Can you help me i live in batuan bohol Philippines
Good gold video
Good gold video
It has not worked
Good job on your video
thx
Good ground, how fine is the gold?
good enough for a permit & bond to the gov
New to your channel awesome job cool wood built sluice nice 👍🏼
Nice looking clean up sluice build.
Congratulations on being on Freddy dodge tv show
thx, it was great fun!
I have gold with black sand like you in the video but I do not have sniffer bottle,that's a problem great video though.
thx, if you cant find one locally, there always amazon
So like is that black sand from the very bottom sand in the beaches ?
no, its from our placer dirt, black sand is just naturally crushed up rocks like magnetite