I love it when you can hear those pieces hitting the bottom of the canister. Just finished your book for the fifth time. You’re the reason I’m finally getting gold in the weirdest of places, where nobody seems to be looking, where I don’t compete with other prospectors for digging grounds. Keep up the great work, and thanks for teaching us what we need to know.
Hi Ralph ! Catching up on videos. Thanks for the lesson regarding hard pan. We have an abundance of it on our desert claims. Lol ! That's some fantastic gold ! You did real good up there ! Look forward to seeing more AK vids !
Hope you and Calvin are mostly recovered from the long journey home, and I hope you are felling better also. My back is returned to what it was before the trip. I really enjoyed getting to know you and Cal, it was a great trip and the experience of a lifetime. I did actually film stuff for two videos while there - the second more on the commercial operations, and there will be an article in the ICMJ also. Stay in touch!
Thanks again for another fentastic lesson Ralph... I am starting my prospecting.. Could u suggest me any videos of urs to know more where to find and how to do proper prospecting..
Lots of my videos are on proper forms of prospecting - I'd suggest just look through the list of my videos for stuff that interests you. There are books on gold districts for various areas, use google to find some for your area.
One of the early basic indicators I learned detecting was to recheck your hole before you move on. The decomposing bedrock was where I have had good luck detecting for gold. Thanks pointing out a basic maneuver…….
Your video reminds me of a pet pev I got with many U TUBERS. Why is it that when you dig with your small spoon and you put some dirt in your hands, you all check the spoon but you don't check the dirt in your hands. As you say there can be more than one flack/nugget in the spoon itself.
Hiya Chris, it's great to see you made it to Alaska, I hope you find lots and lots of gold. Awesome video as always, I'm glad your feeling great 👍. I hope you have a awesome blessed day. Cya! 😺🐟out!
I also discovered that by accident the rocks close to the clay is stained with rust I got quite good gold on that it was like shale but very decomposed my tailings water turned orange red coller
I'm in an area very rich in iron stone aka red rock aka hematite (iron ore). Making steel from iron ore also produces gold (fun fact). Steel when exposed to the elements oxidizes and forms an iron oxide (rust). When looking into lode gold deposits and smelting of gold ore. You have sulphides and oxides. It's known that if you roast the sulphides crushed down at 1200 F, you convert the sulphides to a darker hematite / magnetite (black sands) type material. But in performing this chemical change process is where for whatever reason (I'm not a chemist) but the precious metals that are bound within the sulfide are freed and thus "drop out" and are now small bits of free gold. In nature the same I assume happens near these ancient volcanic areas. The heat from the magma was able to drive off the sulphur atom and replace it with an oxygen. It can grab the oxygen from water or air. From field observations the areas of hematite that oxidize are darker red and where contacting mountain water or where a hydrothermal fluid was active the red hematite is still present but also has association with the very oxidized layers of a yellow/orange/red deposit. Somewhere I saw this is limonite which is a lead oxide. So perhaps oxidizing hematite with water replaces sulphur with oxygen and drops out the bounded up au/ag and various other heavy metals (I assume). Chris, I hope my studies are accurate, perhaps some insight?
Hi Chris great video! At 11:20 you found the gold on the false bedrock. How did you get down to that level its not clear. I didnt see you doing any digging and didnt see any caliche. Thats a large area did you dig all that?
Hy chirs how r u sir i m from pakistan sir my question is best detector for treasures hunting in my country not gold nugget's here is lot of tressure and here is high mineralized soil plz ans me sir
Another great video, glad to see you seem to have recovered from your accident! sidenote, I use composite toe boots, although I don't know if those are okay with the miners union up in Alaska.
I assume by "my own land" you mean fee simple private property, then probably not. There are some rare circumstances where mineral rights get separated from the property.
There is another small gold patch behind him by the gold pan and shovel. It had several grams of small chunky flakes that we dug and panned out after we detected it.
In an area that visibly anomolous I'd like to think is even more populated than your treasure count. Given the amout of centers on a dartboard x2 for every one of the features, would you advise possibly utilizing a more thorough way of efficiently capturing what is actually the potential availability to someone in a like kind alluvial deposit on hard pan? (Obviously an area they prospect that's not active at the time) lol. What possibly would be the best type of method of concentration in this area and other alike? Is it safe to assume one prospecting and actively processing would just use the detector as a reference tool to get you in the right zone to start concentrating? Just say for instance this alluvial deposit sourced at a Lode zone similar to the Carlin type deposit but only it's a bit higher of a grade in which some of the finds truly are flake, but what if the majority of the ore was broken down already small enough to been seen by eye as is with the Nevada claims in which majority or all is classified as "invisible" I'd assume a flotation setup coupled with a precursor of gravity concentration or a specific gravity shaker table precursor. I guess you can say theres reason behind the thought (asking for a friend) of course. :-)
Also is it possible to clearly get a thumbs up from you on this comment if and only if you 1000% agree in favor of the vis.que. aforementioned to be exactly as is thought in all seriousness of anything that's real. Just to let me know and keep me from the women in my life trying to convince me I may want to speak to a psychologist lol. I need someone in my corner letting me know this isn't a bunch bs, but truly and indeed a few back to back Hatricks commonly reference in shoot darts. I hope my lingo is clear cause I surely would love to steer clear of granting a ride to the present day substitute of a past days psych ward. #savemechris. #hat-trick #darts #steer #confirmmysanitywithathumbsup ?? Nervously waiting.
The gold in Carling deposits is microscopic and the gold here is obviously not microscopic. They are quite different. So no. Carlin deposits require capture by dissolving the gold because its too small to capture any other way. The gold of this location in Alaska works perfectly fine with a sluice box.
@@ChrisRalphthanks Chris for the expertise on this clarification. I'm at a point in my studies in which I focus on maps of past or current operations, material topo, terrain, sat, type of tailings, type of ore being processed, and trying to find all of that is impossible in a world with no foot in the door. Unless u can reference some sorce of like kind. At any rate I compare similarities and try to cast an all encompassing glance across the globe. So I get some of my references may be far from correct but is it possible usually is my question cause I'm a 1 in a million kinda guy, as long as it's worth it. I know talking to us newbies may get frustrating sometimes. Sorry it's alot to learn on your own. Truthfully is
@@ChrisRalph hahaha the famous book. Yes hahaha I'm well aware. And I suppose I should now get this book since it seems as if your hinting that the answer to this question and probably a hundred others is contained within your encyclopedia. :-) ok next paycheck count me in. Please also in the comment prior to this I need ur help so I don't get sent to the looney bin by my family and friends they're so sick of me seeing this bull as an anomoly appearance I need somesort of sign that you also know what I'm speaking about or a document that references it somehow or another everyone thinks I'm bananas and nope I'm far from it. A thumbs up or a link to some reference document.
If I remember right it was Arnold Schwarzenegger who outlawed it. So much being conservative right. That was something I would have expected Newsom would have done or Jerry Brown. Good luck in Alaska, I thought that might be the reason you haven't been doing too many videos lately.
(Matthew 16:24-26) 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? I do not know what you think about God's Word the Bible, but I hope you take my comment serious and that you take some time to think about it
I love it when you can hear those pieces hitting the bottom of the canister.
Just finished your book for the fifth time. You’re the reason I’m finally getting gold in the weirdest of places, where nobody seems to be looking, where I don’t compete with other prospectors for digging grounds. Keep up the great work, and thanks for teaching us what we need to know.
Glad to hear the book has been helpful.
Hi Ralph ! Catching up on videos. Thanks for the lesson regarding hard pan. We have an abundance of it on our desert claims. Lol ! That's some fantastic gold ! You did real good up there ! Look forward to seeing more AK vids !
Hard pan is important in some areas.
'' THANKS,,,,
glad you enjoyed the video.
179 Nice job that detector will sure find some small pieces !!!!!
It finds some small ones for sure.
@@ChrisRalph do you take the SDC with you also ?
Because of weight limitations, I only took the GM 1000.
I did not realize that you made a video while at GKC. Great video.
Hope you and Calvin are mostly recovered from the long journey home, and I hope you are felling better also. My back is returned to what it was before the trip. I really enjoyed getting to know you and Cal, it was a great trip and the experience of a lifetime. I did actually film stuff for two videos while there - the second more on the commercial operations, and there will be an article in the ICMJ also. Stay in touch!
Thanks Chris. Awesome haul. How long are you in Alaska. I remember you said you were going with some friends. Have fun! looks like fun. :)
I was 2 weeks in Alaska, but I am home now.
Wow glad .chris please comment about the new gpx6000
I have not used one yet.
Chris our area has alot of small gold that can't detect my machine which method is the best
Chris,have you ever metal detected for gold in georgia.???😮🎉❤
Only been to Georgia once, about 25 years ago and did no metal detecting while I was there.
Thanks again for another fentastic lesson Ralph... I am starting my prospecting.. Could u suggest me any videos of urs to know more where to find and how to do proper prospecting..
Lots of my videos are on proper forms of prospecting - I'd suggest just look through the list of my videos for stuff that interests you. There are books on gold districts for various areas, use google to find some for your area.
@@ChrisRalph Thanks...
Good stuff... in a world of Disco wanna b s You Are a Rock Star
Thanks!
One of the early basic indicators I learned detecting was to recheck your hole before you move on. The decomposing bedrock was where I have had good luck detecting for gold. Thanks pointing out a basic maneuver…….
Yes. Glad you enjoyed the video.
That detector works well. Do you think it finds smaller pieces than the sdc 2300. Luv the hard pan. I'm glad you found some
Yes it does find a bit smaller than the SDC.
Always have great info fam. Thanks for sharing. Gold squad out!!!
Any time!
Your video reminds me of a pet pev I got with many U TUBERS. Why is it that when you dig with your small spoon and you put some dirt in your hands, you all check the spoon but you don't check the dirt in your hands. As you say there can be more than one flack/nugget in the spoon itself.
Recheck the hole you dug from and also the rejected material out of the spoon.
Hiya Chris, it's great to see you made it to Alaska, I hope you find lots and lots of gold. Awesome video as always, I'm glad your feeling great 👍.
I hope you have a awesome blessed day.
Cya! 😺🐟out!
Thanks much! Glad you enjoyed the video.
That looks like a Gold Monster swingers dream spot. Love hunting hard pack. Great job!!!!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
I've been so eager for your advice, love you to see you again
Thanks for the kind words.
That's about the size i'm getting, About the same count too.
Me too. I've hunted similar gold in the Hydraulic pits of norther California.
Nice information Sir thank you very much 🙏
Thanks.
Thanks Chris, coming thru with some more great info.
You bet and more is coming.
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I also discovered that by accident the rocks close to the clay is stained with rust I got quite good gold on that it was like shale but very decomposed my tailings water turned orange red coller
Sometimes it is....
I'm in an area very rich in iron stone aka red rock aka hematite (iron ore). Making steel from iron ore also produces gold (fun fact). Steel when exposed to the elements oxidizes and forms an iron oxide (rust).
When looking into lode gold deposits and smelting of gold ore. You have sulphides and oxides. It's known that if you roast the sulphides crushed down at 1200 F, you convert the sulphides to a darker hematite / magnetite (black sands) type material. But in performing this chemical change process is where for whatever reason (I'm not a chemist) but the precious metals that are bound within the sulfide are freed and thus "drop out" and are now small bits of free gold.
In nature the same I assume happens near these ancient volcanic areas. The heat from the magma was able to drive off the sulphur atom and replace it with an oxygen. It can grab the oxygen from water or air. From field observations the areas of hematite that oxidize are darker red and where contacting mountain water or where a hydrothermal fluid was active the red hematite is still present but also has association with the very oxidized layers of a yellow/orange/red deposit. Somewhere I saw this is limonite which is a lead oxide. So perhaps oxidizing hematite with water replaces sulphur with oxygen and drops out the bounded up au/ag and various other heavy metals (I assume). Chris, I hope my studies are accurate, perhaps some insight?
Hi Chris great video! At 11:20 you found the gold on the false bedrock. How did you get down to that level its not clear. I didnt see you doing any digging and didnt see any caliche. Thats a large area did you dig all that?
This was a commercial mine. Heavy equipment stripped off the overburden.
Ok smarter not harder... Thanks!
Super 👏👏
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hy chirs how r u sir i m from pakistan sir my question is best detector for treasures hunting in my country not gold nugget's here is lot of tressure and here is high mineralized soil plz ans me sir
I'm not really a treasure hunter, so I think you should ask someone who is.
Another great video, glad to see you seem to have recovered from your accident! sidenote, I use composite toe boots, although I don't know if those are okay with the miners union up in Alaska.
I don't know if that would be OK or not, but I owned a pair of steel toes for a few years, so I took them.
Here's a crazy question. Do I have to stake claims on my own land in Washington state?
I assume by "my own land" you mean fee simple private property, then probably not. There are some rare circumstances where mineral rights get separated from the property.
@@ChrisRalph yes sir.
I own all mineral rights to the center of the earth technically. Although I assume there's a federal layer.
I've just been finding nuggets and pickers planting trees and was curious
Completely new to this by circumstance
I'm just wondering with all of the targets in that small area why you didn't fill up your gold pan and pan it out?
I did do some of that too, just not on the video.
There is another small gold patch behind him by the gold pan and shovel. It had several grams of small chunky flakes that we dug and panned out after we detected it.
👍
Glad you enjoyed the video.
In an area that visibly anomolous I'd like to think is even more populated than your treasure count. Given the amout of centers on a dartboard x2 for every one of the features, would you advise possibly utilizing a more thorough way of efficiently capturing what is actually the potential availability to someone in a like kind alluvial deposit on hard pan? (Obviously an area they prospect that's not active at the time) lol. What possibly would be the best type of method of concentration in this area and other alike? Is it safe to assume one prospecting and actively processing would just use the detector as a reference tool to get you in the right zone to start concentrating? Just say for instance this alluvial deposit sourced at a Lode zone similar to the Carlin type deposit but only it's a bit higher of a grade in which some of the finds truly are flake, but what if the majority of the ore was broken down already small enough to been seen by eye as is with the Nevada claims in which majority or all is classified as "invisible" I'd assume a flotation setup coupled with a precursor of gravity concentration or a specific gravity shaker table precursor. I guess you can say theres reason behind the thought (asking for a friend) of course. :-)
Also is it possible to clearly get a thumbs up from you on this comment if and only if you 1000% agree in favor of the vis.que. aforementioned to be exactly as is thought in all seriousness of anything that's real. Just to let me know and keep me from the women in my life trying to convince me I may want to speak to a psychologist lol. I need someone in my corner letting me know this isn't a bunch bs, but truly and indeed a few back to back Hatricks commonly reference in shoot darts. I hope my lingo is clear cause I surely would love to steer clear of granting a ride to the present day substitute of a past days psych ward. #savemechris. #hat-trick #darts #steer #confirmmysanitywithathumbsup ?? Nervously waiting.
The gold in Carling deposits is microscopic and the gold here is obviously not microscopic. They are quite different. So no. Carlin deposits require capture by dissolving the gold because its too small to capture any other way. The gold of this location in Alaska works perfectly fine with a sluice box.
@@ChrisRalphthanks Chris for the expertise on this clarification. I'm at a point in my studies in which I focus on maps of past or current operations, material topo, terrain, sat, type of tailings, type of ore being processed, and trying to find all of that is impossible in a world with no foot in the door. Unless u can reference some sorce of like kind. At any rate I compare similarities and try to cast an all encompassing glance across the globe. So I get some of my references may be far from correct but is it possible usually is my question cause I'm a 1 in a million kinda guy, as long as it's worth it.
I know talking to us newbies may get frustrating sometimes. Sorry it's alot to learn on your own. Truthfully is
You know I wrote a book to give background info to new prospectors........
@@ChrisRalph hahaha the famous book. Yes hahaha I'm well aware. And I suppose I should now get this book since it seems as if your hinting that the answer to this question and probably a hundred others is contained within your encyclopedia. :-) ok next paycheck count me in. Please also in the comment prior to this I need ur help so I don't get sent to the looney bin by my family and friends they're so sick of me seeing this bull as an anomoly appearance I need somesort of sign that you also know what I'm speaking about or a document that references it somehow or another everyone thinks I'm bananas and nope I'm far from it. A thumbs up or a link to some reference document.
Thanks Chris another great video.
How thick can a layer be? In the background it looks a couple of meters thick.
The whole pay layer is a couple meters thick, but the gravel remaining on hard pan that was missed was zero to a couple inches.
That's all nice chunky stuff I would take that any day all day!
I will take that sort of gold all day (and I did!).
You would need good eyes for some of those bits.
Some of them did take a bit of searching around in the spoon.
@@ChrisRalph is it a spoon or is it a scoop, I have heard shovel and trowel as well.
Might be a good question to pose!
If I remember right it was Arnold Schwarzenegger who outlawed it. So much being conservative right. That was something I would have expected Newsom would have done or Jerry Brown. Good luck in Alaska, I thought that might be the reason you haven't been doing too many videos lately.
I was gone a couple weeks, but am back now.
(Matthew 16:24-26) 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
I do not know what you think about God's Word the Bible, but I hope you take my comment serious and that you take some time to think about it
I am a believer.