Dan, I watch numerous gold videos. Yours are by far the best and my favorite to watch! Not only do you teach and educate, but you make them entertaining also. Thanks for all the time you put in teaching us!
I love the fact that not everything was set up perfect. Show's that it doesn't really matter. You'll still catch gold. Thanks for sharing your adventures Dan
I did not realize this was a real job still. I grew up in the country and have heard of all types of hard work but this I thought had gone the way of the dodo. Looks like good work for good pay. Thanks for sharing.
Brandon Hoover if he could have heavy Equipment on the claim he would,and clean that claim right up..Who says no to money,but Government is against something that doesn't damage the environment,and actually most miners leave the area in better shape then when they got there..I've not met a miner that doesn't have total respect for the lands and rivers,but the government will pick on that rather then industry that damages the land and water..that's actually right on the path they already go..
Just want to say thanks for the videos. I don't prospect, but am fascinated by it. Your channel is both informative and entertaining. More power to you Dan.
Love your videos. Just started watching you about a week ago. You make my gold fever worse, lol. I'm from spokane Washington. I have had my best luck prospecting in Sullivan Creek (about 10 miles from the Canadian border). Best I have done there is 11.1 gs in 3 days (about 8 hours of actual work each day). I was high banking with my home made high banker with a 1 inch honda pump and 4 foot sluice (it can do a shovel full about every 20-45 seconds depending on material). I wish I had ground here as good as the ground is your videos. But anyway, good job, you keep me hopeful. Your channel is the first ive ever actually subscribed to. Love your attitude, and of coarse all the GOLD!
Dan, as I said before with your panning video, with so many videos focused on technique (which are so valuable, please don't misunderstand I wouldn't trade them for the world, but they are quite numerous) this series is absolutely fantastic. Please keep them coming.
Seriously. If you want to make the money to buy food and pay rent: 1. Collect the gold by wet washer or dry washer or whatever method works on your claim 2. Make the gold into jewelry and sample bottles like the little one ounce bottle Dan shows. 3. Sell the samples and jewelry at 5 or 6 times spot price to the tourists. I have seen this done in Holcomb Valley Southern California and in Randsburg California and it was a very successful formula. Good luck all you prospectors.
For those that don't know, on your iPhone with the compass on the next page there is a gradient level. Good for field measuring and shot gunning for estimations. Although it's pretty accurate. Hope it helps, would be good for leveling your sluice boxes or highbankers without extra tools to haul
This was great and just remember, no one is perfect! You did this by yourself and did a fabulous job with your fantastic knowledge and ability to manage on your own. Sharing the adventure was priceless beyond how much gold you obtained though I'm sure everyone loves seeing you achieve your goal in finding it, I certainly do. I am impressed by your knowledge and devotion of what you love to do I think most of us rock hounds appreciate the knowledge. It is, to me, interesting as to why people are so excited by gold it is a spiritual type of rock that is said to pave the streets of Heaven that we will one day walk on so it stands to reason that it stirs us like it does. It is speculation as to how gold came to our planet but stands to reason that God put it here as a reminder of things to come when we go back to Him. May you find all the gold your heart desires!
Would it be faster to hose down the big rocks then toss them aside making a sand/pool area then shovel that? As you move say laterally you use that dug out area as your next tailing pond.
Sticks and stones Dan, anyone who leaves negative comments is just jealous in my humble opinion. If there was a perfect easy way to find gold they would be up there working there tails off like you do. I enjoy watching your channel because no matter how tiny the flake of gold you find you let out a unique howl I love to hear! Most importantly anyone can tell you enjoy busting your hump and it always pays off. My Mom told me Jay how would we learn without making mistakes! Disregard the negative comments and keep doing what you love doing! Good luck Dan! 👑🏆🏅
I wouldn't bust your chops about losing gold because if you're not losing gold, you're not mining. I would suggest you mine your dining room table though. There appeared to be several bits of gold scattered around the table top from your cleanup efforts. I mined my homemade mini-sluice when I took everything apart at the end of the season and the nooks and crannies gave up almost a tenth of a gram to add to my take. There's something to be said about mining your mining equipment.
Don't worry Dan once in a while we all miss a nail in the tire. We're all human and gold panning is just like opening a gift on Christmas Day. We all rush and try to get that first gift unwrapped keep up the good work. And I'm glad you're out there doing your do. I'm also glad that you're feeling a whole lot better. Sincerely yours Joe David Chavez, AKA flip-flop Joe
At the time of my viewing this, my calculations at the gold price per gram right now comes to $79.77 per hour! That’s a pretty good job you have there sir! I just recently got a mine lab gold pan set. I took it camping with me a few weeks ago and had a absolute blast trying my hand at panning! I panned for several hours, didn’t really have a clue about what I was doing besides watching you and a couple other UA-camrs. I did come home with some gold albeit, not enough to even bother weighing. In my defense though the water is still raging pretty good from the spring runoff and everywhere there would have been exposed bedrock was under water still and had to work some of the very small sand/ rock bars. Never the less I had a ton of fun finding actual gold and my little daughter was super impressed! She says to me “wow! We’re billionaires!” Lol I can’t wait to go again! A lot of work but we’ll worth the fun!
@@Danhurd I agree I'd do it for a couple weeks, but..lol...I have to say when you had the gold in the little metal pan w handle n pour spout I was like that's a LOT.. then it got poured into a tiny jar...lol 1.6 grams... :-( False advertising must be easy for the big boys.
It would take me around 150 hours to get an ounce of gold. I have no claim or high banker. I get my gold @ 12.50 USD/ hour by cooking food in a restaurant. Then I have to buy it at spot + premium.
Lol that's not gold that's credits! You havent had gold since 1934ish as they stole everyone's gold/silver and exchanged it for CREDITS. hence Debit/Credit which is bogus money to begin with and now there is a world wide financial reset going on which means that gold/silver wont be used as the basis for CREDITS anymore. Already in canada you can see their bullying bullshit as they are offering financial freedom if you take the covid shot. And people are letting it take place. So sad what the world is coming too. Dont beleive what I'm saying then check out the georgian stones it clear states that the population needs to be 500,000,000. The current population is 6 billion. Hang on for the ride cause education has been tossed right out the window by world leaders. They cant rule shit if you can read or write and ask questions. Slave world is coming. Sorry for writing this but it's happening and no one is stopping it from occurring everyone is to busy working or occupied by the political bs that's going on now while your all side tracked from social media and or mass media which is run by the government which in turn is run by the builderberg or whatever name they use nowadays your all being led down a path that's corrupted so those in power have control over the people and it's just going to get worse.
@The Midnight Messenger if you look up merkaba you'll find that they can pick up the activation of this energy already on military radar. The military is much more advanced then what you mention here. Most of what you say I all ready knew. But there are some things you mention I did not. Very cool with the bible verses and it's its descriptive content in regards to what you mention and I have already mentioned some of these things to many a people already. Thanks for the new info. Also be safe and stay anonymous, people like us will be hunted once more. Although I'm not sure if you knew about it yet but within the military and those who run the planet currently are "sleepers for the higher powers than those who are currently controlling the earth". Also be aware that a massive army is coming to fix things here however I'm not sure at the "time frame" with which it is to occur. I'm not sure if I'll be alive to see it or not. But I do know that our current leaders are nowhere near equipped to deal with what is coming eventually. I can tell you that they are most unhappy with the events occurring at the present time. I am here for several different things but the one I hoped to achieve may be out of reach for me in this life time. I wanted to open a place to all who have gifts to teach them how to use and develop their gifts. Many do not know some do but do not use them to the fullest of potential. I recommend you quit using the name of Jesus as it was written in the bible that he had another name in the heavens and that anyone calling upon his earthly name will not be answered. There is a reference point to his heavenly name in the bible however I'm sure you can find it all on your own. The only hint I will give you is 40 days and nights. With this you will find the reference in the bible to show you his true name. If you already know about the two reference points to which I'm referring you already know his true heavenly name. If not then you will have to recheck the bible once again. If your using his earthly name so you blend in then I understand completely. To have the holy spirit is to know the heavens, to know the heavens is to know the holy spirit lol. Sorry it's so cryptic but i must remain this way till i am guided to do other wise. People flock to religion when they should heard towards spirituality. Spirituality is not religion however all religion teaches about spirituality, I'm so sad to see that 90% of the worlds population have this backwards. The bad must happen as was predicted in order for any good to come to the earth know it or not they just want you to fear and be slaves and now they arent shy about showing it and so I must remain low key for now. Peace be with you and also the spiritual knowledge of brothers and sisters of the heavens. For what is to come shall come and those who caused it shall be removed from existence forever more my friend. I fear not for better things are to come they can do what they want with this bag of bones but have my soul they can not for I'm already predestined to do other things in other places. Spreading the good word of the heavens is what I will continue to do until I'm asked to do something else or until this body perishes. I already have been shown where I'm going next and I have to say it's going to be my pleasure to be there when the time comes.
@The Midnight Messenger also I've been talking about and learning more about this stuff since the 90's too bad people refuse to listen the more I learn and research the more difficult my journey has been I've had my phone tampered with and information seems to disappear however they cant stop people from finding the truth lol no matter what they try.
Dan i so enjoy your shares with us. watching this in 2019 dec 3 from Alabama,US. actually enjoy your methods. don't put up with armchair comments. those that go experience the elements understand that a lot does go wrong during the day...get over it. better yet go participate and then tell your story. love seeing your family go with you. see ya.
Hey Dan, I have now watched many of your videos. Great info you put out not to mention your experience shared. Thank you. I've always been drawn to gold prospecting
We usually put a "stucco" mesh, which is an angled wire mesh, over the baffles to trap even more, plus an extended sluice run with moss here in the golden corner of S.Carolina.. It works well to knock down the flour increasing yield per yard of dirt
well done. Dan ... I'm just a novice learning a new fascinating hobby and getting all the know how I can get on finding and cleaning gold .. Thank you for all the great information!
I def want to try panning at my local river. My grandma used to do it and I know there must be good amounts of gold because there's lots of huge holes by each side of the river from people mining gold. Fishing and panning for gold sounds fun hehe
I don’t care about those who choose to criticise you, as you are awesome. You do things the way it suits you, not to suit the ‘critiques’ out there who are just keyboard warriors, who hide pathetically behind their laptops. How much gold have they got I wonder? I liked seeing what an ounce of gold looked like. I’d now really like to know how much that would cost to buy.
Hi Dan one thing that has helped me in setting up is I went to Walmart and found RV levels that stick to the side of a RV to make it level when setting up in a RV park, well they sell 2 to a package and they work great stuck on the back and side of my highbanker, just be sure to set them so the riffles are level before sticking them on.
Thank you I enjoyed your video. Just remember to the ones that feel they have to mention what they see as wrong. They just do not understand negitive comments some how make them feel they are prefect.. but it back fires on them we positively see right through them and still get great information from you. I read comments for learning and positive way. They read solely to find something wrong only to report the only thing they get out of watching is to be negitive. We can weed out all that wasteful time of theirs. We come here for you. Not them. Thank you and will still be watching. Don't forget your level. Haha
Congratulations on your informative and compelling video i very recently (like a few hours ago) found this channel and im binge watching it I wish you all the best and hope you score big veey soon im jealous of the life you lead Ps love the Canadianisms and scenery
I love watching but know nothing about the trade. My question is, why at 10:15 did you not clean the traps/matts? Are you not afraid that gold will wash out the fuller the traps get?
Can you do a video on how to find spots that might have gold? Also it would be interesting to know of the process of getting the permits/claims and the overall expenses required before you start digging. Thanks, love your videos!
You look for areas with dark material in the sand. There are also places where the water will slow down; like looking down stream the water turns to the left, the right side of the stream bank will have the gold. This is where the water slows down. Wherever the water turns, there is a place to check, and under a water fall. Any place where the stream goes over bedrock, look in the cracks, and behind big rocks. Watch the embankment for layers of black sand. Look for places that is flat and the stream zigs back and forth.
Good fun video and love your enthusiasm! Thanks for posting. I live in Houston now but miss panning in Azusa Canyon in So. Cal. and near Jamestown. Will move back out to CA in a few years again and do some more! Fun stuff!!!
Hi Dan, I was also wondering how much it costs an hour to run the sluice in the long run, both in terms of fuel and maintenance of the sluice. Really love the content!
@@Danhurd So basically if you are going for the money, even a fairly basic sluice is always a better option compared to the pan (given that the terrain allows it). Interesting! Thanks for the quick answer.
Love your channel and this is my favorite video, must have watched it a dozen times or so. Very motivational, if I could get even half that in 3 days I would be happy.
keep in mind that you have to also then calculate the purity of the gold after all this. sure it would take 3 days to get an ounce of raw gold, but depending on the average purity of the gold in that particular area, the exact worth of that gold could vary drastically.
You've done well catching flat pieces . The alloy cross members Are they just to hold the matting as they don't appear to have a sharp trailing edge that riffles would have? Like the matting has.
I am from Chico and have friends all over California from the bay, all the way up to Weitchpec, CA, including Georgetown, Nevada City, Grass Valley, Penn Valley, Arcata, McKinleyville, Cohassett, Redding, Placerville, Weaverville, etc etc.. All landowners and farmers. I currently have a house in Lower Lake on Clear Lake. I have been digging in to gold hunting videos and want to do it for a hobby with my 3 kids. They are excited about it.
For anyone wondering, assuming the low price of gold this video was made, 1 gram would be $50.16CAD In the 1 hour he sluiced for, he got 1.336 grams which totalled to $67CAD Assuming he got the same amount per hour he would have had 10.688 grams in 8 hours, or $536.12CAD per DAY If he did this for an average working WEEK (40hr/5 days) he would have 53.44g/1.71oz, or $2,681.25CAD In an average working MONTH (240hr/20 days) he would have 213.76g/6.87oz, or $14,321.92CAD In an average working YEAR (1920hr/240 days) he would have 2.565 KG/5.65lb or $141,183.18CAD
Equipment like a gold sluice complete setup can run you 1,000 dollars and gold will not net you the same value if its not pure like his. 96% and under is around 40 dollars a gram. To sell it to a broker you also need a way to melt it down and put it into nuggets or ingots
Dan, do they allow "booming" in your area? It's dreding in a highbank location. You basically start high banking and let the water outflow from the sluicebox empty back in to the hole you are working to the point where you can switch over to a suction head to work the hole. Works really well - used it on the Klamath River in northern CA quite a bit with a Keene 2 1/2" dredge/highbanker combo.
I wouldn't be able to sleep I would be just counting All the flakes like dollar, dollar, dollar ,dollar, dollar, ten, 5, nugget. I would probably get into tweak so I can just shovel out the entire river and know I got all the gold. And I would be super productive cuz I wouldn't need to eat or sleep until I run out of meth
Sure did get caught w/the fever. Hey Dan 👋. I REALLY don't think anybody should complain to much because of limited amount of time and doing all the camera work yourself and such. Great video I learned quite a bit out of this thanks for doing what you do. Sure appreciate it. 😀😀
Seems absolutely ridiculous to have laws and regulations regarding keeping the water pumped from the river from re-entering the river and ignoring the fact that that water eventually makes its way back to the river anyway. Insanity. Thanks for sharing anyway Dan! I love seeing prospecting from all over the world and you certainly have your area BC covered. I learn a lot from you. Kudos.
it's the silt they don't wont going into the river - these rivers have salmon and other fish eggs that can be killed by silt in the river at the wrong time of year
The silt is the problem. Silt fills all the nooks and crevasses in the river and clogs out out the homes to aquatic life like bugs and things. All of the voids between the rocks and under decaying matter like leaves and logs are super beneficial for hiding and food resourses. With out those voids you kill the first step in the food chain, as a result everything else dies.
Eyeballing 1 oz (~$1500) per 3 days works out to about $130K per year. Dan - thats pretty darn decent. Even if you chop that in half because the gold probably isnt 100% pure, taxes, claim costs (I have no clue what that cost) etc, thats about $65K a year net. Pretty decent - even more so if you can make entertaining videos with 1.2 million views! Dan, thanks for making these videos...Anyone wanting to start up some prospecting can learn a TON from you!
Hi mate, i live down in Aus and just love your vids!! They just seem to be very relaxing to watch and in the couple weeks ive been watching you you’ve grown 7k plus in subs which is awesome to see. Learning lots from you too 😃
Dan... Im always worried about starting and stopping my highbanker without doing a cleanup as I feel when you restart and have that initial surge of water it will blow gold out of the mats.... Your thoughts on that? :)
Yes, you run the risk. I used to put a pan over the end on both stop and start. never lost anything on stopping, and only a tiny bit on start up. Our typical procedure when running for long hauls it to keep running and swapping off diggers as one needs a break. Each time we stop do a quick clean up. makes more cons, but the gold cube goes through the cons fast.
@@Danhurd Ya ill do the same thing.. One question dan... If you wanted to use a mini excavator on the fraser river do you have to file a NOW with the MTO before you start digging? I have one claim that has easy access and would love to dig out a hole with a small excavator then pile it to the side, use the hole as a tailings pond and highbank what I dug out.
I want to move to British Columbia would love to try my home built high banker in ground where there is actually some gold. Running all day for a few specs of flour is not a real test. Will say my little highbanker is very good at catching black sand, lead shot and little chuncks of barb wire. Love the video Dan that is very good ground. Your day job must be really good if it pays better than the digging you just did just saying.
@@Danhurd i have to agree with you they was a day but that was a long long time ago. Getting to old for that if only they was a way to turn the clock back. Lol
Really enjoying your videos Dan, getting ready to retire and this could be a fun hobby! Lived in AZ and saw a lot of dry washing going on! Keep up the great work!
Hello Dan, a curious layman's question here, "What are those dark grey specks in the ounce vial at the end, is that a type of gold too or something else?"
Dan, I watch numerous gold videos. Yours are by far the best and my favorite to watch! Not only do you teach and educate, but you make them entertaining also. Thanks for all the time you put in teaching us!
You are welcome
I love the fact that not everything was set up perfect. Show's that it doesn't really matter. You'll still catch gold. Thanks for sharing your adventures Dan
The optimism of your remark is a breath of fresh aid, good Sir! I salute you!
Yeah, if he can explain his mistakes then it’s really useful to beginners
I did not realize this was a real job still. I grew up in the country and have heard of all types of hard work but this I thought had gone the way of the dodo. Looks like good work for good pay. Thanks for sharing.
I say good day to everyone that gives Dan crap he’s showing you ways of gold recovery and he is very informative! Good job Dan
is gold prospecting illegal without a beard?
Nah, your face just gets cold more often.
Yes, In all states except California.
yea its a life sentence
Mining camps, get him
His heads on updside down as his head hair is now on his chin
Using poor land with poor setup and still making $30-40 an hour. That's three times what I get paid.
Yeah same I started to mine a bit of iron in the backyard until I found out 3 days of work for me is worth 0.01 cents CENTS CENTS
Bradon Hoover xDD so true,
Where do you leave, i need sole vacations
Yeah
Thinking the same thing
Brandon Hoover if he could have heavy Equipment on the claim he would,and clean that claim right up..Who says no to money,but Government is against something that doesn't damage the environment,and actually most miners leave the area in better shape then when they got there..I've not met a miner that doesn't have total respect for the lands and rivers,but the government will pick on that rather then industry that damages the land and water..that's actually right on the path they already go..
Teacher: What do you want to become in Future?
Child: Highbanker.
Tell the kid not to set it up so high. Probably lost more than he got.
I highly doubt a kid could become a high-banker, maybe a prospector but not a high banker!
you know you are going to be rich in three years when the gold price goes nuts.
Isn’t it currently at an all time high
nah... he needs to be highbanking bitcoin!
@@crisprtalk6963bitcoin is a joke
@@KD-dl5gv Not according to my wallet.
@@KD-dl5gv lol still think that?
Just want to say thanks for the videos. I don't prospect, but am fascinated by it. Your channel is both informative and entertaining. More power to you Dan.
Love your videos. Just started watching you about a week ago. You make my gold fever worse, lol. I'm from spokane Washington. I have had my best luck prospecting in Sullivan Creek (about 10 miles from the Canadian border). Best I have done there is 11.1 gs in 3 days (about 8 hours of actual work each day). I was high banking with my home made high banker with a 1 inch honda pump and 4 foot sluice (it can do a shovel full about every 20-45 seconds depending on material). I wish I had ground here as good as the ground is your videos. But anyway, good job, you keep me hopeful. Your channel is the first ive ever actually subscribed to. Love your attitude, and of coarse all the GOLD!
Dan, as I said before with your panning video, with so many videos focused on technique (which are so valuable, please don't misunderstand I wouldn't trade them for the world, but they are quite numerous) this series is absolutely fantastic. Please keep them coming.
I'm thinking of doing another one using the gold cube.
@@Danhurd Hi Dan love your videos. I would like to
watch the one when you use the gold cube.
Seriously. If you want to make the money to buy food and pay rent:
1. Collect the gold by wet washer or dry washer or whatever method works on your claim
2. Make the gold into jewelry and sample bottles like the little one ounce bottle Dan shows.
3. Sell the samples and jewelry at 5 or 6 times spot price to the tourists.
I have seen this done in Holcomb Valley Southern California and in Randsburg California and it was a very successful formula.
Good luck all you prospectors.
i like the way you think.
Even easier. Just sprinkle a little bit in a plastic bag with some of the source material, call it paydirt, sell it for 2-3 times spot Value on Ebay.
goldassayer93555 yeah because a random person trying to sell gold to you when you’re on vacation doesn’t seem sketchy at all..
Goldslager vodka shots for tourists. You can tell them to pan their shit when they get home from vacation
For those that don't know, on your iPhone with the compass on the next page there is a gradient level. Good for field measuring and shot gunning for estimations. Although it's pretty accurate. Hope it helps, would be good for leveling your sluice boxes or highbankers without extra tools to haul
Scott
This was great and just remember, no one is perfect! You did this by yourself and did a fabulous job with your fantastic knowledge and ability to manage on your own. Sharing the adventure was priceless beyond how much gold you obtained though I'm sure everyone loves seeing you achieve your goal in finding it, I certainly do. I am impressed by your knowledge and devotion of what you love to do I think most of us rock hounds appreciate the knowledge. It is, to me, interesting as to why people are so excited by gold it is a spiritual type of rock that is said to pave the streets of Heaven that we will one day walk on so it stands to reason that it stirs us like it does. It is speculation as to how gold came to our planet but stands to reason that God put it here as a reminder of things to come when we go back to Him. May you find all the gold your heart desires!
Can't say anything about your set up, you got gold! Beautiful gold. Great job. Thanks.
now I want to go back and spend 3 days there.
@@Danhurd agreed if I'm ever in the area, it would be cool to do a meet and greet and hang out and get gold
@@Danhurd I think it would be rewarding. Need help?
Would it be faster to hose down the big rocks then toss them aside making a sand/pool area then shovel that? As you move say laterally you use that dug out area as your next tailing pond.
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Haven’t tried panning or doing such. But by watching this makes me want to do this. A good outdoor family activity for sure.
Really enjoy watching your videos Dan. I have learnt a lot and love the beautiful places you get to work in.
Sticks and stones Dan, anyone who leaves negative comments is just jealous in my humble opinion. If there was a perfect easy way to find gold they would be up there working there tails off like you do. I enjoy watching your channel because no matter how tiny the flake of gold you find you let out a unique howl I love to hear! Most importantly anyone can tell you enjoy busting your hump and it always pays off. My Mom told me Jay how would we learn without making mistakes! Disregard the negative comments and keep doing what you love doing! Good luck Dan! 👑🏆🏅
Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us who do not have any idea that this method is the most easiest way to get gold.
I wouldn't bust your chops about losing gold because if you're not losing gold, you're not mining. I would suggest you mine your dining room table though. There appeared to be several bits of gold scattered around the table top from your cleanup efforts. I mined my homemade mini-sluice when I took everything apart at the end of the season and the nooks and crannies gave up almost a tenth of a gram to add to my take. There's something to be said about mining your mining equipment.
Yes, I got some from the grit left in the bottom of my back pack
My neighbor said he gets gold when he vacuums his carpet everytime 😀 runs his vacume bag contents threw his sluse box 💯🇺🇸
Don't worry Dan once in a while we all miss a nail in the tire. We're all human and gold panning is just like opening a gift on Christmas Day. We all rush and try to get that first gift unwrapped keep up the good work. And I'm glad you're out there doing your do. I'm also glad that you're feeling a whole lot better. Sincerely yours Joe David Chavez, AKA flip-flop Joe
At the time of my viewing this, my calculations at the gold price per gram right now comes to $79.77 per hour! That’s a pretty good job you have there sir!
I just recently got a mine lab gold pan set. I took it camping with me a few weeks ago and had a absolute blast trying my hand at panning! I panned for several hours, didn’t really have a clue about what I was doing besides watching you and a couple other UA-camrs. I did come home with some gold albeit, not enough to even bother weighing. In my defense though the water is still raging pretty good from the spring runoff and everywhere there would have been exposed bedrock was under water still and had to work some of the very small sand/ rock bars. Never the less I had a ton of fun finding actual gold and my little daughter was super impressed! She says to me “wow! We’re billionaires!” Lol I can’t wait to go again! A lot of work but we’ll worth the fun!
Lol kids man, panning looks fun, not sure how much I can do in Massachusetts if any lol
But does the type of gold a person gets from panning sell for the same price is the question 🤔
Your videos are so interesting and always have taught me something new in every one! Thanks a bunch and keep those videos rollin out!
Out of level or not doesn’t really matter. Another quality video that’s educational and informative. Thank you Dan
As a demo its spot on who's asking for exact, 1ounce 3day gotta love that.
You bet!
@@Danhurd I agree I'd do it for a couple weeks, but..lol...I have to say when you had the gold in the little metal pan w handle n pour spout I was like that's a LOT.. then it got poured into a tiny jar...lol 1.6 grams... :-( False advertising must be easy for the big boys.
It would take me around 150 hours to get an ounce of gold. I have no claim or high banker. I get my gold @ 12.50 USD/ hour by cooking food in a restaurant. Then I have to buy it at spot + premium.
Dang... 7.25 here, so it would take me about 241ish hours.
Lol that's not gold that's credits! You havent had gold since 1934ish as they stole everyone's gold/silver and exchanged it for CREDITS. hence Debit/Credit which is bogus money to begin with and now there is a world wide financial reset going on which means that gold/silver wont be used as the basis for CREDITS anymore. Already in canada you can see their bullying bullshit as they are offering financial freedom if you take the covid shot. And people are letting it take place. So sad what the world is coming too. Dont beleive what I'm saying then check out the georgian stones it clear states that the population needs to be 500,000,000. The current population is 6 billion. Hang on for the ride cause education has been tossed right out the window by world leaders. They cant rule shit if you can read or write and ask questions. Slave world is coming. Sorry for writing this but it's happening and no one is stopping it from occurring everyone is to busy working or occupied by the political bs that's going on now while your all side tracked from social media and or mass media which is run by the government which in turn is run by the builderberg or whatever name they use nowadays your all being led down a path that's corrupted so those in power have control over the people and it's just going to get worse.
@The Midnight Messenger if you look up merkaba you'll find that they can pick up the activation of this energy already on military radar. The military is much more advanced then what you mention here. Most of what you say I all ready knew. But there are some things you mention I did not. Very cool with the bible verses and it's its descriptive content in regards to what you mention and I have already mentioned some of these things to many a people already. Thanks for the new info. Also be safe and stay anonymous, people like us will be hunted once more. Although I'm not sure if you knew about it yet but within the military and those who run the planet currently are "sleepers for the higher powers than those who are currently controlling the earth". Also be aware that a massive army is coming to fix things here however I'm not sure at the "time frame" with which it is to occur. I'm not sure if I'll be alive to see it or not. But I do know that our current leaders are nowhere near equipped to deal with what is coming eventually. I can tell you that they are most unhappy with the events occurring at the present time. I am here for several different things but the one I hoped to achieve may be out of reach for me in this life time. I wanted to open a place to all who have gifts to teach them how to use and develop their gifts. Many do not know some do but do not use them to the fullest of potential. I recommend you quit using the name of Jesus as it was written in the bible that he had another name in the heavens and that anyone calling upon his earthly name will not be answered. There is a reference point to his heavenly name in the bible however I'm sure you can find it all on your own. The only hint I will give you is 40 days and nights. With this you will find the reference in the bible to show you his true name. If you already know about the two reference points to which I'm referring you already know his true heavenly name. If not then you will have to recheck the bible once again. If your using his earthly name so you blend in then I understand completely. To have the holy spirit is to know the heavens, to know the heavens is to know the holy spirit lol. Sorry it's so cryptic but i must remain this way till i am guided to do other wise. People flock to religion when they should heard towards spirituality. Spirituality is not religion however all religion teaches about spirituality, I'm so sad to see that 90% of the worlds population have this backwards. The bad must happen as was predicted in order for any good to come to the earth know it or not they just want you to fear and be slaves and now they arent shy about showing it and so I must remain low key for now. Peace be with you and also the spiritual knowledge of brothers and sisters of the heavens. For what is to come shall come and those who caused it shall be removed from existence forever more my friend. I fear not for better things are to come they can do what they want with this bag of bones but have my soul they can not for I'm already predestined to do other things in other places. Spreading the good word of the heavens is what I will continue to do until I'm asked to do something else or until this body perishes. I already have been shown where I'm going next and I have to say it's going to be my pleasure to be there when the time comes.
@The Midnight Messenger also I've been talking about and learning more about this stuff since the 90's too bad people refuse to listen the more I learn and research the more difficult my journey has been I've had my phone tampered with and information seems to disappear however they cant stop people from finding the truth lol no matter what they try.
@@williamnelson4066 ha
Thank you for showing us that even a seasoned prospector can make mistakes
Dan i so enjoy your shares with us. watching this in 2019 dec 3 from Alabama,US. actually enjoy your methods. don't put up with armchair comments. those that go experience the elements understand that a lot does go wrong during the day...get over it. better yet go participate and then tell your story. love seeing your family go with you. see ya.
Hey Dan, I have now watched many of your videos. Great info you put out not to mention your experience shared. Thank you. I've always been drawn to gold prospecting
Love it thanks! I might do some of this when I retire. Hobbies that pay are the best hobbies, IMHO.
We usually put a "stucco" mesh, which is an angled wire mesh, over the baffles to trap even more, plus an extended sluice run with moss here in the golden corner of S.Carolina.. It works well to knock down the flour increasing yield per yard of dirt
If I was finding that amount of gold whilst prospecting, I’d be doing it from dawn till dusk...
Me to 10 hrs a day sluicing 6 days a week man!! Work 9 - 10 mths a year!! Pretty easy work really not that hard manual labour wise!!
1800$ in 3 days of work by yourself is pretty hard to argue against. 3600 per week.... yeah sign me up too.
No shit I would be camping out
Let's buy a claim and work it together.
Be nice to already know how much your going to get before you begin.
You gave me motivation trying panning gold in Quebec city next summer! I know we have a couple rivers that still have gold in it so lets try it !!
Very helpful to know highbanking is fked unless you're on a real rich spot. Thank you for the hard work it took to make this.
well done. Dan ... I'm just a novice learning a new fascinating hobby and getting all the know how I can get on finding and cleaning gold .. Thank you for all the great information!
Thanks for watching!
Adam savage grew a beard and started prospecting since myth busters was canceled
I def want to try panning at my local river. My grandma used to do it and I know there must be good amounts of gold because there's lots of huge holes by each side of the river from people mining gold. Fishing and panning for gold sounds fun hehe
Nice work and no one should give you a hard time about your methods, you are far more successful than most of us amateurs on here. Love your channel.
I don’t care about those who choose to criticise you, as you are awesome. You do things the way it suits you, not to suit the ‘critiques’ out there who are just keyboard warriors, who hide pathetically behind their laptops. How much gold have they got I wonder? I liked seeing what an ounce of gold looked like. I’d now really like to know how much that would cost to buy.
Hi Dan one thing that has helped me in setting up is I went to Walmart and found RV levels that stick to the side of a RV to make it level when setting up in a RV park, well they sell 2 to a package and they work great stuck on the back and side of my highbanker, just be sure to set them so the riffles are level before sticking them on.
3:04 does anyone see that nice nugget slide down on the top right of the sluice?
Damn it was a decent nugget
That was painful to watch
That was massive 😳
Not a nugget
Looks like a nugget. was about to say the same.
"I'm at home just cleaning up my gold" nothing wrong with that statement 💰
I hit like even before I watch. It’s satisfying watching it. Been watching these for a bit now. For sure gonna start my own prospecting.
Watched your video all the way through. Will be watching more. You just got yourself a subscriber Dan.
thank you for the info on local rules and regs. This is very useful. Love the videos Dan, keep it up.
DavidG - Northern Ontario
You are welcome.
Youre a honest funny guy my friend.......definitely enjoy your videos....keep doing what you do
Thanks, I will
Man you some great videos! You’ve convinced me to get some prospecting books very interesting!
Thanks!
Thank you I enjoyed your video. Just remember to the ones that feel they have to mention what they see as wrong. They just do not understand negitive comments some how make them feel they are prefect.. but it back fires on them we positively see right through them and still get great information from you. I read comments for learning and positive way. They read solely to find something wrong only to report the only thing they get out of watching is to be negitive. We can weed out all that wasteful time of theirs. We come here for you. Not them. Thank you and will still be watching. Don't forget your level. Haha
Congratulations on your informative and compelling video i very recently (like a few hours ago) found this channel and im binge watching it
I wish you all the best and hope you score big veey soon im jealous of the life you lead
Ps love the Canadianisms and scenery
Well I don't know about you fine folks but, I sure did get a bit of Gold Fever watching this... 😵😁😎
Excellent!
My gold fever is running high. I'm on Amazon right now and looking into suggested locations in my region.
What's gold fever?
Likewise
@@katgallegos2013 id say a semi definition would be the stron desire to go out and find gold
I love watching but know nothing about the trade. My question is, why at 10:15 did you not clean the traps/matts? Are you not afraid that gold will wash out the fuller the traps get?
gold is heavy it wont move outa those spots, im sure he takes the bigger nugs out though :P
Can you do a video on how to find spots that might have gold? Also it would be interesting to know of the process of getting the permits/claims and the overall expenses required before you start digging. Thanks, love your videos!
You look for areas with dark material in the sand. There are also places where the water will slow down; like looking down stream the water turns to the left, the right side of the stream bank will have the gold. This is where the water slows down. Wherever the water turns, there is a place to check, and under a water fall. Any place where the stream goes over bedrock, look in the cracks, and behind big rocks. Watch the embankment for layers of black sand. Look for places that is flat and the stream zigs back and forth.
Good fun video and love your enthusiasm! Thanks for posting. I live in Houston now but miss panning in Azusa Canyon in So. Cal. and near Jamestown. Will move back out to CA in a few years again and do some more! Fun stuff!!!
Love it man! I live up in the Slocan Valley and used to be an owner of an old gold mine up in Ymir..Got the fever again.
There's a lot more than 23 hrs into getting that ounce when you consider all that went into this project before and after the shovel hit the dirt.
Hi Dan, I was also wondering how much it costs an hour to run the sluice in the long run, both in terms of fuel and maintenance of the sluice. Really love the content!
I can run the sluice all day on less than $5.00 gas. As far as maintenance. I just fix thing when they break. Little to no cost.
@@Danhurd So basically if you are going for the money, even a fairly basic sluice is always a better option compared to the pan (given that the terrain allows it). Interesting! Thanks for the quick answer.
@@Danhurd Do they have sluces that can be powered with solar panels?
Love your channel and this is my favorite video, must have watched it a dozen times or so. Very motivational, if I could get even half that in 3 days I would be happy.
Great video Dan on just how hard you have to work when you have a good claim on the Fraisure, no picnic!!
How could those people dislike this video? This was another good one
Thanks!
I never knew Yosemite Sam was a real person.
That's amazing. I've seen alot of gold flakes too of mount Rose in Reno.
Hi.I'm Charl from South Africa.That is very nice. Keep up the good videos
I love the pretty places that you go to. Thank you for your videos.
love your content!
Hi Brenda
Nice hunt bro!
Thanks!
Yo sin saver ingles pero aqui ando
Salu2 gatin
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Beard of Avarice - +5 to gold finding.
Dan looks exactly how a true prosecutor should. I stumbled upon his videos yesterday, saw his look and knew he was the guy to listen to.
If he put the beard at the end of the sluice he could have caught all the flakes that got away. That's why I have a big beard.
keep in mind that you have to also then calculate the purity of the gold after all this. sure it would take 3 days to get an ounce of raw gold, but depending on the average purity of the gold in that particular area, the exact worth of that gold could vary drastically.
Isnt gold flakes that come out of the ground average 70% pure. They cant be less than that
Maybe? But today is January 2nd, and gold is about $1800 per ounce. Not bad wages for 3 days.
You've done well catching flat pieces .
The alloy cross members Are they just to hold the matting as they don't appear to have a sharp trailing edge that riffles would have?
Like the matting has.
I am from Chico and have friends all over California from the bay, all the way up to Weitchpec, CA, including Georgetown, Nevada City, Grass Valley, Penn Valley, Arcata, McKinleyville, Cohassett, Redding, Placerville, Weaverville, etc etc.. All landowners and farmers. I currently have a house in Lower Lake on Clear Lake. I have been digging in to gold hunting videos and want to do it for a hobby with my 3 kids. They are excited about it.
I think I like watching the devices more than I should. Don't even need the gold payoff. It seems zen.
I agree, just watching the water sluice away is nice. Always makes me thirsty!
For anyone wondering, assuming the low price of gold this video was made, 1 gram would be $50.16CAD
In the 1 hour he sluiced for, he got 1.336 grams which totalled to $67CAD
Assuming he got the same amount per hour he would have had 10.688 grams in 8 hours, or $536.12CAD per DAY
If he did this for an average working WEEK (40hr/5 days) he would have 53.44g/1.71oz, or $2,681.25CAD
In an average working MONTH (240hr/20 days) he would have 213.76g/6.87oz, or $14,321.92CAD
In an average working YEAR (1920hr/240 days) he would have 2.565 KG/5.65lb or $141,183.18CAD
What's that in real money
Now I've found my job, just need some equipment
get a job and save some money
Equipment like a gold sluice complete setup can run you 1,000 dollars and gold will not net you the same value if its not pure like his. 96% and under is around 40 dollars a gram. To sell it to a broker you also need a way to melt it down and put it into nuggets or ingots
@@burningcoal5705 Why sell it? It'll be worth more when the economy crashes...
@@the_gtc If the economy has a complete crash bullets and food will be worth way more than gold. Bartering will be more useful than currency
Awesome video Dan, and nobody is perfect. I really enjoy all of your videos
Thanks!
Dan, do they allow "booming" in your area? It's dreding in a highbank location. You basically start high banking and let the water outflow from the sluicebox empty back in to the hole you are working to the point where you can switch over to a suction head to work the hole. Works really well - used it on the Klamath River in northern CA quite a bit with a Keene 2 1/2" dredge/highbanker combo.
Hi Todd
I could fall asleep to the sound of the water processing for gold
I wouldn't be able to sleep I would be just counting All the flakes like dollar, dollar, dollar ,dollar, dollar, ten, 5, nugget. I would probably get into tweak so I can just shovel out the entire river and know I got all the gold. And I would be super productive cuz I wouldn't need to eat or sleep until I run out of meth
Dan, you got me thinking about going back to Honduras to do highbanking, all i nedd to do is find out if there still any gold left in the rivers.
5:40 there is a nugget but I didn’t see it in the final pan
Thats he's plan to is too see, but no one cares, because all his video was for youtube, and all money for him
That one went in the other vial, the one not reported to the IRS!
@ what i just say, were not supposed to be understand by you, and still you brag IRS... dont tell them we still dredge... lols
@ its a coded word you are not supposed to know, unfortunately, sorry dude.. my bad
@tim ozzi 3rd
Love your videos I learn more and more with every video I watch I am about to start prospecting myself
Sure did get caught w/the fever. Hey Dan 👋. I REALLY don't think anybody should complain to much because of limited amount of time and doing all the camera work yourself and such. Great video I learned quite a bit out of this thanks for doing what you do. Sure appreciate it. 😀😀
Seems absolutely ridiculous to have laws and regulations regarding keeping the water pumped from the river from re-entering the river and ignoring the fact that that water eventually makes its way back to the river anyway. Insanity. Thanks for sharing anyway Dan! I love seeing prospecting from all over the world and you certainly have your area BC covered. I learn a lot from you. Kudos.
I think its because it keeps the water clean that way.. (:
it's the silt they don't wont going into the river - these rivers have salmon and other fish eggs that can be killed by silt in the river at the wrong time of year
The silt is the problem. Silt fills all the nooks and crevasses in the river and clogs out out the homes to aquatic life like bugs and things. All of the voids between the rocks and under decaying matter like leaves and logs are super beneficial for hiding and food resourses. With out those voids you kill the first step in the food chain, as a result everything else dies.
“ Living your dream”.
I like this video too, Your methods are dope.
Eyeballing 1 oz (~$1500) per 3 days works out to about $130K per year.
Dan - thats pretty darn decent. Even if you chop that in half because the gold probably isnt 100% pure, taxes, claim costs (I have no clue what that cost) etc, thats about $65K a year net.
Pretty decent - even more so if you can make entertaining videos with 1.2 million views!
Dan, thanks for making these videos...Anyone wanting to start up some prospecting can learn a TON from you!
Hi mate, i live down in Aus and just love your vids!! They just seem to be very relaxing to watch and in the couple weeks ive been watching you you’ve grown 7k plus in subs which is awesome to see. Learning lots from you too 😃
Glad you like them!
@@Danhurd definitely mate and keep them up😀
I do about 2-3 vids a week on tarantulas, scorpions and other inverts and is a lot of work🙂
Hey ho Dan. Nice job. Nice color. Seems it’s not easy to get rich. Anyway it’s about fun and being outdoors. Thank you for sharing. Greetings
You are welcome.
At 3:01 at the top right corner of the highbanker is that a nugget of gold or is that something else
Something else
Dan... Im always worried about starting and stopping my highbanker without doing a cleanup as I feel when you restart and have that initial surge of water it will blow gold out of the mats.... Your thoughts on that? :)
Yes, you run the risk. I used to put a pan over the end on both stop and start. never lost anything on stopping, and only a tiny bit on start up. Our typical procedure when running for long hauls it to keep running and swapping off diggers as one needs a break. Each time we stop do a quick clean up. makes more cons, but the gold cube goes through the cons fast.
@@Danhurd Ya ill do the same thing.. One question dan... If you wanted to use a mini excavator on the fraser river do you have to file a NOW with the MTO before you start digging? I have one claim that has easy access and would love to dig out a hole with a small excavator then pile it to the side, use the hole as a tailings pond and highbank what I dug out.
@@KnuckleBuster Yes that would need a NOW. Anything more than digging by hand does.
@@Danhurd Ok cool.... figured so. Anyway great video... good luck!
Your on some really good ground, that’s an amazing result.
thanks!
I know nothing about gold prospecting, but damn I love these videos.
that setup is good. really curious how much would it cost
For the gas pump and and sluice, probably around 500 including gass
Dan, do you have any claims here in Eastern WASHINGTON? I'd love to get together with you guys sometime.
Same. Im very interested in investing in gold.
I want to move to British Columbia would love to try my home built high banker in ground where there is actually some gold. Running all day for a few specs of flour is not a real test. Will say my little highbanker is very good at catching black sand, lead shot and little chuncks of barb wire. Love the video Dan that is very good ground. Your day job must be really good if it pays better than the digging you just did just saying.
I love gold mining, but I don't think my body could take doing it all day every day.
@@Danhurd i have to agree with you they was a day but that was a long long time ago. Getting to old for that if only they was a way to turn the clock back. Lol
my bazooka gold trap is very good at lead sinkers also and flower gold
That's probably because you know you don't have to.
Really enjoying your videos Dan, getting ready to retire and this could be a fun hobby! Lived in AZ and saw a lot of dry washing going on! Keep up the great work!
This was really helpful to understand the reality of prospecting. Thanks.
Where you from ?
This hard data makes me wanna prospect for a living
Hello Dan, a curious layman's question here, "What are those dark grey specks in the ounce vial at the end, is that a type of gold too or something else?"
RoosterStone black sand
I have gold video fever!
He doesn't mess about 2:13
Awesome video Dan, thank you for the intuitiveness
Best gold videos ever !!! I am a Hurd fan !!!!!!!!!!
who else saw the picker at 3:00! top right
SSJ2 Seiku dang and he missed it there’s another at 5:40 he didn’t have in the end pan
Holy shit that was 5 gram