Turning Gold I Found in a River to a Gold Button!
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your subscribers have big picks?
Exactly
Do you mean a Stumpy !ick?
Big swinging.
It’s how you swing it 👍
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Having spent 10 years on the couch, I can fully appreciate the bits of wisdom you weave into the narrative. Understanding the need to lead a purposeful life and to discover one's true self has greater value to your followers than any "gold".
I disagree, when you think that "improving yourself" and getting better, bigger, stronger or more successful in whatever you lose the important way of life and I myself am here to watch them trying to find gold with different methods. This is my view on it and I dont want to force my angle upon someone else. Everyone wants different things.
All about the journey, not the destination. Thanks for sharing and your insights into life, Chris.
Zen and the Art of Gold Prospecting - a sound philosophy brother 👍
This was an amazing video. It had all the good elements. Gold, motivation, comedy, well placed merch plugs, etc. Keep up the good work.
Its all about that well timed self promotion lol
@@VoGusProspecting tell your opinion in the video about temporary electronic money and chips introduced in australia
@@MIRVECTORA neither of these things exist here. So I've no idea what you're talking about
@@VoGusProspecting You are lucky that you have not heard about it yet, but it will soon affect you too and it is better to know in advance! look at these news about new draft laws, it's the same in new zealand. If we don't stand together against this, no one will be saved
So it's 3:30 am and I'm sitting here after watching this video realizing I kept expecting "Stampy" to be unable to crush a large piece of ore. No matter how many times you pounder it it wouldn't break and finding it was because there was a 12 ounce piece of gold in it! Lol. I sit breathlessly waiting for that very moment! Hope you're having a great new year. Keep 'em coming!
FYI - the wise man in the background is Alan Watts, worth a lookup
Thank you!
Alan Watts in the Intro, Ah, I see you too are a man of culture..
The only kind of culture that matters
Everyone needs a bit of Zen in their life
@@gadzee506 where does she live? You got a phone number for her? 😁
@@MadMarlin1964 Alan watts? He isn't alive anymore
You got me off the couch and down to the river. I am having more fun then I thought possible. Thank you so much.
Nothing better than being on the river. The gold is only a plus
Great video Chris. I have trouble explaining why I go prospecting so I have just stopped talking to people who don't! I enjoy the process as well.
Thank you for sharing your adventures. Cheers
pulling a highbanker out of your back pack... ill never get used to seeing that LOL
Low banker 😁
Gold Hog makes a high banker that fits in a backpack..
Wise words Chris. My friend and I went out banking in bright today hoping for a half Oz. We got 2.5g. the result didn't affect the quality of our day..
You should shoot a video in bright/harrietville area. There's a rich history and it would be an honour to show you around and enlighten you, as well as your viewers. ⛏️🧨
2.5 is good
I think this is one of the best videos you’ve ever done Chris
I have always defined it as "I like playing in the dirt, gold is the bonus."
You sir, are an artist...technician...an engineer...an influencer...entertainer...comedian...and a supreme example of how one can pursue their own happiness...and more as words fail me...love your productions and watch all I come across...thankyou...
Through all these years, i love ya man! Watching an old video and still enjoying
My son and I spent a few trips to the public lands in New Mexico during spring months mostly using a dry washer. And yes we did find gold.
The experience was more nostalgic than anything.
Those trips usually were a week in duration, camping out in tents.
The area was arid and high desert. At night you could look into the sky and watch satellites skim across the sky and see more stars in the heavens without the pollution of city lights.
Chris, there's just nothing better than the beauty of gold and the outdoors.
You are a wealth of knowledge , gold does and always will do strange things to people ! Embracing the journey of finding a speck ❤️
Whoop whoop there it is! Great video, thank you Chris. You are absolutely correct, The Joy is in THE JOURNEY!
Chris, have you ever read Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance? That book is about defining the journey one takes in the process of doing something you love. Its the journey not the destination that matters.
Absolutely agree! The value of personal satisfaction that prospecting provides beyond the gold value is grossly understated.
Been watching you guys since lockdown. Love it! I know Gadzy, he's the golden goose. Keep it up boyzz!!
Hang on... ben rue from primary school ?
Legend!
🤜🤛 Nice job my Aussie friend.!!! Way to go VO-GUS.!!!!
I really like the direction you are taking your channel. I also like the little funny bits like "Power!" Well done sir, well done.
Love what your doing and enjoy watching your channel grow. The new direction you want the channel to go is inspiring. Wish I got out and did this at your age before the MS took my balance, energy and strength. I may have to start pay dirt.
Chris I just wanted to say I’m glad to see this “new direction“ seems quite familiar though, oh I’ve always liked how you were more about the process than the end result an this is why I started watching your channel over two years ago
I also focus on the process, but for me, it's not so much about the hard work. (I'm an arthritic cripple that doesn't get around very well these days.) For me, it's the investigation, the mystery of "what will I find?" Will it be a bit of fly poop gold... Some nice banded mudstone... A pebble sized piece of Canadian black nephrite? The road there is beautiful, enjoy the scenery.
Amazing video as always, glad you went back to that honey hole! such a cool little creek
Its a cool little spot
That msg really hits home. I love it.
You should vent the crusher dust into a bucket with water to catch the silica dust!
It'll catch more of the fine particulates than any filter, and It'll take longer until it needs attention!
Wet/dry vac with a few inches water will work, but just vent the crusher into covered and vented bucket, half full of water!
I just run a hose into it now days
Awesome stuff , great video mate and learnt a few new things as well. Many thanks from the WA the WA goldfields of Kalgoorlie Boulder western Australia.
I do it for the gold... not the monetary value of it but the metal itself. It's so shiny and beautiful ... Ancient tribes believed that it was tears of the sun. Again great video, i enjoyed it alot thanks. Also why are u not crushing that ore?
You need a bigger furnace to assy the galena & Capel out the gold & silver.
It's great watching you branch out into other aspects of prospecting.
I know mate, that's why I'm saving it.
@@VoGusProspecting
Do you follow Jason from Mt Baker Mining & Metals?
He has some good information.
love your videos buddy, just started getting into gold panning and love it
I was so waiting for a reference too Captain Dan…😆😆😆😆
You so made my day Chris👍
I've been wondering, what happened to the series you started showing how you could start panning with basically trash to buy a scoop to buying other equipment?
Good question, I lost interest lol
Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!
Chris,you make the best prospecting video,s out here.very inter taining.been watching for yrs n just keeps getting better n better.thanks for aways sharing
Love the Allan Watts Quotes. Great video Cris
Nice,, Alan is a great guide,same reason I hunt for the shiny stuff ,it is the drive to search and ,the searching that completes the satisfaction
I live in Oregon, and we have a good amount of gold, but I do it because it's a blast!! But it is more fun coming home with gold 😂
awe cute as a button.... Both the gold and the parakeets. they've been around long enough to know when you're about to start the crusher because they clear out just before you start lol
So I am guessing you will be going back to that pile to do it again.... I like interactive wildlife.
ThankQ Chris, you and Fern, or is it Vern, I have trouble with hearing his name's proper pronunciation, but we all know who I'm talking about, but I appreciate you your video's very much. 👍🏻🍻❤
mr Alan Watts in the hood,lol
Interesting little highbanker. Wise choice to not dump tails on unmined areas. Your theory on why we mine is very good.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
So I have this question about some thing that I noticed recently …..
I do not pan for gold or even search for it. I am not in the region known for gold and the amount of work necessary would be far from worth it. You , Dan Hurd and Jeff Williams are my only source of influence. I really enjoy watching you guys panning .
And in the past few days when I am cleaning my dishes I noticed that I am doing a panning motion….. you must do the same thing or am I wrong on this theory?
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keep having fun brother
Awesome video buddy, guess you stole our summer haha. That small high banker looks so cool.
Awesome vid as always, thanks Chris!
Love the Alan Watts samples :)
Love the allan watts ..!
Great work, I enjoy watching and learning from your videos.
I've gone mining for three days and pulled a tenth. And I'll do it again and again. Great video.
Beautiful intro brother, absolutely can't get enough of your content!
Looks like Gadzee need to clean up the garage
He cut out the part where I welcomed everyone to the messy garage
Well you asked me what I think so here it goes. I know that you have an emotional attachment to stampie but, well hopefully you can get yourself a descent crusher soon. Love you man, it's men such as yourself who are making the world a better place. Cheers
Awesome video!
A similar question would be why do people fish? Cheaper to just buy it at the store. The effort to accomplish something makes it more valuable! This video has that big pick energy.......I like it!! 😝
There is no real value in anything with out obstacles to over come.
Thanks Chris
Much love and respect from N.H. (U.S.A.) 😁👍
GadZee 🤙😎🇺🇸✊🏻💥
I'm going to have to fly you guys out here to Colorado and we can hook up with Klesh. He's only about 8 hours from me.
I have a buddy in Arizona who owns a couple gold mines.
We could hit Colorado first then head to Arizona.
We have room for Ms Fernie
Let me know mate/buddy 🤗🇺🇸✊🏻😎❤️
When the Video is released and you get 1 Minute later comments i dont understand how the people could watch the video so fast.. are they robots? :-) ... Well very good Video from you. Specally the point of "getting more money at work" is a important massage for all the people thinking they getting ritch finding some gold! Thx for sharing your Video. Greetings from Germany 🤠Pionier Daniel
Some comment as they watch 👍🏼
Does not compute 101001
As long as you are delivering kindness, mindfulness, cute doggo, friendship witnessing, life witnessing and water sounds and sunshine, I will show up. :)
People like you let us know it's OK to do what you love thank you
Ah Alan Watts 👏
Ahhhh Senior Short Pants, its Senior Sweat Pants alter ego
I love this
8am here in England. Great start to the day 👍
It would be fun to have Jason from Mount Baker Mining and Metals to smelt those sulphides release the remaining gold
Owww the manscrape. As always mate what a ripper of a vid. It’s all about the process 👍
Thanks 👍
Gadsey is wearing long shorts..or.. short longs🤣
Nice adding the Alan Watts :)
I need to refine some gold from my jewellery this weekend hopefully it's goes well and thank you for the motivation
When I was a boy, I heard "leave the dirty rocks on the beach." I was finding some nice agates. 😅 When I came home from school, my laundry went in and I would hear, " stop picking up rocks my dryer sounds like a cement mixer." My boys come home from school. The Mrs is doing the laundry. Sounds like a cement mixer. I get "tell those boys don't pick up rocks." No no took me to 45 to realize follow your passion at least a little. " Boys when you get home, empty your pockets here, your bucket, your bucket, wanna go find some rocks and learn a bit of this world's history and beauty." "Yes," " Yep" ... let's go!!! 😊❤❤❤ going gold panning soon. Thanks for the lessons... at least when we go, we got a shot. 😊
Great Video Chris!
Oh hey, I know that big old bush rake. Seems like a good guy, my girlfriend told me not to worry about him.
Another great video mate enjoyed listening to what you said and yes it about getting out there and having a go
Glad you enjoyed
really love hearing Alan watts in the beginning
God damn Chris got me laughing my ass off
Could you please tell me more about the ore crusher.. how does it do the crushing and what is it called? Thx
That was an awesome button. Thanks bud
Vo-Gus fans have the biggest, Pick's of them all! ⛏
Mercury and a rock tumbler!
Hiya, awesome video mate! I still love watching your videos, and I don't care how old your camera is. Lol
I hope you and yours, have a awesome blessed day mate. Cheers! Cya!
😺🐟 out!
The problem with the camera is that sometimes will not start recording or then stop recording. Quit the annoying problem.
@@VoGusProspecting I understand, I've been watching your videos since you started. Your videos are awesome in my book. You used to have a Old Moldy hat. Those were several years ago. Lol
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, wie grün sind deine Blätter.
Mini foxes are just magic
I so love your videos so funny and great to watch keep showing that love
Well worth it. Great vid as always.
Hey mate my mate was shown Milwaukee gear by sales person
That drill battery is a series of 1.2 volt rechargeable batteries
When the battery dies
Go to aldis
You got the new batteries to fill old battery caseing
So here in the US where I am when we sell gold to a gold buyer we get 85% of gold value and 65% for melted buttons, it is the same where you are? I know you don't sell your gold but maybe you still have the info.
Do you have a link to that radio voice over you used? It would be perfect for my genre, too.
It's Alan watts if money was no object. He has some great lectures
@@gadzee506 Thank you so much! cheers!
@@FeathPymArt all good he was a great philosopher
Gadzee is on the money, try to find the long version. It's over an hour.
@@VoGusProspecting awesome, tysm.
Oh yea Howdy Chris hope ya well!!
Would you say reedy creek is the best place to pan for gold or is their another creek better?
Your birds are so pretty
Chris silver can also be found in Galena as well, do y'all have silver ore in Australia
Brother just keep on being you it's great
Really good video bud I enjoyed it
Damn bro
Wish I could do the adventure with you
Canada East has gold,about the same a Reedy creek
Man I really need to get some of those bucket handle thingies before I sever off my fingers carrying 100lb buckets with bare metal handles.
My daughter got me 4 handles from the link in Jasons flourgoldwizzards video ther are rubber not hard plastic and HOLY CRAP what a difference feels like carrying 30 lbs instead of 75 So comfortable it’s unreal
@@48thstateprospecting Alright I'm sold.
Hey Chris, long time subscriber!
I've always wondered where "Vo-Gus" comes from. Maybe you've explained it the past, but I either forgot, or missed it.
Another great vid, thanks. I know it's super hot there, but what are the practical reasons why you can't work at night? is it more dangerous, or is it just too hard to work in the water in the dark?
Snakes and biting insects at night are 10x worse. And it's hard to film at night
@@VoGusProspectingSo standard Australia problems! Thanks for replying.
Seems it would be wise to grind the conglomerates to see if there's any gold in it.
So which shirt are you going to stitch the button on to.....😁👍👍👍