Exploring Old Gold Mines to Find Left Over Silver and Gold Ore Deposits!

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  • @WHAMaTRON
    @WHAMaTRON Рік тому +4

    Why can’t you crush it wet ?

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +5

      You have to classify it to re run the larger chunks and it gets all gummed up. Otherwise i would.

    • @WHAMaTRON
      @WHAMaTRON Рік тому +1

      @@VoGusProspecting ok thanks for replying bro. I was just thinking you could run the hose pipe in the crusher at the same time 😉👍

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +1

      I've tried it, it worked great for 1/2 a bucket and then I had a major jam and it took agest to fix.

    • @WHAMaTRON
      @WHAMaTRON Рік тому

      @@VoGusProspecting have you, looks like you got a dusty job then lol 😂

    • @jdl.1234
      @jdl.1234 Рік тому +1

      You need a mini ball mill 👍

  • @AG-6969
    @AG-6969 Рік тому +35

    The reason your channel is the best gold channel? It's all about fun, adventure, and exploration. NOT profit! Thanks, Chris, for your many videos!

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +6

      Any gold miner that says they are wealthy in cash is lying lol 😆

    • @darrelladams4188
      @darrelladams4188 Рік тому

      I watch 3 prospecting channel… Dan Hurd and Flour Gold Wizards. Vo-Gus is the best Gold prospecting channel.

    • @Jabarri74
      @Jabarri74 Рік тому +1

      @@darrelladams4188 Outback gold fever is also worth a watch. Vo-Gus' style of humour entertains me more I have to admit

  • @WheelieShinyGold
    @WheelieShinyGold Рік тому +3

    After I crush it, I'll screen it dry and pick out the chunky bits from the classifier, it's the best part! You should consider a HEPA bag for the rc 1. No dust and the RC1 will blow gold out, specially the fine stuff. Then you can pan out what the RC1 blew into the HEPA bag

  • @ainschuntayleuhn1147
    @ainschuntayleuhn1147 Рік тому +12

    The reason that Chris is so successful, is because of his Positive Outlook and Perseverance.

    • @markhepworth
      @markhepworth Рік тому

      That and he’s in gold country..😂

  • @Rick_B52
    @Rick_B52 Рік тому +2

    Gold prospecting is a "hobby" for all but the big industrial miners. That's simply what makes your channel so great. You're just one of us!

  • @chiefbloodygrass
    @chiefbloodygrass Рік тому +1

    Looks like you and Fern had a good day together...Fun is Fun as Fun is, best do it with your Bestie...

  • @stevenprice9327
    @stevenprice9327 Рік тому +1

    “POWER!!” Love it when we get a clarkson shoutout.

  • @wilsonrawlin8547
    @wilsonrawlin8547 Рік тому +2

    Well said Chris! Having fun is the best part. The gold is icing on the cake, I MD and I'm happy when I find a penny.

  • @haroldtakahashi8875
    @haroldtakahashi8875 Рік тому

    💛...plus, you got to play in the water while it's 40 degrees out... and, your silver lining...

  • @chuxmix65
    @chuxmix65 Рік тому +7

    Chris, there's a saying amongst machinists that goes something like "Why go to the hardware store and buy a tool for twelve bucks when you can spend eight hours and three attempts making it yourself!". LOL!

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +2

      Ahahahaha, I live like this

    • @alexislaisney3404
      @alexislaisney3404 Рік тому

      Huh, the specialized tools I bought cost around a grand. Each.
      12 dollar tools? Must be for your wife(husband) if you are that way.
      If so butt play is gross 😝

    • @chuxmix65
      @chuxmix65 Рік тому

      @@alexislaisney3404 There are jobs that, to do it right, the tools cost ten grand each.
      I'm glad that you could buy the tools to do your job!
      I was talking more about hold down clamps and stuff like that.
      I wish you the best, my friend!

    • @chuxmix65
      @chuxmix65 Рік тому

      @@VoGusProspecting I like your respect for "old tools".

  • @martyfearo2953
    @martyfearo2953 Рік тому

    Well done having a good time, doing something you love, sharing it with us and.... stickin' it to the "negative persons"! Full respect to you bud & keep on lovin' it. 👍 Marty, U.K.
    (Give Fern a scratch from me!)

  • @watchvideos9104
    @watchvideos9104 Рік тому +1

    You need a hose that goes from the rc to a bucket of water (a boiler bucket ) where the air output has to flow threw water before escaping to the outdoors

  • @joshuajackson6442
    @joshuajackson6442 Рік тому

    Thank you, Chris. I love your passion and excitement, besides the fact that you are humble.

  • @alexkaring
    @alexkaring Рік тому

    Love that excitement of finding new ground.

  • @aaronlbuchanan9861
    @aaronlbuchanan9861 Рік тому +2

    Well done sir. Thanks for sharing your adventure Chris.

  • @andreaskummer4212
    @andreaskummer4212 Рік тому +1

    Always good to hear where i should be looking and what i should be looking for before i go to pan.Thanks for your video's.

  • @MG-rr3vl
    @MG-rr3vl Рік тому +2

    Have you considered affixing a vacuum cleaner bag over the outlet to control the dust?

  • @jeffersonstategold8349
    @jeffersonstategold8349 Рік тому +2

    Looks like great potential. Have fun and good luck!

  • @marksheldon7154
    @marksheldon7154 Рік тому

    Come home exhausted from work, get to enjoy watching you pan for gold!!
    Thanks

  • @doug8525
    @doug8525 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the great vids. I like seeing gold, even if it’s a small amount. It’s fascinating to me. Have a great day!

  • @brandonjackson1434
    @brandonjackson1434 Рік тому +1

    That was a great time

  • @danchwalek8731
    @danchwalek8731 Рік тому

    Just a thought, probably mentioned b4, mount the sprinkler so it sprays the mist, and therfore the dust, down. Love your stuff here in the us... thank you.

  • @Scotty2hotty-69
    @Scotty2hotty-69 Рік тому +1

    Diggin the beard. You have to have an old man beard to go with the old man back and the old man knees!!

  • @winnettryan4566
    @winnettryan4566 Рік тому +3

    Dude I straight love your videos. I always try and learn what ya teach and I’m about to get into it and this video on the new creek helps me know where to look.
    Thanks

  • @gavinhogg6552
    @gavinhogg6552 Рік тому +2

    What an amazing adventure, and for me, that's what it's all about, sure you want to find a bonanza of gold, but any is fantastic and with minimal outlay you can get something back and the experience is priceless
    Love your vids Chris
    Cheers 👍🤓✌️

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +2

      None of us get out of this alive. Therefore, with that in mind, I feel the pursuit of things that mean something to us is more important than the chase of what others consider valuable, such as money

    • @gavinhogg6552
      @gavinhogg6552 Рік тому

      @@VoGusProspecting for sure.... I'm suffering post Covid atm 🤣, and I'm hanging out to get back to a spot I'd only just started when I got Covid, wondered why I had no energy 🤣😂
      ( that was the Friday before Xmas)
      I still managed to get 0.36g, which some people wouldn't even bother with, but for me, just doing the hard yards walking the 2-500mtrs along the creek, over log jams, slippery rocks in leech infested water and a few hundred mozzies, is all worth it to see some of that lovely shiny yellow stuff 🤣👍🤓
      Hope you, Zoe, Fern, Gadzee, Mick and everyone had an amazing Xmas and new year's
      ✌️

  • @randallcromer66
    @randallcromer66 Рік тому

    All that glitter's isn't necessarily gold but half the fun is the hunt for it. I've found gold,silver, diamonds, ruby's and just about everything in-between and the most interesting part of all of it was the hunt. I've seen some very beautiful scenery and taking tens of thousands of pictures of some of the most beautiful places in the world. The biggest gold nugget I've ever found was 7.06 grams of pure gold, the rest was just flake or smaller. The best part of all of it was being out in the great outdoors with family and friend's.

  • @ryanthacker8698
    @ryanthacker8698 Рік тому +1

    I love watching your videos and how enthusiastic you are. I live in Ohio and we have very little access to any kind of gold. I have to order all of mine online to do it home but when I go visit my sister and Colorado I can't get enough gold panning! One day I wish to travel to Tasmania and Australia to see about the gold prospecting down there. And I can't wait for your next video! I've had some health issues and had to have surgeries and I can sit for hours on your UA-cam page. Just watching your videos.

  • @krakhedd
    @krakhedd Рік тому +2

    Ya know Chris, you kinda do the same things over and again but you never do them all in the same video, and it's sort of like a long arc theme thing. So the end result is everything continues to feel fresh and entertaining. Keep doing that, thank you!

  • @indianalotteryscratcher3286
    @indianalotteryscratcher3286 Рік тому +1

    Did you have fun that is all that matters and our people watching your videos hell yeah they are keep up the great work man love your content from the states

  • @debhester8665
    @debhester8665 Рік тому

    Don't forget stamping ore is great for venting frustrations!

  • @jerrydesgranges8294
    @jerrydesgranges8294 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video here Chris. Always nice to see you getting better at the hard rock mining/smelting of gold prospecting. 👍

  • @susantabor7874
    @susantabor7874 Рік тому

    Always fun watching you! Thanks

  • @markcahill2200
    @markcahill2200 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your hard work and awesome editing Chris..

  • @asjamuir5534
    @asjamuir5534 Рік тому +1

    For me the next pan could be the one that finds the motherload or gets u into the direction atleast that's what would feed my energy to do pan after pan

  • @andrewwallace3444
    @andrewwallace3444 Рік тому

    Love the passion and enthusiasm of all your videos and the fact alot of it is about the journey and people not the outcome.
    Love your work and give Fern a scratch from all the Wallace tribe

  • @Spudscave
    @Spudscave Рік тому +1

    Loving the show Chris all the best from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому

      Stay warm mate

    • @Spudscave
      @Spudscave Рік тому

      @@VoGusProspectingIn bed with my olde mouldy bunnet on mate 😂

  • @singlemalt6822
    @singlemalt6822 Рік тому

    Take some of the wood out of the water, then use an inflatable boat to investigate the mine further. Easy to pack without investing too much effort to prospect.

  • @melvinroehm821
    @melvinroehm821 Рік тому

    Awsome video chris.great gold.love your videos. Been watching yrs now n just keeps getting better n better.

  • @cindydifatta9012
    @cindydifatta9012 Рік тому +1

    Oh Chris....love this video! I really needed it tonight! I'm legitimately excited for you on this new creek. And......don't EVER be ashamed of your manly man chest hair. 😏 ❤👍✌

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +2

      I'll try to remember that

    • @MadMarlin1964
      @MadMarlin1964 Рік тому +1

      No, if you let them slip they make a habit of it and we’ll be seeing them shirtless and in banana hammocks.

  • @ivxxdiesel36
    @ivxxdiesel36 Рік тому

    Your "friend that comes to visit" is gorgeous!

  • @TalRohan
    @TalRohan Рік тому

    .. spectacular dust supression......
    Now if memory serves that little mixed ball of silvery precious stuff is actually known as Electrum which while not usually being used for anything except refining, does have esoteric healing uses.

  • @Gaming.with.Benjamin
    @Gaming.with.Benjamin Рік тому

    My new fav golf channel!

  • @ghostprepper5859
    @ghostprepper5859 Рік тому +2

    GadZee 🤙😎❤️
    Great video 📸 thanks 👍

  • @piratescrew1869
    @piratescrew1869 Рік тому +1

    You do IT so well! New spots keep it being prospecting if ya know what I mean.

  • @brentbenson4930
    @brentbenson4930 Рік тому

    Coffee with Eggnog, fresh ground and dripped or espresso will treat you better, much like being on the vien. Looking forward to more awesome VLOG.Happy New Year!

  • @mattbyrne1822
    @mattbyrne1822 Рік тому

    You are hilarious! Keep up the great work and videos. You are always so fun to watch .👍👍

  • @jph8266
    @jph8266 Рік тому +3

    I love stuff like this. I do the same thing when I tour around for work in the US. I sample bits from here and there. I’m never going to get rich but damn it is fun 🤩!!! It’s an Easter egg hunt for gold specs

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +2

      An adult treasure hunt

    • @jph8266
      @jph8266 Рік тому

      Exactly so much fun! I be found a grand total of like 9 grams over the years all over the SE and NW of the US.

  • @chrisbrent7487
    @chrisbrent7487 Рік тому

    Looks a lot like the ground around the Buckland valley. Lots of good holes around there and the valleys over. I found a spot where they’d removed a vein that ran about 150 metres down the side of a hill on the ridge between Wandilligong and Freeburgh. It was probably a metre and a half wide for most of its length. I have some survey maps that I’d marked a bunch of mines on that were not already marked. There are so many shafts and adits around there.

  • @48thstateprospecting
    @48thstateprospecting Рік тому

    Hey Chris move your crusher closer to the bushes and take that water sprayer and duct tape it or zip tie it to the outlet nozzle on the crusher aiming down at an angle in front of it and that should abate your dust problem ( I don’t have a crusher to try it on but it should work) nice gold looking forward to the trip to the original mine and to another trip to that creek ( unless it’s one you posted already in which case I’ve seen it but didn’t know it ) thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

  • @Mattylarge
    @Mattylarge Рік тому

    Just got back from looking at old hard rock gold mines. found the mines. Got no idea what I'm looking for haha nice work

  • @Humperdinck169
    @Humperdinck169 Рік тому

    You should get a heavy duty plastic bag and inlay it into a backpack and backpack it out - far easier on the body!

  • @CandSMINING
    @CandSMINING Рік тому

    Thanks Chris for a very good vid. Amazing area you have to work. Gold right away is always a good thing. Way to test brother. Thanks for sharing.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

  • @D_A86
    @D_A86 Рік тому +1

    5:00 😅😅😅

  • @Thorbrook
    @Thorbrook Рік тому

    Just wanna say I love your channel, keep up the amazing Hobbie and entertainment

  • @Chaphillionaire
    @Chaphillionaire Рік тому

    A your momma joke with Fern jowl dangling 😂🤣
    Thanks for the laugh

  • @brokenrecord3523
    @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому

    I'm in America and will be moving to Arizona next year. I hope to spend a lot of time looking for tiny amounts of gold too.

  • @relicrecoveryspecialist16
    @relicrecoveryspecialist16 Рік тому

    I’ve learned to watch your channel after years of Dan Hurds I just can’t get past the goofy intro, and your mining reminds me more of home. You also relate more to me due to a spinal injury, and I am a medically retired law enforcement officer who has papers for a service animal, just looking for the right one like your young lady.

  • @aaronsfishingadventures3455

    Awesome vid Chris!!

  • @tregarrock4197
    @tregarrock4197 Рік тому

    That was a great video. Absolutely love this channel keep up the good work. Happy hunting.

  • @TheChancho21
    @TheChancho21 Рік тому

    Nice work. 👍🏼

  • @au_gmentedreality
    @au_gmentedreality Рік тому

    Thanks dude! Not for money! It's the love, obsession, FEVER! Chase,chase

  • @greggwalker9375
    @greggwalker9375 Рік тому

    maybe put a burlap sack on your exhaust, it will cut the dust Cheers happy hunting

  • @me5768
    @me5768 Рік тому

    I have one of those gas crushers and I modified it to use three buckets and a shop vac. I get zero dust from it you might consider doing that.

  • @goldiswhereyoufindit
    @goldiswhereyoufindit Рік тому +2

    You're giving me the hard rock bug. Now its time for me to spend money on an RC1 crusher and a furnace. You're a bad influence on me Chris! Not really. I love every second of this hobby.

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому +2

      I believe I've spent a lot of people's money 💰 for them lol

    • @MadMarlin1964
      @MadMarlin1964 Рік тому

      @@VoGusProspecting but it’s fun to watch someone else do the work. 😁

  • @margf.6773
    @margf.6773 Рік тому

    Great video again, Fernie.

  • @Dan_welds
    @Dan_welds Рік тому +1

    Great video mate I’m new to prospecting and I’m buying my first gold pan to try find some in my mates creek which has tons of black sand. Keep up the good work new sub

  • @Touch4304
    @Touch4304 Рік тому

    That was a funny mamas joke lol! 5:10

  • @nathanielgarcia7768
    @nathanielgarcia7768 Рік тому

    Good 1 and keep them coming

  • @hasmeadali7316
    @hasmeadali7316 Рік тому

    Cool one. But I have to work and I'll be watching at break time. Thanks again Mate. God bless and please stay safe

  • @edwardscissorhands4007
    @edwardscissorhands4007 Рік тому

    great adventure

  • @heyitzevieandherfrends4291
    @heyitzevieandherfrends4291 Рік тому

    Thanks Chris for your vids, pretty new to prospecting. Found my first sunbaker specie with the monster on my 3rd go. Just received (today) my panning kit, so have been watching as many vids as i can over the past week.

  • @MountaineerMichael
    @MountaineerMichael Рік тому

    That's a really cool orb spider. 🙂🕷

  • @williamwallace725
    @williamwallace725 Рік тому

    Heading out to the river this morning its 26 degrees f and and inch of snow high of 34. Frozen ground to thaw out first by fire... so yeah funnzy

  • @dominicsparling9764
    @dominicsparling9764 Рік тому

    Big fan from Canada

  • @DarrellDrinkwine
    @DarrellDrinkwine Рік тому +1

    when you spend more than you're getting and enjoying it.. then there is nothing to complain about. I've got well over a grand in equipment and I'm happy with the un-weighable amount I got so far in an area that isn't known for gold.

  • @justinwilliams1333
    @justinwilliams1333 Рік тому

    Next time I head that way I think I will have to spend a day with a pan having a look around.

  • @blackbery1
    @blackbery1 Рік тому

    Chris, not that i question your work ethics, but i think i actually saw sweat on your brow,no kidding, i love 2 watch orher people work, im a great beliver of it .Jolly good show old chap, keep it up.👍👍

  • @LanaLaughsRealLoud
    @LanaLaughsRealLoud Рік тому

    Hey Chris, if you ever catch Fern sniffing the air like he did at 11:07 and then begins tucking his tail, he may be smellin' something he's sensing and may involve a bit of fear on his part him not quite understanding what he's sensing, due to tucking his tail like at 11:07. IT COULD'VE BEEN IT MIGHT OF
    BEEN A YOWIE OR A DOGMAN MATE❕RUN FOR YOUR LIFE❕😅❤👍

  • @sluiceboxkarl
    @sluiceboxkarl Рік тому

    I’m in love with panning again

  • @wopsglass2520
    @wopsglass2520 Рік тому

    I’m with you mate it’s about the chase not the money keep going I love watching 👍

  • @timandrews1613
    @timandrews1613 Рік тому

    Hey Chris ,a hessian screen kept wet with your hose would fix your dust problem

  • @ilouse
    @ilouse Рік тому +1

    I got gold in my veins too 😂 this is the year for it

  • @adams13f
    @adams13f Рік тому

    Every time I want to go out it 🌧 to hahaha!!

  • @Barbzy
    @Barbzy Рік тому

    i explored Reedy creek today, pretty cool stuff dude.

  • @donhoughton271
    @donhoughton271 Рік тому

    Not much but fun going out to look for .Right!!!!!

  • @scotthultin7769
    @scotthultin7769 Рік тому +1

    32👍 's up thank you for sharing 🤠

  • @steven_ewen
    @steven_ewen Рік тому

    I love the video's you make like this. All that effort just to see what could be. That's prospecting to a T. Just need to make a few more of those silver/gold shot pellets and load up a few shotgun cartridges just in case of a Vampire apocalypse.
    No seriously. This was a very interesting prospecting video. Thank you for sharing your adventures and allowing your editing self to include some of your humerus self. Made me laugh out laud, however you spell it.
    Cheers and thank you for sharing your adventures Chris

  • @darcam
    @darcam Рік тому

    Need to buy a bucket cart, they have them for single buckets

  • @lonewolf1401
    @lonewolf1401 Рік тому

    Now that's one text right off of a cleanup

  • @HebrewHammerArmsCo
    @HebrewHammerArmsCo Рік тому

    Man, There was a ball mill that went to auction a while ago... would have been perfect for you.. Probably a bit overkill in size, but dam it would have worked

  • @Creator-Of-Chaos
    @Creator-Of-Chaos Рік тому

    I love your videos. Mostly, cuz of Fern. Just kidding. I don’t have gold anywhere close to me, but i have been metal detecting for years, and I certainly won’t get rich from what I find, but it’s FUN, time well wasted. Thank you and your cast of characters for not only being entertaining, you bring quality information that i tuck away for those times i can can take my gold pan along on my exploration. 😁

  • @DaltonZMS
    @DaltonZMS Рік тому

    Damn didn't know you upgraded to them Lambofeeties

  • @richardharris8993
    @richardharris8993 Рік тому

    Awesome video

  • @objectivesovereignty
    @objectivesovereignty Рік тому

    You might call tha ball " Electrum ".

  • @nickkowal6537
    @nickkowal6537 Рік тому +1

    "yeah, I did. It was fun!" The only reason to ever do anything....

    • @VoGusProspecting
      @VoGusProspecting  Рік тому

      Exactly, those who focus on the cash are going to have a bad time

  • @johnh8615
    @johnh8615 Рік тому

    Hook up a home made whirlpool bag less vacuum cleaner to your dust vent.🤣

  • @Daliclock
    @Daliclock Рік тому

    I really do appreciate the work that goes into these awesome videos Chris, not only are they informative and entertaining...but a damn good laugh too!
    Nevermind the haters, they will never be worth the effort you put into trying to even understand the vitriol they spew. Haters gonna hate...

  • @jimhartland1939
    @jimhartland1939 Рік тому

    Happy New Year

  • @puremichiganprospecting8603

    I would be so happy id have a heart attack if I found pieces that large lol. Everything I fine is micro gold. Nonetheless you have taught me so much with your videos and your the reason I successfully find gold. Thanks for everything!

  • @bono1961
    @bono1961 Рік тому

    Legend 👍