I wouldn't rank him quite with Bob Ross or Dolly Parton or Mr Rogers. He's definitely second tier, though. He's too niche to be top tier, but he's one of the 'genuinely just good people' role models for sure.
@@chrisg2739 Yes, but he was also on PBS so EVERYONE saw him. 9 fingered hippy former air force master sergeant who vowed to never yell again. If Dan had that kind of exposure, I'd put him right up there. We Just need to evangelize more.
Hey Dan! If you haven't already, explore LIDAR map technology. It strips all organic material and only shows the rock so you can see everything. If someone dug a hole a 100 years ago, you'll be able to see it.
Dan as usual your the best gold channel. i,ve learned so much about geology, gold and crystals. more than i ever knew before. keep up the good work sir
Knowing you, you filmed this all a couple months ago, but If you are still looking for a way to the top of the spoils pile, based on the LIDAR data in a pretty basic viewer, it looks like there are trails coming down from above from the north/northeast, so check the forest service road that runs above the mine really good for trails coming off of it. BC has LIDAR data available of that area, it just needs to be downloaded and processed.
I found some books on the gold mines and ghosts towns of BC from the 1970's on the hoarders property I bought in 2020. That area is in one of the books.
That's totally awesome! A true gold cache most probably from the golf rush era!!!... Stone cold cool! I'm a gold miner and have dug and shoveled hundred s of tons of gravels but have never found something that cool!
36:21 love it! I want to fill lots of little jars with these! I’m making some micro collections in mini jars and I have a few of these tiny crystals but have been looking for a place like this to get a lot more. Nice video Dan! Thanks for sharing as always.
8:54 ... Get a foldable "Swede type" bow saw!! .. and keep it on the quad .... (tip: the folding ones will fit in a plumbing pipe) you only have to cut one side to move a dead fll! It takes longer to remember how to unfold the saw than cut a tree that size.
🎉Yeah I get worried when you take chances hiking up a mountain because I know you shared with us about your heart Your Heart of Gold by the way don't take chances we want to see more Dan prospecting and I'm sure Dana would love to see. You more often and your sons. thank you for the video it was a good one please don't take chances❤❤❤❤😂😮
I haven't watched any art videos in a long time, but over the weekend I bought a new TV that allows me to pick out videos on my phone, but broadcast them on my much bigger new TV. I must say that your artwork ( or any for that matter) is much better represented at this size. One of these years, I must try this technique!
Hey Dan, you're putting the Prospectors Beard into full gear on this adventure!...What about Sasquatch? I'd be on point for sure Dan, you're in the right neighborhood!... thanks for taking us on a great trip with ya, yes, the wild tiger lily is awesome! Great micro views, you've got all the gismos....⛏️⚒️⚖️👍✌️🤠
As someone who grew up with all the river tumbled quartz you could fill a dump truck with. Unless it’s rose quartz or nice crystals. Tumbled and polished quartz is just any other rock…………………..aka leaverite you know? Leaverite where you found it cause it’s just another rock 😂
I'm sorry but that rock at 26:48 looked like some kind of scat! LOL Sure hope it shows something good. Ugh, flies! We have been invaded by them for some reason. Take care, Dan. I couldn't do what you do but am happy to see you do it!
Gotta tell you Dan your mic on this video is amazing. I just got a surround sound system and I could have sworn there were insect buzzing around my living room. Thank you for your videos as they keep me from losing my mind if you didn't get me into part time prospecting
Nice prospecting Dan, thanks for the share. ... best wishes from southern Oregon and my family to you and yours. ... Take care and stay safe, till the next. 👍👊⛏⚒⛏
Dan, ever considered a portable oxygen concentrator for when you are hiking at altitude?? I've had 2 heart attacks, have COPD but still love being outdoors.. My O2 concentrator has made a world of difference in my ability to hike in the mountains.. Food for thought...
Beautiful rugged landscape ! Nice wildlife ! If ever there was ..... a Sasquatch ..., you would surely find him ...and be rich from the camera footage. You really are very brave to hike in that rugged area alone and camp out. You will strike it rich one way or another !! Nice exploration and flowers in the wild canyons .
No rock is completely worthless... well as long as it looks good anyway. I live in Pittsburgh and everything around here is sedimentary, shale and maybe some limestone. When I was a kid, my dad turned me on to rock collecting in a small way. I had one of those Gilbert science kits and it came with a lot of samples. One interesting thing, a few blocks from me, my friends kids found a boulder just full of aquatic fossils we went down and mined a few out. I still have a zip lock bag full.
You have fossils in the Pittsburgh area!!! Shells of marine invertebrates and tree ferns. You are still close enough to go to Herkimer to find crystals in NY!!
@@lizarrrdbeth These were small sea shells, cone shaped things and I forget what else. It was a soft sort of crumbly rock, a boulder with a tree growing on top of it.
If you're rock hounding in the pittsburgh area, go up rt. 28 near harmarville where they shaved off the mountainside for the highway. Lots of fern fossils in the shale. Just be careful of falling rocks! Haven't found any trilobites there yet, but was told they were there, too. Good luck from a fellow Yinzer!
Northern Californian here, I can vouch for rattlesnakes being the scariest thing in the outdoors on the west coast. A few close encounters have left me extremely cautious of serpents, ao much so that i squish black widows between my thumb and forefinger, but will never walk on rockpiles with crevasses during spring/summer.
Hey Dan 👋 I understand that you may not want a fan to help you but I'm finished working with blue pine after 9years. I realized I can't put in experienced years because of municipal lack of knowledge. I'm looking an excavating job for a mine or long term site....out side of the lower mainland. If you need a resume or know anyone that needs a experienced operator/ horticulturalist/ or geology let me know. Lower mainland is too much for me! Take it easy dan!
Dan Hurd A.K.A The Bob Ross of gold mining / prospecting. So informative, love this channel.
I wouldn't rank him quite with Bob Ross or Dolly Parton or Mr Rogers. He's definitely second tier, though. He's too niche to be top tier, but he's one of the 'genuinely just good people' role models for sure.
Very True!
Happy little gold nuggets…. 🌲 🌳
@@Canthus13 BoB Ross wasnt "Too Niche" in your opinion? He was a 9 fingered hippy painter.
@@chrisg2739 Yes, but he was also on PBS so EVERYONE saw him. 9 fingered hippy former air force master sergeant who vowed to never yell again. If Dan had that kind of exposure, I'd put him right up there. We Just need to evangelize more.
Hey Dan! If you haven't already, explore LIDAR map technology. It strips all organic material and only shows the rock so you can see everything. If someone dug a hole a 100 years ago, you'll be able to see it.
Brilliant idea ,
Considering it's a tenth of the cost it was just a few years ago..
My kids like when you say ''Dan hurd from dan hurd prospecting here''. We watch you from Costa Rica.
As always, you're such a great teacher. Thanks
On the right track and we love watching!! All systems go!!
Honestly Dan, I like any video of yours, regardless of if theres gold or not. Gemstones, gold, thundereggs, whatever! I come back for you every time!
Love you Dan. Your a positive light in our world. Good on you dude!
The close up shots are very satisfying. 👍
Thank You for another great adventure !!!
Dan as usual your the best gold channel. i,ve learned so much about geology, gold and crystals. more than i ever knew before. keep up the good work sir
Thanks!
You teach us so much in such a friendly manner! Really appreciate that you bring us along on these prospecting trips!
Knowing you, you filmed this all a couple months ago, but If you are still looking for a way to the top of the spoils pile, based on the LIDAR data in a pretty basic viewer, it looks like there are trails coming down from above from the north/northeast, so check the forest service road that runs above the mine really good for trails coming off of it. BC has LIDAR data available of that area, it just needs to be downloaded and processed.
I found some books on the gold mines and ghosts towns of BC from the 1970's on the hoarders property I bought in 2020. That area is in one of the books.
Thanks for the flower identification, the Lupines are amazing!
That's totally awesome! A true gold cache most probably from the golf rush era!!!... Stone cold cool! I'm a gold miner and have dug and shoveled hundred s of tons of gravels but have never found something that cool!
Very cool. Thanks for taking us along.
Very cool! Out exploring is what i love! Native plants, nowhere roads, awesome rocks, piles of bear poop! Thank you!
36:21 love it! I want to fill lots of little jars with these! I’m making some micro collections in mini jars and I have a few of these tiny crystals but have been looking for a place like this to get a lot more. Nice video Dan! Thanks for sharing as always.
8:54 ... Get a foldable "Swede type" bow saw!! .. and keep it on the quad .... (tip: the folding ones will fit in a plumbing pipe) you only have to cut one side to move a dead fll! It takes longer to remember how to unfold the saw than cut a tree that size.
Honestly that knocked tree didn’t seem that heavy… don’t know why Dan didn’t move the tree over…. But okay🫤
🎉Yeah I get worried when you take chances hiking up a mountain because I know you shared with us about your heart Your Heart of Gold by the way don't take chances we want to see more Dan prospecting and I'm sure Dana would love to see. You more often and your sons. thank you for the video it was a good one please don't take chances❤❤❤❤😂😮
Dan i got a good laugh outta you walking down that road with no idea where it leads😂😂. Pretty much the way I've lived my live😂😂.
"I don't know what I'm doing here, I'm just comic relief", if that isn't the story of my life!
I enjoy your walks thru the woods, and hearing your thoughts on the geology and history.
super my friend, thank you very much my friend for sharing the video 👍💪💪
I haven't watched any art videos in a long time, but over the weekend I bought a new TV that allows me to pick out videos on my phone, but broadcast them on my much bigger new TV. I must say that your artwork ( or any for that matter) is much better represented at this size. One of these years, I must try this technique!
Always an adventure prospecting with Dan! Thank you for making the videos
Hey Dan, you're putting the Prospectors Beard into full gear on this adventure!...What about Sasquatch? I'd be on point for sure Dan, you're in the right neighborhood!... thanks for taking us on a great trip with ya, yes, the wild tiger lily is awesome! Great micro views, you've got all the gismos....⛏️⚒️⚖️👍✌️🤠
Yeah I'd say he is able to think for himself and knows they exist 🐵
@@JosephThomas-t3n Hopefully the camera will be put to use,
I really enjoyed this video. Perfect camping spot, grest scenery and a fun adventure prospecting. Thank you.
Epic opening sounds & visuals! Foreshadowing :)
Wow u were my gold mining teacher in highschool! Crazy how far u have come
Drew, you’re the boss! Love ya brother!
Thanks again Dan for your great videos!
12:00 Make friends with crows, Dandalf. Bring peanuts in the shell with you and when you spot a crow, leave a small pile of peanuts for them. 🙂👍
Dandalf!😂
17:54 arent the blueish stones on the hillside an indicator of a seam of picturerock? or prolly just full of copper
great trip, great finds, great project, our D. H.!...go!
Interesting and informative
Cool! I poked around the Red Star about 10 years ago. Very interesting.
I bet a lot of those quartz pieces would tumble up beautiful ❤
As someone who grew up with all the river tumbled quartz you could fill a dump truck with. Unless it’s rose quartz or nice crystals. Tumbled and polished quartz is just any other rock…………………..aka leaverite you know? Leaverite where you found it cause it’s just another rock 😂
I see dumps like that all the time on the mountains out and aboot I should probably start researching them more
I'm sorry but that rock at 26:48 looked like some kind of scat! LOL Sure hope it shows something good. Ugh, flies! We have been invaded by them for some reason. Take care, Dan. I couldn't do what you do but am happy to see you do it!
I love seeing Dan using his little 6 inch. Fills me with joy.
I guess it would, when you are down to using your itty bitty two inch!! Lol
That was fun to watch Dan thanks great to see the back country of BC its so Beautiful. Awesome video!
Thank you Dan for sharing another enjoyable video with us six stars brother
Awesome videos keep them coming
Gotta tell you Dan your mic on this video is amazing. I just got a surround sound system and I could have sworn there were insect buzzing around my living room. Thank you for your videos as they keep me from losing my mind if you didn't get me into part time prospecting
Great to see workings on the Similkameen.
I’m on the US side right near that river valley.
Looks like a great little spot for some .22 small game hunting
Nice prospecting Dan, thanks for the share. ... best wishes from southern Oregon and my family to you and yours. ... Take care and stay safe, till the next. 👍👊⛏⚒⛏
Dan, ever considered a portable oxygen concentrator for when you are hiking at altitude?? I've had 2 heart attacks, have COPD but still love being outdoors.. My O2 concentrator has made a world of difference in my ability to hike in the mountains.. Food for thought...
I checked and I'm all set. I'm subscribed. You're doing great and I learned so much from you
It's nice to see the "Red Star" cranking out the good's...
I thought I was subscribed and appeared to be unsubscribed! Fixed that, thanks for shouting it out!
That huge tailings dump looks like it would be a great downhill ski run in the winter.
I enjoy learning !!! My friend
es una hermosa experiencia gracias por compartir tu video
Right here in the beautiful San Joaquin valley of California 6:30 pm and 104°F and humid 😮 watching amazing interesting content ❤
Beautiful rugged landscape ! Nice wildlife ! If ever there was ..... a Sasquatch ..., you would surely find him ...and be rich from the camera footage. You really are very brave to hike in that rugged area alone and camp out. You will strike it rich one way or another !! Nice exploration and flowers in the wild canyons .
I'm from Australia Dan, and the only creature that worries me out in the bush is other humans. Nice looking spot mate
You got them spiders! I hate spiders!
Awesome!
square natural square/triangle ones might be black diamond
Good morning Hurds Herd ! Reg , Dan and Susan ! Yes you too Capt kaos
Chain saws are very handy.😊
OK Dan, you got me! I always watch the vids and they always pop up for me to watch. Been that way for years. Now I am subd. Lol
I love you and I'm subscribed. Keep educating and entertaining its what you're so good at.
Great content as always. I would be interested in seeing what research your friends have done as well.
Nice test!!
Hope to hear an update on this. This part of what you do intrigues me.
Wonderland andinformative as usual
Very Exciting Dan!
25:02 what a great music choice.
AWESOME!
I enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting.
Very good
Absolutely Love the video Mr Hurd
Really interestin and enjoyable video. Please keep us updated on the mine and how it pays out
That one that you were going to take back near 27:50 looked like a coprolite.
I'm jealous of the temperature you are having fun in. my dashboard set 104 °/ humidity is at 74%
Hi from Central Florida
No rock is completely worthless... well as long as it looks good anyway. I live in Pittsburgh and everything around here is sedimentary, shale and maybe some limestone. When I was a kid, my dad turned me on to rock collecting in a small way. I had one of those Gilbert science kits and it came with a lot of samples. One interesting thing, a few blocks from me, my friends kids found a boulder just full of aquatic fossils we went down and mined a few out. I still have a zip lock bag full.
You have fossils in the Pittsburgh area!!! Shells of marine invertebrates and tree ferns. You are still close enough to go to Herkimer to find crystals in NY!!
@@lizarrrdbeth These were small sea shells, cone shaped things and I forget what else. It was a soft sort of crumbly rock, a boulder with a tree growing on top of it.
If you're rock hounding in the pittsburgh area, go up rt. 28 near harmarville where they shaved off the mountainside for the highway. Lots of fern fossils in the shale. Just be careful of falling rocks! Haven't found any trilobites there yet, but was told they were there, too. Good luck from a fellow Yinzer!
Love your shirt. I am watching it too 😊
Great Video!!
Doing some super cool content. Great work
You need a Thermacell to keep those flies off of you in the mountains. They are quite effective.
i have a piece of chalcopyrite with sericite from there , it was hard to find , i believe faulting ground stuff to a powder there
Go Dan go!
Dan please look at 16:37 very large black being watching you walk and talk!
So much for cats scare you but this is big!
Ta Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 xo 😘
Very nice!
still cool looking
What beautiful country to be 4 wheeling around in. If it were not against the 10 Commandments I would be jealous ; )
The ore looks metallic. Good find.
I don't have a clue what you're doing!
But it's fun to watch you go!
40 tons for the ounce... MAN! You better get the shovel swinging!!
Thank you Dan, very informative as I have found similar copper sulfate ore in New Mexico! Thought there might be gold in it…lots of love!!
Red Star Mine
Prospectors: OUR mine!
My favorite wildflower is Owls Clover
Northern Californian here, I can vouch for rattlesnakes being the scariest thing in the outdoors on the west coast. A few close encounters have left me extremely cautious of serpents, ao much so that i squish black widows between my thumb and forefinger, but will never walk on rockpiles with crevasses during spring/summer.
Curious Dan if you can fix the washout either with a wooden bridge or add fill to the wash out or dig around with a bobcat or something.
GOLD
Red star ,dan your revisiting mines i heard of as a child the 60s
Hey Dan 👋 I understand that you may not want a fan to help you but I'm finished working with blue pine after 9years. I realized I can't put in experienced years because of municipal lack of knowledge. I'm looking an excavating job for a mine or long term site....out side of the lower mainland. If you need a resume or know anyone that needs a experienced operator/ horticulturalist/ or geology let me know. Lower mainland is too much for me! Take it easy dan!
I love your vids!! ❤