You just saved a few lives with this vid. I had no idea thats how some mines were filled back up. And have personally walked over plenty and never again will i do that.
Well Sir, Thank You!! I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to share it and TEACH it!! Please keep it up!!! Do not ever apologize for your methodology. You did and do a wonderful job!! I am from the States, and your teachings, no matter where one is from, is Priceless!!!! Well Done, Sir!!
you are giving much more in depth info than found elsewhere thank you. other u tubers give quality info but you cover more details about the nature of gold
I watch and learn so much from your videos. I find them factual, and your knowledge of prospecting is incredible. I've soaked up what I can and written everything into a book to take with me when I try my hand at prospecting. You're doing a great job, and I hope there's more videos to come. I bought you a cup of coffee a few days ago but will buy more when I can. Thank you.
Look around the areas on either side of the shaft there can be multiple fingered on both sides of the main shaft! There can be a lot of them and they can go over mountains or down mountains? Sometimes they are right in a wash! If so and you have water you can find gold! Also new roads? Or roads to other areas!
Hi Bruce, Many thanks for another great video. I would like to buy you a coffee but a bit nervous about how secure it is with all the scams that are about now
I love to learn the history of how things were done. Even if its a different part of the world. Many problems they had, miners find those same problems today. Thanks for your time, sir.
You will find that gold prospecting has a lot in common with fishing. You've got to know which ground is worth spending time on and what's not! You've got to have the appropriate gear. No point fishing for GT's with a herring rig. You got to find those hidden away spots that hardly get touched. I'm sure you will pick it up fast! Happy prospecting!
@@Part_Time_Prospector Thanks for the quick reply Bruce. I’m using a medium weight spinning rod, very sensitive. 6000 size 😉 I started detecting 6 months ago and really only now starting to figure out what ground is worth detecting, although optimistically, I still swing on bad ground, just in case.
G'Day PTP, I love your stream of consciousness Mate ... And am learning heaps. Yea those old shafts are deadly, especially after a lot of rain ... Your Viet Cong analogy was spot-on. Another coffee coming up! Oh and Ta for the shout-out ;-)
100% getting value from these vids mate please keep at it. Would you be open to a hobby prospector paying for a hour or two of your time on the phone and maybe a hour or two or mapping up some potential target areas in geovic?
That’s mate, I been studying everything you have said intently, your one of the best resources I’ve found, besides my pop, but he always said wa was no good cause it’s all owned and hard to find land left with anything in it. He did all his prospecting and mining in VIC, But this was before the times of the internet when I was a young fella. Cheers mate, really appreciate what your putting down for the up and comers
Thanks for the feedback. With all due respect, there is still plenty of land available in WA for gold prospecting. And some of the ground has never seen a lease on it! So if you get a chance, get across to WA, its has some of the most unique gold prospecting ground in th world! It can't be beat! But then I am biased :)
@@Part_Time_Prospector cheers, yeah I’m here in WA and I’m about to get a detector and get out there. After seen all the gold being found here and shown on UA-cam, I’m set on it. I’m not sure what to do I seen you video on detectors and I’m half and half on what to do now. I’ve only got a small budget of like 2k max, you were so adamant not to buy one off the bat like I was going to, I’m now not sure what to do. I have seen the gold monster a lot in videos and it looks like a fantastic little machine, is there something better?
A note, when doing the initial survey, take close note of the rock types. I took a walk around Ballarat last week just looking aound. I found plenty of broken quartz but no gold. I did however find a very nice piece of high grade gem opal in the country rock
the reason i like you is your down to earth presentations, truth, I've been prospecting and finding gold now for 58 years. Then mining it myself, or leasing or selling it to major companies- great job. what's your name? how do I send you some money.
Your videos are great! Very informative. I live in Northern California USA. We had a big part of the California gold rush here. I have found gold successfully with a metal detector for over 10 years. Alot had to do with research. I have a question that maybe you can answer. We have alot of shallow surface workings here good for a metal detector. Alot are very similar to Australia workings. Surface reefs that are shedding gold down a hill. It's a little more hilly here though. We call these reefs pocket gold deposits here. But my question is, is there any indicators that would distinguish deposits that are coarse gold versus ones that only had fine gold ( gold dust)? Alot of the diggings here have the same mineral indicators of gold. Some I've found coarse gold but sometimes there only seems to be gold dust. Maybe there is some indicators that would help distinguish between the two. Thank you again for your time and your awesome videos.
That's a very good question! I don't personally know of any indicators that differentiate between course and fine gold. It's more a function of how the gold is distribute throughout the reef/lode and that can be a function of many different factors. Sorry I can't help you more than that!
Reconscout 5994 You need to Google "finding pocket gold" to find a series of books written by a guy named Tom Bohmker to learn some of those details...Many pocket gold deposits contain large particle size gold and are controlled by alkaline dikes as the source of their mineralization in your area. In other areas coarse gold is also know as "bonanza gold" and you can use those words to narrow your search too.
I’m loving your videos but how do you find old workings ? I’m using trilobite 🤷♀️ do I look for something in particular on trilobite or is it just a matter of going to an area and hopefully there’ll be old workings there?
There is a layer called WA gold deposits. You may have to go to "Manage downloads", scroll down to the WA section and then install the "WA Gold Deposits" layer. This should show you a lot. Otherwise, GeoView is your friend :) I Hope tht helps.
@@Part_Time_Prospector ok thank you. I already have that downloaded but when I zoom in I don’t see any only workings but I’m heading out to some of these areas soon so I’ll go to where it shows them in trilobite and see what I can find. I’ll also take a look at Geoview. Thank you 🙏
Yes mate I’ve just started I’m a few weeks off 50 years young but life is life and other priorities have held back my dreams. But it’s going to happen. 4 weeks to the WA GOLD fields. Norseman, Coolgardie , Kalgoorlie and several other places of keen interest. I’ve been practicing when I can . I only have the Gold Monster with several coils. Couple pointers. Two of us going on the trip. Just planning to head up and east once some good rain rolls through for a decent wash out. I except to probably do very poorly as it’s my actual first prospecting trip. But I have 100% no doubt the Gold is THERE 100% few friends have been very lucky with 8 nuggets 2 off them one was 120 grams and 89 grams. They went for 2 weeks and returned with a total of 287.6 grams of nuggets and pickers. But I’m not sure on the actual true gold content but it’s believed to testing at 18 karat to just over 20 karat Gold. Definitely a dam fun time the lads definitely had. But I ain’t going to find nothing just taking about it. ACTION IS REQUIRED. ALL THE BEST. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍🤑💰💴💵💷
Thanks for adding the drawings to your verbal discussion. It has been very helpful.
Glad they helped!
You just saved a few lives with this vid. I had no idea thats how some mines were filled back up. And have personally walked over plenty and never again will i do that.
Yip, you hav to super careful around old mines.
Glad you found the video helpful.
Thank you!
Keep the videos coming Bruce thank you 👌
Thanks for the positive feedback. Much appreciated!
GREAT WORK BRUCE!!💥💪
Appreciate it!!
Well Sir, Thank You!!
I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to share it and TEACH it!!
Please keep it up!!!
Do not ever apologize for your methodology.
You did and do a wonderful job!!
I am from the States, and your teachings, no matter where one is from, is Priceless!!!!
Well Done, Sir!!
I appreciate that!
i'm a geology student and these videos are super informative while being easy to watch. Great channel
you are giving much more in depth info than found elsewhere thank you. other u tubers give quality info but you cover more details about the nature of gold
Would be nice to see more educational videos like this.
Well done great effort!
Very educational... Thank u for passing ur knowledge onto others you're doing great bud keep it up!
Thanks for the positive feedback
keep referring back as different things gain more meaning and refresh my memory
So many places to look:)
I have learnt a great deal from your vids and find them very helpful . thank you
Thank you very much!
I watch and learn so much from your videos. I find them factual, and your knowledge of prospecting is incredible. I've soaked up what I can and written everything into a book to take with me when I try my hand at prospecting. You're doing a great job, and I hope there's more videos to come. I bought you a cup of coffee a few days ago but will buy more when I can. Thank you.
Look around the areas on either side of the shaft there can be multiple fingered on both sides of the main shaft! There can be a lot of them and they can go over mountains or down mountains? Sometimes they are right in a wash! If so and you have water you can find gold! Also new roads? Or roads to other areas!
Some great location you've suggested! Thanks. Much appreciated!
Just found you. Fantastic…informative and very well presented 👏 Now subscribed👍
Great video love the info. I have never seen anyone ever explain how you make a mine before.
Thanks for the positive feedback. Glad you found it of some value.
Hi Bruce,
Many thanks for another great video. I would like to buy you a coffee but a bit nervous about how secure it is with all the scams that are about now
I love to learn the history of how things were done. Even if its a different part of the world. Many problems they had, miners find those same problems today. Thanks for your time, sir.
SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you so much for sharing all this information!
Stay strong mate. I'm learning. Enjoy the coffee ❤
Informative and excellent presentation! Thank you. Keep up great work. Cheers from Canada
Thank you for the videos, I’m just starting to learn where to detect.
You will find that gold prospecting has a lot in common with fishing.
You've got to know which ground is worth spending time on and what's not!
You've got to have the appropriate gear. No point fishing for GT's with a herring rig.
You got to find those hidden away spots that hardly get touched.
I'm sure you will pick it up fast!
Happy prospecting!
@@Part_Time_Prospector Thanks for the quick reply Bruce.
I’m using a medium weight spinning rod, very sensitive. 6000 size 😉
I started detecting 6 months ago and really only now starting to figure out what ground is worth detecting, although optimistically, I still swing on bad ground, just in case.
Thanks Bruce for the videos. Keep them coming. Just wondering what part of the world you’re from?
G'Day PTP, I love your stream of consciousness Mate ... And am learning heaps. Yea those old shafts are deadly, especially after a lot of rain ... Your Viet Cong analogy was spot-on. Another coffee coming up! Oh and Ta for the shout-out ;-)
Thanks very much for the coffee. The gold you find inspires the rest of us :)
Love the info, please keep it coming!
Very interresting and vell discribed. Thanks from Sweden.
ONYA CHAMP I LOVE YOUR UPLOADS AS YOUR INFO HAS HELPED ME OUT A GREAT DEAL.CHEERS BUDDY KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 👍 🎉
As a prospector these are absolutely amazing mate keep it up 💯💯
Loving the channel mate. Appreciate it
Much appreciated
Excellent video great help thank you . We are new to prospecting and learning a lot
Glad to help
Good on you thanks, good info keep up the good work
Glad you found it useful!
Nice work! Greetings from Spain!
Thanks again Bruce, keep the videos coming.
Thanks mate!
100% getting value from these vids mate please keep at it. Would you be open to a hobby prospector paying for a hour or two of your time on the phone and maybe a hour or two or mapping up some potential target areas in geovic?
Great videos! Learning a lot! John from California
Thank you!
Keep them coming mate, fantastic content.
Thanks, much appreciated!
Great info, thank you.
Thanks Bruce, I find the information very helpful, adds to the knowledge Penguin1939 John
Glad it was helpful!
That’s mate, I been studying everything you have said intently, your one of the best resources I’ve found, besides my pop, but he always said wa was no good cause it’s all owned and hard to find land left with anything in it. He did all his prospecting and mining in VIC, But this was before the times of the internet when I was a young fella.
Cheers mate, really appreciate what your putting down for the up and comers
Thanks for the feedback. With all due respect, there is still plenty of land available in WA for gold prospecting. And some of the ground has never seen a lease on it! So if you get a chance, get across to WA, its has some of the most unique gold prospecting ground in th world! It can't be beat! But then I am biased :)
@@Part_Time_Prospector cheers, yeah I’m here in WA and I’m about to get a detector and get out there. After seen all the gold being found here and shown on UA-cam, I’m set on it.
I’m not sure what to do I seen you video on detectors and I’m half and half on what to do now. I’ve only got a small budget of like 2k max, you were so adamant not to buy one off the bat like I was going to, I’m now not sure what to do. I have seen the gold monster a lot in videos and it looks like a fantastic little machine, is there something better?
I would also say my pop was fully biased to Victoria haha
A note, when doing the initial survey, take close note of the rock types. I took a walk around Ballarat last week just looking aound. I found plenty of broken quartz but no gold. I did however find a very nice piece of high grade gem opal in the country rock
Cheers for your info m8. Much appreciated
Any time!
the reason i like you is your down to earth presentations, truth, I've been prospecting and finding gold now for 58 years. Then mining it myself, or leasing or selling it to major companies- great job. what's your name? how do I send you some money.
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Your videos are great! Very informative. I live in Northern California USA. We had a big part of the California gold rush here. I have found gold successfully with a metal detector for over 10 years. Alot had to do with research. I have a question that maybe you can answer. We have alot of shallow surface workings here good for a metal detector. Alot are very similar to Australia workings. Surface reefs that are shedding gold down a hill. It's a little more hilly here though. We call these reefs pocket gold deposits here. But my question is, is there any indicators that would distinguish deposits that are coarse gold versus ones that only had fine gold ( gold dust)? Alot of the diggings here have the same mineral indicators of gold. Some I've found coarse gold but sometimes there only seems to be gold dust. Maybe there is some indicators that would help distinguish between the two.
Thank you again for your time and your awesome videos.
That's a very good question! I don't personally know of any indicators that differentiate between course and fine gold. It's more a function of how the gold is distribute throughout the reef/lode and that can be a function of many different factors.
Sorry I can't help you more than that!
Reconscout 5994 You need to Google "finding pocket gold" to find a series of books written by a guy named Tom Bohmker to learn some of those details...Many pocket gold deposits contain large particle size gold and are controlled by alkaline dikes as the source of their mineralization in your area. In other areas coarse gold is also know as "bonanza gold" and you can use those words to narrow your search too.
Thank you for your every informational video
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Yes, I agree!
Very informative
great info man
Thanks mate
I’m loving your videos but how do you find old workings ? I’m using trilobite 🤷♀️ do I look for something in particular on trilobite or is it just a matter of going to an area and hopefully there’ll be old workings there?
There is a layer called WA gold deposits. You may have to go to "Manage downloads", scroll down to the WA section and then install the "WA Gold Deposits" layer.
This should show you a lot.
Otherwise, GeoView is your friend :)
I Hope tht helps.
@@Part_Time_Prospector ok thank you. I already have that downloaded but when I zoom in I don’t see any only workings but I’m heading out to some of these areas soon so I’ll go to where it shows them in trilobite and see what I can find. I’ll also take a look at Geoview. Thank you 🙏
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Yes mate I’ve just started I’m a few weeks off 50 years young but life is life and other priorities have held back my dreams. But it’s going to happen. 4 weeks to the WA GOLD fields. Norseman,
Coolgardie , Kalgoorlie and several other places of keen interest. I’ve been practicing when I can . I only have the Gold Monster with several coils. Couple pointers. Two of us going on the trip. Just planning to head up and east once some good rain rolls through for a decent wash out. I except to probably do very poorly as it’s my actual first prospecting trip. But I have 100% no doubt the Gold is THERE 100% few friends have been very lucky with 8 nuggets 2 off them one was 120 grams and 89 grams. They went for 2 weeks and returned with a total of 287.6 grams of nuggets and pickers. But I’m not sure on the actual true gold content but it’s believed to testing at 18 karat to just over 20 karat Gold. Definitely a dam fun time the lads definitely had. But I ain’t going to find nothing just taking about it. ACTION IS REQUIRED. ALL THE BEST. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍🤑💰💴💵💷
Very informative
Thank you very much 😊