Finding MORE GOLD in the illegal ground sluice!
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Part 2 of cleaning and removing the illegal ground sluice. I had to hire some muscle for this one to remove those large rocks. But under the large rocks was more large gold. Including one really nice nugget.
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he was my shop teacher in high school, he was the nicest dude! im happy this is working out for him
You can tell by his energy and vibes he is a solid character.
Big time teacher vibes and I’m here for it
I hope he really does well. I just stumbled on this channel and it is great.
Wish Dan was my shop teacher 💯
This makes so much sense. I had been watching fir a few years and didnt know he was a teacher. He has strong and good teacher vibes!
Dan's personality is like that wild science teacher everyone respects
I know someone who's met him and said he was kind of an ass in person. But I've not met him myself.
@@Zebleblic oh no what happened? Maybe he was just in a rush? He seems like such a nice person :(
Bill Nye the science guy? 🤣
Looks like the 49r in the slots machines.
Have you seen his early videos?he really is a teacher.
This dude's a genius. Digging for gold for fun and getting paid by UA-cam to do it
yep, UA-cam pays whether he scores or not xD
that is the real gold
Bet you tube pays a lot more!
and without all the drama it's more watchable and enjoyable than the discovery series "gold rush"
Way too many ads
I love how this guy has an absolute blast doing his thing even if he doesn't find much. Shows a real passion for what he's doing.
Yeah but his thumbnails usually lie. Dont like that.
You really think he would make a video telling you/America/The World/ Internal Revenue where he is and how many kilos of gold he has found? He may be an ex-shop teacher....but he is not completely insane.
Helps to have a few subscribers and Patreon supporters to pay the Lamborghini fuel costs...
Man found a twofer, if the gold doesn't pan out the subscribers sure did.
He’s got a great office!!
Dan, you said you “hope I earned your subscription”. You earned it when you said you HIRED your son to help you clear out that old sluice. My dad got heavily into gold panning and sluicing in the early 80s and co-opted me as his teenaged muscle. I vividly remember spending hours shoveling literal tons of gravel and sand, hauling endless buckets of water and dumping them into the sluice, and, always, freezing my ass off in the frigid North Saskatchewan River. Thanks for not taking your son’s labour for granted. ;-). Lance in Canada
I bet he even made you buy your own food, pay rent, and buy your own birthday presents.
Kidding aside, I don't understand the mindset, today, where fathers (and mothers) should work endlessly for the whole family, but the fruit of the kids' labor isn't also shared. This seems to me to be part of the reason parents now have to have some collateral investment for retirement. If you have children, your retirement should be as secure as you taught your children to make it.
I was spending a “fun” day with a goofy uncle & my dad panning in the 70s when I accidentally discovered an antique piece of barbed wire sticking out of the ground. My uncle made hundreds on the barbed wire, which we spent 3 days pulling up once we knew what it was. I got a $20 finders fee, but none of the promised pay for the original panning or for the hard labor.
Can you tell I’m still salty? 😉
Yea thats the reson why dan has a son TO HELP HIIIMM =)
@@denalinde "Antique barbed wire"? I got miles of the stuff in the woods, I'll have to google this.
is it his son? Who calls their dad "Dan"? 19:31
Dan,
As a fellow member of the "zipper " club, I can say that the combination of
Co-Q-10, L-carnitine, high quality magnesium, and astaxanthin will help
your energy levels greatly. Just keep hiring Bryson for the heavy stuff. He
needs the money (and the mentor), and
your fans want you around for a long time to come.
@@rihannas1549 me love you long time!!
NEVER in my life have I been interested in gold mining or anything of the like. For some reason I can’t stop watching these dang videos!
Anybody who has a history of watching Dan's videos knows two things: 1) he can run a sluice faster than recommended and STILL capture all of the gold. and 2) he's panned the upper gravels for nothing before, so he knows the gold is on the bottom. So yeah, they shouldn't complain and instead learn, otherwise they're just trying to waste his time!
I think you may have gold in quartz. That whitish grey stuff maybe quartz? Good luck! I'll have to come back later I just started watching your videos while I was looking for something else LOL.
I feel like Dan is the grandfather that everyone needs in there life.
Damn 4 real
He is in his 40’s isnt he?
Dan, those particles are examples of technogenic gold where the gold particles over time bond with iron oxides often formed by oxidising pyrites ,breaking down and liberating the sulphur to leave the fe and au . As the old timers use to say gold rides an iron horse.
True! Much like the gold in matrix Quartz that we find in California. I’ve found a rusty chunk of Quartz that broke open open cleaning, but it wouldn’t break apart. The chunk broke in half and was held together by gold. Thanks for the wholesome videos Dan!! 👍🏼
Does that make the gold worthless?
@@just_a_kitten1453 No gold can always be extracted either through physical separation, dissolved with chemicals, or melted apart. So depends on cost of the purification process vs. yields.
Well dome
something ive heard is that Fools gold, or Pyrite, can have actual gold in it.
Dan's like that kind neighbour you use to talk to through the fence of ye back yard as a little kid. Love the natural positivity of this man n its nice to see a good man doing what he loves👍🏻
Boy meets world neighbor😎
This is the ONLY person who iv seen that actually looks like a gold miner
Dan, something that I do might help you in the future:
I always carry a small, tough but lightweight ratchet strap when 'sploring the streambeds. Loop the strap around the small to medium bolder to be moved (NO Monsters!), continue with one or two more wraps and then fasten the other end to a solid tree or rock. (Sometimes I use one or two 3 or 4 meter lengths of 1/2" nylon rope too). Tighten the ratchet until the rig is pretty snug, go to the middle of the strap and moderately lift it. The mechanical advantage is high and if the strap is wrapped around the 'mover' then it will scoot it a little or even roll it. Loosen the ratchet, take out the slack, click it 2 or 3 times and repeat. Not stressful, light and very easy on the back, legs and the 'ole recirculating blood pumper.
It might take a few minutes but lying in the streambed gasping for air, exhausted and unable to move will burn up a LOT more time. Remember - the pyramids weren't built in a day. :~)
Good to see you out and about! - Joe S - (from the old GPEX)
Gold Gold Gold Gold
I have loaded many cars onto my trailer this way when my wench went out.
Ahaha "I need mah wench!!"
I find that dynamite also does a good job.
@@joesinakandid528 nobody asked
"Better be or youre walking", "Its my truck!" Hahaha that had me rolling. I was like no way he just did dan like that. Hahaha best part of the video. Even the look on dans face made it 10 times better.
A tip, when someone is prying anything up don’t put your fingers in the crack you made. Put a block to keep the gap open. Rare but if the pry bar slips the falling object could break or cut off your fingers.
Would call that common sense, but thanks for the tip!
@@BreakKaydenBreak if sense was common everyone would have it.
Yup I saw that too made me grunge for a moment.
Sir, you've earned my subscription! I usually watch gold jewelry scraps being refined and turned back into 24K but seeing it found in it's natural state plus your respect for the land is impressive. I have watched 5 of your videos so far and still binging.
We love you Dan and your energy. Wish we had a teacher like you in highschool cause we would of discovered treasure hunting long ago but at least we get to do it now. Hope to meet you one day and rockhound or gold mine with you!
I had a teacher that looked and acted like Dan.
@@JeffAPierson did you really! DId he have a great impact on your life? My teachers were okay but noone that really had this energy
Would've (not of). OCD teacher 😇
Or when you have a great teacher like him but are a dumb kid and don't appreciate it till 30 years later. My math teacher in 7th grade was so great. Mr. Bifocal. We would fight everyday but now i can see how cool he was.
Years ago cleaned a spot on the Yuba River, every flake was dull gray. It was mercury contamination; cooked right off leaving bright yellow gold.
That’s what I thought too. The bigger pieces of gold I’ve found in the yuba looked like that too.
@@rihannas1549 yeah but have you tried their polish dogs?
Cooked off the mercury? Did you breathe the fumes?
@@tro4404 of course not. Dig a pocket in a potato half, put the other half on, wrap in foil, throw in fire, after an hour or so the potato has absorbed all the Mercury. You’re left with nothing but clean gold and a poison potato. Bury that sun of A gun and sell the gold.
@@tro4404 Absolutely not! Out of doors, tiny amount, within a test tube. Stay safe.
Your videos are so good man. A year later I'm watching the same videos again. They make me cozy and make me curious about rocks, gems and gold and I love learning about it all. Hope to see more adventures.
I feel you Brother I’m 46 and I have Emphysema COPD. I can’t do anything strenuous without help. I have a wonderful Service Dog Miss Baby who takes care of me when I get dizzy and disoriented from low Oxygen. She keeps me safe and she knows to hold me up when I take a knee and she watches me close to see if I need her at all times! 🐕 Emphysema COPD doesn’t really kill anyone it’s the heart attack from living with low Oxygen for a long time. I’m breathing three times to equal a normal person’s one breath. It’s not something we can just Man up and push through we have to realize where the line is. You’re a wise Man Dan! God Bless you your Family and your Friend! 😏❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
I feel the age thing too Dan. I was so active when younger. You are so fortunate to be physically fit and slender, even though with less engergy.
It was good to see that you had a helper getting that ground sluice out. Disappointing that there wasn't more Gold trapped in it after all these years.
Thanks Dan, you are a blast to watch with all that enthusiasm, makes me smile the hole time I’m watching . I would have had a grate time being a student in your class . Can’t wait to see if that is gold or not. Thanks again for the video , have a great week and be safe.
What an amazing find in that old timer sluice. Must have been serious gold for them to have built that. How sad it wasn’t jammed full of gold after all the decades working in secret. Still very cool and interesting.
As always, loved the adventure Dan. That was an exciting adventure. Looking forward to finding out the mystery of the amalgamated gold.
This is just as exciting as Gold Rush. I seen Part 1 of this and was instantly trying to find part 2 =) I'm new to these vids so very appreciative of the effort and how much real work goes into gold finding. Incredible and you are quite the character too Dan sounds like its been a *challenging* life to get to where you are now... amazing. Thanks for the vid can't wait to check the rest out.
*"Good job Bryson"* lolol
So glad to have found these videos! My dad was born and raised in the Yukon and his family have done some panning up there.
I am glad you found this thing : it seems you have put time into prospecting and totally deserve it!
“An illegal ground sluice built by the old timers”. Isn’t pretty much everything they built now illegal in BC? Lol
Dart Mart
~A tiny in-river sluice, 2" inch dredge, 'or' small ground sluice is illegal (not legal) in BC "but" then as a huge hypocritical double-standard the BC government legally allows the logging of massive areas clear cutting trees on mountain & hill sides, allows jade miners & large mining companies to blast &/or dig large massive holes hauling mineral materials with rock trucks, 'and also' the BC government legally allows storm sewer drains from the streets of Victoria, BC to drain directly into the ocean untreated (not treated) that I do know for 100% sure from first hand but I was also told that this cities sewer is also drained into the ocean. Along with other towns and cities in BC dumping their sewer directly or indirectly into the ocean, rivers, and into (under) ground water with so called 'treated sewer'. Also allows 'agricultural' pesticide & herbicide chemicals into the ground water. BC government legally allows big environmental alterations and damage done by big companies and cities (& towns) 'BUT THEN' steps-on a small time artisanal hand gold miner-prospector as the evil big polluter enemy as a scapegoat is a pathetic joke. A hypocritical double-standard like I said before!
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@@royjohnson465 Rules for Thy but not for thee.
@@freeman2399 I think it's "rules for thee, but not for me."
B.C. stands for Bring Cash, if you have the cash and talk to the right gubbermint office types you can get whatever you want.
Amalgamated gold looks exactly like lead when it’s dirty or has been sitting next to iron just like the riffles in your case
Dannyboy! You are a Dan after my own heart! I have always brought a pan along with me when taking my boys into the high Sierra's and there's a lot of gold left in them thar hills! We also have a lot of Jade ( Green and Red ) up around Happy Camp, Ca. I love your vids and many adventures and they have kept me buoyant while recovering from a elbow operation. So thanks!
That landscape and view of nature is amazing!!!
Great video Dan! Really enjoying this series!
K k. 😆😆😆😆
Well, fancy seeing you here, Hornet King!
I’m subscribed to you and obviously to Dan!
It’s great seeing you here!
God bless you, Hornet King!
God bless you, Dan Hurd!
See you around, onward and upward bound! Hallelujah!
Hornet King!
Hi hornet king
You must be gay?
Your content is so great! I'm excited to see how this turned out!!!! You are awesome. 🤘
You can buy mini microscopes online for really cheap. They are sold as things to detect fake bank notes and have a white and a uv led on. Mine goes up to x60 I think and is brilliant. People like to examine their buds to see what the quality is like with them but it's great for carrying it around with you because it's only 30x26x16mm. I think they cost about £10 or less these days.
Thanks Dan I have done some prospecting before had fun doing and watching you reminds me how much fun I had.
You both got aerobic points today! Thanks, very interesting.
Love the adventure and the scenery. It's vastly different than what we have for catching gold in Arizona. Can't understand why anyone would down vote?
They only down vote because A: they are "cats", and B: Dan found the gold not the down voter "female dogs"....
Impressive! Thanks for allowing me to watch and learn from a real down to earth man.
Thanks for the videos. Brings back memories of working the American and Yuba rivers here in California back in the 70's. So much work, but a nice find was always rewarding. Stay safe.
I grew up in SoCal, my dad is from Colorado, and every other weekend growing up we went golding..desert, river, didn't matter...my wife has been interested in it lately so we went to the only place in texas that has gold...and she's hooked lol
Glad to see you had some help out there Dan. I can't wait to find out what the funky stuff is. Happy hunting and be well
Im loving this series. I was just about to suggest you bring an actual grinder disk for cutting instead of the diamond concrete blade but right at around 4:30 your friend says he should have brought one right as I was typing this! hilariously convenient. I would love to learn prospecting someday when I have some more time on my hands. I also live in BC, just a little more south in Victoria! Great content Dan! Keep it up.
I used to love doing random paid help like this when I was young, always a nice day, good fresh air and old timers tellin stories!
Dude, you have to be a school teacher. First video I have seen of yours. I really enjoyed your enthusiasm. The best teachers are enthusiastic and passionate and you certainly are. Keep up the good work.
Major surgery has a way of cooling our jets a bit. I say it’s good that you have help, fair that you’re paying him, and GREAT that you are still out there plugging away!
Whoever built it probably dreamed on their deathbed that their sluice was full of gold.
I am so happy I found this. I used to pan with my father. We had some great times in the back country. He and his brother, my Uncle had two claims in the Chilcotin. I am too old now but you bring it all back. We never got rich by the way, not in money but we certainly enriched our lives. (My two year old son saw his first bear).
I came back here just to see the removal and how much work it was going to take - you didn't disappoint. Much love from New Orleans ❤️💪
Mr. Hurd, is it possible the strange be nuggets are gold stuck inside led oxide? It seems likely now since you found that nice chunk of lead.
Cuprelle it
exactly what i was thinking
Just found your channel about an hour ago. Looks like a fun pastime!
Might I suggest investing in a pair of waterproof socks though. I've been on multi-day hikes with sodden boots and had toasty warm feet because of those things. Can't recommend them enough.
Same
@@agnez8646 stop bro
In ohia we just put bread bags over our regular socks 😁
So nice to see some young blood in to help you with those heavy rocks after your surgery! Awesome content as always Dan, super calming for my evenings. Thank you!
You are the real deal Dan! Good finds! Thanks also to Bryson!
Beautiful thing about gold is you're holding the ashes of a Supernova.
It’s quite amazing really. I find where it came from is more interesting than the gold itself.
Iron is pretty good as attaching to just about anything, my guess would be a quartz, iron, and gold mix, grind it up and cupell it and see. Might be some lead in it, that one piece is pretty peculiar to say the least
I really enjoyed these last 2 videos. Thanks Dan.
I love how genuine it looks like on part one you had shoes no pry bar and in this video you came with boots. really shoes you came prepared on day two
Paid or not, I think Bryson deserves some credit for moving all of those rocks. I'm to old for that work myself and no heart attack.
He did get credit... He made it pretty dang clear I don't know what more you people want lmao
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 Fine change the word to respect. I know he got a shout out. I also know what it is like to wrestle rocks 150-200 pounds. That is hard labor and alot of people would pass on the job even for cash.
12:00 literally gold in the middle of the pan
Same as 7:15
Every time I watch one of your videos, my heart starts pounding with excitement. I think you're either keeping me young, or giving me a heart attack, but either way, your videos are sooo enjoyable! My life is sooo dull, that this is my very favorite part of the day, and miss when you don't upload!
Dan, your videos make me want my own claim. This looks like a lot of fun and a good way to experience nature. The same reason I started kayak fishing.
The strange gold could be rock or electrum, could be a more silver rich deposit, it has sort of this kind of color, but i bet it could be other alloys as well, probably mostly gold but electrum and other natural alloys does kind of look like that in terms of color.
Dang, your charisma and beard both earned you my subscription. I look forward to more from you.
These vids are a high point of my days. Thank you!
Thank you for leaving the guard on your grinder! You obviously have real world experiance and knowledge that seems to be lacking with a lot of others. :)
Bryson sure earned his daily bread this day.
I loved watching him dig. 💪
Looking forward to another Awsome episode 😀
Your optimism is truly spiritual.
Man, your enthusiasm is amazing! You earned my subscription today!
I had two Aortic valve replacement surgeries and the second one didn't come back strong. Now I am tired much of the time and had to have a pacemaker installed.
god bless you
This video brought to you by Fruit of The Loom. :D Loved this video! Kept me on edge the whole time! Dan has great energy!
Even at 41 my young antics are catching up with me as well Dan. Still doing great work.
Appreciate all the work for the small prospect
Dan your one of the few people I hit the Like button for even before I watch your vid. Never been disappointed thanks for the entertainment,great work ,wish I had enough cash to be a one of those who help u with your vids. Thanks again,and God bless.
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*"THE TOP GRAVEL HAS NOTHING IN IT!"*
Makes perfect sense to me to not waste time on the lower yield debris. For an individual going out for a day, or weekend, it is arguably the most important thing in determining success. So dig deep thru chaff if that’s where it’s at!
If everyone in the world took the time to go out in nature and have a good time like Dan does, the world would be a better place to live.
Been waiting for this.
looking forward to seeing how much gold was in it in total
You're good-natured and enjoyable to watch! Thanks for the info.
That is amazing, that you found that. Some history right there. Very cool...
Im curious if, to get those tiny pieces out, you could take that fine gravel and put it all together and heat it up until the gold melts together?
Looking at the grates they still have material in them
I don't know how youtube brought you to me, but this is oddly meditative to watch. Cheers!
Grandma used to gold pan in Montana. She loved it.
I found your channel yesterday, binge watched loads of videos!!!!
You have definitely earned my subscription!!!!
Keep up the good work.
Steve from England 🏴🏴🏴
Same. Apparently UA-cam decided Dan made great content that people like me would enjoy, and they were right!
I believe that it is gold alloyed with silver and other heavy metals. Have found that whete I worked at mine. Looked odd but was gold.
Electrum?
I think it’s oxidized lead. Faux pickers when panning here in Arizona.
Amazing. Hard work and lots of fun. I hope you paid your mate well, he is a good worker. Good on you mates.
That’s a sweet find buddy congrats! Can really see your excitement excavating all that up.
Can’t wait
Maybe the discoloration, of the gold, is from efflorescence, calcium leaching out of the concrete.
Ive been watching for a few years across a couple accounts and it has only just now dawned on me what the intro screen shows that's a massive nugget on that Quarter!!!
nice work thank you for sharing the adventure.
Hello to those who care
Me:)
Hello from my bedroom in New Zealand where I spend 23 hours of the day every day.
Who ever put those grates in went through a lot of trouble, I'm figuring that must have been a real hot spot at one time and they pulled some good nuggets. The question is did it wash down from the hill side or come down the river?
53philp
~A lot of trouble is right, yes, pouring concrete and all. But using iron riffles is not wise because of rust, should have used aluminum or zinc dredge riffles. But maybe in old times before this came out. Riffles can be made out of round wood dowels with waterproof stain 'or' with round stainless steel threaded rod. I bought some corrosion proof strong 'composite material' for making house decks. Looks like plastic but much stronger, it could be made into riffles.
@@royjohnson465 back in the "old days" when outdoor carpet was available? Lol 😆
@@royjohnson465 The decking is not corrosion proof, only resistant. The post consumer content is subject to the same degradation as wood.
It is not stronger, at all, the lack of fibers and lignin make for a clay like consistency, that has surface rigidity, but little resistance to bending.
The material is suitable for decking, if the spans are moderate and cladding for abrasion, like bumpers, because the surface rigidity and lack of fibers mean that loads will be distributed evenly through the medium, with minimal surface damage.
@@shoreangler3383
I forgot about that, yes you're correct, outdoor carpeting is 'probably' invented in the 1970's, so not that old after all.!! Heheha 👍🤣😂
@@aardque
~Thank you for your reply in explaining. I installed some 'composite decking' and I thought it was weatherproof and rot proof forever and ever.
Man, paid or not, Bryson is a real friend, that work aint no joke, i about fell out just digging a hole for my passed dog, granted i’m a heart patient also beyond out of shape, but i cant imagine myself moving that much rock and gravel without getting paid some ludicrous amount 😂 Damn good friend.
That was nice of your friend to come help.
I SO WANNA GO EXPLORING THE WORLD AND DOING THINGS LIKE THIS 👍
Do it brother.
Life is over before we know it sometimes.
Make great memories.
@Dan Hurd Yeah, I have "Sick Sinus Syndrome" (Cardiac Sinus, not skull sinuses) and had a pacemaker put in place in March of 2020, Yikes! what a time to be in the hospital, eh? Although I'm no longer passing out due to my pulse dropping into the 30 BPM area, I'm just tired and weaker than I used to be. As my brother always said: "It sucks getting old!" LOL
@Olivia You missed a page Olivia, please answer all questions and sign at the bottom. LOLzz
Love the teamwork
i so enjoy your videos, and the river looks so good and clean and peaceful as usual....