Traditional Gold Panning - Forged in Fire
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You won't change the steel structure of the pan by heating it till blue. The pan is most likely made out of mild steel. Not all steels are the same and only certain steels will harden like tool steels, high carbon steels and cutlery stainless steel. High Carbon steel needs to be heated to over 700 °C ( glowing red hot) before the grain structure starts to change. Also Tempering by color can be misleading as well depending on the contaminants on the surface like oil .
yep agree saved me saying it.
also a bit of soap will take the oil of. You just removed the protective galvanized layer of it. It will now rust faster and what ever you do if there is a zink coated layer on the pan don't breath it in if you want to live.
Pretty sure most modern metal pans are stainless steel , no risk of rusting , but yeah it depends on the grade of stainless as to if it can be hardened with heat or not
@@workwithnature Bah, a little phosgene never killed anyone XD
abrasion from river gravel etc will remove any coating in a few weeks - so there is marginal loss from cooking off the gal coating. Blueing the steel will darken it, and give a small amount of rust protection - but this won't last too long as per above. short version, you pays your money and picks your tune. Keep doing what works for you.
Revisiting all your old videos. One thing I was taught as a kid about camp fires was "if it's too hot to touch, then it's too hot to leave".
I've only recently stopped using steel pans. About a year ago I purchased my first plastic pan and I love it (Russian copy of the Minelab Pro Pan).
Back when I used Steel pans the tip I was taught by a blacksmith, and an old timer miner (at separate occasions and they didn't know each other) is to urinate on a steel pan and dry it off with dry dirt to prime it. I did, and the pan grew a lovely coating of fine rust in no time which helps the gold show up and also gives it a slightly rough surface to retain the fine gold particles 👍
Don't worry, the piss washes off as soon as you stick it in the creek 😄
9 old timers have given this the thumbs up - so I'm keen to learn more about how to do this well please (having just hung up my plastic pan and about to set out with my new shiny steel) Do you have to leave the soil (presumably dampened by the piss) in the pan for a few hours or days, or some other procedure? Do you leave it in there until the fine coating of rust appears or does that happen over time afterwards etc etc?
Watching this with a freshly brewed jug of coffee, the sun blazing through the window and a smile on my face. Watching you pan washes away all my worries and stresses from the week, such as a savage clawing from one of my cats after having to rescue her from a spot she got herself stuck in in our neighbour's yard. I love the educational bits you do, although I did pretty much miss what you were say whilst Grizzly was digging in the background! Have a great week, fella.
Much better audio and music balance on this one! thanks for the share! stay awesome!
I absolutely loved what you said about friendship with yourself. Wish you all the best!
Wonderful editing, great choices on accompanying music. Very enjoyable and relaxing to watch.
Love watching the pup in the background the most!
He's my draw card, otherwise it would just be a mad man talking to himself
so sorry to hear about your fall, rest up and get better mate.
Heating steel to a blue colour is a process of tempering, but only if it is tool steel or high carbon steel
Tempering is a process where you have hardened steel and you don't want it to be brittle so you take some of the hardness out of it by tempering.
I think the 'tempering' of pans by the old blokes was a process of removing contaminants like oil found on new pans.
I really love your videos, very informative.
Great work!
Awesome job there "Wayne" for setting my man up with some custom tools. And for hookin' up the "Grizz" with some bling!
Now,.… with the shoutout behind me I'd like to say I love this throwback look at mining basics with old style metal pan. Love the new hat too, and for good reason. The one before the one I wear now was just like that one and my brother and sister in law also wear that hat. But I'm kind of partial to my 1860's model Pinch front Cavalry hat by Charlie 1 Horse.
Totally "digging" (pun intended) your look there boss. Very fitting for this video.
Yay, glad ya' picked up Michael as well.
Man, it's too bad I'm in North America. I'd love a shot a panning. I've never actually done any gold mining. I just loved the Gold Rush TV show, and I play the game and of course, watch the masters, like yourself. So from the newness aspect, I'm as green as they get.
Yeah, I hear ya, about not being able to respond. Ya' could, but you'd have no time left for yourself. I comment not to get a response but to give you honest feedback as to what I'm getting on my end and that I enjoy these videos to the utmost. When I see that bell it's either you or Miller Prospecting. So my messages are that you are seen, heard, admired, and appreciated.
Dan Hurd is also a good prospector I follow
Chris, you are looking sharp in your chapeau and shades and with a steel gold pan, a new collar for Grizzly and a new crevice tool for you life does not get much better. Fun video. Well done.
Im so jealous of your panning efforts in the amount you find in a day , well done !
Great video Chris. They just keep getting better every week. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and taking us with you. Peace ✌
Once again great job on the video. I'm glad to see you get in touch with the roots of our passion prospecting. Now a day's we get so wrapped up in where we are going we tend to forget where we are from good job and prospect on
I really appreciate you standing up and putting out that message at the end of your video. It is quite important to be able to live with oneself. Thanks for sharing that with all of us man.
I appreciate that
You do great work on so many different levels. I’m really enjoying hitting the earlier episodes.
Loved it this was an excellent video Chris very nice gold and Grizzly was having so much fun he tired him self out and had to take a nap. i love your new pan very nice.
Leave it to Grizzly to steal the show at 15:40ish. Love that dog, such a great companion out in the bush.
Hi Chris,
Dad and I have just been enjoying a few of your videos. If put some green eucalyptus leaves on the fire with a low heat when seasoning your metal pans (peppermint is usually the best) this will prevent them from rusting. This will eventually wear out but works a treat. Enjoy your time in the bush, keep up the great videos and best of luck finding a HUGE nugget 👍
What an awesome review on gold panning good job I have a plastic pan myself into old traditional ones
Aloha Chris...
Awesome life lessons from you.
Great find.
Keep up the great work & staying possitive.
Aloha🤙🏼👍🏼
Mate , if you fit a 1 " x 1/2 " flat plastic house vacuum nozzle with a rubber flap at the top to act as a flap valve in the yabby pump it will suck up heaps more and not lose the heavy gold which will fall straight back out .It does work .Its all about the nooks and crevices as we know .
Already on it :-)
Great video mate.Love the fact that you are getting back to the way the old timers did it with steel pans.My first panning session was done with an old wok and actually found a few specks,I have also heard of people panning in an old Holden hubcap,so it just goes to show you don't need expensive gear to find gold.You are looking the part as well with the hat,can't believe you only paid 50 cents for it.See you next Friday.
Im pretty happy with it. I have found that using it to process sluice cons is a slow process but otherwise its fantastic
Have always had a soft spot for the old style metal pans. Keep up the good work. And I'm looking forward to your next video.
one thing you forgot to mention , metal pans don't float away : )) , , some places of the creek look familiar , cheers
Actually I found out the hard way that they do like to sneak off sometimes!
Well done. Great gimmick with the editing program. Alone for that reason worth seeing. Thank you for taking in the beautiful nature and explain.
Fire and gold mining is simply an unbeatable combination.
Greetings from Germany.
Goldjunge
I can agree totaly. Very nice Movie
RogerRabbit That is always a pleasure. Go for it. Greetings Roger
RogerRabbit Thats finde. Thanks
having fun in ne vic i see the steel pan love them that's the pan i learned on here in late 70s
Chris, each one gets better and better - nicely done, and keep up the great work!
cheers brosif
Other than all the great panning work the thing that got Me the Most was the part "Mateship with Yourself " Thanks Very Much For That :) Made My Day !!!
Kind Regards Nigel
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Awesome information Chris Ty
Great job I just love you and your dog your both so cute. Stay positive
Such compliments
Love the new hat mate great video and nice looking gold 🌾👀🌾
Nice little haul of yellow Chris. Steel pans are lovely to use 'eh, I have two of them.
I thought the point of burning the pan was to remove the oil the manufacturers put on the pan to allow the pan would look new when bought. Oil is bad because it floats gold. I love watching you find flour. Beautiful crevacing tools.
I love the flat bit you found
My week is focussing more and more on the Friday where I can get all set to enjoy your artwork Chris. Excellent job. Now I need to think about how to get myself down under to Beachwood for the apprentice spot haha
Once again.... Chris, you are amazing.. thank you for the video. Can't wait for the next..
A bit late to comment but: This video's awesome :) thanks so much, there are very few video's on the net talking about traditional equipment and it's something I'm interested in. Also to see that a metal pan is just as effective as a plastic one when I've been told by so many people not to use metal for so many different technical reasons - is just great ;)
When you heat the pan over the fire, I read in a book once (can't remember what book) that this was just to give it a dark surface so gold shows up better. if anything heating it like to did and letting it cool naturally will take any stress from the forming process out of the metal and actually make it softer, however the way I see it, that's a good thing because if it becomes dented or damaged it will be much less likely to crack if you bend it back to shape
Very good video! It was nice to see the old pan at work. Great spot, great gold. My first pan was a pie pan. Mom wasn't to keen on it though. Thanks for the video. Your head is on pretty darn straight. Keep that positive thinking.
There will be more old pan action to come.
great wrork dude, keep the videos coming. really enjoyed watching
Tomorrow theres a new one
Good stuff, cheers dude
Nothing like having your trusty canine sidekick with you on gold hunting adventures!
he comes everywhere with me
Another great video. I was not expecting that thank you mid way through . Your deep words are so true towards the end of the video, Everything starts with you. Talk soon.
I really like the sound the gravel makes swirling in a metal pan . Well done 👍 . Your offer to take someone new and show them your waters is brilliant !!! Can’t wait to 👁👁 the videos .
Hmmm??? A gold prospecting apprenticeship program ! Local AU79 😎
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AWESOME Indeed 😎👍👍
Many many thanks & always good vibes from Las Vegas Nevada.. That's a fine Brahma hat you are wearing, just like I wear also.
Sincerely, Tom Weidler
Great to have you on bord mate
Liked before the intro was even finished! Awesome stuff mate. You would be hard pressed to do any wrong.
You must really like campfires!
Just the new style of filming, the new hat got me all excited lol. You're doing well.
Nice spot of gold for the day there.....thanks for the vid..and thanks for all you do.
hey brother as always good video I always learn something new that tool will be very useful to me today hares from the Dominican Republic
Really enjoyed the commentary and beautiful scenery. Hey, you even had a bonus...color, nice color, congratulations.
Its a good day if you find it.
great work mate
As always awesome stuff and I love the old school pan. Your apprentice idea sounds amazing and I hope they learn a lot. I wish I could apply for it, but I'm all the way over in the states and a major back injury I got a few years ago keeps my prospecting to ordering pay dirt online and panning at home. Keep up the great videos.
At least you can still find some at home!!
I'm really enjoying watching these videos, I have three metal pans and all have been left out in all weathers to rust up & that seems to do the job, one is about 30yrs old & the others a couple of yrs old.
I've mined in North West Nelson or Golden Bay, Murchison, West Coast & further South in the South Island of New Zealand & while i'm not a millionaire I've had a bit of luck.
Its amazing who you get to meet out in the back country & I would like to have a go at panning in Scotland as I've met a few Scots in my neck of the woods.
Anyway keep up the great work.
You've had a great adventure by the sounds! Thank you!
Nice video! And very nice thoughts. Keep it shiny! :)
Nice work mate
The music choice is incredible
thanks man
Enjoyable film and I do like the look of the pan
Awesome video sir! Love your video's👍👍
Great video Chris. Wish I could apply but would not be able to get down there Atm. 😁
Thanks so much for this. It has been either dry or deluge around here and getting out is rough. So I am living vicariously through you. Also, LMAO at Grizzly getting' it. Cheers!
I am glad to be of assistance
When you work metal cherry red or higher then quench it you are right, it hardens and can become brittle. Heating it to a nice blue color and cool slowly will remove the brittleness. When steel is formed under pressure the stresses in the metal may not be uniform. Heating to blue and let it cool slowly lets the stresses realign uniformly.
Nice heat bloom on the pan.
Another fantastic episode Chirs. Now that was some nice amount of gold at the end. Cheers
About a 0.12
Love the Video! Grizz!!!!! what a good Pup!
pupper of goodness
great job head up, work hard, keep moving forward.
As always great.
Back Berry a man after my own heart.
Yet another awesome video and great information to mate cheers ⛏⛏🌱🌱
Great video! Keep them up bud!
Great job as always Grizzly(and Chris) :D
He's the draw card.
any decent prospector can pan with ANYTHING, ive used containers, bowls, pans and even my hands when i forgot to grab anything else haha
That was a great video!
Another fine video 👍🏻
awesome, thanks for the video and interesting idea. nice views and looks like a nice day out to prospect around... and man i still love your classifier! Hope you continue doing welll and continue to put forth the great videos. Take care n happy huntin Chris
its the best classifier ive used so far
Great video, thanks. Good job with the fire. You cannot be to careful. I'm in southern California. We get a lot of fires in California.
Thanks
Took 50lt of water to put that one out, people often underestimate what it takes to snuff them.
Nice Video !!!!! Good job
Loving the videos Chris learning heaps good to see grizzly digging for his own gold haha
I actually dug where he was digging and he found me a few more golds
Awesome vid
Personally, I like metal pans, but that's what I learned on. They work fine as long as you pay attention to what you are doing. Griz was trying to show you where to dig. Lol
I love it, it speaks to my soul more than a plastic one.
I really enjoyed this, and I think this is one of your better eps in a while! I love the color that pan turned, it's an awesome blue... ...I believe I'll just get my mother's steel estwing out and take it to the creek this weekend. It's patina should hold on to the small stuff just fine... :)
I want a patina!
Rock the world!!!
I love how you have organized and scheduled your new season way of doing videos and really love the extra effort you have put in to production of your videos. But I do agree that they were starting to get a bit full of special cut tos and camera tricks, a couple an episode is good to go. Getting better with the sound as well, minus the clicky bug in this one lol. Really loved the flow of this episode though, the only problem I have with it is the wide screen bars added to the top and bottom.
Thanks for the feedback. The bars are here to stay though 😉
your oltimer outfit ist so nice my friend , well done
Just the best.
!WOOF Late to the party, any snax left? it was a fun one to watch Chris Thank You as always!
Love your video mate. I've been doing it wrong I haven't seasoned my pan. That's probably why I haven't found anything. By the way stop burning grizzly's sticks.
Hi Chris. Sorry I haven't been over lately. I'm impressed with the beard level! Griz is looking quite happy distracting us playing in the background. I haven't tried a metal pan yet, after this I may have to. Beautiful color in your pan as always. Thanks for sharing your adventure.
I couldn't concentrate on what I was saying with him bouncing around in the background
I see you have a few comments on the audio , I don't understand ? It sounds perfect to me . I must add this is one of the best videos you have ever made . You got the feel of it right !
What I was trying to say is at the end of the day if you feel good about how the day went . Then you did it right . - Hope you have many more days like this .
I see Grizz is hunting for truffles again, too cool.
And roo poo
roo poo?? ewwww, lol@@VoGusProspecting
Hey mate, love the hat! Haven't used a metal dish in years going out today might have to bring one along. My kids/grand kids think you look like me with your beard, now you've got the hat 😊 cheers Craig
You should bring a metal pan, its fun.
always the best
Gotta say I am really enjoying your videos glad that Kleshguitars suggested to check out your channel. He panned some of your pay dirt in one of his videos. I have watched almost all of his videos and have watched a very good number of yours now too.
I watch klesh too, his channel is great
Used a Metal Pan back in the 70-80's . Worked fine. Pretty much all we had at the time. Or could afford. We just put some burning char coal in them to burn off the oils. By time the coal burned to ash it was cooked. Trust me your better using the plastic pans for durability. They end up getting quite dented up. That being said I wish I still had a few. Your little pump Yabbi? Maybe if you put a few inches of pvc pinched closed a bit it would better get down in the cervices ? Just thinking out loud.
Those frogs or crickets keep making me think you have a geiger counter going off. Still can't get over that amazing quartz specimen though! I wish I could pan out there with you guys but I unfortunately am stuck in the states, although I just did visit Indonesia so an Australia trip is very likely at some point. Keep up the good work!
Its well worth the trip mate. Put it on the bucket list.
Hi Mate, Just a great day so great that I'm heading out to find some gold tomorrow, (I hope). Dennis
Good luck!
I'm really digging the new format to your show! Keep up the awesomeness. Have you ever listened to the Floozies. Don't know why but I keep wanting suggest music to ya, but they are definitely worth a listen if you haven't.
I have not heard of them. Zoe probably has.
Nice bit of gold
Chris that hat suits you and your channel!
I think so too
Grizz is such a gd looking boy plz give him a scratch . well done on this vid mate as usual I enjoyed it thanks heaps
Will do
you should check that spot where Grizzly was digging! Perhaps he is a gold-hound?
I did, there was, but no space on film for it.
Jason Hawes yup he should my dog finds gold all the time.
Awesome videos. Wish I could go prospecting myself. But I work to much.
Hey man I was watching some of your old vids, I saw you were using just a pry bar to move boulders. Why not just get a little scissor jack from a wrecking yard and push big stuff that way. In Aussie I’m a tradie and I just figured working smarter not harder could help. Cheers from Canada and keep it up