Good to see you working systematically, finding promising veins and pinpointing a rich one. Great work, fingers crossed for lots of gold when you return and sample the vein in larger quantities. Well done.
I carry Pedialyte powder packs, and after two bottles of water, I add it to replace the minerals I have lost. I also give it to my dog, vet oked! It come flavored with fruits and berrys and unflavored. It’s very low in sugar unlike the sports drinks and since it a powder it light weight so I can take it birding . I’m susceptible to heat exhaustion so it’s a big help
Chris I really appreciate how you explain everything you're looking at and what you're thinking when prospecting. It has really helped my understanding of what to look for and how test the ground.
Love the true prospecting chris Your doing it right Putting in the hard yards and finding a vein of gold bearing quartz is the reward …. Your a damn good miner my friend
With the weather we have been having this winter in Victoria Australia it's easy to forget just how hot it is in summer. Very good test results. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Cheers
I hope that you find heaps of gold from your new place you found! You should think about bringing a tarp to hang from the trees to ease your pain of the sun if you are going to be working in one spot all day long. Just a thought. Stay safe
I think these 5 days of prospecting really paid off! Applause to you, Chris, as I've learned a lot about where to dig by looking at specific areas. Even though you haven't weighed it yet, it is a significant amount in your pan. Go get'em! 🧐😍 Blessings from Alabama ❤️
The outlaw gold prospector ( Levi).. Chris, Gadzee and Mick. . Good to see you guys. That's an awesome adventure. Unlocking the Mistry of the gold.. now that was hard work and hot hot hot. Sorry guys I got tired just watching you work. Much love always and please stay safe out there
Hey Chris, since Fern is brachycephalic, have you ever tried an evaporative cooling vest for her on hot outings? My old landlord lives out in Nevada and swears by them when he takes his dog (a good mutt) out prospecting in the arid heat. I've no idea if it would be effective, but if it is, based on reviews, it might help her or you (they make human versions) if you start to feel overheated. Anyway, give Fern a big scratch behind the ears from us here (okay, gadzee can have one too).
You will still get blisters but When you're doing rapid strikes with the pick try separating your hands a bit it allows more control of the handle movement and tends to not let the handle do as much pull on the hands reducing the chances of getting bad blisters such as that. And best thing to do when you get something like that is make a pin hole in it as soon as it starts to blister so it will drain rather then keep filling with fluid stretching the skin more and more making a overall bigger wound instead the skin can fuse back together and your body will use turn that top dead layer into extra protection otherwise known as chalice your body's natural armor
I once went mountain biking in North Wales during one of the hottest UK summers I can remember, on the trails built between the trees of the Coed-y-Brennin forest (an old gold mining hotspot) with no fresh air or much airflow of any kind and drank my way through 9ltrs of water...but, still felt thirsty! Heat does crazy things to the body for sure, but, you gotta make sure you don't dilute your blood without replacing electrolytes too...something I don't think I had fully appreciated at the time as i had literally zonked all energy from my muscles! Stay safe my man!
Great video - reaaally enjoyed the format where you combined different days throughout the prospecting journey and showing the geological lay of the land 👍🏻
I love it when you do the hard ground mining sites it is one big treasure hunt looking for the vein and very physical too lol. All worth it when you do your panning and see the results and that last pan you did was amazing. Keep it up Chris I enjoy sharing this journey of yours via these videos have a great weekend and stay safe........
Don't care how long your vids are mate. I love them all. Your enthusiasm and sense of humour uplifts us all Chris. PS if you know what's happening with Levi from Tassie Boys.....let us know. He has been off the air for a while now.....didn't know who else to ask😊
These are the videos I really like. From the start to the Finish. Sometimes the videos where you sample a spot and then return back multiple videos later I lose track.
Nice vid Chris, I hope you and Senior Sweatpants pull some nice yellow stuff out of those hills and have a great time doing it. You have inspired me to have crack at this myself. My adventure sluice arrived the other day and I hope put it to good use soon and hopefully run into you and say hello while I'm out and about.
Thanks so much. It’s the best video I’ve seen so far. I would give anything to be able to spend a day with you. I live and breathe gold. Hopefully I’ll find a bit. Stay safe. ❤
Why would your neighbors hate you .... not like you make a little noise or dust or anything .... Nice explore and sampling mate ... Howdy from the Gold Hill mining district of southern Oregon, USA .... ⛏⚒⛏ New sub, my down under brother🤠
I absolutely love your enthusiasm. I loathe some of those nonsense shows (e.g. the ever repetitive partial episodes that are milked by 'Aussie Gold & Opal Hunters') where they have a crew pull out a massive dose of gold and they take like two minutes to weigh out what they've got, even though they clearly already know, and then at the end they moan about how little they have because it's only 75 ounces or some such bollocks, it is wonderful to see people like you guys get enthusiastic over what you find. And yeah, I get that you're a hobbiest but it's insulting to the viewer of those shows when you can clearly see how the crap has been edited. In other words, good for you. Thanks for sharing what you do and in an honest way.
Nice one Chris, I was going to ask a long time ago if you have ever followed the gold to its source. Also I watch a few prospectors, Dan Hurd, mbmm, mbmm does a lot of sampling then refines the gold to get an accurate idea of gold per tonne, to weigh your bucket of sample ore then processed gold would be interesting to watch. Great content keep it up 👍
The viens are running in GIANT circles because they are the petrified remains of Giant OLD tree Sap.. Quartz is in fact Petrified Tree Sap... aka GOLD Baby!
16:18, it might be a hibernating spider. Most spiders have egg sacks. A Google search of Australian spiders didn't help much, except one photo showed a spider in a similar casing and was described as hibernating.
Great sample, but with the current situation with the government and the mines department they won't issue a TMA/ lease, even for a small scale operation. Over the past twelve months we had to hand back our mines, shaft mine wouldn't renewal the lease, alluvial mine now Greene's won't let any clearing of ground, which they gave us the full go ahead a few years ago. Check the prospecting regs on how deep you can dig ( a foot I think ?) If this is the case, you dig the first foot, Mick the second, Gaz the third and Fren the next then start all over again. Good luck and keep digging.👍⛏️🥃
High-grade pieces can null themselves out! Like multi nuggets in the same hole you get a weaker signal then if you just had one of them nuggets. Try using a piece of plywood and throw in the high-grade pieces on top of it with it 8 inches off the ground no metal of course you could use a piece of plastic it’s a whole New World you’re not ground balancing all the mineralization out. This is a big deal for chasing the kind of gold you want to chase! Gold will lead you to gold but if you can’t hear it only pick up a piece here in there. I have absolutely killed it we’re mini mini people have been over the ground time and time again ! This technique is for high graders not regular detecting nuggets
Awesome work, that is a pretty amazing achievement Dont forget to also sample along the vein, as it can be richer in some spots, particularly if a fault crosses the vein
To make a pool over the proven ground. Prospect elsewhere only remember to keep the pool and ground around it full of water for a couple hours. Easier i think, unless the ground is compacted beyound absorption...what do you think?
great entertainment ! love the hunt and strategies and reading the ground been watching senior track pants as well i noticed he doesn't look Mexican at all
Damn it Chris, stop with the slow pour into the bucket! Had to run to the dunny in the middle of the show. Lol. Cheers mate, need to watch the rest of the video now. I have to say I was in the US Navy and stopped in Fremantle and I had been out to the pubs, drank a bit and needed to use the bathroom... dunny... Was saying all kinds of words in order to get there to no avail. Finally said toilet and she understood... almost pissed myself along the way but just barely made it, clamping hard. I love you aussies, keep up the great work... and back to the show. Thanks mate!
I notice u wear long sleeves also does that help keep u cooler or is it just to protect u from the suns rays cus me when it gets hot I gotta lose the shirt lol
Small hold mining is a thing in BC, Canada so keep looking for the mother lode. I would be interested in seeing the yield numbers (ounces per tonne) or maybe rephrased as grams per tonne. Thanks Chris.
Could heating the rock/quartz for an hour or two, then smashing it when cool be a way to break it up easier. I vaguely remember from school some rock benefits from doing so? Love your videos 👍👍👍👍
Excellent video your a hard working gold prospecting for sure I know all about heat exhaustion you have to take it seriously it’s 100 degrees here in Alabama I can’t prospect in that heat nice gold enjoyed the video ⚒️🇺🇸⛏️🕳️
Heat exhaustion or heat stroke is no joke. Sounds like you were prepared to be out in the heat, but running out of water or Gatorade means time to go. Always pop blisters at night, old wise tale that actually works.
Actually I love being out with my sluice on the streams. I'm in southern california, back to my home state. Theres still snow melt off from a heavy winter so water is abundant. Area of blue cut. I just spread out the work and go for the best that I see in gravels
Chalcopyrite is copper. Quote from my fathers geology textbook (circa 1969), chalcopyrite is a copper- iron sulfide mineral and the most common copper ore mineral. Sorry, don't mean to be "that guy", but we never should stop learning. You've taught me a lot and I've been pospecting/mining since before you were born. For that alone I really appreciate you, the missus and most importantly Grizz and Fernie. (edit) shoot! I forgot the Micks and Gadzee. Sorry guys
@@VoGusProspecting yeah lol I've been wearing one torching out rusted parts typically bushings or mounts and get done only to realize the shop is cleared out because of the smell And I have a duck dynasty size beard
Yo mon, how about a cup of water in Stampy, cut the dust down , hell its going to get wet anyway ;) Way less dust, if any, might settlle the heavies lower too, dunno, just a fan of finding treasures, natural or not. I am a fan of lots of prospecting/mining channels and am always concerned of the dust people breath in, please look after your lungs folks!
30+ min Vo-Gus vid to start the weekend ! Cheers Chris 🤙
Good to see you working systematically, finding promising veins and pinpointing a rich one. Great work, fingers crossed for lots of gold when you return and sample the vein in larger quantities. Well done.
I carry Pedialyte powder packs, and after two bottles of water, I add it to replace the minerals I have lost. I also give it to my dog, vet oked! It come flavored with fruits and berrys and unflavored. It’s very low in sugar unlike the sports drinks and since it a powder it light weight so I can take it birding . I’m susceptible to heat exhaustion so it’s a big help
Great job all around. Working on it. Keep me posted on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out!!!
heat stroke is no joke. I've passed out from over heating before. It will put you down before you realize anything is going on.
Yeah, it's no joke, you're not just losing water from your body, but minerals too, I've had heat stroke so bad I couldn't hardly even talk.
I once passed out thinking about doing something slightly inconvenient
Also, heat stroke aftermath/ sick as hell for hours/ comparable only to sea sickness/ awful.
Chris I really appreciate how you explain everything you're looking at and what you're thinking when prospecting. It has really helped my understanding of what to look for and how test the ground.
Its so much fun to watch your adventures! Thanks for sharing!
Love the true prospecting chris
Your doing it right
Putting in the hard yards and finding a vein of gold bearing quartz is the reward ….
Your a damn good miner my friend
With the weather we have been having this winter in Victoria Australia it's easy to forget just how hot it is in summer.
Very good test results. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Cheers
I hope that you find heaps of gold from your new place you found! You should think about bringing a tarp to hang from the trees to ease your pain of the sun if you are going to be working in one spot all day long. Just a thought. Stay safe
I think these 5 days of prospecting really paid off! Applause to you, Chris, as I've learned a lot about where to dig by looking at specific areas. Even though you haven't weighed it yet, it is a significant amount in your pan. Go get'em! 🧐😍 Blessings from Alabama ❤️
The outlaw gold prospector ( Levi).. Chris, Gadzee and Mick. . Good to see you guys. That's an awesome adventure. Unlocking the Mistry of the gold.. now that was hard work and hot hot hot. Sorry guys I got tired just watching you work. Much love always and please stay safe out there
Hey Chris, since Fern is brachycephalic, have you ever tried an evaporative cooling vest for her on hot outings? My old landlord lives out in Nevada and swears by them when he takes his dog (a good mutt) out prospecting in the arid heat. I've no idea if it would be effective, but if it is, based on reviews, it might help her or you (they make human versions) if you start to feel overheated. Anyway, give Fern a big scratch behind the ears from us here (okay, gadzee can have one too).
Knowledge is power 👍👍👍👍👍
Chris, thank you for another well done video. Information, effort, camera work, commitment, editing, and passion were all top notch.
And thank you for watching
Finding a piece of gold is a good indicator that there might be gold around.-Pauly
I think finding a Chris, Gadzy or Mick around is a good indicator of gold in the zone.... Me
Your all over it Pauly 😂
Hard work in the sun is always better with a mate and a dog. Keep goi’. Doing great!
Thought it was when you find gold around it's a good indication black sand is around...😅
Another fantastic, educational, super entertaining video, Paula! You are the best.
Thank you for taking us along going wild gold hunting. Cheers from Tampa Florida.
Sweet stuff you finding there. Good on you. Thanks for sharing
You will still get blisters but When you're doing rapid strikes with the pick try separating your hands a bit it allows more control of the handle movement and tends to not let the handle do as much pull on the hands reducing the chances of getting bad blisters such as that. And best thing to do when you get something like that is make a pin hole in it as soon as it starts to blister so it will drain rather then keep filling with fluid stretching the skin more and more making a overall bigger wound instead the skin can fuse back together and your body will use turn that top dead layer into extra protection otherwise known as chalice your body's natural armor
Great work boys. Best of luck with this.😊
Looks like you found a great spot. Thanks for sharing...
I once went mountain biking in North Wales during one of the hottest UK summers I can remember, on the trails built between the trees of the Coed-y-Brennin forest (an old gold mining hotspot) with no fresh air or much airflow of any kind and drank my way through 9ltrs of water...but, still felt thirsty!
Heat does crazy things to the body for sure, but, you gotta make sure you don't dilute your blood without replacing electrolytes too...something I don't think I had fully appreciated at the time as i had literally zonked all energy from my muscles!
Stay safe my man!
That's why I drink Gatorade, along with water, whenever I am flagging (traffic control) for road construction.
@@tinamathews3379 good idea!
Great video - reaaally enjoyed the format where you combined different days throughout the prospecting journey and showing the geological lay of the land 👍🏻
Iron is the mother of gold!
I love it when you do the hard ground mining sites it is one big treasure hunt looking for the vein and very physical too lol. All worth it when you do your panning and see the results and that last pan you did was amazing. Keep it up Chris I enjoy sharing this journey of yours via these videos have a great weekend and stay safe........
Great video Chris....Thanks for the adventure.
Big mish bro ! Lil Fern pup is getting so big ! 🐕💛 Churr
Don't care how long your vids are mate. I love them all. Your enthusiasm and sense of humour uplifts us all Chris.
PS if you know what's happening with Levi from Tassie Boys.....let us know. He has been off the air for a while now.....didn't know who else to ask😊
This was a very good video please make more like this.
Bring extra water for Fernie! And take care of yourself, Chris. 😉👍
These are the videos I really like. From the start to the Finish. Sometimes the videos where you sample a spot and then return back multiple videos later I lose track.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks Chris for stepping up from the usual
I like how you have analyzed and thought out how you were going to approach it. Great idea. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Nice vid Chris, I hope you and Senior Sweatpants pull some nice yellow stuff out of those hills and have a great time doing it.
You have inspired me to have crack at this myself. My adventure sluice arrived the other day and I hope put it to good use soon and hopefully run into you and say hello while I'm out and about.
Enjoy mate, glad youre getting out there
Thanks so much. It’s the best video I’ve seen so far. I would give anything to be able to spend a day with you. I live and breathe gold. Hopefully I’ll find a bit. Stay safe. ❤
Why would your neighbors hate you .... not like you make a little noise or dust or anything .... Nice explore and sampling mate ... Howdy from the Gold Hill mining district of southern Oregon, USA .... ⛏⚒⛏ New sub, my down under brother🤠
I absolutely love your enthusiasm. I loathe some of those nonsense shows (e.g. the ever repetitive partial episodes that are milked by 'Aussie Gold & Opal Hunters') where they have a crew pull out a massive dose of gold and they take like two minutes to weigh out what they've got, even though they clearly already know, and then at the end they moan about how little they have because it's only 75 ounces or some such bollocks, it is wonderful to see people like you guys get enthusiastic over what you find. And yeah, I get that you're a hobbiest but it's insulting to the viewer of those shows when you can clearly see how the crap has been edited.
In other words, good for you. Thanks for sharing what you do and in an honest way.
Well done guys.... Looking forward to seeing more and hopefully you have a Gold mine 👍🤓✌️
Fantastic episode Chris 👏 . Well done showing how much effort goes into finding a new source of yellow fly poop
What a great episode! Just thrilling to think you guys might hit an untouched vein.
Really enjoy this type of video. Gives a good perspective of how to find your jackpot spot. Thank you for the hard work!
That bending of the rock is called rent and twain!there ya go mate.
Hi Chris the motor hunting you need to clean the air filter, love content keep up the good work
Now I want to hit some areas this weekend Chris. Happy Canada Day
Nice one Chris, I was going to ask a long time ago if you have ever followed the gold to its source. Also I watch a few prospectors, Dan Hurd, mbmm, mbmm does a lot of sampling then refines the gold to get an accurate idea of gold per tonne, to weigh your bucket of sample ore then processed gold would be interesting to watch. Great content keep it up 👍
All channels i watch too. Great content.
I’m loving this series!!
The viens are running in GIANT circles because they are the petrified remains of Giant OLD tree Sap.. Quartz is in fact Petrified Tree Sap... aka GOLD Baby!
16:18, it might be a hibernating spider. Most spiders have egg sacks. A Google search of Australian spiders didn't help much, except one photo showed a spider in a similar casing and was described as hibernating.
Beautiful work !
On ya Jo. Next time tacke a bigger crushing crusher/dryblower 👌 for sampling.🍻
Sounds like a good plan Chris I look forward to seeing your results
yes Chris i did watch the whole video
im gld for all youve taught me .thank you
love your vds . you rock lil bro
Pleasure man, hope you find heaps
100% quality production 👌! Nice blisters...
Great sample, but with the current situation with the government and the mines department they won't issue a TMA/ lease, even for a small scale operation.
Over the past twelve months we had to hand back our mines, shaft mine wouldn't renewal the lease, alluvial mine now Greene's won't let any clearing of ground, which they gave us the full go ahead a few years ago.
Check the prospecting regs on how deep you can dig ( a foot I think ?) If this is the case, you dig the first foot, Mick the second, Gaz the third and Fren the next then start all over again. Good luck and keep digging.👍⛏️🥃
I didnt realise the video was that long lol absolutely fascinating stuff Chris and to get a result like that at the end is amazing ...well done
Glad you enjoyed it
Great result Chris. Good luck with the next crush😁👍
High-grade pieces can null themselves out!
Like multi nuggets in the same hole you get a weaker signal then if you just had one of them nuggets.
Try using a piece of plywood and throw in the high-grade pieces on top of it with it 8 inches off the ground no metal of course you could use a piece of plastic it’s a whole New World you’re not ground balancing all the mineralization out.
This is a big deal for chasing the kind of gold you want to chase!
Gold will lead you to gold but if you can’t hear it only pick up a piece here in there.
I have absolutely killed it we’re mini mini people have been over the ground time and time again !
This technique is for high graders not regular detecting nuggets
Nice. Gotta say I'm curious to see what 1/10 T or so crush will yield. Hope you do such for a future vid. Onward!
It's about time you brought your boy with you i think together you guys can find quite a bit you too crack me up 😂😂
its all about veiny source gold maté absolutely my favourite thing to hunt too great vid chris hope ya well cheers
We get gold here in Vermont USA. It’s everywhere but hard to find big stuff
Great vid! Can’t wait to see what else you get from there! 👍🏻
Awesome work, that is a pretty amazing achievement
Dont forget to also sample along the vein, as it can be richer in some spots, particularly if a fault crosses the vein
Thanks for the tip!
You hit it mister good job...
The best episode ever, and that is saying a lot. Thanks keep up the good work.
gotta say that you're totally channeling some bear grills energy while explaining the end of the video haha. loving this content!
Glad you like them!
To make a pool over the proven ground. Prospect elsewhere only remember to keep the pool and ground around it full of water for a couple hours. Easier i think, unless the ground is compacted beyound absorption...what do you think?
Great work mate! I would be super stoked to be so successful in hard rock mining. I commend you, keep up the great work!
great entertainment ! love the hunt and strategies and reading the ground
been watching senior track pants as well i noticed he doesn't look Mexican at all
Hell yeah brotha!!! I love where you are going!!! I’d kill to come hang out for a week or two!!! Lol!!!
I like the Videos showing a full projects with several days:-)
Great video and a good learning experience 😊😊
Very good sample, definitely worth going back. Now it's time to do some extreme hard rock mining and prospecting.
Or, time to look for another one haha
Damn it Chris, stop with the slow pour into the bucket!
Had to run to the dunny in the middle of the show. Lol.
Cheers mate, need to watch the rest of the video now.
I have to say I was in the US Navy and stopped in Fremantle and I had been out to the pubs, drank a bit and needed to use the bathroom... dunny...
Was saying all kinds of words in order to get there to no avail. Finally said toilet and she understood... almost pissed myself along the way but just barely made it, clamping hard.
I love you aussies, keep up the great work... and back to the show.
Thanks mate!
I notice u wear long sleeves also does that help keep u cooler or is it just to protect u from the suns rays cus me when it gets hot I gotta lose the shirt lol
loving the longer videos!
Small hold mining is a thing in BC, Canada so keep looking for the mother lode. I would be interested in seeing the yield numbers (ounces per tonne) or maybe rephrased as grams per tonne. Thanks Chris.
Could heating the rock/quartz for an hour or two, then smashing it when cool be a way to break it up easier. I vaguely remember from school some rock benefits from doing so? Love your videos 👍👍👍👍
Wow, impressive. Looking forward to the next one.
you should do another garage/porch/patio sweep and see how much gold you get! bet its been a while since youve done that haha!
Excellent video your a hard working gold prospecting for sure I know all about heat exhaustion you have to take it seriously it’s 100 degrees here in Alabama I can’t prospect in that heat nice gold enjoyed the video ⚒️🇺🇸⛏️🕳️
Great vid, can’t wait to see more from this spot
What a pretty little pan you ended up with. Let's hope the part of the vein you revealed is the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Great video!
Here lies Chris, whose blister will be missed, long live hard working Chris...
I feel your pain, it's 94°F here and 100° by the end of the weekend. Stay cool! 💨🥶
101, with 107, 107, and 103 F forecast for the next few....at 34% humidity....yuck!!!
Thanks Chris ,top video 👍
A lot of crap in your shed.. lol a lot of crap in a lot of our sheds. 😂
Fascinating learning how you find gold in quartz reefs. Makes me wonder if I could find some here in Washington state.
Heat exhaustion or heat stroke is no joke. Sounds like you were prepared to be out in the heat, but running out of water or Gatorade means time to go. Always pop blisters at night, old wise tale that actually works.
Greetings ◇
Great to see you best wishes to you All ☆☆☆
Actually I love being out with my sluice on the streams. I'm in southern california, back to my home state. Theres still snow melt off from a heavy winter so water is abundant. Area of blue cut. I just spread out the work and go for the best that I see in gravels
Chalcopyrite is copper. Quote from my fathers geology textbook (circa 1969), chalcopyrite is a copper- iron sulfide mineral and the most common copper ore mineral. Sorry, don't mean to be "that guy", but we never should stop learning. You've taught me a lot and I've been pospecting/mining since before you were born. For that alone I really appreciate you, the missus and most importantly Grizz and Fernie.
(edit) shoot! I forgot the Micks and Gadzee. Sorry guys
31:56 the proofs in the dust on the beard it seals just fine
Ive done smell tests on them and its been fine but id rather not risk it
@@VoGusProspecting yeah lol I've been wearing one torching out rusted parts typically bushings or mounts and get done only to realize the shop is cleared out because of the smell
And I have a duck dynasty size beard
Is this hobby or commercially? I have like this field 100%
Plus your puppy needs some water too 😉
When panning your gold if you have flaky gold you should use Jet Dry( dish washer detergent) to keep the fine gold from floating away
Can I suggest cloth wrap like what is used on tennis rackets for your pick handle.
Yo mon, how about a cup of water in Stampy, cut the dust down , hell its going to get wet anyway ;) Way less dust, if any, might settlle the heavies lower too, dunno, just a fan of finding treasures, natural or not. I am a fan of lots of prospecting/mining channels and am always concerned of the dust people breath in, please look after your lungs folks!
Awesome, love the hard rock
I love the sound of breaking glass 🌻