Bering Sea Gold Dredging: GOLD IN THE SLUICE BOX!
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Wanna see a bunch of gold? Watch this a amazing clean-up of gold concentrates that Spencer Phillips dredged from the Bering Sea near Nome, Alaska. Nuggets of gold and gold fines in abundance.
I would like to thank Spencer and Steve Phillips who invited me to visit with them in Nome Alaska and at their gold claims "Phillip's Gold Camp" on the Casadepaga river.
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Bering Sea Gold Dredging: GOLD IN THE SLUICE BOX!
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Google search says $1251.40 per ounce.
Thats $6255 for that run alone.
Puts things in perspective... very cool.
Hope this info is correct.
RegressMeNot , still have to subtract expenses off the top. Alot of them end up with a net loss,still looks like a blast though!
Grey Silverback Yeah I thought of that too but when they mentioned grams I immediately wondered 'what's that worth? '. It does look like a blast, better then the daily grind I'm accustom to.
RegressMeNot but that's not the only way this Group that Beau's with makes their money. Beau was telling the other day that you could rent a cabin, rent the 4 wheeler, and other stuff. And stay for a duration of 3 months. But you have to work with the mine. Plus cook and clean up too. My point is this group wouldn't be doing this if they weren't bringing in some money.
And then there're other companies up there that you can rent a cabin and all the other stuff and they will make sure you go home with some gold after you've given about $3000.00 per person for about a week. And this is just during the summer months. So these companies make good money.
6255 for 10 days of labor for x number of guys - 3 days of labor on a roof for just me 3 grand - your math is terrible - theres a couple reason swhy they do you tube videos to supplement their incomes, 1 the influx of retards that set out with gold fever dont hurt them a bit cause there just isnt very much gold left and 2 they need the ad money to survive lol - in addition to the bad math these guys will save gold for extended periods of time to make the finds for the video look better than they realy are, dont quit your day job to do this shit, youll find your self broke as fuck quick
Varies on the day. 3 months later [October 10th, 2017] the price has risen to $1,286.40
Nice. Here's a better idea for a dredge. Three 48 inch pontoons with a deck built on it. You could put a nice cabin on it, a cabin you and a buddy could sleep in. That would allow you to go further and STAY further. 48 inch pontoons would be able to handle that Bering Sea if it got 4 foot waves. Make the deck friggin 35 feet long so you could setup a helluva sluice/classification system. Seriously, take that money you make and build a super dredge, one you can camp on. 35 foot by 20 foot on top of 48 inch pontoons would be sweet. You could setup all your equipment on that platform and STAY where the gold is while you sluice, cleanup, go to sleep, wake up, and start again right on the gold. No wasted time coming in to shore to clean up,
*Now thats the heavy stuff right there boys*
Your right could not hear him, but I saw the smile he had because of the gold. Thank you.
Love watching your adventures.
Watching them drag the prop across the shore was like nails on a chalkboard to me
So much color! Awesome.
For a guy who loves bmx fmx etc your vlogs where the first youtube vlogs I got into 👍🏻 good work
I see gold😄 nice! Got my first detector today wish me luck!
Good luck Robin!!
Good Luck! : )
3yrs later..
any luck sofar??
Just watched Bering Sea Gold videos - then found this “Alaska trip” set. My humble opinion is this is way better - “real” unscripted “reality”. Will be binge watching all the rest from this trip over the next couple of days. Great stuff Beau, really glad I found your channel, learning so much 👍🏻
thanks for explaining the operation chigg!
I just finished part one them seen this!!! cant wait to watch it!
I've seen gold in one oz vials and there was a bunch of the vials. Some had flakes and some had nuggets as big as you little finger in 3oz vials. It was so pretty. And then on a different trip to this gold mine they had it pint jars. Now that was VERY pretty. lol oh how I miss Alaska. If nothing else just going and visiting my daughter and grandson would be wonderful.
There are so many things to see and do in Alaska and it takes a lot of time to do it.
Thanks for you videos
your friend did well. Everything in life takes some kind of work. Diligence and perseverance, patience. All things are possible. Great Vid. Thanks
I weird. I like panning for gemstones. I used to gather buckets of gravel wherever I traveled in Idaho. Then come winter I'd pan them down. Always has some nice gemstones.
I live in Alaska and know ppl who have claims but i never considered mining for gold. I stick to my MD. Thanks Chigg for the vids of Alaska.
Lucky Lucky you Wow !!!! Alaska is at the top of my bucket list to go to and pan for gold. Beautiful just beautiful
You might consider propping your intake hose up on a rock and keep it off the bottom so you wont suck sand and small rocks up that could damage your impeller in your pump.
It's pretty awesome seeing you travel and explore. I'm living vicariously through you. It's not quite the same as your metal detecting and river treasure adventures, but I'll take what I can get! Your channel is one of my favorites.
The Fraiser Is Your Cup Of Tea!Pauly wants to Play
I guarantee !
That was great. Especially all the shining gold at the end!
I'm really enjoying this series, thanks for all the hard work. I wish I could go prospecting up there for a week or so, that would be such a thrill.....can't wait to see the rest! Thanks Chigg....
The chigg looking 15 years younger all cleaned cut and stuff.
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Ten days of dredging plus processing the concentrated black sand to get 5 troy ounces of gold minus operating costs …. It looks like fun and WORK:-)
I liked seeing the hand made high banker in action.Very cool!
And here I am digging pull tabs for fun... where did I go wrong haha!
Yup, but I control the market share on them by now so they are becoming rare!
I love these adventures so very much, thank you...aah..Alaska..on my bucket list !!!!!!
that looks like so much fun
Now that's a fun and rewarding looking day, good job fellas!
Ha HA the pump sound as an outro!
That's what she said
Live market price $1241. An oz. Not bad. Out in nature, freedom, couple few days of work and make around an average guys monthly salary not bad at all.
aquachigger I just want to thank you for all the u tube vid you are making I just got to much to say so thank you
Just found your channel, I'm watching here in the U.K. Love this video, I can watch this all day finding gold. Awesome.
Good video showing how its done very interesting shame about the little garnet but I am sure theres lots up there.. Good luck and stay safe..
sure looks pretty when it appears from the sand :)
Just another thought, the guns and knifes aint just for protection from bears are they?
That's a nice clean up, you would have a nice nugget stash somewhere, also ur friend with the gold belt buckle did he have a gold nugget ring... Looked amazing...
Zworykin chig that's awesome! I was getting gold fever just watching it. I can't wait to see the final follow up.
Absolutely loved these gold dredging videos.
MOAR GOLD!!
You don't seem to be fighting off those dadburn Alaskan Mosquitoes. When I was up there in the eighties they were terrible, but a good campfire would keep 'em at bay.
Gold = 💰💰💰 in the bank! Great video Chiggster!
Lots of nice gold in that area
Mate, well done, all of your videos are great so thanks very much and good luck out there, stay safe 🍻
don't get gold fever...there are lots of sunglasses to be found yet!!!
I used to dredge for gold here in Northern California Mother Lode Country. I could always get in the water earlier in the season than everyone else, and stay in later, because I have a dry suit instead of a wet suit. Funny thing is... I can't swim, am deathly afraid of water, but tell me there's gold down there I'll strap 50 pounds of lead on my chest, dive down and stay down there for 8 hours at a time.
have you guys considered using products from GoldHog? would likely increase your ability to get cleaned concentrates than that current setup you have. seeing those nuggets of gold though, pretty epic, and a lot of fine stuff too.
Nice chigg, cheers man.
Very cool!
Thanks chig good and educational video ,if I were only younger again 😢
Really enjoy watching your channel
Awesome video buddy thanks for sharing! Some nice gold there! Keep up the good work 👍🤠⛏⛏⛏
sett up on a dry top sizzle spott upp water
Great! Keep it up!
going to Colorado this 4th of july. try our luck.
Spencer! I want that Garnet. :) I love those. Interesting video.
Wow, what a great turn out.
Always love your videos and adventures.
There's Gold in them thar hills !!!
awesome vids keep them comin
Oh Man I loved that thumbnail. It has been a while sense I have been here sorry. I hope your still watching me. I know you subbed me way back. I really like your videos. You are my biggest subscriber.
Great video, thank you for sharing!
Great job on the videos, love them all.
Sounds like you got the gold fever boy! You'd best head on home and hit the rivers! Summers comin' and the tourists is droppin' loot! Thar's gold in them there southern rivers too and it's closer ta home.
very great vid!!!
Hey Chig I don't know if you know you probably do by now but the sound is like Gonzo on the on some of the video anyway I haven't gotten through with the whole thing yet but we're he's doing the sluice you can't hear anything that you guys are saying or you can't even hear the machine don't know if that's all the way.
have you ever explored Morehead City, NC? I love to watch your videos.
nice!!...again
Nothing like Hi-Banking in Nome (or close to it)!
Nice would love to do that and go crabbing on one of the deadliest catch boats lol
That's a lot of shiny! A few months of work, and you could work part time till the next season.
Depends on what they paid for the licence. But he seems to have a good spot
Awesome
uh oh.. chigg got tha gold fever.. I predict a change in the videos lol..
ive always wanted to dig for gold in Alaska since the days of the gold fever show with tom Massey
Love this video...keep them com`in....CHEERS
Great video Chigg!!👍🏼
Makes you wonder what it must have been like to be the captain of one of the very first dredges... I bet he slept on a pile of gold nuggets lol I would.
Nice
it sure is tough work but Wowzzers nice results well done folks
If you like clean, clear water diving, check out. PolishMafia928 diving in the Colorado river. Cold, fast water. Thanks!
Cmoan! Lets Goo!
Great video im off out detecting in the morning 👍
Chigger back when I was about 19 me and a buddy of mine found this big granite rock sitting in the woods all by itself it was natural it wasn't put there but it was covered I mean covered in garnets you could just pick them up with your fingernail and I got a whole bag of them but I lost the bag over time and I don't remember where that rock is but aren't garrnets worth money love to remember where it is I will someday what I found fascinating about them like the one in your hand is that they are already faceted by Nature you know crystalline little round balls with facets purple or red they're neat
Cool vid
Very good! 1 kg of gold minimum
should use a solar panel or 2 n small wattage pump instead of genni
Cool
Very informative!
WOW!!! That is awesome!!
GOLD FEVER
YEAH !
I wanna go try
Beau, sounds like you are subject to gold fever. A lot of people are. Sometimes it makes you give up what you're doing and go to the end of the world. These guys struck gold when they invited you to visit their operation.
For those who comment about the take versus the value, gold rushes have occurred when the economy was in depression and the people were glad to find a few bucks worth of anything.
That dredge looks like nothing I have ever seen. Where are the riffles? normally sluice boxes have riffles. Is there newer technology? Also, why do the offshore dredgers send their take to be refined by guys like these? Is fresh water better than salt water for refining? Or is it the fact that fresh water doesn't rust the equipment like saltwater?
tamatoa would be proud
Ive been waiting.... I can only hold my breath for so long :)
Nice vid... Your right... We couldn't quite hear everything... But words aren't necessary when you see those shiny gold nuggets..... Btw.
. Your hot??? LOL... I'll take that weather over our 100° Florida humidity any day.
Stephanie McCoy Yea, Chigg should have jumped in the river to cool off!
Wish I could get that much in ten days of work! =)
Lmao did anyone else think it was their headphones or device messing up when it went all quiet
@Aquachigger Nice new haircut! 👍 Hello from Germany!
Love it!!!
best part was the music for the credits