Bees guarding the Gold
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2020
- Prospecting for gold in the Australian Outback is not for the faint of heart. In this case we had to deal with snakes and swarms of native bees.
The trip started off on a good note and after a mine exploration nearby the camp Krissy picks up a few gold nuggets in their new prospecting area in the Pilbara, Western Australia. She detects a different spot the next day where she manages to find gold as well but she soon had enough from being swarmed by hundreds of bees.
Mark gives that area a try and soon realises the discomfort of bees crawling all over his skin. Persistence pays out for him by returning to "bee creek" until he unearths a nice big nugget.
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#outbackgoldfever
You make me want to sell everything and move to the outback.
I'd always give bees a drink, in that country they'd need it.
They drank a few litres of sweat off us Jim. If they were stinging bees that gold would still be there 👍
In 1987, I built an ULF detector using the rim of a 5 gallon plastic pail as the coil form. It operated at a frequecy of 5 kilohertz.
It could easily detect an object the size of your hand at a 4 foot depth. I stll have it and it still works.
I used to have fun, following people with a conventional detector and dig-up targets that they had just missed. It used to drive people nuts.
Just take it easy you want get bogged .
Spent months up around Nullugine /Halls Creek,for years stopped going about 6 years back .
Thinking of going detecting again.
Fascinating country.
Cheers lyell .
Although my wife and I have been to Western Australia you have covered the internal side of view where we travelled the bitumen roads. Including the wonderful shots of Australia via the drone. When driving the Nº 1 highway and seeing the outskirts we miss the best part of Australia. Thank you so much Krissy and Mark.
Cute doggy..😊😊
EPIC SCENERY" THANKS 4 POSTING!!!
thanks for watching 👍🏻
I'm so proud of you right now!!! Good times right there!
Glad you liked it. 👍🏻
awesome adventure guys so glad I'm following you guys on this one :)
Thanks again!! you guys are going to be very popular !!
Thanks for the positive comments 💛
I live near Sydney and I can't believe how big WA is. I love the drone shots and wish you did more of them and they lasted longer. Danke!!!
Those drone shots sure give you an idea of how vast this country is, and the gold can be anywhere. We'll try and include a few longer shots. 👍
Excellent shiny Michael, Krissy....great video, thanks again...!
Glad you enjoyed it, Mark and Krissy 😁
2:59 incredible footage of just how remote you guys are. I love camping videos but just recently found your camping and detecting videos. Very interesting and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing, Grant.
Great hunt for the both of you! Those pesky bees! 👍
Thanks 👍🏻
Freaking insane how much gold you find. Here in CA, we have big gold too but finds like yours seem exceedingly rare.
Ms. Krissy try taking a couple brush piles of dried wood not alot but enough to kindle a small fire in a circle around where u want to prospect then put some green grass or green tree limbs to create smoke bees hate smoke
great hunt fam. keep up the work. nice AU. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!
Thanks! Will do! ⛏
Just started watching your channel. Keep up the great videos!
PS I am subscribed now too
Welcome aboard, Bruce 👍🏻
Eastern brown snakes eh! Really good idea not to get too close to those little buggers.
How come the bees aren't stinging you? Not that I want them to, 🤣 it's just I've never heard of bees that don't sting. The Pilbara is a very strange place. It even looks like it belongs on Mars or somewhere similar when the drone got a shot of the mountain/hills that look like they have been stripped bare of trees and plants AND grass after the fires.
It doesn't seem to matter what the conditions are like to you. If there is gold YOU will find it. Thankyou again Krissy and Mark for another entertaining adventure. Cya! 🇭🇲🤗
The snakes were a real worry out there! Never seen that many in one spot, they must have hatched nearby. The bees were native bees, they don't sting but are even more annoying than flies because they crawl into sleeves and up the shorts. If the country is rough, it usually hasn't seen many detectors yet 👍🏻
@@OutbackGoldFever Thanks for that info Krissy. I'm still a bit stumped with the "Native" bees. Kinda sounds like they wear masks and throw spears. 🥴 Somewhere down deep in the uncharted scary recesses of my mind lies a thought that maybe, just maybe Krissy is trying to tell me that the stingy bees are from somewhere other than Australia and that is why she calls the non stingy bees natives. Is that correct or am I having a misfire in my brain again?
All the way into the shorts eh? 😳!
@@robbie8142 As far as I know the stingy bees came from europe once, same as bumblebees. A lot worse having one of those crawling up your shorts 😳
@@OutbackGoldFever 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣! That definitely NOT on my bucket list. Thanks Krissy. Cya! 🇭🇲🤗
My word even bees want in the gold action
It was like we were stealing their golden honey 🐝
Chrissy you’re a better detector and driver!! 😀
Excellent video. Thanks 😊
You have the best videos! Great drone shots and sweet looking dog.
Thanks, Ken 👍Unfortunately Phantom was killed by our government using 1080 baits. We miss him more than words can say ❤
@@OutbackGoldFever I just watched your video about Phantom and am so sorry for your loss!
At least you got some nice nuggets. Great video.
nice looking gold indeed 👍🏻
Snakes, bees and gold. The usual.... No scorpions? Greetings from Nevada!
Scorpion on our latest vid Steven. It's never lonely in the bush 👍
@@OutbackGoldFever That is true. 😜
Awesome gold yet again!!! Well done
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
You guys are awesome
Thanks for watching dpcustom 1 💛👍
Another great video, got my gold itch really fired up. Never know just what mother nature is going to through into the mix.
we aim to inspire. that's what makes nature so great. 🍀
thanks for the comment, peter ⛏
Looked like a quartz vein running up the ridge line. Looks to me you were standing at the source of the gold.
definitely could be worth more of a look ⛏
Some nice little pieces scenery fantastic👍
A great area for scenery for sure 👍
Try a spoon of sugar or honey in a cup of water then tip it in 3or 4 shallow sardine tins & hang them in the trees with a piece of string. This can sometimes keep those pesky "buzzers" away.
Oh yeh pretty nice gold too.
Lots of hard fought tiny pieces of gold
And Bees guarding the big pieces 🐝
Always enjoy your videos.
Thanks, Dennis 💛
Very well done and congratulations! Beautiful country and nice gold and get a jumpsuit and B bonnet it and you will not be bothered by the bees
Add a radioactive sticker and no one will bother you 🤣
@@OutbackGoldFever Wearing that sort of clothing
Would be so much fun out in that heat
But at least you'ld have no problem with catching Covid 19
Wearing that out there would be like winding isolation suits
To the maximum level! ;-)
Living a dream :) viel Glück and some Big Nuggets for you
thanks, we're living a life we love 💛
Thank you.
Andy
No worries 👍🏻
Look fantastic trip my friend💝
Thanks for visiting
When the bugs get that bad I wear my face net... Praise God you still got some nice gold.
I sure does enjoy watching you kids having fun fining the gold.
Much love and prayers may you kids be blessed in Jesus name... BBE..
Thanks for watching, Bobby 👍🏻
Another great video and just subscribed by the way. Love the way you both handle your GPZ' s with ease ,, it would be appreciated if yous mentioned some basic settings on detectors as you go for us beginners would be much appreciated. Cheers
thanks for your suggestion 👍🏻
we mainly use these settings on the GPZ 7000: High Yield, difficult, sensitivity 15-18, no smoothings and dual speakers through a B&Z booster
@@OutbackGoldFever Thanks for your response and advice Cheers
Hey Chrissy love watching your videos. Just wondering if your prospecting on land that requires permission and if so, who do you go through / contact and besides a miners rights what else do you need to prospect in the Pilbara? Thanks for your continuing entertainment in getting the gold , you’ve just made me want to get out there NOW !!! 🙏🏼
Hi Kim, it really depends on the situation, sometimes I seek permission, sometimes I detect vacant crown land or pending tenements, other times I get a 40E. No matter what you should always notify the pastoralist before entering 👍🏻
Make a few of liters sugar syrup, put about 100 meters away from camp. try to keep them busy elsewhere.
yep great idea that will work.
we'll give that a go 🐝
For the Bee's next time, try putting out a shallow pan with water and hopefully they will go to that and leave you alone.
Cool hunt. Nice country.exciting 4WD.
Awesome country in the Pilbara, we love it 💛
Love it.
Thanks Barry 👍🏻
Awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
Lucky it wasn’t Bees that do sting Krissy , another one of the hazards of prospecting i suppose .
You guys be careful .😁🇬🇧❤️
Amazing journey as I follow you. I am interested in what you use for your gps position mapping when propecting?
Hmm what if you put a water dish out for the bees (with rocks in it so they don't drown :D ) and maybe they'll pick the.water dish over you? Haha love the vid thanks!
Glad you liked it! no, the bees always prefer you 🐝
@@OutbackGoldFever probably the salt......my neighbors are big time bee people.... they feed there bees.....try a bucket of water with sugar or corn syrup or something sweet in it and a board going in the bucket with hay or dried grass on top of the water........water alone should work with a stick or limb or 1 by 4 board
Oh my..i think i would suffer through the pesky bees for more nuggets that big.. nice find!
between the hot rocks and the rubbish it was hard to stay there for too long
Recent subscriber, love your content. A little off subject but have you shown your basecamp setup? If not I'm sure that would be a well received video. Happy hunting in the New Year, from Oregon USA
Welcome aboard, Joe! We're planning on doing a video on our camp - stay tuned 👍🏻⛏
Looks like your search head needs a coil cover before it is damaged or is that a dark material cover on it?? Good luck hunting! You must have been a good source of moisture for the bees. Nice gold !
HI GUYS, USA BEEPER HERE⛏️ SOME TIMES HEMITITE AFTER BEING HEATED ( FIRE) CHANGES TO MAGNA SITE, HOT ROCKS, ⛏️⛏️ JUST A HINT🤭 LUCK TO YA 🏜️
We do like hot rock areas 👍
Take an Australian 50c coin and you will see that its exactly 1/2 a troy ounce. That's handy to know if you want to make a little set of bushcraft scales.
Nive drone shots, plz more of them.
Thanks again ⛏
I really like your content! Amazing scenery. Is german your first language Krissy? Best regards from Sweden.
Yes, it is! Thanks for watching 👍🏻
There ya go Krissy there are two types of brown snakes over there king brown and western brown not to mention death adders and several other venoumus snakes good luck
luckily mark has only been bitten by a python 🐍
Funny thing is that king Brown's are actually part of the Black snake family
The common brown snake in the Pilbara is the King Brown. It will kill you a couple of seconds slower than the Eastern Brown. So you were in luck.
King browns are more aggressive and will bite you sooner than an eastern brown 👍Stay safe out there Wet Cat 💛
@@OutbackGoldFever Ex-spurts will argue all day which is worse but one constant they can be sure of is the speed at which I will be running away. Maximum. I'm a new subscriber. I haven't detected in decades, and that was in Wedderburn, but I'm currently waiting for my Gold Monster 1000 and my shiny new pick to arrive in the mail. I love your vids. They are especially helpful as I now live in the Pilbara and you are covering home ground by the look of the terrain. Good luck out there and stay away from the creepy crawlies.
We absolutely love the pilbara area and can't wait to get back up there. I hope you ordered some gaitors as well, the spinafex is thick in some places. Great that your geting back out for a swing and intersted in how the monster will go. Best of luck and hope your GM arrives soon 👍🍀⛏ Stay safe 🐍
I clean out an empty household spray bottle and fill with water then put in 15 drops of peppermint oil then shake. Makes a good bug repellant, smells good too. Had to wear repellant every day for a years tour with the US Army in Vietnam and I cannot stand any chemical repellant. Found it works with Mosquitos, Bees, Hornets, flies and wasps. Got em all on my property. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your service, Gary. Will definitely give that one a go.
Deters Spiders too... But be careful if you have a Dog.
Does that Creek ever run? I can only imagine the amount of smaller gold in that area if you were to bring a sluice or highbanker. Those nuggets were nuts! And sitting right on top??!!!
can't image it running for very long. you're probably better of with a dry blower here in WA 👍🏻
People pay up to $1,000 and more for those types of bee nests the honey is really good
maybe wipe dryer sheets on your skin and clothes to keep the bugs away....it might help. We do it here for the mosquitoes and it works.
bees my butt id crawl over broken bottles on my hands and knees if id found that half ounce nugget just to see where it sat
Great video....Those bees looked aweful !! How does that GPZ handle the charcoal stumps
Thanks guys! The GPZ 7000 is not too bad on the charcoal - only reacts occasionally 👍🏻
Fore your snake problem In And around your camp find several long horse hair lassos and tape the ends together to form a circle around your camp. When a snake slithers up to the rope it scratches their skins and they wont crawl over it. What we do in Texas when we go hunting and fishing in rattler coyntry
That's an interesting approach 👍🏻
So good! What year/decade do you reckon those mine shafts were dug?
Early 1900 we think ⛏
What about couple of fly-traps with water + a bit of meat maybe. There aren't that many bees/flies, they just are all on you.
what kind of snakes were you seeing mainly?
Hi! 🙂
The name of the dog 🐶..?!
Big hugs to 🐶, "little" video please ..!!! 😉
Grüße aus Deutschland! 🙂 👍 🙂 👍 🙂
I would like to buy one once nuggets from you as you seem to be honest people can be bigger
Nice
Thanks 👍🏻
The snakes could be Pseudechis australis/ Mulga snake. Similar looking to an Eastern brown, and also extremely venomous.
Maybe, wasn't going to get close enough to count scales 🐍
If you took a towel and soaked it in water would the bees leave you alone and swarm the wet towel? Enjoy watching your videos!
we've tried that at camp and it hasn't worked...
13grammer is a good nuggy :)
Was definitely worth putting up with the bees for that one SCP 👍🍀⛏
Perhaps a smokey fire, would keep bees away?
Just a foot note, driving through the spinaffex can collect over time under the car, might be ok for month's, but then one day its so clogged and so hot, it catches fire, and now your car is in jepordy, love ya vids, where you at now? Davi b
We regularly check under our vehicles and make sure we don't park on vegetation after a long drive 👍🏻 we're heading south
The bees may only act like that during most of the day, try morning and late arvo
Top top 💎⛏️🇧🇷👏👏👏👏
Thanks for your support 💛
The bee field is probably loaded because they do that to everyone snd they just leave. Need a face net and really search there.
Maybe one day in a full body suit 😂
Just a question what do you do with your dog while out there swinging as we have a dog as well and normally have a sitter for her. Thankyou by the way loving your channel 🥰
Hi Sue, unfortunately Phantom found a poison bait behind our camp and didn't survive. Getting a sitter for your dog is a good idea...
@@OutbackGoldFever I’m so sorry to hear my apologies 😔
love your work. I wanted to know if you have any instructions or Facebook so I can follow you.
you'll find our links for instagram and facebook in the description of this video ⛏👍🏻
1. you can collect the dead snakes freeze/dry freeze the. Might be a new species not that long ago a new big venomous snake was found in Australia's outback.
2. why dont you dig/metal detecting at night to dangerous? will the snakes/bugs swarm you at night?
Sacraficial wet towel on a branch near bye, bees will go to it, for the moisture, they are collecting the droplets to cool their hive down to a balanced 37° , same as the termites at night the ones that fly around, when the temprature is exactly 37° they leave the termite nests , basicaly speaking they are the future kings and queens of new nests, only a very small % make it to that point, davi b
Found an eastern brown 1m long the other day, midgeewooltha
We've tried water containers around camp before and it hasn't worked 🐝
Probably King Browns.
Are you from around Soest,Verle orHeymer?
Sorry guys,gotta say this,no seatbelt.Naughty
Yes, we agree, that is naughty and a seat belt should be worn at all times. Thanks for being observant and being concerned about our safety 💛👍🏻
If you ate a heap of garlic the smell may come out in your sweat and deter 🐝 just thinking.
How often do you have to replace the skid plates on the coils ? Have you used the 19 inch coil on the 7000?
Skid plates last about 3-4 months for us. We use the 19 rarely because of its weight 🐘
😂😅those bees would freak me out,, but no sting is good😮🐝🐝
They were a bit annoying. 2 hours was about our limit of them. Theres still gold there for sure 👍
Hi 👋,
Thanks kindly for your great segment , I think it's in Pilbara , but I'm not so sure as you don't really disclose the town close to where Yous are detecting, which I guess I can understand.
You don't want a whole gang of people following Yous ,then draining the ground of nuggets, which can be yours right.
I gotta give you both credit for your eager spirits on the hunt for gold in the harsh WA outback..
In this video you've got BEES & SNAKES to contend with, my oh my..😲😲...
Yous be very careful , when living in NSW , in 1977, whilst standing in a dry creek, was tending to some cattle. Within 3 minutes I got a snake bite, and almost lost my life..
The man up above was looking down on me.
I did some detecting back in 1990 to 93...
After finding nothing much, in Victorian fields, I sold my Minelab detector in 1993..
It was a GT16000 model back then..
The technology has come a mighty long way since those years, from what I can see now..
I was thinking of taking up the hobbie again, as I'm 56, I think it would be a good thing for me, it'd take my mind off things that happened last year, the dreaded 2020.
Lost both my parents due to covid 19, late last year, just heartwrenching...😂😂....
Anyway that's life, what can you do..
Well thankyou for reading this message.
Thanks for your great UA-cam channel shows, it's very inspiring indeed, Yous are a true inspiration to lots of people out there.
Keep searching and may you get many more fruitful finds of that heavy yellow stuff..👌👍👋😎✅✅✅✅✅..
Kindest wishes from Victoria..👍
.
Hmm, if that is WA they are probably dugites- yep, they are brown snakes. There's also one brown snake that the aboriginals in WA call something like 'walk around snake' because it's literally so dangerous that they walk around it rather than approach it. The browns in WA are apparently the most dangerous brown snakes in all Aussie so be extra careful.
Thanks for the information! We don't see many snakes generally 🐍
Nice gold thats a nice payday the bees are a pain.
Nice to pick up a nice nugget occasionally ⛏
I wonder if you shared a little water with the bees, fill a small hollow in a rock or something, they might have left you alone.
We didn't, water is scarce out there and evaporates in no time in the heat. Good idea but not practical in desert country.
what's the doggies name
Maybe ch stands for cultural heritage site number?
Hi from Linda, What do U do when U see a snake? I thought the noise from the detector would make them move to another area? I'm terrified of snakes but would still like to try detecting in the outback. Is there anything that will keep them away?
Hi, I need to no if anything will keep snakes away, u didn't really answer my question.
Most snakes will stay where they are if they feel they are in a safe spot as you approach. Being scared of them is good in a way as you'll be more aware of your environment. Move slowly away from them if you see them and you should not have any issues with them whilst detecting. Watch our bush safety vid for the precautions we take Linda. 👍 Happy hunting
There is an electronic device available to deter/ repell snakes. We have not done any research to know if it actually works. Check out some youtube videos on snake repeller. We don't see that many snakes to know if it was working or not. Most look like they are made for your home but you could probably carry one with you.
@ 3:51. Serpentine, perhaps?
Could be!
Please invite me to visit Australia, but we have winter and the season is over)))
Thanks for watching 👍🏻 hopefully the plains are flying again soon...
White's GMT Goldmaster E series. Works real good for me in very hot rocks area. Lower Death Valley area, California. Computer memory stores signals of junk including hot rocks and only sounds of on gold or new junk to be programmed. Very hot area dessert. Be prepared with water and fuel.
Sounds like a great machine, would be handy in areas like this. Carry water in multiple containers so you don't lose all your supply if you have a failure 👍
Add some bug organic bug spray also :)
@@OutbackGoldFever water is most important.
hi guys I'm Hassan from Africa which detector do you recommend for someone who is in dry zone same like yours for hunting gold nuggets ?
Anything from minelab would be worth a look! 👍🏻
all right then thanks
I had to laugh when the bees attacked. The funny thing about native bees. the can't be scared into flying by the wave of the hand. They crawl into your ears, nose, and eyes. A fly net will reduce their annoyance on your face. Had a bad run-in with them in New Britain, New Guinea. We cut down a tress for a helipad and they were so bad I slunk off into the shade of the jungle where they wouldn't follow. Nice gold. Who did the burn off??? EH ?
lucky they don't sting!
it was burnt before we got there. we found it through the firewatch map 👍🏻
@@OutbackGoldFever Okay then your excused LOL
How much is a gram