Welcome new subscribers! Lots of interest in this video, and there are many more like it on this channel. The follow up video (linked at the end) shows re-testing all the gemstones with a much better big-boy tester. I'm sure you'll enjoy that video just as much 💍
I’m surprised the companies don’t have someone doing this at least once a week. I know it’s Pennies compared to what they make but it keeps people from loitering in from
A good Tip i learned when i used to do this was i put on a ORANGE Reflective Vest , everyone thought i was contracted to clean the sidewalks and they wont think you're crazy haha
Nifty. I never did any hunts myself, but i bought your gold kit for my dad last year and watched him have fun in the backyard while visiting my family. Was fun to watch a 60 year old man play with dirt like he was 8 again.
Geez I had a Tonka hydro dump as a kid am 64 now was Tom boy,but loved tht truck,after pushing pets around in it I could dump em might help in hunt? It more fun now playing in dirt.the wisdom is in there somewhere😜
I didn't know you have gold kits available! I'll have to figure out where to get one for myself! I know I've lost expensive jewelry in my garden that I could look for too!
@@lyndaehrich5809 XD true both Murphys law and Godwins law/theory... really ngl that the world needs Crockers rules at times.. but I digress tis neither here nor there.
Yeah YOU think that, but people that are SMART know that this is horrible for the city, stop RUINING the structural integrity of the sidewalk for your desire of WEALTH!!!! Get a grip!!!
Last month I randomly found one video of a guy that saved a lobster from the grocery store. Today I found one awesome dude who hunts treasure in the sidewalks of New York City. I love the internet :)
My great uncle was a NYC sewer inspector for 40yrs. He would call my grandmother back home and tell of all his latest finds. Lots of wedding rings, loose diamonds and one large diamond ring valued at $500k back in the 80s that he found under the Upper East Side
It’s amazing how much gold dust is in the carpets of jewelry stores. I use to work in the industry and we were constantly finding loose diamonds in the carpet. Scotch tape is the best to pick them up with.
@@benjamincvcvcv7 Hope you wear some soft shoes as well because it would be heartbreaking if you do catch something on your shoes but it ends up all crushed up from walking on it
You would think that nasty, excrement, smelly, sticky, toxic looking dirt between the cracks would/should be infectious. I think all of the different germs and bacteria and viruses devour each other and it's self distilled sanitized grime lol
I'm a life-long NY'er, and always laughed at the saying our streets are lined with gold... Yet you just proved this statement wasn't a joke! We really do have gold on our streets! OMG! My mind is blown. (Edit) Due to our city being populated for such a long time, I imagine lost jewelry over the years contributed to this abundance!
Hi! Speaking as someone with quite an extensive knowledge of gemstones: 1. Those rubies aren’t for watches - they are faceted, and in such a way that they maximise carat weight. I am very familiar with this shape, it is generally considered a low quality cut, but probably means that the material is generally valuable. 2. While those white gems that aren’t diamonds, could be cz, it’s very possible they are white sapphire, a common alternative to diamond. 3. If you take these gems to a jeweller with any kind of gemology equipment they will be able to tell you exactly what each gem is, and I think it’s likely that not many are cz Very cool video :)
That's how i like to look at life. Treasures under everybody's eyes. Amid dust. Waiting. Their destiny being to be lost. We don't have the mind to look at them. Your video is inspiring thank you.
I am a diamond setter and I work on 47th Street. Some of that platinum is definitely from me 😅 ... I have seen people with tweezers on the sidewalks. You have taken it to the next level!
@@AwesomeMinecraftTime no he’s making it sound like platinum exclusively comes out of catalyst converters What the man found on the sidewalk was Shavings and scraps from jewelry work and obviously he’s probably never heard of a platinum chain so his comment was dumb to me
The little rubys are called balance gems or jewel bearings. They are used in watches as pivots to reduce friction on rotating parts.
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But those does look very differently, they're not cut like real gem stones, but they're usually in the shape of an o-ring with no edges. Stupid UA-cam adds my comment with links to photos without any error, but when I reload the page, the comment disappears, so you have to Google those photos yourself, unfortunatelly.
If nobody has cleaned through those cracks, you literally found possibly years worth of gold dust and gems. It’s crazy to think people walk over precious material everyday without even knowing!
I go out at night rockhounding and treasure hunting as my son and I call it and I feel the same way like if people see me they will think I'm bananas crazy. It's just so exciting and fun that I don't care I have never found anything even close to what you are finding, what a great idea! I'm glad I found your channel!
i was showing this to my girlfriend who works in a jewelry store, replacing small diamonds in rings and bracelets are a massive part of their business, people taking hands in and out of pockets. makes so much sense. incredible video
25:40 ON THE FAR LEFT! That’s most likely a piece of Tanzanite! And a really spectacular quality one too! The color is stunning and thats BIG CASH!!! Amazing find Klesh!
I used to work there in the diamond district, I would always find diamond, gemstone and jewelry piece walking in and out of those buildings not just 47th St but anywhere from 44th street to 49th Street specially the buildings loading docks. Nice video, bringing back memories of those days and my finds 👍
For real. I used to work loading trucks in various wealthy areas of NYC. At the time, I didn't realize the amount that would be in the cracks. I would see people wearing clothes that would take me a year of rent just to put a down payment on, and think to myself that there must be some random gemstones around. Ha! Now I know!
@old man strength those sidewalk grit have been collecting stuff for decades. And small stuff bounce around and get into places without notice. Both of that add up to what you saw in the video.
I have to admit...I never thought I'd see somebody purposely go from Colorado to NYC to basically pan off the grit in sidewalk gaps 😂 but it was actually interesting. Love your videos. Keep em coming... Be safe and well...
I just watched this with my kids. They were equally blown away by all of this found in the CRACKS of the street. That's insane. We go on vacation and we always do the "gold mine" type of panning where you buy the bags of dirt, etc. They love it. This video has their eyes as wide as flying saucers! Thanks and good luck. Definitely will be back.
First time here, and I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that scraping a sidewalk crack could yield that much! Bravo good Sir. I Metal Detect the Parks and Apartments of Phoenix AZ ,and have never checked the sidewalk cracks! I do check just about any place were someone would sit down or possibly lose anything! I am a disabled Vet retired , and have gone Gold digging, and Metal Detect everyday for the past 12yrs! I also have a wet washer and dry washer for gold digging. This was very eye opening to say the least! Keep up the good work and have Subscribed to your channel! Thanks
Yeah mate I've liked watching all the gold hunting shows u get on TV, I'm from the UK and I think we have gold that we can detect over here, mostly seems to be Alaska or Australia I'd probably try it, I know people have found gold treasure over here but chances of that pretty much zero I think pal.
@@mattgosling2657 You can find gold in the rivers on Dartmoor. I have seen it. You need to get in there with a snorkel & mask & look in the cracks between rocks. Some of the rivers can be turbulent with a strong flow & parts that get very deep suddenly, so you need to swim well & have a buddy ready to pull you out if you get into trouble.
I spent a year working at a commercial tourist attraction gold mine in N.C. some years ago. Spending every day panning was great, and we had an east coast gold vein on site, so we also had a very large wash plant more on the scale of the ones you see on TV. We would bring out 20-30 ounces a season all told, and we didn't track what the tourists found or what staff found on days off and didn't mention either. Good times. Not getting rich, but having the experience of a lifetime. Your idea to hit sidewalks in NY or really any major city is genius. Also you talk about jeweler clothing and aprons spilling dust, but honestly I bet you are panning decades of jewelers and metal smiths sweeping their shop floors out the front door with a broom too.
the amount of people who walk through different major cities jewelry districts without realizing they are walking on top of a literal trail of precious gems and gold is insane. Thanks for unlocking one of lifes cool little secrets to me man.
The amount of people who actually believe these UA-cam videos aren't staged is insane. But this is a pretty good idea, maybe if we convince New Yorkers that there's diamonds in all the garbage then they'll actually clean up after themselves. I heard the rats are starting to complain about the mess.
A tweaker explained this to me in 2012 in Waikiki and I just thought he was tweaking for the most part but he told me he’d find diamonds i the cracks of the sidewalk 😂
This is INSANE! Watching you CLEAN THE CRACKS of NYC, at NIGHT in the Jewelry District is something I thought I’d never see in NYC & IVE SEEN JUST ABOUT IT ALL living there!! Such patience you have & you’re definitely a TRUE TREASURE HUNTER! Looking forward to watching more videos!!!
I remember visiting the city and seeing a gold chain mashed into the pavement at this crosswalk. After that, I looked down at every crosswalk and was amazed at the embedded jewelry in the tar.
This is a great video, good concept (not finished watching yet) but I gotta be honest... hunting for gold and gems in sidewalk cracks and hearing you explain how to do it is absolutely mindblowing. We use to cut mountains down to find some gemstones and minerals, now we hunt the cracks of city streets. That is slightly unsettling for some reason. Love the concept, just feels odd to me (compared to finding natural minerals and gems).
To realize that the cracks of a city sidewalk may well contain dust and small scraps of gold, silver, and/or platinum, precious and semi-precious stones is hard to believe. Yet now, after watching this video, we do just that. I'm sorry to have missed out on the opportunity of winning the giveaway. Yet for me, watching you make your discoveries is in itself, a great consolation prize. It's a win-win, so it turns out I did of sorts come away a winner. ☺️
I live in Brooklyn and it was so eye opening to see you find precious metals and stones JUST on the streets that I walk on regularly! This is so cool, your skill shows!
U could’ve done this at any point of ur life, its called recycling, and you don’t have to look for gold or diamonds, you can do it with aluminum can and plastic bottles. Much more common
In the future, maybe in 1000-2000 years later, a scientist will think about the people lived in New York, while she/he studies the ruins and abandoned streets of the once big and famous city. "People must be very rich that time. The Golden era. They walked in gold dust and on gemstones. Must be a wonderful time for everybody a time when they lived without poverty and deprivation." Very cool video!
I'm a new prospector just purchased gold pans and I also got a metal detector. Your videos are amazing and full of helpful information. Thanks for all you do. Greatly appreciated
Used to pan for gold with my grandpa out behind my house in the river. We definitely found a decent amount of gold. Hes to old to go out and pan anymore but he still wants to do it! Awesome video guy.
hmm dont you take your grandpa out then anymore? like in a wheelchair so atleats he could watch for example. Or you go with him to the river let him sit and watch you grab the dirt and stuff then go back inside place everything on the table so you and your grandpa can pan again!
Watch jewels, sometimes known as jewel bearings, are tiny pieces of synthetic ruby or sapphire set into holes within a watch movement. These gems primarily help to reduce friction and provide a hard, smooth surface to allow metal components such as the wheel train to rotate freely.
This is my first time commenting on any video. I was absolutely thrilled about an incredible idea! Stayed on the edge of my search watching all the gold and gems you pulled out of the cracks! Wow! Regardless of how much value you assigned to the materials, I thought it was worth more just to share this 'goodie collection' with everyone! Thank you so much and happy vacuuming!
I watched a guy doing this 5-6 years ago. Dropped to his knees and screamed. Walked up and asked if I could help as if he lost something since he was near a sewer grate. He laughed, held up a giant chunk of gold jewelry and yelled " I'm paying rent for the next six months". He then explained what he was doing and I talked about my mining setup in Colorado and I helped him for a few more hours before I had to head to the airport. Boy did we get some strange looks!
I’ve never been metal collecting or hunting but your channel makes me want to start. Looks like a really fun hobby. One that helps the pocket instead of hurting it haha cheers
New subscriber here. When we worked installing security systems in a jewelry factory we had to stand on a vibrating brush machine before leaving the building. It would sweep and vacuum the shoes to recover any gold which may have been picked up.
I can only imagine the amount of western gold, silver and gems that have gone through NYC over the years. Montana (where I'm originally from) sapphires used to be very sought after over there
This is really cool. Ever since the last video you did like this, I’ve been thinking about trying this in downtown Chicago on Jeweler’s Rowe. I do all kinds of treasure hunting. Metal detecting, coin roll hunting, garage sales, thrift stores… etc. that’s why I like this channel so much. One thing I like to do every spring is what I would call “snow larking” I guess. At big stores or shopping centers, they plow the parking lots every time it snows and they make big piles of snow at the end of the parking lot. In spring, when the snow melts down, all the dirt and debris and whatever else was picked up by the snow plows is left behind. I like to walk on the piles of melted snow to see what I can find. You have to get there just at the right time, before they clean it up. I have found all kinds of good stuff in the melting snow piles. Cash, coins, jewelry, purses, wallets, phones… anything people might drop in a parking lot. I think it’s especially good because when it’s snowing people are usually in a rush. I guess… and of course whatever is there gets concentrated by the snow plow dropping everything in one spot. It was my best kept little secret… maybe not now that I posted it here. But, hey everyone, have at it. There are many parking lots in Chicago.
I've done pretty good at the car wash "vacuum cleaners" and in the dryers at the laundromat. The dryers need to be the slightly older models with the larger gap around the inside between the drum and the front panel, behind the door. Lots of coins and bills.
@@MetalDetectingDonna well where I live they only recently started locking them but if you can find a carwash that doesn't have locked vacuum bins you can take out the bin, dump it in a trash bag and go through it at a time and place of your choosing. And it helps if it's a full service carwash because they usually don't have the time to go through the fines.
@@MetalDetectingDonna believe me when I say that it takes a lot of ground work finding the right places to go and it might be worth asking the owner/manager to strike up a deal for permission but, you'd need to make it a routine and stick to it faithfully. One year I collected over $800 in change alone. Used it to take weekend camping trip to gold country. All that change would have ended up in the landfill otherwise. Some people may be on it and others may not. That's what I mean by "doing your ground work". Same as asking permission to metal detect. Only difference here is I'll collect recycle at same time and it reduces volume of trash being dumped in landfill. Sort of a "win/win".
I remember doing this years ago ...... we got a lot of funny looks from the people walking around and the store owners .....then panned it out in the East River .... good job Klesh and would love to see that smelted down .... good job on the vid my friend .....keep'em coming
@@Klesh I laughed when the man with the backpack walked by you!! He did a double-take and kind of hurried up! If he was going to mug you, he lost his nerve seeing a weird man vacuuming the cracks! Tee hee!
I love watching you get precious metals and gems. I’d love to do the same thing but being in a wheelchair stops me. So getting tailings to go through myself would be so awesome.
The “diamonds” could very well be moissanite. I have the same diamond tester and moissanite will react just like diamonds. I’ve since upgraded to a better diamond tester that will specifically detect and alert to moissanite and diamonds separately.
When i worked at a DIY store, i used to clean these types of crevices between tiles - in front of the store, on the brick parking lot - mostly to remove weeds. i found out pretty quick that a hook with a pole attatched saves your back, gives you more leverage, and allows you to use two hands.
Living on Long Island, that’s right in my backyard! Often wondered what was in the sidewalk cracks of the City. Between your two videos, now I know there’s actual treasure to find. Thanks for sharing as always
I had heard about "urban mining" but have never seen anyone doing it or about what miners could find.This was really a cool video and since I live about an hour away from NY city I may try this sometime in the future. You earned my sub! looking forward to other cool locations and finds!
Yeah totally, btw, I have ALOT of gold and diamonds on my property too. Lemme know when ur free, don’t forget to bring ur vacuum, I mean “prospecting” equipment.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
My family and I have done some prospecting here in Wisconsin, we typically find a fair amount of flower gold.( we dont live far from the flower gold wizard) In 15ish trips out to the big lake we have just about 27 grams of gold that we are saving for a Disney trip.
Wow! I’m from Minnesota and I’ve been thinking of trying the hobby out. I like repetitive hands on work like this but never had the guts to buy the supplies. I feel like some people would make fun of me but it’s so cool people nearby are doing this for fun too! Good luck on Disney trip!!!!!!!!!!
When my family and I started we definitely looked like a bunch of doorknobs but you have to remember it's a learned art to gold mining and it's going to take some time to get your rythm but once you do it's a great way to spend time with your family or friends, and the added bonus is my kids are getting to see the value in hard work. My deal with my kids is once we hit 2oz of gold we will go to Disney using gold money and whatever else I have to chip in is worth it to me for all their hard work
@@wilkefarms6784 wow thats amazing! My parents did similar things and it’s helped me out as an adult quite a bit for managing money and discipline in general. Wonderful parenting! I don’t mind looking like more of a doorknob than I already do I guess :) maybe I’ll give it a try this summer
Being from North Central Illinois there isn't anywhere I'm aware of for gold...so I love watching your channel. My uncle used to prospect and pan where he lived in Washington state and I used to help him with the sluce and panning his cons. Love watching these NYC scraping vids. Thanks for all the awesome and info you bring us!
You could always try to pan out of local natural creeks and rivers in your area for fun and practice. There is a guy I watched on YT that searches creeks near St. Louis, Missouri and he has found flour gold out that way, although it is a very TINY amount for the work he puts into it, but he does find gold. Being further north, you may be able to find a tiny bit as well that was left over by glacier deposits.
There is gold in Illinois (I found some recently, but not near you), but it is glacial gold dragged down from Canada in the glaciation periods. This means it is small gold that is sparse and only concentrated in streams that cut through the glacial till. I haven't found enough even to weigh yet, but I am sure you can find gold if you can find a stream with a hard packed bottom (like hard clay or maybe shale). I'd say since there is more gold in Wisconsin than Illinois you will probably have more luck north than I do. I've also heard there is some gold in northwest Illinois/northeastern Iowa.
Thank you both for the info. I do know some creeks and smaller rivers I could probably check. I'd be happy with a few specks to be able to say I panned it myself
@@chasingplastic6285 I will say it took me 5 days of panning a few hours a day before I found the spot I am on with gold. So don't give up right away if you don't find anything. For the creek I am in the indicators were lead (from shotguns), garnets, and rust/iron. I just stayed at the spot where I was finding loads of lead and finally found my first gold.
The rubies inside watches are synthetic rubies and are extremely small. You'd never see them with the naked eye in dirt like that. I'm a watchmaker. That all is an unbelievable score! Good job!
Also a watchmaker here. What stood out to me is that watch movement jewels are more like little micro hockey pucks with holes through their centers 99% of the time. Like perfectly smooth little rings almost, other than the capstones and even then.... You'll never see these big, facet-cut cabochon style rubies in a watch. Some of the really early pocket watches did use relatively huge, natural diamonds as balance capstones though!
well i took basic jewelry making and i can tell u watches dont crack...thats a weld i think that seals it. like swiss made watches and rolexs, not solder. those gems are fully mounted, ive seen it. they do not fall out..only fakes and its hard to tell here in california. the rain washes that shit right off the street if it were real diamonds or gems...as the street divide is too metric and small. i think watches in the industry are far more expensive and complicated than jewelry...those diamonds are insured i think. like rolex's... the term ur thinking of is fabricated...also a jewelry making term. you have fabricated diamonds nowadays too...
I thought for sure when you went back to New York to clean their sidewalks that someone would have beat you to it. Everyone loves the thought of finding hidden treasure. I use to fantasize of finding great treasure and have looked but never achieved my dream. Great video, thanks for taking the time Shane.
I'll be honest and say I just found thus channel today but I've always been obsessed with gold and panning for it but I don't really live anywhere I can find it and I don't have any of the tools but I still love watching it. I collect rocks and have so many cool ones but I would always love to add more. Amazing video! This was so cool to see!
This is a really cool idea. I had never thought of checking cracks in the sidewalks in busy areas especially nearby the jewelry shops. My brother has told me about doing it in parking lots near where the black dirt gathers. I'm just now getting into prospecting and panning gold so I'm rather new to it. He recommended this video and I'm glad he did
Thought this awesome. Can’t believe you got that much out of the cracks of a sidewalk. I have only been panning for about a year and a half in Iowa and go out regularly (even in winter) but haven’t even reached a gram yet. But it’s about the hunt not the value for me. It’s an awesome hobby. Keep up the great work.
I'm in the midwest and never would've thought to gold pan here. But after watching this, I want to start! There's a creek out back behind my house that could prove to be prosperous!
Its probably more likely you pan more gold here in the city than you are out somewhere like iowa or anywhere midwest just because of the VAST amount of gold and jewelry in general that flow in and out every day, every hour on these streets.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
I be been rock hounding since I was young. Just recently got into panning and it’s a great way to shut my mind off and focus on what I’m doing. Prospected the creek behind the house with some success! Flour gold, but gold is gold! Love the videos!
I havent gone this far in depth. I have looked around some of the drain grates at large retail stores and found diamonds, rings, and earrings. My buddies thought I was crazy, until I showed them.
That was so much fun!!!! Who would have thought that you’d find things like that on the streets of New York! You have a lot of patience I can tell you that!!
Went prospecting near Ballarat Australia, found a creek flowing with so much gold dust it was unbelievable. It was a few years ago right before a big nugget was found under the police station, and we were right there.
I just ordered my 1st paydirt bag from you yesterday 4-18-22! Super excited about getting it. I have been panning here in Alaska a few times but have only accumulated 1.5 grams of gold in 24 years. Only to learn from watching Your videos, I was doing it wrong. Frustrating but that's what happens when you think you know what your doing. Thank you for helping us out with your videos. I've learned where I've gone wrong and now I have a chance at gaining more gold on my adventures. Thanks Klesh! Keep up the Great videos they help alot.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
I agree! I was surprised to hear he lives in Colorado when he said he was scraping sidewalk cracks in NYC! He picked an amazing district to do it in too! Very wise choice IMHO!
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
Definitely worth watching this video! Never occurred to me that here was treasure there! Love your videos Shane, Keep them coming! What an awesome haul just cleaning sidewalks near Jewelry stores. Inspirational!
It’s crazy what and where you can find if you know what you’re looking for. I remember learning about people finding gold with a pan like this back in the California gold rush but I didn’t know it was still the best way to do this
If it wasn't for your channel, I would have never gotten into panning for gold. I love how relaxing it can be. I am looking forward to my newfound life long hobby and the treasures to be found
That was so fun to watch! On the last pan , WOW! How cool it is to see the pan just light up like that! I’m glad you didn’t get harassed this time! Ger Bear and I would be excited to go through some of your sidewalk skunge! Take care! 🌺Joanie & Ger Bear🐻
Absolutely amazing and a real pleasure to watch, very good presentation and what an amazing find in what seems the least likely place, even to a random passerby. I really did enjoy listening and watching and I'm not even a prospector myself but feel you've just given me that shine to try it out for myself. Looks so interesting and amazing, hope to see more soon. Thank you kindly for taking the time to create along with uploading.
THIS is sooo cool. I’ve always been very interested in searching for “lost treasure” (modern day). I’m a sucker for gemstones. I bought my 11yrs old a BIG magnet for his bday in July and I plan on bringing a metal detector to Florida for the first time (we go every year/14-15’s now). I cannot wait!! Gotta do this with my kids.
Showed these videos to my kids. They can't wait to get out to the river and start panning! We live right across the street from the Grand River in Michigan, still too cold for them, though. Maybe next month.
Dude absolutely love these videos. I can't believe the amount of gold and jewels just sitting in the sidewalk cracks. But it make sense the cuts in the cement act like riffles on a sloose can't wait to see the shop when it's all done! Keep mailing awesome video shane! New paydirt name "klesh curb side pick-up" lol 😆
so I came across your channel by accident tonight and I am mind blown. I've always wanted to do metal detecting but I know it's very time consuming but what I saw what you did in this video has opened up my mind to A whole New world of fun. thank you so much and I am now subscriber to your channel 🤘🏼
Don’t get fooled guys. He is buying the leftovers from the jewelry workshops and putting them in the dirt. It’s most likely not even the same dirt from nyc. He is making more than 10x the amount of money with UA-cam views, that he spend for the leftovers. Use your brain guys, not only your eyes.
Welcome new subscribers! Lots of interest in this video, and there are many more like it on this channel. The follow up video (linked at the end) shows re-testing all the gemstones with a much better big-boy tester. I'm sure you'll enjoy that video just as much 💍
What is the name of diamond test Device
Plus bags of drug the real reason for doing this!
@@flybyinsight5498 A remote view conspiracy nut who cant put in the correct time stamp!
I’m surprised the companies don’t have someone doing this at least once a week. I know it’s Pennies compared to what they make but it keeps people from loitering in from
I just found your channel tonight and subbed. My question is what is that gold dust from. Old worn down jewelry?
A good Tip i learned when i used to do this was i put on a ORANGE Reflective Vest , everyone thought i was contracted to clean the sidewalks and they wont think you're crazy haha
Awesome idea
You are Still crazy if you think he get so much gold and diamond on street. He is fake
@@dodoltaladodol2412 thank you. Man I was like this guy is so full of shit. Lol
@@dodoltaladodol2412 Okay Doodoododododooo. Did anyone ask?
@@user-wx7mi5dj8u No but he's probably correct.
Nifty. I never did any hunts myself, but i bought your gold kit for my dad last year and watched him have fun in the backyard while visiting my family. Was fun to watch a 60 year old man play with dirt like he was 8 again.
hahah for sure. Just got a magnet fishing kit can't wait to go play xD
Live with your family
Geez I had a Tonka hydro dump as a kid am 64 now was Tom boy,but loved tht truck,after pushing pets around in it I could dump em might help in hunt? It more fun now playing in dirt.the wisdom is in there somewhere😜
I didn't know you have gold kits available! I'll have to figure out where to get one for myself! I know I've lost expensive jewelry in my garden that I could look for too!
@Graph kings / mixtape & logo designs on hood
I think it’s cool what you are doing. Nobody should have an issue. You’re making the sidewalks look better at the same time
Oh, trust me! SOMEBODY will have an issue! Not saying it's valid...but it for sure will happen. People invent issues about absolutely everything.
@@lyndaehrich5809 XD true both Murphys law and Godwins law/theory... really ngl that the world needs Crockers rules at times.. but I digress tis neither here nor there.
Yeah YOU think that, but people that are SMART know that this is horrible for the city, stop RUINING the structural integrity of the sidewalk for your desire of WEALTH!!!! Get a grip!!!
@@PatriciaTaylor-je4po I hope you are joking, otherwise I pity your intelligence
@PatriciaTaylor-je4po
I hope your being ironically sarcastic, otherwise... Get a life!...
These sidewalk prospecting videos are addictive. Thanks for such binge-worthy content man. All the best from Norway!
Thanks 🙏
Last month I randomly found one video of a guy that saved a lobster from the grocery store. Today I found one awesome dude who hunts treasure in the sidewalks of New York City. I love the internet :)
I forgot about the lobster guy! I’m gonna go try and find out how that lobsters getting on
Leon the lobster
I love eating lobster.
i was just thinking that!! i watched lobster yesterday lmao!
Leon ❤️❤️❤️
My great uncle was a NYC sewer inspector for 40yrs. He would call my grandmother back home and tell of all his latest finds. Lots of wedding rings, loose diamonds and one large diamond ring valued at $500k back in the 80s that he found under the Upper East Side
so did someone buy the large poo diamond from him?
A 500k Diamond ring quit bullshitting foo!
@@svtkilr maybe total value, but even then, sounds like a bullshit.
Dude if he found a 500k ring he wouldn't be working anymore
@@3starperfectdeer233 thats not enough to retire wtf hahaha
FYI: Rubies luminesce in Ultraviolet light, so you can pick them out pretty quick (and tell if they are real) with a quick flash of a UV light.
Wow that's pretty awesome I didn't know that thanks for sharing
Looks like a tourmaline.
It’s amazing how much gold dust is in the carpets of jewelry stores. I use to work in the industry and we were constantly finding loose diamonds in the carpet. Scotch tape is the best to pick them up with.
Interesting 😮 next time i head to the jewelry district ima put some scortch tape on the soles of my shoes
Guess they should have tile lol
@@benjamincvcvcv7 Hope you wear some soft shoes as well because it would be heartbreaking if you do catch something on your shoes but it ends up all crushed up from walking on it
@@deskmat9874not unless he is walking on diamonds with diamond shoes. I'm pretty sure his shoes aren't going to be harder than diamond
Trac NYC throws scrap on his floor which ends up on the sidewalks.
As a New Yorker and knowing what people do on those sidewalks, that dirt has to be the nastiest shit ever 🤮
You'd probably get HIV if you breathed a single particle of that dirt
lol
Ong that shii nasty asf 😂 but at least he wore gloves 😂
You would think that nasty, excrement, smelly, sticky, toxic looking dirt between the cracks would/should be infectious. I think all of the different germs and bacteria and viruses devour each other and it's self distilled sanitized grime lol
Kinda surprised he was allowed to mail that stuff… lol…
I'm a life-long NY'er, and always laughed at the saying our streets are lined with gold... Yet you just proved this statement wasn't a joke! We really do have gold on our streets! OMG! My mind is blown. (Edit) Due to our city being populated for such a long time, I imagine lost jewelry over the years contributed to this abundance!
All the treasury gold has been looted but you still have the dust in the sidewalk cracks. ‘merica!!!
See also mudlarking on the Thames. I imagine also the East River.
@@alphabetsoup6681 ehh eels youre better off with eels
The saying is paved with gold not lined.
Hi! Speaking as someone with quite an extensive knowledge of gemstones:
1. Those rubies aren’t for watches - they are faceted, and in such a way that they maximise carat weight. I am very familiar with this shape, it is generally considered a low quality cut, but probably means that the material is generally valuable.
2. While those white gems that aren’t diamonds, could be cz, it’s very possible they are white sapphire, a common alternative to diamond.
3. If you take these gems to a jeweller with any kind of gemology equipment they will be able to tell you exactly what each gem is, and I think it’s likely that not many are cz
Very cool video :)
He's right. Doubly confirmed, same creds.
Shes right, triplely confirmed, same credentials
He/she is right, quadruple confirmed
@@johnnyninetytwo 🥴💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿😭😭🤤🤤
Can confirm on the rubies, as a watchmaker, rubies used in watches are not faceted. They're also synthetic.
That's how i like to look at life.
Treasures under everybody's eyes. Amid dust. Waiting.
Their destiny being to be lost.
We don't have the mind to look at them.
Your video is inspiring thank you.
I am a diamond setter and I work on 47th Street. Some of that platinum is definitely from me 😅 ... I have seen people with tweezers on the sidewalks. You have taken it to the next level!
The platinum comes from catalytic converters not jewelry stores...
@@perrytaylor5652 you definitely don’t know what you’re talking about😂😂😂
@@jonevoix4206 Search "Recovering platinum from highway dust" etc... He's right.
@ ▌rtrZzZ ▌
Lol he’d be right if we weren’t taking about dirt from in front of jewelry stores. Dirt literally anywhere else, sure.
@@AwesomeMinecraftTime no he’s making it sound like platinum exclusively comes out of catalyst converters What the man found on the sidewalk was Shavings and scraps from jewelry work and obviously he’s probably never heard of a platinum chain so his comment was dumb to me
The little rubys are called balance gems or jewel bearings. They are used in watches as pivots to reduce friction on rotating parts.
But those does look very differently, they're not cut like real gem stones, but they're usually in the shape of an o-ring with no edges.
Stupid UA-cam adds my comment with links to photos without any error, but when I reload the page, the comment disappears, so you have to Google those photos yourself, unfortunatelly.
@ Yep. Same here
@ You're right, they're not faceted but circular.
@Sergio Cortes Are they worth anything?
next to that.. watch ruby's usually will not drop out the watch case
even if they drop out of the mechanism.
I’m addicted to these videos now. This is a harmless hobby and I’m interested in prospecting downtown Austin. Thank you!
If nobody has cleaned through those cracks, you literally found possibly years worth of gold dust and gems. It’s crazy to think people walk over precious material everyday without even knowing!
We people have cleaned diamond districts often
I don't even travel bro
Would the pavement cleaning machines not clean up a lot of it?.
@@thealchemistdaughter3405 depends how often they decide to
@@NoBody-xx6ii easy to fix
I go out at night rockhounding and treasure hunting as my son and I call it and I feel the same way like if people see me they will think I'm bananas crazy. It's just so exciting and fun that I don't care I have never found anything even close to what you are finding, what a great idea! I'm glad I found your channel!
Hey Jennifer, welcome! New video every friday on this channel, my other channel (KleshGuitars) I upload every day (non-treasure hunting stuff)
Try going out during the day ! You might find more stuff!
@@StonemanRocks
The stuff ppl have dropped during the day is still going2 b there at night.
@@joshfrank2778 ya but you can see during the day and dont look so batshit crazy at night!
i was showing this to my girlfriend who works in a jewelry store, replacing small diamonds in rings and bracelets are a massive part of their business, people taking hands in and out of pockets. makes so much sense. incredible video
I’d offer to be the cleaner lol
25:40 ON THE FAR LEFT! That’s most likely a piece of Tanzanite! And a really spectacular quality one too! The color is stunning and thats BIG CASH!!! Amazing find Klesh!
YOU SHOULD TOTALLY MAKE A PIECE OF JEWELRY WITH ALL THE GEMSTONES, DIAMONDS AND GOLD/PLATINUM YOU FOUND. That would be pretty awesome.
I used to work there in the diamond district, I would always find diamond, gemstone and jewelry piece walking in and out of those buildings not just 47th St but anywhere from 44th street to 49th Street specially the buildings loading docks. Nice video, bringing back memories of those days and my finds 👍
For real. I used to work loading trucks in various wealthy areas of NYC. At the time, I didn't realize the amount that would be in the cracks. I would see people wearing clothes that would take me a year of rent just to put a down payment on, and think to myself that there must be some random gemstones around. Ha! Now I know!
I'm from Manhattan. WTF?
@old man strength those sidewalk grit have been collecting stuff for decades. And small stuff bounce around and get into places without notice. Both of that add up to what you saw in the video.
@old man strength people drop and lose shit all the time
@old man strength tiny bit of common sense would answer your question
I have to admit...I never thought I'd see somebody purposely go from Colorado to NYC to basically pan off the grit in sidewalk gaps 😂 but it was actually interesting. Love your videos. Keep em coming...
Be safe and well...
I never thought I'd see someone purposely go from Colorado to NYC
@@jaewhite2462 😂😂😂
Lmao same thoughts but I loved every minute of it!! Lol
@@jaewhite2462 🤣🤣🤣
@@jaewhite2462 I never thought I'd see someone purposely go from Colorado
This might be the most outrageous thing i ever saw. Who besides you would ever of thought to do this. Fantastic
of thought
lol
I just watched this with my kids. They were equally blown away by all of this found in the CRACKS of the street. That's insane. We go on vacation and we always do the "gold mine" type of panning where you buy the bags of dirt, etc. They love it. This video has their eyes as wide as flying saucers! Thanks and good luck. Definitely will be back.
Cool!
Heck yea! I'm watching with my 4year old! He loves it! 👍
Dude how do I get involved in sidewalk scraping this awesome
First time here, and I never in my wildest dreams would have thought that scraping a sidewalk crack could yield that much! Bravo good Sir. I Metal Detect the Parks and Apartments of Phoenix AZ ,and have never checked the sidewalk cracks! I do check just about any place were someone would sit down or possibly lose anything! I am a disabled Vet retired , and have gone Gold digging, and Metal Detect everyday for the past 12yrs! I also have a wet washer and dry washer for gold digging. This was very eye opening to say the least! Keep up the good work and have Subscribed to your channel! Thanks
Gotta check the crack always. 😁
He was outside a jewelry store vacuum in
U use to look for weed
Yeah mate I've liked watching all the gold hunting shows u get on TV, I'm from the UK and I think we have gold that we can detect over here, mostly seems to be Alaska or Australia I'd probably try it, I know people have found gold treasure over here but chances of that pretty much zero I think pal.
@@mattgosling2657 You can find gold in the rivers on Dartmoor. I have seen it. You need to get in there with a snorkel & mask & look in the cracks between rocks. Some of the rivers can be turbulent with a strong flow & parts that get very deep suddenly, so you need to swim well & have a buddy ready to pull you out if you get into trouble.
I spent a year working at a commercial tourist attraction gold mine in N.C. some years ago. Spending every day panning was great, and we had an east coast gold vein on site, so we also had a very large wash plant more on the scale of the ones you see on TV. We would bring out 20-30 ounces a season all told, and we didn't track what the tourists found or what staff found on days off and didn't mention either. Good times. Not getting rich, but having the experience of a lifetime. Your idea to hit sidewalks in NY or really any major city is genius.
Also you talk about jeweler clothing and aprons spilling dust, but honestly I bet you are panning decades of jewelers and metal smiths sweeping their shop floors out the front door with a broom too.
This is so cool!!👍
It’s good to see Klesh picking up after TraxNYC there’s so many videos with him, throwing golden diamonds on the streets of New York City
Yeah definitely
Oh my God that’s so cool. What’s up Klesh thank you for the like.🎉
the amount of people who walk through different major cities jewelry districts without realizing they are walking on top of a literal trail of precious gems and gold is insane. Thanks for unlocking one of lifes cool little secrets to me man.
😅S will ssss
@@samwatson7816 facts
The amount of people who actually believe these UA-cam videos aren't staged is insane. But this is a pretty good idea, maybe if we convince New Yorkers that there's diamonds in all the garbage then they'll actually clean up after themselves. I heard the rats are starting to complain about the mess.
@@darkracer1252that’s unfortunate to hear
A tweaker explained this to me in 2012 in Waikiki and I just thought he was tweaking for the most part but he told me he’d find diamonds i the cracks of the sidewalk 😂
This is INSANE! Watching you CLEAN THE CRACKS of NYC, at NIGHT in the Jewelry District is something I thought I’d never see in NYC & IVE SEEN JUST ABOUT IT ALL living there!! Such patience you have & you’re definitely a TRUE TREASURE HUNTER! Looking forward to watching more videos!!!
I remember visiting the city and seeing a gold chain mashed into the pavement at this crosswalk. After that, I looked down at every crosswalk and was amazed at the embedded jewelry in the tar.
Unreal when you see that.... but it's out there in the most unthought of areas!
Someone lost it and the cars smashed it into the pavement.
That “little gold bar” as you put it, is what the jeweller uses to solder the cut between a ring etc. Amazing watch
This is a great video, good concept (not finished watching yet) but I gotta be honest... hunting for gold and gems in sidewalk cracks and hearing you explain how to do it is absolutely mindblowing. We use to cut mountains down to find some gemstones and minerals, now we hunt the cracks of city streets. That is slightly unsettling for some reason. Love the concept, just feels odd to me (compared to finding natural minerals and gems).
Thanks. Its really no different than recycling, just another way to do it
@@Kleshwaste not want not. That is very cool what you do. Why not? If you enjoy it, and can pay in part for your trip, that’s great!
To realize that the cracks of a city sidewalk may well contain dust and small scraps of gold, silver, and/or platinum, precious and semi-precious stones is hard to believe. Yet now, after watching this video, we do just that.
I'm sorry to have missed out on the opportunity of winning the giveaway. Yet for me, watching you make your discoveries is in itself, a great consolation prize.
It's a win-win, so it turns out I did of sorts come away a winner. ☺️
There's no guarantee this is real. Could easily put gold In the pan before adding the slop.
@@bubbasanches4591 I doubt it. ESPECIALLY if he’s getting the dirt in the diamond district. This is definitely real 💯
I live in Brooklyn and it was so eye opening to see you find precious metals and stones JUST on the streets that I walk on regularly! This is so cool, your skill shows!
This is so cool! Watched you do this a few years ago and wanted to give it a go back…I’m gunna do it!👌💎
U could’ve done this at any point of ur life, its called recycling, and you don’t have to look for gold or diamonds, you can do it with aluminum can and plastic bottles. Much more common
@nembuttsadventures316 not as fun or rewarding
Funny to see you here, i love this concept
HEY ITS U JUST SUBED YESTERDAY THEN FOUND THIS GUY its a sign you should do it 😫🗿🗿🛐
In the future, maybe in 1000-2000 years later, a scientist will think about the people lived in New York, while she/he studies the ruins and abandoned streets of the once big and famous city. "People must be very rich that time. The Golden era. They walked in gold dust and on gemstones. Must be a wonderful time for everybody a time when they lived without poverty and deprivation." Very cool video!
I'm a new prospector just purchased gold pans and I also got a metal detector. Your videos are amazing and full of helpful information. Thanks for all you do. Greatly appreciated
This channel and Steve Wallis's stealth camping channel are my two favorites that I've found this year! So interesting!!
Used to pan for gold with my grandpa out behind my house in the river. We definitely found a decent amount of gold. Hes to old to go out and pan anymore but he still wants to do it! Awesome video guy.
then bring the pan to him, fill up a few buckets and get a hose or something.
hmm dont you take your grandpa out then anymore? like in a wheelchair so atleats he could watch for example. Or you go with him to the river let him sit and watch you grab the dirt and stuff then go back inside place everything on the table so you and your grandpa can pan again!
@@Handle-Unavailable-x ❤️
Just came across your video...WOW!
Would of never thought about prospecting sidewalk cracks. Great video👍
Would of
Watch jewels, sometimes known as jewel bearings, are tiny pieces of synthetic ruby or sapphire set into holes within a watch movement. These gems primarily help to reduce friction and provide a hard, smooth surface to allow metal components such as the wheel train to rotate freely.
Copy and pasted your so good
Sadly they’re also wrong lol. These are faceted natural gems. Watch ruby is round and very flat with a dimple
Lol there should be no dimple if there is, it's junk. 👍
But those aren't nearly as big as the ones in video!!
This is the ultimate of urban prospecting. Nice stuff Shane
My 11-year-old grandson is fifth generation detectorist. I’ve been detecting since 1970. There is treasure everywhere.
what have u found of value? or that u like?
I like the way you under estimate values, so easy for people to massively exaggerate on these types of videos.
I find the style of these kind of videos extremely relaxing, it has definitely been helping ease my anxiety. Thank you Klesh.
Currently falling to sleep in bed watching this
sending good vibes mr. cutter- hope you break through that anxiety
Bro exactly! I was hella anxious and this video helped me.
Anxiety?
@@bendobendo Thanks! I appreciate you!
This is my first time commenting on any video. I was absolutely thrilled about an incredible idea! Stayed on the edge of my search watching all the gold and gems you pulled out of the cracks! Wow! Regardless of how much value you assigned to the materials, I thought it was worth more just to share this 'goodie collection' with everyone! Thank you so much and happy vacuuming!
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of my favorite things to do is pan with my wife and son. We haven't planned in a while but we did go to Arkansas to mine for quartz recently 😎👍
This is craaaazy. That's way more than I was expecting you to find.
I watched a guy doing this 5-6 years ago. Dropped to his knees and screamed. Walked up and asked if I could help as if he lost something since he was near a sewer grate.
He laughed, held up a giant chunk of gold jewelry and yelled " I'm paying rent for the next six months".
He then explained what he was doing and I talked about my mining setup in Colorado and I helped him for a few more hours before I had to head to the airport.
Boy did we get some strange looks!
Love this crazy experiment! Who would have thought there’d be so much precious metal and gems in footpath gunk
Why not? Probably 50 to 100 years of accumulation in those cracks ; gold is heavy and diamonds too. They don't move around but just accumulate.
I’ve never been metal collecting or hunting but your channel makes me want to start. Looks like a really fun hobby. One that helps the pocket instead of hurting it haha cheers
New subscriber here. When we worked installing security systems in a jewelry factory we had to stand on a vibrating brush machine before leaving the building. It would sweep and vacuum the shoes to recover any gold which may have been picked up.
I can only imagine the amount of western gold, silver and gems that have gone through NYC over the years. Montana (where I'm originally from) sapphires used to be very sought after over there
This is really cool. Ever since the last video you did like this, I’ve been thinking about trying this in downtown Chicago on Jeweler’s Rowe.
I do all kinds of treasure hunting. Metal detecting, coin roll hunting, garage sales, thrift stores… etc. that’s why I like this channel so much.
One thing I like to do every spring is what I would call “snow larking” I guess. At big stores or shopping centers, they plow the parking lots every time it snows and they make big piles of snow at the end of the parking lot. In spring, when the snow melts down, all the dirt and debris and whatever else was picked up by the snow plows is left behind. I like to walk on the piles of melted snow to see what I can find. You have to get there just at the right time, before they clean it up.
I have found all kinds of good stuff in the melting snow piles. Cash, coins, jewelry, purses, wallets, phones… anything people might drop in a parking lot. I think it’s especially good because when it’s snowing people are usually in a rush. I guess… and of course whatever is there gets concentrated by the snow plow dropping everything in one spot.
It was my best kept little secret… maybe not now that I posted it here. But, hey everyone, have at it. There are many parking lots in Chicago.
I've done pretty good at the car wash "vacuum cleaners" and in the dryers at the laundromat. The dryers need to be the slightly older models with the larger gap around the inside between the drum and the front panel, behind the door. Lots of coins and bills.
And New York. I’m on it! WNY to be exact..
@@randygoldman8974 how do you check the vacuums?
@@MetalDetectingDonna well where I live they only recently started locking them but if you can find a carwash that doesn't have locked vacuum bins you can take out the bin, dump it in a trash bag and go through it at a time and place of your choosing. And it helps if it's a full service carwash because they usually don't have the time to go through the fines.
@@MetalDetectingDonna believe me when I say that it takes a lot of ground work finding the right places to go and it might be worth asking the owner/manager to strike up a deal for permission but, you'd need to make it a routine and stick to it faithfully. One year I collected over $800 in change alone. Used it to take weekend camping trip to gold country.
All that change would have ended up in the landfill otherwise. Some people may be on it and others may not. That's what I mean by "doing your ground work". Same as asking permission to metal detect.
Only difference here is I'll collect recycle at same time and it reduces volume of trash being dumped in landfill. Sort of a "win/win".
I remember doing this years ago ...... we got a lot of funny looks from the people walking around and the store owners .....then panned it out in the East River .... good job Klesh and would love to see that smelted down .... good job on the vid my friend .....keep'em coming
Lol I came here to see if any prospectors I watch have commented and here you are 15 mins ago 🤣 was expecting pioneer pauly though to be honest LOL
Yeah man I thought I was gonna get mugged at 4am out there
@@goldmemberr he only comes out at night hahahahhaa
@@Klesh thats why we filmed in the day time hahahhaha
@@Klesh I laughed when the man with the backpack walked by you!! He did a double-take and kind of hurried up! If he was going to mug you, he lost his nerve seeing a weird man vacuuming the cracks! Tee hee!
never would I have thought that a youtuber would do a dirt give away lol
Never thought I would be scratching sidewalk New York City with millions of people watching either
I love watching you get precious metals and gems. I’d love to do the same thing but being in a wheelchair stops me. So getting tailings to go through myself would be so awesome.
The “diamonds” could very well be moissanite. I have the same diamond tester and moissanite will react just like diamonds. I’ve since upgraded to a better diamond tester that will specifically detect and alert to moissanite and diamonds separately.
You been watching SNATCH 😂
A what a nite?
@@johnbakker4828 Grade A Under A explained this in his woman video.
I’m a big fan of moissanite
The only thing that makes a Moissanite not legit is the fact it’s man made ...would rather have that the a zircon js
That's a pretty epic haul! Well worth the weird looks from people for collecting it
When i worked at a DIY store, i used to clean these types of crevices between tiles - in front of the store, on the brick parking lot - mostly to remove weeds.
i found out pretty quick that a hook with a pole attatched saves your back, gives you more leverage, and allows you to use two hands.
yep! I use a short hook for travel purposes, but if I was driving , I'd have a pole hook as well
I love that you do this man.. I’m from NYC and to think there’s rare valuables in that crud is amazing!!
You can use a UV light (small pen light used for automotive use) to test the rubies as they fluoresce… some diamonds do as well.
Living on Long Island, that’s right in my backyard! Often wondered what was in the sidewalk cracks of the City. Between your two videos, now I know there’s actual treasure to find. Thanks for sharing as always
Imagine what ends up in the sewers!
In certain parts of the city, there is actual crack in the cracks.
ayyy fellow Long Islander
WOW that was cool thanks, I bet now all the cracks in the pavements around there are well clean.
I had heard about "urban mining" but have never seen anyone doing it or about what miners could find.This was really a cool video and since I live about an hour away from NY city I may try this sometime in the future. You earned my sub! looking forward to other cool locations and finds!
Yeah totally, btw, I have ALOT of gold and diamonds on my property too. Lemme know when ur free, don’t forget to bring ur vacuum, I mean “prospecting” equipment.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
My family and I have done some prospecting here in Wisconsin, we typically find a fair amount of flower gold.( we dont live far from the flower gold wizard) In 15ish trips out to the big lake we have just about 27 grams of gold that we are saving for a Disney trip.
Wow! I’m from Minnesota and I’ve been thinking of trying the hobby out. I like repetitive hands on work like this but never had the guts to buy the supplies. I feel like some people would make fun of me but it’s so cool people nearby are doing this for fun too! Good luck on Disney trip!!!!!!!!!!
When my family and I started we definitely looked like a bunch of doorknobs but you have to remember it's a learned art to gold mining and it's going to take some time to get your rythm but once you do it's a great way to spend time with your family or friends, and the added bonus is my kids are getting to see the value in hard work. My deal with my kids is once we hit 2oz of gold we will go to Disney using gold money and whatever else I have to chip in is worth it to me for all their hard work
@@wilkefarms6784 wow thats amazing! My parents did similar things and it’s helped me out as an adult quite a bit for managing money and discipline in general. Wonderful parenting! I don’t mind looking like more of a doorknob than I already do I guess :) maybe I’ll give it a try this summer
Only a misguided or stupid parent would let their children anywhere near Disney
That's super awesome I would make my kids work for their trip to disneyland
That was fascinating, I'd like to see the refining process on that final dust pile and how the different metals in there are separated.
U put them all in a bucket mix potion and wait three days and all the metals seperate into a pie graph
i was just thinking how fascinating this was.
This is the first time I've seen this. I really enjoyed it and I will be back to watch more.
Being from North Central Illinois there isn't anywhere I'm aware of for gold...so I love watching your channel. My uncle used to prospect and pan where he lived in Washington state and I used to help him with the sluce and panning his cons. Love watching these NYC scraping vids. Thanks for all the awesome and info you bring us!
You could always try to pan out of local natural creeks and rivers in your area for fun and practice. There is a guy I watched on YT that searches creeks near St. Louis, Missouri and he has found flour gold out that way, although it is a very TINY amount for the work he puts into it, but he does find gold. Being further north, you may be able to find a tiny bit as well that was left over by glacier deposits.
There is gold in Illinois (I found some recently, but not near you), but it is glacial gold dragged down from Canada in the glaciation periods. This means it is small gold that is sparse and only concentrated in streams that cut through the glacial till.
I haven't found enough even to weigh yet, but I am sure you can find gold if you can find a stream with a hard packed bottom (like hard clay or maybe shale). I'd say since there is more gold in Wisconsin than Illinois you will probably have more luck north than I do.
I've also heard there is some gold in northwest Illinois/northeastern Iowa.
Thank you both for the info. I do know some creeks and smaller rivers I could probably check. I'd be happy with a few specks to be able to say I panned it myself
@@chasingplastic6285 I will say it took me 5 days of panning a few hours a day before I found the spot I am on with gold. So don't give up right away if you don't find anything.
For the creek I am in the indicators were lead (from shotguns), garnets, and rust/iron. I just stayed at the spot where I was finding loads of lead and finally found my first gold.
Check the creeks
Home depot sand. Has small amounts of fine flour gold not enough to justify buying a bunch of sand though
The rubies inside watches are synthetic rubies and are extremely small. You'd never see them with the naked eye in dirt like that. I'm a watchmaker. That all is an unbelievable score! Good job!
Also a watchmaker here. What stood out to me is that watch movement jewels are more like little micro hockey pucks with holes through their centers 99% of the time. Like perfectly smooth little rings almost, other than the capstones and even then.... You'll never see these big, facet-cut cabochon style rubies in a watch.
Some of the really early pocket watches did use relatively huge, natural diamonds as balance capstones though!
well i took basic jewelry making and i can tell u watches dont crack...thats a weld i think that seals it. like swiss made watches and rolexs, not solder.
those gems are fully mounted, ive seen it. they do not fall out..only fakes and its hard to tell here in california. the rain washes that shit right off the street if it were real diamonds or gems...as the street divide is too metric and small.
i think watches in the industry are far more expensive and complicated than jewelry...those diamonds are insured i think. like rolex's...
the term ur thinking of is fabricated...also a jewelry making term. you have fabricated diamonds nowadays too...
I thought for sure when you went back to New York to clean their sidewalks that someone would have beat you to it. Everyone loves the thought of finding hidden treasure. I use to fantasize of finding great treasure and have looked but never achieved my dream. Great video, thanks for taking the time Shane.
Amen! If nothing else, you can always DREAM! Tee hee!
There are some people somewhat regularly doing it. There was a guy in the city before COVID, who had it as his full time job.
This is super interesting. I’ve never come across a video like this before, really awesome!
I'll be honest and say I just found thus channel today but I've always been obsessed with gold and panning for it but I don't really live anywhere I can find it and I don't have any of the tools but I still love watching it. I collect rocks and have so many cool ones but I would always love to add more. Amazing video! This was so cool to see!
My rock collection started with my sons, bringing me treaures. Now I collect rocks, shells, etc from wherever we go on vacation!
This is a really cool idea. I had never thought of checking cracks in the sidewalks in busy areas especially nearby the jewelry shops. My brother has told me about doing it in parking lots near where the black dirt gathers. I'm just now getting into prospecting and panning gold so I'm rather new to it. He recommended this video and I'm glad he did
I loved seeing Cody'sLab doing something similar, so it's awesome to see some regular content of the same style. Thanks man
THIS IS AMAZING! There is literal treasure right under our feet every day!
Thought this awesome. Can’t believe you got that much out of the cracks of a sidewalk. I have only been panning for about a year and a half in Iowa and go out regularly (even in winter) but haven’t even reached a gram yet. But it’s about the hunt not the value for me. It’s an awesome hobby. Keep up the great work.
I'm in the midwest and never would've thought to gold pan here. But after watching this, I want to start! There's a creek out back behind my house that could prove to be prosperous!
Its probably more likely you pan more gold here in the city than you are out somewhere like iowa or anywhere midwest just because of the VAST amount of gold and jewelry in general that flow in and out every day, every hour on these streets.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
I be been rock hounding since I was young. Just recently got into panning and it’s a great way to shut my mind off and focus on what I’m doing. Prospected the creek behind the house with some success! Flour gold, but gold is gold! Love the videos!
I havent gone this far in depth. I have looked around some of the drain grates at large retail stores and found diamonds, rings, and earrings. My buddies thought I was crazy, until I showed them.
In the parking lots or inside the malls? How cool!
That was so much fun!!!! Who would have thought that you’d find things like that on the streets of New York! You have a lot of patience I can tell you that!!
Went prospecting near Ballarat Australia, found a creek flowing with so much gold dust it was unbelievable. It was a few years ago right before a big nugget was found under the police station, and we were right there.
Nice! I was at the gold museum and ghost town there in Ballarat in 2019 and will be returning for sure!
@@Klesh If you're panning you'll get heaps, I just had a detector
I went underground at the Corner Pedy opal mines in the middle of the country. They made a bracelet out of an opal we found. 😁
I'm surprised you didn't find lots of teeth
@@thomas25082that’s in the bar district
I just ordered my 1st paydirt bag from you yesterday 4-18-22! Super excited about getting it. I have been panning here in Alaska a few times but have only accumulated 1.5 grams of gold in 24 years. Only to learn from watching Your videos, I was doing it wrong. Frustrating but that's what happens when you think you know what your doing. Thank you for helping us out with your videos. I've learned where I've gone wrong and now I have a chance at gaining more gold on my adventures. Thanks Klesh! Keep up the Great videos they help alot.
what was you doin gwrong?
1.5 grams in 24 yrs. Just give it up
@@djonenonly8381
waste of time
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
I love it when smart and productive people make UA-cam videos, we need more of that, this is fascinating.
I agree! I was surprised to hear he lives in Colorado when he said he was scraping sidewalk cracks in NYC! He picked an amazing district to do it in too! Very wise choice IMHO!
Very Cool Video... Really enjoyed it! 👍👍
I love the giveaway idea, but man I would have love to have seen what came of all of it had you completely run it and processed it! Love it!
If I win, I’ll tell you what came of it. I do my own refining. Learned over the last year.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
Definitely worth watching this video! Never occurred to me that here was treasure there! Love your videos Shane, Keep them coming! What an awesome haul just cleaning sidewalks near Jewelry stores. Inspirational!
It’s crazy what and where you can find if you know what you’re looking for. I remember learning about people finding gold with a pan like this back in the California gold rush but I didn’t know it was still the best way to do this
@Bella Delphino tomorrow we’ll be running metal detectors over the elderlys necks and snatching their necklace off lol
This is really cool I'm gonna be watching for more content
If it wasn't for your channel, I would have never gotten into panning for gold. I love how relaxing it can be. I am looking forward to my newfound life long hobby and the treasures to be found
Awesome! Thank you!
That was so fun to watch! On the last pan , WOW! How cool it is to see the pan just light up like that! I’m glad you didn’t get harassed this time!
Ger Bear and I would be excited to go through some of your sidewalk skunge!
Take care!
🌺Joanie & Ger Bear🐻
I have always wondered how many diamonds are just laying around on the parking lots and sidewalks myself. Looks like someone beat me to it! Very cool!
This is one of the most exciting things I’ve watched in a while. I want to do this so bad, even if the return isn’t good it looks like so much fun
Absolutely amazing and a real pleasure to watch, very good presentation and what an amazing find in what seems the least likely place, even to a random passerby. I really did enjoy listening and watching and I'm not even a prospector myself but feel you've just given me that shine to try it out for myself. Looks so interesting and amazing, hope to see more soon. Thank you kindly for taking the time to create along with uploading.
Glad you enjoyed it
THIS is sooo cool. I’ve always been very interested in searching for “lost treasure” (modern day). I’m a sucker for gemstones. I bought my 11yrs old a BIG magnet for his bday in July and I plan on bringing a metal detector to Florida for the first time (we go every year/14-15’s now). I cannot wait!! Gotta do this with my kids.
Thanks and welcome to the channel ⛏⛏
Showed these videos to my kids. They can't wait to get out to the river and start panning! We live right across the street from the Grand River in Michigan, still too cold for them, though. Maybe next month.
This is super amazing. I never would have thought to check places like that. 👍 Good luck with your future hunting.
Dude absolutely love these videos. I can't believe the amount of gold and jewels just sitting in the sidewalk cracks. But it make sense the cuts in the cement act like riffles on a sloose can't wait to see the shop when it's all done! Keep mailing awesome video shane!
New paydirt name "klesh curb side pick-up" lol 😆
Hahahaha! Good one!!
so I came across your channel by accident tonight and I am mind blown. I've always wanted to do metal detecting but I know it's very time consuming but what I saw what you did in this video has opened up my mind to A whole New world of fun. thank you so much and I am now subscriber to your channel 🤘🏼
Thanks and welcome. I’m sure you’ll enjoy many of the other 500+ videos here
Same here was watching card tricks and bam
This is so fake. All his videos are fake. Look close. It's all camera tricks. You can't believe everything you see on youtube. Smh
@@joeydiana8747 same lol
Don’t get fooled guys. He is buying the leftovers from the jewelry workshops and putting them in the dirt. It’s most likely not even the same dirt from nyc. He is making more than 10x the amount of money with UA-cam views, that he spend for the leftovers. Use your brain guys, not only your eyes.
This was such a fun video to watch. Really awesome! Great work!