Tiny Scottish gold
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- I finally found some gold!
Prospecting Tyndrum in the West Highlands of Scotland.
Timestamps:
00:00 Waking up
01:35 Busy burn
04:14 Silver
06:15 Islands
07:56 Clean up
Music: Telecasted - Big River (UA-cam Audio Library)
Caledonian Sleeper: www.sleeper.scot
Tyndrum Gold Panning/permits: www.strathfillancdt.org.uk/projects/gold-panning
Really enjoyed that video. The rocks up there are truly amazing and the views are something else.
Thanks mate. I loved it up there - I'm sure I'll be back! :o)
Great video and loved the commentry. It's a great place. Looking forward to the next video.
Thanks! It was my first time panning in Scotland and I'm sure I'll be back there again.
Absolutely brilliant you got yourself there and done some panning and found gold well done bro 👏 👍
Thanks Chambo. :o)
Hello,i have come to believe the painted rocks are mica shist. Nice find on the coin. Was exciting to watch your experience 🍻
Thanks for the info! I was a bit down when I thought there was no gold, so I was really buzzed to find a couple of bits hiding!! I know I can do better now, so I'm sure I'll be back to Scotland again. :o)
A very nice video. I thought your suction bottle was cool 😆. Scotland has good geology and definitely gold.
I congratulate you on your finds. ⚒👍🤠
Thank you Ltn.! The bottle works well on small areas so is great for crevicing. I really like Scotland - I am sure I will be back! :o)
I worked in the gold mine there in the late 80's after I returned from South Africa where I worked for Gencorfor, The exploration (Irish Company) Enex, we done testing inside the mine chasing the vein but it had to be treated by the use of cyanide and the local council refused a License to operate, they had an option to truck the ore to the nearest smelter in newcastle and decided it was not viable after we had driven the mine nearly 2km inside the hillside
That's interesting - thanks. I heard they tried to work the mine again more recently but that stopped in 2023.
Congratulations Nick, youre going out and doing it in proper gold country.👍
Thanks! It's a shame it is so far for me, but I'm sure I will be back there. I remember Chris from Vogus Prospecting (Aussie UA-camr) saying it is sometimes better to not buy more / more expensive equipment, but to spend the money on travelling to a better area.
@@surreygoldprospector576 Tyndrum is just the right place to go and try it. Lots of interesting heavy minerals to be seen and different geology from your home turf.
As said below the silver colour is the reflection of light from mica in the mica schist which makes up the local mountains. If you had gone a bit east of there. you would have had a bit of low grade garnet as well.
Thanks for the information - that's useful. I was looking out for any crystals, but didn't see much.
isnt UK mining gold techincally illegal and all owned by the crown?
Yes, I think you're right. It's complicated, as at Tyndrum you pay for a permit (£5 a day) for the mineral rights and permission to prospect the river as well.
So when are you migrating to Australia?
Saving up for a plane ticket, mate! :o)
@@surreygoldprospector576 Well mate, you'll be most welcome and you'll almost certainly find better pickings here on the Victorian goldfields. My ancestors packed up their lives in Cornwall and came here in the 1850s. If you do make it, you'll be joining a long tradition. Good Luck with you prospecting mate! T.
@@thomaswhitelake Thanks. Yep, you guys are lucky - still plenty of good pickings from what the gold rush pioneers left behind. :o)
@@surreygoldprospector576 Mate, haven't you heard? The streets here are paved with it.
Absolutely does not know what he is doing!
Hands up - I've made loads of mistakes along the way, but as long as I am learning and getting better that's OK with me. Prospecting is one of those things where you can't beat just doing it and getting experience.