It would be interesting to see it next spring as the plants start recovering. Should see lots of saplings, grasses, and flowers. A before and after look would be interesting to see.
@@backup-ll5hc Good to know. When I saw the devastation (covering dozens of square miles), I got convinced that it will be a hellscape for many years to come.
i know people harvesting burnt standing timber for lumber and firewood. apparently light winds bring down a lot of deadly snags as their roots are burnt or rotten. very dangerous to explore during wind storms
Oh, those hills will be so beautiful and in a couple of years as regrowth starts. It will be amazing! And all those fire dependant bugs ans seeds will just thrive. Yes, it is a disaster, but at the same time a fresh start.
As long as it doesn't get more major fires that interrupts that process. I've actually burned off my lawn a few years ago and had the same process. The following years I only mowed the grass a handful of times, planted a couple of cherry trees, my spouse redesigned the flower beds and we added a couple more in front of the house and I dug away about a dozen square meters of grass to seed that we replanted with meadow flowers domestic to our country. We also added a small pond by burying an old steel clothes washing sink with fabric sides so that animals would be able to climb out on their own if they fell in and put a bird feeder a few feet from the pond. We now have a huge variety of butterflies, solitary bees, birds, bats, hedgehogs and beetles in our garden, even a few very rare beetles and butterflies on the endangered list. And our cats love watching it all from the kitchen window, though visibly frustrated at us for keeping them indoors as the lovely little murder monsters they are.
Yes, Dan, I enjoyed your video -as I always do. My heart broke for the forest. The stones were amazing, and seeing them cut gave good context to your hunt. I, too, would like to see this same place after the spring comes to renew everything. Thanks for including us in your adventures.
Hey Dan… I live in Oregon near the Columbia River. You are so right about the fires. Time will heal. Really enjoying your videos. With all of the world discontent these days you provide a wonderful respite from the worlds misery. Thank you Sir.
Love your vids, DAN. I was a rockhound, and still kinda, but in prairies, you remind me of my Grandfather, who took us out to near rivers, and metal detecting, and making willow whistles, and rock tumbling, and exploring.... he died in grade two, but i feel we are both watching ya right now. Thank you. I am glad you are doing better, we have learned so many cool things and witnessed wonderful finds with you. We love ya!
I'm in Victoria and obviously I knew about the fires but man did I NOT KNOW about the fires. A scary glimpse of reality here Dan. Kudos to you for showing us BC residents how bad it was. My thoughts are out there for those who lost their homes to the fires. 😪😥
The miracle of nature is that as soon as the fire is finished, life starts to regrow. You can already see smaller plants springing to life among the ashes. It was smart getting out of there because of the rain and wind. The day before I got to Yellowstone in 2014, a man was killed by a tree that burned in the fires of 1988.
This might not be the end for these trees, just a long recovery time....tree outside the apartment I live in was fairly big ( at least two stories tall as Americans count them ) and a freak blizzard in October 2010 dumped so much heavy wet snow on it the it split in three directions ( it was one of those trees that grows from a single base but has two or three main trunks rising up ) Hell, my car still has a dent on the drivers side roof from where it thumped down. 11 years later and out of one of the stumps left from cleaning up the original growth there's now a 3 to 4 foot tall 'new' tree sprouting up. Always amazed me how some bits of nature never say die
They definitely can bounce back. A few years ago, there was a huge fire in Bastrop, TX and it looked just as bad as this. Now almost all the trees are back.
when a conifer forest in the west has a large crown fire, usually its 100% kill ratio depending on wind and slope. only redwoods have the ability to regrow after an intense fire. firs, hemlocks, and cedars will usually die if the entire tree is burned. Ive seen it many times here in Oregon. these trees will re-seed the areas most likely, but the progress will be slow and take multiple decades to have a mature stand again.
Considering plants can regrow any piece of them back to fully grown, as long as the damage isn't too much. Yeah, they have that ability while we cant....yet....
Always look forward to these adventures Dan. Thanks for taking us there with you. Really feels like e are there with you. Keep up the amazing hard (yet fun)adventures
May I just say I appriciate "I hope to earn your subscription today." So many youtubers start their videos with "like, share and subscribe" and as a first time watcher I can't help but think. "This is my first time watching and the beginning of your video. Don't tell me to like something I haven't even seen yet!" You did indeed earn my subscription. I certainly enjoyed watching you prospecting. Agates are such fun rocks. I LOVE how you show the cleaned up and cut rocks at the end. That really makes the video fun, seeing what you really came away with after all that work. :) I had never considered a forest fire being good for prospecting. We actually had some very big fires last year. You inspired me to poke around out there!
I have followed your fossicking exploits for a bit now. This adventure I watched with my son's, 11 & 14.. we were all impressed. they said it was a hero's journey! I agreed. felt your efforts through the rugged terrain and grueling weather. well done. we're very proud of your efforts. documenting history for future generations. thanks for sharing. your editing is excellent (all your vids) we really felt the journey 👍
Such a compassionate soul... Recognizing the hurt and devastation but still wanting to be positive about the present and future. Thanks for being you Dan.
Yesterday Oct. 20th 2021 found you in you tube recommendation so glad you tube did this. I really enjoy you....what an incredible personality. Hope you take the following as the blessful compliment that it is....since I lost my soul mate many yrs. ago I have not thought I would ever find anyone who could stir my soul like my beloved Rhon could-did. First video of yours was the one w/your kids n wife at a river prospecting for garnets. Beautiful family....I wish you were single for the way you bring me much enjoyment watching listening & learning from you. I Am in the good way envious of your wife. I wish I was her. Thank you, Dan for sharing your amazing video's w/us & sharing your family w/us as well. If you happen to have a brother who is A LOT like you & is single *grins & winks*. You are a Good Soul & a Beautiful Man, Dan. I hope this Blesses You & Your Loved Ones for it is the intention behind my post. I can't hardly wait to see all the other video's you've made. Appreciate Teaching Us Your Knowledge....!
That 30 seconds segment of cut red skinned agate is so fascinating! Great Video and you got some excellent exercise too! You are a mountain “GOAT” of UA-cam!
From Australia we feel the pain of those bushfires/wildfires that your country has gone through, more than anything the lost animals lives and the animals suffering footage we receive is heartbreaking and hard to watch, a special shout out must be go to all the brave people who choose to fight fire's, you're a special kind of good.
Australia goes through this every year as well. We are having our first fire warnings of the season. Please show us how the vegetation recovers over next months and years
Natures way of a reboot ! LoL Thanks Dan, for taking us along. Please keep up the great videos. I always enjoy walking the crop fields along the Ohio river after the big floods have receded, I find amazing arrowheads. If you are out late, and as the sun is setting , you can look to the east , and all the flint is shining , it looks like the stars in the night sky. It is incredible to see the craftsmanship of these handmade beauties. I have found arrowheads, celts, bowls, spear points, crafted stand club heads, awls and punches. Makes for a great day in southern Ohio. I think might enjoy it yourself Dan.
I love your videos. I thought I would thank some of my favourite UA-camrs. I'm an armchair rockhound. I can't actually go myself because a stroke has left me partially disabled and affected my balance, but I do enjoy it vicariously through you and others.
I have only just recently stumbled across your channel, and now I'm obsessed! I love gems and stones, and seeing the actual process of finding them is fascinating! Not to mention your enthusiasm and excitement is so contagious. Keep up the amazing work!
Dan, be careful around the burnt trees. In Colorado the Forest service called them widow makers because of their propensity to easily fall over. The burnt trees may have burnt roots that makes them unstable. Love watching your show.
I love every video that I have ever watched of yours. You’re a such an awesome and personable guy. You’ve actually motivated me to start prospecting. I started off with gold but you got my mind mind racing about so many things other than golden that I’ve started doing heavy research in prospecting sites in my area (Utah), getting all the tools and equipment and hitting the road to the great outdoors. Cheers Dan!
Just want to say that your edits while showing the first wash findings was a really good touch. Made the experience more enjoyable than normal! Nice work Dan
Glad to see your doing good Dan. You are fun to watch and the interesting things you show and the places you go. Be safe out there and have a good weekend. Thanks for the video.
Hi Dan, the agates you found were AMAZING at this spot! I really enjoy watching the videos centered around stones and gem stones actually MORE than the ones where you're prospecting for gold! More stone and gem stone videos please!! :))
I operate a water tender on wild land fires out here in California 2020 was nuts . We lost a couple water tenders completely totaled. 2021 was pretty bad as well . Haven’t had a chance to check my claim out yet . Probably not until spring. Unbelievable how many agates your finding . Beautiful! 👍🏻
Its becoming the July/August norm out here, these massive blazes. On a small positive, as a result, the amount of morel mushrooms in effected regions this year, are something to behold. Keep your eyes open for these other gems out there.
Dan had his sprayer the whole time and still licked the first rock like a boss lol Thats gotta be some old school badass prospector stuff only the real ones are willing to do!
Well I've been hunting the last few weeks and tgis last weekend I did a 18 mile hike im in Oregon and yes it was all burnt to a crisp every mountain in my location on the east side ended up burnt I else ended with a backpack full of rocks and gems. I found so many eggs also I ended up finding a beautiful quarts vein almost 60ft long 2ft wide and looked like a great spot for gold
Every time I watch your channel you make me want to jump into prospecting myself but I have an old granny car Buick that wouldn’t even make it into the nicest dirt roads. Someday I’ll have an AWD..until then, watching you always helps me satisfy the prospecting itch. Cheers from Washington state, US.
Thanks for another great video Dan! Wife and I were up there a while back for a look around. So quiet and hardly any signs of life, it's like being in another world. Mother Nature will recover, though, as She always does! Always looking forward to the next video. Cheers!
It was a crazy summer for sure! Bears are going to be happy for the next few years though, nothing like a forest fire to kick off a few years of outstanding blueberry season.
those red skins are very beautiful. Quite fitting to find those after a fire. I think it's great to use this opportunity, better to find at least some positive out of the disaster. Don't feel bad about it.
I'd love to have a good look around with Dan when I get to the USA/Canada, although I don't think I'd be able to on the first visit! Dan if you ever take people out on trips please let me know mate.
Wow, those agates look quite different than the ones we found on our farm in northern Wisconsin. Of course on the farm it was all glacial till, so pretty much all of the agates there are relatively smooth. Great video Dan, thanks for posting.
You are one of the best people on the web I live in Arizona and have done a lot of prospecting with a metal detector. I was prospecting the westside of the uperstitions and a camp of a minor. The most interesting thing I found there was a shoe anvil I wish I had kept it but I left it there. My third great-grandfather came from Ireland to America. That's how I knew exactly what it was weather prospecting for gold ore for gold it's so interesting if you're ever planning a trip to Arizona I could help you find some real interesting places
I like to pretend the cool designs were made by the fire. Nature is neat. Thanks for the videos Dan! I have had a rough time lately but your chipperness is absolutely delightful. Keep it up, stay safe,and have fun!
I’m totally jealous. I wish I could live Dan’s life. I’m a total geologist & always wanted to be a prospector professionally but I could barely ever make the time to do it just as a hobby much less professionally.
You should start doing videos here in the spring and show how the fores restores itself over the years. I'm guessing that there are no plans to replant it?
I'm thinking along the same lines, but wanted to see how the area recovered naturally. Granted planting the area would accelerate the healing, but I'd still like to see what happens in a year or two.
There is an active replanting program in BC. If the burn is on a tree farm license, the company that has the license often replants the following spring. If it is on Crown land there are other factors taken into consideration. In the dry interior I believe lodgepole pine is commonaly used. There are few tree farm licenses in the dry part of the interior since pine does not have good market value.
Wow awesomeness, they are stunning. I’ve seen devastation like that in Western Australia, we lost so much plus full townships burnt down and over the other side of Australia, well let’s just say they had it way worse than us. The only difference between your trees and some of ours is ours can look dead and 2 months later they start sprouting new growth. Not all of them though and that’s so very sad. Anyway thank you for sharing those beautiful agates they are truly beautiful. God bless,take care and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🥰🥰👏👏👍👍💖💖
Some of those agates are spectacular when cut. One thing about forest fires is even though the trees are burnt and dead, they can be harvested as a lot of the times the core of the tree is still good or its the lower end that burned and still have a lot of wood left. Not a big pay per tree but there is a giant amount of trees to be cut. If anything a lot of that can go as firewood or grilling charcoal chunks.
A few y ears ago I was talking to a retired forester about the pine infestations around the province. Interesting that most of the pines in the province that were infested were mature trees. Pines are the first trees to regenerate after a fire. Is comment was that the most valuable prospector's tool of the day was the strike-anywhere match. This video demonstrates how visible mineral features are after a fire.
It would be interesting to see it next spring as the plants start recovering. Should see lots of saplings, grasses, and flowers. A before and after look would be interesting to see.
I don't know about BC but in northern Minnesota there would be a number of years of abundant blueberry harvests and also Morel mushrooms.
@@tinknal6449 Thank you for sharing that! I love collecting wild blueberries, and I had no idea about the connection to wild fires.
@@billbauer9795 In CA its been about 2 years and lots of green
@@backup-ll5hc Good to know. When I saw the devastation (covering dozens of square miles), I got convinced that it will be a hellscape for many years to come.
A lot of those trees need fire in order to reproduce. Its an odd twist of evolution.
I like that you're talking about safety concerns after a fire. Things like winds are not often considered.
i know people harvesting burnt standing timber for lumber and firewood. apparently light winds bring down a lot of deadly snags as their roots are burnt or rotten. very dangerous to explore during wind storms
Oh, those hills will be so beautiful and in a couple of years as regrowth starts. It will be amazing! And all those fire dependant bugs ans seeds will just thrive. Yes, it is a disaster, but at the same time a fresh start.
As long as it doesn't get more major fires that interrupts that process.
I've actually burned off my lawn a few years ago and had the same process. The following years I only mowed the grass a handful of times, planted a couple of cherry trees, my spouse redesigned the flower beds and we added a couple more in front of the house and I dug away about a dozen square meters of grass to seed that we replanted with meadow flowers domestic to our country.
We also added a small pond by burying an old steel clothes washing sink with fabric sides so that animals would be able to climb out on their own if they fell in and put a bird feeder a few feet from the pond. We now have a huge variety of butterflies, solitary bees, birds, bats, hedgehogs and beetles in our garden, even a few very rare beetles and butterflies on the endangered list. And our cats love watching it all from the kitchen window, though visibly frustrated at us for keeping them indoors as the lovely little murder monsters they are.
Providing there aren’t huge mudslides.
Man, I was surprised at how nicely those rocks cleaned up…wow
It’s interesting to walk through a fresh burn.. that’s for sure. Especially when you know what it looked like before.
Yes, Dan, I enjoyed your video -as I always do. My heart broke for the forest. The stones were amazing, and seeing them cut gave good context to your hunt. I, too, would like to see this same place after the spring comes to renew everything. Thanks for including us in your adventures.
Hey Dan… I live in Oregon near the Columbia River. You are so right about the fires. Time will heal. Really enjoying your videos. With all of the world discontent these days you provide a wonderful respite from the worlds misery. Thank you Sir.
Love your vids, DAN. I was a rockhound, and still kinda, but in prairies, you remind me of my Grandfather, who took us out to near rivers, and metal detecting, and making willow whistles, and rock tumbling, and exploring.... he died in grade two, but i feel we are both watching ya right now. Thank you. I am glad you are doing better, we have learned so many cool things and witnessed wonderful finds with you. We love ya!
I'm in Victoria and obviously I knew about the fires but man did I NOT KNOW about the fires.
A scary glimpse of reality here Dan. Kudos to you for showing us BC residents how bad it was.
My thoughts are out there for those who lost their homes to the fires. 😪😥
The miracle of nature is that as soon as the fire is finished, life starts to regrow. You can already see smaller plants springing to life among the ashes. It was smart getting out of there because of the rain and wind. The day before I got to Yellowstone in 2014, a man was killed by a tree that burned in the fires of 1988.
This might not be the end for these trees, just a long recovery time....tree outside the apartment I live in was fairly big ( at least two stories tall as Americans count them ) and a freak blizzard in October 2010 dumped so much heavy wet snow on it the it split in three directions ( it was one of those trees that grows from a single base but has two or three main trunks rising up ) Hell, my car still has a dent on the drivers side roof from where it thumped down. 11 years later and out of one of the stumps left from cleaning up the original growth there's now a 3 to 4 foot tall 'new' tree sprouting up. Always amazed me how some bits of nature never say die
They definitely can bounce back. A few years ago, there was a huge fire in Bastrop, TX and it looked just as bad as this. Now almost all the trees are back.
when a conifer forest in the west has a large crown fire, usually its 100% kill ratio depending on wind and slope. only redwoods have the ability to regrow after an intense fire. firs, hemlocks, and cedars will usually die if the entire tree is burned. Ive seen it many times here in Oregon. these trees will re-seed the areas most likely, but the progress will be slow and take multiple decades to have a mature stand again.
Considering plants can regrow any piece of them back to fully grown, as long as the damage isn't too much. Yeah, they have that ability while we cant....yet....
Always look forward to these adventures Dan. Thanks for taking us there with you. Really feels like e are there with you. Keep up the amazing hard (yet fun)adventures
Thanks for staying safe. You're looking healthy. We want more videos in the future. The beard is coming along nicely
May I just say I appriciate "I hope to earn your subscription today." So many youtubers start their videos with "like, share and subscribe" and as a first time watcher I can't help but think. "This is my first time watching and the beginning of your video. Don't tell me to like something I haven't even seen yet!" You did indeed earn my subscription. I certainly enjoyed watching you prospecting. Agates are such fun rocks. I LOVE how you show the cleaned up and cut rocks at the end. That really makes the video fun, seeing what you really came away with after all that work. :) I had never considered a forest fire being good for prospecting. We actually had some very big fires last year. You inspired me to poke around out there!
I have followed your fossicking exploits for a bit now.
This adventure I watched with my son's, 11 & 14..
we were all impressed.
they said it was a hero's journey!
I agreed.
felt your efforts through the rugged terrain and grueling weather.
well done.
we're very proud of your efforts.
documenting history for future generations.
thanks for sharing.
your editing is excellent (all your vids)
we really felt the journey 👍
Such a compassionate soul... Recognizing the hurt and devastation but still wanting to be positive about the present and future. Thanks for being you Dan.
Yesterday Oct. 20th 2021 found you in you tube recommendation so glad you tube did this. I really enjoy you....what an incredible personality. Hope you take the following as the blessful compliment that it is....since I lost my soul mate many yrs. ago I have not thought I would ever find anyone who could stir my soul like my beloved Rhon could-did. First video of yours was the one w/your kids n wife at a river prospecting for garnets. Beautiful family....I wish you were single for the way you bring me much enjoyment watching listening & learning from you. I Am in the good way envious of your wife. I wish I was her. Thank you, Dan for sharing your amazing video's w/us & sharing your family w/us as well. If you happen to have a brother who is A LOT like you & is single *grins & winks*. You are a Good Soul & a Beautiful Man, Dan. I hope this Blesses You & Your Loved Ones for it is the intention behind my post. I can't hardly wait to see all the other video's you've made. Appreciate Teaching Us Your Knowledge....!
That 30 seconds segment of cut red skinned agate is so fascinating! Great Video and you got some excellent exercise too! You are a mountain “GOAT” of UA-cam!
From Australia we feel the pain of those bushfires/wildfires that your country has gone through, more than anything the lost animals lives and the animals suffering footage we receive is heartbreaking and hard to watch, a special shout out must be go to all the brave people who choose to fight fire's, you're a special kind of good.
I got shivers from your cut samples...they are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing another moment from "Beautiful British Columbia"! 😁🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦
Australia goes through this every year as well. We are having our first fire warnings of the season.
Please show us how the vegetation recovers over next months and years
Absolutely amazing Dan👌🏻 Thanks for taking us along on the adventure😀The colours an patterns of these stones are too quality⛏🏴
It’s so nice to see a UA-camr not begging for subscriptions, you’ve earned my respect laddy! Liked and subbed, peace 🇬🇧
Natures way of a reboot ! LoL
Thanks Dan, for taking us along.
Please keep up the great videos.
I always enjoy walking the crop fields along the Ohio river after the big floods have receded, I find amazing arrowheads. If you are out late, and as the sun is setting , you can look to the east , and all the flint is shining , it looks like the stars in the night sky. It is incredible to see the craftsmanship of these handmade beauties.
I have found arrowheads, celts, bowls, spear points, crafted stand club heads, awls and punches.
Makes for a great day in southern Ohio. I think might enjoy it yourself Dan.
Dan's 20 min videos go by in what feels like 2 mins. Great attitude and awesome content is what more youtubers should look at this channel for.
I love your videos. I thought I would thank some of my favourite UA-camrs. I'm an armchair rockhound. I can't actually go myself because a stroke has left me partially disabled and affected my balance, but I do enjoy it vicariously through you and others.
I have only just recently stumbled across your channel, and now I'm obsessed! I love gems and stones, and seeing the actual process of finding them is fascinating! Not to mention your enthusiasm and excitement is so contagious. Keep up the amazing work!
Dan, be careful around the burnt trees. In Colorado the Forest service called them widow makers because of their propensity to easily fall over. The burnt trees may have burnt roots that makes them unstable. Love watching your show.
I watched this video when you first posted, but re-watching it, I am reminded that there is just so much devastation, it's heartbreaking!!
You're enthusiasm reminds me of going arrow head hunting with my dad. Every piece of flint was a possible treasure hiding in the mud
Hi Dan, it’s such a huge shame to see all the fire damage done to that beautiful area. Take care and be safe Dan. All the best Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
I love every video that I have ever watched of yours. You’re a such an awesome and personable guy. You’ve actually motivated me to start prospecting. I started off with gold but you got my mind mind racing about so many things other than golden that I’ve started doing heavy research in prospecting sites in my area (Utah), getting all the tools and equipment and hitting the road to the great outdoors. Cheers Dan!
Love your videos Dan keep it up thank you for your content really inspires younger miners like myself
Just want to say that your edits while showing the first wash findings was a really good touch. Made the experience more enjoyable than normal! Nice work Dan
Glad to see your doing good Dan. You are fun to watch and the interesting things you show and the places you go.
Be safe out there and have a good weekend. Thanks for the video.
It's great seeing Dan so excited about things. Brightens my day.
You showed up on my feed page.... I watched a bunch of your videos today.... glad to be a new subscriber. Thank you sir, I admire your charisma.
Absolutely stunning haul.
Hi Dan, the agates you found were AMAZING at this spot! I really enjoy watching the videos centered around stones and gem stones actually MORE than the ones where you're prospecting for gold! More stone and gem stone videos please!! :))
Look back there in the spring around burned manzanita and you might find piles fresh morel mushrooms, too!
would be cool to see a video of your home setup for cutting and polishing the rocks you collect
Excellent video!
I like that you include some cutting and polishing in the video. That night hunt was very cool!
My daughter lives near Port Arthur and told me of the fires firsthand. The new spring growth will be amazing to observe.
I operate a water tender on wild land fires out here in California 2020 was nuts . We lost a couple water tenders completely totaled. 2021 was pretty bad as well . Haven’t had a chance to check my claim out yet . Probably not until spring. Unbelievable how many agates your finding . Beautiful! 👍🏻
I love your personality! Michigan mom of 4! Thanks for sharing your fun finds!
I’m glad your venturing out more into Rockhounding Adventures.
So sad so much damage. Here in California too.... Everything will recover in time... Nice finds...
It may take some time, but nature always heals itself. for sure those hillside will be full of life again
I love seeing you enjoy prospecting so much
It is great seeing you out there again Dan. Sure is beautiful country up there.
Its becoming the July/August norm out here, these massive blazes.
On a small positive, as a result, the amount of morel mushrooms in effected regions this year, are something to behold. Keep your eyes open for these other gems out there.
Thank you for showing what the fire burn areas look like.
Prayers for the families effected by the fire.
Dan had his sprayer the whole time and still licked the first rock like a boss lol Thats gotta be some old school badass prospector stuff only the real ones are willing to do!
Very cool that you always look after your personal safety!
Prayers for the rebuild of your lost towns.
Well I've been hunting the last few weeks and tgis last weekend I did a 18 mile hike im in Oregon and yes it was all burnt to a crisp every mountain in my location on the east side ended up burnt I else ended with a backpack full of rocks and gems. I found so many eggs also I ended up finding a beautiful quarts vein almost 60ft long 2ft wide and looked like a great spot for gold
Every time I watch your channel you make me want to jump into prospecting myself but I have an old granny car Buick that wouldn’t even make it into the nicest dirt roads. Someday I’ll have an AWD..until then, watching you always helps me satisfy the prospecting itch. Cheers from Washington state, US.
That was fun and you are looking very healthy!! And fit! Good for you!
It is so cool to see you up on your feet, healthy and doing what you love. Thank you for sharing the adventures!!
Thanks for the video 👍
You have indeed found some beautiful gems.
Thanks for another great video Dan! Wife and I were up there a while back for a look around. So quiet and hardly any signs of life, it's like being in another world. Mother Nature will recover, though, as She always does! Always looking forward to the next video. Cheers!
Dan, you are so interesting. I love the way you dissect the environment. Good luck sir. Be well.
It was a crazy summer for sure! Bears are going to be happy for the next few years though, nothing like a forest fire to kick off a few years of outstanding blueberry season.
What amazing gems when cut, they're outstanding.
those red skins are very beautiful. Quite fitting to find those after a fire.
I think it's great to use this opportunity, better to find at least some positive out of the disaster. Don't feel bad about it.
Wow.never knew how beautiful they were inside!!
Awesome video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Watching from nova scotia, I like the mix of entertainment, knowledge and your quirkyness, nice work! 👌
I'd love to have a good look around with Dan when I get to the USA/Canada, although I don't think I'd be able to on the first visit!
Dan if you ever take people out on trips please let me know mate.
Love watching Dan on a Sunday!
Wow, those agates look quite different than the ones we found on our farm in northern Wisconsin. Of course on the farm it was all glacial till, so pretty much all of the agates there are relatively smooth. Great video Dan, thanks for posting.
Beautiful stones keep up the good videos please we enjoy them greatly
Thanks for answering a question I had without me having to ask!! Those are great finds!!
Nice clear ground to search after complete burnout. Notmally ground cover would hide much of the finds.
What a great opportunity in the disaster.
Great results on the cut and polish stones!
Lost my home in the East troublesome in CO. I’m gonna have to go look now.
Beautiful finds!!!
Absolutely Beautiful!!!
Thanks for showing the rocks and then the hidden gems found inside.
Dan digging like it’s 2021 B.C. Nice video! It’s amazing how much beauty can come out of that devastation.
I was just out finding agates along the Yellowstone river today. Got some nice petrified wood too.
Beautiful agates Dan. Mother Nature always recover and in time that area will be beautiful once again.
wow these are so cool! love the idea of checking out wildfire remains in the washes!
Just want to say how much I love your videos please please keep them coming
Gorgeous gems from mother earths purse.Great finds Dan. David out
You are one of the best people on the web I live in Arizona and have done a lot of prospecting with a metal detector. I was prospecting the westside of the uperstitions and a camp of a minor. The most interesting thing I found there was a shoe anvil I wish I had kept it but I left it there. My third great-grandfather came from Ireland to America. That's how I knew exactly what it was weather prospecting for gold ore for gold it's so interesting if you're ever planning a trip to Arizona I could help you find some real interesting places
Rebirth of nature. Beautiful
I like to pretend the cool designs were made by the fire. Nature is neat. Thanks for the videos Dan! I have had a rough time lately but your chipperness is absolutely delightful. Keep it up, stay safe,and have fun!
The fractured ones are my favorite!!!
Wonderful video! Thank you Dan, for bringing us along on the adventure!
THANKS DAN !
You earned my support I’ll be checking out more of your adventures ❤
I’m totally jealous. I wish I could live Dan’s life. I’m a total geologist & always wanted to be a prospector professionally but I could barely ever make the time to do it just as a hobby much less professionally.
You might be surprised at how many bigger trees survived. I've seen trees leaf out after a big fire the next growing season.
Dude another super fun video! Thanks for taking us along and sick music too haha!
Always learn something new from your videos, and much appreciated.
You should start doing videos here in the spring and show how the fores restores itself over the years. I'm guessing that there are no plans to replant it?
I'm thinking along the same lines, but wanted to see how the area recovered naturally. Granted planting the area would accelerate the healing, but I'd still like to see what happens in a year or two.
There is an active replanting program in BC. If the burn is on a tree farm license, the company that has the license often replants the following spring. If it is on Crown land there are other factors taken into consideration. In the dry interior I believe lodgepole pine is commonaly used. There are few tree farm licenses in the dry part of the interior since pine does not have good market value.
You've made a career from a hobby you enjoy... I admire and respect that.
Wow awesomeness, they are stunning. I’ve seen devastation like that in Western Australia, we lost so much plus full townships burnt down and over the other side of Australia, well let’s just say they had it way worse than us. The only difference between your trees and some of ours is ours can look dead and 2 months later they start sprouting new growth. Not all of them though and that’s so very sad. Anyway thank you for sharing those beautiful agates they are truly beautiful. God bless,take care and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🥰🥰👏👏👍👍💖💖
Some of those agates are spectacular when cut. One thing about forest fires is even though the trees are burnt and dead, they can be harvested as a lot of the times the core of the tree is still good or its the lower end that burned and still have a lot of wood left. Not a big pay per tree but there is a giant amount of trees to be cut. If anything a lot of that can go as firewood or grilling charcoal chunks.
A few y ears ago I was talking to a retired forester about the pine infestations around the province. Interesting that most of the pines in the province that were infested were mature trees. Pines are the first trees to regenerate after a fire. Is comment was that the most valuable prospector's tool of the day was the strike-anywhere match. This video demonstrates how visible mineral features are after a fire.