I can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy watching someone who acts normal and presents who he is as he is. I may be in the minority of viewers, but I do get tired of the exaggerated goof ball personalities and click bait. I am more of a documentary type guy and adding in the adventure/treasure hunting/real life drama is exciting in itself. I cant wait until you find those dozen, or more, fist sized nuggets you worked so hard to search for!
So gratifying that you are able to run even a tiny sample at the mine and finding that amount of gold! Congratulations! Your hard work is going to pay off in just a few more weeks when you’re running full scale! Come on warm weather!!!!
Andy, great to see you work. Why don’t you share your drill information with us. I’m sure you have been drilling to know what is under there. Drill drill drill.
19:00 If you have dug down to bedrock, consider using a suction dredge in the settling pond, discharge downhill till you got it sucked clean. Au sits on bedrock, right? Keep this in mind for future operations, you find bedrock, suck it clean, explore the cracks! The Chinese were known for this, extremely industrious.
Man that’s a great clean up for a small amount of dirt. Cannot wait til you stop scraping bedrock. I gotta feeling you’re gonna hit fabulous ground. Keep up the great work Andy and videographer man
Really nice to see your progress and the testrun with your high banker was spot on! As an excavator operator make sure you have the door closed so you don't harm yourself if the excavator tip over. This is so exiting to follow 🤠🇸🇪
WOOHOO get that plant turning!!! I am gold miner/prospector in Alaska and I luv ur vids. I wish I could work for a guy like this strait up good guy. To run a mine sight 1 man you have to know how to weld, run equipment without trashing it or killing any 1 and fix said trashed equipment than read the dirt, tune the plant. Be all do all. If i had a crew of 5 guy just like Andy the gold we would find. My problem is I can't just drive to the pay:( Up here you find the gold than build the road before any gold is run through a plant. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FIRST BIG OL NUGGETS. This is 1 Alaskan praying for you to find them potato nuggets. 1 thing don't show youtube the big stuff share to much you will have dirt bags migrate in by the truck load. I have found virgin ground full of pickers 1 guy walked by while i was panning he saw the 10+ pickers from a hand full of dirt and BOOM the word got out and now 20+ guys are now fighting over the gold i found. I saw them dig faster and faster in the bed rock cutting there hands, bleeding the more guys that showed up the faster they dug . The more gold came up so did the blood and then the pushing started. I think if there was potato nuggets there some 1 would have died . From what I've seen when them tater nuggets come out so do the guns. Pure greed made men act like a pack of hungry grizzly bears fighting over a fresh kill or a pack wolves fighting over a gut pile. Now I prospect alone. Oh I got dog 3 years ago. His fist time out in the spring as a puppy he saved me from a black bear that was sneaking up behind me. I was panning he smelled it sticking his nose up in the air making me look up wind and 10 feet behind me was that bear. You need a good mine Boss dog he will save ur butt from 4 legged and 2 legged beasts. LOL My pups name is BOSS he earned that name charging the first bear he ever saw as a puppy:) Good luck Andy and dig safe:)slow and steady wins. When do you shut down for snow? up here its Sep 25.
I specifically left this to watch in bed when I could focus on this properly. It's so interesting to watch the full process. Very much enjoying these videos.
You're the man, think the part I like most is seeing the love you have for every step. It is truly inspiring. And with all the negativity out there today. I appreciate the positive vibes, you put out in every episode. 🤙👍✌️🤜🤛
Ahh… I got my Andy fix for the week! Great episode… this right here is why you are and always will be the GOAT! This is going to be epic Andy! Let’s go
Andy my man. Right now you are probably waking up, thinking to yourself....man I can't wait to get back out there and mine for some gold. But wait! I have to wait for my premiere to be finished because of all my pesky fans 🤣 Can't wait to see what you have in store in todays video brother!
Depending on the angle of the sun in summer, you'll appreciate the shade. Thanks for the update Andy, can't wait to see what's in the box after the first run.
Hey Andy, I know this a lot late, but adding skid fronts/rears, and ice breakers to the bottom of your trammel will help you move it around in the future. Especially if it gets buried in a bit of frozen dirt!!
Thanks Andy this was your best video ever. Great progress on your mine site and it’s wonderful to see you set up your mine site from start to finish. Stay safe
Hey Andy I love all thought and planning you put into everything you do on your site, these are all the little things that are going to make you very successful on this project. Keep up the great work already looking forward to the episode 👍
Mmmm, that mineralization looks yummy! So satisfying that you got to do a little sluicing. Great site setup. Can't wait to see that trommel roll. My guess when I saw it in the pan was like, 1g. I was wrong. That would be nice though, eh? Can't believe you are able to work into the winter. Impressed that you are doing so. Congrats on the goldmine. Looking forward to more episodes. Hang in there Andy! Nice drone shots, btw.
Andy just remember that when you goto cut the cable up to cut it into decent lengths then at least you'll be able to connect a loop onto each end and turn it into towing cables as we both know that when it comes down to towing anything on your site it's got to be strong enough to be under extreme pressure due to the weights of everything on the mine site a normal tow rope wouldn't work. As for you saying the strip stays cold all day round due to no sunlight warming the land will you have lots of problems with Perma frost when digging to bedrock? Also knowing just how tight your area is to make work, would it be an idea to place the washplant ontop of your reclamation soil and then use all the bigger bolders around the base of the soil to help stop the soil from moving around this way your tailings are falling off the mound and then you can just scoop them up and place it down the embankment away from your washplant plus your still keeping the reclamation soil all together. As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧. P.s you never know by the end of the month you might have unwittingly made another settling pond due to the channel you made to carry away the surface water's 😉.
That’s a very good idea about using the soil for putting the trommel up on top, I’ve never thought about that but I’m definitely considering it now. Thank you so much for the suggestions and I appreciate that very much.
Love it! Your first gold! I was worried. Love the bloopers too! How exciting to have the time to get it all fixed up the way it needs to be. It's hard to be patient I bet.
Fully invested in your videos man😬 love watching gold rush but think they need to scrap that and bring you on😁 look forward to more videos to come! Such a humble guy, support from 🇬🇧
the Bass slap at the end ! lets jam Andy ! man .. what a amazing video :) not sure what I'm more excited for .. your next video or exploring the creeks . That red layer is so nice !!!! lets go !!! I dig it ;)
I’m so pleased you’re documenting the process, with all of the the ups and the downs, it’s really hard to find on the web such in-depth content on this subject. Also, since you’re scraping to bed rock, and there’s big nuggets in the drainage, are you detecting the bottom? There might be some big gold in/under that clay and in the bedrock.
awesome Andy cant wait to see that thing running been a long journey but well worth it. Im at 6" dredge stage & slowly working way up to mini X cant wait
I can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy watching someone who acts normal and presents who he is as he is. I may be in the minority of viewers, but I do get tired of the exaggerated goof ball personalities and click bait. I am more of a documentary type guy and adding in the adventure/treasure hunting/real life drama is exciting in itself. I cant wait until you find those dozen, or more, fist sized nuggets you worked so hard to search for!
Well spoken
Agree 100%!
100 x better than Goldrusch
Really really appreciate hearing this, thank you so very much 😊
This comment should be pinned!! 100% agree with you!!
sitting here in chat, eagerly awaiting the premier to start, so excited for the upcoming video!!!!!! WOOOOT!!!!!!!!!
So gratifying that you are able to run even a tiny sample at the mine and finding that amount of gold! Congratulations! Your hard work is going to pay off in just a few more weeks when you’re running full scale! Come on warm weather!!!!
Great job andy!!! Love that test!!! Gold!!! Awesome job !! Mmm mmm rusty red gravels!!!
Andy, great to see you work. Why don’t you share your drill information with us. I’m sure you have been drilling to know what is under there.
Drill drill drill.
Good morning Andy! Looking forward to this next segment. We need to see what's in that dirt!
Great to see some colour come out of the ground, cant wait to see the black beast run some ground. Great show Andy
Oh Yeah and I smashed that 👀 > LIKE < 👀 Button too. That pan of GOLD Looks like 🤑money. 💰
19:00 If you have dug down to bedrock, consider using a suction dredge in the settling pond, discharge downhill till you got it sucked clean. Au sits on bedrock, right? Keep this in mind for future operations, you find bedrock, suck it clean, explore the cracks! The Chinese were known for this, extremely industrious.
Awesome video brother, the operation is really coming together! You'll look back in a year and be shocked at what you have built! Awesome work
fantastic video Andy, great stuff 👍
Really just spectacular and your just getting started!!! Can’t wait to see more to come!!!
Interesting video and a lot of face time explaining the work.
I really do talk sooo much! Lol 😆🍻 I appreciate you watching.
Looking good Andy Looking forward to seeing the big sluice running 👍⚒🍀😎
Man that’s a great clean up for a small amount of dirt. Cannot wait til you stop scraping bedrock. I gotta feeling you’re gonna hit fabulous ground. Keep up the great work Andy and videographer man
Good luck up there, you’re videos are so fun to watch. Hope you find the big one.
Really nice to see your progress and the testrun with your high banker was spot on! As an excavator operator make sure you have the door closed so you don't harm yourself if the excavator tip over.
This is so exiting to follow 🤠🇸🇪
Thank you, Andy, for documenting this journey! Cannot wait to see what you find❣️
WOOHOO get that plant turning!!! I am gold miner/prospector in Alaska and I luv ur vids. I wish I could work for a guy like this strait up good guy. To run a mine sight 1 man you have to know how to weld, run equipment without trashing it or killing any 1 and fix said trashed equipment than read the dirt, tune the plant. Be all do all.
If i had a crew of 5 guy just like Andy the gold we would find. My problem is I can't just drive to the pay:( Up here you find the gold than build the road before any gold is run through a plant. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FIRST BIG OL NUGGETS. This is 1 Alaskan praying for you to find them potato nuggets. 1 thing don't show youtube the big stuff share to much you will have dirt bags migrate in by the truck load. I have found virgin ground full of pickers 1 guy walked by while i was panning he saw the 10+ pickers from a hand full of dirt and BOOM the word got out and now 20+ guys are now fighting over the gold i found. I saw them dig faster and faster in the bed rock cutting there hands, bleeding the more guys that showed up the faster they dug . The more gold came up so did the blood and then the pushing started. I think if there was potato nuggets there some 1 would have died . From what I've seen when them tater nuggets come out so do the guns. Pure greed made men act like a pack of hungry grizzly bears fighting over a fresh kill or a pack wolves fighting over a gut pile.
Now I prospect alone. Oh I got dog 3 years ago. His fist time out in the spring as a puppy he saved me from a black bear that was sneaking up behind me. I was panning he smelled it sticking his nose up in the air making me look up wind and 10 feet behind me was that bear. You need a good mine Boss dog he will save ur butt from 4 legged and 2 legged beasts. LOL My pups name is BOSS he earned that name charging the first bear he ever saw as a puppy:) Good luck Andy and dig safe:)slow and steady wins. When do you shut down for snow? up here its Sep 25.
I specifically left this to watch in bed when I could focus on this properly. It's so interesting to watch the full process. Very much enjoying these videos.
Even that little bit I can hear the relief in your voice and you sound happy FINALLY.
Your production value is second to none. Patients is a verb. Have a wonderful day!
Sweet.
Thanks for including the regulations and laws; very educational. Good luck.
Well done friend hope you get lots of lovely gold and please keep the great videos coming friend from Scotland.
You, Chris Vogus & Jeff Williams are my favorite UA-cam Gold miners. Thank you so much!
So, tickled pink for you all!!
Love you videos! Seen all of em. Your an inspiration to miners! Greetings from Finland :)
Now that’s a pan!!!!
bro!
First Bits 🎉❤😊 coming along nicely,We are all excited for what’s to come
Is it Saturday yet?
Honestly one of my favorite Gold Getter on UA-cam. Great work Andy!
Obviously going to pay off! That's exciting, so happy for you Andy!
Man, you are amongst very few, when I click "Like" button immediatly when I see a new video!6
I wish you many, many happy yards!👍😉
Always enjoy your episodes Andy, and great B-roll too!
Exciting stuff, better than most TV!
The redder the better, they say!
Thanks Andy 🛠️⛏️
New subscriber. Glad to finally find a channel without all the drama and made for TV clown show. Thank you. I know your going to do just great.
History in the making!!!
You're the man, think the part I like most is seeing the love you have for every step. It is truly inspiring. And with all the negativity out there today. I appreciate the positive vibes, you put out in every episode. 🤙👍✌️🤜🤛
Ahh… I got my Andy fix for the week! Great episode… this right here is why you are and always will be the GOAT! This is going to be epic Andy! Let’s go
Keep the faith and stay curious
Thanks for the update
Andy my man. Right now you are probably waking up, thinking to yourself....man I can't wait to get back out there and mine for some gold. But wait! I have to wait for my premiere to be finished because of all my pesky fans 🤣 Can't wait to see what you have in store in todays video brother!
Thanks for sharing Andy this is going to be awesome !!! Very happy for you
So glad to see an update video and I believe we’re all really excited to see run paydirt on the big machine good luck👍🏼
Is it Saturday yet!!!???;p lol
Hi Andy! I'm glad to see it's working for you! Can't wait for the next video. Best of luck to you.
I really enjoyed this episode Andy 😃 Excellent filmography 😊
The quality of this video is awesome. Very professional!
Nice job Andy 🌮🍺❤️❤️❤️
Made me have he itch to get out .
Depending on the angle of the sun in summer, you'll appreciate the shade. Thanks for the update Andy, can't wait to see what's in the box after the first run.
best gold mining videos on you tube, thanks!
Beautiful test run! Enjoying the ride!
Exciting Andy, thanks for bringing us along❤️
Congratulations on your first gold weigh on the mine site Andy.
Congrats Mr Andy on your progress,! Super excited for you and thank you for bringing us along,! 🚁🏄♂️💪❤️
Congratulations on the recovery. It has now proven out twice. It doesn't get much better than that.
Ahyes, Hitachi. My favorite brand of saw and my wife's favorite brand of heavy equipment.
Not bad for so little dirt can't Wait to see the plant to get up and running 👍
Love all your vid's,, Just getting into Gold Mining my self in (North Idaho) can't wait to see what you get from your mine. good luck God Bless
The site is coming along pretty good Have a great day and prospect on
That’s exciting Andy, I can’t wait to see your first big run.
Really great to see it all coming together for you. Take care and full pans to you
nice job better than the hype of the TV shows. Appreciate how much time its takes to do a vid like this.
That's some big needle ice on the ground! I'm loving these videos, thanks!
Hey Andy, I know this a lot late, but adding skid fronts/rears, and ice breakers to the bottom of your trammel will help you move it around in the future. Especially if it gets buried in a bit of frozen dirt!!
Andy you are doing great. Can't wait for the next video. YaHoo
Andy I want to see you rock our own merch! Show all the viewers what you got. We want to support great down to earth content like this!
A big nugget they call a geological anomaly!:) BCs biggest is from Mcdame creek cassiar- 85oz!!
Nice gold see ya next week worth the wait
Thanks Andy this was your best video ever. Great progress on your mine site and it’s wonderful to see you set up your mine site from start to finish. Stay safe
Finally, running some dirt through a sluice. Can't wait to see the big boy run.
Hey Andy I love all thought and planning you put into everything you do on your site, these are all the little things that are going to make you very successful on this project. Keep up the great work already looking forward to the episode 👍
Mmmm, that mineralization looks yummy! So satisfying that you got to do a little sluicing. Great site setup. Can't wait to see that trommel roll. My guess when I saw it in the pan was like, 1g. I was wrong. That would be nice though, eh? Can't believe you are able to work into the winter. Impressed that you are doing so. Congrats on the goldmine. Looking forward to more episodes. Hang in there Andy! Nice drone shots, btw.
Best episode yet. Cool to see it all coming together for you.
Hello 👋 Andy
Well congrats on the gold you got Can't wait to see how much more you get When you start the other one up
Fireman 🔥🔥🔥
Nice gold from less than a 1/2 yard. Great series, Im looking forward to the next instalment. Keep em coming. God bless
the video footage is the most valuable thing. More then then the gold.
Looking good Andy, I can't wait to see what you get with the big trommel
Andy just remember that when you goto cut the cable up to cut it into decent lengths then at least you'll be able to connect a loop onto each end and turn it into towing cables as we both know that when it comes down to towing anything on your site it's got to be strong enough to be under extreme pressure due to the weights of everything on the mine site a normal tow rope wouldn't work. As for you saying the strip stays cold all day round due to no sunlight warming the land will you have lots of problems with Perma frost when digging to bedrock?
Also knowing just how tight your area is to make work, would it be an idea to place the washplant ontop of your reclamation soil and then use all the bigger bolders around the base of the soil to help stop the soil from moving around this way your tailings are falling off the mound and then you can just scoop them up and place it down the embankment away from your washplant plus your still keeping the reclamation soil all together. As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
P.s you never know by the end of the month you might have unwittingly made another settling pond due to the channel you made to carry away the surface water's 😉.
That’s a very good idea about using the soil for putting the trommel up on top, I’ve never thought about that but I’m definitely considering it now. Thank you so much for the suggestions and I appreciate that very much.
Love it! Your first gold! I was worried. Love the bloopers too! How exciting to have the time to get it all fixed up the way it needs to be. It's hard to be patient I bet.
Hai Andy, love to See Some longer Video, love the way you are Filming and explaining your job. Greetings from Holland
Fully invested in your videos man😬 love watching gold rush but think they need to scrap that and bring you on😁 look forward to more videos to come! Such a humble guy, support from 🇬🇧
Awesome video thanks. Love the longer format
Can't get enough Andy videos, when is the next coming out!?!?
Wishing you all the best! The "experiment" with Dan was a good intro to meeting you, but this is all yours. Rock it, bro!
Good video and good gold, much success Andy.
Liked before I watched just because it's a longer video.👍
It’s been great watch you on this journey. I hope the gold stays constant and I’m looking forward to see how many ounces you pull out of this claim
Great video Andy can't wait to see the trommel in action.
the Bass slap at the end ! lets jam Andy ! man .. what a amazing video :) not sure what I'm more excited for .. your next video or exploring the creeks . That red layer is so nice !!!! lets go !!! I dig it ;)
Can't wait until ur up and running. That first clean up is gonna be exciting
Congrats, Andy!
I’m so pleased you’re documenting the process, with all of the the ups and the downs, it’s really hard to find on the web such in-depth content on this subject. Also, since you’re scraping to bed rock, and there’s big nuggets in the drainage, are you detecting the bottom? There might be some big gold in/under that clay and in the bedrock.
Go Andy dig that gold👌👌👌💪
Congrats, Andy!! Love to see the shiny. Really enjoy seeing your progress. Keep em coming.
Go get it Andy..All your hard work will pay Off this year bro
awesome Andy cant wait to see that thing running been a long journey but well worth it. Im at 6" dredge stage & slowly working way up to mini X cant wait
Another well documented episode.
Great video, Andy. Thank you.
Amazing to watch, this seems so fullfilling