Somewhere close is the vein shedding all those chunky pieces. You should bag up some dirt from each hole you dig to pan out and track the fine gold to the vein.
Thanks for dropping some new videos using the different detectors. Along with another guys experience, im researching which model i need for my applications!
Nice finds. Your Gold Monster may have told you that you had iron junk on that deep nail under the root. Not so the 2300 or Zed. Even a magnet would have helped with the bit of wire.
The gold monster is not a detector for seeing deep. It would do fine descriminating the shallow trash, but even with the bigger coil would not have seen the deep nail or the big deep nuggets. The GM1000 is a great detector for shallow and smaller gold.
I found a tiny piece where they were clearing dirt off a cliff for mudslide precaution and piled it on the side of the road. Put dirt in the bucket and went to the creek. Came back with a sluice and water to trek up the creek and climb where the piles of dirt were but it got too late and I was too fat. The area is not know for gold so wouldn’t surprise me if I was just lucky and there’s not much else there. Not you are finding with a metal detector. I posted a video to my profile that will probably give the location away.
A metal detector is an oscillating electromagnetic field generator. You'd need serious heavy equipment and thousands of kilowatts of power to suck nuggets out of 6 to 12 inches of packed soil.
NICE FIND !!! I know its a pain to carry around 2 seperate battery tools, but using that mini chainsaw to cut roots, in dirt, hurt my soul LOL..... any dirt like that will wreck the chain on a saw in short order. I used to keep a small chainsaw in my vehicle for path clearing (clean wood), AND a small battery operated reciprocating saw (with cheap, easily replaceable blades) that i would take out in the bush for root removal. A 5pk of cheap saws-all blades at ace hardware was about 5$ and i could cut hundreds of roots with those 5 blades... a new chain for the little saw was 18-20$ and if it touched gritty dirt, even once, it was 20 minutes to resharpen it, or 20$ for a new one. Food for thought 🤷♂️
The cutting of the roots was a very unusual necessity. I carefully cleared dirt away and avoided contact with the dirt. I've used it since just cutting clean wood, and there seems to be no noticeable change in operation.
@ChrisRalph ah, lucky man ! When I prospected a lot, roots were a CONSTANT hassle. Seemed everywhere I needed to dig, nature wanted to claim that spot and make me work for the treasure. On the rare occasion where a prospecting friend would would chide me about cutting a root or two of a live tree, I would reach up and cut a branch or two from the canopy hahahah. Then explain to them that a trees root network and canopy are proportional to eachother. If you dig out 25% of a trees roots, it won't die if you remove 25% of its canopy to keep those proportions in balance. The issue comes when a tree has more canopy than roots that can sustain the canopy. And I somehow knew a guy of your age and lifestyle, would likely already know the hazards of dirt and chainsaws. I'm glad you had a productive trip !
Nice find Chris! Im 69 and still prospecting. Glad youre back in action! I bought your book and bring it with me. It helps me to waste less time making amateur mistakes! Im spending most of my time in the general Randsburg area including summit diggings and the el paso mtns. Learning more every time I go out.👍
Cool! I go out there from SoCal when it's not hot as well. No gold yet after a year and mebbe twenty trips but found lots pf neat stuff so far. Plenty of #8 lead shot so I'm on point just not over gold yet. One thing that's cool is its easy to see the geology in the desert mountains so it's a great learning environment. I do not go on the club claims, do my own research and try likely spots with good geology around the fringes of claimed up areas or on old unclaimed workings.. Gonna start exploring the southern edge of the mother lode soon. I'm part mountain goat so I go into areas that require some hiking. Lots of interesting looking areas in the remote eastern Cali desert as well as southern sierra that get overlooked I think. Also been doing some exploring up around Frazier park but access is difficult these days around there. Almost need to backpack or ATV where possible to work those areas now.
In Alabama around the end of the Appalachians, we often find deep rusty iron, because flash floods, as well as creeks slowly changing course due to sediment. I run across pieces of rusty barbed wire all the time in the middle of the woods, where no farm ever existed. They are from loggers around 1900. They used barbed wire to make temporary pens for their oxen used to drag logs. My great uncle was a forman in a lumber camp back then. Otherwise, where the barbed wire came from would be a mystery to me. I also find pieces of pipe, which were parts of their steam "donkey" engines, which they moved from place to place, assisting them in logging. They even set up temporary logging railways to transport timber in those days before logging trucks, so occasionally people find an unexpected railroad spike.
Wow 😯 Heya Chris🙂Sweet, sweet nug my brother! Man oh man that feels so darn good The heart really starts pumping, the burning of your muscles from the digging suddenly becomes non issue, your connection you feel with the earth, unadulterated, untouched, uncorrupted, by the institutions we've litigated upon ourselves. 100% Viable, legitimate non fiat currency created by whom we truly put our trust in... God. Thanks again Chris, the "fever" is real. It's like God, for those that have never experienced the spiritual nature of finding gold.. you're missing out on the real deal. Peace🇺🇸👈🏻MAGA
@@ChrisRalph Yes Sir. I envy you, Chris. I know you're doing what you truly love to do, making a living doing "it". I believe it's what God wants for us all. Engage in activity we have passion for and find a way to capitalize on it. Then it's never work👍🏻looking forward to your next vid. God bless🇺🇸👈🏻MAGA
When the target in in the dirt, down an inch or more, the magnet will not somehow suck it out of the ground. Once dug, then the magnet can help, but you still have to dig. I do have magnets on my pick.
I’ve been detecting since 1997 and my attitude has been to go out, explore, prospect and detect, just have fun. If I find gold great but the goal is to have fun.
Fantastic video!!! Love watching your videos. Especially the twelve mistakes prospectors make. I think I have watch that one at least 6 times. I have been Prospecting now for over 40 years. Mostly all of it in rivers and streams from Washington down to California. 5 years ago I was layer off so I decided to retire down in Arizona. Mostly for my golf, but I still love going out mining. I have really struggled in the desert. I am finding a little bit, but not really worth the work I am putting in. 0.10 of a gram is my best day drywashing. And I usually shoot for a yard of dirt in a day. I have sampled everywhere. I am in two big clubs and listened to everyone that will give up any info. Most of my claims are up in the Stanton area of Arizona. On the big Alluvial fan from Antelope creek. Any helpful hints to get me started in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. And if your over this way sometime, I would be glad to get you onto some claims that look really good. Keep your videos coming. Thanks Red
Sounds like you need to try more places. 0.1 grams is not a good result. Usually when dry washing I am happy if I get a gram or more. There are places out there, you just need to learn more. I dont know the Stanton area that well but there are many club claims.
Thank you for the video. I found a stone that looks like gold ore on the video. Where can I take it to find out in Alabama? Who is a reputable person to ask and perhaps sell it to?
Looks like you found where the end of the rainbow once was. Watch out for leprechauns!!! Congrats on finding a patch that pays! Looking forward to seeing more treasures from this plot. The hard work is worth it!
I love that Our heavenly Father heard my prayer for you. Now I pray for your back to heal as well and may Emmanuel be glorified IN the Body of Christ and The Promises of His Name sake manifest the Completed Work on Earth FOR LIFE And May Faith Increase in Us Today and God help Us All find what we are looking for Amen. 🌞🙌 Ps i believe the nail is no accident but a blessing of truth in life and can actually help us to remember Him whom God called his treasure.
Congratulations nice find shows what you’re homework and perseverance pay off
Yes! Thank you!
Nice finds Chris! Hopefully in a year or two I'll have some finds like these to show...
Good luck to you in your prospecting efforts. Just remember its not easy.
Well Done Chris !!
Thanks much!
Cordless sawzall works great on roots
Agreed, but I don't already own one of those.
Good stuff Chris - I appreciate you.
Thank you. Its my pleasure!
Holy carp-tarts!!
That's a nice pan of gold for anyone 😮
Congratulations Sir! 17:47
Thanks 👍
Somewhere close is the vein shedding all those chunky pieces. You should bag up some dirt from each hole you dig to pan out and track the fine gold to the vein.
I don't think there is a vein that is shedding gold - I think its a mineralized shear / fault zone that is producing the gold.
Still makes me wonder how much small gold is in the dirt if you are finding nuggets like that
Thanks for dropping some new videos using the different detectors. Along with another guys experience, im researching which model i need for my applications!
Glad you like the videos!
Nice finds. Your Gold Monster may have told you that you had iron junk on that deep nail under the root. Not so the 2300 or Zed. Even a magnet would have helped with the bit of wire.
The gold monster is not a detector for seeing deep. It would do fine descriminating the shallow trash, but even with the bigger coil would not have seen the deep nail or the big deep nuggets. The GM1000 is a great detector for shallow and smaller gold.
I found two pickers today and one nail lol, and found a few more pickers panning , was a good day. found a honey hole a few weeks ago been working it
Sounds great - best of luck to you.
I found a tiny piece where they were clearing dirt off a cliff for mudslide precaution and piled it on the side of the road. Put dirt in the bucket and went to the creek. Came back with a sluice and water to trek up the creek and climb where the piles of dirt were but it got too late and I was too fat. The area is not know for gold so wouldn’t surprise me if I was just lucky and there’s not much else there. Not you are finding with a metal detector. I posted a video to my profile that will probably give the location away.
Sorry about that! lost gold is no fun.
Very nice, that's an awesome return!
Thanks, Yes it was!
you should build a electromagnet that oscillates turning on and off really fast because with that you can pickup gold the magnet picks up gold
A metal detector is an oscillating electromagnetic field generator. You'd need serious heavy equipment and thousands of kilowatts of power to suck nuggets out of 6 to 12 inches of packed soil.
NICE FIND !!!
I know its a pain to carry around 2 seperate battery tools, but using that mini chainsaw to cut roots, in dirt, hurt my soul LOL.....
any dirt like that will wreck the chain on a saw in short order.
I used to keep a small chainsaw in my vehicle for path clearing (clean wood), AND a small battery operated reciprocating saw (with cheap, easily replaceable blades) that i would take out in the bush for root removal.
A 5pk of cheap saws-all blades at ace hardware was about 5$ and i could cut hundreds of roots with those 5 blades... a new chain for the little saw was 18-20$ and if it touched gritty dirt, even once, it was 20 minutes to resharpen it, or 20$ for a new one.
Food for thought 🤷♂️
The cutting of the roots was a very unusual necessity. I carefully cleared dirt away and avoided contact with the dirt. I've used it since just cutting clean wood, and there seems to be no noticeable change in operation.
@ChrisRalph ah, lucky man !
When I prospected a lot, roots were a CONSTANT hassle. Seemed everywhere I needed to dig, nature wanted to claim that spot and make me work for the treasure.
On the rare occasion where a prospecting friend would would chide me about cutting a root or two of a live tree, I would reach up and cut a branch or two from the canopy hahahah. Then explain to them that a trees root network and canopy are proportional to eachother.
If you dig out 25% of a trees roots, it won't die if you remove 25% of its canopy to keep those proportions in balance.
The issue comes when a tree has more canopy than roots that can sustain the canopy.
And I somehow knew a guy of your age and lifestyle, would likely already know the hazards of dirt and chainsaws.
I'm glad you had a productive trip !
Most roots I deal with are less than an inch in diameter and can be chopped out with the pick.
Nice find Chris! Im 69 and still prospecting. Glad youre back in action! I bought your book and bring it with me. It helps me to waste less time making amateur mistakes! Im spending most of my time in the general Randsburg area including summit diggings and the el paso mtns. Learning more every time I go out.👍
Certainly an area that has produced a lot of gold over the years - but then its been hit pretty hard being so close to LA.
Yes it has been hit hard! I'm going to try areas of ground that aren't in the heavily worked areas... like benches and no tailings areas. 🤞🤞
Cool! I go out there from SoCal when it's not hot as well. No gold yet after a year and mebbe twenty trips but found lots pf neat stuff so far. Plenty of #8 lead shot so I'm on point just not over gold yet. One thing that's cool is its easy to see the geology in the desert mountains so it's a great learning environment. I do not go on the club claims, do my own research and try likely spots with good geology around the fringes of claimed up areas or on old unclaimed workings.. Gonna start exploring the southern edge of the mother lode soon. I'm part mountain goat so I go into areas that require some hiking. Lots of interesting looking areas in the remote eastern Cali desert as well as southern sierra that get overlooked I think. Also been doing some exploring up around Frazier park but access is difficult these days around there. Almost need to backpack or ATV where possible to work those areas now.
Day One Nice Big Nail Day Two Nice Big Nugget !!!!!!
The big nugget makes the frustration of the rusty nail a lot easier to take.
@@ChrisRalph but it was a nice Nail !!!! LOL
In Alabama around the end of the Appalachians, we often find deep rusty iron, because flash floods, as well as creeks slowly changing course due to sediment. I run across pieces of rusty barbed wire all the time in the middle of the woods, where no farm ever existed. They are from loggers around 1900. They used barbed wire to make temporary pens for their oxen used to drag logs. My great uncle was a forman in a lumber camp back then. Otherwise, where the barbed wire came from would be a mystery to me. I also find pieces of pipe, which were parts of their steam "donkey" engines, which they moved from place to place, assisting them in logging. They even set up temporary logging railways to transport timber in those days before logging trucks, so occasionally people find an unexpected railroad spike.
Some places do have plenty of deep rusty iron. This one has some but really very little. Below about 3 inches, there is very little trash.
Wow 😯 Heya Chris🙂Sweet, sweet nug my brother! Man oh man that feels so darn good The heart really starts pumping, the burning of your muscles from the digging suddenly becomes non issue, your connection you feel with the earth, unadulterated, untouched, uncorrupted, by the institutions we've litigated upon ourselves. 100% Viable, legitimate non fiat currency created by whom we truly put our trust in... God. Thanks again Chris, the "fever" is real. It's like God, for those that have never experienced the spiritual nature of finding gold.. you're missing out on the real deal. Peace🇺🇸👈🏻MAGA
I always put my trust in God.
@@ChrisRalph Yes Sir. I envy you, Chris. I know you're doing what you truly love to do, making a living doing "it". I believe it's what God wants for us all. Engage in activity we have passion for and find a way to capitalize on it. Then it's never work👍🏻looking forward to your next vid. God bless🇺🇸👈🏻MAGA
Awesome finds! Would a big neodymium magnet help you more quickly grab/rule out those pieces of iron or steel ?
When the target in in the dirt, down an inch or more, the magnet will not somehow suck it out of the ground. Once dug, then the magnet can help, but you still have to dig. I do have magnets on my pick.
Your lucky salmon shirt did the trick-congratulations! And so happy to hear your back feels better. So enjoy virtual prospecting with you.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoy the videos.
I’ve been detecting since 1997 and my attitude has been to go out, explore, prospect and detect, just have fun. If I find gold great but the goal is to have fun.
One of these days we have to get together again.
@@ChrisRalph
Yep. I’ll send you an email after I get back home in few weeks, heading out of state to Mt Rushmore.
Nice finds Chris! I'm in Phoenix still waiting for cooler weather to hit the gold fields!
In this area snow flies and rains turn everything to mud.
I hope it keeps pouring nuggets off that hill for you. The hard earned gift that keeps on giving.
I'll be working here for a while.
Fantastic video!!! Love watching your videos. Especially the twelve mistakes prospectors make. I think I have watch that one at least 6 times. I have been Prospecting now for over 40 years. Mostly all of it in rivers and streams from Washington down to California. 5 years ago I was layer off so I decided to retire down in Arizona. Mostly for my golf, but I still love going out mining. I have really struggled in the desert. I am finding a little bit, but not really worth the work I am putting in. 0.10 of a gram is my best day drywashing. And I usually shoot for a yard of dirt in a day. I have sampled everywhere. I am in two big clubs and listened to everyone that will give up any info. Most of my claims are up in the Stanton area of Arizona. On the big Alluvial fan from Antelope creek. Any helpful hints to get me started in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. And if your over this way sometime, I would be glad to get you onto some claims that look really good. Keep your videos coming.
Thanks Red
Sounds like you need to try more places. 0.1 grams is not a good result. Usually when dry washing I am happy if I get a gram or more. There are places out there, you just need to learn more. I dont know the Stanton area that well but there are many club claims.
Have you tried using your drywasher out there yet?
No, still to much to explore with the detector and also its a long haul from the truck to the nugget patch. I'd have to carry it a long, long way.
Thank you for the video. I found a stone that looks like gold ore on the video. Where can I take it to find out in Alabama? Who is a reputable person to ask and perhaps sell it to?
I've never been to Alabama, so I just don't know.
@@ChrisRalph Thank you!
@@ChrisRalph Maybe you can recommend an honest gold tester company in the USA?
Looks like you found where the end of the rainbow once was. Watch out for leprechauns!!!
Congrats on finding a patch that pays! Looking forward to seeing more treasures from this plot. The hard work is worth it!
The hard work is indeed worth it.
May God bless you🙏🇲🇨👍
Thanks.
How does gold like that get into a place like that. What would be the source of it ?
I think its a mineralized shear / fault zone that is producing the gold. I don't think there is a a continuous vein that is shedding the gold.
Any one calculated the local price/value of Chris’s 1.2 oz of nugget gold?
More or less around $3,000.
@@ChrisRalph Chris, thanks for your prompt reply.
Well wouldn't a hatchet work. Just a little more muscle than a chainsaw and probably less dangerous
Spoke to soon I see. You have a small handheld one, okay my mistake. Should have known you wouldn't put yourself in danger.
My pick is normally enough to cut the typical small roots I see - but these guys were much larger - the big one was about 3 inches in diameter.
Are you able to say what state you are in?
California
Give me the address to find gold
123 Fake Street.
Can I go please ? 😢
Just find your own.....
@@ChrisRalph I do
I love that Our heavenly Father heard my prayer for you. Now I pray for your back to heal as well and may Emmanuel be glorified IN the Body of Christ and The Promises of His Name sake manifest the Completed Work on Earth FOR LIFE And May Faith Increase in Us Today and God help Us All find what we are looking for Amen. 🌞🙌 Ps i believe the nail is no accident but a blessing of truth in life and can actually help us to remember Him whom God called his treasure.
Thanks. The nail find certainly kept me grounded. May God bless you.
Hurry up and email me those gold nuggets lol
They are in the mail..... maybe.