I live in alaska, where seasons are short, winters can be cold but from where I am located, much warmer than your winters. Its true that every square foot of ground has gold in alaska., but there are some spots that make the news when found. I have found some nice nuggets the size of your thumb and a lot of pickers in a shovel full but that is not the norm anymore. That gold rush mentioned in history left every square foot of alaska tested for its contents. I worked creeks here with a excavator an also a D8 cat dozer to find the larger deposits we ran through a lot larger sluice than yours as wide as a truck bed for the most part. We only used the mats for a foot or so as most catch in the first few inches of the grizzly. Some days were just as bad as your setup an others were measured in ounces. Thats per hour so its higher concentrates. My very best high day (8 hours) winter time and water so cold that your voice would drop in pitch., was a whole six pounds and some odd ounces... many days followed where the riffle's were dry tho. Most times the cost of extraction was more than the recovery. Some nuggets were washed from the roots of trees that fell over in the wind because the water had chewed the system so lose. There were trees side by side where one was loaded with gold and the one next to it would not give up enough material to buy some wobble pop. Always was looking for a large strike an most times everything I made went into bigger and better equipment. Many good stories though. Stories of high finds, nuggets in our dually truck tires, of getting too greedy and not cleaning the sluices quick enough, a storm come through and took out our whole system.... scattered it down a canyon where it is lost to this day. Makes these seventy two year old bones cry for more punishment
I’m no prospector, owned a pan once and never learned to use it. Don’t have much interest in trying or, didn’t, until coming across this video and now you’ve got me wondering about what’s in all the black sand on the beach at our cabin. Instant subscriber, this guy is friendly and interesting to watch and listen to 👍 great video
@VIDSPiRATION I'm more amazed at your reaction than his. Have a good vent there? Typos are one thing ... incorrect autocorrect and not proof reading before posting is another. Barnett was nice about it while you're an long winded arse ..
As a reminder for the folks watching, the DNR does say that you leave "No Open Holes Overnight". Folks have to remember that we will get shut down if we don't. Thank you for mentioning filling in the holes.
@@safetyfirstintexas I wish you weren't so lazy and would actually put the words down instead of some page and paragraph. And unless those words issued from God or Jesus, the Bible itself was written by simple sinners, who make mistakes just like you and me. Until God burns his words on our foreheads, we shall never know for certain what he said, and what some puny human wrote. Cool your jets, would ya? Let someone else throw the first stone. The road to hell is paved with first thrown stones. Have a nice day. Maybe.
When you're dealing with fine powder at the end, wipe your brush and even the outside of the pan with a Bounce dryer sheet. It is unbelievable how static becomes negligible with the use of such a product. I noticed alot of your particles jumping around when using the brush and I hate to see even an atom of gold lost. Hope this helps 👍.
Great to see you out with your best buddy doing something that you really enjoy. Your a very blessed man and I hope you find the mother load you are looking for. Oh and thank you for your service!!!
I've lived in South eastern Michigan 43 years and never have been to the UP, in todays economic times makes vacations a thing of the past for most of us
This is AWESOME! We live in MN and go to the North shore a couple times a year. The family's favorite show is Gold Rush. You do the math on what we're doing next time we're up there!! Unfortunately my 11 year old son learns new words from GR, so thank you for keeping it clean AND entertaining!
Newbie here. Great info. I've got a creek in Arkansas full of quartz and black sand. I've never known anything about mining but my uncle said the old timers mined down stream many years ago and did good. The farm,670 acres 1.5 miles of this creek,has never been mined cause it has been family land since it was settle in the 1800s.
I wouldn't be too sure - lots of illegal prospecting would happen back in the days. If you investigate that whole 1.5 miles, I wouldn't be surprised if you find some old metal slooses at the bottom of the bed. Was a common occurrence unfortunately!
My dad used to sail on the Great Lakes on an ore ship. He has navigated Superior and Michigan most. The weather operates just like over an ocean. There is enough water in Lake Superior alone to cover the land surface of both North and South America one foot deep. And that's just one lake.
Sure wish we could pipeline some of that beautiful H20 into the Colorado River basin. Unfortunately it's not oil so corporate America & their gov't minions will never do it.
@@movonup You'd have to pump millions of acres of water up the side of a mountain almost a half mile straight up on almost a daily basis. The real answer is for people not to build huge cities and farms in a desert....no problem at all then. I'm sure if the taxpayers in the CO river basin wanted to pay for it, it could be done..but it isn't everyone else's responsibility to pay for the bad choices of the people who live there. I think many of you have some idea you can just dig a canal or something, stuff doesn't work that way due to gravity. Oil isn't being piped UP a mountainside anywhere either.
@@movonup And you have no right to it. Every part of the USA better figure that one out before they get it started that they should be emptying the Great Lakes to fix the mess the USA has made of the climate.
Thank you for your wonderful content. I live in an area where everyone says there is no gold but I'm determined to find some and look forward to expanding to beach sand after watching you videos.
This makes me want to start trying this myself! I’ve lived in Michigan all my life and never knew that we had gold hiding out by our Great Lakes. Great video!
@@acidnine Only meaning that I’ve tried lots of spots with poor results , my best spots are in Michigan! I haven’t tried any in Minnesota, but let me know if you find the motherlode!!!
From NEW YORK WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND I REALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PANNING FOR GOLD FROM YOUR VIDEOS THANK YOU KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! HAPPY GOLD MINING!!
Not sure why you're screaming, typed info over the web's doesn't require elevated volume. You're not trying to be vocally heard from New York directly to Michagan, after all. 🤣
There used to be a show on tv called Yukon Gold and one of the miners used a set up like yours but it was at a lot steeper angle and you could see the gold line up in the circles with no rocks or pebbles present. Enjoy your videos and good luck in the future.
Big Al from Yukon Gold just showed up in an episode of Gold Rush. Would be great to see him join Gold Rush; he’s more interesting than a lot of the miners.
Grew up in the Comstock, now in the south. Thank you for sharing this video and your work..I've lost a lot of flour gold over the years because I didn't know what I was doing. Appreciate the guidance
Amazing. Just the constant sound those beach waves is like you’re on a tropical island all by yourself with your best companion. Thank you for the peace
It's very entertaining to watch ya'll hard working miners. Thanks for the expert commentary and content. It has turned me into a prospector. Happy trails
you need a small bit of screen to catch all those rocks at the top where you put the scoop in so they wash sitting in a screen trap and don't fill up all your riffles. rocks in the riffles just flushes the gold right out.
The speed control of the water flow, along with a variable slope test of the sluice could lead to a perfect scenario for optimum findings. ...BTW did your dog like the stick of food you gave him?
Have you ever seen the black sand "band" along the high cliffs and hills of sand facing lake superior over the beach up in northern upper peninsula Michigan? Also came here to recommend 13ah Ebike batteries and those 0-48v PWM speed controllers for your setup. I like the DC speed controllers with a digital voltage readout so you don't over discharge your batteries.
The controllers usually come with a speed indicator but you can install a voltage meter in them as well. Encasing the battery in a plastic ammo can works well too. You just have to type plastic ammo box battery holder and a lot fishing related videos will pop up. Heavy pans!!!
Great video. I was born in Minnesota. Left at 33 for New Mexico 20 years ago. Moving back to Minnesota next year. I have messed around with metal detecting but never found much. Gold prospecting sure looks interesting.
Tbh I like gold prospecting more than metal detecting. Both can be pretty chill way to spend a day. If you find some gold you will get gold fever. I used a friends pan once, and found a .25 gram gold picker. It was like 2nd try. Anyways so I’ve had a bad case of gold fever ever since
My dad loves your videos. He's a 75 year old retired tool man that has made a Gold Rush Power Sluish.. I'm not sure I spelled that right? We are born Michiganers. Transplant to NC... Jim Brunner is a precision tool n die maker and anything he makes is gold.... no pun intended..
Thank you for sharing your beach mining adventure. In my area Im stuck at the creek if I want to see colors in the pain. It’s nice to see an area with different scenery. The longer you have to walk to get to a spot, the less likely it’s been worked before. Prospect for remote beaches with a boat to find some truly rich spots!
@@FlourgoldWizards now that sounds like a plan! Plus you could get to spots faster and have more time to play. Also makes it easier to carry your beer 😂
@@FlourgoldWizards little more limited with kayaks(Still better than on your back though X D) but most small boats going solo you can pretty easily take 200 some odd pounds of equipment out with you too.
Sounds like your gear bag could use the addition of a kitty litter scoop. I find them invaluable for sifting out the gravel from sand in a completely different context, but I bet it would do a great job keeping those rocks out of your sluice.
I use an old deep fryer basket. A eight inch by eight inch, four inches deep. Works fantastic! I can get a five gallon pail classified down in about twenty minutes. Wet classified
Hey I like the way you teach! Easy to understand you and I learned a lot watching you work. I never did it but always wanted to so maybe one day I will I got would have to catch my learning curve up I'm so proud to go sometimes I can't get it by watching but I did get it today thank you
I love your sense of humor and your sharing of skills. I have never done this hobby but you sure make it very fun and interesting. Keep it up!! One question... why don't you use a big wheel wagon to pull all your equipment?
Transporting your gear looks formidable. Have you considered a canoe or kayak to transport. There also exists “portage” equipment to bring canoes/kayaks across land obstacles. Likely already thought of 👍🏽🥸
Interesting mats.....we run gold hog mats in our high banker and love them, so to see the different types of mats out there and how they work is a real treat. Thanks for the great video!
Finally I've discovered your videos. I enjoy metal detecting and have ran out of places but there's plenty of sand for us all. I want to work smart and I'm subscribing
Would classifying the material before running it through the sluice help keep rocks out? You could probably go down to 1/8th inch (8 or 10 mesh) and still get all the gold without the pebbles!
Hi, I have taken your question and have been pondering it for a few months."Why is there so much gold on Lake Superior" ANSWER - Superior,if you take the water away is ground central to a failed continental rift in a horseshoe shape.There was a large amount of volcanic activity here where the rift was the widest.Naturally there was several fractures that filled in with mineralization,and Gold was part of it.Looks like you've found close to where the lighter gold is able to wash up as powerful Superior makes sand out of the rocks.Maybe the power of water breaks down the gold into tiny particles too.The bigger gold perhaps is somewhere closeby,deeper in the water I suspect.
actually, lake superior and some of the other great lakes ISaginaw Bay for instance) were sites of cosmic impacts. Asteroids contain many types of heavy metals, including gold.
All of the glaciation pushing dirt and rock from across north america, into the area during the last ice age, could have a big part to play in where the gold came from..
How gold got in Superior is no mystery, the entire great lakes region was heavily glaciated numerous times and the gold was dragged down from Canadian source rocks and deposited in the great lakes basins. All the great lakes contain gold to one degree or another.
Underneath Lake Superior is an ancient volcanic fissure that erupted a long time ago and added to the forming of the lake. Very possible the gold came from that. Or...it was in the sediment that the ice sheets left behind.
You should get yourself a wheeled cart to haul your equipment with. There are all kinds of cart that are specifically designed to haul large loads of gear into rugged areas. Like the ones designed for hunting and hauling out animals as large as elk. They can handle upwards of several hundred pounds. You would save yourself so much energy on the trek into and out of your favorite prospecting sites and be able to haul back even more than you currently are.
I have a game cart i use at times but there are some downed trees that go out into the water i need to get wet to get around! Maybe I should haul a chainsaw..🤣✅
Another place to look for gold I've recently come across : Gravel Pits. If they use a vibrating type of sorting contrivance (I can't recall the bloody word for it! I can remember contrivance, but not the word for the machine that sorts the gravel...) the heaviest sands and gravels end up in a layer at the bottom. The trick is knowing someone with an old gravel pit or someplace that won't care about a nutty Great Lakes prospector digging through the leavings.
I liked your show im from Columbia falls montana im just getting into gold prospecting wish I would have started sooner it a lot of fun well keep up good work gold
I love the U.P. and Michigan beaches in general. Just so peaceful, wonderous...I wish I could live there on the beach but man...you can't grow much food in the sand! Lol
Hello! First time on your channel! My kids were interested in gold mining, so I typed "gold panning" into the search, and here we are! 😁 My daughter had a question, "why is the black sand the best for gold?". Good luck on your adventures, and maybe we will try our hand in Lake Erie this summer, to see if there is any gold there too. (We stay 30 minutes from Lake Erie in Ohio during the "warmer months")
The black sand is the heaviest thing on the beach next to gold. The water and waves and wind swish it all together, and separate it all by weight. The gold naturally collects with the black sand 😃👍🏻
You would do very good up in Alaska getting the bearing sea gold along the beaches , there seems to be quite a lot amongst the pebbles along the beach , I. Not quite what area but Sarah Palin did it on TV show and they made a nice necklace with what they found some pretty big nuggets.
I bought a small kit from the Amazon for the kids and I to try a few lakes and streams in MN. Haven’t had a chance yet. I’m always pulling for ya to to do well and have a good time. Seems to me you never get skunked between the two, great videos as always.
@@FlourgoldWizards yeah, but you were outdoors exploring with your mine boss right? Not sure I caught that one. Been on the road for a bit here. Next month I’ll be in the Sheboygan area (50-75m radius) for a few weeks then on to Michigan for a week. Hoping to find a day or two to give it a try.
You should make a small screen to for the intake part of you sluice box and have your pump spray water over the rock before discarding the larger material. Should keep the lower part cleaner of small stones.
First time visit to your chanel bud, good on ya!!!!!! Love the content and the music selections! Great little puppy too! I subscribed, commented and all that so I'm doing my part. You've definately done yours. Nice editing too sir.
This is the most wholesome channel I've seen in a while. Awesome video man!! Edit: I just saw you taking a swig of the PBR as I was drinking mine, definitely one of my new favorite channels lol.
PBR... Professional Bull Riders? Or Pabst Blue Ribbon? 😂🤣😂🤣 I grew up on the Ribbon. My pediatrician had my mom giving me one a day for low blood iron back in the 70s. I was still in the single digit age range.
Good haul for a nice day on the beach with mans best friend! Might have to get into this for a hobby next summer lol looks fun considering I was born in Alaska
@@zsgarner oh that's pretty good,and it does look like good honest hard work but so many benefits, outside,travel to different places,seeing new things shoot I think I'm gonna give it some time and study up and get out there. Thanks
I would love to try mining that beach sand. Went to zortman Saturday and got a .87 and we didn't lose the snuffer bottle this time lol. As always great video Jason!
@@GreenEarth140 Probably.87 gram is correct!!! Many prospectors take for granted that everyone just knows what we’re talking about … I’m guilty as well!!!! It’s probably worth around $50 ! Not bad for a great outdoor hobby !
7:40 Mark Maybe slow the water down a little more. You'll catch more pebbles and bad dirt but you'll also catch more gold instead of it getting washed out pof the sluice. Or maybe adjust the angle of the sluice a little less steep? Again, you'll catch more junk and have to clean it out more but that means you should also catch more gold. So it is worth the extra effort.
While walking in the Welsh mountains I found a very small nugget of gold while washing off my plate in the stream, the sun just shone off it and drew my attention to it, I have often thought of returning with a pan just to see if it is worthwhile buying the equipment to sluice the dirt.
Thank you for sharing. Out of curiosity, what do you do with the gold afterward? Do you melt and mold your own trinkets? How do you find a buyer of the raw gold finds?
I have property on Lake Superior. Saw a guy down the beach with a similar setup. He was there for 3 days. I assume he must have had some luck to stay 3 days. Any rules/laws/regulations on where you can do this?
The state of Michigan mining laws does not directly address beach mining and considers it “ probably “ not legal. However…… The state campgrounds are allowed to regulate prospecting and Muskellonge state park is one that does allow battery powered sluices!!! Im not aware of the dnr in Michigan issuing citations for beach prospecting. They will give you a piece of paper at the campground office informing you of the rules as well !!!!
Yeah if there for three days call the DNR only a ounce a year and there are special regulations under Michigan state law about how big and what type of equipment can be used
Just looked up regulations and this guy is using using illegal equipment no power sluicing person in the state he's got enough illegally harvested gold to pay his fines you channel came across the feed today my friend I'm a Michigander as well and don't like watching people break the then act there bad asses for it when there not even smart to not post them doing illegal online good luck bud they'll be contacting in the morning I'm sure
@@nathanieldeleonvallejo4596 The state of Michigan mining laws does not directly address beach mining and considers it “ probably “ not legal. However…… The state campgrounds are allowed to regulate prospecting and Muskellonge state park is one that does allow battery powered sluices!!! Im not aware of the dnr in Michigan issuing citations for beach prospecting. They will give you a piece of paper at the campground office informing you of the rules as well !!!!
You do know the gold ore body runs all the to Canada right? I worked underground mining gold for 5 plus years if you calculate all the over time I took.
In early 70s, around age 10, I found gold and thick black sands deposits along lake superior...my dad said was fools gold and stopped me from panning....glad to see validation of my efforts finally.
good video, i think what might help you is use a household round strainer and this will help you strain the pebbles down for you to sluice a pure pebble free run, and then wash the pebbles incase some gold got caught in or maybe a gold pebble if your lucky!!! good luck
Thank you. Neil Diamond sang it in a song, he used different spelling of it but my guess is his reference used was Lake Superior as known by the Objiwe now.
As per Minnesota Department of Natural Resource(MDNR), they have discovered six major areas which has gold deposits. These sublimates are found in Bigfork, Cook, International Falls, Linden Grove, Vermilion, and Virginia Horn.
The Glaciers plowed under a secret society of Giants who communicated with Space Aliens, had great Cities along the Ley lines and started the whole Pyramid craze. The gold dust is their grownd-up Statues and side-walks.
Just ran across your feed. I live here in the U.P and never really thought there was gold up here to pan for without a mine. You have peeked my curiosity, about how much do you make in a day typically
I can only imagine that at some point in the water there must be a ton of concentrated gold. Great video, I would love to try this some day just for the fun of doing it.
There's miners in Alaska that specialize in using siphon hoses to suck up silt off the sea bottom and filtering the gold out of it. Near the mouth of the Yukon river you can collect $1000+ an hour that way.
I didn't know there was gold up there in Superior. Hmm... Next time I go there I will do what you are doing. Panning for gold. Wow! Lake Superior and cool. Nice to know.
Nice simple video! Great narration and I like your simplicity. Yes it takes time to do what you are doing. I’m approaching retirement age and can’t wait to get out there to explore as I am a metal detector enthusiast Love to go out and hit good targets I absolutely can see how you enjoy what you do! Kuddos to you! 💯👍🥇
Love your channel. Curious, do you know why there is gold along the shore of Lake Superior ? I'm sure it is glacial deposit, I live on long Island, long island is where the last glaciers ended. The island is one big glacial deposit. Do you think the same principles apply to long island?
I don’t understand online it says people need a permit to sluice but they don’t have anywhere to buy one just thought maybe someone could inform me about it 🤷♂️
@@qwynrissell The state of Michigan mining laws does not directly address beach mining and considers it “ probably “ not legal. However…… The state campgrounds are allowed to regulate prospecting and Muskellonge state park is one that does allow battery powered sluices!!! Im not aware of the dnr in Michigan issuing citations for beach prospecting. They will give you a piece of paper at the campground office informing you of the rules as well !!!!
i did some panning in california 50 years ago up in the sierra and came across the black sand and some color but didnt take it serious enough, the trout fishing was more fun. i enjoyed watching thnx.
As a flour gold panner from The Sierra Mountain area of California, I'd like to thank you for this channel. I subbed, liked, and here's a comment! I panned on the North Fork, of the North Fork, of the American River in the late 80's-early 90's. Gold prices were about 350ish per ounce, and we made a days wages at the time or around $40 average which we cashed in every couple of weeks... and drank it up before we went back up... Great show and maybe I'll see you around sometime if I can drag my old bones out that far. Just curious, wouldn't a boat make for easier access?
@@gregroth4696 A canoe on Superior solo is possibly very dangerous. Weather and waves can change fast and distance is huge. Lake only ever gets to 4 or 5 C that will kill fast.
Pretty cool...We used to live in a tiny old goldmining town up on the Yuba River to the west of Truckee (Washington)...lots of old mining infrastructure up there...and lots of gold even now...The place names up there are all right of 1849...Poor Man's Creek...Malakoff Diggings..a really cool place.
I was mtn biking Downiville a few years ago and literally stepped on a .35oz nugget in the Yuba when crossing it on my bike. There's still gold in dem dar hills!
Hey that's not a bad take it all Jason! Really appreciate all the hard work you put in to making these videos for this community it's been a fantastic ride!...AFNB...🍺🍻🍺
Awesome video! I recently moved to Ohio (North of Dayton area) and I've panned flour gold from the creek running at the back of my property. Do you think Lake Erie would have the same black sand on its beach?
Yes it has Gil, picked up a bucket full a couple of years ago near Sandusky on a State Beach Park west of Cedar Point, after that Storm that hit New York City and blew west across the Lake, the storm that went across Lake Erie pushed the beach shoreline water about 300 yards out, was walking on wet beach sand where you would of had Lake water up to your knee and waist, there was alot of Black Sand Striation running along the entire bottom. I,m basically a Beach Metal Detectorist ( Minelabs are the best), you won,t see much black sand on shore like in Jasons video, their under the Lake !!!!! or close to shore! Me and my brother are planning on moving to the United States of Ohio also, leaving Communist Chinese Michigan, just waiting for our $$$$$$$$$$ from that large class action Lawsuit against the City,County,State ,GLWA and Detroit Water and Sewage!
Hi, Total amateur, live in Columbus, grew up in Englewood. Have meant to check some Stillwater tribs... I haven't found any info on Flour gold on Erie but people get glacier gold in Ohio Lake Erie Tribs so it's almost a given it's there. Safe bet you won't come close to making gas money but there is a story of a lady that made a very comfortable living off stream gold on family property near Sandusky back when it was $300 an oz... IMO, you may be better off prospecting near Cincinnati in areas where the pre-illinoian glaciation ended. I think your looking at Wisconsin stuff at your location. Regards
Awesome Video! I didn't know how awesome Lake Superior is for a location to find this stuff. There sure is more there than what we normally find in Ohio. Looks like you built some awesome equipment!
You got the upper accent. Kind of looks like my dad's Beach up on the Keweenaw peninsula. We own about 200 ft of beachfront property on Lake Superior Southwest of copper Harbor we do have a stream that comes out on our beach I might have to do some panning because I've seen black sand there.
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I live in alaska, where seasons are short, winters can be cold but from where I am located, much warmer than your winters. Its true that every square foot of ground has gold in alaska., but there are some spots that make the news when found. I have found some nice nuggets the size of your thumb and a lot of pickers in a shovel full but that is not the norm anymore. That gold rush mentioned in history left every square foot of alaska tested for its contents. I worked creeks here with a excavator an also a D8 cat dozer to find the larger deposits we ran through a lot larger sluice than yours as wide as a truck bed for the most part. We only used the mats for a foot or so as most catch in the first few inches of the grizzly. Some days were just as bad as your setup an others were measured in ounces. Thats per hour so its higher concentrates. My very best high day (8 hours) winter time and water so cold that your voice would drop in pitch., was a whole six pounds and some odd ounces... many days followed where the riffle's were dry tho. Most times the cost of extraction was more than the recovery. Some nuggets were washed from the roots of trees that fell over in the wind because the water had chewed the system so lose. There were trees side by side where one was loaded with gold and the one next to it would not give up enough material to buy some wobble pop. Always was looking for a large strike an most times everything I made went into bigger and better equipment. Many good stories though. Stories of high finds, nuggets in our dually truck tires, of getting too greedy and not cleaning the sluices quick enough, a storm come through and took out our whole system.... scattered it down a canyon where it is lost to this day. Makes these seventy two year old bones cry for more punishment
The things we do for the ( big one ) !!!!!
Thanks for watching and the great story!✌️👍🏻✅🇺🇸
You should chronicle your stories because I know you can write and would love to hear more of your 'ventures.
@@TheDamageinc81 I know a couple that are almost a book long themselves but my hands are so crippled that it would be miserable to do it
Very interesting
@@morgansword text-to-speech software-you can just speak it into a mic :)
I’m no prospector, owned a pan once and never learned to use it. Don’t have much interest in trying or, didn’t, until coming across this video and now you’ve got me wondering about what’s in all the black sand on the beach at our cabin. Instant subscriber, this guy is friendly and interesting to watch and listen to 👍 great video
I hope you enjoy trying it !!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!!
But are you willing to walk 867 thousand miles for some gold flecks ??
"I’m no prosecutor..." Did you mean "prospector"?
@VIDSPiRATION I'm more amazed at your reaction than his. Have a good vent there? Typos are one thing ... incorrect autocorrect and not proof reading before posting is another. Barnett was nice about it while you're an long winded arse ..
@VIDSPiRATION Proofread. It may be very important to you someday.
As a reminder for the folks watching, the DNR does say that you leave "No Open Holes Overnight". Folks have to remember that we will get shut down if we don't. Thank you for mentioning filling in the holes.
My blind as* fell in a hole once. That's the last time I talked to my wife on the beach. I will only talk to her when I walk in the rocks now.
Yeah always leave a site better than how you found it. These hobbies are a privilege, not a right when on someone elses land.
@@nunyabisnass1141 dont believe in tbe bible genessis 1 : 26 i see.
ok pagan i see you over there.
@@safetyfirstintexas I wish you weren't so lazy and would actually put the words down instead of some page and paragraph. And unless those words issued from God or Jesus, the Bible itself was written by simple sinners, who make mistakes just like you and me. Until God burns his words on our foreheads, we shall never know for certain what he said, and what some puny human wrote. Cool your jets, would ya? Let someone else throw the first stone. The road to hell is paved with first thrown stones. Have a nice day. Maybe.
@@safetyfirstintexas wtf does that have to do with what he commented? Bible thumpers trying to push their stupid agenda everywhere.
When you're dealing with fine powder at the end, wipe your brush and even the outside of the pan with a Bounce dryer sheet. It is unbelievable how static becomes negligible with the use of such a product. I noticed alot of your particles jumping around when using the brush and I hate to see even an atom of gold lost. Hope this helps 👍.
1 atom weighs 1 atom ✅
I need it 🍻
Great to see you out with your best buddy doing something that you really enjoy. Your a very blessed man and I hope you find the mother load you are looking for. Oh and thank you for your service!!!
Thank you very much !!! Unfortunately I didn’t serve but also respect all who did !!!!
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@Flour gold Wizards get your dog a pack. They can help carry some small items and it's a decent way to let them "have a job", in a way.
I really enjoy your honesty and humbleness. I had no idea about the amounts of gold in that lake.
Thanks for watching! 😃🐺✌️
I've lived in South eastern Michigan 43 years and never have been to the UP, in todays economic times makes vacations a thing of the past for most of us
Itll get better!
This is AWESOME! We live in MN and go to the North shore a couple times a year. The family's favorite show is Gold Rush. You do the math on what we're doing next time we're up there!! Unfortunately my 11 year old son learns new words from GR, so thank you for keeping it clean AND entertaining!
Have fun and good luck !!! ( gosh darn it ) 🤣🤣🤣✌️
My neighbor is ness.
Newbie here. Great info. I've got a creek in Arkansas full of quartz and black sand. I've never known anything about mining but my uncle said the old timers mined down stream many years ago and did good. The farm,670 acres 1.5 miles of this creek,has never been mined cause it has been family land since it was settle in the 1800s.
I would say buy you a pan and go testing it. Never know what you might find
Yep !!!!
I'm planning in the fall.
I'll take a month out and go dig. Ozark mountain's just west of hot spings.
@@jamiemullen8772 You're not talking about the Ouachita river are you?
I wouldn't be too sure - lots of illegal prospecting would happen back in the days. If you investigate that whole 1.5 miles, I wouldn't be surprised if you find some old metal slooses at the bottom of the bed. Was a common occurrence unfortunately!
That is a really awesome haul for a day of work on the lake. Beautiful weather, fresh air and exercise. And GOLD!!!
Agreed!!!
Proof that Gold is basically everywhere, be careful with the static makes those little gold bits fly away
I’ve never heard that!😃✅
It is fun watching you work so hard, I get to experience it all from the comfort of my home.
Thanks for watching!!
Anybody have the heart to tell him what that really is?
My dad used to sail on the Great Lakes on an ore ship. He has navigated Superior and Michigan most. The weather operates just like over an ocean. There is enough water in Lake Superior alone to cover the land surface of both North and South America one foot deep. And that's just one lake.
Its a vast expanse!!!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards that's what HE said!
Sure wish we could pipeline some of that beautiful H20 into the Colorado River basin. Unfortunately it's not oil so corporate America & their gov't minions will never do it.
@@movonup You'd have to pump millions of acres of water up the side of a mountain almost a half mile straight up on almost a daily basis. The real answer is for people not to build huge cities and farms in a desert....no problem at all then. I'm sure if the taxpayers in the CO river basin wanted to pay for it, it could be done..but it isn't everyone else's responsibility to pay for the bad choices of the people who live there.
I think many of you have some idea you can just dig a canal or something, stuff doesn't work that way due to gravity. Oil isn't being piped UP a mountainside anywhere either.
@@movonup And you have no right to it. Every part of the USA better figure that one out before they get it started that they should be emptying the Great Lakes to fix the mess the USA has made of the climate.
Thank you for your wonderful content. I live in an area where everyone says there is no gold but I'm determined to find some and look forward to expanding to beach sand after watching you videos.
Good luck! Mostly enjoy yourself!!!
This makes me want to start trying this myself! I’ve lived in Michigan all my life and never knew that we had gold hiding out by our Great Lakes. Great video!
It’s fairly easy and fun !!!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards is it good all around the lake? MN here
@@acidnine definitely not !!!
@@FlourgoldWizards what do you mean? No gold in MN, only Wisconsin?
@@acidnine
Only meaning that I’ve tried lots of spots with poor results , my best spots are in Michigan! I haven’t tried any in Minnesota, but let me know if you find the motherlode!!!
From NEW YORK WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND I REALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PANNING FOR GOLD FROM YOUR VIDEOS THANK YOU KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! HAPPY GOLD MINING!!
Thank you Christopher!
Not sure why you're screaming, typed info over the web's doesn't require elevated volume. You're not trying to be vocally heard from New York directly to Michagan, after all. 🤣
@@thomasarussellsr thanks Tom I don't tex much ! Lol
@@christophercaetano6305anything up your way? I’m from Long Island.
@@yankees29 where about on the island? im here to. everything i find is like fly turds here im in the riverhead aera
There used to be a show on tv called Yukon Gold and one of the miners used a set up like yours but it was at a lot steeper angle and you could see the gold line up in the circles with no rocks or pebbles present. Enjoy your videos and good luck in the future.
I’ve seen it !!! That gold is waaaaay bigger than mine 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
I was gonna say, if you make the angle a bit steeper and water a bit slower, the rocks might go out and not get stuck
Big Al from Yukon Gold just showed up in an episode of Gold Rush. Would be great to see him join Gold Rush; he’s more interesting than a lot of the miners.
Grew up in the Comstock, now in the south. Thank you for sharing this video and your work..I've lost a lot of flour gold over the years because I didn't know what I was doing. Appreciate the guidance
I’ve lost a lot too !!! 🤣🤣✅🍻
Amazing. Just the constant sound those beach waves is like you’re on a tropical island all by yourself with your best companion. Thank you for the peace
Thats a great description!!!
It's very entertaining to watch ya'll hard working miners. Thanks for the expert commentary and content. It has turned me into a prospector.
Happy trails
Well that’s nice to hear!!!!
I always heard michigan gold was as thin as fly poop
I hit the like button everytime before I watch as Jason you never let me down
Well thank you!!
I do the same..
SAME!🍻
Same
Same here, keep ‘em coming.
you need a small bit of screen to catch all those rocks at the top where you put the scoop in so they wash sitting in a screen trap and don't fill up all your riffles. rocks in the riffles just flushes the gold right out.
Excellent idea✅
Thanks for sharing the content. Never thought I'd be interested in searching for gold but you got my attention!
Well there’s plenty of it here !! Welcome Randy 🍻🐺✌️
The speed control of the water flow, along with a variable slope test of the sluice could lead to a perfect scenario for optimum findings. ...BTW did your dog like the stick of food you gave him?
More testing coming soon!!! He sure did !!!!
Have you ever seen the black sand "band" along the high cliffs and hills of sand facing lake superior over the beach up in northern upper peninsula Michigan? Also came here to recommend 13ah Ebike batteries and those 0-48v PWM speed controllers for your setup. I like the DC speed controllers with a digital voltage readout so you don't over discharge your batteries.
I have noticed them but no testing as of yet
The controllers usually come with a speed indicator but you can install a voltage meter in them as well. Encasing the battery in a plastic ammo can works well too. You just have to type plastic ammo box battery holder and a lot fishing related videos will pop up. Heavy pans!!!
I lived just south of Marquette back in the 70s. I had no idea that the southern shore of the lake reeked of gold. Darn.
@@deanmindock3680 That's Joe Perra country
Great video. I was born in Minnesota. Left at 33 for New Mexico 20 years ago. Moving back to Minnesota next year. I have messed around with metal detecting but never found much. Gold prospecting sure looks interesting.
It certainly is a great way to spend a day even if you don’t find much !!!! ✌️✅
Tbh I like gold prospecting more than metal detecting. Both can be pretty chill way to spend a day. If you find some gold you will get gold fever. I used a friends pan once, and found a .25 gram gold picker. It was like 2nd try. Anyways so I’ve had a bad case of gold fever ever since
Goodluck man 👨 💪 🙏
My dad loves your videos. He's a 75 year old retired tool man that has made a Gold Rush Power Sluish.. I'm not sure I spelled that right? We are born Michiganers. Transplant to NC...
Jim Brunner is a precision tool n die maker and anything he makes is gold.... no pun intended..
Sluice - sluish its all good fun !!! 😃✌️✅
Thank you for sharing your beach mining adventure. In my area Im stuck at the creek if I want to see colors in the pain. It’s nice to see an area with different scenery. The longer you have to walk to get to a spot, the less likely it’s been worked before. Prospect for remote beaches with a boat to find some truly rich spots!
A boat / kayak would save my feet !!!! Walking in sand and loose cobbles is tougher than you’d think!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards now that sounds like a plan! Plus you could get to spots faster and have more time to play. Also makes it easier to carry your beer 😂
@@FlourgoldWizards little more limited with kayaks(Still better than on your back though X D) but most small boats going solo you can pretty easily take 200 some odd pounds of equipment out with you too.
That's cool
Fascinating video, sir. You have found an awesome way to enjoy life! Thoroughly enjoyed watching this!👍🇺🇸❤️
We really appreciate that Dave ! 😃🐺✌️
Sounds like your gear bag could use the addition of a kitty litter scoop. I find them invaluable for sifting out the gravel from sand in a completely different context, but I bet it would do a great job keeping those rocks out of your sluice.
Good idea !!!😃✅👍🏻🐺
That's a great idea!
I use an old deep fryer basket. A eight inch by eight inch, four inches deep. Works fantastic! I can get a five gallon pail classified down in about twenty minutes. Wet classified
Hey I like the way you teach! Easy to understand you and I learned a lot watching you work. I never did it but always wanted to so maybe one day I will I got would have to catch my learning curve up I'm so proud to go sometimes I can't get it by watching but I did get it today thank you
Go for it!😃✅🍻
Just came across this, you seem like a great dude and you are entertaining. Hope the channel and mining grow to gold for you!
Well thank you Mike !!!
I'm glad the flies didn't bother you this trip and had a good day at the beach! Looks like you found some amazing spots.
I was worried at first about flies but they just left !!!!
I love your sense of humor and your sharing of skills. I have never done this hobby but you sure make it very fun and interesting. Keep it up!! One question... why don't you use a big wheel wagon to pull all your equipment?
Thank you Rod !😃✌️🐺
@@FlourgoldWizards: but him much money did you make on this day?
Transporting your gear looks formidable. Have you considered a canoe or kayak to transport. There also exists “portage” equipment to bring canoes/kayaks across land obstacles.
Likely already thought of 👍🏽🥸
That's a great idea! When we bring the camper up there we have kayaks ✅
Interesting mats.....we run gold hog mats in our high banker and love them, so to see the different types of mats out there and how they work is a real treat. Thanks for the great video!
Its our pleasure!!! Hog mats are great too!!!!
Finally I've discovered your videos. I enjoy metal detecting and have ran out of places but there's plenty of sand for us all. I want to work smart and I'm subscribing
More than enough to go around!!!
Would classifying the material before running it through the sluice help keep rocks out? You could probably go down to 1/8th inch (8 or 10 mesh) and still get all the gold without the pebbles!
Definitely!!!
Greetings from the BIG SKY.. I've walked through the Bob Marshall and Glacier Park. Nice walks.
Very nice!
@@FlourgoldWizards Greetings from the BIG SKY. Good trout fishing.
BTW if you ever find your self without the speed controller, just raise the sluice higher so the pump has to pump higher. This will reduce the Lph/Gph
P.S please don't feed your pup cured meats and cheese :)
Great idea !
Hi, I have taken your question and have been pondering it for a few months."Why is there so much gold on Lake Superior" ANSWER - Superior,if you take the water away is ground central to a failed continental rift in a horseshoe shape.There was a large amount of volcanic activity here where the rift was the widest.Naturally there was several fractures that filled in with mineralization,and Gold was part of it.Looks like you've found close to where the lighter gold is able to wash up as powerful Superior makes sand out of the rocks.Maybe the power of water breaks down the gold into tiny particles too.The bigger gold perhaps is somewhere closeby,deeper in the water I suspect.
That is a GREAT take !!!! We really appreciate it !!! 😃✌️🐺
actually, lake superior and some of the other great lakes ISaginaw Bay for instance) were sites of cosmic impacts. Asteroids contain many types of heavy metals, including gold.
That's very true...Hence the huge copper mines around the area as well
All of the glaciation pushing dirt and rock from across north america, into the area during the last ice age, could have a big part to play in where the gold came from..
How gold got in Superior is no mystery, the entire great lakes region was heavily glaciated numerous times and the gold was dragged down from Canadian source rocks and deposited in the great lakes basins. All the great lakes contain gold to one degree or another.
Underneath Lake Superior is an ancient volcanic fissure that erupted a long time ago and added to the forming of the lake. Very possible the gold came from that. Or...it was in the sediment that the ice sheets left behind.
Thank you!!
@@FlourgoldWizards Np. There is a documentary video on here that explains the forming of the Great Lakes. I think it's History Channel.
I live on lake Superior,those black sands are stamp sand from tailings from the old copper mines of the keewenaw peninsula
Hmmmm…
You should get yourself a wheeled cart to haul your equipment with. There are all kinds of cart that are specifically designed to haul large loads of gear into rugged areas. Like the ones designed for hunting and hauling out animals as large as elk. They can handle upwards of several hundred pounds. You would save yourself so much energy on the trek into and out of your favorite prospecting sites and be able to haul back even more than you currently are.
I have a game cart i use at times but there are some downed trees that go out into the water i need to get wet to get around! Maybe I should haul a chainsaw..🤣✅
Another place to look for gold I've recently come across : Gravel Pits. If they use a vibrating type of sorting contrivance (I can't recall the bloody word for it! I can remember contrivance, but not the word for the machine that sorts the gravel...) the heaviest sands and gravels end up in a layer at the bottom. The trick is knowing someone with an old gravel pit or someplace that won't care about a nutty Great Lakes prospector digging through the leavings.
I have such a gravel pit …. That video is coming!!! I have recently acquired the last piece of the puzzle ✅😎
Man congrats on the success of all the views. You found gold in making this video and you did a nice job. I will subscribe.
Well we appreciate that!!!! Thank you and welcome!😀🐺
I liked your show im from Columbia falls montana im just getting into gold prospecting wish I would have started sooner it a lot of fun well keep up good work gold
Thanks Bruce !
I love the U.P. and Michigan beaches in general. Just so peaceful, wonderous...I wish I could live there on the beach but man...you can't grow much food in the sand! Lol
Not much at all !!!🤣🤣👍🏻✅
I'd love to see you try a gold spiral for cleanup. I think you might do better for cleanup and it looks real nice on camera.
Noted 😃👍🏻✅
Hello! First time on your channel! My kids were interested in gold mining, so I typed "gold panning" into the search, and here we are! 😁 My daughter had a question, "why is the black sand the best for gold?". Good luck on your adventures, and maybe we will try our hand in Lake Erie this summer, to see if there is any gold there too. (We stay 30 minutes from Lake Erie in Ohio during the "warmer months")
The black sand is the heaviest thing on the beach next to gold. The water and waves and wind swish it all together, and separate it all by weight. The gold naturally collects with the black sand 😃👍🏻
Thanks for the quick reply!
You would do very good up in Alaska getting the bearing sea gold along the beaches , there seems to be quite a lot amongst the pebbles along the beach , I. Not quite what area but Sarah Palin did it on TV show and they made a nice necklace with what they found some pretty big nuggets.
I’d love to !!!
I bought a small kit from the Amazon for the kids and I to try a few lakes and streams in MN. Haven’t had a chance yet. I’m always pulling for ya to to do well and have a good time. Seems to me you never get skunked between the two, great videos as always.
I actually got skunked last week on a new krik i was exploring! Great gravels and clay but no gold !!!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards yeah, but you were outdoors exploring with your mine boss right? Not sure I caught that one. Been on the road for a bit here. Next month I’ll be in the Sheboygan area (50-75m radius) for a few weeks then on to Michigan for a week. Hoping to find a day or two to give it a try.
You should make a small screen to for the intake part of you sluice box and have your pump spray water over the rock before discarding the larger material. Should keep the lower part cleaner of small stones.
Agreed!
New sub right here, awesome and informative my friend. Thsnk you for suggesting my content, it really helps us little channels. Good luck brotha, Gary
Thank you and welcome!!
First time visit to your chanel bud, good on ya!!!!!! Love the content and the music selections! Great little puppy too! I subscribed, commented and all that so I'm doing my part. You've definately done yours. Nice editing too sir.
Appreciate the kind words and welcome to the fam!
This is the most wholesome channel I've seen in a while. Awesome video man!!
Edit: I just saw you taking a swig of the PBR as I was drinking mine, definitely one of my new favorite channels lol.
I really appreciate you saying so !!!!
Cheers!!! 🍻✅
PBR... Professional Bull Riders? Or Pabst Blue Ribbon? 😂🤣😂🤣
I grew up on the Ribbon. My pediatrician had my mom giving me one a day for low blood iron back in the 70s. I was still in the single digit age range.
@@thomasarussellsr
Definitely not pretty beach rocks !!!! 🍻✅
Not so much these days but in my beer drinking days, 50 years ago, PBR was my brew of choice.
Congratulations! You made it!!! Over 1 million views!
Thank you!!! Our first one !!! ( crazy aye ?! )
Thanks for taking us along. Looks like a fun activity but down here in Florida all we find when we sift the sand is tourists. 😂
Lol….. and tourist rings !!!!
Good haul for a nice day on the beach with mans best friend! Might have to get into this for a hobby next summer lol looks fun considering I was born in Alaska
It’s a great hobby and a fun way to spend a day!
Use a scoop sifter, they are great for unwanted stones. Nice vid!
Thank you!
Beautiful nature. I think that just being in such a place is worth more than gold 😀
Exactly!!!! 😃🐺
So I'm new to all this and was wondering how much is .36 in gold worth?? Looks like a great bit of fun but the equipment looks expensive?
About $20 worth of gold.
@@zsgarner oh that's pretty good,and it does look like good honest hard work but so many benefits, outside,travel to different places,seeing new things shoot I think I'm gonna give it some time and study up and get out there. Thanks
EBay, 600$ for equipment
They now make hose clamps that tighten with a wing nut. Maybe a good addition to your setup
I stole one from my pool pump…🤣
Great video. Thanks for sharing Jason⚒⚒👍👍
Thank you Tedcharp!
I would love to try mining that beach sand. Went to zortman Saturday and got a .87 and we didn't lose the snuffer bottle this time lol. As always great video Jason!
That’s a nice pile !!!!!
what do you mean .87 ? do you mean .87 of 1 gram of gold ? First time viewer .
@@GreenEarth140
Probably.87 gram is correct!!! Many prospectors take for granted that everyone just knows what we’re talking about … I’m guilty as well!!!! It’s probably worth around $50 ! Not bad for a great outdoor hobby !
@@FlourgoldWizards thanks very much for the reply.
7:40 Mark Maybe slow the water down a little more. You'll catch more pebbles and bad dirt but you'll also catch more gold instead of it getting washed out pof the sluice. Or maybe adjust the angle of the sluice a little less steep? Again, you'll catch more junk and have to clean it out more but that means you should also catch more gold. So it is worth the extra effort.
We eased up on the pitch but it was even worse !!!! I’ll just classify and bring my other mat that is proven !!!
While walking in the Welsh mountains I found a very small nugget of gold while washing off my plate in the stream, the sun just shone off it and drew my attention to it, I have often thought of returning with a pan just to see if it is worthwhile buying the equipment to sluice the dirt.
That’s fantastic!
Thank you for sharing. Out of curiosity, what do you do with the gold afterward? Do you melt and mold your own trinkets? How do you find a buyer of the raw gold finds?
I give it away to subscribers and our Patreon members!!
I have property on Lake Superior. Saw a guy down the beach with a similar setup. He was there for 3 days. I assume he must have had some luck to stay 3 days. Any rules/laws/regulations on where you can do this?
The state of Michigan mining laws does not directly address beach mining and considers it “ probably “ not legal. However……
The state campgrounds are allowed to regulate prospecting and Muskellonge state park is one that does allow battery powered sluices!!!
Im not aware of the dnr in Michigan issuing citations for beach prospecting. They will give you a piece of paper at the campground office informing you of the rules as well !!!!
Yeah if there for three days call the DNR only a ounce a year and there are special regulations under Michigan state law about how big and what type of equipment can be used
Just looked up regulations and this guy is using using illegal equipment no power sluicing person in the state he's got enough illegally harvested gold to pay his fines you channel came across the feed today my friend I'm a Michigander as well and don't like watching people break the then act there bad asses for it when there not even smart to not post them doing illegal online good luck bud they'll be contacting in the morning I'm sure
@@nathanieldeleonvallejo4596
The state of Michigan mining laws does not directly address beach mining and considers it “ probably “ not legal. However……
The state campgrounds are allowed to regulate prospecting and Muskellonge state park is one that does allow battery powered sluices!!!
Im not aware of the dnr in Michigan issuing citations for beach prospecting. They will give you a piece of paper at the campground office informing you of the rules as well !!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards well egle will beg to differ I'm sure 😉
Great video, dude. I absolutely love that you have such a sense of adventure and that you get something in return for your passion.
Well thank you!!
“5k cups in a 5gal pail”
Seriously. More people need his energy! I want to learn!
You do know the gold ore body runs all the to Canada right?
I worked underground mining gold for 5 plus years if you calculate all the over time I took.
That sounds cool !!!! Did you ever see anything special?
@@FlourgoldWizards well lets see. Gold, quartz, slate, cracks cave ins, diesel smoke, smoke from weedz, to be continued.....
@@andybilakshow260 🤣
In early 70s, around age 10, I found gold and thick black sands deposits along lake superior...my dad said was fools gold and stopped me from panning....glad to see validation of my efforts finally.
Dangit aye !!!
good video, i think what might help you is use a household round strainer and this will help you strain the pebbles down for you to sluice a pure pebble free run, and then wash the pebbles incase some gold got caught in or maybe a gold pebble if your lucky!!! good luck
I have a great classifier but was too lazy to make the mile and a half walk back 🤣🤣✌️✅
Always living the dream fam. Keep on having fun getting that au fam. Keep at it fam. Gold Squad Out!!!
Thanks Jason!
Thanks for taking us along. Enjoy the videos
Thanks for watching!
This requires real skill!
Lake Gitchegumi is spectacular
It really is!!!
Where is that located?
@@rhondaeverett8284 the Objiwe name for Lake Superior..
Made popular in vernacular by Gordon Lightfoot's song " Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Thank you. Neil Diamond sang it in a song, he used different spelling of it but my guess is his reference used was Lake Superior as known by the Objiwe now.
Yes, that is true. Gitchegume @@TaigaTurf
I would have never guessed there is gold at the Great Lakes. You have a great mining companion !!! Stay safe out there and best of luck to you
Great Lakes are glacial lakes...hence glacial gold
Thank you!!!
As per Minnesota Department of Natural Resource(MDNR), they have discovered six major areas which has gold deposits. These sublimates are found in Bigfork, Cook, International Falls, Linden Grove, Vermilion, and Virginia Horn.
The Glaciers plowed under a secret society of Giants who communicated with Space Aliens, had great Cities along the Ley lines and started the whole Pyramid craze.
The gold dust is their grownd-up Statues and side-walks.
But does it pay off enough to warrant the expense of the hobby?
Just ran across your feed.
I live here in the U.P and never really thought there was gold up here to pan for without a mine.
You have peeked my curiosity, about how much do you make in a day typically
A hard day at the beach may get 100$ or so … 👍🏻✌️✅
@@FlourgoldWizards that's pretty decent for a hobbie
Yes but is it real gold or fools gold?
@@ds94703 100% real gold and quite pure too !!!!
You live in the UP ? I do also I know where some gold spots are in the rivers and what not.
seen that black sand for years while up there picking rocks, if back liked me, would look for some nugs too...
A sore back is the worst!!
I can only imagine that at some point in the water there must be a ton of concentrated gold. Great video, I would love to try this some day just for the fun of doing it.
I think you’re probably right!!!
There's miners in Alaska that specialize in using siphon hoses to suck up silt off the sea bottom and filtering the gold out of it. Near the mouth of the Yukon river you can collect $1000+ an hour that way.
Id say so, just gotta find the sweetspot
@Lynn Geek It's the fun of finding GOLD that I enjoy.
why didn't you use a classifier when shoveling into the bucket off the sand. would have removed the pebbles from your sluice.
It was a mile away in my truck 🤣
You could do a great John Madden impression. I can hear it.
Lol… he was the best. !!
I didn't know there was gold up there in Superior. Hmm... Next time I go there I will do what you are doing. Panning for gold. Wow! Lake Superior and cool. Nice to know.
CAUTION ⚠️ It’s addictive
Nice simple video! Great narration and I like your simplicity. Yes it takes time to do what you are doing. I’m approaching retirement age and can’t wait to get out there to explore as I am a metal detector enthusiast Love to go out and hit good targets I absolutely can see how you enjoy what you do! Kuddos to you! 💯👍🥇
You’re assessment is spot on 👍🏻😃✅🐺
Love your channel. Curious, do you know why there is gold along the shore of Lake Superior ? I'm sure it is glacial deposit, I live on long Island, long island is where the last glaciers ended. The island is one big glacial deposit. Do you think the same principles apply to long island?
I think you’re right and i do believe the same principles apply!!
I think it’s everywhere. You just have to find where it settles.
I don’t understand online it says people need a permit to sluice but they don’t have anywhere to buy one just thought maybe someone could inform me about it 🤷♂️
Sluices can be purchased on many online sites !!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards I guess what I’m wondering is would I need a permit to sluice box? 😎
@@qwynrissell
The state of Michigan mining laws does not directly address beach mining and considers it “ probably “ not legal. However……
The state campgrounds are allowed to regulate prospecting and Muskellonge state park is one that does allow battery powered sluices!!!
Im not aware of the dnr in Michigan issuing citations for beach prospecting. They will give you a piece of paper at the campground office informing you of the rules as well !!!!
i did some panning in california 50 years ago up in the sierra and came across the black sand and some color but didnt take it serious enough, the trout fishing was more fun. i enjoyed watching thnx.
Trout fishing is another fantastic hobby !!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards do you know what the black sand is? it must be heavy to hang out with the gold.
@@steveperry1344 magnetite, hematite, among others !!!
Love this guy, negative does not exist. Well done brother.
Thank you PG ✌️🍻✅✅✅
Well done! Great video!
Mining is hard work and you do it do it well.
Thank you
Thank you Greg !!
Would you please attach a $$ value to the gold that you show at the end of your video- thanks
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I dont know probably from glaciers but it's nice how you can go to the Lakeshore to get some solace
It’s incredibly relaxing 😃👍🏻✅🐺
As a flour gold panner from The Sierra Mountain area of California, I'd like to thank you for this channel. I subbed, liked, and here's a comment! I panned on the North Fork, of the North Fork, of the American River in the late 80's-early 90's. Gold prices were about 350ish per ounce, and we made a days wages at the time or around $40 average which we cashed in every couple of weeks... and drank it up before we went back up...
Great show and maybe I'll see you around sometime if I can drag my old bones out that far. Just curious, wouldn't a boat make for easier access?
California still puts out a good pile of shiny !!!! A boat is a big hassle there as I’m from out of state !!!! Thanks for watching!!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards Or canoe?
@@gregroth4696 A canoe on Superior solo is possibly very dangerous. Weather and waves can change fast and distance is huge. Lake only ever gets to 4 or 5 C that will kill fast.
Pretty cool...We used to live in a tiny old goldmining town up on the Yuba River to the west of Truckee (Washington)...lots of old mining infrastructure up there...and lots of gold even now...The place names up there are all right of 1849...Poor Man's Creek...Malakoff Diggings..a really cool place.
I was mtn biking Downiville a few years ago and literally stepped on a .35oz nugget in the Yuba when crossing it on my bike. There's still gold in dem dar hills!
Hey that's not a bad take it all Jason! Really appreciate all the hard work you put in to making these videos for this community it's been a fantastic ride!...AFNB...🍺🍻🍺
Hopefully lots more to come !!!!
Where abouts in the U.P ?
My sample size is two, but thats two midwest gold panning tuber's with Menards buckets.
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Awesome video! I recently moved to Ohio (North of Dayton area) and I've panned flour gold from the creek running at the back of my property. Do you think Lake Erie would have the same black sand on its beach?
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Yes it has Gil, picked up a bucket full a couple of years ago near Sandusky on a State Beach Park west of Cedar Point, after that Storm that hit New York City and blew west across the Lake, the storm that went across Lake Erie pushed the beach shoreline water about 300 yards out, was walking on wet beach sand where you would of had Lake water up to your knee and waist, there was alot of Black Sand Striation running along the entire bottom. I,m basically a Beach Metal Detectorist ( Minelabs are the best), you won,t see much black sand on shore like in Jasons video, their under the Lake !!!!! or close to shore! Me and my brother are planning on moving to the United States of Ohio also, leaving Communist Chinese Michigan, just waiting for our $$$$$$$$$$ from that large class action Lawsuit against the City,County,State ,GLWA and Detroit Water and Sewage!
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Hi, Total amateur, live in Columbus, grew up in Englewood. Have meant to check some Stillwater tribs... I haven't found any info on Flour gold on Erie but people get glacier gold in Ohio Lake Erie Tribs so it's almost a given it's there. Safe bet you won't come close to making gas money but there is a story of a lady that made a very comfortable living off stream gold on family property near Sandusky back when it was $300 an oz... IMO, you may be better off prospecting near Cincinnati in areas where the pre-illinoian glaciation ended. I think your looking at Wisconsin stuff at your location. Regards
Awesome Video! I didn't know how awesome Lake Superior is for a location to find this stuff. There sure is more there than what we normally find in Ohio. Looks like you built some awesome equipment!
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Awesome.
I was in need of a Rigby video. He’s a hardworking miner!
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You got the upper accent. Kind of looks like my dad's Beach up on the Keweenaw peninsula. We own about 200 ft of beachfront property on Lake Superior Southwest of copper Harbor we do have a stream that comes out on our beach I might have to do some panning because I've seen black sand there.
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Probably a dumb question but would a metal detector give you any indication of how much is in a particular spot prior to sampling?
The black sand ruins the frequency!!!
@@FlourgoldWizards Interesting. Thanks!
A metal detector will find "large" bits of metal, not grains like that. If there was one that sensitive all you'd find is lots or iron.
A detector cant detect those tiny specs of Gold.
Certain metal detectors will give you an indication of the amount and flow of the black sand. The Mine lab Xterra 705 is one of them.