Detecting: HUGE gold nugget found. (Pickerton claim)
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2018
- Metal detecting my picker claim on the Fraser river pays off with a large gold nugget. A few gold pickers and flakes were found as well, but nothing compares the whopper of a gold nugget I found in a bedrock crevice. Gold panning and gold prospecting on the Fraser river is never dull, always something exciting to be found.
Detecting gold nuggets with the Garret AT gold is not my specialty, but I am learning on how to find gold. This gold nugget is a record smashing gold nugget for me. I have found many gold nuggets but nothing this big. Gold panning is more my thing, but I and getting better at metal detecting Fraser river gold. The question of, where to find gold, or how to find gold on this claim is still a mystery.
This video is produced by Dan Hurd, Prospector, Miner, Teacher and UA-camr, as part of his UA-cam channel based on educational videos about gold mining, gold panning, prospecting, rock hounding, and mineral collecting.
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Want to see all other videos from this claim? Here is a link to a play list: ua-cam.com/play/PLjyi8ZCd8kjfpiycHO_zuXB_i-XSm6IUP.html
Thank you for the info vids. They ARE helpful for us in our budding development. Bell sub'd. 👨👧👦👍🍀 P.S. can you do one desert md nugget shooting related with your thoughts on the subject (if not already done-haven't gone thru them all yet 🙃)?
When you can see it
I ran accross your video's, I have to say you are amazing with such a great attitude anyone who watches your video's will be hooked. I have been watching youtube video's for years and you are by far" the best. Keep up the great work and I will be supporting your hard work. You give me and my boy's so much enjoyment, we have started to get outdoors and explore and do our own prospecting.
As always another awesome video
I love watching your videos
i’m 17 and i love watching your videos and seeing how happy you are all the time you remind me of my grandpa and how he was always smiling and joking sadly we lost him january of 2018 to depression☹️
Detecting is like a box of chocolates. Great catch brother!
Pauly! I gotta get you out there. I'm such a novice with a detector. And your goldbug2 would do so much better.
is fould be nice see you two again same place making video
Id love to! My goldbug is out of commission now unfortunately. Im in the market for a new one.. I would like to get out there before the snow hits
That is forma shure Paul...!!!
Congrats, it is a beauty Dan.
Just out of curiosity, do you sell your gold or use it for jewelry? Or saving it up for weddingbands for when your children get married one day?
Greetings from The Netherlands
I have no education in geology but I am fascinated by it. Watching your channel as you look through these ancient formations is
a real treat. Thanks Dan. Congrats on that find.
WOW! NICE ONE! Hey Dan, that is so cool. I love when you saw it, and hooted. Your continued hooting caused my German Shepard to howl like a wolf, for a few minutes! LOL! Thanks for the hoots!!!!!
Welcome to Nuggeton. Dan hurd is the mayor. Well done👍
That's a beauty Dan!! The last one found two years ago in the area I work was about that big. I have a picture of it on a US dime that I took with my dumb trac phone!! I will send it to you via email.
GREAT JOB!!
Dan!!! Thank you!!! I am a single dad with 5 kids at home, gold panning is the only thing my kids will do with me where everyone is happy going, that being said during the winter I pretty much want to curl up under a rock amd hibernate until spring. Your videos have been keeping me sane lol. And being from prince George bc it really helps watching you pull it from Bc grounds... Keep it up need tons more!
Hurry up spring!
Hi Dan, I discovered your channel just a few days ago and I love it, you are a hoot (very funny)! I recently lost my job due to Covid-19, so I am taking the time to learn more about gemstone hunting as I live in Atlanta Ga and we have several beautiful stones that come from this area. You seem very knowledgeable and are very enjoyable to watch your adventures. I turn 61 this year and I am looking for a hobby for when I retire. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the rest of us.
Your awesome dude. Besides the nuggy, your reaction to it was priceless. I would be the same way. Awesome find. All the hard work is paying off.
Beautiful nugget, congratulations Dan! Now I'm gonna go back and watch it again and see if I can see you push that nugget to the side when you were digging. LOL.... UPDATE! LMAO! At 12:46 in the video I saw you push it to the side! Too cool!... Haha...🤠⚒⛏🇺🇸
Yep, I watched that clip MANY times. Not sure how I missed it.
May have been a different hit, and you didn't seem to fully resolve the first hit you were chasing? Understandable
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The thing I like best about watching Dan is his genuine enthusiasm.
Love the positivity and excitement you bring Dan! Helps start my morning off perfectly 😉.
Greatings from Venezuela...Dan!!! Finding that nuguet was awesome...imagine now is in your hands...before was inside that rock...hace you thought and wonder how did it got there and how many time was there...and more...imagine how it ended in The earth...i just was thinking on it...probable from space to the core of our planet...a lot of years inside until it went up to the rocks...and now in your hands!!! Excellent!!!
Awesome NUGGET Dan! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Dan,that nugget was.... AWESOME!!!!!!! GLAD for you,you deserve to find em like that! Imagine in the day what it must've been like, Everywhere,nuggets like that and Bigger. Find More!!
Who says the viewers don't want to hear you talk?! I have learned a lot about prospecting from watching and listening to what you have to say! Just wish we had gold here in New Hampshire like that nugget! Just a few flakes now and then but it's not about the gold, it's about spending time outside with my son!!
Great find and happy prospecting!
I love your presentation, your enthusiasm always makes me smile, would so love to do this :-)
It is a lot of fun!
@@Danhurd Where abouts do you live? Just curious :)
@@XboxIssues i know he is near western canada. He is always running on the frazier river, which makes me think he lives near by. I am right below him in washington state.
Congrats on the Nugget and all those pickers from the other video's !!!!!!
Thanks.
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Another score. Good for you buddy. I like metal detectors altho I sold ours to go traveling fulltime in the states in a used RV. And don't regret it on bit. Hello from Yuma Arizona for the winter. Just turned 72 and planning on traveling for 8 more years. Already seen more then I ever thought. Enjoy your videos very much.
wow frame it! Dan, you say all you want too, those others know how to cut off volume. 2020 and still excited for you! have been watching for a while and love seeing your methods. love the grinder, similar to a stamp machine. Keep on having fun thanks for sharing.
You yelled like I did when I found my first picker my first time panning!
Finding gold does that to people!
Enjoyed your excitement. I was feeling it. Great nugget! Now you are a gold digger. Thanks for sharing the great find.
Great job Dan. Seems like you're on the right track finding the source. Just waving the hand from Las Vegas!!
I hope you find Nuggertown, Since watching my first Dan hurd video three weeks ago, I have been to the Yale claim for 5 nights with my 7 year old son. We are having such a great time and meeting new people. I watch your videos all the time now. You are some what of a celebrity in Yale! I hope to meet you one day in person
So got to get me a detector.
You can see the nugget @12:46 if you go frame by frame. you push the lil pile you had from the very surface to the side and it plops out past the rest of the pile almost like its high mass and density carried it out hehe.
you get to see both sides of it as well you flip it over @12:47
Good eye!
I watched that clip many times over. I'm not sure how I missed it.
Those are what dreams are made of. Nice nugget and I enjoy watching you Prospect and listen to the things you say
This video is pure joy :) I am happy for you Dan Hurd.
Love that bedrock!
Me too.
3+gram nugget if that don't put a gold smile on ya face nothing will.
Believe me it did!
Dan you do a great job and I can honestly say I watch as many of your videos as I can! Keep up.the good work bro!
I was really happy for you when I first saw this video. Great find Dan!
Dan nice nugget super smile when you found it what did it finally weight in at !!!thanks
It shows at the end of the video. About 3 grams.
Found this massive quartz outcropping on our Monashee Creek claim, not sure if it’s a boulder that rolled down from above or part of the bed rock. I’m going to think this is a good place to look for gold, any suggestions as where to look. We sampled some of the bank directly below it where the creek had undercut it, but found nothing. With this be a good place to use our metal detector.
Good spot to start looking, also down river from it. and Ya break out the detector.
Letting go does attract.
Very interesting Dan!
Thank you for the video Dan!
Would it be possible to detect in the river with an under water detector? I have an Excalibur 2 don’t know how it would do detecting for nuggets would be interesting to see 🤓🤙
Not in the fraser, too big, and too deep.
hi thanks for getting back to me
Awesome Dan. Thanks for the suspense!!
That's a beauty Dan. Great find
I wish I lived somewhere that have good gold. I live in Utah so it's hard to come by and if you find it it's flower gold
Keep looking you will find it.
Sometime when Dan, I come over and steal all the gold on Fraser * laugh
Nice Video Greetings Tom Grüße Tom
If you ever come over to Canada, I would gladly take you to my claim to steal as much as you want.
@@Danhurd Hello Dan, that brought me to a friend's shrine. My wife meant what's going on. Yes, that's a great thought. Especially at the Fraser or Thompson my name is already on a very large stone stand. "WAGNER".
Ok, as soon as that is possible and I'm not afraid of the bears, then ... a nice thought ...
greetings Goldjunge Tom
Awesome find Dan. Keep em comming.
Dear Dan, love the way you distinguish pickers and nuggets differently. Depending on what mood your in, and whether your wearing your glasses/or not (only joking😉) Great watching your enthusiasm. If I ever got a chance to go prospecting with someone, I think would like to join you! I'm going to have a go over here in the UK, chances zero, maximum fun..... you've given me gold fever.......😍
Awesome! Gold fever is spreading
You need a pin pointer
When you found that nugget you should of yelled I'm rich biatch in your best Dave Chappelle impersonation.
Fuc! Yo couch digg'ah I'm rick James
I love watching what ever you do. And that was a good picker.
I love your videos, very encouraging. I use a pinpoint as it makes it much faster to locate my target, which is often a nail!
I would like to see you get a 2 oz. nugget just to watch you lose your mind and scare every bit of wildlife for five miles around..
Mike McGomer honestly, I think it would look more like an early August day in Beirut...
Hey Dan , that’s a great attitude 👍🏼
Moss will hold flakes very well, sure you know that.
Yay! Glad you found that big nugget. It looks like you were up quite a bit higher than the other spots. Congrats man!
Finally!!! Great nugget, hope there are more where that one came from!! Looks like the metal detector is the way to go to find those big nuggets.
I knew the Garrett detector would bring you good luck like it does me. This is why I asked you that question about using a metal detector a couple of months back. Great job on the Nugget
I've got to practice more with the metal detector!
I got a laugh when you said about that piece of flat gold, it's small,oh will I'll keep it,....my mind said no throw it back and let it grow...lol
Ha! I'm hoping his friends have grown
Metal Detectors , Gold and nature. Nice vid Mr Dan
Good for you Dan.THANKS
Thanks for watching
Now that’s a bit more like it! Let’s hope for many more like that. I’m just working my way through all your videos. I’m going to be pretty upset when I’ve seen them all as I’m almost at the point of having to wait for your latest!
Great find. The teaser ending. Thanks
Thanks for watching
Happy Easter 😉 wow she was a nice one Dan... This showed up in that short Lil video too so I hope u ment this one coz it was the first time we saw this nug!
Lovely nugget Dan. That is the stuff of dreams and/or a lot of hard work and perseverance. Well done bud 👍
Thanks!
I just love your enthusiasm when you find a good one 😁
Love watching your video .Amazing find biggest nugget I have seen watching all the videos. Good job. Love your humor too.😁😁🙃
Literally been sitting here watching you dig nuggets up since 530 this morning it’s now 607 and actually worn out fascinating finding gold
LOVE that big nugg!! Going back through the old vids, this is NUTS!
Absolutely love your content! Found you a week ago and i think im almost finished watching 60% of your videos. Like binge watching netflix 😅
Beautiful find at Pickerton
Ah ha, wondered where you went...The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, I am sure i'm not the first XD. Love your channel!
Thanks!
That is an awesome find Dan!
Thank you for showing metal detecting you teaching us a lot,
You are welcome
Remember when I asked if you use a detector on your tailing piles. Lol now I see ya hitting the Frazier lol. I recall you saying we don't get that big of gold up here lol. Big gold is everywhere just they hide real well hehe. Wtg Dan nice nugget and it appears to have a bit of quartz in it nice one. Pan on All
Thanks - got to try everything!
You are amazing! I. Love watching you find that gold and you explain everything so good. I appreciate you talking! Merry Golden Christmas!🎅🤶🥳
I just purchased the AT Gold metal detector. Really do like this one.
Dan is once again the man !
Great video! Thanks for sharing your adventure. Always fun with a metal detector.
Thanks for watching
nice nugget, please keep talking, I have learned so much educational gold and geology info, thanks Dan, sincerely.
I even got excited! Good for you. Bleaping!!!!
Great find Dan
Oh my God Dan you were too funny! When you found that nugget you were like a kid being turned loose in a candy store LOL. Beautiful nugget congratulations.
Beautiful find in a gorgeous location.
Dan - great job, both finding those nuggets and the camera work (close-ups). Such a nice lil find. Keep on with your fun and exciting channel. New sub. Chuck in NE Kansas
Welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing! I'm still working on my camera work but I just need to practice (guess I'd better get back out there panning!)
Great catch mate!!👏👏👏
Wow, nice nugget Dan! Well done! 👍
Thanks
Great video, thanks for posting
I knew the preview last night was the next episode of the search! Had to get my fiancé up to speed on the story! Haha great find, congrats!
Congrats & another great video.
That was awesome Dan, great job
Thanks
I always enjoy your videos. Wish I could do more.
Great Find. Thank you for sharing
I have just recently started watching your videos and enjoy them very much.just wish I was still young enough to go on expeditions searching for gold myself but alas my health prevents me so I am content just watching you on yours.and for those that have negative comments it's pure jealousy on their part because they themselves aren't adventurous to do it themselves.thank you for sharing with me the beautiful background scenery that God has painted for our viewing pleasure as well as the gold that's nice also.am looking forward to going on more expeditions with you...until then I remain..respectfully yours....BarefootBob..Nobleton,Fl.34661
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I like when you talk very informative and knowledgeable those other people are not normal
Congratulations Dan on that HUMONGOUS NUGGET!!!
Thanks.
What a beautiful find Dan CONGRATS Buddy
Thanks!
Awesome find, awesome nugget ... and the Pinkerton quest goes on ;-)
Yes it does, I hope some day to figure it out.
You're a very hard worker at your hobby...GREAT GOLD NUGGET !!!
Howdy do Dan! I first saw the nugget at 13:42. After reviewing the video, the nugget was first visible between 12:35 to 12:41. It was cloaked by the moss! Woooot!!!
Good eye
Yup I see it...I want 2 do this sooooo bad. We are moving out west and I plan on spending a lot of time hunting for the yellow sunshine!ninalreqdy bought a metal detector and panning gear and practice in the mountains of NC and have found gold...not a lot but it’s there especially after the winter ❄️ melt run-off!
Nice
Fricking awesome, congrats!
Thanks
Congrats on a beautiful nugget! I got a little bit of color in my pan today but the rain and hail made my trip short. C'mon summer!
Nice!
love your videos, I randomly pick them to view, but this one made my day. You said 'Fricken'!!! Twice!!! that's my saying. Hope you find more humongous nuggets on this one in the future. I like the crevass'ing videos with that thin type of rock. If it was me and found that nugget, I'd be breaking everything up within a mile and panning it all... but I only have a green pan, no rocks for miles here, I may eventually get some turtle dirt from the creeks around here... (sigh) It's nice to dream and watch these videos. Thanks for the entertainment. Ohio sucks lol.
Dan, I've been watching your vids for a couple of days now. I'm going to retire soon, and I'm thinking this would be a fun and relaxing way to spend my time.
It's an awesome hobby