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Ditherer Andson
Добавлен 20 мар 2013
Gold Prospecting, Ophir NSW.
On this channel I will upload videos of the Ditherers and my adventures gold prospecting. We now regularly go to Ophir in NSW, Australia.
On this channel I will upload videos of the Ditherers and my adventures gold prospecting. We now regularly go to Ophir in NSW, Australia.
Ditherer and Son Prospecting: Turon River Day Trip
The Ditherer and I took a day trip to the Turon River to test out some new modifications the Ditherer had made to the Hogwash
We only had about 4 hours on the river between 6 hour drives. Not a lot of gold in the few hours we were there, but gold is also the time spent with my old dad.
We only had about 4 hours on the river between 6 hour drives. Not a lot of gold in the few hours we were there, but gold is also the time spent with my old dad.
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Ditherer and Son Prospecting: Gold prospecting with homemade highbanker at Ophir NSW - June 2013
Просмотров 5 тыс.10 лет назад
This is the footage captured in June 2013 when Ditherer and Son made another trip to Ophir and stayed at Wildwood Cottage. It features a cameo by Don Johnson! and has been edited for the pure fun of it all and for the amusement of small children and men. Ditherer had made a number of changes to the Hogwash and we hadn't yet had a chance to try them out. The Ditherer always manages to complete c...
Ditherer and Son Prospecting: The Builds Series - Miller Table and Ophir Drone Flight
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This edition of The Builds Series looks at the Ditherer's newly constructed Miller Table as well as youtube user Vegetoast's amazing Ophir drone video. Segment 1: The Miller Table Project Here we test out the new miller table and learn about how it performs and how to set it up. We use some leftover cleaned black sands from our last concentrates to test it. We thought we'd got pretty much all o...
Ditherer and Son Prospecting: Gold Prospecting Ophir NSW Homemade Highbanker
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Gold Prospecting Ophir - NSW on the Lower Lewis Ponds Creek. My old dad and I have come to Wildwood Cottage a few times now. Each time we come we find more gold than the last. We stay at Wildwood Cottage on the Lower Lewis Ponds Rd, as guests on the property we can do some gold prospecting.....and we do! We go there for the gold, there's no denying it. Both dad and I have had goldfever for nigh...
Illegal for me to use a high banker in NSW but not for you, how's is so?
Hi Bruce, thanks for watching. This video was filmed in about 2013 from memory. The rules have changed for the worse I fear since then. Good luck prospecting.
u can still use them just cant use a mechanical pump to wash the dirt, i use buckets of water works fine stupid rules
Your voice over reminds me of the Leyland brothers haha I love it
Isn't high banking illegal in NSW
nice work i am the guy how grades the road out at ophir (sorry lol) there are a few places in the reserve i would love to stick my rippers in and have a look there is a spot that you can see that used to be creek bed maybe one day good hunting boys
When we last went down the Bridle Track (not trail) we saw lots of goats and not much water either. Thanks for the video fellow ditherers.
no way in the world its 2. 5 hrs from sydney closer to 4 hrs!!
paul baoluo 2 hours from Katoomba which is an hour from Sydney or 30 mins from Penrith.
That's a lot of work for that quantity of gold flakes.
Chris Barrett yeah stuff that
Have you ever looked up how much water a weeping willow pulls out of the creek daily? I'd be ripping those suckers out ASAP
Love that "The Ditherer is still dithering". Great video and commentary
nice setup , great vid :) thanks
Great video guy's, just letting you know Edward Hargraves was not the person to find the four and half ounces of gold that started the gold rush, it was his friends William and James Tom and John Lister Jr. They found it and Edward Hargraves took the glory. It took the Tom Boys and John Lister Jr 41 years to get that changed to their name. Here's a link with extracts from 1852 Editor of Bathurst Free Press and mining journal....Regards to you both Glenn Brealey trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60127173?searchTerm=John%20lister%201852&searchLimits=l-australian=y
glenn brealey Thanks Glenn, you are, of course absolutely right. I read up on this a month or two after I recorded the voice-over for this video. Unfortunately I just couldn't muster the effort to go back and change it. Thanks for the comment though, glad you enjoyed the rest of the video.
I'm a direct descendent of Robert Pymble, Who is the uncle of Susannah Pymble-Luster, John Lister Jrn's mum, her story is facinating as well. Keep these great videos coming. Regards Glenn.
Love it mate the Hogwash sure is evolving into a gold getting beast, all the best.
Thanks Balxie, the Hogwash is like grandpa's favourite axe - it's had 2 new heads and 4 new handles but it's still his favourite axe. Thanks for the comment and good luck with your own prospecting adventures mate.
Love the Take Me Away music soundtrack. It makes fossicking seem like fun to someone like me who's never done it before.
Thanks Bip Bop, I can't take the credit for that music though. That section of the video was created by another RUclips user Vegetoast. It just happens to be of the area where the Ditherer and I prospect. Glad you found something of interest anyway. We find fossicking a great way to spend some time together, and it's not so hard that you have to think all the time. Nothing much more strenuous than shovelling dirt. Hope to see you out there having a fossick one day. Good Luck!
I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the new vid so best of luck and happy hunting from Ireland.
Class vid guys and nice gold found too looks like a great trip was had well done.
Thanks very much mate, glad you liked the video. I am working on publishing another one shortly.
Great job on the vid Ditherer looks like a lovely country you live in beautiful area thanks for posting.
Its a great place to get away from the cares of the world and worry about nothing more serious than the next shovelful of dirt. Thanks for watching.
m8 realy great show........5 star
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it, I'll have some more to come shortly, got about 4 more prospecting trips recorded and in editing. Did you see any of my other videos? Good luck with the gold out round Sofala. The Ditherer and I did a couple of days down there recently.
Thank's for itemizing your 'table materials; helpful. At the moment I just use drying and magnet for a large portion of the cons. but the Miller Table looks more efficient for a total job. What a fabulous "toy" those drones are. Thanks for the look-around.
The drones are fantastic. I had to have one after seeing that video. I "needed" one so much my wife bought me one for my birthday. Brilliant! Regarding our black sands, there's not so much that's magnetic in the sands we had. Previously we simply exhaustively panned the concentrates. Then suckered the gold up. But this finishing panning took so long, we decided to automate the process once we got it down to just the real heavy materials. Thanks for the comment.
How lucky is that. Good-on-ya.
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed that. Being a keen gold fossicker myself I was interested on that level but I am just starting to learn to edit my videos; I was particularly impressed with your video production (if that's what you call it). On that count i will be viewing your entry here many times. cheers.
Thank you very much for the compliment Pete. I try to make the sort of video I would like to watch. I try to be informative and deliberately light hearted as prospecting is just such a wonderful time to enjoy, particularly spending quality time (in my 40's) with my old dad (70). Delighted you enjoyed it.
Cheers ;-)
Nice video.Loved it.
I thoroughly enjoyed your video.It brings back fond memories of my one and only Ophir trip.Just a magic place to be.
Thanks again for the comments, glad you enjoyed the clip.
You ought to be proud at producing a really entertaining and informative video,not to mention some nice gold.Good work on this one and hope to see more in the future.Big thumbs up.Regards,Trev.
Thanks Trevor, I am glad people enjoy the videos. I keep telling myself it's time to finish off the next one as I have plenty of footage, but life seems to get in the way. Thanks for the comments though mate.
Nice video
Great video mate..
Good setup, would be good to us on the black sand from Oallen.That drone would be a great toy to go prospecting with Keep the gold flowing Phil
nice vid and nice gold too keep up the good work,Cheers Prospector Steve.
G'day Walter, thanks for the compliment. My wife and daughters refuse to laugh at my jokes any more, they tell me it "only encourages me". Ophir is a great place to go, particularly Wildwood, it's nice to have an electric blanket and wood fire sometimes to soothe aching backs.
Thanks for the comment Utah, I enjoyed your video too, dredging is banned in Australia, otherwise I'd be madly dredging like you blokes. Regards, D&S
Great video thanks. Check mine out sometime, Boom Dredging for Gold in Utah. Enjoyed the music.
Liked the video and enjoyed your humour. I've not been to Ophir yet but thinking about it.
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks Chris, thats a good point. You're absolutely right. I did go to some lengths to ensure that the water was flowing and the layflat was not completely collapsed, but I did not think of the constricting impact on water flow of a slightly kinked hose. As a result of this message I will insert a couple of 1m lengths of flexible hose in the layflat so they can do the bending and leave the layflat to run in a straight line. Cheers Chris.
Great vid. My tip would be to make sure your layflat isn't kinked, at least that way every time you set up your HB you know the waters controlled, too many variables!
Every time we go our equipment looks different. Often it an entirely new build, sometimes it's a modification of our pre-existing equipment. It's all part of our "Custom Redevelopment and Acquisition Process" (CRAP)
Thanks mate, it's a long way from Norway, but we all share the same addiction to gold. More to come as soon as we can get away again. Because it's over 5 hours from where we live, we really need to plan a few days on-site, so we can't just go out for the day.
Enjoyed watching..yet to get out that way! Looks like a good set up you have there...
I enjoyed this video, seems like you guys had a great time ! Very nice gold aswell in the cleanup! Subbed and hoping for more :)
G'day Len, Thanks for the comment. Yes we did pan the tailings coming off the end of the sluice. It was our regular checks of the tailings that showed us that the first sluice wasn't catching all the gold. So we chucked the 2nd sluice in series. I then checked a collection pan from under this 2nd sluice on about 5 occasions over the 3 days and didn't even find one speck. I don't claim the setup was perfect, but good enough. I agree re: rubber flap - Ditherer forgot to bring it!
Great Vid guys, nothing beats dad and son getting dirty 2gether, loved your show. Did you pan out some of your tailings from bottom sluice? Riffles did not seem to be working to there full capabilities, need to get the eddy happening under them, lots of bubbles running down sluice could be carrying gold out, I use a piece of Tyre tube as a flap just resting on water top of sluice, this really gets rid of those bubbles, also helps gold settle, just a few suggestions, I thought you guys were great
Thanks Thomas we're heading back out there soon for another effort.
Great video there Aussies! Looks like your are doing a fine job. Hope you hit the mother lode
If anyone has any suggestions to improve either my gold prospecting or my movie making, please feel free to comment. I always like to know I did a better job the next time, having learned something.
Thanks D'arcy, it's a very different looking location than Caribou country, but we're all chasing the same yellow mineral. I have always enjoyed your videos, and the effort you put into making them always shows. Best regards from your downunder mates.
I know I sure enjoyed that video......well done and very relaxing. Plus some of that - down under gold....can't beat that. Take care over there.
Thanks 00Shivan00, appreciate your time to watch and comment. Thank you.
A great video, very informative and well put togeather. Looks like a really nice place with some nice gold to be found.
Thanks Phil & Balxie for your comments. Glad you liked the video.
Hi! Great video and done really well. It shows you the great country where prospecting can take you.Love that part of the country.I might check out Wildwood Cottage for myself,it looks a good place to stay for a while.Yeah! It is always good to have a good dither with you box,i have. Happy dithering and i hope you keep getting heaps of that yellow stuff, good luck Phil.
Check out our vid on " building a high banker that works " as this may be of some assistance to you....best of luck.Cheers Wal.
Great video. Nice color.