I found an Awesome GOLD nugget!
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Gold Nugget! - First time down into my Pickerton claim since the water levels dropped from spring run off. I spend the day Metal Detecting the upper bench, finding lots of gold and lots of lead. See the difference, and see who wins the epic metal detector battle of Gold vs Lead. Oh ya, and I found a gold nugget!
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I love it: " I have kidney problems, I have heart problems, I have back problems, " and yet I'm tossing boulders like I'm 18... You go Dan....
The shot of the salmon run, reminds us that there's more than just gold in the Fraser River. Thanks Dan.
Unintended consequences… fish on the spawn run = Bears on the chase ..
@@francisschweitzer8431 That might be what the bullets were all about... ~( 'w')/
Either that or they were trying to shoot the fish... ~( ,m,)~
Have you considered packing a life straw. Dunno if it’s good enough to filter the Fraser River but could help
I’m a emergency
When you said "needle" I'm sure most new exactly what you meant brother. Someone told me to "tape" a show the other day. Love it!
I was so happy to see the fish 🐟 swimming up the Fraser and am glad you found the first nugget of spring I hope you find many more Dan. Hi to everyone who watches this channel I hope your all keeping well . Dan I hope that your health problems begin to improve soon as we all love to see the joy and excitement you bring when you find treasures xx 😘
Love when Dan finds gold!
me too!
Me Too love Dan an his gold!!
@@juliefuller2064 don’t be loving another man’s gold, you can love him but leave his gold be 😅
@@creamythroat I'm pretty sure his WIFE might not appreciate too many other women loving HER Golden Boy...
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Sunday with Dan and his gold pan! GREAT!
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"not the first pen15 nugget I've found" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this made me laugh so hard bud 😂😂😂😂👌
Hey Dan! Just found you today and have already binged 10 or 12 videos!! Absolutely love the content and you are a hoot! Lol. Been an amateur rock hound all my life and would love to pan some material!! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
you're not getting old, you are getting gold.
About drinking water, there are small portable water filters that eliminate all parasites and other crud. Is there a reason why such a filter won't work for Fraser River water?
Exactly what I was thinking.
I got one that hangs. I just wish the bag was better. You can mod the filter to work on other bottles too. Its comes with screw on nozzles. Its ok the water taste fine i just dont like these cheapo filters to much.
Me and my daughter have made it a bedtime routine watching you and your amazing gold panning skills. We love to watch you and love how excited you get when you find pickers and sometimes even nuggets!
Keep up the amazing work.
Awesome video Dan, I've been waiting for a Pickerton video all summer and here it is and it was amazing. The beautiful Fraser river with it's hidden treasure, the running of the salmon, and fantastic vistas make for the greatest content on RUclips. Thank you so much for taking us along on these prospecting adventures in B.C. Dan, you always capture the moment with great excitement. As a born and raised British Columbian living on the prairie, your videos warm the soul and reminds us of where were from. Cheers !
I love how you make the jokes first haha! Most other people would try and ignore the silly thought and not say it but you get right to the point and I really like that!
Thanks for taking us along on your adventure! Keep up the good work.
"Im smokin hot right now" ..while wearing a black tshirt in the sun 😂😂😂
Hey Dan I'm from Colorado. I used to find a lot of gold in the culverts where the Stream or the Overflow off the roads would drain through. And just below the culvert I would gather the soil right below. Flipping over rocks in the streams and the Big Thompson would usually find small nuggets. Now that it's been flooded several times and the roads have been washed away. I'm wondering if I shouldn't go back and check the areas that I found the gold to begin with. Good luck on your Ventures
I watch everything from automotive, music, engineering, environmental vids to freestyle BMX.
Hands down Dan has the best intro to any RUclips video - "I hope to earn your subscription.."
To me you are truthful on your videos and never make it look like prospecting is a piece of cake. Thank you.
Dan take good care of your health, without you some of us wouldn't be able to sit on our butts and say "I could do that so much better!" seriously brother thanks for the great videos and good health to you for a long time to come
I know I could never say 'I could do better' because I'm in worse health than Dan is, but it would be fun to have the free time to just crawl around digging and panning for gold on a fine day like that anyhow.
I'd just have to go a lot slower at it.
You keep healthy! I too suffer from heart and other chronic conditions and I give you much respect for your passion. Thank you.
Well I'll be , Dan, you actually found a little Nugget! congrats. ... I'm often amused by your enthusiasm over find a bit of color. When I was younger I worked along the Feather River and live near Butte Creek. I would feel skunked if I had one of your normal days, Ha Ha.
Thank You for your postings, they bring a smile to my old face . 8-)
Super video Dan, I sure enjoy your adventures. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks for watching!
Finding such a piece is my dream, Even without looking at the screen but hearing Dan's reaction, I see his smile and joy.:)
Smiling!
Dan, you have a whole river of water.
Smiling again.
The way his voice hit fast forward like “Yes, make all your jokes right now aboutthepenisnuggetcomingoutofthecrack sureee whateverrrr!” 😂😂 I love this channel
Hey Dan, nice nugget! So, I heard Idaho has a load of gold, and I tested some pans and found that, yes, there is! Mostly on the Salmon River, but still a nice portion there! Maybe you should check it out sometime!
Hello to those who care, and have a good day!
I care!
I care about everything and everyone.
Have a fantastic day
Hope you do as well!
More people care than you know friend..have a great rest of your weekend and make sure you do at least one thing strictly for you today..you deserve it..take care bud
Everything is Connected, from the sky to the rain to the river to the gold to the Dan to the RUclips to the You to the Me. 💚💚💚🤜🤛
Can’t wait till you get humongous Dan and open up a panning retreat!! I’ll be your first customer!
With Dan at the helm he does the technical work while we the viewing public do the learning and enjoying every minute of it. I think this is what T.V. started out to be but took a wrong turn somewhere early on!
Fun video, Dan. As always, excellent camera and editing work. Thanks for taking us along.
7:23 *insert jurassic Park theme played on a flute 😆🦕😆
Awwww shucks!!! I missed this video, but have an awesome reason! Drove up to meet our 5 day old granddaughter! She's a blessing, just like you, Dan! I'm so happy that you found a huge nugget at Pickerton! I bet you can't wait to get back!
I found a bunch of 'fly poops' in the NJ glacier deposit I've been prospecting. The gold is in EVERY sample I've taken from the moraines, but it's all very tiny flakes and only a handful per sample. Still, that means there could be a higher concentration of them from deeper in the deposit. I'm going to get samples from where groundhogs have been digging into the side of the hill, near the bottom.
I can watch you Dan all day at Pinkerton 😊
May God Bless you Dan, you put a smile on faces and teach things I wouldn't know otherwise
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I like how happy Dan is when he finds gold
Dan Hurd with Dan Hurd Prospecting has the most knowledgeable, enjoyable RUclips channel even though he doesn't get as much gold as other channels that get recommended to me
great fun to watch as always and I keep hoping you find lots of gold as I always enjoy hearing you having fun
I really like that you are happy, no matter how much crud you find. I will keep trying here in Australia, until I find a little bit to take away. I am only a very basic beginner, it must be the DNA left over from my ancestors when they cam over here in the 1800's, first gold scouts when Australian was vastly unexplored. For a female I can dig pretty well. I go looking for the hotrocks to find my little bits and pieces 😁I am not going be be rich at this rate, but it's the excitement of the chase🤗😘Don't worry about the health, my knees and feet are unstable after Cancer a few year ago. It's just life 🤣
Your probably definitely the coolest father or grandpa ever. 🤘 Love what you do
Awesome day you had in this video!!! Also, thank you for the shot of the salmon running up river!!! That was super exciting to me. My Dad and I used to have a cabin that we built up in Maine and seeing those salmon and the river, those little tidbits of video remind me of great times! So I thank you!!!! Love all of your videos.
That one formation did look like it would act like a natural sluice when the river is at certain levels of flooding.
Was talking to your Dad this morning, gold of a different kind - shiny, pretty rocks. He asked if I viewed the newest video yet? Pickerton, couldn't wait to get home and see it. Cheers from Comox.
Wow that’s cool, awesome scenery and fish too. God bless, take care and thank you for sharing 🙏👍❤️
Great day on the coil 👍😎
Hello Dan. I wanted to suggest you try wear a pair of active sleeves. They breath well and fairly unrestrictive. They are also 50spf. I found them when I did lawn care. Still wear them when I spend lots of time outdoors as it helps keeps my tattoos protected as well. Happy panning and greetings from Fargo ND.
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It seems every video, has super beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing those views. As well your treasure hunting and finds.
Time for a light-colored shirt, Dan!
You're a character, and fun to watch!
Thanks
Always quality of character and in video production.
I feel great in the first 5 seconds of hearing the excitement that Dan brings.
Cheers to all!!!
P.S. The bullet was likely .45 caliber, and looked about 300+ grains.
Very nice job on the Pinkerton claim there Dan. Very nice job on the gold nugget too. 😆
Love it when RUclips algorithm throws out a random channel that turns out to be a real gem. Great videos mate! Definitely makes me interested in prospecting.
You should look into getting a camelbak (or similar backpack water pouch). Would make it much easier for you to stay hydrated.
God bless you Dan herd many of us are getting old and we are living our lives by watching you instead of prospecting ourselves.
Dan! You have a whole RIVER of water there! ;D
Dan should get a life straw or similar water filter so he can replenish his water when prospecting in an area that is a long hike to get to. I always keep one in my backpack and they work great.
With the ice cold, fast moving Fraser River infront of him, I think the life straw would be the perfect addition to a pack
Yes agreed, or any filter system really.
OMG!!! @ 19:55 HAHAHA!!! I wouldn't have noticed that if you didn't say anything... you dirty dirty old man!!! LMAO!! I'm j/k that's hilarious!!! :D
Whelp, not bad for a few hours , looked like 23 grams of gold at ~$1,700 USD. However, at the end of the video it was 1.16 grams, and the Gold Price Per Gram is $ 55.32, so not all that much overall from this find. Still a great hourly wage, allot better than working at the local burger joint.
An hour or two in great weather enjoying the wilderness, and you made a more money in that time than most.
Note: The experience of knowing where to look and not waste your day really helps! The formation of the bedrock acts like a sluice box and funnels the gold into those pockets. Really cool how water and rocks work together!
Dan,
Nice day and gold!
Have you had a chance to use that hand forged picking rod made at that historic town yet?
Cheers,
Rik
I thought the nugget looked like a dachshund sitting with its nose up in the air!😂😎🎯
Great to see you back at pickerton!!
More to come!
You should try the 110 degrees before the heat index. In Texas we hit 110 feels like 120.
Loved the finds Dan!! I hope your health holds up, I want you to be alive and well as long as possible 😊
DAN HURD! That was highly inappropriate! Lol, it was also the best description! I’m still giggling! And I’m not gonna lie, I thought it before you said it. Thanks for sharing your passion!
Thanks, Dan, for another great day with you out, Panning and the latest toys. Regards South Africa 🇿🇦. Beep, beep beeeeeee😂
Loved the video Dan. Please be safe and ALWAYS… put your health before and above gold.
See this is why you need a Life Straw. Turns the entire Fraser into a source for water that will not run out!
Looks like a 44 cal bullet. Nice gold Dan. Thanks
I was thinking .45 but...how do you get a hollowpoint that hasn't hit anything? Shot 'straight up' maybe....
@@RICDirector Can you hunt with hollow point? I tough it was like a self-defense ammo
Dan giving us the solo from a RATM concert while he's finding some nice gold! Love the content.
Well you had a good day! Bring more water the next time. I envy your ability to get out finding the treasures the earth gives you. I only have a stent in my heart but too many compression fractures in my lumbar spine. My walker wouldn’t stand a chance in that terrain.
Still, I can watch you and your family on your adventures. Till next time, bye from Ontario.
I'm sure that there are water purifier kit that you can get that you could take with you and use the water from the river and purify it and drink it.
The sound of the metal detector around 4:13 sounds like the intro of Tom Morello's Battle music
Not a bad day at all. Nice gold nugget to top the day off. Great video coverage too.
Hey Dan, great experiencing your Videos. Regarding your water supply, as far as ease of carrying amounts of water, look into a Camelbak, Hydration Bladder, Hydrapak or the like. You can carry much more with you without going back and forth to your water supply of bottles. You can also take it off in place and tether it in the water to have cold drinking water. You also have the option of bringing in your regular bottle supply or increase the size of bottle and use as a refill station for your Camelbak. Cheers and keep your videos rolling
Would a water purifier work too?
Where’s those new crevising tools blacksmith made you ,good gold
Thanks for the wonderful programming. I like your adventures ! Stay healthy and stay hydrated .
Super enjoyable to watch this guy get gold! You rock Dan!
Well Hellloooo there gold nugget, I can hear your celebratory woo call from the other side of the world🤣 happy days
hey Dan isnt that your new pick yu got forged? looks cool 🙌
So I was watching one of your Frasier river videos, ( you were looking to buy the claim where you could drive to the river edge ) any I was just curious, is there any part of the river you don't have a claim on lol? Love your videos
Great video and nice mix of detecting and panning. Nice to have water so close.
Back to basics. This is what made your channel. Enjoyment.
Nice nugget some pretty good pickers also excellent video thank you for sharing five stars
Great video as always Dan! Thank you. I'm glad to see most of the comments aren't referring to the back side view of your nugget.
I do have a question though. Why not bring water purification tablets and/or bring a life straw type water filtration system for just in case you need more water during your exploration?
Picking and enjoying the riverside..looks like heaven !
Awesome video. I get just as excited as you do, Dan, when you find a
nugget.
Really enjoy watching your videos it almost looks like they used Pickerington as a target range with all the lead that you found LOL
Enjoyed the panning trip. Take care of yourself.
Thank you Dan, always a treat watching you find gold!
a very extraordinary place to look for gold, hope you find a lot of gold nuggets sir.
Dan nice video as usual! I enjoy your honesty in all that you show! Next video I’ll take all the work through the video I can! Can’t wait for the next video. Same as every week! Be safe and have a great week!
Hi Dan, on this video at around the 4:01 mark you show your crevicing tool. It looks like you have homemade this from a Lowe's screwdriver 🪛?! Can you explain the process or maybe even create a short video on how you did this? Love to see it, & I'm sure others would as well. Thanks so much! Randy 🤠 🤠 🤠 🤠
May be you should use a gold detector and not a metal detector 😂😂
Love your videos
Hi Dan, nice vid, as usual, did you ever think of bringing a 'life straw' water filter to extend the time in the field? thanx, Sam
I think you brought the wrong detector. Did you bring the lead monster 1000 by mistake? lol love the videos
I love how no matter how many years you have of gold hunting under your belt, you always seem to forget something and have to go back to the truck. Hahaha. Too Funny
I'm surprised you don't use a lifestraw or sawyer squeeze as a backup drinkable water source.
Very nice work finding 👏 👌
You may have found more lead but that Au makes you the winner!
Cool, I enjoyed the great video! You were close with the call weight on the nug🤙 Red Beard strikes again✌️
Thanks for another fun video Dan. Please stay healthy!