I love your honest coverage to show all the rubbish you detected & crushed as well as the good bits. Too many RUclips channels only show the success, be it prospecting, fishing or such. It makes for real ‘reality’ viewing.
Combat wombats are drop bears that have dropped and adapted to the ground...... plus side the big plate that covers their butt slows them down. But they are like a mini ankle busting boulder that is only good for short distant bursts. ** edit Oh yer I forgot to mention their teeth and claws
Vo-Gus Prospecting Don’t give away the secret of another of our fearsome animals to the overseas crowd. They are aware of our Drop Bears now due to repeated telling people about them, and we must keep safe the secret of our invincible angry attack tank 😉
hi mate I was out deer hunting recently and I came across a small seasonal creek that had all the right signs of a gold producing area. It had broken bed rock, a mixture of sized rocks (jagged and river warn), large amounts of quartz and large shelves of visible bedrock. what really caught my eye at first was that approx 30 meters from this creek was 2 vertical mine shafts and multiple working from the old timers back in the mid 1800's. Thanks to you for creating the videos on how to look for signs of gold because they really helped me study the creek and look for the right things. I am soon going back out there with a pan and homemade sluice to see if i can find some beautiful Victorian gold
It is nice to see Grizzly feeling better! Congratulations on the 50k mark Chris! Now get out there and get busy, you need to bring in a crusher, dig a pond and rework that entire heap of tailings ; D
Dude. I just discovered your videos today. They're great. Well done. I was watching one of your videos where someone gave you a pan and snuffer bottle for a shout out and I thought "I'd invest $70 or $80 for a shout out for beyond blue"...then BOOM you had a talk about mental illness, beyond blue and mate ship going both ways. I was blown away. Great work. You're a champ.
I think your "horseshoe" is a piece of a cleat off the bottom of an old boot. Boots had metal re-enforcing plates on them up until the second World War after which rubber was more common.
Another great video guy's we hope so much that Mick and you find something that makes your lives extremely well you know never have money problems ever I'm so proud of ya'll thumbs up my friends
Congrats on the 50k mate well done. I would guess your pile is waste rock from blasting still can have some good stuff left behind in it. The good ore from small mines was usually taken to a government run stamp mill or a bigger mine that would do small batches for others. Stamp mill waste is like a pile of red beach sand. Lucky it was only a Wombat and not a yowie lol. Cheers for the hunt it was a great watch Steve.
Looks like you found a tailings pile from a PORTABLE STAMP MILL and are probably finding pieces of the stamp (the metal bits) the top of the tailings pile would be the end of the run but if you could get to the middle where the gold was flowing you may get more also the cross timber you saw was a stall that kept the head wall from collapsing on the footwell when they removed the material between them
Thanks so much for your thoughtful content, I've never felt like you are wasting my time and waffling on, very appreciated. Bought my pans and cheap detector, watching you guys made me realize how important a plastic spade is Keep up the awesome content
Think of it like this, these creatures crush intruders to death in their holes. They can physically push cars with their heads. And I had one pissed off at me stuck down a one way out hole.
@@VoGusProspecting So kinda experts in blunt force trauma eh? I hear Koalas are also vicious. Over there I think I would be most concerned about spiders and snakes. You have some doozies and they are much harder to spot. Stay safe!
Another awesome video Chris, really enjoyed what you said about digging hundreds of targets between finding a piece of shinny, also love your content on lode mining, good luck and stay away from wombats lol
Are you sure that isn't a tooth.🤔🤣Very nice nugget. ✅Great hunt. Mines are a good idea what they did for gold in the past. Thanks for sharing this video with your supporters.😎👍👍👌👌⛏⛏
CHRIS CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 50K MARK U WILL BE AT 100K IN NO TIKE. That was a nice little specimen u found and good to see MICK is back out I bet u guys r happy to get out and look 4 the SHINY AGAIN I hope GRIZZLY is doing well seems to be ok 🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍
Man I went and got a nice detector, rock hammer and some of the other supplies to start prospecting. Only to learn the valuable lesson that its a bit of an extra challenge trying to find anything under 2 feet of snow, and oh man does it keep coming. I hope to get out into the wilds and mines soon. Y'all look like you're having a blast! I hope I get to work and Prospect in AUS soon!
Congrats on 50k mate. The tailings pile & levelled area above looks like a mine site near my home town, Narooma NSW. The stamp mill may still be there. There are others nearby at Nelligen.
Hi Chris, congratulations on your subscriber count. You've come a long way with your excellent videos. The mullock heap would be where is the miner's hand sorted the ore out of the mine, dollied and processed. As you mentioned no good processing waste rock. Those bits of copper/lead may be amalgam. Those bloody wombats have it easy since the gold rush days, pre built homes, the adit's are big and spacious with no digging required, the vertical shafts are a different story,with there non return policy. The mine we've got here in Bendigo runs on average three ounces per ton hand sorted, so that's just the quartz on the contact zone where the fault cuts through the ore body. The mines is up for sale at the moment as I'm too broken to work it any more after having four operations in twelve months, if you could change your subscribers into dollars thats about what we're asking for it. No wombats, just possums, frogs and the odd snake, gotta love mining. Cheers Craig 🍻⛏️
I absolutely love your videos man, but the location and terrain in this one is definitely my favorite yet. Can you bring a tent and camp there on site or is that not legal?
Hey bud hope you’re doing well awesome video is always very nice nugget. Curious what kind of antlers were those in the background at the end of your video? And if I ever make it to Australia it’s like a couple friends there I wanna go see as well but would love to go mining with you if I get out there. But if you ever come back to British Columbia I’m sure we can find some good gold. I know a secret place but I’ve only been able to make it there once because like all good gems it’s a bit tough to get to but well worth it.
Hi Chris interesting video it would be good to go back there with a light as there could be a seem lying in wait for someone to find it. Plus as you have showed us the entrance of the mine you gotta show us in there an let us see the inside of the mine if you please.
@@VoGusProspecting My son and I (and wife) are READY for a visit to Australia would be Frickin awesome to pan some gold over there. It's on my list but be a year or more out peace out
It’s always great to see Mick out with you! Great specimen and oooh that powder gold! You need to make a mill like the guys at 911 prospecting made that you can take with you. I’ll try and get you a video and time stamp.
Hi Chris,, just recently bought a Monster 1000,, great detector,, but only problem with them is they are very top heavy and wanna fall over,,, think i might have to invest in a wider stand for it from ebay..
Hey Chris, great vid. How do you find the monster performs in comparison to the SDC. I’m find the SDC heavy to use all day, the monster looks easy to swing
I had no idea wombats might be in an old mine (googled some info on wombats after that). Getting a dolly pot is definitely on my list now. Thanks, great video! Fun and informative
It was nice to see the amount of trash that you find. I have been waiting on you to do a "Joke" video of just the junk you find as you throw out huge gold (painted gold) rocks. All joking behind us. I enjoy you videos and you are getting me to want to travel to your area of the world to see the stunning land.
8:03 That shirt & trim beard is a good look for you, Chris. My biggest worry in old mine tunnels is finding a black bear residing inside. No wombats or snakes in Alaska!
Hey Chris, the Irish have leprechauns that find gold and horde it, here in aus those pesky grounded drop bears do the same, head back, fight that wombat and claim it gold👍 l used to love exploring the old mines around warrendyte when l was in my 20's, used to pan until tired then explore 👍 keep it up l love your work😉
I was wondering if the pieces you are possibly brass the old time miners here used brass blasting caps I've picked up hundreds of pieces of brass shrapnel from the blasting caps they sound just like gold
It could be a logging landing. Uniform material size forming a flat space on hilly terrain... Either a landing for logging, or a cabin site. That's my guess
The piles of different sized material were screening piles. The miners would screen the material from the stope then hand pick viable ore to cart to a mill to reduce cartage cost and weight. A mill would need more infrastructure that seen and there would be tailings/sand dumps
I like seeing all the techniques of finding gold where others have lost it. I'm heading up to an old copper mine hoping to find some gold in the tailings.
looks like where they had an old hammer mill. it would have stood up and been made of wood with metal ends to tamp the rock and break it down. mist likely had a belt driven system that could have been horse powered.
Can you imagine the labour the old timers went too picking away at these tunnels day after day? Amazing, I wouldn’t care about finding gold, what an awesome day out🤟
Cool video and some really good tips i'm going to try. I recently upped my game with a 10" dream mat from Gold Rat and a 200kg Neodymium Magnet to make short work of them annoying black sands. Gona be fun to test the Gold owl matting i have been using against the dream mat and what combination is better, dream mat at he top or bottom of my sluice run 😁👍
I love your honest coverage to show all the rubbish you detected & crushed as well as the good bits. Too many RUclips channels only show the success, be it prospecting, fishing or such. It makes for real ‘reality’ viewing.
I've got no energy to perpetuate a lie, so I film what happens. Sometimes Its amazing and sometimes a bust. Its always fun though.
Cheers Chris. Makes me want to pack the kids in the Ute n head to Ophir for a few micro specs.
*Wombat:* meow
*Chris:* "Ooo I'm out!"
Haha congratulations on 50,000 hats my beautiful Australian 👊
In Australia we call them combat wombats, they are part of the national defence program.
Combat wombats are drop bears that have dropped and adapted to the ground...... plus side the big plate that covers their butt slows them down. But they are like a mini ankle busting boulder that is only good for short distant bursts.
** edit Oh yer I forgot to mention their teeth and claws
Vo-Gus Prospecting congratulations on 50 k. Well deserved 👌✅
Vo-Gus Prospecting Don’t give away the secret of another of our fearsome animals to the overseas crowd. They are aware of our Drop Bears now due to repeated telling people about them, and we must keep safe the secret of our invincible angry attack tank 😉
👍👊
hi mate
I was out deer hunting recently and I came across a small seasonal creek that had all the right signs of a gold producing area. It had broken bed rock, a mixture of sized rocks (jagged and river warn), large amounts of quartz and large shelves of visible bedrock. what really caught my eye at first was that approx 30 meters from this creek was 2 vertical mine shafts and multiple working from the old timers back in the mid 1800's. Thanks to you for creating the videos on how to look for signs of gold because they really helped me study the creek and look for the right things. I am soon going back out there with a pan and homemade sluice to see if i can find some beautiful Victorian gold
Awesome video man! Thanks 👍👍
Do the wombats have Talons? Every video of yours make me want to pack up and come back, awesome!
It is nice to see Grizzly feeling better! Congratulations on the 50k mark Chris! Now get out there and get busy, you need to bring in a crusher, dig a pond and rework that entire heap of tailings ; D
Dude. I just discovered your videos today. They're great. Well done.
I was watching one of your videos where someone gave you a pan and snuffer bottle for a shout out and I thought "I'd invest $70 or $80 for a shout out for beyond blue"...then BOOM you had a talk about mental illness, beyond blue and mate ship going both ways.
I was blown away. Great work.
You're a champ.
I think your "horseshoe" is a piece of a cleat off the bottom of an old boot. Boots had metal re-enforcing plates on them up until the second World War after which rubber was more common.
Spot on Mike, boot heel plate.
But apparently its a horse shoe according to mr knows everything
Excellent video chris. Enjoyed 👌👏🏻
And now the wombat stew song is back in my head 😂 another great video. Thanks 🏴
Hey S G O have you heard ;
"The Colonel Put The Lick'n In The Chick'n, But Who Put The Roo In The Stew"? 🤦😀
Another great video guy's we hope so much that Mick and you find something that makes your lives extremely well you know never have money problems ever I'm so proud of ya'll thumbs up my friends
Congrats on the 50k mate well done. I would guess your pile is waste rock from blasting still can have some good stuff left behind in it. The good ore from small mines was usually taken to a government run stamp mill or a bigger mine that would do small batches for others. Stamp mill waste is like a pile of red beach sand. Lucky it was only a Wombat and not a yowie lol. Cheers for the hunt it was a great watch Steve.
If like me, you didn't know what a yowie is...
yowie (Aust folklore)
noun
A tall, apelike monster of SE Australia
ORIGIN: Aboriginal word yuwi
"Liking the smash button"? Haha great vid as always chris.
I came to the comments for this haha
Looks like you found a tailings pile from a PORTABLE STAMP MILL and are probably finding pieces of the stamp (the metal bits) the top of the tailings pile would be the end of the run but if you could get to the middle where the gold was flowing you may get more also the cross timber you saw was a stall that kept the head wall from collapsing on the footwell when they removed the material between them
Very enjoyable video Chris 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks so much for your thoughtful content, I've never felt like you are wasting my time and waffling on, very appreciated. Bought my pans and cheap detector, watching you guys made me realize how important a plastic spade is
Keep up the awesome content
Good one Chris, great to see Mick back in the field too.
Thanks for the video mate always enjoy seeing what you are up to.
Missed this one, caught up now and good job
Hi Chris, Just how dangerous is a pissed off wombat anyway? Around her we have Javelina (small wild pigs), mountain lions, a rattlesnakes.
Think of it like this, these creatures crush intruders to death in their holes. They can physically push cars with their heads.
And I had one pissed off at me stuck down a one way out hole.
@@VoGusProspecting So kinda experts in blunt force trauma eh? I hear Koalas are also vicious. Over there I think I would be most concerned about spiders and snakes. You have some doozies and they are much harder to spot. Stay safe!
Another awesome video Chris, really enjoyed what you said about digging hundreds of targets between finding a piece of shinny, also love your content on lode mining, good luck and stay away from wombats lol
Glad you enjoyed it
Are you sure that isn't a tooth.🤔🤣Very nice nugget. ✅Great hunt. Mines are a good idea what they did for gold in the past. Thanks for sharing this video with your supporters.😎👍👍👌👌⛏⛏
Love watching the entire process. You are so, so, so lucky that flimsy donut bag did not burst!
Run run lol great video glad griz is doing better be safe & pan on 👍🏻
Is it
Just me or every time I watch him he makes me smile
CHRIS CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 50K MARK U WILL BE AT 100K IN NO TIKE. That was a nice little specimen u found and good to see MICK is back out I bet u guys r happy to get out and look 4 the SHINY AGAIN I hope GRIZZLY is doing well seems to be ok 🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍
Love your video`s, in the North Island of NZ there is nowhere we can practice what you preach,
keep up the good work on both fronts.
Awesome! Thank you!
Man I went and got a nice detector, rock hammer and some of the other supplies to start prospecting. Only to learn the valuable lesson that its a bit of an extra challenge trying to find anything under 2 feet of snow, and oh man does it keep coming. I hope to get out into the wilds and mines soon. Y'all look like you're having a blast! I hope I get to work and Prospect in AUS soon!
I 'am Getting through your video's as well giving them the thumbs up.
Nice work again Chris . Love the content 👍👍 . Rich food for thought .
Great job as always Chris.
Another great vid Chris. Interested to see what the magnet fishing involves 👍🤘🍻
Nice video and nice shiny. Heavy pans to you, Chris!
JJ
Happy holidays!
Love your videos Chris.. Good to see grizzly getting around. Take care and stay safe brother.
Congrats on 50k. Another great video.
Great video Chris! Congrats on 50,000! That does look sweet👍🏻
how cool would it of been to be apart of the old timers gold rush. and being apart of creating those drives/tunnels. love your work
Without the modern day machinery.🥵⛏⚒🔨
@@mehmettemel8725 exactly
Jeez Chris 50k! You’ve come such a long way and you totally deserve it mate!
Nice nugget. Congrats on 50k subs. 🎇🎉🎊🎈
That has to be an absolute world's first ever gold mine celebrated with doughnuts 🍩 😂 I like your style 😎
Nice outing Chris! Griz is taking it easy I see. Take care.
This is my first video of yours Chris. I'm very intrigued to watch more, great video and a boxer owner 👍
Congrats on 50k mate. The tailings pile & levelled area above looks like a mine site near my home town, Narooma NSW. The stamp mill may still be there. There are others nearby at Nelligen.
Thanks for the info!
Hi Chris, congratulations on your subscriber count. You've come a long way with your excellent videos.
The mullock heap would be where is the miner's hand sorted the ore out of the mine, dollied and processed. As you mentioned no good processing waste rock.
Those bits of copper/lead may be amalgam.
Those bloody wombats have it easy since the gold rush days, pre built homes, the adit's are big and spacious with no digging required, the vertical shafts are a different story,with there non return policy.
The mine we've got here in Bendigo runs on average three ounces per ton hand sorted, so that's just the quartz on the contact zone where the fault cuts through the ore body.
The mines is up for sale at the moment as I'm too broken to work it any more after having four operations in twelve months, if you could change your subscribers into dollars thats about what we're asking for it.
No wombats, just possums, frogs and the odd snake, gotta love mining. Cheers Craig 🍻⛏️
I think it's great you have the tailings pile(s) as a resource. In your opinion, do you find more gold in tailings or sluicing in the creek?
Great result! Thank you again for the know how lesson :) always enjoy your videos. Massive congratulations on the 50k!
Looking pretty fuzzy mate, best find yerself a razor! Good video as usual, keep er coming bud!
Love the Minus and Plus Kitchen strainer line.
Always expanding 🍻! Congrats on 50k
I absolutely love your videos man, but the location and terrain in this one is definitely my favorite yet. Can you bring a tent and camp there on site or is that not legal?
Hey bud hope you’re doing well awesome video is always very nice nugget. Curious what kind of antlers were those in the background at the end of your video? And if I ever make it to Australia it’s like a couple friends there I wanna go see as well but would love to go mining with you if I get out there. But if you ever come back to British Columbia I’m sure we can find some good gold. I know a secret place but I’ve only been able to make it there once because like all good gems it’s a bit tough to get to but well worth it.
I really liked this video! I like all your videos of course. But this one i'd love to see more like it...
Very interesting video, Chris. I had to google what a wombat is - they are not something to mess with. Grats on 50k subs. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Chris interesting video it would be good to go back there with a light as there could be a seem lying in wait for someone to find it. Plus as you have showed us the entrance of the mine you gotta show us in there an let us see the inside of the mine if you please.
Total awesomeness brother!
Your beard's growing back!!! Good video man
The clean shaven face !!wow radical change!! hahaha Wombats! Gold ore...great video
Thanks 👍
@@VoGusProspecting My son and I (and wife) are READY for a visit to Australia would be Frickin awesome to pan some gold over there. It's on my list but be a year or more out peace out
congrats on 50 K Subs
It’s always great to see Mick out with you! Great specimen and oooh that powder gold! You need to make a mill like the guys at 911 prospecting made that you can take with you. I’ll try and get you a video and time stamp.
ruclips.net/video/C4ULt2Emv2E/видео.html they show it right out of the gate.
Very interesting, what do you think of large quartz veins that run thru shale?
Nice nugget congrats.... on 50K.... man that be a lot ...Cheers my friend from Canada!
Hi Chris,, just recently bought a Monster 1000,, great detector,, but only problem with them is they are very top heavy and wanna fall over,,, think i might have to invest in a wider stand for it from ebay..
congratulations on 50 k. Well deserved
Hey Chris, great vid. How do you find the monster performs in comparison to the SDC. I’m find the SDC heavy to use all day, the monster looks easy to swing
Think of the GM1000 as The SDCs little brother.
I had no idea wombats might be in an old mine (googled some info on wombats after that). Getting a dolly pot is definitely on my list now. Thanks, great video! Fun and informative
Nice work mate Cheers Phil
Name a more iconic duo ⛏
Nice Nugget !!!
It was nice to see the amount of trash that you find. I have been waiting on you to do a "Joke" video of just the junk you find as you throw out huge gold (painted gold) rocks. All joking behind us. I enjoy you videos and you are getting me to want to travel to your area of the world to see the stunning land.
8:03 That shirt & trim beard is a good look for you, Chris. My biggest worry in old mine tunnels is finding a black bear residing inside. No wombats or snakes in Alaska!
Yeah I reckon I’d rather see the wombat that a black bear mate!
Hey Chris, the Irish have leprechauns that find gold and horde it, here in aus those pesky grounded drop bears do the same, head back, fight that wombat and claim it gold👍 l used to love exploring the old mines around warrendyte when l was in my 20's, used to pan until tired then explore 👍 keep it up l love your work😉
Thank you.
Andy
I was wondering if the pieces you are possibly brass the old time miners here used brass blasting caps I've picked up hundreds of pieces of brass shrapnel from the blasting caps they sound just like gold
Fun video. I subscribed !
It could be a logging landing. Uniform material size forming a flat space on hilly terrain... Either a landing for logging, or a cabin site. That's my guess
50,000 Chris, that's a great achievement .well done mate..
Very good yes ..and its always good to see the mmmick ..😁😎
Yes indeed!
The piles of different sized material were screening piles. The miners would screen the material from the stope then hand pick viable ore to cart to a mill to reduce cartage cost and weight. A mill would need more infrastructure that seen and there would be tailings/sand dumps
I like seeing all the techniques of finding gold where others have lost it. I'm heading up to an old copper mine hoping to find some gold in the tailings.
looks like where they had an old hammer mill. it would have stood up and been made of wood with metal ends to tamp the rock and break it down. mist likely had a belt driven system that could have been horse powered.
Great video bro!!!
Awesome adventure sweet nugget and more knowledge awesome thank u
Wish you had been able to get a shot of the wombat!! How’s Griz feeling?? Hope he doing better! Glad you didn’t get squished!
Under water detecting sounds cool. Keen.
Fun times Chris!
It's not really a good trip until you piss off a giant wombat. Give Grizz a scratch.
Bats and Spiders in them holes!😂😂😂
Paranoid Chaos. Great name for a band.
Love your channel
Can you imagine the labour the old timers went too picking away at these tunnels day after day? Amazing, I wouldn’t care about finding gold, what an awesome day out🤟
Magnet fishing and underwater detecting would be awesome.. ive been magnet fishing its fun
All your plants in your back yard caught my eye. Is that a bog garden?
A bog garden?
Liking the smash button 👌 nice vid
How deep does that gold monster go in terms of finding a half gram nugget?
Cool video and some really good tips i'm going to try. I recently upped my game with a 10" dream mat from Gold Rat and a 200kg Neodymium Magnet to make short work of them annoying black sands. Gona be fun to test the Gold owl matting i have been using against the dream mat and what combination is better, dream mat at he top or bottom of my sluice run 😁👍
👍👍👍 A great channel.
Maybe you could collab with some others and make a dolly pot band. Different size tubes for the dolly pot.
you can setup iron separation... :)
Nice nugget you found with the detector congrats .
Thanks for the video