I Found Gold on a Lake Huron Beach!
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2021
- I went to Tawas Point State Park looking for rocks but found gold instead. I'll show you how I pan on the beach plus some gold equipment I have at home.
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Thanks to Christina Jelinek for doing the closed captions for this video.
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A frog sunning itself on the beach on December 23rd. Now, that's a rare one. We have areas of black sand up on the South shore of Superior in the UP and some people take panning very seriously. I've found gold (small nuggets, not just flakes, which are more common) in a couple of agates from that area and in both cases the gold was inside a quartz pocket on the agate. Just wondering if anyone else has found one like that, because most of the gold and copper flakes I've found in agates also seem to be around quartz areas on the agates.
I sure haven't found anything like that, but you know I don't find many agates. I hope someone else responds here.
I always enjoy learning things about the Great Lakes. It's probably a good thing we don't have large gold deposits. The environmental damage from a gold rush wouldn't be worth it.
Me spending all my time looking for gold wouldn't be good either.
@CoolChannel Name Yes, and I understand that term. I don't need more gold equipment, I don't need more gold equipment, I don't need...
GOLD! So bright, so beautiful, ah... precious!
I was once a seasonal park ranger at that park. The black sand (magnetite) was always in the hand basins and puzzling to the tourists. I often wondered if one would find any gold from panning the drifts of black sand there. Hurrah for you, proving my theory!
It wasn't exactly full of gold, but it's a thrill to find any at all.
@@MichiganRocks" It's not the treasure, it's the hunt!"
You had the best day for December rock hounding. Who knew there was "gold in them thar hills"! Sweet.
I was out this morning and it was pretty good too!
If you don't find any gold you can always use the magnetite build your own etch-a-sketch.
I've thought about that before. It's pretty fun to play with.
@@MichiganRocks I have a use for your tailings/black sand. Would gladly pick up this summer. Am working to develop recipes for wrought bloomery iron. Small scale. Also have found the silver copper nugget 1kg in Keewauna west of Calumet.
@@donaldhill854 I'd be glad to donate some if you're willing to pick it up. Just send me an email or something before you come.
So enjoyable to be along for your adventure! We 'Great Lakers' have been blessed with an unusually mild December...so here, too, fortunate to be able to still walk the shores of Lake Erie. That's a Christmas gift enough for me!
There were a few days there where it was really warm. Unfortunately most of those warm days were also windy and rainy. The day I got out was the exception.
As a child on trails in the mountains behind our house I noticed fine black really fine black that sparkled. I would run to tell my father there was gold in the hills. It was so fine a glitter I got a big magnet caught a lot of magnitite put it all in jars. I knew there was gold.
There's gold in them thar hills!
That magnet thingy and the panning station was pretty cool. Great demonstration and very informative. Plus gold!!!! Was to watch. Great video
I linked the channel where I learned to make the black sand magnet and the Miller table. That channel has some interesting things if you like looking for gold.
Very interesting video. The scenery was gorgeous and your sand processing was interesting to observe.
Glad you liked it, Em!
Interesting processing! Fun vid, thank you👍👍
Always great videos. Thank you sharing
The up close look at the sand was so cool! Looks like weee little tumbles. So pretty.
I know, I think it's really cool. I briefly tried to sort out the different colors with a sewing needle. The grains are really tiny, but the biggest problem was that the needle would repel everything around it. I don't know if it was slightly magnetized or if it was more of a static electricity problem. I'll have to try again some day when I have more time to experiment.
Wow , thats so super cool that you found gold. It's not much but it's still super awesome! 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Any amount of gold is still a thrill to find.
@@MichiganRocks Awesome! I hope you find lots more!😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nothing beats a Michigan beach, no matter what time if year it is.
That was very entertaining, Rob!😂
I was really hoping you were going to find a huge nugget.
The video was STILL awesome!
Have a GREAT weekend and a Merry Christmas to you and your families.
Happy New Year, too!!!
Be safe out there.
I don't think there are any nuggets to be found around here or in Michigan in general. We can always dream though. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and Nancy. Thanks for a year of interesting videos.
Merry Christmas! I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos. I appreciate you watching them as much as you appreciate me making them.
Wishing you and your family a peaceful and happy Christmas from Hampshire UK. A special one for you all with your new grandchild. Thank you for sharing your fascinating hobby.
He's taking a nap right now, but we've been enjoying his visit.
That’s awesome you found a wee little bit of gold.
I'm rich! When I bought the pan, I said I would be happy if I found any amount of gold. Over the past five years or so that I have had the pan, I have found lots of tiny specks that don't amount to anything, but it sure has been fun.
You found gold !! Very cool !! Even if it’s very small , it’s still neat to see . Thanks for sharing!! Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁
Keep rockin!!👍😎
Yep, it's tiny, but still really fun to find any gold at all.
Got up early here in Greenfield Ohio to get ready for Christmas and thought about you and yours there in Michigan.
I want to say Merry Christmas. You've brought much joy sharing God's fabulous and magnificent Creations this past year. God bless.
Merry Christmas, Red! I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos. I really enjoy interacting with everyone who comments too. Merry Christmas!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I know a spot that had black sand. Think I will ask Santa for a pan. I'll let you know how I make out once the weather warms back up...
A gold pan is a fun thing to have. I have the set I bought in my Amazon storefront. It came with a classifier that I don't use and a small pan that I find useless, but I like the large pan, the snuffer bottle, vials, and the magnifier with tweezers attached. I've seen some pans of other brands that are way too shiny and slippery. You need one with a little grip.
So much to learn. Wouldn't get rich on the gold on our beaches, but fun experiences
Some things are more important than getting rich. At least that's what I like to tell myself since I'm not rich.
Nice to see the outside with you. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to you too, Sherry!
@@MichiganRocks I hope you show a picture of your little grandson soon. Christmas is so much fun with little people. 🎄
@@SherryAustinMcginley There will be a quick one on Tuesday's video. He and grandma are taking a nap together right now.
We had gorgeous warm weather just before Christmas, too. I walk the shores of a local lake a lot, looking for unique rocks. It's much different from what you find but I love looking . I'm super happy to find a channel with another rock lover!
It has finally gotten kind of cold here. I think my beach days are probably over for awhile.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!!!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Aww Love the frog 🐸 catching some ray's
It needed some, it sure wasn't moving very fast.
Merry Christmas. Very interesting video. Thanks
Merry Christmas, Denise!
You have yet again showed me another location to do something new and fun with my kids by tawas. Alpena has been great for fossils, and now just for fun, gold panning at tawas! Thank you again and hope to see you out there one day!
There is black sand on other beaches around here, but I haven't seen quite that much other than on Lake Superior.
@@MichiganRocks well it is still good to know that you can mine for gold on Huron. Even if it is a couple flakes. Thanks for your awesome videos
This was my favorite episode so far. I learned a lot. The Miller table reminds me of a gas chromatograph. Thanks!
I looked up "gas chromatograph" but it looked like it was over my head.
The magnet trick is cool, and I like the panning box design. What a cool experience and I learned a lot. Thanks Rob, Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too, Nicolas! (That's a good Christmas name.)
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, now I need to work on the Saint part.
@@CityRockhounding That's always a good thing to work on.
I need a pan. Huron has some amazing fossils as well.
Edit: Nice choice on Tawas Point. There are some great fossils in there and some excellent geological specimens there. I haven't even identified everything I have found there outside of some 300 million year old mollusk fossils that are intact and everywhere in the breakwater rocks.
I didn't see many fossils at all. Most of the rocks were tiny. I suppose I didn't really spend a lot of time looking at the rocks just because they were so small, so maybe there were more fossils there than I realized.
Another fossil lover like ourselves?
Here is Greenfield Ohio we live on top of ocean fauna! We've found some amazing sponge species here. Look it up. We were blown away when we did the research. We also live close to were I grew up: Lake Grant in Mt.Orab. look that up as well. Many amazing fossils in the Grant location.
@@redhedhik-chik2510 I did know there are some great fossil locations in Ohio, but I didn't know the specific places. Thanks.
the large rocks are from an Alpena MI quarry. there is even nice chunks of quartz of you know where to look.
Merry Christmas!🎄
Merry Christmas to you too, Peggy!
Awesome,fun times ,score got like that good times thank u
I have a 5 gallon bucket of sluice box concentrates from after a flood in Colorado. I think it was 2015?
A gold bearing steam washed away a town nearby. Very dramatic. The shop I worked at 14 miles from the mountains was 4 feet under a raging river. Several of my coworkers had to be rescued.
Can I send you a few pounds to run through your machine?
It would be cool to see the result.
I will likely die with what looks like a bucket full of river sand before I go through it.
There is definitely more gold than can be found in Michigan.
I would be happy to give some away if you make a video of the process.
It isn't the paydirt to make anyone rich but there is definitely gold in in it.
Lefthand Canyon is where it came from.
The town that was destroyed is named Lyons, Colorado, I lived in Longmont at the time.
Nice work!
Love the ending 🤣 another great video Rob
Thanks!
A fun video to watch.
Those lakes are so restful and beautiful.
They sure are. That's why I spend so much time on the beaches.
Happy holidays Rob
Merry Christmas!
I'm ashamed to say that, as a Californian, I've never known how to look for gold. I didn't even know that black sand was an indicator for gold.
Black sand is really heavy. Since gold is also dense, the lake sorts them out together.
Hey fellow Californian, if you ever want to try it, I heartily recommend a weekend trip to Sutter’s Mill. It’s gorgeous, and a lot of fun! My bestie and I used to go panning there for her birthday.
That killer table is cool. I love panning gold, it’s like you looking for rocks, it’s enjoyable being out in nature and if you get something it’s a bonus. Thanks for sharing
And it's such a thrill to find gold, even if it's such a small quantity that it's not worth anything. I put a link in the description to the channel where I learned to make the Miller table. He has refined it so it works better now. Mine isn't waterproofed enough so the edges are swelling up. That's why the sand doesn't run off the end of the table very well.
@@MichiganRocks yes I went and watched them and subscribed, even though I think he’s to sick to do new stuff now, but there is some awesome stuff on there. I’m going to make the magnetic sand remover, I’m make silicon sluice mats, or trying to. Keen to do the Miller table next. Thanks for sharing his Chanel.
@@jeffholmes1362 I'd like to make some more of his stuff too. I just don'e know if it makes sense with the small amount of gold to be found in Michigan. Too bad he's not. younger and healthier because I enjoy his videos.
Love to see more gold prospecting. Great video.
That was a fun day, but I find more gold on Lake Superior. Not that I find much, but any amount of gold is a thrill. I am so tempted to buy a little sluice or Gold Cube, but I live too far from a good place to use it. I think if I'm going to drive all that way, I'd usually rather look for rocks.
Edit: I just went to your channel hoping to find some Michigan gold videos, but no luck. Bummer. Can you tell me very generally where you hunt for gold?
Hello from Ohio. Merry Christmas and Happy, Healthy New Year.
Thanks, D.A.! Merry Christmas to you too!
I didn't even think to bring my gold along but I love to go out and pan it. If you ever get out to Wyoming, we'll hit the canyon and dig some. I always tell people that gold has luster, not sparkle and most seem to understand. Out west there are lots of things in the water that sparkle but gold has its own unique glow. You're right about not getting rich but it is such a fun hobby and it's a gateway into learning geology... just like rock hounding.
Luster is a better word than what I was struggling to come up with. It's easy to think you might be finding gold before you know what you're doing, but it's pretty obvious once you've seen it.
yup, you have the fever! that is the same equipment i use! them red sands mixed with the black sands are where i find the most gold,, i am hunting up in on lake superior i the same areas i find agates,, there is gold all over michigan just in different amounts.... MERRY CHRISTMAS
It's all over, but I don't think there's much anywhere. I do think you have more up there than we have down here though.
The Thumb area visitor bureau just posted about panning for gold on Instagram this week. Never heard of people doing that around here, then you come in with a video about it. :-)
I think it's somewhat popular up on Lake Superior. There's not enough gold in Michigan to make it worthwhile unless you just enjoy the process of doing it. Even though there's not much, it's still a thrill to find.
"This is where they keep the rocks." All 2 dozen of them. lol!
That was the only pile of rocks I found. Weird.
Well that was a good lesson! That black sand is magnetite and not dirt, and there could be gold in there! Thanks!
Glad you learned something, Lynette!
I so look forward to doing this in the spring....
Why are you waiting? I was on the beach this morning.
@@MichiganRocks good call...darn you 8 hour drive
We have some gold in the Big Horns. It's a different color of gold. Kinda of greenish tint to it. We looked in creeks for black sand. My first husband and I use to do some gold panning and dredging. He also had a metal dector. My stepson now has his dredge and equipment. We had great family outings looking for gold and rocks.
I didn't know gold could come in other colors, that's interesting. It would be fun to go to a spot that has more gold, but any amount of gold is a thrill for me to find.
Happy Holidays to you and yours Rob. got some gold paydirt for xmas but have to wait for spring (NH is too cold)
Merry Christmas, Greg! I panned in that black tub right in my basement. I think they make those to mix cement in. It made a little mess, but not too bad.
In a couple of thousand years when that sand, garnet compact , they’ll make lovely rocks 😀. You had better tag that location so you don’t forget about it then….
I've got it marked on the calendar.
It's all about the journey.
Yep, I agree. I had a really good time which is more important than what I came home with.
What fun!
Hey Rob. Funny I remember you from high school haha 😄 I was like I recognized this face. Small town born and raised and now I'm in Oregon. Got into gold mining and geology in general. Fun stuff!
Unfortunately I don't recognize you from "B". You didn't give me much more to go on!
I know this video is a year old now and when you clicked on it the title caught me but I was a bit taken back when you were in the town I've lived in my whole life. I hope you enjoyed your stay
I didn't stay, I live in Alpena and just drove down for the day. It was a nice day.
Nice job sir
Your parting words are hysterical 😂thank you for the laugh. Wasn’t that water pretty 🥶?
I was hoping a few people would get that reference.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. That would be a good beach for the guy with the mining equipment from the other video. Where does the black sand and gold come from? The layers in the sand were neat. I think that your December water must be about the same temperature as our beach water year round, here in Northern California. The sand always looks so beautiful under a microscope. I would have never guessed that. Your magnetite and water mining contraptions are pretty clever. You remind me so much of my dad. He has always invented stuff for his own purposes too.
I didn't invent any of that stuff, but I have had fun making and using it. I linked the RUclips channel in the description where I learned to make them.
I think the gold and black was deposited here by glaciers. The wave action sorts it just like when you use a gold pan. In a gold pan, the much more dense gold settles to the bottom. Then you can wash off the top layers leaving the gold behind. The black sand is closer in density to the density of gold so they end up together on the beach.
Merry Christmas
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too!
It all adds up in the end, and it looks great zoomed in lol
First time I've ever looked at in under a microscope. Looks cool!
My step brother was from Michigan, you remind me of him . He always had cool hobbies.
I hope that's a good thing! I have had lots of hobbies over the years. I like to keep busy.
@@MichiganRocks definitely a good thing his family came down from Michigan. When I was 10 my Mom married his Dad. But I never get to see him nowadays
You are right, not much as far as rocks but awesome and beautiful place for a walk. We spent half a day there last year. I saw that black sand. When I was there it was layered on the beach with black, red and yellow all sorted out. So pretty. I had nothing to carry some back home with tho. Always wanted to get back there.
I got some Lake Michigan black sand which is loaded with super fine flour gold. A teaspoon left a mess of stuff on my miller table so fine I had to use a magnifying glass to see it. Could not manage to save it tho. Just too fine.
I don't know if I have ever found gold as fine as that, because I have never looked for it with a magnifying glass. I could see how that would be hard to collect. It seems like a snuffer bottle should pick some of it up though.
@@MichiganRocks Lol, maybe I got some but I cant tell cause, once in a vial, I cant find it anymore.
I really enjoyed watching this. The close up of the sand is still a favourite
With all the good you found, can we place our orders for next Christmas ?
I don't think I have quite enough gold to take any orders on. That sure would be nice though.
Very fun video! I'm afraid to dip my toe into this hobby because I could see myself spending way too much time doing it.
I think that living in Michigan might save you from that fate. There's just not enough here to be worth spending that much time. That being said, I'm still really tempted to buy a Gold Cube or a small sluice. Resist! Resist, Rob!
Thanks!
Thank you, Joey! That's really nice of you.
Cool demonstration, Rob. TFS ❤️🦅🦅
I have enough big rocks in my yard. I don't get frustrated on the beach very often.
@@MichiganRocks Uh .. what?
@@icatz I don't know how that comment got there. It was clearly a response to a completely different comment. Sorry for the confusion!
@@MichiganRocks I was worried you'd had a stroke or something.
@@icatz Thanks for worrying about me. I'm mostly fine.
This is a hobby that requires a lot of patience for sure ! 😊
Finding gold this small sure does. The pay off is good enough to make it worth the wait.
great video ... i could go on and on about how good... any way awsome content love the channel thumbs up keep up great work
Thanks James, that was a fun day.
You can still trap gold in the black sand with the magnet. There are several videos on here of people demonstrating how it happens. They were pulling decent sized flakes along with the black sand.
I was under the impression that the likelihood of trapping gold was reduced by doing it several times. Each time I pick it up with the magnet, there is a little left behind. I thought the gold would eventually be in the material that was not attracted to the magnet. If that's not the case, then I should probably stop using a magnet at all.
Merry Xmas and Happy holidays everyone!
Merry Christmas to you too, Carrie!
Beautiful scenery as always. And I'm relieved you didn't find much gold. Over-zealous prospectors might damage the beaches.
There's not much gold to be found in Michigan. No chance of a gold rush here. It sure is fun to find a little bit though.
Just what I need, another hobby, Ha Ha !
But it does look like fun, maybe I’ll give it a try next summer.
Merry Christmas everyone ! I’ve enjoyed this channel and everyone’s comments all year !
A gold pan doesn't cost much and it's a lot of fun. You have time for just a little hobby.
Thanks for the Christmas card! That was so nice. Where were you on the four wheelers? It looks like a road near Grand Marais, but I guess a lot of roads probably look like that.
@@MichiganRocks That was on the Tin Cup RV trail. North and slightly east of Baldwin, Mi in Lake county. A state DNR trail I believe. There are 5 trails in Lake County It’s about 20 miles from my place near Wellston in Manistee county. In Manistee county I ride mostly the seasonal road trails and snowmobile trails but not in the winter. It’s great fun my wife and I and all my 4 kids have machines although we’re seldom altogether at once. Manistee County doesn’t have any public RV trails to my knowledge. Whether you can ride on public roads varies from county to county. I found out a long time ago that stupid hurts so I don’t do any crazy stuff, you can be severely injured or killed. Over the last 2 years we’ve been developing some trails in our 40 acre woods but it’s a long slow process.
@@davidhile5363 I've never been into going stupidly fast on four wheelers, motorcycles, snowmobiles, etc. I do like to go fast on water. We just sold our boat a couple years ago, but before that, I loved bare footing. Full speed in the boat with the motor trimmed up slightly and I'm hanging on for dear life behind the boat with no skis. Fun.
More than I’ve ever found in Virginia (I’ll have to try harder). Fun topic though. Shut ‘er down! The Miller table is dripping on the floor! Lol. Happy holidays.
I love watching Gold Rush. I don't know why I enjoy watching people break machinery and swear about it.
I built one of those gold tables too. Got the idea when a neighbor's (adult) son spent a lot of money to buy one. I used the same kind of craft cutting mat, pvc pipe and a 12v small boat bilge pump to make it portable...but I found an aluminum baking pan at a local restaurant supply store which was close to exactly the size and construction of his store bought one, at a fraction of the cost. Turns out, I don't even like using it. I'm really good at panning...right down to the flour gold, so it turns out faster for me to just pan as far as I can...and then use a snuffer bottle and one of those plastic eyedroppers to separate out and collect the gold.
Got my sluice box/high banker much the same way too. Bought bits and pieces like a set of legs and the riffle bar at a prospecting shop, and had a local fabricating place bend up a sheet of aluminum for a few bucks. Got a $250 sized sluice for about $70. I can run from a gas powered pump, or set it in the river where motors are not allowed.
My clean up sluice is made from a piece of pvc french drain channel from Home Depot, and a section of corrugated drain pipe cut in half. Runs on a garden hose, or the same type of 12v bilge pump I use on the gold table.
I do have too much equipment for the amount of gold I've ever recovered...but at least I saved a lot from what I could have spent by building much of it myself. And I have the satisfaction of it working...well. I've triple and quadruple tested the tailings, and any gold I'm losing is too small to recover without messy things like mercury.
Sometimes, it's more fun to build stuff yourself too. There's some pride I not only finding gold in it's natural habitat and then using something you made yourself to recover it. I don't have a lot of homemade lapidary equipment, just my tumbler, but I think it's fun to find a rock in the lake and then make it into something like a pendant that my wife is happy to wear. There was a time not that long ago, that I couldn't imagine a person could do that sort of thing right in their own home.
@@MichiganRocks Yea...kinda hard to make a grinding wheel or rock saw out of hardware store bits.
But you do have your long-reach spoons, and your black sand magnet...those look like the homemade, better than you can buy kind of things I make.
@@MichiganRocks The other thing which just occurred to me...is that when you make it yourself, you know how to repair it...something especially nice when you are necessarily out in the boonies, and it ends up having more easy to source, off the shelf parts. Even when I go to the river right outside of town, it's still a half hour to 45 minutes to get to a store...and there are no longer any gold prospecting outlets in the area. If it wasn't repurposed Home Depot stuff...I wouldn't be able to fix it without ordering parts online.
@@nevyen149 Good point.
Do you keep a little vial with all your gold specks? If so, it'd be cool to see your "life collection" of Michigan Gold [Rocks]
I do have a little vial. The nice thing is that with water in the vial, it magnifies the gold. That way it looks like I actually have something.
Great video, sorry you didn't strike it rich! Actually if you did we probably wouldn't see anymore videos! LOL! It's amazing what you find on the internet that you can make and use for your hobbies! Thanks for sharing!
I do feel like I struck it rich. I had a great day on the beach and found a little gold. Finding even a small amount of gold is a thrill. But since it wasn't worth anything, I think I'll still be making videos for awhile.
We all what to find gold and get rich but that’s what happens most of the time but always fun trying 😝😊💙
I feel like my whole season is riding on this pan lol
I love that show. There's something fun about watching machines break and people swearing.
Might invest in a blue bowl, helps classify the fines like that a bit faster, there are vids about building your own.
I've looked at a lot of videos of different devices. The problem is, that there's just not much gold here. I'd love to get a Gold Cube, but that would just be silly.
Youo are kind of polished fella eh? Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Thomas! I'm not sure that I'm all that polished, but I like my rocks to be polished.
Very cool but far from a profit :) merry Christmas!!!!
No, profit was not really the goal. Fun was the goal and that mission was accomplished.
@@MichiganRocks I know :)
I apologize if you've covered this previously, but is a permit required to collect rocks in Michigan, esp. at a state park?
Nope, beaches are fair game, unless it's a National Lakeshore. It's not allowed in places like Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Do you watch Dan Hurd's channel? You need a 'sniffle bottle'.
I find it oddly pleasing watching other people find gold.
The Miller Table is new to me, nice little contraption as well as the magnetite catcher.
Great video Rob, thanks!
I have watched some of Dan’s videos. He actually finds a significant amount of gold. I’m just finding enough to be amused by, not enough that it’s actually worth money. Fun either way.
I have a snuffer bottle that came with my gold pan, I just didn’t bring it to the beach. on the Miller table, I can just sweep the gold into the hole with the bottle underneath.
Use a silicone mat, gold sticks to it more so and the sand should pass on more easily leaving gold behind.
I'm not really that into gold. We don't have much here in Michigan. I appreciate the advice though.
can you imagine if gold did stick to a magnet..? guessing there'd be no gold left in the free roaming world lol
That would be too easy. It's more fun if it's a challenge.
To get the Todd Hoffman experience, ya gotta mortgage everything, TWICE, then go overseas. Wait a couple weeks for your equipment to arrive. Assemble it wrong, make sure ya have pieces left over, very important, you'll need to lose them later. Once your plant is built, overfeed the heck out of it. Then ya can start swearing as everything falls apart and ya go home broke. 🤣🤣
I miss Todd. His picture was on the panning kit I bought.
I don't think I have the patience to look for gold like that.
Tawas Point is interesting in that it is a geologic formation called a hooked spit, formed from longshore drift along the coast. If there were any rocks along there, they have been covered up by all the sand being transported down the beach.
I have read that the point has changed a lot over the years. I think it's fun just to find gold of any size just to say that I did it. This is my first Huron gold, so it's a little more exciting.
If you hadn’t said the date I would have thought this was a video from the fall.
Nope, December 13.
Yep, it's fun to get out and say ya found it, but I always tell people it'd take two or three lifetimes around here to find a fraction of an ounce (SW Mi & N IN). I think I'm up to 31 micro-specks in my vial now and one I'd call a micro-picker, lol. Too bad all the "jewel-like" stones in the sand aren't larger, one beach down here is just cool to look at under magnification (Lake Mi), one spot has so many garnets the sand is black and purple/red.
I have a similar vial. I'm thankful that it's a cylindrical container with water inside. When I turn it on it's side and look through the top, I feel pretty good. If I hold it the same way and look from the bottom where there's no magnification, it's pretty discouraging. Oh well, I have lots of happy memories of finding all those little specks.
@@MichiganRocks Yes, ditto
How did you make your rock scooper? I'm looking to make my own. Is there a video where you explained how you made it?
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/94qD2d34Ge4/видео.html
How about a Agat / Gold coop with Dan Hurd? :)
That would be awesome, but I don't think Dan knows who I am. My tiny bit of gold wouldn't be of much interest to him and he's a really long way away for me to go to him.
hi, just found your channel. I subbed, wanted to say (and I mean this as a complement) you sound almost exactly like world renown psychologist Dr. Peterson.
I don't know who that is, but thanks for the compliment.
If a rock gets up and walks away, then it is a hermit crab
No hermit crabs in Lake Huron, but I had a couple as pets when I was a kid. Those were fun little critters.
Sad that most of lower Michigan’s gold is refined to dust. Have you tried looking in any small creeks around Michigan?
Just once. I spent a couple hours, but finally found one little speck.
You might have had a few micro meteorites in your sand sample. I saw a few rounded pieces that could have been an Ablation type specimen or even a bared olivine or G type specimen. Hard to say because that image only lasted a few second, After the gold panning shot you went to a close up shot of your sand samples. Was that shot taken under a digital microscope? If it was it looked like you could have had some cosmic samples or just natural occurring or industrial spherules.
Yes, I have a digital microscope. I did a review of it here: ruclips.net/video/Ol4RH22uWxk/видео.html
and looked at more stuff, including sand here: ruclips.net/video/H9f7l8iCaB8/видео.html
I noticed that the black sand in that second video has a lot of rounded pieces. I think that's probably magnetite.
Мне рассказывали что золото лучше концентрируется в местах больших черных камней. Вода с грунтом разбивается о большие камни, а высвободившиеся частички золота застревают в песке между большими камнями. Ваш метод поиска похож на австралийский когда в горячих песках ищут золото несущие пласты, но на берегу есть фактор воды и прибоя.
Черный песок плотный, как и золото. Волны классифицируют его на слои одинаковой плотности. Итак, золото обычно сочетается с тяжелым черным песком.
Michigan Rocks; I really like and watch your content, very smart and out of the box to target Lake Huron, it doesn't occur to me that a beach has gold. I live close to Lake Ontario, wondering if that has any gold? Any idea?
Lake Superior has a lot of gold in the black sand you find on the beaches. Lake Huron has some, as shown in this video. I think all of this flour sand was deposited by glaciers, so I would think that Lake Ontario would have some too. Gold pans are pretty cheap and the thrill of even finding one little speck made the cost of the pan worthwhile to me. I'd suggest buying a pan and finding out. You might want to go see if you can find any black sand first, though.
@@MichiganRocks yeah I have gold-panning pans, I've had them for years, in Ontario I've never been so lucky to find gold flakes of any kind in the few creeks and small lakes I've panned, garnets heavies only with a few pyrite crystals and yes magnetite too! Urban mining gold is much more fruitful I've found, rings, earrings, etc. in sidewalk control joints & mall entrances much more easily. Similarly for silver items, though they are harder to spot and hence not as easily found, they don't flash as much...as for the black sand, the magnetite that is, yes there's some on the beaches of Lake Ontario, thanks for the pointers.