Congratz to Micheal Macneil for finding my gold! Way to Go!. Would love for you to post it to one of the BC groups on Facebook. (If you do the facebook thing)
Anyone betching about wearing sneakers in the river doesn't know how to play in the river. In th 90's I was an avid trout fisherman and had designated river shoes. @LAGear Asphalt Gear that were on their 3rd life. I wore them for dress sneakers for 5 years, work sneakers a couple years, and finally as river shoes for a couple if years. Best shoes I've ever had. 😊
I was just checking in with this channel before taking the fam down to Tranquille to do some panning and rock hounding, and now I'm literally racing and my wife has no idea why.
I got there and the parking lot was FULL. We just went to our usual spot and I was pretty lucky to find some flakes. I'm sure someone else found it though. There were a lot of people out today if you can believe it.
Gready people they just want that gold for them self.Imagine those same people who complain about their gold been taken going down that river to pan for gold suddenly big flood coming from up stream and they get swap away only to be found burried under ton of gold hey at least they get all their gold right?for dun Hurd God bless you my friend for not taking the gold this already show you not a gready person.
Love this guy! Been a fan since he first started posting prospecting videos with his students. Tranquille is in my back yard, it has been our local secret gold mine for decades, our little piece of paradise with peace and quiet, seclusion and even consistent shiny in our pans. Then Dan told the world. Over the years, the seclusion has pretty much disapeared, replaced by people camping out in the parking lot and digging and littering everywhere, usually after the release of a new video. Thankfully in Dan's recent videos he tells people about creek etiquette. I know, I know, the creek is in a Provincial Park and open to everyone. I'm grumpy and old lol. I don't even go out more than a couple of time per year if that anymore, but over the last 30 or so years I've fallen in love with that place and want visitors to treat it with respect. Enjoy it, don't spoil it.
With the lack of respect for the creek just think about why our world is so messed up. The increase in lack of respect is directly proportional to the time frame when mothers entered the work force and children were being raised by other means. The fact that children are having children is another reason that people grow up without respect for anything.
@@magicone9327The problem with RUclips is that you can’t control who watches these videos and gain the information that so many people worked so hard to learn. Something about learning the hard way, organically, that makes people respect things more. The people who watch these videos and know nothing, come and exploit these areas.
That's where I started watching him. Right before I went to Crater of Diamonds... a lifetime ago thanks to 2020. Dan didn't have many subs back then, but I was happy to give him one for the info. Just look at him now! Really happy when peeps I genuinely liked early on become big. I know how hard it is, because I've never been there (and in retrospect, I'm certainly happier that I never got there once the algos took over).
I always watch these videos so fondly, somedays I wonder how it would feel many years down the line when/if dan ever retires and it makes me appreciate his hard work even more. Thanks for all the smiles past, present and future Dan ❤
Dan you adventures have been a fawn memory for me as you do your panning for gold. I have showed a few people how it is don’t they have continued this fun adventure as I travel the world for our government until I was forced to retire on a medical. But now I live in Idaho planed on putting our home on the market next year. Move further south in Idaho. Or where our lord wish where he wants me. Thank for you adventures. My eyesight is becoming pretty bad. Back then I had both eyes now am down one and very little of that. Glaucoma.
You are awesome, you did that, taught that many years ago....yada, yada, yada. You are living in the exciting moment in the here and now. With your vast knowledge of panning the river for gold....you know what is what and who is who as well as why . Good job Dan !!
Dan is a class act. Thanks once again for taking us along on your adventure! I grew up in that area of Kamloops back in the 80s and never once went panning. I'll have to visit soon, maybe the gold will still be there:-)
Thanks Dan I didn't find that much gold all last season 😮 We had a mud slide up river caused by the Calcite fire about 3 weeks ago 😢 Similkameen River looks like hot chocolate or something worse (but it isn't)😂 Not safe to cross to planned workings You can't see more than an inch or two deep and i don't like walking where I can't see my feet So maybe I should detour up to Kamloops 😊 I love your video's and I just keep on learning from you I am running a little campground here and get a kick out of people who come to me asking how and where to pan Standard answer.... Go on RUclips Find Dan Hurd prospecting When you have watched at least 5 video's on panning Try a few pans and then you can help teach me 😂 I know know you are always, learning new stuff as I am about finding gold and other goodies Thanks for being my teacher Hoping to one find you on a nice sunny river We're often only a few miles from one another but I don't know it till you've gone and posted and are somewhere else 😢
Dan an old grandma's recipe for arthritis helpful remedy. One glass square dish, one box golden raisins one pint if gin, cheese cloth to put over square dish. Once the gin evaporates into golden raisins, scoop up into a jar put in refrigerator eat 9 raisins a day.
'ergh, it's dripping down my back', @12:38, are words many of us can relate to, and understand the 'change' of tone in your voice (which is allowed, on 'this' occasion). 🧐. 😎🖖
"This is incredible! Finding multiple gold pickers in a public spot is every prospector's dream. It’s inspiring to see that with some knowledge and persistence, striking gold is still possible. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us - makes me want to grab my pan and head out there too! Where's the best place to start looking for beginners?"
Great video I love giving things away , probably too much but it gives me great pleasure making people feel better. You don't have to do it all the time just the right time. 👍
Thank you for sharing another great video. ❤❤❤ We are partially handicapped so I can't go to places like you go. But hubby is giving me some money to get some of your paydirt. Yayyyy! I have watched your videos for years and always dreamed of buying your paydirt, so today is the day. Stay safe. Have fun. ❤😉🙂
Thanks for sharing everything do, don't let the haters bring you down and keep up the great work! You should consider getting a video or two sponsored by Vessi for some free waterproof footwear 🙃
Dan that’s so cool you are doing that, letting someone find you gold. I use to live in N California and did my prospecting on the Yuba River. Up in BC you do just as well as the So Called Mother Lode. And wearing old shoes getting in the water, Great Idea. I started sniping when weather hit 100. Great Video👍
I LOVE this Channel Dan!!!! I would love to live up that way near real nature. . Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is quite boring ground. Keep the Videos and AMAZING Gemstone coming. Thank You Dan
I've never panned before, but I feel just from watching your videos for years, I might be half-decent at it. At least in identifying spots on a river that look promising. I just don't know where to go on southern Vancouver Island to do it legally. That is the only thing holding me back.
I learned how to pan watching dan... the only problem is he showed me how to just use one hand and film with the other . Soo I can't 2 hand pan can't figure it out. But 1 handed no problem.😅
River shoes are all the summer rage in the Missouri Ozarks. I keep my old ones when I buy new for daily use and just cycle them for a second life, then throw out the "old river shoes". Most of our Ozark streams are sharp rocks and very little sand or dirt bottoms.
Wow I missed lot I was subscribed to u then nothing since the gem show 4 months ago apparently same with Pioneer Pauly love u both and I will watch what I have missed the last few months...As a fellow British Columbian love your videos
The Tranquille River is a beautiful spot. Historically one ounce nuggets were found in this river. I believe I know where you are. I think you’re down river just before the camp, which had little cabins when I was a kid back in the 80s. I use to get up there every summer, unfortunately my car isn’t well, and I can’t make the trip from Vancouver. You are right about the peridot! I think you know what that means, don’t you? Wink Wink nudge nudge. Apparently it’s considered an 18 carat creek, only two in BC! Tranquille has become so popular, since the gold shows on TV, back in the day, not a lot of people would go there.
@@Mag_AoidhI think it’s more of the fact that he’s advertising this area to millions of people and what used to be a peaceful area is now exploited by a bunch of gold-hungry people who don’t respect the area like the locals do. You can tell people to respect all you want, it’s not going to change a selfish person. It’s like having a beautiful fishing spot near your house and some RUclipsr with a million plus followers makes a video about it and you can’t ever go to your spot anymore because it’s always flooded with people. This doesn’t affect me much personally as I only go to tranquille once a year, but I have noticed it getting busier every year I go. Just a thought on the matter that most probably don’t consider. I’m sure the complainers aren’t very diplomatic about it either…
I live in Texas, many of us walk in the water with old shoes and socks! The socks also keep the feet wet and you keep cooler that way as well as the protection from ouchies!
A guy got fined £3000 ($3900) for gold panning in a river in Wales in the UK - What a bunch of A+ Ah0les we have in the UK in chargre of our rivers. The guy wasn't doing any harm and even cleaned up and replaced his dig, It was filmed covertly by the welsh Gestapo, who hate to see anyone gaining from their precious rivers! (He got less than1 gramme out..!) You Canadians have got it made there, wish I had come there as a young man.
I het You could literally fill your pockets with any ol' rock in those rivers in Wales, but the moment you pull a shiny yellow rock, they want a piece of it for themselves.
Found it 🎉
Congratz to Micheal Macneil for finding my gold! Way to Go!. Would love for you to post it to one of the BC groups on Facebook. (If you do the facebook thing)
like a leprechaun u r...dan.
@@macneill2012 yay you 🎉🎉
Thanks Micheal for the tips today after your score! Cheers!
Anyone betching about wearing sneakers in the river doesn't know how to play in the river. In th 90's I was an avid trout fisherman and had designated river shoes. @LAGear Asphalt Gear that were on their 3rd life. I wore them for dress sneakers for 5 years, work sneakers a couple years, and finally as river shoes for a couple if years. Best shoes I've ever had. 😊
I was just checking in with this channel before taking the fam down to Tranquille to do some panning and rock hounding, and now I'm literally racing and my wife has no idea why.
Haha. Hope you find it. And don't tell your wife Dan put it there. Just let her think you're amazing at panning.
I got there and the parking lot was FULL. We just went to our usual spot and I was pretty lucky to find some flakes. I'm sure someone else found it though. There were a lot of people out today if you can believe it.
Slow down it’s been found
@psilver063 you were 9 hours late dude. 😅
giving the gold back after people complaining youre taking all of it is a boss move. Respect to you Dan
Gready people they just want that gold for them self.Imagine those same people who complain about their gold been taken going down that river to pan for gold suddenly big flood coming from up stream and they get swap away only to be found burried under ton of gold hey at least they get all their gold right?for dun Hurd God bless you my friend for not taking the gold this already show you not a gready person.
@@ricdouglas4403 Yep i agree totally :)
Love this guy! Been a fan since he first started posting prospecting videos with his students. Tranquille is in my back yard, it has been our local secret gold mine for decades, our little piece of paradise with peace and quiet, seclusion and even consistent shiny in our pans. Then Dan told the world. Over the years, the seclusion has pretty much disapeared, replaced by people camping out in the parking lot and digging and littering everywhere, usually after the release of a new video. Thankfully in Dan's recent videos he tells people about creek etiquette. I know, I know, the creek is in a Provincial Park and open to everyone. I'm grumpy and old lol. I don't even go out more than a couple of time per year if that anymore, but over the last 30 or so years I've fallen in love with that place and want visitors to treat it with respect. Enjoy it, don't spoil it.
How can people destroy such an amazing spot. People suck sometimes and they will end up getting theirs.
With the lack of respect for the creek just think about why our world is so messed up. The increase in lack of respect is directly proportional to the time frame when mothers entered the work force and children were being raised by other means. The fact that children are having children is another reason that people grow up without respect for anything.
I hear you: it would be nice to have that privacy, even though it's a public place.
@@magicone9327The problem with RUclips is that you can’t control who watches these videos and gain the information that so many people worked so hard to learn. Something about learning the hard way, organically, that makes people respect things more. The people who watch these videos and know nothing, come and exploit these areas.
Anyone who hasn't seen Dan teach kids how to make a classifier with a bucket and mesh should go watch it.... EPIC video
I use those classifiers still !! Learned from that vid. They east to make. Fixable and work good.
i watched like a month ago and i agree epic and im making one.
That’s when I first started watching Dan
That was 1 of the very very first video's I watched several years ago!!
That's where I started watching him. Right before I went to Crater of Diamonds... a lifetime ago thanks to 2020. Dan didn't have many subs back then, but I was happy to give him one for the info. Just look at him now! Really happy when peeps I genuinely liked early on become big. I know how hard it is, because I've never been there (and in retrospect, I'm certainly happier that I never got there once the algos took over).
After about 2 months of watching your videos on Sunday morning Dan, you've finally earned my subscription :)
You should binge his vast library of videos! Almost every one is the best video on RUclips!
Loved the Jeff Williams quote Dan! " Yeah you're gonna get Wet!" Perfect!
Thank you Dan for sharing the joy of looking for gold in our beautiful country! Hopefully this will encourage more people to take up a fun past time!
I always watch these videos so fondly, somedays I wonder how it would feel many years down the line when/if dan ever retires and it makes me appreciate his hard work even more.
Thanks for all the smiles past, present and future Dan ❤
Class act Dan giving the gold back to people making issue! Great show, great show!!!
LOL "Yeah you going to get wet" Nice nod to Jeff Williams.
Exactly 😂
Dan you adventures have been a fawn memory for me as you do your panning for gold. I have showed a few people how it is don’t they have continued this fun adventure as I travel the world for our government until I was forced to retire on a medical. But now I live in Idaho planed on putting our home on the market next year. Move further south in Idaho. Or where our lord wish where he wants me. Thank for you adventures. My eyesight is becoming pretty bad. Back then I had both eyes now am down one and very little of that. Glaucoma.
Thats beautiful countryside. We love you Dan. Thank you
You find gold in every Dan-pan !! YAY !!
A gold prospectors version of GeoCaching.. I love it Dan..
What a cool way to give the gold away. I’m nowhere near you but definitely a cool way to give it away.
Great idea for a treasure hunt Dan.
You are awesome, you did that, taught that many years ago....yada, yada, yada. You are living in the exciting moment in the here and now. With your vast knowledge of panning the river for gold....you know what is what and who is who as well as why . Good job Dan !!
If I lived closer I'd be there for sure! But, central Texas is a bit too far to drive. Enjoyed the video, that water always cools me off, too.
Love seeing your videos. I watch all the time.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication Dan, always a pleasure to watch.. 😊
Dan, you are the real gold...🥇
I love when you go to the different spots
I would love for more history with pictures added
Stay well Dan
Found it!! ... oh wait, I'm in California, never mind. lol. Enjoyed the video Dan, thank you!
My favorite reality show...woooooohooooo.
Out in New Mexico, we have some animal that eats those little piles of rocks! All we know so far is that it is cairn-iverous.
The opposite would be a vegetation-rian
🥁
Lol I love river walking with old hiking runners, trekking poles. It's great to keep you cool and improve your balance. Rocks are painful!
The treasure hunt idea is genius, I love that.
Thanks for the adventure, bro!
Not much there, but if I was closer, I think I know the exact spot, from your walk in!
great video this week Dan. Hope your well and blessed
Thank you for sharing this AWESOME VIDEO with us ❤
What a wonderful treat! Dan, you have the best ideas to make it fun for your subscribers!
8 18 24 was thinking about gold about 25 Mins ago. Came to my phone n there you were lol.
Fun video today. Thanks 👍 😊
Great way to spend a couple of hours and love the treasure gold hunt idea. Great job!
Dan is a class act. Thanks once again for taking us along on your adventure! I grew up in that area of Kamloops back in the 80s and never once went panning. I'll have to visit soon, maybe the gold will still be there:-)
Thanks Dan
I didn't find that much gold all last season 😮
We had a mud slide up river caused by the Calcite fire about 3 weeks ago 😢
Similkameen River looks like hot chocolate or something worse (but it isn't)😂
Not safe to cross to planned workings
You can't see more than an inch or two deep and i don't like walking where I can't see my feet
So maybe I should detour up to Kamloops 😊
I love your video's and I just keep on learning from you
I am running a little campground here and get a kick out of people who come to me asking how and where to pan
Standard answer....
Go on RUclips
Find Dan Hurd prospecting
When you have watched at least 5 video's on panning
Try a few pans and then you can help teach me 😂
I know know you are always, learning new stuff as I am about finding gold and other goodies
Thanks for being my teacher
Hoping to one find you on a nice sunny river
We're often only a few miles from one another but I don't know it till you've gone and posted and are somewhere else 😢
Dan an old grandma's recipe for arthritis helpful remedy. One glass square dish, one box golden raisins one pint if gin, cheese cloth to put over square dish. Once the gin evaporates into golden raisins, scoop up into a jar put in refrigerator eat 9 raisins a day.
if you rehydrate a raisin, does it become a grape? 🤔
@jlt131 no it stays a raisin
@@mikeyjones618 but then you said she covers it in gin. thus, rehydrating. it's more of a philosophical question anyway.
Dan is the Man! Great video
Wet socks are the WORST! Glad you have a clean and dry pair waiting for you!
Thank you for showing my sons something really neat. My two boys 9 and 7 love your content. ❤
Thanks Dan I needed a bit of tranquility on this Tuesday. Always a good day exploring a river. The gold panning is just a bonus! ✨️🌞
Nice little treasure hunt for somebody to find.
A great idea for getting more people to go to your website!!!!!
What a wonderful thing to do for the local community, appreciate your efforts Dan 👍🏼
Paul🇬🇧
Fun contest Dan, keep up the good work! ⛏️🤓
Very cool, Mr Hurd! Geocache quite literally.
'ergh, it's dripping down my back', @12:38, are words many of us can relate to, and understand the 'change' of tone in your voice (which is allowed, on 'this' occasion). 🧐. 😎🖖
I laughed so hard my belly hurts and I rewatched it 17 times in a row! Cause we’ve all done it but it’s funny when someone else does!❄️💦👚
I agree, get in the water is the only way to keep cool and protect your feet.
Well said Dan 😊 "please fill in your holes and take your rubbish home"
Jason was missing you at the gold panning competition in Sweden.
"This is incredible! Finding multiple gold pickers in a public spot is every prospector's dream. It’s inspiring to see that with some knowledge and persistence, striking gold is still possible. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us - makes me want to grab my pan and head out there too! Where's the best place to start looking for beginners?"
Great video Dan! As always showing us the awesome Au.
Nothing much better than watching.
What a fun challenge. Thank you. I'm not looking for it I'm in Wyoming. Blessings
Dan your videos are cool well put together iv leaned so much thank you
Thanks Dan another great video.
Wish i knew abouf the park when i was at sun peaks resort working.. cool stuff thanks dan
Good luck to whoever finds it.. 🍻👍
That was very sweet of you to leave the gold behind! 🥰🥰🥰
I hope someone takes a youngster up to find it!!
A 33 hour drive from Texas. I won't make it there soon but, I have one more item on my bucket list. Thanks Dan!
Great video
I love giving things away , probably too much but it gives me great pleasure making people feel better.
You don't have to do it all the time just the right time. 👍
Love the content Dan. Inspired me to get into prospecting!
Always love your videos Dan. Who cares what people say, just keep doing your thing and your fans will continue to follow.
Beautiful scenery and great company makes for the best in what you do, Levi, and better luck next time with the gold. ❤
Been watching for most of this year Dan thanks for sharing your passion with us, it’s great all the way from England right next to Sherwood Forest 🙌
It's cool to leave hope for others that there is gold in the rivers. Just like fishing, U can fish today but get skunked tomorrow at the same spot😂
Love your show Dan! Keep up the great work.
Had my wife crochet me a snuffer bottle holder as well. Thanks for the idea!
2:54 great way to cool down. And do you're things the way you do it we like and love it.
I know this gold isn't too exciting for Dan but we would be thrilled. Lol
I like it when you melt the gold in to bars video 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
I’ve panned there before a few times.
There is good gold there. It is a really fun day panning there. Bring lots of water!
Thank you for sharing another great video. ❤❤❤
We are partially handicapped so I can't go to places like you go. But hubby is giving me some money to get some of your paydirt. Yayyyy! I have watched your videos for years and always dreamed of buying your paydirt, so today is the day.
Stay safe. Have fun. ❤😉🙂
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Thanks for sharing everything do, don't let the haters bring you down and keep up the great work! You should consider getting a video or two sponsored by Vessi for some free waterproof footwear 🙃
those pieces of gold looks like a heart shape & an arrow !
Cool move Dan.
Dan that’s so cool you are doing that, letting someone find you gold. I use to live in N California and did my prospecting on the Yuba River. Up in BC you do just as well as the So Called Mother Lode. And wearing old shoes getting in the water, Great Idea. I started sniping when weather hit 100. Great Video👍
Have a nice day, Dan
Best regards from Norway
Good job Dan! You're a good man!
Hey Dan! How fun is that to hunt the gold you hid...too bad I'm in Texas!!😁😂 Good luck to all the searchers!!
I LOVE this Channel Dan!!!! I would love to live up that way near real nature. . Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is quite boring ground.
Keep the Videos and AMAZING Gemstone coming.
Thank You Dan
Time for a new hat, Dan. 🤠
I will be there Tuesday. Fun times!
❤man wish I lived there!
Dan you are such a tease!
That's a really good idea to have old shoes with you
I can't believe people got upset over you wearing your old runners in the water. People definitely make me shake my head, lol! Great video!
We were just there last week! No wonder we didn't find any big ones. You got them all!
Great video as always
What a great idea! Love It!
Good luck Canadians to far for me lol great idea Dan thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
Beautiful Place!😊
I've never panned before, but I feel just from watching your videos for years, I might be half-decent at it. At least in identifying spots on a river that look promising.
I just don't know where to go on southern Vancouver Island to do it legally. That is the only thing holding me back.
Try the sooke potholes park
I learned how to pan watching dan... the only problem is he showed me how to just use one hand and film with the other . Soo I can't 2 hand pan can't figure it out. But 1 handed no problem.😅
River shoes are all the summer rage in the Missouri Ozarks. I keep my old ones when I buy new for daily use and just cycle them for a second life, then throw out the "old river shoes". Most of our Ozark streams are sharp rocks and very little sand or dirt bottoms.
Wow I missed lot I was subscribed to u then nothing since the gem show 4 months ago apparently same with Pioneer Pauly love u both and I will watch what I have missed the last few months...As a fellow British Columbian love your videos
Happy hunting to all who are heading to Canada!
The Tranquille River is a beautiful spot. Historically one ounce nuggets were found in this river. I believe I know where you are. I think you’re down river just before the camp, which had little cabins when I was a kid back in the 80s. I use to get up there every summer, unfortunately my car isn’t well, and I can’t make the trip from Vancouver. You are right about the peridot! I think you know what that means, don’t you? Wink Wink nudge nudge. Apparently it’s considered an 18 carat creek, only two in BC! Tranquille has become so popular, since the gold shows on TV, back in the day, not a lot of people would go there.
People actually complained? Anyone can pan there. They are idiots. Maybe they just want it for themselves? Whatever. Keep Kicking it, Dan!
I have had two complaints already today on the "Gold prospectors of British Columbia" Facebook group.
I’m willing to bet the thing that actually upsets them is Dan putting these sights out to his HUGE audience.
@@Danhurd Dan, you can't fight them. They will always be there. Just be yourself and continue your awesomeness. You are why we watdh.
@@Danhurd So they weren’t mad at you for being there, they were just mad that you were giving the spot away so they couldn’t be greedy, I see now!
@@Mag_AoidhI think it’s more of the fact that he’s advertising this area to millions of people and what used to be a peaceful area is now exploited by a bunch of gold-hungry people who don’t respect the area like the locals do. You can tell people to respect all you want, it’s not going to change a selfish person.
It’s like having a beautiful fishing spot near your house and some RUclipsr with a million plus followers makes a video about it and you can’t ever go to your spot anymore because it’s always flooded with people.
This doesn’t affect me much personally as I only go to tranquille once a year, but I have noticed it getting busier every year I go. Just a thought on the matter that most probably don’t consider. I’m sure the complainers aren’t very diplomatic about it either…
I live in Texas, many of us walk in the water with old shoes and socks! The socks also keep the feet wet and you keep cooler that way as well as the protection from ouchies!
A guy got fined £3000 ($3900) for gold panning in a river in Wales in the UK - What a bunch of A+ Ah0les we have in the UK in chargre of our rivers. The guy wasn't doing any harm and even cleaned up and replaced his dig, It was filmed covertly by the welsh Gestapo, who hate to see anyone gaining from their precious rivers! (He got less than1 gramme out..!) You Canadians have got it made there, wish I had come there as a young man.
From what I can tell, your government and their agents hate your guts.
I het You could literally fill your pockets with any ol' rock in those rivers in Wales, but the moment you pull a shiny yellow rock, they want a piece of it for themselves.
The king owns all the mineral rights in England, Wales, and Scotland.
He was wrecking the stream bed. It does not belong to him.
Leprechauns.