Dan you are a prospector, not just a gold hunter. Don't worry about those that don't like the other videos, they can always choose not to watch them and stick to the gold ones.
I used to work for an older woman She always talked about her star sapphire and I remember driving her to her safety deposit box at the bank she got all excited that she had someone to show it to 🤣she probably hadn't seen it in many years but when she showed it to me I instantly knew why it was in a bank and not her safe at home . I will probably never see one as big or beautifully as hers but I will always be fascinated by these beautiful gems . Thanks again for taking us on the hunt with you
My boyfriend is a geologist and I asked him about the pegmatite. He said pegmatite is an extreme intrusive igneous rock, but it is found in greenschist facies metamorphic rock all over the place. I don't know what all that means, but apparently it's definitely found in metamorphic! So, you're right :)
In plain-ish English, basically pegmatite comes up through the existing rock as magma intrusions and cools crystallizing into the sapphire gems. The heat from the magma intrusions aids in transforming the rock layers into a metamorphic rock seam.
If you heat metamorphic rock up enough, it eventually begins to melt. This area was at the perfect point to melt some of the rock, but not all, and then cooled to leave igneous rock (pegmatite) in the areas that melted and metamorphic rock in the areas that stayed solid. Source: former igneous and economic geologist.
@@MulletDestructur You are describing contact metamorphism. It is not metamorphic from regional alteration. It is metamorphic directly from the intrusion.
Most of us watch , to watch what you find , either Gold or Gems , makes no difference , we just enjoy watching you !! And that you include your family , bonus !!!
I, for one, really love the gemstone and mineral collecting videos because I'm just a geology nerd first and foremost. That's why I got into the prospecting videos in the first place!
Ya , me too. Nothing against gold and all but minerals and crystals is where my intrest is. Unfortunately for Mr Hurd I do not buy the rocks And minerals I collect, . That ocean picture stone is tempting though.
Yep, gold is just gold, a technically useful (electronics!) mildly pleasant looking metal (i much prefer silver for jewelry). Gems are near infinite permutations of simple building blocks reshaped by unique natural conditions. Much more interesting.
@CJ yep, certainly silver sapphires! Have a bunch, no pyrite for SURE. Black, brown, silver, yellow, pink, blue, greens...orange, even, too. Loads of fun to play with!
I need to ask if there's special places where you're aloud to do this? I can't imagine that it's legal in my Country to just start drilling like that 🤔 It's very interesting with all kinds of gemstones, gold not so much 😉 I'm realising that I've found lots of gems when I was a child but didn't understand that and thrown it away!! 😳 Well it is what it is!🙏🏼😊
Pegmatites can occur in metamorphic rocks as igneous intrusions. The existence of pegmatites heavily implies re-melting through intense heat caused by the metamorphic process, making the rock an igneous as it as completely re-melted; but the rock remaining was only partially melted, so you have igneous inside of metamorphic.
i have always loved rocks, the different patterns and such, i dont care too much about the value to an extent but finding something that just looks cool makes my heart skip a beat, thank you for the video.
I love rocks too, when my family or freinds go on holiday I ask them to bring back an interesting rock local to where they went, my house is 75 percent interesting rocks, fossils, other oddities and artefacts I have found.
I'm that guy that lives vicariously throughout your adventures either way brotherman carry on I love the way you're doing your vids thank you so much for the content
Hi Dan. Shaun the Geologist here. The pegamatite is likely the result of partial melting of the metamorphic rock. When the rock is hot enough, fluids released by some minerals in the rock will lower the melting point in localised pockets.
Yeah, this is basicaly correct, Pegmitite itself is always igneous because it forms from magma, even if its parcial melt from a metamorphic event. It could be that they are result from an intrusion that occoured after the metamorphic event as well. It should be writen in the rock which is the case if you learn how to read it.
I have a geology degree and back in Minnesota as an undergraduate, we studied "hard rock" geology, aka petrology. I think the confusion could arise that pegmatites arise from close association with igneous intrusive bodies, but they are actually commonly at the top of the mass and are from "dewatering" or when the igneous mass loses its water and a lot of cool minerals come with it and out of solution, like mainly silica, but could be micas and even feldspars, and of course, for economic interest, gold and other valuable mineral and gems, in with the crazy coarse mineral grains formation which are due not to slow cooling, but super slow precipitation and cooling. This Metamorphic rock was probably very close to a huge igneous intrusion, what that metamorphosed it, and the pegmatite pushed up into it. There is a complete gradation between igneous intrusions and very coarse metamorphic rocks, and sometimes it's only the remnant bedding in an otherwise igneous rock that clues you into that it is metamorphic.
I love all your adventures Dan! And I love how your entire family gets involved ❤️ You are right, it's not just about the money. It's about doing something you love and I am grateful you share it with the rest of us!
I'm a new subscriber and I absolutely love your content! The length of the videos and their content is great, but I think the best thing about it all is that I can tell you love what you're doing. It's much easier learning from someone who clearly enjoys what their doing, and it's super fun to watch you!
I’m not much of a rock hound but I’ve bought some of your garnets and garnet specimens specifically because of how much I and my kids enjoyed your videos collecting them. I also liked discussing with them the business sense of how your videos and charisma create value added for your online shop.
@@RICDirector yes. Emerald Hollow Mine. I also found a gem quality Emerald crystal, a gem quality citrine crystal and a silver topaz gem quality crystal. The Emerald cushion cut rectangle finished at .87 carat, the citrine and silver topaz were both flawless and finished at 3.88 carats and 4.14 carats, cut and finished.
I’m subscribed to Tim’s Adventures he is a sapphire miner in Australia he has a couple for sale but they are in Australia… I love seeing the raw sapphires he mines and it’s all by hand
Unreal stuff Dan. Really beautiful. Its amazing to me, that even after thousands of years of us ravaging the earth. There is still untouched places like this.
Dan, you always say, “I hope I’ve earned your subscription today!” I couldn’t count how many times I’ve heard it but always got so caught up in the next and next… But, tonight the first video I caught was the peridot beach in Hawaii! I lived on Kauai for over 10 years and never heard about itIt made me so homesick I cried! Then right after that I watched the one with the huge gold nuggets and pedilyte,(spelling sorry). I have never seen or heard of it! Fabulous, incredible and awesome! I think it is my new second favorite gemstone!! I’m a 66 year old lifelong rockhound and you absolutely made my day, week, year!! The opal is my birth stone and has always been my favorite, and remains so! Thank you for all you do for us out here! I don’t get out hunting like I used to, both of my shoulders are destroyed and I have a 14 level fusion in my back, so you will never know how much enjoyment I get living vicariously through you and many others here on RUclips! I live in Wyoming and we have alot to offer in crystals and rocks, Jade, labradorite, petrified, opalized and crystallized wood! I have 1000s of pounds of petrified wood in my yard alone! Come see us in Wyoming and see what you can find! Thank you again! Brenda (Wild Ginger)😊
You most definitely earned my subscription! I can't wait to go watch more of your videos right now! Lol. Thanks for making such interesting and informative content!
At 15:03 in the close up shot, after breaking away the second chunk of sapire, there was a deep green tourmaline underneath. I would LOVE that one.. ;)
I am so thankful to you for enlightening me, I used to think that doing this was just for big companies and now I've found cool rocks everywhere I look, its amazing. Keep prospecting don't mind the discouragement
I find all your content fascinating, I enjoy all your videos. Also, I love the fact that you have your prospecting as a family outing, while you teach your children. I’ve learned so much watching your video’s. 😊
I love the gemstone videos I find gemstones to be more trigging just because it takes a little bit more knowledge to know where to find them and how to extract them and yes they are worth more in my book.
My Daughter, my grandsons and I have been watching you alot lately, we have decided to go to hunt sapphires gatnets and crystals here in Montana for a family vacation this year because of your videos. We just love watching you and your family!
According to Wiki, while most pegmatite is igneous in origin, metamorphic pegmatites are also possible through the transformation of felsic gneiss. Thanks, Dan, for all your BC adventures!
Don’t worry about people coming for gold alone! I found you through one of your garnet videos and they are just as appealing as your gold ones! You have an incredible appeal and personality. I’ll keep coming back as long as I can
your such a cool dad my fathers a deadbeat so ive never gotten to do anything adventurous or even have family time your kind of a nerd and it draws me to your channel you fuel my young mind with these amazing videos im proud of you for going so hard on these videos being consistent no matter your health problems Much love from Illinois 😀
I think you have a good balance of gold and gemstone prospecting videos, and I especially love to see one's like this and your ocean picture stone claim. I find the geology fascinating and the landscapes are stunning. You can't please everyone, and I think people forget you have a lot of overheads with claims fees, fuel/transport costs, food and accommodations, and of course your filming equipment. You're consistently providing us with a variety of enjoyable high quality prospecting content, and I'm proud to be a long-time subscriber of your channel.
It’s always fun to watch, no mater what you seek. I’m always amazed that I would walk right by most of the gemstones…..so I like seeing them in their raw state. Thanks.
Dan, I'm big fan of everything you do. I love the adventure side of it, so to me personally it doesn't matter what you're searching for! Thank You for all the hard work & I'm also glad to see you're doing great since your last hospital stay!
Hey Dan, you do you. Part of the entertainment is you, yourself. I for one will watch no mater what. Love all the videos. Enjoy your time and thanks for sharing your time with us.
I love star sapphires. Purchased on while I was in India and I wear it nearly every day. It's such a mysterious and surprising little gem! I'm thrilled you found some on your claim! Might just have to get some :)
They're a real kick! To get a good star, though, the cab has to be domed high enough for the star to really pop. You won't often see a shallow cab of this stuff.
Dan, you are living the dream, and everytime I see one of your videos I feel more inspired to push towards my dream of finding gems and minerals all over the world with my wife and daughters. Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared with us over the years.
Hi I just came across your video and I don’t know if you have ever considered it but the women are very into acrylic nails and they would absolutely buy the little gem stones to put them on the nails. Just something you might want to consider. The nail industry is a billion dollar industry. I just wanted to give you another way to make money doing what you already love to do. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful video with us. God bless and happy prospecting.😀😀
Love your content in general! Always educational and has inspired me to look for my own claim sometime in the near future. Would love to see a video on how you go about looking for and securing a claim!
Love the content you make and your personality, I used to love collecting fossils and rocks on the beaches with my mom. Now I have two boys and my oldest loves collecting rocks from everywhere. ❤
Estimado Dan, muy hermoso es la geología y más con prospección de gemas. Buen trabajo y más feliz ver que sales con la familia. Hermoso trabajo. Soy geólogo y me gusta la gemología. Sigue adelante!!
Hey Dan we appreciate you making videos in any format as long as you have a safe and fun time with your family we will enjoy your videos I am a knowledge seeker/prospector and I've learned so much from you over the last few years about all kinds of different minerals and fun I can have with my family while prospecting for gold because there is so much people miss while just looking for gold alone so you make whatever videos you like and we will enjoy learning and hanging out with you and Pioneer Pauly and all the other fantastic people featured in your videos also besides Pauly your dad is one of my favorites he is awesome best wishes to you and your family and thank you for letting us hang out with you guys
You are making great memories with your family and those boys will have all your videos to show their children when they are older. That's something alot of kids can't say nor do, but you making these great videos and teaching millions of other people and their children what can be found in the ground if they would slow down an just look. In today's world everything moves way to fast, but you my friend are showing and teaching everyone to slow down an just look at where they are at an they might find a rock, gem or chunk of gold they will will always treasure an keep an pass down with a story of how they found it to their children. I Love your videos buddy and one day your boys will say, we had an adventure since we were born because my Mom and Dad made our lives an mainly our childhood so much fun we didn't realize at the time but he was teaching us all about rocks and we say thank you for that dad.
I love all your adventures. My dad made beautiful jewelry from gem stones. I used to find some along the Fraser and creeks in the Caribou. I enjoy this so much.
Love this.. . family videos and my favorite are the gem finds, also love the gold video's 💛 ❤️ 💕 but my passion is gems. Dan u guys are so relaxing and exciting. I'm just as excited to see what u find! just like I'm the one holding the camera 📷!!! Thank you from the bottom of my ❤️ 💙 💜. Also making these memories with the whole family how special. U truly are a rich man! Keep it coming. God bless and love from my family to yours!
About that specimen on your short weighting roughly 6.7 oz. From my education taught by Mr Dan Hurd. A specimen test weighting the rock suspended in water and a little math an you will get a nice estimate on what might be in there. I would say because it’s a solid vain I would believe it would have about a oz of gold which is worth about 1600, but specimen value should be higher. Placing it in Kostic soda bath will produce beautiful gold specimen results without having to crush it and is highly sought after. Thank you Dan for teaching me about gold. I applied what I learned a found gold in my backyard creek the first time. Heavy pans sir
I have to say I prefer what you are doing now Dan. I love the gem stuff too, it reminds me of rock hunting in some of those same areas as a kid with my parents. I truly enjoy your content,keep it coming!
Two ways: 1. A batholith forms. Cracks form later on. Magma pushes its way up through the cracks. Cools. Hardens as seam of pragmatite. 2. In the late stages of crystallization, water separates from the cooling magma body typically in pockets and changes the surrounding temperature thus forming the pragmatite. Love the show. Sub earned.
No, I love the general prospecting! Back when I was in my teens, we went on vacation to Canada, Alaska, Sweden and Norway where there are loads of rocks! I always was fascinated by the discolorations and apparent colors seeping out of mountains like rust or salt. I've always been told there was nothing of value, but when I look at what you chop open here... I was right and my parents were wrong!
WoW.... Now that's a schist lode of gems ya got there Dan..😉👌 Gold, Gemstones, whatever.. I'm here for the beautiful Outdoors and great finds.. Have a great and blessed day Dan and family.. Much love from South Carolina..🙋♂️
I watch your content for you. Your adventures, your commentary, your knowledge. We went on a family vacation to northern Michigan & in one of the inlets to Lake Michigan I was able to notice, because of your content, what looked like garnets in the sand. A short google search later and it turns out that there are garnets north of there , so I was probably right. You are a lot of fun to watch.
Dan! Because of you I fell back into my interest in gold and I started binging your videos maybe a year ago (So glad to see your growth!) And I started buying/saving in gold in silver, I have 2oz of gold and 32oz of silver. You remind me of my grandfather and you've helped my mental help a lot just by being you and I just want to thank you ❤️ Next thing I really want to do is pan for gold
Lovely finds! About 43 yrs ago I had purchased a Star Sapphire and a Fire Opal that I was going to have someone put in to 2 ring settings. I had them in a small tin, however, before I had a chance to have that done I lost them to a house fire. I have since got a Fire Opal ring but have not found a Star Sapphire for a ring that i could afford, and still can't. It was nice seeing one again on your video, they are beautiful.
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Dan you are a prospector, not just a gold hunter. Don't worry about those that don't like the other videos, they can always choose not to watch them and stick to the gold ones.
They are all good videos. Most people are trolls.out of boredom and are easily ignored. Keep doing your thing Dan.
Took the words right out of my mouth :)
I agree. Not to mention, gemstones can be such a bigger surprise
They can all just kick rocks!
@@tallywacker4209 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I used to work for an older woman She always talked about her star sapphire and I remember driving her to her safety deposit box at the bank she got all excited that she had someone to show it to 🤣she probably hadn't seen it in many years but when she showed it to me I instantly knew why it was in a bank and not her safe at home . I will probably never see one as big or beautifully as hers but I will always be fascinated by these beautiful gems . Thanks again for taking us on the hunt with you
damn
😮 lucky you lol😆👌
that's sad though, bc nice star sapphires deserve to be worn or at least gazed upon lovingly often
My boyfriend is a geologist and I asked him about the pegmatite. He said pegmatite is an extreme intrusive igneous rock, but it is found in greenschist facies metamorphic rock all over the place.
I don't know what all that means, but apparently it's definitely found in metamorphic! So, you're right :)
In plain-ish English, basically pegmatite comes up through the existing rock as magma intrusions and cools crystallizing into the sapphire gems. The heat from the magma intrusions aids in transforming the rock layers into a metamorphic rock seam.
@@MulletDestructur thanks for the information
@@MulletDestructur you explained that so well, even I understood! Thank you!
If you heat metamorphic rock up enough, it eventually begins to melt. This area was at the perfect point to melt some of the rock, but not all, and then cooled to leave igneous rock (pegmatite) in the areas that melted and metamorphic rock in the areas that stayed solid. Source: former igneous and economic geologist.
@@MulletDestructur You are describing contact metamorphism. It is not metamorphic from regional alteration. It is metamorphic directly from the intrusion.
Most of us watch , to watch what you find , either Gold or Gems , makes no difference , we just enjoy watching you !! And that you include your family , bonus !!!
I, for one, really love the gemstone and mineral collecting videos because I'm just a geology nerd first and foremost. That's why I got into the prospecting videos in the first place!
Ya , me too. Nothing against gold and all but minerals and crystals is where my intrest is. Unfortunately for Mr Hurd I do not buy the rocks And minerals I collect, . That ocean picture stone is tempting though.
@CJ's Plushy Content UwU you having a stroke?
Yep, gold is just gold, a technically useful (electronics!) mildly pleasant looking metal (i much prefer silver for jewelry). Gems are near infinite permutations of simple building blocks reshaped by unique natural conditions. Much more interesting.
@CJ yep, certainly silver sapphires! Have a bunch, no pyrite for SURE. Black, brown, silver, yellow, pink, blue, greens...orange, even, too. Loads of fun to play with!
I need to ask if there's special places where you're aloud to do this? I can't imagine that it's legal in my Country to just start drilling like that 🤔 It's very interesting with all kinds of gemstones, gold not so much 😉 I'm realising that I've found lots of gems when I was a child but didn't understand that and thrown it away!! 😳 Well it is what it is!🙏🏼😊
Pegmatites can occur in metamorphic rocks as igneous intrusions. The existence of pegmatites heavily implies re-melting through intense heat caused by the metamorphic process, making the rock an igneous as it as completely re-melted; but the rock remaining was only partially melted, so you have igneous inside of metamorphic.
i have always loved rocks, the different patterns and such, i dont care too much about the value to an extent but finding something that just looks cool makes my heart skip a beat, thank you for the video.
I love rocks too, when my family or freinds go on holiday I ask them to bring back an interesting rock local to where they went, my house is 75 percent interesting rocks, fossils, other oddities and artefacts I have found.
A rock can be igneous and metaphoric at the same time one of neat things about hybrid rocks if you will
I'm that guy that lives vicariously throughout your adventures either way brotherman carry on I love the way you're doing your vids thank you so much for the content
Hell yah daddy O ,your a good dad and teacher for teaching your kids the right way ! Hats off for being a good dad we love ❤️ you even more now !
Hi Dan. Shaun the Geologist here. The pegamatite is likely the result of partial melting of the metamorphic rock. When the rock is hot enough, fluids released by some minerals in the rock will lower the melting point in localised pockets.
Wrong
@@D_one why
Yeah, this is basicaly correct, Pegmitite itself is always igneous because it forms from magma, even if its parcial melt from a metamorphic event. It could be that they are result from an intrusion that occoured after the metamorphic event as well. It should be writen in the rock which is the case if you learn how to read it.
Way off.
@@bonusman The sky is yellow, prove me wrong.
I have a geology degree and back in Minnesota as an undergraduate, we studied "hard rock" geology, aka petrology. I think the confusion could arise that pegmatites arise from close association with igneous intrusive bodies, but they are actually commonly at the top of the mass and are from "dewatering" or when the igneous mass loses its water and a lot of cool minerals come with it and out of solution, like mainly silica, but could be micas and even feldspars, and of course, for economic interest, gold and other valuable mineral and gems, in with the crazy coarse mineral grains formation which are due not to slow cooling, but super slow precipitation and cooling. This Metamorphic rock was probably very close to a huge igneous intrusion, what that metamorphosed it, and the pegmatite pushed up into it. There is a complete gradation between igneous intrusions and very coarse metamorphic rocks, and sometimes it's only the remnant bedding in an otherwise igneous rock that clues you into that it is metamorphic.
I love all your adventures Dan! And I love how your entire family gets involved ❤️ You are right, it's not just about the money. It's about doing something you love and I am grateful you share it with the rest of us!
I'm a new subscriber and I absolutely love your content! The length of the videos and their content is great, but I think the best thing about it all is that I can tell you love what you're doing. It's much easier learning from someone who clearly enjoys what their doing, and it's super fun to watch you!
I love the gemstones eps BEST!!! The gold ones are not my faves.
Love the sounds from the hammering on the feather wedges
While getting your gems !
Thanks for the great videos
I find your Gem stone hunting the most interesting, shiney things never get old, finding anything cool in the ground is just cool.
Honestly, I just love watching you being you!
I’m not much of a rock hound but I’ve bought some of your garnets and garnet specimens specifically because of how much I and my kids enjoyed your videos collecting them.
I also liked discussing with them the business sense of how your videos and charisma create value added for your online shop.
i like it all. your family with you is priceless.
Just love your energy, Dan. I found a lavender star sapphire in the mountains of North Carolina and it's finished, polished weight is 4.4 carats
NC is a great place to go for gems; did you go to an established mine?
@@RICDirector yes. Emerald Hollow Mine. I also found a gem quality Emerald crystal, a gem quality citrine crystal and a silver topaz gem quality crystal. The Emerald cushion cut rectangle finished at .87 carat, the citrine and silver topaz were both flawless and finished at 3.88 carats and 4.14 carats, cut and finished.
Some of us definitely enjoy your gem videos more than your gold videos. Just post what you're passionate about and don't stress the small stuff.
I’d LOVE to have a sapphire mine! You’re blessed, Dan!
I’m subscribed to Tim’s Adventures he is a sapphire miner in Australia he has a couple for sale but they are in Australia… I love seeing the raw sapphires he mines and it’s all by hand
I watch Tim too👍
Dan I enjoy all your shows, especially the ones with your family with you, they get to enjoy too
Unreal stuff Dan. Really beautiful. Its amazing to me, that even after thousands of years of us ravaging the earth. There is still untouched places like this.
Dan, you always say, “I hope I’ve earned your subscription today!” I couldn’t count how many times I’ve heard it but always got so caught up in the next and next… But, tonight the first video I caught was the peridot beach in Hawaii! I lived on Kauai for over 10 years and never heard about itIt made me so homesick I cried! Then right after that I watched the one with the huge gold nuggets and pedilyte,(spelling sorry). I have never seen or heard of it! Fabulous, incredible and awesome! I think it is my new second favorite gemstone!! I’m a 66 year old lifelong rockhound and you absolutely made my day, week, year!! The opal is my birth stone and has always been my favorite, and remains so! Thank you for all you do for us out here! I don’t get out hunting like I used to, both of my shoulders are destroyed and I have a 14 level fusion in my back, so you will never know how much enjoyment I get living vicariously through you and many others here on RUclips! I live in Wyoming and we have alot to offer in crystals and rocks, Jade, labradorite, petrified, opalized and crystallized wood! I have 1000s of pounds of petrified wood in my yard alone! Come see us in Wyoming and see what you can find! Thank you again! Brenda (Wild Ginger)😊
I like everything you do, the gemstones are more interesting for sure. But I like how you just mixing it up the best.
You most definitely earned my subscription! I can't wait to go watch more of your videos right now! Lol. Thanks for making such interesting and informative content!
At 15:03 in the close up shot, after breaking away the second chunk of sapire, there was a deep green tourmaline underneath. I would LOVE that one.. ;)
This reminded me so much of my growing up years with my family. What you are teaching your sons will stay with them for life.
I am so thankful to you for enlightening me, I used to think that doing this was just for big companies and now I've found cool rocks everywhere I look, its amazing. Keep prospecting don't mind the discouragement
I find all your content fascinating, I enjoy all your videos. Also, I love the fact that you have your prospecting as a family outing, while you teach your children. I’ve learned so much watching your video’s. 😊
I love the mix of gold and other gemstones. They are all amazing!!
The money pays for all the fun family time and outdoor adventure...precious!
Great family video Dan, you are a true family man and a great father. God bless you all 👍
Seeing the nice interactions, the young people being taught calmly & effectively, learning the skills, yeah, now I'm subscribed.
Just lovely.
I absolutely love the sound of you using the feather and wedge
I love the E flat tone that the feather and wedges make while you hammer them.
I love the gemstone videos I find gemstones to be more trigging just because it takes a little bit more knowledge to know where to find them and how to extract them and yes they are worth more in my book.
To be more intriguing?
My Daughter, my grandsons and I have been watching you alot lately, we have decided to go to hunt sapphires gatnets and crystals here in Montana for a family vacation this year because of your videos. We just love watching you and your family!
According to Wiki, while most pegmatite is igneous in origin, metamorphic pegmatites are also possible through the transformation of felsic gneiss. Thanks, Dan, for all your BC adventures!
Lady says "can you refrain from throwing the rocks in the ditch?" Dan says "sure I will get Dana to clean them up"..lol classic Dan😄
I love watching your adventures no matter where they lead Dan. Thank you for all you share with us!
Don’t worry about people coming for gold alone! I found you through one of your garnet videos and they are just as appealing as your gold ones! You have an incredible appeal and personality. I’ll keep coming back as long as I can
I absolutely love that sound when you hammer the wedges at first ☺️
Me too! Donk donk doink doink higher and higher
Dan, I love all your treasure seeking adventures!😀
your such a cool dad my fathers a deadbeat so ive never gotten to do anything adventurous or even have family time your kind of a nerd and it draws me to your channel you fuel my young mind with these amazing videos im proud of you for going so hard on these videos being consistent no matter your health problems Much love from Illinois 😀
I think you have a good balance of gold and gemstone prospecting videos, and I especially love to see one's like this and your ocean picture stone claim. I find the geology fascinating and the landscapes are stunning.
You can't please everyone, and I think people forget you have a lot of overheads with claims fees, fuel/transport costs, food and accommodations, and of course your filming equipment.
You're consistently providing us with a variety of enjoyable high quality prospecting content, and I'm proud to be a long-time subscriber of your channel.
I honestly just appreciate Dan himself the content is just a perk.
It’s always fun to watch, no mater what you seek. I’m always amazed that I would walk right by most of the gemstones…..so I like seeing them in their raw state. Thanks.
Dan, I'm big fan of everything you do. I love the adventure side of it, so to me personally it doesn't matter what you're searching for! Thank You for all the hard work & I'm also glad to see you're doing great since your last hospital stay!
Hey Dan, you do you. Part of the entertainment is you, yourself. I for one will watch no mater what. Love all the videos. Enjoy your time and thanks for sharing your time with us.
I love star sapphires. Purchased on while I was in India and I wear it nearly every day. It's such a mysterious and surprising little gem! I'm thrilled you found some on your claim! Might just have to get some :)
They're a real kick! To get a good star, though, the cab has to be domed high enough for the star to really pop. You won't often see a shallow cab of this stuff.
Dan, you are living the dream, and everytime I see one of your videos I feel more inspired to push towards my dream of finding gems and minerals all over the world with my wife and daughters. Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared with us over the years.
Yay!! Dan I love your mineral collecting treasure hunts
Hi I just came across your video and I don’t know if you have ever considered it but the women are very into acrylic nails and they would absolutely buy the little gem stones to put them on the nails. Just something you might want to consider. The nail industry is a billion dollar industry. I just wanted to give you another way to make money doing what you already love to do. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful video with us. God bless and happy prospecting.😀😀
Love your content in general! Always educational and has inspired me to look for my own claim sometime in the near future. Would love to see a video on how you go about looking for and securing a claim!
Wow, Dan, the family is with you and they enjoy the field work with you. You are a good man, Dan. Love seeing you harvesting the saphires, etc.
I personally love gemstone hunting, I've always been interested in rock hunting.
Love the content you make and your personality, I used to love collecting fossils and rocks on the beaches with my mom. Now I have two boys and my oldest loves collecting rocks from everywhere. ❤
I like all the adventures. Any kind of prospecting. Rock, mineral, gold, it doesn't mattter. It's all good. Keep the fun coming and don't melt! 😷⚒
Estimado Dan, muy hermoso es la geología y más con prospección de gemas. Buen trabajo y más feliz ver que sales con la familia. Hermoso trabajo. Soy geólogo y me gusta la gemología. Sigue adelante!!
I love watching all your adventures! Gold, garnet, BC ocean picture stone, smelting, & more. Love it all ❤️❤️❤️
Hey Dan we appreciate you making videos in any format as long as you have a safe and fun time with your family we will enjoy your videos I am a knowledge seeker/prospector and I've learned so much from you over the last few years about all kinds of different minerals and fun I can have with my family while prospecting for gold because there is so much people miss while just looking for gold alone so you make whatever videos you like and we will enjoy learning and hanging out with you and Pioneer Pauly and all the other fantastic people featured in your videos also besides Pauly your dad is one of my favorites he is awesome best wishes to you and your family and thank you for letting us hang out with you guys
So nice to see you with your family ♡ They seem so, so nice.
I just like watching your adventures! you do what makes you happy and makes you money!
Thank you Dan and family for another awesome prospecting video :) I love gold and silver, but I also love gems and crystals. I love how they all form.
Love the gemstone and lapidary content!! ⚒️💎
You are making great memories with your family and those boys will have all your videos to show their children when they are older. That's something alot of kids can't say nor do, but you making these great videos and teaching millions of other people and their children what can be found in the ground if they would slow down an just look. In today's world everything moves way to fast, but you my friend are showing and teaching everyone to slow down an just look at where they are at an they might find a rock, gem or chunk of gold they will will always treasure an keep an pass down with a story of how they found it to their children. I Love your videos buddy and one day your boys will say, we had an adventure since we were born because my Mom and Dad made our lives an mainly our childhood so much fun we didn't realize at the time but he was teaching us all about rocks and we say thank you for that dad.
Greetings and well wishes to those who care!
Greetings and well wishes to you my dude, my guy, my dude-guy
Beautiful stones Dan, you all did well in finding and getting them out. God bless, all of you please take care and thank you for sharing 🙏👍❤️
Here to watch you do you, Dan! Cool learnings to spunge up along the way. Love it, intriguing!
I love all your adventures. My dad made beautiful jewelry from gem stones. I used to find some along the Fraser and creeks in the Caribou. I enjoy this so much.
I love Evan already, my favorite is "Potch"... LOL
Dan and family these videos are fantastic! Thankyou for the way you put things with the knowledge behind it.
To be honest i love the gemstones and rocks WAY more than the gold panning:D
Aw you look seem to have a nice family. A very wholesome venture you have going on.
I love watching anything you put up on RUclips. I’m 58 an learn a lot from your channel. Thanks for what you do!
For what it’s worth Dan, i enjoy all your videos. You are quite the character and your adventures are always entertaining!
That is really awesome to be able to bring your family and teach your kids on the field.
I'm Having a blast watching you having a blast. Gold, gems, indent care all you videos are fun and educational.
I like these gemstone videos. Teaching me knowledge on what a lot of these precious rocks are that I have no idea how to differentiate etc
Thanks Dan!
I really like the mixing of gemstones episodes into the videos. Learning a lot too.
Love this.. . family videos and my favorite are the gem finds, also love the gold video's 💛 ❤️ 💕 but my passion is gems. Dan u guys are so relaxing and exciting. I'm just as excited to see what u find! just like I'm the one holding the camera 📷!!! Thank you from the bottom of my ❤️ 💙 💜. Also making these memories with the whole family how special. U truly are a rich man! Keep it coming. God bless and love from my family to yours!
About that specimen on your short weighting roughly 6.7 oz. From my education taught by Mr Dan Hurd. A specimen test weighting the rock suspended in water and a little math an you will get a nice estimate on what might be in there. I would say because it’s a solid vain I would believe it would have about a oz of gold which is worth about 1600, but specimen value should be higher. Placing it in Kostic soda bath will produce beautiful gold specimen results without having to crush it and is highly sought after. Thank you Dan for teaching me about gold. I applied what I learned a found gold in my backyard creek the first time. Heavy pans sir
I have to say I prefer what you are doing now Dan. I love the gem stuff too, it reminds me of rock hunting in some of those same areas as a kid with my parents. I truly enjoy your content,keep it coming!
Two ways:
1. A batholith forms. Cracks form later on. Magma pushes its way up through the cracks. Cools. Hardens as seam of pragmatite.
2. In the late stages of crystallization, water separates from the cooling magma body typically in pockets and changes the surrounding temperature thus forming the pragmatite.
Love the show. Sub earned.
No, I love the general prospecting!
Back when I was in my teens, we went on vacation to Canada, Alaska, Sweden and Norway where there are loads of rocks! I always was fascinated by the discolorations and apparent colors seeping out of mountains like rust or salt.
I've always been told there was nothing of value, but when I look at what you chop open here... I was right and my parents were wrong!
Thanks for always having a smile, positive attitude and on top of that a great video!
That black star sapphire in the thumbnail, absolutely favorite mineral
WoW.... Now that's a schist lode of gems ya got there Dan..😉👌
Gold, Gemstones, whatever.. I'm here for the beautiful Outdoors and great finds..
Have a great and blessed day Dan and family..
Much love from South Carolina..🙋♂️
I watch your content for you. Your adventures, your commentary, your knowledge. We went on a family vacation to northern Michigan & in one of the inlets to Lake Michigan I was able to notice, because of your content, what looked like garnets in the sand. A short google search later and it turns out that there are garnets north of there , so I was probably right. You are a lot of fun to watch.
You found a schist load of gems Dan!..I enjoy both the gold and the gemstone videos.
I absolutely love your adventures and love the gemstone hunts!! Thank you for sharing your hunts and your family 😍
You are living my dream! I love your precious gemstone content!
I appreciate your transparency in the economy of prospecting, makes sense!
Thanks Dan! Always excellent adventures. I originally found you while looking for gold prospecting but I really enjoy the gem videos as well !
Dan! Because of you I fell back into my interest in gold and I started binging your videos maybe a year ago (So glad to see your growth!) And I started buying/saving in gold in silver, I have 2oz of gold and 32oz of silver. You remind me of my grandfather and you've helped my mental help a lot just by being you and I just want to thank you ❤️ Next thing I really want to do is pan for gold
I love the gemstone videos. Great seeing the whole family to enjoy some really pretty locations.
Lovely finds! About 43 yrs ago I had purchased a Star Sapphire and a Fire Opal that I was going to have someone put in to 2 ring settings. I had them in a small tin, however, before I had a chance to have that done I lost them to a house fire. I have since got a Fire Opal ring but have not found a Star Sapphire for a ring that i could afford, and still can't. It was nice seeing one again on your video, they are beautiful.
I love to see the gem stones you find! Of course the gold is nice but gem stones Ooooooooo yea
These are beautiful specimen. You do what feels good. I will watch you, and enjoy the information.