Wow. I was watching Bill Southern the other day saying to learn more about geology. Then I stumbled on this. Although I have had your books for years, you are awesome on the video teaching format. You answered so many of my questions with this one video! Thank You!
I find the videos you make very interesting and when covid is over or restrictions have been lifted I'd love to come out and learn more. I bought a ok metal detector and a good starter panning set because of geology. Its so Interesting and have always collected rocks and minerals but I've not found gold yet in the uk. I know its possible due to the geology. Thanks for the videos and keep up the inspirational videos 👋👋
Have you found any cool treasure metal detecting in UK? I can only imagine the kind of stuff lost for centuries out there, old tools, silver dagger hilts, bronze trinkets.
Hi Chris. Ordered your book. It should be here today. Thanks for all the well structured and informative video's. Maybe I will see you at the Tucson Mineral and Gem Shows since I live in Tucson
This is so interesting! When I hike here in the Carolina mountains, I always wonder what I'm looking at when I see all the rocks and big walls of rock. There's so much to learn and you share some very useful information on the subject. Thank you! Great video! Peace
you got me out here reading usgs reports at 2am not understanding half the words thanks for explaining hydrothermal vents and that video was great, youre giving me some really good notes! cant express how grateful i am for these videos.
Great video Ralph ! Yes, there's still plenty of big nuggets out there waiting to be found ! Although I haven't found the "Retirement Nugget" yet, I know it's out there. Lol ! 🤠⛏⚒👍👍
When you say that gold crystals "grow" is that the same meaning as "accumulate" or something else? If so, then are mineral crystals attracted to themselves, like a magnet to metal? thanks for sharing your knowledge!
No, it is not at all the same as accumulate. I have a lot of videos that explain how gold deposits grow out of a dissolved solution. Just as aqua regalia dissolves gold, other chemicals can also dissolve gold. In the right chemical situation, the dissolved gold reforms as gold metal. Its the same as the growth of sugar crystals or other crystals.
Great speach ! Yeah finding crystaline gold is fun ! Found my best piece on bed rock under a inch of sand n small rocks, sweep away and there was a half gram sharp jagged chunk ! Still have it ! Eldorado co. Gold ! ;-)
Such educational videos, even though I've watched this in the past, one can always absorb more information that flanks other information (if that makes sense--:) thanks so much Chris...!
Hello,I reside in calaveras county on 50 acres obtaining 2 mines with lots of quartz piles outside of them. My property is also one of the highest(altitude) in the area! lots of water travels during rainy months...im on a huge rock/rain catch, so again lots of water flow! would love to pick your brain on where to take some samples. The mines are at the top and leading down from them(over 600ft) are valleys that have eroded on/in this rock for who knows how many years i now call home.
Hi chris i was wondering if your coming back to Australia anytime soon. Im in Victoria and i would love to get your hand on finding gold and learning about where gold would be and found. Please let me know if you are coming back soon, would love to catch up. Thanks Matthew
@chris ralph, professional prospector question. I know not all veins with pyrite have gold, but.. In these pressure releases and mineralized veins, I would imagine the platinum and gold drops out of the solutions at deeper parts compared to the pyrite because of its solidifying temperature? So when I find pyrite is it ok to assume there might be gold and heavier metals deeper in same veins possibly, or would the gold and plat be above the pyrite? Is there any trend you notice in the order different minerals deposited in veins at various cooling and pressure reduction places as the vein formed? I did understand your point about multiple events in same zones with changing solution types.
I wish I could show you a piece of quartz/mica/gold vein rock a "hard rock" miner brought up out of the gold mine at Geraldton, Ontario sixty years plus ago. I believe mom still has the three inch square piece in her jewelry box. It's an incredible look at the incidence of running pure gold veins (no mistake; that's gold;) as bright as when I first saw the piece in Grade Two!!!! in a way, it would sort of answer your question!!!
Great video once again! I've got a quick question for you. Can large or lots of quartz crystals be a good sign of nuggets in quartz? I found an are that is filled with crystals. I have never found an area like it and It's got me wondering.
Very interesting, is gold always found near quartz? I live near a copper mine and quartz is everywhere, there is supposed to be gold around here and I’m trying to get a handle on how to use my metal detector.
i told you about amazon telling me my password is wrong every time. so amazon is out. i will keep a eye open in the garage sales around el dorado county for your book. thanks for the gold video.
Great Video Chris! Thanks for the valuable info! What are some key words to look for in USGS / Division on mines reports regarding gold size? I've come across description of host material, of course age of formations ect but Never a description of course vs fine free gold.
Man I love this video. It helped me understand so much. I have watched it several times over the last year and went on to find bigger and better gold. I found my 1st 10 nuggets already!! Thanks Chris Ralph!! I'm a big fan of your channel🙏👍👍
I spend a lot of time to watch the video of this man, he is a good teacher, and if you are a good listener you can learn. now start prospecting gold Thank you so much teacher few people know this in our country. now the bell smash very hard.
Glaciers destroy placer deposits, they rip up bedrock, but don't make placer deposits. Later erosion of the glacial moraines can turn those mixed up gravels into placer deposits.
Think of a vein cutting at an angle through the rock The foot wall is the contact of the vein with the wall rock on the underside of the vein, the hanging wall the contact on the upper side of the vein. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
The book is in the process of getting reprinted. The printer has all the files, I'm just waiting my turn. In a few weeks it will again be on sale with Amazon for $29.95 as it was in the past. They have a setup where you can get on an email list where they will notify you when it is back in stock.
You're the best thank you thank you so much for your time and for your efforts an honest man and marvelous person with depths of character thank you again
Choosing the best metal detector for you is something that you need to consider for yourself - your budget, what you want to do with your detector, etc. I did a video on how to choose the best metal detector for you - you can find it here: ruclips.net/video/EF4oFvSHbJo/видео.html
I grabbed your book ... my first partner in life years ago was a Phd. in Geology. Actually the first woman to get her Phd. from SFU in geology. So I have a bit of second hand education for a layman. I can tell you know your stuff. I am off work with an injury for the summer. I'd like to get out and pan in the Lower mainland somewhere.
Hello Mr. Ralph, is the gold leaching into solution due to the movement of "facies" over the hotspot and lagging behind to be precipitated? Just wondering if I'm way off base. Thanks if you find the time.
@@ChrisRalph Thank you sir. I got my reply so I can only be humbled, but I may have the wrong lexicon. I misused "hotspot". I was curious if the fluids become enriched by the movement of material over the system or if they leach it episodically from rock already somewhat upgraded that remains stationary. I have it in my head a sort of conveyor dumps it into the fluids to be released coincident with physical and chemical controls, but maybe it all comes at once. Both seems a likely enough notion. Thank you for the reply. I'm probably just all mixed up. Alls I know is I've been told gold won't make specks without some sorta tectonics. Maybe it's a more vertical orientation. Through that delicious porphyry crystal mush. Sorry, sorry. Thank you.
Being honest, its not just misuse of the term "hotspot" - I think you are unsure enough that your question is muddled and difficult to discern what you really mean. Take a look at my video on the geology of gold and volcanoes - see: ruclips.net/video/v136BEdR_yU/видео.html
Iove how you teach you ancer all the things I. I wondered about thank you for your wisdom an honesty most people don't care if they tell the truth about what they are teaching you are doing great
Thankyou Good Class the best Geology is Closeology. I met a Arizona Bradshaw Mtn. Prospector that found a narrow shotty Iron stained Quartz vein with a metal detector 30 ft long 3 ft. Deep and deeper Took out hundreds of POUNDS. At first By hand. Then over 1,000 oz. Pinched out. I held some of the angular chunks. Note also it was in a faulted area.
Hi Chris. I know of a large hotspring that flows directly into a creek. Would you recommend checking downstream from hotspring for precious metals? My second question is about gem stones. Would gems survive the temperature change from scalding hot to a cold stream?
In a hot spring situation the gold is usually down a bit deeper than the surface. That is why there is no gold actually exposed in Yellowstone. Yes the gems should survive.
@@ChrisRalph Thanks kindly. Invisible to the naked eyes. Eye see Gold in I can then place a claim over cellphone internet. No staking ground involved. Gold on.
Gold mining in western Turkey goes back to ~3000 BC. Anatolia was a rich producer in ancient times, and gold mines in Turkey still produce today. You will need to do your own research on coarse gold sources - I have never been to Turkey. Additionally, I cannot tell you if it is legal to mine gold in Turkey, there are many laws and rules that must be obeyed.
I enjoy 😉 your presentation i would like to know the restrictions on lands or national parks and do i require permits or permissions from government agencies or private owners,does your book 📚 supply the knowledge and others tools ⚒️ i need to purchase?i am truck driver and on my spare time i used my metal detector haven’t found much but your teachings has enhanced my knowledge.gracias
Yes Chris! Fascinating! Perhaps there’s a huge amount of the stuff yet to be discovered, perhaps in some gravel pit or streamed or road cut? There was ample gold in the black hills once, could it have hitched a ride to Nebraska in a glacier?
There's an area near Queen Valley, AZ I've been wanting to checkout that is fairly flat with a lot of cholla cactus around , but, the top part of the soil is littered with small quartz rocks as far as you can see. Does this sound like a good possible area for finding gold?
Thanks for the great video. As always keep up the great work. Im a california amateur prospector. Ive been given the opportunity to head a prospecting venture to a place of my choosing in alaska. Ive been doing a much research as I can through blm and adnr maps and records to find the best possible gold ground that is within backpacking distance of an airport, but there seems to be slim pickens with claims up there. Please Tell me all that I must know to make this profitable on a very low budget. My current gold gear includes a dream mat sluice a normal riffle sluice and several pans, classifiers, snuffy bottles, gold jars, and a mini hand held suction dredge. Again any info related to alaska and gold is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Friend, you ask a question it would take a book to answer. "Tell me all I need to know " I recommend you buy my book read it and consider transportation that would take you farther than hiking distance from an airport.
Thank you Chris, very interesting and informative. I have a thought, question or something crazy ... I research a lot about a lot and came across this “ bacteria eats heavy metals and poops out gold ????? It seems bacteria does a lot more than ever realized. What do you think 🤔?
My hillside property in the mountains of North Carolina is littered with lovely milky quartz rocks about the size of a grapefruit. They are scattered here and there. Given what you said, I'll have to get a metal detector and test that site for gold!
I know there was some precious metals around the Terlingua, TX area. Do you think that looking for gold in the Davis Mountains is worthwhile with a metal detector?
@@ChrisRalph Good advice, sir. I lost focus on what your video is all about. Based on your knowledge of how gold arrived in Earth's crust, go out there and look for ourselves. Look for surface gold and let the big boys handle the deep stuff. Don't take everything for granite.
Doesn’t gold just get molten and the gold or other precious metals stay molten until last with the quartz and flow with the quartz into veins? Bowen’s Reaction Series
Nope. Its all deposited from water born solutions. If you melt quartz, you get glass. Veins and other deposits are formed at temperatures far below the melting point of gold or quartz.
WOW. GOOD DAY CHRIS IV JUST COME ACROSS YR CHANNEL. FANTASTIC EDUCATIONAL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING AND RECOMENDATIONS IE FISHER ETC.I HAD A TANDY METAL DETECTOR IN MY YOUNG DAYS.HAVNT DONE ANYTHING FOR ABOUT 40 YRS.WATCHING A FEW VIDEOS I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TRY AGAIN. I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT FISHER YOU SPOKE ABOUT. THERE ARE SOME OLD GOLD FIELDS HERE IN AUSTRALIA. I LOVE TO GET OUT BUSH CAMPING SO WANT TO DETECT ALONG THE WAY AND HOPEFULLY DO OK WITH IT.EVERY THING I KNW TODAY IS FROM YR VID SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE SUBSCRIBED BEST IVE VIEWED . WHERE DO I GET THE INFO ON COURSE Gold as I am wrighting I am learning listening to yr video. Fantastic knowledge you have .have u ever tried detecting in AUSTRALIA. I WANT UR BOOK ETC .HOW MANY VIDEOS HAVE U DONE SO FAR.IAM ALSO KEEN ON THE NOX 800 BUT HAVE TO FIND SOME GOLD FIRST TO PAY FOR .BEST VIDEO OF SEEN ENJOYED HEAPS THANKYOU KIND REGARDS DAVE
THE SOLUTION IS RAPIDLY CHANGING!!! Hahahahha youre hilarious Chris. This video is a classic, one of my all time favs. every time i watch it i [pick up something i didnt mentally registerin times prior. Like the bits about iron seams and residual placers, both topics being highly relevant to workings i personally deal with out here in the Menifee Valley of Southern California. I have your book, its greatly improved my prospectig skills ad answered many obscure questions about methods i could not find answers to online.. I even came accross a mint condition full sized pressing of Gold Districts of California at an estate sale per your reccomendation and found a little info about Menifee and its respective Auld mining district which is literallly in the hills behind my neighborhood, and the nearby Pinacate Mining District in Perris just 8 miles north of here. I got a full plate or i should say a full Pan hahaha. AS Always. THANK YOU CHRIS RALPH!
When people talk about _pocket gold_ in the Klamaths, I think they are usually talking about deposits that apparently form from _rain_ water over a large area liberating gold from sulphides, which then gets concentrated by the topography as it flows down, and through fissures, and then precipitates out in relatively very small area, often on carboniferous rock -- shale or whatever. Or at least a good portion of it forms that way, as I understand it. See _All Gold Canyon_ by Jack London for the traditional way to find it. :-) Shallow, extremely localized, very easy to extract. Pounds. People still find these pockets in northern California and SW Oregon -- they just tend to keep their mouths shut. :-) Some really good info in this video, by the way.
@@ChrisRalph I'm not saying pocket deposits like _Gold Hill_ were entirely supergene in origin -- too large, must be at least to a large degree hypogene (possibly with supergene enrichment) -- but the relatively small deposits modern "pocket hunters" still find are small enough to remain as yet undiscovered, surficial, extremely localized. I'm aware of an individual who has found multiple pockets (IIRC, in Josephine county, OR), exploring based on supergene models of deposition. There's either something to it or he's very lucky.
Are there any areas in the north east U.S. that might be worth exploring for gold? You mentioned going to a prospecting club in another comment. I'm out of Vermont and want to start experiencing this for real. I remember panning as a kid, out of some of the local streams, so I think it should be possible around here. But that was 30 years ago, lol.
Thanks for the video Chris. I live by the Silver Valley in Idaho (Wallace, Kellogg, Osburn, Mullan). My (very small) understanding is the Silver Valley is from crossing faults. Can you explain what the large amount of Silver in the area is from, and does this have anything with Gold being present. I believe they find a small amount of Gold with the Silver. Thanks
The only simple answer I can give is that the mineral fluids the formed the deposits along the faults in Silver Valley were rich in silver and base metals with only a small amount of gold. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Hey Gary, Good question and I too live near the Silver Valley, in CDA. Have you had any luck prospecting the area? Personally I have been pumped for months now. Of course just before winter got here and snow loaded up the hills. I found a few incredible places and found both gold and silver, even a little platinum. I found these somewhat nearby and completely untouched. So, needless to say I can’t wait to get back out there Haha. Thanks Guys take it easy!? Gary, if you don’t mind, let me know if you’re ever looking to hangout with a fellow Rockhound?
Suck awesome information and how things work. I had an idea but understand how gold was formed now! Now I have seen a guy on RUclips dissolving scrap gold and reforming it in pure gold through chemicals pretty cool! So I live in the lower mainland area of British Columbia. Have you prospected here and could you do a series on the Gold Rush area of British Columbia that would be awesome! Most of the areas you talk about are south of here. Thanks for all the info!!
@@ChrisRalph I know what you mean. I was just curious because you can't find anything online about finding gold anywhere else. When In a creek or river, what markers do you look for when searching for gold? What types of materials? Certain rocks? Quartz? I'm trying to learn and aquire as much knowledge as possible
Thank you for video Chris . Found some nice rock samples in waste rocks piles. I like using a steel rake and shave the top off . A lot of time I get into good samples.
At 17:34 … the black soil in the middle of the picture .. can carry a lot of gold or silver or both, or even any of PMG … just roast it and smelt it. Go get it Chris 👍
Out West. Not all US states are equal when it comes to their geologic resources of gold. Though the state of Missouri has produced some gold, there are not lots of areas with good sized nuggets.
Hey chris, I live in Victoria, Australia which was once the richest gold place on earth. Stories of huge gold nuggets over 20kg get me excited do you think its possible there could be nuggets 100kg+ laying somewhere? i know it would be extremely rare but is it possible?
Theoretically, yes, but very very low chances of anything like that on earth. Gold is rare and it would take a mountain of it to be naturally separated out and concentrated into one spot to make a 100 Kg nugget.
Hello there, Crist my name is Carlos and for some reason I always have the feeling that gold can be grown and with all that you explained that question is on my mind even stronger. You may think I'm crazy but I believe everything is possible. Thanks professor
I get so many, many requests for personal help, advice, training, review, mineral ID, etc. - every day - I simply cannot get involved with all the requests. I have plenty of my own projects to work on. Watch my videos on how to identify minerals for yourself. Start with - ruclips.net/video/MpkW58ZeQlc/видео.html Best of luck to you.
That was a super interesting video. I just got a gold detector. My first good detector! I’m in northern New Mexico (Santa Fe) and i know there is gold here. I just need to find where it look. I’ll try to buy you book.
excellent video again. I am in Belgium just like 40 or 50 km from the German border (Ardennes). Thing what most people don't know is the area east of the Belgian borden (called the Eifel) was volcanicly active until like 10K years ago. This might explain the gold found in this area (although I have to take their word for it, havent found any myself yet :) ). Most gold in this area was found before Roman times and plundered by the Romans. www.geopark-vulkaneifel.de/ngpve/index.php/en/geo-area/faq/583-still-volcanic-activity Have to get out with my Minelab Equinox 800 again, before I forget how to turn it on.
Gold deposits are normally older than 10K. Perhaps the gold was formed in an episode older than the most recent volcanics. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph yes as far as I understand it the volcanic activity stopped 10K year ago (the most recent eruption was dated 10K years ago) but before that allegedly 350 eruption were recorded. So I am not sure what timespan they are talking about but must be 10's or maybe 100's of millions of years
Thank goodness people like you exist to take your time to share your knowledge... much appreciated
Glad you enjoyed it.
It's awesome that the giant gold nugget was found with a metal detector! 👍 Great video Chris! 👍
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
The Hand of Faith was found with a metal detector. The Welcome Stranger was found by tripping over it
Wow. I was watching Bill Southern the other day saying to learn more about geology. Then I stumbled on this. Although I have had your books for years, you are awesome on the video teaching format. You answered so many of my questions with this one video! Thank You!
I had hoped to do joint videos with Bill last summer. Fires prevented it. Hopefully this next summer.
I find the videos you make very interesting and when covid is over or restrictions have been lifted I'd love to come out and learn more. I bought a ok metal detector and a good starter panning set because of geology. Its so Interesting and have always collected rocks and minerals but I've not found gold yet in the uk. I know its possible due to the geology. Thanks for the videos and keep up the inspirational videos 👋👋
Glad you like them! The UK has produced a fair amount of gold. A friend dug some once in a stream in Scotland.
Have you found any cool treasure metal detecting in UK? I can only imagine the kind of stuff lost for centuries out there, old tools, silver dagger hilts, bronze trinkets.
Hi Chris. Ordered your book. It should be here today. Thanks for all the well structured and informative video's. Maybe I will see you at the Tucson Mineral and Gem Shows since I live in Tucson
Not this year but I have been a number of times.
Got your book and it holds a place at the top of my favorites list...Thanks Chris!!! Rock on!
Thanks for the kind words.
This is so interesting!
When I hike here in the Carolina mountains, I always wonder what I'm looking at when I see all the rocks and big walls of rock. There's so much to learn and you share some very useful information on the subject.
Thank you!
Great video!
Peace
Glad you enjoyed it.
you got me out here reading usgs reports at 2am not understanding half the words
thanks for explaining hydrothermal vents and that video was great, youre giving me some really good notes! cant express how grateful i am for these videos.
Glad you enjoyed the video. My book explains some of the geologic terminology in descriptions that are easy for the average person.
Howdy Chris, I need to get you out here to look at some areas after I get out your way... Or sooner?
Hi Bill - I will send you a text to discuss it. Fall will work.
Great video Ralph ! Yes, there's still plenty of big nuggets out there waiting to be found ! Although I haven't found the "Retirement Nugget" yet, I know it's out there. Lol ! 🤠⛏⚒👍👍
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Great lessons you provide. This is the one I lost and now found a little while ago.
Glad it helped!
Top notch presentation Chris, very informative.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Awesome Chris that was a great video very informative.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Quality video. Very informative and helping me towards solving the origins of certain gold deposits in an area I am interested in.
Glad it was helpful!
Chris, Very Educational, I have a much better understanding of the metamorphose of forming deposits.
I'm glad the video was helpful.
Thank you Chris for sharing your amazing knowledge about geology and au prospecting thank you professor!👍👊
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
When you say that gold crystals "grow" is that the same meaning as "accumulate" or something else?
If so, then are mineral crystals attracted to themselves, like a magnet to metal?
thanks for sharing your knowledge!
No, it is not at all the same as accumulate. I have a lot of videos that explain how gold deposits grow out of a dissolved solution. Just as aqua regalia dissolves gold, other chemicals can also dissolve gold. In the right chemical situation, the dissolved gold reforms as gold metal. Its the same as the growth of sugar crystals or other crystals.
thank you for your response. I will check out your other videos
Great speach ! Yeah finding crystaline gold is fun ! Found my best piece on bed rock under a inch of sand n small rocks, sweep away and there was a half gram sharp jagged chunk ! Still have it ! Eldorado co. Gold ! ;-)
Its fun stuff. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Try to find kgs watch Mr Chris how to find the pocket is not far from you if you follow the teacher
One of your best Chris. Thank you!
X2...I learned a lot of needed geology from this video! Thanks Chris :>)
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Top video, learnt a lot, will get your book this week, best regards
Awesome, thank you!
The techniques for finding gold are secondary to access to those areas. I have found that to be the most difficult portion of the prospecting regimen.
Join a local prospecting club and that will give you some access. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Such educational videos, even though I've watched this in the past, one can always absorb more information that flanks other information (if that makes sense--:) thanks so much Chris...!
It makes perfect sense.
Hello,I reside in calaveras county on 50 acres obtaining 2 mines with lots of quartz piles outside of them. My property is also one of the highest(altitude) in the area! lots of water travels during rainy months...im on a huge rock/rain catch, so again lots of water flow! would love to pick your brain on where to take some samples. The mines are at the top and leading down from them(over 600ft) are valleys that have eroded on/in this rock for who knows how many years i now call home.
Just take samples here and there all over - the results will tell you what you need to know.
Hi chris i was wondering if your coming back to Australia anytime soon. Im in Victoria and i would love to get your hand on finding gold and learning about where gold would be and found. Please let me know if you are coming back soon, would love to catch up. Thanks Matthew
I'd love to come back one of these days, but I have no active plans to do so soon. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you very much ,help me understand more, really enjoyed your video.
Aloha 🤗
Glad it was helpful!
GREAT VIDEO PROFESSOR CHRIS !
INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE, AND ENCOURAGING ! 🇺🇸👍⭐
Thank you.
@chris ralph, professional prospector question. I know not all veins with pyrite have gold, but.. In these pressure releases and mineralized veins, I would imagine the platinum and gold drops out of the solutions at deeper parts compared to the pyrite because of its solidifying temperature? So when I find pyrite is it ok to assume there might be gold and heavier metals deeper in same veins possibly, or would the gold and plat be above the pyrite? Is there any trend you notice in the order different minerals deposited in veins at various cooling and pressure reduction places as the vein formed? I did understand your point about multiple events in same zones with changing solution types.
I wish I could show you a piece of quartz/mica/gold vein rock a "hard rock" miner brought up out of the gold mine at Geraldton, Ontario sixty years plus ago. I believe mom still has the three inch square piece in her jewelry box. It's an incredible look at the incidence of running pure gold veins (no mistake; that's gold;) as bright as when I first saw the piece in Grade Two!!!! in a way, it would sort of answer your question!!!
Remember its dissolved in water not melted. gold and pyrite are often together. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
The super rich quartzgold must have a stronger signal on the detect?
super rich quartz full of gold is certainly detectable.
Great video once again!
I've got a quick question for you. Can large or lots of quartz crystals be a good sign of nuggets in quartz? I found an are that is filled with crystals. I have never found an area like it and It's got me wondering.
No, there is no correlation.
Very interesting, is gold always found near quartz? I live near a copper mine and quartz is everywhere, there is supposed to be gold around here and I’m trying to get a handle on how to use my metal detector.
no, gold is not always found near quartz. There is like 100,000 times more quartz than gold, so barren quartz is pretty common.
i told you about amazon telling me my password is wrong every time. so amazon is out. i will keep a eye open in the garage sales around el dorado county for your book. thanks for the gold video.
You can buy on ebay and other places, just google it and you will find alternatives. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Great Video Chris! Thanks for the valuable info! What are some key words to look for in USGS / Division on mines reports regarding gold size? I've come across description of host material, of course age of formations ect but Never a description of course vs fine free gold.
Not every report contains it. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Man I love this video. It helped me understand so much. I have watched it several times over the last year and went on to find bigger and better gold. I found my 1st 10 nuggets already!! Thanks Chris Ralph!! I'm a big fan of your channel🙏👍👍
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Excellent. You know gold better than I have ever seen.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I spend a lot of time to watch the video of this man, he is a good teacher, and if you are a good listener you can learn. now start prospecting gold Thank you so much teacher few people know this in our country. now the bell smash very hard.
Good luck to you my friend.
Thank you teacher,God bless you
Nice video Chris, love it but wish my state had those bigger size gold!
The Liberty district has some big nuggets. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
very informative, but just wondering your thoughts on how glaciers may affect gold deposits.
Glaciers destroy placer deposits, they rip up bedrock, but don't make placer deposits. Later erosion of the glacial moraines can turn those mixed up gravels into placer deposits.
What is the foot wall, hanging wall, and that other wall you spoke of? Please illustrate. Thanks.
Think of a vein cutting at an angle through the rock The foot wall is the contact of the vein with the wall rock on the underside of the vein, the hanging wall the contact on the upper side of the vein. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Your book is not available for me to buy when I tried on Amazon.... perhaps i can be your stockiest here and sell them in my mineral buying market.
The book is in the process of getting reprinted. The printer has all the files, I'm just waiting my turn. In a few weeks it will again be on sale with Amazon for $29.95 as it was in the past. They have a setup where you can get on an email list where they will notify you when it is back in stock.
You're the best thank you thank you so much for your time and for your efforts an honest man and marvelous person with depths of character thank you again
I appreciate that!
I like the way you explain things.You are a very good teacher.
Thank you! 😃 Glad you enjoyed the video.
I want to buy a metal detector for gold what do I need to look for in a very good metal detector. Ty
Choosing the best metal detector for you is something that you need to consider for yourself - your budget, what you want to do with your detector, etc. I did a video on how to choose the best metal detector for you - you can find it here: ruclips.net/video/EF4oFvSHbJo/видео.html
Chris what started your love of prospecting?
My grandfather loved the outdoors and was a low level rock hound.
I grabbed your book ... my first partner in life years ago was a Phd. in Geology. Actually the first woman to get her Phd. from SFU in geology. So I have a bit of second hand education for a layman. I can tell you know your stuff. I am off work with an injury for the summer. I'd like to get out and pan in the Lower mainland somewhere.
Best of luck to you in your prospecting.
Fantastic informational video...thanks Chris...!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Hello Mr. Ralph, is the gold leaching into solution due to the movement of "facies" over the hotspot and lagging behind to be precipitated? Just wondering if I'm way off base. Thanks if you find the time.
California was never associated with a hotspot, but California has loads of gold. Same with Alaska, Colorado and other places.
@@ChrisRalph Thank you sir. I got my reply so I can only be humbled, but I may have the wrong lexicon. I misused "hotspot". I was curious if the fluids become enriched by the movement of material over the system or if they leach it episodically from rock already somewhat upgraded that remains stationary. I have it in my head a sort of conveyor dumps it into the fluids to be released coincident with physical and chemical controls, but maybe it all comes at once. Both seems a likely enough notion. Thank you for the reply. I'm probably just all mixed up. Alls I know is I've been told gold won't make specks without some sorta tectonics. Maybe it's a more vertical orientation. Through that delicious porphyry crystal mush. Sorry, sorry. Thank you.
Being honest, its not just misuse of the term "hotspot" - I think you are unsure enough that your question is muddled and difficult to discern what you really mean. Take a look at my video on the geology of gold and volcanoes - see: ruclips.net/video/v136BEdR_yU/видео.html
@@ChrisRalph Thanks.
Iove how you teach you ancer all the things I. I wondered about thank you for your wisdom an honesty most people don't care if they tell the truth about what they are teaching you are doing great
I appreciate that.
Thankyou Good Class the best Geology is Closeology. I met a Arizona Bradshaw Mtn. Prospector that found a narrow shotty
Iron stained Quartz vein with a metal detector 30 ft long 3 ft. Deep and deeper
Took out hundreds of POUNDS. At first
By hand. Then over 1,000 oz. Pinched out. I held some of the angular chunks.
Note also it was in a faulted area.
No High grade pocket lasts forever, but a 1,000 ounces is pretty darn good.
I am in Siskiyou county. Close to the head waters of the Sacramento river. Is there Gold in the Sacramento river too?
There is very fine, small gold in the Sacramento - but not a lot.
If a rock is covered with nice yellow color mineral what it would be? Any other metal to which nature had given yellow color
there are hundreds of minerals that are yellow.....
Hi Chris. I know of a large hotspring that flows directly into a creek. Would you recommend checking downstream from hotspring for precious metals? My second question is about gem stones. Would gems survive the temperature change from scalding hot to a cold stream?
In a hot spring situation the gold is usually down a bit deeper than the surface. That is why there is no gold actually exposed in Yellowstone. Yes the gems should survive.
Awesome video thanks for the info. Just wondering what Magnifying strength would one use to view micro gold? Cheers
It just depends on what size of "micro" we are talking about.
@@ChrisRalph Thanks kindly. Invisible to the naked eyes. Eye see Gold in I can then place a claim over cellphone internet. No staking ground involved. Gold on.
Thank you so much for the knowledge shared. Can’t wait to read n have fists full
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
where can I go to find coarse gold in Turkey? please help... thank you
Gold mining in western Turkey goes back to ~3000 BC. Anatolia was a rich producer in ancient times, and gold mines in Turkey still produce today. You will need to do your own research on coarse gold sources - I have never been to Turkey. Additionally, I cannot tell you if it is legal to mine gold in Turkey, there are many laws and rules that must be obeyed.
Thanks Chris! Best vids out on this topic! ❤️🙏🏼🌎✌️
Glad you enjoyed it, I other, similar videos too.
I enjoy 😉 your presentation i would like to know the restrictions on lands or national parks and do i require permits or permissions from government agencies or private owners,does your book 📚 supply the knowledge and others tools ⚒️ i need to purchase?i am truck driver and on my spare time i used my metal detector haven’t found much but your teachings has enhanced my knowledge.gracias
Your questions cover much ground and would take a book to answer. My book covers part of this but not all.
Thankyou for sharing your good interesting information .
My pleasure, glad it was helpful!
thanks for the knowledge. can mercury be converted to gold in the magma?
No, mercury cannot be converted into gold.
Thank you very much for the video , so much information in one video
Thanks for the kind words, I wish the best of luck in your prospecting efforts. More videos are coming!
On your next video can you show what pockets look like and what dangers to prevent accidents
Different pockets look different. Some are described better in my book.
Do you have any info on finding gold in places like maine,new hampshire an Vermont
I have seen some big gold nuggets from Maine, but I dont have a lot of details. Do some research and find out.
How would you recommend recovering really fine glacial till gold? I live in Tennessee and we have a bit of tiny (fly poop) gold here.
A sluice box.
@@ChrisRalph ive been looking at a drop riffle highbanker and giving that a shot.
What are the odds of finding a nugget in say Nebraska?
I'd say the chances are low.
Nebraska gold is all _very_ fine. Glacial deposits in the east, rivers in the west.
Yes Chris! Fascinating! Perhaps there’s a huge amount of the stuff yet to be discovered, perhaps in some gravel pit or streamed or road cut? There was ample gold in the black hills once, could it have hitched a ride to Nebraska in a glacier?
There's an area near Queen Valley, AZ I've been wanting to checkout that is fairly flat with a lot of cholla cactus around , but, the top part of the soil is littered with small quartz rocks as far as you can see. Does this sound like a good possible area for finding gold?
It sounds like it's worth investigating. You'll only know for sure if it has gold if you test it out. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
What is the best metal detector that you will recommend
Detectors are tools, there is no one tool that is perfect for all jobs. This is why many different detectors are made.
Must say I love your videos.
Glad you like them!
Thanks for the great video.
As always keep up the great work.
Im a california amateur prospector.
Ive been given the opportunity to head a prospecting venture to a place of my choosing in alaska.
Ive been doing a much research as I can through blm and adnr maps and records to find the best possible gold ground that is within backpacking distance of an airport, but there seems to be slim pickens with claims up there.
Please Tell me all that I must know to make this profitable on a very low budget.
My current gold gear includes a dream mat sluice a normal riffle sluice and several pans, classifiers, snuffy bottles, gold jars, and a mini hand held suction dredge.
Again any info related to alaska and gold is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
Friend, you ask a question it would take a book to answer. "Tell me all I need to know "
I recommend you buy my book read it and consider transportation that would take you farther than hiking distance from an airport.
Thank you Chris, very interesting and informative. I have a thought, question or something crazy ... I research a lot about a lot and came across this “ bacteria eats heavy metals and poops out gold ????? It seems bacteria does a lot more than ever realized. What do you think 🤔?
Some bacteria do this - they do not change metals - if they eat gold, gold comes out.
The best explanation ever, thank you Chris
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Glad it was helpful!
My hillside property in the mountains of North Carolina is littered with lovely milky quartz rocks about the size of a grapefruit. They are scattered here and there. Given what you said, I'll have to get a metal detector and test that site for gold!
I'd do my initial testing with just a gold pan. Much cheaper than a metal detector and some places only produce gold too small to detect.
I know there was some precious metals around the Terlingua, TX area. Do you think that looking for gold in the Davis Mountains is worthwhile with a metal detector?
Friend, there are tens of thousands of areas one might look at in the USA. I have no idea of the areas of your backyard. Go out and test it and see.
@@ChrisRalph Good advice, sir. I lost focus on what your video is all about. Based on your knowledge of how gold arrived in Earth's crust, go out there and look for ourselves. Look for surface gold and let the big boys handle the deep stuff. Don't take everything for granite.
Doesn’t gold just get molten and the gold or other precious metals stay molten until last with the quartz and flow with the quartz into veins? Bowen’s Reaction Series
Nope. Its all deposited from water born solutions. If you melt quartz, you get glass. Veins and other deposits are formed at temperatures far below the melting point of gold or quartz.
Is the Goldbug 2 Pro metal detector good for looking for residual placers? Thanks.
With the larger sized coil, yes. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
In your opinion which type of system, epithermal or mesothermal is the better setting for nuggets and course gold to form and be found?
Both are good.
WOW. GOOD DAY CHRIS IV JUST COME ACROSS YR CHANNEL. FANTASTIC EDUCATIONAL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING AND RECOMENDATIONS IE FISHER ETC.I HAD A TANDY METAL DETECTOR IN MY YOUNG DAYS.HAVNT DONE ANYTHING FOR ABOUT 40 YRS.WATCHING A FEW VIDEOS I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TRY AGAIN. I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT FISHER YOU SPOKE ABOUT. THERE ARE SOME OLD GOLD FIELDS HERE IN AUSTRALIA. I LOVE TO GET OUT BUSH CAMPING SO WANT TO DETECT ALONG THE WAY AND HOPEFULLY DO OK WITH IT.EVERY THING I KNW TODAY IS FROM YR VID SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE SUBSCRIBED BEST IVE VIEWED . WHERE DO I GET THE INFO ON COURSE Gold as I am wrighting I am learning listening to yr video. Fantastic knowledge you have .have u ever tried detecting in AUSTRALIA. I WANT UR BOOK ETC .HOW MANY VIDEOS HAVE U DONE SO FAR.IAM ALSO KEEN ON THE NOX 800 BUT HAVE TO FIND SOME GOLD FIRST TO PAY FOR .BEST VIDEO OF SEEN ENJOYED HEAPS THANKYOU KIND REGARDS DAVE
Minelab makes loads of good detectors in Australia.
I love following you very interesting I want to get involved as soon as i can
I've enjoyed prospecting for decades.
THE SOLUTION IS RAPIDLY CHANGING!!! Hahahahha youre hilarious Chris.
This video is a classic, one of my all time favs.
every time i watch it i [pick up something i didnt mentally registerin times prior. Like the bits about iron seams and residual placers, both topics being highly relevant to workings i personally deal with out here in the Menifee Valley of Southern California.
I have your book, its greatly improved my prospectig skills ad answered many obscure questions about methods i could not find answers to online..
I even came accross a mint condition full sized pressing of Gold Districts of California at an estate sale per your reccomendation and found a little info about Menifee and its respective Auld mining district which is literallly in the hills behind my neighborhood, and the nearby Pinacate Mining District in Perris just 8 miles north of here. I got a full plate or i should say a full Pan hahaha. AS Always. THANK YOU CHRIS RALPH!
I'm glad to hear the book and the videos are helpful and you enjoy them.
When people talk about _pocket gold_ in the Klamaths, I think they are usually talking about deposits that apparently form from _rain_ water over a large area liberating gold from sulphides, which then gets concentrated by the topography as it flows down, and through fissures, and then precipitates out in relatively very small area, often on carboniferous rock -- shale or whatever.
Or at least a good portion of it forms that way, as I understand it.
See _All Gold Canyon_ by Jack London for the traditional way to find it. :-)
Shallow, extremely localized, very easy to extract. Pounds. People still find these pockets in northern California and SW Oregon -- they just tend to keep their mouths shut. :-)
Some really good info in this video, by the way.
I dont agree. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph
I'm not saying pocket deposits like _Gold Hill_ were entirely supergene in origin -- too large, must be at least to a large degree hypogene (possibly with supergene enrichment) -- but the relatively small deposits modern "pocket hunters" still find are small enough to remain as yet undiscovered, surficial, extremely localized.
I'm aware of an individual who has found multiple pockets (IIRC, in Josephine county, OR), exploring based on supergene models of deposition. There's either something to it or he's very lucky.
Are there any areas in the north east U.S. that might be worth exploring for gold?
You mentioned going to a prospecting club in another comment. I'm out of Vermont and want to start experiencing this for real.
I remember panning as a kid, out of some of the local streams, so I think it should be possible around here. But that was 30 years ago, lol.
I can't find the reports you talk about for vermont. I've looked and found stuff about the geology (Rock types etc.) But not much on metals.
Try googling "Gold Deposits of Vermont" - You will find some useful info.
So when it grows like a mineral it must be posible to do that artificial !?
Yes, some small gold crystals have been grown in a lab, but not much of this is done as there is no demand for it.
Thanks for the video Chris. I live by the Silver Valley in Idaho (Wallace, Kellogg, Osburn, Mullan). My (very small) understanding is the Silver Valley is from crossing faults. Can you explain what the large amount of Silver in the area is from, and does this have anything with Gold being present. I believe they find a small amount of Gold with the Silver. Thanks
The only simple answer I can give is that the mineral fluids the formed the deposits along the faults in Silver Valley were rich in silver and base metals with only a small amount of gold. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Hey Gary,
Good question and I too live near the Silver Valley, in CDA. Have you had any luck prospecting the area? Personally I have been pumped for months now. Of course just before winter got here and snow loaded up the hills. I found a few incredible places and found both gold and silver, even a little platinum. I found these somewhat nearby and completely untouched.
So, needless to say I can’t wait to get back out there Haha.
Thanks Guys take it easy!? Gary, if you don’t mind, let me know if you’re ever looking to hangout with a fellow Rockhound?
Suck awesome information and how things work. I had an idea but understand how gold was formed now! Now I have seen a guy on RUclips dissolving scrap gold and reforming it in pure gold through chemicals pretty cool! So I live in the lower mainland area of British Columbia. Have you prospected here and could you do a series on the Gold Rush area of British Columbia that would be awesome! Most of the areas you talk about are south of here. Thanks for all the info!!
I've never dug for gold in Canada. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Can you find gold in Northeast Tennessee? Always here about Coker creek but there has to be other locations
There are other places but also loads of private property with no trespassing. Coker Creek has a public park access.
@@ChrisRalph I know what you mean. I was just curious because you can't find anything online about finding gold anywhere else. When In a creek or river, what markers do you look for when searching for gold? What types of materials? Certain rocks? Quartz? I'm trying to learn and aquire as much knowledge as possible
Thank you for video Chris . Found some nice rock samples in waste rocks piles. I like using a steel rake and shave the top off . A lot of time I get into good samples.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
At 17:34 … the black soil in the middle of the picture .. can carry a lot of gold or silver or both, or even any of PMG … just roast it and smelt it. Go get it Chris 👍
If you say....
Are ever in the Grass Valley and Nevada city area? I sure would like to meet you.
I dont do that many personal appearances, I'll be at the GPAA GOld show in Pomona (southern California) in July.
Perhaps a huge continental glacier has scooped up some gold from the bedrock during glaciation and pushed some nuggets out in a terminal moraine?
Its rare but could happen. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I live in maine and im finding that there's not much gold do you know why? Or am i looking in the wrong areas?
There is gold in Maine - I've seen some nice large nuggets from Maine. You may be looking in the wrong areas.
@@ChrisRalph i am also learning and listening to what to look for
Such a bustle for missed historical placer gold up at FairPlay co.! That town never sleeps!
Everyone wants to find gold! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
out where? I live in Missouri, but I would like to metal detect somewhere I might find gold...
Out West. Not all US states are equal when it comes to their geologic resources of gold. Though the state of Missouri has produced some gold, there are not lots of areas with good sized nuggets.
Great video and instruction
Glad it was helpful!
Magma convection drives shear zones, shear zones create spaces, spaces allow material=vein ore.
Pretty much - spaces allow mineralized fluid flow - vein ore and deposits.
Hey chris, I live in Victoria, Australia which was once the richest gold place on earth. Stories of huge gold nuggets over 20kg get me excited do you think its possible there could be nuggets 100kg+ laying somewhere? i know it would be extremely rare but is it possible?
Theoretically, yes, but very very low chances of anything like that on earth. Gold is rare and it would take a mountain of it to be naturally separated out and concentrated into one spot to make a 100 Kg nugget.
Someone just found a approx 1.3kg nugget right near me in QLD.
Hello there, Crist my name is Carlos and for some reason I always have the feeling that gold can be grown and with all that you explained that question is on my mind even stronger. You may think I'm crazy but I believe everything is possible.
Thanks professor
Not really sure what you mean.
Very good info! I’ve got a question about some potential gold can anybody help
I get so many, many requests for personal help, advice, training, review, mineral ID, etc. - every day - I simply cannot get involved with all the requests. I have plenty of my own projects to work on. Watch my videos on how to identify minerals for yourself. Start with - ruclips.net/video/MpkW58ZeQlc/видео.html Best of luck to you.
i love your vids Chris.
Glad you enjoy all the videos.
👏👏👏 another gem.
Glad that you enjoyed it.
That was a super interesting video. I just got a gold detector. My first good detector! I’m in northern New Mexico (Santa Fe) and i know there is gold here. I just need to find where it look. I’ll try to buy you book.
Good luck in your efforts! Glad you enjoyed the video.
excellent video again. I am in Belgium just like 40 or 50 km from the German border (Ardennes). Thing what most people don't know is the area east of the Belgian borden (called the Eifel) was volcanicly active until like 10K years ago. This might explain the gold found in this area (although I have to take their word for it, havent found any myself yet :) ). Most gold in this area was found before Roman times and plundered by the Romans. www.geopark-vulkaneifel.de/ngpve/index.php/en/geo-area/faq/583-still-volcanic-activity
Have to get out with my Minelab Equinox 800 again, before I forget how to turn it on.
Just saw the Time vidoe of how the Romans were pretty thorough pulling the gold out of south Wales and southern England and not missing much!!
Gold deposits are normally older than 10K. Perhaps the gold was formed in an episode older than the most recent volcanics. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph yes as far as I understand it the volcanic activity stopped 10K year ago (the most recent eruption was dated 10K years ago) but before that allegedly 350 eruption were recorded. So I am not sure what timespan they are talking about but must be 10's or maybe 100's of millions of years
A really good, and interesting explanation of how gold forms! Thanks! Would love to see a close up of the wire gold you had in your hand.
I will do that sometime - I do have close up pictures of it. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.