More Valuable than Gold.... JADE!

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  • Опубликовано: 8 май 2021
  • Jade, the green gold of the Fraser River. In this video Dayna and I hunt for the elusive and beautiful Fraser River Jade on one of my Fraser river placer claims. This claim has great gold, but also has huge gravel bars which host placer Jade in boulders from the size of you hand up to many hundreds of pounds. I explain what to look for, and how to identify jade. as well as how to test it to determine if the rock is Jade, serpentine or an ultra-mafic green ingenious rock. After our hunt I take some of the stones back to the workshop and cut them showing the amazingly beautiful interior of the stone as well as cut slabs to show the translucency of the jade. I will be selling this fraser river jade on my website at: www.danhurdprospecting.com/shop
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  • @glynnisbelew1291
    @glynnisbelew1291 3 года назад +1035

    You give mom and I the yearn to go rock hounding, but mom's 84 and I'm disabled and just went through cancer treatment. Thank you for bringing beautiful nature into our living room! Thank you too for your beautiful spirit and making us smile.

    • @stuartsmith6658
      @stuartsmith6658 3 года назад +50

      I hope that your treatment is going well I’m in the same boat at the moment just finished my treatment and going back for more later on in the year

    • @auassassin787
      @auassassin787 3 года назад +36

      I'm not religious in the traditional sense of the word but I will send out prayers for both of you!!!! FUCK CANCER!!!!! Please excuse the cussing as my hatred for cancer is unlike any other!!! Stay positive because as we know, the mind is extremely strong and we manifest our own thoughts and positive energy!! ✌️🤘🤙🤙

    • @auassassin787
      @auassassin787 3 года назад +6

      🧠 🧠 🧠
      👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👁️ 👀
      👃 👃 👃
      👄 👅 💋

    • @davidcasto8233
      @davidcasto8233 3 года назад +22

      I'll go for you guys I'm sorry to hear about your condition an wish you the best

    • @Aaron-zu3xn
      @Aaron-zu3xn 3 года назад +12

      take her to arkansas crater mine state park(Crater of Diamonds State Park)

  • @JudyFrankenbutt
    @JudyFrankenbutt 3 года назад +321

    Gold is cool, but I love how precious and semi-precious stones are never exactly alike. Each one is a little surprise!

    • @zinknot
      @zinknot 2 года назад +11

      Gold is good for encasing or mounting certain unique stones though. It's malleable and won't ever corrode. And makes some stones more beautiful.

    • @shuglovemagnolia6650
      @shuglovemagnolia6650 2 года назад

      Same!

    • @katskye11
      @katskye11 2 года назад +2

      @@1Corinthians15_1-4 we're talking about gold, crystals and gemstones.... what??

    • @ourd0gseven
      @ourd0gseven 2 года назад +1

      @@1Corinthians15_1-4 Very true!! I enjoy my gold Much better now that I first trust in GOD!!

  • @Spoofff
    @Spoofff 2 года назад +46

    I work in geotechnical engineering and spend alot of time with geologists, your channel makes us all very happy.

  • @jefflund9134
    @jefflund9134 3 года назад +15

    i learned more in one video here than years of geology classes in a mining city

    • @closed2459
      @closed2459 2 года назад

      Take nefrite place in kiln cook for 16,000,000,000 yrs an wa la gold !

  • @royolstad8532
    @royolstad8532 3 года назад +337

    It's really good to see that even with your many successes, you haven't become jaded.

    • @urbandozer1
      @urbandozer1 3 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @mrw0486
      @mrw0486 3 года назад

      😆

    • @keithsimon6241
      @keithsimon6241 3 года назад +3

      @The Mutt with no Butt Mr butt wait you mean if you could make money doing what you love to do. You can tell he is educated on the subject not just some yahoo making money. He says look how beautiful this specimen is not look how much money I made. Jealousy looks bad on you.

    • @auassassin787
      @auassassin787 3 года назад +5

      @The Mutt with no Butt He pays for it as well. He pays for his claims, maintains the land and leaves it in better condition than what he found it in, and teaches countless people about prospecting and identifying different minerals, metals, and stones so really man your comment was foolish at best and shows what a jealous sad hater you are. Pathetic... Cheers from Southern Cali 🖕

    • @vsuhden
      @vsuhden 3 года назад +5

      He knows how to rock and roll

  • @EMLRecordings
    @EMLRecordings 3 года назад +209

    When life is getting you down and you keep having waves of anxiety attacks, thank god for this channel, thanks again for saving my day dude :-)

    • @BigDsGaming2022
      @BigDsGaming2022 3 года назад +7

      Get some CBD gummies and it will evaporate into happiness .

    • @carlasabyan6010
      @carlasabyan6010 3 года назад +8

      No joke this is how I fall asleep lately watching rock hound videos and tumbling videos,. I'm waiting on a biopsy to come back and waiting over two weeks for the results is very stressful. Very relaxing ❤

    • @BigDsGaming2022
      @BigDsGaming2022 3 года назад +3

      @@carlasabyan6010 go to MMdistributers.com and buy some CBD , it is legal without a card and will vaporize your anxiety .

    • @daveamtwo
      @daveamtwo 3 года назад +1

      No thank Dan for this channel >>> GOD your imaginary friends had nothing to do with it.

    • @carlasabyan6010
      @carlasabyan6010 3 года назад +1

      @@BigDsGaming2022 I eat and smoke 1 oz in 5 days trust I know it works . Just some times a certain situation comes about that sends your head for a loop . And not even good green can help that . But the rock hounding video when I can't get out . Great brain bleach lol

  • @nahbirdie4773
    @nahbirdie4773 3 года назад +4

    Did I just find the coolest channel ever? Everything good happens after 4am!!

  • @70acres
    @70acres 3 года назад +54

    Dan, you are adorable! I'm so glad your health is back and wish you many years of joy ahead. Your wife is a gem too so I think you can say that you've already found the rarest, most valuable gem on the planet!

  • @jaredput
    @jaredput 3 года назад +57

    The chinese gold miners of the 1800's high graded the best jade from the Fraser. Good job chasing those green rocks mate!

  • @akakscase
    @akakscase 3 года назад +252

    That green rock with the white “stars” was a type of nephrite. It is actually quite rare and makes gorgeous cabochons.

    • @spellbreaker6609
      @spellbreaker6609 3 года назад +6

      Prove it show us one cut and done.

    • @Trump-ld1qh
      @Trump-ld1qh 3 года назад +18

      @@spellbreaker6609 😂

    • @cacogenicist
      @cacogenicist 3 года назад

      White stuff is bits over on the tremolite side of the spectrum, yes?

    • @mikeyjones618
      @mikeyjones618 3 года назад +17

      Looks like flower jade, some call the little stars

    • @mysticmike9778
      @mysticmike9778 3 года назад +10

      Could it possibly be Grossular garnet in Serpentine it looks like the green is soft in the model White is more dense

  • @eeveelugia
    @eeveelugia 2 года назад +19

    Hi, just happened to come by your video through RUclips algorithm. I live in eastern Taiwan and we can find jade, black jade, and (lots of) serpentine in the creeks here, just not as big because they were rolled down from the mountains. Taiwan used to be the no.1 export country of jades in the 70s and 80s, but large scale harvest no longer exist since the price dropped significantly and it’s much cheaper to harvest in Russia.

  • @thelegomasterg273
    @thelegomasterg273 3 года назад +3

    I live in Wyoming and I’ve found some really nice chunks of jade on my grandpas claim

  • @rom65536
    @rom65536 3 года назад +38

    That ultramafic rock, if cut into rectangular slabs, would make beautiful tile for a kitchen backsplash.

  • @jfk64kennedy95
    @jfk64kennedy95 3 года назад +149

    Honestly Dan, one of the few channels that actually teach me something almost every week.. love it, glad to see you on the road to recovery from surgery...don't get the haters, unless they jealous....

    • @schizzzyjones9966
      @schizzzyjones9966 2 года назад +4

      The haters can get that smooth convertible ride in Texas as well 😉

    • @roberthouston2684
      @roberthouston2684 2 года назад +3

      @@schizzzyjones9966 for God's sake don't send 'em here.

    • @schizzzyjones9966
      @schizzzyjones9966 2 года назад +2

      @@roberthouston2684 haha 😂

    • @j.d6636
      @j.d6636 2 года назад

      @@schizzzyjones9966 pop p

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 2 года назад

    Old disabled house bound dusty rusty Rockhound here...
    I'm living vicariously here! Used to live in Blaine, WA. Jade hunting is so satisfying!!! Thanks for letting me ride along!!!

  • @BradPitbull
    @BradPitbull 3 года назад +1

    This channel makes America 🇺🇸 great again

  • @technoshaman001
    @technoshaman001 3 года назад +51

    your wife asked all the questions I wanted to know! keep her around! lol love your videos Dan and Dayna

  • @TrapperScottyAlaskan
    @TrapperScottyAlaskan 3 года назад +15

    I been sitting on river tumbled big quartz nuggets that you call mutton fat! Can't wait to slice a couple open thanx! I think I owe you one

  • @blurboards1
    @blurboards1 3 года назад +34

    I have a huge green somewhat translucent boulder and some other matching rocks the previous owners of my house had collected. I believe they might be Jade, but I’ll have to use that ping and scratch test to really find out.

    • @kellyharper367
      @kellyharper367 2 года назад +2

      Hope your get lucky! I love inheriting rocks!!!

    • @LokiOdinssnn
      @LokiOdinssnn Год назад +1

      Did you do the test?

  • @grahamallen3941
    @grahamallen3941 3 года назад +2

    Great jade Dan, really nice! Ocean picture stone is just beautiful!! Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍

  • @Nodsbane
    @Nodsbane 3 года назад +31

    Thanks for the videos. I have a lot of anxiety going on and this stuff helps me to escape.

  • @dennman8832
    @dennman8832 3 года назад +44

    That rock that you didn't know is a Basalt Porphyry. We have it on Van. Is. I've always known it as Snowflake Porphyry and is also called Flower Porphyry. It has great eye appeal when slabbed.

  • @Ryukai-san
    @Ryukai-san 3 года назад +4

    22:05 Reminds me of Snowflake Obsidian, but a green version. :P

  • @leannkennedy6568
    @leannkennedy6568 3 года назад +2

    Always something to learn from you.

  • @canadianhonker2537
    @canadianhonker2537 3 года назад +189

    I would quit my job and go work for Dan for just a room and food...no lie!

    • @jeffbybee5207
      @jeffbybee5207 3 года назад +8

      Yes I agree

    • @Jerzygirl2764
      @Jerzygirl2764 3 года назад +7

      Ditto 👍🏼

    • @MOTOMINING
      @MOTOMINING 3 года назад +5

      I'd be willing to sleep in his yard
      !

    • @ssnerd583
      @ssnerd583 3 года назад +4

      @@MOTOMINING ...you get the yard, i got the garage...lol

    • @idahogreen2885
      @idahogreen2885 3 года назад +6

      Better hope he dont see this post dude. Or yer headed for the Fraser lmao!

  • @richardwarnock2789
    @richardwarnock2789 3 года назад +6

    Nice you and your wife have a Outing Dan!!!; )

  • @mohawksteel2215
    @mohawksteel2215 3 года назад +1

    Dan you are a virtual encyclopedia of knowledge , I learn so much watching your channel that my head is someday going to explode. I hope no one is injured when it does .

  • @MariaTorres-tp7xq
    @MariaTorres-tp7xq 3 года назад +2

    Hi Dan, I'm loving my Black Jade- Vibrating high very beautiful!🙏

  • @UnderfundedScientist
    @UnderfundedScientist 3 года назад +6

    That trick with the sound was amazing

  • @urbandozer1
    @urbandozer1 3 года назад +21

    Thank you for the lesson on jade. Plus coming back from heart surgery like a boss!

  • @rintintinification
    @rintintinification 3 года назад +7

    I need some Dan Hurd sometimes. Thank you Dan, you are sunshine on a cloudy day, and I know you rise above your own issues to shine for the rest of us.

  • @evee963
    @evee963 3 года назад

    I love crystals especially for the reason that it is used for spiritual healing. Recently I had an itching thought that maybe we are over mining the crystals and not thinking so much about what it'll do to mother earth because I see people posting online showing ridiculous amount of huge crystals being harvested and sold in outdoor markets. I really hope that is not the case. It only grows about two centimeter over a period of ten million years depending what type. With an increasing amount earthquakes going on recently over the years it affects the growth rate of crystals as well. We have to be mindful of how much we harvest. We should only take only what is needed. Sorry for being a party pooper but I think it makes sense to be moderate and not get overboard with harvesting mother earth's minerals. Let's show some love and respect to mother earth.
    Love and light to all taking the time to read this with an open mind. Namaste 💜

  • @DetectaBull
    @DetectaBull 3 года назад +10

    Beach combing at it's best. Well done matey

  • @Skankhunter420
    @Skankhunter420 3 года назад +10

    So happy to see the Fraser River again!

  • @andreworlowski2638
    @andreworlowski2638 2 года назад

    Dan Hurd, you an ikon. I watch your program very often. Very interesting every time! Please take care of yourself and recuperate fast. I want to see YOU and your guests all the time for ever! Regards....

  • @dylonlara2731
    @dylonlara2731 3 года назад +2

    Really love the sweatshirt! Hello from the Army in Alaska Love the videos a ton!

  • @jeremycanterohioprospecting
    @jeremycanterohioprospecting 3 года назад +18

    Wow I had no idea that some of the rocks I was finding were Jade way too cool thanks for sharing this🤟✅

  • @kenjett2434
    @kenjett2434 3 года назад +34

    Thanks Dan for this one I was lucky to find two baseball size chunks of Jade while gold prospecting glacial drift in Ohio. According to the head guy over that claim he said to his knowledge that was the first and only Jade ever found there. Sure made my day and my best finds to date out digging and poking around.

    • @canadiangemstones7636
      @canadiangemstones7636 2 года назад

      Highly unlikely to be actual jade in Ohio, alas.

    • @kenjett2434
      @kenjett2434 2 года назад +4

      @@canadiangemstones7636 well it's been authenticated maybe you need to learn more about glacial till. They was also a diamond found in the same area I got the jade. The material isn't native to Ohio is was pushed by glaciers out of Canada and dropped in different spots through out northern half of Ohio.

  • @jeremyraymer
    @jeremyraymer Год назад

    A couple months out of open-heart and you're out rock-hounding with the wife on a sunny day, on that beautiful river .... my hat's off to you, sir!! 😅 I was also a slow healer, and just getting up the river bank would have been a minor miracle - not including the trek to/from the truck, mosquitos/biting flies/gnats AND a backpack full of rocks .... amazing job, my friend. I can't think of many sounds more soothing to refresh body & soul than that river.
    As always, you do such a good job of teaching as you explore. I have a teenage daughter who's drawn to geology, especially looking for/identifying minerals & crystals. University is a ways off yet, but whether or not this love of exploration results in a career choice or not, you've shown how the wonders of discovering the world around us and educating yourself to enable you to dig even deeper, doesn't have to be a profession to enrich your life. We live in beautiful Atlantic Canada, so the formations here are quite tame and weathered down.
    We send your videos back and forth and appreciate the positivity you show of doing something you enjoy, in an environment you love all while educating us with the experiences you share (good, bad AND ugly!). Once again, excellent video. Love from NB! 🇨🇦

  • @joaovs580
    @joaovs580 3 года назад +2

    Nice to see a new beard growing up! Best wishes rock master!

  • @weekendwarrior5303
    @weekendwarrior5303 3 года назад +27

    I would love to see some lapidary work on the jade you found!!!

    • @zion-cs6lb
      @zion-cs6lb 3 года назад

      It's not Jade, he will find when he does lapidary work on the stone it will grind a black color ( due to the magnatite that is present in Fraser River Serpentine ). Nephrite on the other hand will grind white. When I say " grind " I'm referring to the streak color of the mineral.

  • @hotrod4d
    @hotrod4d 3 года назад +16

    Good finds, sir! I would love some of those really big jade rocks to throw out in the garden!

  • @terindeavalon7978
    @terindeavalon7978 Год назад

    I've watched a number of your videos and unfortunately I have to live vicariously through you. I'm glad you're healing from your surgery and doing well. Take care and keep making videos!

  • @michalewalker8852
    @michalewalker8852 3 года назад +1

    Thank you. I found out today about Red beryl and Mt.Topaz.

  • @brunobarks6544
    @brunobarks6544 3 года назад +7

    Good morning brother.
    Ill bet watching.
    Still praying for your heart. Lol
    Hope all is well with you and yours.
    The beard is coming back nicely. Lol

  • @VikingTaylor
    @VikingTaylor 3 года назад +9

    I cannot wait to get back out hunting for nephrite jade!

  • @wynnolson4172
    @wynnolson4172 3 года назад +1

    Dan! You definitely know how to have fun!

  • @sunfruit8251
    @sunfruit8251 Год назад +1

    ☀️🍇🖤I looooooove jade jewelry. I make earrings with black jade and they're beautiful. I like learning how to hunt for jade.

  • @conanthecribber
    @conanthecribber 3 года назад +23

    Your enthusiasm is so delightful. I spent half an hour looking at someone collecting rocks. Great stuff.

  • @kurtc6372
    @kurtc6372 3 года назад +5

    Nice to see someone has sun. Cold, wet and rainy for the next week. Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. Liked your jade prospecting show.

    • @100GTAGUY
      @100GTAGUY 3 года назад

      We're getting hit with similar weather in Colorado, chance of snow in my area even today. I was getting used to enjoying the warmer weather then boom, cold snap lol

  • @cjpines5634
    @cjpines5634 2 года назад +1

    Amazingly beautified, beyond that I had no idea you could find jade in North America. Thank you for the lesson!

  • @edwardroche2480
    @edwardroche2480 2 года назад

    I love going to Mineral shows as a child and now I'm about 68 and watching you do this makes my back hurt. But it looks like fun and you got a life and you got friends what more can you ask for finding something once in awhile makes it real fun. Take care of yourself good luck, God bless

  • @sarejen6868
    @sarejen6868 3 года назад +3

    Oh! So it makes a sound similar to what petrified wood makes! That's a good tip.

    • @LeilahT
      @LeilahT 3 года назад

      Ooh, that's good to know about the petrified wood!

  • @hgj2019
    @hgj2019 3 года назад +13

    Almost 50 years ago I was exploring streams in the “mountains” of Alabama. I came across a, area of concentrated green rocks. I was certain I had found a pocket of jade (and had no idea that jade in Alabama was extremely unlikely). Carried out two 5gallon buckets of this “treasure” and took them home to my college roommate who was a geology major. He took it to a professor who rendered a learned determination as to the “value” of my “treasure”. “Industrial slag” he said. “Worthless”.😟
    Glad YOU are finding the real thing!

    • @andriyshapovalov8886
      @andriyshapovalov8886 2 года назад +5

      Did he tell you to leave the rocks so he could throw them away for you? 😅

    • @hgj2019
      @hgj2019 2 года назад +7

      @@andriyshapovalov8886 😆 No, he left that sad duty up to me. While I was in university at the time I was still young and apparently at least a little naive. On closer examination and a little research I became a little LESS naive and realized he was correct. It was truly a glass-like slag. My youthful naïveté made me want very much for it to be at LEAST semi-precious, if not wildly valuable. In a way this growth proved valuable to me later in life when I took up gold prospecting. The “jade” experience probably kept me from lugging large quantities of mica around trying to believe it was gold…

    • @ssteele1812
      @ssteele1812 2 года назад

      Nowadays, even slag is useful to lapidary artists. As long as it's pretty we will cut is and polish it. Look up Leland Blue from Michigan.

    • @hgj2019
      @hgj2019 2 года назад

      @@ssteele1812 it truly looked just like the jade jewelry purchased a few years earlier in the Bahamas. I'm sure it would have made some interesting consume jewelry. Of course, that "discovery" was almost 50 years ago, so it is LONG gone.🙂

  • @clairewerthman2467
    @clairewerthman2467 Год назад

    As a non-rock nerd I like there types of videos versus the excavation rock video’s 😊

  • @tylerogrady495
    @tylerogrady495 3 года назад +2

    Hello Dan, your videos are absolulty amazing. Thank you for your time and effort, thry full of great knowledge i just seen on your other video your extremely busy and dont have time to respond to most comments but if you could please take a few moments id like to maybe send you a few pictures of potential jade i found by prince george. Most of the stuff i find reminds me more of your modled jade but with out so much of the outer layer and is way lighter in color. I dont have a stone cutter or scratch kit as of yet but will be getting one soon. Lol the last 8 or 9 years people have called me crazy for thinking its jade, the best identification i could come up with it besides jade would be a almost adventurine, but would lean way more towards green quartzite or just really cool green stones. Now that ive watched this video a few times you made me really second guessing my thoughts so ive gone through a few of my samples that i have easy access. Now i have come up with more uncertainties about some of them some of my samples. Ive hit a few of them with a hammer and broke some of them. Now when it comes to hitting some with a hammer they wont break or crack but will just knock a little tiny chip off at most, would jade do that? Also thank you for all of the amazing information, I love watching and learning from your videos. Very cool stuff and i look forward to learning more from your videos.

    • @philewuppallthwagh226
      @philewuppallthwagh226 3 года назад

      If you'll recall Dan drilling into a large rock and breaking the drill bit? The bit was tipped with carbide and he broke both bits trying to drill into the rock. Carbide is one of the hardest substances on earth. My best guess would be your rocks are not jade. I don't claim to be an expert so good luck in your rock hinting endeavors!! ✌

  • @beansdad70
    @beansdad70 3 года назад +10

    Ahhhh! I love rock-hounding! Seeing this makes me want to get out so bad.

  • @melvinroehm821
    @melvinroehm821 3 года назад +11

    I'm so glad I watched this one.i know a creak ware theres very nice jade.but wasnt sure.i am now.thanks dan

  • @AndrewWhitehill
    @AndrewWhitehill 3 года назад +2

    Dan, you look good and sound happy for just having OHS. Good luck, Andy

  • @tdmccoy1211
    @tdmccoy1211 Год назад

    These are my very favorite ones because it teaches us what to look for when we're Rock hunting.

  • @dewardtaylor4192
    @dewardtaylor4192 3 года назад +8

    Happy Mother’s Day Dana. Great video thanks Dan had no idea how to tell other rocks from jade

  • @iloveredheads95
    @iloveredheads95 3 года назад +54

    Never clicked on a video so fast! I am obsessed with Nephrite Jade. I found some of my own a few hours from where I live in California. Also a big fan of the show Jade Fever so I nerded out hard while watching this. lol. Dan, thank you for going into detail on your methods for Jade hunting. As well as showing them cut and the side by side comparison of Jade vs not Jade. It can be really confusing sometimes when you are still learning. I have been hoping you would do a video on Jade at some point. So glad you did! Thank you!

    • @ketansaart1546
      @ketansaart1546 3 года назад +1

      I clicked even faster after seeing the thumbnail. I was like "Thanos??" 😮

    • @tomw.4255
      @tomw.4255 3 года назад +2

      A lot of people think you can only find it in and around Big Sur in California. I did for a long time too. I guess bigger pieces would more typically be found there, but for pebble-sized, or the size of a quarter to 50 cent piece it can be found much further south. The ocean current is one powerful force and I'm pretty sure I've found jade at Morro Bay, Montana de Oro, Cambria, etc. -- all of the towns through there have it at the beaches. Hard to spot, but super fun to find.
      So many cool things to find on California beaches. Agates, jasper, volcanic rock, moonstone, jade, petrified wood, sea glass, abalone shells, sand dollars, etc. I guess you could find sharks teeth, but they're very rare through there if at all.

    • @iloveredheads95
      @iloveredheads95 3 года назад

      @@tomw.4255 Yes! I have found all of those except shark teeth. I plan of taking a trip to Florida in the future to hunt for teeth. I feel really blessed to live where I do though. So many treasures to find here.

    • @tomw.4255
      @tomw.4255 2 года назад +1

      @@iloveredheads95 I hear ya! Good luck on your future beachcombing! Florida's definitely cool for sharks teeth.

  • @chrishowell890
    @chrishowell890 3 года назад +2

    Another clue when looking for jade in the summer is the temperature of the rock. Jade will be noticeably cooler then surrounding rocks out in the sun.

  • @pokemasterpat
    @pokemasterpat 2 года назад

    I love your energy, I reckon people are rarely in a bad mood in your presence.

  • @leighanncronin6905
    @leighanncronin6905 3 года назад +10

    Great video Dan, and Happy Mother's Day Dayna!!🥰

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 3 года назад +15

    The Frasier is sure lookin good. Nice lookin rocks. There's a lot of rocks other than gold that are fun to find.

  • @k.l.manring2083
    @k.l.manring2083 3 года назад +1

    Your personality is just delightful

  • @jadejepsen9035
    @jadejepsen9035 3 года назад +1

    Aww dan thank you make me fill so special .im that idaho jade. I love waching an learning from you .i wish my dad was being like you after his heart surgery .. Bless you dan

  • @trosen5339
    @trosen5339 3 года назад +29

    Love the Jade show. It’s funny but I was just hoping you would look for Jade and boom you did. I also like that you explained how to know if it is Jade. I have researched it and you are the only one who made it clear and simple to know. Thanks. Keep up the the great content 👍😁

    • @LeilahT
      @LeilahT 3 года назад +4

      Jade is one of those where I know what to look for, but then some days it's like someone flipped the switch off and I don't know what it looks like again. 😂 This was excellently explained, going to save this for when I need a refresher.

  • @treborikki
    @treborikki 3 года назад +12

    I am really glad you are back and thanks for going out there and having fun for us! You sound as energetic as always!!!!

  • @henryturner4159
    @henryturner4159 2 года назад +4

    The amount of experience this guy has. It’s so cool how he can look at a seeming normal rock and identify it as an amazing stone! Super cool!

  • @applelation12001
    @applelation12001 2 года назад +1

    I love watching your videos. It has actualy inspired me and my son to get into gold panning and looking for stuff down at the rivers where we live

  • @asjamuir5534
    @asjamuir5534 3 года назад +5

    Love that u felt the need to justify why you are taking it easy even when Recovering your thinking of dayna she is a diamond dan

  • @donnaarmenia2062
    @donnaarmenia2062 3 года назад +5

    It is great to see you two together😭 please take care of yourself I enjoy watching you God bless you and yours

  • @jaredking380
    @jaredking380 3 года назад

    working with materials like those and many more is why i loved being a stonemason for twenty years..... my favorite was rebuilding an alabaster clock ... the poor old man broke it in the carpark after just paying 20,000 for it..... i even had to match the original tooling , leather buffing and hand carving.....

  • @reginacampbell7156
    @reginacampbell7156 3 года назад

    Happy Mother's day to your wife. Great find

  • @Kevin-zc7dv
    @Kevin-zc7dv 3 года назад +6

    Looks like a nice day there. Hello Dan... wish I was there.

  • @ethyrice
    @ethyrice 3 года назад +9

    The timing on this is amazing

  • @bytesysed
    @bytesysed 2 года назад

    Your shows are calming and therapeutic.

  • @SavageProspecting
    @SavageProspecting 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video🙌 so knowledgeable! Thanks for the adventure👌

  • @tiffanylotus
    @tiffanylotus 3 года назад +3

    I love hunting. I wish I had time. Thank you 4 your show.

  • @christapaquette137
    @christapaquette137 3 года назад +7

    The lower quality stones would make some cool bookends! Thanks for yet another great video!!

  • @Ross-2077
    @Ross-2077 2 года назад +1

    I love jade, hopefully my placer claim does good next year when I get a chance to get out there

  • @skorpian34
    @skorpian34 3 года назад +2

    Loving seeing all that jade. I need some thinly sliced slabs 1mm-2mm. Dying over here!
    The serpentine is nice too!

  • @sklallamghost9188
    @sklallamghost9188 3 года назад +14

    I sure hope you remember where the "mutton fat" jade was at. It sells in china for $68,000 per pound for top quality white nephrite.

    • @100GTAGUY
      @100GTAGUY 3 года назад +2

      No way?! I gotta get off my ass and go rock hunting, as well as learn more geology then. Lol

    • @sklallamghost9188
      @sklallamghost9188 3 года назад

      @@100GTAGUY that's what it says when you look up the price but I'm sure it has to be really good mutton jade for those prices. Plus having to go there to auction them off.

    • @alexshatzko1381
      @alexshatzko1381 3 года назад +2

      heard itwas 8,000 a pound -rough----if cut and polished it gets a lot more---find a rich dentist or doctor that likes lime-green jade

    • @l.m.2404
      @l.m.2404 3 года назад +5

      Unfortunately, in order to get a good price, you need a government assay, own the claim on the property that it was found and pay the taxes. That's why Dan has a claim...he owns all that he stands on in the way of minerals, rocks, whatever without necessarily owning the property. Rock hunt for fun, claim hunt for money and fun. *)

    • @jackiesicilian5720
      @jackiesicilian5720 2 года назад

      @@l.m.2404 oh he owns the land with the river?

  • @robertadriver6931
    @robertadriver6931 3 года назад +6

    For some reason even after clicking to be notified, YT didn't work properly so I missed the premiere. But I watched the replay & found it quite fascinating. Thank you.

    • @adammonahan687
      @adammonahan687 3 года назад

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    • @robertadriver6931
      @robertadriver6931 3 года назад

      @@adammonahan687 I am ok now, thanks

  • @darrensice1550
    @darrensice1550 Год назад

    When I used to go pig hunting we only hunted with dogs and knives after sharpening my knives with dried shark skin I would finish off with a piece of jade.
    What it would do for the blade was take off little spurs of steal that back in the 80s couldn’t be removed with a sharpening stone.
    I learnt this when I used to work on a tuna boat and my best friend father taught me how to sharpen my knives with the skin and jade because I used to ask the skipper’s questions about best way to treat the fish we would catch.
    My skipper family friend asked me why I didn’t just stick to the way he told me and I said skipper’s are to proud to see if there’s a better way and after talking to 20 skipper’s and about a year of practice they all came to me and asked for what I had learned.
    I then took them to a Japanese deckhand and told them to watch how he treated the fish and he was the gentleman that I was actually gathering information for as he approached me first and I eventually realised he didn’t understand what a lot of skippers were saying.
    He cut the fish in a curtain way were he could have minimal cutting with the same result to have the fish prepared for the market and I seen the gentleman on a documentary and how he was one of the top bluefin tuna cutters for high end restaurants in Japan a few years back

  • @hardstylelife5749
    @hardstylelife5749 3 года назад +2

    As a humble minerals lover I may say that was a very informative video....fun and educative, thanks

  • @l3lack13chan
    @l3lack13chan 3 года назад +26

    Wow thanks for the info on jade hunting Dan! Makes me wonder how many polished but "worthless" rocks I have pulled from the fraser but left behind because I thought they were worthless. Love the videos as always, great to see your recovering so well!

    • @kathysahagian7478
      @kathysahagian7478 2 года назад

      Collect what you like instead of just what you think's valuable and then that won't happen.

  • @johniesmith7672
    @johniesmith7672 3 года назад +9

    You should come down in a small boat and just tie up right there if you have access to one that way you're walking downhill and you can take some of the larger rocks with you

  • @carlcarlamos9055
    @carlcarlamos9055 2 года назад

    I enjoyed the message on your wife’s socks, and the show was fantastic as well. Take care. Enjoy.

  • @richardhatt6541
    @richardhatt6541 2 года назад

    It is entertaining to see you get so excited about rock. Kid in a playground.

  • @jcadult101
    @jcadult101 3 года назад +15

    Look up a travois, 2 poles for dragging things instead of carrying them all the way to the quad.

    • @l.m.2404
      @l.m.2404 3 года назад

      block and tackle works, too.

  • @VendettaProspecting
    @VendettaProspecting 3 года назад +16

    Cheers yall hope you enjoy and thanks for sharing! Vendettaprospecting- heavy pans arizona gold paydirt

  • @hobbyadventurer583
    @hobbyadventurer583 2 года назад +2

    Good explanations on how to find Jade.Learned a lot from you here.Dayna has a good eye too spotting the Jades.

  • @lorrainecapozzi118
    @lorrainecapozzi118 Год назад

    You have the best life I can imagine. Beautiful gems and gold too but the gems I believe are way more valuable then the gold hunting. Good luck to you!

  • @CanadianGoldMining
    @CanadianGoldMining 3 года назад +5

    Go Dan GO ...

  • @ericprater4017
    @ericprater4017 3 года назад +12

    I love it! There was this character in a book by Loyd Alexander, he survived on just finding stuff to eat and build stuff with, fed his family etc.. This is what Dan does! Great Job Dan! I love your vids, I learn something every time I watch one.

  • @MattieD
    @MattieD Год назад

    I miss BC so much, we'd walk from Langley down to the fraser and explore and, i'd be stuffing my pockets with rocks lol. I actually found a super tiny little brass bell as well that I still have to this day, It is a precious item that ties together some of my favorite memories of BC. Thanks for the videos!!

  • @sheilacolclasure9259
    @sheilacolclasure9259 2 года назад +1

    The Forrest green 1/8 th larger slabs if someone knew how to make a Tiffany type lampshade would be absolutely gorgeous!
    When I get rich I'm contacting yall so I can get a variety of slabs to make sconces, lampshades and LED water features for my boogie home ...maybe some tables and window applications like stained glass!
    I have so many design ideas the mind boggles .
    What about a LED backlit backsplash for a bar or kitchen?
    If you're wealthy it doesn't matter the cost for something one of a kind unique.😁Love you guys!