How To Find Gold in Creeks Every Time
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Fern, my white Boxer dog, is an accredited service dog under the 1992 DD act. She holds special access rights to be allowed to enter places most dogs cannot. This includes National Parks such as Chiltern Mt Piolet NP where Reedy Creek is located. Unless your dog is an accredited service animal they are not allowed to enter NP.
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The one thing people don't tell you is how physically exhausting this is. It's worth it to see a couple of specks and know you are on it. Great video, learned a ton and loved the entertainment.
I was screening with 1/8 classifier and Panning with the super sluice Pan 😊 I not only got a 0.20 gr but a workout in a beauty place for free , found a skinny frog friend watching me 🤔 I gave him a worm 🐛 and he just sat there watching me from his perch on the bank ,eye level with me being in the Water in hip waiter's 😅
This is SUCH a great video! Terrain analysis, and for once, you actually get to see how to test an area. No fake “well we dug here is this one spot, and look at all the stuff we pulled out!” This is the most realistic video I have EVER seen of the whole process. Too bad you didn’t have a big snuffer vacuum tube, or a classifier, or higher boots, or a head net for bugs… But dang - it’s a great video! 😅❤
I love the workout though
It's easy to read the basics, inside bend, gravel deposits, cracks...
Those details about how the sediment settles out, velocity, organic materials.
AWESOME INFO !
Good video, Chris. I've been prospecting for about 7 years now. I quite enjoy when you give in-depth explanations about how you read the creek. I recently found a similar spot myself, 12 test pans for a .1 and 1 hour high banking for 1 gram. Cheers🤙
Love the format Chris. I so enjoy how you depart your knowledge. You make it so easy to understand.
Great to see Sweatpants along for the ride, you two are my favourite RUclipsrs in the gold space.
Give us more Fern Cam tm :)
Cheers.
Great POV again Chris. 😎
Suggestion:
What may help is to bring your GoPro view up on your phone and check it occasionally. Will help with alignment.
Chest mount may also be an option.
Brilliant stuff!
Thanks for the tip!
Chris, perhaps it would be interesting to try and take a cross-section (trench) across a channel and keep each concentrate, then lay them out so you can show the distribution of minerals right across the flow regime? While not likely to yield much physical gold, that's educational gold for sure.
Great hydrology, Chris
I love the way you try to explore and figure out the forces of the creek
Hydrodynamic deposition is the name of the game
One thing I would like to put notice to is how sand and gravel will be laid out as the floodwaters recede …
We as Prospector’s usually like to look at the bed, rock and surrounding gravel, and imagine a flood 20 to 30 feet high, depositing them in their place …
One thing we need to pay attention to also is how as the flood recedes those waters will cover, heavier gravel’s, and move lighter gravel‘s and sands around, placing them in places that are difficult to understand why they are there
Only thing I could think of you may possibly be missing in your explanation probably just because you’re so used to already considering it in the process
Love your prospecting explanations and I watch every day
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Glad to be back with Australia's no.1 son, RUclipss greatest prospector, and Ferns favourite human ❤
"The Creek is Amazing" - couldn't help but think of a "Bluey" reference.....another amazing aussie export that together with you Chris have helped me through some tough times....
Your last three videos have been the best and most informative you’ve ever done. Always a pleasure to see your content. Thanks!!!
Wow, thank you!
As an Aussie expat in the UK I live my gold prospecting and Aussie bush dreams vicariously through your videos. Thanks Chris
Got enough Vegemite mate?
@@markfryer9880 2 Jars at all times!!
I always learn something new everytime I watch one of your new videos, even when at first they seem to be redundant. But thank you Chris, for the entertainment and education, while you and, at least half the time, Gadzee, sweat and work shoveling muck, rocks and mud while doing it. ThankQ brother. ❤😊👏🏻
Hey Chris, I just listened to your video explaining what you do, and what it takes.
I really appreciate your channel, humor and knowledge, and I don't even prospect here in Washington State, US... LOL.
I enjoy YOU and your buddies getting out there and sharing your adventures. I think you do a great job. So F*#k the haters... well, no, don't... that's weird... 😆.
BUT!
Please continue your work. Roll in whatever you feel the need and keep trucking on.
I'm an old dude at 68 lol, and I'm watching almost every one of your vids...I may have missed a few early on ones, but yeah.
Never forget most of us enjoy you and the gang getting out there doing WHATEVER YOU F*ING WANT!
Sorry, I understand some people just suck.
Breathe, and again...
Keep going.
Kevin AKA Kevman
You’re a talented man being able to be that entertaining for a hour + straight session and stay on topic! Great 1p video. I couldn’t look away 👍👍
Where you are panning is a lot like the creeks on my farm, so these videos help me out much better than others!
Love these POV videos Chris, wish I had more free time to get out there and put this new found knowledge into practice. Keep up the great work! I live my prospecting life vicariously through your videos 😁
PS for another POV idea, how about using the rocker box?
Thanks for sharing your adventures Chris. Cheers
Don't let anyone's stupid comments get you down. Your shows are great! Don't stop. Love from Oregon USA
Good video Chris. Heaps of info. It is important to stress that it isn’t all beer and skittles. The victory’s we have are usually hard fought for. Great show 😁👍👍
I just subscribed to your channel and I have learned a lot about how to identify gold in its raw form. Thank you for your help and hard work. I live in Washington State and their are old abandoned mines and so on. Again thank you.
Chris has built a truly great channel over the last 7 years, best regards from near Salem Oregon.
great job bud love your vids keep it up man I'm just getting into it here in New Zealand I've seen all your vids and would love to get to the spots you went to when you came here.
that big piece of tin looked like Sphalerite to me, gotto be pretty big if you can identify it by sight...Great video really enjoying these new ideas of yours
Keep em coming
Thanks for sharing
25:48 I know where the gold is lol, it’s in the dirt. That’s funny in my mind because I’m old lol awesome video Chris
I can't believe how much good information you give keep up the good work mister I really appreciate what you're telling people
I appreciate that
Hey Chris, loving these new style videos with the continuous commentary. Learning heaps more in these unedited versions. Looking forward to seeing the other stuff your working on with this format too. 👍
Thank you Chris for the valuable information on how and where to find gold. I have a green shovel just like yours
This is a great format, mate. Also good background chat while working without watching the whole thing. Good stuff.
Love the Video's Chris as for boring its not i always learn something or remember something that i forgot and then there is the new viewers that are just learning so I think your video's are not only a great way to learn but i think it is very important to have these video's because there is always new people wanting to learn and it helps keep the art of prospecting alive so good on you and i will keep watching.
Gotta say this is one of the most informative and enjoyable videos I've watched. To actually watch you look for a deposit in real time and go through the process with you had me glued to the screen in anticipation, cheers mate 👍
Keep up the good info, I learn something new every time!
Great video Chris. Really enjoying the 1st person POV as it helps learning the information you give to the specific time and place in the creek. Also like that it’s prospecting and shows how it can be hit and miss. It’s the honest hard work and perseverance that comes through on your videos that makes them so enjoyable.
Love this perspective....your a great teacher...would love to see you do one of these types with dry panning. Might be interesting.
Oh, btw don't listen to the haters out there.
Keep on keeping on
LOVE the POV prospecting! Good or bad pans, doesn't matter. You are blessed to be able to take your best friends and furbaby, get out of the house, and go to some of the most insanely beautiful spots! I have never panned for gold, (Florida🙄😂) but it's on my bucket list! If you ever come to Florida, US, I'll show you how to find jewelery, lighters, pull tabs, at the beach...Nah, never mind, you win!😉😅
Loving these videos Chris. It’s great to learn how to prospect and pan in river areas. Though I do have some newbie questions when it comes to panning or learning how to read waterways and creeks when they’re completely dry when living in an arid area
Chris, put the pan under water in shallow water. Instead of floating it. You can load the pan as it sits on the bottom to load it...blessings...m🎉
That brand new green shovel doesn't look so new anymore looks like it's well-used
I love the way you try out your self-educated guess right into a practice, and not giving up prospecting!😃✨💗
Excellent information as always! Thank you for taking the time and putting in all the effort to make these videos Chris, its much appreciated!
Great video showing how to narrow the pay streak down.! A nice change from crevices, inside bends and undercuts.
Hey Chris, I was always told, that Gold rides an iron horse, so there gold rides a tin horse! LOL Great video!👍✌
Another great video Chris. Thanks for keeping us in the know.
Great video Chris. Watched it all the way to the end. Frankly, I love your video style. You're serious about what you do, and who you are. I respect that.
Thanks for the vid Chris. The first person perspective and longer vids with explanations of how you go about it are great :)
Cool vid Chris thanks for taking us with you 👍 always watch your content no matter what. peace your vids got me into prospecting 4 years ago now
Slaty Creek in Creswick is dropping fast too Chris. It almost looks like it's atleast 4-5 foot lower and dropping like an inch a day. I'm rather noob at prospecting but I like how all these spots are opening up.
Good stuff Chris. You, Dan Hurd up in Alaska and the character Jeff Williams in Arizona (I think) are really the educators on this subject. Thanks much. Fun to watch, more fun to use the education in the field with my grandsons.
I so liked watching this video. I’ve watched you for years now. But this was so informative. Loved it
Darn that dirt always getting in the way of the gold.
Great video
Thanks for sharing
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Back for a second time just for the refresh. Dan hurd and vogus best teachers in the game.😊
Very enjoyable Chris, I really was hooked by your search for the gold there. Got to say I smirked when your gumboot filled with water lol. Your videos help keep me sane so keep them coming. I'm not able to go searching for gold myself (not great at walking), but I do enjoy watching your excitement when you go hunting for it. All the best.
Another great episode!
Very in depth though interesting in the different spots and outcomes of spec count bonus Tourmaline cheers Chris.
I’m not a prospector by any means, I don’t own a gold pan or anything, but I watch Chris on RUclips more than any other channel. Lol. I always appreciate the educational videos, keep it up bro!
This was probably my favorite of all of your videos.
hey Chris! Love the videos, just started watching.. I see you've done this for 7 yrs, what are a few must-watch videos from back in your early days?
Saw your video today on Spud engineering. Keep going as much as you want to, man.
Must watch? All of em. Really.
Absolutely loving the newest format Chris. Real time, reduced editing time allowing you AND your audience to appreciate more of you and the priceless quality of education you provide.
I 1000% think you’re onto a winner strategy here mate!
Keep them coming, cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺
Loved this video Chris. Love that it was informative and interesting . I watched Gadzee's as well. Good job! ❤👍🙂
Great video Chris- I’m in town a few times each year and when we get time to pan Reedy we only get a few specks. We still enjoy it! But good to see you get plenty of dud spots and showing the time involved.
I really enjoy all your video's , thanks for this one especially, sharing knowledge is Golden dude, top man ! 👏👏💯
Great video! I’m always bummed out when the videos are short.. informative 👍👍
I love you vids! Years ago on a video a woman dug up the grass on the sides of a creek in Colorado. Amoung other things fine roots grabbed gold on that stream. I still remember how she said some people would throw the grass in with rocks in a cement mixer and let it beat the gold out. Crazy or what?
If it works...not crazy, as long as you arent tearing up the world to do it....
Keep the fpv coming and the teaching up liking it heaps
Just letting you know that I’m really enjoying these point of view videos with you just saying what you feel. Very informative.
REALLY like the format of this video, Chris. As others have said, hearing you say what we all think to ourselves and question as we prospect is super helpful. Plus, watching your process as your prospect an area, showing lots of pans and not just the good ones, was really helpful. Great learnings in here, as always!
I learn so many important lil details from you. Thank you!!
Great video..just a suggestion maybe get a close up camera to show the gold in the pan, it’s very hard to see with the go pro unless maybe get closer? Very informative video!
This video was so helpful. I live near a 'Reedy Creek' here in the gold country near Sacramento California, another famous gold district. I live in the lowlands that have small creeks that also flood to 10x or more their summer size and I struggle to find the gold as flood gold is so hard to track down. The creek was dredged years and years ago so I know it's there. Watching this, I'm learning that it's more about persistance than just trying to pinpoint the perfect location (I think too hard). Gonna give it another go and see if I can get more than the 4-5 specks I normaly get per pan.
Loved this video Chris. Thanks mate.
Your on the right track mate the depth of velocity is intense, it actually takes a velocity of 3m per second to dislodge a particle of clay from another..
Bed lode is 10fet sec I believe so good to know I'm on the right travk
You are awesome. Thank you for explaining how you pan. Because I am the worst at panning. Where I'm from the Columbia River has TONS of black sand and it's almost impossible to get it all out of your pan and blue bowl...plus very little gold ... I wish I had your problem. Also... I would check under or around the stuff growing next to you. But I'm not the expert.
You're the biggest gem in that creek!
Hope to run into you at reedy creak one day mate and shake your hand (if my anxiety will allow it hehe) really taught me alot mate love your work :)
Hi Chris,really enjoy your videos,thanks.Comment on El Niño recent wet weather over past year.My understanding is the Toga Volcano explosion erupted many many litres of water into stratosphere which has led to floods in Australia,end comment cheers
im going to use your advise on my local creek, water is down for winter here in northern cal. going to check this build up of rocks in the middle front and back. thanks chris
I’m about to get set up for prospecting. Thanks for the awesome info 👍🏼
I really enjoy watching your videos I learn more every time keep up the great work and I love the realistic truth in what you do
Another very educational and fun video. Thank you Chris!
Thanks for this video and information Chris! It was probably the best prospecting videos I have seen yet!
Thanks for showing a fun Hobby I love.
A 50-minute video! Merry Christmas, you legend 😂
That was excellent mate, thanks
If you're getting into jewelry making, it might be worth refining some of that tin ore. You have loads of tin ore and loads of bullets and shotgun pellets. Alloy lead and tin and you have pewter. Alloy tin and copper and you have bronze. Both can be cast into jewelry. You can also gold plate bronze. Lost wax casting works really well. I'm a total amateur and my attempts at lost wax casting both pewter and bronze turned out really well first time.
I love how you show the good and bad, and explain the difference. I was wondering about how many spades you go through in a year?
Mate…don’t know how I found ya but here I am. I’ve spent hours now watching your content and I appreciate all your effort and knowledge sharing. Consider me bit 😉 Would love to know more about how the snuffer bottle works. Thanks again mate
I like these videos I like the info I get from your prosess. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video really loving the pov content where you are digging are u noting the way the silt water clears as an I dictator of the water velocity which could point out a high to low flow transfer
Mate you are ONE OF THE BEST
Love all your videos Chris 👊! What I would love to see though, is Gadzys seal declare war on what ever you did to your hair 😂. Keep up the great videos, both of you.
Good video sir. Blessings
Only $60 per poo for a busted knuckle shovel dogger using a bidet pan 😂
Love ya Chris and I'm enjoying the knowledge ❤👍
LOL!
I am liking this POV content, even though I adore Fern, not so much when it was her galloping about wearing the camera, she made me feel like I was running for my life during an Earthquake 😁
Outstanding job my friend.
It's not until Chis looks down whilst standing up do you remember how tall he is
Your a smart prospector, I actually started my gold journey just before you, up in the n/e of Vic.(erosions from Mt benanbra I believe)
So much gold but really hard to get to.
Mt Kosciusko in the distance,
Most of the top of the mountain is conglomerate so it must of been a part of an ancient gully before it was uplifted by fault movement..
Obviously not rich or conserntrated enough or it wouldn't be there.
Air lockers/full 4x4 is needed to get to the top. Most beautiful view of high country Vic!
That was a really good teaching video, thanks Chris
Yep I haven’t had much time to get out lately and have just started poking around a very small creek near me and boy is there a lot of black sands fair bit of white silvery heavy sands and bigger all gold, but after watching this I might poke around a little more and see if there is a little spot with more gold that the kids have a go at finding 👍
Very enjoyable and informative...
You and Dan are great 👍 👌 👏
Chris:
At 68yrs old, Canadian with bitter cold 6 months winters, I am a couch potato prospector for half the year. You’re the primary culprit, as you are for thousands of others. We learned at first to prospect (which I now do in retirement). Then you became our fav adventurer series. We watch to follow your growth as a prospector, educator, film producer and yes adult. Critics? People trying to make themselves look big by making others look small. Pitiable. We all hope you go out and continue, but for God’s sake go out and show yourself a good time instead of others.
Douglas, I don't know how you put up with so much cold for six months. I guess it also helps to explain how some people build impressive model railroads in their basements!
I guess that armchair prospecting is one of the advantages of having the Internet and RUclips, we never really had the opportunity before to watch people half a world away and in the other hemisphere doing things in the opposite seasons!
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
"Got some really nice silt..." - sounds like a Monty Python line.
Great video man! Have you done a first person of sluicing or high banking.