Man i would have put a buffalo bill hole in my coop had i known this. Now its built out and ill never be able to auger

Putting something that floats like an empty water bottle or ball, can agitate the water and help ice from forming too

I live by a small creek here north and east of clare a ways 😏 you ever have any luck on the Muskegon or its tributaries?

I cant hear you

What does a haul like that bring in $ wise?

I just got done watching the first part... The hole. And now this one. So brilliant!! Thanks for sharing & helping us keep the old ways alive. Subscribed! And now at the end you mentioned using chicken wire or something to make a tube. You could do that, put foam insulation around it. Wrap that with another lay of chicken wire to hold it together, then stick it down the hole. Just a thought 🤔

I enjoyed this video gold hunt. I'm from Michigan originally. My wife and I now live in Arizona. But my heart is and always will be in Michigan. What part of Michigan do you live in? Is it in the UP west or east? Or the lower north or south. We had a small farm in Lenawee count north of the Ohio line. Best wishes and good hunting. GO BLUE !!

how do you find small creeks like this?

What area in the UP are you at? I have 40 acres I just bought In mass city. I would like to get myself and the kids into panning , but I'm not sure if my region has gold or more copper? I have found some copper metal detecting the creeks on my property but no gold.

Not much panning your just making home videos

Wonderful presentation! Reminds me of me in the 1960s hunting, trapping, turtling, ricing, making money having fun. Now I have mining claims on Gold Rush and take my Army Aviation Veteran retired buddies out to Colorado and get some gold! It's giving back that counts!

I can't seem to figure out the sluice rule. Am I allowed to use a sluice that is not powered as long as it fits the dimensions given?

Thank you for sharing. After watching your video, I just thought of what if we drop a little solar fan down the hole, if that would help circulate some of that warmth up towards the water…?

Wow. Gotta give you respect. An extension cord and some power would have been so much easier, but, you choose to rely on a much more reliable method- a tried and true method and some good 'ol elbow grease! 🙌 It's the last week of July and here in northern NYS, and our winters aren't as brutal as in yours are come January/February. Bought some chicks last week - first time raising hens - and looking for the safest ways to keep them happy, healthy and safe their first winter. My biggest issue, it seems, will be finding someone to hire to dig out a frostline plus deep hole (4') for me! 🤣 Anyway, I found your video very useful and appreciate the dedication you had in following up with details on the temp tests and your results. Also, unlike many other KZbinrs, *you actually answered the questions your viewers asked!* Great job, all around, so thank you, keep cool the rest of this summer and hope to see more of your videos! *SUBSCRIBING!*

its people like you that help new prospectors like me

thanks from canada

Could you contact me. Athens/Girts, Gold prospecting Michigan. Doug

What size pump diid you use and did you use a control valve. You live in my area. SW Mi. I wish I could do as well as you. You do nice work. Doug.

I'm over in Grand Haven, our paths will cross one of these days. Maybe at Gerts place? :⁠-⁠)

Nice video, they call me the 70 year old prospector. I've been chasing flour gold an nuggets for many many years lol. I never tell another fella how to prospect, just give suggestions now an again. When checking new areas y'all need 2 things other than u'r pan (which I prefer blue or black gold sticks out more) that is 5 gal bucket with classifiers an sturdy shovel. Most folks don't dig down deep enough into the cobbles an gravels enough. I'll dig up to 2' down, remember gold will sink sink sink all the way to clays or bedrock. Turn over some of those big ol river rocks dig down foot or two. Once again nice video an folks just remember couple things don't dig into banks fill any holes an don't leave trash. Forest service is always looking for ways to shut down our beloved recreational prospecting fun.

It's hard to find a michigan river that large that is legal to prospect in. They are either designated trout water or they have fresh water mussels .

What a brilliant idea. I have a summer project so I don't have frozen water.

Love your channel thanks for the Imput.

Mid Michigan here. I cannot travel to pan, Are lower Michigan creeks ok?

where did You find a stream in Michigan, thats not a trout stream?

Great idea as long as nothing accidentally ends up down the pipe while you have the pan out to clean it

How do you think this will work in -40? I live in Montana and its 🥶 cold.

Missing you Jim 😮

Very cool. I've seen something similar with a tire instead of the wooden box.

You in the upper peninsula of Michigan

We’re do you take the gold to get cash

Do you think this will help if my surface water table is only 12 to 18 inches down? Would i have to put a bottom on the tube and seal it up to keep from the water filling the tube? I live in central Minnesota.

That won’t work in -50c Canadian winters

Like watching but get frustrated when I can hear you. Please invest in wireless microphone.

Could you contact me. Thank you. Doug from Coloma, Mi.

What tool is needed to dig a hole that deep without the walls collapsing?

Do you sell them? I'd love to get 1 for my brother.

Do you have to have a permit for the sluice?

Cool videi Where is this concentrate from ?

Glad to have someone to follow in Michigan. I live in the UP and am a beginner miner. Thanks

Are Garnetts worth anything?

Do what you want, it is still a barely free nation, but I have had chickens killed by hawks. It is not just flying off over here.

I think I’d put a screen over the tube to keep my curious chooks from inspecting it when I’m cleaning the bowl in the warm weather. I put a piece of dark neoprene floating on my fish ‘pond’ to give them shade and it prevents ice, so maybe just a piece of that covering 2/3 of the bowl would work. Appreciate your demo! Thank you. New sub.

Very interested 🙂

I can't believe you made him dig all that frozen with a pick because it was put off too long. Good ideas just kind of alot of stress on your poor sons back & shoulder joints fighting a frozen ground.

I would have secured a screen over the top of the tube/hole, just to make sure no birds/animals would fall down the hole. Yes I know the bowl will be there, but you do have to pull it out on occasion to clean it ect.

You posted this two months age. How has it been working for you this winter with our extreme cold?

just a question, is it normally only use in winter, i.e. plastic particles would enter the water in summer?

My gosh. For the time, money and effort I’m gonna just buy another watered (non electric) and rotate them. 1 will thaw out in basement/garage area and put new water out morning and night. Use that money and time for other things in life. But I guess you do you I’ll do me.

I wonder if it’s cold out there?