Have you tried rod divination to find hotspots? A very old school method, lots of reports of success. Some people have rhe touch ao to speak.
@bencrichton243618 сағат бұрын
Busy on nights then😂
@NuggetNinjaAdventures16 сағат бұрын
🤫
@alimitchell5346Күн бұрын
new sub.. constantly looking at quartz outcrops, some very high with water at the bottom...had a modicum of success on what would be classed as tributaries of tributaries..again in highland...
@NuggetNinjaAdventuresКүн бұрын
Thanks for the sub, I’m just finding small amounts just now. Who knows when that nugget will come along 😅
@tunicodetectoristagarimpei2844Күн бұрын
Olá amigo mais um inscrito no seu canal seu trabalho e muito bom like do amigo BRASILEIRO
@NuggetNinjaAdventuresКүн бұрын
Thank you for the sub 🙌 Brazil is where the gold is plentiful.
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
thanks for the memorys ,fantastic :)
@NuggetNinjaAdventures2 күн бұрын
You’re welcome, my first time visiting this island in Scotland and It didn’t disapoint.
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
my mother in law was born in sky ,father in law was from barra :)
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
lol :)
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
ahh cutting ,grinding ,= white finger ,take care matey :)
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
you used power tools ,that is white finger ,i have that as i was a spray painter used lots of vibrating tools .when it is cold my hands go just like that .:)
@NuggetNinjaAdventures2 күн бұрын
It’s the worst, however only temporary and when I’m in the water too long
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
God certainly loves you :)
@NuggetNinjaAdventures2 күн бұрын
Thanks man
@LI3TOM33 күн бұрын
oh no you never trust rope thats outdoors,it rots ,snaps ,plop your deed ,never trust old rope .take care matey i hope you find a pot of gold you deserve it :)
@NuggetNinjaAdventures2 күн бұрын
Thanks man for your support, I appreciate to commenting on many videos. Yeah this is a dangerous spot but if you take your time and it’s not wet it’s worth a look, one of the best hidden waterfalls in my area
@Music0610133 күн бұрын
How far up north were you , I’m just starting with my son
@NuggetNinjaAdventures3 күн бұрын
Sorry I don’t want to give info away. However if you figure it out from my edits then you’ve done your research.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures3 күн бұрын
it’s a great hobby and finding your first piece of gold is something special, good luck to you and your son.
@CairnHunters2 күн бұрын
Have a look at Lee Palmers book Gold occurrences in the UK, it maps out the main areas within each region, it’s a great resource for starting out👍
@normanconnor3 күн бұрын
The UK has more fold than we are led to believe. In saying that, we have had thousands of years of life compared to America and Canada. And the past generation took much before and used it. In Northern Ireland there is a large deposit in the sperrin mountains. Apparently that's already been paid for by some company to take out 1/2 billion in sterling. Wales is still known for the rare gold, which is only rare if you make people think that. Look at the old artefacts in Ireland, mainland UK. There is gold, but our greedy civil servants who run the country. Have sold it all off, like labour under Blair did.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures3 күн бұрын
Totally agree, gold is also worthless but rarity and man hours is what gives it its value. Theres no way the old timers got it all, plus some spots actually replenish themselves over time.
@jeffkablock32294 күн бұрын
Come to Montana 4 gen campbells in the USA
@PaulSanderson-s2q4 күн бұрын
The glass could be Uranium Glass
@Expo64 күн бұрын
Very pretty gold! I could tell from your video, but if you’re not at the head of that stone bar, you should do some test pans up there. Most gold, especially the bigger pieces are going to drop out near the head.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures4 күн бұрын
Thanks, yeah that’s a great point. I’ve tested behind four boulders in total in the middle of that bar. However never tested the head of that spot. There’s so many boulders there that bar could keep giving up small flakes for a while. However there are some new locations I want to check out before summer is over, hopefully more gold videos to follow in the near future.
@robertporter65075 күн бұрын
Could be a green peridot
@NuggetNinjaAdventures5 күн бұрын
I’ve never heard of it. I’m going to check by seeing if a magnet attracts it. Thanks for the suggestion 🙏
@markh26155 күн бұрын
Brilliant stuff , and all the best of luck to you in your endeavours 👏👏🪙
@NuggetNinjaAdventures5 күн бұрын
Thanks Mark, hopefully more adventures and gold before summer ends.
@kevfit43335 күн бұрын
Going by all the gold artefacts like solid gold torcs etc that were found in Ireland im guessing there was a big gold source here , or several. Could still be there but forgotten about.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures5 күн бұрын
I don’t metal detectors however I’m sure there are many hidden treasures around. I’m starting to think Scotland has a lot more gold than we’re led to believe. It’s finding it that’s the hard part.
@kevfit43335 күн бұрын
@@NuggetNinjaAdventures The Grampian mountains are full of it I'd say. Volcanic intrusions all over that terrain. There are commerical operations in the Sperrin Mountains in Ireland which is on the Highland boundary fault. Both operations are smack bang on that fault line that extends into Ireland.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures5 күн бұрын
@@kevfit4333 can’t say I know much about Ireland, do you prospect too?
@oriel2295 күн бұрын
How many gm was this?
@NuggetNinjaAdventures5 күн бұрын
Not even enough to weigh! I mean I never tried but if I had to guess 0.1grams 😅 just looks bigger in water due to refraction. But still happy with what I found, my research is paying off, regardless of weight,it’s a fun hobby. Who knows maybe bigger bits will show up in future adventures.
@bashkillszombies6 күн бұрын
I truly didn't know there was gold in the UK. I'm British diaspora, like 2/3rds of your entire peoples I am trapped abroad. I'd love to return to my ancestral homeland - they lied to our fathers and grandfathers, told them they had too many workers, told them to do their duty and go shore up the colonies after the war at the same time they were telling foreigners "Come save Britain, we need workers!" and gave both subsidised travel, displacing millions of indigenous Britons replacing them with millions of migrants - our fathers and grandfathers married British colonists daughters and with a few deaths without chain of succession for passports poof you have 2/3rds of your people trapped abroad. This is why I know the whole "BrItAIn nEeDs mIgRaNtS" because if you did you'd just let us come home. It's not about needing anything, it's about genociding the indigenous European peoples in their ancestral homelands with displacement migration. It's infuriating. You don't know how lucky you are. Please, PLEASE, appreciate and enjoy every single leaf, and every day you get to live in that beautiful land. You may well be one of the last generations of indigenous Europeans to enjoy her. So on behalf of all of those many millions of us trapped abroad with no future, who just aren't breeding because we are facing an existential genocide right here too; love that land as she deserves to be loved, and fight for her tooth and nail.
@matter32326 күн бұрын
Wow grads grows green on the glade.
@matter32326 күн бұрын
My mother's favorite color, Green 💚
@matter32326 күн бұрын
King Alpin may have walked onthose very steps
@NuggetNinjaAdventures6 күн бұрын
The castle was built many hundred years after his time, however this place has some crazy history.
@matter32326 күн бұрын
Any good taisting trout in there. The ancestors made fine jewelry out of that gold
@NuggetNinjaAdventures6 күн бұрын
I did see some small fish, but I don’t fish 😅
@matter32326 күн бұрын
Glad to see how the gold is in my mother land . looks as it broke off of a stone or something like an emerald.
@s.a.morris86257 күн бұрын
... the V of the water is too far down the ramp... ... use the flare of the ramp as the sides of the water flow V... ...don't know if that makes sense... hard to explain... ... the rapid flow of the water makes a V shape on the ramp... ... use the flared sides of the ramp as the start of the water V... ... the V point should not go far down into the ramp... ... raising the ramp higher in the water will slow the water flow and make the water V shorter... ... so you're not washing everything away so fast...
@NuggetNinjaAdventures6 күн бұрын
Yeah that makes sense man, I’ll try and control the flow better next time. I did lose a piece last time, I thought it was because material was running over it though.
@giorgiodangelo78757 күн бұрын
Ciao dall'ITALIA. C'è chi prova con una calamita potente per capire dove c'è la sabbia nera. Dove ne trova di grossa, lì scava.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures6 күн бұрын
Thanks for the tip. My brother has one of those powerful magnets, don’t think he’s used it like that though
@glendamears36187 күн бұрын
Great stuff 😊
@edmariani73157 күн бұрын
Great vid where your sluce box is the water is moving way to fast find a spot a lil calmer the water coming in should look like a V at the top play around with you will get it happy hunting pal
@NuggetNinjaAdventures6 күн бұрын
Thanks man, it’s just experience. I’ve still a lot to learn.
@douglasbrown47758 күн бұрын
move 50/60 buckets 3 shovelper hr clasified and panned
@douglasbrown47758 күн бұрын
try gold Phenoms gravityPanning give it a view
@mrkus-nc7od8 күн бұрын
Don't swirl the Pan , do a straight wave to top , water level important., .practice 😂 Prospector from Vancouver island 😊 make yourself a silicone matt for sluice box - to catch more gold . Look up silicone and Dawn detergent 😊 good luck -
@NuggetNinjaAdventures8 күн бұрын
Curious is there any benefit to straight wave than swirl? I honestly thought it was a preference thing. I think you can buy extenders for the sluice. I’ve got a huge dream mat already but it’s not practical for long distance walking in my opinion.
@mrkus-nc7od8 күн бұрын
@@NuggetNinjaAdventures when you do a straight wave your more efficient 😁 because all the stuff you washed down ,you wash it again,flush it back and start over until only heavys are left . I been panning for a few years -, have a look at. "" Toe toes prospecting "" i think 🤔 he panned a few years too 🤣 have a look at his panning vid 😀 straight to the point - and good tips .
@NuggetNinjaAdventures8 күн бұрын
@@mrkus-nc7od I already follow him 😅, not seen that video though. I’ll check it out thanks 🙏
@mrkus-nc7od7 күн бұрын
@@NuggetNinjaAdventures Do you know 😁 ? Why there is a Pan called "" super sluice"" 🤔 just a hint 😀 what would happen if you put a gold pan in the current 🤔 and keep feeding it with 1/8 screened stuff riffles pointing down stream , play with the angle and a few rocks for correct flow - i think it would beat your tiny sluice 🤔 plus the super sluice pan is so big you can pan in it ,and pan the material again. I go right to the end with the super pan , meaning i end up dipping the Pan almost straight ( 🌊 in the water the big riffles hold the gold easy just don't forget side to side shake before you dipp the pan . 😀 Never keep filling the super sluice full to the top and see how many pans you can do 🤣 . 🤔 I be watching 😁
@NuggetNinjaAdventures7 күн бұрын
@@mrkus-nc7od I’ve got a breast of a sluice 12”W x 36”L and works a treat, don’t even need to classify the material unless it’s small boulders. However it’s a bit of a chore carrying into places, especially the locations I found gold are 1-2hr walks just to get to the spot.
@craigcombelic49178 күн бұрын
I prefer the sounds of the flowing water over your background music. It is not needed.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures8 күн бұрын
That’s a fair point, it’s not going to be to everyone’s taste.
@henrikpersson43716 күн бұрын
@@NuggetNinjaAdventures lol ur rigth, i enjoyed for once good music.. : )) and lot of flow water sound inbetween
@NuggetNinjaAdventures6 күн бұрын
@@henrikpersson4371 thanks man, I’ll think about the balance between music and background noise next time.
@dalegowling27328 күн бұрын
New to channel, good video 👌 After borrowing my mate vortex sluice, i got myself 1 then modified the 2 for us both. From the natural light shining on the glass it looks vaseline/uranium glass
@NuggetNinjaAdventures8 күн бұрын
Thanks for the sub man. I’m fairly new to all this too. The glass is really cool, I’ve found a few different colours too. It’s something I never thought I start collecting haha. It does seem a very bright green, made me think was it from an old stained glass window rather than a bottle
@CarCosmeticsChannel9 күн бұрын
Well done.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures8 күн бұрын
Thank you
@CarCosmeticsChannel9 күн бұрын
Great Video. I'm looking forward to finding my first piece of gold one day.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures8 күн бұрын
Even though it’s a tiny piece you never forgot the feeling of seeing gold that you found in the pan for the first time. Best of luck 🤞
@SkovianGoesOutdoors9 күн бұрын
Nice job man
@wendypritch9 күн бұрын
I wasn't sure you were going to like the sluice to begin with.. glad you do now though.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures9 күн бұрын
I was skeptical to be honest but when I was getting gold every pan. I thought I’d see if the sluice would catch it so started using it again. It takes longer to process material however handy little thing for adventures.
@wendypritch9 күн бұрын
@@NuggetNinjaAdventures I've still not been out with mine yet, but I have three weeks off soon to get out and about.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures9 күн бұрын
@@wendypritch well least you know if there’s gold where your spots are then this mat will catch it!
@chambochambers89069 күн бұрын
New subscriber FANTASTIC aerial footage great vid and gold well done bro 👏 👍
@NuggetNinjaAdventures9 күн бұрын
Thank you for the sub chambers, your comment made my day. 🥷
@colincormack28119 күн бұрын
Love your videos and enthusiasm Mark,hope you hit jackpot one day, location's are fantastic. Good to see your brother Chris joining in with you.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures9 күн бұрын
Thanks Colin, it’s hard not to be enthusiastic when you see some colour in the pan 🙌 we’re on this journey together and he’ll pop up in my videos time to time.
@thewhalsons762410 күн бұрын
Nice video Mark! Great sounds too! But to top it all off, Scotland still has good gold in the rivers... Who would have thought...
@NuggetNinjaAdventures9 күн бұрын
I always thought gold was somewhere else like Canada or Australia, once I learnt we could find gold in Scotland I started my research snd documenting my journey. Here’s hoping for many more gold adventures
@bradhile503110 күн бұрын
Mark I think you had the same problem I had with the mini sluice I didn’t trust it but boy I do now I actually load it up a more more than you do I done a experiment with it and dropped another won behind it to see if I was getting all the gold the first dream mat sluce had 1.7 grams in it the tail one had 3 micro dots 👍🍻
@NuggetNinjaAdventures10 күн бұрын
I think the problem I had with not trusting it is I wasn’t deep enough down to where the gold was sitting, when I started seeing gold every pan I knew it it was time to try the sluice again. It payed off as I caught more in the sluice than panning. Thanks for watching and supporting my content.
@mazinnasralla203610 күн бұрын
Very impressed with that. If I was in Scotland I'd be trying my hand at that. My local rivers are the River Irwell in Manchester City Centre, and at my Dad's house, there's the River Sett which drains from Kinder Scout but that's Millstone grit. I think there's some lead in the white Peak near Matlock and Castleton. And I'm guessing there might be microdots of silver or gold in amongst the lead but I doubt there are any flakes. I think a good place to find gold might be in the melt from ice-caps near glaciers? Or do you think that's too violent i.e., melt water might carry away the gold. There are tarns and ancient glaciers in North Wales. Must be similar in Scotland. Probably talking complete rubbish.
@NuggetNinjaAdventures10 күн бұрын
Hey, thanks for your comment. I’m fairly new to this but you’re not far off. Glaciers would’ve plucked the gold from the mountains grinding it down as it moves, the depositing it and grinding it again when retreating. From my experience areas with good mixed gravels and mineralised quartz and behind big boulders would be what to look out for.
@MrDazP1adv3ntures10 күн бұрын
Well done !. Nicely edited and some great drone shots at a stunning location 👍
@NuggetNinjaAdventures10 күн бұрын
Thanks Daz, next time I think I’ll head further up stream as there looks to be some good sniping spots and in theory the gold should get bigger. The drones pretty fun to mess around with and great for creating a different perspective in the video as you well know.
@xerxeshadrianus490110 күн бұрын
😊.....No bad effort ! ... But this tiny sluice .... a joke !!! 😆🤣... You need 3 times bigger ... that 's would be good enough !!! Only panning ....much faster ... and efficient ☝️ A foldable sluice maybe ... no bad ... or any d.i.y. ...😉 Was a good , ...rich spot ... mark this place ...for later ! Could be there much more .... chunky pieces ...😉☝️ ... have a good fun !!! ☝️👍👍👍👍
@NuggetNinjaAdventures10 күн бұрын
Thanks man, the sluice is tiny but great for testing to spots. Honestly the amount of times I’ve carried the 12” wide x 36” long dream mat sluice about to find no gold, was just a ball ache. The area does seem to be a good spot, need to investigate further up stream in future, who knows, could be pickers up there!
@xerxeshadrianus490110 күн бұрын
@@NuggetNinjaAdventures good luck !!!😉
@mazinnasralla203610 күн бұрын
If I was going to look for gold, I'd do it with a ruck sack of tools. Then you can go where you want and it worked.
@xerxeshadrianus490110 күн бұрын
@@mazinnasralla2036 I decided , once go to Tyndrum .... maybe ... I m just an absolute beginner 😆 Found my first pieces in this month in Midlothian . 😉
@Glass59610 күн бұрын
Love the drone footage, great info, nice shiny 😊
@NuggetNinjaAdventures10 күн бұрын
Thanks, it’s good fun messing around with the drone, still new to it so skills will improve in time. Always a great day getting some colour in the pan 🙌