Acquiring land, building a base, finding gold

[@theambiguoustruth8167]

Bro what's going on with you? Any new vids coming up?

[@USMiner]

This base was robbed and destroyed mostly while I was gone. I'll try to make an update vid as I have a lot of unpublished footage, but I've kinda lost my motivation to keep making videos since this always seems to be the inevitable outcome any time I do, people go out of their way to find me and I can't be around full time since I have to work. I'm going to pin this comment if you don't mind since many are asking me what happened.

[@bradleysanders88]

USMiner Dude I am so sorry... these damn horrible people in the world that mess with hard work and ruin lives... I’m sorry. Hopefully you can find the motivation to keep posting and maybe make some cash while at it. Please continue my friend.

[@theambiguoustruth8167]

USMiner that's fine! Never lose the stroke. You bring amazing motivation to all of us.

[@LandCruisin]

@@USMiner That sucks dude. You seem like a really good person and I hope everything works out for you.

[@rippy56]

@@USMiner Ah man, and i was coming around checking every once in a while wondering whats wrong. So sad to hear that, best wishes to you man, hope you get some good news in life to balance it out.

[@anthonyjh02]

The secret in the gold industry is to sell the tools and equipment

[@kidf6981]

yeah like in 1849

[@quyiter]

Unless there is no competition on the land... that you own :)

[@minnermin]

Way ahead of ya

[@mslindqu]

Can't wait to see more. You could definitely gain audience by doing infrastructure setup videos.. people love that stuff.

[@MycketTuff]

It's like Minecraft for adults.

[@mslindqu]

@@MycketTuff age isn't a factor.. It's human nature. The only think keeping adults from playing Minecraft is social stigma and lack of ability to pilot it. The only reason Minecraft is so successful is most people don't get to go do what's natural, for real. That's why these types of videos are popular.

[@ale9507]

Absolutely incredible. This competence is absolutely priceless. You bought a remote, presumably cheap plot of land, fenced it off yourself, bought a cargo container for your shelter, used an ingenious method to level it out, with the help of trigonometry, and did it all yourself. Astounding video. Hope to see more from this.

[@alissoncandatem1896]

I came from watching runescape's how to make gold as a f2p and i'm not dissapointed

[@Vixsul]

kek a man of culture i see

[@12GaugeUpYoAss]

telegrab wines of zamorak

[@CunnyRape]

FORSAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@InfinitySauce]

ogresses in corsair cave is the best money maker for f2p

[@Relicva]

Pepega Clap

[@snowvalley11]

Great to see a new video from you. I told my wife this morning "US Miner has a new video out!!" . She looked at me a little crooked. Then I explained "He hasn't come out with a video for almost a year". She still looked at me crooked. Awesome too see you finding some nuggets on your own land.

[@rcpwProductions]

man starting out with an iron pickaxe? i dunno man, seems like creative mode to me.

[@returddll5438]

dude , he found a blacksmith, give him a break smh.

[@danielsedera7662]

Yep, every time I see someone building on the wild Minecraft comes to mind. It's inevitable.

[@Kaskets3D]

This is dope. But it's not like you're on rock bottom. You have a truck, atv, mining equipment, tools, and budget lol

[@xcvsdxvsx]

It's doable. Move to where ever you can find the best work. Live on shoestrings and save everything you can. Probably would take no more than 6 years to save up enough to get everything he has in this video, including the plot of land. Assuming you started at 18 you could be in his position by 24.

[@TheCrazyman1227]

@@xcvsdxvsx How do you expect to save that kind of money when the cost of living is ridiculous unless you live in your parent's house without any bills 6 years is just wishful thinking.

[@xcvsdxvsx]

@@TheCrazyman1227 Like I said, you have to be willing to go anywhere in the country that is going to pay the best. That calculation has to take into account cost of living not just salary. And yea you may be well advised to take the sort of job that provides housing. For example oil fields out in nebraska do that sort of thing. If that's not an option then consider living with several room mates to cut down on costs. Not just on rent but you can make big meals, big stews and stuff that will save a lot on food. People have this mentality that they should be able to achieve success where ever they happen to be with the sorts of arrangements they want in their life. I should be able to get a biology degree because biology is what I like and I should be able to find a job near me in my field and make good money bla bla bla. Our boomer parents had that. Good for them I guess but that doesn't exist for us. For us to achieve success we have adapt to the world around us rather thane expecting it to adapt to our wants. Success, however, can still be achieved if we are willing to be flexible and make sacrifices.

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

@@TheCrazyman1227 import more immigrants and decrease deportation of illegals. that way there's less competition for work and property. oh wait...no it's the opposite.

[@OG-zr3bw]

@@levitatingoctahedron922 Economists on the whole would tell you there's little to no effect on low skill jobs by illegal immigration. There is actually a decent amount of research done on this exact issue. I know it's easier to just go with the narrative that you hear repeated by everyone that happens to already agree with you but I encourage you to start doing some digging for yourself.

[@hardrockuniversity7283]

Congratulations on reaping the fruit of diligent research.

[@harrisonclark3799]

@Jay L What?

[@dustybuttmining2730]

@Jay L you don't even know how dumb you are...rofl :D

[@IamTheaveragegamer]

Thank you for this video. I will say when it comes to being a young person land acquisition is a nightmarish proposal. You making something out of what you have available is great!

[@thomas194907]

good to see you back...looking forward to your camp set up as it progresses...will be great !!!

[@PioneerPauly]

Thats really neat I love what you've done. People like you are the ones who start gold rushes! The narrations are nice too. Thanks for sharing ✌

[@rfbftp123]

You needa do this!

[@janjohannessmith7033]

good to see you back and great pioneering effort. way to roll America

[@ScottBot2000]

Awesome! I started watching your videos right after your last one and wasn’t sure if I would see more. That was pretty terrible what that person did. That’s great that your hard searching is working out for you. I look forward to seeing how your properties are working out.

[@USMiner]

In a strange way it ended up working ok because I'm under contract with a mining company on the jade claims now. I am under non-disclosure in the contract right now though while they decide how to approach the property but if and when I can do some filming out there I definitely will. This is the reason I just sort of stopped out of nowhere out there and I couldn't even say that until recently.

[@Loofy101]

I love these kind of videos! Acquiring land and making something out of nothing. It fulfills fantasies you see in movies and videogames. I hope I’ll be able to do something like this one day. Maybe even start my own little cosy ranch.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Cool beans brother! Now this is awesome 👏 keep em coming ! Awesome nuggets great land an it’s all yours.... great find three thumbs up 👍

[@jacobh707]

I didn't realize you were still at it! So sweet to see a new vid! I wish you good fortune.

[@danielsedera7662]

Beautiful land you got there, specially the view!

[@bendentremont9454]

7:10 this guy just does trigonometry on the fly

[@Kolby6661]

right, like who actually learned how to apply that IRL and remembers it that long after

[@nochilla2920]

@@Kolby6661 'cause math, like most information, isn't just available during highschool.

[@chili24137]

SOH CAH TOA, c'mon man, i think we relearned it like 5 times throughout middle school, high school and college

[@BrevoryFoster]

Im in calc rn with an A, and i couldnt even do that on the fly

[@USMiner]

@chili24137 Bingo. Remember your SOH CAH TOA kids, if you remember anything from math. I've taken trig, calc, diff eq, linear Algebra, discrete math, and this is the most useful thing I remembered from any of it.

[@rocksdonteat6210]

You remind me of me as a young man. I was one of the crazy miners living at the foot of superstition mountain's 40 years ago in giant army tents. The tent city lived on for years. I stumbled on a rich silver vein, but in an area out of bounds for mining. So it sits there today. I was also a big time dredger in the rivers. Met all the old miners like Dave Maccraken, Fishers. And a few like old Buzzard of the gold channel. I still keep a GPA membership. And metal detect a little. Are those yucca trees in the intro or giant jumping cactus. 😀

[@DR_SOLO]

Good for you man. You deserve it like each and every one of us. Many never even try to start acoplishing their dreams.

[@Chuck_A10]

Good to see you getting after it again. Been a while. Can’t wait to see more.😉

[@irulein]

Good luck on your venture can't wait to see more.

[@ronalddvorak1967]

Congratulation on buying land that has gold on it for cheap. looking forward to seeing more of your video's.

[@johnmichaelkarma]

Gold, real money,all places anytime. Your plan seems to working beautifully so far. good luck.

[@BornStellar-yp5st]

Remember to set down turrets in your base so when you log out; no one can raid it and take your precious loot.

[@blurboards1]

Haven’t seen you post in a while. Glad to see you back in the game. Those nuggets look like a promising sign!

[@xcvsdxvsx]

Episode one and I'm already hooked!

[@MattBroquard]

I'm sure that's a great feeling owning your own land with Gold on it! Cool video!

[@darrinfraser]

Very cool! Love prospeting. I have much to learn! Thanks for sharing!

[@dalewilliams969]

Very Interesting video my friend. Would be great to see more....Good Luck

[@triciaf61]

okay but one question, how is he digging through bedrock??? did mojang do something with that in 1.14???

[@Jet-Pack]

He is using creative thinking

[@GramCanyonSam]

Man after so long I'm pumped to see a post like this coming from you! That means theres some wicked good stuff coming.

[@antientdude1100]

I fully understand about people disrespecting you and your land. I too had to fence off my place for the same reason and it still took a year or two for people to get the message.

[@joelfilho2625]

*reads title* Aight. *Watched video* Hold on, this isn't minecraft...

[@gijs.22]

Joel Filho it isn’t was about to ask what server this was and his texture pack

[@gm7519]

MINERAL N WATER RIGHTS R THE MOST IMPORTANT THIS GUY IS FOR REAL. MY HATS OFF TO YOU BRA.

[@johnmckinley8447]

First time I have seen this channel. Very entertaining, Subscribed.

[@whynotdean8966]

Good to have you back! Any updates on the green gold? Looking forward to seeing your new adventure, and best of luck! :)

[@pederklev]

I randomly stumbled upon your channel recently and I really like it. I'd love to see you posting videos more often, even small ones along the lines of "I'm gonna dig over there, see what I find.". I work behind a desk all day, so I love watching your videos about hard physical work, adventure and treasure hunting. To me it hits the same notes as the wildly popular Primitive Technology channel on YT.

[@TheUserid82]

I would also suggest finding a cheap minivan or pickup truck as a mobile base camp for when you are moving around the land rather then needing to return at night to extend hunting time. Keeping them separate from your main truck is so you spend less time setting up to head out each time and you can do insane things like foam the tires to completely avoid flats but would be bad for road driving. To make processing the soil faster a tromel can make the process very fast and with some in work you can even pass the large rocks into a metal detector coil to locate chunks still attached to them rather then losing them to spoils piles. A ring roller to turn 1 inch sq steel tube into rings to mount the screens to and using the same 1 inch sq tube to make an inner rock shoot to let the gravel down to the screens but keep the rocks off them.

[@occamsrazor7939]

I hope all goes well for you. I love your idea. If I were 40 years younger, I would try something like this myself.👍

[@robmadaffari6270]

Great video, great story and congratulations.

[@MorneBooysen]

Looking forward to see how this unfolds, and more how you develop this place in remote location and limited resources. Keep the vids coming please

[@TheNaturalistShepherd]

Hey I know you moved on from this, but the information and techniques your videos impart are very inspirational. I appreciate your content.

[@proletariategg]

I miss the desert. Enjoy man, looks like a lot of fun.

[@9bitminecraft]

I feel like there would be a lot of people (including myself) who would be interested in this. You could probably make pretty decent money renting this land and equipment to hobbyist miners.

[@revenevan11]

Holy crap I know I'm a bit late to the party here, but WOW. Instant subscription and favorite lol, this is fantastic content and checks pretty much every box ok the list of things I love watching!

[@MycketTuff]

Subscribed for more of this. I and many others crave that off-grid feel while we accumulate what we can from society before we can get the hell out of it.

[@Ratacon2004]

Keep making these type of videos. They are very educational and interesting to watch.

[@RobinoGames]

I crave for video's like this pls keep it going!

[@robertandrews830]

Nice work! Plus for leveling the container, ready to use for your gold processing... Plus for leaving it 1/2 degree slope to the door, if you have water intrusion, it won't pool on the bottom? But all good both ways! Always cool to see someone that just figures it all out!

[@tonybobay6276]

This is truly fascinating! I'm an land broker in Colorado (mostly urban infill), but this stuff is the reason I got into it. Land in all aspects is the single greatest/worst investment one can make, but when it works, the payoffs are far greater than anything any other investment product could possibly produce.

[@joshleap]

I'm really interested in this. I'm about to buy some Missouri Ozark land. What resources would you suggest to learn about prospecting? I remember reading that Missouri had glacial gold deposits. I'd love to do this for fun.

[@proletariategg]

Likely not viable for mining. You can hobby sluice streams, and the further north, the better from what I've heard. Looking for cut streams that go east to west. But Ozarks, not really sure on that being any kind of viability. Good luck.

[@joshleap]

@@proletariategg There's an old silver mine about 2 miles from a plot on my short list. Is that too far away to mean anything for me? Thanks for the advice.

[@USMiner]

Agree with Hustle Bones, but if you are just doing it for fun then some glacial color can be rewarding as long as income doesn't depend on it. I am not very familiar with Missouri though, wish I could help more. Prospecting pretty much starts with a pan, shovel and a whole lot of time reading/watching anything you can find. Every place is different so there is a big rabbit hole to fall down for your specific location of interest. I started with Jay Ransom's Gold Hunter Field Book (mostly for the location information) and then started reading USGS reports on specific areas I found in it. Good luck, its an adveture!

[@proletariategg]

@@joshleap That's good area for mineral development, but there was only mostly a deposit of silver that existed there from my knowledge. I'm in St.Louis, I RockHound southern MO regularly. Haven't had much luck though.

[@FacelessMan777]

Get the book, "Fists Full of Gold" by Chris Ralph. It is basically a 'prospecting for dummies' book. It covers a wide variety of prospecting topics. It is definitely a 'must read' book for anyone considering prospecting for gold and other materials. It is highly recommended by many in the gold prospecting field.

[@scottzinser4500]

Welcome back! So happy your still going to do these great vids! I see your sticking with the GPZ. I thought you were going to go back to the 4500. Great idea buying land.

[@USMiner]

Thanks, yep still have my 4500, the GPZ got cheap enough to buy one again though and I needed it to do some pocket prospecting that the 4500 falls short with. I sold the last GPZ because (among other reasons) I knew I was taking a few years off to go work and save money to get some land, so I figured they'd lower the price eventually (they did) and make me take a huge loss on it so I got rid of it, bought it back cheaper than I sold my last one used, and got a new warranty. Will probably sell this one next year too, I keep hoping something lighter is in the works!

[@tenacity4200]

New Minecraft 1.14 gameplay looks amazing

[@Oxxyjoe]

requires a beast computer tho

[@vincentwallace3249]

I love your videos man.....i live up here in kingman AZ...i do tons of prospecting any chance the wife let's me go out....me and a buddy are on a nice quartz vein right now and we are hoping the small flake gold starts to turn into a nice pocket....

[@obeythelaw5504]

I teach mat - I love it at 7:19 "Why not just get it close enough Mr X?" LOL Good job young man Opp/Adj is a Tangent function and you were taught well. Kudos to your teacher.

[@USMiner]

Good ole SOH-CAH-TOA. Sometimes I just have to think it over a second to remember which one I need. Every kid should remember this one, endlessly useful.

[@mekugi_7729]

Long time no see! Great to see some more video!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Good to see ya back at it.... Cheers

[@damonu812]

Awesome video man, my son and I just staked our own claim in Colorado last year. Of course we don't own the land but I'm hoping one day to find that right spot like you did.👍👍

[@kennyr143]

Right on. Good luck.

[@RogerBY]

Great stuff.

[@SuperKabookie]

Good for you!!! Looks like hard work but fun!!

[@jmac9494]

If you let the container slope down to the front, It makes the doors open automatically when you turn the latch, then you can have all rainwater catchment surface send water to the front, and to wash out the container brings the wash water out. Maybe 2 inches in 40 feet, nice and slight.

[@StanSummers]

Good to see you back nugget hunting!

[@rocksdonteat6210]

Two truths to gold and gold mining. First is, the guy with the gold makes the rules. Second, The secret to gold mining is keeping it secret. It's hard not to brag or want to help. But I have watched this youtube basically ruin this guys life. I am coming out of retirement. You can expect to never see a video about it. Good luck buddy. See you out there.

[@sasquatch5577]

I had to subscribe. This is the content I need in my feed

[@Jenjeffs]

Great video man. Really hope you keep going with this and making a full on series!

[@ariebary]

whens episode 2?? you earned my sub lol. ill be waiting

[@andyamysarizonaadventures5450]

That is so cool! And if the one is near NE Nevada you could be in oil to😁

[@colathebuilder3-652]

Are there any copper deposits and veins out there? It would be cool to see some.

[@darklanser]

Subbed for this vid! Love it! SW New Mexico here. I've been thinking of gold prospecting myself in the 8 years I've been here.

[@flysec2636]

I have no idea how I found this video but it's f***ing mint. Please do more.

[@MrGerter1]

Great vid, look forward to more!

[@wadewilson6097]

living the dream my friend!!! Hope to see ya out there someday in the hills. Boulder dash

[@USMiner]

Hey Boulder Dash, I know people would be interested to see the things you do too if you ever feel like making videos. Yeah maybe see you around out there some time!

[@wadewilson6097]

@@USMiner I brake for bedrock and I are going to try to do a few how too videos. probably going to blow people's minds by how easy it is to find gold.

[@alansolomon5527]

Very cool. Great instruction for me. When is your next video?

[@papasmurf2013]

I don't really care about this kind of stuff (yet), but your background music made it enjoyable so I stuck around till the end. Glad happy I did because I learned stuff :D

[@Covingsworth]

Does anyone know the name of the music?

[@C_GOODIES]

I need more! I could watch videos of mining for a while.

[@alansolomon5527]

This is a great video. Thanks for your honesty. What kind of research did you do to get the quality land you got? You said there are thousands of lots for sale for peanuts around you. What is peanuts? Did you put barbed wire or fence around 40 acres in Nevada and 80 in Arizona or how did you overcome that? Thanks

[@johnwayne2103]

All the critters (Snakes, Scorpions, rodents) are going to love you. You built them a a nice shady area.

[@scottp7587]

All them critters keep the humans away , just like he wants.

[@PrimetimeNut]

He really should somehow seal the underside of the container...

[@KandiKlover]

Until he kills them all. Mwahahahaha

[@Covingsworth]

@USMiner What songs did you use?

[@USMiner]

The first song is a free song from the KZbin creator library, the next two are bits of some songs I had found a while ago on free sites, and the last is some punk song I asked my guitarist friend to write me in an hour since I wanted to speed things up and was about to render. This question is getting asked a lot more than I expected.

[@Covingsworth]

@@USMiner Thanks! Yes, the music selection was perfect. Not to mention, the entire video was perfect. I'm sure I won't be the only one waiting eagerly for your next post!

[@KingFPV]

Nice chunkers youre finding out there. Nice. Thumbs up! New Subscriber.

[@williss11]

Buying land these days seem extremely wise... How much does a decent amount of land cost?

[@brendabest9086]

This is so awesome !! I hope to see your progress in future videos . Best of luck

[@blazinthat7439]

Man you are living the dream, you bought land and now your land is making money!

[@jdeluisa]

That was cool, hopefully you can locate a source for that on your new land!

[@Happyface615]

Looking forward to more and possibly you being transparent with numbers as well. Subbed.

[@LandCruisin]

this was so cool, now I want to buy a random chunk of land

[@bsumbdytraining]

Great video Jason!! Congratulations on the land! This is Chris, Dave's bud. I have one more week on crutches then I'll be ready to go out detecting again. Been stir crazy lol

[@USMiner]

That's great to hear Chris, sounds like recovery is going fast. You are killing it with the detector, definitely some more nuggets out there with your name on them. I got an area to show you and Dave before I go to NNV.

[@milesnn]

Awesome pickers all over fantastic

[@GuitarExpress]

Great video!

[@aumetalmental8403]

Couple nice bits 😎

[@sluiceboyprospecting]

Cool my brother good ideas! Sad hr alone need someone to share your memories with! Either way very cool stuff good luck out there! From one miner to another!

[@jamesripley6472]

I was thinking about this the other day. Just buying some property and doing a little panning as a hobby and a vacation spot. Problem is being a noob how would I know if there is gold or not on the land. Gold mining operation next to your property Is a small giveaway. Lol, nice video though I might get there someday.

[@beaueads4170]

Hey may I ask why you chose a Conex over a shipping container? Is a Conex airtight and a shipping container is not? And where you bought your Conex from? Another question, what site online did you go to to purchase your land?

[@matthewmcanadabc8355]

Great video nice land

[@gregdiprinzio9280]

Respect and warm approval!

[@11sbrown]

What a bitchen vid! Living my retirement dream through you. Welcome back!

[@davidlevy9430]

Aaaall night looong! Have fun bud, you deserve it

[@Uncle_Buzz]

Super cool man! Mohave county? Cheers! Chris.