ALASKA... GOLD Fever In Fairbanks...Striking It Rich!! ⛏💰

A little fun with our friend, Toothless Tommy, as TommyG and I visit Gold Daughters in Fairbanks, Alaska. Erica and Dorothy taught us to pan for gold and then we took our newfound skills out on the road! Did we strike it rich? Did we make enough for gas money to get home?
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[@jameroser-zi5dg]

Dippy dippy shakie shakie sounds like an adult drink I had in college, Penn State pride ❤

[@PurpleOnThree]

Now that's funny, Jame!! TommyG and I are oth alumni of the Fighting Scots, where there was lots of snow and we wore kilts in the winter, lol! Go Penn State! 💜🤗😂

[@KrakensGarageandAdventures]

When you two strike it rich, remember us, small folks! Erica and Dorethy were awesome. There was gold mining where we live as well back in the day.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, now that is cool about where you live! Didn't know that! Erica and Dorothy were so sweet! Well, we'll have to go back someday and see if we can strike it rich, lol! Probably less odds than winning the lottery, lol! 😂🌟🎇🎅🏻🎄🎁💜✌🏻🤗Merry Christmas!

[@pilotdane1]

Well Mr. & Mrs. DUAL SPORT RIDERS !!!!! - Awesome !!! I've always wanted to pan for gold - but haven't yet... What fun !!! Thanks Jody & TommyG !!! 🙂

[@ParallelCamper]

Hello Dane!

[@PurpleOnThree]

ROB! 🤗💜

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, that is about right!! Put three new tires on for this trip, 11,000 miles, and I need three new tires again (usually get 28-30,000 out of the front tires) I hope you get the chance to try panning for gold some day, DANE! It was fun!! We found silver mines in Arizona...any gold there? 💜🤗🎇

[@danmittendorff3155]

Dorothy and Erica were great, too bad you did not strike gold but the trip is priceless. Glad to see you posting the adventures from your trip!

[@PurpleOnThree]

We sure did strike gold, Dan! Just not the kind that has monetary value! Lots and lots of precious memories! 🙏🏻💜🤗

[@Partzman23]

Hey Tommy G and Jody, panning for gold in Alaska how awesome is that 😃 Sorry you didn’t strike it rich but then we wouldn’t have these awesome videos to watch of your adventures. Thanks for sharing. Ryde safe and God Bless Artie & Tracy

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, Artie...there's that lol! Good way to look at things! Well, even if we had struck it rich, I'd still be making videos as I enjoy doing that! Thank you for watching as always! 🤗✌🏻💜

[@602North]

Erica and Dorothy are so cute! I was hoping you two struck it rich! So much fun 😊

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, we got to meet Erica and Dorothy, two sweet gals, so we DID strike it rich! Thanks, RJ! 💜🤗🙏

[@scotty_beast_rider]

That looks like great fun..... Because because because the wonderful adventures of Purple on Three and Tommy G 😁🤣👍🏻

[@PurpleOnThree]

Alister!! You crack me up! Ok, I must admit the wizard of oz song is now stuck in my head! Have you ever panned for gold? It was a lot of fun! 💜🤗

[@scotty_beast_rider]

@@PurpleOnThree never planned for gold but I really enjoy process 😁

[@JdubbVlogs]

That was awesome to be out there panning for gold. Time goes by faster than you know it when you’re really looking to strike it rich.

[@PurpleOnThree]

That is the truth, Jessica! I can see how someone could get "gold fever"....hope you are feeling better and strike it rich with better health in 2024! ✌🏻💜🙏🏻🤗🎇

[@BootsandJeansRiders]

Love it ...6 weeks later Tommy is at the same spot LOL. Man that was a big hole you dug, watch out for claim jumpers. What a Funventure you two had.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you! Oh we sure did have fun! Nice of Toothless Tommy to show us around! It was fun panning and I could see how someone could get "overly involved" lol...yep, claim jumpers everywhere! Merry Christmas to you both! Where will you be for Christmas? 🤗💜🎁🎄🎅🏻🎇🌟

[@quickshoe6]

There's gold in them there Hill's. 🎉

[@PurpleOnThree]

Oh, you betcha!! It was fun trying to find it, lol! Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas! 🎁🎅💜🙏🎄🤗

[@DFWMoose]

Cool. Thanks for the shout out in the tags line.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thanks! We are still so very grateful for you, Moose! Wishing you a blessed Christmas and restored health!! 🙏🎄🤗💜🎅🎁

[@SpyderRichard]

What a fantastic journey! Minus the gravel road that is, oy!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Yes, Taylor Highway was ROUGH but so was the Alcan...and that's why I need new tires after only 11,000 miles...sheesh...ADV/Dual Sport Spyder!! Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻🎄🎁🎇🌟

[@the-d-man1013]

Purple on 3 that is a spider. They go everywhere. You didn't have to go 10 miles an hour. That spider can handle it at least 30 miles an hour With no problem. But that Harley Davidson is a different story. Tell Tommy to check his boats.😂😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

Check his boats? Or did you mean bolts, lol? Actually, he was able to go faster than I could...3 wheels was harder to navigate on this terrain than two wheels...I could not keep up with him. 30 mph? No way! lol 😀😂

[@miriambryant1896]

Rich in all the ways that count!!! “Not a gold digger…I married you”. 😂😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

That's right, Miriam! So many more blessings that don't have monetary value! Hope you and John have a blessed Christmas!! 🤗💜🙏🏻🎁🎄🎅🏻🎇

[@TheRhythmicBiker]

In the UK we have TV channels for the American gold rushing programmes, obviously we have nothing like that over here. Its cute that girl wears the gold nugget she found on a necklace 🙂 Poor Tommy G, he's just trying to make it big 🤣 Tommy G was certainly working hard. That's was definitely a tough gravel road, can't wait for the next video. Hope you're both well.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Hey, Grant! There is no gold in the UK or no gold rushing programs lol? Well, we had a lot of fun learning to pan for gold and Toothless Tommy has done it a time or two also. TommyG thought the Alcan was worse in the Yukon Territory, Canada, than this section in Alaska, but I think the Taylor Highway and the Top of the World Highway were worse than the Alcan. We rode in 100 miles of gravel on the Alcan and everyone thinks it's easier on the Spyder but I could not keep up with Tommy even on the Taylor, Topy of The World, or The Alcan. The Spyder has 4 inch clearance and the rocks on these roads were big so I just had to ride slow enough to be able to look out for the rocks. TommyG is a great rider and I admire him holding up that big old hog in all that gravel...at least I didn't have to worry about falling over on the Spyder, lol. Thank you for watching! Hope you have a great week! 🙏🤗💜

[@guitarzan0515]

What! You haven’t struck it Rich yet??? Ok, fine I’ll just wait impatiently for the next episode! Love You Both ! Be Safe!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, hello there! Nope, just a few baby flakes of gold to bring home! Thank you...you're the best! 😍😘

[@SHHHMotoTravels]

Dippy dippy Shawley shakey is it !!! We’re you talking about Tommy G Hope you guys found some gold !! Good times ! Thanks for sharing

[@PurpleOnThree]

It's cute that they call it that lol...we found some flakes and that's about it! Or maybe we found more in Chicken...who knows?? 😂🤗

[@Viper6-MotoVlogger]

Erica did a great job panning for gold. That’s cool that you found some gold 👍. Looks like Tommy G is building a tunnel lol. That’s so odd how that camera mount broke. Great vid my friend.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thanks, Roberto! Yes, these gals were skilled and so friendly with their demos...I actually turned over one of my pans to Dorothy because I was afraid of losing my gold in that muddy water, lol. They are trained professionals! Well, perhaps riding 100 miles of gravel in the Yukon started the breakage...I don't know...crazy but it happened! 🙏🤗💜

[@coincollectingfun]

Big like 👍 79! Thanks for sharing!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you, kindly! Do you have any gold nuggets in with your coins you have collected? 🤗🎇✌🏻💜

[@williamwassinger2281]

Looks like a lot of fun!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Hey thre, Bill! Yes, it was a lot of fun trying! Now we have a new skillset, lol! Woo hoo! 😂😂😂

[@northbysoutheast5439]

I’d love to pan for gold in Alaska. 👍

[@PurpleOnThree]

Darren, I hope you get the opportunity to try it someday...lots of fun! 🤗💜🎇🌟

[@BigBert]

Great fun but hard work panning for gold. Tommy G you need to put your back into it if your going to make Jodie rich beyond her wildest dreams 😎🤣😂🤣

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, Bert, I am rich in love so there is that!! Merry Christmas! 💜🤗🎁🎄🎅🏻🎇🙏🏻

[@tomfillmore9710]

Sorry you guys didn’t find your fortune better luck next time but you guys did look very professional at panhandling take care have a great week

[@PurpleOnThree]

Yepper, Tom, that's us! Professional panhandlers, lol!! Well, we came home from Alaska with a newfound skill...just not sure where we can put that to use around here lol...😂 hope you are having a good week! How did the hockey tournament go? 🏑🏒

[@larry68hd11]

Golden

[@PurpleOnThree]

Need some of that gold there just to pay for the gas up there lol! 🤗💜😂

[@ThrottleDownunder]

Forget Gas money, use it to come visit us here in Oz :)

[@PurpleOnThree]

Holy cow! Eric told us the price of plane tickets...we need a lot more than the few flakes we found, unless we get on some kind of boat and work our way across the ocean, lol! Merry Christmas! 😂🤗💜🎇🌟🎅🏻🎄🎁

[@ThrottleDownunder]

@PurpleOnThree merry Christmas to you guys too xxx

[@JohnStruemph]

Very cool!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you so much, John! Have you ever? It was a lot of fun! Reminded me of looking for fossils when I was a girlscout! lol Merry Christmas! 🤗💜🎁🎄🎅🏻🎇🌟

[@JohnStruemph]

@@PurpleOnThree never have had the chance to go panning. Glad you had fun!

[@PurpleOnThree]

@JohnStruemph thank you 💜🤗

[@jton3953]

Cool video looks like fun

[@PurpleOnThree]

We DID have fun! Thank you, JT! 🤗✌🏻💜

[@SpyderWayne]

"I'm not a gold digger Tommy G..." 🙄😳🤣🤣 ... bazinga !!!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Oh, sometimes, they just pop right out of my mouth! And sometimes they get me in trouble, lol!😂😂😂

[@AbdulsCycles]

Outstanding trip!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you so much!! Sometimes I look at the map and think, "Wow! We actually rode our motorcycles all the way to Alaska!" Thank you for stopping by! Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🤗💜🙏🏻🎅🏻🎁🎄🌟

[@RoadReality]

I love it! Y'all are having fun :D

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, we try anyways! 🤗🎁🎄🎅🏻🎇🙏🏻💜✌🏻

[@Free_Ranger_CT110]

Enjoyed this one Jody, there are public fossicking places on old gold areas near where I live. I have a gold pan but have never used it, your video has inspired me to go buy a miner's permit & head out into the bush! Just have to watch out for snakes...

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you, Darren! WHAT? Snakes? Oh, heck no...I would be a poor gold digger...I mean miner...lol...if I had to watch out for snakes! I learned a new word today, fossicking, thank you! Good luck and I hope you strike it rich! How common is gold in the bush and how hard is it to find? 🤗💜

[@Free_Ranger_CT110]

@@PurpleOnThree lots of retirees spend their time fossicking, plenty of gold still to be had but the public areas have been heavily worked & it's unlikely to find much. Here's another new word for you. not many of these in the outback. Dunny...🙂

[@HarleyThrottleJuice]

Tommy’s got the fever bad! ✌️😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

You betcha!! He still has the fever lol! 😂😂😂

[@ParallelCamper]

I'm not a gold digger. I married you. WOW! This was a fun video. Thanks!

[@PurpleOnThree]

ROB! I hope you know I was kidding, lol! TommyG married me for MY money, lol!! Again, just kidding! lol We like to have fun amd make others smile! 🤗💜🎇🌟😂

[@ParallelCamper]

@@PurpleOnThree You do a good job. I always enjoy your videos.

[@PaulsMotoZen]

I believe that those that sold pans, picks, and shovels to prospectors looking for gold had the best money making market.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Bah hah hah hah, Paul! I think you are not wrong! It was a lot of fun though!😄 Merry Christmas!🎄

[@hachewie]

When I head to Tasmania, I will try panning. I always wanted to fossick for opals.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Ohhh, that sounds interesting! I am not familiar with the word "fossick"...I just looked it up...is it panning or looking in other ways? I found a few precious stones that I gave to Erica or Dorothy. And I brought home a few little rocks as well and my few flakes of gold, lol. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 💜🤗🎄🙏🎅🎁

[@Hi.Tech.Redneck]

Good video ! You and Tommy G always find the coolest places to go !

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you so very much! We were thankful that Toothless Tom could take the time to show us around his neck of the woods!! Hope you and Johanna have a blessed Christmas!! 🌟🎄🎁🎅🏻🙏🏻💜🤗

[@mrsmel269]

good stuff guys !!! enjoy the night Purple !!!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you and hope you guys are keeping warm out there!

[@GoofyBastard]

I need to head to Alaska to try my hand at panning for gold. Maybe I’ll strike it rich!!! I’ll be on the lookout for TommyG up there😂😂😂😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, we sure hope you have better luck than we did! It was fun trying and I could see how you could get "the fever"...in my next video, we meet up with a fella named Jim and he has an interesting story to share...take care and Merry Christmas to you and your family! Still wating for that exciting news video!! 🤗🎄🙏💜🎅🎁

[@GoofyBastard]

@@PurpleOnThree I have to record a video to release the exciting news, but it is coming!!!

[@PurpleOnThree]

@GoofyBastard 🤗🤗🤗

[@indaymaria2255]

Nice video update thumbs up this kinds of nature

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you! Merry Christmas!🎄💜

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

Very exciting. Tommy was really hard working there. :) Joke. I enjoyed the process. Also well explained. The souvenirs were nice. Take care you both. Cheers.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you so much, Gregor! Tedious, but fun process. Dorothy and Erica did a great job explaining the process and they were both so much fun! Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas! 🤗💜🌟🎄🎁🙏🏻🎅🏻

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

@@PurpleOnThree Thanks Jody. I plan to make a Christmas wish video. :) You too, both, have a wonderful Christmas.

[@PurpleOnThree]

@@RRRRefuelRideRace thank you! 💜🤗

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

@@PurpleOnThree You are welcome. I am editing right now... we have to edit a lot. :)

[@JoneszsRides]

Good stuff and that scenery is beautiful, TommyG give up the gold mining just not working out to well😂

[@PSPTommyG]

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you so much, Scott! It was gorgeous there! Yeah, we will have to stick to other hobbies....you know, like riding!! That usually works out pretty well! 💜🤗😀

[@MRTPR]

Looks like a lot of fun. I hope you find a nice sized nugget one day. Wow Tommy G was panning for 6 weeks straight 😜. Love the video and editing. Hope you make it to chicken 😜.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Awwhhh, thank you so much!! So nice to hear from you! Haven't seen you in awhile! Well, we gave up on the gold panning for now...we'll have to find some other way to pay for another Spyder lol. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas! 🤗💜😂🙏🏻🎁🎄🎇🌟

[@Cure4pd]

good video

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you, Jim! Just wanted to show a little fun we had in Alaska when we weren't concentrating on the gravel roads! 💜🤗🙏

[@HarleyThrottleJuice]

“I am not a gold digger, Tommy G… I married you!” ✌️😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

😂😂😂

[@lv-blackhawk]

Awesome video, Your guys have been everywhere 😊

[@PurpleOnThree]

Thank you kindly! Are you going to sing for us again, lol?? All the lower 48 and Alaska...guess that's why my Spyder has 72,000 miles on it now lol. Not sure why dealers aren't interested in her for a trade in??? She's practically famous! lol

[@BlackphoenixEntertainment]

pretty cool that you can still search for gold. To bad Tommy G didn't strike it rich lol

[@PurpleOnThree]

Yes, pretty cool indeed....Well we had fun trying anyways!! 🙏🏻🤗💜😀

[@hillquestdualsport]

Seems like you have to wash way too many rocks but I bet it was fun.

[@PurpleOnThree]

Yes, for sure, Tony! There is a lot of rock washing! At one point, someone found a "nugget" in the trough next to us...it was basically a flake with some "dimension" to it....It was interesting and a lot of fun! Merry Christmas! 🌟🎇🎅🏻🎄🎁💜🤗

[@SpyderWayne]

So the road to Chicken is where your camera mount broke 😳 your camera was shaking hard 😵

[@PurpleOnThree]

I do believe so because on Highway 2, it looked ok and by the time we made it to Chicken...oops, I guess you found out we made it lol, the camera had flopped over and I discovered the three breaks....sheesh...rough, rough rough!!! 😂

[@SpyderWayne]

Hey Tommy G, you're getting pretty good at handling that pan... pan handling for gas to get home 😂

[@PSPTommyG]

[@thegrumpyolgringo]

SpYder WaYne Pan Handling 😅😃. I reallY love ❤️ Your wit and sense of humor. Great stuff. 👍👊

[@SpyderWayne]

@thegrumpyolgringosr. Haha, I gotta give Tommy G all the credit. He was pan handling.... for 6 weeks... to try and pay for gas to get home 😳🤣🤣 ... I just typed in a comment 🙄😁

[@PurpleOnThree]

We may have to change his name from PSPTommyG to PHFTommyG...that stands for Pan Handling For Tommy Gold!! 😂😂😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

I do believe the two of you went to the same school of wit!!! 😂🤗

[@identitybiker]

Many years of shaking a pan (not a bed pan)😂

[@PurpleOnThree]

Oh yeah...no shaking of the bed pan, lol! 😂😂😂

[@SHHHMotoTravels]

Panning for dirt !! Bahaha

[@PurpleOnThree]

Yes, that was pretty easy panning for dirt, lol! 😂

[@northbysoutheast5439]

Did you have to tighten all the bolts on y’all’s bikes after riding on the washboard gravel road?

[@PSPTommyG]

YES!!!

[@PurpleOnThree]

Pretty much, lol!! I didn't have a handlebar camera the rest of the trip!

[@SpyderWayne]

66th... 🥹

[@PurpleOnThree]

Well, the good news is you made it! And there is no bad news, so how about that? lol

[@AngelFaceMotoRider]

"I'm not a Gold Digger Tommy G, I Married You." Hee hee

[@PurpleOnThree]

Oh but we sure did have fun trying! lol 😁

[@ChappysTikiBar]

All the best in 2024 my friends 💜

[@PurpleOnThree]

You too! Are you keeping warm in the far north? Blustery and cold down here!

[@KuyaRonintheisland]

hello purple💜💜 can i request a video greeting for year end i will post to my Facebook

[@PurpleOnThree]

I will see what I can come up with! Can I record it on my phone?

[@2Wheel4Fun]

Hahahaha😂😂😂😂 She's not a gold digger 😅😅😅

[@PurpleOnThree]

nope! lol 😂💜

[@TC_Conner]

THERE’S NO GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS!! ⚱️⚱️⚱️

[@PurpleOnThree]

NOPE, there sure wasn't, TC...only on my thumbnail, lol, but it sure was fun! 😂🤗💜🌟

[@TC_Conner]

@@PurpleOnThree I bet it was Jodie!! I think Tommy G. might’ve hid some from ya! Didn’t he dig up a gold mine in that creek?! 😂😂