DID I JUST FIND the LOST GOLD MINE? Hardrock Gold Prospecting

Life changing gold is still out there! Grab the chisel, sledge, metal detector and off we go!
Prospecting for gold takes us into some pretty wild and dangerous areas. When searching for lode gold and gold veins, one must always keep their eyes peeled, looking for indicators.
Let's go hardrock gold prospecting for the Lost Gold Mine.
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[@michaelfercik3691]

This is my personal prospecting area and I have dowsed out the old mines in this area. On the steep ridge line you were hiking there is three 1900's mines along the NE side of the ridge line. The USGS has a geological survey study done on horse back with documenting the mined minerals of the thirty or so mines located in the area. Yes, they used horses and mules to cut timber from the top to the bottom of these mountains with taking most of the bigger trees and leaving the littler trees.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

These old time miners and homesteaders had some serious work ethic and were tough as nails!

[@autotek7930]

Man that's beautiful country up there. I'm a lil jealous again lol.

[@SCSColoradoable]

Those colors!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

The fall colors really made this exploration beautiful!

[@mandybrown7758]

Nice adventure looks beautiful up there Thanks for sharing 👍🏼 cool you found a cave

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

It was a beautiful fall day with lovely colors. My pleasure Mandy🙌

[@kalescullen3600]

Your level of tension to detail is awesome

[@autotek7930]

Hey bro I got the prize I won and I just wanted to say thank you very much. It's awesome to get to pan something out. It's been a while since I could go out coz I bought a jeep. Just empty every pocket right lol. I bought a highbanker I can setup for recirculating out in the desert and wouldn't ya know it. My jeep started making an ugly noise in the front diff so I don't trust taking it out until I get that taken care of so the paydirt is very much appreciated. Keep on keeping on bro. We love what your doing

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

I feel your cabin fever and pain, am glad that the paydirt has helped you scratch that itch! 😃 May your Jeep fix be quick, simple and cheap! Heavy Pans

[@autotek7930]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp I'm currently crushing rocks by hand. I've had em a good while was just waiting for a better easier way to crush em lol. They came from the mine sites where I go so maybe I'll see some color

[@GSProspecting]

Great time out fam. Keep on having fun. Gold Squad Out!!!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

You betcha GS! Heavy pans to you!

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

Would luv to be up there with you, brother! Walkin sideways lol 😆

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Hehe, pretty much walking sideways! My feet hurt for days afterwards.

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp pretty much straight up!

[@jeffd1919]

I herded sheep in the San Juans near Telluride, back when I was 20. Was the best cardiovascular shape I was ever in. So steep that the elk's legs grow longer on one side than the other (lol).😢

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

I am out of breath just watching you make that hike😂. Enjoyed the video! Good luck this week at the COD!

[@jeffersonstategold8349]

Nice face wisdom! Everytime you find those old workings is a walk back in time. There is history and a story to be told. Glad your narrating my gold getting buddy!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Trying to recreate and imagine what the old-timers did and were thinking can be quite the puzzle. Sometimes I wish I could have a window to look back 130 years to see what they saw.

[@claudiamekins2576]

I absolutely love your videos. I feel fortunate to have you as my friend.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

You are my friend Claudia😊 hug! Love your support!

[@scotthenderson7476]

Sketchy sketchy hole right there! Still curious as to what's in it though!

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Yea, I wasn't about to crawl into that hole by myself. This size of the "tailings" pile tells me they must have been onto something!

[@scotthenderson7476]

They were definitely getting after it, that's for sure.

[@LanaLaughsRealLoud]

Yeah that rusty trail marker just might have been put there to mark Sasquatch's trail marker to warn you that you'll have to experience some strange things before momma mountain gold gives up her precious gold.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Quite possible! The "marker" definitely did not indicate the easy path!

[@Obshowersyndicate]

You Remind me of my old buddy Phil I knew in south Florida you guys made in the same mold even your voice

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Crazy! Give old Phil a call!

[@michaelfercik3691]

This is my third post on this video. You will not see the regular vein type material in the vulcanization uplift of these mountains. Instead of the steams and solutions filling fissures and with limestone and shale (softer stratus) be the conduits and collectors of the steams and fluids, the extremely hard sandstone and other hardened stratus are buckled upward producing small horizontal cracks that are forced to collect the steams and solutions because the stratus and gang rock is too hard to collect all of the steams and solutions. Most of the mines were richer small mines because of inconsistency of the ore bodies. A couple of mines were big because of the consistency of ore over long distances.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Michael. The softer rock types can indeed act like a sponge in place of fault filling.

[@videosrfun4me189]

ALWAYS carry your pulaski, rifle or tools on the downhill side when going downhill so you don't fall on your tool if you slip.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Very good advice!

[@BackroadsMetalDetecting]

New subscriber from SE MN here. Looking forward to following your adventures. Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Awesome, glad to have you here Jim! Our need to hunt, search and find is strong!!

[@jonathanderekvanwieringen3773]

That's a Communication Trumpet, the circa 1900 model😁🤙👍

[@acecarroll3382]

Looks promising keep going😊😊😊😊😊

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

I am definitely seeing the indicators. Will have to methodically cover the entire area!

[@diggin3097]

Exploring like a champion, good day

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

It was a good day. Now I can move on to the next zone.

[@bg8387]

Dang it second.... Looking forward to the show

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

You were slow on this one BG ;)

[@rorywiley76]

Always interesting trying to unravel clues to the motherlode

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Indeed Rory!

[@bg8387]

Good tagalong, nice colors

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

They definitely were. All the leaves fell off of the trees near Leadville a few weeks ago.

[@jph8266]

Holy cliff hanger Batman!!😮

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Them oldtimers were billygoats!

[@au2895]

Great explore, that metal funnel on that stump was weird

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Yes, yes it was.

[@BiggestKev1960]

YEEHAA show me the GOLD 👍

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Oh it's coming Kev, don't you worry!

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

look possible for silver ore. , maybe theres a tourmaline pocket some were. looks like feldspar and mica. ,you need 2 types of feldspar ,grey ,white and mica. for the pegmatite worth going back to investigate. be out the 12. up by red mountain ca. and the 19 by barstow ca. have a good day

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

I found 2 pieces that are almost certainly silver ore, will xrf it soon. Tourmaline would be great. I have only found schorl so far.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp much tourmaline here in california. was out yesterday won some gold. most dont hike back gonna have to go by myself. a lot. sad. hope you have a good day.

[@soulcontractor1641]

Dude, beautiful country great workout! Colorado looks like God 's County! Dean( Soul) Toronto

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Hey Dean, fall colors in the Rocky Mountains can be absolutely magical!

[@soulcontractor1641]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp The State's look like God's Country , the Politics aside!

[@dewardtaylor4192]

Great video you made me tired just watching you climb stay safe

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Man, that steep country is brutal! I'm still winded ;)

[@Springbucks95]

Hi mate, food for thought: Every time we've found pegmatites in a gold bearing area, the pegmatites assay results gave good indicators for lithium. If I were you I'd send samples of those pegmatites in for assay. Lithium is kind of the new gold these days.

[@markhepworth1556]

Just out of interest,where about Down Under are you seeing this? Mark in gold free Essex,England

[@Springbucks95]

@@markhepworth1556 so far just in the Northern Territory mate. Hav'nt really done much exploration in the other states yet.

[@markhepworth1556]

@@Springbucks95 Some amazing country to go prospecting in mate,used to love watching Major Les Hiddins showing the Northern territory’s,got to be a fair bit of virgin ground up there,hope you strike it👍

[@michaelfercik3691]

Wish I was there with you to dowse the grade of the gold in the mine and show you how to dowse gold. The next best thing is to read The Art of Dowsing - Separating Science from Superstition book for building the modern light weight ball bearing dowsing rod and teaching yourself the physics and how to dowse for yourself. I give free dowsing lessons in Laplata Canyon near Durango, Colorado where a gold vein system runs underneath the Laplata County Road. Have a safe, healthy, good day.

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

I will have to look into that. So, you think the dowsing is picking up on the vein system under the road and not an aquifer, magnetic anomaly or power lines under the road?

[@rickstash3548]

Was that silver ore you found?

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Indeed it was. I am working on polishing up a piece of it.

[@rickstash3548]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp show it please

[@Smalltownvalue]

Looks like you are around silverton

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

🤔

[@Smalltownvalue]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp if you are ever down in this area again around Durango I can take you up to some areas where you can put that 6000 to use. I can take you to a vein that is probably 20 feet wide in a known gold producing area as well. This particular area was known for its silver but there is a lot more to this area than meets the eye. The geology of our area is different than most throughout the state. Glacial gold and a lot more. I was just talking to a friend the other day about how this area is special because of the geologic events that have created these intense mountains. Could even take you to an area where Spanish cache’s have already been found.

[@mikegoldmine9692]

So, are you a camp that member's can pay to join?

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Look at that beard!!! Who is that guy???

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

😂 Gotta put on the winter fur to stay warm!

[@gorillagoldhunters]

@@ColoradoGoldCamp looks good on you buddy! Loved this video! Keep up the awesome work man, love your dredging videos! Love em allll lol take care n stay warm!

[@j-man699]

No

[@daveb2778]

Just speak in your normal voice, be yourself, you're not Jeff Williams or those other guys you do you.

[@CORNDODGER]

Gald you did that hike my ole knee would have blown out on me on the return downhill

[@rickstash3548]

I can't hike like that anymore either.

[@CORNDODGER]

@@rickstash3548 I hear ya man I rotated my lower leg 90 degrees practicing for a GS back in 90 just not the same anymore ended a lot for me

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Whew, that steep grade was brutal indeed. I stumbled/fell twice towards the end when all of my energy was spent.

[@rickstash3548]

@@CORNDODGER I hear you. My knees are shot from flooring.

[@jeffkablock3229]

you think like i do i got 5 mines now but hunting for 37 years doing my hunts in montana

[@ColoradoGoldCamp]

Very nice! I have been wanting to do some gold and sapphire hunting in MT.