Finding Heaps of GOLD in Sand!

[@neilsaxton109]

does not seem worth it

[@VoGusProspecting]

For the money, no. For the fun, yes.

[@neilsaxton109]

@@VoGusProspecting To be honest it does look fun. And you never know you could find big nugget that changes your life .

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thats it, think of micro mining, like this, as a hobby that gives you cash back with the chance of a big prize.

[@insolentstickleback3266]

@@VoGusProspecting Exactly how I view it, and if your not out there participating you will never stumble upon that monking huge slab of gold sticking out of the dirt!

[@Jayellbee]

$40 worth of gold for a days work. Need bigger sluice and skid loader

[@ShellyAnn1a]

As a youngster, I would go down to river and pan the gravel bars, just the fun of it. I am now a combat related disabled Veteran and bedridden at the young age of 71. Your videos give me a lot of enjoyment, seeing others getting out into the back country enjoying their hobbies. I recently discovered your channel and really find enjoyment in it, stay safe, watch out for those deadly snakes and spiders.

[@popahh615]

WOW! You can never tell what you are going to find, but I did't expect that much gold. Gold is Gold no matter how small. Love your videos!!!

[@diggertheamateurprospector6611]

Good ol' Mick. Man of few words, but a powerful presence on camera. Love your work, Sir

[@PeterLJohnson55]

Thank you Vo-Gus Prospecting, enjoyed. You asked for comments, so I would like to offer one on the topic of the reduction of material handling operations (energy). The main query is, Why double handle your shovel loads? Having 20 x buckets to dump straight into sluice would save a lot of shoveling. Alternatively, dump your buckets into some sort of elevated hopper that feeds the sluice directly. I know it is another piece of equipment to handle initially, but maybe it can double as a tote bin in which you can carry a lot of your clobber. Obviously, this suggestion is not for every site. But hope it is useful as it would save a lot of time and reduce load on your back. Cheers from Central Coast, NSW.

[@metaldetectingguy]

That was entertaining. Thanks for taking along. Best of Luck to future projects. 👍

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Chris to the rescue! relief program! Thank you Chris and Mick and the pups!

[@dellapeterson8371]

Great job! You’ve taught me if there’s lots of fine gold, and easy digging, it all adds up!

[@VoGusProspecting]

You got that right!

[@belowaverageAl]

Very Professional. Micks even got the safety boots on.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Aussie safety shoes

[@ufodominicano8506]

Greetings brother gus it is good to see your programs in the midst of this quarantine in the Dominican Republic

[@wilsonrawlin8547]

That actually looks like a great setup and plan! Hope you guys find a nugget the size of a grapefruit! Is the black sand volcanic?

[@glentimmins7560]

Gold is gold it all adds up! I think all the flour gold looks awesome in piles!

[@AgateDad]

Cool seeing such a good return on running sand, thanks for the great vid 👍👊

[@OurPastAu]

Looks like a heap of fun! Well done!

[@qualitychad]

my favorite type of videos on gold prospecting

[@joannagrimmer]

Loved your setup on this one. Glad you've got some material to share while we're all in lock down: eases the cabin fever. Looking forward to the wight up. I guess Zoe's scales aren't quite that accurate...lol!

[@cindywachendorfer8972]

Love the Boxer🐾

[@Dawson-vy3zw]

I’m glad your always good to the wildlife

[@TheFrog767]

The frog excellent putting him back 🥂👏👏👏🖖😁

[@davidhamilton506]

Chris, with the speed of the water racing above the sluice mats, is it fair to say that some of the tiny flakes of "flour" gold could be washed/lost into the river. If so, would a 20 litre bucket catching the sluice water, positioned just under the end of the last sluice mat, help in assisting any escaping flakes in settling to the bottom of the bucket? Perhaps a 40 mm PVC outlet tube inserted into the side of the bucket approximately 150 mm down from the top may also help to prevent said flakes overflowing the lip. Just an idea of mine, where the outlet tube might slow down the water entering the creek, thereby helping the gold to sink with less turbulence...

[@darkcanyonprospecting1148]

Great video as always, Man...!!! I’ve been a big fan of the finest Gold for a long time. It’s great to be able to catch enough to put in a poke. I’ve been a fine Gold recovery specialist for a long long time. It’s all there was available to me and I learned how to process it better than most people. I have great equipment and a strong knowledge base on the super fine Gold. You guys are doing a smash up job with the gear you have.....!!! Congrats....!!!

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Another great visit! Glad you are getting out and nice pile of gold

[@johnmcnulty677]

Forget the gold, just give me a dog like grisly. Love that dog !

[@erdemcelik6692]

Why is this just so fun to watch.

[@johnwright9285]

Loved it and Brienne, my Irish Wolfhound, said thanks for the scratch behind the ear. Keep the great content coming.

[@MrFuguDataScience]

I want to buy a river sluice but the gold where I live is very small. Is a dream mat the option? what do you suggest?

[@kekeprospecting5232]

Thanks Chris. Good info. Wow nice pan from sand

[@wp.sworld.s]

It is so weird watching these old videos from the one you make now wow what a change😮

[@highenergyog]

Good morning Chris , suddenly I enjoy math . And I like the way your mate uses a bucket to pan into in order to collect more gold and lose less. Stay safe and healthy, best regards from Lloyd way over here in Ontario Canada.

[@allansgoldmining]

Now that's some easy diggins ! Very good recovery. I agree, most gold is ultra fine (-100 mesh), and abundant. However, the trick is to build a machine that can recover it. That's my goal up here in US deserts. Cheers mate !

[@nucopia]

Thanks for sharing Chris helps keep us sane during the insanity of not being able to get out and scratch the itch..

[@VoGusProspecting]

Glad to help

[@joeljeffery8704]

Gold is gold no matter what size it is. We have flour gold around here that is so small I could not see it the first few times I panned. Someone had to point it out to me before I could see it. I now use reading glasses so I can see the gold. Thanks Chris and crew for the great video, I relly enjoyed.

[@kenlyneham4105]

You have it good in Vic, Chris. Here in NSW, we are only allowed to process 1 cubic metre of soil in any 48 hrs and we are not allowed to use a highbanker run with motorised pumps of any kind. Everything has to be manual. At least I'll get more exercise and save money on pumps, motors and batteries. We have a whole heap of other restrictions as well. At least we don't need a permit as you do in WA, unless we want to fossick in a state forest, then we need one.

[@cacogenicist]

Sampling super fine stuff like that is actually what that _Best Dam Gold Pan_ is really good for. It loses a little less.

[@josephkerley363]

Chris, hope you are doing well during all the Covid stuff. Stay safe, the nuggets are calling.

[@ferdburphel2076]

Nice you've got a pure breed dog and a mutt for highbanker! Very educating!

[@phillipgriffin7]

Thanks for sharing Chris

[@VoGusProspecting]

You bet

[@tincuptimmetaldetecting9259]

With steady work that fine gold adds up fast! Good job Chris. Nice gold guy's! GL&HD!

[@firemantim9601]

What do you reckon about the vibration table method?

[@yvettevarcoe4976]

Love congratulations on your finds

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks for watching

[@shanewhite4256]

You need a vibrating table to separate the fine gold out and the black sand I think is magnetic so a magnet with a bag over it should sort the rest?

[@VoGusProspecting]

99% of my heavies are non magnetic unfortunately and this was just to prove a point. Gold does not move like most people think.

[@gordytimmy]

I guess we all have different definitions of "heaps"...

[@Vladeye_]

10:28 Dog: "What is this guy always looking for in this dirt!"

[@VoGusProspecting]

He'll never find out

[@11111972cjb]

Now that's better! That's what I call a sluice run. Yay! Go Chris.

[@hardrockuniversity7283]

Nicely done. Waiting to see how you clean it up. That's the kind of gold I have to deal with.

[@ivanostellato9478]

a hollow cone, think ice cream cone, with steps for riffles / ridges of gradually reducing size as it approaches the top, spun with concentrate will sort by size and weight in each step, make 2 or 3 steps the same size before reducing and the ower one will have gold the upper one less so, reducing in size as they radius to the top. this should be a full proof sleuce. to clear as you spin faster you clear just tier by tier layer by layer, a precise spinner can be done with a series of rollers

[@randylewis3080]

Good video as usual I have always said Gold is Gold no matter the size. Interested to see the clean up of black sands.

[@michelerodrigues3350]

just got back 2 work this week after a month off cuz covid19... thank you for the video! i love ur channel makes me happy for awhile and just forget my problems. dude i appreciate you! thank you again for being here man. love u. behind on rent and little food in the house just taking care of my girl and 1 year old daughter. im going without for them to keep living comfortable. anyway love u brother. watching video now. cya thanks again for being u !

[@stuffbywoody5497]

Nice. Goes to show that even in spots that you might think are crap, you can still get good gold.

[@anthonyd2616]

Thanks Chris 👍

[@Daliclock]

Thanks Chris!

[@wormfudge9343]

Thank you brother

[@matterbach6200]

Poor Griz just dyin for someone to throw him a rock... Thanks for the video, looks like a good time!

[@cposs4242]

love it guys keep digging and stay safe

[@yoopermann7942]

CHRIS, FIRST thank you for taking all of us along!!, SECOND that is the size of gold I have around me except not in that quanity!!

[@aussieauntynette6892]

Well done Chris and Mick 😊 Up here for thinkin' mate 🤔💡😁 Gotta love Aussie ingenuity 🦘🇦🇺 Love the 'Rog 🐸 ribbit ribbit

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks buddy

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Loved it dude! Happy lockdown days Chris, hope you n the fam are keeping well mate. 👊

[@Notellemkrik1776]

Hello, hope you are doing well. While we all are on lockdown. Love your videos. Thanks for making my social distancing manageable

[@seantierney3]

one thing I have a always wondered about is if you know you are loosing gold out of the bottom of the sluice why not leave a pan at the end to catch the heaviest of what is washing out. or does that not work?

[@VoGusProspecting]

Does not work like that. I've shown few times where we tested tailings to show loss rates. The problem is that it just flows right out of a pan, I mean if it didn't get caught in 4 Sluice box's there's no way it's stopping for something at the end. The only things you can do are re run the tailing or increase the overall length .

[@aaronspaulding205]

Awesome buddy! Good find! God love!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks! You too!

[@aaronspaulding205]

Vo-Gus Prospecting it’s so great to watch you guys hit it fun! I wish I was there just to celebrate with you for having a blast!!

[@cylonmk2]

Great vid and I like how you show gold can be where we would usually not look. I wonder how much gold made it to just the last sluice, as that setup looks like it covers all bases (moss, gold hog and gold rat). I hope you have enough videos to keep going until the end of home isolation, or maybe a new podcast or two 😀

[@ChrisRalph]

Its an old miners tale that gold sinks down through sand and gravels when its not moving and there is no water flow. I know you may have been told this but it just doesn't work that way.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I made a video on that

[@ivanostellato9478]

a better sleuce is not riffles its perforated holes and layers of it so the gold ends up in a bucket not a mat, a dry sleuce even is a wet vertical spinner shaker that will sort by weight, add holes to sort by size and weight

[@mambripapuabiak6379]

Amazing Video Gentlemen... Thank you for posting it

[@benreece7640]

You can run a line of magnets under a sluice box to help slow the gold down, and break it out of the laminar flow.

[@VoGusProspecting]

This i need to try

[@wagnerjoia.joiafonseca.5075]

Obrigado 👍👍. Brasil

[@livinMicro]

with particles that fine wouldn't slower water be a bit less lossy?

[@montanatreasurehunter9600]

I recently found a spot with gold like that, it is glacial deposits. I have been panning it and get 3 to 4 pieces per pan. There is water but it's not running. I don't have a high banker. Any ideas on how to run more material? Thanks for another great video Chris!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Biger longer sluice

[@F.Krueger-cs4vk]

Great video, did you make your sand process equipment or purchase? Thankyou for sharing. Cheers from Brizzy.

[@sweenie58]

If you slow the water down at the end you might catch more fine gold. Try putting a catch pan under the end then pan it and you'll find out if you're losing any gold.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Catch pans don't give accurate samples unfortunately. You need to take it from the tailings its self. Which we do every session.

[@chaddcollins3304]

Epic man ! Loving the educational videos you put out.

[@scottishgoldennuggets9302]

Spot on with your advice buddy, went out to try myself today, was super fine gold was using the big boy dream mat, no classification prior well very little. Test pans showed 3-5 specs per pan everytime but the mat only resulted in 4 specs. Struggled with the

[@bernardthebearbaiter9498]

you found a point of low water pressure when the creeks in flood, we find them on our rivers in nz. we stone out, take the top foot off and wait for the next rain. easiest digging ever

[@imperialfragments]

Pretty sweet. I wouldn't have thought there we be gold in flood sand deposits

[@VoGusProspecting]

Was a fun experiment to run

[@johnallright6847]

Spent 50 years in the building trade half of it with a shovel in my hand and would love to spend a week doing this just for fun or enough gold to make a ring... Good video.

[@scottishgoldennuggets9302]

Only got a half comment there but the just wasn't wasnt working tried a few things to improve it but I find my standard moss sluice worked better. Any hints on how to improve the mats recovery?

[@bkblackmon1402]

Really enjoyed that👍

[@MichaelJohnson-ux7pe]

Once again nice video, love watching you find gold like this because I found my first little batch of fine gold in the stream on our land this week nothing like yours though. Went through two and a half buckets just a little over a 5 gallon pail of material. Like I said not much but I did not find anything last year when I tried doing this for the first time. Watching your videos gave me hope. Thanks and be safe. Alabama shelter in place.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Very nice!

[@jimmcginnis9668]

I know it's worth it,those flour pieces add up specially when your on the gold.Chris gives great advice and I learn from his vids.Another great vid Chris and Happy Trails!😎

[@mentalmetalist]

I pan in AZ stateside. At our local day pan area. We find the same micro gold. Occasionally we find a flake which is considered big gold compared to our fly poop. I’d love to come see ya and let the pan lead us to the gold and vice versa.

[@adamsj01]

I love your choice of music!

[@tadvanallen]

I have a 5 gallon bucket of wet classified dirt from a spot I never ran!! Its from where i Saw A Frog 🐸 go into a hole, by where i was digging.. i GOTTA FIND THAT BUCKET! Ha great video Chris n GrizzBoss n Mick..

[@hueman8607]

I also notice you dont let your consintrated wash across main flat part of pan. Silly thats gets fines to sink to bottom faster. & only water wave should carry dirt UP & OVER edge of pan .if your dirt flows over edge so is your gol.....

[@Shnick]

At 10:30 I taught my dog to get a beer from the fridge, but she ain’t too good with a shovel.

[@slackwaterplacer]

I really enjoyed watching you catching the fine gold as this is the bulk of my material. Flour gold is what I hunt for. It will be interesting to see how you separate it from the magnetite. I still wait until mid winter and do a tea spoon at a time. Very time consuming. Awesome video!

[@VoGusProspecting]

You can do it! thats how i started lol

[@terrystephens1102]

Great job. 😃👌👏👏👏

[@aaronadams01]

Great video. Get all the gold you can find, because after all it's still gold and worth it. Have you thought about getting a small feeder so you don't have to handle the material twice? Just a thought that popped in my head watching this video. Cheers.

[@aumetalmental8403]

Great adventure. And so true. It all adds up...😎✌️

[@justanotherfishingchannelMG]

It all add up nice gold

[@CashCody]

i find when im cleaning up really fine gold if i shake my pan side to side smooth and fast while hitting it off my other hand that baby powder -100 mesh all goes to the one side.

[@killmozzies]

Hey, them's pretty small rocks ya washing, but a better than I expected return. The fun factor was "off the scale" thanks Chris

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thats what its all about, the fun!

[@brettjohnson7782]

Thanks for the videos.

[@pank524]

Very nice can't wait to see how much the total is stay safe

[@VoGusProspecting]

You and me both!

[@TisButAScratch666]

Nice once Chris!

[@JamesBond-ko7cc]

Found Gold specks under our Church while fixing the plumbing. And the Whole Town is Full of it .

[@robertbradford3461]

Cool video, interesting and informative. Looking forward to seeing more

[@goofydad207]

Where I grew up lots of sand black sand too neighbor drilled a new well down 150 feet sand all the way.

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

great video flour gold is all i usually find but its shiny and yellow

[@mikeobrien4437]

GREAT VIDEO !! Got a real kick out of the new multi-sluice,but with such fine gold looked like you needed all the capture you could get.! Stay safe, if you need a scale let me know.

[@rogerschulze9399]

Two toes has a method of catching the itty bitty stuff.