I Stole This Gold Pan From My Local Council

[@VoGusProspecting]

What have you used to find gold with?

[@AnnaPinton-q4g]

i tried to use a cooking pan but wasn't really ideal

[@realamerican911]

They have been selling you rubbers in metric mate. 😂😂😂😂

[@realamerican911]

Well I have been using an old dog food bowl with some flex seal sprayed in the bottom. But I haven't found any gold in my stream yet. Going to find better spots soon though.

[@gabivalla6279]

Picnic blanket - black rubber backing that's like mini tread-plating, the magnetite blends out as background and noticed little trail of flour gold and shinier and colourful tiny gems. A car parcel shelf, if it had riffles, could use it as a giant pan, or as a sluice sideways, having seen one dumped as garbage on a creek, but all the road gravels had made their way down into the creek too. It used to be the "coach" road until new car roads went in. Onya!

[@Insideoutie]

I used a watermelon once.

[@realamerican911]

You and Gadsy are such good friends. I love the conversations you guys have.

[@robertmunro7117]

Dude, I love your enthusiasm and straight up "Getter done" attitude.

[@MrThedocholiday]

You are absolutely hilarious Chris! Great information along with your real sense of humor but without ridiculous nonsense. Perfect!

[@nathancarmichael7050]

awesome to see you guys having some fun on the creek, have a wonderful day!

[@aaroncunneen328]

Love your videos, what a champion 👌👌

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks 👍

[@tplyons5459]

I'm from Golden, Colorado and in the early 70's I used to spend my summer weekends panning in Clear Creel and I used a WOK! I loved having those handles. Panning in summer only I'd get about an ounce and a half of what then was called "gold Dust" in 3 months.

[@hiddentruth1982]

A wild Gadsquash has appeared.

[@joeazbill8644]

I've used a cast iron stove pipe top as a batea pan!!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Great idea!

[@TammyAllen-vj5de]

Texas checking in!

[@nathanielwilson1404]

I love all the ingenious things you use to prospect!

[@davidthomas1375]

I used a fry pan in the Buckland valley when I was a kid!

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Comment being left. The bin lid was a good choice. Seems to work really well. Bin lid, some old carpet and a used painters bucket. All set. Great ideas and video. Take care mate 😁👍

[@michealklonowski5267]

well that worked out thank you for sharing the adventure and information.

[@ricksanchez7459]

On the other side of the world, seemingly totally different culture, but man I felt that intro. Being working class does that I guess. You take care buddy.

[@48thstateprospecting]

Nice shirt… back in the late 80’s they released a crap ton of Chinese sks rifles complete with bayonet and rear site you could raise with a slide for long range, for $80-100 usd. they would shoot up to 3/4 of a mile (1207 meters) accurately and they were selling the 7.62 full metal jacket with stainless steel punch pin rounds for a penny a piece. Ya the punch pin would go through a 2 foot diameter tree at 300 yards ahh those were the good ol days back to the vid…not bad at all for a garbage can lid definitely looking forward to the final on the 100 bucket challenge thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

[@christong344]

Ahh the norinkosks slrs were great too 👍

[@paulknight1879]

Nice one awesome job Chris 👏 👍 👌

[@spookydonkey2195]

Brilliant idea, such a multi use tool. Perfect as a defensive shield when challenged to a stick-fight. New item added to EDC, preesh.

[@gkellyhutchinson]

Absolutely love you. Greetings from Nevada USA

[@leonkahler7223]

I chuckled with your statement that, depending on your religion, the glacier could have been thousands or hundreds of years ago. WELL SAID!!! ❤ from Texas.

[@ferdburphel2076]

Enjoyed!! " Compounding my mistake".....so much truth to that🍻

[@davidoconn9352]

Thank you Cris!

[@Gentleman-Prospector]

Oooweee…Chris you are amazing indeed brother waist lid panning was fun to watch and you nailed it. Great video my friend thanks for all you do for our community of prospectors.👍😎🎩⚒️G.P.

[@geradkavanagh8240]

End of transmission reminds me of the 1970's. Cool change of format Chris.

[@bfk1970]

The shoe phenomenon is real for me. I've always been a size 10, then for the last two years, I've had to buy 11s and lasly a 12. I'm pleased the shoe producers don't charge extra for bigger products.

[@TamponTea]

Don't give Biden any more ideas.

[@bfk1970]

@@TamponTea The Orange criminal is a shoe salesman, I think you're projecting in the wrong direction.

[@Rockin_in_Kentucky]

I totally knew it was there but I just wanted to watch you look for it lol. Awesome video thank you for sharing!

[@mjsligar7686]

Hg Holden hub cap. Worked awesome.

[@SPMining]

One day a guy and his son walked up the river pretty close to me. I had my sluice and things laying around and he made the comment. You look like u know what your doing. I said it may look that way then gave a chuckle. I noticed as they grew closer it looked like they were panning or something at the edge of the river. Turns out he had a camping cup. You know the metal camping cups that usually accompany a kit of some kind. Turns out he was scooping up stuff and kinda just washing it back in fourth in the bottom of the cup looking for gold. I showed them how best to actually use the cup to the best of its ability. After a few times he was actually getting to just leaving black sand in the cup. So I used a camping cup to pan one day while showing a guy how to pan with it. I also mentioned if he was interested in the "hobby" he should check out your channel and they sell cheap basic pans at the outpost up the street about a mile from where we were. Also mentioned G man's channel and a few other's that I liked while getting started. I warned him about the marketing in the industry also so he wouldn't fall into a rabbit hole as I did. I'll never find enough gold to even pay for the stuff I don't ever use lol. The stuff I actually use is very cheap is pretty much everyone basic kit. I learned the hard way about more expensive equipment doesn't mean more gold. Now I look at it like a collection so I don't feel so duped. Anyways great video! Love you guys have a great day👍👍

[@SPMining]

With that said.. I just had my wife order me the Pancake pan for Father's day lol.

[@geradkavanagh8240]

Can also use the plastic Sabco bin lids, large plastic drain saucers that come with flowerpots, A frying pan, a wok (you need to degrease them first and give them a good fire lining.) A large round mouthed shovel with the back edges folded. (That one takes more skill than a pan) The big cheap plastic washbowls that hold about 10 litres (be careful not to overload them) for making concentrates. Remember most are only for concentrating and not getting the gold fully separated from the parent materials.

[@grammadonutsquashdog431]

When we lived in california back in the eighties my kids used to use their cereal bowls and the creeks to mind for gold, They even got some

[@forbiddenground07]

The black bins from bunnings have a really good looking lid if bin lids are to look good well they do.

[@luvovror02]

Yes, feet do grow! I used to be a size 9, but recently I have been more comfortable in a 9 1/2 wide.

[@andypandyAU.6669]

I love that, outside the box. 👍

[@RICDirector]

Chris, try something for me? Float your pan (with a bit of water in) right before reveal, and give it a sharp sideways rap a tap while floating, on a rock or root, to move the gold to one side. I just want to know if I stumbled onto a repeatable method....i usually pan in a wheelbarrow or large box and use the pans buoyancy to minimize wrist stress... Let me know, please? Id like

[@kerrysmith9844]

Oscars house makes a lovely sound! I saw a guy using a Frisbee the other day. Poor gadzee

[@whosaidthat5236]

You boys need to go to Tasmania or New Zealand and do some prospecting I would enjoy that video, and 8m sure you two would enjoy the big chunky gold

[@adambunting7298]

Gettin me hyped for ol sookey potholy tmrw dude

[@frasercrone3838]

Very entertaining as usual. Thanks

[@tanyafriesen1549]

Lots of garnets, too👍

[@VoGusProspecting]

Few of them here and there

[@brodrick3164]

Try a hammered steel Wok. Use one with two handles not a stick handled one. Fill it stratify then swirl allowing the water to remove lighter material repeat filling Wok 10 plus times then transfer black sands to a traditional pan. Similar to the drill in a bucket method.

[@WHAMaTRON]

In the UK you can get that classifier for garden soil for about £2.50p form a gardening Center 👍🇬🇧.

[@English-Lass]

When I was in my teens, I was a size 7, then in my late twenties went down to a size 6 (even a five.) When I reached started edging towards fifty my feet were going back to a 7 - nothing to do with fallen arches as have had them and flat feet since a toddler. Weight can play a part in some by the way, as well as does a few other health factors including the normal break down of cartilage cushioning between joints wears down or away which affects everyone ( hence also why we lose height over the years.)

[@brentpilgrim4692]

Fun video😊

[@stevenstrempke8883]

Another extraordinary video!

[@thejondohhshow]

Fun one!

[@skwervin1]

I'd give the centre of the lid a few love taps with a hammer to make the dip in the centre a bit deeper, just a little mind. Love the idea, mate! I wonder if the same type of lids but the plastic ones would work? They were usually black and the gold might show up a bit better.

[@jasonschlencker8108]

Great vid Chris. Your What Can I Use To Find Gold vids a bunch of fun to watch. I am sure that not just myself would like to see more WCIYTFG vids. Perhaps a trip to Silly Sollys for some sup $5 prospecting gear.......... if you have that down there? Regards, Jas.

[@ClintonCarro]

good job chris

[@699hazard]

Nice! Could get one of the mesh water tank covers as a classifier. Not sure about feet growing. Ive been a size 14 since year 12 (20 years)

[@chrisgooden9662]

I used to run astro turf in the back of my 4wd one day I cleaned it out in a pan after some trips in areas round neerim low and behold there be gold in them hills

[@mabeSc]

5:11 - there is this Primitive Technology channel (the first one doing this idea back a long time) that used a clay plate to get iron to make a knife..

[@jamescarney6883]

If Ur looking for ideas to try, what about rurning river sluice to highbanker on the cheap?

[@clintoncarro6193]

Omg yayyy your back bro so glad

[@VoGusProspecting]

Never left. Publish like 4 videos a week.

[@gnomespace]

Looks like you got like drop riffles in the grooves of that lid. Doing the batea thing might just trap a lot of fines in those. Then dump as usual- jiggle the cons to the bottom, rinse and repeat.

[@phillipgriffin7]

Should try the plastic bin lid as it has a hollow where the handle is

[@xmj6830]

What about the 100 buckets challenge?! 😁 Oops...I shouldn't comment before the end of the video...🤐

[@shawnbait]

@5:12 I've seen you use something flatter than a plate. Your new pan disk thingy.

[@machine494-vc7yw]

You could bash the bin lid in the center to make it more like a botea pan i imagine it would work better.

[@Heapsgoodprospecting]

feel like i suggested this a year ago or something lol, the black plastic bin lids have a lil cup in the center which made me think it could be used as one too

[@squeak1888]

Sorry I missed this live KZbin done me a dirty and didn't send notifications on your video I've double checked and still showing got all notifications on as well :(

[@gavsdunne1047]

Chris awh naughty wackers bonkers fucking love this 😂😂😂😂

[@rockymountaindad]

I love it 😀, howdy from montana

[@charlese.prospecting6627]

Hello from Michigan 👍⛏️😎

[@johnruckman2320]

Chinese made boots explains it all. I still wear size 11D, but I had to get those cheap tennis shoes two sizes bigger.

[@edgar-j6h]

yes feet grow...usually sideways (wider)

[@christong344]

302 Windsor sump give it a try chris

[@evanvavoulas4011]

Expect a lot of rain this weekend

[@48vdcwrld]

What happened to Coursory safety squint when handling pokey objects, ie: twigs n sticks?

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛...inspiring vid...

[@josephknowlton7246]

Liked, shared and commented 🤴🏻🍻👋 19:32

[@carlmclelland7624]

WELL... I never thought of using a trash can lid, but when you're caught out and it's the only thing available.... HEY! I'll give it a try.

[@laurelscott4466]

Heh Chris, thanks again for a great video & a few laughs. Quick one: have you done a video on preparing a new gold pan for action? I think you have , can you point me to it ? Thank you.

[@supposedlygreg]

Great video as always :) I was wondering if you will make video fo KZbin members ?

[@markstahl1638]

Plastic rain splash dispersal bottom for house gutter drain, connected to a black riffle tubing...poor man's sluice. It leaked and probably cost more than a regular sluice...but it was fun building it.

[@jeffholmes1362]

If you ever get stuck, the foot mat in your car works, I usually have one of those in the car.

[@darrenbooker8144]

Alright... now you have to use a classifier to find gold 😉

[@stephenfowler4115]

I've gone from size 10 in high school to size 13 at 71. I was born with flat feet and my arches are higher now because I rode motocross.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I've been a size 12 since year 7. Size 13 this year.

[@sherildooley1830]

Love your back pack, where did you get it from.

[@TimCasey-p5c]

I've used a Frisbee.

[@GenericPulse]

I hear ya with the shoe size issues Chris, late 30's and yeah 2 sizes up in 6 months... something in the water but I'm not sure it's gold.

[@hoosiermama16]

Your feet don't grow, as such, but they do flatten out a bit which can cause fluctuations in sizing.

[@gavincutler5421]

Hay Chris try a 5inch sauspan with a handle And you will be surprised.👍👌

[@krisgalusha9820]

I used a frozen pie pan once. Didn’t find gold. But that’s Oklahoma for you.

[@krisgalusha9820]

@Pax.Alotin yes there is, but glacial flood gold and Arkansas river gold from Colorado. Micro and much harder to find. Now my one small pan I did is no means a way to say there is not. Just a pan from a wrong spot. I do believe that almost every creek and river has some kind of gold in it.

[@TheMadness51]

Purty werk brudda!

[@mechsgtpuma938]

All I need is to find a place to propect in the Uk. Im guessing a plastic Frisbee works as well just not as big

[@djesky1]

Have you ever thought about crossbreeding a shovel with a pan? Would it save time collecting heavies to pan off later? If you turn this into a product I expect at least 15% for the idea.

[@keninglis7060]

When i was in my twenties my safety boot size at port kembla steelworks was 9 1/2 . Now - in my old age after years of being a hippie and not wearing shoes - my foot size is 12 or 13 depending on whether i wear sox. I doubt my feet have grown that much - i think shoe sizes and all sorts of clothing sizes have shrunk to keep us paranoid about getting fat so they can sell us more dieting products which dont work and make us fatter. Stop worrying about what we look like and enjoy life - age doesnt make us look better but we can enjoy it more if we dont worry!

[@danrogers9945]

So funny!"i dont even have my sweat pants on yet"!lol

[@ianbaird6113]

Feet do grow, I've gone from a size 9 to 11 over my life from 20 to 40.

[@mikeblair2594]

I wore size 13 most of my life. Im now 51 and I just had my foot sized and the boot store and I now wear a size 14 1/2 xxxxxwide.they dont make that wide of a shoe, but you can get wildland fire fighter boots hand made. So that's what I wear. Well those and moccasins. In my early 40s I know I was still a 13. So the answer is yes

[@jp27whodey31]

That trash can lid worked awesome. Why use anything else

[@trevdyer173]

Call it a close second Deb

[@nigelaubrey7743]

How about this for another bin lid challenge. Go to the big green shed and buy a large willow plastic bin. Get your soldering iron and melt some riffles into it. You know what to do after that

[@ClaytonVigue]

I haven't gotten out at all this year. I just use a pan

[@justinraymond8685]

I'm not sure where the feet grow as you get older but I am currently having the problem I have always bought size 14 joggers and now I have to buy size 15 or 16 I think my foot is growing too.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I blame the government lol

[@becmccarthy5431]

Feet do grow as you get older; women’s feet grow when we’re pregnant too. I went from a size 8 to a 12. So if you see me in the fields, it’s absolutely Sasquatch, but much less furry 😅

[@photoadventures]

your feet never stop expanding over time! :P

[@EaioneMcgarry]

You should watch Dave turons backyard gold

[@VoGusProspecting]

already have, good show!

[@gardeninginnorway478]

Yup, the feet size increased here as well from 12 to 13 after 30. 😊

[@joeryerson9295]

Your feet don't technically grow as you age, but sometimes your arches can start to flatten which can make your feet longer and wider. Fortunately and unfortunately I was born with completely flat feet and have worn a U.S. size 13 5E since I was 14.