Is There Gold in the Twin Cities?

This video answers the questions of if there is gold to be found in the Minneapolis St Paul area in Minnesota. Answer, there is. the gold here is flour gold left behind by the glaciers.

[@Bigdawg-bt8ue]

Love your channel. I really like seeing a fellow Minnesotan doing something interesting on this platform. Thanks for the video’s!❤

[@forbiddenpasta6140]

As a minnesotan, and investigator, I will use my skills to locate said creek.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Haha. I would be impressed!

[@dcmirk]

It's either Bassett Creek or minihaha Creek. Either way, both would be good spots because of how they flood and bend creating those sand bars.

[@DonOblivious]

@@GlacialGoldHunter You nodded towards Parkview Apartments.

[@DonOblivious]

@@dcmirk It's neither of those. As he said, it's a suburb, I live in said suburb and recognize the parking lot, signs, fence, etc.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@DonOblivious gosh you’re good. 😆 that’s kind of scary. I’m impressed. But I was in the apartments next to it. The woodland apartments. Close enough though.

[@HandmadeGolb]

This felt like something out of 2008 KZbin

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Is that good or bad or am I just behind the times.

[@commentaccount7880]

​@@GlacialGoldHunter he means genuine i think, that's just some hip new shit people say to sound cool, no way hes able to quantify what he means himself.

[@HandmadeGolb]

@@GlacialGoldHunter dude it's great! Reminds me of Cody's Lab back when he was starting

[@HandmadeGolb]

@@commentaccount7880 why so sour? Reminds me of early Cody's Lab

[@TravisHyattMusic]

@@GlacialGoldHunternostalgia is always good

[@ThomasWilliams-ee6li]

After a difficult day at work, your video left me with a smile on my face. Thanks for the entertainment and good luck finding gold.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@ThomasWilliams-ee6li that’s what I like to hear! I hope you have an easier day tomorrow!

[@user-zc3kf3lj3e]

When you find glass ,have a look around that spot for gemstones they are a similar weight .

[@ChadiZard95]

Great content, brother. Keep it coming. Nice to get the information straight up, simplified an educational.

[@trishajennum9697]

Using a Top The Tater container like a true Minnesotan. 😊 Hello from Fridley!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I love Fridley!

[@FoxjetLabs]

Much respect to the creator of this video. I found it enjoyable to watch and very informative.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thank you!

[@TheCAB207]

Really enjoyed this, learned a bunch and I like your sense of humor! Glad you found some gold!

[@NotOnTime-q4l]

Great channel - we've just started exploring the Twin Cities creek beds looking for agates. Maybe we'll see you out there sometime!

[@jeremybos197]

Looks like you enjoy it, good job on the video, liked the funny.movie clips and humor, I am from southern MN never thought there would be pannable gold in MN. Interesting to see you found some, good job !

[@marcolm1]

Thanks for the educational video, learned lots. Keep them coming & good luck!

[@TooCuteToSell]

I loved your video and the information on the laws! Some of those details I never would have thought about! Glad your channel got recommended to me! Definitely subscribed.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Welcome to the show!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Welcome to the show!

[@2Cenery]

This is super cool my friend! Learned something new and will be back to learn more.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Cool!

[@pamelakasper7627]

I enjoyed your personality. Im from central Minnesota and people think im ceazy for gold digging in this state. Yoou are upbest, practical and have a refreshing srnse if humor.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I try. Thank you!

[@scubaseppy]

Your memes during this are hilarious!

[@antilaw9911]

Basically there is gold everywhere in North America. Look for twisty rocky river beds. Just like where you are. Thumb 👍

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Been trying to find it in northern Wisconsin. Not having much luck. Most of the rivers are choked with sand.

[@cindylundgren1924]

History lesson and gold! Nice job!

[@nickelmypickle]

Love this please 🙏 do more I’m learning so much!!!!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I will do more!

[@skyetrance]

Can’t wait for more videos!!! I already learned quite a bit. My coworker was telling me about gold panning a while ago .. so I’m happy your video showed up in my feed. It got me excited to try it out sometime!!!! :) :)

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Grab a pan and start panning!

[@skyetrance]

@@GlacialGoldHunter any websites you recommend to get the basics?

[@GSProspecting]

Great job getting that Au fam. Keep on having fun and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thank you!

[@lundworks9901]

You can find amethyst up on Paradise Beach on the North Shore. I bet there's more glacial gold up there, and Wisconsin shore.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I will have to look.

[@anthonybrau7399]

Nice job of finding that flour gold. Maybe 2 bucks worth of gold but.....$10,000 worth of fun. And...that's what it's all about...having fun. Love your channel.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

So much fun!

[@MDFire150]

LOVE the Top Tater container!! (and the Light Rail sound in the background) ;)

[@747ZEPP]

Your hysterical, great video...😂

[@lucasrichter9072]

I personally think the law can just have a seat and be quiet! This is our country We The People.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Haha. 🤫 🤐

[@danielwarzecha2007]

This is awesome, and comedic. Thank you!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I appreciate it!

[@danielwarzecha2007]

@@GlacialGoldHunter If you like hunting for gold, you would probably like Hunting for Yooperlites. I just took a trip with my kids and they had a blast. Check it out!

[@lundgrenbronzestudios]

This is wonderful!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

You are wonderful for watching!

[@SlayermikeFishingandMORE]

I try to carry a pan every time I go trout fishing; that's a great video!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

That’s a great idea!

[@poptart8741]

Another GREAT place is go find a gravel pit and ask for permission. They have done the hard work for you by digging deep. I have found really good gold in our area up here.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@poptart8741 I’ve got some leads on some northern gravel pits.

[@patrickbishop2839]

@@GlacialGoldHunter I s that right I'm up in Ely. What's good?

[@deeeeeeps]

Best tool you had was two cans of OFF. As far as the rules go they are a bunch of buggers themselves. The lawmakers should be out there all winter melting ice to prevent it from disturbing the soil.

[@codyschneider9867]

“Edward shovel feet” 😂

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I have a weird mind.

[@bentforkprospecting]

Great Job .....Awesome video! You put in a lot of work! well done

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Much appreciated!

[@FlourgoldWizards]

Thoroughly enjoyed ✅

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Woah. The flour gold wizard himself! 🤯 glad you liked it!

[@numismaticstacker]

There's another hotspot in Minnesota on the Mississippi River. It's called Noren landing. I find gold there all the time. But the river's been pretty high lately

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Yeah I was going to do a video on Mississippi River panning but the water has been so high I haven’t been able to. Last year was a drought and this year it’s a flood. Crazy.

[@SnakePlissken-ki2rw]

What do you find? Flour gold? Just think if you could dredge deep into Lake Pepin.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@SnakePlissken-ki2rw I haven’t heard of lake pepin.

[@SnakePlissken-ki2rw]

@@GlacialGoldHunter It's the widest part of the Mississippi. The Lake City, MN area. It's supposed to be about 3 miles wide there.

[@chouseification]

@@GlacialGoldHunter down by Lake City, past Red Wing - it's a neat place, and Snake is right - deep in the mud at the bottom of that lake has to be a true fortune in flour gold.

[@AlanB83162]

Have you ever read the history of gold prospecting on the cannon river? There was a gold rush back in the 1800's and there is still a decent amount to find.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

No I have never heard of that one. I’ll have to do some reading!

[@SnakePlissken-ki2rw]

There was also a commercial operation in Oronoco. The Zumbro river I believe.

[@AlanB83162]

​@GlacialGoldHunter and by decent I mean small specks like you have been finding

[@Ofminnesota]

Im from mn and its usually ok to pan unless its a state park

[@DrFrankenFurterFilms]

I want everyone who watches this to know, you cannot go to any stream in Minnesota to pan. You also CANNOT pan material that isn't under water. Taking from the bank like this is not allowed, per my emails with DNR: "Removing material from stream or river banks for gold panning is not allowed, due to erosion concerns and the disturbance to the natural river processes that shape the stream path, streambank size, and connection to flood plain. And when streams and rivers have bedrock or large boulders along their banks, the nooks and crannies that might trap gold and other heavy minerals are also a unique microhabitat to many important critters in the stream ecosystem." You also cannot pan any river. It must be Minnesota State land that isn't a state park. You *can* pan other rivers with permission from the land owner, but this doesn't seem like a legal location if I'm being honest. Also I can confirm that even a SMALL box is illegal. If you gold pan on private land, you CAN use a box, but only if none of the water reaches any source of river, and isnt a commercial operation. You cannot sell any gold you collect in Minnesota. I do applaud the effort of filling your holes, that is a good thing to do.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

This was not a state park. And it was clearly not the river bank. It was a gravel bar well within the river channel.

[@DrFrankenFurterFilms]

@@GlacialGoldHunter I understand your reasoning, but if it isn't currently under water you cannot do it. I was disappointed when I talked to DNR about it

[@jeromebullard6123]

@@DrFrankenFurterFilmsthe DNR isn’t going to know.

[@Como651]

What’s law in regard to agate hunting?

[@FixMyBrokenJunk]

You sound like a KAREN

[@TheTannerChanner]

Grand Rapids Minnesota here. I have a pen set and a grader just like yours. I don't own a sluice box but I've been trying to get to the bottom of this crap myself

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

You should be able to find some gold up there.

[@TheDudeAbidesYo]

I love this so much that I cried in spiritual ecstasy.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Wow!

[@GraywolfStacker]

Awesome video new sub hello from North Dakota

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@GraywolfStacker hello! Any gold in North Dakota?

[@GraywolfStacker]

@@GlacialGoldHunter they say in Pembina gorge closer to red river nd and Minnesota border

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@GraywolfStacker I’m suppose to go to a wedding in grand forks so maybe I’ll have to pack my gold pan.

[@danjwalker]

That wrapper said copyrighted 2018. So that doesn't mean it's been there since then but still, fun watch! I might go out and about some time to track down spots. Looks peaceful.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Maybe more recent deposition but no older than 2018 at least. A lot more recent than I assumed.

[@susanm9124]

If glaciers deposited gold into Minnesota's geologic nooks and crannies back in the day, then (thinking on a grand scale) might there be big chunks dropped up in the boundary waters and lakes regions? Like underwater? Would it make sense to dive for gold? Could the natural and limestone cave formations found in some places act as giant sluices? Thank you for your channel, interesting.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

There is gold there but it’s not big gold so it’s probably not worth diving for. Not all gold deposits form big nuggets but there were and are producing gold mines in Ontario. At one time there was a gold rush around lake vermillion and rainy lake. It never produced much though.

[@mtothethirdmendez3844]

It’s hard because growing up in Saint Paul along the West Side in onto lily dale and pickerel I just seen too much fools gold so I questioned if we had real gold so thank you for the insight

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

If there is enough to see randomly it’s probably mica or pyrite. But if you pan for it it’s pretty easy to identify the gold and black sand.

[@lundworks9901]

I remember kids digging holes, making a drop off in the lake. I guess that's as much disturbing as swimming.

[@billy56081]

I have heard the Zumbro river has a little gold in it.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’ve heard that as well but have never checked it out.

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

I’m up north and have always wondered if there could be gold in the rivers……suppose they would frown on me digging up the headwaters 🤷‍♀️

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 can’t dig in a state park but you can pan on public land.

[@ASMRBully]

Thought this was hidden valley in savage at first.. I've drank down there lots. Always wanted to pan in the creek

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Grab a pan and give it a try!

[@Rob4real-qi6hg]

Let's goooo brother I live in St Paul MN I'm definitely going to do some education

[@poldidak]

“Fun” is what it’s all about! Just watch out for Edward Shovelfeet!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’ve seen him out there! Or maybe it was Bigfoot.

[@FathomFrequency]

Sweet - good hunting

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

🙏🏼

[@vickypeterson7688]

I would think that it being on the Mississippi river where it would flood produce some gold in places

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Oh yes. My next video will be from panning the Mississippi.

[@kosh9639]

Very interesting... too bad there's not very much gold.. but, looks fun.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It’s fun even if there isn’t much there.

[@danjwalker]

Howdy from Robbinsdale!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Howdy!

[@vinbun1phonezprankz131]

Pretty good for a place that supposedly doesn’t have gold

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

All the years I could have been collecting gold and I didn’t even know it was there.

[@dakota5815]

This looked a lot like a creek that has a 9 in it.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

You are quite observant.

[@mikestevens1502]

Great job.

[@jbo1108]

Am I dumb or are your mats backwards? I would think you would want the spines of the divots to be receiving the flow of the water so that it rolls over them and creates vortices inside each divot, instead of running through the opening of the divots, then hitting the spine and just swirling horizontally

[@jbo1108]

Me being dumb is an acceptable answer

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 I thought the same the first time I looked at the mats.

[@FlourgoldWizards]

@@GlacialGoldHunterthose mats were in correct 👍🏻

[@user-ye3fj2gu1v]

Buffalo joe here of Minnesota. I could use a lil help locating 🤞

[@user-ye3fj2gu1v]

Just subd

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Just gotta grab a pan and try.

[@Plumber-tf1xi]

You already scared off 99.99% of people with that shovel.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 I bet.

[@everybodysjonathan]

I used to get gold like that at the log chute in mall of America. Anyone else?

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 I should bring my pan next time I’m there.

[@trishajennum9697]

Yes, I did that. I lost my gold though 😢

[@asbdhusahdhauhudas]

awesome sauce video

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thanks for watching!

[@secretgoldhunter5400]

Great stuff

[@brians9273]

Using a Top The Tater tub for a scoop is 100% Minnesota!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Haha! Finally someone appreciates that.

[@jdl.1234]

Thanks 👍

[@ten98media]

this video helped cure my girlfriend’s migraine and she never watches the videos i try to show her from my youtube

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Glad I could help!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Glad I could help!

[@loadedguitarsz8056]

Ain’t this in Monticello 👀

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Could be.

[@jeffgates8080]

soon as it got out that mn point had flour gold the dunes are getting eaten away and the black sand is left in piles if you can find it

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Oh that’s interesting I’ve been up there a lot but never saw anyone prospecting there.

[@jeffgates8080]

@@GlacialGoldHunter he has a youtube page

[@leonkellerhuis3642]

Even with a dredge you’re putting everything back where it came from except the heavy metals it’s not polluting habitat

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Hence why law writers are….

[@hugh_jorgan633]

The wire isn't coated with plastic it's vinal. They started using that late 40s mainstream by 1950. Did they use plastic every house in the county would be burned down.

[@hugh_jorgan633]

Sweet crick tho right in the metro area that's cool could here traffic on ur video. There's probably a hundred of them down there I just never pay attention when I'm there.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

The more you know!

[@Johnny_stcloud]

A perfect way to spend a day off but still on my adderall

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It’s a great day off.

[@enigma51ted]

how do you know your not losing gold while rinsing out the green dish? at least wrap a mesh screen around it to campture gold that your losing

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

The gold is at the bottom.

[@crayolascents]

MN resident here. Haven't seen any gold but there are a lot of places where you can find used needles laying all over; maybe you can collect those? They'd be worth something except that the Lutheran churches will give free needles and crack pipes to addicts - you know - just like the Bible teaches. While you are here, don't forget to visit George Floyd Square.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Haha. I lived there in 2020. What a time to be there. It’s more like Gotham city.

[@diegomontoya796]

Rice creek in Fridley.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I looked there and I didn’t find any.

[@Shnozem]

You know he from up north when his scoop is top the tater

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Minnesota crack. 😆

[@grounded7362]

How much of the gold would you actually be able to keep or sell in Minnesota since they retain mineral tights?

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Can’t sell it but It’s just recreational panning so is legal. I’m not sure what the limit is but I know I’ll never get close to the limit.

[@donnamiles1262]

I feel like i know where this creek is.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

You may. 🤫

[@bendoroff5026]

Great Vibe

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thank you!

[@scottlund4562]

Always find gold in the Mississippi and a days hobby nets me an average of $3.48 per day

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Wow that’s better than I have done in the Mississippi. I doing a video now where I took 100 pans to see how much I got.

[@scottlund4562]

@GlacialGoldHunter Your video was so very accurate as to central MN, I have cheated by digging low pressure areas in front of concrete slabs dumped on the bed of the Mississippi, there the specks are about 3 to 5 times better than what you caught, yet only worth the fun of finding anything, lol. The Pike River up by Embarrass-Biwabick or more south with the Zumbro river and you will find more.

[@lowvoltage4104]

Check out lake Superior

[@Raggy4201]

U can find gold near rochester

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

The glaciers scattered it everywhere.

[@boydnouska7690]

If you can get down to the bed rock that's where the most gold will be found and you should not just toss your largest stuff mn. Has lots of different gem stones including diamonds so look a bit closer my friend

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’ll keep that in mind.

[@ailtonfreias2306]

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[@user-fg2lh2kk6l]

kind of what i do where i do it you can metal detect but diging their dont want to get in any @@@@@@@ so will get in to the minn river with kayack

[@codyc5075]

They word the laws/rules in mn like they’re writing clues for the mn winter carnival medallion hunt, and when you email them to get a straight answer you get another riddle as an answer

[@justinm.3594]

Jason says test test test, not test once and then fill a bucket. 😅

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Haha, well…I may have skipped a few parts.

[@MrDanmiller1]

I know this isn't a money making venture for you, You're doing it for fun and adventure. But non the less, I'm wondering how much that days intake might have weighed. How much is it worth by that days gold value?

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Hard to say without a scale but I’d guess like $4 worth. The gold is so thin and flat you can’t even feel it on the pan.

[@terrence1055]

Next location: Duluth!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

That’s on the list! I just moved up near there.

[@MCToon]

I've thrown discs at Basset Creek Park.

[@MCToon]

I live in Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Great video. I have some partially processed gold from electronics. I hit a wall processing them, You might make quick work of it. I would be glad to give you some if you want. If you send an email I can figure how to get it to you. My address is in my channel description.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Oh thanks but I probably wouldn’t get around processing electrics gold. But I hope you have good luck with it.

[@MCToon]

@@GlacialGoldHunter It's off the circuit board in flakes. You probably would just need to pan. I'll send photos in email.

[@CarmeloelAventurero]

New follower

[@joe_schmoe_420]

I know exactly where that is based off the first seconds of the video I've been there hundreds of times

[@ZCJEnt]

I only left this comment to say "Minneapolis SUCKS". But great video! Good job, no one was injured and you made it out with your shoes! Next time, just stand next to a pawn shop for 20 minutes and youll have someone offer you some gold teeth

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 that’s about right.

[@ZCJEnt]

@@GlacialGoldHunter Thank you, I'm glad you got a laugh! But seriously, I genuinely enjoy your video's. Its nice to see genuine content creators coming up with something unique.

[@johnschroeder1545]

pretty cool man .........

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I think so too!

[@THATHATSALLFOLKS]

So you are the guy that has been digging my claim

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 I guess so.

[@antilaw9911]

Where is that? I live in Roseville. I want get some Gold!

[@chriskramer2122]

It almost looks like he is at Minnehaha

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Find a river and start panning! It’s all along the Mississippi too.

[@jerrym995]

As long as they don’t catch you it’s legal

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

The 3 S’s. Sluice, Shovel, and Shut up.

[@Longdongsilver-oy6nj]

There’s gold everywhere

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Almost!

[@user-fg2lh2kk6l]

went to park in mankato small stream at this park few yrs ago got sample of small pee rock their was small gold their

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Cool! I want to go look around where the fam burst.

[@fernandodhyver]

minehaha creek has some gold too

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I was wondering if it did. I never tried there.

[@Soylent2024]

Haha, nice job man

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thank you!

[@steveb6103]

I live in the Twin Cities and wouldn't go anywhere near Minneapolis!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 this was in the suburbs around actual Minneapolis.