Mining for GOLD Using 4,000 Year Old Technology

[@VoGusProspecting]

8 years, 1,000 videos published and a really sore old man back. Thanks everyone for watching my sh"t show.

[@buckshotprospector]

You da boss man

[@brodrick3164]

Please take some back meds and film/edit/upload more. Thank you.

[@leighanncronin6905]

I LOVE your sh"t show. Best golden comedy on the tube!

[@StaceNyourFace]

Congrats, Chris! 👍😉🤗😸🔥

[@charlese.prospecting6627]

Good show Chris! Looking forward to seeing more 👍⛏️😎

[@raybreaux1635]

Happy 1000 videos happy birthday pan😂 happy Cherry busting Woody😂

[@markpashia7067]

Only seems fair that we should get to give you a thousand thumbs up on video, but unfortunately the Tube will only let us do one each.

[@workingfortheirfuture]

Share it 999 times Chris 😊 told me himself how to give more than I've thumbs up!

[@tobhomott]

You can hit 'like' as many times as you want! Just make sure it's an odd number... otherwise it won't do any good. 😁

[@bcbradley]

Looks like the old style salad bowls 😊

[@ryanadams3858]

With the matching oversized wooden fork and spoon 😂

[@crog9750]

a 1000 vids goodonya cant wait for the next and many more

[@SleekredruM61]

Congratulations mate 👍🇦🇺

[@razor2038]

That wood pan really shows the gold well on camera. Nice work mate.

[@Advil1024]

I like that he uses the things people have made for him instead of keeping it on a shelf. I feel like it's a great honor to the person that made it too.

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

...chris has mentioned that , with his color blindness, the gold contrasts well with a brown background...

[@hasmeadali7316]

Wow that's awesome

[@upnorth6722]

After a great day on the creek when it’s warmer out , I see a floating whisky coaster ✌Happy 1000 ! ! !

[@andyanderson2143]

Genius!

[@chrisvansyoc5589]

Congrats on 1,000. Here's to the next 1000 and maybe a few life style changing nuggets along the way

[@buckshotprospector]

Oyster facts!!!

[@zbowen8489]

Eight years of watching you... It seems like it was just yesterday that I subscribed. Old man back now too.

[@boyceroper9055]

Congratulations

[@dylanjames4537]

My great grandfather was a wood Turner, if he was still with us id be asking about this to be made so fast 😢 oh well looks like I'll persevere to find or make 1 myself. Super congratulations on 1000 vids.

[@rickstewart9716]

Great video!

[@angelakimbrell1214]

9:43 I live in the U.S. and I completely love jumping spiders. They are very intelligent and love to interact with me. And I have noticed on Facebook that there are several groups that love them also. ♥️♥️♥️🕷️

[@RICDirector]

One lives on the faucet for my barn, and always comes out and roils his/her little fuzzy fangs at me. Appreciates the occasional ant or other bug.

[@ScotlandsGold]

Thanks for the inspiration,its been a right laugh 🍻

[@48thstateprospecting]

Great new pan looks a bit hard to dunk under the water though since it floats lol I noticed you having to put more pressure on it…. As thick as it is I doubt you’ll have trouble with the drying splitting and cracking (especially if you don’t throw it around and keep using it so it doesn’t dry out) thank you for a 1000 vids it’s been a heck of a journey my friend thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼

[@LanaLaughsRealLoud]

You're an expert at how to read the geography of the creek bed to determine how the gold settles in the creek. ❤

[@adriantauri3289]

Love watching your channel every educational and so so funny 😂

[@phillwatts5385]

cool pan Chris I mite have to make one ya gotta lov tha yella i

[@jae19771123]

Love that new pan!!!!!!!

[@22ony]

Cool Pan nice to hear spider love need more of it 😂

[@jerrydesgranges8294]

Holy cow, Chris. The wooden beta pan. Is really awesome and so far it is nice to see you using it out on the creek. And definitely you are getting some nice gold in recovery from the creek.

[@jimmylarge1148]

I’m not that guy but it’s batea ba-yay-uh in case u were curious to look into them tho I LOVE the beta pan idea!! 😂😂

[@jerrydesgranges8294]

Actually thanks for your comment here and pointing that out that I actually didn't catch that I misspelled betea pan without realizing it. Chris videos on using betea pans in most of his videos are interesting to watch. And this recent video is interesting to see a betea pan made out wood instead of the metal and plastic betea pans.

[@RICDirector]

Almost. Its bAtea. 😄

[@jimmylarge1148]

@@RICDirector bahahah! I actually looked it up cause I didn’t k ow how to spell it then autocorrect “fixed” it twice then when it finally works I hit the wrong button. 😂 I was genuinely just letting him know cause I’m he sounded like he was union them 😂

[@jimmylarge1148]

@@jerrydesgranges8294 for sure! I could tell u we’re interested in them and Chris is hard to understand on some words cause of that whole crocodile dundee thing 😂

[@tammybrazeau1213]

My gawd Chris 1000 videos 🎉impressive. Congrats bud.

[@ut000bs]

When I was a teenager in Tennessee I used to catch jumping spiders, which are _smart,_ and wolf spiders and keep them well-fed and spring-watered for a week or two. I'd then let them go and the hunt was on for a replacement or two. From a physics standpoint, that pan is comparatively more efficient absolutely. I think that one is purty. The cool thing is that after you use it a bit you can change your mind and add it to the Vo-Gus Prospecting Museum of Fame™ after a bit of sanding or perhaps as is.

[@thomaswinchester9730]

Good job!

[@brentpilgrim4692]

Congratulations on the 1000th video 🎉

[@barrytfs13]

Now that's how you break in a potato pan 👍 with a lot of shine. Congratulations Chris, look forward to seeing eight more years of adventures. 🤓

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

Bataya

[@Thumbernation]

Thank you❤ much love brother from kelowna bc canada

[@bobbyhicks7972]

Happy 1000th🎉

[@billpeters4605]

One thousand. Great stuff, that's not including all the extra content on your other channels and other socials.

[@ericgruel274]

Congratulations on 1,000 videos. I enjoy them. Keep them coming. hi Gadzee!

[@joshuajackson6442]

Thank you, Chris

[@robbiekingston9055]

Congratulations. Love you channel

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Well done Chris on many levels. Gold, videos new pan. Congrats all up 😁👍

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks 👍

[@chrishengeveld6117]

Spot on Chris. Nice shiny with an educational learning curve.. just because it's new doesn't make it better! Awesome-sauce mate!😎👍❤️

[@greggd3351]

Big congrats on your 1K milestone.

[@victorhatch776]

Way to go Chris I've enjoyed all of them.....

[@shannonreddaway1803]

🎉🎉🎉1000th🎉🎉🎉 Hey Congrats Chris! I think I was there in around 5000 subs days, it’s been a pleasure to follow your journey, all the highs and lows, the big days and the small, all of them invested with your honesty and charm. Carry on!! 🎉🎉🎉1000th🎉🎉🎉

[@michealklonowski5267]

nice gold thank you for sharing the adventure and information 😮

[@kyliehollingsworth986]

Congrats on the 1000th video The pan is beautiful! Very lucky :)

[@jeffwright5656]

Thanks for the enjoyment of watching your enthusiasm. Keep it up.

[@andreasmeyer7211]

Sweet Adventure

[@TimCasey-p5c]

Love the new pan. Would enjoy trying one myself.

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's well worth having a crack

[@laurelscott4466]

Congratulations, 1000 videos. A great achievement!,

[@steffensen907]

Those batea pans work awesome. Sorry if I spelled it wrong

[@RICDirector]

Nope, perfect.

[@steffensen907]

@@RICDirector nice

[@steffensen907]

Wish I could try one

[@judeefitch5751]

Congratulations on the 1000 videos! I've enjoyed watching the ones I've seen. Love watching and hearing the work being done. Seeing you get gold is icing on the cake. And watching the fun you have with gadzee and friends. Is even more icing. Keep up the hard work. You've done well!

[@MatJason-xe6hm]

Congratulations on 1000!

[@josephwilliamson6878]

Gadzee talking about the poo of new York, whilst in the mist before tales of a rocky phantom shotgun pellet... the real golden shiney candy

[@robertdonnelly7758]

Such a unique pan!

[@dwolff9598]

Congratulations on 1000 videos, I have enjoyed many and look forward to more

[@gregcollis9688]

1000 vids you're are a machine mate

[@NovoGold]

Dares or Whiskey on me Chris, what was that "Black Thang" hanging between your legs @ 12:08 in that shot 😂 the 3 pronged Dong-gold detector... 😂🤣 mate awesome ep, love that pan... Cheers Anthony (NovoGold) P.S. Congrats on 1k posts 👍👌

[@chrislilly1463]

Congrats on 1,000!!!

[@dontask8979]

Congratulations on 1000 videos!

[@debhester8665]

It's such a beautiful gift!

[@Anokaman]

A big plus to the wooden pan is its buoyancy!

[@ericbailey3577]

Thanks Chris!

[@davidmaraman5902]

Love the videos, keep em coming!!!!

[@FlashInYourPan]

Very Nice, Chris!

[@Rudidly]

Using things til they break and saving a memento is great. I’ve got every shift knob from a car I killed. Lol still got the reflector off the huffy I had in middle school. Free ride down memory lane everytime ya find one of em sittin around.

[@mickhood4831]

Nice things😎

[@colinfloyd2385]

Yay!

[@triple_A_rockhound]

😎👍 Good one as always chris Oh i got my package today 👍

[@seanb3516]

"The Spiders are Only Mildly Venomous" Spoken as a True Southern Australian. Live in Townsville for a few years and let's see you say that again. XD

[@derekforeal7049]

Good job brother! Keep it up

[@Fluffylives]

Congrats on 1000 videos

[@gabivalla6279]

Grazie mille, miglia! Thanks heaps 1000, Chris! You've given us colour-vivid the experience you have! "Gold on brown, texture like sun", unlike the Stranglers' song, it is like trying to watch the aurora australis through a fog without your glasses, all it needed were pigeons circling to make us fall over, all whilst lying down. It is a beautiful piece of woodwork, a piece of treen! You can share a fun fact with Gadzee in exchange for the diseased New York oysters and people biofeedyuck yarn, with a timber fun fact - balsa wood is a hardwood, not a softwood! Another is there's several varieties of Australian pine, Tasmania's huon pine is waterproof, smells great. Most Australian plywood is made using gigantic pencil sharpeners, making continuous sheets, using Queensland hoop pine. Nearly all pines have associated fungi of the Lactaria genus, in other words, milk caps. Until 1996, no one knew of a white milk cap associated with eucalypts, Lactaria eucalypti, not even the indigenous peoples, who'd used wattle fungi like truffles, wallabies eat them, and giant orange loaf mushrooms called "native bread"... 1000 fun videos ago, 995 fun facts to go!! Gabi of Narre Warren. 👍🪙👏💪💎💛

[@ThomasFisherArt]

Great.

[@billpeters4605]

Congrats on your 1000th vid.

[@grammadonutsquashdog431]

That pan is beautiful and it is treating you beautifully. ❤

[@stevekaminski4859]

Love the new pan

[@VoGusProspecting]

Me too ✋️

[@michaelolson4069]

That salad bowl has gold in it!

[@derekhughes9274]

Congratulations Chris, really enjoy and appreciate your hard work. In fact I can sit and watch hard work hours. Cheers mate, Derek.

[@n8sdesign]

Congrats on 1000! Thanks for your content, giving us tips to stay on the gold and most importantly, just being you! We all appreciate it, Cheers 🍻

[@triple_A_rockhound]

👀congrats on hitting 1,000 video 👍

[@DeadlyGhost1207]

It is a nice pan for sure. Curious about the longevity though what with it being wood exposed to water and then let to dry. New segment for your videos: wooden pan update. Let's see how long that bad boy can last.

[@mattboyd8090]

I better go to the hospital.... I think I've got gold fever again😂

[@andypandyAU.6669]

Congratulations on 1k videos, you have entertained, educated and inspired many. Myself with a prolonged medical condition that had me flat on my back for 12 weeks. You gave me something to watch, learn, and put into practice. A new hobby was born. One that is insanely rewarding, has helped my recovery, made friends from. You are most appreciated by many. Cheers Andy PPA

[@joeazbill8644]

Super grats on 1000, been here for 3 years and will be for the rest!!! I'm super bummed my town burnt down in 2018 and I'm not near a gold bearing creek or river anymore in California so your videos have kept my prospecting addiction in check and I thank you MASSIVELY for that my friend!!! Imagine going weekly for 15+ years to almost dieing during a evacuation then no prospecting for 6 years..

[@dpitt1516]

Congratulations on the 1000th video Vogus - I still look forward to seeing them whenever posted - keep up the amazing work !!!!!!!!!!!

[@breakawaybooks4752]

1000 thumbs up.

[@emeuanmckinnon05]

Ooooh this makes me wanna start using my lathe again! Would love to make you one from a Scottish hardwood... But i feel like shipping will be insane 😂😂

[@48thstateprospecting]

Just whatever you had left in the bank…

[@kerrysmith9844]

Congratulations, Chris, 1000 videos! Hours of fun from you! Have seen you at your best and at your lowest. Throughly enjoy your videos.

[@stephenfowler4115]

I suspect that the batea pan may work better with a smooth surface because of the different principle it operates with.

[@angieschimm5782]

Congratulations on your benchmark. Thanks for taking us along. Love your new pan. I'm jealous. Thanks again.

[@dylanjames4537]

In many of the artisans mining pages I've seen they use this big massive wooden batea pan, id love to know how they made it haha

[@RICDirector]

Start with a thick slab of wood and start sanding a round depression, deepest in the center. Put a finger sized divot in the center, make the whole thing smoith, then flip it over and carve off what you do t want. Thats about it.

[@dylanjames4537]

Ill give it a go thanks​@@RICDirector

[@StaceNyourFace]

4:10 😂😂😂

[@josephhaworth461]

That's a damn nice pan and it paid for it's self you rock Chris

[@davidhandyman7571]

Congratulations on the 1000th video, Chris. I have been with you for about 5 years or more and always look forward to your next video which is always enjoyable.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thank you very much!

[@laurelbaynton5529]

Congratulations on your 1,000th video. I find your videos and especially you, very entertaining. Wishing you continued success.

[@MadMarlin1964]

What a fantastic episode. Gratz on the 1k, but this episode had everything with a great intro, snappy background music and some excellent shots, frames and edits. Absolutely professional all around.

[@JasonMcMahon-h1c]

Congratulations on 1000 videos Chris. The wealth of information that you have acquired on this journey and shared with your disciples is absolutely inspirational. Keep up the awesomeness 👌

[@karenjones7111]

Congratulations. You are the best. ✌️♥️

[@godsoffspring4195]

Chris got wood!! Nice thing?? LOL

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

It was probably morning wood

[@christheobald4982]

as someone who likes to do a bit of woodwork , that pan , looks amazing

[@davekeller1939]

Spiders are super cool! As a carpenter, I love the wooden pan.

[@edwinvane70]

Van harte gefeliciteerd. Wat een mooi moment. 1000 video’s wat een mijlpaal. Ga zo door ❤️

[@stevenstrempke8883]

Congratulations on 1000th video! As usual it was enjoyable and productive!