I Spent $4,150 Testing Felix Paydirt’s Honesty - Double Bucket Gold Challenge!

[@Klesh]

What do YOU think about the results? Would you spend $4,150 on paydirt, or is it too risky?

[@ernestedwards4073]

$3950 ROI... My guess

[@judeefitch5751]

3,000

[@chrisshafer8587]

The only paydirt I've seen in person was bought was from you. We were pleased with what we got. It was a lot of fun panning it out.

[@AdamWeise-t2y]

@Klesh not good at all there is os many good people to buy from

[@donovandagenhart1161]

Not with a family an bills no way, as said not looking to get rich but least come out fairly even even like you said 5 600 but that's a few months rent easy for a price for 1 bucket

[@douglascampbell9809]

The lack of magnetics and black sand are a giant red flag for me. This is more like a lightly seeded bucket of tailings from their own clean up prosess.

[@Theuglyconcretefinisher]

Would that still have magnetic material? I agree however that it was seeded

[@allynsmith5026]

@@Theuglyconcretefinisher yeah, but not much though. If these were tailings it would make perfect sense because this lighter stuff was sluiced away leaving your magnetics behind in the riffles and then processed again separately.

[@johnnydropkicks]

So, you’re saying that I can put a bunch of dirt in a bucket, throw about $800-$1000 worth of gold in it, and sell it for $2000? Genius!

[@Insideoutcest]

I shall find the gold, take it out the ground, but not invest the trivial time and effort (relatively) to partition it.

[@jritechnology]

One born every minute....

[@allynsmith5026]

ALL. DAY. LONG.

[@Klesh]

@@johnnydropkicks sure, you can sell anything if you find the right customer

[@brooke7297]

@@Klesh are you the right customer? Surely if it was worth going through this stuff, theyd be doing it themselves. Theyd have built a huge industrial machine that processes massive amounts of it per hour.

[@locoloboxiii]

I don't search this kind of content. I don't pan for gold. I don't mine precious gems... yet I just sat here and watched an entire video about gold panning.

[@chrishicks1148]

LOL SAME

[@clonexx]

Why do I feel attacked? :P

[@Klesh]

Welcome to the Darkside

[@nickjones6883]

Me too, I live in UK, no gold here but wanted to buy a sluice😀

[@nickjones6883]

Oh, I subscribed as well!

[@Saltbearer]

How gullible can anyone be to believe that these "paydirt buckets" are anything other than NON-gold bearing dirt with a fraction of what you paid thrown in?

[@Nighthawk1979]

These pay dirt companies are in the business of making money ,not giving it away.

[@arcturusbbqsausagemaking2435]

Yeah now they have this alloy that looks & weights the same but it's useless

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

😂 such a genius idea though

[@tomasviane3844]

It's what they call a money-glitch.

[@briannelson6259]

Same people who buy a pet rock 🪨 😂

[@mikeohara1055]

Every now and then the YT algorithm randomly throws out a gem. I have zero interest in ever panning for gold but this is some good content, he seems likable and he's a Vet! Subscribed!

[@edgarchapa7266]

Keep watching and you’ll start wanting to try it 😂 watched one of his vids years ago to kill time at work, now I want to go to Canada and try gold panning

[@Bongaboingy]

This is the adult equivalent of those playsets you get as a kid where you dig into clay to find 'dinosaur fossils'

[@gwills9337]

Omg yes

[@MichaelPTC]

Having never watched anything about gold panning or prospecting I found this incredibly relaxing.

[@MrHominid2U]

Me too. Wouldn't do it myself but if you enjoy it go for it.

[@DruggiePlays]

I came from uwo's lab and he pan yesterday is like watching someone on crack 😂 this is the opposite if the video was longer i would add to my sleep playlist

[@ethanwilliam9944]

I love that you do the Vendor honesty test. I really appreciate how honest you keep things on your channel. Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! Keep up the hard work!

[@Klesh]

Thank you! You too!

[@danelam2991]

Dude I'm soo glad to see you reveal this, definitely not an honest vendor. Hopefully this video finds the right people and saves money for the ones who are interested in this hobby. Awesome content as usual bro

[@Ariaga_II]

This is quite the scam. These buckets appear to be a 3 gallon bucket size, 66 buckets would be equal to 1 cubic yard. So a rough total of the two buckets combined in this video produced $2,650 in gold, multiple that by 33 means that this supposed claim is producing $87,000 per cubic yard of dirt when $50 per cubic yard is considered pretty good. The math alone shows that this business has to be putting a known quantity of gold and dirt together to produce these kind of numbers, thus they can guarantee that they will never sell a bucket for less than it’s worth. You might be paying for the experience, but that experience is very costly.

[@icychill105]

They definitley salted that one for you klesh, If i'm gonna spend that much I'll fly out somewhere and prospect myself.

[@Klesh]

If you can, it's 1000% always a better option to get out there and find it yourself. Thanks for the comment!

[@BuddyDanger]

I just found your channel and this is the first video I watched, it’s a really cool channel!!! I’m just getting into panning, any advice for a beginner?

[@Klesh]

@ definitely man, first of all welcome and if you're interested in treasure hunting, you found the right channel. Just search for klesh gold panning tutorial, that's the best advice I can give. Hope it helps and yeah have fun!

[@elkslayer7399]

Or just ask him to use his name if you make a purchase🤣🤣

[@tarstarkusz]

Or make your own. Everyone lives near a creek. Grab some material and bring it home and add your own gold. Mix it up and have fun panning. This is an absolute scam.

[@gordyf77]

Hearing the literal etymological use of how it pans out has made me so happy. That aside, I have no idea why this was recommended or is so compelling to me - but I am grateful!

[@Klesh]

Welcome 🙏

[@rickjohnson6559]

I was fighting stage 4 colon cancer. I beat it. In 2001. Yes that far back. Gold was250 an ounce felix ran an ad in gpaa bi monthly mag. I bought 2 different bags. At the time i thought it was a good value. And Christmas they used to have monster nugget giveaways. That was fun. In a way market flucuates so fast its hard to anticipate it. I love your channel bro. Your one of the few i trust anymore. I agree you paid 2k for an experience. Youd do better in colorado ón a creek. Just my observation. Ive remember you used to hit the mountain streams. Good video. Felix is getting greedy

[@plantationsecurity]

It always comes back

[@joesmith-es1zy]

The non-decoy one had more nuggets and they were bigger too. The decoy one had a lot of smaller gold. It definitely looks like they increased the amount and size of gold for the one they knew was going to you.

[@J.C...]

What's a decoy bucket??? 🤷🤷🤷

[@fixfireleo]

@@J.C... bought anonomously, not having his social media influencer name attached.

[@dylanmorrow4595]

@@J.C...I was wondering that too but this comment kinda gives it away doesn’t it? It’s a bucket that was ordered without them knowing it was him, a KZbinr opening it up as free advertising. They put more in the buckets they sent him vs regular people. Still a scam though 😂

[@magichobo]

“ I spent $200 and got scammed so I spent 4k “

[@Klesh]

Precisely

[@dessertlocust]

ok pepe

[@zaptainkuboom5520]

He needed to be sure he got scammed

[@ishitthenigiggle]

Or in your case "I stole my sisters jeans and called them skinny jeans" same energy amirite? Or when you scream at your mom "shut up mom you stupid bitch it's not just a phase" even though it is infact a phase

[@dennyseyler8094]

I can't believe Felix is still in business.my son bought from him some 20years ago. Back then he was promoting the nugget bag.remember it's a business.

[@burklander3338]

I don't know, but my picture with my puppy is on the upper left on the brochure. It was good to see her again, thanks. I enjoy your videos. It seemed like an average Felix sample.

[@Kesterlath]

Looks like buying other people's buckets of dirt that is clearly seeded is a great way to turn a large fortune into a small one.

[@Klesh]

These products are specifically for those people that cannot get out to the river whether it's because they're disabled, or just too far from a gold bearing area or river. Many people don't have the money, time, knowledge or equipment to mine for gold either. I'm just here to weed out the vast majority of scammers in this Paydirt industry. Thanks for watching

[@bentationfunkiloglio]

I’m going with dishonest, 50% vs 75%! No way these buckets were not seeded. Gold values are too damn high. Ergo, vendor must know how much gold is in each paydirt bucket it sells. Consider the following. $1000+ worth gold from every .025 cubic yard (volume of a 5 gallon bucket) of dirt equates to an over $40000 per cubic yard mining operation! Selling paydirt would be a ludicrously ridiculous waste of time in the above scenario.

[@Elios0000]

this i was trying to do this math my self.. 100% these are seeded. if it wasnt who ever owns the claim would better off doing it them selves

[@kwik8534]

Great video! I’ve had a headache all day and found this and forgot about the headache . This was so relaxing and satisfying to watch with low music in the background love it, I have never watched this before

[@wanderingminstrel875]

Maximum asmr for us prospectors. Best channel on YT!

[@jamesMurphy-c1w]

Thank God. You are back to real reviews

[@staceytilghman3822]

Keep it up klesh,your doing a great job busting these folks out ,I watch all of your videos no matter what they are about go klesh go!!!!!!

[@Klesh]

I appreciate that

[@ModusOperandom]

This is one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever seen, awesome content thank you! Greatly enjoying it.

[@Klesh]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@patrickwalsh1044]

I don't know about anyone else, I wish Miners Depot still did paydirt. Always was happy with their product.

[@golddigger9326]

they were the first seller of paydirt i bought from and i sure do miss them

[@chrisp7641]

This just makes me think of that Pirates of the Caribbean scene where he yells out "I got a jar of dirt!" But more along the lines of "I got a bucket of dirt!" Lmao

[@weasel6three597]

It's hard to say if they put extra salt in your bucket. It was still fun! Keep the videos coming!

[@BarryTGash]

Well, I learned something new today - mail order gold panning dirt is a thing. Was a pretty relaxing watch - thanks!

[@marvindaugherty5989]

These are my favorite videos from you. I love seeing what the big buckets have in them.

[@fleetwoodray]

1st time I ever watched using a recirculating sluice box and pans. Very enlightening video explaining the whole process. Makes me want to head out to pan for some nuggets. Receiving buckets in the mail is like playing roulette in Vegas.

[@KapteinFruit]

Scam or not, this is a great hustle for the one behind it. I mean, imagine buying a claim, you find enough material to have paid off the land. Then start selling buckets of "paydirt" when you know the average you got in the past, do a little math and you're pretty much guaranteed a big pay out. Takes a lot of the risk out of it.

[@ElderonAnalas]

or even better, you go through and do all the panning process yourself, get all the gold from the dirt. Then just shovel in some random dirt to a bucket, weigh out a specific mix of your pre-sifted gold, give it a good mix and ship it off. as some others have pointed out, the very low amount of magnetite (the black magnetic sand stuff) points out they've already gone through the process of running it through all their industrial machines themselves on site and just put some gold back in with a few shovels of dirt from the site.

[@KapteinFruit]

@@ElderonAnalas Yeah that would be more profitable, but it also takes work. My comment is based on being as lazy as possible. I bet people do what you said which just makes the scam worse.

[@ElderonAnalas]

@@KapteinFruit yeah, and i'm sure the lazy way is good, but it seems that the court of popular comment opinion deems it was the more labor intensive option being taken, and I tend to agree with it. I've seen a few people point out that, the large amount of dust could also point to it being dirt that's gone through a post-wash process. Plus, doing it the lazy way and just portioning out random dirt, has less profit. which is nice, but you thought also has merit, since they specifically state "amounts of gold not garunteed" etc etc on thier website. I just feel like people would be too cautious in doing a thing like this,which lets all be honest is NEVER to give the customer a profit, just the experience of being able to pan for gold themselves, like the little gold mine museum in my local state that had dirt for kids to buy and use some of the on site sough troughs like he uses here, but the bags were full of dirt, a few low value gems (probably just various colored quartz), and some pyrite. (was fun as a kid, but parents knew they weren't going to get their money back) This is just the adult version of that.

[@ThisMeansMyPS3sOut]

And even if you do happen to send someone a bucket that had more gold than they paid for, the chances of that are low, and all the other buckets u sell are pure profit.

[@kowalski3769]

Don't know how this came across my feed but I enjoyed it and just subbed. Looks like a lot of fun!

[@goldeneaglejk2678]

It popped up for me because I watched a video on Scam stocks for mining companies on The Plain Bagel, funny thing is this is a better deal.

[@f.k.burnham8491]

My friend had similar experiences as you had with the decoy bucket. He was VERY disappointed. BTW The grey heavy bussing trays from the restaurant supply stores are great for panning water.

[@lightsoutisay]

oh you're so right, those trays have just enough depth.

[@Klesh]

Oh yeah those grey bus bins! They would be perfect.

[@RICDirector]

LOL It was nice seeing 'my' baby Otto again, though! (I named him,so 🥰🤣)

[@WikkedDonkE]

"Okay let's take a look at them in a pan.... Nice, alright!" Haha, so dumb, yet so funny!

[@MrWoodfiddler]

Thanks Shane - always a fun time watching you do your GPAH evaluations. Thanks again for your service. Merry Holidays 🙂 Chuck in NE Kansas

[@Grimm315]

I think would be cool if you made gold guitar picks. Like taken from the gold of these companies and turned it into something that u could sell or keep

[@kevinshobbyroom3932]

I think a Gold Guitar pick would be too soft .

[@Grimm315]

@kevinshobbyroom3932 , I agree would deff be soft , but wouldn't necessarily have to be used to play with , would be more like merch or collectable type thing

[@stephendavis7057]

I think a 10 kt gold pick might be hard enough to play with but instead of playing the guitar with those picks he could attach them to his guitar builds instead

[@Old_rockfish]

Would be cool guitar neck inlays if you could sliver the big nuggets.

[@truthseeker825]

Why not just buy gold?

[@Klesh]

These products are specifically for those people that cannot get out to the river whether it's because they're disabled, or just too far from a gold bearing area or river. Many people don't have the money, time, knowledge or equipment to mine for gold either. I'm just here to weed out the vast majority of scammers in this Paydirt industry. Thanks for watching

[@Group_Anonymous]

@@Kleshbetter off investing in gold 🙄

[@veteranredbeard6222]

Its a hobby, many do with kids. Then there became a market for it and many scams. Some are decent, but if you are doing it for value, not hobby, then buy gold.

[@gwills9337]

@@Kleshhe said buy gold not MINE gold. There’s a coin dealer probably within 5 miles of where you live. I would imagine buying a clean, minted coin is much easier than digging through dirt with your hands

[@FlakySnake]

​@gwills9337 just because something is easier, doesn't make it more worth while doing. You can enjoy your coin in plastic while he had hours of fun and gets golden mementos out of it.

[@34GarageOfficial]

Love the nod to Steve1989 at 2:39

[@michaelbrick9730]

when it was Steve running his show, that was when the pay dirt was much more gold...

[@Psycho-Ssnake]

Steve is a national treasure!

[@MrJudder413]

Steve running kleshs show?

[@OliverCrooks]

Lol I was wondering if anyone else caught that!!

[@j.ritter619]

Beat me to it, lol. Great nod.

[@michaelarmstrong7952]

I just wanted to Say Thank you to Klesh for putting out these videos! I am a New subscriber to the channel, and I just purchased my monthly subscription to your Paydirt

[@watchvideos9104]

Looks like Salt…Tastes like Salt…. It’s Salted , thanks for the video!❤

[@lexxxonjoe]

I fail to find who's the greatest morron here, the guys buying paydirt, the guy making paydirt videos or me watching paydirt videos.

[@StephenBradley2317]

The "I" in ROI stands for investment. This is the opposite of that.

[@PessimisticSkeptic]

I really enjoy these videos Klesh! Much appreciated.

[@derekeimer7758]

I like the classifiers, one thing that could be added to them maybe is some Handi Grips for bucket handles, looks like close to same size... That said, my thoughts on paydirt bags... MOST miners end up selling their gold at 75-85% spot price.. IF, I sold dirt bags.. lets just say for 500 bucks, I would put 500 bucks worth of gold... That way, the consumer gets their moneys worth in gold, only paying shipping, and hopefully buys more, does reviews, everybody wants some, I sell out.... Every one is happy and I got spot price for my gold... plus, lol, a lot of my gold is -400 lode gold, so I could make bags for beginning panners or level 5 experts that want a real challenge... 🐐

[@adamjv77]

I don't really feel like it was salted. When you're dealing with chunkier gold material, there will be naturally higher volatility. True, the larger volume should mitigate that to some degree, but the actual gold size means a small difference in the number of pieces will cause a much different number in total weight.

[@Aminuts2009]

I live in Alaska and all the people I know who pan for gold in the many public places for it. Use those classifiers. They are very popular here. Not sure what brands they are using but that is the style.

[@Klesh]

Yeah these classifiers will last forever unless you lose it. A little pricey since they're individually handmade in a small welding shop in Michigan (veteran owned family business) and I've been promoting their product ever since we completed the prototypes and final design.

[@dougsworldtour3755]

Wow, you really took one for the team, great reporting! Thanks

[@Klesh]

Our pleasure!

[@rickcreamer8193]

Just my opinion, but they definitely "failed" the honesty test. It looks like a good/fun dirt to go through. Just wished they would give a guaranteed amount. Sorry that you lost out so much, but the community is very grateful to you for these tests & reviews!

[@alejandronopasanada5302]

He could have had $4100 in gold and that’s probably free shipping.

[@g7eit]

Hi Shane, great to see this amazing work plus Crusty and a special appearance from Auto. Brilliant to watch as usual. All the best. Chris in UK.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@2:18 - "You gotta' keep um separated. HEYEYYY!" - The Offspring "Come Out And Play"

[@blunthex]

This right here is gold itself lol

[@adadandhisdaughter9580]

12:30 add a few drops... adds a 2-second stream of jet dry... I love it... keep up the good work!

[@TheVeganT-Rex]

I don't understand how you don't have a million subs yet, you're content is gold!

[@brianblank9921]

*dad joke laugh* nice

[@MrAngelarm13]

Are those flat rate boxes in the background from mount baker mining? Looking forward to those if so

[@Klesh]

Nope! Something even better

[@Charles-b6f6f]

Nice. Ya just gotta love panning for gold. I've got some coming for my family this Christmas along with a new pan for everyone. I've also got 8 five-gallon buckets of concentrates that my son and I prospected when we lived in Alaska. We prospected all over Alaska and I expect 2 to 3 oz of gold in each bucket. That's our average anyway. It's gonna be a fun Christmas. My wife and daughter in law have never panned before. Nor has my Grandson. Pans and paydirt for all to learn how. I can't wait. And Merry Christmas to y'all.

[@KUarentaKILLA]

I have no idea how I ended up here but I find this process fascinating

[@funsizedtom]

I would love an extended version of this! I really enjoy just listening to the background music as I watch the water gently wash away the gravels! The water rushing down the sluse! Thanks for the content and consideration Klesh! Happy Holidays :)

[@Klesh]

Noted!

[@judeverge]

Well… here is a random video I happened to click on and now I’m on eBay looking up gold panning supplies… this was great!

[@TheAngryUnboxingNerdMikeTapp]

they absolutely tossed that giant nugget in your bucket .. I have NINE videos to catch up on … I won’t comment as much I was just playing catchup lol fkin KZbin

[@idiotburns]

did you say a link to the classifiers?

[@charlie4495]

whoever just emptied the wallet, count your days....

[@charlie4495]

I WAS 1MIN OFF FROM YOU

[@aaronwelch5391]

dammit! I saw this vid was on premier but I was doing something else and decided to watch it later. I guess I'm an hour or two late. Just caught the easter egg and scanned. No joy for me

[@gregj4857]

Nice video. I would like to know how much gold is needed to make a metal detector react. Thanks for the video

[@Klesh]

Depends on the detector. I have a few videos showing very small gold flakes being found (search klesh Australia bedrock)

[@jakooboo147]

I honestly can't believe people buy buckets of dirt for thousands of dollars and think they'd ever make money back. Even IF the vendors were honest, that's still playing the lottery.

[@mercster]

What I think is that you'd need to test far more than 1 bucket each decoy/non-decoy to come to any conclusion about whether they are intentionally ripping you off.

[@danrogers9945]

They juiced your bucket! That much $ should not be anywhere near 50%.75% is borderline ok.

[@NobodiesBusinessimo]

What is the significance of the one marked decoy?

[@J.C...]

Who knows? We got no explanation and no one has repied since I asked the same thing.

[@ColinHall]

@@J.C... He says it in the video. It's one bought under a different name in case they fill his order with extra gold to make it look good in his videos, therefore tricking his viewers into thinking it's a better deal. The decoy one acts like a 'normal' order, so it creates a baseline to compare.

[@RedJeanetteRedlover]

The decoy was ordered in someone else's name, not Klesh, so that the seller would not know it would be reviewed and would be sending that person the same thing that he sends to all of his buyers. By Shane using his real name, the vendor, knowing Shane is a paydirt reviewer and wanting a good review, may have added more gold to make it look like his paydirt was richer than what he actually sells.

[@TheMamaPowell]

So what you’re saying is we should use your name if we order from them 🤣 Kidding kidding. But yeah that was obvious dishonesty from the seller.

[@philosophicalfloridaman]

Hahaha

[@edt3898]

Lol, I thought the same. Although I don’t think they’d fall for someone living in the UK called Ed Klesh 😂

[@snerdterguson]

Possibly. But it is also possible that they're honest when they say every bag/bucket is its own thing. Perhaps they just have the pay dirt and indiscriminately put it in their products. So maybe some will have significantly more.

[@Indianatanner]

great video. but do u even know the meaning of decoy. im confused as to why u keep using it in such context?

[@vincedibona4687]

You can’t spell out “you”, no reason to believe you can’t figure out he is using it correctly - he bought one under his real name and then one using a fake name to a different address so the company wouldn’t possibly “seed” the bucket. Hence the decoy. If you still don’t understand, well, I can’t fix stupid.

[@rjs3147]

Well said 👏🏼

[@Indianatanner]

@@vincedibona4687 ok dont get rude, wots ur issue? i missed the part where he said he ordered the bucket to a decoy house, thanks for the reply,, hope u ca fix your anger issues maybe u ned to be baptised lol

[@vincedibona4687]

@@Indianatanner *your *you *you And I was baptised in 1982, Southern Baptist born and raised, thanks!

[@angrywalrus6523]

UK squad reporting in 🇬🇧

[@RigmodsModding]

is it chewsday yet?

[@dtropolopicus3602]

Still aloud.

[@Leviathan.1177]

So how do we know this dirt is actually from the source they are saying it's from and it's not just dirt with a predetermined amount of gold in various sizes mixed in?

[@vincedibona4687]

You don’t.

[@Klesh]

Believe me, these vendors know exactly the amount of gold going into every product. There's a spreadsheet behind the operation. Especially with Gold at $2700 per ounce. Thanks for watching

[@davemuller6054]

You're incorrectly calculating ROI. $1135 of gold collected out of a $2000 bucket is loss of $865, which is a -43% loss not a 50+% gain.

[@J.C...]

He didn't say, anything about a gain. He said "a little over 50% ROI". You're strawman argument doesn't hold water bro. You're arguing something he never even said. Apparently 24 other people didn't listen, either. 🤦🤦🤦 What he said was exactly right. 100% factual. His return on that investment was a little over 50%.

[@CarlosPfister]

​@@J.C...you couldn't be more wrong. ROI is a measure of profitability. Saying you have a 50% ROI means you made a 50% profit. So when he stated he had a 50% ROI, he is saying he made a gain. He should have said he had a negative 50% ROI

[@adamworden9014]

​@CarlosPfister you're both wrong. If there no profit, you don't even use the term "ROI". It doesn't even make sense. And that nonsense and inaccuracy in language is what is causing the dispute in claim.

[@CarlosPfister]

@adamworden9014 you can have a negative ROI. Look it up.

[@grahamschmidt444]

​@@adamworden9014 returns on investment can be either positive or negative.

[@gamingguru1807]

Hello! (And pardon my ignorance - I am coming at this from strictly a fan/curious stand point). I get looking for a "guaranteed" amount for obvious reasons. BUT, this is just a thought I had. IF that was the case, wouldn't that mean that they have already went through the material? To know how much is in the bucket (to provide a guaranteed amount)? Versus a "not guaranteed" bucket would seem (to me) would be a bucket of truly "virgin" material? I am glad I stumbled on this video!

[@StevenMiller-uu2wg]

Thank you brother this saves me time

[@Lando00100]

Just stumbled on this but gotta say from a business perspective it's pretty genius to sell buckets to people lol

[@Klesh]

It is, but it's even more genius to figure out how to get a Customer base. Thanks for watching

[@coopstain1728]

$2,075 for the bucket, $1000 worth of gold found, $1000 for the experience. PRICELESS.

[@Jays2Lazy]

Man been a fan of the channel for years , I do a bit of California prospecting here and there always love the content brother !!

[@WHAMaTRON]

Early Crew Where you at ❤

[@Klesh]

First

[@TheAngryUnboxingNerdMikeTapp]

14:08 in so far ! lol I’m right here

[@GeorgiaDogScrapper]

Awesome video Shane, I would be willing to say that this was a fair test. They are definitely trying to be honest and give you both an awesome day of panning for gold as well as a decent ROI. Keep up the videos and I will continue watching.

[@privateprivate8256]

The buckets gave a nice hiss

[@lukienman]

The only way to profit off these buckets is to sell them or open them up on video with ad revenue. You are very respectful when doing reviews like this. When paired with calming music its nice to watch very polite and honest shade thrown towards shitty merchants once in a while. Its like regular youtube but asmr-esque and easy to wind down too while still keeping my attention. Thanks for the content.

[@marumiyuhime]

Hello bud, stats would say you need more individual samples than one of each you can say you had 22 lbs but you only had two buckets. 20 individual bags would have been better test than a bulk 20 lbs because 20 individual samples have 20 chances to be different. while the 20 lbs in a bucket is just the average of 20 individual lbs. the individual bags would have also given 20 chances for honesty and dishonesty. i would say at this point there is a bad correlation between your decoy control and the experimental sample you bought but not enough data to make any conclusion. great vid

[@pomgrant7680]

Where would you go to sell any gold found ?

[@Klesh]

I just re-sell it on my website in nugget form or into Paydirt bags. For anyone else, they can sell it to me, and I'll re-sell it. Link below 👍

[@OutdoorsInspired]

Ok let’s start the argument here in the comments. What’s the better investment; Gold or Bitcoin?

[@Klesh]

Haha hey Ross - we both know the answer to that one :) It's always Plan B

[@Klesh]

Also: Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming has proposed selling a portion of the United States' gold reserves to fund the purchase of Bitcoin for the "Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile," a program announced by Trump in July 2024 at the Bitcoin Conference. The US will be purchasing 1 million (of the only 21 million BTC in existence) Bitcoin in the next 5 years, plus the 283,000 BTC (or something close to that) will be held by the US. And people don't even know yet - we are so early.

[@iloveACID]

Gold simple ✨️ 👌 💛

[@chrisshafer8587]

Gold

[@arkive11]

Yes everyone, be centralized and connected to the block chain. Every transaction, every micro-profit based on holding for more than a year, all reported and taxed in-between the micro-transactions taking small Percentages of what you have every time you move anything. The least anonymous, most trackable currency in history. Nothing could be hidden or lost ever again. They've watched dormant Wallets for nearly a decade and the moment a sale was made on those coins They were notified at once and connected to their bank accounts. I like this and now grandma can't hide anything under her garden bed. Lost in a boating trip 7 years ago? The block chain will keep track of anyone who touches it no worries.

[@kristopherbiggs4780]

I watched til the end :-) Great video

[@Klesh]

Legend!

[@mialuk]

so could there be gold inside all the chunks of stone if you crushed them up????

[@bassmasta9117]

This is so cool! Never heard of "pay dirt" before XD

[@charlesrobbins2208]

Isn't it strange that 4 or 5 plus half inch was in each bucket? Then the number of plus 1/4 was about the same, I am wondering if they actually throw in certain amounts of gold into ordinary dirt from a desert?

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

This is what all my rent money gets spent on. 😂 My landlord is obsessed with buying paydirt. Dudes a wicked good guy though so It's not like I care what he does with his money, he charges me a VERY affordable rent. Can't complain at all. Still cracks me up though I work my arse off so he can play with dirt. 😂 There are worse things in life, I approve.

[@Klesh]

Hopefully he watches my videos to know what to avoid. Thanks for watching

[@grantperkins368]

That's hilarious! 😂

[@forex_shark6042]

Are these buckets created from dirt that's already had the gold extracted and then they add some gold back into the dirt before it's shipped? Or are they just putting dirt in the buckets and shipping them out blind? I assume if a company is guaranteeing gold that means they most likely are removing the gold and then adding some back into the dirt before shipping. I wouldn't want to get one knowing they already sifted through it with their grubby paws.

[@Klesh]

The dirt does not have Gold to begin with, so there's nothing to process out. These have a specific amount of gold added, down to the 10th of a gram. There's a spreadsheet behind the operation, especially with Gold at $2700 per ounce today thanks for watching

[@russell11fitzgerald]

I think that two buckets is too small of a test to tell, but it’s obvious that you got 25% more gold in your bucket. My own opinion is that these buckets are rigged no matter what they’re putting completely cleaned search dirt and then adding the amount of gold and then mixing it up I’ll guarantee anybody who purchases a bucket of this size from them. They’re gonna get right around 13 g or 50% ROI 32:14

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

I found you! After 4 years of searching “Guitar Dude finds gold” you randomly pop up under a Cody’sLab video.

[@Klesh]

Welcome back \m/

[@JamesCrisp-iq4cs]

Been watching you for several years all ways fun watching your prospecting videos and pay dirt videos watching from Cartersville Georgia 👍✌️🙂

[@AyatollahS.A.Khamenei]

“I’ve done the digging …now you can buy the dirt!”

[@GregBallard-e1p]

I know nothing about gold prospecting , but knowing how businesses work I suspect the gold piece's were planted in each bucket., Would that be a good haul for a 5 gallon bucket if you were panning in the wild ?

[@mothysfridge2776]

Rather prospect here in Wisconsin for some flower gold. It's fun and don't take much money but at the pump.

[@hankweiser9859]

This is the only way you can make money painting for gold. Thanks, KZbin. Excellent content, buddy

[@cedjulemckeever]

The thing that I seldom see talked about is the percentage of gold that is in the "gold" that you recovered. I saw Parker talk about this on Gold Rush.

[@MrJudder413]

Sumbitchn youtube unsubscribed me just seeing this now. Good think I check weekly on my favorite channels. Holy crap shane I'm commenting before the end of the video 4k no Guaranteed amount you are a mad man.

[@ExtractingMetals]

The ROI should be higher for a high price tag bulk item like this. They profit a lot more off one transaction even with higher ROI than when selling smaller bags. This was essentially a rip off even at a 75% ROI. Nugget buckets should be at least 85% ROI.

[@ajdayton101]

My step dad was a prospector in Maryland. He dried and scoped his black sand looking for garnets and other gems after he extracted his gold.