I learned my lesson - NEVER do this for a video!

Today I learn how not to do a gold paydirt review video.
Pay Dirt Vendor: Goldn Paydirt
Product: 2lb Jackpot Bag
Date of purchase: Early 2018
Cost: $31.50
Weight: 2lb
Gold recovered: N/A
18k or 24k Value on dop: N/A
Return: N/A - Rigged bag
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[@deannatube2000]

hey! i have a question! what got you into gold panning + treasure hunting? love your videos so much! your paydirt videos are so satisfying. hoping one day to try gold panning myself :)

[@Klesh]

Great question! So last week the Denver Gazette did a story on exactly this question, here's a link if you'd like to see it: denvergazette.com/multimedia/denver-man-turns-gold-hunting-hobby-into-full-time-profession/video_bf6c624e-9294-5e1f-b457-333b8e2dd64e.html

[@kennardchristensen4303]

Was reading the news paper article and Golden Paydirt add popped up

[@Brammage]

Your humbleness and willingness to learn from your mistakes is a great virtue to have and spread to others. The integrity of your channel and your actions is one of the many reasons I proudly subscribe to you.

[@goosedogtransam1020]

Yeah that vendor is a swindler. His websites are cringe clickbait and pop-ups. It's a pure rip-off, but it can only happen if the buyer breaks the Golden Paydirt Rule: Guaranteed amounts Only!!! (Miners Depot would be the only exception to this rule that I know of.) PS: We are loving the re-releases

[@GeorgiaDogScrapper]

Hey Shane, I am glad that you replayed this video. I have taken what I have learned from watching your videos. I haven't purchased any pay dirt's since I purchased your paydirt. I have been going to my creeks and rivers that are a couple of hours ride to collect samples to pan at home as our state is pan and shovel only. I collect my samples with a classifier, bucket and shovel. I haven't found anything big but still searching for that special place. Keep up the good work and producing informative videos. Happy hunting and stay safe. Till the next video.

[@Klesh]

Thanks man, and good luck out there!

[@user-hr5ek7gh6v]

WOW! I can't imagine how many people they have scammed, including me! I'm so grateful for your videos and honesty! You make this adventure worth the effort and time. I'm learning a lot and soon ready to hit the road and start my own search for gold. Thanks again! You the BOMB!

[@samanthafairweather9186]

The minute I saw those bags I knew that it was a scam! I mean, I grew up in a big gold region in Australia, and we'd go panning all the time. Also, I'm a mother (and grandmother) and I know sandpit sand anywhere! And even then, it still looked cleaner than when you buy it from Bunnings! (Our version of Home Depot). It actually looked like that paydirt dodgy mob had actually gone through it, washed and dried it,, then re-packaged it! Way too clean! I'm so glad that there's good people out there like yourself that are calling these thieves out! Your a good egg there Shane!! I hope to see some more of your videos. I really like the yard sale jewellery hunting ones. 😎🎸💰🇭🇲

[@Emeraldwitch30]

I got lucky when young and collected all kinds of tarnished and black sliver jewelry when I was in my 20s at yard sales and store close out. I got about 10 pair of solid silver charm earrings of lions/elephants/zebras and toucans. I haven't weighed them but they were. .10cents a pair. When the prices of silver sky rocketed my dingy little silver collection all of a sudden was worth a lot. I still have most of it somewhere stashed away. Lots of those ugly silver spoon handle rings and bracelets that are heavy and silver.

[@hauntedstuffs]

You should get the decoy bags and the bags you get from the company so you can reap the rewards of the channel! it would also keep the vendors in check that way!!

[@Klesh]

That's the plan!

[@wandlbaker]

I received a free bag from them due to a drawing. It was not even worth the time to pan it. I hope that company either goes under or starts doing the right thing.

[@jeremyk_541]

I have horrible panic disorder, and this channel actually got me into prospecting panning and now sluecing and highbanking here in Oregon!! Just wanted to say thank you for introducing me to this hobby in my free time it's super tedious and forces you to focus, and my panic attacks have gone down significantly and you don't know what that means to me!! Thank you again!! I have a high stress career, but my time off literally clears my head now!

[@Klesh]

Exactly why I also got addicted to this hobby, works great and has changed my life as well 👍⛏️

[@Sammythat_B]

I just went out to quartzville creek last Sunday. First time I panned. I was a little nervous about going out on my own. I'm like 5' 3" & a single woman. Going to unknown places with no reception is a little nerve racking. But I had a great time to just be by myself in nature & wished I had discovered this at the beginning of sunny season. I'm going to mollala tomorrow. This time with some people who go regularly. I have one day a week to myself & I can see this as being amazing for my stress levels. Single mom, work& school. It definitely is a lot. I'm glad that you found something for your health. That's amazing

[@robdedrick2052]

Hey Shane . It's not the Quality of the Video or the Sound that's important . It's the Quality of the Creator and you are Aces in my Books . Thanks again for Sharing . From Vancouver Island . Hope the Wild Fires have not affected you to much . Stay Safe Bro !

[@Klesh]

Wow thanks man 🙏⛏

[@SuperRodriguez2005]

I guess home depot play sand would be good practice for newbies for panning

[@marnidamoulakis3827]

I love how straight up and honest you are! You’re just so awesome!😊

[@TheMamaPowell]

I imagine this experience greatly contributed to your decision to use a proxy when buying your pay dirts (you may address this in the video, I’m just a couple minutes in). I hate how some companies just see the almighty $ and not that quality products are more worth it. Thank you for being you! It’s refreshing 😁

[@Klesh]

You got it right 👍⛏

[@greenhornpanner]

I'm new to panning and prospecting and have been watching your videos on paydirt. This video will save me a lot of disappointment. I have also learned a lot from you and ordered a kit and paydirt. thank you and have a great day

[@Klesh]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@rsblunk]

Yea totally loaded I have NEVER got that much gold from a bought bag of paydirt . Your videos have came along way for sure. glad you called this vendor out. lets others know the truth. keep up the content. I like watching what you get.

[@fictions_mosaic]

Hey dude, love watching your vids. Watched just about all your stuff besides mushroom foraging. Your content is always so relaxing, especially after a long day's work. Keep up with the great stuff! Here's a c note for you to try more paydirts!

[@Klesh]

Wow thanks so much my dude. I will order something right now worth $100!

[@fictions_mosaic]

Cool beans my dude! Can't wait to see what it is. Take care Klesh and good luck whenever you pan at rivers

[@anthonyimperato6273]

The honesty that you show is one of the reasons I love your channel your straightforward ✊🏼 I’m also kinda blown away that I asked you if this ever happened to you before in the last video lol

[@larrysylvester6795]

Great video Klesh thank u for taking. Your time to make it for us to view

[@thgingerbreadman]

I'm glad you mentioned it because when I was watching you stratify a thought in this video and the one before maybe that it looks like you had maybe not gotten it flowing enough

[@MrDalerex]

Thank you for that list of dirt bags. Literally dirt bags. Good video

[@twodudesonedredge]

Seeing the difference between your earlier videos and the last year or two is pretty awesome. I really appreciate this video because it makes me feel like our footage can get so much better. Thanks again.

[@ShirlBussman]

I remember this video. Been watching you for such a long time. Great video, Shane.

[@marshalldressel9615]

Hey, Shane. On video number 12, your point was well taken. There is an unmentioned silver lining, though…I alway obsess about missing gold so usually pan it two or three times. Your comments about stratification putting the gold at the bottom and then doing it so well really set my mind to rest. Masterful demo! PS: I’m not yet so proficient, so will probably repan whenever I don’t find amounts of gold the equal or exceed the guaranteed minimum. You emphasized buying only when a minimum is guaranteed, paying close attention to wording, and repanning abundantly clear in episode 78 when panning three times over recovered only $0.37 in gold! Episode 78 was so insightful (as are so many other episodes), that I decided to switch from subscriber to patron. As always, I’m impressed with the quality of your work. M.Dressel

[@kenthoskinson4158]

Thanks for the entertainment and knowledge. Man, you coulda teamed up with them and ripped a lot of us off.Awesome that you didnt.When I started they were the only company I knew of and bought 3 bags before I first seen one of your videos and learned my lesson.I appreciate these videos and your paydirt,keep doing you.

[@sulliken77]

And on this video we actually see the difference between the 20 mesh and the kitchen strainer, as I asked about in the last video 🙂

[@yerrrrrd]

Everything else aside it's amazing how much your video quality has gone up from back then. Great stuff!

[@tyk8168]

Funny thing about golden paydirt.. I use to buy from them and I had multiple bags there were just a spec ot two.of gold. Never any good pans of gold. Not even moderate. That's when I found out about klesh gold guaranteed gold.

[@MrDalerex]

These are the guys who shipped me a dirt bag and I pulled a nice nugget and every time I got a bag from them, I would only get a few grains. I spent 800 and only got 3grams As opposed to Lynch mining, where I really got my money's worth. This company brought lynch out and now they only guarantees a couple of grains

[@steven_ewen]

Crusty Rusty in his prime! Thanks for sharing Shane

[@kennardchristensen4303]

Bought from them one time. They said a museum quality nugget in every bag, buy one get one free, there was maybe one flake in every bag and some specks, I was not happy with them

[@vadenk4433]

This is off topic but it reminded me of something that happened about 5 years ago. I was buying random cheapo $5- $20 bags of paydirt off eBay from private sellers and it mostly came in sandwich baggies lol. Anyway I actually ordered a bag from Israel for under $20 dollars total including shipping, it took like 3 weeks to arrive and it had a bunch of cool foreign stamps on the envelope. But it was absolutely loaded with gold! It had something like .75 grams in it and it was all locked up in these rock hard dirt clods that took some work to get broken down and stratified. It was wild, I never saw the seller post anymore pay dirt afterwards. I've often wondered what the deal was with that. At the time gold was around $50 a gram so I more than doubled my money on that bag. I've never had anything close to that happen with pay dirt since and don't expect to either.

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

I only bought from them once, same thing they sent an extra bag (I’m not a KZbinr so I’m not sure what the deal is), haven’t processed it yet so we will see how it goes

[@rainshadow33]

Great video, good information .

[@emilyjayne77]

0:31 I love your guitar behind you. The wood is just beautiful!

[@Klesh]

Thank you! I build them check out kleshguitars.com

[@emilyjayne77]

@@Klesh I already watch (aka Millie-jai) ☺️😉 bits and bobs

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

When did you switch from dish soap to jet dry? Love the fact you realized you were being catfished!

[@Klesh]

It wasn't long after this episode that I switched to jet dry for the non-Sudsing properties- yes I was quite gullible back then but that's how you learn I suppose!

[@williamjohnston4192]

Thank you for the heads up

[@guillermodelnoche]

That was some immaculate panning! I agree with the larger tub but you definitely got that gold clean.

[@ReveriKeenani]

And Otto from Autozone was only some Dinojuice floating around in some barrel in that time, not sure what episode Otto came to be xD

[@sulliken77]

Every gold panning review-channel hates this company. So I am Amazed that they'r still no.1 paydirt on amazon. I wouldn't buy a pair of socks from these guys. But the melody in the background in all your videos. What is that? You playing, or a melody you're just fond of? It's very soothing. Even for a Metal Head like me.

[@Klesh]

I answer that in my previous episode 👍

[@danielcalabrese1100]

Nice tie dye brother! Great video too!

[@msaxvettelvr1]

Sadly, I purchased a couple bags of their paydirt a couple years ago. Out of the 3 bags of their dirt, I had about .25 grams! It was fun to pan but not worth the effort overall.

[@kc3747]

Been workin. Workin hard

[@voltz3346]

Ya they set you up. Glad you decided to do it differently.

[@leewhite1969]

This is who I bought my first ever bag from and it was complete garbage. It would be cool to see these older reviews gone back over with a new bag from each vendor to see if anything has changed over the years.

[@scottdilley356]

Ive never received any of the stuff you got im so glad ive found your site so informative ive never got alot of gold oh and right now ive been waiting for a order from them for over a week but since buying garentied baga there so much better all ive spent their ive never got pickers and its so dirty and full of Mika your stuff there is not what i get at all. .lol ive been buying for 6 month's i am waiting for a 150 dollar order and noy ive been taken to i fill I do get alot of quarts thoe i will say i classified it and buy seeying your list and i have bought some of the others and been disappointed But i have bought different ones and was very happy. Lol lol maby ill sell you all my gold. .. Thanks love your videos and I have just found it ❤

[@SuperNmolnar]

I did one from this company was a waste of time. Thanks for sharing cheers from Canada!

[@burnsblownglass2514]

I tried this vendor, bought some from 3 different sources, Amazon, eBay, and directly from them. I believe the 7 bags I got a grand total of .54 grams. It was 2 medium bags and 5 small bags but hardly any return, it took a lot of fun out of panning from home

[@WildKatProspecting]

Thanks for sharing! Why would a paydirt vendor need that many different names in the first place? There are so many GOOD paydirt companies out there under one name!

[@math19074]

Great video, Shane! Im curious what your favorite pay dirt smell is? Youre always saying the different dirts have different smells. Thanks for posting this!

[@Klesh]

It's all just dirt - no favorites

[@Xasukis]

you should do a gold dig with your viewers I'm sure lots of us live here in CO near your area and would love to just hang out and pan for gold :D Golden is like 30-40 min away.

[@Klesh]

I have done a bunch of Patreon get togethers , in Colorado and around the world from Washington state to Florida and Alaska to NYC

[@Xasukis]

i know but i did not live in CO then haha

[@chrissimons9733]

Such a cute puppy.

[@Nick_Jarrett]

When you remove the black sands, why don't you run the magnet over first at distance, dump the magnetics and then go into the paydirt for a 2nd go? You always check what you've collected and go straight in and I presume already having black sands on the magnet it can only help to trap more non black sand material

[@Klesh]

I am going to watch since I first started out. However everybody has their own way of doing things as well. Some things work for some people others it does not.

[@seafenix]

I was thinking you should have used Otto for that much dirt at once.

[@Klesh]

Otto doesn't come along for another few episodes I think

[@jasong8377]

I was surprised you did that in the sink easy way to fill that trap with grit with the spill over

[@Klesh]

Haha yeah... it was an apartment I didn't plan on staying at anyway.

[@firecrackerg60]

Good old krusty, the only rusty piece of metal that is worth its weight in gold. 24k at that. I swear I now wait to hear the words that he's coming out and smile when I see old trusty do his thing.

[@alexandermathews1013]

what WOULD be the best company to buy paydirt from?

[@fawkesclub2590]

Hey Shane Do you plan on painting your table again Can't wait for the episode where you debut the painted table

[@Klesh]

Good idea. It def. needs it

[@jesseclayborn]

I've purchased this paid dirt on two different occasions and barely got a quarter of a gram.

[@GeraldDucharme-wo7zm]

Thanks again shane tbat is a great. Wake up call

[@MarkSBTLSSzleszinski]

Like the panning in the kitchen sink.

[@douglaswarren5876]

I learned the hard way too my man , I'm embarrassed to say I've gave theme somewhere around 500 $ before I started looking into your channel and others who review and realized I was a sucker being hoodwinked. Ohh and on this bags subject , I have a hunch that motherlode mining is same company just changed name and packaging but have alot of similarities, the mtn background logo on this motherlode mining is same goldnpay use on some of bags , their is so much in common between the 2 in advertisement its high possibility . I have 5 jars expected this week in bundle orders they offer .if I get similar results in gonna call theme out on trying to look different.

[@Klesh]

Correct motherlode mining is the same company

[@TomTom.o.]

Tell your doggo to stop lookin into my soul! Love your vids though brother.

[@leewhite1969]

Did the other 2 bags that was sent have the same result as this one?

[@Klesh]

The other two bags were not the same

[@michaelbrickey5987]

Whats your preferred method for fine gold/black sands clean up?

[@Klesh]

Usually just Patience. It also depends on the amount of black sand. If I'm running a full bucket then I'm going to want to use my electromagnetic Blacksands separator you can see a video on that on this channel

[@edthegoomba]

With the play sand and the massive amount of gold they gave you in a $35 bag this was quite obvious to be fair. Especially considering they were the ones who reached out and sent it for free in return for advertisement. I'm shocked the original vid of this ever even got as far as the editing stage, when the scam was so blatant. Even when you pulled that nugget out I was in shock that you were so casual about it being in such a cheap bag of paydirt. Glad you saw the mistake and corrected your error once you realised though, takes a real man to admit when he was wrong and to help teach others not to make the mistake.

[@mariodehoyos5955]

Got a question for ya Klesh. What is a good resource for finding area for prospecting/treasure hunting?

[@Klesh]

Depends where you are located, but historical mining information and current law is always a great place to start

[@jeffreyfoerster1415]

I have no idea what to do. Plus we didn't know hot it looked in a pan. I am losing my mind. My question is, other than Epoxy Rocky (crusty rusty) and Otto from auto zone, does any more of your equipment have a fun name?

[@Klesh]

Haha nope not yet anyway

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

Nice dog 🐕 😊

[@johnnyreb4200304]

I remember this. It have you pretty lit like that played your viewers. You double down on your security after that lol I remember well

[@Thequietfossicker]

Totally off topic but please tell me about your jewellery box. I am in Australia and my 63 year old dad has the exact same one.

[@Klesh]

Yard sale finds , actually found it during filming on this channel. The video can be found in my estate sales playlist

[@avgjoeshow4208]

That guitar behind you in the introduction is wicked beautiful man! Also love the pick shaped holder! Loving these rereleases!

[@Klesh]

Thanks very much I appreciate it! If you wanna see more go to kleshguitars.com

[@KSechrist]

What's your dog's name? Cute pup. Also, do you rinse out the bags that look so dusty after pouring out the dirt?

[@Klesh]

That's Timber and I do rinse the bags out now, not back then.

[@KSechrist]

@@Klesh thanks, good to know

[@rmpge]

I remember this one 🤣🤣👍

[@mrechannel2023]

What is the guitar track in the background? It sounds like the song played at elementary school graduations on Maui.

[@Klesh]

Haha music credits in the description as always

[@mrechannel2023]

@@Klesh derp! How did I not see that? Thanks for being nice.

[@Devin_Dunphy]

Whoop whoop 42%

[@mrsunshine63755]

Nice

[@jeremystanton382]

How much money has this guy made out of this? Playsand and a couple flakes, his advertisements are EVERYWHERE! Has to be millions.

[@proanimaluver6487]

The DOG ❤❤❤😅

[@Klesh]

Timber says woof 🐶

[@offyarocka]

That sucks they set out to make you implicit in skunking people...🤬🤬🤬 Glad you picked up on it and set things right 🤘😎🤘

[@douglaswarren5876]

Crap your list just went by and motherlode was on it 😢. Atleast it was a so called sale bundle for play sand . . Ill classify once and throw the smallest in blue bowl and remainder threw banjo and tailings from that threw a gold claw pan and send the wet remains back with a cat terd in it still wet

[@douglaswarren5876]

I don't have a cat though 😕. Neighbor does though 🤔

[@RonnieFrancis]

Love Timber, he's so cute.

[@anisenkrill6179]

Adds from that company come up in my FB feed constantly. A quick look at the comments will tell you all you need to know.

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

That dog is all eyes and ears for the camera. O.O

[@Klesh]

He totally is

[@davidpoley7092]

I bought a few bags from them when I started panning, huge waste of time and money. I don't even think I got .1g, and alot of flower gold..

[@azjt101]

What gold paydirts companies do you guys recommend

[@KrimsonChief]

Honestly the paydirt Klesh sells. He has a public reputation to uphold considering he has a decent amount of subscribers. Bought one of the smaller ones just for fun and I'd recommend it to anyone.

[@azjt101]

Cool thank you

[@avgjoeshow4208]

Klesh Gold

[@Klesh]

I get this question all the time and that's why I started kleshgold.com. You are guaranteed a minimum amount of gold which prevents any chance of getting ripped off. You can actually go to the website and see the value of the gold before you buy it, and the best part is you will always get more than that in every bag (plus a chance at a bonus bag with a lot of extra gold). There are also a bunch of different difficulty levels so you can pick and choose depending on your skill level.

[@azjt101]

@@Klesh thank you for the info I look forward to panning out your paydirt with my kids

[@jasonstuart9382]

What is your favorite paydirt vender

[@Klesh]

Kleshgold.com of course

[@jakebrown5963]

When you buy the gold from people do you just put it back in gold bags

[@Klesh]

Of course

[@jakebrown5963]

@Klesh that's what I figured but was always curious lol love the videos man you dan Hurd and vo-gus are my go to gold guys Pauly is a hit and miss for me as I don't have a wet suit and all

[@Klesh]

@@jakebrown5963 I know all those guys, have traveled to make many videos with them all 👍⛏⛏

[@danhammon2521]

Ouch … good thing you took it down

[@metalfenderguybradwalker1916]

But I also wanted to know if you ever heard of the company and or channel AuAlchemist I pretty much started the channel Tennessee walkers prospecting off of their products I have spent almost $150 and have gotten tons of stuff but I'm not sure of the value yet. But I have made a few videos and shorts tagging them showing the coins stones and gifts they send out in almost every bag. But another reason I like them is because the video they have up which I believe is I'm Colorado dude they are in a bus sized Boulder yes inside this thing has a hole in it and it's I swear to GOT 6 men deep! And that's crazy but the send you toms of tumbled stones and stuff it's fun for the family if your not all about the gold

[@Josh31287]

Chocolate milk anyone? Lol thats what it looked like

[@MrJimijoe]

ahh back when Crusty Rusty was just a young lad

[@emilyjayne77]

There’s a guy on KZbin “the flour gold wizard” I’d love to see you try his paydirt ☺️

[@Klesh]

I visited Jason from flower gold wizards last year in his home turf of Wisconsin. We made a video it was pretty great!

[@emilyjayne77]

@@Klesh he’s a genuinely nice guy. I enjoy his content as well as yours 😊

[@marcinmagnat4080]

👍

[@timkarge1330]

yeah I bout like 300 bucks worth of pay dirt from them and my roi was like 10% really bad I even called him up to complain

[@anon404d]

What i was thinking you could do if this were to ever happen again, is to accept it. then get your third party to buy another bag from them as to see the differences in the amount of gold they have. It would tell if the vendor were being honest or not.

[@Klesh]

I do plenty of vendor honesty tests on this channel in the future. This video is technically the first vendor honesty test, although unintentional.

[@SuperColoradokush]

I still have a pick you gave me. Do you still have the ltc I gave you?

[@Klesh]

LTC as in Litecoin? If so, yes of course!

[@nicholi1120]

I wonder, how much gold could be panned out of the washed down Mississippi Delta in the Gulf of Mexico? Just how my brain works🤔

[@Neil2022]

I thought they sent it all free for a review? Why look for a receipt?

[@Klesh]

At this point I totally forgot about the email until I realized during filming to check out the emails. There was no receipt, however in my emails there is a receipt for only one bag.

[@metalfenderguybradwalker1916]

But I want to email you to show you the screenshots and some of the stuff I've gotten from a few different vendors

[@Nicodapro]

Hi klesh

[@gomd3rd]

Come on mr pocket.