MYTH OF GOLD: The Magic Metal Born from Stardust | WELT Documentary

[@brendacooper5729]

My Father was a prospector, I once asked him what he would do if he ever struck it rich, he laughed and said, "buy better gear and go right out again, its not the having gold that's important, its finding gold." He never did strike it rich with the gold, but in enjoyment of his life, he was a millionaire.

[@sparta777-id7xz]

No fever like GOLD fever

[@AlwayslookingNeverlookedfor]

May he rest in peace my friend.

[@eldaza03]

Thanks for sharing your story. He was millionaire because he was doing what he loved.

[@ctdieselnut]

Being filthy rich is overrated. Once you can pay your bills fairly easily, everything else is gravy. Sure, winning the 'lottery' would be a lot of fun for a while, but I remember reading a study that suggested people's general level of happiness plateaued at about $75k/yr. Learn to get by with less, appreciate what you have, and enjoy the moment. Rich people still face life problems; it's just a different set of problems. On the other hand, "Ive never seen anyone frown driving a jetski." -Daniel Tosh

[@jonr6680]

10 points for script. 10 points for intro music. 10 extra points for voiceover guy!!

[@peterallman8474]

@jonr6680 afraid it's minus 10 points for the over-syrupy, affected voice for me. Creepy. Gives me the shudders. How different we are.

[@jonr6680]

@@peterallman8474 haha I know exactly what you mean! But there's a role for everyone, that guy was born to be 'voiceover guy', amirite?

[@VeganV5912]

Gold is useless. Copper and steel and aluminium is vital. But gold is a scam.

[@scotthaddad563]

Well back to the subject at hand, I was an amateur prospector for many years in Georgia,USA. It is an amazing illness to catch, (Gold Fever) and you don’t mind the length of the illness at all. My days of being underwater are far behind me now. I started with a simple pan and shovel. As my illness progressed, the severity and symptoms varied. After prospecting on public properties for a while I found that the most desirable and productive gold bearing properties were owned or leased by several clubs in my area. There are clubs such as those throughout America. I’m not sure about most other countries but in america we don’t have as many restrictions as to who or where we are allowed to prospect. The main restrictions nowadays are along the lines of respecting property ownerships and environmental impact. You can prospect on privately owned land as long as you get permission and respect the land. Certain public lands in gold bearing areas allow access as long as you obey special environmental laws. The main issues have to do with the destruction of natural areas and being able to leave your workings as you originally found them along with which methods or equipment being permitted there. Basically, you cannot just go into the national forrest with dynamite and bulldozers. It’s not that complicated to do amateur prospecting. I eventually joined a club which leased proven properties from landowners who owned the mineral rights along with the properties outright. The landowners dictated which legally allowed methods they permitted to be used.The clubs had rules to follow as well. In my case, I started out with little knowledge and equipment but quickly graduated to using an engine driven High-Banker and Underwater Suction Dredge. There were also restrictions on the physical size of that equipment as well. In the case of Suction dredges, in my club as well as by law, the diameter of the suction hose was limited to six inches with a nozzle diameter of five inches. Without getting to deep into the weeds, suffice it to say that the hose sucked up material from the stream or riverbed. The sucked-up material was then dumped across essentially la larger version of the sluice-box as seen in the video. My club had members who were all there for the excitement of the chase along with the fellowship that naturally ensues with a group of like-minded people. Some of the older members had as much as a mayonnaise jar full of gold acquired over the years after many hours of back-breaking labor. This was a case of work that was so enjoyable that you actually look forward to the Sun rising every morning so as to commence another day of self inflicted hard labor.

[@thampisolomon9573]

Z😢😮😢😮

[@sandienochs6132]

I panned for gold on the Tish Tang river in California in 1969. Spent three months, found nothing, some of the best memories of my life. I’m such a lucky man!

[@billspencer8540]

Gold is money. Everything else is credit. - J.P. Morgen

[@johnrussell2848]

“Half of what you read on the internet is pure bullshit.” Abraham Lincoln

[@billspencer8540]

@@johnrussell2848 What is the difference between money and currency ? - Asking for a friend.

[@tomasdvorak7307]

"Gutten Morgen" J. P. Morgan when having a business breakfast with fellow German bankers.

[@johnrussell2848]

@@billspencer8540 haha, you fell right into that one didnt you ?!?!

[@BurningGhosts]

@@johnrussell2848 lol you're not wrong

[@BrianandSnoopy1]

Now do one on Silver! i'm more of a fan of silver than gold. :)

[@PTQ4Q4Q4Q4]

Me TOO!

[@Brandon-k5e5p]

Same

[@justinb384]

Why are any of you more a fan of silver over gold? .... ( serious question )

[@jeremy7818]

@@justinb384 - it’s cheaper. Stack them silver bars 😀

[@BrianandSnoopy1]

@@justinb384I think it is just prettier and i think you could do more with Silver Tech wise than Gold. but i could be wrong about the last one. :)

[@tannyschristy8912]

Your voice and speech is out of this world! Mesmerizing!

[@ponzo1967]

Holding an OZ of gold is something everyone should experience once. A handful would be nice but a troy ounce is cool enough

[@danfarrand9072]

What passes for hardship in Germany is kind of funny. The "trek" begins in tennis shoes.

[@tomasdvorak7307]

This video is a propaganda hit piece. The script called for hardship, so they called the trek so.

[@peterkamodzi1971]

Good workmanship was put into this masterpiece documentary.

[@jamesjavellana5]

“Half the battle is already won.” Kinda refreshing for someone to say that especially from a German 😊

[@Twobarpsi]

In a gold rush, sell shovels.

[@br.m]

Some day these lads will find enough gold to pay off their gear. they will probably be retirement age by then

[@Gold_Silver.]

@@br.m​​⁠they literally said they do it as a hobby 😂 did we watch the same video?

[@br.m]

@@Gold_Silver. Yes and I literally wrote my comment as a bad joke. Did we respond below the same comment?

[@stasbakanov7191]

Mans entertainment when it’s time to spend it

[@vincentyeo88]

Print paper dollars to buy all the gold dust.

[@iliriacum666]

The real gold I guess is an excellent friendship between those two German guys…

[@harryzero1566]

I do my mining using the Internet, results for finding a quantity of refined metal that replaces the paper debt notes is truly satisfying. I give thanks to those who suffered the privations and danger to make it available for me.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

You Are in The Nature ….. That’s The Best …..Beautiful Art……🌞

[@dockebee]

Thank you for sharing such a nice film... Like gold...😊

[@Brandon-k5e5p]

Same

[@aidenfreedom]

Gold inspires greed? No it does not, greed is part of the human condition, take a look at william gates and his greed, no Gold there???

[@redbaboonass4416]

Damn they got sentenced to 41/2 yrs in juvenile prison for stealing a 100kg gold coin was/is totally worth it!!!

[@stevenjones916]

Exactly. Where is the deterrence?

[@lancebon2931]

I would rather have a bad day prospecting ,than a good day sitting in an office.

[@talijahtalijah1258]

Having an alarm system that is off within a period of time to secure a golden coin that worth € 6.4 million is pretty nonsensical...

[@dxer22000]

inside job

[@stevenjones916]

The security guard was corrupt, he turned the alarm off so the thieves could break in.

[@lancemairs4956]

Jeez those guys were willing to invest so much for aflame of gold. I think we are spoiled here in the states. I wonder what they think when they see Parker find almost eight thousand ounces in one season.

[@leetrask6042]

I've heard that if you could extract the gold from a cubic mile of seawater you would be wealthy.

[@KurtOnoIR]

Wow 4.5 years in juvvie. They made out pretty good.

[@jerryjungle5717]

🎶🎶We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden 🎶🎶

[@vincentyeo88]

Woodstock (1969)

[@jerryjungle5717]

@@vincentyeo88 ✌☮

[@loboplateadostacker]

The main thing you need to know about gold is that you can protect your long term savings by hoarding investment grade physical gold, in the form of bullion coins. Big kilo bars are for the rich, I am talking about small coins ranging from 3 grams (240 EUR) to 1 Troy ounce (2,100 EUR). There's many lucky countries where investment grade bullion coins are available to the population. Some other places have no option but to accumulate gold jewelry. Not everybody has the risk profile or professional knowledge to hedge against inflation by owning stocks or other counterpat based assets.

[@higgpigg4326]

There is nothing wrong with buying gold jewelry at or below melt value

[@loboplateadostacker]

@@higgpigg4326 I am not criticising gold jewelry, it is a fact that bullion gold has better spread, better liquidity, and better protection against haggling. I never eat hawaian pizza because there's always better choices, that doesn't mean I would starve if only pineapple pizza was left. Get it?

[@msresu]

There is a lot of gold on Earth ...it is calculated that it is 1.6 quadrillion tons....but just it is in Earth core

[@rpbajb]

Minor planets that have been cracked open by collision should be a huge source of gold. When we finally get off this rock.

[@muddyriverdogz]

@@rpbajb Witch will probably be never.

[@AnxiousStacker]

Id bet the old man had the 100 kilo gold coin insured and doubled his money with the plan because one things for sure teens didn't mastermind the plan.

[@darknightofthesoul7628]

Had I been the judge on that gold heist case, I'd have conditioned the criminal`s release contingent on recovery of the funds they'd gained AND revelation of whom it was sold to.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

Learn The Cycle of The Universe and New Way….. The Beautiful Earth and Its Atmosphere……🌞

[@abrahambankhead359]

German gold prospecting reminds me of Utah prospecting. Tiney little specks of gold for working all day long.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

Beautiful Transformation of Beauty…..🌞

[@Awesomes007]

Neutron star collisions. That’s where almost all gold comes from. If it came from super novas, it wouldn’t be nearly as rare.

[@aripiispanen9349]

♪♫♥Very interesting - Thank you for this great documentary ;)

[@matthewseed3386]

So they probably only served 3 years in juvenile prison. For 100kg of gold split 4 ways now worth about 7 million. Awesome , crime pays.

[@lancelot-]

The insurance company will try to get the money back from them until the end of their life. And everything that ever comes into their possession will be seized. At least in the EU, the insurance company is informed immediately when they open a bank account or receive a credit card or rent something etc.

[@silverismoney]

What is the rules for finding gold in Germany? In my country, if you find it, it belongs to the state.

[@lc285]

I thought Germany was liberated in WWII?

[@muddyriverdogz]

@@lc285 Liberated into what ? A nation controlled by central banks and a people(slave) who are required to use a fiat debt currency ?

[@williamkinkade2538]

Gold everybody wants some!!

[@Donaldperson7]

You have it as long as it doesn’t get stollen!

[@edm9527]

The biggest gold coin is in Perth, it is 1 ton and on display

[@kaynef6637]

Exactly , and there was inflation in Ancient Rome so how can the first inflation be in Spain 400 years ago , the love pushing there fake news on this channel

[@Donaldperson7]

I hope it was insured?

[@mountainmanxyz]

This lady does realize that gold has always been a contentious material, right? Worrying about people in underdeveloped countries mining gold in unfavorable conditions for the sale of ethical sourcing is pretty much pointless. These people are often stolen from when people come in trying to make their gold mining operations more regulatory, and often stifle people who might mine gold because there are limited options for making money. How about you just pay these people above spot instead of trying to change their whole operation. Think of what the 49ers went through. Many died just trying to get to California. Or the Klondike expeditions. Not to mention all the homeless people in America that mine on a small scale today and generally suffer with little earnings.. Nonetheless, it's how some people survive. Don't step on that.

[@EMan-cu5zo]

Why would they pay above spot? I could understand paying spot but that’s it. You pay above after it’s been purified and depending on the form they make the final product.

[@derekeimer7758]

How about we just show them, then teach them, a much better, more efficient recovery system, that uses ZERO mercury?

[@sixfigureskibum]

24K purity is not that hard to achieve . Canada mint only puts another 9 on the purity mark. Standard is 999 parts in 1000. Canada mint states 999.9 parts per 1000. The first troy oz i refined assayed at 1000 parts per 1000

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Rheingold is amazing to find, it takes a whole week to sift trough tons of silt to get a gram

[@RokKovacic70]

They spent 5k euros for fashionable hats, shovels, buckets and pans ?! Is this a documentary video? They will they recoup their investment by shooting the video. I has nothing to do with any gold prospecting.

[@AB-1023]

“The first inflation in world history..” Writer didn’t read the Bitcoin standard book

[@veritas41photo]

Five Thousand Euros for gold hunting equipment? Eighteen hours wading in cold water in a rainstorm? Expensive and exhausting hobby that'll most likely never come close to paying for itself. I can enjoy nature by paying no money at all, and just relaxing, not working.

[@KCTShark]

Cheers

[@claucmgpcstuf5103]

Oh yeah and also the pirates treasure.. The thousands of ships lost to see in the last 500 years.. and who knows how many before that.. Lost treasures. Must be found in recycled. Yes yeaas. Gold is vre preces yeees .. all as to be beauty cycle for a thousand years.. or even more.. before we find the cheap way of getting it out of space... Which hopefully will be more.. . But still I wonder.. the anunnaki story.. how much gold did they get from here.. pam pam pam hmm I wandre . Was it 150 years 50,000 years.. order 150000 years . Of Manal ming ey ..

[@geraldmiller5260]

Good exercise looking for gold.

[@vincentyeo88]

Good friendship, too.

[@robertclarkson6064]

Thank you 👍

[@cliffcampbell8827]

In terms of "places that mine/produce gold, Nevada is 5th on that list (behind U.S.A., China, Australia and 1 other I can't remember at this time). Even tho Nevada is a state within the union (U.S.A.) and is known as "the silver state," it unto itself is put on that list as a separate entity...and I wouldn't trust Chinese gold because they have been caught adding brass to their reserves. According to this video, Nevada is 6th (behind all the countries it listed).

[@datnotme9921]

Guy says dont know how the coin made it out. Just roll it out man. Rock n roll

[@Jerry-xc7ur]

He should have sued the museum, for it being stolen. I can't believe how pathetic security they have. Why there no guards, ir shouldn't have been so easy to steal his gold

[@freshiie22]

that stolen coin sounds like a good ol' cover story

[@thekingispresent__]

Gold = God I just thought of that since gold is made from stardust & abundant in the whole universe!

[@geraldmiller5260]

Four years for stealing gold? For 200 lbs or more?

[@davidanalyst671]

tell mansa musa that the conquistadores were the first inflationary force in history

[@l.ls.8890]

Four and one half years is all the perpetrators got and the gold was not recovered. Recovery of the gold should be a condition of how long they get after serving 10 - 20 years.

[@EMan-cu5zo]

I would risk four years for that much. They obviously must have it hidden somewhere or got paid for it from whoever hired them. No wonder crime is going up if there is basically no punishment for taking something worth so much.

[@mightandbelightnr2290]

"I LOVE GÖÖÖÖÖLD"

[@arthurdrake3274]

My pile of gold will be used to capture demons.

[@ddds-ys4xv]

And what will you do with ,said demons ?

[@arthurdrake3274]

@@ddds-ys4xv fertilize my daisy's.

[@arthurdrake3274]

@@ddds-ys4xv fertilize my lawn.

[@ddds-ys4xv]

@@arthurdrake3274 lol , there spirit . You can't kill them !

[@arthurdrake3274]

@@ddds-ys4xv you ever seen Ghostbusters

[@scottcol23]

I love Gooooooooold.

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

That's only one thing that matters. Gold is 'real' money. This is also why free individuals need to be armed. To perfect themselves against others, the government and to protect their private property.

[@stfnsipos]

Maybe in the Cuiper belt? Or whatever the name is!

[@happysingle6240]

good!! I'm glad the coin was stolen.

[@altonlynch5464]

There are mine shafts and there are pit mines around here.

[@Economistwa]

Prospecting is no fun when a gold rush is on. It is greatly enjoyable when done in pristine solitary outdoors.

[@NguyênĐoàn-u9n]

Cảm ơn

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

in barstow ca USA. gonna look for gold. , gold is formed from volcanic activity.

[@PankajDoharey]

The punishment is not harsh enough and the faces have not been revealed.

[@SensibleCreeper]

This doc would have been 10x better without the wannabes scouring Germanys national parks LARPing. That type of fluff is what deters me watching WELT docs.

[@KurtOnoIR]

That water is moving too fast through the box.

[@craigf2696]

45 seconds in... All things are stardust, not gold exclusively...

[@stasbakanov7191]

To. This day with all these supermaterials we have created no luck for gold like martial ?

[@AnxiousStacker]

They have but the energy to make it is astronomically high so it's not worth it, as of now. Who knows if it'll be easier in the future but let's hope not or the price will be crashed.

[@pajewlz5825]

Roughly 25000 tonnes of gold is held by regular people in india

[@harryzero1566]

30 grams in total? that's not even a troy oz? Since retiring in 2015 my accumulations have funded 2 cars and a horse.

[@duhbaitable2246]

I hope the 2 prospectors got new equipment for free for doing this. That's what I hope. The other side of my brain thinks they are fake and this is BS.

[@anthonyenos2835]

God's nature is like gold

[@user-ip5gf4ob6w]

how many people in the world has been murdered for gold?????????????????

[@anam.caballerowilson9421]

Earth magnetic field collects them and bind it together into nuggets

[@Jerry-xc7ur]

You should use safety glasses, gloves, steel toe or rubber boots. You were complaining about debris in your eyes. That's why safety glasses are made for.

[@PM-vu2dm]

Two audios are really disturbing. I would recommend English audio only and please mute the original audio of non-native speakers.

[@capnmnemo]

They are native.

[@muddyriverdogz]

-All metals are born from stardust !

[@sparta777-id7xz]

In GOLD I Trust

[@D.Renera]

Your voice reminds me of Leo's Fortune

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

You mean the Crimex

[@QVroom]

Gold is at least been used 10k year and Max 300k years

[@earlysda]

Jesus spoke gold, and this whole earth into existence roughly 6,000 years ago.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

Find -The Gold ……..🌞

[@reyalPRON]

newsflash! we are all made of stardust... welcome to enlightenment

[@BERNARDESPINA-yj5xu]

We're selling gold by volume 74.6 per bar

[@GoofBallGuru]

did Boris get paid by the museum?

[@montneymon-ta-knee6810]

4 yrs in juvi and they kept the gold

[@anam.caballerowilson9421]

Unfortunately I the person Queen picture is not real gold

[@JanoschNr1]

Looking for gold outside of a closed mine ... yeah right ...

[@earlysda]

"Myth" was an unfortunate word to use for an otherwise nice documentary.

[@MohitJainDDN]

Based on his logic, they should also allow all the Chinese in because they are also being oppressed, presecuted and denied rights by CCP.

[@lancemairs4956]

They kept saying how special the coins gold was because of its purity blah blah. BS, gold is gold that's the whole point!

[@mr.nobody---]

Then gold flake would be worth tons . Not all gold is equal purity wise

[@godalmighty5970]

Today I heard a Pint in London is 7£. My days t'was 3.50... ... An hour of work was 8£ - 15£ today(CSCS)😂 With 10 yrs till retirement exp.

[@Masud_S_Hoghughi]

And mono-atomic gold can rejuvenate you

[@williamwilliam5066]

Gold is tragic at 18.22??!!! That's its whole point, can't be tracked, confiscated and with zero counterparty risk. That is its value!

[@anam.caballerowilson9421]

My stardust😊

[@haruplays2573]

Prospecting for gold is a big waste of time for the most part.😅

[@fenixfp40]

The Germans hope their Gold is in the US.

[@CyanBlackflower]

Was this meant to be a comedy? I mean the 2 dudes at the beginning, for example. I kept waiting for a punchline. It is truly unsettling, watching the our entire population plunging nose first, on a dizzying descent into an abyss of stupidity. I generally have found WELT documentaries to be quite good. So WTF is happening HERE? Maybe some things get lost in translation... but this is just ...Weird. Anyone with a valid "Education" predating the Internet of the WWW should have NO trouble understanding what I'm talking about. How, at least superficially, this could almost pass itself off as valid. That Gold, (along with most materials found on Earth) and any periodic elements above carbon, and definitely above iron, were, and still are-- "Fused" forged via stellar ACTIVITY --is a well known, almost Universally accepted fact, (Pun or not, it is unavoidable...) and that any pure periodic element, can't be destroyed (At least not without extreme & extenuating circumstances) is another. Perhaps these are concealing -and delaying, rather than revealing the "punchline" I'm anticipating as I move past 40% of this 'show'. ? IDK ~I confess, I'm at a loss to express what it is that is bothering me about this, besides the rather shallow-ish, and convoluted narrative. (not to be confused with the Narration- Which is IMO very good) Maybe I'm just getting old, but this is just not right in several ways, even in places where it is "correct" or "accurate". For entertainment purposes, I'd be willing to overlook a few shortcomings. Something else is "off". ~Anyway, I think I'll just move on and forget about it, with the assistance of some REAL Gold. I mean that "Liquid Gold of the Gods" -Beer. At least the Germans seem to have plenty, but just never quite enough of that. This is a good thing. Otherwise they would have certainly taken over the world long ago, and we would have colonized A.& P. Centauri by now. Also good in itself, but I like German beer. If Beer is a problem, beer helps to forget that too.

[@tomasdvorak7307]

When you realise it was a propaganda hit piece, all your concerns get answered immediately.

[@CyanBlackflower]

@@tomasdvorak7307 "...Why 'Elemental'... What's On?" By Jove! You are correct... It is Simplicity Itself. I would have the majority population see this on a grand scale, so that ALL Our concerns- convictions, also could be Resolved at once, unanimously - and be answered Immediately... You're a Genius! How I could be Stupid so long? The greatest advantage seems to be in Stupid- the difference in the two, being that Genius...Has limits.