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[@thomascooley2749]

15:30 looks like an old Pacific glass works bottle mark very cool

[@VoGusProspecting]

Oooo, link?

[@thomascooley2749]

@@VoGusProspecting guessing youtube is not ok with links due to all the spammers even tryed spelling it out

[@thomascooley2749]

@@VoGusProspecting maybe this will help your search tho San Francisco & Pacific Glass Works (SF&PGW - 1876-1902)

[@joaniemckinney970]

My Granny used to have a round one with that star on the bottom, and it was only for her sugar cookies! She kept sprinkles inside, it had a cork stopper she cut from an old wine cork to fit and we pressed the cookies with the bottle so that they would have that nice pattern in them! Thanks for the happy memory! :)

[@Spudscave]

I was having a bad night due to my mental health I was listening to some white noise to try and relax and get some sleep it wasn’t working so I reached for the phone and wasn’t expecting a live session from Chris what a great surprise I really enjoyed watching this it has cheered me up I now feel relaxed enough to try and get a couple of hours sleep 🛌

[@markfryer9880]

Good night!

[@Sk8rdad420]

Don't know your situation but I find ASMR videos or softly spoken stuff helps me relax enough to sleep when I'm over thinking things. Gentle Whispering ASMR is my favorite. kzbin.info/www/bejne/emWZlaGBgd54bqs

[@mikeblair2594]

Try brown noise. I've horrible dreams and and episodes in my life that have broken my mind and body. Its the brown noise that puts me to sleep. White noise makes me angry.

[@wilsonrawlin8547]

I feel your pain, Daniel. Just at least keep hanging on and pushing forward each day.

[@stevewiles7132]

The payout is the pleasure, it's not making me rich, but it's keeping me fit.

[@susanh7126]

Have you ever thought about saving the dirt/sand that comes off Fern when you bathe her after your gold adventures? I’d like to see that video! 👍🙂

[@arronthomas68]

Anyone who criticizes your methods isn't a prospector. They are idiots on the internet who do nothing with their lives. Your awesome guy.

[@geradkavanagh8240]

I love the little ball of gold. I'm sure you will you will up your standards on assaying soon. Simple suggestion. Try tilting the mould to encourage all the gold to sink into one corner when you pour it. Nice going with the melt, better than the last one where it was a big glob of slag and gold.

[@madman2]

I,for one, Am loving you getting back to the longer videos man. Thank you and everyone that helps along with these videos to make them what they are.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Glad you like them!

[@dr4x388]

if you wanna, you can tilt the mould while you pour so it all hangs on in the corner

[@xenaguy01]

26:22 "I have a ball of gold, how big is *YOUR* ball'o'gold?" 😄😁😆😅😂🤣

[@MadMarlin1964]

What a gorgeous view at 9:57 Loved the entire production Chris. Great commentary, wonderful transitions and just damned full of info and fun. Looking forward to the summer dry wash episodes.

[@timgrant8729]

Hello! I'm watching from Rutherford county NC in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in the good ole USA!

[@ferdburphel2076]

Chris....you get a "I respect you" pat on the back🤝.

[@danrogers9945]

Another great video bud! Loved Ferns little face in her towel! I think that was a beautiful button of gold! Thanks Chris!

[@Nico_Pesdem]

Extraordinary friend, the struggle to find gold with extraordinary results, success is always greetings from your traditional gold miner friend ⚒️⛏️💎🇲🇨👍👍

[@Spudscave]

Being out in nature is the most valuable part finding gold is a bonus.Absolute love this channel it is so entertaining take care Chris Gadzee and Mick from Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@markfryer9880]

Psst! You forgot Miss Fern!

[@shepherdsadventure]

@Vo-Gus Prospecting Hey mate. Huge shout out for the motivation giving me the motivation to get off my arse for my own therapy. I posted my 1st video yesterday and gave you a shout out during the filming as a thank you, with more to come. Keep the videos coming and hopefully there's plenty of gold in those new areas you've found.

[@t.h.o.r.]

Drift Mining? I live in Waihi- NZ's heart of gold. what we have around here are called drift mines- Adits punched in to the side of a hill and stoped out quartz reefs. Can you explain how the area you are in was 'drift mined' Chris?

[@VoGusProspecting]

A drift is, as you said, a horizontal shaft. The type of thing mined is irrelevant, quartz or alluvial. Everything I'm walking on there is undermined horizontally, so they are drifts.

[@jamesschnurbusch711]

When you're doing what you love.... who cares about what the clean up is.. Keep doing what you doing my brother!

[@VoGusProspecting]

I appreciate that

[@steveunknown8407]

If you want to pull water out of the air get yourself a dehumidifier and run it at night, couple solar panels should be sufficient to run it, bigger the collection tank the more water you can collect.

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

I really have to focus on those concentrators. Got skunked yesterday cause I focused on the stream gravels. Never checked the channels draining the old diggings.

[@wendymorrison5803]

Feeling your excitement! And loving that you are proving what you say about finding gold is possible with minimal equipment and lots of persistence.

[@A.R.77]

4:44 ~ Totally agree!

[@davidubico]

Great, you surprised me with the melting down to melt out all the impurities. You are gorgeous!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thank you! 😊

[@74KU]

On making A living prospecting/mining in Aus I would say a solid NO: Minimum wage is $812.60 a week or just under 1/3 an ounce a week (at spot price at the time of writing, and its rare to find someone who will buy your finds at spot) then of course you need to remove overheads like fuel, breakage, tooling etc. from that. I think we would all be pretty stoked to find a consistent 1/3 ounce (~10 grams) a week for 10 or even 20 weeks out of a 52 week year.

[@laurelbaynton5529]

Your dry season is beginning on a high note...good on you.

[@bcbradley2359]

Water so dirty, you can't see what your sucking up. Crazy mate. Great video.

[@kevdimo6459]

Little Acorns make big Oak Trees. Well done Chris.

[@michiganprospectors]

Hehe, out here we keep any flakes we find. One speck is a keeper for sure. This video is loaded with tips. Awesome. Well below minimum wage, lol. Yeah but who else gets to go out into nature and make money doing it?

[@blaen67]

"I am wearing brand new socks" great way to start a new day !

[@michealklonowski5267]

nice bit of work for the gold 👌 thank you for sharing the adventure 😀

[@johnwalker9670]

Prolly makes a lot more money bringing a truck and filling it up with those nice smooth stones. Cost a fortune in the UK.

[@geir.mathello]

Nice GOLD button. Try next time you melt. Try to leave the form on its side, so that you pour the contents down a corner of the form. Then I think you will get all the gold from the smelting into the gold button. Have a grate day.. Take a cold one. Cheers

[@moonstarer55]

Patience and perseverance plus some muscle power to determine where to blitz mate. Interesting Chris

[@timothywood400]

You've probably seen it all before but I just use the shovel to dig the hole deeper so I can pan in shallow water

[@steven_ewen]

Nice Gold results for test pan's! Thank you for sharing your adventures Chris. Cheers

[@dannysearcy3373]

By far you are my favorite person to watch! Keep em coming!!

[@hasmeadali7316]

Awesome thanks I was looking at one Gram . I'm getting better at guessing lmao. Can't wait for the next one, much appreciated 👍

[@ionalittlejohn3336]

"How big is your ball of gold" I love it🤣🤣 Keep up the great work.

[@piratescrew1869]

Thanks for another awesome video! Catch you soon…👍👍

[@sirkriskringle]

That Was Awesome , Ty for Sharing Chris 😎👍👍 . SKK .

[@danielteague4626]

Thanks for your knowledge,tips and tricks on getting that fine elusive gold out of area's away from the creek. After that melt, you got your nugget. Cheers

[@thomashaynes907]

I love your dog and your personality man

[@supabiscuit]

Brand new socks always makes for an amazing day like none other

[@kencarbon2346]

I always enjoy watching your videos from Northern WISCONSIN in the USA thankyou for sharing your information and experiences and knowledge about finding and processing gold. Only wish i could get out on the creek and try outdoors. I only done paydirts in my kitchen but tried to apply some of the principles to extract the gold. 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@timandrews1613]

Yeah Chris,worth every second of the time you put in

[@donazzopardi8747]

Have you considered carrying in empty water bags and filling them when you get into the bush when you find water.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Too much weight for little reward.

[@richpederson6691]

Great video, I liked the melting to the button.👍

[@octafrank]

Excellent vid, full life-cycle from test panning to smelting!

[@bendjohans3863]

its quiet good to see that even at your miller table a lot of extreme fine nearly golddust particles are floating down the table,,,,do you collect that for smelting one day`?

[@timgrant8729]

Man I wish I could find anything even close to the gold your finding! 😎

[@joaniemckinney970]

Welp! When you get all the Gold, you can always start a Tin mine! Thanks for all of the great tips Chris! They are going to help when I go to Arizona!

[@goldbunny1973]

Wisdom & knowledge are also "nuggets of gold". Thanks for sharing your extensive expertise with us because I'd never imagine that the ground you're on contained gold but I guess it's everywhere and we just need to know better where to look whichever country we are in.

[@jeffdevine6387]

another good reason to test again is because it could be a contaminated sample, as has happened to many of us in the past ;)

[@TisButAScratch666]

Great job Chris

[@jonathanbrewer3051]

Can’t wait a whole minute! Haha much love and respect from Colorado

[@josemontezuma2548]

It is always nice to see realistic gold panning. There is a ton of work panning gold and rarely potatoe size nuggets LOL. I love what you do keep up the good work

[@VoGusProspecting]

So true!

[@Luzeon]

I love taking my gold pan to the local river just for fun. But rumor has it, that Australia has some of the oldest dirt on the planet.

[@markfryer9880]

Correct about the old dirt bit, but there are countries with very new dirt that contains new gold.

[@Luzeon]

@@markfryer9880 all to true too. Gotta love prospecting…

[@ericbruns888]

Hey Chris. When you bring a motor in for a hike. Do you put it on your back? Could you suggest a pack to strap a small pump motor to.

[@bozzagoodsell310]

Good work mate, must be a good feeling

[@luckydubeinrc5165]

hell yeah , subbed , come summer come !!!

[@Knotaro_bot]

really like your videos mate, content is great and editing is top notch.

[@rastaralph7154]

I didn't know that the big black sands were tin but it makes sense because there's Tim mines nearby.💚💛❤️ I find huge bit's

[@debhester8665]

Saturday viewing!! love it

[@cheesynuts4291]

I would struggle to not go back and speed pan a ton of that out of shear curiosity.

[@CapnCrnch330]

Gotta love brand new socks

[@VoGusProspecting]

Like the best feeling ever

[@Mrjoshuasjourneyzzz10420]

Nice video, and you clearly got better at the smelting than the last video, thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next one 😀!!!!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks 👍

[@enderkittygaming2348]

I tend to manage a fair take on my weekly panning trips, places I have worked for awhile and set up to concentrate gold. But, I have never found a place that buys dust or fine gold for very much at all...maybe 60% market at best.

[@photoadventures]

Your content is getting better and better! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and adventures!

[@TalRohan]

and thats a really good take for test panning.....basically free money but even free...er than usual panning

[@christowoody]

Luv the SD dig haha 🤣

[@survivalgardener351]

Nice reminds me when I started smelting. I’m still an amateur at smelting and a compete amateur at gold mining

[@gavinhogg6552]

Pretty good effort for just test panning 👍🤓✌️

[@TalRohan]

I just thought of a source of water presuming you are suitably hydrated.............

[@knowlesmineco.]

Your content is top notch thankyou for sharing it with us. Congrats on The nice gold.

[@stanleywiggins5047]

Next time try a cut spud, or carrot. Just cut a little bit out with a teaspoon

[@danielfmyers]

My favorite videos after a stressful day 🙂 From the Australian accent, fun edit scenes, education, and Fern.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

Great times brother! Thanks for the tutorial 😀 🙂

[@timking8495]

Ya wearing new socks now just gotta order your 2 Mongolian hot pots and you made it.

[@Smoothy955]

Enjoy your videos a lot. You have almost inspired me to start prospecting. From the Carolinas in US.

[@416Rival]

Im from Canada but my gf lives in SC, I plan to do some prospecting whenever I'm down there !

[@WyrdieBeardie]

Always good to see your videos. Thanks for taking us along!

[@chriscwikla7558]

You've got to love new socks.

[@AIJ101]

subbed just for "the gold gods saw it fit to give you a flake"

[@chrisgray8404]

It's awesome to see you getting into smelting now mate.

[@jerrydesgranges8294]

Awesome video here Chris. And very nice small ball of gold. Love the video and especially when you even melted the gold into the small ball. Although I think you just refined your gold in this video to be worth more than the $65 dollars. 😆 Melting and refining the gold is something to look into for you as well. You definitely got it down now in this video.

[@RICDirector]

How big is my gold ball? Weeeeeennnntsy......! I guessed 0.75 for yours so not too far off.

[@peezdoc]

For some reason I get this feeling that you're gonna be one of those guys that finds a huge record breaking nugget. Maybe not "The Hand of Faith" size nugget but something big!! And you'll find it the same way those other people found their giant nuggets... It'll be close to the surface and it'll be in a spot that you weren't even gonna check but did on your way out when you were done for the day ...... I hope this comes true for you!

[@VoGusProspecting]

I hope so

[@Mini_DragonYT]

Love the whole process thanks for sharing your videos are the best especially the longer ones

[@mikepotts4867]

153 Ounces FOR SURE have fun and good luck .

[@jamesatwill3245]

Quick question. As you search for water out there. wouldn’t the puddle be the lowest spot of the land and wouldn’t the puddle be where you want to look for gold?

[@VoGusProspecting]

All the water is under ground because of the mining there. So it is in the lowest spot, just deep underground

[@jonathanbrewer3051]

Great video broseph!

[@staceyhall3115]

What a great video!!! Love your channel!!

[@patrickaussieMilartry]

G'day I live around Bridgetown/ Margaret River region. I'm interested in your thoughts if you have done this obviously. But recently naturally felled trees. Particular trees a couple hundred years old that have come to the end of their life. The huge ball of root stock that contains alot of alluvial sand. I've tried a few samples from the sand in the root stock and have been hit and miss. On one occasion I managed to find 1.6 grams of fine to a couple pickers. With perhaps more than 5 /10 pans. Please note for anyone thinking the worst. The old trees were completely rotten and I was collecting mainly under the roots of the DEAD AND ROTTED TREE. Any one else have any luck. Or am I going against the grain so to speak. Cheers Paddy.

[@wvcopwatcher8979]

Whopp whoop! Ol squirrely is back lol. I broke my phone 2 months ago & my new one finally showed up yesterday. But yeah I know who cares 😆 🤣 😂 🤘🤙✌️

[@sandygilbert8711]

Love the show.. watch everyone of them.

[@74KU]

Come to Tas my friend. Water is never an issue.

[@74KU]

That is if you want to see what it is like to prospect with some of the most restrictive rules in the country. (shovels, Pans, River sluices.. everything else, banned)

[@ilouse]

Goodness gracious great balls of gold

[@gavincutler5421]

Your a bloody tool mate👍 keep the vids coming. P.s. winter is over 🍻

[@joshuajackson6442]

Fun memories

[@russellfaith8959]

Just a thought, would it be worth the work during the wet season to take a small high banker a large tub and a pump, pump some water into the tub and then just recirculate the water?

[@xenaguy01]

In the summertime of interior Australia, there is *NO* water to be found. One would have to pack water in on one's back.That is impractical at best, impossible at normal.

[@margf.6773]

Finding gold is a hobby that at least pays a little back. I can guarantee that you can't make money going fishing or playing golf.