Prepping for Winter Gold Mining: Bonus Agate

[@cindylundgren1924]

Love that you are getting a little gold ... plus I'm learning more about geology!

[@GSProspecting]

Great day out there fam. Loads of great info. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

[@FASKY2788]

I'm with you. freezing cold -- FORGET IT! Love your content and delivery and info, and thanX for taking me along. PS - Jason's some kind of machine.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’ve never seen anyone do what he does.

[@mandybrown7758]

That statement was so true "you never grow up, you just get more expensive toys"😊👊🏼👊🏼

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Yep!

[@TRERUNSWILD]

as someone who is always curious about creation I really enjoyed the geology facts in this episode!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

There is geology everywhere you go.

[@FlourgoldWizards]

I hear a nice krikside fire is good for your “ condition “ 😎

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Well that does sound like a nice treatment.

[@Daryl-v4v]

One a them cleanup sluices and headers would be good for my "condition"

[@charlese.prospecting6627]

Jason keeps the PBR antifreeze running threw him. He's a hard working miner 👍⛏️😎

[@FlourgoldWizards]

@ 🍻

[@Ontrail82]

That was one nice agate! ✨👌🏼 love yur stuff man, been getting me into the hobby now…I think I have the fever! 🤣

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

There is no cure.

[@Ontrail82]

@@GlacialGoldHunter haha I’m ok with that

[@ThomasPerra]

I love your presentation. I hobby mined in Alaska for a few years and got enough gold to pay for my pan, but I had great fun and fresh air. I miss it, now I am back in Minnesota, but I still have all my equipment and it looks like a lot of fun. Come Spring, I'm going to go out and make my fortune. Tom

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It sure is a fun time. I’d like to try mining in Alaska some time. One good size picker would weigh more than all the flour gold I’ve found but either way it’s sure fun to find it.

[@adriaannikken7519]

I love the alternate season content. Thank you for the vid

[@mnatmosphere33]

Loving the science! Finding gold was cool and I guess the host is fun and enjoyable 😊

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I can’t always fill the video with gold so I have to fill it with some information.

[@ramsessilent]

Im allergic to cold! so i understand. LOL naice good for only a few buckets! thanks for the share! stay awesome!

[@leezimmer9855]

Excellent work!

[@harrygrimley4352]

Fun. Thanks for sharing this with us

[@JoeEinMinne]

Love the idea and will be watching for updates on crushing quartz. Just a precaution, use a dust mask or crush it with water spray on it. Silica dust is a hazard to breathe in.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Good call.

[@AndrewWelling]

Yep, as a kid we played in creek near home, now I've been doing it again.. still fun!! Got lots catch pan cons. N some slucie cons. For winter slucieing Fix . good video. Thanks ..

[@firechicken455adventures]

I have your same condition. Not sure how Jason does it. Must have something to with being a Wizard….lol. Can’t wait to see if there’s gold in the quartz.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It has to be magic.

[@GreatLakesGoldHunters]

10:53 Great find! Beautiful Agate! Also Jason is just built different lol 🥶. Here in MI, my last sluice run was a couple weeks ago. It will give us something to look forward to though come Spring.

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

Awesome video 👍🤓👍❣️

[@greggosborne6452]

Hey hope all is well I love the videos!! I have been prospecting now for a couple of years and and dig up gold, but to learn more about the geology of gold platform / channel does a great job of knowledge, injoyment of watching and humor thanks for a great job keep them coming !!! Gregg o from Vermont

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thanks Gregg!

[@digitized4u]

Always entertaining thanks !

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I appreciate that!

[@jalfonsorio]

Nice haul! I need to get out there to find some rocks to crush up. I just started making inlay rings with stones, and gold.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’m curious to see if there is gold in that quartz. If there is I’ll have to save it all the time.

[@jalfonsorio]

@GlacialGoldHunter yes! Wouldn't that be cool to find it in the quartz? If you find some jasper chunks or anything else of cool color save it if it's not a hassle. I can use it to make ring inlays.

[@johnskwor9341]

Excellent video, great to see you stocking up for the winter. Also a beautiful agate you found. I got to check my my rocks better next time I’m out there when classifying. Thanks for the video and an education 🧑‍🏫

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

This agate jumped out at me. It was hard to miss.

[@johnskwor9341]

The agate was so cool. I’m really looking forward to getting to that creek next spring. I had a lot of fun there this past year.

[@AnArmAndAGreg]

Love the video. Thanks for sharing.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thanks for watching! 😃

[@slumbucketretro]

Banded chert and agate are both forms of chalcedony, but they are not the same thing.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

No a banded cheer formation is not the same as an agate but an agate is banded chert. It’s all micro crystalline SiO2. Same same but different.

[@carlwilliamcornelius7820]

One more possibility could be south east Minnesota, what we Vikings call Bluff country there’s plenty of little rivers, criks and streams, flowing through there!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Yep that sound like a good place to prospect

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Ha! Last week I joked about people making cobbles collections. And you are too. :) Can't wait for the winter crush!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It will be an interesting experiment.

[@paulsedgwick3737]

Another great video. Made me chuckle. Wondering what equipment you have to crush that quartz..we'll find out .

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’m made a special rock crusher for it and I will make a video about it too.

[@ThinkTexas]

Thanks for the great video. I hope you get a mild winter so you get more panning opportunities. I am interested in how you are going to grind these up. Thanks for sharing and looking for the next one. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I built a crude rock crusher and I’ll have a video on how I did that too.

[@deeeeeeps]

I used to live under the porch making rivers with the garden hose in the sand and loved the idea of finding gold as young as 5 years old. Almost like we gold bugs are instinctively born to hunt for gold. I'm wondering if you V'd the pan inwards where the mat gets deeper if that would incease the water speed where needed or curved the pan downwards a bit to get the water flowing a bit more over that area. I might have to get my tig welder and plasma cutter out.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Tig welding such thin aluminum is skill I don’t have. I just scored a line into the metal and bent it.

[@deeeeeeps]

@@GlacialGoldHunter If you are near Elk River i can help you with welding or cutting.

[@IndianaStoned]

Ahhhh smart man… I need to get sections of land to bring in the house so I have something to metal detect over the winter😂

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Now you’re thinking!

[@mandybrown7758]

Thanks for sharing great time😊

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thanks for watching!

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

👍🤣🤣as a Michigander that disease tends to flare up here too🤣🤣👍on bitter cold days😉😁

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Oh no, it’s spreading!

[@Gmangolddigger]

Very nice

[@thomaswolf6507]

Just decided to get a dream mat along with a sluice. They look amazing.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

They do work but I can’t say I’ve tried any other mat either.

[@patyjr1]

Love your videos ❤

[@JohnA-s6k]

Fuck yes we will be along for the next adventure

[@danschafer4347]

Another great video can't wait to see what you get this winter I have some rocks I am planning on crushing my self

[@shawnlarock9159]

Nice find! I’ve never found em’ there. The rush tho 😅

[@hippyhebrewhomestead8593]

I heard that condition has a cure! They call it ripasaurus, when you go for rips around on a sled on the trails!

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I haven’t heard of that treatment. Is it painful?

[@hippyhebrewhomestead8593]

@ absolutely not! My choice of cure is typically skidoo summit 850

[@taylorscott5605]

I’m from SW Wisconsin and I’ve heard there’s some good gold in the Driftless, especially along the edges. I’ve got land in Rusk County as well (not in the Driftless) and it’s my understanding that it was all “drifted” but there was a gold mine there for awhile so who knows. I’d love to know more.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Oh that’s very interesting. I was in the driftless zone and I did find some gold on the edges.

[@wiggles3945]

Super bummed that everything is starting to freeze and I hardly had time the past month to pan. I just found a new river that looks promising, sigh guess I'm going to have to (im)patiencely wait till spring

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Waiting is a hard thing.

[@JohnMerrick-m8j]

Great vids!! Im down in Illinois always looking for the flour gold. Let me know if you want to meet up sometime in Wisconsin or Illinois.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It would be fun to take a trip to Illinois and see what’s down there to find.

[@mrrick3999]

Curious as to where you got that green mat. P.S. We share the same affliction.🤪

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It’s dream mat. I got it from the dream mat web site. They have sizes for any sluice.

[@mrrick3999]

@GlacialGoldHunter Thank you!

[@Bonamici]

Great!! 💛💙

[@EMFMiner]

we've found gold in Minnesota every month this year... but I'm wondering if December is going to freeze us out

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Where there’s a will there is a way. But winter can suck the will. What part of the state are you in?

[@azwelke2638]

Come on down to Arizona for the winter😁

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It’s not out of the realm of possibilities.

[@ecyaj1289]

How soon do we get the quartz breaking vids?

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It will be a while because I have lots of videos to finish editing in between.

[@ecyaj1289]

@GlacialGoldHunter fair

[@WesleyOlsen-e5q]

Finger classify and use gloves. And more will be found. Classifiers only help with cons.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

It goes through the sluice much better if it’s classified.

[@ChaoticRage420]

you could purchase some paydirt bags and do reviews of them over the winter. or if you get really bored you could send jason a glitter bomb lol

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

😆 mix some gold in with the glitter and see how he gets out out.

[@royal_ish]

Would still watch videos of you talking about rocks.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

I’ll keep adding bits about rocks.

[@mikecollier6931]

A a river sluce is non mechanized equipment to classify read the rules carefully when they say no sluce they mean mechanical sluce like with pumps .

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Yeah I’ve read that but it is written clear as mud. It says no sluicing but the description describes a high banker. The law writers didn’t know what they were doing.

[@mikecollier6931]

@GlacialGoldHunter I've had the DNR walk up on my girlfriend and I she was fishing I was slucein she was fishing all they did was check her fishing license so I'm slucein

[@mikecollier6931]

@@GlacialGoldHunter they use a river sluce on a episode of Minnesota bound? I don't think they promote breaking the law

[@mikecollier6931]

Just trying to help

[@leonkellerhuis3642]

I don’t think you can use a sluice in Wisconsin

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

You can. But you don’t have to.

[@leonkellerhuis3642]

@ I was in Wisconsin this summer 2024 & was told I couldn’t use a sluice by their department of natural resources and by others doing the same thing I was doing looking for gold & most of those people were from Wisconsin and were members of the gpaa I think I will believe them b4 you I think you are a bad copy of the fgw channel but make no mistake I do like your channel as well but stick to Minnesota I have seen you use a sluice in Minnesota and that isn’t allowed either but believe it should be

[@diegomontoya796]

Banded chert?

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Yep

[@themikemason]

Lol I have the same disease!

[@ThomasWilliams-ee6li]

Almost a lifelong Minnesotan here; got transferred to California for a few years. Winter ever since then has been something to be tolerated, at best.

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

There is more gold in California too.

[@jmcdonoughii]

[@chueyang4509]

Lol

[@GreatLakesGoldHunters]

You have a new subscriber my friend. 🎉 I sub to you on my main account but this account is newer. Keep up the good work bro and #heavypans

[@GlacialGoldHunter]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@GreatLakesGoldHunters]

You're welcome brother! Team work makes the dream work.