Running the high banker at the Thompson River

[@mamabear3887]

I'm a homeschool mom for 8 years now. My daughter is 14. We had a project back in 2016 for geology and made our own gold concentrate bowl to learn about density. We ended up with 2 grams of gold from one 5 gallon bucket taken from the railroad area close to our home. (KZbin gives us so much science fun.) But now we are addicted to finding gold and gems here in Shasta county. And now we will be joining a club. We have been watching your show and jeffs show for a while. We pretty much handmake all our prospecting equipment that we see everyone using. Very awesome to know that your a highschool teacher! We learn so much from you and Jeff. Thank you so much. 🐸

[@Danhurd]

So awesome to hear! Glad you are finding the videos useful!

[@touchnova]

Funny that you mentioned the complaints...I've actually always liked your videos simply because they focus on prospecting, the getting out, the processes and effort involved in capturing gold...not just showing the end result. Great vid(s), keep it up!

[@arne6787]

Thanks for taking us along to learn prospecting. Good excersize, working for self, enjoying the good earth. Gold is the icing on the cake.

[@Danhurd]

Yes it is

[@randallgrant6175]

I've only ever driven through this area, so it's great that you are there working and shooting video. We are so lucky to live in such a beautiful province.

[@Danhurd]

Yes we are. There is so much to explore and see here.

[@davidtammyames1242]

Your videos are good, always like the commentary and we share your love for the outdoors. The gold reveal? Well that's just the icing on the cake! Looking forward to more.

[@rickmcninch7100]

There's always gonna be haters. You have more people that appreciate your videos than not! Glad I found your channel

[@Danhurd]

Thanks!

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

love your videos of all types

[@grumpyartist9416]

Thanks for sharing your adventures with us Dan. I'm a pro landscape artist and have visited some of the same areas that you have. Your appreciation of nature and general attitude are inspiring! Looking forward to future videos.

[@geoffgeoff143]

I am from a dryish part of Australia. I dream of a river with water in it. I get my wash with a bent screw driver and my hands. Seeing videos like this are quite interesting. Just to see a different perspective on prospecting. Loved seeing the vintage train engines and land slide. I can relate to your hard work. I sleep in my car onsite. We are not allowed to use a sluice where I live plus there is no water. Can't use a dry blower either. I pan all my wash in a tub with water I carry in. I envy you sooooo much. Personally, I couldn't give a rat's arse as to how much gold you get. I love seeing your techniques. I watch as many different people as I can and pick up tips along the way. One thing that draws m,e back here is your vids , like one other mat manufacturers, you are genuine and real. No fake shit. If you have a bad day, you show it. Some of the vids drag on a bit but you don't see me posting any so keep it up.

[@puffinvapor4551]

Well, I can certainly see how much your presentations have improved over the years! This 4 year old piece popped up in my feed & at first I just thought you were in a specially bad mood or something!

[@MrCanadier]

Hi Dan what a nice spot. Great video as usual, luv watching. Take care out there and get that shiny yellow stuff. Thks for sharing.

[@erikwilson3827]

im impressed. but some people should stop complaining about the way u do things. i love the blasting u do.

[@Danhurd]

Thanks!

[@brickau4367]

Great Gold Dan ! Thanks for the videos ! They are Awesome! Couldn't have said it better than phil. Nature is Awesome!

[@downunderfulla6001]

What a ripper of a few days. Great area to wake up to. Nothing beats just getting out/away. Especially camping 🏕

[@Danhurd]

Exactly

[@riparianlife97701]

Your best video to date! So nice to see you work some material for a change. Thanks so much for catering to the requests of us "complainers, er, commenters"! Maybe something I do that seems tedious to me would be wildly entertaining to others. It's so hard to know.

[@williamhenkels75]

Just a thought...I think it would be cool to see some fishing or outdoor camping footage when you spend the night prospecting. Especially on this video

[@BoozeByRob]

Great video Dan! Thank you for all the videos - they are very well done.

[@hockeydad6211]

As a kids in the 70's my family went on many camping trips up to Shaw Springs/Gold Pan. Great memories, as my retirement nears I plan to get into the gold mining on the fraser canyon. Perhaps I'll see ya up there then, heck I may even buy a claim from you. 😉

[@Danhurd]

If you do see me, stop and say hi!

[@TazarelloGaming]

you can tell I have watched all your new content when things from 2015 are showing up in my suggested lol Love the Gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

Wow! That’s Texas hot! I’m enjoying these older videos!

[@jeffinphx517]

Good job Dan. Fun video...wishing you an ounce a day.

[@therrienmichael08]

I like that way of cleaning out. I've been standing the sluice tray on end but then again I don't have a stand.

[@Tom-cy5em]

Thanks Dan good video with some nice shinny and the Trains too looks like you are pretty far out in the Country. Regards Tom

[@SouthpawDavey]

Nice gold thanks for showing it. I wish we could run a high banker here in Switzerland. Just pan and sluice oh well back to the river for me. 6c this morning wish it was a little warmer but 35 + is extreme. Dave

[@cecilmercer8686]

great video,

[@greencheeks1285]

I remember when my dad helped build the dam, and I was told that when the rock at the face was levelled for the wall and left without a word of a lie a quartz vein with gold being exposed, and they just poured cement straight over and finished building the dam and the reef was never seen again... I wonder if its where your source of gold is coming from, nice clean out.. Regards

[@MIgardener]

great gold!

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

another great video!

[@area46241]

I think you videos are outstanding Dan. It's a prospectors dream for sure. The gold is nice but there are finer things than gold. From one redhead to another stay golden!

[@13mjunky]

I'm glad you didn't call him Ponyboy XD

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

some chunkie gold there

[@TyndrumGoldHQ]

Another top notch video. Take care

[@TyndrumGoldHQ]

cracking gold. A lot chunkier than I was expecting with a couple of nice wee nuggets

[@13mjunky]

Thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos! quick question though. Am I correct to assume that those silver flakes are gold covered in Mercury?

[@keithpowley1445]

This was a great video dan

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

Oh yeah,. Also, if your goal by any chance was to get me hooked on another hobby that I can't afford? Well played!!

[@Danhurd]

Ha!

[@chippermikey880]

What size pump do use on this Dan?. . Also how many G.P.H and P.S.I. is it? Do you run it at full throttle? Also do you have any valves for water control and what is the width of your sluice? Any input greatly appreciated! Keep the vids coming! Thx!

[@exenrontexas]

The most common way to reduce wind noise is with an external lav microphone with a wind shield. The shield is commonly a close foam or fur like covering of the mic head.

[@lonmeister2515]

Thanks!

[@michealklonowski5267]

I like your videos because they focus on where. And how , I especially like the vidio. Heavy materials, and yes I have been watching for a few years . comment are I hit the like bottom all the time. And yes on that clam with the big pickers ,where is that gold coming. From.

[@Danhurd]

Thank you very much. Gotta figure out that gold source

[@dlaplante74]

Hi Dan great video as usual. I have a solution for your mic and the wind noise either a fake mustache or a small piece of T-shirt over the mic will help deflect the wind and reduce noise. Seen it on youtube. Keep up the good work.

[@Danhurd]

gumbidammit I looked into it and found a mic cover that I can put over the mic hole on the camera to stop much of the wind noise. Just have to try it and see if it helps.

[@dlaplante74]

The few I've seen looked like little mustaches. I have a friend who just used a bit of old tee shirt. It worked great. Thanks for the cool videos.

[@AppalachianProspect]

That is a nice set up you have there, roughly how much did it cost to build?

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

If you haven't figured out the wind in the mic thing yet?,. In a pinch we will take any kind of soft foam, such as the foam in a seat cushion, "Yes my boat now has a couple holes in otherwise perfect seats" In case anyone was wondering. just take a small chunk of that foam and carve it out with a razor blade so that it slides tightly over the mic and covers it all the way around! Works like a charm,.. Option 2,. order a wind sock and don't let the cameraman forget it back at the studio!!

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

4 engines on that 2nd train?! That sucker must have took 2 hours to go by!!

[@paulthomas9424]

Dan, I know that this film is 4 years old but I would like to know how much the ocean tides affect your Fraser River flows. Will you please mention this in one of your more current films please. (Paul from Oregon Coast).

[@jaratt85]

that's when you run a couple hours and then check your tailings at the end of your sluice to see if there's any gold being blown out the back, and if so you turn your water down a bit. Anyone ever thought of purposely trying to stack a section of rocks on end to make a place that will collect gold for you when the waters rise again? That way the next year you could come right back to that section and hopefully have it loaded with gold?

[@travbach3430]

Hi Dan, What is the brand of highbanker you are using? What would you recommend for a noob? Thanks for all these videos!

[@Danhurd]

+Trav Bach I made my own highbanker. There are a lot of good ones out there. I like what Greywolf produces. D'arcy Cooper make great highbankers tho I'm not sure if he is currently making them. I have seen the G1 in operation and am very impressed. Although I like a better hopper system.

[@rogerdudra178]

You might speak with the White Eagle about flapping his wings when you film.

[@jillroberts7763]

We’ve been watching the video and we noticed something. What is the orange/red “thing” across the river on the hillside?

[@explorewithmarcus]

Just a quick question. Why are you using moss with expanded metal in the last half of the sluice and not Gold Hog mats all the way? Good video, thanks.

[@martyschmidt2725]

This is my first year gold prospecting and I just bought a claim and will be purchasing a highbanker in the next week or so. Here’s my issue, how do I deal with the spent water and tailings as my claim is on the side of a steep mountain? I’ll have my highbanker set up on the road and I don’t want to have the water run out the sluice and down the mountain side and there isn’t room to dig a hole to contain the sediment. I can put a bin at the end of the sluice and use most of the tailings for road repair but the water needs to go somewhere safe the won’t wash away the road or go back into the stream even though it isn’t a fish bearing stream.

[@Danhurd]

In this situation I would try recirculating water through a very large bin. I like the solid plastic fruit bins that they use in orchards. You can get them from Growers Direct.

[@martyschmidt2725]

Dan Hurd, dang I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. I was planning to build a cheap recirculating system for my sluice at home but I’ll definitely make something for the highbanker on my claim and I don’t have to be 10 meters away from the stream with a recirculating system. I’ll check out the bin from Growers like you suggested! Keep up the great videos and learning material and thanks for the response 😊

[@PsykraM]

Hi Dan!

[@angelwhite376]

If you get the loudest fog horn when the train comes hoot it off and you will get them to hoot thier horn back. It's cool to get a train to say hi to you and if you keep it up they will say hi ever day... Try it it makes you feel good....

[@velknezevic]

Hi Dan, what you thinking about GoldHog Highbanker to using ? I'm from Saskatchewan and like to go prospecting 2017 on Saskatchewan river.

[@Danhurd]

All gold hog products are fantastic, and Doc from gold hog is always helpful when needed. You can't go wrong with them.

[@williamhenkels75]

Not worried about that bear from your earlier video? Yikes!

[@Danhurd]

Nah.

[@tasdgoldprospecting2979]

Good Gold 😊

[@babook96]

Question? Can you use the micro blaster on this claim?

[@kbrahmer]

Did you misspeak? "About a gram of gold." Alone for two days, 9 hours hard labor, $1000 in equipment, say 5 gallons of gasoline on the pump, transport to the site and back, minimalist lodging and more sun exposure than healthy for a redhead...for about $38 worth of metal that will get stashed not used. That about it? With THE fever like that you need to wear a sombrero and have a good paying job. Ya gotta love that buttery gold shinning back at you.

[@Average_Libtard]

He said that "gram of gold" wasn't all of the gold. There was a huge bin with a lot more gold in it.

[@unsilencedman]

Also for the wind noise and to reduce it, I seen something about using one of those little foam brushes over the mic. But I honestly dont know if it would work or not. But for 50 cents or whatever it is, might be worth a try.

[@unsilencedman]

Sorry for all my corny ideas, just trying to help make your channel the best. So take it all with a grain of salt.

[@unsilencedman]

Yea definitly stay out of the sun this year (2018) were getting many solar activity and we have less magnet shield then ever. Meaning our sun protection is lesser than ever that's been recorded in history. White is in this year.

[@unsilencedman]

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[@unsilencedman]

LOL so funny you actually mentioned the wind near the end

[@dennispetersen1162]

Wish I could dig that fast!

[@riparianlife97701]

Dennis Petersen I'm pretty sure he assumes we're not interested in watching him work the dirt. I figure anyone who doesn't want to see him dig or pan at normal speed can fast forward a few minutes.

[@johnhoughton9013]

Dan been worried about your beard getting caught in processing plant.. Have seen it happen...bit of face rip offed.. please be carefull...

[@Danhurd]

Thanks for looking out for me.

[@johnhoughton9013]

Love your since of humor and your videos, seen then all from the start.

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

can you turn high banker back on without a cleanout ? gold wash out?

[@Wraithsong]

nice run man. wish i could get out and mine more. i miss it!

[@pulesjet]

Boy you sure like running your sluice ( High Banker ) hard. I'd be afraid of loosing the finer gold with the water running that hard. I like to run a sluice so I can just see the water bunching ( causing a hump ) over the riffles. Just hard enough that the material is boiling behind the riffles but not much harder. I really think more of the Fines stay on the mat that way. When your board some day amuse me and give it a try ?

[@Danhurd]

I do run the high banker hard

[@pleopold4010]

high speed is hilarious lol

[@bobmagoffin6688]

Where is this Thompson river

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

what is red structure above tunnel in the slide?

[@fourteencrows1244]

Dan rules

[@Danhurd]

Thanks!

[@FOUNDITBURIED]

Like the way you work not a minute of time wasted

[@Danhurd]

Got to find the gold!

[@b.c.goldprospecting1724]

Is that Gold Hog matting in your box

[@Danhurd]

Yes it is, love the stuff.

[@b.c.goldprospecting1724]

Downdraft ?

[@wayne-oo]

Is that north of gold pan ??

[@Danhurd]

North east

[@markthomas3730]

Give us a rough estimate how much gold you end up with each month...and then convert to $$.

[@Synapticsnap]

103 Fahrenheit

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

If you haven't figured out the wind in the mic thing yet?,. In a pinch we will take any kind of soft foam, such as the foam in a seat cushion, "Yes my boat now has a couple holes in otherwise perfect seats" In case anyone was wondering. just take a small chunk of that foam and carve it out with a razor blade so that it slides tightly over the mic and covers it all the way around! Works like a charm,.. Option 2,. order a wind sock and don't let the cameraman forget it back at the studio!!

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

4 engines on that 2nd train?! That sucker must have took 2 hours to go by!!