Sniping Bedrock Gold with Simple Tools

Sniping bedrock underwater with simple tools on historic placer gold creek.

[@MichiganRocks]

I’m kind of glad I don’t live in a place that has much gold. I think I could get addicted to that hobby in a hurry. Great video.

[@meMiner]

Gold fever is a real thing

[@sammtv1]

Very cool , you have a real knack for making interesting videos , I loved the underwater footage , thank you for sharing

[@americanrebel413]

I finished the video finally, AWESOME video Greg thank you. If I ever make it to Canada I'm definitely going to visit you and Pauly!

[@meMiner]

Pauly and I are about 3500KM apart. ;-)

[@americanrebel413]

@@meMiner That's a long way! 👍✌🍻

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Enjoyed watching, looks like a relaxing time in some beautiful country. Plus you get to take home some of that nice shiny stuff. Thanks for sharing, GL, HH and take care.

[@meMiner]

It was a good day. However, I had to control myself from running all over the place rather than just picking one spot. LOL

[@chrisbrooks2062]

That's still a decent amount of gold in that small pan, I would be happy to find that amount.

[@meMiner]

Still, one good nugget would blow that away

[@TheReal-HeeHaw]

Great giveaway on Digging Canuck live stream. Cool watching the behavior of the rocks move underwater. Enjoyed watching ⛏

[@meMiner]

I spent much of the time trying to find your channel in my subscriptions. I am your sub #101

[@TheReal-HeeHaw]

@@meMiner101 . Sounds like a course.

[@McChrister]

Hee Haw 👍🏼😂😂

[@johnnyk3337]

A few more pieces of gold and soon have bars like those silver ones. :-) Thanks for taking me on your journey.

[@meMiner]

A nice bar of gold would be really nice to have. Someday...

[@juliegraves2945]

Just a new way to hunt for gold love all your tips and close ups and the hand dredge just wonderful thank u

[@coindigger5392]

Yeah I can see doing that method all day...serenity is a good thing...nice video..

[@meMiner]

I would have kept at it, except for the rain. I have no idea why it wasn't snow

[@oldandtired1434]

Whispers, "Let's get some more" Well heck yeah! What a brilliant way to spend a day :)

[@meMiner]

No matter how much you find, you always want more. LOL

[@rickreimer1050]

That doesn't look too bad! Nice and thanks for taking us with you.

[@meMiner]

Thanks Rick

[@AgateDad]

Reallly enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing!!

[@meMiner]

Thanks brother. I just subscribed to your channel. I look forward to watching on my TV later tonight.

[@AgateDad]

@@meMiner oh thanks so much! I've been meaning to binge your videos but I've been so dang busy between work, making vids and family stuff, I'll get to it, you're really fun to watch! You should get your own tv show!

[@McChrister]

Agate Dad That would be so cool....I guess you can go out to the Networks and sell yourself or a Network has to come across your video and say; “That’s it we need this guy for a show! Who knows🤷🏻‍♀️🙏🏼🍀😁

[@AgateDad]

@@McChrister you know the discovery channel has a lot of shows where the people dont find anything...if they picked up meminer they would actually have someone who finds stuff lol and have a huge boost in views!!

[@YvonneSebastian1980]

Oh, no... was that your flight..they forgot you lol..hey Greig how ya doing?..the underwater shots were fantastic! liking the finds..peace!

[@meMiner]

LOL

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

Great job bud, nothing better then seeing that gold in the pan.

[@meMiner]

I just love seeing natural gold sitting there while the other little rocks dance around. ;-)

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Nice pattern of gold on the bottom of that little blue gold pan! What a beautiful place to be. Thanks meMiner!

[@meMiner]

It is one of my favorite places to be. Next year, I would like to drive out so I have more gear and my dog Daisy. That would be magical.

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

@@meMiner That would be!

[@inquisitivealbertan1712]

Great footage and editing, Greig. Grats on the color you got from the adventure. Thank you for sharing.

[@meMiner]

A fun little adventure. Next time, mask and snorkel so I can better see what I am doing.

[@ronaldw3498]

Nice adventure meMiner, maybe next time you'll find the magic pot of gold. Be safe and keep warm.

[@meMiner]

I had carefully checked the creek's bedrock with the metal detector without any luck, so I knew it could only be fines. But I never stop hoping for something larger. ;-)

[@DiggingCanuck]

That actually looks like a very relaxing thing to be doing.

[@meMiner]

I'd love to spend all summer there. To be honest, I always feel a bit rushed because there is so much to explore.

[@celestialhippiehoney333]

I really enjoy your videos

[@meMiner]

Thanks Honey Lee

[@milesnn]

Awesome adventure sweet camera works you scored gold sweeeeet beautiful looking area wise words on getting wet and cold I think metal detecting will show some great prospects for sure awesome awesome thanks my friend be safe

[@meMiner]

The area has been heavily detected but they never get it all, especially in the areas with junk or hot rocks.

[@longhairedcountryboy2363]

On the underwater shots I kept imagining the dredge tube being 3 feet in diameter and the flakes being the size of phone books. ;-) Great outing, I'd be tickled seeing that much yellow in the pan!

[@meMiner]

I'd probably end up getting my head stuck in one that big. LOL

[@longhairedcountryboy2363]

@meMiner LOL "My, what an odd hat you have sir." :-P

[@alphasails2]

It’s always fun to see what you discover. Arm chair gold panning for me. 👍 Thanks for sharing. 👍👍

[@meMiner]

With winter setting in, I will be doing quite a bit of armchair prospecting myself. ;-)

[@pauly51]

Your videos are so pleasant to watch

[@meMiner]

That is so nice of you to say.

[@loyalkuhn5778]

Beautiful country and beautiful gold in that blue pan. It sure looked like fun. I'd have some lined rubber gloves - I hate it when my fingers turn white. Thanks for the great video. Greetings to the family and Daisy !!

[@meMiner]

Gloves would be a good idea. ;-)

[@ridgerunner66]

That was a great video. Really enjoyed the under water footage. How much did you end up with? Thank you for taking us along. Davin

[@meMiner]

I ended up mixing it with other gold, so I am not sure how much I got. If I were to guess, it was between 0.1 and 0.2 gram. Not a lot, but a lot of fun.

[@longhairedcountryboy2363]

meMiner And fun is really what it's all about. Getting wealthy is nice, but enjoying yourself is more important. After all. You can spend your time to make more money, but you can't spend your money to make more time. 😉

[@milesnn]

Your so right they never find it all but it will be a challenge with all the hot rocks will look forward to your next great adventure

[@meMiner]

It it were easy, it would all be gone. ;-)

[@dougalexander7204]

MeMiner. I’m a dolt about gold. Is ‘placer gold’ the gold that is left after the lode bearing rock has eroded away? And, thank you for taking us along.

[@meMiner]

correct, also known as float

[@Goldoro]

Respect Bro!! We have the same passion! Greeting from Italy 🤠

[@meMiner]

Very cool that we have connected, even though we are in different parts of the world

[@tomshively5419]

Fantastic gold adventure.. congratulations

[@meMiner]

Thanks Tom

[@ReclusiveMountainMan]

I'm guessing that water was cold! Enjoyable vid. Thanks for bring us along for the adventure. Congrats on the payoff, too!

[@meMiner]

Ya. But I don't feel it if I am thinking I see gold. I really feel it when the shiny yellow rock turns out to be a yellow rock and I am wet to the elbow. ;-)

[@lanceharker5845]

As always, great little instructive video, nicely done.

[@meMiner]

Thanks Lance.

[@wayne1959]

well that's better than a toothache on a winters day..Well done mate..Thanks for the gold panning lesson as well..

[@Sexywitch42]

Very cool!! That looks like so much fun!

[@meMiner]

Such a nice way to spend some time.

[@Sexywitch42]

@@meMiner I'm sure it is!!

[@BeefyPrepperthegolddigger]

Great video!!! I just stumbled across your channel,I can’t wait to see more!!

[@meMiner]

Thanks Prepper!

[@1catfishuntermiller753]

Nice! Real Nice!

[@meMiner]

Thanks brother

[@rastamanralph6670]

That's quite a bit of honey for what you were doing👍✨✨✨ I would love to be able to get out and find some shiny but my health is too bad to even drive to somewhere let alone walk and explore streams.

[@meMiner]

Dang. Sorry to hear about your health. Another reason for folks to get out and "do it" while they can. Things don't get easier with age.

[@rastamanralph6670]

@@meMiner that's right! I've had this bone condition all my life but it's now that it's kicking in really bad.if an animal was like me it would be put to sleep.but I must carry on and do my best that I can.😉👍😂

[@McChrister]

Rastaman Ralph Prayers to you Sir! Stay strong and chin up....🙏🏼💪🏼☺️

[@rastamanralph6670]

@@McChrister Cheers👍

[@goldprounlimited1750]

Got some gold and had some fun, that's what it's all about! thanks for sharing!

[@meMiner]

Thanks for dropping by

[@Smithsgold]

Gold !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikew2046]

Was that Tony B---- flying over to see if you were on his claim...lol Great video thanks for sharing nice finds 👍

[@meMiner]

Or maybe looking for more dredge buckets. LOL

[@mikew2046]

That's so funny I laughed for about five minutes , but you might be right👏👏

[@silverfoxmetaldetecting7791]

That looks cooooold!!!

[@meMiner]

It was a bit chilly. ;-)

[@joediggings844]

Bro make your self a gold sniping scope all you need is 3 inch wide 1foot long pvc pipe then you mount a handle on the side and glue a round plexiglass widow on the bottom works wonders for shallow water sniping! We use them here in northern California

[@meMiner]

I have one. They work great. I thought this was going to be a metal detecting trip and left it at home. ;-)

[@rodrigoc.goncalves2009]

that's interesting! But how does one prevent the gold pieces already in it from coming out when using it again? You take them out first?

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Sweet idea! Thank you

[@richardwarnock2789]

Mr.MeMiner snipping Nice Shiney in the Pan!!!; )

[@meMiner]

It sure is nice to see it winking at me when the black sands are rolled out of the way. ;-)

[@richardwarnock2789]

@@meMiner like a three eyed fish huh!! Definitely a cool feeling!!!; )

[@pertinentparadigm1337]

Not bad for just a couple hours... Stay warm this winter Greig.

[@meMiner]

I was hunting in -22C last week, but this week things have warmed up. Raining tonight. If the temps stay above freezing, maybe I can get out rockhounding this weekend for one last kick at the can. Or maybe the ground will still be frozen and it will be rock hiking with Daisy instead. ;-)

[@pertinentparadigm1337]

@@meMiner That's crazy but well worth the risk at least for now. Stay safe, always enjoy your videos! BTW... Finally got a ring roller so I'll be making another take at my "orbital display" for the silver ore I got from you. Take care!

[@imadalausi5543]

Cool video thank you

[@meMiner]

Thanks my friend

[@supahcomix]

oooh,nice gold,wish i lived near some kind of river

[@McChrister]

WoW, you did pretty well! I like your little “baby” goldpan☺️. It is just beautiful around there with that little waterfall and the bubbling creek! Great video....👍🏼 HH and GL on your next adventure(wherever that might be?) 🙏🏼🧡🍀

[@meMiner]

Next time, I will display the fines in the gold pan on my keychain. That will make the small stuff look really big. LOL Thanks for joining me for this adventure.

[@necroeasy593]

It was still a bunch of fun. Very nice place. You guy's didn't see but Daisy was scuba diving on the other side of the river,,,,yyeeaah.

[@meMiner]

Daisy wasn't happy that I left her at home. I couldn't take her on the plane.

[@vinceodaly4417]

U do great videos very interesting and well presented 🤯

[@meMiner]

Glad you think so!

[@kevinhubbard8039]

super glue my friend, works great on wounds and everything else,great vid

[@meMiner]

For the sucker? That might be a problem, as it needs to come apart. It does work great on wounds where you can hold two pieces of skin together (in place of a stitch).

[@symonsheppard5519]

Greig, buddy, iceman of Celtic heritage. That was a better result than most KZbin videos showing the day's excellent payload. Yes a nugget would put that in the shadows but you missed what I would have checked first, do you remember me saying people collected gold by putting a sheep fleece in the water at the bottom of a fast run, moss is natures fleece and when the water was fast flowing gold would have been caught up in that mass of green. Can you bus over the wet areas with your detector? any pickers would set it Of I think. Stay warm buddy.

[@meMiner]

Never show the ripping out of moss on video, unless you want lots of hate. ;-)

[@symonsheppard5519]

meMiner There is one guy who has been doing it, but if it's that sensitive I had better not mention his name.

[@McChrister]

Symon Sheppard Interesting, I like the sheep fleece theory...meMiner should give that a shot! Oh No,not the sheep I mean....🙊🐑😜😂

[@stevesfascinations1516]

Super video! Very relaxing, great underwater filming. The only thing that made me cringe was when you were sticking your hands into that freezing cold water OUCH (I have arthritis and feel that pain)!

[@meMiner]

I have been sticking my hands into cold water all my life. Especially, when ice fishing. I will probably pay for it with age. My last Labrador retriever got pretty sore from swimming in ice water.

[@highenergyog]

Is this a video from when you were out west or is this a secret location in Ontario? I'm asking because I'll be heading north next summer on my bike again and I'd love to spend a day or two panning and rockhounding on my two weeks riding home to Hamilton. Your videos just seem to get better each time you upload one Greig .

[@meMiner]

This was out west. The hint was "historic gold creek". Very few in Ontario had a gold rush and none were very successful

[@forwhatitsworth364]

Mad gold snoockle with no sharks. This is the shit.

[@loa81]

Where’s Daisy?! How can you be out without your rock/gold hound?! Hypothermia -another reason to never be without your Daisy! The bulb dredger might work better as you said with a piece of tape on the tube and putting the wrist band on with the bulbs in the palm of your hand and placing your first two fingers under the phalanges? Very nice, pretty, shiny gold stuff in the pan! Love the video!

[@meMiner]

Daisy was at home 3500KM away. She would have loved it out there and been a great prospecting partner. However, I didn't want to put her on a plane for that long (17 hours each way - 3 planes).

[@loa81]

meMiner Wow! What a long trip. I bet she still missed you!

[@cadent3421]

I LOVE ROCKS!!!!!!!!

[@meMiner]

Nature is wonderful. ;-)

[@hikeCANOEcamp]

I've got about 20 pairs of Polarized sunglasses if you Want a half a dozen let me know. I'm just outside of Peterborough. I also have happy glasses that are polarized as well. Happy glasses lol are when its dull and gloomy out, these make it a happy sunny day.

[@meMiner]

Do you dive them up? That is my preferred method.

[@hikeCANOEcamp]

Sure I'm usually out and about all over, how far away from Peterborough are you. My thanks to you for your great helpful and very knowledgeable information that you've shared.

[@meMiner]

@@hikeCANOEcamp Port Perry. About an hour drive

[@hikeCANOEcamp]

@@meMiner Sounds great I'll take that route through Cavan to go to Sail. I have to return a pair of water shoes, maybe meet up at Tim's. This Wednesday to Friday work for you? If so you name the day time and place. 👍

[@pauly51]

Surface tension will float gold. At 19.3 Wow!

[@meMiner]

Pretty amazing eh? Surface tension can rob you of gold.

[@genebradburn8804]

nice video meMiner !

[@meMiner]

Thanks much Smokey

[@michaelfarac9246]

Another good video me miner

[@meMiner]

Thanks Michael

[@valeriep.8364]

Just saw a new post that they are putting in a new road ŕight near the claim you bought out here in sooke. Or widening an existing one or whatever. Thought I'd let you know.

[@meMiner]

Dang. That would have been great except I let the claim go to a friend, as I would not be out there in time to do the necessary work to keep it another year. I don't think that i will try for another claim in the area, as the access to the forest roads is a hassle. Too bad. It is a beautiful place to be.

[@ReclusiveMountainMan]

15:40 important message. Amazing haul. Thanks.

[@meMiner]

Thanks

[@boedhaspeaks]

Nice and shiny candy :)

[@meMiner]

cheese. ;-)

[@dananorth895]

The biofilm on the rocks drives me nuts. A little shoe goop and felt pad glued on the soles like the fishermen works miracles. But wears fairly quick.

[@FarazKhan-wn2fp]

Well hard work sir,,SALUTE BECAUSE U DONT GIVE UP ,THOSE WHO GIVE NEVER GROW UP

[@ricksardella3436]

You can find fine gold in the moss on the stream some times

[@meMiner]

Very true. I remember a story from years ago about two girls in the Yukon who spent their vacation camping and mossing. On the last day, they burned the moss and panned the ashes, taking 20 ounces. Nobody kills that much moss anymore, but it does show that moss is a great gold trap

[@jalpa9642]

Some good finds hand dredging the crevices in the creek...! Micro fines take a little work but usually worth it..! Do you melt the fines down and make a nugget..? =)

[@meMiner]

I will have them melted into a button at some point in time.

[@meMiner]

Thanks for joining me on Premier of my video a few minutes ago.

[@tasdgoldprospecting2979]

Great video mate keep up the good work 👊🏻🤠👍🏻

[@meMiner]

Thanks for the kind words

[@IzzyLiliGold]

With that hand dredge you're supposed to push down on the concave section of the bulb with your thumb and hold the two tabs with your index and middle finger. When you do it that way it will create pressure against the housing and you won't lose pressure or lose the bulb. 👍

[@meMiner]

Good to know. I look forward to getting into the water soon and will try that

[@IzzyLiliGold]

@@meMiner Yes i bet you'll be amazed how much better it works. Just make sure the alum tube top-end is not inside the bulb, you should be able to see the end through the clear plastic. That way, when you depress the bulb, you don't seal the tube end with the inside of bulb. I usually use mine with the tube top-end about 1/2 inch from bulb.

[@simonstergaard]

Maby get a polaroid filter for your camera also :)

[@meMiner]

I have one for the GoPro, but it would be a good addition to the Canon M50

[@MetalDetectingDonna]

Looks fun!

[@ferdburphel2076]

Nice gold! There's some fun to be had there!

[@meMiner]

You got that right! I wish I was there right now.

[@stewdeezie1212]

Very Cool!!!! Man!!! the days are ticking by lol... I just can't wait to get out and get up a few hours north to play around. I think we are gonna go to Cobalt first. Just for funsies!

[@meMiner]

Good luck! I am waiting for the bugs to burn off a bit before my next trip. I can wear spray or a bug jacket, but poor Daisy gets bites on her belly and around her eyes. She is keen for a another trip soon. When you go, keep an eye out for my truck. It would be fun to cross paths.

[@stewdeezie1212]

That would be awesome to cross paths! Yeah I can understand that, you cant really spray daisy down.

[@BH-bj8lo]

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[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Wouldn't the pull lever type sucker bottle with a fixed nozzle be better to remove crevices in a creek (seen them on Australian and USA vlogs), then you can just pan for the gold after with limited substrate? They appear to come in different sizes? (the nozzle unscrews).

[@meMiner]

I have one made from PVC that is about 3' long and works amazing. Unfortunately, it is no longer legal to use in the streams in this province.

[@nickeldime3867]

I got off the channel for medical reasons now im back. I had asked you a question sometime back but had to go. I was going to ask you how to remove silver from granite rock that has gold and iron and granite cant use a metal detector because of the iron. I found a small piece of quartz that had a little vein of gold and silver in it but still dont know how to get the silver out of the granite you have any idea. I hate to get home with more iron and granite than silver thank you. But im back for good this time love your videos.

[@meMiner]

If your rock has gold, that is more probably important than silver. The typical method for small scale is crushing the stone and removing the gold. Beyond that are chemical methods, which can be interesting, but probably not something that would be economic on a small scale.

[@nickeldime3867]

Ive been thinking about building a rock crusher. I can remove the iron with a magnet. And tthen it might be easyer to find the silver easier. Well see what happens thank you. Now im going to have to wait until spring. Cant get to the claim for the snow.

[@scottishgirloutdoors2662]

I like that little sucker, nice gold 😄

[@meMiner]

I can think of a few Scottish creeks that it would be perfect on. ;-)

[@scottishgirloutdoors2662]

@@meMiner you and me both Lol gold season is over for me to next spring lol I don't do cold 😂

[@sodalines]

did you say arnt legal.. they can tell you what kind of tools you can and cant use.. im glad the Most states in the us dont care what you use. anyway. i love the video brother. keep up the great wwork.

[@meMiner]

It depends on the province in Canada. You are pretty safe with pan and shovel. After that in BC it depends if you own claim. You need a special permit to use a dredge which can only be used in very specific locations and with a permit that is difficult but not impossible to get. You can use a high banker if you own the claim, but the pump is restricted to 1.5". Any other machines need an approved work. Yukon is different. Other provinces are different. In most places hand tools are OK but even PVC hand suction tools are at best a grey area.

[@sodalines]

@@meMiner Thanks for the info. I dont get up There as much. The last trip i when on was to bag a white bear. I would love to move up there now that your gun laws are loosing a bit. Until you can get a carry permit as a normal citizen im going to stay down south. love your video brother.

[@summerland6397]

Washington State just made everything illegal except a shovel gold pan and regular sluice. A lot of new regulations.

[@albertcab]

@@meMiner In Spain, the use of machines of any kind to prospect for minerals in rivers in hobby mode is prohibited. Not so with the high bench as long as you do not use water pumps to feed them, that is why here we use waterwheels that the same force of the water is responsible for raising the water that we need in the high bench or we pour buckets of water, it is slow, heavy And you need two people to do it. The pacifier you use is fine but I use one made by me with a small plastic bottle and an aluminum tube with a 6mm inner diameter. Greetings from Girona, Catalonia.

[@sally6773]

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[@rickrayn]

Is this area claimed, wondering why you said that a power dredge is not allowed?

[@meMiner]

It is a friend's claim. Suction dredging requires special permits and very difficult to get.

[@MrInsaint]

Is it flourgold or floatergold?🤪

[@meMiner]

Placer gold can be called float. Flour gold is the fine stuff. Most locals call it fly poop. If it is really small, colours. It is still gold and eventually adds up to something. There is more fine gold to find than larger stuff.

[@americanrebel413]

1st!

[@meMiner]

congrats!

[@BH-bj8lo]

👑🌟👍🌟