Spot the Difference Between Fool Gold and Real Gold!

[@thegeck9978]

When you see REAL gold in the pan for the first time, it is unmistakable. There is no other.

[@carlmclelland7624]

Chris, I'm not sure I understand. Maybe you should send me that stuff in the little bottle so I can use it for a future reference?!?!?! Hahahahahaha.................. GREAT demonstration...

[@dodgygoose3054]

I've found neat trick out in the field, just use the shadow of your hand. Pass it over the 'subject' if it stays yellow ... GOLD! If it doesn't ... it's leaveitright mineral.

[@shaunfelton2046]

Brilliant! I was fooled my first time out panning.

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

When people ask me, "how do I know, it is gold", I always answer, "When you see gold, you will know, there is nothing like gold..." That was the case with my firs pan with gold. I just knew...

[@mommysheren]

Thanks for your video, I just play, when i start to try get gold in river. I saw sparkling and think that gold, but i know the differences now.

[@MadMarlin1964]

Oooohhhhh…. Love the sounds it makes when a bunch is poured.

[@joaniemckinney970]

I would love to just watch the gold pour section of this vid looped over and over! AWESOME!!

[@kennethkeppler4707]

Hi all the way from South Africa, always enjoy checking out your vids. Learned a lot from watching you. Cheers and be safe always

[@mundidog1000]

In PNG during a certain gold rush in the 90's in the highlands you could not buy a brass fitting within 100k as it was common for then to be filled down and added to cons to fool the buyer - which I was doing on behalf of the landowner who has the mineral rights. As the gold in the region was ~830 fine it was actually difficult to just look at the fine con and pick the difference, My tactic to get around this - don't forget this is in the field gold buying at 10 000 ft - was to insist on doing a pan test on what they were trying to sell to me. The sellers that were honest agreed immediately so no issue, the sellers that knew they were busted said they would sell elsewhere and left quick and the ones that took the chance were shown after a quick dish my concerns and were offered the option to take their material away - no fault no issue. Remember this is in the highlands in the 90's. I used a 14 green and a 10 black and still have them. I like that panning is a powerful skill to learn and is still being displayed. I was buying up to 10kg a day to put it into perspective ,all in cash and had 4 police with shotguns at all times. The majority were larger pieces >2mm that could be hand picked quickly so no drama telling the difference. I used to watch the locals dish and only pick out what they could and discard the rest back into the creek as it was not worth their time. We estimated about 1 million ounces were taken from that field over 5 years and at its peak there were 5000 people. The chopper pilots were paid in gold tipped into a jar.

[@thenextbondvillainklaussch3266]

also Pyrite has alot of flat surfaces , something that is near (or is) impossible to find on gold you find out in the wild.

[@trevdyer173]

This is soo much better than the scratch and sniff method

[@joaniemckinney970]

HAHAHAHA! Wonderful!😂🤣

[@jacobmartinez806]

Thanks for the videos Chris I have learned so much and even have found me a bit of gold here in Colorado and I’m getting better every time I go prospecting. Thanks again for the videos I hope you can keep making them for us to learn from.

[@steven_ewen]

Thanks for sharing Chris

[@emilyzielke851]

Gold is beautiful. Vo-Gus Prospecting is the best.

[@edwardmcbain5730]

Just a side note for panners.Pirate tends to flit around in the pan and most times floats out on the surface.Fine gold will float if contaminated,dirty water etc.If you see a bunch of shiny sitting on sand inthe water it is not gold.Great vid Chris.

[@48thstateprospecting]

Also when you hit pyrite with a hammer it shatters whereas gold will stay together and flatten out 😬👍🏻👊🏻

[@arronthomas68]

Another test is using a multi meter to check continuity. Pyrite won't beep. Gold will.

[@brshoggalyboogaly7237]

What will the numbers read on the multi meter . Higher the better or . I have auto meter and it makes some large samples I have conduct threw the rock

[@goldmining36]

Hi bro Great presentation Straight up and down Keep it up 👍🏼

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

Back in the early ‘80’s vac in California, went gold panning at one of the roadside parks, had a fine pile of fools gold at the end, but I did have a tiny picker of the real thing, such fun!

[@davidhandyman7571]

Thanks Chris. Very interesting.

[@willcoon371]

Ah talk to Kelsh, I grew up in Colorado, there is a river nere fort collins that will drive any panners nutts.... seriously ask Kelsh on that one

[@hasmeadali7316]

Awesome adventure Mate Thank you. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and please stay safe. God bless you and yours always 🙏

[@yoopermann7942]

i guess i was a very lucky boy growing up,, most of my great uncles and their friends used to spend their summers out in the western u.s,,, as miners and prospectors,, then come back home in the winter,, so yup heard and learned alot from those guys that the older boys didnt as i was the small sickly one of the family all those old timers have passed away now but i still carry the knowlage they freely shared with a little sick boy

[@jeremycanterohioprospecting]

Gold is awesome and the most respected metal in the world don't see how people could confuse pyrite with gold so easy to tell the difference for one thing pyrite doesn't stay at the top of the pan like gold or lead or even iron but I'm sure there's still people out there that can't tell the difference thanks for sharing mate 🕵️

[@VoGusProspecting]

When you first start and have never seen it in real life it's very easy to make that mistake. Point in case, I get shown pyryte so much from people asking me if it's gold thay I made this video.

[@jeremycanterohioprospecting]

Sorry sorry just having fun 😅

[@jeremycanterohioprospecting]

What kind of music are you into Chris? If that ain't too weird of an off topic question?

[@devindrasookram2186]

Well where I from the only gold we have is black gold (oil) it does be nice u all can go in any random places and pan for gold

[@javier-m75]

now this a bit more clearer than other videos. i think i was fooled.

[@emilcorneliucostea2254]

Mate i had loads and was so happy and proud.till someone hit me with same explanation

[@MotorJeffries]

Very helpful!!

[@jeremycalnan4180]

So what happens when you put your pyright in nitric acid

[@cjextreme]

Thanks for proving me correct 😊

[@garylinker69]

Never found gold (never looked). Always wondered what was the difference and now I know. Great job again 👏🙂 sell it to education websites now👍

[@gorbgorbon5698]

has pyrite its uses ? do you just throw it away or do you still collect it ? i thought you can make pretty things with it. or just collect hughe amounts and boast about it

[@elishadoyle8191]

Where do you go to get the real stuff

[@jasonaucolorado5111]

Another way is use a safety pin if it is pyrite it will chip off and gold is soft and won't chip

[@gold-diggersanonymous1085]

it's simple: if you are not sure if it is gold, then it's not. as soon as you see real gold in the pan, regardless how tiny, you know! got it!

[@michealklonowski5267]

self. thank you for sharing.

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video

[@CanadianGoldProspector]

Man..... That's a sweet nugget in your pan. 🇨🇦😎🇨🇦 CGP

[@JacobE-23]

Great little informative video for the newbies out there, wish I knew this my first time panning, thought I found the Motherlode 🤣🤣

[@elishadoyle8191]

😂😂😂

[@thesurfingprospector6345]

Yes and an easy way in the pan It’s grab a bit on your finger tip And drag it across the pan It will leave a skid mark lol lol white And also the old saying is that glitters is not gold But I use all that FLITTERS is not gold As it washes away easy and flitters on wash back I get a lot up my part of the mountains ⛰ Cheers 🍻 CrouchOz

[@krakhedd]

Pyrite is iron sulfide or something, right? What about those researchers who recently (seems like 1-2 years) discovered that very small gold is often locked up in pyrite?

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

watch mbmmllc chanell, Jason is goldminer and also smelts pyrite to extract gold...

[@krakhedd]

@@frantiseklaluch6605 aye, I watch Jason all the time. I haven't seen him smelt pyrite that I can recall? Maybe I missed a vid, I'll go search. Thanks!!

[@krakhedd]

@@frantiseklaluch6605 def remember him cooking off sulfides but that's not the same as mechanically or chemically freeing small pieces or pockets, that's cooking off the sulfur so there are fewer contaminants and the reactions happen properly

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

@@krakhedd look for "Why Roast Sulfide Concentrates?" and "How To Smelt A Gold Button By Roasting Sulfide Concentrates"

[@krakhedd]

@@frantiseklaluch6605 I found an older Jeff Williams video earlier. That set me straight. Thank you!!

[@GertrudePerkins]

So many people mistake Chalcopyrite for gold.

[@ilouse]

Difreinterate.. 😂😂 I like that bit.

[@ilouse]

Where you getting the cornflakes? Pm me.. 😂

[@VoGusProspecting]

Its a big word and I did a couple of takes to spit it out right lol

[@insolentstickleback3266]

So mmmm! GOLD!

[@babajansameer8568]

Thenks sir😊 more videos

[@hobbieminers8487]

First couple of times I went out got quite a collection of pyrite. Till I found out what it was and then dumped it out and started again. 😂

[@robwolfeauhunter8349]

Wish you had these when I started panning had to look like an idiot taking fools gold to the gold buyer but hey live and learn.

[@bsideadventures2180]

Praying for yall

[@masteryoda9454]

From a very young age i was taught the difference between pyrite and real gold

[@jeremycalnan4180]

Gold runs in vanes of quarts and pinchy phyright .....

[@dennisstewart9245]

awesome explanation Chris, very good to know thanks cheers

[@memine3704]

First day on the sluice I got fooled. Looked nice in the sun and the water. Do a couple hours work, to discover at clean up you've got no gold ...haha. That'll teach you pretty fast.

[@thomascraddock8697]

me: some sulfide deposits can be several hundred or even thousands of ounces per ton of refractory precious metal material that show no precious metals in a pan or using gravity concentration. everyone else: thats fooze gold g.

[@rohantherockwiththerocketh7871]

Gold gleams while pyrites glitter!

[@bigredracer7848]

27👍's up thanks for sharing

[@sxyangeleyez]

squeeze it with pliers, if it shatters

[@glennmiller2494]

some pyrites will smell like sulfer when burned

[@LuisRuiz-sv2mz]

Cool beens 😂

[@legneil]

👏👏👍👍👍

[@johnharrop5530]

Bloody hell Unfortunately there out there Fools that is

[@fortunatusnine2012]

🤔

[@David_11111]

yay

[@digger105337]

Sorry! Not a pure element. All placer or lode gold is a blend of gold, silver, copper and various other platinum group metals. It can contain other elements like lead, zinc and iron. It's NEVER 100 percent pure, nature doesn't work that way. Pyrite and calca pyrite can also be present. Gold and it's various counterparts can be found fused to all such other parent minerals such as quartz, feldspar, granite ect Sorry to correct you Chris.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Yes yes. But gold is an element. It's literally on the periodic table. And gold almost always makes up the vast majority of placer gold, giving it its colour. You'll get different shades from all the inclusions yes but it's always gold.

[@emilmanyarski536]

yes yes yes :D

[@echochildus2441]

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[@nataliaincrease5364]

This is rubbish explanation 😂😂😂

[@nickblack4653]

Thank you so much I have all pirite