This 100 Year Old Gold Mine Is Perfectly Preserved!

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[@JonnyxCasino]

Colorblind Gold Crew 🔥

[@VoGusProspecting]

Now that's a channel name

[@JonnyxCasino]

@@VoGusProspecting Well, we are both colorblind, and we both live in Gold Capitals of the world (I reside in Sacramento, CA); if we ever cross paths we'll have to make the collab ⛏️ 🪙 ⛏️

[@zanelorimer4030]

My father worked a bipper for 12yrs successfully, his advice on working old mine workings was if you don't find rubbish in the heap don't bother staying - it's been done. Bipper was his name for gold detector 😅

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Awesome lil adventure with Mick the relics are so cool and the mother lodes on its way I can feel it

[@boulderboyv10]

So happy you make these videos. My inner archaeologist loves getting lost in a good site exploration. You can learn so much from an old rubbish heap or firepit

[@Cha4k]

"Is Perfectly Preserved" WAS perfectly preserved ;)

[@trevdyer173]

Are you sure that was a wombat and not a money box full of gold? You should have poked it

[@gavinhogg6552]

😂😅 Like poking a bear 😂

[@trevdyer173]

@@gavinhogg6552 or lighting a fuse one a a cannon ball

[@seanelliott7796]

2 poke max. If it's like other rules of curiosity I've heard of 3 would have been playing with it. Not a big deal but sometime not appropriate in public or on video. Great job as always bud. Keep them comming.

[@trevdyer173]

@@seanelliott7796 🤣 more than 3 pokes and you run the risk of it exploding

[@animalistic670]

@@seanelliott7796 it's mine, so I'll wash it as fast and often as I want.

[@gyvren]

12:17 FLAT TRACK!! So cool!! 🙂🙂

[@mikealexander4518]

Did a lot of caving in my youth and would have loved to explore that mine. I'm WV, USA, so limestone, no gold. We located cave likely areas from Topo maps and geology. We opened never before been found. There are parts of caves I'm sure I have been the only person to see it. Great video.

[@Sk8rdad420]

Really interested in what you find at this site.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Ferny: "I can't eat that!" @ 6:12

[@CORE1.8MINISTERIES]

I really was interested in this. Thank you for sharing about this mine. I wish I could find a mine like that

[@tobieTyler6007]

It's true counter clockwise in Australia when you made the circles in your Pan. It was counter Clockwise.

[@kahnfu-zhin8627]

Another great video, Chris. Thanx so much for bringing us along. Give Fernie a thorough spankin’ for me!

[@petervalentine2703]

you have got to love it when mick lets himelf go and becomes a kid again.

[@chrisbrent7487]

Nice one making the news with that little black nugget.

[@scottdilley356]

The wobble my friend and nice

[@briancarter9553]

I'd like to see what you can find on the floor of the mine. Either with the metal detector or by sweeping it up and running it through your crusher. I can imagine them losing bits here and there. Thanks for taking us along on your journey.

[@VoGusProspecting]

That would be interesting to do. But I fear very dangerous

[@ssnerd583]

@@VoGusProspecting ....why dangerous??

[@VoGusProspecting]

@@ssnerd583 \Asbestos

[@ssnerd583]

@@VoGusProspecting .....aaaaHHHHHhhhhh...that really IS bad news....too bad for that. I wish you well, M8!!!

[@gadzee506]

I love this mone so much work done, that strike plate is freakin awesome

[@gnomespace]

Lovin the tie-dye Mick!

[@vincebulwin8888]

Cool artifacts to find and hammer drill time

[@robwilliams287]

really cool video, love the change of direction you decided to take!

[@thegoldrushguy]

Great video Chris - what an awesome mine

[@Fluffylives]

Love these longer adventures

[@gerardskanes5457]

really like your excitement that you bring to your videos

[@cindydifatta9012]

Love this so freaking much!! You and Mick look like 2 boys , so excited to go into the creepy mine! So happy that you found some goodies and some gold. Can hardly wait for you to go back again! ❤👍😁

[@Swamp-Fox]

Enjoyed watching you explore that old mine! Can't wait to see what you find there in the future!

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

That was fun especially when you two turned about face after seeing that wombat lol.......

[@bradleywalters7950]

Black pan has always worked well for me , as I am also colourblind. Pain in the ass 😂

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

All I could think about when you looked in that first hole was “snakes”!

[@AG-6969]

Wow! very cool mine! Also, Cave Man Era Tip: If you forget your scoop, you can easily make one from a piece of very dry wood lying about. Just need your trusty pocketknife. What? you forgot your pocketknife? Chris!!!!

[@RexSkittles]

Really really cool video!! Thank you for sharing! I live in Washington State and am jealous that you have so much cool stuff to explore and prospect in your back yard! I am sooo hooked on your channel!

[@mathewcuthbert965]

Hahah looming sacks! You means coles shopping bags 🤣

[@user-uq3gg1wu3d]

it looks like a sluce box type of ground setup.

[@Hawkeye2001]

I'm looking forward to more episodes from this mine.

[@robertcunninghammusic6712]

You need a hard hat with miners torch and feather wedges for taking samples out those mines and watch mbmm

[@gavinhogg6552]

How cool, can't wait to see how much you can get Thanks for the video Chris 👍🤓✌️

[@VoGusProspecting]

Hopefully a little bit mate

[@geradkavanagh8240]

Found the one of the old adits and stope on Norton Gold Field years ago. The adit went in some 20 metres below the ridge line to intersect the ore body at right angles. They then cut the orebody out vertically to ground level by caving the roof. Ore was removed via the adit by a minimal tramline. The stope was some 100 metres long. At the top of the ridge line were some tiny holes that dropped into the stope. Was dangerous ground to walk around on.

[@sirkriskringle]

Ooo Can't what to see what you find there next WOW . SKK .

[@weedfreer]

Yep...that notched wooden thing is definitely a rail gauge. There's a Welsh KZbinr called Lost Mines who finds items like that quite regularly. If you send him some measurements, he may be able to tell you the likelihood as to where the guys mining that vein may have come from in the UK...assuming of course that they were from the UK that is. There are various gauge's of rail which were used by the different regions of the UK at different times throughout history. Tonne fair, he has a really interesting channel and I'm sure he'd love to hear from you!

[@markfryer9880]

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a great channel to visit and given how many of the miners came from the UK to Australia, a very interesting resource. Mark from Melbourne Australia

[@weedfreer]

@@markfryer9880 it is a most excellent channel. The chap(s) who present the channel even do tours of some of the mines that they explore as well.

[@GoldenSkullProspecting]

Awesome find with that mine and working area, too cool indeed, hopefully it gives you loads of gold 😁👍

[@Aaron_Hanson]

Cheers Chris 🍻 I’ve seen some of this footage before but it’s nice to wake up in chilly Ballarat to see a fresh upload from Vo-Gus prospecting 😂 Get some Saturday into ya 🇦🇺🍻😜

[@johnjacobs1625]

Nice job Detective Chris!! Good Luck buddy!! JJ

[@timandrews1613]

Jeff Williams would like exploring that mine boys

[@rolltide5222]

Awesome, looks so fun

[@VoGusProspecting]

it was a lot of fun

[@markfryer9880]

Great adventure Chris! Great to see Mick again! Lots of interesting stuff. That original Vegemite jar was a great find and a great way to time period the mine. Mark from Melbourne Australia

[@VistaViews]

12:06 strap rail!

[@brandonjackson1434]

What a great new find,look forward to seeing more of that little mine,ears back tail wagging

[@jasonmarkus3834]

i feel like the missed opportunity here is failing to train your dog to sniff for gold.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Gold has no smell

[@nichoaspolites]

Love the new videos Chris can't wait to see more mines

[@markroper9269]

Cool video! Love that you waited for backup before heading in! You could give each dog a stick that is exactly the same as the other one and they will fight over one of them. LOL

[@VoGusProspecting]

What's yours is mine is a dog's motto

[@audigga4396]

Awesome adventure and some great finds!

[@lukeozdigger5730]

I know that hill 😮 you need to see the Adit on the other side.

[@geradkavanagh8240]

The 3 sided stacked rock was probably a fireplace to roast harder rock before crushing. In the process it would also have done some conversion of Iron sulphides into Iron oxides. Iron sulphides tend to be low magnetic but the oxides can be picked up easily with a magnet. Why its always worthwhile to toast some samples and concentrates and hit them with a magnet before panning .

[@colinwade448]

Great channel

[@x2gaming149]

thanks for having this vid out on a friday fella. also not many people understand the full danger of mines, even being at the entrance its wanting to harm the lungs 4:27, i know you had mad a vid about this alrady, but just wanted to point out a good example of how close the danger is in mines

[@VoGusProspecting]

Yeah bro, I got pretty serious about it after this day.

[@animalistic670]

13:30 Your party encounters WOMBAT! •FIGHT •RUN You escaped! XP + 0

[@MadMarlin1964]

Wow, there were some tasty looking veins you showed @15:50.

[@bradhile5031]

Great vid Criss however my wife says I have to stop watching your vids or at least remove the pick from the bed😂

[@stewartcorkill8144]

Great vid, The mine was awesome with the old rails still in place

[@danrogers9945]

That mine is friggin amazing guys!

[@FjHenderson]

Up above the addit and below it, the vein may come back to the surface and widen out.

[@stupidminotaur9735]

Wombat at 13:30

[@martinmoessmer9527]

One of your best videos collectively. I'm painfully trying hardrock on my own. I endeer your effort and journey. Thanks Chris. Onya Mick.

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's a painful learning curve

[@barbarabeagley6650]

So frikkin cool!

[@rldecluedeclue9152]

So much fun watching you guys! Hi Fern

[@Blizzy122..]

lol i honestly thought you guys were joking about the wombats and then you actually find one

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's not the first time finding them in there either

[@Silly_fishing_penguin]

Such a cool looking mine, you need to have a detect in there

[@VoGusProspecting]

Already did, no nugs this time.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Getting down that slope is easy if not comfortable. Getting up the hill again is what I do not like.

[@jamesolson4420]

Awesome Bud

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks ✌️

[@jeremyinthewild]

Haha that was very Blair Witch when you turned the camera and the light and bam, wombat! Did he not even notice you?

[@VoGusProspecting]

He was asleep luckily

[@markbrown6236]

Great find, hope you go back soon.

[@troygunter1600]

Very educational gentlemen I thought the first vegemite jars were the white ones. They were definately camping there my Grandpa and great uncle had a camp at the entrance to their mine. That candle Mick found is choice and the busted stampmill pad. Cant wait to see what comes out of that working face once you deal with that young wombat. On a side note they eat really well well so Im told. To bring in a stampmill it must have been up around an oz or two per tonne. Time to fire up the forge fire and custom make some doors to keep out the wombats.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I believe the white ones were from the 30s. Could be wrong. I've found one of those a few years back

[@troygunter1600]

@@VoGusProspecting The first one I saw I was about 13. My Dad told me it was from during the great depression. When my Great Grandpa had put his son in law, my Grandpa and my great Uncle onto some alluvial gold in a dry creekbed in northern SA. My Great Grandpa was good friends with a local publican and spent most of his time there while my Grandpa was blowing flour gold out of bedrock 5ft under the dry creekbed. The story goes Great Grandpa was full of advice and dissapointment that they needed to find more gold because he had already invested too much of his money. Grandpa said maybe spend more on food for us to eat instead of whiskey so my Grandpa threw the empty white vegemite jar at him and told him not to come back until it was full, that would cover his bar tab and some more food for the tuckerbox. Basically shut up and piss off. 6hrs later he came back singing some Irish ditty juggling the once empty vegemite jar in his hands which he threw infront of my Grandpa who was on his hands n knees snuffing gold dust. Great Grandpa managed to fill it with nuggets and more putting them in their place saying that will fill your tuckerbox get back to work and headed back to the pub. My Dad ended up with the empty jar and the story when he was 12 Around 1938 and gave it to me empty in 1988. Wow thats the long way to say yeah white vegemite jars are from the thirtys hahaha

[@asjamuir5534]

Hope u get bags of gold Chris

[@VoGusProspecting]

I'd settle for a single bag

[@dodgygoose3054]

Thank you for taking us along on that adventure ... can't wait to see what those other veins pop out

[@BRAVITS]

Couldn't watch the fckng video in peace thinking about the dog falling into the crack...

[@Yuckster]

What’s you do with the candle ?

[@buscandooroartesanalmentes3823]

es algo realmente antiguo amigo

[@thomasdatrain4391]

I don't why I thought this was in like Arizona or Nevada when halfway through I noticed the Australian accent 😂 I'm like what the hell is a wombat! 😂

[@gyvren]

I’m just here for the Fern clips. 😘

[@dogit1840]

Maybe you need a geiger counter glowing Rock could that have been uranium no whiskey lots and lots of red wine lol 💥💥

[@GavTatu]

100 years ago sounds a long time, but 1923 doesn't.

[@franguimfrangoso104]

Salve salve guerreiro 💎⛏️🇧🇷

[@lauriertripp7064]

That Vegemite lid find was the real gold in this video. Can't even think of a good parallel for the Canadian mines! Beaut

[@moniqueguzik3022]

I absolutely love your channel, just one question.. you don't sign off anymore. The video just stops. It leaves me hanging. How come it changed?

[@VoGusProspecting]

Ahhh, yes. That is actually the point. Makes you want more and increases my whatch time.

[@user-ff5it1qn7w]

Let go get the job done

[@AdmiralAdam100]

Great video buds! Most people nowadays would be disappointed with the end results due to short term tik tok instant gratification brains...but this is what prospecting really is! You guys look like you're having a blast! Cheers 🍻.

[@Matti_H_]

Whisper water !

[@thugishrugishbone]

mr sparkle hope the socks bring you luck

[@thomaselston4680]

maybe the structure was a cabin

[@The_Opal_Leprechaun]

Yes!!!!

[@timothyodonnell8591]

The archeology content in the video was as cool as the gold content.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Glad you liked it

[@NQwater]

Love that you guys respect your finds.... lets hope no low life works out where this spot is.... thanks guys

[@joke4301]

I find it interesting that when called out everything with your content changed 🤔

[@VoGusProspecting]

You mean after making 700 panning videos I made a change because with was bord AF

[@billunderwood8975]

Gadze says you don't need a hard hat. You need a warning sign. One that reads: WARNING HARD HEAD AREA HARD HAT NOT REQUIRED 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MUDSWAT]

I'm not an expert, I don't even prospect or mine. I'm interested and I'd like to, so I've versed myself in the hobby/profession. So I just want to say this. A mine is NOT like surface gold. You may not find a bit here and a bit there. In a mine you have a chance to get on some serious Gold. This is just my ammature view, I could be totally wrong but that's what I feel.

[@VoGusProspecting]

In my experience you're right. You strike out more in hard rock but when you don't it, it's usually very good!

[@liltoomas]

Where

[@jerrynewberry433]

You need a small RC truck with a camera gimbal, to explore those adits and tunnels safely first. Would make for some interesting video.

[@chrisbrent7487]

Looks a bit similar to one I found down the valley from Wandilligong though it was a much longer open stope and I never found an adit running into it. The one I found still had ore pillars holding the two sides appart and lots of old timbers. It would have been older than 100 years though. I have all the old survey maps for that area with a bunch of holes I found that were not on it already.

[@catherine999]

Oh wow, that's amazing!

[@joshuajackson6442]

Yummy yummy yummy!