You Might Get in A LOT of Trouble Doing This in Some Places!

[@r.awilliams9815]

The bit of rock you picked up at 5:35 is a piece of thunder egg. Nice find, Chris.

[@timothyodonnell8591]

Chris - Thank you for taking the time to edit this video. Well done!

[@davidhandyman7571]

That is great. If I cannot get out and do it myself, I appreciate you taking us along with you.

[@thineownentity]

24:16 and you are showing a formation and sign above . A dove appears in the same crystal form above it. You are being peacefully watched over, Brother Chris. You show well on here , too. Cheers! 🤟

[@nathancarmichael7050]

You have the best infotianment on the internet. Have a wonderful day!

[@seantilson6330]

Love watching his videos.! Have you been introduced to Pioneer Pauly, or Dan Hurd.?? They are awesome as well.! 🤜🤛😁👍👍

[@nathancarmichael7050]

@@seantilson6330 I have and I agree they are awesome,have a wonderful day

[@wamlartmuse2983]

He does give really good information. I put him about even with "ask Jeff Williams" & the funny part is I think Jeff is a geologist.

[@seantilson6330]

@@wamlartmuse2983 I absolutely love Jeff so I don't want to sound like I'm talking down about him but sometimes the funny overrides the information and it gets a little......... Well, annoying. I know that sounds terrible because I really do like the man.. I am a huge fan of Pioneer Pauly and Dan Hurd as well and I liked the collaboration that him and Pauly did.! Definitely not hating on him, just sometimes it feels a little forced on the humor end of things. 😁

[@moonstarer55]

Well done Chris, informative as usual and with some fun too. One of these days Chris…..you’re going to find some cracking nuggets

[@laurelbaynton5529]

So much fun watching you do all the work. Just kidding...your enthusiasm is always a treat to watch.

[@luvovror02]

At 6:30, you are on my rock hound heart's dream pebble bar! WOWZER! Lucky Chris finding some gorgeous crystals. The natural cabochon looks like a colour variation of Carnelian. 💖

[@JhonDiamond2021]

This is an extraordinary job, identification is held before work begins

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Thank you Chris, just what I needed. Laid up six as a summer newt at home.

[@removeableskull7446]

You could add some small manual pumps to the rocker box to combine the shaking and the water flow to be easier

[@dylanjames4537]

Well done Chris, loved the experience you bring to this format

[@trekinseattle]

25:35 71.50 Aus dollars for 3 hours on the high bank. Driving diesel 28.00 Pump petrol 4.00 Good lunch at outback dinner 22:00 Equipment cost, wear n tear. Awesome hobie, won't get rich, but it's fun and partially pays for it's self

[@rubywarrior1]

yes, i need one of those micro highbanker. (bad back). and a one inch suction dredge., yeah, that should work.

[@brandonjackson1434]

Great show ,that's so cool to use the old rocker box out there

[@wsurferdude_ct]

Chris, been following your videos for awhile now. So relaxing and grounded... Thank You!!

[@steven_ewen]

Love the video Chris. I was thinking that you had over a gram in the highbanker clean up. That smokey Quartz Crystal was a ripper as were all the other finds on the recon day. I think if I was you I'd try the highbanker at the rocker box spot if you ever have enough water there again. Cheers and thank you for sharing your adventures

[@TalRohan]

thats a really nice clean up form reedy creek, and the rocker box did pretty well too....

[@vicprosadventures4546]

Another well done choreographed prospecting video. You should check out Robs finds they are exceptional. He is a professional well respected prospector and has 40 plus years of prospecting experience and geological knowledge, knows the area up there like the back of his hand.

[@thefirstmissinglink]

Love your explanation of technique and the differences in the equipment as well as your tempered enthusiasm. Your time and energy management is important too.

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Well done Chris. Got to hit those spot while the water is there. Nice take mate. Regards Andrew 👍😁

[@silvaorgold]

Very informative and entertaining to watch Love senior videos and your dog on in all of them thanks for the good time Chris can't wait for the next one

[@williampendergrass186]

Great episode Chris, the hard of prospecting is Finding the gold. Soooo true

[@SmokePineapple]

I’ve never been to Australia and I’m not 100% familiar with the fungus therein, but I believe that fungus was what is colloquially known as witches butter.

[@diggindeland3421]

Good Job Brother. As Always Thanks for letting us join your Adventure :) Cheers

[@wilsonrawlin8547]

Outstanding video and content Chris! Very well done and so much to learn from you. Even if I'm not in Oz.

[@itatane]

Hey Chris, I have a dumb question. Have you ever fossicked an old gravel or sand pit in your area? Do you even have such things in Ozzie? Here in the states, there are quite a few places where companies mine sand and gravel deposits, selling the product as play sand, or for construction materials. Anyway, they use a vibrating contraption to separate and grade the material, like a dry washer, I guess. Some of the old abandoned sites (usually from smaller, independent operations) still have tailings piles, with untouched layers of heavies in them. (After all, most people don't even know there is gold in my area, unless they are in the hobby...) Hope my question made sense, because I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack.

[@Gold-Prospecting-Bulgaria]

Some of these sand mines have lots of gold! Old prospector once told me a story how back in the 90-s they taught such mine operators in Bulgaria to extract the gold from the sand to earn additional profits. They simply added large sluice boxes to the wash plants. And immediately they began to extract on average 5 grams of gold per day. Enough to pay for the fuel cost of the whole operation! But they had to keep it quiet, because they didn't have permit for a gold mining company. 🙂They only have permit for mining sand for construction.

[@خالدسعد-خ5ض]

دح

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

Yes we do have these things here.Australia is very big on all sorts of mining, a very modern technology country, so modern we don’t carry guns around and shoot each other on a daily basis. America should try it, it’s much safer.

[@steveshort7694]

I love highbankers. Mine is a "Goldwell Sluice" with my homemade battery powered trommel and a bilge pump for the water that I bring to the dry creek I also iike the broad. brimed hat and long sleeve shirts.

[@CaptainCurt07]

*What country or areas allows this, my first time watching channel* 👍🏼Nice video

[@Bjj44420]

When you have really low water areas as long as you have some flow dig yourself a good size hole in line with even a small flow and where you might not have had a deep enough spot to scoop water or pan it will then give you a spot where you have a larger sum of water that will build up and then not have any problem especially for using a rocker box or panning

[@tommynoel9929]

Thanks Chris! As always very inspirational

[@jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103]

In ontario canada they don't even want you panning back into the river because the stirred up sediment can effect biology down stream. They want you to do it in a little hole a meter or so away from the river. No sluce boxes at all.

[@epicname1549]

Hot... Muggy... and slightly Cold... Sounds like a perfect summer day!!!

[@648Roland]

Has the Gold Commissioners compound been checked out yet? It's high above the creek and across the track from a very old memory.

[@dahhhkness9706]

Hi Chris! Well you have got me into the hobby! Thanks for your invaluable guidance on here to help newbies get started!

[@wigglewiggle3789]

You have far too much fun. Which is so good to see. Take care brother.

[@markwarren8981]

Hi Chris I’ve been watching your channel for sometime now and I’ve taken a lot of points from what you put out Your videos have a lot of good information and put a lot of work into it. You’ve got a quarter quirky sense of humour which I like. Keep up the good work stay safe

[@270Remi]

What do you think about trying to use a cordless leaf blower for your dry washer to try and save weight compared to using the gas powered vacuum/blower?

[@markfryer9880]

It is an option, but remember that battery powered equipment is still not as powerful as petrol engine powered equipment in terms of performance against weight. Don't get me wrong, I love the flexibility of all of the cordless equipment available today, but there are times when you need to assess which power source is the best for the operation to be performed.

[@79littlewings.]

Brother Chris of Vic 😄The tree snotted on it self That's jungle jelly an edible that tastes like air/water slight fungi flavoured great vid like to see you showing folk you eating tree snot😄 Bit of bush food knowledge is always a good thing to learn and teach I advised Levi Tassie boys but hasn't yet done anything, as much as he liked idea. One day will catch up currently on gold lease WA getting crystalline reef gold ✨ Lov light lunacy ✨

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I live in NW Oregon and we have "Tree sneeze Fungi" too. I've found orange, yellow, white, and black kinds of that jelly looking fungi here. It's super unique. (You guys have bioluminescent mushrooms & I'm super jealous, plus many other awesome things I've always loved about Australia and NZ and Tasmania area's. Such awesome parts of the world.)

[@The_shown_family]

If you ever come to the USA Idaho has some great hard rock mines and high banking.

[@kaboom4679]

Black sand composed of mostly tin . Big smoky quartz crystals . Sounds like a greisen / pegmatite . Might be worth taking a much closer look at those gravels for tourmaline and / or topaz . Also , might be tungsten minerals present . They show up pretty well with a black light .

[@VoGusProspecting]

Yes we have all of those.

[@Spudscave]

Absolutely loved this upload you are nearly as good a gold miner as the one and only Gad-zee only joking Chris you’re doing a fantastic job love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thomasmckay9878]

Your channel and furball are awesome....never bored watching you.

[@aaronlagos5863]

Two dogs, one scratch behind each each ear just because you always ask so nicely. And let's be honest, they deserve it. Keep the good videos flowing.

[@Makobadger]

That smokeys in a feltspar matrix ive got some un worn down pieces just like that from a different part of the world

[@adriaannikken7519]

There is probably a small army itching to fill your buckets for processing later if we could just get there. It's -20 celsius here. I'm not man enough to get out there, but 100 years ago my area (Edmonton Alberta Canada) was claimed 60 miles north and south of the city and those folks worked the river all year. Thanks for the vid

[@markfryer9880]

Working the river even in a Canadian Winter? They needed their heads read. How would you do it without freezing to death or getting hypothermia?

[@miketyson8933]

Someone had worked that rocker box spot before and they did a good amount you can see all the bigger rocks moved around theres some big gold in there ya just gotta keep gettin in that ground and or use that detector!

[@jph8266]

That looks like so much fun!

[@luvovror02]

I am envious of your crystal finding! LOL See how addicting rockhounding can be.

[@michealklonowski5267]

thank you for sharing the adventure and nice gold high banking and the rocker box doesn't look to bad either. 😉 😀 👍

[@wamlartmuse2983]

24:15 that fungus might be edible. I'd have to get a better look at it in person & get a spore print. Tremella Fuciformis / snow fungus.. It's basically like white wood ear as far as taste & texture. 🍄💜

[@79littlewings.]

Jungle jelly bush food 👍

[@wamlartmuse2983]

@@79littlewings. awesome name for it lol 👍

[@neilsimon9990]

Congratulations. BTW cats like scratches behind the ears too.

[@ultimatewestyexperience4345]

Scratched my Dutch Shepherd and Mini Dash Hound behind both ears, just for you sir. Duggy and Toby love your videos too now. (Kinda shoulda called them Ren & Stimpy in hindsight.)

[@ksquebec2464]

Nice historic tool you showed !!! Good luck from canada

[@emilyjayne77]

Hey Chris and gadzee 🎉 hope you boys are enjoying the sunshine ☀️ it’s bloody freezing here 🥶

[@gadzee506]

Hey Millie the abrupt change in heat isn't good here. We went out yesterday ended up cutting it short to a hour coz we both were struggling and it was only like 25.

[@emilyjayne77]

@@gadzee506 😂 what I’d do for 25° now lol it’s around 7 here 🥶

[@emilyjayne77]

The sun set today was 15:52 😄 I want our sun back 😫😂

[@gadzee506]

@@emilyjayne77 yeah we didn't have spring you can have our summer sun if ya want it's a spicey

[@emilyjayne77]

@@gadzee506 no thanks! We’ve had a taste of 43° a couple of days and me did NO likey! 🥵 there’s only so many layers you can take off and it still be socially acceptable 😂 I think I’d sooner be cold for 6 months of the year than have your mid summer heat! What’s your favourite season? I assume not mid summer?

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Reckon you should ask the Mickelbergs. Legend has it they know a lot about gold and how to find it. Ton's of the stuff.

[@Gold-Prospecting-Bulgaria]

The rocker box is one of the most inefficient ways to processes material.🤪 The only advantage is that it works with very little water. My favourite method for remote mountain areas is mini highbanker with gravity feed. Dredging is also great fun but it's heavy and difficult to carry to remote areas.

[@markfryer9880]

Dredging is outlawed in Victoria.

[@joshuajackson6442]

Jolly good, thank you loved it!

[@jeffmcdonald8076]

The way I see it $71 for 3 hours work that is roughly 30 maybe $35 an hour after taxes for having fun in the woods seems like a win-win to me

[@kevinhavens5279]

U would think they would make the box it’s a foot pedal on it to shake the box then both hands are free u use ur foot to rock the box when it needs to b rocked might b something to think about modifying

[@johnnoblemedia]

Chris your commentary in you videos are excellent. Always look forward to your video's. Cheers mate.

[@salaciouscreations4323]

A guy in Wales went to prison for this. The state don't like sources of income out of thin air

[@johnjacobs1625]

Nice Day out & about brother Chris!

[@buttkikkus]

Think you could do a video on sizing an electric water pump? I’ve been wanting to build my own high-banker but I’m stuck trying to figure out what size pump to get.

[@robertjackson2051]

Chris I think that you should go back there and please can you make a video of you build your rocker box please

[@cuban9splat]

LOL... "It looks like the tree sneezed!" Good one.

[@earljohnson2676]

I’m thinking as that water comes off the high banker thing maybe set something underneath where the water comes out that could filter the water through and keep the material from above so you could actually check and see what amount your actually loosing . Your a smart guy I’m sure figure something out . Maybe a bucket or storage container drill holes about half n inch up from the bottom so the water gets out and the material stays ? Idk maybe you already do just shooting n idea

[@gadzee506]

We just shovel the tailings in a pan and test what the loss rate is if we get alot of specks then we alter the highbanker on a lower angle and maybe drop the flow rate of the water.

[@t.repadventures45]

Thanks for posting this!

[@miketyson8933]

You need a couple buckets to fill up walking back and forth youre spending more time walking then moving dirt

[@CaliforniaCam]

How long do you usually spend in the same area before moving on to see if there is anything better?

[@TalRohan]

been waiting all day Chris this.... is ..... getting ..... painful

[@Bawkr]

Awesome great video, XD I want to go out and pan a bit too cold tho.

[@pappyb9644]

Enjoyed the video nice gold out the highbanker good job ⚒️⛏️🇺🇸🕳️

[@gadzee506]

Geez I can't remember filming that first bit of the video.

[@theomich4602]

Thx

[@bettyflipflop8823]

Thoroughly enjoyable video.

[@iideadlynoobii9376]

Just started to get into prospecting in Qld, would love to know where abouts I can buy sluices an highbankers

[@vincecotton127]

Mate ...I love your Channel. I can't afford being a patreon...I'm hard pressed to make my mortgage payments. But I have to say that they reckon watching a fish tank is relaxing...I find that your channel is the same. I get excited when you find good Gold and if you don't I enjoy the bush and creeks where you are. Thanks Mate for the effort you put into your videos and to your Mates as well.....Oh and Fern too.

[@VoGusProspecting]

There's no need to be one at all, it's simply something I offer. Honestly, as long as you're enjoying the films that's all I want!

[@nelsonminingandabandonedplaces]

@@VoGusProspecting That is epic what you said to that fellow. Your a truly a genuinly blessed person i hope amazing things happen for you always for being an amazing person

[@soggybottomgoldprospecting3586]

Great run nice colors.

[@jollygreen1862]

Did you know that farmers keep the horseshoes in the "U" position to collect luck? So if yours is upside down you are losing luck in your tailings

[@fit_pharmd4830]

Guessing 1 gram as well 🤞🤞 No matter what watched the whole thing as usual and loved it!

[@munchiemanager2985]

The dog reverse digging gave me a good laugh

[@goldiswhereyoufindit]

Man I wish my area had no hematite or magnetite and just a tiny bit of tin like yours.

[@tedrowland8672]

I do these kinds of things out in public places and never get caught or in trouble

[@johncourtneyscott2757]

Big take my friend

[@paulevans5455]

Great video, the fungus is White Jelly fungus I think.

[@glentimmins7560]

Love the new vid format ⛏️⛏️⛏️👍

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

Im curious in that setup u have would 4lb expanded metal enable u to run more between cleanouts or do u need a wider sluice to run that type of expanded? Im gonna build a 10 inch highbanker out of plastic ply board and want to run the 4lb expanded then run my GH mats to finish the run.48 inches of 4lb expanded then a 36 inch run with the GH low flow mat.

[@kevinhavens5279]

Have u ever thought about dredging idk if it’s legal where u are but with all that flower gold it might b worth dredging

[@earljohnson2676]

I was cracking up when the dog was digging and you said That’s the wrong way lol

[@earljohnson2676]

I’m watching this with my little chihuahua peanie sitting in between my legs in the blanket not the most comfortable position for me with my jacked up hips but the dogs happy and we love our dogs

[@shawnanderson3304]

Are trommel systems legal to use in Australia ? Would think it could do a better job of cleaning up the rocks and clay

[@VoGusProspecting]

They are, but they are also expensive

[@shawnanderson3304]

@@VoGusProspecting well there's this thing called " KZbin" , they have videos that show you how to build your own cheaply. Lol 🤣

[@itzcaseykc]

Definitely worth a return trip for more.

[@AG-6969]

Fun Fact: back in the day mothers had to keep a close watch on fathers to make sure they didn't confuse the Rocker Box for the Cradle box. According to one local prospector, "Yeah, I lost more than a few good wee ones that way"

[@Rage_80]

High banking vids are my favourite. Only because it's illegal in my area. I high bank vicariously through you with every vid you put up using one. So so jealous 😫

[@markfryer9880]

Where are you located Colin?

[@HashknightGaming]

You need to look under the biggest boulders in dry river beds.

[@i.c.c.c.i.abdullahibnloren]

I saw footage of wayangala dam is that flooding dangerous to you bro

[@FumblsTheSniper]

I found a little oval of polished wood from a lake a long time ago. Made it into an amulet for a girlfriend. She loved it more than me.

[@74KU]

Yeah we just call that fungus "snot fungus" here.. I think it is commonly called snow fungus. Feels pretty much how it looks.

[@soulseeker42388]

That first conglomerate of crystals looks like it was emerald.