Can I Live Off Gold Prospecting (pt 2)

[@meettheworld6241]

Omfg!!! You straight busted out with the "like selling drugs..." that shit caught me completely off guard! Lmfao!!! Well done brother! That was funny as duck 😂😂😂

[@johnheckles8239]

As the great Paul Hogan once said “Well you can live off it, but it tastes like s**t” 😂👍🏻

[@johnheckles8239]

As for the selling drugs bit.. Yeah.. Iv been to Nimbin.. Never seen so many Zombies and everything was strangely overpriced 🤨😂

[@joeryerson9295]

Rough guess on the large bullets you found. Either .303 British, or .30-06, both common rounds for military and hunting from 1940's to current for the .30-06. The .303 started losing favor in the 70's I think

[@villiersman951]

looks like .303 to me

[@chrismainwaring1497]

The round tip bullets are ww1 .303 possibly a training ground around

[@villiersman951]

@@chrismainwaring1497 👍👍

[@johnmckinley8447]

It is a 303 inch (military) Britain converted to the self loading rifle (SLR) in 1969 -1971 chambered in 7.62mm NATO) I trained with the SLR in basic (1971/72) I was an Ammunition in the British Army from 1974 to 1990 and burnt millions of .303 inch.

[@joeryerson9295]

I was trying to keep it short and sweet. The U.S. military started to switch to 7.62nato/.308 in the 50's the later dates I mentioned was more for hunting. I also wasn't sure how many American arms it any were sent to Australia during ww2 which is why I mentioned the .30-06. always good to hear history from other places though, thanks for the info.

[@NET-POSITIVE]

Hey brother, I have leukemia, crohns, osteonecrosis, kidney failure, and more. I wish i could get out and hunt gold. Here in Louisiana, we don't have gold, but hunting gators is a different story. I love watching ALL of your videos, and we have been missing your Fern in your videos!! Keep it up and find so shiny for me!

[@ralphmersdorf1098]

Keep up with the disability and the way you live

[@HappyHermitt]

I'm also in Louisiana. Sounds like you're falling apart. If you can afford it, pay dirt is a fun way to get a tiny bit of gold. Its for profit from the seller but its still fun. I've ordered a few bags here and there.

[@O.K.-Raised]

Thanks for another fun video Chris! I left a message on a video a month ago about this series. So happy to see you are carrying on with it. It gives a realistic conception of what it could be like to try and survive on gold prospecting.

[@DadofScience]

If you were going the vanlife route, you could literally be camped full time at your chosen area to work and smash out the hours. If you had a reasonable solar-battery rigged on your vehicle, the capacity to live and enjoy the time and space is definitely a real possibility and quite attractive (in my opinion!)

[@joannagrimmer]

Great instruction and demos Chris. It would be a tough life, but, certainly, a healthier one. Thank you for creating a great resource for the community!😊

[@DTGTDetectingTheGoldenTriangle]

Love the video Chris 👌 being a swinger for a job I have to run my accounts on a 3 month basis. Nuggets are not consistent enough to go week to week from what I have found. It's very scary sometimes when your having a dry spell just hoping for that next swing to be a big bit. The high times are amazing but the lows are long and stressful. 👍

[@Scotty_Brigner]

Are you sure that's not a warzone from the emu wars? Would explain all the ammunition and those look like emu self destruction craters! 😂

[@shaunandsqueak]

awesome vid Chris! Its gonna bother me if I don't say something...but A length of pipe with a wetted down sack secured round the end will sort the dust issue from the crusher...think leaf blower/vac bag...dunno what your guys "trade me" (NZ) is like but that shits cheap as to source...save ya doggo snorting all that pixie dust up later too lol I see she went straight back to her happy place after you so rudely interrupted her sunnin session :) Anyways all the best to you and your for the season and the New Year!! Keep up the good work :)

[@LisaHayes-yj4tp]

Another great video, thanks Chris. I thought you were going to say ‘Only Fans’ instead of ‘drugs’ as I just watched Gadzee’s double D melons 😂 or at least that’s what I’m going to admit to 😂 Merry Christmas and thanks for another entertaining video. Wishing you a prosperous New Year 🎉💕

[@48thstateprospecting]

I have a friend with a KZbin channel mine your business is the name of it he started with one claim (alluvial ) and now has two he doesn’t have a job and he manages to support a family of 3 Like you said it’s not a kings life and it’s super hard work but he does it. Thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

[@BJV-Video]

Interested to see comparison to collecting 10c aluminium cans

[@breckfreeride]

I absolutely love that little green pan... For cleanups only... 1/2 tbs at a time

[@Chris-vt5zb]

Thanks for your year of hard work 💪 Merry Christmas to you and your family 🙏,and of course another cool vid.

[@rumpig845]

Today was alright for me, 6.61g, but it's tough to keep backing up day after day full-time prospecting. Cheers 🍻

[@alistairclark6814]

I just started the video but I would say definitely not as the price of painkillers for the back pain will be too high. 😜

[@alistairclark6814]

Hahahaha, I finished the video. Sell painkillers to prospectors!

[@richpaydirt]

I think a lot of people could make a living but what kind of living? I’d have to sell my house and property and live in a hole in the ground in order to make a living on the average amount of gold I find in a year!

[@Greenandgold888]

i love the TINY WEIGH in pan!

[@nadiaschoner915]

Perhaps you could drape a wet towel or sheet over the dust outlet from your crusher so the dust doesn’t go everywhere.

[@paulconnell2385]

Love ya content mate, but scared me about the 5 inch stuff, I'm sure I walk over that alot!!!! But 99% of the time i'm by myself!! Do you know of any apps that peeps maybe able to hunt for me if i go missing?? Selling Drugs!!!! LOL.....Merry Xmas dude..

[@BenchrestMarksman]

Merry Christmas and thank you for your hard work and fantastic videos

[@norsehall309]

G'day hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic new year, cheers mate.

[@theconcourseapprentice2451]

303 British, that particular projectile is an earlier design used in the Boer War.

[@TalRohan]

Seems to me that you could certainly supplement an income quite nicely and get fit at the same time....also a backache but it could work. I feel like supplementing a crafters income might be the way to go. Very interesting little series thanks for sharing

[@glenmel78]

Just a guess, but that bigger bullet kinda looks like a round nose .303 British. It was used by Australia's military so I could see them ending up in the civilian market after WW2.

[@HookedOnFishing61]

Another great video Chris. I'd love to see this again but done separately, compare say 40 hrs of panning and rockerboxing to 40 hrs of hard rock minin. You could probably turn the old mouldy into a better paying business than gold, I make around 300 on a good month from carving wooden fishing lures, 100 on a bad month and I'm onpy a small hobby business.

[@susantabor7874]

Blessings and Merry Christmas from Kansas.

[@Anokaman]

Really looks like a 303.

[@margf.6773]

I am truly glad that you take safety seriously. Please continue to be safe and take care of yourself. (My dad got killed work when I was 13.)

[@reconnaissance7372]

I've been waiting for this one hehe. I'm like the noobest of noobs when it comes to prospecting. I have a little under one gram after spending a lot of time just looking around. I'm probably 3 months deep I would say. Living in a Ute and looking for gold is basically impossible for me but I'm at least trying to make that the bare minimum. I've made some friends along the way which has been nicer than the gold.

[@ericupton4527]

Dude, you are just a straight up bad ass!!! If you were on 24-7 I'd watch the hell out of you. So many people try their best, but you make me feel as if your actually talking to me, and no matter what; you give a damn about my knowledge about prospecting! To hell with the haters, let them live in fear their entire life's, just do what you do and I'll guarantee you have a dedicated viewer in South Alabama!

[@geradkavanagh8240]

To actually make it work you would have to be on a paying spot with backup when that runs dry. So, while you are working you need to leave some time to prospect further afield. So basically 1 out of every 5 days is a hit or miss day while prospecting. Since gold is roughly $au97/gram today, A 5day work week (with 1 day subtracted for prospecting) would require realistically a minimum of 1 gram every day to just make ends meet. This doesn't cover other costs like fuel, vehicle rego etc.

[@danieltaylor6489]

That old projectile looks like it could be either a 30/30 or .303

[@pottervi]

I was thinking 30/30 as well

[@deanmccormick8070]

Lots of Aussies use .303 British rifles. Those long roundnose bullets were typical for that caliber for years.

[@r.awilliams9815]

@@deanmccormick8070 Yep, they sure look like the early 215 grain Mark I or Mark II projectiles.

[@anisenkrill6179]

Eley 215g. MK2. Too long for 150 or 170g .308 roundnose levergun bullets.

[@andypandyAU.6669]

Great content as per usual, I think as you stated depends on the ground. It would need to cover my beer bill first! Who needs food!😂 ❤it 😊

[@murtoasumpoiler]

They are early 303 bullets that was the type used in ww1

[@susanturcotte3176]

Although I was happy to see the weight at the end, I agree with you at the end, Chris. Selling drugs definitely puts more money in your pocket for a lot less hard work. 🤔😉 Too bad that is not a legal avenue in almost every part of the world. 😢 From a nursing perspective, my access to those kinds of drugs is definitely controlled extremely well. My personal Tylenol at home won't sell either.... 😁 Thank you so much for sharing your theoretical test with us! It was a great idea! Unfortunately, I know that there is absolutely nothing near my area in southeast Alabama. So, I anxiously await your next adventure! In the meantime, I pray that you have an amazing Christmas filled with live, hope, peace, and.... Gold. Blessings from Alabama ❤️

[@davidthompson9561]

You're a legend of a human - have a fantastic Merry season !

[@davidrussell8795]

I put a descriotion of my hand rock crusher 14" x 4" steel tube on a bottom plate on the net,so is that where u got the idea,but u can use a 40 " x2" steel rod as a pounder! Also,id put that dust into wet trap to catch any gold dust! Food here cost a single senior who doesnt eat as much as hard working peeson,6 to 800 $ canadian a month!

[@fittergrips2010]

In 1980 I tried it with machinery. 6 weeks later the little money I had was gone . Was told By a miner that made a living from it that only 1 in 200 just make a living at it . One I met That had made very good at it Terry Toope lived in a 2 room plywood shack with plastic windows with an out house and lived in town in a small house in the winter . He prospected for 25 years before striking it big . It can be done but are you going to be the lucky one out of 200. People that have not learned it as one would learn a trade your odds are very slim to none . It though is one hell of an experience

[@Marcos-Osca]

.303, so if its .303 as I suspect it is, that says to me is ww1 era because ww2 the 303 bullets from ww2 on were pointed.

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

I can't believe you said that at the end 😂😂😂😂

[@Greenandgold888]

love that you made this a challenge!

[@debiesubaugher]

That's not to shabby. I'd like too see how much gold you can retrieve in a week using your inventions like your low banker, etc.

[@seantilson6330]

Hee hee, you said MAIN VEIN.!!! In all seriousness, I always love the videos Chris. 😁👍

[@goldfeverreliever]

Food and basic shelter in Victoria 2023. You need $1000 just to shop nowadays let alone shelter. Love the concept Chris.

[@deanmccormick8070]

What would it take to sustain yourself, even if not comfortably? Maybe 700 AUD per week, after expenses?

[@Littlegangster99]

@@deanmccormick8070there are ways to live for really cheap like living off the grind In caravan and just traveling around Australia I know a guy that did it for a year or 2 and he loved it all you have to spend on is fuel and food you can also protect around the whole of Australia

[@goldfeverreliever]

@deanmccormick8070 I was only having a dig at inflation. In all honesty, if it were just myself, probably around the $300 mark as Chris said

[@breckfreeride]

Glamping in the truck I could easily survive on 2 or 300 a week. Called it at the beginning of the video... Could easily survive here in Colorado.

[@gyvren]

LOVE your Platform 9-3/4 patch, Chris! That tells me you’ve got a good heart. What house do you ascribe to? I’m a Ravenclaw myself. 😉

[@SandhillCrane42]

The problem comes when the next 6 hours yields a half gram, and the next six yields a quarter, and then you go for a long drive.

[@ainschuntayleuhn1147]

.303 British Probably fired out of an Enfield.

[@asjamuir5534]

Seems like it's possible but not too practical to work hard everyday just to squeak by could have found a reef and get a bonanza but again reefs aren't exactly easy to find I think tho panning high banking etc would generate more gold for a while and all good things eventually come to an end was a great idea to test out for sure

[@johnwitte551]

why don't you tie a hessian bag to the outlet of the crusher and wet it before you use it as a dust reducer Chris?.

[@otter2147]

Me Merry Christmas mate, thanks for all you do

[@justinn2621]

Is it a 338 as some of those give some long distant lead poisoning when it hits? Chris...You are the most excellent adventure... Amazing Mate

[@hasmeadali7316]

Always awesome brother always and please stay safe out there

[@AussieSwagAdventures]

Lmao at the last statement. Awesomecvid Chris thanks

[@MadMarlin1964]

“Your Forever Box” that makes me laugh every time.

[@davidrussell8795]

The quartz in the north american ,canadian rockies,does have gold!

[@eastcoastcarpenterofalaska5073]

That caliber, Maybe 303 British

[@tommynoel9929]

Thanks Chris!

[@Golden-dog88]

hey Chris @Vo-Gus prospecting when are you guna clean out that wheelbara? How much shiny is in the bottom?

[@VoGusProspecting]

I did it once and got a little over 0.10g so it's not really worth it.

[@toddstarling5214]

Thanks for sharing Chris. LOL.

[@kennethroy9974]

Question would you go into a mlne plaser mine witch has gravel in the walls some loose some like concrete water wast deep some tunnels caved in would you it's called river of gold in california mountains 🤔

[@RICDirector]

Its called 'stupidity', last I saw, without somebody like Jason of Mount Baker mining....

[@ScotlandsGold]

And vogus prospecting is that drugs. Keep em coming boss

[@jackherbert2876]

That ending caught me off guard 😂😂

[@nathansmith6914]

Looks like you could do with a Fridge of Wonder.

[@johnjacobs1625]

Jason's Not Giving up the Patent. lol

[@markrobinson9986]

Lots of bullets and rocks stacked for cover?

[@debhester8665]

Great video!

[@LostCloudx4]

Lol on a full time wage most single aussies can't afford to live in the cheapest of accommodation.

[@playlistshift]

The dust... you have to catch and suspend in wet, shake with eucalyptus sap and collect the foam. Then, I don't know... magnifying glass in the sun and catch the fumes to dispose of.😅 You've manage content well so you can draw up a brownfield greenfield and get investors.

[@robtathome]

Lol - that ending tho...😂

[@ilouse]

The affordable housing was made by a preying mantis

[@kaiwolff442]

Someone prospecting out of their vehicle could also monetize their journey via KZbin and other socials. This seems like potentially viable.....except for the eventual end when the gold is no longer accessible.

[@nhragold1922]

You can make a darn good living mining gold. Gotta be hard rocking or dredging though

[@billwilliams1842]

Yea selling can be more profitable along with a better retirement home :)

[@thebushbunker]

Of course you can,claim a bunch of areas, salt them, and sell them. Walah 1500$ to 10$k per claim and 50k later your set for the year.

[@MadMarlin1964]

Yeh, then wind up in one of those random forever boxes he spoke of. Or prison.

[@michaelkerr5745]

Awesome vid. Very realistic

[@robb3341]

find a remote gold mine and grow some weed lol

[@UnkieDunkie]

I cannot more highly recommend a drywall dust collector to take care of a lot of your silica dust. I recently listened a podcast about the worst industrial accident in US history, which was a truly massive silicosis causing project. Take care of yourself and your pup :) Love the content.

[@mocaman99]

Ah, a fellow BTB enjoyer? Greetings sir

[@adrianmccubbin9035]

It is a .303 from the bore war mad for martiny henry leaver ation

[@GlennosMetals]

Ok next week down the creek no gold just drugs need a van for under a grand..it the plan man ....❤ you chris

[@SRTAMBANGMINERAL]

Batuan dan urat emas yang bagus sobat ....🙏🙏 Satu provesi sobat....

[@nickodonnell6896]

Gold is a drug

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Make sure the Detonator has been struck on that 💥

[@nailedfame9438]

The problem with gold prospecting is the bull 💩 licence you need to pay for unless you run the risk of a massive fine

[@joelnagle2214]

$100 a week for food? If you eat three meals a day that's $4.70 a meal what are Australians eating a cheeseburger or equivalent per meal?

[@VoGusProspecting]

Bro, I don't know where they got that data. It's just off the ABS website

[@joelnagle2214]

@@VoGusProspecting hey I know it 👍🏻 I think the gov having us on a bit there lol🙂 great channel man

[@leighsayers2628]

No cheeseburger is 4 70 here ....food expensive .

[@andrewsoulsby8507]

Merry christmas

[@123Goldhunter11]

If you can survive doing what you love to do, you are ahead of most of the poor bastards out there. And hey............there's always the chance of a big pay day coming up.

[@leighsayers2628]

Well ..ive crashed and burned ..never found gold in over 2 years ..

[@Paul-se7je]

Bloody music in between you talking chriso, does me in

[@timcooney6713]

Good vid.

[@gardnep]

But how much did the equipment cost to process it? Motorised crusher? And do t you make more money out of producing videos than gold hunting?

[@Sharmo38]

Bin diving for 10cent cans would make you more than this. But no chance of finding a lucky nugget

[@mrparrehesian1742]

defineci deniz channel has this weird detector that spins around 360 degrees when its over a pile of metal. I'd like to see you use one of these for fun.

[@ComedyPodcastClip]

selling drugs. what a good ending 😆😂

[@deanupton383]

I hate to say it but that looked like a bum hole. Bums leak corn. Ron is gold

[@terryjcowan21]

Have you ever had any nasty run-ins with snakes/spiders?

[@richardwilloubly8285]

Looks like a 308 or possibly a 30.06

[@jp27whodey31]

Why gather all that ore and carry it home and only crush a tiny amount?

[@AnimalWhisper007]

Pimpin Aint Eazy either !

[@MrCoors68]

How much $ do you pay in taxes on the gold you find in the commonwealth of austrailia ?