I'm Losing Money Digging Up Gold

[@VoGusProspecting]

Yo, im only 250 subs off 200k followers! If you could spare a sub, some spare subs would be appreciated so i can feed my family!

[@steven_ewen]

I love the idea of wacking something together and having a go. It's great that your back to having fun. I lost myself trying to keep ahead of all the paydirt bags I was selling on ebay and Prospecting wasn't fun any more. I have stopped producing paydirt bags so now I'm not stressing about not finding good deposits. Back to fun. 250 of 200k.....well done ✔️

[@RustedPioneering]

It’s all about enjoying and having fun while doing it.! Definitely respect your decision.!

[@derekgardiner3583]

Sod the teaspoon, where's Ur excavator! 😂😂

[@timsanders9139]

Try a pinch of borax at the end of the melt to get the gold to shine. I melt with a tiny bit until liquid take the heat away add a pinch of borax then tip into a mug full of cold water.

[@WheelieShinyGold]

Respond to some comments

[@guillermodelnoche]

I don’t watch for the gold. I watch to hang out with you and Senor Sweatpants and have fun. The gold is extra.

[@Dmozar]

I'm the same. It would be epic to hangout with him.

[@ianirwin9480]

Don't forget about Ferny

[@gyvren]

Same! 🙂👍

[@VoGusProspecting]

I appreciate that mate, it's what we're aiming for

[@kenlyneham4105]

CHRIS. I have a suggestion for cleaning your megamat. You'll need a pair of straight tin snips, a brick bolster and a lump hammer or relatively heavy claw hammer. Measure the L and B of the megamat and add 160mm to each measurement. Purchase a sheet of galvanised sheet from a plumber's supply and mark that dimension at one corner and cut it. Dispose of the waste. (or not). With the sheet flat on the floor or bench, mark in from each edge 70mm and draw a line all around. Now again from the edge, mark all the way around a line about 7mm in from that edge. The bolster and hammer are used to crease the thin strip line on the opposite side to the crease hammered onto the 70mm line. make the creases with a piece of timber underneath as you do it. Only hammer hard enough to form a crease. Too hard and you could cut the metal. Practice on a piece of scrap metal you cut off. The 7mm mark needs to be folded down and flattened down, to stiffen up the 63mm side and the 70mm mark, which will now measure about 63mm, folded up 90 degrees to form a box. Before you flatten the 7mm strips down against itself, cut across each corner at 45 degrees, once you have bent it to 90 degrees, now continue to flatten it against itself with each corner having a neat 45 degree piece cut off on all 8 corner strips. When you fold up all four sides, you will have a peak of metal sticking out at each corner. Flatten the peaks, then fold them back against the sides of the box, you now have a waterproof box. As I said before, the sides will be stiffened up plus the sharp edge removed from the top of the box. Now you can drop the megamat dirt side down and cover it slightly with water. Use a suitable tool to beat the bottom side of the mat to shake off all the gold etc into the box. Cheers.

[@rickdrescher9690]

Never have I heard a better description for what we do. "Going broke while digging up money." Classic.

[@WeltinFradsmussen]

It's a very Irish-Australian sort of joke - the thing that you're kidding about is the thing that you feel the hardest, from years and years of bitter experience!

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's, I feel, a fair description

[@Aaron_Hanson]

Almost 1k views already 😮 When I seen you had uploaded a video it had been posted for about 20 seconds with zero views, by the time I had watched it there were over 950 others enjoying your video with me! It’s awesome to see you’re growing in popularity faster and faster by the day. Top vid Chris, cheers 🍻🍻🇦🇺

[@glendibben2381]

Dear Gus and Hardest Worker. Wet Pants. We thoroughly enjoyed this Video. We are Full atime Prospectors travelling Queensland, with our Caravan. I'm rapped in finding Partial Gold in Creeks , Seaside Creeks, etc. Ill get to the Chase. I Would love to send a photo of one of our Blue Pans, As we're spending countless Hours finding this Illusive shiny stuff Au. The Black sand drove us bonkers. So, We found some flat Round Magnets, and Glued them under the Back Edge , across from the Ripples , underneath the Pan.. The Iron black Sands gets trapped above the Magnets as we swirl, and wash the gold to the Ripples. Keep up the great Work you two. Mazal Tov Emek Dhiban

[@LostCylon]

*''Get in the green bucket...''* Promptly places it in a *RED* bucket. (Yep, he sometimes has to slow down at intersections at night, to make sure of the position of the ''green'' light...)

[@VoGusProspecting]

Shhhhh don't tell Vic Roads

[@LostCylon]

@@VoGusProspecting Lol, sorry, I messed up, for some reason my first attempt didn't post, so I had to rewrite it, but I seem to have missed a bit. ''Get in the green bucket...'' Promptly places it in a RED bucket. _I have a friend with a similar condition._ (Yep, he sometimes has to slow down at intersections at night, to make sure of the position of the ''green'' light...)

[@cylonmk2]

It’s not the gold weight I watch you for, it’s the entertainment value and lessons I mean. I feel like I’m learning with you at time and that’s why I love this channel so much

[@steven_ewen]

I remember seeing DTGold using a wheelbarrow to dump into a longtom sluice some years ago. I think that was on Reedy Creek somewhere......maybe?

[@jaredreid2661]

i think cutting the large carpet into 3 pieces would make clean up even easier! no need for a bigger bucket system then. love mega sluice though needs its own shirt

[@robertswain4178]

As far as I know. After melting gold if it turns to a silver colour. Correct if wrong, it has more copper in it. Probably reducuses it to around anywhere 55% actual gold.

[@SiteUnscene]

You guys make a good team and it’s obvious you two have been friends for a good long while. Your interactions with each other are where the real gold is.

[@russellbenson8544]

Chris, there is an aluminum sheet product that is ridgid. One application of its use is in aircraft production. I found mine in an metal recycling business. It would be a great replacement for your super sluice. Wish I were closer, I would drop it off to you, lol.

[@goldnoob]

What's the name of that? I've been using flashing but it's too dang flimsy

[@janellevoigt5481]

Chris, you do have a bigger tub to wash out the mega sluice mat, your wheel barrow tub .Love the videos, love the mega sluice, its your first proto type, you'll get it refined with time. And it worked great anyway.

[@trevdyer173]

I scrolled looking for this comment

[@RICDirector]

Me too...

[@shootthemoon6072]

I love hard work; I could watch it all day.

[@TheIcanMan706]

That's it? Just a little sun bathing at high noon? I'm gonna take your word for it, you never sterred me wrong before.😂 lol

[@BalberithThePenguin]

"I need a bigger tub and I don't have one." The wheelbarrow is crying, ignored, behind you. 😊

[@Djoblin]

Mostly come here to see how many colours the buckets are today.... Cracks me up every time.

[@SimpleMeFPV]

9:36 as you say bigger tub I’m looking at the wheelbarrow behind you. LoL fun video 👍 as always

[@evildogbilly]

Oh and nice work on the mega sluice, gives me ideas for more projects I don’t have time for but gonna start anyway

[@Leftylink]

Hey there, I'm using this matting for ages and it's the best for fines ans super fines. But also nuggets are getting safely trapped in the riffles. Expert tip: Let the mat dry and then beat the hell out of it. You'll be surprised of how much stuff was still inside.

[@frankbevan413]

you could put a ^ in the middle of the sluice feed and then you could cut the carpet in half length wise and have 2 pieces of carpet

[@luvovror02]

6:02, I can see the gold flecks flash as they roll past.

[@EdWolfram]

You could use the wheel barrow to slap that mat in to clean it.

[@48thstateprospecting]

In order to keep from losing your fine gold in the smelt you need to glaze your potato or whatever your using for the smelt use the flux get it hot so it’s sticky and then add the gold otherwise the force of heat from the torch will send those tiny particles of gold flying through the air as well as embedding them into the carbon on the potato. Love the mega sluice looking forward to you getting it to a better spot thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

[@RICDirector]

So youre saying....the flux affects the capacity? ...i shall show myself out....

[@48thstateprospecting]

@@RICDirector I’m saying if you don’t use something to hold the gold in place the torch will blow the fine particles out if you get the torch to close before they are melted. There is a lot of moving air created by a torch because of the small size of the nozzle

[@yukigatlin9358]

I love watching water trickling through the huge sluice while water carrying the fair amount of the dirt !😄✨💗You seem to have had so much fun making it work, Chris!! It was very relaxing to watch this video, thanks..😘✨I hope more of viewers could give you the support you need!

[@BenWoning]

Another entertaining vid mate. You mentioned the need for a bigger bucket to wash cons, was that barrow behind you a mirage or was tipping it out after a bit of a mission?

[@barbaralawrence784]

great watching you having fun, great for people on a budget

[@donaldartman6769]

I love the Mega Sluice! Gears were turning on how to create a three part foldable box on the original design. I don't need the miller's table for the amount of flour gold I find but I created my own cleanup sluice using Dream Mat pocket sluices in a cascade box instead. Still relaxing to watch the cleanup.

[@denttech2515]

8:50. I know Chris is colorblind, but (green???) bucket? At least he can see gold

[@keninglis7060]

Perhaps a bathtub for washing out the mat! Put a bucket under the plughole and pull the plug when finished.

[@kevinhavens8289]

I bet u could use the bed liner out of a pickup truck if it had ripples in it and it was one of the thinner liners to catch gold also plus it would make for a lot bigger sluice box if u used the whole truck bed liner

[@jesseculliver656]

Definitely going to build one for when our creek is in flood, if its still there afterwards it would be worth checking 🤟🤣🤣

[@Ozyzac]

Loving the mega sluice I like to watch people show that money is essential to do what others do spending thousands on equipment

[@nevillegriffiths8681]

Really enjoying your channel after finding it very recently. Now need to sit down and watch the other 790 odd uploads. :)

[@VoGusProspecting]

Welcome aboard!

[@xaj1543]

Wouldn’t it have been better to place the sluice further from the bank where the water was running a bit harder? Maybe I’m thinking more of a water bed sluice like I use, which I allow to have quite strong flow running through it.

[@Phoenix_Enterprises]

The issue with your bead color is the Tin bonded with the gold. If you add some bismuth and cupel it in a furnace it will purify it. :)

[@wimmeraparanormal6581]

Exactly what I was gonna say....smelt temp of tin (cassiterite) is way lower than gold and rapidly alloys anything in the same cupel or spud.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I've melted plenty of gold mixed with tin and it's never done this before.

[@Phoenix_Enterprises]

@@VoGusProspecting Seems you usually clean out more tin as well. Just a suggestion. May have a higher silver content as well. I haven't had a chance to play with refining extensively for about 20 years so I'm a bit rusty also. I'm about to get back into all that real soon and posting video's.

[@Phoenix_Enterprises]

@@VoGusProspecting PS: I cannot stress enough! PPE if you play with aqua regia! One drop even if washed off immediately on the skin can cause digit loss or even death worse case. Just saying.

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

Love the mega sluice im going to build one like it out of plastic board.

[@seanbishop82]

Awesome video again Chris, awesome to see the clean up from this new sluice idea you made up. Might be worth looking at metal fabricating a longer lasting one.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Originally it Waa going to be metal but I couldn't find the right bit 😕

[@seanbishop82]

@VoGusProspecting all good mate, this is trial and error like you originally said. It's working beautifully I think and seeing you being able to empty 12 shovels from 2 buckets into it, is astounding. Sure as heck beats my 12" 888 sluice lol

[@WeltinFradsmussen]

@@VoGusProspecting An IBC with the top cut off would be a cheap option.

[@goldnoob]

​@@VoGusProspectinghence flashing lol Or, you know.. Not

[@michealklonowski5267]

nice gold thank you for sharing the adventure and information

[@Casper51tfg]

I enjoy hanging out with you and senior sweatpants. Not to mention Fern as well! I’m building my knowledge files for when I decide to retire and pick up prospecting as my weekend hobby.

[@bigdee8497]

Brother … I saw the build video …this is next level boys … well done

[@skwervin1]

To clean out your mat how about a kiddy pool? hose the mat out into the bucket like you did then lay it face down on the bottom of the pool and give it good reverse hose. Then tip the water through a sieve or straight into a bucket and then concentrate, sort or whatever. Plus you can then sit in the pool with a beer later to relax!

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Turn the carpet upside down on the concrete let the carpet sit there and dry really good set your vacuum cleaner up high little bit so it's not touching the carpet on the Riverside then run your vacuum cleaner over the carpet numerous times maybe like 15 to 20 times with the carpet dry and then lift the carpet up and see how much dirt and gold will be on your concrete when you can😂 plan it out just an idea😂😂😂❤❤❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😢😮😮🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@raymondreddington1173]

How about using 6 to 10 x horizontal strips of the marine carpet? easier to handle

[@TalRohan]

12 hours between videos lol nice one Chris ...I am well impressed with the megasluice ..the fluid dynamics are unique in the field of sluices..nothing else regulates itself like that ....incidentally I am in awe of the non weigh up videos, theyre far more fun than the others (Gadzy helps, you two are good fun when youre working together )

[@VoGusProspecting]

I'm not a fan of cleaning gold to weigh. I don't think it matters as a hobbiest

[@TalRohan]

@@VoGusProspecting no absolutely its more about finding some not how much ...I have a few places I would love to be fit enough to go ...just to see if there is some not to get loads or make money...I just want to have a go...I like that about your prospecting ethos at the moment.

[@timandrews1613]

Chris,I've been doing it for a couple of years now,found possibly .3 gram, but luv it

[@num2166]

I love how everyone always gives those of us in the US crap not using the metric system, but right before you said that you were saying in order to make a sluice that you could feed a wheelbarrow to it would need to be 12 FEET wide, Paulie slips into imperial measure, so does Dan Hurd, if we watch Twotoes Gary and Jeff they will weigh their gold in GRAMS. I watch videos made in Scotland and England where the go back and forth between metric and imperial. It is the weirdest thing honestly.

[@VoGusProspecting]

For us in Australia it's just a past time to make fun of literally everyone for everything. We don't actually care.

[@num2166]

@@VoGusProspecting I just found it amusing and it always makes me laugh

[@hiddentruth1982]

It's a great proof of concept. I'm sure there are a few ways you can improve it but for a first go it's great.

[@benfitzpatrick8374]

I had the same issue with my waders yesty too my right boot filled up with water from a mystery hole!

[@buckshotprospector]

you too I couldnt see the hole either

[@benfitzpatrick8374]

@buckshotprospector yeah was my first pan of the day too so had a soggy sock all day and when i finished late arvo and got them off the ol foot was shirvled up and yuck lol 😆 🙃

[@buckshotprospector]

@@benfitzpatrick8374 yeah soggy socks ain't a good feeling old man foot ain't a good look. A hole in the pants can be repaired but a mysterious invisible hole in the boot is tricky to find and fix

[@wp.sworld.s]

I do believe if you take a torch to that and heat it up it should turn more gold color I watched somebody else on here do that and it came out pretty good 😁

[@waynetollefsen3436]

Use the wheel bar behind you. Love ya'll keep up the good work.

[@ziggynixon3781]

What fun! Love the MEGA SLUICE!!!

[@gavinhogg6552]

Pretty cool stuff, love the mega sluice, thanks for the video Chris 👍🤓✌️

[@Homegrowneverything]

Chris that is not a blue bucket, it’s red!!!! 😂

[@okanomike4958]

Dude, I really like your videos. Keep up the great job.

[@3goodtimes3]

Crazy. Would love to it with differe t mats. So cool though.

[@portroyal6886]

I love watching my dirt run over my box 😂😂😂😂❤

[@zeke-d4i]

thanks as usual your humor & fun adds a smile to my face

[@leonking9991]

Great vid's Chris, keep mixing it up. Cheers

[@SleekredruM61]

Good one 👍🇦🇺 15:37

[@dartmart9263]

How about cutting up several (half dozen?) identical size sections of carpet, so that when one is full of concentrates you can slip in the next, and the next, etc? Then, when you get home, you can clean up the concentrates, one by one, at your leisure.

[@philippesteindl3356]

All that sand and loam and all in your creeks. Here, creeks are all packed round stones that make shovel work a bit ridiculous.

[@ilan6317]

Love the content and the awesome flavour your videos like this come with, funny and full of great info!!

[@jasonbailey1951]

Getting everyone I can to subscribe. You give people great informative entertainment, and perpesctive.

[@magicone9327]

You do have a bigger tub! Wheel barrel or plastic sheeting Laid over rectangle/ square layout of lumber on the ground!😊

[@danhodgins4015]

In an area with faster water and higher gold concentrations you'll be surprised at how much gold the Megasluice will catch. Great content, keep it up!

[@VoGusProspecting]

I'm hanging to hit a good spot

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

Senior sweaty wet pants 😂👌. Got a good laugh on this one. Great job on the mega sluice bro.

[@buckshotprospector]

cant you see im grieving for my sweatpants

[@joshuamyers5578]

Great video! Love the new sluice box. I am looking forward to the improvements and other videos using it!

[@jasonfoutch1766]

That's sluice box is amazing what you need to do is just put two or three of them together

[@donhoughton271]

It looks like it is running well 😊😊

[@yoshimoto2600]

I was going to comment on mega sluice, but i was thinking the bigger you go, the harder the clean up is. I can only think cut the marine carpet in 1/3 or 1/4. But i like it. More please of mega sluice

[@brianhansen8344]

I would say the silver is tin. Only a guess from Arizona.

[@bentankard7276]

You gotta get one of those kids clam shaped swimming pool/sandpits to wash out mega sluice mat in mate

[@TisButAScratch666]

Nice one Chris!

[@nickkowal6537]

More DIY gold equipment? What other ideas do you have? Centrifugal gold separation?

[@travisbodemann7847]

You called the RED bucket, GREEN, and BLUE😂😂

[@peterparkins3800]

To help clean the mat out might be good to get the largest diameter PVC pipe you can, put an end on it so the whole carpet fits in, then you can hose it, shake it, and not waste as much water. Just tip out the excess and blast again. Just a thought.

[@TalRohan]

if you tip it over slightly when you wash the wood down it will head for the sides first and concentrate into a line on its way to the bucket.

[@Dirt47]

Love the content Chris! The gold may be lower grade so it's not bright and shiny after the smelt, hope to see if you find out what happened!

[@bradwelch7425]

Good show Chris and Gadsy's

[@scar296700]

I love watching these vids thank you .

[@norsehall309]

G'day Chris, you would have fitted in well in the 1850s gold rush as back then need was the mother of invention, just like you now, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

[@robasquith1352]

Morning Chris, absolutely loving the fun you have with the mega sluice. How much more gold would you get out of the mat if you dry it out and use a vacuum cleaner? 🤞

[@MrMickykay]

Great job Chris, Could you possibly cut the carpet up the centre, so when you clean up you simply roll up the two pieces? bit easier to clean up two smaller pieces than that one big piece..........I'm off to Bunnings.

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Well that was a hungry beast of a thing in the creek. The sluice worked well there too. Interesting how the gold turned silver. If you could reverse it you may be onto a winner 😁👍

[@jackus217]

Love the mega sluice looks like great fun, I don't know for sure but it's possible some tin got reduced and alloyed into the gold. You could hit it with a hammer and if it cracks then that's probably it, could just be a coating on the outside aswell try sanding a spot and looking for yellow

[@MickH60]

Love the multi coloured bucket !!

[@MegaSpambox]

cheers for the content matey :)

[@swantips100]

I'm so glad you've having fun with gold prospecting again mate love the video mate 👍

[@blacklabelonthebedrocks]

Hi Chris, It's fun to see you've got fun with your megasluice. If you place this sluice in such shallow water and feed it bucket wise, the tailings behind the sluice are adding up very fast (not shown in video). Best regards from Germany!

[@jamesmuehlbauer4187]

Been watching for awhile... finally subscribed

[@scotcoon1186]

No need for a bigger tub, you have a wheelbarrow. Maybe a membrane under the carpet? Just make the board at the top longer.

[@andypandyAU.6669]

I'm glad you have used the mega sluice again, very fine gold. Good fun trying new things. Wicked , maybe you could feed the miller table with the excavator! 😂 ❤ it

[@toddstarling5214]

Thanks for sharing.

[@historicshearersquarters252]

Sweaty wet pants 😂😂😂 Gadzee, you poor bastard !! 😂

[@paulknight1879]

I love watching your channel we all learn alot and it entertaining amazing work 👏

[@mewzishun]

Your mega sluice kinda looks like the beach sluices used in Alaska.

[@ReachingMyPrime]

Hey mate. I think you've gotta put a sluice that big into water flowing a little faster. Bigger riffels and a couple different types of matting might also increase the haul substantially, ontop of also having better ground to work on obviously. I'd also clean the mats out faster(30 mins instead of an hour) so it doesn't get overburdened to quickly and recovery efficiency of the mats don't decrease majorly. Maybe using a plastic tarp or something light you can turn it over and bang it onto quickly to atleast get a bunch of the concentrates/overburden out quickly before returning it to work(You dont need to fully clean it as the overburden will release from the mat the easiest anyway, which is what you want to get rid of) or just making up some extra carpet pieces would be even more efficient, then swapping them out as soon as it appears to have overburden forming. The part of the creek you were digging from actually looked a better spot, as it looked like it was running quicker near the center. Mr Wetpants has really added to the vibe of this channel, the banter between you 2 is fantastic and I hope you've been shouting him plenty of bevs. Well done on hitting 200k when it occurs!

[@AWoodworkersLife]

As a professional carpenter living in one of the richest gold areas of British Columbia, I hereby declare your bodged-together mega sluice to be operationally and aesthetically perfect and thereby above reproach of all armchair engineers!