Where are Australia's Lost Amethyst Mines? | Prospecting for Rare Crystal Clusters

[@TheSilmarillian]

Understand chasing the trace NSW opal miner here. Hanging rock just outside Tamworth near the twin dams worth going through the waste rock piles that where dumped chasing the gold, crystals meant nothing 2 the them at the time , drive up to the twin dams and on the right hand side before you crest the hill there is a dirt track you will find where they dumped the over burden , its full of very nice crystals and other thingys.

[@tiredofitall999]

Your joy at finding every crystal is medicine to my soul.

[@andrewmason874]

Love your content fella from an old dude in Yorkshire England I give my dog a scratch behind the ear every day because of u

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks man!

[@andrewmason874]

@@VoGusProspecting no honestly thank u man

[@robertbielby4591]

I'm from North Yorkshire mate

[@andrewmason874]

@@robertbielby4591 South lol Sheffield

[@robertbielby4591]

@@andrewmason874 well someone has to be 😆 😂

[@dollarbill93]

as a long time Aussie sub, i cannot thank you enough for these vids, i live vicariously through these vids and appreciate you sharing this conetnt with us. You cant imagee how excited i get to see your vids in my inbox. Please continue to share your escapades, i will continue to watch.

[@StaceNyourFace]

Amethyst is my favorite! 💜

[@VoGusProspecting]

mine too 💖

[@StaceNyourFace]

@@VoGusProspecting We have AMAZING amethyst mines here on the East Coast of the U.S. where I live. I haven't been to any of them yet, but I hope to someday. 🤞😊

[@danielthompson3205]

In the 90's growing up in the riverina, "general locations"... Were always so much fun

[@MySongboy]

Awesome seeing you find gems in Victorian Hills. Go for it Christ there is more. Plus no backbreaking shovel work. 😅

[@gabivalla6279]

1st like, I believe. Thanks Chris, great to see Mick again, proof of life video, ha ha! So interesting to see the same type of granite countryside as we have nearby in outer suburban Melbourne, the Dandenong Ranges, and we'd certainly come by crystals of various types, but also faces of clusters, but haven't actively clambered about the rock faces and under the cracks as you have, to locate their origins, so this has been a highly informative and motivating episode! Best of luck finding amethysts and citrines, you're close with smokey's, as you'd explained recently. Cheers from Gabi of Narre Warren.

[@JoeP70]

Chris, love your passion for gold and gemstones and it was great to have a chat with you at the Anakie gem festival in August this year. Keep the videos coming young man. We ended up with some very nice Topaz and O/K Sapphire, and a couple of small gold nuggets, for our prospecting trip to Australia this year. Joe and Sandra from NZ.

[@joeazbill8644]

From California I Salute!!

[@VoGusProspecting]

holla

[@toddrodgers5108]

Tell Mic thank you for taking his son . Blessings from a dad . Thank you Chris Blessings

[@MatJason-xe6hm]

Mick! Glad to see you’re not dead!! Good video Chris! Crystal’s are cool.

[@markkilley2683]

Very cool. When I was a lot younger I used to find quite a bit of clear crystals in gullies near homes.

[@lunacyeclectic]

Very interesting seeing your part of the world.

[@theak1933]

Thank you for giving us a view of the countryside/outcrops where you are specking. I’ve been fossicking for a while now but haven’t managed to find a good deposit or vug, even though the geology all matches up to find nice quartz points. Seeing those actual rocky outcrops and the way you followed the quartz veins was really helpful

[@jordyminecraftlover]

Love the videos Chris keep up the content I'll keep watching and learning how to do what you do but in new Zealand

[@kerri519]

Hey Mick and family 😊❤ .... loving all the things, Chris!

[@Graham_OntheGoldagain]

Now that's a thumbnail 👌 great episode enjoyed that👍

[@TheRekitter]

If you want to try a different way of cleaning clusters, use an artist airbrush and dry baking soda in the bottle of the brush. It is the same idea as sandblasting with a much less aggressive media. Play with feedrates and air pressures to get the desired cleaning. When you are done, put the cluster in water to dissolve any of the baking soda left on the cluster.

[@stevenpackman4570]

Oooh! on the Gem hunt !, Good Luck Chris !, good to see Mick about aswell ! 👏👏👏👏👍

[@andrewfairhall604]

Legit love the gem content mate...id love to go looking for myself but no idea where to start.

[@minerjohnny41]

I hope they are close to where you live ... or within a reasonable distance to drive I missed Mick. Welcome back, good sir

[@michealklonowski5267]

nice thank you for sharing the adventure and information

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Good hunt Chris. Got some nice ones. Hope all is semi aligned now 😁👍

[@troybaack1]

Giving me motivation to get out and explore

[@MadMarlin1964]

Great to see Mick too.

[@grzegorzryczanowski]

good to see Mick again!!!!

[@joshuajackson6442]

Beautiful, thank you. Chris

[@MrJudder413]

Haven't seen MC in a Fortnight. Glad hes still with us lol.

[@Yuckster]

Nice finds

[@Matts_Crevice_tools]

Great content. That’s one thing I haven’t done is crystal hunting. Maybe one day in the future

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

I have found hundreds over the years i never new they were worth anything i know there is gold in the gullies where i have seen crystals i might have to go camping soon

[@seasonallyferal1439]

Wooden probes and other wooden tools ensure you don't dmg crystals and work almost as well.

[@theredknight4778]

Were you digging in the cracks in Rundle mall this morning. I thought it was you but wasn’t sure

[@danielfmyers]

Pretty cool adventure to take Mick’s son along

[@Gaming.with.Benjamin]

Miss seeing Fern on your adventures :( you should get some feather & wedges to break rock apart

[@KatSmith-k5o]

Absolutely beautiful explanation. Would love to be able to come along one day but don't know if that's possible

[@Yuckster]

I’m really surprised 😮 you didn’t have a Chainsaw with you !

[@homesteadiswhereyoumakeit9056]

Get hammer and some feather and wedges and a small hammer drill not to pricey or an investment for the reward of carrying out less weight in host and more crystals. Love your videos keep up the hunt and adventures.

[@648Roland]

Vugs are the name of those crystal lined holes from memory. It's a very old memory.

[@699hazard]

The swing twenties? Watch out for the upside down pineapples🤣

[@keithhaycraft3765]

I wonder, I wonder if you'll find the plunder. Quartz seems to be a very generous rock since it indicates the presence of gold & now, amethysts.

[@NovoGold]

Wholy sheit, Mick's alive... I heard he got abducted by the Beechworth Yowie..😂👍❤️

[@skwervin1]

You should check out the peridot you can get from the scoria mine at Mortlake. You bring a hammer and break the scoria balls and can get some awesome peridot. You need to contact the Mt Shadforth mine people for permission. I think it's free to go in, but you need your permits and permission.

[@gragagan-b9t]

I think I might have to watch the mini Stumpy sluice vid again, I may have spotted a crucial design flaw which could be losing you gold. It bothered me as soon as I saw it.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I mean i doubt it, but let me know and ill check!

[@gragagan-b9t]

@@VoGusProspecting sorry bit busy just looked again, the hole in the sluice bed for the bolt holding the top Jarvie (?) riffle, right where the richest concentrates were. It looks fine during operation but when the bolt is removed for clean-up there's a hole there. But, it is a great looking machine, looks very well designed. Off limits for us here in nsw though

[@mikeweeks4669]

Say Chris, reach out to Dan Hurd .He has been doing some KZbin videos along side the Folks from Silver Cove Gems based in Red Deer Alberta. They might have some tricks to help you clean up your crystals. Also can you use Electric Drill along with Feather and Wedges ? Or is it against the rules on your Public Lands. Dan uses them all time on his Gem Claims. As always love your content. Cheers from Red Deer Alberta Canada 🇨🇦

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Is that Akka Bilk playing the music ? 💪🏽👍🏽

[@CarrieDoway]

3:23 A wee bit sharp eh fella?😀🤣

[@stephenweihrauch5252]

Yes! A brush!

[@kdent865]

Um.. have you ever had a chance to try out those glasses that are for someone who is colorblind? Something that's really worth looking into.

[@scottfisher2965]

I wouldn’t mind an Amethyst crystal, Old mouldy isn’t it? 😊

[@AsterixInOz]

Great content mate, do you use oxalic acid for clean up, or something else? Cheers Chris 🍻

[@VoGusProspecting]

I use water and an ultrasonic

[@danrogers9945]

Ive seen gem people bring a spray bottle & extra water to help reveal crystals

[@josephwilliamson6878]

"It's produced a dog." Thats the best kind of crystal for Chakra alignment!

[@StaceNyourFace]

Mick x 2? Say it ain't so. 👍😉

[@VoGusProspecting]

double shot of mick

[@StaceNyourFace]

@@VoGusProspecting Right on. 😊

[@mockaa4245]

I have something similar to the last piece shown from around beechy area, would love to know what kind of acid you use to remove some of that in between stuff. I don’t want to use the wrong thing damage my crystals! Please let me know!

[@1000000trs]

cool

[@markanderson3740]

Amethyst loses colour in the sunlight, that's why everything on the surface is grey. You need to get underneath where the sun never shines.

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

Mick will be very pleased to hear that he's not dead. 😂😂

[@VoGusProspecting]

He was just as surprised as most of .y subs

[@darrelllitherland8880]

im curious , have you ever put a black light, uv,or any other color s on the ?

[@VoGusProspecting]

No. I'm colourblind so I can't see the change.

[@darrelllitherland8880]

@@VoGusProspecting yes i know daddy was also. But you have friends that aren't perhaps they could tell you the differences

[@haynerbass]

Hey Mick! How have you been man?

[@stevecroucher-ju8tc]

Quick question have you ever used dowsing rods

[@100-TEMPO]

Fun fact: Every time Chris put the word "illegal" in the videos, he always have a higher number of visualizations.

[@bradhile5031]

Criss is gold found with quarts crystals attached? Or rather in a specimen?

[@solanaceae2069]

Dandy crystals.

[@davekeller1939]

New game, guess how heavy the bucket is when you head back to the truck.

[@antnewbon2673]

86. 🎉

[@Iziireal]

Take a spray bottle with you next time to wash your specimens to see them better

[@IrlamOz]

Most natural areas where exposed crystals form are completely trashed

[@VoGusProspecting]

not all of them

[@kerzwhile]

Deff. Power wash and soak those clusters in acid! Then do a before and after!❤

[@jonsdigs1]

Amethyst fades in sunlight to white or smokey quartz.

[@RICDirector]

Word of advice, there at the end, looks like Fern left something in your mustachio...🤭

[@Thelostgoldhunters]

Watced, but have to say I prefer the gold videos

[@alinabriggs5351]

I so wanted to be out there with ya.

[@Scotty_Brigner]

The white crystals may have been purple at one point but the sun bleaches them

[@trevdyer173]

So gold is a no go for power tools in the bush what about chrystals?

[@scruggsbuster9458]

What's a nice gemstones they're pretty in everything but it's just not my cup of tea😂 I love gold😂 gold is pretty feels good in your hand feels good in your bank account

[@janstrandgard1329]

What you should be looking for is pegmatite

[@caseybeckner2625]

Mighty mick is back

[@shawnbait]

Darn, it sucks your camera didn't like focusing on your hand this one. Those looked sick even out of focus!

[@chrismccrary4530]

We’re gonna go out and I wanna ride around or I wanna go look for stones or maggots or Easter eggs Not the eggs you’re thinking I’m bringing a chainsaw with me. She never know when you’re gonna have to clear the road of fallen trees.

[@KevinGalardi]

Shouldn't there be tuns of gold in those crystal formation s

[@solanaceae2069]

Jack Links n chips. Meat n potatoes.

[@realityjusthappens]

Hot tip, take a chainsaw on your journeys 😊

[@VoGusProspecting]

I normally do! I literally took it out of the truck the day prior

[@matt-0916]

Your website isn't working. Goes to some betting site.

[@stephenwade8093]

You need to take a rock chisel and hammer, anywhere there is a crack in a rock try an d crack it open.

[@123bigherm]

chris buddy you need to carry a spray bottle when tour hunting crystals and gold work smarter not harder

[@loisr1560]

I have sent you an email.

[@Bjj44420]

You never bring a hammer and chisel it honestly makes no fu,cking sense

[@raymorphis5714]

if you want top of the class crystals go to Arkansas in the U.S. around the hot springs area when I took my youngest son 35 years ago it cost 10 dollars a day for to dig and you can keep everything you find. Lots of sky clear Big quartz ( like 4 to 8 pounds bid) some amethysts , and a lot of dark smokies as well. Look it up.

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[@silverdawn2767]

I love your videos but sorry I'm never buying anything from you it's all overpriced

[@JoseyWilds]

😝

[@skoitch]

I hope you realize that it’s in Australian currency 1.48 to 1.0

[@James-fi6rv]

Ummm...Chris, hide this post Fast! (I see that a booger fell outta your nose onto your upper lip, moustache) I won't tell anyone...cool crystals!