YouTube Prospector tests for missing gold. *Trout Creek Mine*

After the machine test of the trout Creek gold mine showed less than expected results, I decided to start investigating why the initial tests of this claim showed so much more gold than the large scale machine test. The fist thing I need to do is run some of the same material through a highbanker that has very good capture rates and see if it is getting the same amount as the large scale wash plant. Check out our results.
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[@Patrick-hz2im]

Big respect Dan for acknowledging that you were guessing how much a yard was and such. The way you carefully review the way everything happened shows that you have.... Accountability! That's right. Very rare, I know. Accountability is one of the keys to great success! It's also a key to inner peace and happiness

[@ZE0XE0]

but then he made the same mistake by assuming they ran 3/4 of a yard by eyeballing the pile size before and after :/

[@simonelliot3712]

*This channel never fails to put a smile on my face!* _We need more Dan Hurd's in the world._

[@CoteMoretz]

I was so confused just a second ago, the video was only like five minutes long, if that and then he showed some gold and it was over. So I refreshed the page just to realize that since I came in at the end of the “premiere” it started me at the end of the video. Now that I’ve seen it all it makes much more sense. Lol 😂 thanks again Dan, great stuff as always

[@deplorablemexican150]

I got the same. It's Sunday mid day and video started 20 mins in

[@leighanncronin6905]

You probably caught the livestream in progress, and it was near the end.

[@renegade44040]

It's working now!

[@iknklst]

Dan every time I see you bent over digging out overburden, scratching out a crevasse, or squatting over while panning gold, *my* back starts to ache.

[@americasfavoritehoarder]

Im thinking about his knees. My God.

[@SonntagsamBach]

Thank you very much for the content - We have no gold-bearing ore around Munich (where I live), there are a lot of alluvial soaps that are transported from glaciers, so I am always happy about content that is simply hardly possible here. Unfortunately, I have to take a break at the moment, we had an early onset of winter. Best regards and all the best for you and your familiy, Jens (Sonntags am Bach / Sunday at the creek)

[@tier7gaming]

Dan you give us consistent videos despite numerous injuries! Glad you have family and friends to help you out when you need to take it easy. Always enjoy the new content, and you certainly earned my subscription a few months ago.

[@TheHungrySlug]

I love your enthusiasm, It's like listening to my old man talking about his opals and everything related to polishing and shaping them too. Love everything, A+ for it mate and Cheers from the Land Down Under...

[@lisajohnston6422]

Thanks for the video Dan and get well soon! Back problems definitely suck, once you have a problem it never seems to go away. I just had Radiofrequency Ablation done on my lower back and it feels so much better. You might want to check with your doctor about it. Best wishes.

[@BodaScambaits]

Love your content as always! I need to renew my prospecting license. Gold is harder to find on the East coast though it seems.

[@wyldman82901]

that is so awesome that your dad and wife go out and help you , and am very thankful for all the knowledge and wisdom you share

[@DaveFromColorado]

You earned my subscription a while ago and I keep coming back to watch more videos. Your channel is educational inspiring and fun. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us I got that your viewers and audience so on and so forth and whatever you wanna call us LOL

[@bcgrote]

Good to see Dad and Dana again! Mysterious about this claim. Some areas are amazing, but heavy work is showing half of the tests! Hopefully more will be found soon. Get well soon!

[@stevewoods8116]

Thank You Dan, always appreciate!!!

[@Gryphonrage]

i absolutely love all of your videos. You can really see the production quality has gone up over the years. Love the intros!

[@backtoiron]

Been watching you for quite a while now.

[@williamvaughn6074]

Great day and video Dan. In your flashback scene, you looked like Marty Stauffer’s long lost brother, from Wild America !! Lol Hope feel better soon and best of luck !

[@donaldfitzgerald6437]

Classic Old-School B&W Memories! Except For ALL That Bright Red-Hair Everywhere! LOL! Happy Holidays To You & Yours Dan!

[@jackiecarter7815]

I just love Dan! Thank you for sharing yourself and your beautiful journeys with us! You have an amazing podcast! God bless you and Merry Christmas ! 🎅 🎄

[@VoGusProspecting]

I find it fascinating the reclamation side of things. Can't wait ti see it after 12 months

[@corneliusdurden5194]

looking awesome! i trust it will be invisible after 12 months, but maybe a flower to show the love in the middle of the pit. hehe

[@corneliusdurden5194]

Vo-gus, i just bought your guide online. was hoping you had some pay dirt available. hehe. Klesh had bags, i bought all the bags, plus a custom bag with a huge amount. dan ran out of stuff to sell me, but donated money for him to play with till after winter. hehe. i'll wait till the BC winter is over! let me know when you have some pay dirt. i love your channel, actually i love all of the channels from you all. love all of you! all commenters and watchers appreciate this content!

[@lolawallace2186]

Thanks a bunch Dan and Dana for being there with Dan today out doing fun things in Nature 😊 Have a wonderful day and Be Blessed!! Praying for a speedy healing for Your back Dan! Love to The Family 🦋

[@sarahrenay341]

My heart smiled so big to see the old video clips of your family at the same creek when the kids were little. Those are the precious moments that matter most 💖

[@rickaser2383]

"Dad's Awesome." Yes they are. Unfortunately, we tend to lose them too soon and never tell them how much they are loved.

[@jaydunbar7538]

Words mean nothing, actions show it.

[@theuptownbug]

I’ve been binge watching your videos and was really surprised to see my grandson Story in a couple! I had forgotten that he took a mining class years ago. Since we are in the Cariboo I decided that this looks like a fun summer pastime, got my FMC and ordered a big Garrett kit. Still trying to figure out the BC mining claims maps… what a challenge for this Grandma. Have you ever thought of doing an online class of the procedures involved in staking a claim in BC?

[@RMGenetics]

Hey Dan, long time watcher first time sub. Your tunes on this episode are out of the park, bring on the funk ;p

[@bigfoothobbit9773]

Great learning environment around you Dan! AWEsome knowledge, great nuggets you can say... :) Thanks!!!

[@jeremiahtostata5077]

Love seeing your vids man! Hope your back gets better! And hope your heart is all well! Thanks for always being positive!

[@shelleystroyan1190]

I love watching your adventures. Nice to see in this crazy world, that you can escape into the beautiful mountains and mine and share your experiences... happy minning.

[@AutarchKade]

When it's winter in Canada, have you ever considered collaborating with some Australian and Tasmanian prospectors? That way you have year round content and get to see gold from around the world!

[@rikspector]

Dan, Here's wishing you and your wife and family a HEALTHY and Happy Christmas. I know gold is a lure but I really love the picture rock in that unique claim. It's too bad shipping between our two countries is so high, what ca you do? The other stones, like the Jades , are also amazing. Canada is so beautiful. We're from the East Coast(N.J.) and moved here (Ferndale,WA.) 8 years ago, but we have been all over Eastern ,Canada. We hope, now that Covid restrictions are easing ,to spend more time in B.C. and Alberta..God willing. Your still young,but in Feb. I'll be an Octogenarian, boy is that a scary word:) Cheers, Rik Spector

[@NullitasAmare]

You make me miss who my dad used to be. I wish we could have gone out and done things like this. Your kids will appreciate the memories and knowledge you've given them, even if they might not realize that now.

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

[@raptr2005]

Another great video my friend! It’s so beautiful up there in Canada. Down south in Tennessee here. Recent storm have us without power now for 5 days. But any how we hope you get well soon! God bless you and your family.

[@asjamuir5534]

These were some of my first experience of you and the family in the flash back after I found you almost 3 yrs ago even now while watching this I still look forward to seeing you oot and aboot with the pan and a camera

[@carolliptrot1248]

Another glorious video of the stunning scenery and of course gold. Love your videos, so informative and enjoyable. Thank you 😊

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Merry Christmas Dan Hurd! Thanks for the hours and hours of BC quality content. :) I live in Stockholm, Sweden and I love it here, but if I had to live somewhere else, the PNW is definitely up there. Also, get well soon! Edit: Love how you pronounce it kerrbuhrater! :D

[@GunsHomebrew]

I hope you’re back is doing better and hope you have a great holidays coming up.

[@minerjim1531]

DAN, there is always a swell factor in material from in situ ( bank run ) vs, a pile . boulders can add as much as 50% swell to material so calculating your material sizes vs. what your actually running through the high banker as example is very different. That is why testing in bulk sample with same equipment as you will mine with is critical to success! Testing like your doing should be done weekly as you mine to redundantly check recovery!

[@newfoundland1956]

Love your videos especially with family in them

[@exaun6024]

Dan i myself am a teenager and i watch a lot of your videos,i would be lucky to have a father like you

[@mcchuggernaut9378]

I'm no mining expert, just a dude with a geology minor, but my best logical guess as to what is happening: First, the gold almost certainly isn't distributed close enough to even in that old streambed deposit to use a few test yards to get a fair average. Your gold yield in that type of ground will likely naturally vary greatly from "yard" to yard of material, some yards almost bare and some containing "pockets" of concentrated gold. Also, the amount of non-yielding big rocks per yard varying on top of that will combine with the uneven gold distribution to throw your small-scale testing averages off even more. Worse, you can't just discard the big rocks and use only the loose material to average, because they still factor into the cost/time/effort of mining. So in order to get a REAL average per yard, you would need a much larger sample size. Which stinks because you are trying to determine profitability with as little expense as possible before committing to a large-scale mining risk. Ultimately, I think your true average is much closer to exactly what you recovered from the large-scale mining you already did there divided by the yards of material you moved (unless you just dug in a bad spot), and the small-scale samples are confusing you because of their tendency to vary a lot from yard to yard for the reasons I already pointed out. Course, it's not impossible you could move 5 feet left or right, get a lucky deposit, and end up swimming in nuggets like Scrooge McDuck. Anyway, what I would do is take my absolute best and worst small-scale tests, average THOSE, and if you can still make a worth-while profit with that average then sink a bit of money into a small-scale mining test. If that works out, then scale it up. If not, close it down since it is very unlikely to get better. Take my advice with a grain of salt.

[@jonlavigne3270]

This is funny. I got a notion a few weeks ago as to how panning for gold works and ended up stumbling across this channel. I don't live in a gold mining area. I'm not going to be doing any prospecting that I'm aware. But I sure as hell keep watching these videos.

[@ThePolarPrince]

Thanks for the entrainment! It is nice to watch other people live there dreams and do things they love! Never take your health for granted my friend.

[@paulhoffman6371]

It is a pleasure seeing your father is still young and into your passion. As for Dana, your best nugget of gold.

[@AnthonyTyger]

The Letterkenny reference 100% earned you a sub Dan... ya earned it bud.

[@congoashanti2015]

Hi Dan..your a breath of fresh air and always make me smile.hope your feeling better soon.Good luck finding lots of gold and you earned my sub a good while ago🤗🇨🇮God bless bro

[@crazybirds9673]

Hope your back heals soon. Wish you and your family a happy holiday season

[@johnjacobs1625]

Great Team work Dan!! Merry Christmas Buddy!! Regards JJ

[@dannycleaveland9816]

I sometimes leave a comment as to how to make the video better. Well Dan, your videos are perfect. I enjoyed every second. Keep on keeping on.

[@rogerdudra178]

I'm impressed with attention to detail when you comply with B.C, rules about water not reaching the river that you've used in slucing the paydirt.. Montana shows the effects of not following this guide line.

[@jameslanning8405]

Considering as well Dan, that a "YARD," of mineable materials, would have to exclude all the big rocks getting picked up by the machine. Half the pile is lost, just because of the number of rocks, that will 'bear no fruit.' Watching that older video of you and your family out panning together, eating 'tube stakes,' and being still 'pre teens,' I thought Dan, there's all the gold you'll ever need bud. All the yellow in the ground, can't compare to two heads of ginger! Three if you count the missus! And, you got a fine woman there, who's willing to ruin her nails and get dirty with you, digging and panning "your dream." If you never find another spec of gold, "you're still a blessed and lucky man."

[@Danhurd]

uit is actually 6 scoops to one yard on that machine, but we calculate at 5 because we figure in each yard there is about 1 scoops of bigger boulders that we never process.

[@LateBloomerMedia]

@@Danhurd wouldn't you want to do 7 scoops then?

[@rockbutcher]

A yard is a yard, rocks and all. I do this for a living. Unless you want to create a bunch of unnecessary extra work for yourself calculating the volume of oversize in each bucket which then artificially inflates your grade, it's far simpler to stick to bucket yards (which are different from in-situ yards.) If you have a lot of large boulders in one area, the grade there is likely to be higher anyway if the ground is virgin, so your point is doubly moot.

[@ZE0XE0]

he really should include the large rocks though in the volume of dirt processed if he wants to calculate how much gold is in the deposit volumetrically, since the bench is made up of a mix of different size material including that large oversize. Since he has to measure the volume of the gravel bench with the large rocks included as they are mixed in. Also since the profitability of the bench still is based on profit per cost to move the material, and the large rocks must be removed as part of the excavation as they would be in the way.

[@44ryang90]

Well Dan, you did it. You earned my subscription today. Looking forward to more videos.

[@EthanBonardel]

Great video! Thanks

[@RockAndOre]

Hi Dan, Dan Here. Love your videos mate.

[@ericj.wilkinson9317]

Teenagers are free from the constant of thinking about the difference between the times we have and the times we think we have . They will treasure the times they have had and look back at the time spent and wish they had more . The experience of age is sometimes lost in the hubris of youth but it is recognized in scarcity . Thank you Dan you are appreciated , sending love to you and yours .

[@stefanh1659]

Thanks for the video Dan! Trout creek will hold blessings for you in June! Let’s go seabo!

[@CanadianGoldMining]

Thanks Cant WAit

[@leighisfeld1944]

Hi Dan I’d love to see your shop and all your stuff! A video while your healing would be cool! I grab a coffee and your videos every Sunday am looking forward to anything you post and thanks to reg behind the scenes

[@bdog01]

Thank you so much for your videos. Definitely earned my subscription a while ago. I do have a question. It looked to me like there were a bunch of tiny granules of gold mixed in with the black sand in the final pan. Would it make a difference if you ran all of the black sand through something like the Gold Drop machine? Is it maybe some trick of the video/my eyes?

[@dodgeit3014]

I knew you weren’t happy about the results and figured this video would be coming. Good stuff Dan.

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

*BUT!!* the home movies are *solid* gold! Thanks for sharing! Heal up! 🖖👍

[@TheGhostQuarter]

Glad your doing well. I hope the mining operation gets going too.

[@southernmama9362]

💛💛💛i always look forward to your videos😁

[@nzlemming]

Merry Xmas, Dan.

[@MadMarlin1964]

Tell Dana and your Dad we say thank you very much for helping. And thanks for sharing another great video.

[@dustinclick9496]

That intro was great Dan. Love the channel

[@lynneodell4908]

hi dan ,lovely video .i can relate to the back problems,you might try some arnica gel on your back.it is very good for the pain ,and is very healing . it sure helps mine .take care and stay safe .

[@ricktimmons458]

you are blessed that your family can/do help you.

[@RonFProspecting]

Awesome video! You got the boss's doing the work today eh. Hope your back gets better man!

[@michaelbarry4465]

The scenery, the food, and the gold looks fantastic. Nice work guys

[@americasfavoritehoarder]

Nice gold Dan. I need a beer.

[@Hatchman08]

Hi Dan, great channel! I'm on the lookout for a high banker similar to yours. Followed the link to gold stream placer supplies but I didn't see one like the model your using here. Do you have another sponsor company to recommend or is that one just a custom-build from gold stream?

[@CanadianGoldMining]

100% JUNE 1st LETS GO!!! SO stoked ... Excavator is ready and eager and so am I .. Will finish opening up the orad the second we can and get to that GOLDEN deposit on the other side... Cant wait Dan... Thanks again for the opportunity ...... Whoo hoo :)

[@michaelwilson9764]

You could take a wheelbarrow along for your hand testing trips. Not only useful for carting a lot of equipment, it has a measurable capacity. They also double as a comfortable chair and a raised water basin for panning cons.

[@CSIDecon]

another awesome video Dan, now, how can we get my suction dredge on a boat there?

[@frozenpann]

You people are ROCKSTARs!

[@whiskeytangofoxtrot5244]

You have some aging to do partner to catch my crew. Should I start with my Greatgrandkids ? You are a lucky man Sir , enjoy.

[@sharonharroun7869]

so blessed to have a nice Dan daddy & Dana

[@janedc5ch319]

My son was a Honda mechanic ,for years. He passed away at 50 in 2016. Nissan him so much.

[@sandboxgold7698]

Great Episode 👍👍👍

[@Reaperofsouls99]

Love your work! Question, why do you measure in yards not metres?

[@stephenamy9879]

Very much like your cut to the beat start. thumbs up

[@ryanprough253]

I'm here in California, and love your channel. Do you have any recommendations for gold panning excursions? I am contemplating just buying a claim and running with it.

[@Alondro77]

I would guess the variability is due to the way you're hitting 'striated' deposits. Some regions have a bit more concentration than others, so the average needs to be taken from several locations in a grid formation. That's how we tested cell cultures when I was in a biology lab. One portion of the plate might have a bit more or less than others, so a selection of plate regions was counted and then the average was calculated.

[@Cryaboutmyhandle]

Makes sense , thanks for the lesson!

[@tedc3895]

Dan a 55 gallon barrel is one third yard. Also a cone is one third the volume of a cylinder the same height and diameter. . so a yard is a pretty good pile of material. So I would take a barrel up there and fill it three times . that's a yard.

[@joestewart7487]

hey Dan, the garnets came today. many thanks :-D

[@yoopermann7942]

could it be that the gold is all on top and havent worked down that far? almost like old flood gold? i think that a yard is something like 55 5 gallon buckets minus all those big rocks/boulders,, thank you for taking us along

[@jarrac]

Agree. It seems it’s all about the weighed accuracy of the test run. Results still not definitive.

[@66hobgoblin81]

While the creek is low Dan, it gives you a chance to get into crevices & other spots that might not normally be accessible. Who knows what "goodies" have lain hidden away out of reach !!! 😃.

[@easternwoods4378]

The beard seems to be coming in stronger than before. All the best with the back

[@ISuckUnderPressure]

Have you ever filmed a drill sample process? Not sure if that’s a feasible thing to do or not, but I figured it’d be cool to see a drill core sample panned out with your commentary.

[@marcussmart3275]

My lower back went out last week too. Right when a snowstorm came through, I think that's what gets me the most.

[@buffalokrisgoldprospecting]

Now that's what I call quality time with the wife. And dad. Great day for sure. Thanks for sharing and I always thought a yard was bigger too but we have a place here in town that sells decoration rocks by the yard and they have a bucket on their little loader that is exactly a yard and I'll tell you always look smaller than you think it'd be

[@tandem8]

Dan, thank you for your wonderful videos. I love to prospect but haven't for a number of years. I lived in South Carolina for a few years in a gold rush area near Greenville, SC. Most of the rivers and creeks there have some gold. I was trying to buy a place up in South Dakota but my wife put her food down and does not want to live there. She does not like winter. Ho Hum in my opinion Merry Christmas

[@minerjim1531]

Dan, and Andy : it might be worth opening up the sluice box 1/3 wider at the four foot area to spread out material and change the water speed enough to give the gold another chance to drop out! i do believe you have a recovery problem, and further testing will prove that out. redundant testing of tailings daily while running is best way to monitor recovery as you mine. whether by pan or high banker, test, test and retest, mining is about recovery not yardage Fantastic videos my friend keep them coming . Merry Christmas Too ALL!

[@frankmorgan1243]

Such a beautiful area

[@bobpace5464]

Another great video that’s beautiful country where you’re at and it’s good to see your dad helping you and of course the beast of the wife sorry Dana have a great day and safe day and will see you next time.

[@leighanncronin6905]

You're a lucky man, to have your Dad, (and the Dana Beast😁), there with you...doing what you love to do! Thanks crew!🥰

[@petepal55]

The AP wire service has an article today on the number of critters that die because people are using PVC pipes to mark their claim boundaries. Seems they think the pipes are a great place to be but can't get back out, they've found 30 birds in one pipe! Now the public is urged to take down these pipes and lay them next to the hole, filling the hole would be a nice idea, too.

[@mytwocoins]

Great video. Really beautiful day out there. Can’t wait for more testing, the hunt is on!

[@DavidSmith-zr3nd]

With a little baby powder and those glasses you could pick up some extra cash as ole Santa. Great video.

[@randallangelohandyguy5345]

Hi Dan, I watched this video last night and have some observations about the puzzle you have. I can see that your yard of paydirt varies too much to get an accurate consistent result. Every thing from a pile of rock and gravel by the creek to five scoops with the excavator is too broad a range of fudge factor. I was also wondering if you targeted better soil with less bigger rocks when digging by hand vs an excavator taking out the whole hillside. Just some thoughts, thanks for the great content.

[@newto4361]

Always got an interesting entertaining little spin Dan,that "gold gold gold" call with the deviant greedy look is a hard one to beat,lol's,long live Dan.