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I'll have to check out Gold Bar this spring. I've panned at Prospector Point out by Devon and at the Terwilliger dog park in Edmonton and found flakes. I used to live near Gold Bar but never thought to pan there. I'm intrigued and want to check out a few other creeks in the city that flow into the river, as well. True, it's only flakes but still a lot of fun.
Great video. Kudos to you for the long hike both in and out. Just a suggestion but for the 2nd location that you panned in the big hole there might of been better gold on the inland side of the hole of maybe a short distance upstream or downstream at a shallower depth. I am assumming that whoever dug the big hole stopped because the gold was getting worse the deeper they went, jbut this is just speculation on my part. From a safety perspective it would be better to have your bearspray on a holster on your belt so that it is always in easy reach. You are obviously a very fit person but some sort of emergency transponder would be a good idea for such a remote location. Accidents can happen to the most careful people. Stay safe and heavy pans to you. Thank you for posting.
Thanks! Great suggestions! I defiantly could have had the bear spray more easily accessible, I have met many bears on that trail in the past and it’s always a bit intimidating watching how fast they get around on those hills. That area has been hit really hard by locals, myself included, the hole was down to bedrock. The bedrock is where the chunky gold there is but it’s really hard to pick up with a shovel. Edit: I do need a emergency transponder thing. Are you familiar with a good one that doesn’t break the bank?
@@d.andysprospecting hi I don't know anything about emergency transponders other than the are a good idea for someone like yourself. probably the best places to check would be Amazon, Cabelas and Mountian Equipment Coop but would also verify brands and models by checking RU-vid reviews on specific models. Best wishes.
I’m glad I found your channel. My dad often was on gold panning adventures. This gives me an idea of what he got up to. He was Mennonite from northern Alberta
Gold is gold. If the only reason you pan is to try and get rich then your fooling yourself. Some people pan for the adventure, time outside and not to strike it rich. I’ve spent years prospecting Bc. The Fraser is not that good compared to other spots where you still won’t make a living panning. That being said gold bar is a great place to go and pan and time outside is never a waste of time.
@d.andysprospecting I agree! I go to NSR (between elk point and lea park, east side of alberta... not gonna pinpoint where exactly) and have done well there... best part is, you can switch things up and fish too.
Thanks for watching! I believe something to do with the freezing of the river bottom brought up some new gold to the top somehow. I’ll be testing the ice piles always now :)
That is a nice place to spend some time while waiting for the ice to clear (should be good to go by now), maybe in a few weeks I’ll be there. Always a sweet treat to retrieve a lost/forgotten item. Thanks! 👍👍🤟🤙✌️
Went to do a prospecting trip a couple buddies to my new claim in cherryville and get some new highbanker mats :) Ice is all clear on the NSR now for the most part. Hope to see you out there this year!
Watching you walk down that hill at the start,my thoughts were, "I would NOT want to walk back out of there!" LOL. You got some flakes you would never see the likes of in Alberta, that's for sure. Good luck on your prospects and keep us posted! cheers, Kelly
Thanks! I’ll try to do more detailed videos explaining a bit more :) the filming is always a struggle :p This was in Edmonton on the north Saskatchewan river
Greetings fellow Albertan. Recently visited, Arron buys gold in Sherwood park, asked if he buys placer, he says, " oh that stuff is only about 90% pure, and i would only pay 70% of melt value." This is as he was referring to that it still has black sand in it. I told him i probably wouldn't bring it there at that rate, & he got a little excited claiming no one else would give me any more than that. Oh and NO ONE in Edmonton purifies gold either. Drove 15 minutes to a jeweler in millborne market mall, and found a man who does purify gold 🤣 probably only if he buys it. But he offers sight unseen, $70-90/gram. So it pays to shop around, let me know if you have found a place in Edmonton to sell it at a satisfactory rate. Im looking for things like where did you locate the matt for your clean up sluice? And or find classifiers? A few things i need but wondering if we can get them locally.
2019 I had the great pleasure to assist a couple of dudes sluice on the North Saskatchewan :) The gold flakes were sparkling all around me. I had a blast helping out ❤
I really like that sluice set up for flour gold. I'm going to be trying a bucket sluice system this year that is specifically set up screening for fine flour gold.
@d.andysprospecting I'll have to experiment with different screensizes and magnets but I'll turn it into a video and if it works out I certainly won't keep it a secret from the rest of the prospecting community.
@d.andysprospecting I think I'll end up screening down pretty small. I like to gather all my material up in a big pile on a tarp for a few days and already have it screened down before basically running rough concentrates through a sluice that's somewhere between a highbanker and a clean up sluice. I'm using an adventure street/dirtbike for prospecting so I have to keep the weight and size of all my gear really light and compact.
Thanks! Thats awesome, how is the gold up that way? I've been wanting to check a couple areas north of edmonton out, I think there could be a few good spots.
Very cool! I was seeing 89 to 91 percent on my purity, but I did wind up just re-melting the same button several times with borax, so I wonder if it sort of purified it's self a bit during that process... It also would make sense that different parts of the river were fed by different areas of the glacial source. Nice work man!
Thank you Kyle :) Good results for placer gold! I think melting the same button several times would probably help remove as much impurities as possible for sure! I’m going to try to learn how to use the acids for refining it further and extracting the silver when I get time
Hey. Love the song in the second half of this video. What is the title of that song? Did you create it and if so would you mind emailing me a copy? Edit: This is your brother, btw :P
I Didn't make that one if its the one i think your thinking of! Im not sure what it was called but ill come across it again one of these days and email you the name and artist then :)
There are a few different layers of coal under Edmonton separated by the geologic time scale and I’m not fully up to speed on which one it is, but one does contain small specimens of amber. i believe there aren’t any examples of this amber containing insects etc. or any pieces that would be large enough to interest a jeweller, nevertheless it is present. The coal is, as well, the source of the naturally occurring mercury that is in the area and gives rise to the warnings of consuming excessive amounts of fish from the NSR. The n.o. mercury can also be found on the flour gold too, and of course there are incidences of Hg being introduced by humans. There’s at least one example I know of that shows evidence of an exploding retort, complete with fragments of amalgam that appear to have a distorted shape. Anyways, good to see you, things are as clear as mud here, maybe I’ll catch up with you in May. 👍👍
Hope all is well with you bud! That’s some neat info about some of the local coal containing trace amounts of amber and mercury, I had no idea! I was reading that sometimes Ge/germanium is also found in coal I am curious if that’s the case locally. Hope to see you out there this year!
I too have spent many hours along Edmonton's creeks. Now is the best time, as you can walk the edges and observe the different dpositions. That foundation, looks familiar. It even shows up on some of my old topo map. I took my metal detector there.....had no luck. Have you ever considered purchasing one? I used to do field tests for a US manufacturer. It too is a great hobby. I have found musket balls, bottles, old shotgun shells, jewelry. Even on old rusted through double barrel shotgun.
I agree. It is nice being able to walk up the frozen water :) That's so cool that you took your metal detector there. I was thinking to myself down there how great a spot it could be to look with one! Those are great finds, finding an old shotgun is epic! I would love to get one someday, maybe an underwater one for some sniping but first I need a Blue Nemo :D
