My name is Chris Ralph, and I am a Professional Prospector - I make my income finding gold, silver, gemstones and mineral deposits which I sell to mining companies. I have a degree in Mine Engineering and I've been digging my own gold for more than 40 years. I've found gold in Africa, Australia, Alaska and all over the western US. This channel is about: 1) Teaching you how to find your own gold and gemstones; 2) Outdoor Adventures in the field exploring the western USA and other locations. 3) I cover diamonds, crystals gemstones and other topics of interest related to geology. Come along with me and we'll have some fun, make some friends and learn a lot about the geology of prospecting for gold. I've got lots of plans for new videos, so please subscribe to my channel and let me know your thoughts in the comments on my videos.
That expression of chris is priceless. Like he was hearing our comments right away. So chriss must be santa if he knows were being naughty. For xmas two punds of gold
10 Lies that are the absolute TRUTH !! 😂 Great value here. I've seen many of these instances myself. In many places, the old-timers mined out the easy material, but left good areas behind. I'm personally in that situation. It also makes me wonder whether the recovery today is about the same as in their era ? The only difference is modern equipment. 🤔 As for #5, they can save half that money and get my machine. Lol !! We'll done, Chris ! Thanks for sharing. 👍⛏️⚒️🤠
The old timers never had a machine like the gold rattler wash plant you are making. In some places, dry washing works well, but in others its a real dud. In those places it was a dud, there was little the old timers could do.
Hi Criss I love your common sense, which isnt common! I have passed by tons of river rock discarded threw dredging activities. I often think why dont i checked the rocks. I never have. Have you thought or doing that? Also if you have then what was your take on that?
1-4, I never believed, 5, I tried, and still do, 6, not true but sometimes it's the thing to do, 7, nonsense, 8, always a good idea as the sure knowledge of the presence of gold is a great motivator, 9, this is folly! I couldn't tell you how many times I ran away from gold to go someplace where there was none. 10, As the old timers said, gold is where you find it, often times its found where you never expected and its not where you thought it was a sure thing! Gold will trick **** you!!! Good advice Chris, I concur with each point you make! One thing that should be stressed, and that I have done many times, Is the mental aspect. Defeating yourself before you even get started. This happens a lot when you try doing it for a living. It beats you down and you can convince yourself that it's futile to even try one place or another. It's like gambling, when you HAVE to win, you lose. When you don't give a danm, you win. If you've done your research and put yourself in a good spot, keep on swinging, keep on digging, sooner or later it's going to come up yellow!
@@ChrisRalph Not as expensive as loading up the truck and getting skunked repeatedly. I like results. I buy silver regularly and gold occasionally. It’s way more than I will ever find living in Utah.
Damn Chris this is such good information..Any new gold seekers should benefit greatly from this. I think the information conveyed in this video is spot on. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you!!!
Hi Chris another great video, do you have any videos on identifying pgms or how identify pgms have some ore I've crushed and have a metal that I cannot identify, thank you
yeah I pan an area that is really popular. people running dredges all that. I still get a decent little amount. nothin spectacular at all but I'm just in it for fun and collecting purposes. Gonna go scout some new spots though. I live in a mining district with an okay history lots of old inactive claims to check out.
Rombongan-rombongan (Az-Zumar):32 - Maka siapakah yang lebih zalim daripada orang yang membuat-buat dusta terhadap Allah dan mendustakan kebenaran ketika datang kepadanya? Bukankah di neraka Jahannam tersedia tempat tinggal bagi orang-orang yang kafir?Rombongan-rombongan (Az-Zumar):33 - Dan orang yang membawa kebenaran (Muhammad) dan membenarkannya, mereka itulah orang-orang yang bertakwa.
Al-Quran adalah kitab yang penuh dengan kebohongan. Muhammad adalah nabi palsu yang paling jelas. Dia adalah perompak karavan, dia menyeksa orang untuk wang, dia seorang pencabul kanak-kanak, dan pembohong. Allah hanya mencintai orang yang mencintainya. Tuhan orang Kristian mengasihi semua. Tuhan orang Kristian adalah Tuhan yang lebih besar.
i was using my nox 900 (beach detecting) and saw pieces of quartz in conglomerate in san pedro. on a trashy beach. i was kind of in aw that quartz was there. right on the ocean to hot in the desert to look for gold. now. gotta wait. have a good day.
Remember that quartz is the most common mineral on the earth, while gold is very rare stuff. The great majority of all vein quartz has little or no gold. Quartz with lots of visible gold is very rare.
There are different laws in each state of the US, and in each state of each country for other countries. It would take many, many videos to cover all the possibilities, and then laws change, so they would all need to be updated regularly. And besides, I am not a lawyer and I cannot be giving out legal advice.
I get quite a few people every day who want me to ID their rock and mineral photos. I do not offer a mineral ID service, mostly because it’s not as easy as you think. Usually, minerals cannot be identified from just a picture. Please watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MpkW58ZeQlc.html and Part 2 can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zOWo49X90gA.html and Part 3 can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ab5NngRlVw.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions.
We ran a small gold mine for a few years, we got 5 ounces a day just running the sluice. Now the sluice would do 60 tons an hour. But we got 5 extra ounces a a day when we crushed the rocks too.
@@ChrisRalph We built it, It was huge, Probably about 40 to 50 feet long. rocks came out the end, and sand came out on a conveyor belt. It had a nugget trap on it too. But most of the gold was in the sluice, found after clean up.
The biggest problem is finding some where to sell the gold at gold prices. You can't just take it to a store that says we buy gold because they won't give you the price of gold for it. You will need to find someone who is connected to the stock market, someone trust worthy to get top dollar for your gold.
Not only did the old timers not get it all, but their equipment was so bad, that you can find gold the dirt that the old timer had already gone threw. Old tailing piles are usually found right out side of a mine shaft. Gold isn't every where, but if gold was found there in the past then there is still gold there. I recommend looking in the rock layer in the bank of a creek in an area gold has been found or in a creek running out of an area where gold was found. Every where is not claimed, but around here old gold mines are claimed by the government and made in to parks, claiming it is a historical site.
I am a dreamer. An armchair adventurist ! . Great advice Chris. I like detecting but i seldom go out. I can find a little gold in stream that have gold . The reward isn't the gold. My reward is enjoy the nature. The wonderment of how beautiful the planet is. The fact i can enjoy my time. I've found very little gold. Gold fever is real . Many a life has been chasing the dream. Many people have ruined there lives with gold fever. Beware of gold fever and seek balance and enjoy life every day that you can . Knowlege is success. Practice perseverance. Never loose your child like wonderment. We are all miracles of creation .
Well not the 1 in Libby Montana as they will not let you do anything but shovel into a trommel as I was a member of this club and they do not teach you anything
I live in Butte Montana and I just joined a prospecting club here and right now they have four mining claims that you can go on and look for gold and they are adding more in the future. Most of the prospecting is done either with a high banker or gold detectors, because there's no water by these claims, but I went out a few days ago with my detector on one of the claims and I found a couple of small picker nuggets and some small fine gold! I don't ever expect to get rich from doing it, but it is a lot of fun as a recreation! 😁👍 If you're interested in joining, the club is called Mining City Prospectors and it only costs $40 a year for membership! They have approximately 80 members from all over Montana! Give me a shout if you would like to join and I can get you the information! 👍
Hello sir, I've recently watched a few videos very cool stuff. I'm new to this whole the gold mining thing. Only got into it because there seems to have been a geological event here where I live in my own backyard which is not a very big backyard. Basically every type of gold or specimen example you've given I've found in my yard every type of oil you can think of along with many gems including diamonds rubies emeralds jade's. I believe there is more PlayStation is happening in my area that my current city officials are trying to keep secret. I've been going through a barrage of harassment for over 2 years since I started digging these things up out of the ground. I've had them stolen from me the gold that I had melted the gym that I have polished taken people breaking into my house watching me following me when I leave. It's insane. The reason I'm reaching out is because I'm looking for a professional that can help identify and verify my findings In The Raw. Because it seems like every time I try to collect it and refine it seems to go missing if I so much as go to the bathroom and take my eyes off of it. Not only that I will be surprised if this comment even makes it without being hacked and erased. They go as far as to steal my mail falsified documents to make me think that my payments are going through when they are not stop me from getting any notifications of default so now that my house is in foreclosure which I'm trying to fight. But all my assets have been depleted. My vehicle has been sabotaged my communications have been blocked. I don't know what's happening here but it's super strange and I'm kind of worried. I'm about to be homeless when I have tons of precious metals and gems in my yard what you need help processing and turning into something I can cash in on. I'm just trying to save my home. I don't know where all these rocks came from. All I know is that I noticed several of my neighbors renting tractors and dump trucks and a bunch of Chinese people in the house behind me dug a bunch of trenches pumping water into the ground taking slabs of something out I don't know. I think there's people telling under my house I feel the ground moving constantly. Anyways I don't really email or get online that much anymore because I get hacked and I don't even get it so like my phone number is 7 0 2 - 3 3 5 0295. It's the biggest number but I live in Ontario California right near Mount Baldy or Mount San Antonio San Bernardino Mountains. Also one factor am I mention that was pointed out to me is that my house sits next to an ally that was a flood Channel does that makes any difference. All I know is there's been a realtor at the realtor at the realtor everyday coming trying to make me offers on my house. I'm just looking for someone who can come here and help verify with here take a look at it and give their professional opinion. The only thing is I have a very very limited time window maybe 10 days before I have to decide whether the short sale my home or try and Leverage these valuable minerals somehow get a loan or funding or something so I can continue collecting and processing these things into currency. This is like a life or death situation cuz not only do I believe I'm being monitored constantly there's also a another aspect which is there's a chemical being pumped into my house that makes me very sleepy I believe that I'm being drugged to Slow Me Down. Somebody is breaking into my house coming into my yard and my garage stealing my tools just trying to ruin anything I'm doing. I need a professional to help me just come verify with here.
Hi Chris, many years ago I always walked back to my car and never detected the cattle pad I walked on. Long story short, three brothers detected the track and picked up 46 ounces first day, they continued and ended up with around 700 ounces in a couple of months. Deepest ground was only 2-3 feet deep and loose gravels. Best nugget was 14 ounces.
Another great video Chris. Are landslides near creeks a good place to look if it was a old placer mine before? The landslide is above that area about 500 feet up the creek. Thanks and I had to buy your book. And I have been combing the pages for info on that subject.
If a landslide somehow brings existing placer gravels from a bench down into the river, that would be a good enrichment. If it just brings the general hillside down into the river, that's probably not a good place to look.
@@ChrisRalph Thanks for getting back to me Chris. I haven't been there yet. But it looks like from the Google maps that the landslide actually gave way and at the very top you can see bedrock that was buried with that overburden dirt that slid down the side of the mountain. I love your book. I wish there was a little more on Sniping for gold.
Hello gentle man, watching you on a regular basis from the south Asian region. I have been benefitted by watching your videos ❤ thank you so much sir❤ God bless you
Thank you I find your presentations very informative I’m catching up on some of your older videos I did get your book I give you 5 stars on your book a wealth of knowledge recommend anyone watching to go ahead and read your book
