Alaska Gold - Prospecting on Myers Fork 2019 E3 - Jackpot!!! 

Hallo Uwe, herzlichen Dank! Ja, das war wirklich der Hammer, ich kriege feuchte Augen, wenn ich daran zurück denke... Wir vermissen alle Alaska sehr und hoffen, dass wir bald mal wieder hin können. Freut mich riesig, dass es Dir gefallen hat, ich fühle mich geehrt über Deinen Besuch auf meinem Kanal 💪🤠👍 Goldgruss, Schwendi ps: und herzlichen Dank, dass ich bei Dir jetzt unter angesagt laufe, freut mich sehr 😃👍

@@TheLensSchwendi ein mega Video , werde ich gleich noch mal in meiner Community verlinken und die restlichen Videos schaue ich mir auch nach und nach an :-) . LG Uwe

@@Timeforstones vielen lieben Dank, das weiss ich sehr zu schätzen, sehr nett von Dir. Würde Dir gern eins ausgeben dafür, vielleicht klappt das ja mal später mal im 2021...

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm currently editing Episode 0. It's about how it all started and about my very first Alaska trips. I'll publish it very soon...

Yeah, this was a really sweet dish 😃. Thanks for watching 🤠👍

@@TheLensSchwendi You done an excellent job on your videos! Keep the coming!

@@goldprounlimited1750 Thank you very much, makes me happy!

Hallo PapaJoe! Vielen herzlichen Dank und noch einen schönen Sonntagabenf! Lg von Schwendi

Yeah, this was extraordinary cool. First, we didn't find a lot and tried to find a good spot pretty hard. So it was really really cool, when the hard work payed. And the people there are great, we had a lot of fun!

Hi LuckyFriday, thank you very much. In fact, the largest nugget, found on Mike's Myers Fork Claims is over 1.5 ounce and it was found by a guest. So, finding a one-ounce monster is theoretically possible 🤪. Regarding the whisky for the hosts: They prefer the scottish Islay Whisky Ardbeg 😉. The Ardbeg Ten won the whisky tasting night clearly...

The Islay fans often do quite well with a classy Bourbon, since the vats for those are charred to coal inside...

Thank you very much, Charlie! We had a great time there... I really miss AK

Thank you very much for your kind feedback! Yes, it's really cool in Chicken. Have a good day 👍

Herzlichen Dank! Ich empfand es nicht als Arbeit, es hat mir Riesenfreude gemacht, sowohl die Zeit in Alaska, wie auch das editieren des Videos. So konnte ich es noch länger auskosten 🤠

Gerne, kann ich alles verstehen. Wenn gleich das was anderes ist als bei und mit den paar Flittern. Da hat so ziemlich alles gepasst. Das ist "leider" anstecken" *lach. Gruß Goldwaschen mit Tom

Herzlichen Dank, Alex! Weitere Episoden sind in Arbeit ;)

@@TheLensSchwendi Great stuff!! pretty sure that we won't see too many "mosquito poops" but some real nice chunky, beautiful candy!! Stay safe!!

@@gold-diggersanonymous1085 😅👍

Hey Paul, thank you so much!! Gold prospecting like we do it, is a fascinating hobby, it's definitively highly addictive. But it's also not everyone's thing, cause it's pretty exhausting and dirty and your chances of success are pretty low. So you have to love the task of searching, loving the gold is not enough. Yeah, we watch "Gold Rush" as well, we love it. Guess what we drink, when we watch it, haha. 2018 we were in Dawson and we have seen some dredge parts of Tony Beets bucket line dredge at the bank of the Yukon. And also his boats Jasmine B and Kid commando. I was in fact illegally on the Jasmine B fo a few seconds to take a foto 😇

Hey danka vilmol für der toll Kommentar, het mi sehr gfreut!! Dir au guet Gold 🤠👍

Thank you Adam. Where are you from?

@@TheLensSchwendi I'm from Oregon USA. I've been interested in gold prospecting for approximately 6 years but never as successful as you were. Some day maybe.

@@adaml.4076 OK. I asked because I know another Adam L... from Poland. I wish you a lot of success as well! I'm prospecting since more than 15 years and many times, I had to be happy with just a few dust particles of gold 😅. I appreciate your subscription to my channel 🤠

@@TheLensSchwendi I'm happy I ran into your channel. I can learn more from watching. I recently joined a club where I can go to private claims here across the states and up in Alaska so you just never know. I don't complain i just love getting out, it's about the searching.

@@adaml.4076 Yeah, absolutely, it's about the searching! In my latest video, a very experienced prospector says exactly this as well. It's not about having the gold, it's about going out there and look for the gold.

Thank you, mate 🤠👍. Wow, dredging in the 40mile river must be a great adventure. I know GFP, maybe I can be there as well. Have a great day

I'll watch your videos, just subbed you back 👍

😃😃😃👍 you have good eyes lol. The ibuprofen bottle was from my colleague, he had serious problems with his knees. In the morning, he sometimes had to climb backwards out of his camper. But as soon, as he had a shovel in his hand, his knees were better 😃😃💪🤠👍

It is Hell getting old :)

@@MidwestDavesGoldProspecting Yes it is. If we wake up one morning and nothing hurts, this means we are dead 😁🤠

@@TheLensSchwendi True

Hallo Joerg, wow das ist ja ein Kompliment, vielen herzlichen Dank! Das freut mich natürlich riesig und motiviert mich für weitere Videos. Herzlicher Gruss von Schwendi

@@TheLensSchwendi sehr gern😊

Vielen Dank!

Thank you very much for your very true comment. I fully agree, the gold was cool, but it's the memories about the friends and the trips, which are the big thing.

Hallo Rafi, herzlichen Dank! Das freut mich sehr. LG und gut Gold von Schwendi

Hah, a lost Appenzeller, how cool is that! Thanks for writing! Do you live in Alaska? The claim owner liked the Appenzeller Alpenbitter, it's kind of a tradition, that we bring a bottle every time, we are in Chicken 🤠👍

@@TheLensSchwendi you welcome just was researching dredging and you clip came up. I got some friends with claims but in peterville area. ya, I moved to Big Lake Alaska in 06. Grew up in Appenzell City. Lol

@@swissalaskan Appenzell city downtown lol 😅. Never was in the peterville area yet, but my wife and me will travel around in AK this summer, before we go to Chicken. Btw: I work in Heerbrugg, pretty close to Appenzell...

Vielen Dank, Peter! Rückenschmerzen hatten wir GottseiDank praktisch keine. Oder wir haben es zumindest nicht gemerkt :)

Thank you!

thanks for watching, Capt'n 😁! We had an awesome time there, really miss it. We plan to go again, but we have to wait... There was also a larger river, the South Fork Fortymile. There are some people dredging there, some of them with really large rigs, one is even a 10inch, if I'm right. Like Dave... Did you read the book "Extreme Prospector" from DaveMcCracken? It's awesome! Have a good day my friend

@@TheLensSchwendi I know people who know him personally, and they all say he's a great guy. As dredging goes I learned from RU-vid. I watched 3 folk's who I really rate highly, and combined there styles, into my own. I'm pretty sure that I'm the uks most experienced dredger now. Wish I could have a go over pond on some big nugget rivers even thou, the biggest nuggets seem to be coming out this side of the pond. Cheers

@@piratedredger1857 Wow, sounds like you spend a lot of time dredging. You have my respect, I know how exhausting it can be, especially in cold water. Do you have a dry suit or a wet suit heater? Or do you fill your suit just with Arrrrdbeg Whisky? 😁😁

@@TheLensSchwendi hello my friend, I always use a dry suit. Trilaminate cordura. Thease suits are very hard wearing and last a long time. It's all about the undersuit, a heavy one in winter and a light one for summer.. Wet suits get torn too easy and your still wet when you finish. We don't do fires, so being nice and warm at the end of each dive is fantastic, we dredge all year round butt This year is the first in a long time that I've not been out dredging. Heavy pans my friend Arrrrrrrr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☠️⛏️⛏️⛏️👍💙

@@piratedredger1857 respect, my friend!! I also worked with a dry suit in winter, but the cuffs broke pretty easy and I had some unpleasant experiences 🥶😁. It's incredible how fast a broken dry suit can fill with water...

Thank you, makes me happy! To Nome? How cool is that! You go gold prospecting there?

@@TheLensSchwendi yes 😏

@@kerobotics2657 Cool! Find a lot fo gold and take care!

Thank you very much, Bruce! It's a pleasure for me, that you enjoyed it. We really had a good time in AK. I miss it in fact. I hope we can go to AK in 2021 again. Have a good weekend 🤠

Ganz herzlichen Dank! Du bereitest mir eine grosse Freude mit diesem Kommentar. Das nächste Gold-Video kommt demnächst...

Thank you very much, that's a pleasure for me. We really had a very good time and I can't wait to got back again. Hopefully 2021. Yeah, the pant moment was very funny 😁

I could only dream of finding that much gold😍 Looking forward to watching the rest of your vids👍🏻

@@ScottishGoldHunter To be honest, we have many many days, where we find only very little gold or even zero. In episode 2 you'll see, that we found way less than expected first. But we also enjoy this. For me, it's not just about the gold, it's also being outdoors with friends, working hard, exploring etc. For us non-professoinal miners with hand methods it's 95% of it. Only 5% is really jackpot, or even less. People talk only about this few percent. But it's the whole rest, which makes it worth, the good times outdoors...

@@TheLensSchwendi Same here. I love the adventures I go on and if I find gold then it is a bonus😀 Next year I will be doing a lot more so I will be filming a lot of adventures! COVID has stopped a lot happening!!!

@@ScottishGoldHunter I'm looking forward to seeing your adventure films!

Thank you!

Thank you very much and welcome to the channel!

Thank you. God bless you too!

Hey, that's cool, I live pretty close to the border to Germany. Yeah, we had a very good time in Chicken. There are also others working with dredges, but most of them larger than 4" and rather in the Southfork-Fortymile river. We were only in the small Mosquito Fork, we prefer highbanking or handsluices there due to the flexibility. I also worked with a 4" many years ago, and I loved it! The claim was not ours, we payed the claim owner for permission to prospect there, it's the Chicken Gold Camp. All the best to Indiana!

Thank you, that's a pleasure for us!

Thank you! Yes, this would be nice, but also very exhausting. In 6 months you likely have to prospect and change the spot many times. And it's also a question of conditions, sometimes the ground is frozen, sometimes there is not enough water, sometimes too much. So it's definitively not 6 months full of half ounce days 🤠

Thank you, Snowdigger! And welcome to the Channel :). Your nickname tells me, that we have something in common. Winter prospecting can be awesome, my brother (in law), his son and me love it to walk through the woods with snowshoes and prospect icy creeks.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Thank you very much. I guess we were lucky 😉. You too, best of luck for your next adventure!

Hallo Lothar, herzlichen Dank, dass Du Dir Zeit genommen hast. Freut mich sehr. Ja, wir hatten wohl etwas wenig geschlafen und waren deshalb etwas kälteempfindlich, haha. Ich war wirklich erstaunt über den Texaner, das war ein zäher Kerl, denn wir sind auch nicht gerade aus Zucker und es war wirklich recht fröstelig. Vielen Dank und noch einen schönen Tag. Gruss von Schwendi

@@TheLensSchwendi Der Texaner hat sich sehr gefreut . Jetzt hat jeder gesehen , was das für klasse Kerle die Texaner sind .(●'◡'●)

@@lotharrommel3456 haha, genau. Er war ein cooler Typ. Immer gut gelaunt und manchmal ist er einfach allein tagelang in den Hügeln rumgestreift und ist am Abend mit einem Lächeln wieder im Camp aufgetaucht. Ich will auch unbedingt mal den oberen Teil des Bachlaufes erkunden, es gab weiter oben am Hügel mal noch eine kleine Goldmine mit unglaublich hohen Goldkonzentrationen, aber nur sehr kleinem Vorkommen. Die würde ich gern mal finden... Aber ist auch nicht ganz ungefährlich wegen den Elchen. Und ab und zu hats auch mal Bären, aber die hauen eher ab, wenn man genug Lärm macht...

@@TheLensSchwendi Deine Erfahrung wird dir auch bei Problemen immer wieder helfen . Sollte ich mir ein kleines Stück Gold kaufen , dann denke ich an dich . Kaufen ist leicht , aber finden ist mit viel Arbeit verbunden .

Hallo Peter, vielen herzlichen Dank und schöne Grüsse aus der Schweiz nach Bayern 🤠👍

I highly recommend it, it's really awesome there and the people are great! I hope we can be in Alaska again in 2022.

Yeah, this was veeeery cool! We can't wait to go back. Not only the gold, but also the people are awesome there, we have many friends in Alaska. And of course the landscape. I', right now working on a "therapy video" for me, haha, I edit some old Alaska footage and this makes me feel good. Hope I can upload it before the weekend...

@@TheLensSchwendi yes the people you meet along your journey will always amaze me, there wonderful stories and invaluable friendships made, I have appreciated chatting with someone like minded such as yourself who enjoys the challenges and tribulations of success, I look forward to your new ventures as well as viewing your past experiences. Thanks Schwendi

@@killaprospecting2160 likewise! It was a pleasure to chat with you. Have a great day or rather sleep well, I guess :)

@@TheLensSchwendi you too my friend

Meanwhile, the Bunnahabhain 12 became one of my favorite whiskies! 😃

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Hello brother 🤠, well on the Myers Fork claim of Chicken Gold Camp, they allow small dredges up to 2.5inch. You find the details here: www.chickengold.com/recreational_gold_mining.html

But Myers Fork is a pretty small creek, so you can't dive. Best months are July and August. June also works, but the ground is frozen at some places so July is better, because it thaws more.

@@TheLensSchwendi Blessings to you and maybe next year see you there :)

@@jaqg69 yeah that would be cool. Blessings to you too, my friend 🤠

Thank you. This would be very cool to visit you. Unfortunately we europeans are not allowed to come to the US curently :(...

Hallo Peter, das geht mir selbst auch so. War echt ne super Zeit, bin dankbar, dass ich das erleben durfte. Aber manchmal werde ich wehmütig... Goldgruss Schwendi ps: wie siehts mit Deinem Vorhaben im hohen Norden aus?

Yes. One year, I had my metal detector with me and 2022 was an experienced prospector with minelab detectors there, but he didn't find a lot. Jack Wade creek may be an option for detecting. You may check out this video here (Steve Herschbach at Jack Wade Creek): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NNrzHMKuq_U.html

@@TheLensSchwendi yes I went to jack wade with the gpx 5k hoping this year will be better with the 6k

@@thebushbunker well that's great! Good luck and take care 👍

In diesem Jahr 2019 war ich drei Wochen und der Kumpel aus dem Video war vier Wochen.

no problem 😀😀 Are you from Alaska?

Hey Otavio, wie läufts? Gruss von Schwendi

we smoked, but obviously not enough, haha