Crushing Rocks to Extract Gold 

Thanks so much for all the info! My daughters & I happened upon a huge boulder of decomposed granite that you could flake off with your hands. When the light hit it I knew there was something unusual about it. Sure enough after doing some testing,, just a little of that dust had at least a dozen visible pieces of specks of gold. It's gonna be a fun summer project!

Who's the knob hitting the thumbs down 😡😡 This is the Top channel for top content, keep em coming Chris 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hi Chris thanks for your videos. I have learnt so much in just watching a few of your videos and increased my pan gold returns. Your videos and my dogs help to keep me sort of sane.

Last game I played was "Borderlands: The Prequel" and thats while I was deployed overseas. Miss that game!

Nothing beats a gaming session in the aircon when its 30+degrees outside.

Very informative info, thank you for posting this, I liked everything you mentioned but especially liked the tip of you tossing the round magnet in the pan; since the fines are so small I think I would run those over my Miller Table to recover those small specs....great video, I learned stuff from you.

Thank you so much for making these videos. My partner and I learn so much. Always look forward to your videos mate!

This was helpful, thank you! I'm pretty new to this but just found some ore with quartz and chalcopyrite and I was a bit disappointed but now I'm gonna process it and see if there's anything in it!

great info Chris learning more every day, Thanks!

Awesome video here Chris. Lol. I have about a 10 gallon bucket of quartz rocks or (about 120 pounds of quartz) that I have been collecting from different areas here in east Tennessee. Like the 2 first ones you showed in the video then you pulled that third one out. That was nice in the color of minerals. And I have 2 homemade portable hand rock crushers I had made from a flat iron bar and some steel pipe. Lol. I use a small sledgehammer about a 2 to 3 lb to crush my rocks up in my homemade portable crusher.. I like to do fabrication work in my spare time and cut, weld and build different things. 😂

Ahoj Chris... Crushing and processing ore... Next level of goldprospecting :-) "Gold in stone" achievement obtained... :-)

I love rock crushing videos at it helps show what has yet to make it's way into a creek, sluice or pan. You gave me a great idea for the summer to GPS pinpoint rock samples instead of loose dirt samples and see if i can find a path back to a source just from rock crushing. Bit of a long shot but you showing your rock samples and them having gold or not is great knowledge to have and therefore a good indicator of what to look for. Please do more or even make it a weekly video and call it (The Weekly Crush) 😁👍

Yes GodBlessYou. And thank you for making videos for all of us to watch.

Interesting video, thanks Chris, More interesting rocks to keep in mind when out fossicking. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin

That rock u crushed looks like the rocks I find in town and lots of pyrite and sliver on the great lakes where sliver harbor is located lol that a half hour drive and the gold is in the Bush the other way lol but as a sample that is amazing to find I think ur on the reff already or very very close cheers Chris and enjoy some Cod

When breaking rocks you must ensure that the equipment you are using is mounted or placed on a NON-DEFORMABLE surface. If the surface can deform, such as soil, or if the surface can reshape such as with cobbles or gravel then energy is lost to the Plastic Deformation. This also includes springy surfaces such as rubber mats that are used to mitigate the noise of the process (PONS or Pissed Off Neighbours Syndrome).

Awesome I live in Connecticut I just found two nuggets weighting .1 of a gram. I just started paning in my creek

Love your work Chris.

Chris you r right, an old prospector told me one hand sample of ore showing one spec equals one once to the tonne. So five specs 5 onces to the tonne.

That was a nice sample. I hate new games also having to download them. Thanks for the video Chris

Surfed and sailed my whole life ,did not know that "reef" has a mining definition separate from the oceanic one. Thanks ,linguistic knowledge is gold to me.

Hi Chris thanks for your videos. I am manylearn it topics to crush rocks can the gold. Thanks for your. From Indonesia.

Got ya ,scratch behind ears. Considered done. Great video,mate. Rock ON!! JJ

Awesome information in all your videos and such a Great Presentation ! 😁 I was just thinking that with "Vo-gus prospecting", "I brake for Bedrock" , "Nugget Shooter journals" and "Ask Jeff Williams" that I have the amazing opportunity to experience the best all around Gold mining and hunting instructional videos in this Hobby/business on the old Interweb. I couldn't ask for a more invested group who's interests cover all aspects and enjoy what they do. 🤔 I've watched hundreds of others ! I live for the new ones and continue to watch the older ones at will no matter how many times I've seen them before. Downtime to de-stress and enjoy ! 😊 Keep'um coming, I'll be Watchin' ! Good luck on your search for the source ! I'm all new to this and have been shutdown because of my health this winter. The Doctors are diligent , with a great prognosis and I'll be ready to jump on the Gold next year. "A heartfelt Thank You for helping me thru this" ! 😉😁😎

This video was such a huge help!! Thank you!! Im finding it hard to separate the fine gold from the crushed ore in the pan...the crushed ore is so incredibly fine and the gold is pretty much dust...kind of a dust in dust. This video helps a lot with that though, so thank you!

Just a quick thought while watching this video! Please do be careful when being around any dust from ground up rocks! It really does a number on your lungs, you breathe in tiny tiny particles that your body can then never get rid of. You should really try to only do it downwind for your own longterm health. I love the content on this channel and how upbeat it is, it's really inspiring me to try out panning for gold for fun myself this upcoming summer! Can't wait to get started, actually. :)

Good find, but man that iron can be a pain to break apart. I've got spot called iron mountain where there's tons of it mixed in with a bit of gold.

Thank You mate👍 I blazted out a big chunk of pyrite ore that contains 419 ppm of gold🤩

liking your video for you, for Grizz (rip) and for your neighbour. That dolly pot must send out some noise! Cheers Chris 🤙

Strange, just yesterday I crushed a rock that was smaller than my palm and got three specks of gold. Promising. Good video.

Chris something to consider. Look at a mortar and pestle. Same principle. Live your videos.

Cant wait to see what you get soon , really enjoyed the vid , show more of your little cute dog , he’s lovely , peace 👍😎🌴✌️💀

Looking forward to seeing the videos 🤠

Thanks for the vid Chris the upcoming videos sound awesome always nice to see ore crushing my fingers are crossed u hit a rich patch that u might have to get a small impacter crusher @danhurd shame Chris’s would have been an awesome vid on ur borrowed crush keep on the excellent informative vids

This is actually very efficient way of crushing the rock. You didn’t even heat it. Very cool

Good job at smashing that ore mate thanks great content

Love this bro keep it up. Cheers from n.t Darwin.

Very Cool video Chris

Tell me about the floating magnet? that is the first time and probably the coolest way I've seen to remove the black sand!! I live in Colorado and the amount of black sand here is ridiculous.

nice vid. very informative. thanks

Chris it is not that cold here but still it has been -11C here so far, but in days to come that will be shorts and T-Shirt weather as we hit -35C or colder. I think I need to live in Australia through your summer then come home for our Summer LOL. So have you seen those rock crushers that work of either a high speed drill or grinder motor? Would that work for you better than the steel pounding tool?

Oh bro cold wars sick your gona dig it bro. And finally wooohooo someone with a perfect example of what Aus gold ore looks like. bro your onto it and way better that you know where the veins established I found a spot just over a month ago thats got the same kind of vein and ore its my next mission to go chip it and take samples to test. This is unreal Chris congrats brother i can't wait to see more about this venture. Here's a good backyard Miller pot for you to try bro. Get second hand wipersniper that has a steel head weld 4 D shackles to it set out like a cross to to scrap yard get 6 inch wide piece of pipe an 2 bits of 1mil alliminum plate or steel thats size will fit as lids. Weld one to the bottum and get 1 gate hung an one latch drill a hole big enough to be able to put wipper snipper bar through. Attach gate hinge to the back of one side so u can open the top like a lid then put latch on opposite side so u can close it and put pin in it if d shackles arnt long enough to smash the rocks attach a link of chain. It works sick bro 35 to 50cc wipper just smash it up real quick and best part in it case in vic u can use this on side of creek ya lucky bugger. Here in NSW theres no mechanical equip aloud it just sux so end result chip the ore and process at home an then they can go suck a fat 1 lol. Hope u get to try this Chris cuz it works well bro a piece the same size u just showed in that will turn to powder in about 30 seconds flat bro :)

Good find, cant wait for the videos,,, yay

Gday Chris,,, have you ever thought of making a small crusher attached to a grinder,,,,,, i made one like the cobra crusher,,, works a treat hey,,,,

Hey vo-Gus and hey everybody!

Did the other rocks in the video also have gold? Or did you not end up crushing them? I have several that are similar looking to the first one you show... Not sure if I want to crush them or if it would be worth the time. :) TIA

There are places at km 45 of the sukunka forest service road on your way up to hole-in-the-wall national park, right before km 45 up over a small bridge, going over a creek, if you go there and pan for gold, or find rocks amd break them, you will 100% get gold, i found a rock with alot of chunks of shiny colors in it and one looked just llike gold so go check it out 👍

What happened to the clip you used to connect your go pro to your pan? It used to work so well and you could pan with both hands.

It's all about volume. The more dirt/powder you run through the more gold you get. It's just a numbers game.

Be careful of silicosis using that all the time. I seen tons of powder dust when you put into the siv

Hi, Cris have you ever heard or tried drowning those powdered stuff to what they've called "AGUA REGIA"to dissove and drain all what ever solid gold in it then precipitates it w/SODIUM META BI SULPHITE ,then dried the powdered gold for smelting then dipping the button gold in NITRIC ACID to dissolve every base metals still left in that button🤓😎🤔

Encouraging,at the back of my house about 400 metres away,I have 3 ironstone reefs at the head of old gold workings.I have collected some stone and have nearly finished an ore crushing machine.Hope i get results.

Awesome knowledge

OLÁ bom dia meu jovem. Gosto muito de assistir seus video .fiquei muito feliz por usar uma das nossas ferramentas ( bateia)💯👍

تحية وتقدير لجهودك اخي هذه الصخرة يوجد بها أوكسيد الذهب وهذا يذهب مع الماء تعامل معها بالطريقة الكيميائية وستكون النتيجة افضل

I’m imagining this being done with mineer on the entrance of the mines and this would be after all the work of cheping on the mountain all day long 😅so much work to get to the central gold deposit

Great vid Chris! Might be time to bring a portable crusher with ya on your next trip there, looked like a really good spec count. Who knows, maybe you’ll be a hard rock miner soon too!.. Good. Luck and stay safe! Ps. I liked that smash button!..lol

I could send you some cool weather from AK it’s only -18F cool video & nice dolly pot 👍🏻👍🏻

I can’t stand how long and complicated it is to play a game now. Bought call of duty 6 months ago and still haven’t played at all. Data pack missing 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😕

You KNOW I love your videos and all the fabulous information you share with all of us, but I always get distracted by what is going on in the background. lol I viewed this video when it was first aired and couldn't help but notice the picket fencing behind you. I have since cut some pickets in the same configuration and added them to a garden partition. 🌺🌼🏵

Best outro

Good video bud! Modern warfare is where it’s @!! See you in Verdansk!

I like your pupster 💜

Thank you. Andy

I got a ton of really nice material and don't have Any help processing,

I wonder if you can crush pyrite nodules and get any gold

Hey Chris it's only 63 degrees Fahrenheit here in Michigan in the states

i have a stone..i dont know if gold in this inside? please help?

Guys what if i crush stones in grinder?? Or we have to follow manually crushing rules.

cool beans way to go bubba

Best part of this wideo for me is when you find more of this rock to crush, use a magnet after crusing.

I have a question, why did the gold end up at the top of the brim away from the iron sediment/blk sand, how do you know there isn't more gold underneath the remaining pile of black sand?

Good Job. !!!!! Excelent.

Ah I’m so jealous to see sunshine, tank top & green grass.. it’ll be another 6 months until our weather in Montana is nice enough to go prospecting

Yesterday we were out metal detecting and my god the air temperature from about 11am onwards was really high out bush which isnt pleasant at all in an area that the fires had gone through with zero cover.

ya need a Cobra or Cobber (Aussie made) crusher. run via a battery powered angle grinder... or a manually operated 'crazy crusher'....ive used one for over 30 years.. havent needed a dolly pot since 1985.

Yeah 😊 👍 that sun gets Hot. And the air gets cold. I go out and about and idk why but it's like I look at rocks like that and find them all over the place but it don't look like gold but it sure tingles in my hands when I hold the rocks. So I thing gold is it the rock but must be microscope.?? Just remember drink lots of water 💦 when out and about.

Get it red hot then put it in cold water and it'll be much easier to crush. Quartz ore anyways.

Bro.. I have that item in my hand. But, i need your help to teach How to proses

my like button doesn't want to work .but great job as always. thumbs up nice test run .thank you for sharing.

Mmm you found the source eh very cool I reckon your going to need a better crusher than your dolly pot we use my friends air impact tool for crushing it’s a lot less energy spent and so much faster than by hand and getting down to powder is a breeze got an air compressor? Best of luck processing the ore can’t wait to see the vids thx for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻

I'm homeless in the UK, no gold here afaik. I have a little money, I could fly to oz, hide out in the bush from from the officials, pan for gold, eat off the land, save all my gold up, sell it and um.... dunno really lol. I do have a ridiculous amount of spare time though which could be put to use. I love the outdoors too so it's a winning idea 😁

Great video....

Hi, do you think getting it through 0.1 mm size sieve is good or too hard by hand and 2nd question, what is "dry washer", is this liquid soap, or? (Sorry, not native speaker)

Where do you get a metal bar like that??

Hey man miniscule those were, but how long did that take 15 mins? If you did that 8 hrs a day you would probably make out okay

Got the new game and the new PS5 I am loving it

Excellent

Hi...where the state you stay...thanks.

An ad every 2 mins? Don't have the patience for that. Moving on.

An oi lols whats temp down there today its almost time for good snipping weather bro this summer's just going to be sick for sniping and all thanks to that beautiful flood some time back. Also to anyone wanting to see something way cool go to majors creek waterfall theres a sick shaft right on the left side where the Chinese cutt it out an it goes right into the mountain i dont 'recomend going in but the place has some really cool history and who knows u might find the odd spec :). P.s the track in is brutal if not in 4x4 park at top and its about 1klm walk to the waterfall summit its beautiful views too a spot Chris if ever ur in nsw id recomend to go check out bro majors creek has alot of gold history and surrounding areas to pubs good for a feed too :)

Hey man I'm just here...I haven't gotten the lavish contract grizzly got...so take it easy fella 😂💛which dog was that I dont recall the name?

شكرا جزيلا لك

Can't wait

So like do they actually buy your gold dust? Or is that just a pipe dream To?

Is the rubber band around the pot to reduce ringing?

00:25 Interesting fact - Game disks can only hold about 50 gig of data, for games larger than this it would require multiple disks. So it's cheaper for the game publishers to just host the data on their servers and only put the download program instructions and authorisation key on the single 'game disk' that you buy. 🤑 And yes, I miss the days you could just buy a finished and complete full game and just play it. 😞

IK the feeling same with the Xbox. But if you see Walking Hammy playing that's me bro...

I have some ore that you might like to see, what's your Facebook page for photos in a few days?(am overloaded with things to do just now)

Cheers m8.