Finding Gold and Gemstones in the Sidewalk! 

The glass balls look like reflective beads that are added to the top layer of road markings to help make them visible. Obviously a crapton get loose due to weear and tear! Awesome vid as usual!

That "Folded over piece of metal" is a flattened keeper from pierced earrings.

Clever and fun idea. I remember being told years ago that the floorboards under hotels in goldmine areas was almost as good as the mines. Miners dropped gold and it went through the rough boards.

That folded over bit is a backing for an ear ring.

Glass balls may be the contents of those packing gel packs and that silver rod is a pin or tumbler front a lock!

It takes balls to stand on knees picking up dirt from the ground in the middle of the nigth 😁 you guys makes a great team!

Reflective beads used with painting the roads.

I loved this, loved the music the late night vibe, I remember when Klesh did it every Victorian street will be swept pristine 😂

The Beechworth bandits are at large!

Good on ya for crediting Shane ^5. Nice score he made from I believe the 2nd visit? Multiple gem stones & gold bits!

The pin at @18:00 (and possibly the glass beads) look to be bits of tumbling media used to polish the stones. Oh, in case it hasn't been said yet, that folded over bit of jewelery thing is the back of an earring.

You two are an interesting pair, good to see both of you get along so well.

The glass beads could be sandblasting media, or the reflective surface added to road paint.

Dudes, the banter between you two is hilarious! I appreciate the videos!

They add glass beads to road sign paint and paint for road marking to make it reflective these are likely the glass beads you found

The folded over metal with the hole is an earing back.

yep. linemarking retroflected beads they reflect light back to the driver

Glass balls are from white lines on roadside reflection for white paint ...when line painters refresh the road lines..

Love what you do, Chris! You and Gadzee must get yourselves a hardness or diamond tester, the handheld electrical conductivity aspect will make you interested, as you're on creeks with many precious and semiprecious gemstone types, not just for the green one and clear ones from the video. Others sites? Former jewellery stores, older paving? Older pubs and jewellery shops on or near diggings towns, I'd seen a pan, pick, shovel, winder combo gold digger brooch marked on the back for a town in NW Vic that is now only a dirt road intersection, no town any more, but had a jeweller's! You love your research, be other gold exchanges, former banks, with deeper, older gutters to classify and pan! Old episode of "Gold Fever" old man did a Denver concreted former creek, still depositing gold from beneath the city to drop-offs he'd rigged a hand pumped bucket with a hose attachment, you should try replicate this, with complimentary acknowledgements, I liked that series, must if you've not seen it. Onyas!

the bit of fold over metal at 21mins is a earring back piece

folded over bit is an Earring back. look for a stamp saying 925 or 10k or 14k. Good show Chris

That folded over metal piece is an earring backing. It’s possibly silver

7 years ago channel "Ask Jeff Williams" did something similar when he posted "panning for gold in New York City". I remember seeing that on TV before I knew he had a channel. He's a prospector and geologist in Arizona. Fairly educational when he's not doing something stupid like spitting in a bowl of chile or pretending to be a quick draw shooter.

Good night time activity. Congrats on the gold. Gutters would be my bet for where most of it came from. I’ve done culverts under train lines and pinged some. Good video 😁👍

The folded metal is the back from an earring.

The town I'm currently in is relatively young but gets me thinking of towns near by that are much older. Thanks for sharing 🙏❤️🌲

Maybe they used Home Depot or Lowe’s sand to set the bricks ;)

Mystery beads may be broken safety glass from windscreens or car windows that has broken and been ground down to beads over the years....or they are some sort of reflective beads put into the road surface for some reason

The "pin" at 18:05 looks like a lock part...usually brass but not always.

The folded silver colored metal piece is an earring backing. Great video. Tom Massey of the GPAA did a great video in the L.A. river bottom crevicing the cracks in the cement.

The beads might be used polish jewelry.

Chis i watched his channel first i always watch both your channels love them both ❤️

I often start yelling at the screen that they should do this and lo and behold they do it. I was doing this to you about the gutters and the next scene you were doing it. It is amazing how much POWER I have. This is why I no longer comment until the end. Small beads could be from bead blaster. Could be left over from a restoration project somewhere on the street. I like Sodalite, in sphere form it looks like a forming world.

The bluestone cobbles near Collins St Melbourne beckon.

Your mystery piece is an earring backing for a stud earring, love the lapiz.

You can collect diamonds and Gold directly off any Freeway - Some youtuber did it in America years ago

Gives new meaning to gutter crawling! The cylinder of metal looks like a small bearing roller. Great vid again. ❤it 😊

The folded piece was probably an eating back!

Cool vid! Lapis Lazuli sounds like the name of an old slappa who worked the streets of Beechworth during the gold rush😂😂

“I can feel the.. POTENTIAL!” Ahah

I'd be wearing a respirator while classifying road dust. Remember the brake pad dust can contain asbestos!!

Could the gold be eroding out of the mortar used to hold the stones in place? In gold bearing areas it is common to use tailings or outright river sands in construction.

I'd love to see more urban treasure hunting videos

This video was so much fun. I love urban crevicing! One of the best places to go to in the US is Walmart, or any other large department store. People are in a hurry, not too careful. I have found entire earrings, pendants, etc.

I think it's fair to say that this is a snapshot into future of the lengths RU-vidrs will need to go to to make ends meet.

At 1:56, I thought Gadzy was about to say "we're like a bunch of modern day street urchins", but he didn't end up saying urchin. That would have been funny.

So this is why I saw you walking around Beechworth at 11pm at night 🤣🤣

That looks like some punishment my sergeant gave me when I was in the army 😂

Wow Chris that was so cool!!! I remember Shane's video well, but yours has much more rich history and humor than his. Love the lapis pieces! I think it's one of the old birthstones for December. Sending much gratitude for your kindness to continue with the gold panning videos! You're the only prospector I watch from the southern hemisphere 💖. Peace.

Did anyone else feel like they needed to wash their hands while watching this 😂😂😅

What a fun adventure! Makes me wanna do this where I live, and I'm probably gonna 😊

I remember seeing long ago a show where the people in it would go to old ghost towns, and if they could locate the old bar, bank and assayer's building that they would dig up and pan the dirt from those locations. As I remember they did find a bit of gold.

The first thing you found is a pierced earring back. May be gold, goldbplated, silver, or base metal.

You need a vacuum cleaner. A dyson would be a game changer!

what a fun little video chris many thanks

I saw Codyslab do this first, he did platinum on fire from the highway. Insane as a proof of concept highly recommend that one and the diamond one he did

I would agree with you Chris silica beads for moisture

You and stinky pantz are my fav! Thank you for doing what you do and sharing the bits of your crazy life❤

You need to borrow my cordless wet dry vac !! I have a crack tube attachment too!! Love your work guys

This is awesome I've been waiting for this video! So cool!

What a fun idea. Enjoyed this very much, thanks. Of course I alway watch you and Gadzee together when I can!

Cool! I'd like to share a story about when I was crippled & seeing lots of doctors for a couple decades, I prospected the alleys of Phoenix & under bushes waiting for my appointments. I found a Hota Buddah Ojimi from a quartz shattered Netski from the Hahn Dynasty in apple green jadeite! Obviously brought here with the Chinese after the Boxer Rebellion...as far as I've found there are only 2 now, the other in a Lyles antique book was dug up & covered in calcite, not that pretty. Cool show you guys

Just watched gadzees version now I'm watching yours.

Im happy i get a double dose of the commentary between you and gadzee lol

Awesome video, Chris! You guys are deadly at 1am in Beechworth. Loved the concept and agree with others that it's a great little prospecting niche. Loved the lapis stones, and wasn't that last gem amazing? Would love to see a macro shot of that. 😊 Very entertaining video!

I suspect your glass beads are ‘chicken marbles’. Birds eat the broken glass from your car accidents. They stay in the gizzard to grind up seeds. When they wear the edges down and turn into spheres, they pass through the bird. And that’s how chicken marbles are made. (Yes, it’s a real thing.)

At the 18:01 mark I believe the pin is from a lock tumbler

Great video mate, well done!

The “polished iron” is peculiar hematite. It’s magnetic as well. Yes, kids love it.

I was thinking vacuum at the start of the video 😂 you read my mind

i like the tunes you chose for this vid!

The little round silica beads might be from kids toys - they are used as stuffing and come in a range of sizes from about 0.5mm to 5 mm diameter. One broken toy could have thousands of them inside. The polished iron looks more like hematite and can be magnetic.

Bugger it dig up the pavers it’s ok just put some council sidewalk danger signs up she’ll be right mate

“Dennis, there’s some lovely filth down here”

Who would have thought hey. I get New York diamond district, but the metropolis of Beechworth, who knew there was more than a really good bakery. Well done sounds like you had fun anyway…..

That was awesome. Fun.✌❤

will do, I too love his videos have a wonderful day!

That was a cool vid streets lined with Gold and Gemstones so good 😎

I like the urban videos. They are cool

Enjoyed!

It is truly fascinating what you can find

The gass beads look to me like balance beads used for truck tyres.. when fitting new tyres on trucks a few 5oz bages of balance beads are used per tyre

5.21 the back of an earring stud

Yep… I think half of these gems belonged for my kids for all of 2 seconds 😂

Emeralds - went on a tag-along tour from Rubyvale. Found a 15ct green emerald with an inclusion, cut down to 3ct . So now you are saying its worth $4500 excluding the gold its set into - ❤

That was awesome and would have been awkward as hahaha. Good on you for getting it done

I was waiting for a cop car to stop and ask "What the hell are you doing"

fill the cleaned slots with clean sand to keep the pavement stable.

Small beads could be polishing beads for stones or metals as in a rock tumblr

Great video Chris well done 👍

someone has probably said already but just in case those little discs are earing backs designed to keep your earings on

Looks fun

Looks like waggas old court house in the thumbnail Considering they all look the same down south XD

Might be a good idea to just bring a stick vacuum but you’d look insane

Glass beads are probably from non slip paint, used at shop fronts back in the day

I was quite surprised by the whole concept of street prospecting lol. Very cool guys.

I really like this video

Stands out like dog balls,love it,don't mind if I use it!?!😅

Loved the video. I also would have checked the footpaths outside of the pub.

awe guys the things a struggling prospector has to do to clean cracks ...Hey Chris at 9.13 theres a weiird looking guy bending over in the gutter...look out for that one 🤣 I'm pretty sure the weird little balls are from reflective coatings like road paint very cool video and on my way to watch Gadzy's The big chunk looks like moss agate to me