Trout like to hang out at the same spots as gold deposits. They can feed from the quieter water behind a rock or a ledge and use less effort to swim against the current.
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Chris you are awesome!! If I would of skipped this video I would of kept digging in the wrong spots! Thank You so much for getting me back on the right track!
I like how you have it down to an actual science. Nice work. I like how you also make sense of it all. Very useful information to help me out getting on the right track. Glad to have found your tutorials Chris and to be a subscriber.
I`ve got two creeks running through then meet at a corner of my property and I am going to start at that point,and work all the spots that look good according to the advice you provided in this vid. You have reawakened and reinvigorated me to get out and get dirty!!
@@ChrisRalph On hiatus atm. Mostly volunteer work, Women's transit, charity, etc. But I'd prefer we all band together and knock-out 'houselessness' by demanding new legislation based on eminent domain - expropriate from those who have profited obscenely to fund such projects. Compensation is the privilege they've enjoyed and baseed in the word 'obscene'.
And to Mr Flynn.. So true about the trout!! If you're a fisherman and your looking to catch a trout or two... The rock your standing on is likely a good spot to test pan for gold 👍🏻.
Very thorough great explanation,I'm sure these videos will help others.Your right,I have found little rich pockets panning loaded with Pickers about a foot down panning, then flew out there the next weekend with a highbanker or a dredge and punched a crater and hardly got anything they just petered out 🙄.can't wait to see lessons 2&3 cheers😁
I may be mis-=interpreting your comment, but Nos. 2 and 3 are already done and published. Any way, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Many more are coming.
Excellent Chris BLOODY EXCELLENT.THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.I NOW WATCH EVERY UPLOAD OVER & OVER & OVER BECAUSE I SEE YOU AS A PROFESSOR IN FINDING GOLD.LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT.CHRIS HAS TAUGHT ME A HELL OF A LOT & HAS HELPED ME FIND "FISTS FULL OF GOLD"HE TRUELY HAS,ALSO BUY HIS BOOK ITS THE BEST MONEY YOU WOULD OF EVER SPENT SINCE LEARNING THE ART OF PROSPECTING."ONYA CHRIS KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK.FROM BATHURST AUSTRALIA
Thank you very much for sharing your hard earned knowledge sir. It is much appreciated, especially considering the rarity of comprehensive and accessible information on this rare mineral.
@@ChrisRalph And thank you for your personal engagement with viewers. I will try to purchase your book when I can. Good luck with the shiny shiny! (not that you'll need it😉)
Great information and delivery! You left out that the 'beach placers' (Black Sand) are deposited with the aid of the 'dissolved' gold species in fresh water meeting the 'saltwater' of the ocean. Thus San Francisco USE to dump about a mile down the beach, but now, with markedly less freshwater coming into the bay, the saltwater meets the 'fresh' several miles inland. (The freshwater being hugely tapped for the southern part of the State).
Glad you enjoyed the video. However, my friend, I will have to disagree and say that is not how beach gold is formed. The amount of gold in both fresh water and salt is infinitesimally small and mixing near zero with near zero does not cause the water that is functionally barren of gold to somehow drop gold out. If that were the case, then all beaches near rivers everywhere would have gold - because all of these waters - salt and fresh - have tiny, tiny traces of gold. But most river mouths do not have any gold. Instead, beaches near rivers with gold deposits upstream are the only ones with gold.
Thank you for the video Chris. Your teachings were clear, concise and very informative. You are a gifted teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Don't know how I missed this one but it a great video and solid gold info !!! Jeff Williams made a great video that shows how a creek works and where the heavies drop out.
Thank you for this knowledge! I probably would’ve been digging in the wrong spots!I’m new to prospecting and excited to start hunting! Need to find some friends now!
Thank you so much for this excellent video! You do an awesome job of presenting the info in a logical, understandable and useful manner, which I am very appreciative of! Merry Christmas! God bless. : )
This video was so interesting and informative. The last time I seen a river like the raging one you posted a pic of and it was in 2011 or 2012 I think it was tropical storm sandy and I was living in the white mountains in nh and I never seen a river like that before just incredible
Hello Chris, thank you for the video as I'm learning the basics of prospecting and your information is very helpful and easy to understand. Living in San Diego, CA, there's some prospecting here, but once we are done with this virus, I hope to travel to other locations in the future! Keep those videos coming!
Very enjoyable Chris,,what you say in your vids are excellent and make alot of sense,,you are full of knowledge and you explain yourself with a no bull attitude,,,thankyou and will be following you for sure,,,rob from down under,,,cheers mate
Outstanding information. I live smack dab in gold country have all the gear & get out but rarely successful, actually never , leads me to believe I need to listen to those who are ..... thank you
Thanks man. I prospect in Maine. lots of bedrock. I appreciate your knowledge and the clarity of your explanation. I could have used a few arrows in some of the pics of actual streams, however, I find your info extremely helpful. Thanks again.
I am just starting out. This weekend will be my first prospecting panning experience here in Denver, Colorado. Thank you for this valuable information Chris.
Great video , will be moving to Montana, before October.. Geology, is my passion all my life, stone Carver for 36 years...Paned for Gold in Arizona, found quit a lot...More knowledge, drive, can not Waite to pan, those beautiful rivers, streams, dry beds, just so excited..****
@@ChrisRalph I live in MT. Do you have any suggestions for good spots? I've seen a lot of specs in a creek but not sure if it's actual gold or if I'm the fool 😒
Very good video Chris, I am looking forward to the next to parts and I really enjoyed reading your book as well... Thank you, Chris, and may you always have a Flash In Your Pan.
@@ChrisRalph Yes we do, I would be honored to have you join us again Chris, we'll have to chat on FB messenger and get you on the schedule when it suits you.
Hello Chris thanks for the 1st part I'm in Australia just starting out, assuming that the info your sharing is applicable everywhere looking forward to getting more to help me on the way
@Peter B another great channel to dig into is “Aussie Bloke Prospector,” especially since he is covering your home turf...also Oz has some AMAZING state-funded studies and companion YT videos about not just the geology but the history and what is being done today to manage those resources. Crazy, you’d think they want miners to be successful at mining (novel idea, eh?) as well as communicating with and getting along with other land stakeholders! Now I may be totally wet behind the ears regarding mining but it certainly seems to me that VA and NSW (as well as others I cannot remember at the mo) are doing a bang-up job at providing high-quality and data-rich mapping of the SE geology going quite deep into the continent! Good luck, maybe this info will help!
Chris, Im looking at the boulder at about 25:03 on the video, found myself thinking (cause i have been known to Flyfish) that theres probably a big ol Trout in the slack water behind that boulder. they tend to hang there because they dont have to fight the current to feed on the stuff rolling by in the current. So now ill be looking for paystreaks where the fish hang.
@@ChrisRalph I'm sure it wouldn't be a hard and fast rule, but could probably lead to some good finds. In fishing it's called Edges, anyplace that conditions change, current lines have edges, dropoffs have edges, obstructions have edges, anything that breaks up the norm
Great show last night on Flash in your Pans show, Time to do some binge watching of your stuff and catch up... Thanks for the Book too Chris, Much appreciated.
@@ChrisRalph ,no worries and no Hurry at all. Best of luck on the prospecting trip. Getting to stay at the GA LDMA Loud mine this coming weekend myself. May our pans be heavy with gold
Ask Allah to bless me im asking Jesus to intercede and bless you..... were gonna put a end to this debate lol. Nah just joking my friend.... we ain't gotta Elijah it... your people are less of sinners than us lol. I'm disgusted by my people. But I still love em. Hope u catch a blessing man.
Good day Chris, few questions. . I have claim. on the oyster River. I might have found the Source.. there quartz veins about 80 feet above the creek. You see at the creek where the water cuts into bedrock and quartz. I haven't gone down the gully.ill walk down when water.
Its placer Deposit Geology, parts 1, 2 and 3. You can find Part 2 at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NX7_g4ZMUi4.html You can find Part 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tqd0VRmBqYk.html
excellent video. I am in the Ardennes, Belgium and story goes a lot of gold has een found in pre Roman times, people tripping over pea sized nuggets. In the rivers there still are small specks to be found. I have been looking a bit with a Minelab Equinox 800, in hopes to find some larger gold, but realise I need a plan because just random searching did not do it for me. In this area also the geological maps are not free and about half are not even disclosed. But to me it is not clear yet what and where the source of the gold is so looking forward to the next parts of this series and maybe I will find some clues.
@@ChrisRalph yes I especially liked this sketch on where the river bed used to be. The Ardennes last mountain building phase was I believe in the area of 300 million years ago. The area is basically weathered down. Only in the valleys where the rivers run you get the impression you are in a mountainous area. Officially we can not even look for gold in the rivers. No where you can search for archeological objects but you can look for gold as long as you stay away from the rivers. But finding fossil riverbeds is not easy. I find it hard to visualize it. But if there ever was gold in this area there should be more in fossil riverbeds
I feel asleep watching some alien show and woke up to this series having been played. Strange urge to build a rock tower in garage with special attention to alluvial deposits at base.
@@ChrisRalph lol! I really did learn a great deal from your video- well presented. I used to pan gold in Idaho Rivers for fun years ago, but moved to Nevada and gave up on the idea without water. Its a great hobby to add to any outdoor adventure and your videos are showing how it can be done. Thank you!
Hi Chris, the local area I come from is subjected to exploration in the coming months by and Australian company. Id like to have some ideas so I could pan some before mining gets everything. The area has a big river, creeks and very rocky.
Thanks for the vid. So lets model a River, flip on the fluid flow see where it goes. Okay how steep a grade ? I'm taking that at 8%-20% as moderate would that be correct ? How do they get the velocity of the river.
I've seen it done already. But 8 to 10 percent is too steep, lots steeper than nearly all gold bearing streams. That steep in a real stream blows the gold out and it needs to be flatter to drop out and deposit.
I once worked as a tour guide at a non-producing gold mine, which had a gift shop where they probably made most of their money. Among the items for sale were some nice natural gold nuggets (sourced elsewhere). We were to tell our groups that natural gold nuggets are considered a gemstone and were worth a lot more than their weight in gold...like 3X their melt value! I don't doubt they are considered gemstones. But, valued at three times spot means a 10 gram natural gold nugget would sell for nearly $2,000. Is that correct?
No, the owners wanted you to exaggerate badly so they could make money. While some very, very special pieces of crystal gold could sell for 3x spot, in general, most nuggets would sell for 20 or 30 percent above spot.
