This video is part of a "Gold Mining and Mineral Prospecting" course. In this video I show what types of materials you can find in your "heavies" the remaining material left in your gold pan when you get close to the bottom.
I am Javed Sheikh from India and have been watching your online videos which have been instrumental. I have tried panning at various places but all i got was Black Sand and after your watching your video on how to prospect in stream and boulders I finally struck gold only 4 tiny specks after 3 years but the location is totally untouched. I am very happy and great-full to you for uploading such useful content its a priceless gift which you are giving to fresh prospectors around the globe
I had a feeling that you were a teacher because of how you you teach in your RU-vid videos with the rest of us. I would like to tell you that your videos bring me joy. You live in a beautiful area and I love the outdoors. I was wondering, did you know gold is made when a sun goes into a supernova? You are literally hunting stardust. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
You must be the most wonderful teacher on earth, Sir. Now I am soon too old for school (48) but gladly have you to my teacher ..... At RU-vid you are ;)
That was very interesting I learned a few things I wish I would head that course when I was going to school but here in Iowa we don’t get a pan for gold too much keep up the good work
Great video. Often wondered what the heavies in the pan was. Here in Tasmania we also get osmeridium (spelling?) Which is used in making fountain pen nibs and is quite expensive in its own right. As well as zircon many times large enough to facet.
Wow now I know why when I take my big magnet across the ground looking for a little screw I drop and pick up lots of flakes stuck to the magnet or little stones. It’s magnetite !!!
I subscribed a while ago. I always get a notification on my phone when a new video pops up. this is awesome. so are you like a teacher or something? if so where was this class when I was in school.
If you don't classify small enough some of your larger pieces might be those blonds. What you want are the most dense small pieces. I like to look at anything classified down to 12 minus. Larger pieces can be examined separately and or metal detected.
I am finding a lot of blue silver ish fines in my pan of late. Could be Galena or some other sulphides. Funny how I was just curious and then you made this vid. Cheers
I've watched many of your videos and enjoyed them all. Thank you for taking the time to make and publish them. I would value your thoughts on something I'm seeing with increasing frequency. I call it "mesh inflation." There seems to be a sort of arms race taking place among people making fine gold recovery devices. One Miller table manufacturer was demonstrating how good his table worked by pointing out specks of gold it had captured down to 1000 mesh. My experiences suggest that it's almost impossible for the average person to see a piece of 100 mesh gold with the unaided eye, much less 1000 mesh. When working my Miller table, I have a hard time spotting 200 mesh material even wearing 10x binocular magnifying glasses. Consequently I had a hard time believing that the specks he was pointing at were really that small, particularly since they were visible on a 480 ppi video. Are these claims of capturing ridiculously fine gold a new phenomenon or an old one? Or is 1000 mesh gold actually easy to see? Thank you for your time.
+Wayne Schmidt I would never bother with anything under 100 mesh unless I have a very specific material that was loaded with this tiny stuff. and I mean loaded. because it would take thousands of these tiny pieces to make one average flake.
+Dan Hurd I understand your point. After reading your reply I did so on-line research and found one reference that stated it takes 8,000,000 pieces of 300 mesh to make 1 once of gold. That's a lot of snuffer bottle work. I'm always tempted to through the 100 and -100 mesh classification away because they never produce enough weight to justify the work, but I feel I have to so that my gold pay dirt reviews are complete. Thank you for responding.
This is amazing to me that this is a high school class. I really don't understand the late, not paying attention in some. Look, I was the class clown, it was my job, late and disrupting class. However, I helped my advanced science teacher even after school hours to setup tests in the desert because I was interested. These things here, I learned on my own as a child. I would be helping at claims after school! In the US, I'm not aware of a 'gold mining' class. lukieez.
+Jamie Burke I totally agree with what you have to say! I too filled those boots, and I grew up in one of Canada's harshest ghettoes (The Eastend of Hamilton, Ontario). Fortunate for myself, I was able to break free of the poverty cycle, join the Air Force, and make a name for myself. The kids acting up too was the first thing I caught up on, and would like to clock a few in the back of the head. My hats off to Dan for being able to keep the peace in his classroom. I also thank Mr. Hurd for taking his time to teach us on how to prospect properly! Through the many, many watchings of Dan's videos (and many of which I have watched multiple times!), I still can't get enough of Mr. Hurd's knowledge of his environment and experiences he has to share with us! I know that these videos can be stitched together, edited, tweaked to produce an award winning Television Series! His stuff is more riveting than GOLD RUSH, YUKON GOLD, or any others I have watched on T.V.! Last Summer, we travelled throughout Alberta panning gold all over on 5 major rivers. I have multiple 5 gal buckets of my concentrates ready for the Gold Cube I plan on purchasing this Spring. I think last Summer was just a precursor to what we will come across for this Summer's Vacation, as we plan on spending at least 3 days in the Kelowna area to prospect the Rivers of British Columbia. There are still many videos to watch, Government Offices to visit, and paperwork to acquire in order to pan legal beagle, as I am do Alberta. Bravo Zulu, Mr. Dan Hurd for your time taken to teach the Planet! We ARE Listening!!! Michael Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan
