Mining the Gold Before the Claim Jumpers Steal It! 

Thanks for taking an old 73 year old ex-construction worker with a worn-out back with you. Goday from rainy Whidbey Island, Washington.

Busted was busted!!

Banded, ribbon or striped jasper, rather than banded agate, as there's a higher level of impurities cf chert & chalcedony, yellows and reds, and the banding is layered and not concentric, with crystal core, or eyes & eyelets. From my (aged 7!) 1978 edited by Bill Myatt, Dictionary of Australian Gemstones. Love your innovative thinking, Vogus! (Look up "radiolarians" - fossils, white pinheads under X10 magnification in the jasper).

That pick looked like its forged of wrought iron with higher carbon steel forge welded to the iron. That is an old timey pick. Sorry, I'm a blacksmith and I get excited when I see old time hand forged gear.

Great take on the private creek and description of those that sneak in. Really like what you are doing with the sluice and where I think you might be heading. Well done 😁👍

Cool pick that gadzee pulled out. Thats an awesome spot. Artifacts, gemstones, gold.... damn.

Chris hang out for the weather it will make panning easier. Just put your unclassified material in the pan hold it over your head and let Mother Nature do the work. Unless the state has banned that method of mining. I am sure if you left the high banker set up in a storm the state would claim it was not hand powered so maybe avoiding Mother Nature is understandable.

Hey there, Chris. Me and most of my rock hound buddies, call it Jasp-Agate. Cheers!

Little miller table trick, glue a toothpick down after the collection hole and it'll act as a riffle to help trap any small flakes that get pushed by (rather than down) the hole by the water

That's some awesome gold and garnets, Chris! Great cleanup! Garnets are my birthstone and some of those had nice carat weight. I would hold onto those. The beautiful agates and jasper were also beautiful. It tells us that the beginning of the creek starts in a well-producing area. The agate/jasper you ask us to comment on.... I'm no geologist, but the swirls I saw make that a beautiful specimen. It would look gorgeous if polished! Thank you for sharing another scenic, calming, gold-digging video! Blessings from Alabama ❤️

Agate jasper or agatized jasper is a popular find here on the Oregon Coast, especially in Oceanside.

That's a nice little creek, and it is great to have private permission, on a place with nice gold.

I just got the notification 😅 Gadzee pick handle is prob the best find of the day, I look forward to seeing that fully restored. Well done on the weigh in, really enjoyed the video editing in this one 😉👍

Thats a cool little high banker/sluice.

I am glad to see that your high banker did pretty well with the water surging like it was. Well done.

Thank you, Chris!

that pick head can be restored for sure! it looks really good!

Thanks Chris for taking us along... The jasper-agate rock is...I know this will be shocking... It's called...wait for it... "Jasp-Agate" Seriously though...thanks again..

I’ve metal detected for over 30 years, father was a Whites and Tesoro dealer for years so I’ve tested every model that came out along with my twin brother who went along with me on our 400 Acre piece of land that was once a Union Civil War camp and a field hospital was in our old two story house we used as storage. Every time someone would see us at one of our permissions we’ve had since kids (we mainly detected woods, creeks, or fields) they would inevitably ruin it and sneak in get caught by the owner and the owner would have to give us the liability story. Finally we just started detecting deep in the woods where no one could see us, I plan on doing some sniping out in one of our creeks that’s been known to produce gold. It’s the only local creek that’s actually in history books with recorder history of it, we have a smaller spring fed creek running beside our house and oddly enough there’s black sand in it as well. Either way I plan on getting one of those little sluice boxes to carry on my back. I’m medically retired from law enforcement after major back injuries and that’s something I deal with daily and so I am constantly trying to find something to keep my mind off of it. Just had a shoulder surgery as well so I’m itching to get out even though it’s 60°F in the days and 30°’s at night. Perfect for deer hunting but not for getting in ice cold water. The water level is low enough now that any bed rock areas I can find I’m going to look for what’s out there

Paulie has a Barney sluice. Vogus one up'd him with the Shrek sluice 😂😂😂

That material reminded me of what you have called “oatmeal” just not as course. Always a treat to see a new episode.

Another great day on that private property creek 😁 I assume shovel doggers would have a pretty harsh comeuppance in the old days.Cheers guys

Hi Chris, great result. That little pan would make an awesome display case if it had a clear lid. Peace.

The non translucent jasper with agate formations are called prairie agates.

I wonder if you can use a tarp held up as a sluice. keep one end tight and the other not as tight so you get a slope. then just run water over the tight end to wash out the light stuff. That way you just pick out the bigger rocks and keep going to get cons. I'm sure it wouldn't work as good as a sluice but I think you could go faster and a rough canvas would apply friction for the heavies. just a mental exercise more than anything.

On the bright side tin is worth 78 cents per ounce, so it might be worth saving for a rainy day lol

Love the split screen notes. 😁

I guess you could say Gadzee’s digging the heavies… 😉👍

LOL, I'd be there for sure. Helping Polk County Florida reporting in. Here we do Fossil Sharks teeth, dinosaur bones, and Saber tooth tiger bones. No gold here unless a pirate buried it. 😂 i enjoy watching your videos. Thank you.

The red agate could be silicate accretions in the presence of super heated iron-stained water, rather than it being 'jasper'. The latter is metamorhpic in nature.

Might try making the top of the high banker large enough to hold about a bucket worth of material then use a foot pump in the creek so you dont have to carry water up as often

Another awesome video Chris! Wish we had more rivers in Southern California.

That little high banker looks to be the perfect size for how you're running it. ✌️😎

Agate Jasper is a stunning combination of Jasper and Agate within a single specimen. Agate Jasper is also classified as microcrystalline Quartz, meaning that you can not see defined crystal structures without a microscope.

Great gold Chris! Digging the dreads!

Jasp-agate that is what I call the ones I find in the UP of Michigan, I see a few trees...a trail cam might catch a jumper.

1.3g and I guessed before you weighed it. Nice Dread's man. I'm a Rasta with no dreads 🤣👍❤️💛💚 cool method for having a chill

Funny to think you put this out Monday and I'm watching it on the Sunday before. Hi from America

Awesome test with the mini banker and not happy that creek was raided by shovel doggers I hope the owner has some salt peater if you get my drift lol.

That's my gold, Lieutenant Dan

I haven't been in a virgin creek since high school.

May the Gods of gold smile on you forever dude. 😊

Every video he says “we don’t find nuggets in this area” lol as he finds nuggets

THats awesome a great day for you. 👍

happy to go to these special locations with you and gadzee so there is more of a "we" lol

A lot of folks call agatey jasper "jaspagate". That starts fights some places, but I don't think there's an official scientific term that's widely used.

Shovel dogger Sean Hoffman lol

Here in the Pacific northwest, we call them jaspagates.

Love the videos, man, keep up the great work.

Chris - how do you like the Jarvie riffle (punch plate) versus miner's moss at the top of the sluice where the water drops down? Is the smaller material that goes through the Jarvie riffle able to exit the front (downstream end) or does it get clogged up? Looks like it's working well regardless. Good fun!

I would like to see you turn your hand dredge a gravel pump with some check valves and hose. Then you can hand pump material into the mini sluice. No need to shovel or pail water.

good bit of head there bro hehe excellent results too hope your well mate cheers

We get Jasper agates on shores of lake Michigan Wisconsin. 80% of the time the jasper looks like a agate but is fake, pick up dozens before finding a good one

Don't know whether you knew it or not, but there was a spider on your head thru the whole video... 😂

Amazing video always! I had to stop watching them, so I could binge watch it! lol

Methinks that cool rock is a "agasper" or possibly "Jasate" 😝

Look Nice All that gold❤❤

I have similar Jasper's appear in my area (NZ) dubbed the hororata toffee stone by the locals. You can name your one whatever you like bro 😉💛🪙

I love all of your imaginary friends!

What’s in the banks? Assuming the course of the stream has meandered over the years, are the banks also filled with gold?

Bonanza City

We have them everywhere in British Columbia. We would call it a "Jagate"

so busted knuckles is the shovel dodger. I always thought he seemed shady.

Another fantastic video! Love watching your stuff. 🙏❤️🌲

9:10 hollllllly shiiiiiiiiiit... regiii, you been to any islands lately fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc lol reggie the island boi

I have a pile of Van Island Jasper. 2nd fav next to that sweet candy.

Hello Chris, now imagine a sieve in the shape of a bucket that fits inside a bucket, how easy that would have been, regards George

Love me some GOLD. Can't wait to get back on the river. Cheers for the great content as usual 👌.

He's an island boy!! 😅

You would be able to build a shed with the amount of tin you find

We call it jaspagate here. That's a pretty bit, it would polish up real nice.

thanks for calling him out ....i thought a lot of his places looked familiar..lol

thanks for sharing.

I'm enjoying your videos.

Top job man , keep the video going .

The red and yellow rocks look like jasper to me chris. Awesome video again, keep up the good work

Do you keep the tin? Might be worth it to collect that too

Rocks called jaspget I believe when it's agate and jasper

Considering people dive deep into rivers to mine tin there has to be some Worth to it??

Classic heavy on the shovel, gonna need a bigger pan 😂

Hey Chris, in America we call your special rocks flint.

It’s called a jagget. Part jasper part agate 😂

Jagsper.. it's a prairie agate. 💎⛏️

The proper name of that rock was a jaggett

Ok I’ll play 12:49 1.86 g back to the reveal…well I was a bit over but you forgot what was in your snuffer…. Oh hell no he didn’t go to that stream did he???? Thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼

LOOOVE you guys

Looks like a good location to run a small dredge.

You should do more sequence of both of u!

Tanks, Rasta bra.

To be honest Great viewing The sad bit of such a shovel mutt I'd of thought better however it is what it is sadly 😢

You can send that jasper to me in Alaska and I can polish it right up!

Dude that pick head is case hardened from the rust if you just wire brush it it will be beautiful Gadsy

Everybody knows that an Agate Jasper is a real Gasper...

Got a lot of floating stuff. 11:16 Jet dry? Also.... Definitely not worth it economically... but... remove the considerite (sp?) chemically -- acid or something?

Dude, you need to keep the corn rolls ( braids ) as a hair style.... and gadzee needs to do a low Mohawk

Rock, Chris

Salve guerreiro vo-gus 💎⛏️🇧🇷

Sweet.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen you without a hat. Like the hair 👍

Hey, I’m going to go panning for the first time this weekend do you have any tips where I should look from gold ( I’m panning in a river)