Rocks & Gold - How rocks tell you where to find gold. 

40 years ago I used a backyard cement mixer and two shot put spheres to easily grind ores. One is well advised to first remove the mixing fins 😄 Great presentation! Thanks!

Jess The world needs more people just like you. You have spent your life learning about a subject that you love.... and now you are here on the internet doing an OUTSTANDING job of passing what you have learned thru your education and experience to those of us who share your love of prospecting ! It's obvious that you were born to teach... it shows in the quality of your videos and your dedication to the details! GREAT STUFF !

This video shows 8yrs. old but I thoroughly enjoyed all the good info being a newbie. I have subscribed because I like how you cut to the meat of the info that I need to gain a bit of understanding on this topic. Thanks again and I'll be watching all your videos and hitting the Like button. Good day.

This is probably the best instruction video, I have seen yet. Thank you as I am learning to prospect at 67.

Thank you Jess, I am a newbie exploring the creek behind me. You have helped a lot with the rock identification and yes, of course it would be nice to find gold too!

this is the most informative video I have ever seen about what to look for in rocks. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!

Old video- still fantastic information....thanks again Jess.

Thank you Prospector Jess. Once again a very informative video. Watching your videos has helped me find more and larger flakes of gold in the same streams I have been panning micro gold for years.

Stumbled across your videos with some morning coffee a few days ago. I am really enjoying them so far! It is nice to see someone providing good information to rookie miners. I wish more people would take the time to do so.

Thank you taking the time to make this video, I enjoyed watching learning from it. I will return.

Excellent Instruction per your valuable time. I'm exploring remote areas in Maine in the Cambrian Rock area. Thanks so much.

I wish you were my Teacher. So much useful information presented in a easily understandable way. You are the best teacher in the WORLD, if every teacher in our world knows how to convey information and teach like you everyone would be interested in learning geology or any natural sciences not just gold and the world would've been a better place. May God Bless You for this Scientific contribution cause i'm sure a lot of people were inspired like i was from this video alone! Live Long and Prosper! i don't know how else i can thank you!

This is great stuff Jess. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. These videos are priceless! I live in Southern CA, I'm going to dig into this.

Thanks for mentioning pyrite oftentimes being found near gold. It was a personal theory of mine. It's nice to see someone else holds the same views.

It's amazing how much I learn about geology from you. I minored in geology. Thanks!

I am really interested in rocks so now that i have come across your shows. i find that i am learning a lot .you are showing these rocks you are talking about and i am able to see things a lot more clearly, thank you .

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have learned so much from you just by watching this program. Truly exceptional & inspirational. Well done.

Lots of good practical guidance to find gold. I am trying to find gold in Switzerland outside of the banks of course. Excellent!

I'm new to this prospecting because of my children... gets them and myself out the house and learning also good family time

I have watched this video several times and I always find it enjoyable and informative thank you so much for uploading it.

i shared this with my brother in the hopes he will appreciate as i do. the more i hear you say the more i hope he does. thank you for your effort and sharing your knowledge

Because of this video i was able to find my first 1.7 lb gold nugget. 55 minutes paid off after all.

Thank you for the info. I have processed enough leaverite. I need to find some gold and I think I know what to look for now. I am sure I will watch this video many times. Thanks again.

Hey Jess! You gave me my start in prospecting and, I learned lots from you. I am very thankful. I have come to a place today of teaching others and, holding a patent pending on a new and improved fluid bed box gold trap. You were on my mind the whole time! I just wanted to stop by one of your videos to give you a huge thanks... Hunting4Gold Member / USSConway DD507

I'm from North Bay Ontario, Canada and im just starting to learn more about gold! I've always had a big interest. Thxs for your video

I really appreciate the time and effort you took to make this powerpoint and the fact that you are presenting this material for free. I have always been so interested in this, and even though I may not go out looking, I really enjoy being able to look at rocks and conditions during my hikes and and being able to at least somewhat understand the geologic history of the area

Thank you for sharing and your hard work on this video... God Speed!!!

As a newbie, I am finding your videos totally absorbing - thanks a million for being there !

What a top notch presentation!

What an excellent video. Thanks for all the great info. Cheers

Amazing... I saw a story on the increase in prospecting these days due to the drought. Almost every question I wondered about after seeing that story has been answered in perfect form in this video. Excellent job. Many thanks!

Thank you , very good information and use of rocks to help us understand what to look for.....

Great information thank you for taking the time to show us.

Great show today Jess. Red, green, black, and heavy! And as Mark Twain said "A gold mine is just a hole in the ground, with a liar in the bottom of it" :)

those rocks you was displaying are all here in South eastern Oklahoma. there is actually a piece of Quartz Mountain out here that goes in Rises up by 60 to 75 feet in the air. And as far as that slate we call it shell my metal detector has went off going over there slate shell, and I've split it open and have found flattened gold. but there's all kinds of Courts here and then purple rocks that you shown are here green rocks quarts is here xcetera.

It is a useful video, I like the relaxed pace, it gives enough time to absorb the information.

I know a one place exatly same as you said , it is located in South east of Turkey , just a 100 km far from North Iraq. There is a thermal water and surrounded with very big mountains. The mountains are a white quarz. The place was a capital of assiyrian in the ancient history and there were a 17 gold mine there in the ancient history. Also, there are a silver ore near by. If you interested in it, please contact me. I am a miner too , but operating an iron ore , not operating a gold mine.

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I'm mining in Zambia and it is a mineral haven, fortunately I found your video and learned some interesting facts about prospecting and has made my job as a prospector a lot easier. I haven't found that magical lode yet but I'm sure in the near future I will.Thanks a lot for the advice.

Best information thus far on finding gold and understanding the rocks around it. Thank you I would love to pick your brain sometime on rocks I’m finding. And gemstones

This video is exactly what I have been searching for. Will be searching for the elusive Au. In Northern Nevada. This video helps quite a bit.

2023 I'm watching and learning. From upstate South Carolina!

this is one of those guys that make a 5 minute video into an hour long video of them talking about themselves instead of the actual topic they are meant to be talking about!

love your videos Jess , learning loads thank you very much m8

All of this information is very helpful and I've been taking notes! The way you explain the rocks is much more straightforward than some of the other videos I've seen. Taking my son out to look for gold here in Interior Alaska this summer and just ordered my first metal detector. I've been watching some of Jeff Williams's videos also. You two should team up!

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you learned as a child and then again as an adult, I had the exact same experience, I learned how to pan in an Alaskan river from an old Sourdough (what we called the old time prospectors in AK) at about ten years old, then got serious as a retired adult ordering dirt mainly From Eagle River Alaska where I lived as a child. I've panned about 1/3 of an ounce of gold so far and am ready to try panning now in Northern Indiana near my current home. . . . . funny how you catch the fever as a kid and then again as an adult

I gotta say I've been wanting to get more into panning in my area and this video has made it so I know what to look for and I thank you very much. I have subscribed to you so I can get more info of all of this stuff.

Great video, sir, thanks for sharing. I have a... I guess rock tumbler? We call them "Tauna" here in Mexico. It's basically two very large rocks that rotate on a rock bed floor, powered by a motor. It grinds the material down and we have mercury to bind with the gold. After we're done grinding our material, we wash out the mercury, then sift it through denim. Once we squeeze out as much mercury as possible, we burn the little ball (usually two thirds mercury, one third gold) and we're left with a little gold nugget. I started not long ago and have been working crappy material, so it hasn't gone well, but I have a friend that's getting 90-100 grams a week with his. I'm about to start mining one of his lesser quality wells, since he's on a great pocket right now and he's concentrating on that mine. It's old school here, very basic. I'm a veterinarian but I find this type of work very interesting. Hopefully I'll start getting some good material soon.

Thank you for such an informative video.

Absolutely first rate Jess. I'm on board with the club and look forward to advancing my knowledge with your expertise and the camaraderie of other rock hounds.

Thanx so much for your book review. With a lot of hobbies/topics, it's hard to find good books. I had already shelled out some money for some Gold Prospecting Books that were aweful. Then I bought "Gold Prospecting Handbook" & "Gold Mining In The 21st Century." Opened each of them to 3 random pages & was impressed each time. Could go on & on, but their easy to read, have top quality illustrations, & have an amazingly good balance - covers the Science behind Gold Formation/Loaction/Equipment, however is not too "Technical". Also they are not vague/general as many books that cover multiple topics, but only superficially. In these books there are loads & loads of very specific questions/scenario's that are fully explained. Wish I would have watched your Book Review before wasting my money on the crappy ones!

Thanks a lot jess,,you are a great teacher,,I'm into treasure hunting,,gold,meteorites my favorites ,,I really thank you for the knowledge you share .

Excellent presentation! I thoroughly enjoyed this, it was a knowledgeable perfectly paced hour of learning that was diverse and I hope you continue to post these here as well as on the website. I have yet to learn the google chat or hangout or whatever this was and a video presentation on directions for accessing your weekly groups would be very much appreciated! In the mean time I will go to the website to catch up. Thank you Prospector Jess!

Thank you Professor Jess 👍 😎 i 'm in North Quebec Prov. Canada lots gold mine around in activity and lots abandon old mines.......start a new past time ! Thank again DL

I bought a md20 and tested some chalcopyrite i found and it is full of something cause it sounds like your test piece, loud coming in. I hope I can remember where the vein is!! I will do a vid later.

Thank you very much, very interesting and helpful!

4 years old and still a good video

Thank you for the interesting presentation. I have a copy of Press & Siever Earth and I thoroughly agree that it is a must have for anyone interested in Geology.

I made a simple crusher with a 3/8 inch steel rod,(a stainless steel keel bolt from a sailboat build), with a threaded end with a corresponding nut threaded onto the rod and flush with the end making a surface area on the end of the nut and rod in the centre. It fits into a piece of PVC pipe with a little extra room around it for expansion of crushed material. Just place material to crush on hard surface and place pipe over it and smash the hell out of it with the rod/nut. Pretty light and easy to carry and make.

Thanks for a great video. A lot of very usable info. I subbed to your channel

If the tail tell mineral leach is on the surface..what colors to look for in the soil?

I wonder if other types of pinpointers like the Garrett will work similarly as yours although not as well as the highly sensitive one you show in your video. I guess a little experimenting might be in order.

Thanks for posting this. You give some useful information!

Interesting video ! This "rock geology" is a bit beyond me ... but my strengths are material science and design. As such, I have made a few decisions along my "prospecting years" : 1) The gold pan concept is lossy as well as back-breaking ! 2) Searching for gold in the "dirts" demands something better than a pan; better even

"Rocks and Gold" prospecting video just passed 669,212 views and 5,979,066 total minutes viewed on 3/6/2017, enjoy. Thanks for subscribing!

Thank you for your reply

This vid blew my mind. Jess, I live in Indiana County Pennsylvania, home of Jimmy Stewart, IUP college, & Christmas tree capital of the world🙄 (so you didn't have Indiana the state be where u remember me saying) Anyways, I've been excavating at my buddy's/customers place for close to a year now and over this time have become obsessed with rocks and geology in general. Why this is, is because I he has a slate hillside but off to the left, I started to unearth all of these beautiful colors of river rocks, and a bunch if this dark to light blue and green rocks and then have found a bunch of quartz. As I looked at all these rocks, I've found a Bunch of metals in the quartz and then realized there was areas of the slate that had a bunch of these metals too. The quarts has all these colors you spoke of and everything tends to have, gold colored, silver colored, and darker metallic pieces that aren't ever crystalline or flakey, but are often oddly shaled little micro pieces. All if the gild colored ones are not magnetic. Okay ill speed this up. I went back through and literally every single thing you said to look for, its there. Its pretty mountainous on my area of PA and looks like plenty of ground catastrophes have occurred in the past which makes me think that its really really old gold pieces mixed all through river rock looking quartz. How should I go about finding out what we have and i. Somebody told me that maybe the local colleges geological dept might be able to help. Oh, also, im pretty sure I've found old Indian artifacts. Stone-like or clay plates that have longsjncr been broken but I could tell they were Something, as I've done concrete for a long time and knew these were not natural integrity and Then I saw the smoking gun. The one has a stick figure carved into it that looks like a man shooting a bow and arrow, and the arrow is lobbing towards another figure crouched down. But here's what blew my mind equally. Its in one that actually looks like a carved stone plate, but it's not just scratched into this. It looks exactly like when I was in pottery class and would carve into clay with a needle tool. The indentations, depth, and even how it slightly affected the surrounding material outside the lines, it looks like It was carved into clay ,a stone would not do that and I dug it from a hillside under multiple feet of stone and clay. Jess i did a Google search and it looks to be depicting Orion shooting. Everyone's given me so much crap for being so enthralled/obsessed with rocks all of a sudden so I've been reluctant to show to anyone aside from my father. He agrees with me but neither of us can quite tell what's on the figures head. Anyways, sorry for the book and thanks for the video. This was so inspiring that I'm going to go there right now and start searching. 8:30p.m. on a cold Saturday . Lol take care

sumbodyshero - Just asked me why this video doesn't have a view counter? My answer is; I have no idea, it is enabled on the video manager but my early hangouts don't show counts on RU-vid for unknown reasons (probably solar flares or something unusual.) Btw. - "Rocks and Gold..." has over 428,131 views and 3,830,035 minutes watched as of 9/15/2015... Thanks for watching! That used to be - over 243,440 views and 2,136,381 minutes watched as of 1/1/2014...

i love this video. took me a while to find it again but i found a bunch of these red stones you talk about in an old creek just down from where a quartz mine used to be back in the day

Excellent presentation. Learnt ALOT. Gonna go into my saved videos library.

36:32-36:54, most suspenseful thing ive ever seen

Prospector Jess do you ever find gold with garnets. I have found an ore body with fist size garnets and what looks like a vein of gold flake compressed with the stones in the vein

Great educational video! Useable information! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I wish all these videos on here were as informative as yours! Again, great job! Thanks good luck! God bless!

Thank you , for showing us what all the other RU-vid's didn't show us.... I like the leverite.......leave'er right there...part .

Thak you for your pearls of wisdom.

I found that gold stone inside black stone that u show in video

Seriously, so grateful, subscribed.

Thank you,Prospector Jess, now I know even better how to explain why I've seen strange lights and sounds around the areas I frequently camp and hunt for arrowheads. I do not remove the arrowheads or other artifacts, think about it, it was meant for an animal, and that human could've died for missing...I bet I take gold when I find it now. The only true currency over the last few thousand years of human bickering and dickering and docking

Very easy to understand thank you for sharing your experience with us. I just starting to enjoy looking for gold and gemstones in Australia we even have a place where a meteorite fell hopefully one day I will get to see the place 😊

I am panning in a small river in NH. There is a lot of ledge as base also there are many extremely large rocks in middle of stream. For a small time planner which would you spend your time on? This river is known to produce small amounts of gold.

Hey Jess i haven't been on in a while, thanks for the up load.

Hi Jess, Many thanks for the upload, great video really interesting. I have been ‘into’ Petrology almost all my life and not just special metals.

Danburite.. the element component of it, is it similar to quartz. If not am in a good direction or not.?

Great lecture. Thanks.

I think if I go prospecting I'll bring a latter bucket pick axe and a magnet! ( thanks professor)!

Thank you for your lessons

How does this video not have a view counter? I've never seen such a thing.

thank you jess for your insight of gold

thanks you for all the information

Thats Ready Great Info

BEST VIDEO EVER!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you written a book? YOU are such a good tutor and I highly appreciate your efforts showing what an intelligent and a good person YOU are! Thank YOU very much.

Nice chat Thanks.

Wow. Excellent Video! Thank you!

With most of the rocks you show here Prospector Jess especially with gold can be visible out of the surface .. that does indicate more deposits underneath ..? The location was never been survey by it's depth of deposit. The area mostly mountainous and volcanic obviously.

I came across an Ancient Artifacts Area with solid gold under neath the surface viewing from up above .

First let me thank you for the load of very educative materials you impart in some of us..I am a small scale miner of gold and copper in Kenya..recently I came across zinc bearing rocks and after analysis it was found to contain Au at 3g per tonne..I just need info on how to separate them

hi,i live in the west area of Puerto Rico,would you like to come to this beautiful island and find some gold? i am so happy i found this video today!! i have being thinking on looking for gold a realy long time now! Thanks for you greate video!

Thank u JESS for information !!!!!!