SPECTACULAR QUEENSLAND GOLD PART 1 

I don’t know if anyone else noticed you look 👀 ten years younger after you found that first big nugget, congratulations man,well done. 👍😎👍👍👍

What insane gold, i had no idea there was that much gold in shallow ground in Qld ranges. No wonder the early gold rushes were so crazy.

What the hell, if these werent filmed being dug up, i wouldnt have believed this.. that 262 gm'er OMG $25,000+ if 99% pure. Well done mate thats bloody awesome.

Amazing. It's a miracle how you just dig in Fields and find huge chunks of gold. In the middle of open fields

G'day Steve great to find you on here, great footage and a breath of fresh air to hear someone speak nicely, the way your Dad taught you boys, unlike the generations of today. We are still here, only a few of us old school bushies stayed on. Hope to see you back, the country has had its best wet season in decades, there is a spot here for you anytime. cheers. Michael & Leigh.

I want to wander the wilds of Australia looking for gold. Looks like a great place to be.

So good to have you guys upload I remember growing up and I had all the VHS tapes of you guys and your stag hunts.. I probably watched them 100 times on repeat.

Awesome 👍 can't wait for part 2 Thank you so much for sharing.

Beautiful gold Steve - well done. Its great to see another Kiwi bushman with the gold fever. Cheers and looking forward to more videos.

Great to see you posting videos again.

I'm starting to think I should have bought a 5000 instead of the 6000. You're finding so much nice gold!

The Golden Orb Spider is even more distressing when it wraps completely around your head like a hairnet in a food factory on a drunken walk home from the pub a 2 in the morning. The trick is to not panic and just start walking backwards, the web is so strong that it is probably still stuck to the branches and will just unpeel from your head taking the spider back out with it.

All the goldies will be wanting to go where you are. I've never seen so much gold by anyone

Great video. Loved the nature bits too. Amazing find that big one. Incredible

Wonderful of you.good luck❤😊

WOW. You work hard, you get the rewards. Some very nice nuggets mate. Thanks for sharing 👍

Excellent video mate, Love watching you guys collect, I'm too old for it now, and wish I had of given it a go years ago. Thanks, and good luck

Awesome finds... But it looks as though it takes a huge amount of luck, diligence, patience, perseverance, ingenuity and knowledge and technique... Not to mention proper survival skills... As much as I would love to do that, you have indicated just how extreme it actually is..... Thanks for one of the best RU-vid vids I have seen for quite some time.... Well done, sir.....

Great work Steve pleasure to know you mate 🙌🏾👍🏽🍺⛏️

Good grief that big chunk of gold is unbelievable what a find you will never forget that day my friend good on you buddy 👍🏻😊

Hi Steve the snake is a northern species of whip snake. You can see the characteristic white pattern sweeping around, below & behind the eye. It also has a large eye, small head, thinner neckline than brown snakes & long slender body. The white stripe behind the head i have not seen on this species before, however juveniles can have fading variations & there is species still to be discovered. I recently discovered a brown colored blind snake in my area that is little known. A new striped venomous snake has been found in the desert recently too. Whip snakes in general are quick moving & go about their business, most are mildly venomous but relatively harmless to humans, but you definitely don't want a bite.

What a great trip. I’m only new to detecting, and you find more in one day than I have in 9 months. How’s that big chunk! The snake looked like a Crown Snake and the spider was a Whistling Wolf Spider, related to the tarantulas. This is you first video I’ve found, can’t wait to watch more.

Mate.... unbelievable... how exciting would that be. Congratulations and fantastic work.. I like your presentation, explanations and no language is very nice for a change... Again CONGRATS.!!!!!

Great stuff, well done

First time I"ve seen this channel! I subscribed and all notifications!

Nice haul there Steve! Some unusually shaped nuggets in that lot, almost a crystalline shape. Bet you'll be back there again.

WOW absolutely amazing finds buddy, stunning country up there, one day i might make it for a trip sometime but for now east Gippsland vic is my local prospecting area. I'll definitely keep an eye out for the next upload.

What a Sensational haul of awesome gold you got I reckon just in this video you got over at least 16 ounces and that 8 plus ouncer was mind blowing well done indeed. I 'am definitely looking forward to part 2 😮🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑😁😆😅😂

Well done boss what finds and good luck from Robbie Liverpool England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I cannot help being jealous of y’all over there, I live in Carolina there just isn’t stuff like this around. Maybe in the shell in the middle of the state, but there’s not exactly a big field I can go to with a metal detector and start picking out chunks of gold! Thank you for recording what you’re doing, I really enjoyed seeing it.

Hi Steve , you certainly got some seriously good gold 👍, I should have changed you a bit more for the pick I sold you 🤣 , hope it's still digging good gold for you Cheers ROB

That spider is the common trap door, great haul of gold there.

well done on the finds enjoyed the video😊

Keep up the good work .... I hope you have great success! ✌👵

I would love to visit Australia; however, I think I would be afraid to walk around in your bush. Poisonous snakes, deadly spiders, big disease carrying bats. The worst would be the wasp, from the way your hand looked, if I got stung, I would most likely keel over and die, need an anaphylactic kit right handy. I am deathly allergic to bee/wasp venom, last sting hospitalized me for a week. Would love to find gold nuggets like you have been finding. I am lucky to get some flour gold or some very small pieces. I live not far from the Bohemia Mining District in my home state. I can find some fine gold in the moss on the rock cliffs after a few days of heavy rain. Have found some small stuff in some of the old tailing's piles or panning the streams and rivers. Unfortunately, where I live, I have to carry a sidearm in the back country, we have two large predators, the Black Bear (Ursa americanus) and the Puma (Puma concolor), then there is the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus), deadly, but are rather tasty, if prepared right. Enjoying your videos so far. Shelly Ann, LPN (ret) Mdn/USNSCC. HM2c(FMF)/USN, Sgt/USAR A Việt Nam War Era Veteran and 1st Gulf War Combat Disabled Veteran Stroke Survivor, 2004

Chapter 2 was great but this one is getting better. Amazing how much time and effort you put in for such great reward. Just got to the part where you filmed the Paper Wasps. That hand looks puffy to say the least.

incredible finds steve youre making me keen to try queensland instead of wa need to get alot of browny points from my better half im thinking .you seem to be doing alot better than most other prospectors but time and effort pays off so well done just fantastic

te gradeço pelo teus videos , ganhou mais um escrito, te acompanho do Brasil, Juazeiro do norte, as tuas mãos deixa claro q vc já batalha a algum tempo, vc é merecedor de toda riqueza, encontrar muito ouro. obrigado por compartilha tua experiência .

Awesome just found your channel!

Got to be stoked with gold finds like that, after all the rain the past few months the grass will be thick this year, when those wasps get disturbed and angry they sure hit hard, great video.

Well done buddy fantastic work 👍👍

New subber here my goodness what nice nuggets you find Congratulations! I'd love to come down under for a little dig!

Great gold.Only done the Pilbara and got some small bits but yours are spectacular

OH that would be me so much , real sweet finds .

Gloves are pretty handy and can help those hard working hands, wow 262 gram find. What a beauty

Wow great job! I've always wanted to try metal detecting for gold but thought you couldn't really find that much in one day consistently.

Living the dream mate. :)

Very good prospecting!👍

Wow!! Amazing!!

Wau que bello lugar tienes el mejor trabajo del mundo manejas tus horarios y estas en la naturaleza 😊😊😊 me gustaria buscar oro nunca tube la oportunidad

"ONYA CHAMP" A NUGGET to big for the container has gotta be a good day.cheers mate.

I reckon that spider is a Queensland Trapdoor; anyway good luck with the prospecting & here’s to the next big find

You can tell how hard it is to get some of these nuggets by the blisters and callouses on your hands - My nephew is planning to start detecting and i dont think he realises how much hard work is involved

well done mate you cleaned up

Cool channel! Your a legend

Absolutely awesome 😮

That spider is a Tarantula (Selenocosmia crassipes) - plenty of em' up there around the Palmer.

Good day mate from NZ. Never been gold hunting always hunted our bush with a rifle the 4-legged kind, knees are fked now so won't be walking of the garden path much these days. I like your walk abouts and wish I'd tried what you're doing years ago now, the back blocks the native things you show every thing just great. That paper wasp you incantated yep we have them here too and yep their stings are sure killers, bit like a red-hot poker being forced up your bo-eye ah. Over here they are called hornets owes range in color from black, rusty red or yellow and black either way they are killers when it comes to stinging and like you, I used to swill up. You know when you're on their nest when you hear their buzzing about your head, some even let out a odd hormone smell and once you get to know that smell get te hell out of there a few paces. Kia ora keep up the good movies mate cheers.

Sweet sweet yellow , I want to lick the tears of the sun 😄

So so happy for you

Your vary damn lucky, @ talented. Excellent video were the hell are you? Theise are wonderful finds"

Very good, good lucky sir

Absolutely amazing great video.. were all the coils mono coils?

Very spectacular finds! Congratulations! Is this your first goldtrip since covid started? Looking forward to episode 2. Do you still use the rooftop tent setup?

That spider definitely isn't a funnell web. Some kind of tarantula. That said, your safest bet is to assume every spider is a funnell web unless you're 100% sure it isn't. You were right on the baby brown snake. Amazing finds!!!

Crikey that's some serious gold there! I'm lucky to find a one gramer and you're pulling these lunkers out of the ground!

Congrats on the awesome haul of gold nugget chunks mate! Is that a stock GPX5000 with NF coil you're using? What general area are you in btw? Was it heavily detected with dig holes around? Looks like FNQ - Thanks for sharing your finds - Cheers

Well done

beautiful work guys

That spider might be an Australian Tarantulas as we do have s species up North

Wish I could go gold minneing with you!! Stay safe

I was up the Palmer last September,had a swollen hand just like yours wasn't much fun

Well done Steve. Another great video . Your first one detecting in western Australia a few years ago is the best I've seen so far. Can you tell us were you detecting on public or private property up there in north Queensland? Thanks

Aloha from Hawaii looks like you have The hands of a hard worker hands of steel or is that hands of gold have ❤ a great day God-bless you.

The Queensland tarantulas rare human bites are not fatal, however, some can get large enough to take a baby chick, hence the common name ' bird eating spiders'. They do have large fangs and are very quick when they do strike, and can inflict a painful double puncture. Usually its the mature boys you see, out hunting the females in their burrows. Males only live 2 or 3 years on average. Females can live over a decade.

I am throughly enjoying your channel. Thank you. My friend and I are hoping to go camping over the holiday season and we’re going to buy a detector to hopefully have some fun. Would someone recommend one for 2 women that are both vertically challenged lolll. Some of them look very big and bulky to use. Thank you

Awesome stuff mate. How far north are you,and what detector you got? Is it 7000? Love your show.

Looks a lot like Palmerville station

BRRRRRRILIANT SHOW

Can't beat our Ausy gold

Hi mate what detector do you use from minelab?

Beautiful nuggets mate! Not many people gets days like that.

amazing

I'd be setting up camp for a few months or years depending on how rich you want to be. I hope you can get a gold lease in that area. And I think the spider is a tarantula.

Having a great run like this you must be in Palmerville/cannibal creek area. If not, have you been there ? Well done, cheers 🍻

verry good

Great going Steve, you have a new sub. thinking your new pick looks like a"Walco"from Shepparton. was that Rob or maybe Cliff?

I git these for a 'cold beer' out there.

Happy for you , patience is a virtue , OK not trying to make a poem here

Yes, I can't believe it either.

Oh, and I meant to say. GoPros are terrible at close up filming, your up close shots are great. Don’t waste your money.

The wasp is obviously a paper wasp species of which there is 12,000 recorded in Australia. It is a red wasp but usually they have black wings & not always so pure red all over, the red wings stand out & if you look at data photos i doubt you will find one with red wings & body so you might even have a new species or variation. A very similar one is the Southern Paper Wasp in a red form. I knew an entomologist who believed there is millions of insects yet to be identified & recorded.

Ok, you've made me jealous.

Nice

Not a juvenile brown, judging by the white eye blaze and slender build it's most likely a member of the whipsnake family

Hi sir awesome video so tel me sir how does one obtain a propecting license do to this type of prospecting what you are doing

Wow.

Holy moly. 8 oz nugget

what led you to that area mate ? was there anything that caught your eye that makes you want to detect a spot ?

That spider is the Queensland barking spider or the Goliath bird eater. They whistle and make strange whistling like noises when threatened.