Underground Gold Mining with a Metal Detector! | Hard Rock and Australian Alluvial Gold! 

Chris you are the David Attenborough of gold prospecting easy to watch 👍👍

Put your hard rock samples into sand bags. Tie two together and sling over your shoulder. Never carry in your hands that which can be borne on your back. Wisdom from Carlos Castenada. You’re welcome!

FFS, someone needs to give this guy a show. Great host, great knowledge, great video.

Here for the education as always ❤👍🏻⚒️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 13:15 😳😳 OMG, you can see gold in the quartz vein. That's a huge vein going all the way to the top. See if you can follow it to the surface and maybe dig down from above.

Love these long episodes. Keep going boys. Find that candy!!

The problem with steep, slippery downhill slopes is that you have to go back up them and gravity pulls you down.

Chris, the longer videos are much better. After all it's auzzie gold prospecting. Always pretty cool. I'm a California USA prospector, you can always pick up tips from all the prospector videos. Keep the longer vids coming, it's interesting time killer.

I've watched this one twice now and I just gotta say, it's soo well written and shot, like all of your vids, you seriously should do a documentary using only your content. It's so damn educational and most importantly entertaining! 😊

I have a request possibly a strange one. " The big wooden sluice you made, add a rocking chair rocker i bet you culd move lots with it. 😮

You guys should take a couple of big pieces of cardboard and take a bit of a slide all the way down that hill!!!

Hello Chris, one more thing, you should rinse your fines . Sharp sand is so much easier to wash , especially in a pan.Fine gold particles fall to the bottom much quicker, regards George

nice mine and gold thank you for sharing the adventure and information.

Thanks for passing on your knowledge again. Bloody mountain goat country, my knees couldn't handle that. Hopefully that horse shoe gives you lots of luck. Keep up the great work and see you on the next one. Cheers mate 👌👌👌👍👍👍👍🤜🤛

Those mines were dug by bio degradable tools so little junk

Great show, appreciate your informative narration throughout…

The best gold discovery, friends...! Very inspiring and motivating ..Excellent 🇲🇨⚒️⛏️💎✋🌼👍

Salve salve grande guerreiro vo-gus 💎⛏️🇧🇷

I will be truthful, I really like the longer videos. From Idaho state USA.

Wow! That tin is worth some serious money! I'd be mining the creek for the TIN!

I tbink maybe you mean, 'auriferous'.....?? Or did you? Sometimes Aussie pronounciation puts rocks in my ears....mind you, as long as it's topaz, I dont mind as much....😄

The term is Auriferous.... as in Aurum (pronounced Ore-um), the latin word for gold. Ore-iff-er-rus. 'Afferous' is a term describing someone who is non sensible.

Chris, you have motivated me to try my hand at alluvial prospecting. Also watch Flour Gold Wizards , here in WISCONSN, USA

You're killing me brother, I don't let the head vocals say too much... they're nutz! Love Your Content, Never Miss It!

It sounds like you're saying something like "afferous quartz". Do you mean "auriferous"?

Great video! Good training material for people interested in prospecting. As for feeding yourself on the gold fields, my grandfather worked in a hard rock mine around Beechworth. Rabbit would have been a luxury. He said they had parrot pie - horrible - tasted of eucalyptus.

I thought that I'd just check I was still subscribed, and I HAD been unsubscribed!!😡😡. Love ya work Chris 👍

There needs to be a "Be my sample!" Shirt 😂

Well that was definitely satisfying and informative and that underhand stope (large cavity) had to be quite rich to do all that work. We call it a stope over here in the USA.the deposit they worked was found near the surface they then drove an audit underneath it until they came to the vein and then worked up because it’s easier to use gravity to get the ore down and out instead of killing yourself hoisting it up and out. I’m sooo looking forward to the return trip and results. I know it’s heavy but would dragging your crusher to the mine and concentrating your rock down be worth it??? Even though you didn’t show the total gold weight found it looked close to a gram ? Thanks for sharing Chris see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼 P.S. that picture you saw of a guy with a shotgun wasn’t to protect the gold that was a guy who caught a shovel dogger on His claim and then forced him at gun point to do all the work and get nothing but his life in return yes??? 😬 😂 😂

Terrific video, Chris. Not sure if you did anything different for this one but the production seemed of an even greater quality than usual. All the best.

Great results from the quartz you dug out. Looking forward to seeing how this adventure progresses. Thanks for sharing your adventures Chris 🌄

Up in the palmer it's Schneider 577 bullets. They were, unfortunately, rarely used for hunting. :(

I have an old Garrett detector from the 90’s that has discrimination settings that will eliminate most of those false positives. Saves lots of digging junk!

Chris, I'm liking your new rocker box, especially for sandy areas with minimal clay. Did you buy it as is, or design it yourself? It caught a lot of really fine gold. It's also a very compact unit that doesn't require much water at all. The ribbed indoor / outdoor carpet is terrific at catching coarse, fine and most flour gold. Where did you get the Jarvie riffle? Is it from Gold Rat or Do All Paul / Adventures in Gold Prospecting in Canada? Or did you have it made locally in Australia? Looking forward to more videos with the new tiny rocker!

So funny! 6 years to implement carrying 2 buckets? You’re worse than the French. Haha. Are you also negotiating with yourself over a nice dinner with a glass of wine? I love your videos. FYI: you need to get spikes you can strap on your shoes.

Hi Chris, I saw all that dirty water running out of your rock crusher catch pale. I was just wondering if the very fine gold could possibly run out and on the ground. Maybe put a sluice to catch the water and check what's coming out. I love all your videos, very important work you are doing. Thanks.

mate you always have such happy n inspiring videos, most people wouldnt know youve got PTSD unless they have followed you for awhile hope you n Fern are doing ok be safe, watch out for those red-backs

If you start a fire at the back of the mine amd get it smoking good... You can work without all the vreepy cawlers and flhing attackers. 🤠👍🇺🇸

22:58 Watch the blasphemy. I will never watch your channel again if I hear you speak like this from this point forward. I love your channel and it would suck to never see you again.

As always lots of tips and information. Thank you my friend................

That is such a cool mine, I would love to visit that one, I have a weird disjointed dejavu from Gadzees film lol .... Now being a blacksmith I know something about Horse shoes (I'm not a farrier) Blacksmiths put the horse shoe points down over the anvil to let luck fall into the anvil but the Blacksmith and Farrier were the ones that made the horse shoe so the only thing that could imbue the horseshoe with luck....Is the horse...therefore horses are full of good luck aha yes here we have the Yosemite Sam type guy running back and forth between two holes trying to mine and keep people off his claim I just had a quick look at a map of Reedy creek (presuming I have the right one) the largest gold concentrations would actually be where it turns into a lake in the centre of town but of course you can't pan there , and it would be foolish to try since it looks like its reserve land ...we have similar sites in Wales where people have sensibly thought well lets follow it to where it all drops out and theyve ended up in the estuary hauling out tons of gravel and sand then got themselves into trouble for damaging the environment . (Edit I didn't have the right one LOL) I love chasing deposits and possibilities but you always have to mindful of where you are and what youre trying to do. I have a couple of places I want to try near me, but I will have to be careful because the location is a little weird.

How about after classification of Reedy Creek, a Batea pan? Then?

Love the long episodes. Perefect for my lunch break!!!

Always interesting vid! Educational credit to us for watching.

Excellent video, I'm just starting to learn and I am enjoying your content thankyou.

Incredibly entertaining and informative at the same time. This is one of the reasons i'm a patron; it's not much of a donation, however, the idea is that it shows how much I appreciate all this damn hard work. Thanks Chris

it seems that youtube recommended the video to a different kind of audience. i read strange comments as if Chris was a newbie at this.

I am happy to see this tool, very satisfying

I learned what I know by making a lot of mistakes but I did pan out a little over 3 1/2 ounces in the middle of the winter after being in Idaho back in the early 2000's after being diagnosed with renal failure and being given 10 years to live

Oh man, that was such a satisfying episode I’m gonna need a cigarette, some scotch and a shower. I’m spent! 😂 great episode.

Ain’t no gold in Texas and I’m surrounded by…Texas.. 🙄

As always entertaining informative and enjoyable thank you

Was thinking about making a video dumpster diving to find materials to make gold equipment with then take it to the creek. True poor mans mining. Might be something worth trying for content.

I live in another country. I love these guys content. I do not know what these guys need for underground but, someone who does know what's needed, please send these guys some underground stuff like, lights, hard hat, maybe an air meter for each of them. I am sure someone has these things and more just sitting around, walking by them every day, these guys get excited and kind of seem to not notice the possibility of problems that might be. I am not trying to mom them; I just know the saying. How many times can you poke a bear before it wakes and get you. People send lots of fan mails to these guys but to help them stay a little safer seems to be a need. Light weight simple things might be the difference between seeing a poisonous snake and spiders or getting bit by them. I might be all over the place and wrong but, I just do not think I am way off on this. I am sure there are others that hope they are safe but also make fun content also. I look forward to seeing all the awesome content for a long time. Have a happy day everyone.

They have been doing it to a lot of people I am hearing! Something shady is going on at uTube? They will eventually get caught and probably someone is going to jail?

I like kitty litter buckets. Being older I find the 3 gal is plenty; they are rectangular so ride easier against the leg, and have better handles. Your mileage may vary.

All ways good info Chris. lol 😂 beee my example 😂

And always remember folks bring two pans not just one I went in mining at one point through my pan up the hill and it cracked right in half so always bring a spare you can't weld a gold pan back together it won't work good luck to everyone that attempts to do this for a living 👍😁

Why did u not put your rocker box in the stream? You could have just used the stream to wash the grit u put in the box.

If you take some copper wire and bend a hook into it. Then hang it in your bucket. The buckets come apart easily

Thanks Chris. Here's a comment for the algorithm 😊

Very interesting and informative Thanks for another banger Chris

E79 resources may help with depth ,, dunno mate 😂 all the best.

Have you metal detected the pile of classified rocks? Just curious!

Mate, some of those buckets look really heavy, and you are almost as old as we. Please demonstrate safe lifting proceduces, even if it is as light as a feather.

I suspect the unsubscribes are happening because they're clearing out old unused accounts.

Since you are in Australia does the water in your pan when panning spin backwards? lol

You have a PHD in prospecting. You Pile it Higher and Deeper!

I enjoy your content and watch all the time. Keep up the good work.

.....i haven't watch in a few months.......IMiss ya bro

Mate you keep it so simple but so efficient Keep it coming 😂 👍👍👍

I see your useinf the hose pipe now. Did you sort the water and dust out in the end then ?

Get you smallest drill bit and poke a hole in the bottom of your bucket already or do you like the struggles

Okay you have shown where the gold is and was now get a bucket and get all the stuff on the ground

I like what you did with the old sluicy "the striker" I still use mine, sometimes 👍. Great video as usual.

Great video as always Chris. Thanks for all you do.

I'm only commenting for a scratch behind the ear.

Felt claustrophobic just watching this

Did ya kill that spider with fire after your recent bout?

#4 in difficulty is separating plastic buckets

I learn so much from your videos. Thanks ❤

So in our game of hard rock mining, we call the roof The backs

Can you take a hammer drill into those underground mines?

Watching you gives me ideas where I'm at

One of the wisest men I have had the privilege of claiming as a friend was a former inmate. Whilst serving his time he became very well educated, in the traditional sense. And subsequently He became the older brother I had never had. He has passed on now, but his wisdom still guides to this day. May he rest in peace. On another topic: @Bunnings. When are you going to sponsor Chris? Buckets: Bunnings Water tank classifier: Bunnings Shovels: Bunnings Odds and ends: Bunnings. Get on board!

There is no gold near where I live but I love this guy. 🤣

Thank you for your eloquence and wisdom.

Excellent video Chris,top notch!

Amazing, very good, good lucky

I've had a thought...your bunnings buckets have plastic handles so it might be good for your hands to put a wrap of duct tape on them. I don't know if youve tried it already but I thought since the tape is quite resilient so it might make carrying, distances in particular, just a little bit more comfortable

ALL HAIL THA HARD ROCK!!! HELL YEAH BROTHER!!! WOO HOO!!!

Now we're talkin hell yeah gettn the gold baby🤩👍

Cool video! Watch out Fer da critters?!

Great video dude , learn so much from you 🤙

you havent seen steep until you been to the klammaths

Microscope is no longer available on Amazon

you need some mozzie spray for that cave

Love ypur channel! Great atuff

How steep did you make your rocker box?

I always enjoy your content🎉🎉🎉 thank you

A stick would balance 2 full buckets