Yale Public Panning Reserve. Free gold panning in BC.

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The Yale Public Panning reserve is one of the best free gold panning reserves in the province of British Columbia. BC has many gold panning reserves but the panning reserve at Yale is one of the most popular. Often people ask "Where can I gold pan on the Fraser river". Where to pan on the Fraser without claim jumping is a difficult question other than the public panning reserves.
This video is produced by Dan Hurd, Prospector, Miner, Teacher and RU-vidr, as part of his RU-vid channel based on educational videos about gold mining, gold panning, prospecting, rock hounding, and mineral collecting.
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@rickmcninch7100 5 лет назад

What a very noble thing to do, helping others to enjoy panning! Thanks again Dan for all that you do.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@rickmcninch7100 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd The thanks should come from everyone watching

@donaldnicol8415 5 лет назад

Dan I like how detailed your videos are and the effort you put into each and every one.Your personality is so much more friendly and informative than Jeff Williams.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Well, thank you. Personally I think Jeff is great too. He knows his stuff well, and does great work. He is a little too over the top some times for my liking, but others like that. So we each have our place. But again, thanks.

@TazzzieAdventures 5 лет назад

Nice look at your public panning area, The Fraser River looks great everywhere.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is beautiful

@barryenos7641 5 лет назад

Thank you Dan, you have just given me a reason to save money for a trip out there. It is a long way to go from Maine but what a great vacation. Come on people and join patreon and find out what you are missing

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

thanks Barry, You are my best promoter

@bjthecrow 5 лет назад

Whats up buddy that is very cool I live in the southeastern United States in Georgia. I always crack up at your videos because we have a very Southern slang down here and you are so well-spoken

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks

@Flatlanderexpress 5 лет назад

u ever think of going to canada to hunt birds or big game?

@bjthecrow 5 лет назад

@@Flatlanderexpress no i can't own a gun lol im a felon so can't be around one lol i have a crossbow but i do more gold prospecting than hunting tho honestly

@supernatureza 5 лет назад

I watch your channel so much, I live in Brazil and wanted to find gold lol, I love your adventures, thank you

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You are welcome

@RobertWiles-v5g 5 месяцев назад

Wow that's some beautiful country up there you really do got the best job ever. Keep up the good work on your great videos I really do enjoy watching them

@hobbyadventurer583 4 года назад

Nice tour of that reserve there Dan.Thanks for telling us which months are best for the low water levels to pan there.

@matthewbishop6385 5 лет назад

Thanks again friend I’m in Mexico right now doing some prospecting for a couple of months wish me luck

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Good luck

@AppalachianProspect 5 лет назад

Looks like a very nice place for some gold panning, thank you very much for showing this place. It is a very good thing to point out that you should fill in your holes this way there are no complaints and public access will remain just that.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

yes, specially with so many people working this bar.

@nummers6337 5 лет назад

Great video! Will definitely be heading up to Yale this summer!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Nice!

@hobbyadventurer583 5 лет назад

Thanks Dan for showing us your nice video of this place and the helpful details.Hope to make a trip there to Yale in the future.Looks like fun.Keep up the good videos,we all enjoy them !

@bcdirttastesbetter 5 лет назад

Hahaha, people not living in BC "what is this lower mainland you speak of". Thanks Dan, keep up the excellent work!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Vancouver area, Where 90% of BC population lives.

@paulipuhakka8788 9 месяцев назад

Well Dan, it’s December 2023 now, and it just dumped a lot of snow! Merry Christmas to you and your family 👍 Cheers from Chilliwack!

@MrWhiteboi604 Год назад

Went there today! Much better than hope, just like you said!

@Woffie70 5 лет назад

Thanks Dan! I wish we had something like that in the US...even if we do no one does vids like you. Been enjoying your teaching for a while now.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks

@GreenMountainGoldTrap 5 лет назад

PHEW, that was a close one Dan, I almost missed this video! Been super busy with graphic art design for future magazine ads and composing an add for the February edition of the Pic & Shovel Gazette. My head is spinning! GREAT Video as usual, thank for sharing!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

No worries if you miss, I have missed a couple lately for kinda the same reason, things just get too busy.

@GreenMountainGoldTrap 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd Thanks Dan! No matter what, I catch them all!

@larrykasiah8852 5 лет назад

That's really cool that they set aside places like that. Have a good day and prospect on.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Ya it is great that someone was thinking ahead and made these spots

@zombiekiller7911 5 лет назад

I Just came here to leave this comment because i couldn't find all the Easter eggs so i will just leave this message here for my bonus! lol Thank you Dan Hurd!!!

@garyshumka5980 4 года назад

I’ve watched lots of your great videos. So I’ve decided wanted to give it a try one day. Even so I live on Vancouver Island.

@Goldwaschen-mit-Tom 5 лет назад

Hello, a nice opportunity to look for gold. * lol Of course I would try. Thank you for pointing. Too bad that you did not look for yourself. greetings Goldjunge Tom

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

I did not want to spend too much time here, I was on my way to my claim to take the video on panning 1 ounce of gold.

@Goldwaschen-mit-Tom 5 лет назад

Understand. When I'm here, I'll dig you until I have a once * laugh greetings Goldjunge Tom

@billflint3369 5 лет назад

Thanks again for your time to make these video's. I really enjoy them and learning from them.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You are welcome again!

@benwinkel 5 лет назад

Dan! I really appreciate you giving tips and information for hobby prospector's and gold diggers. You're a generous man, sharing knowledge and experience as well as spot's to go find gold. Great stuff! Wish i was there....

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks for your kind words.

@001crisper 5 лет назад

Hey Dan, I met you in July up in Barkerville after recognizing you from your videos. On my way back down to Vancouver stopped by Yale and went panning for the first time. Had fun and met some nice people on the beach, really neat spot and fascinating history.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

I met a few people in Barkerville that day, which one were you?

@001crisper 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd I was the young reenactor, there was a small group of us setting up our canvas tents.

@avellinklater3566 5 лет назад

I need to visit the next time I can get my butt off the island. Hi Dan from Victoria!

@uriaheric1565 3 года назад

pro tip : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.

@everettkane2282 3 года назад

@Uriah Eric Definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone} for months myself :D

@nicholasbrentley4212 3 года назад

@Uriah Eric Yea, have been watching on flixzone} for since december myself :)

@Originalhaydn Год назад

Having just moved to Lillooet, BC, right next to the Fraiser River, hoping to get a chance to do some gold panning at some point when it’s a little warmer!

@littleleom2011 5 лет назад

Your videos are fantastic are full of knowledge. Can't wait to get out on the Fraser myself one day!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks. The Fraser is incredible.

@designworksdw1949 5 лет назад

This one is added to the list, thx Dan. Your info from down south is very appreciated.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Glad to hear it

@designworksdw1949 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd Became a patron wont kick in till Jan tho I think. hope it helps out with the video making. I use the same picture her as there. Cheers

@JuggaloNinjaWarrior 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing. I and From Alberta and the closest area to publicly pan gold Is outside Devon at Prospectors Point in the North Saskatchewan River. Very small gold but it is everywhere. It's good to know there are other areas to go during the winter months.

@johnfairsgoldpanningschool. 5 лет назад

Hey you made this video on my birthday.Yale is my second favorite panning spot.

@MrBillK1961 5 лет назад

Thanks Dan! Your videos are always fun!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You are welcome

@keithpowley1445 5 лет назад

Good little vid Dan yale is one of our favorites have to get back there havent been since we purchased at goldpan its been treating us good hope to run into you again out there oh and no more problems from the natives thanks again Dan keep em coming⛏⛏⛏

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Glad to hear it!

@frederickbierweiler8020 5 лет назад

Dan love all your videos great stuff

@gtaovlogs9061 5 лет назад

Beautiful Dan! Thanks

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You are welcome

@hockeydad6211 5 лет назад

Hi Dan, thanks for the video. I live in the lower mainland. This looks like a nice day trip.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is a fantastic day trip. Make sure it is a sunny day

@roberta.critchley6768 5 лет назад

Hey Dan. Cool that you announce spots like this. Like everywhere there are rules and regulations. Is this area just pan and shovel or can you bring other equipment. Thank you for the vids. The only gold here in S FL is on the tourist beaches.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Just pan and shovel

@keithlong701 Год назад

Thank you for another excellent video

@insolentstickleback3266 5 лет назад

Nice little video! Have a great weekend Dan!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You too!

@jeffreyallen3796 5 лет назад

That is really cool that you guys have a bunch of free spots for anybody to go purses in California Northern California you have Butte Creek but you have to pay $5 a day to pan and I think $10 today to run a sluice box and you have to have your permit before that day

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

We would love to use river sluices here

@elvatoz 2 года назад

Thanks bother. You more entertaining than Pauly 👊🏾

@kevjou1 3 года назад

Great video Dan be cool to do every public area in BC. Great for tourism and supporting small business.

@Doxymeister 5 лет назад

Wonderful opportunity for panning and such a beautiful spot.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It sure is

@jeremycanterohioprospecting 3 года назад

I've been traveling back through history watching your videos and I come across this one I really like to come here one day and check out some of these free panning reserves hope to see you there someday! Really love that BC scenery someday I'll experience for myself maybe after this covid.

@rwatson2609 2 года назад

Yea, covid has dampened a lot of the great outdoors too. Last time that i tried to get to this free panning reserve it was shut due to covid.

@lucasreid6335 9 дней назад

It looks like at the furthest point up riger on the panning reserve, looks like theres an inside bend

@madworkxtrouble2274 5 лет назад

The life u live seems very cool. I‘d like to dig one season for gold. Even if it’s hard work. Thank you for sharing ur knowledge Dan. Greetings

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You are welcome.

@RHYGAR1 Год назад

ty my Brother, Awesome info

@markselten4985 5 лет назад

Nice to know, I wish there were more places like this in Western Australia. All I know of is a public detecting area at marble bar. Cheers Dan.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

I need to do more detecting.

@markselten4985 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd What machines are typical over your way? Over here Mine Labs are about the only machines that can tune out the mineralisation. I use a GPX 4500. A good machine except of it reads a lot of EMI. I nearly wonder if it is faulty. I can even hear wind gusts coming before they hit.

@pabal0 5 лет назад

Right on Dan , Good video )

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks

@docrose3460 5 лет назад

Nice looking, I enjoy seeing different areas like this.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is beautiful

@MichaelJohnson-ug7fz 5 лет назад

Awesome video’s! I wish I could go panning there. Just from your video’s it looks so beautiful.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Road trip!

@davidstandridge784 5 лет назад

Big big fan of the channel. Hope you find more gold, good luck.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@gerardvriend729 5 лет назад

Thx, i was on Anderson campground, but did not find gold in 2 days of panning in the Rain. Great campground And super owner!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

I'm surprised, the fraser has gold everywhere.

@lisasomewhere88 5 лет назад

I’m there right now and couldn’t find s spec looking in several areas as well.. haha. But great Campground!:)

@daveexplore3856 3 года назад

Nice. Me & my friend won't to head up here and spend a day. Although new restrictions from our government won't allow us to travel there yet. Cheers

@rwatson2609 2 года назад

I had tried to go there about a year ago during Covid....well covid is still happening but the residents had posted signs all around prohibiting any non locals from entering the area due to the fear of covid transmission. Funny though you can still go into the local stores and spend money.

@wattyd6867 4 года назад

Great video Dan! I'm in Kamloops, how can I find areas near me open to public planning? I've heard Tranquille River is very good.

@solohashem 3 года назад

@@thegreatwhitenorth8754 hi I wanna go for gold planning can you recommend me a good place near Vancouver

@NewfoundlandDetectorist 5 лет назад

That was great. I have never been. Nice to know you can get right to the beach with your vehicle.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is a fantastic place

@SouthpawDavey 5 лет назад

Great info for people who might want to have a try. I just sent the like to someone who lives near the Fraser.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It sure in a great place

@jonayoung1708 5 лет назад

I like diggin in another guys hole. How could you not like this vid? Nice tour dan.Get across to the other side hey just the tip of the inside bend.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

There is a little bit of the reserve on the other side, but I think it is all private over there.

@Stan_L 5 лет назад

Thanks Dan ! Great video! Thanks for sharing.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

You are welcome

@mazdadan69 5 лет назад

Great video! i spent a few hours in that exact area back September one day, had a blast even though i only found a few specs

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Hope you get more next time.

@ryanmckinnon8528 5 лет назад

I have panned a couple nuggets on the Hope panning reserve.Just flyshit in Yale.Got some honey holes in the canyon.There is still nice gold up there!!!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Nuggets in Hope! WOW! Congrats.

@ryanmckinnon8528 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd upstream of the Fraser Bridge townside

@ryanmckinnon8528 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd Quartz specimens as well

@wetstreamsprospecting2781 5 лет назад

Looks like a great get away adventure ☺

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It sure is fun!

@josephmedina6445 2 года назад

Love the videos. Beautiful area. Is dredging allowed there?

@Metaldetectiontubeworldwide 5 лет назад

Nice informatif video...just questions i had ...been questioned in this video..well done 😎💪 Nice of the goverment , to make it for everybody possible...love Canada and US 🤩😎🤠

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Yes it is nice the government did this.

@willdetect3705 5 лет назад

That looks like a great area for gold!!!!!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is!

@nhragold1922 5 лет назад

Hey Dan! Thanks for the info. I might take advantage of the split in spring

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Good luck out there.

@gerardvriend729 5 лет назад

Nice to see, i was in hope panning but there was abdolutely nothing to find. Just like in lytton And other places. Yale i did not pan, only was in the visitor centre.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Yale is great

@danherrmann8755 Год назад

Just breath that clean cool air.

@mainemagic2351 5 лет назад

Hey Dan, Thanks for the information. I always wondered if public areas were there...😄

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

There are a few on the fraser

@atadventuresuk 5 лет назад

Hay Dan...... that’s is so funny because that is exactly where we was planning on our trip in October you even walked to and stopped next to our rock we was working behind.... Ps we filled in our hole afterwards lol

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is a great spot.

@SalmonKing52 5 лет назад

Very informative Dan! Thanks for the google map. I was lost as to the exact location but this made it super easy to find! Would have been nice to see an example of the size/amount of color available there though....

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Unfortunately I was in a bit of a rush to get to my claim that day to take another video.

@tntf951 2 года назад

How…how do you get lost there’s only 2or3 beach’s there

@iSTAYuGO 5 лет назад

Fine place for starting, me missing the Bob-Cat action on your claim ;)

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

That will have to wait till spring now

@8urface 8 месяцев назад

I wonder if the reserve is gone after that flood we had “atmospheric river”

@richardoconnor7162 5 лет назад

Dan your starting a new gold rush.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Everybody should do it!

@theposerhoser 2 года назад

How deep do you usually dig. I’m learning thank you

@joeljeffery8704 5 лет назад

This is very good information. I was wondering if there was any place up there where one could pan. Beautiful Frazer River with it's beautiful gold. Thanks, Dan.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is a great spot

@chuckallerston9997 5 лет назад

Yale good to know thanks😁

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is a nice place

@indianagoldgetterscottie 5 лет назад

nice video dan

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Thanks

@pnutbuttajelly1049 5 лет назад

i would go here often before i purchased a claim from dan the big boulder is very good for lots of fines and lots of garnet i was told from an old timer at the gold rush convenience store that a 2 ounce nugget was found with a detector

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

It is a great place.

@auMr.Pocket 5 лет назад

So , I got a question. Is small dredging outlawed in Canada? . I see the "silt laden river" and can not see how a 6" or less dredge would make any difference.. if you could do a show on "claims" and basic mining rules in Canada, I would be very interested.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Yup - no dredging of any kind allowed here.

@maritimesoul 5 лет назад

Hi Dan, I've really enjoyed your channel over the last 6 months or so after stumbling across it. I was curious, have you ever taken any of your youtube followers out for a day of panning? I'm in Prince Edward Island on the other coast but do venture out to Vancouver every few years. I'd love to have the chance to get out and see the work you do and just experience the excitement that comes with the day in the life of a gold miner. Have you ever toyed with the idea of guided gold mining?

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Every once in a while I take a group out, but not often. I do offer through Patreon to take people out.

@insolentstickleback3266 5 лет назад

Just checked I am only 400 miles from Yale. A measly 8 hour drive!

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Nice!

@kevinhubbard8039 5 лет назад

really fun vids

@AndrewONealBlackCloudMining 5 лет назад

Very cool.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Yes a bit chilly

@GeoffMancini 11 месяцев назад

Hey Dan, do you know if a small sluice is allowed at yale reserve?

@flipinfloridafishing2189 5 лет назад

Hey buddy new sub! Enjoy the vids but you really should upgrade cam and audio. Work on the edits. If i lived near ya i would film and edit for you. Keep the vids goin cheers mate

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Ya I'm looking at new cameras

@flipinfloridafishing2189 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd i use the cannon rebel t7i..gopro hero 5.. And dji 3 standard. Along with adobe Premiere Pro for editing

@sandrammer 5 лет назад

Wish we had an area down here in Florida to pan. It would be my hobby from then on.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

No good spots in Florida?

@thegreatwhitenorth8754 5 лет назад

But you do have lots of beaches there.. And people with lots of money down there that loose stuff on those beaches. Id buy a garret AT gold. Metal detector and hit every one of those beaches.. Your bound to find gold jewelery eventually

@jackmahogovv 5 лет назад

You should have done a few quick pans, kind of curious now.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

I'll leave that for you guys to go do.

@jackmahogovv 5 лет назад

@@Danhurd, when you have claims like yours. why waste your time here right? Thanks for bringing places like this to people's attention who dont have anywhere else to go.

@dobos420 5 лет назад

Good video Dan but you missed an opportunity. I wished you would of done a little panning wile you were there. Place ✌

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

I was on my way to my claim to do the video on panning 1 ounce of gold, so I did not want to spend much time here I needed the whole day at my claim.

@saeedandalusi7579 5 лет назад

Beautiful place,even without any AU 👍

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Yes Indeed

@Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot 5 лет назад

Your beard keeps you alive!! =)

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Keeps me warm on these cold days.

@TheGrizz700 5 лет назад

Hey Dan can you please point out some of the rules around public panning?

@mikemarriam 5 лет назад

Suprised to see so much moss still on those rocks at Yale. Id think it would have been panned out by someone by now. Are you allowed to pan moss on the Fraser?

@jooseman420 5 лет назад

i don't think you are allowed to remove vegetation in your search for gold in BC. but maybe a portable vacuum can help! GL

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Yep mossing is a bit of a grey area weather is it permitted or not in BC.

@greedygringoprospecting6941 5 лет назад

how come you didn't bring a pry bar to move rocks that's how I'm finding (THE SHINEY) I've been moving rock that probably weigh as much as me 240 lbs I just roll them out of the way after I use the pry bar and sample the dirt with my scoop and classify into my bucket easy on the fat remarks don't hurt my feelings

@dylankelley2114 5 лет назад

Keep up the work man and dont worry about your weight 240 is perfectly fine!!

@greedygringoprospecting6941 5 лет назад

@@dylankelley2114 if you see me I'm kind of large 6 feet 2 inches large build not much fat

@Just_Mike27 5 лет назад

Hey i'm 6'2"aaaand 230 lbs of lean mean digestive muscle! Lol

@tntf951 2 года назад

I’m going there tomorrow ✌️😁 it’s much different there now 2022 wed aug10

@milesnn 5 лет назад

Awesome thank you for sharing this I know in the states they have to show markers in certain states to show their claim I kinda gather that in Canada they don’t if I make it up that way I wouldn’t want to be on someone’s claim I would like to make friends not enemies

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

We have an online service for marking out claims. Called MTO (Mineral Titles Online)

@stevejones6536 3 года назад

Hi Dan. I stumbled across your interesting video as I was staying local and walked the exact area you were in this video. I have a question. In the sand I noticed particles of something very reflective I have never seen before. Would you be able to tell me what it is please? Thank you so much.

@rwatson2609 2 года назад

I had been up to this reserve a few times and seen it too. It could be mica. Best thing to do is bring a 10x to 30x microscope, even a kids plastic one to view what you find. Gold has a rounded look and is soft like lead so you can dent it with a pocket knife whereas mica is brittle and comes apart if poked at with the same knife. Gold on average actually looks quite different than the other sparkly rocks in the river but it's kinda hard to explain until you see it for yourself. Needless to say, gold is quite gold coloured in comparison to the other rocks. lol

@Sharlenwar 5 лет назад

Hey Dan, awesome stuff. Came over from Klesh. Interested in doing this, but I find it fuzzy on the regulations. Any way to help? I live in BC as well, East Kootenays. Near me would be a reserve by Fort Steele (Cranbrook). Anyways, great stuff and thanks for sharing your videos.

@Danhurd 5 лет назад

Welcome to the channel. It's always good to start with a local group, if there's one in the area. Have you tried the Fort Steele reserve? I must admit, I don't know the Kootenays in terms of gold. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/mineral-exploration-mining/documents/mineral-titles/reserves/recreational-panning-reserves/bc_recreational_panning_areahyperlinked_2015-12-04.pdf