Where to Find Gold in Any River!

I liked how you used the flow of water to explain where gold could go. Never thought of the sticky clay spot. Well done!

I usually check where everyone else hasn't. I once mined out what was a miners dam back in the 1850s. I didn't realize what it was until you explained it in one of your Virgin ground videos. They had used unwashed dirt to make the dam and I was looking for an upper bench deposit. I'd have my kid clean down to the bedrock and he'd Bring it to me in a bucket. we cleaned up with a sluice box and took about five grand a month off that spot for two and a half months. We got the rest of the deposit too. The old timers didn't really finish it cause they were run out by the local first nations. Being Indian myself I just asked the local tribe where they would look and got hot tips from their history. That's what one gets for being polite and asking permission from the locals. I didn't half to ask and they didn't have to help me, but politeness goes both ways.

After watching the hard work that goes into mining and extracting precious metals like gold, I understand why my old man always said that the stock market is the closest man has gotten yet to alchemy. Creating stupendous amounts of money out of thin air. Humanity always wanted it easy lol!

I learned more from You in 9 minutes than from all the so called experts in 60 years..great panning there!!!!!!

I'm a new prospector and I've been studying a lot on youtube. Thank you so much! This info is super helpful, specially since Ive been going to the river and watching videos, repeat, so I get to put into practice the things I learn online. What you mention here is some knew knolwedge I can put into practice since the river I go to in Colombia, theres A LOT of people looking for gold, so I need to find the untouched areas where these people havent looked. So, thank you!

Near where I live is one of the richest gold deposits in North America. It was so rich that during the local gold rush the first prospectors only had to walk along the creeks and rivers and pick up the nuggets from the banks. They hammered the area pretty hard, but they were focused on the easy stuff (1/16 of an inch to 5 inch pieces). That means they dumped a LOT of the flour gold and small flakes in their tailings. However the also washed away a lot of the light stuff in the process so you don’t really find much in the smaller gravels and sands. So I go and check the tailings piles with large rocks and chunks of fractured bedrock. Often I have to move quite a bit of rock to get to where the gold has settled, but when a couple hours of work gives me enough material to run a sluice for an hour and pull out an ounce of flour gold, it is worth it.

Another great video Chris, filled with valuable information for new Prospectors to learn from. Mark from Melbourne Australia

Hi buddy, I always check the outside bend across from any inside bend that I find gold on. The reason I do this is because if there is a large crevice or outcrop of bedrock on the outside bend, then there would have been some back eddies and low pressure areas downstream of said outcrop. And the crevice would act as a riffle. I like your ability to think outside the box. As always, thanks for you output

i went to daylsford yesterday with my dad to do some panning at the blow hole and along sailors creek but we only found a single tiny speck and 3 possible tiny flakes. im happy i found gold for the first time but i think ive done something majorly wrong along the way. it always looks so easy when someone else does it and i have a new deep appreciation for all gold panners out there

Hey that was awesome, I appreciate that you took the time to share finding gold outside of the normal places that everyone looks. I have wondered if those areas would possibly hold gold, I also know that not all places like that will hold it. That is why it's called prospecting and not a big red arrow that says dig here for gold. Thanks again for the informative video Chris, stay safe and happy hunting.

Thanks for sharing Chris.

Awesome Chris, always always great to keep learning!!

Im always forgetting about bench deposits! Really great video bud. Thanks for the reminder! Hope your pans are heavy, and your pack is light!

Great job, Chris. I'll be checking those high muddy flood spots more often.

Again thanks for new prospecting spots on creeks.

Thanks for that Chris, your information is so helpful , 🤙

Chris has a secret weapon no other prospector has , is it his years of knowledge , his pan handling skills , NO .he has a Gadzee ,a mythical creature born in the bush , who feeds on gold and likes .

Thank you for a good video. I have never panned for for gold, but have secured gold from miners who recovered gold from quartz deposits, a different method of recouping gold. Back in the 70's and early 80's gold prices were high then, not as high as now, but it was worth buying and selling. I wish I were younger and so inspired to look for it again.

“Gravity still works here” LOL

Nice one 👍 I like to search where people aren’t mostly but still go to known areas and practice what I’ve learned in the few months I’ve been looking, it’s pretty neat finding gold in a flogged out area even if ya gotta work a little harder 💪😁