Lesson 1 - Where Does Gold Come From? Technical Level: Basic

Who else had almost Zero interest in where gold comes from , but started watching this man teach and became very interested in everything he had to say?? his presentation skills are very effective and accessible to us Average Folks. Cheers

Just found this. 7 years later it`s still one of the best explanations on YT

I'm a Tradie and really enjoy this 10 min video. Thanks very much Mr.

Great KISS principle video. Love it. My great great grandfather was a Prussian/German scientist who became the Singapore Government mineralogist and he died prospecting for Gold at Lahad Datu in North Borneo. I'm not academic so I appreciate the basic teaching method.

Hi Keith, I come from a long line (since 1932) of mediocre successful to completely failed Hard Rock miners in South Australia. My Gold is fine to very fine gold in quartz veins. Thankyou for these lessons, they are in plain language and easy to follow. Please keep up the great work and you keep it safe as well. (PS I love the shooting iron hanging off your hip)

Fantastic explanation! I've enjoyed collecting minerals my whole life and have never considered how the minerals form or where the veins came from. Thank you

8 years later and I can still enjoy it and learn something. Thank you very much

Gold comes from tourists at my local beach 😂😂😂 I walk along with a metal detector and out pops the gold🤘

Excellent lesson Professor 👍🏻 Thank you for all your hard earned an learned lessons you share an teach!

Thanks for the video. Most people don't realize how much work it is to get gold. In my much younger years I used to dredge for gold. Also, I was working toward a mining certificate at Antelope Valley College until they cancelled the program over budgeting before I finished. We went on several field trips, mostly to mines around Mojave, but also trips to the Stanislaus River, Randsburg, and Lockwood Valley. Rick Balough was the instructor for most geology and placer mining classes. Cecil Burton did the hard rock mining portions including fire assaying. His son had a mine near Mojave and another family member had the Tropico Mine in Rosamond. I learned a lot from those classes, and hopefully I contributed something from recounting my first hand experiences. Those were the good 'ol days 35 years ago.

Thank you for this clear and easy to understand explanation.

Greetings Keith! I love your lessons, keep it goin! I'm a relatively new gold prospector currently learning the ropes. Right now all i have is a bucket, gold pan, a screen and a folding shovel, none of that fancy equipment ya got there. lol, one day I'll hopefully be able to expand. (Not gold much in Kansas) Your lessons have really encouraged me to keep going and grow my skills. One thing I like about your approach is that it is objective and logical! I had just recently this past week spent a few day in Colorado and did some gold panning along the wolf creek pass near South Fork. My biggest struggle was finding the right location to sample along the creek, but I was able to find some specks of gold within my first few tries. Later on I returned to the Cabin and I became really stoked when I watched lesson 24.Next time I go out there I'll use the tapping technique religiously! I could have probably identified lots more gold using it. For now I'll practice with what I got here in my garage. I did bring some samples with me to help with practice. Anyhow, great videos I'll be going through them thoroughly to help me get better. By the time I get back out there, I'll have some good knowledge! Thanks a whole bunch!!!

I have wondered about how gold was formed and related to volcanoes my whole life. I got it when you drew the first picture. You sir are a great teacher.

Finally an actual teacher....thank you sir...hats off and subscribed.

Super clear explanation that’s easily understood by someone not specifically educated in the field of geology! Thanks! 👍🏻

Excellent video!!!! You're a great teacher and explain things very well!

Great lesson. I use to work at an underground hard rock gold mine in California many years ago. This video explained what I saw first hand right in front of me. I have learned a lot from your video and plan to watch more.

HOLY MOLY! I have been visualizing how gold gets to the rivers but never could grasp the concept. But seeing you draw the lava pit and ground water leaching in and under immense heat and pressure sprays through cracks and builds up mineral deposits sort of like a rusty pipe. Thank you my friend! I’m surrounded by volcanos in the PNW time to go looking!

I appreciate how concisely you arranged and explained things. Great job! 🤘

That was an EXCELLENT teaching technique! Thanks so much!