Gold & Rock Hunting

Basic Gold Panning & Gem Hunting Techniques

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[anavidhunter]

Once again a very interesting and potentially useful video.

Great to see a look into panning.

I've been picking up and collecting rocks my whole life...and I have a few kewl finds but nothing but Ironpirate so far LOL.

I've managed to collect lots of red jasper. I just do it for my own interests and fun :D

Glad you posted this...I've never tried true panning but we have gold in my Province and with every creek (thousands) that I have crossed I always look down with hopes of gold LOL

5/5

[MrJumBow]

The problem with this video is that I captured these scenes in a big hurry. I had been fly fishing all day and decided to record this at the end of my fishing session. SIMPLE gold panning is fairly easy, BUT what I am mostly looking for is AGATES because my wife is a custom jewelry maker. Maybe one day, I will find that 10 pounder (LOL). Thanks for the review :)

[TheGoldPirate]

a miner and prospector helps clean up the rivers and streams of lead,metal,mercury and other trash .. i am a dredger and a prospector.. you don't need black sand to find gold .. black sand is a indicator that there might be gold.but NOT always present when gold is found!!

you also need to get more aggressive with your panning action. and get ya self a classifier pan and classify every thing down to 1/2 to1/4 inch and then pan it out! much easier to pan this way!!!

[MrJumBow]

Setting up DREDGES in the State of Montana is not allowed on BLM or FOREST service land unless you have a mining claim. I intended this video for just BASIC gold panning and the searching of agates. I am highly aware of the other methods. I worked many years for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Thanks so much for the comments and insights :)

[mommydar]

I guess yu had  no luck...lol..maybe next time:)

[MrJumBow]

HAY, I'm an OLD man, what do ya expect...?? (LOL) Naw, Mommy the REALITY is that the particular drainage I was "recording" in had very little "black sand". Where there is NO BLACK MAG ... there is usually no gold. However, since that time I have found a much better place. I shall keep looking for ya....!!

[UslennoX]

You throw the gold rocks and left the dirty xD

[magicmagician123999]

where are yall

[pkrska]

@MrJumBow Was the 10 pounds of Agate or fish your were hoping to find?

[ytertyu]

you must be the original forrest gump