We were looking over Google Erath to locate a very rich Lost Gold mine and we found this strange looking object in the area so we decided to go out and see what it was and you won't believe what we found . Got some great Geology info for you in this video to. We want to give a big shout out to Chris who we met in the Gold fields. He loves looking for that Shiney to and is a big crystal hunter. Thanks for hanging out with us and sharing your experiences. Now smash that like button and for more vids on using Google Earth to find Lost Gold mines just click here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5qk15mqZNfViag.html

@_TONY_Az

4 ай бұрын

Good video Jeff I knew what.tje green stone and I understood all of what the rock types are now if a 63 yr old man gets it.these younger ones will no problem good job your school is the best

@ut000bs

4 ай бұрын

Way back when it was brand new I was at the beginning of my trip to be a real-life geophysicist we got introduced to Google Earth and I've been hooked since. It's an amazing tool/game/time waster and it's _fun._ I ended up donating a little work for it. I assume you use the desktop Pro version? Then you showed the geology pr0n. That first shot after the hoist was sweeeet. **wolf whistle** Jeff, thanks so much once again and we'll see y'all next time.

@chrissons6444

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff glad I got to meet ya there's no one like ya and thanks for the knowledge u gave me and if u ever want I wanna show u something I found that got my blood pressure cooking lol thanks again Jeff

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

very good Tony , really happy to hear that @@_TONY_Az

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

yes we do .... always our pleasure my brother@@ut000bs

The geologist language in the beginning was hard too follow, after watching Jeff for a few episodes I began to understand a bit better.after a few yrs I understand much more sitt’n in his class …lol Thanks for the Education sir 🍻

That subtle scream, every time Jeff tosses a rock down a shaft. 🤣🤣🤣

It was great to meet u Jeff thanks for the knowledge u gave me that day. I couldn't have met a better person. He took time out of wat he was doin to talk to me thanks again Jeff

@John-ir2zf

4 ай бұрын

Jeff is a great guy to run in to out there ! He's full of knowledge and "can do" energy. Always stay safe and happy hunting !!!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

same here Chris ....really enjoyed spending some time with you and I would guess that we will see you again out there as we go there a lot ...thanks for sharing your experiences too and stay in touch my brother

Redder the better. That should be the first thing you think about. I want to see the cleanup. But the one photo is almost specimen. Imagine a twenty pound rock like that. Them old timers didn't have roads or 4 wheelers. Love these historical geology lessons. ❤❤❤❤ Again fantastic.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

I know...right ..... that area is so rich .... thanks my brother

@johnramirez5032

4 ай бұрын

Wow....i think you foubd the mother load!

All kind of places for gold prospecting where you are. Thanks for sharing, Jeff and Lila.

It's a churn drill. Ran one for years when I was a yougster.😊

@johnramirez5032

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for information. So they did some sampling i would guess.looking for the best pay streak?

Looks like a big old thumper drill rig. Maybe they planned to get creative and convert it to a hoist after they drilled their test holes. Nothing like multi purposing your gear. 😊

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thats what we were thinking to

@user-dn4iv2ne6r

4 ай бұрын

Sure looked like a well drilling rig. From the axle on the front, I suspect it was converted and dragged up there with a tractor. Probably intended to use it as a hoist. After dragging it all over, it was probably so beat up that it wasn't worth dragging out.

Recently came across your channel. Not big into prospecting but we love geology. It's great to come across someone so enthusiastic about geology, land, history. Great channel.

Oof. The brecciated bleeding rock.. screaming it has the good stuff.

Very nice educational video. These gold-finding field trips are my favorite subject.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you Jeff, I have learned more about finding gold from you then I could ever learned from reading books or any other person. You break it down so the Common person Can understand it and then put it to practice.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

you betcha my brother

Looks like a cable tool drilling rig I owned one at one time back to the video Jeff

@lawrenceadams8021

4 ай бұрын

Yup, got one sitting in the back yard

@williamdice2546

4 ай бұрын

Definitely

Am I the only person who heard someone scream after Jeff dropped the stones down the shaft?😊

@johnramirez5032

4 ай бұрын

I think Jeff added that for giggles

@johnramirez5032

4 ай бұрын

I think its a hoist. Looks like it was used too.

@thatdude8247

4 ай бұрын

Followed by oh yeah oh yeah😂

@jjdjj5392

4 ай бұрын

Yep it was lila screaming 😂

@joesutherland225

4 ай бұрын

It's a crane

100% my favourite format of all your clips brother. Geology first for me

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Loads of great info indeed fam. Keep on having fun and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks GSP

If you polish the poly on your windshield you won’t need a windshield wiper Jeff. Thought I’d have that day off cause of the rain, turned out working more than a full day.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks

Really old school cable drilling rig or they could have used as a hoist.

It’s a drop drill point for punching holes

Was the green rock Andesite ? You taught me that word. I really enjoyed todays video adventure thanks Jeff Williams!

Thankyou again jeff and lila! Keep em coming! ❤❤❤❤ love your videos and hard work!!!

Awesome Jeff 👍👖💥🎇great geology lesson keep it UP Jeff greetings from the Netherlands 🎉

Love your enthusiasm and positive knowledge you toss our way.! You’re definitely an inspiration brother!

Haha that gives new meaning to the term headstone... (the rock Jeff through down the shaft). Loved it.

Got to get yourself a nice big lake fishing pole to send that camera down with . Make it super easy to bring back up too lol

Jeff traversing that shaft gives me the Willie’s! Stay safe

I'm gonna guess some kind of hoist, cable wheel, boom, looks like it extends for loading, anyway, always good stuff!

Fantastic- thanks ! Interesting and informative as always.

That shaft must of went deeper. Jeff that area looks like a hotspot for the shiny stuff 😊

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

yes and so much Gold in that area

@tinadelwiche416

4 ай бұрын

@@Askjeffwilliams someone could actually start a claim

You sure have been spending a lot of time in burro country.. I can't say I blame you.. AU abounds. I was thinking about T T Tank Tanaka today.. bet he's mining gold with D & Rhetta & the old timers in heaven these day's. Much love Jeff. Thanks for sharing the ride all these years.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

so much to see and there is Gold everywhere

@jimmyz003

4 ай бұрын

@@Askjeffwilliams Yes Sir, and always bring a gold pan. AU & H20 are both there if you know where too look. I consider them both gold in the desert.

@johnramirez5032

4 ай бұрын

I could spend hours and days out there! I think its one of the best places ive seen you have researched. Its got fissures all over the place . Its got dikes ! It could have rich pockets of gold !

Good Morning from Cali!! It takes me about an hour to get to the river up by Mariposa , a liitle less time to Coarsegold Ca and about the same to the San Juaquin River , hard decisions!!!😂

@LuckyBaldwin777

4 ай бұрын

The Mariposa country is the best area for gold in the Southern Mines. Columbia was richer, but there are more lost mines in the Mariposa country than the rest of the state combined. Good luck.

That video of lowering the camera down the shaft is Exactly how cave diving can be, that was scary, I bet most people thought the ladder was going up, 😳

Great VIDEO Jeff and Lila love tee geology lesson and the go pro down the mine

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks

My gosh Jeff, never did I imagine that I would be interested in learning all the geological terminology! Thank for being a great teacher. Can't say I'm a quick learner, but my eyes will surely start to see alot more when I go exploring. Thanks :)

@Askjeffwilliams

3 ай бұрын

always our pleasure

Thanks Jeff

oh is this a new cam, looking good and clear! maybe ive just been watching too many older vids and haven't noticed. That ore out there looks goood in high definition, would have loved to see the results of the samples on which area held the juicy pieces. So cool you ran across another prospector. gettin some mud on them tires too, which is half the fun, haha, it all goes together. good times

That “Hellfire Club” Sweater 😂 Love your insight and knowledge on the topic 🤟

Looks like a pump puller for a water well 🤷‍♂️ I’m a retired geotechnical driller, doesn’t look like a drill rig to me, unless it’s an old hammer drill. I enjoy your videos Jeff! I did most of my drilling with Geologists down in So Cal, AZ and Nevada! Retired and detecting up in Washington now! 🖖

Seeing the camera and light go down the shaft was pretty neat.

Allways an adventure

Just grabbed a year of consulting from yah….sooo come onnn letssssss gooooooo!!!!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thats great my brother and let us know if ya got questions

You make a great video! Just found ya today and I’m gonna sub and keep learning because you are a fantastic teacher. Thank you!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

EXCELLENT BREED SAMPLES !!!🤠🤠🤠👍УДАЧИ !!!

Great video brother! I am new here to gold prospecting but have done lots of crystal hunting over the years. A couple years ago I started using google earth to help locate spots, but... I use it in Microsoft flight simulator 2020. I fly bush planes and ultra lights round Virginia city and many other locals in Nv. and Ca. all in vr with proper yolk, pedals and motion platform cockpit. Been doing that in the winter months waiting for the ol sunball and now it is a great way for me to start looking for gold prosects.

I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU ! GOD BLESS YOU.

@Askjeffwilliams

2 ай бұрын

thanks , really glad to hear that

Excellent! ♥

Great video that material looked like some of the best I’ve seen you working in It must be incredible to look at the land and know exactly what’s happened I’m quite sure you’ve found places so rich in gold no one here gets told about it

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

exactly

5-6 years ago my buddy and I repelled down a 187' vertical shaft to a series of horizontal ones... crazy day. We had good gear, but my buddy took a rock to the helmet that ricocheted off and slit his wrist on his way down. Good thing we had cayenne pepper to coagulate... dudes a real bad ass- ex Navy seal- and he proved it that day. I climbed out injury free and it was a BIOTCH, he did the last half going up with a gushing wound. Pulled a few quick samples and it turned out to be an almandine mine. Thanks for sharing your adventures Jeff... boots on the ground and good gear is EVERYTHING in prospecting for ANYTHING

@Askjeffwilliams

3 ай бұрын

wow ....glad you guys got out ok and thanks for sharing that ....and yes you are correct

Love your videos!!! We see you taking all these samples from everywhere but most of the time we never get to see what actually came out of all the different samples.

@Askjeffwilliams

3 ай бұрын

sometimes we have to wait for the claim paperwork to go through before we can show the results

That machine was a well. The bit is the length of the tower and it pounds it but it down and slowly digs a hole. I use one at the Johnson flat mines.

Great job Jeff

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks

Yeah I also heard that sound like someone screaming right after Jeff throws the rock in the shaft, no wonder it’s abandoned. !

Good morning Mr Williams..another great video sir

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

good morning and thanks

Thanks Jeff for the different distinctions as always you the Man !!! helps me stay up to date can't wait to make another Arizona run!!!just nned some new rubber on the old girl!!!!😀

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

Right on!

I just assumed drill rig when I first saw it, but I suppose maybe if it had enough cable, it could probably do some hoisting.

for the camera down the shaft put a board across the middle for your camera rope to suspend down so your not whacking the sides or anything as you lower and bring it back up

"AU" let's go 👍

The close-up of that Limonite was very tastey looking.

You the man brother. 😮

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks

Arizona is calling me. Good Morning Jeff 🤠 Thank you for sharing your knowledge of geology. I like your coyote tan side by side. My favorite color

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks and we do to

More drift mine updates please. Miss the tunneling efforts.

Most the time people tell people to go outside. Go inside lol 😂 joking around great video as always

Great video!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks David ( aka Soule man )

That is a Cable tool Drill Rig it looked in really decent shape, considering how old it is.

Awesome 👏 Redder the better all right..!! How about a breakfast bowl full of that Jeff.. Yes when I go to W.A I check the area for old push rows as I know there gonna be gold left behind.. Say hi to Lila. Cheers Famo59 ⛏️

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

Sounds good my brother ... and thats the way ...uh huh ..uh huh ... I like it .... exactly .....will do and Cheers mate

Wow !! That's a really juicy formation !! You can smell the gold in there ! That shaft might be worth repelling ? Bet nobody has been down there for 100 years. You're going to get wet driving around in that rain. Lol !!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks my brother from another mother..... yes you can ....we got some get values on what we sampled .... you know it ...exactly hahhahaaaa and Yeah ....you're gonna get wet

Holy smokes Sunny Jeff!...studying for my PHD in propulsionsystems haha👍💥🎇👖and another 👖👍💥🎇

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

hahahhahahaa

Hey Jeff me and some other guys on a different video u posted where you tossed a rock down a shaft and we heard someone screaming now I can say for sure u added them screams to the video cause when u dropped that Rock down the shaft with the house over it there was screaming, Nice add on

Come on let's Gooooooooo👍🏻

hey Jeff n Liala?liela?leela😮 was watching you lower the camera and thought you could maybe use a fishing rod with heavy line?? Cheers Geoff from Australia Absolutely Love Your Vides👍🇦🇺

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

we thought of that but need a lot of light for the Go Pro

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

good morning SWM

Thanks for the information, Jeff. I think Mr. M, (Scott) had a better shaft exploring tool, I was getting dizzy.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

we have rappelling gear but did not bring it

Chlorite and or Epidote. (Si, Al, Fe. Mg) From hydro. alteration of Basalt. Not too sure about Olivine. That stuff is always deep.

Spent most of my geology career in underground coal mines, so I’ve forgotten a lot about hard rock geology. If it is green, it may be chlorite, epidote, peridotite, or pyroxene.

@Former0311

12 күн бұрын

I forgot olivine.

Jeff you found the mother load!

Joining your patreon finally today. Just need to go to the bank letsssss goooooooo

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thats great my brother .... you are gonna love it ....

I worked drilling rigs for 30 years, and it looks like a cable drilling rig to me

I believe that is a cable drilling rig. My uncle had one when I was a young'un.

Green on basalt. Is that chlorite? I see greeny looking basalt around Arthurs seat in Edinburgh. Lots of red quartzite to with areas where its turning to clay.

Morning Jeff, exciting stuff Jeff. Stay strong brother. Enjoyed watching this adventure. Nice sharing of your passion with us. 😅🫶🇺🇸⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks and you to ...always our pleasure

Definitely a hoist

that's an old percussion (cable-tool) spudder drilling rig.

Drill rig cable tool

Jeff, is there a video for all of the terms used in geology like "bugs" and "faults" and "walls" etc? Is there a ONE-VIDEO link to all the terminology and education for a lot of the lingo?

@Askjeffwilliams

Ай бұрын

no ...but we will make one

I see a hoist. Forgive my manners, good morning you two! You are awesome together

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks and good morning

OK Jeff I'm intrigued, I'm no geologist, more of a chemistry twister, so what is the Green Mean? Without knowing any My first guess is good to be limestone, or alge being broken down that once was a water source, that switched its position within the inner and outer crust being converted as a push and pull, leading to a new element to catalyst to the end element

I was watching the video for the the third time when i heard tertiary and my ears perked up because i live in California. Tertiary period gravels mean gold !.

tebrik ederim adamım...sen bbu işlerin ehlisin....sen bu işleri gerçekten iyi biliyorsun....akıllıca hareket ediyrosujn....Allah c.c. sana daha çok verir inşallah

:01 and Worm Farmer Favorite Gold Miner Prospector Geologist and Worm Farmer can't forget the Creepy Giant Red Worms reminds me of the movie Lair of the White Worm

It is a spudder drilling rig

You asked what the green is. Olivine in the basalts. I’m no field geologist just listened to you well.

Hey Jeff, I have a question for you. I don't remember if it was one of your videos but it was a hack to determine whether the gold shiny specks in your gold pan were actually gold or mica. I think it said if the gold specks migrated to the center of the pan when you swirled the water around, it indicates it is mica. I tried google to find the video because it was a while ago I watched the video and I wasn't certain how mica behaved in the gold pan, but I couldn't find the video that answered my question. Thanx

Cable Tool drilling rig

Yes, and I would like to know how I can get t shirts online from your store

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

the link is on the site

That’s probably the test drilling rig they drug up there and when they got the samples back did they did the Walter Huston and didn’t care what the machine cost and started mining till they were so rich they retired… is that specimen and the gold in the pan what you got from your samples for real ???? Or have you gone back and been inside the mine and that’s where it came from…. Thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

you know it

Jeff, I live near a heavy volcanic area with an abundance of lava flow fields etc. It seems to me, after listening to you with how geology pushes new flows/fill upwards, that these areas could be rich in gold material. Is it possible to identify desirable areas to prospect in lava flow areas? Thanks! Love your videos!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

yes

@dougb3697

4 ай бұрын

@@AskjeffwilliamsHow might I identify a potential area? “The redder the better”…. I have noticed some seriously conspicuous dark red areas standing out in the dark gray lava flows…thought I might start there…any tips you could give on identifying a potential area? Thank you sir!

Hey Jeff how are you doing today Curious I have a question what are your thoughts on the oak flat mine in Arizona

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

good potential

It's a rig for drilling cores to locate best gold areas and I can see they used a wide belt to run the drawworks from the engine,the derrick on top is a inline set up with that iron plate on bottom,but if inclined and you needed a hoist or a crane type system could be achieved by anchoring and some pulleys and such multi pulleys would build more strength but keep in mind the thickness of cable verses the load ..Lance from Texas,from the crown to below the ground ..I savie ...I got a question on this lode mine in Colorado I bought..be cool if you give me just a little advice, other than that me and my family enjoy and enjoyed all you do.. without you I'd be way dumber..luv from Texas.. Lance

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks Lance for sharing that with us ....was wondering about that

Core drill.

Man that's a cool episode I think that's possibly a drill look similar to the one my grandfather had when he would do small water wells for local farmers down in the cattle fields