Another great lesson Chris, I am looking forward to part 3. Thank you for sharing your knowledge...

Thanks again Chris. This is a great series.

Chris's book "Fists Full Of Gold", Google Earth overlapped with mine data and topo's = GOLD. This is the second or third time I've watched this video, learn more each time after putting this information and actually being out in the field prospecting together makes all the difference in the world - thanks again Chris. You are a wealth of knowledge...!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

The book is hugely popular and I get lots of compliments on it. Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Chris ,I truly enjoy watching your videos,,I am learning every time I watch, thank you.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Yes Chris work never ends

Can't wait to see part 3! Starting to realize exploring and hunting those "fringe" areas of known producing areas can pay just like in coin/relic hunting.

@ChrisRalph

5 жыл бұрын

There will be a lot more discussion on the the topic of fringe areas in Part 3. No doubt that nugget detecting can pay off really well for those who know what they are doing and put in the work.

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, you’re such a good teacher!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

My Great-great grandfather and his sons had a gold mine in Randsburg. His name is George Kinyon. It was named the Good Hope Quartz mine. It is now a 'ghost town' but just over the hill is a huge mine still operating. Our family took my father's aunt there for her birthday one year... her idea... and a guy named John Kinyon was living there operating the General Store. We had a great time.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

I spent a lot of time prospecting around Randsburg when I was a kid. Its a great area.

Great info. Love your vids. Thanks

Chris you are crazy good at teaching. I love your lessons wow I can listen to you all day. I better get out and try my luck with the knowledge you taught me. Thank You !

@ChrisRalph

7 ай бұрын

Best of luck when you get out. You can do it!

Great informative videos, Chris! 1 and 2 have been great, looking forward to 3.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! There is actually even a part 4 - see: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4Gt2ah-mtqYlqQ.html

Hey Chris! I’m fired up now to do some research (homework!). Thanks for the great series. On to video 3!

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Incredible amount of good information....thanks Chris...!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

the videos are very educational. they are a great resouse for me to learn from with me being a rookie to my new found hobby. you are extreamly knowledgeable and your videos are brilliant in comparason of other ones i have watched so far thank you and looking forward to watching many more.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you like the videos!

Professor Prospector!!! Your amazing!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

Thanks for all the knowledge Chris your the best!!!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you, Chris, excellent!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Awesome now onto number 3👏👏🥂

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good.

Just so you know, your older videos are just as valuable to us prospective prospectors as your new videos. I have a LIDAR image of my camp property, I bought the exploration rights, and I'm heading there tomorrow for a 2 week vacation. I have untouched paleo-channels within my river bench that might date back to the Younger Dryas. The glaciers excavated a gully for that watercourse into a cliffside, and there was a note of 'auriferous veins' found in that gully, back in 1876. That location was not mined as it seemed expended by the erosion process, which should have left that sediment on my property. In addition there seems to be an outburst flood debris fan where the stream entered my property. I am not even sure my government supports placer mining even if I find a placer deposit, but for 2 years, at least, I can explore the potential. I will log all my work toward the claim 'work investment', I hope my process qualifies as work done. I am planning specific test pits along the inside bends. I might be 5 years out of time on this video, but I will give an update as I get started. I have much reading to do, if only to see how I might progress to mining if I prove my claim. Thank you for you gift of knowledge. I place you alongside my university profs, Georgia Pe-Piper and John Waldron, both accomplished research geologists. Geology is the best science because the proof is in your hand.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Best of luck to you in your efforts.

Great advice. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos 👍

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Great presentation. Thank you

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Been binge watching your videos so much information love it

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

thankyou so much for sharing and teaching ;) just the geology in and of itself, so very interesting! :) god & gold bless :)

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks Chris! More confirmations!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Excellent series Chris! These videos will have tens of thousands of hits in time. It’s sad the “gold does not just grow back.” 🥴. But so true. I am a smarter prospect because of your book so thank you again! Steve

@ChrisRalph

5 жыл бұрын

Only in some rivers do crevices re-fill when there are major floods.

@xoptics

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Very rarely, the gold does literally grow back. Certain placer deposits in Brazil are known to be enriched a number of years after initial mining. The secondary enrichment is demonstrably not due to mechanical processes. See "THE TRANSPORTATION OF GOLD BY ORGANIC UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS" by Fred W. Freise, Econ. Geology 26:421-431 (1931). It is also printed on page 182 in Boyle's Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits.

Cheers Chris👍👍👍

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad that you are enjoying these videos.

Hey Chris, love your videos, great study. Thanks for all knowledge, I promise you I'll use my profits for the greater good. I'm moving to the caucus mountains in Georgia Europe, would love to see a Georgian edition educational video for a different look at prospecting and how you would see it in that type of landscape. Take care Chris!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I've only spent a few hours of my entire life in Europe, and that in western Europe. Not much I can say.

Thank you for posting this information, research is very necessary. I have found a tremendous amount of information using the internet. In case anyone reads this, laws do apply to prospectors. Know what you are doing, try to avoid stepping on others toes.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Very nice

Really interesting, lots of good info which I will try to apply in New Zealand

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Good gold video

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

When we were doing research on old gold mines, the internet wasn't around, so we went to the hall of records to look it up, but locations where in longitude and latitude, so we had to use maps to pin point the location, then go search for it. But now days you have GPS. A lot of times the mine is hidden, I know where one is that if you are walking down stream you will never see it, but if you turn around and walk back up stream you will see it. Those old times were smart.

@ChrisRalph

9 күн бұрын

The old timers were smart, but the did sometimes leave stuff behind.

Enjoyed the video I might find bigger gold on the river i prospect on found a couple of pickers🕳️🇺🇸⛏️

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

'' THANKS ,, SUPERRR....!

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Super duper!

Sending love from Alaska !!!! Would love to see a video on alaska/Canada

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I've done videos on specific areas, but no one outside those areas is interested, so they get only a few views. Study and learn for yourself. There are books on the placers of Canada and Alaska.

Hi Chris. Thanks for responding back to me.i did not know that about lake havasu. I mainly just rock hound.did go to boriana mine.quartz veins all over the place. I believe they mine tungsten out of there.but with the quartz veins there I think I'll go back and look.wondering if you have been there?I'm going to order your book.im pounding the desert with little knowledge. I think your book is exactly what I need.thank you mike.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

I've not been to the boriana mine.

Interesting comment you made about the similarity of gold deposits in Randsburg / Atolia, Ca, and that of Gold Basin, Mohave County, Arizona. I believe you're right. Coarse gold at the contact of similar aged granite / schist. I believe your observation is true also for Quartzsite, Az, and Cargo Muchachos, Ca. Could these placer gold locations have a similar origin? Now I need to verify their geologic ages. By the way, the Garlock Fault separates those placer gold areas you identify near Randsburg. Summit diggins straddels that fault. Thanks for expanding my universe.

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the source of their gold is veins in a pre-Cambrian Schist.

Thanks Chris.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

You bet! Glad you enjoyed it.

u have the right deal

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the video.

Chris, thank you for another great video. I'm new to prospecting and I live in the Sacramento area, any local clubs you would recommend joining? Also, any good public spots nearby you could point me towards?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Up out of Colfax, off I-80 is a place called Mineral Bar on the North Fork of the American River. Check with google for more info.

Very nice Cheers

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

I use an app on my phone called Topo Maps +. It’s the best topo map app I’ve found. I download sections to use without cell service and my phone’s gps will show where I am. There are a lot of useful features like tracing your path or rings that show distances from your location.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds interesting.

I was doing some concentrating when I got to a point where a dark blue kind of purple sand forming and when the light bulb hits it blue but without it it's white any idea what the it could possibly be?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

no idea.

Information was found in a museum at Laporte calif, where I found prospectors maps of claims hand drawn by them, which I took pictures to overlay on top maps

@ChrisRalph

10 ай бұрын

Right, but if we are talking maps from 100 years ago, most of those claims have been abandoned.

@user-kt7cq8jt6e

10 ай бұрын

@ChrisRalph yes , what it does is lead you to those old locations you may not have considered, and show you the patterns where gold was, also looking into thier old diggins

Many time i watched your video only iwant to know if gold in dust form can the dedektör dedect this kind of gold

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

No metal detector sees dust.

It's surprising the resolution that Google Earth provides. I'm a Geologist, in the environmental side. Groundwater monitoring wells are surface completed usually by a 2'X2' concrete pad. An inaccurate site map, surface changes, or even snow cover can make locating these difficult and time consuming. This can be alleviated by zooming in on Earth. That pad is easily identified.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, I worked more than 20 years as an Environmental Engineer.

What do you think about New Mexico for nuggets?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

There are gold nuggets in New Mexico. However not as much open federal land, so access is difficult in some places. There are prospecting clubs in NM, maybe look into those for help with access.

So ,i have a question .and im not sure what to do . I found an area that i believe has lots of gold but it ver very fine actually i belive it to be electrum because it has a camo green color when removed from the other matrix . I can see the yellow particles and the silver particles and put them under a microscope and its looks like gold and silver . The thing is this with my first test batch should i direct smelt the mixture or should i add borax and try to seperate it in a crucible .thank you in advance

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Try separation with a pan. Gold rich in silver can be slightly greenish yellow, but its not full cammo green. I'm kind of skeptical of what you have but I do not offer a mineral ID service.

@daviddealba9886

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris from what i know by watching your videos the minerals that i have Id are calco pyrite galena serpintine copper silver lead gold quartz ans Basalt .the source is a spring that used to be a hot spring oh and lots of iron i used a microscope and the soil seperated yellow particles heavy particles look like gold but the particles are so fine . Ill do as you said .thanks for the advice

Colorado has a place called cache creek Which was hydraulic remind. They say it's the last place you can find nuggets around here, Do you have a video that might help me figure out how to do my research for that?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Looking for bedrock, and crevices in the bedrock - I dont have any specific video. .

@jasoncarr1764

3 жыл бұрын

I found the video 10 indicators a previously mined sites. I learned enough from that video that I feel I will be more successful.

Do you ever come out to Virginia or Maryland for any events or excursions? Or do you have any ideas on clubs or contacts out this way I can reach out to for the processing my ore. I was looking to rent equipment as in jaw crushers or possibly maybe even partner up with others but I've found no one that is mining ore locally to me but then again I have no idea on where to even look. I have some really good ore in my opinion, and was hoping to link up with some people you may know out this way, and if you are willing to process this ore, I'm willing to Partner up. Who knows but definitely reach out and I can send you video of the ore and send dry and wet weights to get a figure of what they hold.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I'm on the west coast and dont make it east but maybe once a decade. I'd urge you to have a lab test the ore to see what, if any, values it has before larger scale testing or processing. Merry Christmas! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

I've been trying to find gold in MN like Morrison Cnty I've panned 4 rivers an gravel pits for hours on end an found gold nuggets that would fit on the end of a needle! Where is the gold in Morrison Cnty MN????

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I dont know MN very well.

I'm 61 , when I was a kid my grandparents would pick me up early in the morning on Sundays during deer season, and take me hunting with them. Sometimes we would stop at an old dump in the mountains ( sierra Nevada mts. Cal.) And my grandpa would get his magnet and scrap for metals . one morning he stopped right at day break n started scrapping. He came back with some copper wire and a wood box. he put the wire in back of the pickup, and got in and told my grandma their was some costume jewelry in it. He said to look through it and see what might be in it. It was full of cheap costume jewelry. But, at the bottom she pulled a bracelet out and it was a gold colored chain, on the chain were six gold nuggets, the size of 2 pencil erasers each. Long story short, they were real gold, and we're thought to be a gift from a prospector to a prostitute back in the gold rush days, so when he came into town, he would always have a piece, for the piece he gave. Sad to say , the bracelet was used as a down payment of 2,900 dollars on a house, back in the early 1970s

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Interesting story.

Thank you, Chris! I live in Idaho and have been researching the Trans-Challis Fault, which starts north of Salmon and ends at Idaho City. There are several counties I'm interested in, but can't decide where I should start looking. I do have a question. I always hear the saying about looking for gold where it's found, but does an area that has produced more gold than another have less to find? If you go off of where gold is found historically, then you'd prospect in the Boise Basin near Idaho City, which has produced almost three million ounces, but there are several companies surveying Lemhi county to the northeast which has only produced five hundred thousand ounces. I'm just wondering if I should go to Idaho City where a lot of gold was taken from, or go to Lemhi county where less has been historically been taken. What are your thoughts? Thank you for your time and generosity!

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

There is no easy formula to say if someplace is good to search based on past production. I have found nice gold in a place with zero recorded production (likely some small amount of ore was shipped without record), but I've also been skunked in places with millions of ounces production. Additionally the companies may be looking for large bodies of low grade ore that may be useless to you because it requires loads of heavy equipment to mine it and cyanide leaching to extract the gold.

@himbe23

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Just like you said- prospect a place you're interested in. I know a few claims in Idaho City that still produce a lot of gold, enough for people to live off of, in fact. The miners back then got to most of the easy benches, so you have to dig to bedrock. I'll keep looking. And thank you very much for your input. I really appreciate it! (I think I remember you from a documentary I saw not too long ago)

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

I've been in a few documentaries - I have a new one that was shot in 2022 to be released soon.

@himbe23

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Nice!!! I'm glad you're getting the recognition you deserve! If I remember correctly, I think the documentary I saw you in was season two of How the Earth Was Made, about the California gold rush

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

And that "How The Earth was made" video was filmed on Father's day in 2009, and I was quite a bit younger.

i would like too know how do u open a closed claim i

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

See my video on staking a mining claim.

@cbdhealing6762

4 жыл бұрын

so just like a new claim

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@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Greetings my son.

First of all I just want to say thankyou soooo much for the knowledge that you've shared on this channel! Second, is there an email address that I could possibly reach you at to send you some pictures and get your insight? It's what I believe to be some rich ores with pretty distinctive vains.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the videos, but I get so many, many requests for personal help, advice, training, review, mineral ID, etc. I simply cannot get involved with all the requests. I have plenty of my own projects to work on. Sorry. Take a look at this video and learn for yourself how to ID rocks and minerals - kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html Best of luck to you.

@matthunt7390

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou chris! I almost made mention of that exact video to apologize in advance for asking haha but I'm pretty confident, always helps to have a second opinion. I live in Maine ( an amazing state for rockhounds and those AU fever patients , I'm sure you already know ) and this year I've finally had some time to research most of what I've collected. I plan on getting a membership to a local club as soon as these restrictions lift.. thankyou again for your quick response, time and knowledge!

I was wondering, if I have a pretty good idea where gold might be, could I use one of those cheap amazon metal detectors and still be able to detect it? I just cant afford hundreds of dollars for that stuff.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

If you know where it is, just dig it up. Who needs a detector?

"Loads" of information .......lol. I get it.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

There is so much resemblance between a gold nugget and a healthy poop.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

If you cant tell the difference, you should not take up prospecting.

Old mining saying, ' If you're looking for elephants, look in elephant country'. Same for gold😉

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, very true.

I've bought 2 one for me one for my girlfriend...we have several grams for her ring

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck to you.

Ralph Your a Gem. Could you talk a little louder.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

One of my first videos, I've gotten better and better equipment, so not a problem in more current videos.

all I hear is wind blowing

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Thousands of others have4 watched the video just fine - check your speaker system...

Soyou meaning to tellme,

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

As you say...

"All the gold in California Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills In somebody else's name..." Gatlin Bros *edit: at the watching of this video gold is $1,934.57 spot.

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

That video is a few years old

Advanced Tip: Watch hiking videos of the Pacific Crest Trail. There is gold everywhere along it.

@ChrisRalph

8 ай бұрын

There is gold in a lot of places, but I would not say everywhere.