Chris thanks for your videos. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. You have a very relaxed manor. I ordered your book today - wished I had now. I do quite a bit of metal detecting and drywashing in AZ.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! Lots of good gold in AZ

Thx alot for all your free knowledge i am going to buy your book for sure on next payday. I just started gold and mineral hunting and buying all my equipment. I been a collector since I was a kid and your videos are a wealth of knowledge god bless you and I hope your happy and healthy.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

i live in eastern colorado, there is some small gold in clear creek near me. thank you for telling me another way to release gold from quartz which does not involve acids and other chemicals. you are very knowledgeable, just what i needed.

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help.

Your video was the right thing at the right time... I'm about to get a dolly pot made soon and I'm doing the research to make sure it's the right one for me. I've had your book for a few years now and even though I live in Nova Scotia, gold is gold and most of your book applies here too. Great video

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

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

I enjoy your videos. They are very informative. I have been sampling rock from to areas in Wyoming. Some from the Greenstone belt in the South Pass area and schist layers in the Snowy Range area. Its been a lot of fun and I am learning what will have gold and what will not. I find lots more of Copper and some silver. Thanks for the videos and sharing with all of us. I will be getting your book.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds great! Best of luck in your efforts.

Good video and explanation Chris, thank you for sharing.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

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

thank's for the tips fam. can't wait for the next class. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks - Best of luck to all of you!

Thank you so much for your video. I brought home some samples from my hike the other day. This video confirmed for me I was in the right areas

@aprilwantingtolearnaboutgo2952

4 жыл бұрын

The limonite I brought home was just truly amazing. It had pickers as well as fine gold through out. So far I have only crushed one piece it weighed about five pounds. I haven't finished up with it yet to get an idea of just how much it held.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

Thank you very much , I appreciate what I learned today.and enjoy your info and video. Aloha 🤗

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great video Ralph! I’ve sampled quite a few veins myself and haven’t found anything great yet haha But that won’t stop me from looking ! ya I can’t wait to read the book. gotta order it still Keep up the great vids

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

We still have to get together this summer. The virus has greatly delayed things.... I'll be up in the area around Quincy sometime around mid-July and I'll be there a couple months, so there will be time.

This content absolutely helped me! 👍 Black Hills mountains, Custer SD area waving 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help.

Thankyou Chris, for your good helpfull information .

@ChrisRalph

4 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Glad it was helpful!

Love your videos! Very informative .. :)

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Great video, Chris....Gold is always where you may think it won't be--:)

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

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

Thanks Chris Ralph for this informative video l learnt alot👏👏

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful and you enjoyed the video.

Yhanks for the great video. you have inspired me to get out and brake rock

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned for the next video.... Just putting it together now.... A friend of mine has made a nice find.

Love the Randsburg stamp mill photo

@ChrisRalph

10 ай бұрын

They really were rocking and rolling in those old mills.

You're amazing. Thank you.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Thank you so much sir

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Most welcome, glad you enjoyed the video.

Good stuff

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Love your videos!! Thank you !! Does your book go into what you can and can’t do in California as far as what’s legal ? Or do you have a video on that subject? Again thanks for your time and sharing your knowledge!!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Problem is that things change over time. I dredged for many years in California, now its illegal. I cant tell you what will be legal tomorrow and the book has to be good for a while..

Very informative video Chris ! Many folks out there will benefit greatly. Those quartz veins you're standing next to look intriguing, however, the black oxidized zones behind have really got my attention. Have you sampled it ?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Sampling through that area will be covered in the next video!

@allansgoldmining

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph looking forward to it. 🤠👍

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

and yes, significant gold was found.....

Thank you for responding I got to be honest right after I sent that, I thought I should have looked through his other videos....

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

No worries! Thanks for watching.

Hi Chris I've been watching your videos and subscribed over a year ago and I was hoping you might actually show us your technique of panning this would have been a great episode for that thanks for all your help and keep it up great work

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I have 3 videos on panning, especially fine gold. Start with kzread.info/dash/bejne/anqB1dyugNK2n7w.html

Another great video, please keep up the good work! How do mark your samples so you know exactly where they were from?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Use a GPS and write down the coordinates.

Thanks for the reply love your videos let you know how it turns out I've learned a lot from your videos keep them comin I'm a old logger and a new prospectors hear we dig ginseng I dig ginseng and look for gold both are yellow LOL thanks

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do! New videos are coming.

Awesome👍

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. 🤗

Thank you

@ChrisRalph

10 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Ralph, I really enjoy enjoy your videos. As I was digging on my property I found large rocks with Gallena coating them and like most of the rock is Gallena. Now i crushed them down and panned them out but now I have nothing but silver and black looking heavy material. Do I fire this? Or do I chemically work this material to find out what I have in other minerals. I enjoy your videos by the way. And are educational for a new guy like me. So what would be the next beat step? I also bought a Shor International system to use to find the elements such as gold, platnium, palladium and rhodium. What process is the easiest fastest way to extract this silver material?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

check my video on lead.

Helpful watching thanks A question have you made more money from vids and books then prospecting finding gold?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I've made the most money from staking and selling mining claims to mining companies. I did a video about it - see: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXahms-nkrC_o8Y.html

What was the host or country rock that the quartz veins are in? I've been prospect'n for gold for about 30 or more years. I teach gold pan'n and prospect'n in Arizona. I love yer book!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

In different regions of various states or the country as a whole, the host rock for quartz veins can be very different. The host rock at the place at the beginning of the video is Rhyolite.

Well done Chris !! I need to pick up a small mortar & pestle

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I've done pretty good with detected specimens.

I am very excited to get the professor I am looking for.Please look upon you and talk more/learning and doing business.

@mahammudibra657

4 жыл бұрын

Please call me back.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I get so many, many requests from people for rock and mineral ID every day, I just cannot do that. This is mainly because it is almost impossible to identify minerals and ores reliably from just photos. Watch this video and learn how to identify minerals for yourself: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html

@mahammudibra657

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Thanks for your reply sir.I need you sir and I promise you I am very special to your.Kindly email me your phone number and give me 20mimute to talk to you.sir my little experience will bear fruit as I believe.Thanks

I love your videos and would like to buy 2 copies of your book, but they are unavailable on Amazon (by clicking your affiliate link). Can I buy directly from you or do I just have to wait before they come back in stock? Also, when getting started with sampling, where would you recommend to start if you are not ready to invest in a chain mill and dont quite want to manually crush everything? I am in the PHX area and have called around to the local prospecting shops to see if they are available to rent or pay someone to do it for you, but it seems they dont know of anyone.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe join a prospecting club and make a friend of someone who might have such equipment. Most people get it on Amazon, but unfortunately, at the moment, it is out of stock at Amazon. It will be back in stock at Amazon soon. I am in the process of re-printing the book at the moment. Amazon has a notification set up so that they will send you an email when it is back in stock. Sorry for this delay, but I am working on getting it back in stock as soon as possible.

Nice good

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you very much I like to know pain’t gold stone and real natural gold stone how to identify

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

I will do a how to identify gold video soon.

@anniehing6813

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph please inform me about the video

Thank you I'm in Cumberland Gap TN USA I've got a small vein of what I think might be gold I've broke the rock which is hard black and white granite when I get that out how do I test it to see if it's gold caint wait till ur book gets here thanks

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

If its flecks of gold colored stuff in black and white granite its likely mica. Watch this video and learn how to identify minerals for yourself: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html

Ihave enjoyed this video very much, and I have a couple of questions : - What's the amount of gold gram/ton of ore could be considered feasable ? - Does crushing the stone crushes the gold pickers. If so why there are some bigger pieces of gold ? Thank you very much -

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Friend - this is not a simple question. Feasible means making a profit, but profit depends on where you are located. If you are in the western USA, you have electric power and equipment repair services close by. If you are in a developing nation, all your services may be more than 100 Km away. Profit depends on production rate - If you mine 100 kilograms of ore per day or 1000, or 100,000 kg per day - makes a difference. You can get by with lower grades if you mine more ore - assuming your deposit is large enough, but large production can require investment of millions of dollars to buy the needed equipment to handle it.

@ahmedmahdi1849

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph thank you alot , sir, for you quick response. Execuse me for my stupid question. Acually I started sampling in mostly high grade ore area in the Sahara near River Nile northern Sudan. The work environment is definitly not easy like in US , but the Sahara is still virgin and hopefully alot could be found out there. Thanks again

Thanks Chris. I would have liked a peek at the character of the rock after the first pass through the jaw crusher. How large a feed can your chain mill take?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I have that in other videos, see this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pH6lqNquYLrRn5M.html then go to 6:40 into the video. Chain mill will take up to about 2.5 inches, but with hard rock it takes a lot of beating to grind that big stuff down. Way better to crush to minus 1/2 inch and then put that into the chain mill. My next rock crushing video (coming soon) I go into the required maintenance for these chain mills - which can be considerable if you want to crush a lot of rock.

@rexhavoc5643

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph That's a great video, somehow I missed it. Looking forward to the chain mill maintenance video. I've borrowed an impactor from a friend which had a solid bar vs. chains. Can you compare the two?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the design of the individual units, so no general statements apply to all. Chains are easy to buy, all require more than a little maintenance.

Chris, I have a question...a long time ago I ran into some techs that were trying to pin down an ore body of gold. They were laying long wires across the suspected area...maybe 1/2 mile long. They said they could select different pairs of the wires to transmit a signal, and by that tell the limits of the ore body, but not perfectly. I'd like to find a version of that machine. Do you have any idea what unit they'd have been using? This was about 30 years ago. really appreciate any help you can offer. Jim

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Its a conductivity/resistance measurement - more or less similar in concept to metal detection. They are not looking for metal because even rich gold ores have only a little gold, they are looking for minerals that conduct electricity - they are much more common.

@jimnelson7740

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Do you know where I could buy one, or a brand name? Really appreciate the help.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Its not a simple Beep on the ore system - like a hobbyist metal detector. These systems require lots of interpretation of computer output by geophysical experts who review the results and decipher them, the cost will likely be north of $100,000 to set yourself up to do this. Even mining companies hire it done by specialists and experts. Its not something done by an amateur. Google "geophysical exploration methods" and read up if you want to learn more.

@jimnelson7740

4 жыл бұрын

a@@ChrisRalph Thanks, Chris. Don't think I'll be getting into that anytime soon...LOL

Have you ever heard anything about Gold on the bottom of lake's in Canada?

@ChrisRalph

5 ай бұрын

No and it sounds like tall tale told by miners in a bar after loads of booze had been consumed.

or you can use the rock hammer and chisel and a 30x loupe and see if the quartz has anything that's why the high power loupe

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Most quartz has no gold in it, and to see inside the quartz, you need to smash it to a powder.

how do you do it the way a surveyor does? i think he melts the rock?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

A surveyor measures the corners and boundaries of real estate, so I think you mean something else and I dont know what you mean. An assayer crushes a very small sample and melts it with a lead chemical which collects the gold and silver.

Kinda wish you would have used a detector to find your sample, pro's and con's of using a detector when prospecting hardrock?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Gold as tiny as what I am showing in this video cannot be found with any metal detector. You can find coarse gold with a detector, but you cannot find tiny dust sized gold. So to find hard rock gold with a detector, it needs to be some unusually coarse sized hard rock gold or you will never see it. If you want to see some of the coarser hard rock gold I found with a metal detector, check out this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pH6lqNquYLrRn5M.html

Great video brother. Very informative. I have a small spring creek behind my house took a few samples and I already found a few nuggies! Very cool I have a ton of meteorites and pieces of them and shocked quartz! Do they go to the same places? I assume so because of the wieghts.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Meteorites just knind of land in random places, not necessarily in gold areas.

I don't have a metal detector but have found good samples of some weird stuff...May I send you some pics to look at??????

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your request, but I get many, many requests for personal help and assistance every day from all over the world. I have a lot on my plate and I just cannot help beyond my videos themselves. Watch this video and learn to identify minerals for yourself. See: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html

Mr. Ralph, off the top of your head. Do you have any suggestions for a processing plant or two ?

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

What is your budget? $200,000? $500,000 or what

@TIPPYtoeup

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph : That’s good to know sir. I’ve googled and googled. But finding out the meat has been hard to find. So appreciate your knowledge once again! To answer your question. It’s not out of the ball park completely. I have a total of 3 mines. They were done by experts. But blm has no record of them. I have to be honest. Your episode on sulfur staining led me to them.

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

I am confused as I have never done a video on Sulfur staining. Also it makes a total difference the type of operation you are processing - hard rock ores or placer gravels? Hard rock is more expensive, but it also makes a huge difference as far as the production capacity - if you are processing 2 pounds an hour, or, 20 pounds, 200 pounds, 2,000 pounds, 20,000 an hour or what. Its sort of like saying that I intend to buy a car how expensive will it be?

@TIPPYtoeup

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph: Hey Chris, Hope your day is going well for ya. You mention it here. It was an instrumental piece of knowledge for me to go off of. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKOKpMOsY7DNk9Y.html @ 25:03 Thank you, one of your biggest fans !

@TIPPYtoeup

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph : I really have found 4 amazing finds. You mentioned before about critters like bats, bugs etc. inside mines. What do you know about mines with none of that? The three that I’ve found are massive. But zero evidence of critters, fleas or flys. There are very large layers of sulfur coming off of these quartz (multiple). I imagine that animals and such can sense it, so they stay out. You might find this interesting but. I haven’t asked many questions to local’s because I don’t want to raise any flags. Until I get much more science backed information this summer. That’s why I’m asking folks like you. Ty

👍👍

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Can we found gold in the meca stone or not??

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I do not think there is gold in the stone of the Kaaba.

@pipeline9526

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph thanks Mr.chris ...I mean MICA ihave found some big stone with like gold powders in side so ican send the pictures or vedio to you

@rawartwork1

3 жыл бұрын

Mica doesn't carry gold.

or bring the gold monster with you start sweeping did I tell you I have had my NEW gold monster for 2 weeks

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Best of luck, I hope you find gobs of gold with it.

Sample sample sample !!!!!!! Then sample

@Smithsgold

4 жыл бұрын

Did I say Sample !!!!!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I'll be up in your neighborhood in mid July. Lets talk.

@Smithsgold

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector I will shoot you a email

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to it.

@faisaloaljabry6400

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph my brother am digging gold from Tanzania I want to send to you my samples of stone Seeking your advice why there is a very small outcome from my production and the samples are looking very good.

Half ounce per ton is more realistic and still worth mining in my opinion. For weekend warriors maybe not.

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it all depends on scale. Some big outfits average less than a gram per ton.

@DryLakeMiningCo49

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I do not bypass the ball mill and 50 mesh is our sweet spot but I do not have a method or machine of screening quickly, maybe you have heard of one? Great video Chris

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Big companies use ball mills that have screening built in.

@DryLakeMiningCo49

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I run jaw crusher impact mill 4 cement mixers at a time with steel balls off a generator, people laugh but hey it gets the job done, neighbors love the soothing sounds from 20 acres away. I've seen folks use a 12v vibrator with a bucket classifier. Will make or buy a real ball mill down the road get it hooked to solar power. Keep expenses down I figure.

I think i found a lode vein of fishing sinkers...

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

And I found a deposit of fired bullet fragments!

@coreymerrill3257

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph lol. Would those count as intrusives ?

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I think the bullets come from above, not from below.

Lesson one of sampling, record where each sample from... So annoying finding something good but not being able to remember which location it came from.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

An excellent point.

سلام واتساب دارید دوست عزیز کمی راهنمایی لازم دارم

@ChrisRalph

8 ай бұрын

Sorry - I get quite a few people every day who want me to ID their rock and mineral photos. I do not offer a mineral ID service, mostly because it’s not as easy as you think. Usually, minerals cannot be identified from just a picture. Please watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html and Part 2 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIOL0ZZyiJyWl6Q.html and Part 3 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZWWl7Cnl7XShto.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions.

@salmanrezaei9216

8 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph دوست عزیز چندتا عکس وفیلم از بعضی سنگ وخاکهایی که در نزد من هست میخواستم برایتان ارسال کنم

WHAT ABOUT ROASTING--IF THERE IS PYRITE--

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Going to do a video on extracting gold from pyrite soon - and no roasting.

What are the chances of a broke Man and homeless coming out west and find enough gold to get by and make a living

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Better chances to buy a lottery ticket and win 10 million dollars. You need a car to get around the goldfields, and its a skill - like plumbing or being an electrician. If you dont know what you are doing and have no money, you wont find anything.

@irockireckon9776

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph thanks for the info that makes me feel better lol please don't kill my dream 😭😂 I have a car just right now I am in a pinch hopefully it won't last much longer lol and you have a great day 😁

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Its a skill you can learn and be proud of your work and then go out and find yourself some gold. Just dont weigh out all the gold you expect to find before you've actually found any!