Culvert Prospecting in New Mexico for gold!
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Went back out to sift through a culvert I've worked in the past found that If Im going to find any significant values its going to be some hard work. That's good because I could to stand a few pounds!
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It's hit and miss digging culverts, maybe if you got a big area cleaned out. Anyhow glad you out and about still after it!
I've been digging at this one off and on for years. I cleaned out the very front of it a couple years back and really don't have a choice to go deeper inside the damn thing. Me and a friend went back. Opened it way up. Brought out .07 so that wasn't t terrible lol
Great job getting that Au fam. Don't worry about the weight. The gold I find is super fine. It takes a lot of it to weigh 😂. That's why I don't do it in my videos. The water makes it look like it more 😂. Just keep on having fun and living the dream fam. You're doing great work. Gold Squad Out 🤠
Oh hell ya buddy! I may have sounded discouraged but I'm not. Ain't no big thang for this chicken wang!
Nice job for the culvert and I would never have thought of doing that! But it makes sense! Thanks for sharing and GTSY! I’ll definitely be checking in later for more of your adventures! Cheers!
Nice Shannon looks like a nice shady spot to work. Hell yea getting that shiny awesome thanks for sharing
Yeah nice and cool that's for sure! Thanks for watching big dog!
Always see it as a hobby, mate. You tried it and have new insights. This is important !
Half of the work is just like this! No worries here on my end it was still a great day!
Howdy, glad to see you out and about.
Hey Llano! Thanks man!
Gold sure does like to play jokes on ya! I thought for sure with all that black sand you would've had more shiney! That culvert looks like a job for the entire "Sierra Blasters"!! 😅 At least it looked like the bugs weren't a problem this time! 😊
There are stupid, like fruit flies in there, but they don't bother. I've worked this culvert for a long time. I did pull out good amounts one time like 4 years ago at the very beginning of it. This particular spot isn't really "gold rich" so it may take 20 years for it to replenish 🤣🤣
Woohoo my favourite kinda prospecting ❤ love that you do these culvert videos on the regular. Cheers from Downunder mate 👍 just got home from work and cracked a beer 🍺
Cracking coldies after a long day at work is sometimes totally nessary. Yeah these culverts usually kick my ass but I love doing it anyway :)
Cool video man, culverts are just fun to prospect! And you found some gold! I have a couple Culver’s in mind myself.
Yeah I like them because usually I can get the truck fairly close! 🤣🤣
Great that you found some gold there
Too bad the scale didn't say it had way more than I found 🤣🤣 Thanks Eagle Eye!
Wow so cool 🧲⚓️👍
Great adventure, makes me wanna get down to the river badly!
Dress up and bundle up it's that time of the year! Thanks Scovian!
Nice work brother! Get after it, it's the only way to find it
Well isn't that the truth right there! Thanks for watching buddy!
Looks like fun 😊
It was a great day that's for sure!
Thanks for going to all that trouble so we don't have to.
Well presented and entertaining video just the same.
Oh man that's funny! I had a friend email and tell me about the same thing! He said, hey thanks now I know for sure to stay away from culverts 🤣🤣
@@Goldpan-SuntanNM It's often difficult to understand why some people bother to do what they do.
What part of fun makes up no gold and hard work and possibly a sore back.
Yet they go back for more at their next opportunity.
But don't get me wrong , I LOVE HARD WORK , I could sit and watch you doing it all day. So keep those tapes coming.
Got ya some !! Just Sluice It!!
Ha! Should have brought mine there was water there!
hell yeah, go get it...
I tried but it didn't play out too good 🤣🤣
Love that hat scale said zero but flakes were there😂
The Great U.S of A brutha!!
Nice brother 3✨️ Pieces a better than no pieces 🍻 let me know im down ⛏️🤣HH&GL 🍀
All gold matter braddah all gold matters 🤣! And that's a good idea at some point we do totally have to get togther and do a joint video!!
@@Goldpan-SuntanNM 👍👌
I've seen some good gold come from culverts. Good luck. #AGM
I pulled some good amounts from the very front of this one in the past but this place doesn't replenish very fast. But ya just never know. Haha
Who Said "there ain't no Gold in New Mexico"🤔😆‼️ Nice Job, Bro' ‼️🦾🇺🇸😎👍
Shhhhhh!!! Don't say that too loud! 🤣🤣 there ain't no gold over here! Thanks for watching man and have yourself a great night!
Get back over there and get more!
Break back, work fingers to bone, oh yeah, I'll be back over there
now ya know!!
#Stupidpipe #Stupidsoarback #Stupidemptyscale #LMAO
One is better than none brother
Oh hell ya. In the past at the very front of the culvert I got some good gold. This spot takes forever to replenish so this thing may take another 20 years before its good again 🤣🤣
Reminds me of flood gold we find....really small.
How do you like your vac? Looking at the new one that has a drain so i don't have to mess with opening it up to get the excess water...pour it right in a pan.
I like the vacuum, very portable and light is why I like it the most. A different style with a drain would be nice that's for damn sure!
@Goldpan-SuntanNM I am still thinking about modifying it with a drain. Think there's a drain for something that can be used. Forgotten all about it...good winter project. Would like to use it more next year
@a3skywarrior929 well as soon as you said there is one with a drain I know of fittings I can get at one of the local plumbing supply houses we use at work. I though to myself how easy it would be to do that!
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BAA BOOOM!
You should be working the entrance of the culvert pipe, not the exit. That's where the gold would drop out first.
I've dug all that at the very front in the years gone past. Now I'm moving back a little bit lol since I snagged all the other stuff already and this area isn't historically gold rich. Hopefully in a few years maybe at thr very front it will replenish itself. Thanks Silver!
@@Goldpan-SuntanNMawesome! That's what I like about gold deposition in certain locations. Regardless of what others say, it does replenish itself.
I planted rose number [331] in your garden. Don't forget to pay me a visit!
Ha! That's great! I sure will!
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Good job with the video. I was hoping you would get some. 😢
Thanks William! It's all good, ya win some and lose alot 🤣🤣🤣
I'd be sticking to dry land unless you can get something from the end of the colvert without digging two plus feet deep.
Gravity assist on the banks, way easier.
Oh hell ya, everytime I go see damp soil I always eyeroll.... I frequent these places because within the pipe the levels can change depending on gully washers or whatnot. But if I go, I don't turn away, I dig it no matter what the levels are. Thanksnfor watching Arte!
Not a bad idea and I’m sure it’s fun who would of thunk to even look there I’ll tell you who this guy as I point to you haha hood stuff and entertaining
Well I wish I could be more prosperous with culverts but unfortunately I never get much gold this way. But youre right it is still fun getting out there and getting some exercise!
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i wouldnt have thought to check a culvert or what kind of material would be in it. makes me curious with the area around where im at. Where is the water coming from and going to, another question. good catch
Yeah may want to get the locals perspective on the culverts up there in your area. Down here it's a hit or miss situation with them. Gully washers that come through can also change the gold dropping dynamic within the riffles inside the culvert. Meaning sometimes the water can hit so hard that is washes everything out and it's left sparkly clean
I'll go with you and dig that whole place just let me know
I'll recruite you for the next time I head out to this one and I'll hold you to it!! 😁
That pipe looks like a real pain real deep to dig good job though
Yeah the water has been running slow through it depositing alot of material in it. There used to be water that ran through it all year around.
¡Gringo Guapo!
Got a little!
That's exactly what she always tells me!
Ever try a metal detector when searching culverts? 😁
All that darn rebar in the concrete and regular corrugated metal they are made of make for a real difficult time with a metal detector. 🤣🤣
Great place i would help get to the bottom curious on whats at the bottom.
3 pieces for uncovering probably 12 inches of one of the riffle. If I uncovered a 3 foot by 3 foot area That would be at least 21 pieces maybe .05 or .07 which is at least something
#AGM #Guapo😂
Yesir! AGM!
Sure was a lot of black sand in the upper layer hey?
Yeah strange how the material laid in there. Just goes to show culverts can be not the typical gold principle prospecting
@@Goldpan-SuntanNM I learned that sometimes gold layers are paper thin, because of small clay beds, and so where the gold lays, that's it for the area that holds it. I was at my river this spring, during high waters, the black sand was incredible, and so I went out in summer, and started digging, and crapped my pants on my first pan. Around 2000 colors, so next day went back and hand panned almost 4 5gallon screened pails, and almost nothing.. there was no gold below that layer. Now I just scrape the black sand areas, unless there's large round stone, then I just classify it, and run it through my sluice. This next week I'm going out. I'll take a video of the gravity sluice running and email it to you
Oh definatly prospecting is crazy like that! That's exactly how culverts are. Then you throw in an occasional gully washer and it screws up everything! 🤣🤣 yeah that's cool email me that for sure!
@@Goldpan-SuntanNM will do for sure.
Another thing to think about, is gold can walk backwards, when the right turmoil occurs with a wash, and large natural riffles, like boulders, cement edges, and trees.
In your culvert, I'd look right at the end of that pipe, below the bottom lip