15 oz Gold Nugget found at Flat Bear Placer Mine. *Part 2 of 2*

15 oz Gold Nugget found at Flat Bear Placer Mine. Part 2 of 2

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7 ай бұрын

The guys at Flat Bear mine, use big equipment to move lots of material and they find BIG GOLD. Check out all these big nuggets we found this day. And also this 15 oz nugget that found previously! Part 2 of 2.
Link to part 1: • Big Equipment, Big Min...
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@rickleaver9068 7 ай бұрын

Hey that's my sluice box, right after the jig. I'm Gold Designs. Custom built that for them. Glad the guys are finding a pile.

@heliumhubcryptocollective9337 7 ай бұрын

dan is so old school friendly canadian...dying breed these days...stay kind stay blessed

@carolharris2357 2 ай бұрын

I thought there was a law against it now. Nobody is nice, especially government employees.

@yetna197 6 ай бұрын

Props to that operator who picked up a single stone with the bucket!!

@shaunsmith7019 7 ай бұрын

I can't imagine the adrenaline finding that big nugget caused. 😮

@nuru666 7 ай бұрын

I'd have to sit down and have a mild panic attack

@shaunsmith7019 7 ай бұрын

@@nuru666 you're not wrong

@CanadianSpaceBoy 7 ай бұрын

I'd quit the job and start a new chapter of my life. You got to do everything and you only live once

@nuru666 7 ай бұрын

@@shaunsmith7019Sitting there, cradling it... "My precious....."

@portroyal6886 7 ай бұрын

Yea it only takes me finding a picked in my pan or sluicebox, to find more energy, sometimes I can be feeling tired and had enough for the day, and if I find a good piece of gold, I'm feeling no pain I'm wide awake 😅😅😅, it's such a buzz gild should be prescribed by a doctor 😂😂😂

@billibarou 7 ай бұрын

You have to love Dan Hurd's enthusiasm. His videos are great.

@croatiansensation6062 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for bringing us along for such an adventure Dan!

@kirktingblad6667 7 ай бұрын

With your knowledge and level of excitement, you make an excellent teacher.

@joshthemediocre7824 7 ай бұрын

I find a little gold everytime i pan the river near my house here in Ohio, obviously i'm about 200 years too late to find gold equal to the smallest flakes you may find in Canada, I always come away with a little though and it's adding up through the years.

@joegilly1523 6 ай бұрын

Dan your channel and Enthusiasm is great. Thank you.

@devarskinnee8760 7 ай бұрын

I worked in a small mine in eldorado county ca,in the 1970sand 80s,and crushed cemented gravel the nuggets look just like that and our biggest pice of gold was5.5oz.,so cool too see that gold in the rock before it was crushed,and seen a room miners made back in the day and you could see the nuggets in the walls on private property of course,new owners now cant see it but its there.i seen Mason jars full of dime size nuggets and it all went to china town San Francisco,waht a great experience in that time in my life.my wife had so nice jewelry from my earnings at the pit.keep it on coming,showing the real nuggs.

@roberteltze4850 5 ай бұрын

Everyone discussing the gold, but it was the sleeping sheltie at 11:35 that caught my eye. I bet he'd be gorgeous if his coat was brushed out.

@BloxyGuyRBLX Ай бұрын

@mio.giardino Ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing us along and sharing in your joy and discoveries.

@scottb7890 7 ай бұрын

Wow, what an amazing cleanup! Thanks for sharing this experience!

@tylorsoll6033 7 ай бұрын

That nugget with the quartz belly is beautiful. 😍

@trevororchard2741 7 ай бұрын

t would be nice to see another follow up video looking at the reclamation of the site and how it is done. Great work showing their operation and talking more about how mining operations at this scale work.

@susanturcotte3176 7 ай бұрын

OH MY GOD 😮 (I had to spell it out for emphasis!)!!!! The first thing that popped into my head when you grabbed the elongated first nugget was, "That's a golden key!" It certainly was what I would name it! What a fantastic opportunity and operation. That is the first time I saw and learned about a jig. Ingenuity at its finest. The end result was gleaming, clean gold. The jig takes out all the hard work of panning/shaker tabling the cons to separate out black sand, etc. The Pinolyte was huge! From what I could see, the designs were just as stunning. I'm glad that they learned about this type of rock and are separating it out from the tailings. If I remember correctly, your first video at the Flat Bear Mine was when you discovered it and was on video discussing the gem and that this would be the only other place it was found. That is a pretty rare find and those specimens are huge! I really love the smoothness of their mine. Although this happened to be an incredible day for them, they are trying to cross every T and dot each I. Such a beautiful place! As always, I appreciate you sharing this incredible mine with us. Such a joy seeing golden goodness with smiles to match! May you always find gold between your toes! 🦶🦶 Blessings from Alabama ❤️

@DansBackcountry 7 ай бұрын

For anyone that is curious, 10 oz of gold is worth approximately $20.4k USD.

@only1muppet 7 ай бұрын

After melt, I’d assume they’d have 13oz of pure gold. I checked prices and it was $25,752 US or $35,339 Canadian. That’s a reasonable car lol

@scott_9135 7 ай бұрын

Plus nugget price

@SlatcoAu 7 ай бұрын

That nugget would never sell for spot. You could get at least a 2.5x multiplier from a collector.

@andymarshall3326 7 ай бұрын

What do you all think the operating cost per day is?

@AustralianAntKingdom 7 ай бұрын

@@andymarshall33261800+ , they said 1000 in fuel easy plus workers, and all the business cost of maintenance on machines and other bills.

@rainertews1641 7 ай бұрын

Wow, what a good video-series, showing us the whole process of goldmining. Thank you very much - this is nearly the best gold video i have ever seen!

@30105378 7 ай бұрын

Been wanting to see something like this my whole life. Beautiful! Thanks a bunch.

@Cjmaster1111 7 ай бұрын

My goodness dan i was waiting for this one!!

@susanturcotte3176 7 ай бұрын

I was so excited that I didn't have time for a bathroom break!

@jerrydelyea5820 7 ай бұрын

Hi Dan. Love your channel as usual. Joes a great guy, I live here where his mine is. He’s a hard working man and I am so stoked you visited these boys. I’m always wishing them good luck! Can’t wait to see how you make out up the drainage! Cheers

@thegoldenrock7593 7 ай бұрын

hello

@blech71 7 ай бұрын

Loving this series on this mine. I would love to see more than just the two vids!

@CCM2361- 7 ай бұрын

amazing! Thanks for the tour Dan

@janicescragg2388 7 ай бұрын

They should make a mold of the large nugget, cast it in resin, then make a resin copy from the mold to send to a brass foundry to make copies of the nugget. It's not every day you find something that amazing.

@somniferousSirenSocial 7 ай бұрын

To put into perspective, as of time of this post, 1oz of gold is about 1,900 USD That is a wild find with that single big nugget.

@derekderek2570 2 ай бұрын

2200 today!

@Whocarzz40 7 ай бұрын

I've been following you now for awhile and every video puts a smile on my face

@Ogsonofgroo 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Dan for this great video of your friends operation, that is beautiful gold man! Big cheers from another PNW'er and yer fans!

@517nickyj 7 ай бұрын

Boy I hope that they are treating that one with quartz specimen correctly. I'd love to get my hands on that one without dissolving the quartz

@danwyrick322 7 ай бұрын

Hi Dan , hope all is well. Looking at that nugget, I wonder if any might get pushed out with the big rocks. And the specimen nugget is really cool.

@jasongebhardt9194 7 ай бұрын

What a great treat, being there for one of their best days !!! 🙂 Ty for the Entertainment Dan

@josephcormier5974 7 ай бұрын

Very nice Dan thanks for taking us along with you this trip it was very enjoyable six stars sir

@GarysMetalDetecting 2 ай бұрын

Wow Dan, thats amazing. Thanks for sharing the news.

@samsonian 7 ай бұрын

HARK! Thar be nuggets…and jungle rocks abound!! Hi ho, hi ho; a-prospecting we’ll go! With plenty nugs of gold we dug, Make bright the eyes aglow! Cheers Dan & the Miners of Flat Bear! 🖖😎👍

@bullsboat1 7 ай бұрын

My fav piece was the one half quartz and half gold, absolutely beautiful.

@iinezlee6534 6 ай бұрын

What an Amazing Adventure Guys Thank You 👍😃👍💖

@johnpotoczak6562 7 ай бұрын

Pretty neat seeing this side of the industry. I work in refining precious metals.

@TheDiplococcus 7 ай бұрын

I watch Dan for the fun, the adventure and the education, but this one also had a boatload of gold as a bonus! Awesome video :)

@ChargersCity 4 ай бұрын

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too foreverm

@roywalls5595 7 ай бұрын

Wow that's awesome thanks for sharing this video about hunting for gold nuggets! Mr Dan Hurd 😊

@jonluchessi1643 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing what a great life these guys have👍

@DerekFox-qt7ih 7 ай бұрын

Great show ! One thing I can say you never disappoint ! Your the Best out there ! Keep it up !

@donnahumphriesallen5805 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Thank you, Dan!✌️❤

@williamskris6335 7 ай бұрын

TY for sharing, I have never seen gold like this either before! TY and God Bless!!!

@timshepherd4626 7 ай бұрын

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Makes me wanna sell my house, relocate, and roll the dice. Thanks for yet another great video =)

@CokeCheese 7 ай бұрын

Nuggets like that can fetch a nice price at auction. large nuggets are far more valuable when left unprocessed. Then again, it seems to be a show piece for the mine owners.

@denyscpoyner 7 ай бұрын

Now this is an episode of Yukon Gold that I haven't seen yet. 😲 Nice nuggies !!

@stuartbailey6201 5 ай бұрын

As a retired steel worker’ too get out and operate big machinery “ and find Gold and valuable minerals! Ya kidding. Dan is living the dream. Keep it up.

@beansdad70 7 ай бұрын

Looks like Yoda stuck on the end of that conveyor. 🤣 Someone help the little fella! Great video and GOLD Dan!

@ironhorse7588 7 ай бұрын

Awesome 👍💕 Every miner dreams of having that much gold in one day. 🙏Great video Dan🙏

@howardborchardt5528 7 ай бұрын

Just loved the clean up jig

@johnjacobs1625 7 ай бұрын

Glad you had Fun Dan & Au too!

@smokeandkippers 7 ай бұрын

Great clean up! Thanks for sharing.

@roseannecarratkinson4271 7 ай бұрын

Sweet! That would be an amazing find! What a neat setup they have. How fun for you to be there.

@troyrager1352 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful take! Thanks for the dream!

@Silverpicker 2 ай бұрын

So awesome. What an adventure!

@danherrmann8755 7 ай бұрын

What. A catch. Thanks for showing the big nugget.

@AAA_RandRR 7 ай бұрын

What an amazing experience that must of been!!

@mohsenaghdam3136 7 ай бұрын

I like Dan, i like Gold and this music👍🏽

@judithfairchild8620 7 ай бұрын

I like seeing the fresh taken gold the shapes were very interesting too. I could see several interesting faces in the gold

@jkonet1 7 ай бұрын

What an exciting day. Lots of nuggets and that huge one, mind boggling

@jk-76 7 ай бұрын

Man, that is a DREAM claim. And a fun group of guys.

@igvtec 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Dan, it was good.

@chrismyers9273 7 ай бұрын

Alright Dan! Simply, thanks for sharing buddy!

@aaronhopkins6697 7 ай бұрын

A couple of very nice necklace hangers ! The biggest one I've held was seven ounces , not mine though still very privileged to actually have held it. Gold is beautiful no matter what size from the smallest micro specks to that big beauty at fifteen ounces.

@jbprospector3638 7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing. Wonderful video. 👍😎

@nopelindoputraperkasa5869 7 ай бұрын

A very large gold nugget, you are very lucky,, greetings from traditional Indonesian gold miners 🇮🇩⛏️⚒️👋💪✨

@MikeBaxterABC 7 ай бұрын

3:55 I LOVE how excited Dan is to find nuggets!! .. Even when they are his friends gold! :) .. He doesn't really care about the money .. it's just finding gold!!!

@lolaridgeback5875 7 ай бұрын

Dan Hurd on the next season of gold rush?? That would be so cool..

@williamtatlock230 7 ай бұрын

love the rock/metal riffs

@beez1717 7 ай бұрын

Omg those are huuuuuge nuggets! I was cheering out loud when I saw them!

@PrimeBallard 7 ай бұрын

Respect the hustle dan we were waiting for the big find 😂

@poisoncurls882 3 ай бұрын

That transition was awesome. 10:43

@frankmccain4359 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic gold finds

@scotthultin7769 7 ай бұрын

5K+ 👍's up Guy's thanks Dan bringing us along on your trip Thank you for sharing 🙏☺️

@SirSpags 7 ай бұрын

HOLY GOLD FEVER BATMAN!!! Love the nuggies. 🤩

@KSechrist 7 ай бұрын

Molson Canadien! I miss that! I could get that in CT, but in FL, it's ALWAYS skunky by the time I find it here.

@glennwoods2462 7 ай бұрын

What a great day Dan.... And Joe and crew are awesome... It's really hard work though, aye .......

@northwestgaming4049 7 ай бұрын

These are some pretty food Ole boys to be sharing stuff like this with us.

@racheldavey2207 7 ай бұрын

That is incredible 😮 absolutely amazing

@ronheflin7848 7 ай бұрын

That was awesome. Man I would be doing the happy miners dance for sure

@normazarr3106 7 ай бұрын

Hey Dan, the "Original" Gold Pan Man! Placer in Ca.-Always Produces! 😊! (Did panin there)Creekside always!) Great Yield! Getting the Flour-Gold, is like Licken up Bottom of the Bowl! Great Times Always Dan! Right-On with the BIGGUN! Wooh-Yeah! ❤ ya! TC,GBU.,SM.,NZ., Keep Onn! 😣❤😁✝️🙏🏿👍👊😎😉🤗

@keithm1987 4 ай бұрын

I just bought some of your pay dirt . I look forward to finding gold. This is my practice run on my 24 inch sleuce. I am excited. Feel free to drop that big nug in. Take care and keep up the great work

@lonewolf1401 7 ай бұрын

thank you for the great video Dan..i have a question though is that a consistent daily amount of gold for their operation ? the monster was awsome...i noticed the consistancy of their gold was different like squares in it,is that because of it being close to the sourse?

@BobbyTB425 7 ай бұрын

A beautiful piece

@mackie_p 7 ай бұрын

Those are some NICE chunkers!!!

@adhawk5632 7 ай бұрын

And like all KZfaqrs with 1.21M subs, he bought all the gold from today for HurdDirt paydirt bags⛏️👌What a ledgend, supporting all channel participants and bringing everyone UP with him. A true pillar of the small scale community.👍👌🇦🇺

@judyherman1249 6 ай бұрын

What amazing and large nuggets!

@theyreoutthere.huntinggear 4 ай бұрын

as a young Lad i have found Several Pieces Of Lost Gold Jewelry, a smashed ring on the street, and a necklace at a carwash. I should start prospecting ey. 😂

@ebo360 7 ай бұрын

So what do they do with these nuggets they are finding? Do they process them with the rest of the gold, or do they sell them separately to collectors? How much gold do they find per a season? How much do they average a day? Dan, I would love to see you visit more of these placer operations! Most of us really only know mining at 2 different levels: the hobbyist using high bankers or maybe a dredge, or the major commercial operations we see on “Gold Rush”. It’s awesome learning about the wide variety of mining that doesn’t get much attention, and the fascinating individuals making these operations work.

@geekavenger 6 ай бұрын

Just dropped by because I saw your monster gold nugget in the thumbnail, VERY COOL, Dan! Good for you!

@texaswader 7 ай бұрын

That was awesome Dan! They made a lot of money that day.

@JonathanFox-uj1rv 7 ай бұрын

Wow. Ty. Keep them coming.

@christopherconty 4 ай бұрын

Very cool I am looking into a strong future of gold finding.

@benbrokebrokenpieces169 7 ай бұрын

Whoa, great find!

@darelkilcrease3338 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations., Dan ! On your find ., cool bean’s man . From Duncan Oklahoma.✨👍✨

@scruggsbuster9458 7 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh that's a lot of gold and we love to see a lot of gold so thank you Dan❤ for making this video for us❤ because you know we all love to see the gold❤ thank you for your friends that are doing this to clean the environment of gold❤❤😂

@bchenot 7 ай бұрын

The "Key" nugget is awesome!!

@ZOriginal__ 7 ай бұрын

What a nice Tuesday treat!!! Cheers from Toronto Boyz!!!

@upnorth6722 7 ай бұрын

Wow ! Great day .

@ChristopherW-ws4df Ай бұрын

You know I got excited about the whole panning for gold thing, as a new hobby. You know, something to do with my latter years... Went on Amazon got me a little panning kit and all that stuff spent about 60 bucks, only to find out that there's no gold in Texas 🤣🤣🤣 I was very disappointed