The Search for Gold Bearing Ore: Following the Trail of Alluvial Gold to the Hills!!

I recently discovered the richest gold deposit of my prospecting career, but what made this discovery so unique was the size of the gold found. Half ounce chunks of alluvial gold nuggets. It's taken me years to unlock a location like this, but it turns out I wasn't the first one on the scene, perhaps in modern times but after finding an alluvial drift mine on the very same corner that I'd found ounces of gold it became apparent that the miners of old had been there and got me thinking more seriously about the source of this gold.
From my experience large gold doesn't travel far in the rivers and creeks never more than a few hundred metres and with some of the gold being more crystalline in nature it was time to head for the hills to see what's hiding in the surrounding area. With old hard rock mines in the area I had to go in and test some of the ore using a dolly pot and pan and perhaps just maybe we can find where all this gold is coming from.

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[officialtassieboysprospecting]

I know I’ll get a bit of flack on this one, I’m new to this stuff so go easy on me I’m looking forward to learning together so any feedback on this one will be much appreciated. A big thank you also to you all helping me reach a new little milestone for the channel of 200k subscribers I’m blown away thank you ❤

[GR]

The old timers did the work for you .All you need to do is detect between the mine working and the river for nuggets that are hung up on the banks and didn't make it to the river. THANKS for a great video.

[terry]

Love your music choices Levi, particularly when you were exploring the old mine areas. Very atmospheric!

[BondiTreasureHunter]

Congratulations on 200K 😃🙌 Well deserved with awesome content like this and the effort you go to is next level 😂💪🙌 I don't wanna make your backpack heavier but it would be good to head up that hill with a detector. Really enjoyed it. 😃🤙

[rado]

At the ripe old age of 64 there's no way I could do what you guys do anymore. Years of construction work has destroyed my body. I love watching your videos and vicariously living through your adventures! LOL. Keep up the great job of making videos. You're filming is above and beyond.

[quidproquo]

the adventure outweighs the gold imo . looks so fun . nothing like that anywhere even remotely close to me

[guillermodelnoche]

Congratulations on 200k! Well deserved!

[marcussmith]

Congrats on 200k Subs Levi. Awesome work and well deserved. :) Great Vid

[Geologistandcoins]

Gold is in hydrothermal systems, ironstone is often a replacement mineral when weathering has dissolved the silica in the quartz veining. Use the river to look for alteration features, olive green can indicate hot fluids carrying gold interacting with mafic rocks near by. Find a vein in this environment and you will do well, look in the oxidised zones for supergene enrichment, once you see primary sulphides exclusively generally the amount of gold you will find drops tenfold. Being nuggety also precludes a lot of fine gold, so use of a detector on veins will likely yield greater results.
Good luck

[mycameraview]

As a geologist my approach would be the following: 1) in the location where you found the highest gold concentration measure the strike of the bedrock around it. 2) on a geographic map draw the bedrock strike and see if the lateral extension matches up with the mine. That would tell you if the mine is likely related to the same gold veins or not.

[Wanderhund]

So happy every time a new episode drops. keep up the amazing work

[PixieStirling]

Thank you for not fast forwarding your video i.e. your trek up to the top in search of the old mine, it’s half the enjoyment. Wishing you all the luck. 🇦🇺👏🏻

[_TONY_Az]

Ty Levi I always enjoy your adventure I'm disabled and can't do what my heart desires I hardly walk thanks to a drunk driver thank you for your sharing GOD BLESS

[adhawk]

Nice one Levi 👍👌🇦🇺 Congratulations on the 200K subs

[shanedoyle]

Great show Levi !! That's a nice mix of prospecting and sniping and looking forward for the next video ! Cheer's

[chrisrudy]

Great to tag along with you again on your adventures. Keep up the search!

[TheHogMan]

Hell ya Levi! I love to see the passion you have for your trade/craft. The way you can come up with new videos for us to enjoy, thank you, my friend. I hope everything outside of the videos is going well, you deserve it man. Thanks again

[Leni-SU]

Watching you from Sheffield in south Yorkshire England ❤️🇬🇧👍🏻 love gold prospecting

[arabianworm]

You’re a legend Levi! Keep up the unreal work

[markb]

Good looking leopard print gold there. Congrats on 200k! That locale looks very promising. Hopefully all the hard work leads to the lode. You're doing the real work and bringing us all along for the adventure. What a ride!