FINDING GOLD MOVIES

[Matt Mattson]

Thought I'd put some of the movies in one place - the first post seemed appropriate:

Finding Gold:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPYg5U4P6s

Finding Gold II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlGQxNMLdA

Finding Gold III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kyv2C_yYww

Finding Gold IV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay2zZ7Dee3I

Finding Gold V

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2DnkTOoQVE

Finding Gold VI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXOusJiuNdQ

Finding Gold VII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f442tacA6M

Finding Gold VIII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7bI4uUacRg

Finding Gold IX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0ofmlV62s

Finding Gold X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0ofmlV62s

Finding Gold XI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VpW14My9E

Finding Gold XII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOB5C93R-Uk

Finding Gold XIII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLvhkOpfnH8

Finding Gold XIV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSnlwuuihg

Finding Gold XV - Metal Detecting Tips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAEGXPzj6Rc

Finding Gold XVI:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9klZ4-7GKRY

Finding Gold XXII (there's 6 more on youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsNiJ6LYjyM

Finding Gold XXIII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DEst7TWns

Faceting: Rocks To Real Money:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YYC0fXY7Sg

Emeralds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk3hIzwsiGg

Other Movies:

Mischief (a series with historical places pointed out as we cruise the ICW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjHNSzZ0PxE

Confederate Shipwrecks At Bayport:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuLAgY9Fbro

Fort Bayard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFw2RzsdWrI

Fort Steele:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMvrhNFQRwc

Tombstone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTyaV8wgumw

Hog Hunting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nnkTz_0y1k

Arcadia Rodeo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5P7EJ_fV74

Cobb Camp Cooking (with Geno's spices too):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECpyiAVgtk

[golden optimist]

Now all we have to do is figure out how to pin it to the top of the forum. If I figure it out, I'll let you know.
Leonard

[geno]

Thanks Matt... you've done the world a great service!
geno

[Matt Mattson]

That'll be great, Leonard. I'll update it as I can.

Thanks Gene.

[Gold Seeker]

Matt,

That is GREAT now I don't have to search youtube for your videos, there a couple there I've seemed to have missed!!!


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[russau]

thanks Matt and Leonard! all in one spot! now if Leonard could do the same with all his videos, it would be a 1 stop shopping to watchem! im getting lazy in my ole age!

[ForestWalker]

Do you have any pics of your finds from your diamonds series? I want to look for some in the state line area as I live near livermore/readfeather. I've been panning the non claimed drainage's but don't really know what I am doing.

Love your vids BTW, real pro.

[Matt Mattson]

Do you have any pics of your finds from your diamonds series? I want to look for some in the state line area as I live near livermore/readfeather. I've been panning the non claimed drainage's but don't really know what I am doing.

Love your vids BTW, real pro.

We didn't find any big enough to photograph, coming to the conclusion one would have to be very fortunate to find a diamond big enough to cut as the kimberlite there would need to be run in a tonnage operation (like Kelsey Lake). What we did find was micro-diamonds by the hundreds of thousands and kimberlite shot through many locations (as Dan Hausel found as well). When I go back, I'm going to try running a (small) dredge slow for a day and run kimberlite and see if anything shows. Shining with a florescent light might also be productive (I have found 2 small diamonds that way). The most productive thing of all for a dredger would be to keep all concentrates from Douglas Creek and similar drainages and go through them thoroughly by several separation methods (spiral wheel, sluice/micro sluice/florescent light) and one might just turn up a diamond at any time (sapphire as well).

Look up "Dan Hausel" + diamonds + kimberlite + Wyoming + USGS to get all the research papers and info you will need to ID. You can also go to USGS store/hq at the college in Laramie and pick up several very useful books.

Best of luck to you, hunting kimberlite pipes is pretty exciting stuff!

[ForestWalker]

I've actually thought of using the UV light but when I tested my LED and floro UV lamps on a diamond tennis bracelet I found a long time ago 2/3 lit up but it was so faint that I don't think I would be able to see a diamond very well unless like you say I was sorting through cons at home.

I've been reading a lot of what Dan Hausel has to say on his site and in published work, he seems to be cited in almost everything written on diamonds (and other gems) in this area and especially Wyoming.

I think this is Dan's site http://gemhunter.webs.com/diamonds.htm

[russau]

i found out that not all diamonds glow the same color with the UV lamps. some show blue and some a off shade ,almost like purple.but il have to trythat out after this July while up at Douglas Creek.