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Dan Hurd's peridot haul comes with a mining-plan update

Dayna's crystal pocket anchors a five-upload week, while Dan says Jolly Green Giant mining will wait until 2027.

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Dan Hurd (Dan Hurd Prospecting) Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

What Surprise Is Hiding on My New Claim?

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0:22Dan and Dayna introduce their plan to collect hillside material for a gem-jig test.
8:45Dayna shows a crystal-filled basalt rock; Dan uses a Canadian dime for scale.
23:08Back home, Dan begins cleaning the extracted crystals before trimming away host rock.
31:31The mineral jig processes the collected hillside soil; sorting begins at 36:58.
40:05Dan weighs the separate batches and reveals the combined yield.
42:48Dan says Jolly Green Giant mining is postponed until 2027 while permits are pending.

The crystals are coming home, but the larger mining plans will have to wait. Near the end of "What Surprise Is Hiding on My New Claim?", Dan Hurd says active mining at Jolly Green Giant is postponed until 2027 while permits are pending. The outing itself was filmed in July, a useful distinction in an October release.

That leaves plenty of hands-on prospecting to enjoy. Dan and Dayna collect hillside soil for a gem-jig experiment, but neither can resist opening a few rocks along the way. Dayna finds a pocket of peridot that sends Dan reaching for a Canadian dime to show the crystals' size. Back home, the work shifts to cleaning, trimming and weighing, with an outdoor cement mixer joining the equipment lineup.

The video has reached roughly 154,000 views and is comfortably the busiest of the week's five uploads. Viewers are comparing the clear stones to hard candies, suggesting a small vacuum for collecting crystals and recalling their own rock-hounding days.

Elsewhere, "How I make Ocean Picture Stone Pendants." is explicitly a reupload. Dan brought it back to explain his use of glued-on pendant bails after criticism of the method. "Exploring with Evan!" and a prospecting-course announcement added other outings and educational material to the week, alongside a shop-sale announcement.

Subscribers held steady, while daily views are running well above Dan's usual level. His weekly viewing total sits close to those of The Wooded Beardsman and Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales. Beyond the new peridot trip, the month-old iolite-boulder adventure with Chris Robak remains an active draw: a helicopter-and-explosives contrast to this week's buckets, chisels and patient sorting.

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What viewers say

When collecting small crystals like you did in this video, your Pickerton vacuum would come in very handy.
@AlphaOmegaCo2See it on YouTube
Love how much the clear stones look like hard boiled sweets, really do look like jolly ranchers!
@W1gglePuppySee it on YouTube
I used to be a rock hound when I was younger & Dan inspired me to take it up again now that I'm retired. Thank you, Dan.
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I've been watching a few years now, and Dan has always brought the goods. He may not always find what he is looking for, but he always finds a good time.
@dadsgametimeSee it on YouTube
I love seeing the wildflowers along with the Olivine crystals. That whole area is beautiful. The frog was really cool too!
@michaelcato9255See it on YouTube
Peridot is one of my favorite gems.
@MichaelTiltonSee it on YouTube
I love your videos and what makes them even more special is that your lovely wife shares your passion for the gold and gems.

You remind me of my grandfather, he was a "rock hound" and would read(before the internet) about a promising location, he'd pack up he's truck and head north(from Texas) and only come home when he'd had enough "hounding" for a while.

Please keep the videos coming.
@davidaa2521See it on YouTube
I just absolutely love the pure joy and enthusiasm that you two have digging for rocks, plus we get a bit of an education lol.😊
@davegillman6296See it on YouTube
Fascinating educational as well as the odd pretty gems
@saragandey8625See it on YouTube
Nice work. I learn so much from you and the MBMM crew.. looking forward to every video. Thank you
@kelicomfgSee it on YouTube