Forging America's Gold | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E13) | Full Episode | History

Forging America's Gold | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E13) | Full Episode | History

Gold dates from the time of the supernova explosion that gave birth to our solar system. When it was created, the Earth included a tiny percentage of gold atoms, and over the aeons geologic processes, in Season 2, Episode 13, “America’s Gold.” #HowtheEarthWasMade
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50 Comments

  1. Riddick tonn on March 28, 2022 at 12:12 am

    Gold comes from the explosion of neutron stars not from supernova. Gold contains a lot of neutrons and you don’t get a lot of neutrons from a supernova.

  2. MasterVZ on March 28, 2022 at 12:14 am

    2 tons of rocks for an ounce? Crazy

  3. baineseric45 on March 28, 2022 at 12:14 am

    Did u see the ghost in the cave

  4. Joseph Biehl on March 28, 2022 at 12:17 am

    Thank you for teaching me so much.

  5. Lyle Brownrigg on March 28, 2022 at 12:17 am

    At 13:00, I swear I was listening to Buddy Hackett talk about the Mother Lode!

  6. Maxine West on March 28, 2022 at 12:17 am

    I guess God decided to throw some gold down to earth. The written bible says heaven streets are paved in gold.

  7. james hotz on March 28, 2022 at 12:18 am

    The super nova created all of the heavy atoms that are deposited in the earths crust.

  8. Kaden Floyd on March 28, 2022 at 12:18 am

    There is no gold in Florida,wow that’s messed up man

  9. Richard Robertson on March 28, 2022 at 12:19 am

    Current thought may influence a point made in this wonderful video: The origin of gold from a "Super Nova" explosion may not be fully accurate. The neutron content of a Super Nova is too low, so scientists now feel most gold came from, and is still being produced by, colliding neutron stars. That is physics far beyond my training, so I’m just passing it along as an option to consider.

  10. Mark Dupre on March 28, 2022 at 12:23 am

    Another very well written program that should be used to teach in Schools and Colleges. This program makes me regret not getting a degree in Geology.

  11. Canaan Daddario on March 28, 2022 at 12:29 am

    "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." – Genesis 1:1 – Gold, chemical element symbol (Au) Atomic number: 79

  12. Mark Krauklis on March 28, 2022 at 12:31 am

    Very interesting and informative. Great work!!!

  13. ChrisTopher on March 28, 2022 at 12:31 am

    1:41 a mineral is of natural occurring, non organic. Gold is a metal believed to be formed in the explosion of supernovas. Why would this guy even say this? I’m confused

  14. Devin Michaels on March 28, 2022 at 12:31 am

    So this is why the world has mass sink holes that’s destroying other areas great. Throwing the earth off its rotationg axis.

  15. Bryan DuChane on March 28, 2022 at 12:33 am

    The hunt for gold is my favorite topic of them all. The work and discovery by the old-timers blows my mind.

  16. John Johnson on March 28, 2022 at 12:33 am

    Wow…19th century Bodie sounds just like Baltimore today!

  17. Wade Adams on March 28, 2022 at 12:34 am

    Gold is real money. Real money does not come off a printing press.

  18. Dennis Matheny on March 28, 2022 at 12:37 am

    Very informative. Great program. Keep up the great work!

  19. Gotti Baron on March 28, 2022 at 12:38 am

    Man I was so big into rocks and geology growing up. Instead I went with marketing in college lol. All these beautiful people seem so happy and passionate about their job.
    Rock on ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for teaching me so much. I am one of those thou, who love the old episodes more than anything but this was redeeming. Well done!

  20. niles.a on March 28, 2022 at 12:40 am

    The Titanic forces? I thought they were tectonic.

  21. Jerbo 1 on March 28, 2022 at 12:40 am

    Gold is almost useless. Humans are dumb for placing so much value in it.

  22. PaNDaSNiP3R on March 28, 2022 at 12:41 am

    Dudes last name is Goldfarb 😂 perfect

  23. William Mekhjian on March 28, 2022 at 12:41 am

    HAGGI 2:8

  24. Oscar Windham on March 28, 2022 at 12:43 am

    "ONIE OF THE MOST INDESTRUCTILBE AND VALUABLE MEATLS ON THE PLANET – GOLD", supposedly, has another perspective that is too seldom expressed which is that gold, as is alluded to in this video, is also a paleo-economic holdover that has no place in 21st-century financing and or economics as a currency because of but not limited to sheer bulk, ease of counterfeiting with modern day technology, and then there is that time consuming assaying process.
    Gold will never again be used nor seen as an asset basis for valuation of any currency since it is now understood by the more enlightened that the true asset valuation basis for all currencies is and really always has been each sovereign nation’s most valuable, most precious asset which is – we the people. Not gold, not silver, not diamonds, and not crude oil or any other commodity but again, we the people are and have always have been the value asset for all currencies.

  25. espo espo on March 28, 2022 at 12:43 am

    I wonder who witnessed it happening 5 billion years ago to give such an accurate account.

  26. Mat on March 28, 2022 at 12:43 am

    The US has guns, gold, and oil what more do we need?

  27. robert paredes on March 28, 2022 at 12:44 am

    Someone should make a robot metal detector with robotic digging arms and a radio transmitter to let the prospector know it found a nugget

  28. Becky Kent on March 28, 2022 at 12:45 am

    Isn’t it sickening that we are digging this huge hole for gold? What will they do once they are done digging it? What a waste of land! It’s just ridiculous what humans do for money!!!

  29. Stonerman15 on March 28, 2022 at 12:46 am

    It’s gone. No gold left hence the us depth clock

  30. Isaac AKA WUTANG2099 on March 28, 2022 at 12:48 am

    The first 3 minutes had me focused like never before

  31. BLACK HOLE ENTRY on March 28, 2022 at 12:49 am

    Now we know how gold was created, where it is deposited, so, let’s go get it!

  32. DR R on March 28, 2022 at 12:50 am

    What is this mysterious, "hot fluid"? 😆

  33. Pink Panther on March 28, 2022 at 12:51 am

    Wrong. One day you will learn the real truth.

  34. Orange 2014on on March 28, 2022 at 12:52 am

    So gold gets its value because it is an objectivity nice looking gem/ shiny unique color and it’s hard to get/ scarcity. But it’s just a rock at the end of the day

  35. Tim Lossner on March 28, 2022 at 12:55 am

    All the gold ever mined fits into a four bedroom house? 160,000 tons? How can that be true when you consider all the gold at fort knox There’s an account or the Aztecs filling a room with gold to give to the Spanish…

  36. Amanda Hicks on March 28, 2022 at 12:56 am

    I’m so glad all the good stuff from the good old days of The History Channel is on YouTube.

  37. Corvo on March 28, 2022 at 12:57 am

    10:10 I don’t think the demon eyes being added into the shadows at the bottom of the screen were really necessary, "most destructive powers on the planet" … LOL, though.

  38. RavSingh Rajput```` on March 28, 2022 at 12:57 am

    There should be over 10 million views in this episode…

    They don’t know what they’re missing

  39. Quickquiver on March 28, 2022 at 12:57 am

    This episode was factually inaccurate. There are no tectonic plates. That theory has been disproven by flat earth researchers. Gold is actually not rare, it is a common metal. The government just tells us it is rare to control us

  40. Moneybagg jo on March 28, 2022 at 12:58 am

    8:44 lmfao

  41. clever username on March 28, 2022 at 12:59 am

    Fun fact, America’s first gold rush happened near what is now Charlotte, North Carolina in 1799.

  42. 旋律 石原 on March 28, 2022 at 12:59 am

    THIS IS HILARIOUS!!! LOL. HOW CAN HUMAN SPECULATE SOMETHING BEFORE EARTH WAS MADE?? LOL. EVERYONE KNOWS GOD CREATED LIFE WHICH INCLUDE THE ONLY PLANET THAT HAS LIFE WHICH IS EARTH. NO OTHER PLANETS HAVE LIFE BUT EARTH. NOR ARE THE OTHER PLANETS LIVEABLE LOL. NEVER BELIEVE IN SPECULATIONS, EVERYONE!!! CUZ IT’S HIGHLY REDONKULOUS THAT SOMEONE WOULD KNOW SOMETHING BEFORE EARTH WAS MADE EXCEPT THE ACTUAL CREATOR HIMSELF!!! YOU HAVE TO BE A SUPERNATURAL LIVING GOD TO CREATE THE UNIVERSE AND THAT ONE AND ONLY LIVING GOD THAT EVER EXIST IS ELOHIM!!! STATUES, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF ARE JUST MATERIALS LOL. THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING BUT STAND THERE UNLESS SOMEONE MOVE THEM LOL.

    A LIVING GOD IS GAZILLIONS LARGER THAN THE UNIVERSE!!! NOW, THAT’S WHAT YOU CALL, A LIVING, SUPERNATURAL GOD!!!

  43. william collinsworth on March 28, 2022 at 1:00 am

    10 tonnes for 1 ounce…thats a lie. I knew the miner that drilled into the chasm, he told me the story of the black sludge, the laser they used to find distance. Americans need more true accountability of metals that are extracted. I’ll bet they get 1000s of ounces per ton. And only those in the know know.

  44. Ryan THomas on March 28, 2022 at 1:00 am

    This guy was so jewish, you really saw it come out when he talked about and held that gold.

  45. PODRINAC4EVER 1107 on March 28, 2022 at 1:02 am

    The city where I was born in Europe people used to dig out silver and gold in their fields during farming seasons, also Fall rain streams was washing out gold and silver. Rain stream rolled solid gold rock right to the door steps of my neighbor. He was stupid and gave it to the government

  46. unreal world on March 28, 2022 at 1:03 am

    easy 80 Billion in. Gold from CA. river beds 1849 1855. wow. How much is on bottom of the ocean and old lake beds.

  47. JesusAR15USA on March 28, 2022 at 1:04 am

    20:29 lmao at the mining engineer driving the truck with his helmet light on😂

  48. PaNDaSNiP3R on March 28, 2022 at 1:07 am

    I wonder if you can metal detect for nuggets in America deserts 🤔

  49. My Life on March 28, 2022 at 1:10 am

    Man dig for gold, wife spend gold for everything she wants. Man keeps digging.

  50. MarketSocialist on March 28, 2022 at 1:11 am

    This episode was truly GOLDEN.

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