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Roy Tillman

@roytillmanfinds

Language: EnglishCountry not available4 years old

  • Persona: Roy · Retired professional · Senior
  • Gold prospecting
  • Placer gold
  • Gemstones
  • Rockhounding
  • Mineral identification
  • Prospecting locations
Subscribers
434
Total views
60.3K
Videos
13

Stats updated Stats from YouTube

Growth

Subscribers · daily totals we stored, UTC days

Not enough stored days to draw a line yet.
Tracking started Oct 17, 2026.

Top videos

Most viewed

What they sell

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How they sell it

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Analysis

Our own reading of the channel’s public titles, descriptions and thumbnails, not data from YouTube.

Persona

Roy

Retired professional · Senior · Male · Creekbeds, rivers and beaches outdoors

Niche

Gold prospecting and gemstone hunting tips from a retired surveyor persona

Audience

Hobby gold prospectors, rockhounds and gem hunters, mostly adult men in the US, drawn to a veteran's tips on where to dig (inferred from titles, descriptions and transcripts).

Avatar
  • Realistic avatar
  • A photorealistic older man with a grey beard, dark cap, denim work shirt and red tee, shown crouching by creeks or on beaches holding rocks, pans or a nugget, with an identical look in every thumbnail.
Format

About 13-minute explainer: opens with an anecdote about a sample sent by a viewer, then a counter-intuitive rule, a numbered list of places or minerals, and a weekend task with a comment prompt.

Content pillars
  • Where to find gold by state or region
  • Reading rocks, stones and terrain
  • Gemstones and valuable minerals
  • Prospecting legal and practical tips
Title patterns
  • [N] [Places] To ACTUALLY Find Gold In [Place]
  • Stop Looking For Gold — These 7 Minerals Are Worth 70x More
  • These [X] Are Telling You EXACTLY Where To Find Gold
  • [N] FORGOTTEN Locations That Still Produce [X]
Thumbnails

Close-up of the older male persona holding a rock, nugget or pan, with a yellow-and-white bold two-word caption, a yellow arrow, and outdoor creek or beach backdrops.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

Why it works
  • Top two videos (19,374 and 18,074 views) are rock and mineral explainers, well above the 600-1,900 views of most other recent uploads
  • A consistent persona with a backstory in the about text and transcripts as a retired Nevada surveyor builds trust
  • Every recent thumbnail uses the same face, a bold two-word caption and an arrow, so the channel is recognisable
  • Uploads run about 13 minutes with one repeated structure: anecdote, list, weekend task, comment prompt

Where the channel points

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