Nice finds, I was looking to go gold panning in Colorado sometime for fun..... But it seems if you worked for all the time you have spent gold panning, you could have bought a lot more gold than you have found...... Its a great hobby though, I am assuming thats all that it is to you, its rare to find a hobby where you make money rather than just put more money into it. Nice finds and good luck! :)
Awesome video.........2008 was great! Now let's make 2011 your BEST year ever!! I never get above a picker size dredging here in Georgia. Good luck my friend. :)
I'm jealous. I had a nugget the size of a watermelon seed, in my sluice yesterday, try to suck it up with the snuffer bottle an it wouldn't fit. try to pick it up with my fingers with the water still going through the sluice, and I lost it. I learned my lesson. next time I'll take the whole box out of the water. Love the videos.
Is a metal detector and small suice the best way to do it if you are not in the best physical shape? I want to do gold prospecting but I don't know if my body could hold up being the equivalent of a "ditch digger" all day long. Walking and digging all day would tear me down pretty quick.
well i have all ways found that when you go prospecting , gold is were you find it. you can try over shallow bed rock and dig very little or dig out cracks and find gold. its all up to you and the amount of effort you wish to put into it. if you live in like Arizona you could get a nice detector and just walk washes to find small nuggets or deposits? its all up to you.start small and then work big..good luck!
Hey there nice job, I know the amount of work it involved. My question is how many days did you go out to find your total of 28.87g for 2008? Would you also clarify of the 28.87g how much of that did you find metal detecting? I did some dredging in 1994 and your vidios have convinced me to go out again this summer. Thanks!
thanks! at that time i would say that it was about 9+ gms
for that season i started out about this time of the year and worked till nov and the ice cold rains started. the area i live in is full of hot rocks and about 1 in 20 hits yeilds a find. so that tells yah you need to dig alot. i wish i live near a area with out that much interference. if i was you and all the other people that have the time and interest i would say ...get out there and have fun! but dont over do it. i did and i paid..lol
I live in Paradise C.A which is about 2 hrs north of Sac. I am trying to find a honey hole to prospect to find my first nuggey. I have tried butte creek, and the north fork feather. But had little luck. Thanks for the response. Jessgo33
if i was you i would try the trinity s - or yuba if you could get that fare, this summer i plan on going out and trying to find a placer claim my self . and it requires lots of foot work not only with the local agencies but allso with hiking the land and prospecting like a old time miner, gold prospecting is 90% work and 10% luck in finding it. persistence is the key to rewards, it allso helps to have more fun at prospecting then just finding the gold. if you dont it will become a lost hobby.
Nice gold find. You and chris, and the metal decter did an awsome job. I can't wait to see your 2009 videos. I am prospecting for the first time this year, and got me a keene sluice. Woo hoo have a good one, and safe prospecting.
i found most with my dredge and panning but i would say that i found about 5 grams with the ace and about 12 grams with the x terra. both detectors had a hard time , in the area i was because of all the iron and hot rocks. the ground just make the detector go crazy and you need to dig a lot of false signals to get the real deal. if the ground is non metalized you will do ok..
davison1021, the price of gold keeps changing from day to day, to figure it out you need to know the current us gold price , divide that by 31.1 and you will get the price per gram then add 28.+ to get the total.. thanks for commenting!
Gret gold there. My mate Bob & I went to Central Western Australia last June for a 4 week detecting road trip & came back with about 4 ounces including a 15g sunbaking nugget. One creek (dry) we found 30 bits 1/2g - 5g nuggets. Next year we're going back for 6 weeks.
i see all those videos from down under, and all i would like to do is tag along... "we here" find it in the ground semi deep. and not that very big . not like you can find there were you are @1oz to 6.. man what luck you guys have !
john316, thank you.. had alot of help from tina- my first prospecting buddy. in the beginning and with help all so from chris too my other and current prospecting buddy. it was hard work but it paid off!
awesome, bet you can't wait for next year. Thanks for the update and keep up the good work. by the way is there any amount of gold that can cure "GOLD FEVER" lol
thanks, im looking forward to adding to it as soon as possible. many more trips planed and i am going soon to do a video on garrett ace 250 metal detecting for placer and nuggets. stick around!
what is the temperature to melt it all into a 'lil brick?
zackrowe1 8 months ago
@zackrowe1 if you take a small blow torch, and heat it up it will melt under such conditions.. to make a brick or round pellet
scorpiotoyou 8 months ago
Nice finds, I was looking to go gold panning in Colorado sometime for fun..... But it seems if you worked for all the time you have spent gold panning, you could have bought a lot more gold than you have found...... Its a great hobby though, I am assuming thats all that it is to you, its rare to find a hobby where you make money rather than just put more money into it. Nice finds and good luck! :)
wilbeckj 1 year ago
that much in how many trips?
betozoe 1 year ago
@betozoe i would say about 9 to 10 trips ,friday thru sunday prospecting. the big boost i had was due to the two inch dredge i bought that year..
scorpiotoyou 1 year ago
nice collection mate
chopppacalamari 1 year ago
@chopppacalamari thanks many long trips needed to get this was all worth it!
scorpiotoyou 1 year ago
Fred,
Awesome video.........2008 was great! Now let's make 2011 your BEST year ever!! I never get above a picker size dredging here in Georgia. Good luck my friend. :)
Randy C-17A
C0017A 1 year ago
I'm jealous. I had a nugget the size of a watermelon seed, in my sluice yesterday, try to suck it up with the snuffer bottle an it wouldn't fit. try to pick it up with my fingers with the water still going through the sluice, and I lost it. I learned my lesson. next time I'll take the whole box out of the water. Love the videos.
fishaun1 1 year ago
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Where about did you pan and sluice? I havent had much luck at the american river by colfax or even the bear river by colfax.
epilithic33 1 year ago
Where about did you pan and sluice? I havent had much luck at the american river by colfax or even the bear river by colfax.
epilithic33 1 year ago
excellent season!!
MrLewis530 1 year ago
You had a great year. Nice video. Lots of fun getting out and hunting for gold. You know you are the first to see it because no one throws it back.
pbr2424 1 year ago
you got that right, i have never thrown mine back ..its to much hard work to find it...lol thanks for the comment!
scorpiotoyou 1 year ago
can you sell these mini nuggets and were do you sell them at jewlery storers
NitroCaya 2 years ago
yes you can sell gold , it much more profitable to sell it on e/bay... just weigh it out and sell it and take a photo too. good luck
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
thank you so much keep up the videos
NitroCaya 2 years ago
hi, I am gunna get into this, but have no idea what to do. Get a sluice, get some mesh screen and then pan or w.e. the 'concentrate'?
chessmaster001 2 years ago
Is a metal detector and small suice the best way to do it if you are not in the best physical shape? I want to do gold prospecting but I don't know if my body could hold up being the equivalent of a "ditch digger" all day long. Walking and digging all day would tear me down pretty quick.
tyrpotix 2 years ago
well i have all ways found that when you go prospecting , gold is were you find it. you can try over shallow bed rock and dig very little or dig out cracks and find gold. its all up to you and the amount of effort you wish to put into it. if you live in like Arizona you could get a nice detector and just walk washes to find small nuggets or deposits? its all up to you.start small and then work big..good luck!
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
I live in Washington State. Do you know anything about gold prospecting in WA?
tyrpotix 2 years ago
no sorry, i wish i did ..there are many states that i would love to prospect in but i can never get there .. im not allowed to cross the street...lol
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
I bet if you started doing i a bit every day you'd be as strong as an ox after a while lol
fox20012 2 years ago
awsome
jacobgp1 2 years ago
thanks!
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
Hey there nice job, I know the amount of work it involved. My question is how many days did you go out to find your total of 28.87g for 2008? Would you also clarify of the 28.87g how much of that did you find metal detecting? I did some dredging in 1994 and your vidios have convinced me to go out again this summer. Thanks!
Dredgerguy 2 years ago 2
thanks! at that time i would say that it was about 9+ gms
for that season i started out about this time of the year and worked till nov and the ice cold rains started. the area i live in is full of hot rocks and about 1 in 20 hits yeilds a find. so that tells yah you need to dig alot. i wish i live near a area with out that much interference. if i was you and all the other people that have the time and interest i would say ...get out there and have fun! but dont over do it. i did and i paid..lol
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
I live in Paradise C.A which is about 2 hrs north of Sac. I am trying to find a honey hole to prospect to find my first nuggey. I have tried butte creek, and the north fork feather. But had little luck. Thanks for the response. Jessgo33
jessgo33 2 years ago
if i was you i would try the trinity s - or yuba if you could get that fare, this summer i plan on going out and trying to find a placer claim my self . and it requires lots of foot work not only with the local agencies but allso with hiking the land and prospecting like a old time miner, gold prospecting is 90% work and 10% luck in finding it. persistence is the key to rewards, it allso helps to have more fun at prospecting then just finding the gold. if you dont it will become a lost hobby.
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
Nice gold find. You and chris, and the metal decter did an awsome job. I can't wait to see your 2009 videos. I am prospecting for the first time this year, and got me a keene sluice. Woo hoo have a good one, and safe prospecting.
jessgo33 2 years ago 2
thank for the comment , this year i need to find more spots to go , but i am all ready been out and the season total is started..lol
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
seems like a waste of time
tubofbologna 2 years ago
why would you say that??????
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
did you find most of those with the X Terra ot your ace 250
cheakychic1 2 years ago
i found most with my dredge and panning but i would say that i found about 5 grams with the ace and about 12 grams with the x terra. both detectors had a hard time , in the area i was because of all the iron and hot rocks. the ground just make the detector go crazy and you need to dig a lot of false signals to get the real deal. if the ground is non metalized you will do ok..
scorpiotoyou 2 years ago
davison1021, the price of gold keeps changing from day to day, to figure it out you need to know the current us gold price , divide that by 31.1 and you will get the price per gram then add 28.+ to get the total.. thanks for commenting!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
Gret gold there. My mate Bob & I went to Central Western Australia last June for a 4 week detecting road trip & came back with about 4 ounces including a 15g sunbaking nugget. One creek (dry) we found 30 bits 1/2g - 5g nuggets. Next year we're going back for 6 weeks.
sammythebull01 3 years ago 2
i see all those videos from down under, and all i would like to do is tag along... "we here" find it in the ground semi deep. and not that very big . not like you can find there were you are @1oz to 6.. man what luck you guys have !
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
nice display, good take.
johnr316 3 years ago 2
john316, thank you.. had alot of help from tina- my first prospecting buddy. in the beginning and with help all so from chris too my other and current prospecting buddy. it was hard work but it paid off!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
how much was that worth and wait it will b worth alot more soon
davison1021 3 years ago
Great take for the year!!! Hope you get even more next year!!!
TreasureFiend 3 years ago 2
treasurefreind, thanks you very much.. me- too...lol
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
awesome, bet you can't wait for next year. Thanks for the update and keep up the good work. by the way is there any amount of gold that can cure "GOLD FEVER" lol
gary4gold 3 years ago 2
nooo way! i thought after i found my first gram that i could say thats good, but nope i want it all!...lol
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
Vary nice hun. Hope you find more..
justmytina 3 years ago
justmytina- i wish it does too! its hard to dig now, waters cold and i dont freezing hands..lol thats why i am going metal detecting.....
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
cool
exanchorite 3 years ago
exanchorite- thanks you!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
Lookin good Fred........your collection can only grow.
hixonAu 3 years ago
thanks, im looking forward to adding to it as soon as possible. many more trips planed and i am going soon to do a video on garrett ace 250 metal detecting for placer and nuggets. stick around!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago