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There's Gold in them thar Hills



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Bugs Bunny say's it in the 1952 Looney Tunes cartoon "14 Carrot Rabbit" featuring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam " There's Gold in them thar Hills " The phrase 'There's gold in them thar hills' is, in fact, a misquote. The actual phrase was yelled from the steps of the Lumpkin County Courthouse in 1849 by Dahlonega Mint assayor Dr. M. F. Stephenson to stop the exodus of miners from Dahlonega in Georgia to California, which had just started its own gold rush ( California Gold Rush )We head up to the High country to check out a few new Prospects before winter kicks us out and we are back to the foothills and the valley again. We have checked a few new Hydraulic Pits this year in hopes that the old timers left us some Placer Gold Nuggets to find. Today we have two Metal detector's to check for Gold the Minelab SDC 2300 and Kellen's GPX 4500 which one finds smaller Gold and which one goes deeper ?

 

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Yuba River Gold Panning and Detecting

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Just like most of the Country we love the time change but that's not going to stop us from enjoying the cool crisp Mountain air and the Yuba River. So running just a bit behind me and Gary @TwoToes make our way up Highway 49 towards Mother Yuba and the Gold that waits for us to find it. Our original plans were to do some Sluicing but the River had her own plans so we adapt and put out the Gold Pans and start looking for hot spots along the river that might have trapped some Placer Gold Nuggets. Now that fall is here in the Mother Lode it's a bit cold in the mornings so those Headphones make good ear muffs so I turned on the Minelab SDC 2300 and checked the Bedrock and a few dump piles ( tailings ) left over from someone else. Found a couple good looking Crevices so out comes the Marian Crevice Tool to clean out those cracks. Here's a tip for you all don't let anybody who had smoked Tuna for lunch ( Gary ) put his oily fingers in your pan it makes the Gold Float !!!!!! so sit back and see if we can find enough Gold so we can stop and get an Ice Cream on our way home.

 

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The Nugget Hunters Detecting Ancient Gravels for Gold

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Yuba River Gold Panning and Detecting

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Just like most of the Country we love the time change but that's not going to stop us from enjoying the cool crisp Mountain air and the Yuba River. So running just a bit behind me and Gary @TwoToes make our way up Highway 49 towards Mother Yuba and the Gold that waits for us to find it. Our original plans were to do some Sluicing but the River had her own plans so we adapt and put out the Gold Pans and start looking for hot spots along the river that might have trapped some Placer Gold Nuggets. Now that fall is here in the Mother Lode it's a bit cold in the mornings so those Headphones make good ear muffs so I turned on the Minelab SDC 2300 and checked the Bedrock and a few dump piles ( tailings ) left over from someone else. Found a couple good looking Crevices so out comes the Marian Crevice Tool to clean out those cracks. Here's a tip for you all don't let anybody who had smoked Tuna for lunch ( Gary ) put his oily fingers in your pan it makes the Gold Float !!!!!! so sit back and see if we can find enough Gold so we can stop and get an Ice Cream on our way home.

Ahhh the Yuba - see you again next year
Cheers
Brad

 

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Gold Panning & Prospecting Bear Creek


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Where's the Gold ?? Prospectors Jeff and Brian head out on a cold and rainy day in search of those elusive Placer Gold Nuggets . We have Three Weather Alerts going on all at the same time but we are going to try and find some Gold anyways !!! If you can't get to your first three spots either because of the Snow or Ice then you try plan D or E might even be plan F I lost count !!! Here's a Tip look before you jump out of the truck you never know whats behind that log !!! Watch and Find out what I saw !!! Crazy stuff and no it wasn't Big Foot !!!! There's an Old saying look for Gold where it's been found before the old timers did there homework take advantage of that. Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed the video

 

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Crevicing for Gold with a Metal Detector

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We are on the Hunt for not only Gold but for another spot to file a Mining claim on.Kellen @YellowFeverProspecting found this spot a week ago and he's already checked it out and Got a nice picker along with some flour Gold this will be my first trip there to see what or how much Gold we can find. Will we get Skunked or make a trip to get Ice Cream ??
Thanks for watching !!!!

 

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On the Hunt for Hydraulic Pit Gold
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Me and Kellen @YellowFeverProspecting make a late season run up into the Sierra's trying to beat the incoming Snow Storm on our quest for Hydraulic Pit Gold. Our Plans are to work a new old spot that we checked with Lidar to see if it has the same characteristics as a spot me and Gary worked a couple years ago as they are fairly close together. Test hole after test hole we look for the pay streak and assess the gravels in each hole Hoping for Gold. We hit a few firsts as we got two Placer Gold Nuggets in the same scoop and three Nuggets in the same hole !!!! It's Never the rock I know you've heard that a few times before in our videos well this time it is the Rock !!!!!! ​