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The Nugget Hunters Detecting Ancestral Yuba Gold Deposits The Nugget Hunters head up to the High Sierras to do some Metal Detecting of the Ancestral Yuba River Gold Deposits. We will be detecting in an old Hydraulic pit hoping to find Placer Gold Nuggets the old timers left behind. Gary...

Yuba River Gold Panning and Detecting 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...

There's Gold in them thar Hills 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...

The Nugget Hunters Gold & Treasure Treasure !!!!! Gold !!!!!! We are after both today we start off looking for lost Treasures then as the day warms up we turn our attention to finding Gold Nuggets. our group for today is Gary @TwoToes , Kellen @YellowFeverProspecting and JC the...

Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum The Gold Rush lives on at the Kentucky Mine and Museum in Sierra City! Today, the stamp mills are silent excepting two times each day when the Kentucky Mine stamp mill is once again brought to life to give folks on the twice daily tours of the mine...

Sniping 4 Big Gold We have our masks and Detectors ready for another Gold Adventure !!!! Join Me and Gary @TwoToes as we head deep into the canyon to do some late season Sniping and Detecting for Big Placer Gold Nuggets. See who gets first Gold and the most Gold can I keep the title Lead...

The Nugget Hunters Gold Nugget Detecting Me and Gary @TwoToes are joined by the one and only Mining Hawaiian JC .We have our Metal detectors ready so lets get those Minelab's working !!! We are back to a spot that has turned up some great finds including Gold Nuggets and cut Silver so who...

Prospecting for Gold As a Gold Prospector you have to get out and check new areas to find Gold at. It's not as easy as it sounds. You can't keep going back to the same area all the time and think the Gold is going to get better the more trips you make the Gold will eventually start to...

Yuba River Sniping for Gold and Detecting We have our masks and Detectors ready for another Gold Adventure !!!! Join Me and Gary @TwoToes as we head to the Yuba River to do some Sniping and Detecting for Placer Gold Nuggets. See who gets first Gold and the most Gold can I keep the...

Prospectors Life Is this location good enough to file a Gold Claim on ? As a Gold Prospector you have to get out and check new areas to find Gold at. You can't keep going back to the same area all the time and think the Gold is going to get better the more trips you make the Gold will...

Hydraulic Pit Gold Me and @TwoToes Make our first trip of the year into the Hydraulic pits in search of Gold Nuggets and lots of them !!!! Armed with are trusty Minelab SDC 2300's Metal Detectors the Nuggets have no chance of hiding from us !!!! Gary works the road right where we park...

Gold Prospecting Crevicing for Nuggets With the rivers and creeks running high with the snow melt run off we head back to a Familiar place in search of Placer Gold Nuggets. We have found a few here before and are hoping there are more hiding in the Bedrock crevices !!!! so fire up those...

Gold !!!!!!!!!! Short and Sweet

Detecting Bedrock Crevices for Gold Nuggets It might be raining but that's not going to stop us from finding some Placer Gold Nuggets !! Armed with our metal detectors the Minelab SDC 2300 me and Socks ( AKA ) Brian head out to one of our gold locations in search of those precious Gold...

Detecting to hunt for Gold Nuggets !!!!

How to find Placer Gold Nuggets Where's the Gold ?? Prospectors Jeff and Gary @TwoToes head out on a cold and rainy day in search of those elusive Placer Gold Nuggets . With all the rain here in California ( You will see what I'm talking about ) the Creek is running much higher than...

Prospecting New areas VS Spots you've found Gold before Which is best ? Me and Brian AKA Socks !!! Head up to one of the spots we work a lot in search of Placer Gold Nuggets using our metal detectors the Minelab SDC 2300 . First we check the High Benches then I head down to the creek...

Crevice Detecting Yuba River Gold Nuggets Me and Gary @TwoToes head to the hills in his Jeep Rubicon to search for Gold Nuggets along the Yuba River. I'm going to concentrate on looking for Bedrock with crevices in it where those Placer Gold Nuggets like to hide. I'm using my Minelab...

Catching Lingcod and Cabezon on the Pacific Coast We Head to the Coast to escape the valley heat and do some catching @TwoToes With Salmon season closed in California we concentrate on Rock Fish , Lingcod, Cabezon, and Vermilion. After Gary catches our bait fish ( Sand Dabs ) we start...

Hydraulic Pit Gold Nugget Patch Detecting The Last Trip to the Hydraulic pits for the year was the best trip for me. We load up in Brian's Dodge Ram Pickup and head for the pits in hopes of pockets full of Placer Gold Nuggets the size of walnuts !!!!! ( We can Dream ) !!!! Each week me...

We Found a Gold Mine We found an Abandon Gold Mine while scouting around looking for another hot spot on the creek so lets check it out !!!! I fire up my Minelab SDC 2300 to check for targets ( Gold Nuggets ) till our light goes out. On our next trip we will have better lights and more gear...

Oroville Dam Spillway the Gates are open Lake Oroville Oroville CA. 10,000 Cubic Feet Per Second of Water is being Released down the Spillway The Department of Water Resources (DWR) began releasing water from Oroville Dam’s main spillway at 8 a.m. January 31, 2024. Releases to the...

Detecting Ancestral Yuba Gold Deposits The Hydraulic Pits are calling and the Ancestral Yuba Gold Deposits have got mine and Brian's attention !!! We load up in Brian's pick up truck and head off to the Sierra Nevada's in search of Placer Gold Nuggets. Whats better than one Minelab SDC...

Bedrock Gold Detecting along Mother Yuba The Suns out the birds are singing and me and Gary @TwoToes are heading to the Sierra's and the Mother Yuba. We are in search of new gold rich areas to hunt for Placer Gold Nuggets. I felt like I was back delivering Mail with all the stops we...

The Nugget Hunters Finding Placer Gold Nuggets The Nugget Hunters have assembled on a wet and Foggy day in the California Mother lode . The search for those Elusive Placer Gold Nuggets bring Gary @TwoToes and Robert @HolmesProspecting , and Brian together to try and solve the age old...

We Found a Gold Mine We found an Abandon Gold Mine while scouting around looking for another hot spot on the creek so lets check it out !!!! I fire up my Minelab SDC 2300 to check for targets ( Gold Nuggets ) till our light goes out. On our next trip we will have better lights and...

First Gold of the New Year !!!!! Happy 2024 Locating Bedrock Crevices under Boulders for Gold Nuggets Me and Gary @TwoToes head to the Hills for the first time in 2024 in search of Placer Gold Nuggets !!!!! Will it be a Happy New Year ??? Mother Nature is working against us as the...

Merry Christmas Now how do I get this Box open ? Dan-O Claus @danlonganecker has struck again !!!!! Now how to open this box filled with yummy treats ? maybe Gary @TwoToes can help me out. You all know what my New Years resolution is now it's to lose the ten pounds that came in the...

Hydraulic Pit Gold Nugget Hunt Me and Gary @TwoToes head off into the Sierra's in his Jeep Rubicon on a quest to see how many Gold Nuggets we can find. We are looking for the Yuba Palaeochannel or Palaeoriver deposits of the Ancestral Yuba River. With Snow and Rain now in the forecast...

Mother Lode Detecting and Sniping for Gold Me and Brian hit the road for a few days of Sniping and Metal Detecting for Gold !!! We are back at our old spot to finish up working an area and look for our next Prospect to start. Sniping on those Hot summer days sure feels good and to add Gold...

Bedrock Nugget Shooting on the River Last Winters Bomb Cyclone and Mother Nature cleared off a patch of Bedrock for us to Detect in our search for Placer Gold Nuggets. The weather wasn't the best as it rained off and on during our hunt but a short thirty minute hike and we were back at...

Detecting Placer Gold on the Yuba River Me and Gary @TwoToes pack up the Jeep with all the gear to head up in the Sierra Nevadas ( Mother Lode ) to find some Placer Gold Nuggets on the Yuba River. Metal Detectors, Sluice boxes and all our hand tools for Gold Panning and Crevicing are...

Best of the West Best of the West Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show 2023 Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn California November 10th & 11th One of the oldest and best Bottle and Collectibles shows on the west coast !!! With dealers from all across the country getting together to sell...

Mother lode Gold Sniping Adventure Sniping for Gold Nuggets is one of the funniest and most rewarding ways to find Placer Gold. Me and Brian head out on another sniping adventure at one of our remote gold locations in the California Mother Lode. We move up stream this time to see if the...

Canyons, Creeks and Gold prospecting Me and Brian head out on a rainy day to an New Prospect and an old one in our never ending search for Gold !!!! We checked out this Canyon and Creek about a Month ago before Brian started Rice Harvest and now he's done so we are back at it to see if we...

Prospectors Life Fall in the Mother Lode The Leaves have begun to change colors and days are shorter and the temperature has dropped here in the Mother lode. The Rivers are at there lowest but getting colder and colder with each passing day. Lets take a drive down highway 49 to two of my...

Silver and Copper LBPA North Yuba Nugget Hunt The LBPA had a few Cermonies at the North Yuba River Nugget Hunt this year where two Copper members were promoted to Silver and we added two new Copper Members !!! Tim from @blueleadgoldproductions133 was promoted to Silver and to my surprise I...

Crevice Detecting Gold Nuggets The Bomb Cyclone that California Received this spring moved around and Redeposited some of the smaller Placer Gold. We hope to find a pocket that Mother Nature left and maybe a patch of Bedrock that she cleared for us to Detect in our search for Placer Gold...

Pocket hunting with a Metal Detector for Gold Me and Brian head to a new Prospect in our search for Gold !!!! Brian checked out the spot the week before and thought it would be worth a better look I think he was right !!!! The area has both old hydraulic mines and lode mines so you have...

Prospectors Life Nugget Hunting a Pounded Patch On this Adventure I meet up with my Buddy @ChrisRalph and his dad for a Gold Nugget hunt in an area that has been worked over pretty good can we find a Nugget or Two ?? Chris Calls this area the Pounded Patch lots of Gold Nuggets have...