December gold mining in Montana

[@gr8northernpike]

Great job Scott. A couple of comments... being a little older, I get hyper vigillant about how many times I handle (shovel) the material, so I haul the water and highbanker to where the stuff is coming out of the ground. Saves shoveling the stuff out of the truck after I already shoveled it in. And when the water gets impossibly thick, I know it's time to go home.

[@TheBeck420]

THAT CALDER CREEK WATER IN DROP DEAD FANTASTIC.....LOL

[@entztrix]

im the guy in the white saab. i lost some gear up there a while back and it ticked me off. the shovel was right near your hole, i grabbed it with full intentions on giving it back next time i see you guys. it's in good hands until then I promise. Chris

[@gr8northernpike]

P.S. Plus, get the height of the highbanker as low as your tub will allow, which saves lift on the shovel, and turn the tub 90 degrees to not have as much water spill-off on the end. The older Sears Car-go car-top carriers make great catch tubs... they're about three feet square, and only a foot or so tall. Crap plastic, but garage sale cheap. BTW, great duck tape sleeve-seal.

[@WalnLiz]

great vid Scott...don't know if i like all that white stuff lying on the ground...good looking hi banker. Hope the gold follows you around on the next trip.Cheers Wal.

[@bobjensen1941]

Bob from stevensville, I dug tons of rock up 8 mile. Con gratis that's some nice looking gold for eight mile. We always find a little color up there. But to quote a friend " You have to Work your Hiney, to find the Shiney".

[@z.dato66]

My 3 children from my second marriage, whom I raised through to their adulthood, found over 60 ounces of gold in 8 years on our camping trips to our fav locations on the American and Stanislaus rivers. We sold the gold for over 1115k not long ago. Not bad for 3 teens who learned how to pan and sluice on their camping trips since they were 5. Yo "flightofthechildless"... you will always be incomplete until you experience the joy of raising your own kids. Mine have been my greatest creations.

[@scottbecker45]

Hey Hey, thanks for the comment and the tip...I would love to do that but its an area where we would rather not run the highbanker due to lots of people and its not our claim....but i hear ya loud and clear, that would make it quicker vise bucketing it into the back of the truck.

[@scottbecker45]

haha, thanks again for the tips..since we are running at home we have a garden hose going into it pumping clean water at all times so it doesnt get so muddy, that is the main reason for all the over spill..but yes ur right our highbanker coul be a little lower.

[@patrickjobling8676]

Very nice indeedy ..😁pip pips and carryon pilgrims

[@TheBeck420]

ye sir that is regular keen carpet..thanks for the tip about the vortex matting. The area where we are prospecting finally froze all the way through, so we have some time to throw around some ideas and make some changes before spring, so all tips will be taken into consideration and we will see it they work for our highbanker. thank you reed. CODY

[@codybecker216]

we were digging up 8 mile in florence about 5 miles up where the road forks...lots of people prospect up there. i would be careful running a highbanker up there..best to haul dirt home and run it. cheers

[@nathandean1687]

nice marble chunks there. should use them to make a out door patio with.

[@offgridcabin1557]

You have built a really nice set up there. That will do you good for years to come! That was a nice pan at the end. Here's to hoping you fill those mini jars full! But you do need to clean the sand out of your fine gold just a bit better before you fill your vials. You will have to do it now or do it later. Either way, you have to do it. Thanks, I enjoyed watching your video. The narrating was perfect. Not to much talking, just teaching.

[@scottbecker45]

no i never have! we are in ravalli county...all the gold is on the east side..adn the big wilderness is on the west...ive never really heard about too much gold in the selway...but if you have heard of it, let me know and ill give it a look!

[@danielkoppes]

Heck if you would like to head out together that's cool too. Also if you come to Arizona, I'll give you the direction to so great areas down there. Please let me know.

[@ReedLukens]

Did you add food coloring to get that pretty colored water? hehe, Nice build. I think that's regular Keene carpet & not miners moss from what I could see. It would be interesting to add vortex style mat in the head before the ribbed. It's called rough top incline conveyor belt & you can buy it pretty much at any rubber supply store or Grainger, McMaster Carr, etc.

[@danielkoppes]

Hey Scott, nice find! I am up here in Hamilton area for a week, just up here visiting my old stomping ground. I live in Arizona now and just got back from Afghanistan. I have been wanting to go prospecting here in the valley for long time. I have also build a new highbanker and would love to try it out when I am here. I know know nobody likes to give up the area where they are finding gold, but if you would give some direction that would be awesome.

[@UtahProspector]

Enjoyed the video thanks.

[@scottbecker45]

oh alright, i thought maybe that was you. We are starting to get better gold out of that hole, not sure its producing like the grave above the road though haha..We will be digging up there pretty often so next time you go you can just drop it in the hole and we can grab it...Thanks a lot

[@amylou59102]

thats a good haul for 12 buckets. Im in Carbon Co. Not much gold here. I noticed your corners on the top rock box for your high-banker, You may want to cut the corners so they are rounded ends, if someone slipped and fell on that it could be ugly.Im just a safety nut.

[@Briebabcock8052]

Hey, re-run your tailings, they probably still contain gold and when you get around to it, get yourself a crusher and/or ball mill as that'll release more gold that maybe trapped in the rocks and tailings.

[@entztrix]

cool i'll leave it up there for youy. just saying i left a bar and a shovel up there once for 12 hrs by accident and it totally disappeared. didnt want that to happen to you guys! probably a bit safer this time of year

[@JoshVictim]

Nice video man. I live in Missoula. Cheers!

[@TheBeck420]

yes sir.....and probably if you prospect around that area

[@TheBeck420]

you are welcome....lol...even prospectors need to get off in the winter time haha...

[@scottbecker45]

Not mineral county....ravalli county...we have done a little digging in the St regis area tho

[@scottbecker45]

haha ya, not much traffic up there this time of year....just the hard core lol..thanks

[@aperfectcuremt]

Oh there deffinatly is. I was talking with an old buddy Marty Lawrence, you might know him!?! But he used to guide the selway and said he had founf gold while he was out there....just a thought but Im sure this is gold there. I know one of the largest rare earth mineral reserves are in that area....

[@entztrix]

you guys missing a small shovel with a pic on the back end? :)

[@djpitr]

Very nice gold

[@dr.jerrygarrett493]

I'm going up to Montana and teach at a university. I hope some students and friends will teach me gold panning; something new for me.

[@scottbecker45]

What you see in the pan..the gold burned up and put in the vial turned out to be just under a gram...... .8 grams to be exact

[@moselomika9423]

Its aggod set up, I do it too here in Africa but our gold is tiny but more

[@jimmyers9055]

Was your sluice part of the highbanker a Keane or did you build that from scratch also? It kinda looks like my Keane A62. I couldn't quite tell from the riffles as they were pretty well covered. Thanks for the post.

[@bruh8251]

I love you Dad

[@entztrix]

you guys msla area? think i met you...?

[@aperfectcuremt]

Not to bad man...do you ever work your way into the wilderness areas?

[@scottbecker45]

ya know, ....this quartz creek water is just too dirty...if we want to get our tenth of a gram today we are going to need to get this calder creek water

[@tabhuawi910]

نرجوا منكم ان تعرفنا كيف استخراج الذهب بوضوح ،وكيف طريقه صهره

[@Almussalami]

What type of soil is that moph colour

[@allenbecker1295]

I don’t actually know but the kid that’s me when I was 4 I’m 11 now

[@jimmurphy8979]

You need to smooth out that flow in the bottom box

[@scottbecker45]

hahaha! ya actually we are, but didnt realize i was missing it till i read that....Thats pretty funny.

[@scottbecker45]

haha yes, if you get in there and make it! gotta MAKE SOME GOLD

[@nathandean1687]

i hope your saving your platuim and silver as well.

[@caseymeadows9320]

you should try hog matting will get at lest twice the recovery

[@xenaguy01]

Apparently you don't realize you're implying their sluice is catching less than half the gold.

[@Urban_Treasures]

I am sitting here watching videos, making sure I won't be forgetting anything when I make it home. Just wonder why you are pushing so much water through there? You need to at least add a piece of rubber over the top at the top of the sluice. Get that gold to the bottom before it hit those white water rapids in the box. Air bubbles are not your friend.

[@riverlaken]

WOW

[@aperfectcuremt]

I run vortex all the way through my box...I would deffinatly consider it if you can get it. Get on gold prospectors space.com and look me up on there I have a buddy right across the border in Idaho that sells it much cheaper. He will also cut it to size....

[@scottbecker45]

just click the play button again haha

[@PlayerCokeHero]

by the looks of ityour material contains rocks, gold, clay, and way too much black sand and garnets

[@bruh8251]

Hey Dad

[@gnugally17]

^_^ ENCORE!!

[@larrycockerham2525]

let your son help. he will rember those times

[@flightoftheunknown]

The little kid's voice makes me very glad that I am not a parent, and never will be.

[@bruh8251]

Well hey nice to meet you ot is his child.hahaha

[@MaryLouTido]

That tiny bit of gold hardly seems worth the effort.