Detecting and Vacuuming for Gold Nuggets

[@RB-45ACP]

'Part of a nail. Nailed it!' Pretty good one. = )

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks !!! LOL

[@magicone9327]

I like how ya check the material that didnt ring the bell in the off chance it also had a target.

[@Smithsgold]

I’m hoping for another Nugget or nail !!!! LOL

[@SilvasSmallMining]

Nice work Jeff! You definitely didn’t get the skunk this time! Gary got some nice gold too! Amazing job guys! Great video! Good gold hunting! Take care.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks it was a fun day out detecting

[@HolmesProspecting]

"We love coming here because the weather is great!" - Jeff "Us too!" - The Bugs

[@Smithsgold]

Exactly !!!

[@TomBrucker-GoldenYears]

Good morning! Now Gary is vacuuming the mountains !! Even the crumbs won’t be left for the rest of us. 😥😥😥

[@Smithsgold]

Know Crumbs left behind !!!!

[@TomBrucker-GoldenYears]

@@Smithsgold 👍

[@jasond6770]

Glad you were able to beat the heat up in the hills. Can't believe Gary made that many trips up and down, that guy is something! Thanks for taking us along; your adventures are really neat!

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks 👍

[@LOSTMINERSGOLD]

Awesome. You guys did well, Gary killed it, go figure. Heavy pans men, thanks for sharing.

[@Smithsgold]

He seems to always do good !!!!

[@robbergstrom943]

Great session. Gary looks like a ghostbuster with the backpack. Don’t cross the streams.

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!!! To funny !!!

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

Great job Jeff and Gary. I’ll be seeing you soon I hope.

[@Smithsgold]

Yes that would be cool !!!😎

[@OGRocker1]

Hey Damon, the offer for the cup of Joe at GH still open... Take care, heavy pans to Ya Brutha 👍👊

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

@@OGRocker1 that’s right. You live in gold hill. Yeah man I would like that 👌

[@morganprimrose9205]

Gary drinking the water bottle.. haha priceless!!

[@Smithsgold]

I thought it was funny too !!! LOL

[@josephnewman9175]

Gary deserves recognition due to his knowledge and understanding of gold bearing areas but also his patience and rare ability to work hard but also be lucky. You either have that or you don't. It's like playing cards no matter how good you are you'll need a lot of luck too. Good job boy's! Good to see you finding multiple pieces too Jeff. Liked the area by the dead tree's. Joe gold

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks for watching

[@markopittman2833]

hey buddy , did you bring your off . im so glad i keep that in my back pack, gary has yours doesnt he. tough break .

[@Smithsgold]

Yep but they didn’t seem to mind it to much this trip !!! LOL !!!

[@MericaAdventures]

Gotta hugs some trees to get some gold jeff. Not a bad day for y’all. America 🇺🇸

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!! LBPA4LIFE !!!!

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Morning

[@MericaAdventures]

Morning brother 🇺🇸

[@danlonganecker]

Afternoon my brothers. 🇺🇸

[@Smithsgold]

Good afternoon

[@jdl.1234]

Thanks for the adventure......

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TwoToes]

All most a gram per trip down that hill. lol

[@Smithsgold]

See you need to do it a few more times !!!!

[@EmptyPanProspector]

Nice finds, but only thing I can think is I hope when I get "experienced" as Gary I'm in that good of shape, guy is a true machine huffing up and down the hillside that many times.

[@Smithsgold]

Yep he keeps good care of himself

[@sfbfriend]

Havent watch you two in quite a while, good to see you still annoy each other....cheers brothers

[@Smithsgold]

Something’s never change

[@GrooberNedJardine]

Great stuff Jeff . 👌👍Fantastic total on the outings too , Excellent !!! And i'm way behind on catching up vid watching 👀, WHEW !! Top job guys 👍👍 Cheers Ned ✌

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks Ned !!!!

[@devin1754]

You guys are killing it! No doubt about it , we're gonna have to tag along! Our best day this season .18!!!!LOL

[@Smithsgold]

some days that's good !!!!!

[@copter1doc]

Good morning, first in line. Thanks for sharing.👍⛏️

[@Smithsgold]

Good Morning in the afternoon !!! LOL Thanks for watching

[@RubberDuckyProspecting]

You two just have too much fun Jeff.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks !!!

[@outdoorwally8430]

Ox shoe

[@wayneasiam65]

I figured I'd find the answer to the piece of metal in the comments.

[@Smithsgold]

That’s what I’m thinking too

[@Smithsgold]

Yep that’s a good place to look !!!!

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Was that Bigfoot at 1:24 😆 Enjoyed watching Jeff , thanks 👍 way to go on the gold 👌

[@Smithsgold]

Nope that’s most of a foot !!!!! 🦶

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@Smithsgold 😆👍 lol

[@RandyLunn]

Another awesome outing. The hydraulic pits just keep giving. You guys always have fun and that’s the best. ⚒️🇺🇸⚒️

[@Smithsgold]

You got that right!! Thanks Randy

[@jeffsmidwestgoldadventures4593]

Very nice Goldhaul and plenty of exercise for Gary😂 nice video Jeff take care

[@Smithsgold]

You got that right!!! LOL

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛...mountain goats gotta climb mountains...whew...

[@Smithsgold]

Better him than me !!!! LOL thanks for watching

[@stevenhigby3512]

You guys knocked it out the park today great job.

[@Smithsgold]

Thank you

[@richardbrady2818]

WOW, yall really scored. For the vacum fee just make Gary buy ice cream

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!! Good idea !!!!

[@OGRocker1]

Howdy Jeff, I'm a day late, hopefully not a dollar short. ...G-Day mate, 100+ here in our valley as well... I should be out a snipping or up in the hills as well, but ...Is that a wild Honan I see on the side of the hill, please don't let him take of his shoe's, he would only count by two's anyways.😜😆... lol. Howdy Gary ! Gotta take care of momma, she is still recovering from a fall and emergency spinal surgery awhile back... not as young as we used to be. ... Best wishes to you and yours. ... Heavy pan's Y'all ... Howdy from the beautiful and hot, Rouge River Valley. ... Stay safe, cool and free. Thankz, as always for the share. 👍take care, till the next.👊⛏⚒⛏

[@Smithsgold]

Thank you hope your wife is doing good

[@OGRocker1]

@@Smithsgold Thank you ... slow but sure she is getting back to full song, well as close as us old fart's can hope for ...lol. Climbed up on a store shelf, against many a warning not too... fell off and landed wrong, has had to learn to walk and use her extremities all over again. At 68, no small task. Take care, stay safe, cool and free... Mo Ice cream's 🍦🍧🍨tell Gary; howdy from the Rogue Crew and me... Heavy pans too Y'all. ⛏⚒⛏

[@robinjeffryes2575]

Just like always grate show you guy's keep up the good work and keep on trucking. Rob from California.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks

[@johnsaucerhunter]

Great job Jeff (and Gary). I would assume you got 'first Gold' since Gary would probably have been still hiking?

[@Smithsgold]

I like your thinking !!!!

[@Dodgerblue7381-ey3ql]

Great video today guys. Trying to recover from vacation myself. Take care.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks !!! You got it

[@SodBustersMetalDetecting]

Good hunt with the gold and oxen shoe.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks !!!! 👍🏻

[@FreddKing-nd8fz]

Great gold guys!

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

soon the creek bed by ord mtn. ,not a place to go when rain. and washed out. by yourself. no rain 👍👍. have a good day.

[@Smithsgold]

LOL No Rain !!!!!

[@danlonganecker]

Such a cool place up there it was nice to look around and see some history. 🤙🇺🇸

[@Smithsgold]

One of my favorites

[@glassontherocks]

I got se up on the side of the Umpqua River in Oregon to do some detecting. It looked like a great remote spot on a gravel bar. I had set up camp in the middle of a BB gun range. I was so disgusted I repacked the camp and moved. Sometimes civilization gets to be a problem.

[@Smithsgold]

Yep it sure does

[@gerardange]

Jeff, that was an 🐂 Oxen Shoe!!

[@Smithsgold]

Yes

[@harleyhawk7959]

7:13, ya tree hugger.😮😊

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!!!

[@diggindeland3421]

Great show Brother Jeff!!! Looks like half an ox shoe to me

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks Rob

[@DarkcloudBynite]

Awesome jeff.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks

[@randywoodworth4022]

Ox shoe, I believe. And nice gold too!

[@Smithsgold]

Yes! Thank you!

[@kathleentucker1238]

Good morning Jeff! So glad you both beat that🦨! Thanks for another great video! Love the Gold!!!

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks

[@markb9347]

Cool Vac-pack!

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks

[@wayneasiam65]

Beautiful Flora out that way. Enjoyed the video.

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks

[@YellowFeverProspecting]

Goodmorning! 🪨⛏️

[@Smithsgold]

Evening !!!!

[@tdiron5277]

Morn’n 😎

[@Smithsgold]

Howdy Ron

[@morganlamb5308]

Half an ox shoe that’s seriously rusted/corroded.Good job on the video.

[@Smithsgold]

Thank you !!!

[@morganlamb5308]

@@Smithsgold Hey,was that rusty thingamabob half an ox shoe?

[@debcamp2359]

More workie , less talkie ! You gotta try and beat Gary???❤

[@Smithsgold]

I think you’re right !!!

[@robertg9514]

Going to say you found an ox shoe!

[@Smithsgold]

@@robertg9514 thanks for watching it’s appreciated

[@anthonywillet222]

Hey Jeff ! How often do you guys get poison Oak ? Love your vids man !

[@Smithsgold]

I get it about once a year usually in the early spring from the roots is what gets me !!!

[@landofsaguaros8330]

Yeah Gary's moving pretty slow because he's probably loaded down with a pocket full of gold hahaha

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!!!

[@edinelsonramirez5656]

You guys Nugget!

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks for watching

[@DetectaBull]

You guys always get some good gold every trip. Are there times when you don't get anything between you both? Well done

[@Smithsgold]

Yep !!!! Gary doesn’t get skunked much !!! Usually it when are checking out new spots to work

[@andyjones5230]

One Ox shoe and a great day 😊

[@Smithsgold]

The best! Thanks for watching

[@βιζζγΚιδ]

The ox shoe is really cool. 1860s or before?

[@Smithsgold]

That’s what I’m thinking also

[@johnnyt7900]

❤

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks

[@wayneasiam65]

Or as they say at Jeff's house... Cockadoodledoo!

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!! That’s definitely correct !!!

[@autwins5610]

🎉nice 👏🏽👏🏽

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks ❤️

[@RobertDejong-b8k]

Looks like an ancient nine iron laugh out loud

[@Smithsgold]

That’s funny it does

[@RobertDejong-b8k]

I know because I play alot of golf when I'm not prospecting

[@WayneI]

ox shoe

[@Smithsgold]

Yep !!

[@TeddyC-32963]

Cool 1/2 ox shoe!! Save those square nails!! Gov might try to save the earth by using plant made building materials🙄🥴

[@Smithsgold]

I see them in antique shops all the time I just shake my head and laugh 🤣

[@RoyceWilliams-l5m]

Jeff I've been looking for that bar that Gary uses all the time you know that pry bar where would I get that

[@Smithsgold]

Estwing Gad pry bar should be the one your talking about they run about $35

[@RoyceWilliams-l5m]

@@Smithsgold Thank you Jeff

[@kevinreno8436]

I see California is about to melt.

[@Smithsgold]

Yep it’s getting HOT again !!!!!

[@kord530]

When working a pit that doesn’t have exposed decomposing bedrock, what do you guys look for? I was at a pit recently that had a ton of tailings ontop red clay, but I felt like I wouldn’t find gold do to not being on old bedrock. But there was none! Any help would be awesome :)

[@Smithsgold]

Each pit is different some have small gold and others have bigger gold bedrock helps if it’s not all broken up

[@kord530]

@@Smithsgold yeah I swing a gold monster So it has no issue finding the really, REALLY tiny gold 🤣. I just had no luck at the pit I tried last, which was strange because I pretty much always find gold at the other pit I work 🧐. But the other pit has lots of exposed bedrock. This other one doesn’t

[@andyg6981]

Was it a piece of an ox shoe, at 9:13?

[@Smithsgold]

That’s what I’m thinking

[@thomasbarela8092]

It's an oxen shoe

[@Smithsgold]

@@thomasbarela8092 that’s what I’m thinking too

[@mikebownes7590]

What kind of metal detector are you using? Brand and model… Thanks

[@Smithsgold]

Minelab SDC 2300

[@billcrockett200]

Au-sum. Great vid...except for the part with your shirt off. LOL. Hate bugs. Especially when they fly in your mouth. Not a good source of protein. Congrats on the gold.

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!! Yummy bugs !!!!! LOL

[@TimMallett-wp3oh]

That is an OX shoe

[@Smithsgold]

That’s what I was thinking too

[@timtharp835]

I'm thinking half of an ox shoe. Just an uneducated guess.

[@Smithsgold]

That’s what I thought also

[@lankywhiteguy]

Is the metal piece a mule or donkey shoe?

[@Smithsgold]

I’m thinking Mule shoe

[@TopNotchSoftWashLLC]

Oxen shoe

[@Smithsgold]

That’s what I’m thinking also !!!

[@DanielHaslam-m7f]

Do you own all of your own claims or are you in a local club?

[@Smithsgold]

Both

[@DanielHaslam-m7f]

@@Smithsgold Thank you so much for the information. I've only been panning for about 6 months and like watching your content. Is there any club that you would recommend? Or do you offer claim monthly dues yourself? Again, thank you for responding to my question and have a great day.

[@Smithsgold]

@@DanielHaslam-m7f where do you live ?

[@DanielHaslam-m7f]

@@Smithsgold I live in Sacramento. I have been trying Mineral Bar, the nugget hunt Tim that Blue Lead put together with you and Two Toes, and Auburn State Park. I'm open to any and all suggestions at this time, fees, or memberships. Thank you in advance for your time and I really appreciate you responding to my comments. You're awesome

[@Smithsgold]

@@DanielHaslam-m7f Comstock Gold prospectors has claims around the North Yuba River area and there's also the River City chapter of the GPAA

[@charlescalhoun6297]

Fake

[@Smithsgold]

Nope