Finding Gold at the Marshall Gold Discovery Site ( Sutter's Mill ) California Gold Rush

[@peternoway5126]

Great share

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks

[@DanOKC]

Iconic California Site ..... Jealous and it is nice to know there is good regular folk like you and Garry out there. Thanks for Sharing Jeff - God Bless

[@Smithsgold]

thanks Dan

[@jeffersonstategold8349]

This was one of your best videos yet! Very cool!

[@Smithsgold]

thank you, glad you enjoyed it !!!!

[@mikeobrien4437]

Would love to check that out. Maybe some day !!

[@Smithsgold]

go during living history days its even cooler !!!!

[@mikeobrien4437]

@@Smithsgold Great thought !

[@danlonganecker]

Thanks for the tour buddy that’s a way cool place and beautiful to. 🤙✌️

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it LBPA !!!!!

[@danlonganecker]

@@Smithsgold 🤙LBPA4EVA 🤙

[@num2166]

really enjoyed this one Jeff

[@Smithsgold]

thank you

[@eljin00]

Great video Jeff, bin there many times chomping on the bit to go back.

[@Smithsgold]

good luck on your return !!!!!!

[@mattyarbrough71]

Awesome video Jeff. Gotta head down there soon and check it out. 🤙🏾

[@Smithsgold]

Enjoy !!!!!!!

[@hooahextreme]

Looks like a fun location

[@Smithsgold]

it is !!!! Thanks for watching

[@ferdburphel2076]

Nicely done! I very much enjoyed the history lesson 🍻 The geese smelled the eggs cooking and the deer were looking for a grill.....invite them all over for dinner! Of course you have bailing wire....the overlooked duct tape! You'd make a good farmer!

[@Smithsgold]

Bailing Wire, Pry Bar, and a Come along covers just about everything !!!!!!! LOL

[@ferdburphel2076]

@@Smithsgold and wormer!

[@Smithsgold]

@@ferdburphel2076 LOL !!!!!!!!

[@triptoadventure9040]

Nice video, I love when you went inside the mine. It's very adventurous.

[@Smithsgold]

those are the easy ones !!!!!

[@triptoadventure9040]

@@Smithsgold You're right. The gold nuggets are in the places that are hard to get to.

[@GSProspecting]

great time out fam. loads of cool info. keep on living the dream fam. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

[@Smithsgold]

Thank you !!!! Will do !!!!!

[@RandyLunn]

Jeff, I have never been to Sutter's Mill. Thanks for the tour. Great fun to get a few flakes from this historic spot.

[@Smithsgold]

it's worth the visit !!!!!

[@wayneasiam65]

There you are! You and Gary are rock stars. Literally.

[@Smithsgold]

thanks Wayne !!!!!

[@cutthroat2273]

It's nice that you got a Leafblower the California state bird on tape.

[@Smithsgold]

Never fails they are almost everywhere !!!!

[@johnsaucerhunter]

Enjoyed watching your adventure.

[@Smithsgold]

thanks John !!!!

[@cisummar]

Right on Jeff, great vid. It gave me chills down my spine thinking about the old timers digging right there where you are. I went to the Auburn State rec. park a couple of weeks ago, can't believe how much flood gold there is there. I dug one hole for 4-hours and got about 10-40 colors each pan, about 10 pans in all, some good size flakes & lots of small pieces. So many places to dig & crevice, lots of crumbly bedrock. The American River's do live up to their reputation. I'm going to have to take my wife to the Sutter Mills sometime. Thanks for the California Gold Rush history, pretty cool, Serg

[@Smithsgold]

Nice job on the Gold keep at it !!!! thanks for watching

[@MericaAdventures]

Morning jeff, yes pack it in PACK IT OUT. LBPA4life 🇺🇸👍🍀⚒😎

[@danlonganecker]

I usually pack out more than I pack in cause folks tend to leave there trash lay wherever they stop.

[@Smithsgold]

Good Man !!!!!

[@Smithsgold]

Always !!!!!! LBPA4Life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! USA

[@susantoker7254]

Thank you for the tour of Sutter Mill and the beautiful river and area around it! I love the fact you found the sniffer bottle and and a new pan! You even found teeny tiny gold and a fishing weight in case you need to catch dinner! Love the video and it looks like you had a great day!

[@Smithsgold]

thanks Susan

[@insolentstickleback3266]

One of the places on my list to visit, thanks for the tour I really enjoyed it! 👍🏻

[@Smithsgold]

its worth the visit !!!!!!

[@williamscoggin1509]

LOL The camera fainted from all the excitement. 😂

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!!!! Thanks for watching

[@joetoymaker7553]

And the prizes for today are: A new pan, a sniffer bottle, a sinker, some good old gold and a great new adventure! Thank you Jeff for sharing, looking forward for the new ones!!

[@Smithsgold]

thanks Joe it was a great trip looking forward to going back

[@GrooberNedJardine]

Great vid Jeff , i remember a song from a record i had back in the day , by a guy called Dan Fogelberg , he had a song on that Album called Sutters Mill , so now i know a lot more about the History behind the song . thanks for sharing your trip . cheers mate .Ned .

[@Smithsgold]

I will check it out

[@GrooberNedJardine]

@@Smithsgold It is a great song , check out the Lyrics as well , cheers Jeff . 👍

[@ggsocal4511]

Thanks for taking us Along !!! 🇺🇸 GL&HH Greg

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rodder2046]

Such a historic location. Thanks for letting us tag along !!!

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@frydaddyg]

Was born in Auburn use to go there on school field trips in the 70s

[@Smithsgold]

super cool !!!!!

[@miketheminer2023]

Cool stuff seeing what they did back before most technology was used.

[@Smithsgold]

it's a good place to visit !!!!! got all the old stuff !!!!

[@scotlandstreasure2543]

Cool place!

[@Smithsgold]

It really is!

[@hasmeadali7316]

Was worried there for a while.. taught you was actually looking for gold and forgot about lead. Thanks for the adventure Mate. Much Love

[@Smithsgold]

it always seems to find me !!!!!! Thanks for watching

[@richardbrady2818]

Beautiful place, thanks for the ride Jeff these videos are priceless to me. I lived in California for many yrs, now i'm secluded here in Oklahoma, it's all good

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed the video Richard !!!!!!

[@jefferywilson4091]

I have been watching you and Gary for a couple of years now. You have given me gold fever. I would love to come to California and do some gold panning. I live in Indiana, the small creek next to my house has flower gold. But that's all we have here. No nuggets. Keep up the videos. I really enjoy your adventures. Thanks

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks Jeff there’s always Tim’s Dig in July on the Yuba if your up for a road trip !!!!!

[@billcrockett200]

Wow, 174 years later. Maybe that was James Marshall's snuffer bottle, pan and lead. LOL. Great vid and info.

[@Smithsgold]

I like your thinking !!!!!! Next up on Ebay James Marshall's Pan and Snuffer !!!!!!!!! LOL

[@billcrockett200]

@@Smithsgold Sounds legit to me.

[@Smithsgold]

@@billcrockett200 LOL !!!!!!

[@AMProspecting]

Great adventure, thanks for sharing!

[@Smithsgold]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SodBustersMetalDetecting]

I visited sutters fort when I was about 10 years old with my parents. Neat spot!

[@Smithsgold]

it's a great spot to visit with the family !!!!! Good times

[@richardmayell1175]

I’d need two bottles of water 🤣🤣🤣. Pretty cool to go where the rush started! At the end of the video I was expecting an ice cream experience but it didn’t happen 😔. Take care Jeff and happy hunting.

[@Smithsgold]

we tried it was closed but we did go into Placerville and get Ice Cream the night before but I forgot to film it !!!!!

[@purplenewbiejuiceoutdoorad6751]

Awesome, looks like a great place to visit ❤️❤️

[@Smithsgold]

Great place to check out !!!!!!

[@janjohannessmith7033]

Great video jeff!, Thank you for posting I like the way you put the camera on the beautiful American River and the forest and the campground there in coloma. My family's new 10 acre ranch is 6 MI away! By gold hill. As soon as I cut the two acres of blackberries along 700 ft of Indian Creek,, that are lined by hundreds of feet of stack stone the old timers pulled out of the creek, in the historic Cold springs mining district,, I want to invite everybody up there to have a gold rendezvous. All are welcome and finders keepers. I just got a lot more work to do clearing the trails and creekside.

[@Smithsgold]

Jan that sounds like a good time !!!!! will you be at Tim's dig in July ?

[@janjohannessmith7033]

Yes I will be there God willing and the Creeks don't rise! Last summer I spent 140 days cutting fire fuel out of the cold springs property with a firefighters gas mask on 8 miles away from the cow door fire was terrifying. I cut out 2 mi of ATV track and dug 2000 ft of fire line including a downhill mountain bike trail to the creek. We've got a Yamaha 700 quad with trailer and we got baby chickens now our first farm animals. I have got to cut the blackberries out of the creek soon or it will be too dangerous to use the blade on the brush cutting saw, commercial weed wacker

[@Smithsgold]

@@janjohannessmith7033 Sounds like a lot of work good luck !!!!

[@timothymacmaster7432]

@@janjohannessmith7033 Fantastic. See you at the dig. Aloha

[@blacklabelonthebedrocks]

Hi Jeff, You won both: The lead challenge and the gold challenge! Best regards from Germany!

[@Smithsgold]

I didn't even think about it but your right I did win both !!!!!!! Thanks for watching

[@mattison607]

MARSHAL!!! You went to visit marshal!!

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

A picturesque video from the historic place where it all began. From Marshall to Makaha the connection is beautiful scenery. Thanks for grabbing the safety glasses. It would have been too easy if the long snouted snuffer had gold. Patience and persistence paid off and you found gold. Team Jeff for the win. See you soon. Aloha

[@Smithsgold]

LBPA4Life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

@@Smithsgold Just booked a flight for April 20. LBPA rules the Motherlode!

[@Smithsgold]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 12 days to Gold !!!!!!!!!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

@@Smithsgold I'm counting every one of them eagerly. It was called to my attention that 4/20 is a particularly appropriate day for my return to the Motherlode

[@Smithsgold]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 LOL !!!!!!!

[@GoTreasureHunting]

Fantastic Video! Sharing now.

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Good video. I've not been to the Marshall / Coloma park in years.

[@Smithsgold]

they've done some work on it the past few years

[@montanatreasurehunter9600]

You probably found more money in equipment than you did gold lol! Thanks for the video and nice sinker also you lead king!

[@Smithsgold]

For sure !!!!!! Thanks for watching !!!!!

[@BruceschultzAU]

Great outing mate Well done Jeff

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks Bruce

[@chrisfrench2130]

Nice video. I was at Marshall state park 2 years ago,I'm from Vermont I did a backpacking trip from sac town I believe it was 43.miles I would have to check route number on map but It was an amazing trip. Especially to walk and backpack through the foothills from sac town and Coloma. I also backpacked the route 49 from Coloma to Auburn. That was the end of my 3 day backpacking trip was fun.

[@Smithsgold]

Sounds like a fun trip !!!!!!!!

[@richardbeee]

Never been there. The "cradle of America". Been by it, all around it, and now i've seen it so i won't have to visit it. Great video.

[@Smithsgold]

I didn't show it all !!!!!!!! Thanks for watching, you could always stop and enjoy an Ice Cream while checking out the park !!!!!

[@richardbeee]

@@Smithsgold Ice cream? Yee-Haa!! Count on it.

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Some really good finds well done

[@Smithsgold]

thanks

[@james.j1066]

Fun.Awesome content

[@Smithsgold]

thank you

[@aumetalmental8403]

That was pretty cool. ✌️😎

[@Smithsgold]

thanks

[@AurProspector]

Great vid! Thanks for sharing jeff

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks for watching!

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

The wife and I were there years ago. Great history. I can't believe the size of the acorns. There huge. At least you got some good souvenirs from the trip. LBPA4LIFE 🇺🇲🇺🇲😎⛏️👍

[@Smithsgold]

LBPA4Life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hear the wind was pretty nice over there yesterday ?

[@hangtownnewsnetwork4089]

I live in hangtown California and own a 35 acre placer gold mine Somewhere on fort Jim road

[@Smithsgold]

Cool !!!!!!

[@ogreknite1220]

I would love to get down there.

[@Smithsgold]

Gold !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@janjohannessmith7033]

The early miners of coloma, CA on the American River realized the entire valley was the gold ore deposit in the alluvial gravels.

[@janjohannessmith7033]

Hi jeff, thanks for posting, my family bought 10 acres on Cold springs road six miles away at historic Cold springs mining district near gold hill, for where you are in this video. The historic wagon road from placerville to coloma. I work 2,000 hours last year cutting fire fuel through the cow door fire with a gas mask on. Last week I cleared out 1500 ft of blackberries in historic Indian Creek, cold springs, El Dorado county next week I will go back with a metal detector in Gold pans and a mosquito hat on to see what the old timers left. On my family's private property. If there's anything there I will set up a high banker! Thanks for all the videos and I really learned a lot. I met Todd once and Adam. Looking forward to the July event that Tim is hosting at Union campground. I am praying that there will be no forest fires cuz this is the worst season coming up.

[@Smithsgold]

@@janjohannessmith7033 good luck I hope you find some cool stuff and a few nuggets see you in July !!!!!

[@petertwiss356]

This is like 40 min from my house. nice spot surprised there is some sort of gold haha. Anyone know a good spot off of American North fork besides Yankee Jims and Mineral Bar? thx

[@Smithsgold]

Very nice 40 mins I’d be there all the time trying to get permission to detect some of that private ground around the park

[@Tony_Brandt]

I think I’ve found 3 or 4 snuffers in the past couple years. Not a speck of gold in any of them. Most of the time, the guy that loses his bottle isn’t the guy on the gold. Hahaha Free prospecting tools are always awesome though. Thanks for the adventure!

[@Smithsgold]

I think that's the third or forth one I've found or the kids found and they always seem to find Gold in them !!!!!

[@Tony_Brandt]

@@Smithsgold that’s awesome!

[@Smithsgold]

@@Tony_Brandt Thanks

[@jeffellison8427]

Unfortunately I've lost 4 snuffers so far, one had all my gold from a few months of prospecting in it, around 7 grams I'd guess, the other 3 only a gram or less

[@Tony_Brandt]

@@jeffellison8427 need to make a lanyard and tie that thing to your person! Sorry to hear that you lost all that gold. It’s so much work to get! I’ll admit that I’ve had one float down stream on me once but was lucky I noticed it quick. Charged down river 100 yards and found it in a eddy! Got lucky I suppose but I was determined not to lose my gold. Lol So now it’s tied up with 550 paracord….

[@buffalokrisgoldprospecting]

Morning brother

[@Smithsgold]

Good Morning !!!!!!

[@dodgerblue7381]

My parents moved from Missouri to San Francisco area in late 60's. Didn't stay long and headed north to Oregon and Washington but didn't stay long and went back to Missouri. Later they came to Southern California and stayed. I have had a good successful life here but I think that I would have enjoyed Northern California. Not San Francisco today though.

[@Smithsgold]

Most Northern Californians don’t include SF in the North we let central California have them !!!! LOL

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Morning

[@buffalokrisgoldprospecting]

Morning brother

[@bedrockbennett1827]

@@buffalokrisgoldprospecting morning bro

[@Smithsgold]

Good Morning !!!!!!!!!!

[@danlonganecker]

Mornin the day after. 🇺🇸

[@bedrockbennett1827]

@@danlonganecker morning Dano

[@GramCanyonSam]

The mill that started it all

[@Smithsgold]

Number One !!!!!!

[@patdenney7046]

Where is your detector? There’s some good gold down there! In the cow fields

[@Smithsgold]

I left it at home I didn't even think or not think to take it

[@kisijones2782]

Nice video.Tell the Marine hello from fellow Jar head

[@Smithsgold]

I will

[@oak699]

These greedy Oldtimers didn't leave nearly enough for future generations :p

[@Smithsgold]

that's for sure !!!!!!

[@MRGOLD99.999]

One day we'll find one of those Eluvious missed spots that got those huge nuggets and a lot of them

[@Smithsgold]

I hope so that would be super Cool !!!!

[@ancientbedrock9366]

Luv the deer casually walking around and thank @Blue Lead Prospecting for his “ dear “ in the bikini’s 🙃👍😎 Nice vid sir ✌️

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!!! there are deer all over the place in and around the park !!!! Tim always delivers !!!!!

[@rapiddog1491]

The Californian Nugget.

[@Smithsgold]

There's still plenty to be found !!!!!

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

gotta know hit the piece if it brakes not gold. junk. if it deforms bends most likely AU. have a good day boss nice

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks !!!!!

[@kenmorrill3774]

Hands and pans, that makes it tough. But you didn't go home empty handed!

[@Smithsgold]

a Little Gold is better than No Gold !!!!!!

[@rsmileybetcher4098]

Well , looking like a win win situation on the south fork Jeff, beautiful footage, free snuffer, free pan, not much gold but still golden moments... take care bro. And Gary is still whipping yer pants off. Better get out the detector and go nugget hunting...

[@Smithsgold]

the next video it's back to nugget hunting !!!!!!

[@FindingNorcal]

✌️😎

[@Smithsgold]

Thanks !!!!

[@MRGOLD99.999]

Lol I keep two 16 penny nails in my pack ,one with the head cut off and one not cut shove cut one in and use in cut one to push the first thru that how I get my stuck rocks out lol

[@Smithsgold]

I have Nails in there Too !!!!!!

[@HighRoadGaetano]

That’s my daily commute. I’ve never actually stopped. Shame on me.

[@Smithsgold]

your missing out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mattison607]

FIRST FIRE ASS COMMENT!!!!

[@Smithsgold]

LOL about time you woke up !!!!!!!

[@MRGOLD99.999]

Hands and pans doesn't say can't use 2 nd pan as shovel lol

[@Smithsgold]

Good thinking !!!!!!

[@miketheminer2023]

Rookies collecting pyrite lol

[@Smithsgold]

yep !!!!!! LOL

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛... y'all must be nobody, cuz haven't you heard?...nobody finds gold there...(either that or y'alls been hanging out with gary too much...💛..)

[@Smithsgold]

LOL

[@mattison607]

One of these songs sounds familiar!!’ COPYRIGHT!!!

[@Smithsgold]

Funny !!!!

[@speedwayaudio3]

I'm surprised that the woke people did not tear down that statue because gold is racist.

[@Smithsgold]

LOL !!!!