Gold Prospecting Expedition Into The Wild

[@arongambino2500]

Cool plunge transition shot

[@DW-cg6rm]

I asked people I knew who panned for gold to allow me to tag along....said I'd pay for the gas and supplies so I could see just how to do it. But I never got to go. This group sounds like an awesome group to hire for a great adventure. Thank you for telling everyone about them. I love your videos and hope you are safe during these times.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much. Yes, get in touch with RAD and go along on their next trip. You'll learn a lot and they are a fun group to hang out with!

[@archstanton9206]

Awesome stuff Justin! Nursing a couple cracked ribs, catching up a bit. It is hell getting old.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Justin, wow Jake was very lucky all day but then to lose it, gosh that must have been a horrible feeling so when the guys got up early to go find it I couldn't believe they got it back for him. A very cool video, I loved it so thank you for taking us along. x

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you, as always, Sue. I always appreciate your comments.

[@SueGirling68]

@@TVRExploring You're very welcome, you have a great channel. x

[@ProspectorJosh]

Outstanding video Justin! Absolute jaw dropping footage. You make RAD adventures even more RAD! Very excited your on the team and we get to do this again.

[@GramCanyonSam]

Wicked vid bud good trips make good vids 🤠

[@prospectorjake933]

Had a great time out there. Really well done video! ⛏🇺🇸

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Good job

[@DW-cg6rm]

This was a very cool video. Thanks for making it!

[@TVRExploring]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@HighlanderNorth1]

😥Don't you LOVE it when you trudge through rough, hilly terrain for miles, but by the end of the trip, you realize you ended up with several pounds worth of extra gear and stuff that you never used! I went on a 3 day mid-winter Appalachian trail hike in 2007, and I had to completely re-equip with gear, because what gear I had left, was pretty old and not of highest quality. Lol. I literally had nothing that was proper for a long, cold weather backpacking trip! So I bought new, light and ultralight gear, including backpack, sleeping bag, tent, sleeping pad, water filter, backpacking stove, titanium utensils, new boots, ALL new backpacking clothing, jackets, etc etc. So we reach Shenandoah natl park, and by the end of the 35-40 mile trip, it was obvious that I'd packed at least 8lbs more stuff than I needed, and that makes a BIG difference when you're hiking up and down mountain trails in 15-22°f windy weather, especially if you are a smoker(which I was back then)!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you got our attention with Pans of Gold....... love those outings.....you guys did really well out there sonny Jim......maybe one day have ya come out with us and do some hard rock mining

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

That would be an awesome video! You got to make that happen!

[@seldoon_nemar]

Oh, you should definitely do full tour of your setup too! It would be awsome to see everything from a different perspective, and then the two of you could mine for a couple days together!

[@TVRExploring]

Would love to come out sometime for some hard rock mining!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

@@TVRExploring well then.....you know what I am gonna say huh.....So C'mon....let's Go !!!!!

[@theogdirkdiggler]

@@Askjeffwilliams *lets GOOOOOOOO*

[@Challender]

Jake has gold wings happy you lads found his sniffer bottle Awesome.

[@MericaAdventures]

Great video on this adventure ! Prospector Jake is a great gold miner 👍 He has come a long ways. What a RAD Adventure 🇺🇸👍😎⚒

[@JustAnotherPaddy]

That drone footage is absolutely amazing. You are just the best at what you do.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much.

[@cjsoutdoors4412]

I just got to enjoy this amazing video on a 65" big screen, wow! Bravo👏 Bravo👏 Bellissimo Justin!.. So glad you could come out with us. I had one of the best times of my life and met some amazing people. I'm looking forward to more Rad Adventures and gold! 🇺🇸⛏

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much. Yes, I am very much looking forward to more adventures as well!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

Justin, bro.....Please do more of these videos, this is fantastic, great video bro.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. I'll try to do so.

[@williamwintemberg]

Cool Scenery! Great Video! You got just about all that goes with the Hunt. Very hard work along with the thrills of finding gold. Great camping ideas as well. Very nice job!

[@n8sdesign]

Thanks for the video footage of this Amazing trip! Been hearing ALot about it from a certain somebody (SG) on his channel. Amazing looking opportunity and something I'll seriously look at doing one day, thanks again for the share! -Cheers

[@iowapanner2223]

Well done!!! That is the dream of many of us mid-west prospectors who find mainly flour gold specs. Thanks for taking us along.

[@hipbeeexplorer]

You got a new subscriber. Great channel. Peace.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much.

[@trinketsmusings]

Yay! What a great video! Thank you for taking us on another adventure.

[@ronniecardy]

Very nice glad they found gold 😀 I wouldn't have any luck at that. Thanks for showing how to pan for gold

[@stevenhigby3512]

I have been waiting for you to do a video like this for a long time. Really cool hope you do more.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Fascinating stuff. Great video and content as always...

[@AurProspector]

Naturally Occurring murcury? Lol! I want to do this!

[@theogdirkdiggler]

At first I thought the drone fell in the creek. Great job on the voiceover I know thats hard to do, very professional Justin.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Yes, it is a lot more work, but definitely worth it with stuff like this, I believe.

[@cmpe43]

The true Gold is just being there, Beautiful!

[@TVRExploring]

Exactly!

[@CaligoldBob]

Very nice gold adventure. We are trying to get to our claim, but the road is closed for repairs. Hoping to have footage soon on my channel, CaligoldBob. Stay tuned or drop by and check out the gold we have found.

[@Steven-vo8tk]

Very exciting to watch. Looked like a great trip.

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Hell yeah Josh looks like you got yourself a nice place there buddy this guy know some really good spots

[@andrewbarker9773]

well done man, that was awesome to watch, thanks for sharing that

[@MsSurigirl]

This was such a beautiful area. Thanks for taking us along. I watch the prospector guy with the fu Manchu, ;-) that is in northern CA. VERY interesting!

[@AGDinCA]

One of the many things that makes you my favorite is that you seriously stopped to inspect the ant. That shows that you are not singularly focused on some financial gain; you enjoy your surroundings, take nature seriously and treat it with respect.

[@TVRExploring]

Gotta appreciate the little things as well as the big...

[@drumtwo4seven]

Interesting stuff! 👍

[@bobmacadu840]

I used to do this with my dad and uncle ALL THE TIME. Great fun. Nothing like hiking all the way down to the middle Yuba from Henness pass road at the box canyon, then all the way back up.

[@oldschoolmoto]

wow thats a long walk i drive half way down then hike the rest and its still hard walk coming back up

[@rdamp2374]

Great Video of panning for gold and adventure .

[@oldschoolmoto]

looked like a good trip

[@tazyt3388]

Great vid mate we hunt gold here in Tasmania too it’s a great adventure every time thanks for sharing and getting amongst it cheers

[@TVRExploring]

Thanks for watching. I can't wait to get down to Tasmania someday...

[@tazyt3388]

@@TVRExploring mate you would luv it

[@unicorntv1232]

Also very good at the narration. Not too much talking but letting us know what’s going on and explaining things. 👍🏆🥇

[@kricketflyd111]

With all the schools closed... this is fantastic education and awareness for young minds. A geologist along would have great stories.

[@targusmack2302]

He needs to join up with Dan Hurd

[@johncarold]

Great video Justin, I sure wish I could go out on a trip with those guys. Looks like you should have been following Jake most of the time. Look forward to see more videos like this one. Thanks again

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Yes, it was a lot of fun... Haha, and, yeah, I should have stuck by Jake.

[@66hobgoblin81]

You reckon that's a big ant. In West Aussie we have "Sergeant Ants" up to 1&1/4" long and they've got a hell of a bite. At night we scrape the top of their 12' diameter nests off before they get out to attack. As we all know ants are incredibly strong & they sometimes bring a stack of "fine" gold specks up out of their nests systems. Only a fool tries it during the day. 🤔😏😁. Oh yeh before I forget great vid in beautiful country & terrific not to see rubbish littering the ground. Good stuff TVR.

[@kengamble8595]

That's one of those trips that you think..... wonder if I could stay a little longer ! 😊 Reminds me of fifty years ago when I was working on a ranch in northern Arizona! Work the cattle through the week and work the creeks on the weekend! At that time you could find some color fairly easily in the Bradshaw mountains, not anything life changing but would put a little jingle in the pockets! Great video Justin, enjoyed it and I think everyone else did too! 😁 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

That was a great video, in Minnesota our gold is fly poop size. Thanks for making it

[@scottishgirloutdoors2662]

Looks like a brilliant trip, I love gold panning 😁

[@w6krg]

I must be a frustrated troglodyte. I prefer underground mines and caves. Good video with an outstanding intro! Flying the drone into the water was genius!

[@unicorntv1232]

Love this. U r really good at the filming and editing etc. 👍💖🇺🇸

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you.

[@markcantemail8018]

Looks like you had fun . I found Gold in Eastern Oregon while Trout fishing . It was neat .

[@cacogenicist]

Must be in the vicinity of the Blue Mountains.

[@markattardo]

Very cool adventure!!

[@FishOnIsMyHandle]

Good job this is a great video

[@Porty1119]

Looks like y'all had a ton of fun! Reminds me of a backcountry hiking trip I took in high school. I'm a hard rock guy, not a placer guy, but I've panned a few times.

[@richardwarnock2789]

Nice Adventures picking gold nice camping with the hammek's!!!; )

[@Rhodes350]

Nice work on that cinematic plunge into the water at the beginning of the video!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. I wish I had more clever ideas like that!

[@eFoobar]

Does Jake remind anyone of Parker from Discovery's Gold Rush a tiny bit? Nice video - fun change of pace! Looked like fun!

[@johngiromini5745]

What a cool adventure!! After awhile, I suspect that river starts to sound like a freight train in a tunnel. Well presented vid.

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

It becomes an almost soothing sound and one you find yourself missing as soon as you get home. Especially if you have severe tinnitus like I do. I need to have a thunderstorm/rainstorm or a fan going inorder to fall asleep, or else the ringing will keep me awake.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, you get used to the river and it just sort of fades into the background...

[@c103110a]

There's a place that I used to hike that had a trail that was littered with red garnets. After a good rain, I'd go out and pick them up and store them in Mason jars that ended up being very heavy due to the density of the garnets. There were also several very large boulders of pure white quartz too (VW Beetle size), which leads me to believe there may be gold also.

[@HuntersExplorers]

Bravo amico, ottimo lavoro!! Saluti, Fausto.

[@TVRExploring]

Grazie, Fausto!

[@richd4935]

Yeah, that's how to do it. Get some friends together and camp out having fun. I stayed at a fly-in cabin in Northwest Ontario that had a gold mine once on a fishing trip. I've been interested in mining ever since.

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

*_So come on, let's go!!_* Sorry. Couldn't help myself...

[@FishOnIsMyHandle]

" I knew what you were gonna say"

[@DavidHuber63]

Great work Justin! thank you!

[@belleange590]

I was just thinking it would be nice to have a rope up for easier traversing down the side of a steep hill and guala!!!! There is a rope. That is some rugged country!!!! If I was younger....believe me, I'd be there. I lived in Colorado for a short time and when out driving you would see quite a few people panning the creeks. I've also heard that blue pans are the best ones to use. Idaho, by the way, is a mega state for gold.

[@gvii]

Hell, that would be fun even without the prospecting. Though I'd love to give the prospecting a whirl too. Wouldn't have the first clue what I was doing, but I'd do it anyway. And enjoy it. Lol. And yeah, hammock tents do kick butt. Super comfortable. Plus it's nice since you can set up camp literally anywhere there is something to tie on to. No futzing around with clearing out rocks and whatnot to make a flat spot. While I don't see myself in being Cali again anytime soon, I'll definitely have to look these guys up should I find myself visiting again. Awesome video. I can't believe they were able to find that bottle, but dang, that was an awesome thing to do.

[@HuntersExplorers]

Bravo amico ottimo lavoro. Saluti. Fausto.

[@Oidium45]

Enjoyed the vid man! I was laughing at your hammock experience. Been there! We sleep almost exclusively in hammocks these days. It is nice and easy on the back after moving boulders all day. If you are ever out in southern CA do not hesitate to hit us up for some prospecting.

[@Rainmakerlm]

Awesome video, seems like a great bunch of people

[@ianmeggsmackenzie3085]

That’s a change for you Justin / in my mining days ya old miners used to go months without even a flake found / but that’s what it’s all about / hiking swimming and all / but what beautiful country you find if you get off your bum/ from the old ausy miner Justin keep up your vids I’m enjoying them very much 72 tomorrow wow 😆😆😆🐿

[@TVRExploring]

Months without a flake? That must have gotten pretty discouraging... Like you said though, it is about being out there. Happy belated birthday!

[@strietermarinesurvey1415]

Great time! You should go with Jeff Williams that would be fun!

[@vapormissile]

You are essential. Stay safe & stay sage.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

very nice video, hope you found some :-) i am the happy owner of some fools gold hehe ah well we have coal pfft

[@garycooper7666]

Looks like fun to me!

[@TVRExploring]

It was!

[@frankbyrd9345]

That gold has not travelled far when it it carrying extra Keep sampling Gold to Ya !

[@andrewj4241]

Awesome sounds like a great adventure amazing

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, it is a lot of fun!

[@andrewj4241]

Almost too good to be true lol looks like a great crew allround .camping in style just tops it off thanks for sharing

[@glennk.7348]

The Legend of Jake’s Lost Gold!

[@TVRExploring]

Frankly, I wish more people would lose their gold so that the odds of random people being able to find it would increase! Like playing the lottery by taking a walk in the woods...

[@GerryLynch]

I LOVE THE VIDEO

[@richardlovins6222]

Very nice adventure did you do any paning with them

[@TVRExploring]

I did a little bit just messing around to try out a new pan I bought.

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

This looks like fun.

[@demportboy1584]

OK, this is what you do, move this large boulder and dig around the dirt because this where the gold will be. Next, pan it, next, throw it all away, wrong boulder. Damn.

[@DFDuck55]

That's on the Middle Fork Feather River isn't it? I never hiked down into Devil's Canyon but rode my motorcycle by there many times on Milsap Bar Road. I used to dredge, rock pick, highbank, and trout fish down river from there. With base camp at Milsap Bar Campground. In my experience there is not only lots of black sand in the Middle Fork but also mercury. I'm not sure it is natural, I think it's from the old timers setting mercury traps. When I was through dredging or digging a hole I would throw a current year penny in the bottom of the hole before filling it back in. We not only used crow bars to roll large rocks, we packed in gas powered winches and would move VW Bug size rocks. I knew there are garnet around. I found a spot with VW Bug size garnet boulders. They weren't high quality though, so I never put much time into them. Just broke off a few chunks up to about 50 pounds to bring home and set in my yard. Which of course got stolen because dirt bags thought it was worth something. --- I never could sleep in a hammock because I sleep on my stomach, and sleeping with your back bent backwards is not a nice experience. --- I could always get in the water earlier in the season than everyone else, and stay in longer in the season, because I have a dry suit, not a wet suit.

[@TVRExploring]

Close, but it is a different watershed than the Feather... You weren't messing around if you were moving VW-sized boulders! I remember in the 1980s, the creeks and rivers would be absolutely full of guys dredging for the summer. And it seemed like they were doing well enough that they could kind of coast by for the off season. In other words, it seemed like a way of life for a lot of those guys that were out there all summer. We still come across the remains of their camps sometimes. It seems like it would have been a hell of a lot of fun. I'd love to hear more about your time when you were doing that.

[@DFDuck55]

I assumed the location because you said it was Devil's Canyon. But I imagine there are many places called Devil's Canyon. Recreational dredging and highbanking was banned by liberals claiming that it destroyed fish breeding grounds. The fact is the exact opposite is true. Trout and salmon loooove laying their eggs in the gravel tailings from a dredge. For cleaning out the bottoms of cracks like the guys were doing in your video I used a gas powered shop vac that mounted on a 5 gallon bucket. I don't know if they're even legal to use anymore here in Commiefornia. In this state if something is fun, they will either ban it, grossly over tax it, or write impossible to understand regulations for it.

[@jeffmanzone]

Amazing video. That looks like so much fun. How long is the hike in?

[@TVRExploring]

It is definitely a lot of fun. Hiking in takes an hour and a half to two hours I would estimate. It is the difficulty in getting down the canyon rather than the distance.

[@wgrimm88]

Awesome time by the looks of it

[@TVRExploring]

It was good fun!

[@wade9638]

Only one place I could think of that rough. It rhymes with heather. Lol

[@TVRExploring]

Close, but a different watershed...

[@brianbassett4379]

Just like watching magic on tv.

[@jacksonjohnson9674]

21:17 there is an angry face in the dark brown of the turned up rock.. a good sign???

[@cjsoutdoors4412]

Had to go back and look, whoaaa! Trippy, and good catch!

[@TheNimshew]

I've found a 1/2 ounce piece, encased in Quartz, at the top of a bar and a 1/4 ounce piece under an old hopper 600 feet above the present river. Within the last three months, a homeless guy found a two pound chunk and then went back and found a 9 ounce piece. After the fire the hillsides are denuded so, for the next few years there will be a lot of material washed down. There's still 70% of the gold left in the Motherlode. Most of it microscopic. But not all.

[@TVRExploring]

That's awesome! Yes, I hadn't thought about how the fires would shake up the experience of looking for gold, but that makes a lot of sense. The fires certainly make it easier to spot open adits too.

[@davidander1269]

I used to watch goose until he left for the east coast. Now I watch El burro. Miss you goose WA miner.

[@TVRExploring]

Yeah, he's down in Florida now. Not much gold there unless we're talking about lost treasure...

[@parkerrowe8902]

You guys need some two toes and Thomas pools tools, they work great!

[@davesaunders4592]

Are lots of garnets a good sign for gold

[@illeodavinci]

The old timers really did a great job at cleaning all the gold from these creeks, even though they didnt have metaldetectors. Selfish old timers😁

[@TVRExploring]

They were very effective at recovering gold considering what they were working with... Indeed, selfish old timers. The saving grace for modern prospectors is that storms will wash fresh gold into the creeks and rivers and churn up the riverbed. This rearranging exposes new gold. However, it doesn't have eons to accumulate and just be sitting there to be picked up as the first old timers enjoyed.

[@backncardr]

Bear ant at minute 16.

[@redlight722]

Justin what brand name is the hammock you slept in? I have never seen one like that.

[@TVRExploring]

Sorry, I don't know. It wasn't my hammock...

[@redlight722]

TVR Exploring ok sir thank you. I’m still looking. If you ever make it to Texas let me know. Also look up Thurber, Texas mining.

[@osc89129]

So cool!

[@estruble]

Regarding Washington gold, here is a video on it from the perspective of a geologist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joebY5mVmMmWhsU (Nick Zentner @ Central Washington University)

[@cacogenicist]

Prof Zentner is a great lecturer.

[@CivilShepherd]

What county?

[@jcadult101]

WAIT, wHat?!! STOP!! Goose is back?!!! He went to florida, no?

[@TVRExploring]

He was out for a visit...

[@jacquelatourcaptainunderpa8475]

Yeah wish I could still do stuff like that but my health is not the best

[@TVRExploring]

Understood. This is a tough one to reach, to be sure...

[@thomasbeck9075]

Too bad we couldn't start a gold mine

[@TVRExploring]

Well, if you find a good spot, why not?

[@TheNimshew]

"A Gold mine. A hole you throw money in." Mark Twain

[@paulcallicoat7597]

@@TheNimshew I believe Twains quote went more like this:The definition of a mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing next to it. Seems lots of mines were selling stocks on the stockmarket on bogus reports or salting them at the time.They were mining the shareholders.It continues today in the stockmarket with the board of directors and management of lots of companies fleecing the shareholders while paying out low or no dividends in relation to their earning and the workers are treated to low pay and no benefits.When the companies go under from all the thievery the pensions are gone or little left.Examples would be Sears,GM,Ford,various airlines and banks.Why you might ask is how they get away with it? Management being no dummies will pay off our elected representitives with large donations of our money.Bribes to continue to steal is supposed to be illegal but they also have lots of lawyers/liars and can keep stealing.Small timers get caught on occasion.I owned GM and they went bankrupt leaving the shares worthless.Then they reorganized,got a bailout with our tax money and then issued new shares.Did I get any of those new stocks to replace my old ones?Hell no!!!! Be forewarned if a company is doing badly,sell your stocks no matter what the analyst are saying.I learned if a stock is being pumped, short the hell out of it and enjoy the money when it crashes.Companies like cmg,goog,amzn with stock prices over $1000 per share that pay no dividend are going to fall faster than skivies on the hookers in a navy town on payday when the shtf.Why would anyone care what a company claims is profits when shareholder are getting nothing for investing in them????It reminds me of Wimpy on Popeye who would promise to pay back on tuesday for a hamburger today.Tuesday never came around if my memory serves me. Gold is hard to find and even harder to keep once found.Keep yours secret and let nobody know if you do strike it rich.Mums the word.

[@Porty1119]

@@paulcallicoat7597 I've run into one or two mining companies that operate that way. Mark Twain's line still holds true.

[@Porty1119]

@@TVRExploring I think we accidentally stumbled across one while exploring. Hard-rock mine near one of our client mines; we're getting ready to pull some chip samples and maybe get some equipment over there to rehab it for a more thorough exploration campaign.

[@daalnweaver4354]

Carpenter ants

[@jeffedwards6830]

This could be big ,keep quit

[@andremarais2706]

Say "Black sand" 100 times.

[@ADITADDICTS]

Uh...get your drone out of the water!

[@CivilShepherd]

Genderless Gold