Just Two Buckets of Sand?!!! Oregon Gold Mining the Beach

[@mattharvey8712]

Bravo.......Boggs.......boots..........comfort .......not cheap........cheers

[@georgeeberle1119]

Great show ! Wow that's a lot of gold in the Oregon sand ! Thanks for the outing to the Pacific !

[@Goldhunter7769]

Appreciate it, plenty there for the patient miner.

[@nathan39romero]

Nice gold in the pan great video thanks for the shout out keep on making them pans smile..

[@Goldhunter7769]

Appreciate ya, it’s a nice option.

[@OpenSpaceWellness]

DANG!! Yeah, if you had 5 hrs to work.. you'd CRUSH IT! Thanks for sharing. 🙏❤️🌲

[@Goldhunter7769]

Yeah it's fun for sure, just wish it weighed the way it looks Im the pan LoL. Great color though and in certain spots with a day I could get a gram.

[@flowerbug55]

As a rock hunter, trying to learn gold panning, I have to share. Never start your day at low tide. Get there about 1-2 hours before because once low tide hits it immediately starts coming back in. Love your videos and hopefully will give it a try the end of this month. Thanks for the chance to learn.

[@Goldhunter7769]

I appreciate it and I do know most of the in’s and outs of when but the where is a whole other issue. When I think I have the tide figured out at one spot, the landscape is different at the next. Also depends on how high the high tide is. If it’s a low high tide I know I’m fine in some spots. I’m fairly careful because I watched a family almost get swept out to sea with their dog. It’s one of my Older videos actually! Thanks again

[@sanchopanzaandsonnycrockett]

Nice place to find some beautiful Colors🎉😊🤠👌🇵🇷

[@Goldhunter7769]

Yes it’s is a great place, just went back today actually.

[@firechicken455adventures]

You did well in the short time you had. Way to go get the Au!

[@Goldhunter7769]

Thanks, can't wait to get a good 4-5 hours down there

[@SkovianGoesOutdoors]

The beach, sea monsters, and gold. . .thats quite an adventure :)

[@wilfor03]

Looks like fun there....I'll be watchin for yas

[@Goldhunter7769]

This time of year, it’s all about the beach. Rivers will be to high and the storms will move the black sands around on the beach!

[@ProspectorAl]

I'll take that smiley face any day!!!

[@l.hoth2o946]

I can't believe I used to live in the same area as you. Wish I would have discovered you before I moved to Eugene. If you ever want a friend or companion to go with you. Just holler, I'll grab my equipment and join in the fun seeking. Keep finding that sweet gold. Linda 😊

[@UncleJimmyOutWest]

Wow! That was a nice amount of gold! I love beach mining because my wife likes the beach. The last time we went we went to Cape Disappointment and it didn't disappoint.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Thanks I always thought that name was So ironic. I’d love to give it a try up there.

[@Mattndew676]

Gold Beach is so fun to work.

[@Goldhunter7769]

I’ll be headed down there soon! I’ve heard it’s the best beach mining in the state, will see if it is better than my color.

[@walkers]

Awesome buddy :) Love it, good work, good lookin cons. I appreciate the systems you've developed.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Works for me, still have some other ideas! Thanks

[@jasond6770]

Nice shark! 😂I like the lucky spoon too.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Gotta have a Lucky testing spoon!

[@Bonamici]

💙💛

[@magnanamus8659]

Your getting that Beach Gold thang down bro! Looks fun too.. 😅

[@Goldhunter7769]

@@magnanamus8659 It’s a fun hobby although I’ve switched to fishing for a spell now

[@hoborobprospecting]

Woo Hoo! First one! Heavy Pans!

[@inquisitivealbertan1712]

Excellent video. Great editing and very relaxing to watch. Subbed. Thank you.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Appreciate the kind words and subscribe! Thank you it means a lot to me.

[@No.15mining]

That gutter sluice is awesome.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Thanks, it’s much faster than a blue bowl or a millets table.

[@estarszak]

Just subbed your channel. I love watching beach mining. Wish I lived closer to a beach. lol. We do a fair amount of prospecting here in Western Slope Colorado mostly rivers and fine gold. Oregon looks pretty cool

[@Goldhunter7769]

It definitely has a variety of places to find gold. I moved back to the coast about two years ago. 20 minutes from the beach and 30 minutes for river gold. Thanks for the Subscribe! If you’d like a free sticker, hmu through Facebook messenger.

[@sanchopanzaandsonnycrockett]

GOLD, What DREAMS🎉ARE MADE OFF🎉😅😊🤠👌🇵🇷

[@chambochambers8906]

Nice smile bro good job 👏👍

[@Goldhunter7769]

Thanks, always get enough gold For a smile

[@onemanandhispan]

Great video and some nice colour mate, watching from the uk . Just found some gold myself on a english beach made a short video about it . I will definitely be test panning next time before I collect the black sands and getting a gold cart to carry them heavy buckets. Keep up the good work 👍

[@Goldhunter7769]

Thanks my gold 😎 bro. I will come by and subscribe. I live watching gold videos from across the world.

[@onemanandhispan]

Thanks mate appreciate it

[@ericrhetta8412]

Wow, great video. Beaches are so relaxing. I might have to check Pt Defiance as I hear that is cool up here in WA. If there is a good N.OR beach close to you, I would love to maybe meet up. Semper Fi, great gold!

[@Goldhunter7769]

Yeah for certain I would meet up. Beach mining is very fun.

[@jeffersonstategold8349]

Sorry I missed your live stream! Cool episode as always!👊

[@Goldhunter7769]

Thanks! I do my lives random, one day I will actually schedule a live

[@trich6242]

I have a gutter sluice for clean ups and I agree there the best!!

[@Goldhunter7769]

I'm about to make another version using gold cube matting.. I think it will be even more efficient.

[@trich6242]

I have both matting.the ribbed matting and the vortex matting. The vortex(gold cube)matting is the best for sure.

[@GSProspecting]

Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun. Cool setup indeed 😊. Gold Squad Out 🤠

[@buffalokrisgoldprospecting]

Right on brother. Great day for sure. Sitting on the beach panning. You got a nice pile of gold too. . I've never been around the ocean. Does the tide go down in the winter. What's the best time to hit the beach as far as tide goes

[@Goldhunter7769]

The tide actually has a cycle about hour one foot raise or drop depending on incoming or outgoing. Low tide is best for open beaches to work. I’m not sure about lower tides in the winter but now I’m curious.

[@goldseekersadventures9380]

I’m glad you like the gutters loose idea :-)

[@Goldhunter7769]

Works great!

[@danpatterson9650]

I like your system. Looks like it should work at Cape Disappointment. Gotta go buy a Gorilla cart😀

[@Goldhunter7769]

Worth the money, and I had no idea mine was waterproof

[@saltyguerrilla]

Nice color! I’ve been eyeing that creek on the far end. I’ve followed it a few miles towards headed north towards Charleston. There are plenty of accessible areas I think it would be worthwhile searching for color. What do you think?

[@Goldhunter7769]

Be hard pressed to pan a creek in Oregon without color from my experience. I’m sure it’s holding something!

[@randyapplebee5691]

Man keep it up one of the days you are going to hit the jack pot

[@2HighNoon]

Do you take a bucket of unprocessed black sands when you leave to work when you get home?

[@Goldhunter7769]

I used to do that but it's way too much to put through my clean up sluice. I just concentrate the sands down.

[@kennethgreene7124]

I know all about setting the alarm on your days off. Especially now during deer season. Hopefully I can find somewhere to pan after deer season since I'm sure Lawson bar is already under water

[@Goldhunter7769]

Somebody just posted today decent color from lawsons. I’d check the river levels, around here it’s still amazingly shallow.

[@kennethgreene7124]

@@Goldhunter7769 alright thanks

[@michaelquery7070]

Good morning, I'm up here in Oregon working for 2 months in Boardman. Do you know of any good panning locations in a 100 miles or so that might be good?

[@Goldhunter7769]

@@michaelquery7070 Boy, I don’t know that area at all. I’m down south. However, there is another friendly KZbinr up there that does good. His name is Chris and his channel is called prospecting for Adventure. I’d suggest asking him for a few tips!

[@michaelquery7070]

Thank you so much!

[@brandonbrinegar5316]

Platinum?? Im guessing this is the north part of Nesika beach by Ophir creek.

[@Goldhunter7769]

@@brandonbrinegar5316 This is just North of Bandon a few miles. There used to be a large Gold and Platinum dredge that work just beyond the break around 1850 I believe.

[@brandonbrinegar5316]

@Goldhunter7769 that's pretty awesome,,I'll have to check it out. After storms I like to walk the beach and look for black sand deposits with a red garnet layer,,those can be pretty productive.

[@Goldhunter7769]

@ Indeed! One of my videos shows a bright pink layer of garnets in this area. Pretty amazing stuff!

[@Sidewalksurfer77]

What permits do you need in Oregon to do what you do?

[@Goldhunter7769]

Just don’t run any motorized and have a free copy of 700 permit on hand. I keep mine on phone.

[@Sidewalksurfer77]

@@Goldhunter7769 what about gravity fed water?

[@Goldhunter7769]

@@Sidewalksurfer77 definitly an option but most of the feeder creeks are far to small, only a trickle.

[@arronthomas68]

Maybe I missed it, what beach (city) are you at? Ive been onna gold panning adventure for a few days and I have hit Medford, Galise, Cresent City, and fort bragg.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Near Bandon past seven devils

[@MerchantMarineGuy]

Is the gold on average larger than the sand grains? I’ve thought about experimenting with concentrating the sand by size with a screen first before taking it back. Be good if I could get the cons down to 10% of the mass or less

[@Goldhunter7769]

Funny you say that, I’ve been thinking about the very idea. It seems to depend on the spot, good color today but super micro gold. Others spots have bigger pieces that could possibly screen if dry I think!

[@auramdickerson112]

Looks like man-o-war jellies. Hella sting.

[@randyapplebee5691]

How far SO. on the oregon beach? Heavy pans to you

[@Goldhunter7769]

Near Coosbay, thanks for watching!

[@kennydoerksen]

Do I need some sort of pass or license to prospect for gold in Oregon?

[@Goldhunter7769]

Depends where you go. If no motorized you are generally ok but stay away from state parks, spawning grounds, claims and wild scenic areas. Always double check state website for updates.

[@haroldturowski3185]

my wife and i are moving to oregon we moved from ohio to kansas and no fun in kansas so were moving to oregon to retire early and spend our years as parents who have put three through high school and 1 in college and 1 in the military the other had a baby at 18 what can you do but were spending our years having fun hiking in the dense forests and gold panning we absolutely love it we did it in ohio with a friend at a gold panners association of america site and fell in love with it we see there is allot of gold in oregon to be had maybe not get rich but for the thrill and the chase its so damn worth it so we will be there soon and when we do we would love to vlog our adventures and when we get up and going we will hit you up and maybe do a video with you if that sounds interesting to you that would be absolutely awwesome

[@Goldhunter7769]

@@haroldturowski3185 anytime! Can always message me on Facebook goldhunter77

[@Yuckster]

Great job Question tho why not go out when high tide going out you would have more time to be on the beach 🏖️

[@Goldhunter7769]

I do if it's a low enough high tide. But lately it's been over8 feet and washing up to the cliffs. Very dangerous stretch for sneaker waves too which I've had some close calls. One of my biggest video shows a family almost being washed away. That said, Tuesday looking like a ,6.6 high tide around noon so I'll head out and give it a go,! Part of it also based on only one day off a week from work and getting up early enough. Lot of variables lol. Thanks again Yuckster

[@Yuckster]

I live on the east cost no gold in the sand hear unfortunately. When we have low tide it low for 6-8 hours so I guess it’s a little different there. I though all low and high tides where the same but now I have learned something. Thank for the info and thanks for the great videos.

[@Timothy-McNulty]

The "Million Dollar Beach", historically, is Whiskey Run. The story of Whiskey Run Beach is almost totally forgotten and buried under the beach sands of time. In December of 1852 two brothers, John and Peter Groslius, who were French-Canadian and Native American by decent, were set ashore with a long boat and enough supplies to allow them to travel inland where they hoped to find virgin gold fields among the Oregon Coastal Mountains. But they'd set ashore too late in the day to start their adventure and decided to unpack their supplies and camp on the beach to await the morning. Not long after sunrise and while attempting to ready themselves for their inland journey, one of the brothers noticed what looked like fine gold shining in the sun's rays among the sands of the beach and creek. After panning a small amount of the black sands he declared "this is gold!" After prospecting up and down the beach a mile or so they settled on an area about 100 yards south of the mouth of Whiskey Run creek, a creek which had earned its name a few years prior owing to self-obvious reasons. The Groslius brothers worked the sands and had amassed tens of pounds of gold, almost more then they could carry. Not wanting to leave their rich diggings but running low on supplies, one of the brothers packed himself and a small portion of his gold inland to the Trading Post of Roseburg, Oregon. He used the gold to buy a couple horses and supplies and set off back the way he'd come. Though he was careful not to tell anyone where he'd found so much gold, a man from Roseburg caught wind of his rich gold finds and stealthily followed the brother back to Whiskey Run. Long story short, almost every square foot of Whiskey Run Beach became packed with miners before the Autumn. By the Summer of 1854 the boom town of Randolf (now just a memory) had grown with two saloons, two mercantiles, and a livery stable. For reference, type in "Randolph, Oregon" in Google Earth. The early diggings of Whiskey Run Beach were so rich and disputes among the miners were so frequent, that upon getting word of these problems the Territorial Marshal visited the beach in early 1854 and settled many of these arguments by declaring that one man's claim would be no larger than 10 feet by 10 feet. Even so, many of these early miners became fantastically wealthy. But the rich times of Whiskey Run Beach were not long to last. During the heavy winter storm of late December, 1854, and early January, 1855, the Great Sea sent enormous waves to completely strip the gold sands from the beach leaving nothing but bedrock and a few blond sands behind. It appeared that the beach's once rich gold sands had been returned to the sea. Within a few months all of the miners, save one Native American Family, had left the town of Randolph. In 1921 the Oregon State geologist compiled records of all of Oregon's gold yielding beaches and concluded that Whiskey Run was indeed one of the richest gold beaches in the world. The geologist had enough data to calculate that at the recovery efficiencies common to the time, and given the burlap cloth and mercury commonly used to recover the fine beach gold, that the richest black sand ores could have approached 50 to 100 ounces gold per ton.

[@Goldhunter7769]

Great information, I’ve read through this story a few times myself. This spot is actually north aways up from sevin devils, merchants beach is where was digging. Good gold but don’t find the bigger flakes like whiskey run! Thanks for watching.

[@t.repadventures45]

Gold Cube? Gold Cube? We don't need no stinkin' Gold Cube!!

[@Goldhunter7769]

Not allows on Oregon beaches. I wish!

[@MegaDog555]

🐕

[@mikeanderson7206]

Why dont you go to the beach like razor clam diggers do? Target a low water go 2 or 3 hours before low tide so your walking down while its going out start panning before the flood. Give you more hour's to dig

[@Goldhunter7769]

You’re absolutely right but I don’t always want to get up at 4:30 am is the issue. So I’m at the mercy of the tide by waking up around 7-8 am like a normal person. It always works out a bit different and sometimes not at all depending on the level of high tide one could easily be trapped or swept out to sea.

[@bluntsavage7676]

Is this location tillamook oregon

[@Goldhunter7769]

Nope, near Bandon

[@paulschroeter4987]

was this seaside ? trying to get out with the wife

[@Goldhunter7769]

No but I do like seaside. This is near Bandon actually.

[@paulschroeter4987]

@@Goldhunter7769 ah ok i used to live there. maybe i should take a drive down with the wife

[@eillo84]

It's not seaside but you'll find black sand with color in it on seaside beach. You'll see layers of black sand in the wall

[@hoborobprospecting]

I missed your live due to not loading. It just had your face frozen and there were only 3 of us in there. Too bad i missed it

[@Goldhunter7769]

Lol, well one of these days I’ll actually schedule a live instead of an impromptu

[@JamisonUllom-or6li]

Those are called manowar's they are called Manta wars

[@Goldhunter7769]

@@JamisonUllom-or6li look like them but not

[@NivekH1977]

Ten dollars worth of gold.

[@tomjonathon6889]

With that gold you can buy more flags.

[@Goldhunter7769]

😂 funny you said that u already bought 3 more full size flags

[@tomjonathon6889]

@@Goldhunter7769 My comments are golden. gave proof thru the night.......we fight for the melting pot. Fowl bigot stinkers in S. Oregon, good camo.