Holcomb Valley Gold! (New Claim)

[@OGProspecting]

Very cool video, I have never ran a dry washer so that was cool to watch! Thanks for putting this together.

[@Oidium45]

It is a dirty business

[@studiodevelopers2467]

@@Oidium45 Wouldn't it work better with water? Maybe some way to even bring barrels of water in a truck . Anyhow how's your luck ?

[@HDshovelEd]

Nice colors, g Ottawa watch out for them rattlers, I've crossed paths with a few down around the forest falls area. HH and Gold Luck on the claim

[@gtaovlogs9061]

Wow, nice Job guys and hard diggin'! Pretty GOLD and great video, thanks for taking us along with you, cheers! Aaron

[@Oidium45]

Thanks man! We were essentially digging under old tailings. New spot will likely produce better. You should join us up there. You know which claim it is :)

[@gtaovlogs9061]

Oidium45 hey bro, that would be great to join you guys... was it fully dry, sure looked like it was? Usually I try to stay a night or two when and if possible but sometimes a day trip is what it is and works best. I would be happy to meet you and join you here or E Fork or other places. Let me know when you’re headed up next and maybe I can meet you there. Thanks, Aaron

[@Oidium45]

@@gtaovlogs9061 We try to do at least 2 days. I will let you know. The ground got damp as you hit bedrock. Top 3-4ft seemed dry.

[@studiodevelopers2467]

@@gtaovlogs9061 @Oidium45 Good times . Looks like fun. Not much real gold though. Probably better business to bring tourists and charge them for that. 100 bucks a person. Full day. Not a bad idea. Get them some food from local place and take photos of them using their own cameras so they can get the pics. Good idea. Could pay the bills. What do you think.

[@DamonFeyOutdoors]

Gotta say guys, you don't disappoint. That's pretty good looking gold, and it looks like you put in a lot of hard work to get it.

[@Oidium45]

Love the area! It doesn't get any better than that for drywashing. Shade everywhere and easily 20 degrees cooler than the desert. Bring the family once the wife gets over the bear thing.

[@studiodevelopers2467]

@@Oidium45 Good times . Looks like fun. Not much real gold though. Probably better business to bring tourists and charge them for that. 100 bucks a person. Full day. Not a bad idea. Get them some food from local place and take photos of them using their own cameras so they can get the pics. Good idea. Could pay the bills. What do you think.

[@weekendprospector9787]

We'll be going back. Question is when. I thoroughly enjoyed that trip.

[@auassassin787]

Hit me up. I prospect there a lot considering that mountain is home lol. Big Bear has been home on n off for the last 21 years now already. I'd like to link up w you guys n hit the E.F. sometime real soon.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

some nice chunky gold your getting there guys enjoy cheers Glenno

[@GOWIN8109837]

138th 👍 up Good lookin stuff 8:15 in , Galena.

[@f150twinturbo7]

That was a big snake. Eugene was working hard 👍. Love the video, great job guys👌.

[@Oidium45]

Eugene always works hard! The wind was blowing the dust from the drywasher back onto our hole so we got dirty as hell.

[@f150twinturbo7]

@@Oidium45 yeah because Eugene was super dirty lol love the video though. Something different and you guys make it look super fun.👌😎 congratulation on your 1k subscriber's again bro you earned.

[@Oidium45]

@@f150twinturbo7 thanks man, you should join us one day. Drag Chris and Damon with you.

[@studiodevelopers2467]

@@Oidium45 At least you're enjoying it. How much , in dollars is that gold that you ended up with.

[@nabzim]

That rock looks like quartzite to me.

[@lv2mine]

Another great video. Nice chunky gold. Now hit the GPAA claim around load 3 and 4 and you will get a nice fat gram or better. Hope to meet you out there, Barsto or Azusa one day.

[@Oidium45]

I am curious about the GPAA claim. I will have to drive up and check it out. Maybe you can meet me there when I have a chance to head up.

[@lv2mine]

@@Oidium45 hit me up. Let's do it. [e-mail]

[@Oidium45]

@@lv2mine I am showing 3 GPAA claims up there. One strait up Polique, (160 acres) one to the left which Holcomb Creek (60 acres) flows through and one to the right near Gold Mountain (80 acres).

[@lv2mine]

@@Oidium45 160 acres gold is on load #2,3,4&5 above the center of claim!! I will be meeting another member up there on 8/24. You are welcome to join us! Email me a number to text you at before then and I'll give you details

[@lv2mine]

@@Oidium45 I love all your videos man in your style it be a pleasure to prospect with you for the day

[@tadvanallen]

Nice gold man!.. me and a buddy almost went up that way a couple weeks ago.. yeah, that snake looked nasty!... and good warning with the wasps n bees... you had the only water close for them.. haha

[@Oidium45]

Lucky for me the snake ran into the bushes to avoid my foot and aside from being annoying the bees and wasps were fairly docile. They were just thirsty. I suspect the area to be great if you can find virgin ground.

[@davidmiddlebrooks929]

Nice stuff. Thanks!

[@savehaley]

Got to watch out for those rattlesnakes

[@elvis5244]

Good vid keep the brywash vids coming we have ground like that here i migjt have to go out this weekend with a home made pan an try my luck

[@auassassin787]

Just buy one on Amazon. Shit you can get a fairly decent one for only like $6 - $8!!!!

[@lesterleporesr5228]

Really Noice gold! Not a bad area to drywash either!

[@Oidium45]

I will be back. With a better spot, better gold and a better video :)

[@Smithsgold]

Nice !!!!!!!!

[@jeffgray4602]

Stay away from those snakes!!! Glad you saw it first.

[@Oidium45]

Me too! I literally almost stepped right on it. We both fled in opposite directions.

[@maikailoa808]

Nice gold. Ron

[@Bicameral666]

TThanks

[@brianjohnsen7682]

Great video and a new place too! Was Eugene wearing black leather chaps 3:00-3:33?😳

[@Oidium45]

That was actually me. They are those pants that unzip into shorts.

[@Coltn3125]

You might try winching the big boulders out or use a micro blaster. To help with the bees just hang a fish over a 5G bucket with water in it and put soap in the water. You will have hundreds in there dead.

[@cooperventures1984]

I'll be up at Big Bear for 3 days this weekend going up there tomorrow morning Friday the 22nd of June on my new claim next to that one do you want to come out and dig let me know

[@Oidium45]

Appreciate the invite but I am preoccupied. I suspect the ground will still be damp up there.

[@nhragold1922]

🤙 looks promising

[@909wc]

The rock you were questioning looks like calaverite or telluride

[@nabzim]

Calaverite (aka gold telluride) is a specific type of gold ore, and is not the type of gold deposit that exist in this mountain range. Placer gold, which they are mining, comes from erosion of quartz veins, where the gold exists as pieces of pure gold (pure, as in not chemically bonded to any other atoms, like tellurium, as in gold telluride). Those quartz veins are the most common type of gold deposit in California. Gold telluride is actually pretty rare, and can only be found in specific places, such as Calaveras County, where the mineral calaverite was first discovered, hence its name. The rock look more like to quartzite to me, but I'm not sure, because I'm no geologist...

[@goldog63]

Not bad.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

I saw my first contact zone most likely worked over but the 2 different types of rock very easy to see this a gpaa claim I have been thinking of going to big bear this isn't to far I was out in sylmar holy crap was it hot time to go home sat down and was tired heat was getting to me it was 96

[@Oidium45]

This was not a GPAA claim. Is there one up there? I will have to look.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

@@Oidium45 out by big bear not far

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

@@Oidium45 just went to gpaa site and yes there is a claim in the valley just type in gpaa claim in holcomb valley on google should be in the book

[@Oidium45]

@@greedygringoprospecting6941 thanks, will do

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

no sweeping with a metal detector then dig ? now to save for the gold bug 2

[@Oidium45]

I brought the gold bug 2 but didn't end up using it. Next time I will be doing some detecting for sure. Once we got set up we were too lazy to move the equipment so we just went with it..

[@elliotmorvai3856]

By the way I think that's quartzite.

[@salg-1980]

I want to get in contact with you directly. I need to get a claim. I’ve been wanting one in Holcomb Valley but I don’t know how or where it’s available, please help me? Even if one is available next to yours I can make sure nobody digs is since I will be there most of the time. Time is running out for me, I’ll explain later. Please help?

[@Oidium45]

The claim we we on was a club claim. If you are interested in purchasing a claim in the area I would imagine the local clubs would be more than willing to help you with advice. Jeff Williams has a great video on filing a claim as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/imLJYn5ug52HlcU Best of luck! You are always welcome to contact me by email or facebook. There are links to both on the "About" tab.

[@centeroftheearthmining4095]

Anyway of getting water to highbank

[@Oidium45]

Not any water up there. Best bet would be a recirculating setup.

[@billhamilton5498]

That rock is the source of your gold. It looks like a limestone gneiss. The gold you are finding has not traveled far as by the chunky and square shape.

[@Rcdeserttrucks]

The rocks you throw out need to be wiped off before you throw them

[@johnbrownlee7623]

Watching how hard you are digging.....Hummmmm, thinking DYNAMITE..? just saying...............