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[@TheSshadow7]

It surprised me to discover this, but having traveled all over the western half of the US, California has more litterbugs than anywhere else I've been. You'll see litter in the most beautiful places. Drives me crazy too Gary.

[@robertdampier7494]

Come to North Fl and you can see all the trash you want to.

[@markopittman2833]

@@robertdampier7494 arizona campgrounds after a holiday. makes me sick.

[@joediggings844]

For real why the hell would anybody come out to be in the wild just to trash the place, I wish those people would stay in there shit hole city's

[@carriejones6431]

Joe Diggings- it's because they didn't get an ArsKick'n from their Daddy when they were a kid! It's shameful

[@joediggings844]

@@carriejones6431 that's right!

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Good morning Gary hope you had a great fourth we will have to get after it next weekend

[@Smithsgold]

Good morning Bennett !!!!!

[@TwoToes]

Can't wait! Think I will go up and clean your ledge off. lol

[@Smithsgold]

@@TwoToes LOL !!!!!

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Hopefully there was more than one in there for you and hope they were monsters

[@ancientbedrock9366]

Luved your Take on Personal Environmental Responsibility Quote: They have an arse kick’n com’n ... End Quote :🙃😂😂😂😂😂 Get’m Gary !!! Nice video sir ✌️

[@billymitchem5256]

Because some people are no good

[@ancientbedrock9366]

I don’t advocate it ? However 🤪 A good arse kick’n can be a good first step towards 🤔 good personal use of Public Land 🤪😂😂😂 Get’m Gary ! 😎✌️

[@topcatgoldprospecting]

Nice sluicebox video. Not bad for 2300 inch hike. Lol. Good for Jeff scoring nice piece 🇺🇸👍😎⚒🍀 happy fourth America 🇺🇸

[@TwoToes]

Hey! I had to hike up stream 50 -60 FEET! Couldn't find a spot to set up the sluice any closer. lol

[@Smithsgold]

@@TwoToes wait I thought you drove up stream ?

[@topcatgoldprospecting]

Lol he prolly did Jeff. Vroom 👍🇺🇸😎⚒🍀

[@Smithsgold]

@@topcatgoldprospecting you'll have to ask him !!! LOL

[@gwh21375]

Loved how you told off those littering fools, 2toes! Pisses me off to no end when people go out there and trash it!

[@carvinlambert6899]

Excellent Idea Gary! Always carry a larger guy along, while out among BEARS. (lol, Jeff)

[@gwh21375]

🤣🤣

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Since I was a kid I was always taught to take out what I packed in. Heck, we also carried out other peoples trash. Still do.✌

[@ChasingGoldAustralia]

Awesome stuff mate, nice camio from MrSmith haha. Great instructional video on running a sluice box mate and the gold is the proof that your method works. Absolutely agree on the knobs leaving rubbish on the creek. Great video mate 🇦🇺⛏️🤠

[@FlourgoldWizards]

That’s a great spot ! Nice sluice lesson too ✅👍🏻

[@rayfabris2512]

where ever I go fishing when I leave you'll never know I was there because I pick up everything I brought.cans and bottles and yes that pisses me off when I see that garbage left behind by partiers and that's putting it nicely. I don't want to get suspended from you tube again. lol

[@ericbruns888]

Well thank you for showing us how you set that up. Great clean up. No pressure competing with Jeff. I placed that piece just for him to get one win this year. You got the next 6 months. 👍👍

[@ericbruns888]

@@Smithsgold I just told Gary I planted your nugget. I had to go to Chico for a delivery and did it on my lunch 4 hr. Excursion. I got your back. But I’m running out of good pieces. 😂😂😂. Been chasing flower local. Like in the city local. Got new dream mat 6”&10” just to capture it all. Need to meet ya two on a gravel bar some day. Hope you had a blast last night. Keep up the fun. WWG1WGA 3%🇺🇸💥💥💥

[@Smithsgold]

@@ericbruns888 I'll take them any way I can !!!! we had a good 4th I ate to much and watched fireworks !!!!

[@mickwilliams6062]

I been waiting for a two toes sluicing video, i do a lot of river sluicing here in australia its a very relaxing way to get gold, love to see more of it, great video gary thanks.

[@ralph816]

Had to comment on him, he seems to be a great man somebody cares about our environment. If it wasn't there when you arrived DON'T leave it there when you leave or DON'T go there.

[@JonathanRodriguez-ye9hf]

Last stock pile!? Oh yeah! Get it men!

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

Good job Gary and Jeff 👌👊

[@Smithsgold]

see you in a few weeks

[@hondatuner5156]

In honor of the old schoolers on the 4th of july, I switched my box back to mesh over moss for the day. -trinity county, ca

[@ismoketrees5110]

Get Rekt

[@markvining5018]

😀😀 and Jeff threw possible gold away 😀😀 gotta tighten up Gary

[@danlonganecker]

You two always have a good time when your out and you get some yella to, ol Jeff is turnin into a gold hound your learning him. Lol

[@stevedonnell5475]

Thanks for bringing up the litterbugs, I am right there with you on kicking some litterbug asses. Love your video Gary, you are number in my book. Keep up the good work and Thank you.

[@levimichael1136]

Anyone that doubts that asskickin Gary promised hasn’t ever felt old man strength. 💪🏼

[@GSProspecting]

Great work fam. Keep getting that au. Gold squad out!!!

[@stephengardner2286]

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[@larryjmcdanel9342]

Another great video. No better way to spend a day than finding gold and having fun with a friend. Glad to see Jeff found a price of gold bigger than the lead he normally finds.

[@larryjmcdanel9342]

I’m starting all the lead in a can and going to see how much I end up with at the end of the year , compared to the gold I find. At the rate I’m going probably have a whole lot more lead than gold.lol

[@TwoToes]

Same here, I will do a lead weight along with the yearend gold in Dec.

[@rickdees251]

There is a lesson to be had from that target Jeff threw away. Always check both halves of the split BEFORE you throw away the unwanted half. Jeff likely threw away lead for as loud as it was,,,, maybe.

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

Very much looking forward to a new Sniping video! With the low water level in the rivers this year hopefully you will be able to get really deep in the channels and find some elusive chunkers!

[@rsmileybetcher4098]

Awe, you guys are killen me with all that gold you finding. I was out on the 3rd. Went up the Calapooia River far as the road would let me. 16.5 miles of no parking signs. I eventually found a spot to get in on some bedrock. Spent about an hour and found 2 micro fly poop specks. I did a bunch of redearch on that trib, found a old addit and two possilbe other mining spots. Access is very limited due to local logging. Best off just to keep prospecting in other places. Good job on that gold Gary. Makes me wonder how much went thru the 50 mesh into the black sand bucket... Wauting fir Jeffs vid to come out so I can die a little more as I watch him pull that "big'n" out... I would have loved to been there to see his eyes light up. Its a keeper, glad he didn't throw that one back too... Welp, "YELLER GOLD" to you feller's, keep up the goodness and sharing the love. R.Smiley B Oregon Prospector

[@Erikpdx]

I spent a couple summers panning in Oregon and found more gold in one pan in CA.

[@rsmileybetcher4098]

@@Erikpdx ya gotta know where to go. Most of the gold is in the siuthern part of the state and I live up north. Had me a sweet spot going on until the wildfire burnt everything into ablivian and closed down my glory hole. Now Im on the prowl for another but all I seem to be finding is people and locked gates. Oh ya, I did find a couple grams of led on the 3rd...

[@Smithsgold]

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[@jeffersonstategold8349]

that was a good simple take on the sluice box. Anything past that comes with experience.

[@chriswertz1438]

Ifn u can laugh at losing a piece of gold, u are my kind of people!! Thanks

[@budinfield9746]

Thanks guys! Sweet little video topped off with some mighty fine gold!

[@johnjacobs1625]

Very Nice Gary!! Way to go Jeff!! TRASH leaving Trash! Glad you had Fun!! JJ

[@Smithsgold]

thanks john

[@rastamanralph6670]

That's a nice first pan Gary❤💛💚

[@diggingwithdavid5732]

I am with you, I always haul out more than I take in

[@richardbrady2818]

Really glad to see Jeff come out on top. Maybe conditions are'nt always perfect for the sluice box, but that particular one is so small seems like you could always take it with you, could even strap it to the outside of your backpack or just let Jeff carry it. Just seems better than finding one piece at a time. Even if you don't use it, will be there if you do.

[@steveandulsky566]

Thanks for the video, Gary. I live in Washington state, and we've also been banned from using highbankers. So, I guess I'll have to dismantle my HB's and convert them back to sluices. One nice thing about a sluice is that it is so much quieter than a HB. Thanks Gary...it's always a pleasure.

[@outdoorloser4340]

Same here. Whatcom County WA. I found my biggest picker of .4 grams in my DIY highbanker, and then they banned them 2 years later...Grrrrrrr 😡

[@Donorcyclist]

Another great tutorial, and reminder to leave it like you found it! Thank you!

[@brianreed7959]

As usual, another excellent informative video. Thank you. We look forward to viewing your future presentations.

[@josephnewman9175]

Very cool sluiceing for a change! Always cool to watch a sluice run. I have your back on chastising those unappreciative litter bugs brother! 1.5 is not bad Gary! Time to move some dirt and get 5 grams! That trash on the ground screwed you up and caused Jeff to be able to beat you out there lol! Stay cool boy's! Joe gold

[@AnthonyKing-yk4tn]

Here in Wyoming, it's finally started to warm up, last summer was my first time panning so I made a few mistakes, can't wait till it's a little warmer to get back into it!

[@alwaddle7390]

Thanks for the Fun, Entertaining, and informative video! You two make a terrific team!

[@jeffholmes1362]

I just got adjustable legs for mine, so you can set it up in the river, get the angle and you don’t need to worry about placing rocks. I also saw a guy clip on extended wings on the inlet to guide more water in, gunna try that next weekend. Great video

[@richardmayell1175]

I think you covered the sluice box really well on this adventure. Jeff’s piece made me drool a little. A sniping video is way overdue and am looking forward to that! Please snipe as much as you can this year 👍. I was looking forward to lots of gold this year as well but with heavy fires in my area everything is shut down for the time being. I will have to live vicariously through the two of you and pretend it’s my gold, I guess. Stay hydrated and safe fellas and happy prospecting.

[@1313nate]

Can't wait to see the next video! Sniping is so much fun!

[@gregs2509]

Happy Birthday Gary! Nice to see you out finding gold at a ... certain age. Keep on doing what you love to do- it's obviously working for you!

[@thegeck9978]

Nice two bucket haul! And, Jeff killed it with that nugget! 👍🦎🪨⛏

[@Smithsgold]

it was a nice piece !!!!

[@Illcastashadow1]

Awesome vid. My old buddy who I detected with for relics passed away last year. We went panning a few times. He was quite the prospector in the 80s and 90s. Left me all his old equipment and I found a nice spot due to recent flooding/erosion. Going all day tommorow for a self taught crash course. But I hope ol' Bruce is up there helping me find some flakes.

[@TwoToes]

Good luck, don't forget too take a few and just enjoy the time in the hills.

[@chriscole8098]

Hey thanks for the tips on setting my sluis box... today was my first time going panning . I loved it... and will be going again soon...thanks

[@anonymous-ts6bm]

What a chill dude lol I could listen to you all day my friend

[@joetoymaker7553]

Best way to start the week 😉

[@joetoymaker7553]

@@Smithsgold I think much better, we don't have to stand the heat!!

[@Smithsgold]

@@joetoymaker7553 that's for sure !!!!

[@highenergyog]

As a young fellow in the 1960s and 70s I wanted to come down to California because of the girls/music and the ⛱ beaches , now that I'm a older fellow I want to come down to California to chill with you Gary , lol and of course with Jeff as well. 😁🇨🇦❤🇺🇲✌. Also I've never heard you cuss before so those pecker-heads that leave their trash behind better clean up their act .

[@highenergyog]

@@Smithsgold Same up here Jeff , I've actually done a few videos addressing the the issue to our City and Government and posted them on my channel. I'm happy to say some of the areas of concern in my videos were in fact cleaned up but it won't take long before it's a dumping ground again. Take care Jeff and I hope to see your next video with that nugget Gary had mentioned, best regards as always from Lloyd somewhere up here in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦.

[@josephpecoul6532]

Yall killed it!! Nice gold for sure. Thanks for the video Gary can't wait to see Jeff's video. See you on the next one.

[@Smithsgold]

it turned out pretty good !!!!

[@colinmucho-oro4099]

Nice gold as always, well done lads, 🌟👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇺🇲

[@athlone73]

I'm new to this and was panning yesterday for my second time but first alone and struggled setting up my sluice. Thank you I think you explained it perfectly for me.

[@rawkinj6609]

17:40 It's in the scoop but Jeff leans on the rock and tilts the scoop over that crevice on HIS right. GOLD being heavy, fell outta the scoop in to the crevice.

[@lewisgreen5188]

Thanks Gary. You’re right about the flow and being square. Sand side to side is true. Great video, concise instruction

[@joes7885]

Great video again Gary. Learning a lot from these videos.

[@morrobayfishing5515]

Hey fellow old guys. Take NMN and resveratrol and you will feel great. I swear it stops rapid aging. That means you Gary!

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Couldn’t load this fast enough Gary , your episodes are great . 👍👌

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

bring powdered gatorade mix it up as you need it and a water filter. filter some of the yuba. mix in some gatorade up to you just a thought. have a good day.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

@@Smithsgold yuba-ade !!!

[@joediggings844]

Murcuryade more like it lol 😂 good luck with that! I've seen first hand how that water can drive you crazy, I watched an old miner I know lose it slowly over the years, he almost attacked me with a shovel one evening even though I had known him for years

[@MAGATRON-DESTROY]

WTF is "yuba"?

[@glennsmith2182]

I learnd a bunch tha I have been doing wrong.wrong.wrong. #1-8% grade on the starting incline of the sluice. #2- center the "V". #3-water flow level... Thanks a lot.

[@twodudesonedredge]

Great video guys. Thanks for the solid information and keep up the good work.

[@jeffmuth6504]

Thank You!! for bringing up the trash problem we have in the public lands. It drives me crazy to see trash in beautiful areas. I always leave it cleaner than I found it. I believe the city folks think the rangers will pick it up.....

[@ericluscombe3272]

I hear you on the idiots leaving garbage what blows me away is they will pack in all those cans and bottles when full and heavy but they don't carry out when empty and light

[@cliffynelson5017]

Great video.. I do alot of sluicing here in Colombia and I would love see more on this. We use primitive equipment here but it works real well. We put a potato or onion sack on the bottom of the tray and use wooden slats wedged in with pieces of rubber tube to hold it all in place. Most our gold gets caught between the first wedge before it even gets to the potato sack material. Our pans are primitive too. We use solid wooden pans. They work great and they float too which actually makes them alot easier to use then the plastic ones. All the material, gold/black sands/etc settle in the center in the cone which also makes it easier. I need to look for more of these at an antique shop because most the ones we use are quite old...

[@jspec-vz3mc]

Wow! Look at all that gold! Nice 👍

[@bobcansee]

Thanks Gary that was fun!

[@AurProspector]

Great sluice lesson Gary cheers

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

wow first pan had tons of gold nice find

[@RoosKohn]

Nice work Garry

[@MichaelJohnson-ux7pe]

Thanks on the tips for the sluice set up I am going to try it this way and see what happens, my spot don't have a high water flow so I'll see. Thanks

[@OneMorePan]

Absolutely unreal! You wouldn’t find me at work Monday with gold like that! Right on my friend. Wish we could run the ol sluice box in B.C. Great day out dude! 🤘😁🤘⛰⛏🇨🇦

[@hooahextreme]

Great video. Nice little fish jumped at 2:56

[@nickkaiser5783]

Another great video!!

[@blacklabelonthebedrocks]

Hi Gary, Good haul! I'm jealous a little bit on your opportunities finding Gold in California. Here in Germany, there's no chance to get that much in the same time (and not in that size). That's why I enjoy your videos. :-) Best regards.

[@colleensgotcha]

Its because some people just dont care and it makes me so angry I end up picking up other people's garbage! kudos to you for speaking up and the ones that do they deserve a butt kickin!

[@yeslife3998]

I would love to see an in depth video on the sluice box! Thanks Gary!

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[@lesterleporesr5228]

Nice, Gary! You can run a sluice anytime you want to ‼️🦾⛏️🎯😎

[@davidvilla3243]

I enjoy sluicing but our club claims ran dry as a popcorn fart.I classify my material mark my map and finish at home in my mini clean up sluice.You did great for that short excursion to the gold fields anyway.Keep up the good work.David out

[@wer159able]

Awesome video, you guys both got some nice gold! I decided to go to Fort Bragg and go bottom fishing and get away from the heat this weekend, that sun is brutal up on the river lol.

[@Smithsgold]

good luck we went about a month ago and limited out !!!

[@rooftopv4664]

Yes, please do a sniping video. Preferably a long one :) my favorite ones

[@seanbrown5275]

I like how you worded that, with a highbanker, right now in California, you can't get caught using one

[@wireman4029]

That's right, you cant get CAUGHT using a high banker. In California you have to be sneaky. Buy your tactical high banking leaf suit now! Happy hunting!

[@Erikpdx]

Can you get caught with a battery pump? I haven't looked up the regulation for CA in a couple year. They move enough water to high bank, but not dredge

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

mire tips on the sluice box i have a keene A52.

[@TwoToes]

I had one. lol Still can't find it.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

@@TwoToes whoops spelled more wrong. big sluice. going on the 24th. have a good day

[@416Rival]

Going to bring a garbage bag with me when I go prospecting this summer, Tie it to the back of my pack at the end of the day lol.

[@swedenfrommycam]

Good work!! Thanks for sharing 👍🇸🇪💪

[@jamesmudd2227]

Dang ... jeff beat gary !! Congrats Jeff i knew you could do it!! Hahaha 😂 Great video Gary, thanks for sharing this sir!!!

[@ferdburphel2076]

You guys are good! Happy belated birthday!

[@zviadimeqvabishvili2155]

Thank you! super

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Gracious in victory and dignified in defeat, Nice work with the sluice. What gives? I thought there was no fine gold on that river.

[@Smithsgold]

its there you just have to work real hard for it

[@melvinroehm821]

Now that's a nice pan of gold...great video garry..happy 4th..

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

I have a low water situation on my claim. It's hard to set up the big sluice where I want to work. Opps, didn't know California outlawed highbankrs. LOL. You and Jeff got some nice gold. 🇺🇸👍😎⛏

[@TwoToes]

They are only illegal if you get caught!

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

@@TwoToes my thoughts exactly. If they are brave enough to hike to my claim, they can have the highbanker. Lol.

[@toobzombe]

"I left that one".....😂

[@Smithsgold]

I'll take it !!!!

[@markopittman2833]

nice chunky monkees gary , way to go.

[@wbel82]

(THATS NOT GOOD SINCE YOU ONLY STARTED WITH HALF A BRAIN) LMAO, loved the video good job guys on the gold....

[@Smithsgold]

that sun will drain you in know time at all !!!!!!!

[@jasonbaldwin1915]

U tell em 2 toes... when they leave they're junk it is so disrespectful to mother nature... awsome video bud....u have so much helpful information... thank you for such an informational video.... and you and jeff must be the closest friends... you guys are so funny... its smart you both making different episodes... and I can get 2 perspectives out of it... jeff is getting better 2 toes... dont tell him all your tricks old timer... thank you for a great video... your kind of a hero in my book you teach alot of smart ways to do everything... you make perfect common sense

[@Erikpdx]

I like the Bazooka Gold Trap as an alternative to the more compact sluice boxes. Don't have to classify and runs material about as fast as the big sluice boxes. Cost a bit more though.

[@raydowdy6914]

Would like to see more on running the sluce box

[@TwoToes]

It's on the to do list!

[@ebo360]

Gary, is that moss you’re using in your sluice instead of carpet? I’ve been told that moss is really meant more for high bankers and dredges to grab that material at higher flow rates. This person (owner of a small prospecting supply store in NH) said that moss will get clogged up too quickly in a sluice and that carpet was the way to go. What are your thoughts on that?

[@VendettaProspecting]

GARY, i would dig that all day :) i very much look forward to chatting with soon

[@Nodsbane]

Enjoyed the video!

[@ijdjunglefever8263]

Great video

[@EugeniaBonucci1965]

You are a pleasure to watch sir