Sniping Chunky Gold, Columbia River Tributary, Near Portland Oregon!

[@prospectingforadventure]

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[@prospectingforadventure]

You have my attention. Lol Send me a message at [e-mail]

[@GoldHunter-77]

Looks like a fun area and plenty cold with plenty a golds I can’t believe you wrestled that huge boulder underwater! Great picker too wow, keep up the good work, your killing it.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you! Boulders are lighter under water. Lol 😉

[@dananorth895]

Mighty nice when even the fish are excited to help you fan the gravels/sand for treats. Thats rather rough looking flakes too.....hmm.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Lol yeah it's quite the feeding frenzy. It's a whole different world hanging out under water. I can't get enough of it.

[@timberlinegoldprospecting2358]

Congratulations on 2k subs!!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you! It's nice to get over that hump!

[@danrouse9688]

Nice gold! it's so shiny and colorful. Great video.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Lol My PRECIOUS!

[@SRTKOVA]

Those are baby trout super cool !

[@prospectingforadventure]

They're so curious and fun to watch.

[@1000000trs]

Cool combo method. Thanks for a true to life, realistic account of a day's sniping a new spot.

[@prospectingforadventure]

As real as it gets! Minus all the blank pans I get testing... lol Thanks for watching!

[@bobcansee]

Nice bit ol'e gold you got there. Nice video enjoyed watching!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the feedback and comment.

[@mandybrown7758]

Great video always fun underwater

[@prospectingforadventure]

I love prospecting in the water. Beats bending over! Lol

[@Stand.Your.Ground.]

I found a good spot about hour out of Portland every pan has colors :) def need a buddy to help with the amount of work ha! Great vid thanks for sharing!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Oh yeah. There's options out there for sure.

[@elliotdraxler8500]

I just moved to Portland and would be happy to help! I have all the equipment would enjoy the company on the creek. Cheers

[@prospectingforadventure]

Send me an email. [e-mail].

[@prospectingforadventure]

Send me an email. [e-mail].

[@MrLeadghost]

I'm in portland too. I work a lot of the feeder creeks in the upper lewis headwaters. I'm always looking for people that are down to put in some work.

[@LOSTMINERSGOLD]

Fun video Chris, your video editing and sound is great and I enjoyed watching you find some color.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you I really appreciate that. I enjoyed making this one, not all edits are enjoyable.

[@TheGoldBuddies]

Really cool video Chris👍. Love underwater sniping🤩. The black sand and magnetites on the bedrock look promising. Nice flake you got out there 👌. Congratulation🥳. Continue heavy pans buddy✨🍀✨. Golden greets from Switzerland✌️ Rafi

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thanks for watching! It does look promising. I think it's my next video that I go back to that spot and it gets better!

[@roykrossin8343]

Nice video,

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you!

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Awesome sniping video! Very well put together! Love this channel!!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Appreciate it! I've been taking a break. I'll have more content out soon.

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Pretty cool seeing this, I am at the headwaters of the Columbia up in Canada eh!;)

[@prospectingforadventure]

That's awesome. I'd like to explore up there some day. This is a tributary closer to the Pacific.

[@gorillagoldhunters]

@@prospectingforadventure it’s sure is cool how long these rivers are!anytime u make it to BC shoot me a message, I am full time prospector

[@gorillagoldhunters]

@@prospectingforadventure I just made a winter Gold sniping video with a guy”utmostoutdoors”on KZbin. Check it out! I will get filming down soon lol

[@prospectingforadventure]

I'll have to check your channel out. I know very little about that area.

[@emre_glc38]

So good👌👌👌💯🇹🇷

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you!

[@kevilrpm]

Looks like you are near me on this one. I live in Rainier OR up the road from PNW Prospecting. Maybe I'll see you out there one day. Quick question, Where do you get your prospecting tools around here? Can't find a bait pump or hand dredge anywhere. Happy hunting!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Yeah Gannon at PNW is a good friend of mine! We both get our gear at Prospectors Treasure Trove. It's a new shop by 205 and Allen. The biggest selection of prospecting gear you'll be able to find around here. Tell Dan I sent you over. www.prospectorstreasure.com/

[@patfromamboy]

Which river was it? I live in Yacolt Washington and it looks like this. Great video.

[@phylxguy5547]

Sweet gold dandy flake & good job on your content Sir. Just curious what type & thickness of wetsuit do you recommend for sniping in Idaho's cold water Chris since you have similar creek conditions ?

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you, I'm trying to put out quality content. I wear a 6mm 2 part suit. Bought it off Facebook marketplace for $75. The two piece suit doubles the layers on the core, equaling 12mm. I also wear gloves, hood, and 7mm socks.

[@phylxguy5547]

@@prospectingforadventure awesome I really didn't even think about that aspect of the 2 piece vs chest zip. I really appreciate your help Chris & heavy snuffers, shiny pans,golden smiles 2 U Sir!!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Appreciate it, good luck out there!

[@kennethgreene7124]

What kind of wet suit do you have and what size? And do you like it and is it comfortable? Im just curious because i want to get one for sniping but im not sure what kind and what size. Im about the same build as you and i here of people getting suits that end up being too small. I also dont want to get one thats way too big either

[@prospectingforadventure]

Id have to check the brand. This suit is an XL farmer John 7mm 2 piece suit. So you have 14mm on the core. Older suits fit tighter as they lose flexibility. I just bought an XXL and like it better. I'm 6' around 225 lb. The other suit used to fit better. Lol I look for used ones and wash them really well. They get beat up anyway.

[@kennethgreene7124]

@@prospectingforadventure alright thanks 👍

[@albertdrew7235]

what wet suite n snorkel you using? thanks

[@dananorth895]

That's a Farmer John style wetsuit they come up as a chest bib with velcro shoulder straps. They're usually 5' to 6 millimeters thick so 10 to 12 over core. Sometimes you can score one online, I did at about $40.00. Added elbow and kneepads.

[@jonterhaar2573]

So you're just allowed to take apart the riverbed?

[@prospectingforadventure]

As long as it's not up against the river bank wear it can cause erosion. This does not affect fish runs either. These are not spawning gravels.

[@brookmelee5983]

@@prospectingforadventure I mean, it is fry structure.

[@prospectingforadventure]

And it's still structure. This area doesn't have salmon and steelhead runs. Plus we aren't allowed to work in the wetted perimeter during spawning seasons. The little fish love all the food I kick up and are surprisingly curious.

[@dananorth895]

Saw that...they like to dart in for a quick meal. Lol

[@MaizeANDBlue1957]

Boy. Those salmon smolts sure are curious. You should have brought a frozen block of 'brine shrimp' to feed them. LOL I'm just about to get started looking for gold here in Oregon. I'll also be looking in creeks and rivers falling from Mt. Hood, but for the time being I'll be using a pointer, a crevice tool and a pan. (maybe a portable shop vac) No wet-suit for this fat old man!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Just some local trout. There are no salmon or steelhead in this section of the river. It's a lot of fun watching them! I had one the other day swim down and suck up a gold flake I was about to retrieve. I guess he identifies as a gold fish. Lol

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

👌👍

[@prospectingforadventure]

Sure wish I had better gold up here. I'm always envious of the sniping down your way.

[@SubaruOffRD]

You should get a come a long and move all those rocks in the gut

[@prospectingforadventure]

I have one. I used it in a couple of my videos.