The Gold Bearing Tree

[@victormarshall576]

Very well done, your much better at these videos than I will ever be.

[@GramCanyonSam]

You feeling ok today ...... someone must have slipped you a Mickey

[@victormarshall576]

@@GramCanyonSam I just came to my senses, Im just a hill bum who fell off his meds for a bit but am feeling better now, I might go back to one of my split personalities you never know. but I'm sorry for the hate towards you

[@cjsoutdoors4412]

Jerry's got me beat on videos too and I don't mind one bit, I sure do enjoy them! 👍⛏🇺🇸

[@FlashInYourPan]

@@cjsoutdoors4412 I hear that Chris...

[@GramCanyonSam]

@@victormarshall576 you big softy 😉it's ok I'm glad you realized you do like me. I always said you were my biggest fan and I was spot on.

[@GramCanyonSam]

Great times as always bud

[@GramCanyonSam]

@@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107 I will be having a dig first weekend in may . That way everyone has the chance to come out. I'll put out the notice on a video and ig soon.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Heck yeah good times, Congrats papa!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Come on out and dig some yella!

[@adamlong54]

My dad always said dig up the roots on trees roots hold gold downed big old trees clean the roots amd below it for good gold on river banks and bottoms

[@Smithsgold]

Good job Jerry !!! Good to see the crew out getting some Gold !!!!!!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Heck yes gotta get some gold some way some how!

[@Smithsgold]

@@californiamotherlodeprospect great job on the video !!!!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Wonderful video of a wonderful day. Your videos set the gold standard for recreational prospecting videos. It was great to meet up with you and the locals only crew for a day on the river. It seems that gold really does grow on trees... or at least it does for J.C. I just reserved a riverside cabin in Downieville for August 8 -15. I'm planning to be up in Auburn and Nevada City for a week in front of that period and a week after it too. I may also do a short trip in June. So, I am hoping we can do some prospecting in shorts and t shirts with plenty of sunshine summer. In the meantime, please keep the killer videos coming. Aloha.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Nice I will be camping with the family in August at that time unfortunately but I might be able to get up earlier around the 8th/9th. I'll for sure try I want to get up to that area bad! If not June will probably work though, I had fun out there on the river with ya Tim, can't wait to get back out there in some better weather!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

If you could come up for any of that time in August that would be great. There will be some choice spots in incredibly scenic locations that we will have access to then. I am also going to try to make it over in June and hope to get together with you and the guys then too. It's about time to put your artistic talents to work on an underwater sniping video. I want to see one where JC snipes up a shiny nugget and petey goes swimming! Thanks for all the great videos. Aloha.

[@MericaAdventures]

I sure do like that spot! Good times ! You got some good gold more than me! JC’s tree gold is golden👍😊⚒🍀🇺🇸

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Always a ton of fun with you guys! gotta get back up there when the water is low for some sniping!

[@ventureoutwest]

Love the money tree

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Russell it was quite the surprise!

[@dadepic3602]

Good morning Jerry, great video, nice to see you and of bunch of prospectors out prospecting, thank you for the video and letting me be on the journey with you, see you next great adventure of prospecting gold.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks a TON dad epic! always a pleasure!

[@mininhawaiian2911]

The picker tree sure was fun :) I can dig it when gold comes from a tree crevice lol.. Great day out with the crew brother

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

That memory should stick id say! We sure do have some great adventures out there, cant wait to continue them with low water!

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Sure is a pretty river, that quartz vein Adam is standing on at start of video, WHEW! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheNimshew]

That White Alder is probably 100 years old. They don't get very big, but, Boy! They hold on to those rocks! Very fine root tendrils that can hold gold.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Sure is a good gold grabbing wood lol!

[@FlourgoldWizards]

Some mighty fast water you’re playing with there..... good to have friends around. Nice vid

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Yes sir gotta be carefull for sure, Thanks bro!

[@jimbobsslimpickins9801]

Nice `Devils Dice` and gold, another great day out guys! Your headache could be from your neck, I have that same thing happen to me every now and then.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Jimbob! Yeah I get headaches from time to time and yes bending over sure doesn't help!

[@GrotyGold]

Beautiful location, that river looks rough, wouldn't want to fall in, LOL. Kool tree crevice gold. Well done. Cheers for sharing, happy hunting Alicia & Steve

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Yes the water was scary that day, I can't wait until its low and warm enough to get in! Thanks you two!

[@DamonFeyOutdoors]

Fun times folks. That whole area looks great for crevicing, in trees or otherwise. Maybe the keebler elves were stashing their treasures in them trees

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

LMAO Damon!! I gotta catch me one of them gold elves!

[@sigdog365]

Looks like a good time. Love finding the gold.

[@danzoller7397]

Yeehaww the giving tree! Ya headache suck , killer footage always a good time watchin !

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Right on Dan! Get that gold brotha!

[@FlashInYourPan]

I like your style Brother, keep up the awesome work. Nice golden tree for sure...

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Ed, much Love brotha!

[@GramCanyonSam]

I'm always working on "trees"

[@patdenney7046]

Grandma appreciate that! Bleach and water do the Palms then your hands will heal. Sounds rufe but try it. Pores are plunged oils just make it worse!

[@theoregonhistoryhunters2209]

Looks like a 44 bullet from a colt model 1860 from civil war era! Awesome video as usual keep up the good work! H.H.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Turns out its a .32 rimfire, really old and neat find!

[@brotherbert2996]

Great video. JC chipping away at conventional wisdom!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

HAHA seriously Bert, wish you were there bro! Hope all is well with you and your somewhere awesome!

[@brotherbert2996]

@@californiamotherlodeprospect Thanks Jerry. Been hanging out waiting for the sun to shine.

[@TheNimshew]

I don't know if y'all know this. You'll see those small deposits of gravel? I've scrapped the top off those and unearthed false bedrock. Essentially a layer of clay(reddish, usually)that has trapped everything that passed across it. THAT'S where the flood gold is. Right on the surface of the clay and a little embedded in the clay will be any gold that ended up there. I found a 1/4 oz nugget in false bedrock.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Correct we have found the layer you speak of at this exact location!

[@mattharper7395]

Money doesn’t grow on trees!!! But gold does😂😂😂great video Jerry!!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

I need to log this area... Thanks Matt!

[@bigsluice1440]

That looks like a very old rim fire .38! Gold Rush history!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks for the tip! I looked into this and I believe your right but its a .32 caliber rim fire as the diameter matches perfect! very old indeed, here's the closest photo I've found www.gunbroker.com/item/797992322

[@whranch1526]

Got to love tree gold

[@advenzures]

Great video and awesome adventure. Happy Hunting.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks guys, heavy pans!

[@MrInsaint]

Incredible gold find in a tree👍 - You really inspire me to take my (4)children with me out on a gold tour today🤩 (Kenneth Prospecting Norway)

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

I hope you do they would love it I'm sure! great to get out with the family, especially prospecting!

[@TheNimshew]

As an aside. White Alder is an excellent wood to use to smoke Fish.

[@georgedobrovsky3800]

Nice scenery, plenty of white water and black sand ,well shot video,but gold is hard to find, keep at it ,regards George

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Geroge, next time we will find it ;)

[@amihan99]

I wanna learn how to do this bud. Cam you teach me?

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Follow my videos and get out there and give it a try, I can recommend an area, where are you from?

[@ferdburphel2076]

Gold does grow on trees! I saw it live on a previously recorded video🤔

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

HAH yeah I need a few of these trees in my back yard Fred!

[@theoregonhistoryhunters2209]

Was hard to tell size, awesome find brother!love the old lead!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks brotha!

[@RedmanOutdoors366]

Sup Bro 😎👍 Cool video 🎥 Nice Prospecting Jerry love the Drone footage bro 😎🤘

[@MRGOLD99.999]

This is hilarious I did the same thing the creek in my neck of the woods , it was old tree truck dead on the rivers edge but was full of gravel so i panned it out and had a bunch flakes 👍

[@TOTALLYGR33D]

Man gold in tree you guys are a legend

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

HAHA thanks Mr. Meep!

[@randyrichardson5325]

You found a bullet from the gold rush that is a 32 caliber black powder revolver bullet

[@justachipn3039]

Yup 100%... IT'S A DROP !!!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Randy, yes .32 caliber matches messurments

[@TheNimshew]

The rivers flowing west out of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California in the springtime are hissing ribbons of blue grey, ice cold water. Boulders the size of coke vending machines grinding in to the bedrock an inch every thousand years. If you put your ear to the ground, you'll hear the boulders snap and crack as they roll along.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Oh yes sometimes you can even feel them if sitting on a big rock in the right place!

[@bo49685]

That was a very old bullet you found, I’m sure it’s from the 1800’s but I could be wrong.

[@blackbart336]

Okay, I'm taking the tree home!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

HAHA! It was still rooted there just knocked over, if its still there next season I'm hitting it again!

[@ZaneGreene]

Awesome guys. I want to come visit when it gets hotter bro and hit the river

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Sounds good PZ! Thanks brotha!

[@tasdgoldprospecting2979]

Three gold I will have to give that a go great video mate

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Right on brotha hope all is well!

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

got the new gps and a chisel to split the quartz that lays on the ground see if it has gold in it and walk back to see where it comes from and some safety glasses I was out at the east fork and was beating on some quartz with the rock hammer and had to close my eyes each time no gold just a big piece of quartz the stuff I see has pyrite and the rust all over it the one guy says the gold will stick to the pyrite you ever watch dan hurd up in british columbia canada you guys are a great source of info to find the shiney

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Oh yeah Love Dan Hurd! Thanks Kenny!

[@fabiobeyhautkuhn2211]

Ha Ha,amazing! Golds where you find it! Take that tree back home and crush it all! Congratulations,good gut.

[@patdenney7046]

Five gallon bucket trick. Flusher tube with 5/8 or 3/4 thin-walled tube so it can be flattened and made into different shapes can you use a suction gun to make one do you have to drill a lot of relief holes in it and make it better handle leave the tube in the gun about inch and a half gold will stay in the gun. Use your best skills luck has nothing to do with it!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thank for the tip Pat!

[@patdenney7046]

I love to see all of you find some gold ! Keep up the hard work and you will finger it out. Hint. Cover more ground with 5 guys hot spots only. Mining ground that is 10$ a day per man or less? You all are good worker's and got the just of it spread out. Kind of like Fishen if there no fish well!

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

​@@patdenney7046 Pat just remember, For every video made there are 2 trips or more not shown. We sacrifice a lot on the video trips to hang together mostly good ground and gold. Thanks for the support

[@toledojess]

oh my, the elusive money tree

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Where can I get seeds for these is what I wanna know! LBPA brotha!!

[@johnflynn8423]

Like they say gold is where you find it 👍🏻👍🏻another fun adventure Nine Finger Mining Ak

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks John!

[@Thebald1]

I think that bullet is from the Civil War days...

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

its a .32 caliber rim fire round pre 1900's!

[@Thebald1]

@@californiamotherlodeprospect Cool man

[@justachipn3039]

That bullet is a 32 black powder... it's a drop = never been fired.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

For sure .32 caliber as the measurements match

[@oscarbarragan6675]

Thats a black powder muzzle loader round. Its got nothing for a cartridge to grab onto to hold it in place. I would guess 1800's

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Oscar we have determined by diameter and photos that it is an old .32 rimfire round, most likely pre 1900's

[@oscarbarragan6675]

@@californiamotherlodeprospect I would not have guessed a cartridge round due to the shape of the bullet. How did they get a brass cartridge to grab that kind of bullet.

[@oscarbarragan6675]

@@californiamotherlodeprospect It sure did look like a mini ball round to me. There were over 1,000,000 springfields by 1860.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

@@oscarbarragan6675 It measures out to this round specs wise and visually www.gunbroker.com/item/797992322

[@rastamanralph6670]

Don't you know gold grows on trees😂🌟

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

I need to plant these everywhere!!

[@justindeberry9102]

Thats a certain persons road?

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Its a main public road

[@justindeberry9102]

@@californiamotherlodeprospect no i ment named after a person looks familiar

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

@@justindeberry9102 ah no it's not, named after an insect ;D

[@aatuvaan7563]

Dropped minie ball that bullet maybe?

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Very possible Aatu!

[@diggersdentysonu.k.m.d8813]

Would love to give that a go sure I wouldn't lol good hutting buddy pop over to my channel tell me what u think

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Tysn I'll check it out!

[@josephheffle7137]

It's a 35

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks Joseph!

[@BustandBoom]

Have your blood pressure checked my friend …

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Thanks buddy, all good now just bent over too much sometimes it gets to me.