Finding gold in a hydraulic pit

[@PioneerPauly]

Haha MY SPOON!! I cant wait to get up that way 😁👌

[@13mjunky]

Why you leaving stuff behind? The bear you obviously fought off with that spoon could've choked XD

[@markopittman2833]

i love the way all you gold miners are connected thru your love of mining.

[@Smithsgold]

Now I know where my umbrella went to !!!! I see rain 🌧!!! Great job with the Gold I know how much work it takes in those pits !!!! Great Drone shots !!!

[@jimgriffiths9071]

It's so great to share your love of the mountains! Always appreciate your vlogs!

[@fabiobeyhautkuhn2211]

Amazing take of the storm!,You staked the drone! Ha Ha,beautiful!And picked all the gold you can in the little weather window! Cant ask for more,congratulations,and yes,never get out without my antique bronze spoon,and fork too,ha ha.Thank you Gary,what a vid.

[@1000000trs]

Great video every-which-way. From the drone shots of the powerful great outdoors, to your prospectors spirit of stamina that we all share, and the banter with Pioneer Pauly and more. Oh, and another great GH quote to add to the list _"what do you know, I still have drone"_

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Great day in the field and nice gold! What a beautiful area you were working in.

[@bigfootsassy1112]

Omg. More drone. With dramatic music. Sweet

[@Freespiritangel61]

Beautiful Country Gary love the drone shots

[@GrooberNedJardine]

Pretty nice nugget Gary , and those aerial shots were great , that's the high Sierra's, beautiful country .cheers.

[@markb9347]

Loved the drone shots Gary. Thanks for taking me along, since I can't make it out to the Sierras in person!

[@thesurfingprospector6345]

AWSOME Gold old mate yew Bloody lucky you looked in there Nice country too the drone footage Was unreal I must get one one day Thanks for the tag along Crouch Oz

[@justinernsberger1817]

Was hoping for a new video for Monday! Thanks for all your information. Been a subscriber for while and my family loves your videos. Much love from lake county California.

[@calderhutcheson4489]

Do you know of any places worth panning in Lake/Mendocino? I've tried a few spots on the Russian River but didn't come up with any color in my pan.

[@justinernsberger1817]

@@calderhutcheson4489 We have a claim on the middle fork of the yuba river near north san juan. But we used to go to the American river in colfax area. Pennywieght trail will take you right down to the river and you will have no problem finding some gold.

[@pappawheely]

@@justinernsberger1817 Pennywieght trai...love the name

[@mininhawaiian2911]

Justin Ernsberger I’ve always wanted to pan on the middle fork yuba! Nsj has some of the best gold deposits.... you have a awesome claim!! It must’ve cost an arm and a leg lol

[@justinernsberger1817]

@@mininhawaiian2911 it's my family's first claim. My wife and I have been prospecting for about 6 yrs. We saved up and finally got something of our own. Good luck to everyone this summer finding the shiny stuff.

[@TheBlackForestClockShop]

Sure enjoy your videos and how real you keep it! The drone shot was just awesome. Thanks for sharing...maybe one day I'll get out to apply all I'm learning!

[@jeffmillikan9070]

Yup pioneer pauly done be through there..lol.. Thanks for the video!!

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Super nice video Gary thanks for taking the time to share that storm.

[@MericaAdventures]

Thunder is so much fun ! The power it has in it Good to see you got some nice bits too ! Your going pretty high up if you still got snow. But we did have 156% of normal this year. 👍😎🇺🇸🍀⚒

[@TwoToes]

I shot that about a month ago. Was tired of scratching in the 3 foot band of open ground above the high water for flood gold. I love those high gold fields, next trip in, is to the good pit. Hopefully I can get the time this week.

[@cuban9splat]

Love your videos, Gary. Thank you for sharing them with us. You almost make me homesick for California. Lived in Madera county for many years. Those mountains have a lot of tales to be told. Stay safe.

[@1000000trs]

Yep, makes us all homesick for California (whether we've over lived their or not ! :-)

[@oldminer5387]

Great drone footage. Again, thanks for taking us along.

[@mininhawaiian2911]

Nice peice of gold ... it was awesome to see you pan out that little gold after detecting that bigger peice... I gotta get me a drone for some claim recon! It sure gives a great overview of the area!!

[@pauly51]

Let us know what type of drone you use. Very impressive.

[@backpages1]

Did I miss a hydraulic pit somewhere? Something I thought of while you were talking about the square nails. Back some years square nails weren't cheap. I've heard stories about folks back then burning their cabin down to recover the square nails for the next hut. If you were finding square nails, it's possible there were some structures nearby, a great place to detect maybe! Maybe the drone could spot the outlines of building foundations. Pretty country !

[@erlingharaldsen1684]

Hi Gary, I've been watching some of your fishing videos today when I didn't see a new video this morning. I had to laugh when you caught the goldeneye as I've said I think you can pull gold out of thin air. Glad to see you throw it back, the fine would have been more than a few grams of gold!!! As you well know! Thanks much fine video!

[@roamer566]

really liked the music and drone shots, played it twice so far.

[@ketointhekitchenwithpat]

Fun video--- loved when you said, "Well....I'm still alive!" Had to laugh a bit, and sure enjoyed the drone footage- amazing and beautiful landscape and scenery and SO much room to roam and find gold, and if nothing else enjoy the hunt and challenges.

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

nice fun day out and a bit of gold Cheers Glenno.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Looked like an awesome time out with the detector Gary, I bring mine out and find nothing but garbage lol.. You never cease to amaze me with what your able to find!

[@TwoToes]

I just don't show the mountain of junk I find. lol

[@chriscwikla7558]

Sweet drone footage. It reminded me of growing up in Truckee. I see the snow. They're still skiing in Tahoe.

[@heapsofspace759]

Good to see you Two toes from Greg oz down under. Hope your arm is better from before, I’ve been doing a bit of beach detecting not much luck but like you I like having a look and getting out there. I have a gpx 4500 and I’m looking forward to get to know the machine . I will keep watching for more of your great videos. See ya .

[@TwoToes]

Thanks, the arm is doing great.

[@tdiron5277]

Detecting with Gary .... Bit worried when didn’t see a video this mornin ??? Good to see ur still try’n to stay ahead of Jeff ! Still snow on the ground ! What elevation ya at today ? Thanks for sharing Gary !

[@Smithsgold]

Tdiron he’s still trying !!!! ⛏

[@tdiron5277]

He found enough iron and square nails to build a bridge ? lol “ O “ Well ..... I’ll bet he wishes he had an umbrella today ...lol keep him running Jeff !!

[@GramCanyonSam]

Pretty cool video gary ! I like those old hydro pit washes too! That cemented gravel I took off bedrock at hydro near NSJ . Hopefully theres something in them I never detected the area with the "old bug" lol.

[@Smithsgold]

I'd try it and see what you get

[@GramCanyonSam]

@@Smithsgold soon ! Just a few other projects to get threw first. 😎⛏🐕

[@Smithsgold]

@@GramCanyonSam I know how that goes !!!!

[@creeksidechris3384]

Great attitude..personality and video!! Love to mine with people like you !!

[@montanatreasurehunter9600]

Thanks for the video Gary

[@gratefuldoge8598]

Thanks for the drone shots.

[@13mjunky]

You and Pulitzer opal are the funniest men alive! Hahahaha

[@juliaurzik5584]

I have the same md you’re using. Could you show your settings before you start? It would really help me.

[@TwoToes]

I did a video on how I set mine up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICTn2ylq7ilf9U

[@patdenney7046]

That area is hard to detect a nugget there and I know it they found good gold there. I think it's the type of ground it is and it was easy for them to process the decomposed granite. I spent quite a bit of time in there four five years ago and I only got a few small nuggets not not anything to even talk about. Do you still have that picture of that old beat-up pickup up in the shop?

[@TwoToes]

Nope, I brought it home and it is on the wall next to the computer. You can see it at the end of the video, it's just over my left shoulder.

[@robbieglass9125]

Love you channel. Wish I still lived in CA. Thank you.

[@codymackniak6328]

Excellent video Gary 👍👍keep up the great work and good luck with your search for the elusive golden nugget 🤠🤠

[@comanderagc4265]

Love your enthusiasm 🙂

[@pessimisticpianist582]

Gold hides in some inventive places, lol. Thanks for the vid.

[@TheFudgeStop]

good timing lol. it looked like a great day in the woods and hey, you got some gold! heavy pans sir.

[@2Qwk2C]

I didn't really appreciate the total beauty of that place until you put the drone up. It is absolutely stunning!!!!! What an amazing place to live. You are a lucky dude Gary. By the way, it's not Spring anymore. It's officially Summer :)

[@TwoToes]

lol I do have a bit of lag time, it takes me forever to edit. I shot that video about a month ago.

[@2Qwk2C]

@@TwoToes Oh, that makes sense then. Thought you were going to get a real short summer lol :)

[@BeefyPrepperthegolddigger]

Damn it pauly 😂😂😂😂 as soon as I saw the spoon I said “pauly!!” My girlfriends daughter who was watching with me said “what” nice video brother

[@davidkelly1298]

Lol as soon as you showed the spoon I thought Pioneer Pauly was there., and then you said it too funny.

[@pauljacobs8073]

Another good one! Thank you for sharing.

[@robbieglass9125]

What drone and camera set up do you have.

[@TwoToes]

I use a Canon 80D most of the time and the drone is a DJI Mavic 2 Pro Zoom.

[@TroutWest]

I love those bottles on the shelf...

[@mikeobrien4437]

Great Drone footage. Plus some gold and time in the mountains ..... NICE.!! You would get a lot of comments if lightning hit that drone!

[@davidmiddlebrooks929]

Thanks Gary!

[@joeljeffery8704]

Yup, time to send up the drone. Nice gold. Beautiful area, thanks.

[@pauly51]

Good day to be out in the woods! Heck yes!

[@ITechcompulock]

Loved the drone footage, reminded me to break mine out again.

[@richardduke9788]

Beautiful country with the drone !

[@docrose3460]

Any day in the outdoors is a good day, any day with gold is a bonus day.

[@TwoToes]

Amen to that!

[@docrose3460]

@@TwoToes what are ya doing in two weeks, besides coming to Idaho with us..lol

[@pauly51]

Lol. Worst thing to do during thunder storm! Drone. Love it!

[@jbprospector3638]

Great job on the Gold. Love your channel. Im new to it. great content.

[@markusr1308]

I’m trying to understand hydraulic pits. Is this just the rubble washed from the hill? The rocks are still there but wasn’t all the gold somehow captured? Wasn’t that the point of hydraulic mining?

[@TwoToes]

The hydraulic pits were old rivers, they would use water to break up the old river gravels and run them threw long sluice boxes. The way they recovered the gold was very crude and they lost percentage of it, some small areas they just missed.

[@Oidium45]

Nice view with that drone! Don't do what I did and loose it in a tree!!!

[@bo49685]

Hey Two Toes, I just want to say you do a great job with your videos! I know your going to prospect at some point with Shane of Klesh Guitar, he’s a good guy. I grew up in California but I’m stuck in Michigan until my teenagers graduate in 2020 and then I’m moving back to California. I use to prospect a lot up and down Hwy 49, Sutter Creek, Grass Valley, Placerville and all around there. I’ll be living in Fresno/Clovis because that’s where all my family is but it’s fine I always made the drive north to those areas. Can you tell me where abouts you are? I was also talking with Jerry from California Mother Lode Prospectors and I was going to work on getting some claims when I move back. I hope I can connect with you and swap stories😊 in the meantime I’ll keep watching your videos👍👍

[@TwoToes]

I'm in Northern California, a little north of Yuba City.

[@bo49685]

Two Toes That was part of my territory when I was a Furniture rep. Is Evans Furniture still in business in Yuba City?

[@lankywhiteguy]

In Colorado those would be worth writing home about!!

[@danzoller7397]

Killer adventure!

[@bedrockbennett1827]

I have three kitchen spoons in my pack ,gravy ,bent large 1,and long small bent

[@GramCanyonSam]

You have the arsenal of spoons for sure! ⛏👊🏼😎

[@pkgoldopalhunting]

nice few pieces mate keep it up

[@ArizonaGoldHunters]

Nice video! Cant wait to see more!

[@eljonguito2496]

I wonder if you could catch a bolt lighting with a drone.

[@f150twinturbo7]

Wow dude that a great view. Love those drone's .👌

[@goldbunny1973]

Worth watching just for your "Timing" comment & drone footage. Given Atomic similarity Ive wondered if lightning strikes could convert Mercury to Gold. I had a very unusual experience recently when a woman the exact same age as me *whom I believe I might be related to, died when struck by lightning when hiking. At the (exact?) same time as she died, I received a bizarre, Lifetime unprecedented, electric shock went through the centre of my right palm. Since then, I've seen flashes of light in a room with no lightbulb. Isobel Bytautus who looked extremely like a young version of my GrandAunt may have been a Great Grandchild of one of the 4 sisters. It was unusual because it came out of nowhere & went through my palm as it I'd leaned on a live pin/post, rather than being static charge going thru my fingers. "Next of kin have been informed"; I wondered if I had been, in the most astonishing way. Glad you got your drone back. How high/far can it go??

[@TwoToes]

You can only 400 feet above you, it will stop when you get to that elevation. They have built that in because it's the law. You can travel out over 4 miles, but I'm to chicken to let it get out of sight.

[@calderhutcheson4489]

Great video, as always. Ever do any treasure hunting in Sonoma or Mendocino counties? I've only found very small amounts of gold in the rivers out here, but there are lots of old logging camps and such to metal detect.

[@TwoToes]

I worked in the woods right after I got out of high school, pulling chokers. I have done my fair share of bottle digging in the old logging camps. I have not done any prospecting on that side of the valley, most all the gold is very fine and there is not much of it.

[@pappawheely]

@@TwoToes During the depression, my parents said they ran into a couple who were panning the black sand on San Francisco beach...and were making enough to live...pretty cool story huh ?

[@TwoToes]

You would think there would be quite a bit of very fine gold sitting on the bottom of the bay.

[@pappawheely]

@@TwoToes a side money making business for the dredges ...I bet they dump it somewhere for someone with a gold nose smile

[@calderhutcheson4489]

@@TwoToes I always figured there must be, especially up towards the Delta. All that fine sediment from the old hydraulic mining runoff ends up there.

[@13bravoredleg18]

I carry a 1 liter canteen every time I go metal detecting.

[@bigcountryvet5984]

I use a kitchen table spoon for my Tom & Perry mini sluice.

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Let me know when we're going back...... whould love to get out with you one day

[@bobedwards8896]

Another great vid! hows the water levels, still high?

[@TwoToes]

Was up yesterday, it's starting to come down. It's still to fast to do any sniping, a couple more weeks, then I might give sniping a go!

[@bobedwards8896]

@@TwoToes nice! those are always fun videos

[@jeffreyallen3796]

Looks like my backyard lol. I have a goal to find the hydraulic workings by my buddies gold claim.

[@Detectaddict]

Beautiful area your in love it 👍

[@HeatherNaturaly]

lol Nah.. paulie's not the only one. We are all starting to follow his example..we newbies..

[@DmitryShevkoplyas]

Love it! Thanks!

[@gregpeddle7751]

Good info to pass on

[@DetectaBull]

Nice, well done matey

[@igotstoknow2]

Get a LifeStraw and keep it with your tools.

[@benranieri8720]

Go two toes!

[@robertspurlock3064]

I have learned so much from you its really incredible, but the comment at the start about not saying where you are.. I think its so important to remind everyone that nearly every inch of gold country in California is either claimed by someone.. meaning you need permission to prospect.. its a crime to claim jump.. or on Private land.. or state park, national park or a protected wilderness area. Do your research don't just go anywhere you think you may find gold. Ive been prospecting in California for 30 years and have had guns pointed at me and rangers with warnings of big tickets, not to mention dope growers and crazy's camped out on there claims. I love prospecting and have found some rich areas that were not claimed and legal but its rare. Just thinking that needs to be out there....

[@jmozoruk]

yeah I was thinking the same thing. Every square of that entire area from yuba city to la porta to downieville and beyond is claimed.

[@josephpecoul6532]

P-dub is a pirate I believe

[@lozzcalderwood9584]

Awesome video thank you

[@BustedknucklesProspecting]

Howdy Garry 🤠

[@TwoToes]

Can't talk now Busted Knuckles Prospecting just put up a video, want go watch it. Be right back!

[@TwoToes]

I'm back, you found more gold than I did. Looks like its kinda cold down under! Its a bit warm here. lol

[@BustedknucklesProspecting]

Oh I’m envious of your weather atm, it’s freezing cold early morning before that sun comes out to play, Lol I wish I could find half the amount you find when crevicing. Your the king of crevicing in my books.

[@revizzy]

Love the video! How do you hike like a mountain goat without killing yourself!

[@TwoToes]

Ibuprofen, you who says it's not killing me! lol

[@revizzy]

@@TwoToes What a way to go!

[@susanhamilton1922]

Awesome video...👍👍😀😀✌

[@saurabhraut6210]

Haha...Big culprit Pioneer Poly Stealing gold from the godfather...

[@stevenhigby3512]

Any gold is better then no gold it look nice in bottle.

[@rmpge]

Another great video 😎👍

[@marcocastro9195]

My homboy calls you two toe painted

[@gregpeddle7751]

Very nice fellow

[@jeffgray4602]

Soooo beautiful

[@bigfootsassy1112]

How about giving paully his spoon back

[@TwoToes]

Going to make him come down and get it!

[@bigfootsassy1112]

@@TwoToes can't wait for that video!

[@lmusic4450]

are u think that gold is very important to u...........may be crystal or other material are also found as a treasured thing..........u find a circle rock.....on the top u draw or write something also is a gift to your love one.............

[@popomomo12]

👍👍👍

[@m.s.2926]

💚🤟

[@sailingsolar]

I had to stop watching after one minute because my volume was at 100% and on my phone I couldn't watch and hear you at the same time. To gear what you were saying I had to put the phone to my ear but then I couldn't see. So I stopped. Can you set your volume higher when you edit ???That would be nice in the future. Thanks

[@TwoToes]

That's one thing I have yet to figure out, where to set the volume. It is loud on my editing computer, but I have a set of real good speakers. I will have to do a bit of research. Thanks

[@Arsopu]

👌 yewwww!

[@touristiqueducanada346]

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