Yuba River Gold - Episode 101 - South Yuba Gold On A Sunny Spring Day

We join forces with J.C., the Minin' Hawaiian, and new miner Nick to search for gold on the South Yuba. It is Springtime in the Northern California Motherlode. The weather is warm enough to ditch the sweatshirts. Emerald green pastures are highlighted with blooms of golden poppies. Mother Yuba is running strong and high. It's about time to get the 2024 mining season underway. We exercise our rights to mine on public land. Someone gets first gold. Someone else gets the biggest gold. Someone else gets the most gold. A tragedy is narrowly averted and a new miner gets edumucated with respect to the customary intricacies prospector's etiquette. Many smoke offerings are made and It's another fine day on the Yuba.

[@GSProspecting]

Great times indeed fam. That's how to get it done. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

For the dream! Aloha GS

[@MayhemProspecting]

Weather looked incredible! Need that water to drop some more! Chunky stuff awaits. Great day!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Seems like the water in Tennessee was just the right height last weekend. See you at the dig. Aloha

[@MayhemProspecting]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 it sure was brother and I hope it is today too as I set off now for adventure. Aloha!

[@Smithsgold]

A good day on Mother Yuba !!!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Yes it was. One of many to come this year. Aloha

[@MetallyCorrupted]

Nice! Good times for sure.

[@markb9347]

Spring is looking gorgeous in the motherlode. Nice picker, and nice save of he Angus. Aloha!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Thanks. Tragedy narrowly averted but a great day nonetheless. Aloha

[@Ltn.Immelmann]

You make people happy when they find gold. I think that's great, Tim 👍🤠

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

It's more fun when everybody goes home with some. Aloha

[@GramCanyonSam]

Good to see you out where the mind expands

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Mother Yuba loves her children and appreciates their offerings. It all happened because Adam dreamed about California gold. Aloha

[@SilvasSmallMining]

Great job! I can’t wait to make some smoke offerings with you at the Nugget Hunt! Good gold hunting. Be safe out there. The water is cold and fast right now. Take care.

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

I will look forward to it. See you then. Aloha

[@donmeredith9762]

Appears great times!! Enjoy it

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Sound advice. Aloha

[@kerryo8182]

Aloha my Braddahs.. good to see you guys out on the river doing what you do best 👌 Can't wait to get back up there.. 🤙

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Looking forward to your return. We will have some nice new sniping spots. Aloha

[@onemansthought]

Tim! Aloha! You sir are a very generous man to let the newby have your spot….. See you at the hunt!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Mama taught me how to share. See you at the dig. Aloha

[@TheRattlesnakeRanch]

Lost clips are better than lost gold. Aloha!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Can't argue with that. Aloha

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

😂 You should have taught Nick one more lesson Tim, and that would have been for him to fetch the Angus. Lol. Hope to see you soon. 🇺🇲👍⛏️😎

[@Pa.PatriotProspecting]

Tim, nice day out there brother! 😎☀️✨️⛏️

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

One of many more to come this mining season. Aloha

[@billcrockett200]

Excellent. Everybody got some cheese.

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

That's the way it is supposed to be. Aloha Bill

[@HZaP]

Beautiful Day, with Friends making Offerings to the Mother Yuba. Extra Offerings Tomorrow on Our Creek here on Elizabeth peak. We'll see You at the end of July.🐻🦌🤠👍🤙

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

See you at the dig. Mother Yuba appreciates those long distance offerings. Aloha

[@markopittman2833]

rough day out on the beautiful yuba , claim jumpers , sluice kickers , and high water. bet that swim was a cold one.

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

You guessed right Marko. See you at the dig. Aloha

[@freddking4389]

The gold looked good Brother but the lunch looked great!

[@FlashInYourPan]

Welcome Greenhorn, Nick! And Very nice, JC and Tim the Hawaiians. I am surprised JC isn't in a Death Cave hahaha Nice, JC Brother! Thanks for sharing, Tim, brother! Keep them coming, and when you get back to the North Shore, there should be something in the mail from me. TIl next time May You Always Have A Flash In Your Pan!!! Pun intended 😉🤙 Smoke Offerings To Mother Yuba Pay Off Again!!!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Thanks Ed. You will be glad to know that J.C. found another death cave today and survived the experience. Hope you can join us at the dig this year. Aloha

[@FlashInYourPan]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 Right on, JC the Death Cave King!!! Unfortunately, brother I am unable to make it again this year, I sure hope to be able to make it to next year's Nugget Hunt.

[@Go-Yim]

Aloha to you gold seekers. I am also a Hawaiian visiting near Reno from Texas. Looks like you guys are living the dream! Wishing one day to have some mining buddies! ​@blueleadgoldproductions133

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

@@Go-Yim Join us at this year's North Yuba Nugget Hunt on July 27th. Aloha

[@Notellemkrik1776]

Aloha Tim, keep the golden spirit my friend 😅

[@homesteadaquarius]

That is rough terrain yall worked. Any gold is epic and hard won!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

All gold is good gold. Aloha

[@lesterleporesr5228]

Aloha, Tim‼️ Good to see Ya "Out There Diggin, Brother 👍👌👀

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Thanks Lester. How about joining us at the Nugget Hunt this year? Aloha

[@lesterleporesr5228]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 a bit hard to explain, Tim, but, I hafta pick my vacations a year ahead of time, in November, and by seniority, so, maybe next year 🥴⁉️👌😎

[@truthseeker5890]

Nice job, guys. With gold at ~$2,400.00, it's time to get serious about mining. It's rallied ~$400.00 since February 29; that's not even two months ago. It's going higher. It might sell off and retrace a bit but the overall long-term trend is higher.

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

We like it when gold prices rise. However, its not all about the gold. Good times, with good friends in incredibly scenic places is the real gold. Aloha

[@Mimundo-pf7rh]

Buen video saludos suscrito

[@GOLD_FEVER]

I went over there to move some boulders! Moved some 2,000 pounders and found DARN NEAR NOTHIN!!! My bet about the bedrock shelf underneath those boulders didn't pay off! So i didn't end up getting much more than aching muscles and a long hike back to the car! Well, at least i know that that spot isn't hiding nuggets from me now!

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

At least you got some exercise and had a good work out. Aloha

[@terrancewilson5035]

South yuba has a lot of flood gold. I used to work purden crossing. 40 years ago.

[@danlonganecker]

Domein it up is the LBPA way. 🤙🇺🇸

[@terrancewilson5035]

The real gold in the south fork of the yuba is the rainbow trout fishing.

[@nuttynuggetneil1020]

Gonna be on the Yuba here soon

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Mother Yuba awaits your return. I'm looking forward to seeing what you dig up at the Nugget Hunt this year. Aloha

[@tachyon8317]

Hoping to make it there for a couple days this year

[@timothymacmaster7432]

Join us at the Nugget Hunt. Aloha

[@tho464]

Had no idea you could mine on the Yuba without a claim. I’m new to this and trying to learn more before I ever give it a try. I’m 55 and my dream is to find one picker before I die but all I have done so far is buy small nuggets at coin shows.

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Then join us at the Nugget Hunt this year. Two or three years ago there was a young boy who joined us with his family and found two nice pickers in the very first pan of gold he ever did. Aloha

[@tho464]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 can you tell me more about where and when it will be. I will have to get a pan. I really appreciate the offer and just might take you up on it.

[@ericbruns888]

What mother yuba gives she can also take. Lol. Great video. WWG1WGA 3%🇺🇸

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

Good day for the Angus. Not a good day for a swim. Aloha Eric

[@ericbruns888]

@@blueleadgoldproductions133 the little creek I dig at can get a quick raise in the levels. Used to keep a home made wooden box and a old school 12” wide sluice body down there to save the hike and well the creek giveuth and takeuth. Pack it in every time now. Head out Sunday. But I start too early for bankers. So you have to catch me one morning when the pillow fight goes to the fluffy one. 😆

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

any gold is good gold. aloha boss. 3%🇺🇸

[@timothymacmaster7432]

I agree. Aloha

[@jeffsalcedo8334]

So where do you hang out when you're in California? I get down that way every once in a while and it would be great to spend a day with you on the Yuba!

[@timothymacmaster7432]

I stay in Auburn during the summer. Join us at the Nugget Hunt this year. Aloha

[@tdiron5277]

😎

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

👍Aloha

[@mattc6226]

I'm gonna borrow that (with an n).😂

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

👍Aloha

[@GilgoldProspecting]

Hey Tim glad ur back... Gilgold Prospecting San Antonio Tx where every day is a Gold'n Day... in Arizona few more days then heading back Downievile way. Moving around between weather systems seems to be working for me. -skycloud-

[@timothymacmaster7432]

It was 76 degrees up on the North Yuba Yesterday. Aloha