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Detecting to hunt for Gold Nuggets !!!!

How to find Placer Gold Nuggets Where's the Gold ?? Prospectors Jeff and Gary @TwoToes head out on a cold and rainy day in search of those elusive Placer Gold Nuggets . With all the rain here in California ( You will see what I'm talking about ) the Creek is running much higher than...

Prospecting New areas VS Spots you've found Gold before Which is best ? Me and Brian AKA Socks !!! Head up to one of the spots we work a lot in search of Placer Gold Nuggets using our metal detectors the Minelab SDC 2300 . First we check the High Benches then I head down to the creek...

Crevice Detecting Yuba River Gold Nuggets Me and Gary @TwoToes head to the hills in his Jeep Rubicon to search for Gold Nuggets along the Yuba River. I'm going to concentrate on looking for Bedrock with crevices in it where those Placer Gold Nuggets like to hide. I'm using my Minelab...

Catching Lingcod and Cabezon on the Pacific Coast We Head to the Coast to escape the valley heat and do some catching @TwoToes With Salmon season closed in California we concentrate on Rock Fish , Lingcod, Cabezon, and Vermilion. After Gary catches our bait fish ( Sand Dabs ) we start...

Hydraulic Pit Gold Nugget Patch Detecting The Last Trip to the Hydraulic pits for the year was the best trip for me. We load up in Brian's Dodge Ram Pickup and head for the pits in hopes of pockets full of Placer Gold Nuggets the size of walnuts !!!!! ( We can Dream ) !!!! Each week me...

We Found a Gold Mine We found an Abandon Gold Mine while scouting around looking for another hot spot on the creek so lets check it out !!!! I fire up my Minelab SDC 2300 to check for targets ( Gold Nuggets ) till our light goes out. On our next trip we will have better lights and more gear...

Oroville Dam Spillway the Gates are open Lake Oroville Oroville CA. 10,000 Cubic Feet Per Second of Water is being Released down the Spillway The Department of Water Resources (DWR) began releasing water from Oroville Dam’s main spillway at 8 a.m. January 31, 2024. Releases to the...

Detecting Ancestral Yuba Gold Deposits The Hydraulic Pits are calling and the Ancestral Yuba Gold Deposits have got mine and Brian's attention !!! We load up in Brian's pick up truck and head off to the Sierra Nevada's in search of Placer Gold Nuggets. Whats better than one Minelab SDC...

Bedrock Gold Detecting along Mother Yuba The Suns out the birds are singing and me and Gary @TwoToes are heading to the Sierra's and the Mother Yuba. We are in search of new gold rich areas to hunt for Placer Gold Nuggets. I felt like I was back delivering Mail with all the stops we...

The Nugget Hunters Finding Placer Gold Nuggets The Nugget Hunters have assembled on a wet and Foggy day in the California Mother lode . The search for those Elusive Placer Gold Nuggets bring Gary @TwoToes and Robert @HolmesProspecting , and Brian together to try and solve the age old...

We Found a Gold Mine We found an Abandon Gold Mine while scouting around looking for another hot spot on the creek so lets check it out !!!! I fire up my Minelab SDC 2300 to check for targets ( Gold Nuggets ) till our light goes out. On our next trip we will have better lights and...

First Gold of the New Year !!!!! Happy 2024 Locating Bedrock Crevices under Boulders for Gold Nuggets Me and Gary @TwoToes head to the Hills for the first time in 2024 in search of Placer Gold Nuggets !!!!! Will it be a Happy New Year ??? Mother Nature is working against us as the...

Merry Christmas Now how do I get this Box open ? Dan-O Claus @danlonganecker has struck again !!!!! Now how to open this box filled with yummy treats ? maybe Gary @TwoToes can help me out. You all know what my New Years resolution is now it's to lose the ten pounds that came in the...

Hydraulic Pit Gold Nugget Hunt Me and Gary @TwoToes head off into the Sierra's in his Jeep Rubicon on a quest to see how many Gold Nuggets we can find. We are looking for the Yuba Palaeochannel or Palaeoriver deposits of the Ancestral Yuba River. With Snow and Rain now in the forecast...

Mother Lode Detecting and Sniping for Gold Me and Brian hit the road for a few days of Sniping and Metal Detecting for Gold !!! We are back at our old spot to finish up working an area and look for our next Prospect to start. Sniping on those Hot summer days sure feels good and to add Gold...

Bedrock Nugget Shooting on the River Last Winters Bomb Cyclone and Mother Nature cleared off a patch of Bedrock for us to Detect in our search for Placer Gold Nuggets. The weather wasn't the best as it rained off and on during our hunt but a short thirty minute hike and we were back at...

Detecting Placer Gold on the Yuba River Me and Gary @TwoToes pack up the Jeep with all the gear to head up in the Sierra Nevadas ( Mother Lode ) to find some Placer Gold Nuggets on the Yuba River. Metal Detectors, Sluice boxes and all our hand tools for Gold Panning and Crevicing are...

Best of the West Best of the West Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show 2023 Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn California November 10th & 11th One of the oldest and best Bottle and Collectibles shows on the west coast !!! With dealers from all across the country getting together to sell...

Mother lode Gold Sniping Adventure Sniping for Gold Nuggets is one of the funniest and most rewarding ways to find Placer Gold. Me and Brian head out on another sniping adventure at one of our remote gold locations in the California Mother Lode. We move up stream this time to see if the...