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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...

Canyons, Creeks and Gold prospecting Me and Brian head out on a rainy day to an New Prospect and an old one in our never ending search for Gold !!!! We checked out this Canyon and Creek about a Month ago before Brian started Rice Harvest and now he's done so we are back at it to see if we...

Prospectors Life Fall in the Mother Lode The Leaves have begun to change colors and days are shorter and the temperature has dropped here in the Mother lode. The Rivers are at there lowest but getting colder and colder with each passing day. Lets take a drive down highway 49 to two of my...

Silver and Copper LBPA North Yuba Nugget Hunt The LBPA had a few Cermonies at the North Yuba River Nugget Hunt this year where two Copper members were promoted to Silver and we added two new Copper Members !!! Tim from @blueleadgoldproductions133 was promoted to Silver and to my surprise I...

Crevice Detecting Gold Nuggets The Bomb Cyclone that California Received this spring moved around and Redeposited some of the smaller Placer Gold. We hope to find a pocket that Mother Nature left and maybe a patch of Bedrock that she cleared for us to Detect in our search for Placer Gold...

Pocket hunting with a Metal Detector for Gold Me and Brian head to a new Prospect in our search for Gold !!!! Brian checked out the spot the week before and thought it would be worth a better look I think he was right !!!! The area has both old hydraulic mines and lode mines so you have...

Prospectors Life Nugget Hunting a Pounded Patch On this Adventure I meet up with my Buddy @ChrisRalph and his dad for a Gold Nugget hunt in an area that has been worked over pretty good can we find a Nugget or Two ?? Chris Calls this area the Pounded Patch lots of Gold Nuggets have...

Yuba River Gold Sniping When you go Prospecting for Gold it's best to use all your resources that you have available and increase your odds of finding a nice big Placer Gold Nugget or two !!!! On this Prospecting Adventure we team up with the One and Only Mining Hawaiian and for the day I'm...

Prospectors Life Scouting the Yuba Scouting the Mother lode to check on the water levels and get Ice cream !!! @TwoToes Preview of an Epic upcoming video with Gary and Bedrock Bennett as they trade off finding Placer Gold Nuggets after Nuggets !!!! Taking the boat out ( North River...

Mother lode Sniping for Gold When it's 96 degrees in the Mother Lode and the Creek isn't raging it's time to Snipe for Gold !!!!!! We return to do some Sniping and run my hand Vacuum on our little creek in the Mother lode that been giving up some nice Gold !! Brian gets right in the...

Mother lode Gold Prospecting When your Buddy Guarantees Gold you pack up and hit the road in search of Gold Nuggets !!! Brian Guaranteed Gold and he didn't disappoint !!! Watch as I check out a new spot as Brian gets in the water to do some Sniping and sluicing for Placer Gold Nuggets...

Hydraulic Pit Detecting for Gold Nuggets Me and Gary @TwoToes head off into the Sierra's in his Jeep Rubicon on a scouting trip to see if the Snow has melted enough for us to get into the High country to work the Yuba paleochannel deposits of the Ancestral Yuba River. With the Snow now...

Bedrock Crevice Detecting for Placer Gold Nuggets The Bomb Cyclone and Mother Nature cleared off a patch of Bedrock for us to Detect in our search for Placer Gold Nuggets. Me and Gary did the rest Sometimes it pays off to hike a little further and check more areas to see if anythings...

North Yuba Nugget Hunt Get Your Detectors and Gold Pans ready the date has been set for the Fifth annual North Yuba River Nugget Hunt !!!!! Tim from Blue Lead Gold Productions has set the date and this years Nugget Hunt is shaping up to be the Biggest and best yet !!!!! Saturday, July...

Yuba River Sluicing for Gold Nuggets With the Water levels all over the Mother lode being super high the guy's break out there Sluice boxes in Search of Yuba Gold Nuggets. Gary @TwoToes , Todd @topcatgoldprospecting , Robert @HolmesProspecting and Brian meet up on Mother Yuba to find...

Gold Prospecting Ancestral Yuba River Gold We head out on a Scouting Adventure with Gary @TwoToes and Robert @HolmesProspecting to check out a Hydraulic Pit to see if it still has any Gold left over from the old Timers. After Lunch and a stop for Ice Cream we head to the Yuba River to...

Gold Nugget Detecting Ancestral Hydraulic Gravels With the Extreme High waters across the Mother lode due to the Snow pack melt we go on a scouting trip to see if we can get into the Hydraulic pits. With Plan A and B out the door due to the Snow levels we look to plan C. Detecting...

There’s Gold in them Gravels Sluicing the Yuba Metal Detecting and Sluicing the Yuba River with Gary @TwoToes and Robert @RobertHolmes1 during our spring of high water. We have the Minelab SDC 2300's fired up and ready to find those Placer Gold Nuggets the Yuba River is famous for...

The Nugget Hunters Ancient Placer Channel The Race is on to Detect an Ancient Placer Channel before the Poison Oak completely over takes it for the Season. The Poison Oak is starting to pop so this might be our only shot at it this year. We found this spot during a scouting trip and Gary...

Detecting Exposed Bedrock the search for Placer Gold The Search for Placer Gold takes me and Robert @RobertHolmes1 to a few new old area's Detecting exposed Bedrock cracks and crevices looking for those elusive Gold Nuggets !!!! With our Minelab SDC 2300's in hand we hope for a Golden...

Gold Nugget Detecting Newly Exposed Bedrock The 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 nugget hunt but a short thirty minute hike and we were...

Winter Gold panning on the Yuba River We head to Mother Yuba in search of Gold and piece of mind !!!! Me and Gary @TwoToes and Robert @RobertHolmes1 brave the frozen Winter Wonderland ( AKA ) Snow in our endless search for Golden Adventures !!!! Our goal for the trip was to find a...

Atmospheric River of Gold Extreme Weather conditions can make Prospecting for Gold a bit rough but that's not going to stop us from trying !!!! Here in California we are getting hit pretty hard with unrelenting rain storms that are bringing warm air from the tropics to us. When you get...

Extreme Prospecting Rain ,Wind, Cold, and Snow can't keep us from the Gold !!!!! Me and Robert head deep into the Sierra's in search of Placer Gold Nuggets . With the TDI down for repairs Gary @TwoToes let's me use his Minelab SDC 2300 plus it's water proof and we are going to need...

The Nugget Hunters Ancient Channel Detecting Metal Detecting for Placer Gold Nuggets on a Ancient Channel. Jeff and Gary @TwoToes are joined by Robert @RobertHolmes1 in there search for Gold and Treasure. With the Weatherman predicting temperatures in the 70's and the prospects of...

Digging all Targets to find Gold The Rain has returned but the Fever is real and yes we are going to get wet . With just a small window between rain storms we head up into the Sierra's looking for Gold Nuggets we know are there we just have to find them !! We try to shame Gary...

Rainy Day Gold When Life gives you Lemons you make Lemonade !!!! With Basketball and Baseball season both going I'm limited on when I can get out and find some Gold. It seems the only days I have free it rains !!! Maybe it should be when Life gives you Oranges you make Orange juice...

The Nugget Hunters High Water Detecting Nugget Shooting along the River when the water level is High can be both Challenging and rewarding. Those Placer Gold Nuggets seem to want to play the game of Hide and Seek !!! Metal Detectors used Gary @TwoToes and Hugo @MRGOLD99.999 are...