Trinity vs American River

[socalocmatt]

I have a friend driving down from WA in Sep. and I will be driving up. We figure that either the Trinity or American is about halfwayish. For those of you who have been to both. Which one would you recommend for a 4 to 5 days prospecting trip. We'll be using pans and sluices. Just looking for some places that we can camp at and have a good time and of course find a bit of the AU.

So, Trinity or American River?

 

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[Aufisher]

Found my first gold on the Yuba, found most of my gold on the American....

 

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[golden sluice]

Good to to know about whats going on there currently.

 

[golden sluice]

Hi, hike the trail till you get to to the BLM posted sign, which also starts the nude beach, that's Correct nude beach. That is the safe area to pan. Not sluice, and it's not a place to bring a hammer, however bring a turkey baster a small hand broom and dust pan and gold pan and suck out the granite weather bowls in the bedrock. Happy hunting.

 

[golden sluice]

Right, your friend was not at the BLM site, he was trying to nugget snipe next to the bridge... and thats not good. Know the area and check the BLM first before gold hunting anywhere you go.

 

[Bnugget]

Thanks for the tips, just looking to venture out a bit to new locations but definitely don't need to get into more trouble at this time,lol. I'm really interested in some of the history in those areas and am going to look into it further.