Yuba River Gold/Party

[bigfish31]

Boy, did I get lucky! We all know how hard it is to gain access to good hunting,detecting,mining areas but to me I hit the jackpot. A non mining friend invited my wife and I to a party on the river. The invite said bring your fishing poles and gold pans.I was on it! I brought pans, sluceboxes,gasvac, and hand tools. I was going at it hard until my vacumn broke down. I got good rough flakes ,but ran only 1 1/2 buckets when I quite. It was time for the party part. I'm trying to get the owner to let me back when I'm better prepared. You can drive right down to the shore. I'm getting old!

 

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[CarolinaDigs]

Bigfish this is a great looking place !! Really very beautiful I wish you good luck on future hunts

 

[bigfish31]

Thanks Carolina.

 

[fossis]

Sure looks like a 'good spot', I hope to get to pan
out that way sometime.

Fossis..............

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Awesome! I can't wait for you to get back there, don't forget to share with us!

 

[wesfrye53]

Thanks for the pictures!

That looks like a great spot for a party, fishing, panning, or just enjoying nature!

 

[narragansett]

Great pics.

 

[nuggetshooter323]

Post pictures of the gold!

 

[packerbacker]

Hey fish, what dam is that? Looks like a fun time

 

[bigfish31]

Packerbacker, thats Englebright dam. I've jetboated above colgate powerhouse(dangerous water flows) and worked at Parksbar bridge, but this spot looks fantastic! It's right where deercreek enters the Yuba, and both waterways are exellent gold bearing gravels.

 

[aarthrj3811]

Bigfish 31…..I was in there about 30 years ago….Your photo’s bring back a bunch of good memeroies…Thank you…Art

 

[bigfish31]

I cleaned the gold up, here's what I got in about a hour of actual work.