Looking for larger gold in a hydro pit

Fishing out of Albion on the North Coast of California.

Sniping is a fun and a very productive methods to find gold, this is the first trip of the year.

A few tricks on finding gold in a worked-out area with detector

Using the Vac Pak to test the hillside for gold

Reading the river working the gravel

First trip to the high country

Testing the area with a highbanker.

Nevada mud

Second trip to the hillside to see if we can find the gold source.

Started out with the detector but ended up finding gold old school.

Finding gold in the spring when the rivers are running high.

Heading to Nevada to detect for gold. 2024 spring trip, 3 days.

Finding gold in the rain

Water is still high heading out to do a little panning and detecting for gold along the river bank.

With the low snow storm is California, I had to look elsewhere for gold.

How to find gold if you don't own a metal detector.

Working the river between storms can be tough, but you can still come home with gold.

Crevicing and detecting for gold in the winter

Detecting gold in late Dec. in the high Serria's.

The 1 1/2 inch Proline highbanker is back

Detecting for large gold nuggets, not going to let the rain stop us.

How much gold did we find in 2023

Pioneer Pauly and Cyle came down from British Colombia and we spent the day prospecting for gold.

Snow is on its way, Jeff and I are detecting the hydraulic pit one last time before it gets here.

Heading to the hydraulic pit before the snow starts falling. I show a few tips to find gold.

Finding gold in the fall

Fall is a great time to do a bit of highbanking

Cleaning gold from cemented gravel.

Tips on how to find more gold panning on the river.