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you pan till you find a pocket then use the sluice to speed up the recovery of moving material . Pan full should have 10 or more flakes to start using sluice , and after every 4 or so bucket do a test pan to make sure you are still on the gold .

Suggest you watch "Ask Jeff Williams" or "Dan Hurd". Inside of stream curves, pockets, boulders, etc. Thanks for a great video !!

That’s a nice Keen super sluice and can pull the finest gold out of stronger flows. The expanded metal and miners moss create drop zones that capture something that is 19 times heavier than water. The time on a rippling creek is worth more than the gold. Good luck. 🍀

Your videos are always amazing. The amount of time you commit to setting up each of your shots shows your dedication to your channel. Plus your positive attitude is always a joy to experience.

Well Hannah at least you had a mini adventure being a gold prospector haha. Maybe Sasquatch scared everyone out of campground???? Always love your love of life. Brightens my day!! Thanks 🙏🏼

Hanna when you decended the hill full of shale I am glad you did so without harm! I also remembered at that moment the words of our Ranger instructors when we were carping about a night time training effort requring us to move down steep terrain in Utah with a 360 degree live fire range fan. I was picked to be company commander that night and i quipped "this is going to be challenging" and they flat out told me a line that stuck with me throghout life along that i am sure other Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and AF PJs in the class probably recall..."Suck it up and drive on Ranger!". Anyhow I enjoyed your video!

The real gold: 200K subs finally, wow congrats best to you!

You definately don’t have too much water velocity as long as material collects begind the riffles. Remember inside turns on a river are best and if you have lots of crevices in the bedrock this is also good. Find yourself some solid dental picks or the like to scrap out any fine crevaces, small nuggets get driven down into them and will need to be popped out. Nothing wrong with what you’re doing. Best of luck !

LOVED THE VIDEO !! And looking for gold is my Favorite thing !! And you did great setting up your sluice box !! I live in Alaska and got into gold mining a long while ago , and i started out just like you , and even have the same sluice you are using today !! Classifying dirt is a good way to start and prospect new places for gold !! I do recommend getting some crevice tools for working bedrock !! Its a great way to find more gold !! And Keene sells a stand to run your Sluice box in deeper water , a plus to get your box running. Today i have 160 acres in gold claims and own 4 dredges of different sizes 2.5 to 6" and all the dive gear !! I also have the Gold Cube for clean up but also used it when i first got started as a 2nd step up from the sluice box !! I added the classifier & Trommel to run more dirt and it's a great way to run your dirt as a stand alone unit !! Another Plus to the cube is Price !! I have the 4 stack but the 3 is perfect !! 99.99% of your gold is going to be on the first Tear under the slick plate , and 2# you have about a half cup of material to classify when your done !! :) Sorry for the LONG REPLY , LOL But like i said I LOVE FINDING GOLD & wish you the best of LUCK in your adventures !! XOXO From AK.

Whenever you go to a place where gemstones are found. Get a black light and walk around at night. The black light will reflect the light inside the gemstone and stand out from everything else. Great adventures ahead Hannah. Use caution if in big animal country.

Damn DR Hannah you are living the life most of us dream about. I am stuck in a factory in UK!! Take care of yourself in those deserted areas. Have to sift lots of sand and gravel for the nuggets. Time and patience and I am sure you will be rewarded! Enjoy!

For us "hobbiests" the gold is just being out in the beautiful environment enjoying what nature has to offer. Any gold you might get is just a bonus. Looks like you found a pot full.

Like the saying goes - Gold is where you find it. It is also easier with a metal detector. Even a small one passed over the dirt before you put the dirt in the sluice and saves time. Nice spot but....a woman alone in the woods - you be careful.

A couple decades ago I had taken my Family, then spouse and our herd of 4 kids to Alaska (13,500 round trip by Truck and Camper) all the way up the Haul Road to Prudhoe Bay...and back. We had an opportunity to pan for some gold...I recall the look on my #2 Daughter's face when she saw that we could get gold for free (with a bit of work of course). Other chillins were excited as well. Great trip, Great memories. Best

Ive been following you for about a year..not to regularly, and you never cease to impress me in you myriad of interests! Thanks for this prospecting adventure!

I went through a gold diggin faze a few years back. I tried the north fork, and the middle, and even the Bear. I worked my butt off and only found flakes :( It's freakin hard work! It's funny cuz I had a pan and a sluice box identical to yours. I probably bought them at the same shop since it's still open (I think). The only thing that surprised me in this video was how empty Ruck-a-chucky was. Maybe people are afraid of fires or something. It's usually crowded. You could try the south fork in Coloma. That's where the gold rush started. It would be an interesting video with all the historical sites n junk. Keep truckin!

There's nothing more beautiful then to be in nature. Thanks for another great video. "Mother nature has the power to please, to comfort,to calm,and to nature one's soul."

I panned for gold in Alaska where my friend lives. I found some gold. He has 2 claims and has his sluice and everything. You don't want a strong current in your sluice. Your first 2 riffles in your sluice are the ones that do the work, only allow about a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch of water entering your sluice. Keep proping up your feed end of your sluice till you have proper flow. If your first riffle isn't clearing out quickly and properly place a small rock in the middle of the feed end of your sluice. The rock can create a little back flow and cause proper cleanout of your first riffle. And put your dirt in behind the rock and let it flow itself.

Hello hannah. You are one amazing woman. The world needs more people like you & your sense of adventure. Adrian from Devon

Lady, your gold prospecting skills make me smile, but do not give up. There are some great how to video's out here. I see this video was a year ago so I look forward to seeing how far you have came prospecting. Love the adventures. 🙂❤

atleast you are an honest gold digger

Good luck, hope you find some nuggets that would be awesome appreciate you sharing what a beautiful place. I have a great night I’ll follow for more

Oh now you have my attention, I love geology and archeology and paleontology. Expensive Rock hounding. Yep. Have a great day 🌸😊🌸

Dr.Hannah, The videos you make are relaxing and fun. You are the sweetest and cutest, and most friendly personality. Well that might be a stretch but you get it right? I enjoy theses videos and I look forward to seeing more. Stay safe and healthy inside your body 😉🤙🏼

Great video Hannah. Gold prospecting is on my bucket list. You look beautiful as always and the scenary was amazing.

Looks like your always having a great adventures. Thank you for taking us along

Thanks for sharing your adventures. The scenery is outstanding. Maybe some sort of vacuum to suck out the dirt in those hard to get to places. Probably a stretch.

You have such a beautiful spirit.

I tend to have my best luck pulling dirt from the downstream side of large rocks and boulders that are in the water already, of course the outside bend on a stream bed of solid rock works best for me. Just like you, I have never found enough to quit my day job but most of the fun is just being out in the water on a secluded stretch of river with my sons

Very cool to hang out with you! Your enthusiasm rubs off on us. Better luck tomorrow!!

Dr Hanna, youbwoukd be an incrdible person to be around! What a personality to have, laughing and joking like you do. You will go far in this life, its a gift that most folks would love to own but simply cannot pull it off you do sweetheart. Its a shame there are not more like you in the world so be thankful. Do add God into your conversation because without Him you do not show the world what you have in the nature you possess. Thank you so much for taking on such a wonderful adventurious time.

First I would like to say, a bad day panning for gold is better than a good day at work. Second, I have used a sleigh box and still own it. Finding nuggets are harder then you think. Flakes are easier. An old miner once told me to never give up, you sill find the gold when it wants to be found.

There's is an art to getting the right angle and flow keep on exploring sluices are good just need good dirt 🇺🇸⛏️

Dr Hannah, Did I ever tell you that I found gold once! It was indeed the "mother load" as you say. It was the day I found your channel. I've been richer ever since. 😊

Gold Digger,Van Dweller,Ship Captain,Yacht renovator,Mushroom coffee purveyor so much adventures so little time !

you have to keep at it Hannah, sometimes i spend a whole day shoveling and putting it through the sluice . It pays to try a few pans to see if there is gold in the area before spending time in an area. It is best to try on the drop side of the creek which is normally on the inside of the bend. Sometimes it is best to get into some tight wash and try to work down to the base rock or bedrock. crevices in the bedrock will hold gold so it pays to get into these as well, good luck. I am enjoying your vids Hannah, keep them coming. cheers, Trevor Cozens, Picton NZ.

Wish you all the best luck Hanna, you never know you might find a good size nugget of gold.

hi Hannah whenever you want to go for a dredge session,I've got a Keene triple sluice dredge that's ready to go. thumbs up to you for getting out there. great vids!!!!

200K SUBS.Time to celebrate.Well deserved my friend 🍹🤎

If you come to British Columbia you can meet Dan Hurd. The borders are open for the US. We love gold panning. There is lots of gold panning British Columbia and you're guaranteed to find gold every time

I've always wanted to try this, it would be a good hobby to enjoy while going on a camping trip. Ive never done it, several of my relatives were miners in the early to mid 1900s . Such a beautiful setting for a great video.

Happy Birthday! I was from Pittsburgh too. Old critical care nurse and love your videos!

Your lucky to have running water to run a sluice. In the desert of Arizona, we have to bring the water to pan the gold. It's a fun Hobbie, but a little hard work but enjoyable and you can enjoy peace and the outdoors 🤙

All the best wishes for you dear Sweet Dr. Hannah, if hope you get successful in finding gold and all goals of your life

I love your sense of humor. I bought prospecting tools 3 years ago and they are still brand new.

The estwing black pans with different size riffles are quite good because the bottom of the pan is fairly big for washing back the black sands. The garrett super sluice pan is even bigger but costs more and you need to be a lot stronger to use it. I've just got the garrett gold trap and the little finishing pan and the estwing.

Great video Doc. You put the pretty in this adventure, the scenery was spectacular, good luck finding gold, we all found it when we hit the SUB button, nice job👍🏻 👏🏻

Get a Garrett Super Sluice gold pan, they are the best! Never put dry material in your sluice box, only wet material, otherwise the small gold will float on the top & wash right out over the riffles. The water was almost too slow still, you need good water flow to clean the light stuff out of the riffles so the heavier gold can settle in the bottom. Prospecting is hard, but don't give up! Think of it as a fun hobby & not a money maker & it's much more enjoyable.

Gold flakes is what you'll find mostly Today, try using a barge vacuum pump and sucking out the sludge in between rocks,emptied into a screen shifter.....

a wide rock on top of sluice will help hold it down. 1" drop for each foot of sluice length. top of sluice, water should be deep enough to form a V down to about the second riffle. to low of water, build a dam. gold will carry on the inside bend of stream and down stream side of bigger rocks, boulders. keep it up, being out in nature is a treasure in itself!

seeing that sparkling personality is always a big plus 👌 Whoever steals her hart has struck gold

nice place kind of reminds me of Kern river ca , they been having fires out that way , right in the Kern river , and the smoke was bad for miles around , I would still love to go visit there again someday , alot of panning on that river that is not tied to a claim , be careful and have fun

Looks like so much fun .....great videos. Being from Canada I've had the pleasure of traveling through California and Nevada. Currently just out side of Salt Lake City. You are so lucky to be able to enjoy all its beauty every day Looking forward to your next adventure

Nothing like a little Au to put a smile on face!

You have the most fun adventures. There are places here in Georgia to still find a little gold.

Love your videos. Always looking for new adventures. You have so much fun traveling and exploring. Keep on discovering and stay safe.

Fun adventure, even if you don't strike it big. I am in SE Ohio, not known for gold, but I do have a creek that runs across my property so though I would give it a try. I used a Grizzly gold trap and then panned the concentrate. Quite a bit of black sand, and actually found a half dozen flakes. Will never pay for the equipment I guess but still a fun experience, and I have a little glass vial with some glittery flakes of gold to show off.

If it were easy, everybody would be prospecting. Don't know much but I've watched enough gold rush to know that the angle of the sluice has to be dead on for result should there actually be gold, and like another comment was said, bends, in the river are best. Good luck, fun to watch.

Iv been exploring gold panning and a sluice box as well this year. Growing up in Montana you learn a lot about life and have nothing but adventure.

Love the hat Hannah, glad to see you back on land again. Prospecting is so adventurous, and you perfect for it.. the sluice looks great.excellent technique…. You taught me something. Happy day Hannah. See you next adventure……

It would help if you put some miners moss on top of carpet the keene came with. Also you have to put the expanded metal in with the right side up. With the expanded laying flat on the sluice one side has a bevel in the diamonds the bevels should be facing down so that there is a lip between the carpet and the bevel. Those tiny pockets will trap the gold. If you put tha bevels up the tiny gold will just slide off. Heavy pans 🙂👍

Hi Hannah, Gold panning is so much fun. It looked like your sluice was set pretty good. I don't know if anyone else mentioned this yet, wet your classified materials before you run it through the sluice. Dry gold will wash right through. Gold flakes float. After you clean your sluice into your bucket, pan the concentrates into a tub but add some jet dri to the tub. It breaks the surface tension so the Gold will sink in your pan. Even if you don't find Gold the beauty of the outdoors is the treasure many of us look for.

Good morning Hannah must be Sunday I always enjoy waking up to your new vids every week hopefully you get some gold in the rest of your bucket as always so jealous that your out in the woods love your content be safe 😉

Look for packed gravel with clays.....there is gold in sand but only a little and really small

A sluice box is the way to go you can move a lot of material quickly. If you feel like the water is moving to fast you can raise the backside up to decrease the pitch . Looking at the video on it looked like you had it set up just about right. The key is to move as much quality material as possible to get the gold. Good luck and don't give up it's all about the me adventure. Thank you for the video!!!

I loved the slightly spooky music to start off October right! Very fun and you always put a smile on my face with your fun adventures! I would love to go gold prospecting like that! Thanks for being so sweet and sharing your adventures with us. 😊

What a great mountain location you're at. Digging for gold is awesome.

Love your zest for Life and Love of nature!!!!! Oh and your Love of Coffee!

Your videos are so funnily random sometimes love it keep up the hard work 👏👏👏

When you think about recreational gold prospecting you have to bear in mind that gold concentrations are usually found in “parts per million” concentrations. If you think about that long enough it drives you to just dig another scoop of dirt, thinking that if you stop a nice piece of gold MIGHT be just a fraction of an inch lower, so you get a little crazy, just going after that next half inch of dirt. And yes, a sluice box allows you to process more material than a pan alone.

@Dr. Hannah Straight I'm sorry you didn't find any gold this time. Better luck next time maybe. Good to see you again Angel.

Looks like fun and a good excuse to get into the beautiful back country. Might even run into Hannah!

@10:39... I know Hannah was talking to ME !

🧐 awe your hint "open your mind to the one golden sun" out of all the possible lines from that entry. my mood #happy.

Hello and good morning everyone and good day Doc!

Hi hannah.Hope you are well and having fun.Be safe and happy travels my friend 🇦🇮 uk love 💜

That.....was a long day down there. Early set up, and out after sunset. Which leads me to my next point..... WRONG! You did find gold ! And you did hit the jackpot ! Maybe not the gold and jackpot you'd cash in..... But days like that with no one around, a stream to yourself, digging and sifting, mind wandering, stream swishing by, ...... that is the gold, the nugget, we are really after out here. Bonus round with the crystals.

Cool video stay safe we all get creeped out even me in my semi truck sometimes I park I wish I didn't so I lock my doors and turn my lights on and my Pitt bull keeps a watchful eye on everything ✝️🇺🇲

Looks very pretty out there and water is so clear!!!!

Good morning Hannah happy sunday. I prospect for gold too, I scrap old computers for the gold. I like your way better, standing in a creek outside in the sun. I think the water was flowing a little fast through your sluice. try again the third time is always the charm=)

Another great video Doc! Love your work! 👍😁

If you buy or make one of those gold hand pump siphons they work great to pull everything out of those bedrock crevices.

At the base of that bedrock you looked at first had some interesting sand and gravel pockets. That would have been the first place I would have checked. There has been plenty of heavy water flow scrubbing that rock, and the base is a prime location. Nice folding sluice, mine was a solid one piece about the same size, definitely more awkward to transport.

Keep digging girl , your Jack pot is in your near future! It looks fun . Also keep using your gold pan for fast results. Good luck !

Joyous and carefree video! Not many things make me anxious, but that campsite would creep out most people solo-camping, I believe. As someone old enough to be your father, I’d probably be discouraging you from doing that too often! 😉🙏👍

Hey Hannah, Scott from SC here, I know this was a while back but I just wanted to say you’re doing great!!...and you’re exactly right, the root systems with the well packed gravels are excellent spots. A lot of really good advice and tips in the comments as well. Looking forward to more like this one but I’ll be honest... I catch myself smiling during every single one. I’ve decided to get a GoPro and start filming my new adventure so I’m taking notes. Have a wonderful day!

You can guarantee that there's always a beautiful and smiling face to greet you with a Dr. Hannah video.

The first place you dog in that rock face behind you there was what looked to be quartz, there was probably gold in that rock !!!

It looks like you're doing the sluicing correctly, I've been sluicing since 1980. Just keep trying, and keep the sluice at a 20-degree angle. Water flow slows down in the fall in the Sierras, you may have to place rocks to funnel more water into the sluice. Check out DMO and Zonner's youtube channel, they prospect in the Sierras and the Nevada desert.

With all the camera set up, hiking up, hiking down and hiking back to get the shot you want, you probably hike those hills 3 or 4 times. It's impressive

I love how you love nature!

Great seeing you enjoying life, looking for a stream of gold. Love your video’s. Be safe, stay healthy, & God Bless everyone.

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Hi Hannah, and yes the sluice box is the way to go and yes you need a full size pan, I always sample pan for color before I set up my Sluice so I know were the color is best and dont forget to check your talings from the box to see if you are losing any color slow the water down and keep an eye on the riffles . Remember gold is heavy when looking for paydirt look for round river rocks with minerals smaller rocks not the sand so much. May your pan turn yellow with color.

Don't give up. If all else fails come to Idaho we can show you some pointers.

That is really awesome that you are out there prospecting and having fun. Having fun is the most important part! We all know you wont get rich panning or sluicing for gold. It is very hard work. Rather, it is the experience of being out on the river and looking for hidden treasure. That said, if you want to improve your chances there are many great channels on youtube dedicated to this hobby and how to do it safely and effectively. Safe travels young lady.

Thanks for sharing your life and your adventures.

I have a claim in British Columbia Canada, right on the historic Gold Rush Trail from the 1800's. I have a few spots I work hard, but when I just go for fun and stuff, I usually get a few grams for the afternoon. If you ever take a trip to Alaska, you would be driving right through my area. And if you wanted to spend a day on a working claim, just let me know

Yes, out of all those beautiful spots, if you sample all the spots you've been to, you'll find gold and silver for sure. Would love for you to continue this trade/skill! I think this would be a great addition to the already great content!