Great video! I have definitely been guilty of digging to China just to end up with nothing.
@callycally3412 күн бұрын
Huge fan of looking for gold
@mattewers947812 күн бұрын
Your angle is way too steep. With that short of a sluice, you shouldn't have much angle at all.
@goldseekersadventures938013 күн бұрын
Good video Chris.
@oregonpatriot157013 күн бұрын
Boy. Those salmon smolts sure are curious. You should have brought a frozen block of 'brine shrimp' to feed them. LOL I'm just about to get started looking for gold here in Oregon. I'll also be looking in creeks and rivers falling from Mt. Hood, but for the time being I'll be using a pointer, a crevice tool and a pan. (maybe a portable shop vac) No wet-suit for this fat old man!
@oregonpatriot157014 күн бұрын
I just ordered one of those Milwaukee 18-Volt cordless vacs, along with a 'Nokta PulseDive' pinpointer and a couple other small items needed to get started finding some gold on the rivers and creeks coming off Mt. Hood here in western Oregon. At some point (after I bank some gold) I might have to expand my hunting abilities to underwater building one of these! (but the thought of stretching a wet suit over this 6'4" 300# old man isn't a pretty visual, so it'll probably never happen 🤣)
@snowstephenanderson80118 күн бұрын
that's a sweet set up on your gold cube!
@SECRETCREEKPROSPECTING177620 күн бұрын
Well explained and a phenomenal product. Thanks for sharing and thanks Mike for keeping us prospectors on top of the blk sands 👊✌️😆🇺🇸⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️
@SECRETCREEKPROSPECTING177621 күн бұрын
Sweet sharing, nice work & excellent cinematography 👊✌️😆
@SECRETCREEKPROSPECTING177622 күн бұрын
Picked up one, excited to try it out. Excellent cinematography & editing. Thanks 😅👊✌️🇺🇸
@m8s4lif24 күн бұрын
Cow Creek has been good for gold through the years. I wish that Windy Creek would have had the same kind of gold. Oh well. For some of you that have heard stories about big stinky critters with hair all oner their bodies and walked upright like men that lived around there, yes, they were around there. Some people called them bigfoot. Around Glendale we usually just called them hippies.
@psiklops7125 күн бұрын
you asked the crab wheres the gold my dad would ask the crab where do you live lol
@Donaldperson725 күн бұрын
Of course they want money!
@jasong837726 күн бұрын
with my experience with dream mat I've come to the conclusion it just isn't what the hype makes it out to be I use the gray the green and micro purple and unless you classify it to 1/8 it just fills up and clogs the cells and gold blows out you can't beat expanded metal and moss with v rib or goldhog matting I feel I wasted my money buying dream mats
@brocojackАй бұрын
Band name?
@doudlaskeilwitz1648Ай бұрын
your just a 3 to 4 mills from the mother load. con tack me and I well show you where
@gatogordo19Ай бұрын
Hey here’s a video where is how you something cool, but I don’t actually show you…. Clickbait bs
@eisr9320Ай бұрын
hello sir, I just bought this combo product for France. I'm also a little disappointed. Much more detailed instructions from the seller are missing! . I notice that if the flow is too slow, the rifles open their mouths, if the flow is faster, the rifles open their mouths, in return the fine gold flakes tend to leak from what I have observed. I saw that it had a slope of 9 to 9.5%. It remains very difficult for the 2 smaller rifles! the vortex should work better. I will add that the carpet I ordered is 8x36, it does not respect the dimensions! 36 goes to 34 so really 2inch difference 😂
@CryptorowdyyyyyАй бұрын
How much does that cost ?? I wanna buy a sluice
@digitalwarrior6731Ай бұрын
Works great, felt is much better.
@cacogenicistАй бұрын
I would say the Mollala, but the gold is too good. 😊 Let's see, what else is "near" Portland -- Washougal?
@bradwelch7425Ай бұрын
I am looking at one of these hand dredges myself, like you, here in Australia, no pumps are allowed, but Victoria you are allowed Highbanking and mini trommels, how long that will last is anyones guess. Well done on the gold and great video
@patfromamboyАй бұрын
Destroying stream beds looks like fun.
@prospectingforadventureАй бұрын
How so? I could send you to that exact spot right now and you wouldn't be able to point out any damage.
@COOL-WHIP50325 күн бұрын
lol what a stupid thing to say, he's not destroying anything, how much of the earth have you actually destroyed in your lifetime? sound like a loser.
@TomTom-cs7grАй бұрын
Helps when you put the gold there first 😂👍
@prospectingforadventureАй бұрын
What? Lol
@CavemanVanDwellerАй бұрын
Hay, i know that spot! My friend Louis is always there for me when I need a quick fix for the fever.
@prospectingforadventureАй бұрын
Haha I think we have the same dependable friend.
@bigrickshaberdashery2759Ай бұрын
1957, good year.
@DSKI85Ай бұрын
"Tell me where the gold is!" lol
@scottkerlee4849Ай бұрын
Great video, thanks for posting
@bigtonythepetwasp440Ай бұрын
Private claim or not, as of 2017 the Rogue River is part of the salmon protection plan, and dredging is illegal. What say you?
@prospectingforadventureАй бұрын
I say, just because something is in the watershed doesn't mean it's completely closed to dredging. There are NON-ESH waterways that eventually end up in the Rogue River. These streams are above dams, or some other barrier that prevents fish migration from the ocean or larger rivers.
@aaronharvey6991Ай бұрын
What if you left it the way you first had it set up with less water flowing through. Having gold situp in the flair seems like a good thing.
@prospectingforadventureАй бұрын
My goal was to test the mat, not the flare. The box needed more water regardless.
@patfromamboyАй бұрын
Which river was it? I live in Yacolt Washington and it looks like this. Great video.
@chrisjurewicz6339Ай бұрын
Nice picker. Hope you get some more.
@Flying.Arrow.MagneticsАй бұрын
Nice video
@gebventuresАй бұрын
Time to put that Dakota Fred signed bucket on the shelf as a saver. :) He was a legend. Great vid. Keep it up.
@Mattytube182 ай бұрын
Can you link me to your magnet?
@gabrial33772 ай бұрын
Vickie and Ryan's gold adventures here. On tight budget, and I traded a to heavy and bulky for me dredge for a 1 1/2" highbanker dredge combo. Wanted to purchase a combo dream matt but, $ and taxes and shipping stopped me. I already had a big heavy long dream matt Incan never get pitched right nor have enough water flow to use. Could just be me. So I decided with the highbanker extra water flow I would cut the matt I already owned but never use. Surprise it was exactly the right size. And it is the big not combo dream matt. Was happy to hear someone already discovered what I was wondering before I lost any gold. Thanks. Appreciate the test.