How I found my Largest Gold nugget

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
  • On this adventure, I took a drive out to Mineral Bar on the North Fork of the American River. Then Hiked down the Pennyweight trail.
    I have never been to this location so the goal of this trip was to explore a little bit and maybe find a few pieces of gold along the way.
    I was not expecting to unearth my personal best nugget
    Metal Detector: Bounty Hunter 3300
    Coil: Bounty Hunter 4 inch Gold Nugget Search Coil

КОМЕНТАРІ • 68

  • @prospectpat
    @prospectpat 11 місяців тому +3

    What a great feeling. Got my first nuggy yesterday! Great video

  • @bedrockbennett1827
    @bedrockbennett1827 8 місяців тому +2

    Nice piece and crevice tool

  • @nopelindoputraperkasa5869
    @nopelindoputraperkasa5869 2 роки тому +1

    Wow the best place to find gold..I like this place.. it allows to get maximum results.. steady.. success always friends.. greetings from us traditional Indonesian gold seekers🇲🇨⚒️⛏️🪙🌟💞🌸❤️✋👍👍

  • @kenmorrill3774
    @kenmorrill3774 Рік тому +3

    Nice little nugget! In the early 70's my Dad and I often fished the Feather river below Sloat. On one trip I took a mask and did a little sniping. I found gold and have been sniping ever since.

  • @DUELINGRECLINERS
    @DUELINGRECLINERS Рік тому +1

    Next time pan everything in the crevices!

  • @markthomas4083
    @markthomas4083 10 місяців тому +2

    I have worked that area many times. You scored buddy!

  • @alfredocastillo147
    @alfredocastillo147 Рік тому +1

    Owh shit thats big

  • @californiamotherlodeprospect
    @californiamotherlodeprospect 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent find! I cant believe that bedrock crack had been overlooked in that location, such a frequented spot and no one had ever dug that it looked excellent!

  • @TV-qf8ku
    @TV-qf8ku 2 роки тому +1

    축하드립니다

  • @TheCalipainter
    @TheCalipainter 2 місяці тому +1

    Great vid.

  • @CrossFireBG
    @CrossFireBG 2 роки тому

    Good job buddy. Keep it up and upload videos, I think you can make more Subs in this way for the future. Very exciting nugget!

  • @barnowlboxes35
    @barnowlboxes35 Рік тому +1

    Nice picker. Not being able to move a little 100lb rock has old "Buzzard Thompson" Rollin over. Go back there, move the rock with a fulcrum and crowbar . I bet there's good color under it and on the upstream side, huh Jeff?

  • @edsmachine93
    @edsmachine93 2 роки тому +3

    Awesome find.
    Persistence paid off.
    Great content, EM.

  • @BacGold
    @BacGold 2 роки тому +2

    Gostei muito dó seu canal é sou garimpeiro 🙏

  • @janjohannessmith7033
    @janjohannessmith7033 2 роки тому +1

    I subscribed from the Eldorado County

  • @californiadan1618
    @californiadan1618 Рік тому

    I thought Auburn state rec area was hand and pans only? Then claimed up north of that.. ?

  • @Khusringoldminers
    @Khusringoldminers 8 місяців тому

    Amazing very good, good lucky

  • @DG-kq8zf
    @DG-kq8zf Рік тому +1

    Dropping it repeatedly like a clinker. I'd call that a thumper! 😂. I'd be doing the same thing while laughing and shaking, too.
    Thanks for sharing that. Great find!

  • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
    @WestCoastGoldProspecting 2 роки тому +2

    Very nice chunk. Good job man.

  • @river_rock_530
    @river_rock_530 2 роки тому +3

    I love the Pennyweight Trail! Great swimming holes up there. Nice nugget and video!!

  • @MidwestDavesGoldProspecting
    @MidwestDavesGoldProspecting 2 роки тому +1

    That is a beauty. Noce observation of paystreak ! Good Job ! Nice video too.

  • @MOTOMINING
    @MOTOMINING 2 роки тому +1

    I think the spot in the beginning of your vid where you said was old channel was actually an old hydraulic waste pile. still a good place to look! Nice nug! Makes me want to get out with the metal detector!

  • @au69miner
    @au69miner 2 роки тому +1

    those small nugs sell for big bux when you make jewelry out of them....

  • @americaswildest
    @americaswildest 4 дні тому

    heck ya buddy! nice find

  • @ggsocal4511
    @ggsocal4511 3 роки тому +1

    Nice Piece, CONGRATULATIONS !
    GL&HH Greg

  • @dirtypawsgoldadventures
    @dirtypawsgoldadventures Рік тому +1

    Awesome video. Love the gold shakes. New sub here.

  • @dennisjamieson3328
    @dennisjamieson3328 2 роки тому +1

    I love watching looking for gold nuggets or pickers or flour gold.

  • @buffalokrisgoldprospecting
    @buffalokrisgoldprospecting 2 роки тому +1

    Awsome. Thanks for sharing

  • @peterinburnaby
    @peterinburnaby 2 роки тому +1

    Hello from Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦
    What type of coil & machine you running sure works good 😎

    • @The_fishingfool
      @The_fishingfool  2 роки тому +1

      Good question I added the info to the description. Bounty Hunter 3300 and it has a 4in nugget search coil attached.

  • @DWCStuff
    @DWCStuff Рік тому

    Gold fever

  • @northeastexpanse
    @northeastexpanse Рік тому +1

    Great video!

  • @Goldhunter7769
    @Goldhunter7769 Рік тому +1

    So cool good job

  • @angelfrankenfine
    @angelfrankenfine 2 роки тому +1

    this was great! thanks for sharing! how exhilarating

  • @oreganozane8925
    @oreganozane8925 2 роки тому +1

    needs a long metal bar

  • @randydiver3076
    @randydiver3076 Рік тому +1

    Congrats! Well done!

  • @jasonmare33
    @jasonmare33 Місяць тому

    damn

  • @janjohannessmith7033
    @janjohannessmith7033 2 роки тому +1

    Nice V G at Mineral bar..

  • @donaldhofman5257
    @donaldhofman5257 2 роки тому +1

    Sweet!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

  • @thomasackerman3995
    @thomasackerman3995 2 роки тому +1

    chunk a thunk a gold!

  • @arinasan247
    @arinasan247 2 роки тому +1

    Great video!

  • @therustyduck5400
    @therustyduck5400 2 роки тому +1

    That was awesome! What metal detector are you using? So many to choose, that one found the gold

    • @The_fishingfool
      @The_fishingfool  2 роки тому

      Bounty hunter 3300 and a aftermarket 4inch coil.

  • @cherylcrannick1524
    @cherylcrannick1524 2 роки тому +1

    Wow that was amazing!!!

  • @donkEEpunch85
    @donkEEpunch85 3 роки тому +1

    Just found your channel via reddit prospecting sub. Dude, NICE find!! Congrats! What metal detector do you use in this video?

    • @The_fishingfool
      @The_fishingfool  3 роки тому

      Thanks! Bounty Hunter 3300 with a 4 inch coil.

    • @joerooney6724
      @joerooney6724 3 роки тому +2

      @@The_fishingfool You proved what many are not learning is that a cheap detector can do what an expensive one will do in the right area. That is awesome. I have found good gold downstream many years ago in a crack above the water level behind a guy using a 5 inch dredge when it was legal. Is it legal to use a detector there? I heard it wasn't in the Auburn State Rec area..

  • @hardog22
    @hardog22 3 роки тому +1

    You go up river from bridge or down river ? Congrats on the chunker

    • @The_fishingfool
      @The_fishingfool  3 роки тому +2

      I went upriver. Good luck if you get out there.

  • @pappyb9644
    @pappyb9644 Рік тому

    Nice find I’d be excited too enjoyed the video ⚒️🕳️⛏️🇺🇸

  • @joemccallum710
    @joemccallum710 3 роки тому +1

    lol, fishing fool

    • @The_fishingfool
      @The_fishingfool  2 роки тому

      I was fishing for gold not fish on this adventure.

  • @beverlytim
    @beverlytim 2 роки тому

    Nice prospecting. Good job

  • @hip408
    @hip408 2 роки тому

    do you know if there is cell service here or is it too far in the hills? im asking cus my car is iffy but i have AAA. looks like a good place to camp.

    • @The_fishingfool
      @The_fishingfool  2 роки тому

      There was spotty service on the way in. I can’t remember if there was service down at the river.

  • @amihan99
    @amihan99 2 роки тому

    Big one

  • @X02switchblades
    @X02switchblades 2 роки тому

    Great find!!!

  • @ez591
    @ez591 2 роки тому

    How much would a nugget like that cost?? Or how much could you get for that?

    • @Thomas_Nish
      @Thomas_Nish 10 місяців тому

      Probably a 4-6 gram nugget. Someone would pay easily $400-$600 for it, nuggets get a big boost over spot gold price

  • @yossarianmnichols9641
    @yossarianmnichols9641 Рік тому +1

    Excellent demo with all the tools necessary to get to the target. Most important tool is perseverance.

  • @Stand.Your.Ground.
    @Stand.Your.Ground. Рік тому +1

    Massive congrats!