Exploring a new creek. How I check to see if it worth prospecting.
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Hey Gary,
Thanks for keeping it real. I mean, who hasn't had a day like that?? No matter what, I still enjoy your videos, and I always look forward to them. And, I have to say, I consider you to be my mentor. I always learn something from you.
From one old guy to another old guy.....have a great day!!
I spent 4 weeks on the ground last fall cold prospecting creeks on Vancouver island. Can really relate. Only found specks for the most part but, man, did I have fun. Saw some beautiful scenery, drove some horrendous roads, saw some incredible wildlife, and just about froze my fingers off. Was worth every minute. Thanks for sharing your video!
Sounds like my kinda trip !!!!!✅
@@FlourgoldWizards
I'll 2nd that!!
Sometimes, especially with all the lockdowns etc, getting out is just something to appreciate.
From expert tips on how to prospect an unknown creek
to how to enjoy yourself in the high sierras
Gary you sure live it up on your days off
New adventures are definitely better then working the same spots over and over
“Nothing ventured , nothing gained”
Well said 👍🏼
You need to rest up, I have a few boulder that need moving!
@@TwoToes start pushing rocks around the island JC I'm sure theres something under Gary's rocks for you.
We always enjoy a two toes story!Nothing like panning in frozen water. Much love from lake county .
Right on !!!!✌️✌️✅
Seconded!
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One useful thing in such a circumstance would be to get on Google Maps on your smartphone before you leave, and download the general area so that it's available on your phone without any internet connection. That way if you end up at an unknown creek, you can see where you are on the downloaded map via GPS, check the name of the creek probably (unless it's unnamed), check the local topography a bit with the Google Maps "terrain" layer, and sort of generally get your bearings.
There are other mapping applications one could use also that let you download different sort of maps for offline access.
I drop pins on Google Maps, save the locations to lists, and add little prospecting notes to the pinned locations, right in Google Maps.
LOL I'm a old guy - no smartphone!
@@TwoToes - Old guy? Heck, people your age -- a bit older I think -- _invented_ the Internet and much of the deep technology underlying these systems. :-)
I tell you though, while smartphones are used for a whole lot of nonsense to be sure, being able to see where you are on the globe to within yards, and being able to see what's around you, and being able to take personal notes about specific locations, is pretty darn useful -- particularly for this hobby.
Geological maps in your pocket out prospecting is pretty cool also -- for contact zones and faults and such.
The change of setting and technique is what its all about!!!!
I really enjoy your take on prospecting Gary.✅✅🍀🍀
Jason
Yeah buddy
As to the spot you can't reach anymore because of the dirt road leading to it being washed away, may I do a suggestion mr. Honan? Get a detailed army ordinance map of that area (1:25,000 or 1:50,000) and mark the entry of the path in question (4x4) on it. Then follow on the map where the dirt road leads to. In doing so, you should be able to find the spot you mined, with the creek, the tailings pile and the old mining camp (they should show on the ordinance map). One you find the location on the map (best mark it), you can look for alternative dirt roads or paths, same side of the river or the opposite side, that will bring you as close to the mining spot as you can. Don't give up on the spot!
I think I remember the story of where you were headed, I hope you find that creek as the story you told me about it, well its worth finding from what I remember.. Great video and the next video should be a good one as well! :D
Story goes man fills pockets with gold
Nice video Gary. I agree with the same ole creek time after time gets a litle boring but when you find an old deposit it makes it all worth while. Thanks for taking us with you!!
This was cool and i learned a lot as i always do watching your videos. And how can you have a bad day out exploring Mother. I also liked that this was a "real" prospecting trip and that you were able to gather enough information to make an informed decision. Thank you as always. Peace.
Love your story’s and love outdoors and love scouting trips use to go when I was a kid growing up everyday I got story’s I am 62 years old keep on scouting
Another great video, Gary. Good lesson points and you are right, you need to mix it up and keep the adventure going, Bummer you lost or misplaced your color, but it happens to the best of us, it is what it is. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, Two Toes!
Nice video, once I got tuned on to detecting I havnt touched a pan or sluce since...I like how you observe the creek and checked the cracks for signs if the creek is worthy of further prospecting.
I like the closing comments. Thanks for sharing Gary, Semper Fi.
Love the stories Gary! always very informative and I can't wait for more. I love videos of the mystery creeks too! Very exciting viewing. Thank you very much for another excellent video mate 👍
you are so right gary, any day in the sierras is usually a pretty good day, my new spot i found while out with my son shootn his new ar i got him for christmas is snowed in, im hoping the rain washed the road a bit. i have been so excited to get in there , that must be what your talkn about, i feel the new sense of adventure waiting to go into that new spot. i had no tools or even a pan with me when i was there. never again . i will always bring a pan.
Your the best two toes. GOD bless you , peace my friend .
Your unintended sense of humour always puts a big smile on my face. Keep up the chase my friend. Don't know why you did not check 10' up into the trees, knowing you, you probably would of found some shiny embedded in the wood. lololo
Thank You,
always instructional & fun.
Was surprised no detector on scouting trip (just for a quick general check), strapped to a pack it's out of the way.
I'm sure You'll remember something You can relate to a topo map to find area.. maybe old marker tape, or journal notes..
On the bright side, You may find better looking for old (might have shifted). Best of luck,
Be safe & HH
The wondering whether your guna find out and what is the adventure.when you find something cool whether it be a rock,artefact or some precious metals well that just makes you feel even better but even if you don't you still have the erg to get back there to find something and learn something new.I don't find very much gold but it's all the same buzz looking for something and proving it to yourself that you can find it.then again it's nice to go somewhere with no expectations of finding anything but just being one with nature! Now that's what keeps me ticking owa.great video none the less with that beautiful scenery Gary!!💛🌟✨ ps your crap pan is more than I ever find in one day let alone just 3 pans😂👍
Hey I just want to say thank you Gary it's very nice of you to share your knowledge you know someone that wants to get into this your videos are very helpful you're actually very inspiring thank you..... It looks likelike you're in Colorado.. if I was there I'd carry all your equipment
Just wanted to say thank you for the crevice tool recommendation from Honans mining supply. Just received it a few days ago and took it out and used it yesterday. While we didn’t find much gold it made it much easier to crevice. Looking forward to the big gold we will find with it. #goldblooded
You have my sympathy Gary. It is hell to see someone you care for go through that. Thanks for the fun video!
Always enjoy watching, good segment, thanks Gary 👍
Find the creeks confluence and sample that area ! If it's fast water during the melt then it might have decent accumulation at the bottom ? Probably under a claim all ready though.
Thanks for the videos . applied your advice picked up a little gold while test panning this past weekend . headed back next weekend
Yeah! Another story! Love the stories! Thanks, Gary!
Would love to c u do some panning - would add to the suspense. Lol.
Also some filming of the drive in and panning the camera around at the scenery would be fun for me.
I love those mtns. 💖 and love your channel 👍
Gary, Thanks for the tips about how to evaluate a creek on the first visit. I’m sorry that you didn’t find any gold, but I’m like you though, the adventure makes the trip worth while.
great comments from two toes...."don't lose that enthusiasm". simple pleasures up in the mountains looking for some shiny. Even videos in which Mr. Toes doesn't find much is full of educational experiences as you watch the process. Keep goin brother!
nothing like a good old fashioned word of wisdom!! keep up the great work your worse day is better than my best day here in florida lol those were nuggets !!!!!
I'm only just starting to prospect, spent the last few months researching where claims have been and where active claims are, reading books on North Idaho gold history. Not as much gold water as I'd imagined, and a lot of it is tied up in claims. So I've got my winter gear on and gone up near some old mines that were primarily silver, but had some gold. Haven't found any yet, but it's so fun reading the stream, test panning, pulling up rocks out the the snow. I've definitely gotten bit by the bug! Like your videos!
Todd told me about your detecting adventures last weekend and who found all the gold (as usual). This video restores my faith in your humanity. Where the heck was Jeff? Those baseball coaching excuses just don't work at this time of year. Want to hear some real whining about how cold the water is? Just wait until the Hawaii contingent gets back up there in the spring. P.S. The nuggets were just a little further up and around the next bend in the creek.
He's coaching Basketball. He's giving me a chance to get ahead.
Two Toes seven games to go with basketball 🏀 then it will be baseball season !!!
Blue Lead Gold Productions Basketball 🏀Season !!!!
@@Smithsgold This could be a championship year for your teams. However, your presence at the 2020 North Yuba Nugget Hunt on July 25th and 26th is still mandatory. This is why they invented the assistant coach (because sometimes the head coach just has to go dig up some nuggets).
@@blueleadgoldproductions133 I'm planning on being there !!!!!!
It's good to know you are human too, and you can show that you dont always find giant nuggets!! Thank you for posting it even tho you didnt find loads if gold
Prospecting is like fishing, every day is a great day! Some days the gold finding is better than others, but the day is still a great day!
Thanks for sharing Two Toes!
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Love all the info you give and the way you go about it
Great adventure Gary, thanks again for taking us along.
loved this video. glad i stuck with it and finished. great message.
i appreciate you using a body mic...it really improves the sound quality...i hope you'll encourage your cohorts/fellow youtubers to add this piece of equipment to their mining gear...btw, gold discovery day is coming up soon (the 24th), hope y'all get full pans...
Dang it Gary, you’re making me miss the Sierras again...may yet move down there again; I certainly wouldn’t miss the weather in the PNW.
Thank you Gary for the great video and sharing your time of discovery at a new spot. The day wasn't a waste, you discovered a new place, spent quality time in the beautiful mountains and you found some gold. The question is where did it come from? Here's hoping that you decide to try and find out!
It's always nice to be in the mountains no matter your doing. You kept saying we, does this mean you managed to drag Jeff out of the house?
JOHN GESKE nope I’m sure I was at basketball 🏀 or maybe visiting my son at college
I metal detected in Cave Creek Arizona yesterday and went up a river creek up the mountain and I found an old crevice near a waterfall and man solid hard packed gravel, I mean packed for millions of years and after digging a pan out (nothing). After finding tons of veins of quartz and schist and great topography not a signal, but scrap iron and nails...... Not a good gold producing area .... and I two toe-wed it up the mountains all day and saw mountain goat trails and droppings and not a single gold signal all the way up ..... I guess you can determine quickly with some knowledge if there is gold to be had in an area ......
So I am afraid to go outside now because the sky may be falling. I thought I heard YOU say you came home with no gold? I figured before you conceeded to getting skunked, you would have taken a crevice tool out to your truck in the driveway and found a half ounce of gold in the rocks stuck in your tire treads. I am really thankful for your videos. They are very helpful and entertaining. Lots of extremely valuable information that your real experience can provide. I would give my left nugget to go out and do some scouting and detecting with you sometime. Great video, thank you for sharing...
Must be great fun just driving those mountain roads..
Great information!! Win some ya lose some. Thanks for sharing!!!
Have you ever prospect near Lake Tahoe? Besides the south fork of the American river if you been you've been there.
Nice work mate 👊🏻🤠👍🏻
I learn something every video you do.... Really liked that Down River Tapered Crack Slot Tip!!! I'll remember that...
You don’t always find gold but like you said Gary it puts the excitement back in the game. When the water gets bone chilling cold I use insulated rubber gloves to pan and that works like a hot damn, just a thought to save the fingers. Take care Gary 😃
I forgot my coffee in the kitchen,I made coffee than I drank water with coffee cake.I'm going to get some coffee.Enjoyed your video Gary !
Good video Gary. You can’t find gold every time, believe me I know LOL.
Thanks for keeping it real
Any day above.ground moving around is a great day, I have squirrel moment too 🐿🤔
I'm at neg 2 this morning. Think I'll watch you 👍.
I went ice fishing the other day, I was whining then as well. lol
Thanks for the awesome video it’s a good prospecting video Thank you for the info
Love your video's most of all ☺💖✔
Awesome video. I don't care how many stories that tell. Don't stop telling them. So, it was a small amount of gold. I enjoyed the heck out of it. Some day I'd like to go with you on a gold prospecting trip. Have a good day.
That's prospecting right. You can't win them all. Thanks for the video!
Sage advice as always, from the creak and from the house.
I'm so gonna hit up a new spot just to keep the adventure alive thank you buddy
At 10:58 mark there's some really large old crevices at shoulder height. Would those be some worthwhile unorthodox areas to at least hit with a metal detector?
Dam it man!!!!! Lost the gold?! Great video none the less!!!✅👍👍👍👍
Dang Two Toes, I do love your videos.
looking for gold is always better than having gold. hmmmm. I think. great video
I think I already checked that creek for Gold didn’t I tell you ? I must have forgot !!! LOL 😂 that’s Cold water creek it flows into little Gold creek !!!
@Smithsgold ?? Shhh 🤫 ....He still thinks ur coaching basketball??? lol 😂
@@tdiron5277 LOL !!!!!!!!
LOL
@@TwoToes 6 more games to go till the end of the season I'm going to miss this team
I think this was the first time
WE Got No weigh In .
Still enjoyed it Gary!
i love ur stories two toes
Onion valley!!! Love that place
Got to go to know
Yep thats the way it is ! I bet it was fun exploring though!
I like your stories
Love your videos.
you don't have the favorite spoon to dig with in the cracks ? every one has the favorite spoon I found mine hiking
Just wish the gold here in Southern New Mexico was anything like the size you seem to have.
I hear theres a good amount of spots in Arizona, no idea where or how far from you, but now you know
@@bobedwards8896 Down here by the dotted line of Mexico we have gold. Just not chunky style. LOL
That was a fun adventure.
Sorry about your friend, my grandmother has it too. Very sad
Only thing missing was 🔥love your stories... Reminds me of when we were kids we went every weekend to pan ...we would get around an ounce every weekend when it was $35 per ounce and I was to for the life of me cant remember how we got there
Thanks for adventures
Someone will go back up there and find something incredible!
Yup very little gold but I'd even take that compared to what I've found in Wyoming
thanks mate love your vidios
Hi Gary. Thanks for another really nice dose of 2 toes. Q: Would u add a link for that scraper/3 finger rake tool you've added a magnet to. Would like to get one. Thanks. Have a great day.
I have been trying to do a video on how to make that tool. Guess I better get on it!
Two Toes cool. I'd sure enjoy it. I like making and modifying things.
Yeah , that's it Gary , i planned to metal detect a gold reef one time ,turned out the forestry shut down the road on me , oops ,change of plans , it happens , lol . But when you start loosing the gold you found that day , just tells me you've been doing it for far too long ,ha ha ha . cheers .
Love your videos. Keep it going!!!
I have noticed that you use a White's TDI. I have an interest in one and wonder if you might have any comments on it for gold and relics.
Never mind, I found your TDI review video.
Have you ever prospected in Tuolumne County? I know a few rivers out there. Wish I could get back to Ca. to try my luck. I did get about 7 colors in one pan in Moore Creek.
I learned how to pan on the Tuolumne river in 1962. Last time I went that far south to prospect was in the 80's.
I really enjoy your videos Gary. I was wondering though if this is open land and you just stopped along the road or if it is on your claim?
National Forest.
Who the hell disliked your video? Dagnabit!
The ones that are stuck in a big city and have no life! lol
I hope the next video is,"Gary gets into his truck to go find gold, and Gary finds his lost gold."
Like Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Dust returns to dust, and remember We dont gotta show you no stinkin badges!
Dan yes he did remind me of the old man in treasure of the Sierra Madre. You do it for the adventure not the gold!Although I’m sure the gold helps a lot
Sorry to hear of your old prospecting partner not being able to accompany you any more. Time does go by...
Hey Gary, I was wondering, how can I purchase one of your crevice tools? Thanks man, love your vids!
honans-mining-supplies.myshopify.com/
I always enjoy watching your videos , but if you could include approximate dates of when you were out there that would really bring some peace to my soul... i don't know why it bothers me so much not knowing for sure wether you're filming in january or september but... if you would rather not date your videos that is up to you but it would really help me out.
LOL I planed to that this year and completely spaced it. I now have a sticky note on my screen so I will start doing it. Thanks.
Love the stories.
Lost ur Gold !!! ???
New Channel Name
“ The Gold Drop kids “
Lol 😂 Thanks fer the video adventures and good luck with the new channel Gary ....lol
It’s 3yrs later 2023 been up to Camp America 3 times, I have shaken your hand and panned gold in the Yuba after you . I have watched your videos for the last 7 or 8 years . All this to say , Thank You .
You teach well Gary and the subtleties of how much you truly enjoy the forest and its beauty is not lost . I will continue to enjoy my time because your videos stirred up another viewer.
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WOULD YOU TRY TO SPEND A COUPLE HOURS WITH THE GOLD DETECTOR IN A SPOY LIKE THIS?
Two toes, your a big inspiration to me, and your message is priceless!! I prospect the same areas as Andrew from #Adventuregold, with out the same success lol, but always having fun, and coming away with colour
It's been hot here lately and the forests have been shut with the fires, but heading this weekend👍👍👍
Good luck and stay safe!
well was still a good day great vid
Two toes I would like to come film some of your country and have you narrate it so we the green horns know what it is you are showing us for instance the open shot you showed us a hill top and I know ive checked out this video several times and didnt know from beans what you were wanting me to see and yeah I want to know but for the guy who is on the ladder about the story you are telling and miss that big a**. Hydraulic work well he might not subscribe you know just watch. I think what I'm trying to say is my brain finaly saw what my eyes had seen several times anyway forget it I don't even have transportation much less a budget to do a video but it was really cool to see that .