DREDGING FOR GOLD IN SOUTHERN OREGON - WEST COAST GOLD MINING

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  • @Amez209
    @Amez209 Рік тому +2

    Hay brother I'm a new subscriber and a fan of your great channel .. and i was wondering by any chance do you have any free stickers? Or what does it take to get some??? Also keep up with the great videos....... Can't wait for the next one 👍.....Happy Panning 🤠..

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      I absolutely appreciate you being part of the adventure my friend. Thank you. And yes I do have some stickers for you. Your comment means a lot and I’ll be sending you a little something else with the stickers 💥👊. Email me in the next video and chat with me. I don’t think I put the email in this one.

  • @GSProspecting
    @GSProspecting Рік тому +4

    Great times indeed fam. Nice Au. Keep at it. Gold Squad Out 🤠

  • @VendettaProspecting
    @VendettaProspecting Рік тому +5

    Great camera work brother Mitch and you are getting that SHINNYYYY!!!!! Looked like a blast

  • @MericaAdventures
    @MericaAdventures Рік тому +9

    That looks like so much fun. We didn’t get to dredge this year. But there’s always next year. Great job guys 👍🇺🇸⚒🍀🍻

    • @VendettaProspecting
      @VendettaProspecting Рік тому +4

      RIGHT TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      It was a blast. Except packing stuff in and out. And how about we do a dredging trip when you come up this coming summer ?

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      Bro that hole was deep AF. We didn’t even hit bedrock on the other side of that chunk we moved.

  • @blueleadgoldproductions133
    @blueleadgoldproductions133 Рік тому +3

    Right on Damon. Looks like loads of fun. Aloha

  • @sal-1337
    @sal-1337 4 місяці тому +1

    very pleased to see you guys didnt leave behind trash from what i can tell and that you guys only minimally disturbed the river bed. we're all very blessed to live here in southern oregon in such pristine natural beauty

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  4 місяці тому

      @@sal-1337 we pick up trash while we are there. And any holes that were dredged get filled back in 👌

  • @Pa.PatriotProspecting
    @Pa.PatriotProspecting Рік тому +2

    Nice work man, must've been cool to hang out with Mitch! 💪🏻👍🏻✨️⛏️

  • @goldiswhereyoufindit
    @goldiswhereyoufindit Рік тому +3

    Fell asleep last night before I could watch this. Great video brother. I think this one is going to do well. I feel you on the back. I feel so lucky to be physically well in my 40s, but even my back muscles are tight the morning after digging. I really wish I had a dredge. A brand new Keene with all the trimmings costs about the same as the transmission I just bought.

    • @FlourgoldWizards
      @FlourgoldWizards Рік тому +2

      I feel ya…. Just dropped coin on a new bighorn 2500 … ouch - hurts more than my back !

    • @goldiswhereyoufindit
      @goldiswhereyoufindit Рік тому +1

      I'd rather have a new bighorn than a $6,000 transmission on a 2017 nissan lol. That will have to wait until I have a couple thousand patrons haha@@FlourgoldWizards

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      I hear ya, and no worries bro. Both are expensive. It’s just one is more important than the other in your situation.

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      That’s a definite ouch 🤕

  • @Riversandgold
    @Riversandgold Рік тому +3

    That looked like a blast I want to get my dredge out this year!

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      It absolutely was bro. You are always welcome to bring it over. I’ll help you pack it in and out of wherever 👊😎

    • @Riversandgold
      @Riversandgold Рік тому +1

      @@WestCoastGoldProspecting we will definitely have to plan that.

  • @graveyardprospecting
    @graveyardprospecting Рік тому +1

    That was so much fun! Lots of work to do up there. Thanks for coming out!

  • @TheMadness51
    @TheMadness51 Рік тому +2

    Git dat gold! Nice work fellas!

  • @buffalokrisgoldprospecting
    @buffalokrisgoldprospecting Рік тому +3

    Oh yea snuffer time. Dang black sand Is hard to pan

  • @buffalokrisgoldprospecting
    @buffalokrisgoldprospecting Рік тому +3

    So awsome

  • @danlonganecker
    @danlonganecker Рік тому +3

    Nothin better than a day dredgein. 🇺🇸

  • @insidebendprospecting
    @insidebendprospecting Рік тому +1

    It was me! Last time i was there with Mitch in August (I think) of 2022, totally forgot. Crazy it didn't get washed away. Glad you finally got a chance to dredge down in there, great video too

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      😂🤣, that’s awesome !!! 👊😎. If you are available, we are headed back this weekend 🇺🇸💣

    • @insidebendprospecting
      @insidebendprospecting Рік тому

      @@WestCoastGoldProspecting I'll see if i can make it, thanks man!

  • @hoborobprospecting
    @hoborobprospecting Рік тому +3

    I meant to type .081 for two buckets. This was a great live

  • @jeffersonstategold8349
    @jeffersonstategold8349 Рік тому +2

    Keep your hands outta that box! 🤣 Looked like a fun day!

  • @ferdburphel2076
    @ferdburphel2076 Рік тому +1

    That looked like a fun project! Stay warm🍻👊

  • @GoldHunter-77
    @GoldHunter-77 Рік тому +3

    Heck yeah! Fun fact, I've never dredged

  • @SubaruOffRD
    @SubaruOffRD Рік тому +1

    your new gopro looks really good. I ALWAYS run mine in a underwater case when I put the water. They say they don't need it but It will make the cam last a lot longer.

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому

      Thank you man, my waterproof case just showed up today so I won’t be taking anymore chances. I beat the heck out of my hero 5.

  • @toddrodgers5108
    @toddrodgers5108 Рік тому +1

    Fun video. Thank you blessings

  • @TallFirProspecting
    @TallFirProspecting Рік тому +2

    I need a cameraman. That would make it so much easier. Great job...

  • @buffalokrisgoldprospecting
    @buffalokrisgoldprospecting Рік тому +3

    Wait. Lol I was in a live chat now I'm just in the normal comment section.

  • @GrooberNedJardine
    @GrooberNedJardine Рік тому +1

    Top Job you guys ,!!!!!! great underwater footage too . The Dredging is very addictive , and lots of fun . A nice end result on the AU Damon , a great day all round Buddy , keep up the good work👌👍✅ , Cheers Ned , from a land down under

  • @OregonWildmanAKAsasquatch
    @OregonWildmanAKAsasquatch 9 місяців тому +2

    I know right where that is at. Very few places that allow motorized equipment 😅 hello apple

  • @fabianasensio1168
    @fabianasensio1168 Рік тому +1

    what do you think of the spinning gold panning machines?

  • @finkster7983
    @finkster7983 Рік тому +1

    Hmm some test panning maybe next time you had .2 from your first miners moss so you only gained. 2 from roughly 4 hours dredging. I'm sure it was a good time but could have been a better time

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому

      I hear ya. We have pulled ounces out of this spot in the last few years. I think we were losing gold due to a couple things. He had the water ripping through the sluice box and it didn’t seem like the riffles were exchanging properly.

  • @lesterleporesr5228
    @lesterleporesr5228 Рік тому +1

    Dayum, Damon 🤨🧐 Looks to me like you need to go back and finish that Hole 😆👌🪠💪🇺🇸😎😂

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      Yes indeed, I was thinking about going back but it’s a pain in the butt packing stuff in and out.

  • @wp.sworld.s
    @wp.sworld.s 8 місяців тому +1

    You might want to try cow Creek or Wolf Creek last time I was up in those areas there was a lot of gold there's another Creek up by sixes River I can't remember the name of it though I remember it a lot of good gold there too good luck 🤞

  • @goldiswhereyoufindit
    @goldiswhereyoufindit Рік тому +2

    Dang it man missed the premier my bad.

  • @LivingGoodAlaska
    @LivingGoodAlaska 9 місяців тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @donaldperson948
    @donaldperson948 10 місяців тому +2

    Weld a screw on the end of the suction pipe! You don’t want all those rock. Going through your pump! You will destroy it maximum wire 1/4 inch wire! Weld it to the intake pipe! So it doesn’t come off!

  • @Warriori2i
    @Warriori2i Рік тому +1

    great film !!!! how are you able to run a gas powered dredge in the river/stream ...??? thought the greenies have it all banned ...

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      Thank you, and this is a non ESH creek. Meaning we are allowed to dredge. There are still a bunch of places in Oregon that we can.

  • @anthonytoreson5571
    @anthonytoreson5571 5 місяців тому +1

    Great content loved the video but can I suggest not putting your pump and fuel can in the water keep the west coast waters clean every little bit helps keep up the good work

  • @SkovianGoesOutdoors
    @SkovianGoesOutdoors Рік тому +1

    Awesome video, looks like you guys had some fun :) how heavy is one of those dredge setups?

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      Thank you bud, it was a blast. So I’m not to sure on this one. It’s all packed down in pieces. So several trips up and down and not the lightest stuff either.

    • @graveyardprospecting
      @graveyardprospecting Рік тому +1

      I think it was more the steepness of the trail, at some points a goat might have a hard time..

    • @SkovianGoesOutdoors
      @SkovianGoesOutdoors Рік тому +2

      Atleast you guys got back safely

  • @PionierDaniel
    @PionierDaniel Рік тому +1

    Lot of equipment you use for the operation! How often do you dredge with the keen/year? Greetings from Germany

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +1

      It takes a lot of stuff to work properly. And I don’t usually dredge, this is my buddies dredge. It works great though.

  • @deborahc1402
    @deborahc1402 8 місяців тому +1

    I better keep up last i new dredging was not aload in southern Oregon. and Oregon was not giving out the permitts for it.

  • @fabianasensio1168
    @fabianasensio1168 Рік тому +1

    I wonder if someone like me who is fairly fit, can pan out maybe 2 oz's per month if I did it full time...around southern Oregon?

    • @graveyardprospecting
      @graveyardprospecting Рік тому +2

      Even with all our knowledge, equipment, and tricks……it’s really hard to get more than 2 ounces of gold in a year in our part of Oregon.

    • @fabianasensio1168
      @fabianasensio1168 Рік тому +1

      @@graveyardprospecting oh wow
      Ok. Thanks

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому +2

      You might be able to do that if you stayed on the spot 5 days a week and panned 10-12 hours a day. Maybe. Appreciate you watching Fabian

    • @fabianasensio1168
      @fabianasensio1168 Рік тому

      @@WestCoastGoldProspecting what about if I brought in a battery and used a spiral panning machine too?

  • @BeakerLFFL
    @BeakerLFFL Рік тому +1

    I am new to prospecting in southern oregon. I would like to do this kind of stuff. Just dont know where to start.

  • @PowRKord
    @PowRKord Рік тому +1

    Nice shiny ^5. What model / yr scoot in background?

  • @darknesscharm5209
    @darknesscharm5209 7 місяців тому +1

    How do you know where to dredge that’s legal in Oregon me and my dad bought equipment and we were looking at some locations but saw that it was illegal in almost all water ways.

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  7 місяців тому +1

      Go check out “Republic Mining Prospectors Association” and join the club. They have lots of areas you can dredge.

    • @darknesscharm5209
      @darknesscharm5209 7 місяців тому

      @@WestCoastGoldProspecting thank you for information 🤙

  • @Smithsgold
    @Smithsgold Рік тому +2

    LBPA4LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @beverlytim
    @beverlytim 9 місяців тому +1

    nice

  • @fabianasensio1168
    @fabianasensio1168 5 місяців тому +1

    so about $40 for all that work?

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  5 місяців тому +1

      @@fabianasensio1168 if you are looking to make money at it than you are in the wrong business. I do this for fun and as a hobby. 👍

  • @arabomegerdichian6477
    @arabomegerdichian6477 5 місяців тому +1

    What state are you in

  • @yeshua6247
    @yeshua6247 Рік тому +1

    "SUCK IT UP GENTLEMEN!!" as they say.

  • @michealklonowski5267
    @michealklonowski5267 11 місяців тому +1

    3.2 grams

  • @BeakerLFFL
    @BeakerLFFL Рік тому +1

    I got rid of Facebook. I live near where you are dredging in this video. At least an hour or so.

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому

      I’m thinking about it as well. And I’m in Medford. Sounds like you might be too ?

    • @BeakerLFFL
      @BeakerLFFL Рік тому +1

      @WestCoastGoldProspecting I am more interested in getting information from you about claims and dredging. I am trying to get my own claim going but the government website is not very helpful. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

    • @BeakerLFFL
      @BeakerLFFL Рік тому +1

      Myrtle creek. Just a bit north of you

    • @WestCoastGoldProspecting
      @WestCoastGoldProspecting  Рік тому

      @@BeakerLFFL , you need to call Armadillo mining in Grants pass and talk to Sam. She is the one to talk to about potential claims.

    • @BeakerLFFL
      @BeakerLFFL Рік тому

      Sweet. I greatly appreciate the info. Thank you for time as well.

  • @donaldperson948
    @donaldperson948 10 місяців тому +1

    You want to suck up sand and 1/4” gold tf anything bigger shows up it will be on the screen put in your wetsuit!