If you have ever wanted to know the best way to set up a sluice box to get the most Gold from it then this video is for you . We head to California in search of the Mother Lode of Gold and use both the Keene A52 and the newer Keene A52s which is a unique design for a sluice as it does not require any classifying of material before you dump it in. Saves so much time. For more videos on how to find Gold in any River everytime just watch this video ua-cam.com/video/BgRmO93AMGM/v-deo.html and smash that like button....SMAS it HARD !!!!!!!
A tip I don’t see often is to wrap your shovel from the metal to the top of the handle in fiberglass heat tape. It increases the tensile strength over 100 times and you will never break your shovel. It gets stronger in the water once it’s set. I’ve seen guys wrap the handles of their crevicing tools to make them stronger also. Awesome advice in this video Jeff! And yeah you got wet!
I used a A52 back in 1980 to find 22 penny weights in one day. South Fork, Yuba river near Downieville California. I still have the gold till this day!
Elementary prospecting. I believe its in college terms. Prospecting 101. Jeff just gave you invaluable lessons they dont give when you buy your first sluice or drywasher. ❤❤
You are the Man brother, thank you for taking the time out of your daily schedule to help us with your knowledgeable expertise. If I am ever reborn SCHOOL TILL I DIE GETTING THAT SHINY. God bless your soul.
Woulda been nice to see a true comparison running the same material through both sluices, but damn!!!... that first pan you showed from California was amazing!
Old school wins!! I have a shop made sluice from early 90s and the screen is built onto it to catch gold. Nice old timer design and still use to this day, and yea we go to the Cut and been waiting for you to come for a visit Jeff!!
Hi Jeff thanks for sharing ur experience an amazing knowledge always learn something new. All that sharing is finally paying off you deserve at least 1+million followers. Be safe brother 🙏
Wonderful video Jeff. when you did this video 4 years ago i contacted Keene eng and purchased one based soley on your video and its an amazing sluice. I have the A52 and the A52S. To this day i purchase keene products and i am still using my A52S. Getting a mini max high banks soon.
Been distracted by other things getting back to back to shiniey, no not THE SHINING LIGHT OF THE WORLD.he got me. But the shiniey in rocks. Loving the catching up. It's like teaching a man to fish, but on the ground. I didn't say dry land,because your going get wet. be safe have fun ❤ your wife bravery 😮😊 let's go ps don't hear you talk much about (feeling) the rock # over head pressure
During the California Gold Rush, "sluices," often called Long Toms, could be tens of feet long. Water was often supplied by ditches owned by companies like the Natomas company. You can still find grizzlies, but compared to modern sluice grizzlies, they are crude, usually sheet iron that someone used a pick point on to make holes in it. The ones I've seen run around two feet by one to two feet.
I plan to do my first prospecting this spring in novascotia canada were not allowed to use a sluice here but im willing to clasify down and pan it out all day long the biggest alluvial nugget found here was 27 ounces
I've found 'dirty gold', or gold that 'didn't stick out like a sore thumb'. I'd recommend re checking ALL material that's been classified, but doesn't show small nuggets-with a Falcon MD20 gold dust detector. This is what saved me, from throwing away dirty, dark gold nuggets, the size of green peas. :)
Last weekend i was exploring an old gold mine, which happened to be above a couple streams that just so happened to be running (usually dry). I was really wishing i had a sluice box. They look like they can be made relatively easily 🤔
A Novice enthusiast I am, a number one question I have; without giving away location secrets by you pro's is what's the best way to know if one is in a prospect gold area or not? I spend most of my days thinking I'm where gold is and there's nothing. Or, is that just prospecting.
Jeffs no rookie. He got his cons from up in them thar hills and brought em back to run. Can't be too careful with ol Slim poking around waiting to jump your claim.
I didn’t know you rode. What a great entrance to the video. I hope Lila rides too. I’ve got to Arabians myself. Thanks for the quick method on the go or on the spot gold find.. Jeff u need a pair of waders so YOU DON T GET WET😊. Very convenient method. The GODS are mad at you for taking their gold. That’s Slim banging in the background.😂
good thing you have video with the audio otherwise if someone was just occasionally listening and they heard small spoons snuffer bottle and cracks they would think you were talking about another kind of "gold" prospecting
Hey Jeff I live in Montana and I’m slowly learning about the geology of my area here in western Montana and just learned about Lake Missoula, and the glacial floods that happened in this area in your videos, you talk about movements of sediment, gold through these high water events and it’s got me thinking about how it would’ve pushed through Northwestern part of the United States here I just like to know your thoughts on this event?
Been thinking about hooking my mini sluice up to my a52. But im not sure if it will just waste my time or if it's worth it. I know more riffles the better but the water flow will decrease from mini to the a52. Any thoughts would be great
Yeeeee Haaaaa. That’s what I am talking about.. Getting Wet to find that Shinny.. Fist 👊 full of AU.. Thank brother.. I think 🤔 I seen young Jeff before LOL 😆.. Say hi to Lila, Slim and Navada Jack.. So come on let’s GO..!! Cheers Famo59 👍⛏️
Great lesson, so much fun and so very rewarding, I think I noticed that you got wet, though I might of been mistaken. Thanks again Jeff. May the shiny always be bright and put a smile on your face.
Jeff, I've heard the term "Mother Lode" a lot. I wonder if it is a real thing or if it is a fantasy idea of the gold miner. If it is a real thing what would the mother lode look like in place? I do not mean what does it look like in the pan.
Awesome ...recently started to follow this chanel....Jeff my goodness you talk like an atomatic machine gun😂😂 i have to be very attentive to catch up😊😊
Jeff: Did you ever figure out what those little yellow spherules (that looked like Vitamin D pills) were that you found down in the mouth of that underground cave system?? I've been intrigued by that since! Thanks!
@@Askjeffwilliams I think I will consult with Neil Degrasse Tyson on the possibility of two Jeff Williams existing in the same place at two different times, my astrophysics is a little rusty 🤣
That’s a dirt eating machine unfortunately I don’t have enough water flow where I prospect for a sluice that big but my sluice eats dirt pretty quickly as well it’s the hobby miner sluice box by Alan Robertson (UA-cam) you’ve probably never heard of him it’s a 3D printed sluice with his own designed silicone reversible mat one side has grizzly bar riffles that you can shovel straight onto no classifying and the then you can flip the mat over to clean up the cons and the silicone grabs the gold extremely well. I had a friend of mine stress test it with one ounce of gold and 20lbs of rocks and black sand. He tried to choke it out but he lost and the sluice captured 99.9 percent of the ounce he put through it. There a lot of add ons for it but it’s a lot more expensive than the keen great tutorial for sluicing your instructional videos are what taught me to find gold the first time I ever tried panning. Thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
@@Askjeffwilliams I love it it’s small enough to pack wherever you need it and the printed plastic makes it heavy enough I’ve never had to use rocks to weigh it down it’s a 6” sluice and I bought the one with dual power heads for places with clay so it can break down the clay in the top of the box or just pull those off and throw the flair on if there’s running water. then i went to wall mart and bought a kids 4 wheeler rechargeable battery and charger for 80 bucks since the battery is smaller and light weight I run a 3700 gph pump on it with no issues most use a 1500 or 2000 the silicone mats and molds (yes you can make the mats yourself if so inclined) for them come in plenty of different designs for whatever your area requires and they have been field tested out on a mining site that had them out in the elements for a year and they don’t break down or crack Alan is a genius in my opinion for his innovations in silicone mats and other fairly simple prospecting equipment designs.
@@Askjeffwilliams I have had a Hat Problem most likely most of my life, but probably just like you, I wake-up with a hat on! Lol! Did that change after mining hell no! Lol! Got a Prospectors Beard to add to it all! Lol! 💪⚖️🤠
If you have ever wanted to know the best way to set up a sluice box to get the most Gold from it then this video is for you . We head to California in search of the Mother Lode of Gold and use both the Keene A52 and the newer Keene A52s which is a unique design for a sluice as it does not require any classifying of material before you dump it in. Saves so much time. For more videos on how to find Gold in any River everytime just watch this video ua-cam.com/video/BgRmO93AMGM/v-deo.html and smash that like button....SMAS it HARD !!!!!!!
I think you need to update your Shoppers list. Jeff 😊
Jeff up in the creek with his jeans not givin a f. 😂
😂😂😂jeans and splashing around talking about gold. People b like 😮😮😮😮😮careful careful
Jeff you not only make it look easy, but make it easy to remember. One of the best traits of a true teacher.
A tip I don’t see often is to wrap your shovel from the metal to the top of the handle in fiberglass heat tape. It increases the tensile strength over 100 times and you will never break your shovel. It gets stronger in the water once it’s set. I’ve seen guys wrap the handles of their crevicing tools to make them stronger also. Awesome advice in this video Jeff! And yeah you got wet!
thats pretty cool ....thanks
I used a A52 back in 1980 to find 22 penny weights in one day.
South Fork, Yuba river near Downieville California.
I still have the gold till this day!
thats great
I love this. Gold mining for dummies. Great explanations and side by side demos Jeff. More of the same please.
A lot of us have seen this before, but a lot haven't, thanks Jeff I Knew both arms had to be bionic to dig that fast.
One of my favorite sluicing how to videos
Elementary prospecting. I believe its in college terms. Prospecting 101. Jeff just gave you invaluable lessons they dont give when you buy your first sluice or drywasher. ❤❤
Thankyou again jeff and lila for another good lesson for us beginners! I cant wait to find some shiny!!!!!
Jeff you’re so old school absolutely the only way to go.! Yeah buddy ✨
Beautiful horse.
thank you
Great info indeed fam. That's how to get it done 👍😊. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠
You are the Man brother, thank you for taking the time out of your daily schedule to help us with your knowledgeable expertise. If I am ever reborn SCHOOL TILL I DIE GETTING THAT SHINY.
God bless your soul.
thanks James
Woulda been nice to see a true comparison running the same material through both sluices, but damn!!!... that first pan you showed from California was amazing!
"Momma's got a SLUICEBOX, Daddy never sleeps at night!" 🤣😂
she puts the dirt in and out and in and out and in and out 😁
😂
@@Askjeffwilliams Yeah, she's sluicin' all night,
Because the AUs all right!
Omg. That's poetic. Why didn't I think of that. Awesome bro. ❤
Naughty😊
Old school wins!! I have a shop made sluice from early 90s and the screen is built onto it to catch gold. Nice old timer design and still use to this day, and yea we go to the Cut and been waiting for you to come for a visit Jeff!!
would love to see it ...maybe when we go there this fall
Hi Jeff thanks for sharing ur experience an amazing knowledge always learn something new. All that sharing is finally paying off you deserve at least 1+million followers. Be safe brother 🙏
thanks my brother
Wow! What a score!
Ya know Fellas it’s true, I saw Jeff at church the other day and he had his Garret Super Sluicer with him. 😁
Is this an oldie?? I already know it's a goodie....
"aint gonna loose no gold" we've seen your washplant tub cleanups lol!
Jeff- Do you want placer gold 🤷♂
Me- Hell yes 😂
I still have older A52 sluice. I still use it.😊
Wonderful video Jeff. when you did this video 4 years ago i contacted Keene eng and purchased one based soley on your video and its an amazing sluice. I have the A52 and the A52S. To this day i purchase keene products and i am still using my A52S. Getting a mini max high banks soon.
Been distracted by other things getting back to back to shiniey, no not THE SHINING LIGHT OF THE WORLD.he got me. But the shiniey in rocks. Loving the catching up. It's like teaching a man to fish, but on the ground. I didn't say dry land,because your going get wet. be safe have fun ❤ your wife bravery 😮😊 let's go ps don't hear you talk much about (feeling) the rock # over head pressure
I have few sluices But I really do need to add the A52 ⚒💛
Morning Jeff morning evreyone ☕
Great stuff.Im going to learn how to do this stuff this Spring up here in Muskoka Canada 👍👍
Another fun video. Thanks, Jeff.
From wing nuts to wing dams. Such is the life of a prospector.😊
That’s the best spot so far!
Thanks!
thanks and you betcha
During the California Gold Rush, "sluices," often called Long Toms, could be tens of feet long. Water was often supplied by ditches owned by companies like the Natomas company. You can still find grizzlies, but compared to modern sluice grizzlies, they are crude, usually sheet iron that someone used a pick point on to make holes in it. The ones I've seen run around two feet by one to two feet.
I plan to do my first prospecting this spring in novascotia canada were not allowed to use a sluice here but im willing to clasify down and pan it out all day long the biggest alluvial nugget found here was 27 ounces
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
good morning SWM
Jeff, have you considered using waist high water mudders and elbow length rubber gloves ? Great gold find, thanks for sharing. ;o)
I've found 'dirty gold', or gold that 'didn't stick out like a sore thumb'. I'd recommend re checking ALL material that's been classified, but doesn't show small nuggets-with a Falcon MD20 gold dust detector. This is what saved me, from throwing away dirty, dark gold nuggets, the size of green peas. :)
good idea ...we have too
I've met a few sluice boxes in my day but most were a little crazy
Great video Jeff. Now I have no choice but to get a keen a52
Keene A52S
Come on down to North Carolina and help me get some of the beautiful NC gold out the creek!
Thank you Sir. Live Love and Laugh . Woooooo dogey
Good Morning Jeff ⛏️🤠
Hell yah. Good morning Slim
Last weekend i was exploring an old gold mine, which happened to be above a couple streams that just so happened to be running (usually dry). I was really wishing i had a sluice box. They look like they can be made relatively easily 🤔
yes ....very easily masde form wood
A Novice enthusiast I am, a number one question I have; without giving away location secrets by you pro's is what's the best way to know if one is in a
prospect gold area or not? I spend most of my days thinking I'm where gold is and there's nothing. Or, is that just prospecting.
that is where research comes in ..... look up USGS reports on Gold districts in your area
Good morning Jeff. awesome video.
I’m over here trying to figure out where he’s at with the barn and cabin and grass and trees 😂
its in the heart of the Mother Lode country
Jeffs no rookie. He got his cons from up in them thar hills and brought em back to run. Can't be too careful with ol Slim poking around waiting to jump your claim.
Mt Wilson Ranch Craw creek
I didn’t know you rode. What a great entrance to the video. I hope Lila rides too. I’ve got to Arabians myself. Thanks for the quick method on the go or on the spot gold find.. Jeff u need a pair of waders so YOU DON T GET WET😊. Very convenient method. The GODS are mad at you for taking their gold.
That’s Slim banging in the background.😂
yep ...been on horses since I was a kid ..... those are beautiful horses ...... always our pleasure .... but I love getting wet hahahahhaahhaa
@@Askjeffwilliams yes as long as it’s not a freeze dry
good thing you have video with the audio otherwise if someone was just occasionally listening and they heard small spoons snuffer bottle and cracks they would think you were talking about another kind of "gold" prospecting
Nice comparison thanks for the video Jeff now go find a beach towel
hahahhahaa
Hey Jeff I live in Montana and I’m slowly learning about the geology of my area here in western Montana and just learned about Lake Missoula, and the glacial floods that happened in this area in your videos, you talk about movements of sediment, gold through these high water events and it’s got me thinking about how it would’ve pushed through Northwestern part of the United States here I just like to know your thoughts on this event?
Jeff will you do a segment on ground balance on the newer gold bug 2 digital display
you betcha
I love this guy 🎉
So do you walk around in soggy socks, do you have good waterproof boots or do you have a change of sock and shoes back at your truck?
Hey Jeff do you have any videos about the Carlin type gold deposits 🤷♂
Love the music
Been thinking about hooking my mini sluice up to my a52. But im not sure if it will just waste my time or if it's worth it. I know more riffles the better but the water flow will decrease from mini to the a52. Any thoughts would be great
That was a lot of fun, thanks, Jeff"
Thanks again
you betcha
Excellent!!!
Hey Jeff! Are you rendering at the right bitrate? It says 4k but the quality looks 720p
think so
Is this gold from the newer model? 14:00 I’m not sure I just got my a52s you’re wearing different clothes.
Hi Jeff, just wondering have you ever used the 16" Turbo Pan? Might be good for a future video.
Yeeeee Haaaaa.
That’s what I am talking about..
Getting Wet to find that Shinny..
Fist 👊 full of AU..
Thank brother..
I think 🤔 I seen young Jeff before LOL 😆..
Say hi to Lila, Slim and Navada Jack..
So come on let’s GO..!!
Cheers Famo59 👍⛏️
Is this 2 older videos combined? If it is very nice job
Well that's a special we creek eh!⛏️⛏️👖
Woooo boy !!
Hollywood
AU is the way to go love that you throw up old videos thank you
Glad you like them!
Great lesson, so much fun and so very rewarding, I think I noticed that you got wet, though I might of been mistaken. Thanks again Jeff. May the shiny always be bright and put a smile on your face.
Do you use a magnet to remove the black sand?
yes
@@Askjeffwilliams awesome thank you
"AU" let's go 👍
Nice shiny brother
Jeff, I've heard the term "Mother Lode" a lot. I wonder if it is a real thing or if it is a fantasy idea of the gold miner. If it is a real thing what would the mother lode look like in place? I do not mean what does it look like in the pan.
Jeff..password not working for store couldn't find any other way to contact you
Jeff- what’s your thoughts on dream mat?
its a really good mat to use
I’m trying to join u on your journey to find gold when and how can I do this Mr jeff
just sign up as a Premium Patron to get started www.patreon.com/askJeffWilliams
The OG Cowboy❤
Awesome ...recently started to follow this chanel....Jeff my goodness you talk like an atomatic machine gun😂😂 i have to be very attentive to catch up😊😊
Did he say where he was?
Morning all
morning
you said to classify the material first ,ain't that right ?
Saludos Jeff desde atacama chile
gracias
Jeff's water sports are entertaining and profitable. lol
Jeff, are you sure You and Lila are not taking a vacation in Mexico?
nope ....not yet
Hey, this isn't sexy, but this is a great review of basic operation. Thank you partner!
you betcha
finding gold in a tiny creek in someone's backyard is crazy lol. you wont see that here
I LIKE YOU JEFF 😊
thanks
I thought this was red dead redemption 2 for a split second 😂😂
4 years ago
LIKE COWBOY !!! УДАЧИ !!!🤠👍
craw creek
Jeff: Did you ever figure out what those little yellow spherules (that looked like Vitamin D pills) were that you found down in the mouth of that underground cave system?? I've been intrigued by that since! Thanks!
It's like watching a time machine at work. Young, not, young, not...😖🤯🤯🤯
hahahhahhaha which is the real one .
@@Askjeffwilliams I think I will consult with Neil Degrasse Tyson on the possibility of two Jeff Williams existing in the same place at two different times, my astrophysics is a little rusty 🤣
That’s a dirt eating machine unfortunately I don’t have enough water flow where I prospect for a sluice that big but my sluice eats dirt pretty quickly as well it’s the hobby miner sluice box by Alan Robertson (UA-cam) you’ve probably never heard of him it’s a 3D printed sluice with his own designed silicone reversible mat one side has grizzly bar riffles that you can shovel straight onto no classifying and the then you can flip the mat over to clean up the cons and the silicone grabs the gold extremely well. I had a friend of mine stress test it with one ounce of gold and 20lbs of rocks and black sand. He tried to choke it out but he lost and the sluice captured 99.9 percent of the ounce he put through it. There a lot of add ons for it but it’s a lot more expensive than the keen great tutorial for sluicing your instructional videos are what taught me to find gold the first time I ever tried panning. Thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
thats pretty cool , we will have to check that sluice box out and Alan Robertson. Thanks my brother
@@Askjeffwilliams I love it it’s small enough to pack wherever you need it and the printed plastic makes it heavy enough I’ve never had to use rocks to weigh it down it’s a 6” sluice and I bought the one with dual power heads for places with clay so it can break down the clay in the top of the box or just pull those off and throw the flair on if there’s running water. then i went to wall mart and bought a kids 4 wheeler rechargeable battery and charger for 80 bucks since the battery is smaller and light weight I run a 3700 gph pump on it with no issues most use a 1500 or 2000 the silicone mats and molds (yes you can make the mats yourself if so inclined) for them come in plenty of different designs for whatever your area requires and they have been field tested out on a mining site that had them out in the elements for a year and they don’t break down or crack Alan is a genius in my opinion for his innovations in silicone mats and other fairly simple prospecting equipment designs.
😎
Watercress for dinner,
♥
I knew you were gonna get wet😂. Great video Jeff. Looking forward to the next one 👍⛏️😎
Jeff, ya always say gold rides an iron horse..,and here ya are riding a white horse like something biblical? Lol! ⚒️💪⚖️🤠
yes we do ..... and Gold wears an iron hat
@@Askjeffwilliams I have had a Hat Problem most likely most of my life, but probably just like you, I wake-up with a hat on! Lol! Did that change after mining hell no! Lol! Got a Prospectors Beard to add to it all! Lol! 💪⚖️🤠
🦅🇺🇸💪🤠👍
I Think his hat is the only dry thing he has on