Underwater Viewer, Chunky Gold Prospecting, Central Cascades Near Portland Oregon.
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Join me on this adventure while I use my special homemade tool the under water scope to help spot chunky gold on bedrock. I'm gold prospecting on my local creek near Portland Oregon in the Southern Cascades. Using light weight and inexpensive tools to clean and pick apart bedrock. I also run a drop riffle sluice box for the first time ever. Follow along while I recover chunky gold!
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Great gold
One of my favorite ways to find nuggets !
Definitely love the light weight and quite aspect to this method. I love dredging, buy this can be just as effective without the headaches.
I've been in that canyon. Had my gramps a new set of gold teeth made out of what I found. Hope I left you enough for an episode. LOL.
You left a few scraps. Lol Would have liked to seen it years ago.
Cool video. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
@@prospectingforadventure most welcome
Good video! Water was really up!!
Yeah I messed up a couple of my cuts. With a busy week for work I didn't have a lot of time to edit this one. Can't wait to snipe up there!
Great video, thanks for posting
Good to see you having energy and fun.
Thank you, I appreciate it. Getting better...
Subscribed, Best Regards from SE of Salem.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Nice lookin metal Amigo!!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
I have the same sluice n luv the drop riffles in it. Be careful with the flare as it will become brittle and break off after time. 😅
I have a large le-trap I've been using for clean ups in my dredge box. It's an old one. It creaks and moans if I handle wrong. Lol Definitely want to store those in doors.
@@prospectingforadventure yes, have the la trap as well. That’s my favorite of all my sluices.
it's always nice to find good chunky gold like that. great job!
Sure is! That's a pretty good hike in. I'm normally rewarded with something exciting.
Beautiful spot,great video,cannot wait to watch more!!!
Thank you, I appreciate it! I'm hoping to get back into that area soon.
Man those bedrock cracks looked pretty juicy, glad you got some pickers outta there. Crazy amount of magnetite too, looks like the stuff we find in the Rogue
Yeah I need to go back and move that gravel bar out. Lol I'll be sniping once the water warms up a bit.
Was a great adventure. Thanks for sharing, Chris. Cheers!
Yeah that sunshine was a nice change until it was gone. Lol Thanks for watching!
Nice chunky piece that first little nugget 👍 you know ur on the gold when you hit the pockets of magnetite & hematite
Thank you! Yeah that magnatite gives me a little shot of energy. I was surprised I didn't get more gold under it.
Insane amount of magnetite.. nice pickers. I like your snipping tube but wondering if yours is to long. I'd like to build one myself. Thanks for sharing. 🇺🇲 👍😎⛏️
Yeah that creek has some amazing magnatite. I wouldn't want the rube to be any shorter. There's a coronation there how much material can be sucked up.
Great adventure! You scored nicely....you're good at what you do!
Thank you, I really appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
That water scope is sweet brother. Awsome looking canyon. Great video thanks for bringing us along
Thank you! I should make a few more for friends. I have plexiglass at the bottom and it's almost like a magnifying glass. I need to make a shorter one too. Lol Sure beats putting goggles on in ice water.
That was a great adventure!
Thank you, I really appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
Channel newbie,great video I’ll certainly share this one.!! Nice job 👍Peace and gold!!
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
First time viewer great video and music very educational. Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
Nice trillium.
Yeah it was, thanks for watching!
New sub! Liked ✌️😀❤️🙏
Awesome, thanks for watching!
Nice scope my friend, awesome andhandy tool !! Love your vids keep it up :) Greetings from Holland
Thank you. I appreciate it! That scope has definitely put me on some gold I would have otherwise missed.
Good job for sure 👌. Nice chunks.
Thank you!
One more thing. Any chance you create a video making that secret weapon? That is awesome.
Yeah I'll put that on the list. I want to make a couple more anyways.
Dang… Great job! I’ve looked for many years, and have NEVER found gold like that in the cascades..
Where were you?! (generally speaking, of course…)
Sorry, I don't like to discuss locations. I'll tell you this much, it's all available with a little research. This isn't a secret area. Thanks for watching!
Chunky monker ✌️
Would like to see a video on how you made your magnifying tube
Yeah I'll have to do that. You're the second person to request that. I need to make another one anyways.
@@prospectingforadventure
Great can't wait to see it
Tks
Great video! Your underwater photography is spectacular. Also I would be happy to pay you for the "secret weapon" If I made it myself it would end up costing me 150.00 dollars. lol
Thank you! I've had some requests to do a DIY video. So I imagine I'll be making some. Have you seen how expensive abs and pvc are right now? It's crazy.
Great job PFA....wish I could join ya for the fun......did you make your underwater viewer yourself or somewhere on web? Just curious cuz I'd like to try and make one myself....keep up the good work
I made it myself. You might find this useful. 😉
ua-cam.com/video/9E129qos3UA/v-deo.html
lewis,mollala, or quartzville?
Sorry man, I don't discuss locations on here. I'm not going to be one of those UA-camrs to blow up an area.
Any chance of getting a video on how you made the scope?
Yes, I plan on making one. I've had others make the same request.
Enjoyed very much! I am from Iowa and thinking of doing a little prospecting. Do you always carry your (9 or 40 not sure to the woods with you? Thanks bro and good luck!!!
Thanks for watching! I always carry when I go out to remote areas by myself. If anything it works as a signaling device. Lots of mountain lions in my area too.
so for your sluice, you put it 100% in the stream, but as far as i have learned what you should do is for every 1 foot of length of sluce the end should sit 1 inch higher above the water i could be wrong share some logic ?
Yeah it was my first time running that drop riffle and there generally is much gold in the gravels so I did a quick setup. The rule I've heard is 1 inch drop for every foot. I personally haven't heard anything about a certain amount above water. I personally adjust a sluice until I see an exchange of lights and heavies that I've satisfied with. Faster water can run at a shallower angle and slow water has to run at a steeper angle.
@@prospectingforadventure thank you for that info, yeah going back over the info that i came across it is 12/1 but he was also in verry shallow water so one inch up was was above the water he was using at the time. thank you for the respoce so qick on that im glad i didnt sound like i was belittleing you i was a bit worried about that i just was wanting some wisdom to pass along and use thank youagain. may your pans be full of flower gold o7
Did you ignore all that flour gold?
Nope, just didn't find much on this trip. I thought it was odd that I wasn't seeing more.
@@prospectingforadventure Guess it was sulfur or dirty grains of quartz or something.