Comments on: FINDING GOLD V

By: Newbskillz1

Newbskillz1 — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:33:50 +0000

Anyone know how to find mining areas/ hotspots in British Columbia, Canada?

By: sebasstian12

sebasstian12 — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:51:53 +0000

this is a good and all but where the heck are you gonna find a creek you can dig up or pan for without someone having property rights?

By: golfingrobert

golfingrobert — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:49 +0000

unfortunately sluices and metal detectors are expensive, its hard to find gold with nothing but a pan

By: spiel33333

spiel33333 — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:27:51 +0000

Thanks for the great videos. I recently started sluicing in Azusa canyon, CA.. Not much luck. I seem to recover a lot of flour gold (maybe pyrite?) It seems to just float on top of my recovered material. Is there a way to remove the flour gold from the rest of the material? Thanks

By: flagold

flagold — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:49:06 +0000

Just about every state is different now. Wyoming requires no permit for 3" and under dredges, and many Eastern states don't have much on the books at all. Plug DEQ dredging regulations and "prospecting" in with a search of the target state usually gets one in the ballpark. No real width on the streams. Best of luck in your prospecting!

By: greentowncar

greentowncar — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:47:03 +0000

Matt-excellent video series and many thanx. Generally, what are the laws concerning panning/dredging int he various states. How about federal or stae lands–any site that details them on the internet? How wide does a stream have to be to still count as publicly accessible?

By: eklawok

eklawok — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:04:02 +0000

Thanks for the info Matt! I will try it and see what happens. And if you ever decide to do a video on finding gold in Alaska, let me know. I'd love to tag along.

By: flagold

flagold — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:27:40 +0000

I doubt that it will be sensitive enough. The Ace 250 operates at 6.5 KHZ which is great for coins and larger objects deep. That said, go ahead and try it, I was told a Garrett Sea Hunter was totally inappropriate for finding gold in a bar, that it wouldn't discriminate, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah, and it did just fine in leading me to 6 pounds of gold. You will have to think differently and use the meter to read metals (not 25¢, 10¢, etc.) and use a small coil if possible. Good luck!

By: eklawok

eklawok — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:48:45 +0000

Great videos Matt! Lots of info for a new comer to prospecting like myself. I have a garrett ace 250 that I got to learn with. Do you think that I may be able to use it with my sluice box like you showed in this video, or is it just not sensitive enough for finding gold and black sand?

By: flagold

flagold — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:35:49 +0000

You could lay out a pattern of where the GBII was getting concentrated hits and figure things out from that too, although having a screen to read makes things much easier. The GBII comes in handy in small streams where you mark individual hits and vacuum them up with a small dredge (I used a little 2" Proline).