Water moves gold. Especially in the desert. See how and why gold moves in the desert in an unusual way. Also check out SourdoughMiner.com/gpc/ for more about how gold deposits form (hint its the flash floods. especially in places like Arizona, New Mexico and California.)
Prospector Jess, this is exactly what I needed to see. I'm a novice, infrequent prospector, but I read a lot. My first and only claim runs parallel to a historically rich lode mountain in Nevada, but I'm in the alluvial gravel a few hundred feet lower in elevation. The claim has five dry gullies, which I assume change their flow direction at the whim of the infrequent flash floods. So my plan is to dig a prospect shaft in one of these gullies looking for periodic gravel layers. It's all unconsolidated and easy digging, so I worry about shifting and collapsing, hoping my timbering would be adequate. All I see so far is flour gold, but it's in very small amounts in every layer and in every pan. The nearest town, electricity and water are thirty miles away. This is an excellent video, from my perspective. Any additional suggestions? Thanks for posting it!
Great video. Lots of good info. I live 30ish miles north of Los Angeles. I am soon to be a first time gold hunter. Do you have a suggestion on a good place to go for a first timer?
Thank you.. I live right at the base of some mountains in the High desert.. Mountains to the North 3 miles away and desert to the south about 10 miles away. Do you know of an online model that lets you drop water on the terrain?
I can't find anywhere, the testing of the geology of the "Resting springs mt. Range" bordering California and Nevada . I found one prospect named SCP right off rt. 178 , that's it,,, Can anyone help me. I'm trying so hard, but I'm not the sharpest pencil in the lot....
Another way is go on Google Earth, to Phelan CA locality. The large fan is easily visible, dark color compared to the rest of the desert floor in that area. Near El Mirage dry lake.
What if you have a massive mountain rainfall that is a record breaker that floods out the desert below the mountains in a mile wide fresh deposit of gravels? This is below a proven gold mining district. The drop before the desert was about a 6% grade, with fast moving water that continued on for miles. Where in that plain would you suggest a person look? There is a large wide turn where the water spread out but started to slow a bit. The water doesn't flow through here at all normally. This was a once in a hundred year storm and it only flooded here the one time. Thanks in advance.
Well as everyone else tells you, Thank You, I have learned a lot from you. after surveying the location, I am off to the desert to try my luck . this is my first prospecting adventure EVER! I will be using a Gold Bug 2 metal detector. now I have a question. I have 2 coils 6.5 and 10 inch. I will be looking in areas that flash flood slows before reaching the "playas". now which coil should I use? do you have any Idea? thank you , and also I WILL post videos and pics here, if I find anything.
If your working between boulders perhaps the small coil would be advantageous. Just have to move slowly in the open areas. I tend to use the large coil till I'm in the tight areas than change over. Having an extra lower rod with the coil mounted on it makes for fast changes.
That was one of the most bizzare things I learned by finding large gold suspended in the riverbeds gravels as much as on the bedrock or false bedrock below that same spot. V canyons it's almost always 90% on the bedrock/cracks/boulder bases. U canyons where they widen up say 5-10'+ above low water the canyon opens up I've found many 1/4 oz + nuggets suspended in the gravels a the head of the expanding canyon walls and the finer or quartz gold specimens further downstream.
Water moves gold. Especially in the desert. See how and why gold moves in the desert in an unusual way. Also check out SourdoughMiner.com/gpc/ for more about how gold deposits form (hint its the flash floods. especially in places like Arizona, New Mexico and California.)
I love revisiting this video right before I hit a new wash or returning to a wash that has been refreshed a few times since I’ve hit it in the past.
High Desert, tuning in
Hello from Bruce in California
Prospector Jess, this is exactly what I needed to see. I'm a novice, infrequent prospector, but I read a lot. My first and only claim runs parallel to a historically rich lode mountain in Nevada, but I'm in the alluvial gravel a few hundred feet lower in elevation. The claim has five dry gullies, which I assume change their flow direction at the whim of the infrequent flash floods. So my plan is to dig a prospect shaft in one of these gullies looking for periodic gravel layers. It's all unconsolidated and easy digging, so I worry about shifting and collapsing, hoping my timbering would be adequate. All I see so far is flour gold, but it's in very small amounts in every layer and in every pan. The nearest town, electricity and water are thirty miles away. This is an excellent video, from my perspective. Any additional suggestions? Thanks for posting it!
Great video. Lots of good info.
I live 30ish miles north of Los Angeles.
I am soon to be a first time gold hunter. Do you have a suggestion on a good place to go for a first timer?
Thank you.. I live right at the base of some mountains in the High desert.. Mountains to the North 3 miles away and desert to the south about 10 miles away.
Do you know of an online model that lets you drop water on the terrain?
I can't find anywhere, the testing of the geology of the "Resting springs mt. Range" bordering California and Nevada . I found one prospect named SCP right off rt. 178 , that's it,,, Can anyone help me. I'm trying so hard, but I'm not the sharpest pencil in the lot....
Have a screenshot of deposit/fan in CA desert. How to upload to share it, from Google Earth.
Post to social net like FB or approved image sharing site, then post link.
Another way is go on Google Earth, to Phelan CA locality. The large fan is easily visible, dark color compared to the rest of the desert floor in that area. Near El Mirage dry lake.
I am in High desert , oakhills Area.. I new it I can't wait for 🌧️
Rajasthan desert in gold possible?
What if you have a massive mountain rainfall that is a record breaker that floods out the desert below the mountains in a mile wide fresh deposit of gravels? This is below a proven gold mining district. The drop before the desert was about a 6% grade, with fast moving water that continued on for miles. Where in that plain would you suggest a person look? There is a large wide turn where the water spread out but started to slow a bit. The water doesn't flow through here at all normally. This was a once in a hundred year storm and it only flooded here the one time. Thanks in advance.
Arizona Vincent
Thanks for the great informational video Prospector Jess..
Well as everyone else tells you, Thank You, I have learned a lot from you. after surveying the location, I am off to the desert to try my luck . this is my first prospecting adventure EVER! I will be using a Gold Bug 2 metal detector. now I have a question. I have 2 coils 6.5 and 10 inch. I will be looking in areas that flash flood slows before reaching the "playas". now which coil should I use? do you have any Idea? thank you , and also I WILL post videos and pics here, if I find anything.
If your working between boulders perhaps the small coil would be advantageous. Just have to move slowly in the open areas. I tend to use the large coil till I'm in the tight areas than change over. Having an extra lower rod with the coil mounted on it makes for fast changes.
That was one of the most bizzare things I learned by finding large gold suspended in the riverbeds gravels as much as on the bedrock or false bedrock below that same spot. V canyons it's almost always 90% on the bedrock/cracks/boulder bases. U canyons where they widen up say 5-10'+ above low water the canyon opens up I've found many 1/4 oz + nuggets suspended in the gravels a the head of the expanding canyon walls and the finer or quartz gold specimens further downstream.
From Alaska
Great Topic Jess I Learned a great Lesson and add it to my Gold Prospecting adventures, Thanks-Shilo 10-24-20
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Live in Baja California Mexico watch some of your videos my name Eli have a club going everyone excited been prospecting in El Alamo Baja Norte Mexico
great video=thank you=thank you for your call==
Im also from Colorado haha, but thanks for helping us understand the desert 🌵
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Enjoyed the lesson on desert alluvial fans...wish I was at one right now. Ha!
An alluvial fan club. Sorry about that I couldn't pass it up.
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