Dredging for GOLD in Oregon's Rogue River Watershed (private claims)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ธ.ค. 2021
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In this video I've been granted access to a private patented lode and placer claim in Southern Oregon. Prospecting for placer gold high up in the Rogue River watershed. I'll be using my modified 4 inch dredge and my equinox 800 metal detector. The stream is non-ESH and open to dredge. Follow along while I find some crystalline gold not far from the source. Most of this gold was sitting on shallow bedrock in a layer of hard pack gravel. Did you like this video? Please thank me by liking the video, hitting the notification bell and SUBSCRIBING. I plan on releasing more videos from this area soon. Thank you!
Did you like this video? Please thank me by SUBSCRIBING. I plan on releasing more videos shortly. Thank you!
Best unwater photos on the internet. Good chunky Gold !
Wow, I appreciate that compliment. I definitely will continue underwater work. Being underwater is so much fun. If you don't mind, give the video a share if you have prospecting friends. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video! Great closeups on the dredging.
Thanks, I wish those gopros focused better up close. Lol It was a little rough on the eyes editing. Glad it turned out OK.
Right on ! i love finding new creators is like finding a new window in this crazy world we call life
Definitely cool to see different perspectives and adventures! Thanks for watching.
That suction dredge is amazing. Great job. Subbed!!!
Thank you, it's addicting!
Yes sir It sure is!
Awesome trip! You definitely put in the work!!
Definitely put in some effort! Lol
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Thanks for watching, good luck out there!
Nice gold you got there and it sure seemed like you got more than what your scale said. Those last few pieces didnt even move the scale and it should have! Thanks for getting out there!!
I agree, I might need a new scale. Except I weighed it on my manual scale I use for reloading. The weight by grains matched on both scales. I thought it was odd.
Lol
Awesome video man 👍🏻nice shinny. I just subscribed nice dredge setup keep it up
Thank you, I appreciate it! Much more to come. Give the video a share if you can. Have a good one!
Good video 📹 thank you for sharing, looks the area has a lot to offer.
Thanks, can't wait to do some more exploring there.
Nice haul !!! Great spot
Thank you!
There's something mesmerizing about watching a nozzle in action. Great video. I just subscribed!
Sure is, even better when diving! Thanks for watching and the sub!
@@prospectingforadventure My pleasure...keep those vids coming, brother!
I like it!! Wished I could have been there with you! Looks like the new setup is in turbo mode!
I'm sure you'd be welcome there. Hopefully next time ot this spring!
Freezing! Young man's work😮
Have to enjoy it while I can!
Nice bro! I love SW Oregon so much. My good buddies live there and I was fortunate enough to really have a good time thanks to them. Beautiful claim, I'm sure there is some chunky gold somewhere around there!
I agree, sure wish it wasn't 4.5 hours away. We'll find out what the claim has to offer as soon as mother nature quits being a b.... lol
@@prospectingforadventure HAHA!!!
I spent my first 35 years up foots creek, we had several hard rock mines and did alot of placer mining in the creek. There are spots in that creek where youll find pounds of dumped mercury, probably why i have neuralogic damage now at 51. Cool video glad i stumbled on to ya ( : Subbed
I'll have to look it up on a map. Just for curiosities sake. I'm not super familiar with area. Thanks for watching. Hopefully I'll have more posted soon.
I've done a bit of dredging on foots creek also
A great but frosty ice cold weekend, nice you had the fire in the cabin /cheers ScrapBongo Liked
The wood stove made the trip for sure!
@@prospectingforadventure Ill bet, toasty
Just subbed in awesome channel great finds thank you for sharing the adventure 😎👍
Thanks for watching! If you have time I'd appreciate a few shares. Much more to come.
Awesome video, some good gold 👌
Just subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
Nice work man nice gold 👍🏴
Thank you, I appreciate it! Much more to come. Give the video a share if you can. Have a good one!
Beautiful area! Looks like a great place to hang out!!
Absolutely, can't wait to go back! I'll be swimming next time for sure. Lol
I'm jealous! 🙂
Great work, 💪🏻👍🏻✨️⛏️
Thank you!
Good video. I'm from the Roseburg area, now in Idaho. Subscribed and watching for more from you.
Thank you, I appreciate it! Much more to come. Give the video a share if you can. Have a good one!
I'm now in Kansas but I lived in Cave Junction Oregon for a number of years.
@@kevinbrown1629 pretty cool area, wish I lived closer!
I feel lucky I'm in the Applegate
awesome! cant believe im just now seeing this.
Thanks for watching! I have some more recent dredging videos up and I'm working on another.
Beautiful spot
Can't wait to go back.
Nice job and gold you will do good each time you learn more about the area you are working creek and the land great job on the video just joined your channel l am a gold prospecter also But my nemesis is Glacial Gold which is all across Iowa well have a good one out for now ⛏⛏⛏⛏⛏⛏😀😀🍺🍺
Thank you, I appreciate it! Much more to come.
My best friend lives in Missouri, all he has is glacial gold to find.
Give the video a share if you can. Have a good one!
Hey friend, after you suck out all of that material in any area, are you going back behind with a crevicing tool to scrape away any hard pack? The dredge will only suck up so much. I've learned that after dredging an area clean, to go back and scrape the living crap out of that area and chip away loose layers of bedrock, and have found pickers and nuggets trapped in hardpack in the crevice. Love the videos man and thanks for the content.
I beat the living snot out of bedrock. Lol I'd say I get most my gold that way. That scene where I'm using a pick I'm tearing up bedrock. The bedrock in that spot pulls apart fairly easy. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
I need to get out there. Been in Oregon 3years now and have not done much prospecting.
Do it! Lots of places to explore. Join a club depending on where you live. Some of the public areas still produce if you think outside the box. Good luck!
Nice gold!
Thanks! Lots of character to it for sure!
Nice 🤠
Appreciate it, thanks for watching!
Nice work...un saludo desde España
Gracias! Vivi en Rota España para 3 meses.
@@prospectingforadventure muy bonito Cádiz...
Well it looked like you had a good time hunting for the AU and I know your bad hurt some 😮 . I look for more videos 👍⛏⛏💰💰
Thank you, I appreciate it! Much more to come. Give the video a share if you can. Have a good one!
Lugging all the equipment puts a strain on the body I know all to well . Gonna share with my buds. Thanks
@@jefffleming8103 especially when you do this solo all the time! Lol I haul most the equipment out each night too. Wish I didn't have to worry about theft.
Motion detectors and a dog 🐕 👌 I guess the cabin is a ways away
@@jefffleming8103 it's Southern Oregon, the cabin could be on the dredge and there's still a risk someone will steal your stuff. Lol
great video i believe the dredge box is to steep i would check your tailings i run my box almost flat and get lots of fines there were almost none in the pan test test test
Thanks I appreciate that. I tried running close to flat. I didn't have enough water flow, the box was plugging up. I tested the lower portion of the box multiple times and never saw any colors in it. Definitely wasn't perfect, but it was the best I could do with what I had. I mighty need to upgrade the 5.5hp motor to a 6.5hp.
@@prospectingforadventure i would trade the 1 1/2 supply to a 2 inch supply
@@leeduncan5819 I'd like too, but that's the size of the power jet.
Nice :)
Thanks for watching!
Got 2 dredges ready to run. Let's set something up
Maybe someday, life it's freaking busy these days!
Fun time
Most certainly! Thanks for watching.
nice pic, I had the same one from armadillo in GP, total rip off on the price butt a good mining pick. please my friend get some excitement in your voice, your killing me. : )
Lol I'll work on that for sure. It's painful doing these videos, its out of my wheelhouse personality wise. That pick is a little over priced. Definitely like using it though.
ahh, try using your metal detector to find the pay streak, just a thought my friend.
I need to give that a try for sure. Most the places I hit the gold is down on bedrock and doesn't run in paystreaks.
Have you though maybe you might detecting platinum?
No that never crossed my mind. I've had similar experiences with serpentine bedrock in other locations. I honestly haven't researched into it yet.
how do i know when someone has a claim on the area?
The best way to avoid private claims is to join a club or look online for a public panning area. The only way to know for sure is if you go to the counties recording office and ask them to look up a specific stretch of river. There's a couple sites online that list claims, but they aren't always accurate.
Looking at your setup I think you might be blowing gold out the back end. The pressure needed to suck up that hose then hits your very small high banker. You need a longer trap set up and lower your angle a bit. Always always check your railings plunge hole to test if you are blowing gold out. I could hear your disappointment in your voice, it's not the creak or how hard you worked. It's your ability to trap the gold in your small set up.
It's possible. I did test my tailings and didn't find anything. I also tested by box in segments to check for gold migration. 90% of my gold was always up top in my box. I plan on making adjustments for sure. I appreciate the advice.
Any lower of an angle and my box wasn't clearing. I don't think my pump was pumping the volume of water I needed or the rifles are too close in the box. I picked up a motor that's 46cc more powerful. I'm hoping that will allow me to run at the proper angle.
Can I ask what size is your motor?
It's a honda 5hp 160cc. Probably under powered for the 4 inch. Atleast with the air compressor on it. Keene p-180 pump. That's why I had a steeper angle on the box. I have a Brigs and Stratton 5hp 206cc without an air compressor that I'll be trying in a couple weeks.
Tks alot
Dredging and Oregon is illegal. How are you dredging without getting in trouble?
Because it's not 100% banned. There's a process to do it legally in streams without salmon and steelhead runs.
You need a better scale ⚖️
I thought the same thing, but I bought another scale and they both read the same. Even put calibration weights on.
your scale is way off too my brother. : ( calibrate it.
Unfortunately it's not off. Wish it was more gold. I have two scales and calibration weights.