Gold prospecting a GPAA claim in San Diego county CA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I'm gold prospecting on a GPAA claim in my own county. My exploration is not complete. The water level is higher than normal due to exceptional rainfall. I will need to come back when it drops. Since the average water level is much lower i'd assume that the best drop zones for gold would most likely be towards the center of the flow. I look forward to coming back later in the season. I will also leave the water to check inland for possible drywashing areas that may have already been established. I cannot call this claim done until I properly explore it. I remain optimistic. Until then, heavy pans my friends.
Thank you for showcasing the claim and giving helpful access/terrain/dirt tips for people like me who were thinking of checking it out.
I have to fix that video but dont know how. The trail by the left picnic table was treed in. Go to the right picnic table then trail goes to the left. My newer video. Crevicing/panning explains that.
Good luck out there. Go further down the river. Looking at GPS the river opens up and bends a bit. I'll be checking that out my next trip
Heavy pans my friend
I tried this claim a few months ago because it is close to home. The water levels were a bit lower, but it looked mostly the same. People have tried digging under the huge rocks to the point that it looked really sketchy. I waded around in the water and sampled some spots and had pretty much the same results you did. I found one tiny spec of gold that I didn't even bother saving. Still trying to find someplace to go in SD county.
Honestly I'd reccomend going prospecting in the east fork of the San Gabriel River. It's worth the travel time if you camp as well.
I I no where the hot spot is , talking you can see the gold in the water with your eyes. Here in San Diego East county
@@FearOfTheLord619 where at?
Nice man, pretty water. Love mountain creeks. I'm moving to the SD area in a month and half and looking forward to metal detecting some of the close by mountains! Subbed your channel, enjoyed, thanks!
Prospecting tip #69, must have both right AND left handed shovel, works every time!! LOL.......... Great video, loved the area.
Lol. Thanks for watching.
Amazing content! Can't wait to see the next video :)
Thank you for your kind words sir.
LOL
Where this place please
I’m in vista ca want to know more please
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Omg. Thank you. It took forever to get here.
what claim if you don't mind me asking do you ever explore the area around it to see if you find better stuff
Its gold prospectors 1,2 and warrior. I just started my quest for new grounds to prospect. I've got another claim not too far from me as well. I thinks it's called Himalaya.
@@weekendprospector9787 also a member of the gpaa get the book fists full of gold by chris ralph gives you a whole different look on the situation most don't want to join a club to learn you have to have people to ask questions maybe I'll see you somewhere have a good day boss
Thank you my friend. I hope to see you out there someday.
A + for effort
Thanks man. It's worth checking again in the near future.
Awesome man. Never down there but nice to check club claims without traveling lol. Subbed!!
It wont be long and I'll be checking out more claims. I need to know each and every claim available to me. 😁
Are you still panning in 2022?
Kinda gave me some chills. I know exactly where this is at. My buddy crashed his motorcycle going up that hill towards the police line and passed away.
Sam?
Welcome to the Gold Streak Blues of San Diego County. Thats a tough spot!. Good thing, it does have water.. rare here! they say the gold is deeper there.. maybe you found the speck i threw back.. ha kiddin...
but ive seen pics of some chunk.. but still small gold. It is nice that it flows. id love to go further down creek there also.. ive tried to contact claim owner a few times and never got a reply..
next time your gonna prospect down here in SD.. let me know.. email is my youtube name at gmail.. i have accsess to our clubs claims also..
That sounds great. I'm thinking about checking the Himalaya claim. I belive that's the name of it. In the GPAA site there is no reviews or information about it. Might have to place a comment in a forum to get a little insight. But I'll definitely get up with you as I'm getting closer to going. Thanks.
@@weekendprospector9787 i think Himalayan is a place for Tourmaline? or other gem. cant remember ha.. Ill have to ask a buddy..
Keep your flow pan submerged.
Many videos out there. I'm not the only one operating it in this manner. I won't move the sluice backwards under water.
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Wow, might have better luck with some home depot sand.
Hahaha. I agree. That claim was said to have a little gold. Perhaps it was further downstream. I only went so far. The trail disappeared by the water. I'm not sure if nature reclaimed it with the heavy rains that year.
Either way I wasn't going back but it is still worth a try for other prospectors who are willing to properly check the entire claim.
@weekendprospector9787 im looking to get my gpaa membership and checking out what others have found on gpaa claims.
Is they're GPAA claim marker's
I can only assume there are markers. I've only seen a small amount of the claim.
I'll be going back in the near future. I'm looking forward to getting to know this claim a bit more and finding its treasures.
I wouldn't touch that gold hog pan, but I bought a gold rush nugget bucket. I may not be the go to on prospecting equipment at the end of the day. Sorry Doc.
I like the flow pan. I dont know about the other equipment out there. I dont have the money to try them.
Lol. Every advertisement is a lie and a honest review is almost impossible to get. Good luck with the nugget bucket. My buddy has one and it does do a pretty good job. Faster processing of material requires different equipment though.
Eugene, the area looks really promising, I'm surprised you didn't find much. Do you have anyone who could turn you on to some areas where there's known gold?
Well, lol, I'm not exactly a social butterfly. No. I dont know anyone who would be willing to share such information. I will however continue to check all the GPAA claims. Starting with those closest to me. I'm sure to find a hot spot. I will enjoy every minute while I'm searching. Who knows, I might even make a few friends along the way. Stranger things have happened. Hahaha. Thanks for watching.
Social butterfly 😂. I know a place 👍
Hey San Diego guy here too! Thanks for showing this claim, I’ve been thinking about going there but the few reviews I’ve read, said it was borderline dangerous to get down to the water. It didn’t appear that bad from what you showed. How did accessibility seem to you? Do you ever go metal detecting for gold?
It's not hard to get to but unfortunately, it's not worth the time. I've had no success and the water is basically seasonal. Rainy season is fine but even then when you get to the water there isn't a trail.
Honestly, I wouldn't waste my time trying that claim if I were you.
@@weekendprospector9787 🤔That's exactly what I would say if I found the motherlode.
Nice. Still going out to this claim? I recently joined the GPAA and was thinking about trying my luck sometime next week.
Hey Phil. I haven't been out that way in quite some time. It will probably be a long while before I go back.
The claims in Barstow, San Bernardino, San Bernardino county. Placer Pete and heybuddy 10 are popular claims.
Depending on where you live. I go north for my prospecting. Besides GPAA, the east fork of the San Gabriel river has decent gold. Just my thoughts on that.
I wish you luck wherever you decide to go. Heavy pans my friend.
Nice area and enjoyed the video!
Thakns
Hey weekend ,nice video. I would say that your sluice is to short for the flow volume and all of the material was getting blown out. Besides you should try to classify the pay first. I bet that area is holding nice Gold.slow down the sluice flow and get a 48 or 52 in sluice . You will land more Gold.
I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for watching.
Don’t blame the Angus. The Angus does a great job catching fine gold. He had that Angus set up in a proper manner with a beautiful “v” flow. Check out the video that I posted titled “Can the Angus MacKirk catch fine gold.” The answer is “Yes. Lots of it.” He broke rule number one: “You have to mine where the gold is.”
wow awesome video that looks like so much fun
Prospecting is my favorite activity for sure. Thanks for watching.
@@weekendprospector9787 no problem thanks for sharing
San diego born and raised here, wanna try this out
I reccomend using GPS and going downstream to the end of the claim. I heard that people were getting small gold at that end. I never made it. The trail on the side of the river/stream just ends.
Is that GPAA membership a good thing?
I can only give my opinion and I think it's great. I have a variety of claims to try within a few hours drive. That alone makes it great for me.
Hey there! Would love to go with you on one of these adventures, I live in san diego too!
Hey Josh. A few others were interested in going to the Placer Pete claim as well.
I'm going to post on my Facebook page when I plan on going back. I will try to post 4 days ahead. Just respond to the post and I'll give more details.
@@Elmhorst I have a Facebook page that I use to notify everyone about upcoming trips. Everyone is invited when I post them.
I wish I could contact individuals personally about the trips but theres usually quite a few and are scattered throughout my comments from different places.
I'd say check out my page, Weekend Prospector. I will always post information there. I hope to see you at one of the get togethers. Until then, heavy pans my friend.
WHERE IS THIS PLACE AT IN SAN DIEGO, WOULD LIKE TO VISIT IT SOME DAY IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE AREA TO HIKE
I think that you would have better luck if you used a scoop to put your material into your sluice, in much smaller amounts,considering how fast the water is flowing.
I remember that trip. I did have my sluice running hot. Besides the amount of dirt I was feeding, I needed to slow it down. I knew very fine flour gold would just blow out. I should have mentioned that. I was just trying to find color. If I would have seen some color I would have reset better and slowed down.
Your obviously paying attention to important details and that's good. I hope you join a local club in your area and get to practice what your learning.
The fun never ends. Thanks for your input. Heavy pans my friend.
I would love to go check the area out. It is very pretty up there! We just gotta figure out where the gold is hiding :) Another awesome adventure in the books. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you my friend. Many more adventures to come.
Waiting on your videos 2 man
How long was the hike?