Where To Find Gold Exact Gold Locations: Oroville - Huge Gold-Nuggets
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I'm always looking for three ounce nuggets! Never found one. :(
Yep - they're hard to come by!
Hi Matt, thank you so much for sharing this info to us Washington prospectors/miners. Since now there is no motorized equipment allowed, we are left with a metal detector, river sluice and a pan. If you had to work an area outside of the water with that equipment and like finding lots of fine gold, where would you go at in this video? Thank you in advance, heading there this coming weekend.
John Baker, Norm Hill and I trudged across the road and to the base of those small hill/mountains you see, and found fine gold there (portable scope sized stuff). If you've got equipment for the beach it might do the trick. Good luck.
@@mattmattsongold Thanks Matt I will give that a try.
7/7/21 update: RIVER IS LOOKIN' GOOD!
Hello Matt and good morning! I wanted to show and share a picture of something to you and I don't know how to send you the picture I want you to see. I found something on Google Earth and I really wanted your advice and opinion about it. Have a great day today and thanks again for your wisdom!
Jason: send it to mattmattson57@gmail.com -- it may take me several days to reply as we're under some real heavy weather here for a week.
Matt himself is a treasure! Thanks.
You're welcome as always.
If we lived up there that sounds like a place We would be alot.Great tips , there are probably many areas around the country with a false bedrock like that.Here in Arizona we often have to deal with thick caleche. I cant wait to drywash again this year!
Hope you get a bucket-full! And you're right about the false bedrock.
I live in oroville Washington and appreciate the information. I pan quite a bit along the similkameen river. I am in my second season of panning so I am still an amateur. Yet last summer, my first season, I panned 3.5 grams of placer gold. This season i have just over 2 grams so far but am set to beat last seasons weigh in. Due to research and application, I have recently found a paystreak of larger flakes and occasional picker or specimen. The specimens here are gold with white quartz, clear quartz crystals and darker stone at times. Really beautiful pieces. The paystreak I am currently on is a gravel flat that catches a lot of heavy material during flood waters. So it is just now accessable again. I have high hopes of what it may produce. If you are willing, I would love your advice on how deep to dig. I feel the larger gold is in older and undisturbed layers of settled river bed....
You're doing good - keep it up! There is no depth to dig (I never found a bottom to many of those bars with a dredge) just try to stay in the streak and make notes (mental or actual) if the gold is increasing or decreasing and follow the pay left right and down as deep as you can. (If you get to the point of using supplied air - don't dig rabbit holes to get killed in - taper your hole for every one foot down 4 feet back minimum) You and the rest here in the comments section are coming up with excellent results on par with what we were doing in our time - it's good hear.
I love in Colville WA and this is my third season prospecting. Been panning around Kettle River and finding some small pokers. Congrats on the grams! And thanks Matt for the info, Keep on Rockin'!
@@MountaineerMichael : you're welcome - great you're out there and having success!
@@mattmattsongold Thank you sir.
Thanks for the guarded inside information on Oroville. I always heard it was all fines they were getting up that way. Was I ever wrong about that. Washington still requires the Gold and Fish guidebook. They are much kinder to miners than my state of Oregon or California. They seem to honor the 1874. Law more even though they are a deep blue state because of the expansive urban areas.
Thanks for the update on that - glad to hear there's nothing more complicated than still having that book - very lucky given the way OR and Ca went, I agree.
this is my favorite place to dredge for gold because there are indeed nuggets there. Havent found a 3oz one yet but plenty of pea size and kidney bean size. you'll work hard but it will be fun!
Some places are just good - and this is one of them. Thanks for that.
@@mattmattsongold thank you
@@jdmcarandmotorcycle : you're very welcome.
@@mattmattsongold we was here in last year but water was high !
@@jdmcarandmotorcycle : I think that's great - you now know the area and can plan on coming back! You know how big those rocks are now too.
Yt won't let me thumbs up videos but here ya go...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for that!
Hello Matt, I'm always watching your video and I really like it, I need gold bar and nugget Detector, but very expensive, I used here in the Philippines and Sabah Malaysia, I have some prospect area here and I don't know the exact location and also many gold nugget here at the river, pls. Matt help me, how much the price off ordinary detector, thank you very much
MJ: I don't sell anything at all. Go through as many of these videos as you can and learn to find gold without the detector (build a sluice - run gravel through it from the target areas you learn about). You'll have the money to buy one then and you may find you don't need one at all. Good luck to you!
Hi Steve you want Goldsheen sapphire.
6/20/21 the trail up the south side of the samilkameen is closed for the year for repairs and upgrades at the old power station. safety concerns, new bridge, etc.
Thanks Glenn, I'm sure everyone going will appreciate that info.
I thought they were planning to remove that power station
@@scottpetersen6869 WHATEVER GETS THE MOST FED FUNDING...TRYING TO PITCH PUTTING THIS COUNTY ON A GOLD STANDARD...HAVE SOME BIG THINKERS WORKING ON THE IDEA.
Anyone have a Gold claim I can experience for a day? You keep half what I find. Have a Gold bug ,pan, small shovel and rock hammer.
Matt, your the best...wish I was your buddy back in the day. By the way, faceting Oregon Sunstone now because of you. Also went down to Colombia to pick up some emerald and faceted a few of those as well, not to mention Montana Sapphire (Yogo's). This is all because of you, lol. Thanks again and all the best to you and Connie.
Thanks for that - good on you for faceting!!!
Thank you for sharing. Would like to contact you for business purposes, please let me know if you are available to consult.
I'm not in business, Esteban - simply teach. Good luck!
I’m at miners flat The River is low. The river is full of LARGE rocks. Spud bar is useless. I also Went up to the next exit (dirt road) and then To the blm “park” (all dirt) The river is full of HUGE rocks The rocks are super slippery with moss. The area is I uneven and treacherous but in the water. Where the hell are you guys talking about?
The area is very rocky, slippery and the big rocks that take 2 men and a crane to move. What’s the spud bar for?
I have photos of this place.
You need a backhoe and a dump truck to get the monster rocks out to get to the bed rock.
The whole river bed is Very large river rock and large boulders. How do I work this?
Look for the natural riffles and work them. This is big gold, big rocks and big country, that's for sure. If you're at the right place (and see those riffles), just have to pitch in and start. Good luck!
Did you wear waders while detecting cutchie 4?
Thanks for the help.
7 weeks till Im there
"7 weeks till Im there" -- good deal, you should have a long work window to muck the stuff out of there. I had waders, but ended up wearing hip boots much more than the waders. You'll probably have the ubiquitous wet butt by the end of the day most have with those things, but they were much preferable to me than those hothouse waders.
I will go with you!!
matt im new in prospecting i live in inverness fl would love to meet with you to talk look me up
Lee: I'm not in Florida anymore, Connie and I moved to Alabama. Very best of luck with your prospecting adventures!
Best river in wa to prospect in ny opinion similkameen done very well there 10 oz. In 3 weeks
I believe that too, Calvin. Thanks for your comment and best of luck going forward!
There is lot of fines like lotszzzz ...I used a black magic Miller table get the flow right and works awesome
I ran a 4 inch proline up there few years back I'm going this year I prospected fewhigh benches and did really well
No I love to do that be a blast I need a metal detector I dont have tho most big gold on bedrock
I really love that place I prospected lot of places but that place tons fines in every pan and big gold too for wa that's awesome plus way middle no where not lot people know my uncle brang me there even active mines up above people are hardrockin
i've never panned for gold in my life i'm wanting to try this year and i don't know a thing about it.i have most of the stuff to do it i bought though Ebay I would like more information on where to go and rules or some one to take me under there wing and teach me. lol i'm in the Okanogan area or point me where i can find out where to go in this area Thanks.
Ernie, the video shows you the place, but it can be overwhelming as it has been for some - you're at the apex of gold here with big rocks, big country, big river, big everything. Maybe you wan't to join the GPAA (look that up) and see if they have a local chapter that can help.
Thanks Matt, Great info for prospectors looking for high grade AU.
You're welcome - good luck out there!
What do you mean by the gold was “shut off”
I plan to go to Oroville and Roseburg this year 2021
Thanks Matt
The Canadians outlawed their public from mining the river altogether. May have changed - but probably not. You'll need that 6mm for Oroville - cold if in for any length of time. You're welcome - read the comments below, there's some info you will want to see.
@@mattmattsongold
Yes Sir have watched all your videos over 10 times each and read all the comments.
Any chance of you writing a biography on your gold adventures? I need more knowledge. I have been following your gold hunting from the 80s even took a trip to Key West to see your finds.
@@scottpetersen6869 : Once you get out there you'll start making your own adventures and that will be the greatest of all. Good on the trip to Key West but I wouldn't dare take credit for any of that, those were my mentors work (and now yours as well) on whose shoulders we all stand going forward in knowledge. Mel Fisher, Bob "Frogfoot" Weller, Cal DeViney, Mo, on and on - they were real giants because they did it first.
@@scottpetersen6869 me to Scott!
BRING YOUR SEA DORIES, BY ALL MEANS. PLENTY OF BOAT PARKING AT MINERS FLAT AND ADJOINING AREA JUST 150 YDS.UP RIVER-WHICH ALSO HOLDS GOLD. BE FUNNY AS HELL TO SEE THE LOCAL "AUTHORITIES" FORCED TO REPORT ALL THESE BOATS, THAT THEN NEVER GO IN THE WATER AFTER BEING CALLED-IN...:) ONLY ONE MOTEL YOU'D WANT TO STAY IN IN OROVILLE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RV PARKS THAT ARE GOOD-SIZED. ONE RIGHT ON THE RIVER ABOUT 1/2 MILE BELOW MR. G'S OLD CAMPGROUND THAT MATT MENTIONS. THERE'S AN OFFICIAL "PARK" WITH RV AND TENT CAMPING ON LAKE OSOOYOOS RIGHT IN OROVILLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CAMP IT UP RIVER IN THE ROCKS, SAND, AND WIND WITH NO RESTROOM FACILITIES, YOU BETTER BE YOUNG...
One other thing about camping out there - you need all your clothes - summer and winter. Hot in the day - freezing at night. Reading through the comments of what some are coming up with - worth it though. Good luck Glenn! Hope you pry a couple big ones out of mother natures grasp . . . (the little stuff is there too of course)
@@mattmattsongold JUST GOT THE MOTOR BACK ON THE BOAT YESTERDAY. WE'RE IN THE UPSLOPE EDGE OF THE RIVER RIPARIAN ZONE AT OUR PLACE-MANY CHAIN SAWS HAVE LIVED AND DIED HERE. I HAVE TO CUT ALL THE NEW 3-4 INCH STUFF AT 15-20 FEET, OR BY FALL IT'S 8-10 INCH STUFF AND 40 FT. MOWING A 30 ACRE HAY FIELD FOR MY 82 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR, THEN OF COURSE REPAIRING THE MOWER AND TRACTOR, WHICH ARE ANCIENT, BUT SIMPLE, (THANK GOD FOR 4' ANGLE GRINDERS AND WIRE WELDERS) THE STUFF OF EARLY SUMMER...BUT TONIGHT I'M ON THE WATER FOR A LOOK. EVER DO THE MATH ON THE DELTA? HELLUVA LOT MORE CAME VIA OSOOYOOS AND DROPPED WHEN THE FLOW MET THE SAMILK. I'M "ALL UP IN IT". MY OUTFIT LOOKS A GATOR-HUNTER RIG ON "SWAMP PEOPLE":) FUN!!!
@@puttingitogether2816 FORTUNE NEVER STAYED AT HOME AND WISH IT COULD, IF ONLY...GO FOR IT! AND DRIVE SAFELY. MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU THERE...
@@mattmattsongold 106 ON MY DECK AT THE MOMENT. LAST NIGHT GLORIOUSLY COOL. YOU'RE RIGHT, IT GOES BOTH WAYS, AND THE WIND BLOWS SURE AS THE SUN SHINES. HAVING FUN DIALING MY "SWAMP PEOPLE" RIG-IN. IT'LL DO IT IF I CAN STOP RUNNING THE PROP INTO THINGS...LIKE THE BOTTOM:)
@@glennwmurphy1 Hey, what are the most comfortable shoes and attire when spending long hours in the water up there. I figure August and September the water will be lower but it will still be cold. Matt mentioned waders were a bit too hot. Should I bring them anyway?
YES, STILL, THE BOOK IS YOUR "LICENSE". ONE IN EVERY GLOVE BOX OF MY RIGS.
Good deal and good to know! Good luck out there, Glenn.
@@mattmattsongold THANKS, MATT! IT'LL BE MINERS VS. GOV UP HERE THIS COMING SUMMER, AND THAT WILL BE A VERY, VERY, SHORT FIGHT...IF THEY DON'T CRAWL BACK UNDER THEIR ROCKS:)
I’m in Oroville. The river is a ghost town. There is a trailer and vehicle at the end of the similkameen I looked over the cliff and didn’t see anyone. There was a blue thing in the river that looked like a dredge but no one was with it and it wasn’t running. It’s been there for days, sitting idle. Where are all the prospectors?
WOW WOW WOW Matt Matt !,Thank you !
You're welcome Drew - hope you score a big one!
HEY MATT, I JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS VID, BECAUSE I CAN REACH IT BY BOAT FROM MY PLACE. BY RIVER I'M NOT MORE THAN 2.5 MILES FROM MR. G'S. YOU PACKED SO MUCH INFO INTO THIS VIDEO, MY FRIEND. I'M PUTTING A SMALL TEAM OF VERY OLD FRIENDS TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS STELLAR VIDEO, MATT. DIG THIS, I BOUGHT THIS PLACE WHEN IT WAS STILL UNLISTED, AND HAD NO, NONE, ZE-RO IDEA YOU HAD BEEN HERE, AND FIGURED IT ALL OUT FOR ME. GOD BLESS YOU AND CONNIE AND YOU GUYS TAKE GOOD CARE...G.
Wow - you did good! Good luck working it out of there, Glenn - if you read through the comments, some have already struck their gold. You can too. And as for not knowing I was there - you should know by now, I've been everywhere . . . Good luck as always.
Thank you Matt!!
Hey, are you the guy whose pickup is at the rv camp most days, lately?
@@puttingitogether2816 NOPE. I'VE BEEN EXPLORING AND TESTING ON THE RIVER BELOW THE DAM, WHERE THE FLOWS FROM OSOOYOOS AND THE SAMILK MEET. UNTOUCHED, ALL THESE YEARS, AND AS OF TOADY, MY PARTNER AND I DISCOVERED THE RIVER HAS DROPPED ABOUT 6 FEET IN A WEEK. I DRIVE AN OLD BEATER 1978 FORD F250 IN FADED SKY BLUE, WITH FIREWOOD SIDE RACKS AND METAL PIPES MOUNTED ON THEM FOR FIREFIGHTING TOOLS. WE WERE RUNNING MY LITTLE PLASTIC DUCK HUNTER THAT DRAWS FOUR INCHES, FULLY LOADED. RUNNING A 4HP MOTOR, WE WERE ABOVE WALKING SPEED UP STREAM, BUT WE CHANGED 4 PROP SHEAR PINS ON THE WAY-UP, ONE ON THE WAY BACK.
THE CHANNELS ARE MOVING AS THE WATER DROPS. THEY HAD MOVED CONSIDERABLY IN THE HOURS WE SPENT GOING-UP EXPLORING SIDE CHANNELS, TESTING, AND THEN COMING BACK DOWN. NEED AN AIR BOAT FROM HERE ON-OUT. WE COULD RUN IN 13 INCHES OF WATER, JUST COULDN'T ALWAYS FIND IT. PULLED THE BOAT QUITE A SPELL ALL TOTAL. WATER WAS PERFECT TEMP, WE ENJOYED THE HELL OUT OF IT, AND FOUND A CLAY BANK FULL OF SMALL WIRE GOLD.
@@glennwmurphy1 NIce on finding the wire gold. How long have you been in Oroville?
Great video. I live in oroville and been wanting do some gold panning. Got my sub.
Awesome you live right there. I must tell you - don't get discouraged - you are at the apex of placer gold in the lower 48 for huge nuggets - but you're also at the apex of big challenges too: huge rocks, false bedrock to get through, and a cold river. The rewards are there (over time) - keep at it! Look forward to hearing your success story someday.
@@mattmattsongold thanks! I'll try to make a video of my efforts.
I knew I knew The Name. My dad Is Robert Holden. He told me Find You. Washington, The guy. Found you. Dad Bob Holden, Metal detector, with Doug Spawn, Me Doug Holden named after Doug Spawn, Found a merc right behind
I know your name for a long time.
Twenty five years it seems or so?
Dad mentions Liberty, the Old General Store owner. And Matt Matson.
Thank you Matt. I think I know of you for decades. Great to get to say, Howdy.
And Thank you.
Douglas Holden>
Plenty of mine are, the ahem, Basalt and Quartz, and Jasper's well, look more closely. They're fossils. Spleen, Liver, hearts, I have so many lever-rights to prove, darwinism lied but thanks a million. Great video. If I can stay focused. I mean, 3 oz nugget How can I waver?
Doug Holden. You're amazing. AT one time, You'd have never shared any of this and now, COME GET IT. here for you.
Amazing man. You know, life we are that.
peace.
And peace to you Doug. And your father? Still alive? A lot of us have taken the long walk, up to you younger guys to continue on - and yes, stay focused - it's worth it.
Matt, I can't wait for your next video. I forgot to ask you if you have ever been to South America? I am thinking of taking another trip down there and wondering your thoughts of prospecting there?
Not prospecting. I have heard of good results in Costa Rica - but have never been there (Mexico - Haiti - Puerto Rico it for me)
Hello Matt. I love the videos! I have a question for you? Do you happen to know other places in North Eastern Washington areas FOR NUGGETS?
I don't - Oroville was the one place I had direct knowledge of and worked. The reason it has large nuggets is the source is a few miles upstream (Canada) and the river isn't violent like others feeding Wa. State from the West. If I had've had more lifetime, I would had taken a cue from that and explored more of the streams that come in over the border and are reasonably close to Oroville and have enough pressure to feed the larger rivers. They could move nuggets. My exploring days are done - hope you have some great adventures chasing those nuggets!
@@mattmattsongold Thanks so much Matt for responding! That helps me a lot! I'm around 2hrs away and since you said that. Then I'm going to be looking for high benches above that river. I'm in Orient Washington that's why I asked you if you had more info over here. But I will research more time over on that section of forest land. Do you honestly think there is still 1 Grammer's out there? I really hope so I bought a Gold bug pro to go looking. Have a awesome day and thanks again for your knowledge and wisdom!
@@jasonyork4418 : Absolutely there's big nuggets there (always will be). You might want to look for old dredge piles as well and work very tops of those piles. The bigger the pile the better - the river is now upside down (the top of the pile was once the bottom of the river) a lot of nuggets went right out on the pile. A GB is great for that type of work and you should score well. Good luck!
@@mattmattsongold Thanks again Matt. Would those dredge piles be seen from Google Earth? Or would you know around what areas that would have dredge piles? I'm a greenhorn and I haven't found anything yet! My wife thinks I'm crazy and just laughs and says I'm wasting my time. I truly believe I have what it takes to find gold and believe in myself. Thanks Matt Truly!!!
@@jasonyork4418 : yes - this is a dredge tailings pile from google (maps): www.google.com/maps/@48.9747815,-119.513038,76m/data=!3m1!1e3 -- hope that works - if not it is below Miner's Flat & Ellemeham Draw on the S. side of the Similkameen River (zoom in). Once you see that you can ID any on any river readily. You might want to look at some of the river names near you and pull up the history of gold dredging to find easier tailings pile to work at first. There have been even seasoned prospectors who went to the Similkameen first and were overwhelmed (and I understand it). It is huge rocks, tailings piles & country - Alaska has nothing on it (except cold). My advice would be learn the detector near you first and then take a whack at it (very dangerous on the tops of those piles since the ground is loose). Good luck!
I live in dallesport wa would love to go with sometime if you are ever heading back up love to learn from you let me know
Thanks Jay.
We to!!
Love watching your videos. I was wondering if you have every looked around South Carolina for potential spots to mine
Yes I have - I'll put some up on that too when I can. Good luck over there!
Thanks Matt. I live in Florida. South Carolina is intriguing, due the ability to access waterways in gold bearing areas of the state. The laws in South Carolina regarding waterways, are definitely more accommodating than Georgia. I believe your teachings will be of great value to those of us who are willing to learn and work hard. Stay safe.
Excellent video
Thanks Kyle, good luck in the gold fields!
THE OWNERS OF MINERS FLAT HAVE SHUT THE CAMPGROUND DOWN. PLENTY OF RIVER LEFT TO WORK, JUST BELOW THE DAM IS MY "OFFICE", NO PHONE, MAILBOX, BOSS, CUSTOMERS, PURE, INCREDIBLE BEAUTY, AND ONCE YOU LEARN THAT RIVER SYSTEM, YOU DO NOT NEED A "JOB". YOU'RE THE MAN, MATT- HAVE BEEN FOR WHAT-40 YEARS NOW?:)
Thanks for putting that info out there so people know. Local knowledge is priceless and yes, that's an incredibly large area. Don't know if you were there at the time but we found gold (albeit small flakes) all the way through that campground in Oroville - under the bridge, and beyond (about 1/4 mile), checking with sluices, pans and nothing more. I sure don't feel like the man anymore - an airplane crash in 1980 is sure catching up to me now. Hope you do well working a spot this season!
@@mattmattsongold DIDN'T YOU USED TO FLY A BEECH 18? KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT "CATCHING-UP". LOST COUNT OF THE BROKEN BONES YEARS AGO-THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO TURN THE XRAY UNIT UP-THREE TIMES, AND THE NURSE'S ALWAYS SAY "BOY, YOU ARE SUPER-DENSE!" "YEAH, MY MOM SAID THAT TOO-WHEN I WAS GROWING-UP:)"
Proof “of the owners shuting down” link pix anything?
Thats Blm land and not shut down just got off the phone with them
I wonder if that is designated critical fish habitat, if so then it's off limits to dredging, but it does seem your idea might not require a dredge.
A waterproof metal detector is really what is needed (that Garrett is w.p. to 10 feet) - get a hit, break it out & check it, move on to the next hit. Another way is to mark all the hits with steak skewers, and come back and dig the hits out. It's hard work, and an all or nothing type game (but what a game!)
Great information, as usual Matt! Yes, we still have the Gold and Fish pamphlet but rivers here have certain months and dates we can do any prospecting on at all (even panning). The Similkameen River has three sections and each has it's own open months.
Don't take a chance on the dates! It's fine to smash business windows, in Washington State and curse the police but don't muddy the water a day early or a day late!
This is from June 2020 so, dates may have changed a bit. Just call the Game and Fish for update. We have to fight for every little bit of freedom left in this libstate...good thing is Central and Eastern Washington is red.
Mouth to Enloe Dam - July 1 to August 31
Enloe dam to Palmer Creek - June 1 to October 31
Upstream of Palmer Creek July 1 to October 31
That is great info for the guys - thanks for posting! I expect a crowd at the river this year exercising their freedoms in full! That's the good side of it and hope it continues on and on! Thanks again for that info.
@@mattmattsongold Just found the online 2021 Gold and Fish Pamphlet for Washington Rivers and Creeks. wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/02150/wdfw02150.pdf
@@ancientinvestigator3109 : Good deal - hope it helps all those heading out! Thanks again for all you do.
We are was here I last year