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[Anonymous No.25169467]

Has /biz ever thought about mining for gold, as in the actual shiny boomer rocks? I live in California near the Sierras and there's still some left here. But it's rough work, at best I can only get 1 gram of gold a day because machine use is illegal in CA

[Anonymous No.25169496]

>>25169467
Sounds like fun honestly. Go innawoods by a river and splash some water around

[Anonymous No.25169538]

Ya, I'm in Australia and there's a lot of gold here too. Thinking about setting up automated machines in a secluded area of a river to set and forget but haven't found any good solutions

[Anonymous No.25169540]

>>25169467
Hey dude 209 here i have a gold claim off of highway 49 and 3 weeks ago i spent 5 day up at the north fork of the merced River at Solomons gulch, I get decent gold, you get out far enough in nature and no one will ever bother you about machine use, I primarily use a gold monster 1000 and a keen sluice box

[Anonymous No.25169558]

>>25169467
where can i mine gold coinds op?

[Anonymous No.25169587]

>>25169540
You can see half dome from the top of the mountains in Solomons gulch, 3k people lived in the valley in the 49'r days and now not a soul lives there, make sure you always carry a gun while gold prospecting i always see evidence of bears and mountain lions and all sorts of animals, seen a big ass mountain lion crossing the road on my way back from that trip too

[Anonymous No.25169650]

You'd make better money and fulfill the same desire to get outdoors from grave robbing.

[Anonymous No.25169957]

My favorite pan is called "le trap" lek. This pan is definitely not gay.

[The Devil !!IS5d++ZfZqB No.25170081]

>>25169650
Sorry ranjeet, this is the United states of America he's talking about, grave robbing is not a viable way to make money here.

[Anonymous No.25171273]

>>25169540
Let's say I knew of an area that might have ancient gold jewlery buried under it. Would this gold monster 1000 be enough to detect it?
What I'm asking is, how far underground can this thing feel? And if it can't, do you have recommendations for what can?

[Anonymous No.25171333]

check out Two Toes on youtube based old time panner. it seems like there is a learning curve but sounds fun as fuck to just be innawoods anyway

[Anonymous No.25171441]

would anybody want to pan with me and and split the gold at the end of the day?

I am about to sell my business and I don't have anything to do

I'm in SoCal, can drive

[Anonymous No.25171493]

>>25169957
Does it look good in a dress? A-asking for a friend.

[Anonymous No.25171531]

>>25169540
>>25169587
This is what’s up. Lafag here can I come over to your claim and mine some gold Anon?

[Anonymous No.25171541]

>>25171441
What the heck, how far from ventura

[Anonymous No.25171553]

How many hours?

[Anonymous No.25171621]

>>25171541
Oxnard anon here can I cruz

[Anonymous No.25171639]

>>25169467
Yes man, for some reason I feel like it would be based life. Problem is no good claims anymore mostly. I doubt one could be purchased for cheap. Love to watch gold rush alaska despite any random added bs by editing.

[Anonymous No.25171661]

>>25169957
wat is this shit, also can silver be panned? or does silver mostly in ore that has to be processed

[Anonymous No.25171688]

>>25170081
oh but it is

[Anonymous No.25171712]

>>25171541
I don't know - six hours? (i'm guessing)

I could sleep in my truck. I could get a hotel but I guess I am trying to see if I could break even on all the driving and expenses. Whatever

my only experience is watching a lot of Gold Rush (fuck the Hoffman's lol)
[e-mail]

[Anonymous No.25171724]

>>25171661
he was mining for silver in the first scene of There Will Be Blood when the latter snapped and he broke his leg

[Anonymous No.25171756]

>>25171621
Shiiet, thats actually where I am from .. are you local?

>>25171712
And ok! Will send email, cool dude! There's plenty of space where I am at

[Anonymous No.25171897]

>>25169540
>>25171441
>>25171531
a couple of dudes out in the woods 'looking to have a good time' kek

[Anonymous No.25171966]

>>25169467
You can stick a weighted-down wolf pelt in the riverbed and the gold flakes will get trapped in the fur.

[Anonymous No.25171988]

>>25171966
where do I get a wolf pelt

[PAN MAN No.25171990]

>>25169467
what the fuck i missed this thread, are you the same guy from /out/ a week ago? Fantastic gold there mate!
>>25171333 pioneer pauly and Dan Hurd are also great youtube panners.
>>25171661
Native gold and silver can be found in nugget form but silver is more rare in this state as it prefers to fore as alloys such as galena / argentite etc.
>>25169538
build a river sluice and wing dam when the water is low. make sure its dug into the gravels well enough so it doesnt wash away in rains. Retrieve your gold the next season. You can also just dig out drain culverts too, they often carry good gold so long as the insides riffled not flat.

[PAN MAN No.25172004]

>>25171966
yes the greek method of mining, a sheeps fleece works well too.

[Anonymous No.25172027]

>>25171724
based movie i didnt know dat

[PAN MAN No.25172060]

want to learn about your regions mineral wealth, how to claim it and access it? Ask here and I ll give you a quick answer with some places to investigate.

Handy Links

How to gold pan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCL6FKQZyoM

How to read a river
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axOgdmI3o3g

How to stake a claim
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/mineral-exploration-mining/documents/mineral-titles/mt-faqs/faq_mtclaims.pdf
https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/mining-and-minerals/locatable-minerals/mining-claims/staking-a-claim

Basic tools
> gold pan, shovel / pick, sniffer bottle, hand lens, pry bar, sledge hammer, 10 gallon buckets

Literature on prospecting
>The Guide to Gold Panning In British Columbia by Barlee, N. L.
>Gold Panning the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to the Area’s Best Sites for Gold

[Anonymous No.25172083]

>>25171441
This some broke back mountain type shit?

[Anonymous No.25172082]

>>25171441
are there any mines in michigan? :(
google seems to say no

also yes fuck todd hoffman lol

[Anonymous No.25172102]

>>25169467
cant you just get a big fucking magnet and put it in the ground and the gold will stick to it?

[PAN MAN No.25172140]

>>25172082
there is placer gold, but its mostly fine glacially transported gold dust. Not many course pieces. Look for an iron stained / copper blue clay layer near water ways. This link will help you as well https://raregoldnuggets.com/?p=627

[Anonymous No.25172155]

>>25171688
I hope a ghost haunts your ass

[Anonymous No.25172189]

>>25169467
CA49 gold bug here how do i get a good claim

[Anonymous No.25172190]

>>25172140
Any gold in AZ, based pan man?

[PAN MAN No.25172230]

>>25172190
any specific part of arizona your looking for? I have this link from my archives as well as a few old placer maps from different places if you want? https://raregoldnuggets.com/?p=4484

[Anonymous No.25172250]

>>25171712
What's wrong with the Hoffman's?

[Anonymous No.25172286]

>>25171966
To get the gold just burn the pelt?

[PAN MAN No.25172292]

>>25172250
Todd Hoffman is a loud mouth, doesnt pay his bills and in general made the placer mining world look like a joke, he fucked up so badly that it caused government regulation to step in and start scrutinizing our industry harder. Hes partly the reason behind californians needing permits to operate highbankers in the state.

[Anonymous No.25172301]

>>25172230
Top half of the state mainly. Thank you for the link

[Anonymous No.25172352]

>>25171441
Yea bro 818 here

[Anonymous No.25172390]

>>25171541
>>25171621
Northridge here lmao. I have done some of this shit in past, wouldnt mind buying a nice metal detector i am a semi successful neet

[Anonymous No.25172422]

>>25172292
Wow. I used to follow his shows and also the other gold mining shows - the guys diving in Gnome (with the crazy chick with the even crazier dad), the guys in the jungle, the guys on Greenland, the other guys in Alaska...gold mining is somehow great material for a show and it seems to attract some characters alright. Don't tell me Tony Beets is also hated and a fuckup? I mean how great TV is that guy?

[PAN MAN No.25172511]

>>25172422
no hes actually a mining legend in the Yukon district because hes worked himself near to death perfecting the art of mining. There are a lot more guys in the placer world like Todd who come in for a season or two than go utterly broke and are never heard from again. Very very few people actually make it placer mining, and those few do so because they put the effort in.
I would have paid anything to have met Parker schnabel's grand father, guys like him are nearly all gone and their knowledge of their particular areas goes with them when they die.

[Anonymous No.25172542]

>>25169467
Imagine spending money to acquire resources to gain less money than wagecucking in a rich region.

Based anon.

[Anonymous No.25172695]

>>25172102
no, you can use a magnet to separate magnetite though from fine sand/gold flakes in a pan

[Anonymous No.25172809]

>>25172511
Well that warms my heart to hear, Tony and Parker's grandpa were my favorites from all the shows.

[Anonymous No.25172810]

>>25172004
Nigger your not going to get anything with that

[Anonymous No.25172851]

>>25172140
thanks papi

[PAN MAN No.25172885]

>>25172810
which are we talking about? the fleece method or the wing dam?

[PAN MAN No.25173187]

>>25172810
If you mean the wing dam and little clap board sluice, no thats for having fun prospecting, you make money with pic related proving the ground up to sell.