Unearthing Chunky Gold | Southern Oregon Gold Prospecting 

Thank you :) I was really lucky to find this spot. Every day has been a good day down there :)

It's at the top of my list for new gear :)

A Portable power station "might" run a 110 vac. I looked at the 18 v. Battery vacs....make sure you research them first. Many don't run longer than 15-20 min on a bat charge. I think the dewalt has a high drain. An off brand might be better. I was kinda looking at ryobi but I dont know yet.

I'll have to start doing my research. Always hate when I regret my purchase hahah

@@SkovianGoesOutdoors I agree. I'm partial to the small portable Dewalt. I sent you a link in the recent past.

@dananorth895 I have been running my portable Dewalt using 2 batteries throughout a full day. You only use it when cleaning up the last of the bedrock and crevices. But whatever ever you decide to go with, make sure that it is a wet/dry vacuum. It is extremely important. Good luck.

I'm loving it! One of these days I'll find myself a nugget :)

You will. Do you have detector?

No, sadly I don't. I would love to detect arround this area, but I'm too broke lol

He is getting great gold for simply using his hands and crevicing too. Great spot he found

I sure am lucky to have found this place, it blows all of my old spots out of the water haha

Where I find it is usually where I least expect it hahah

Thank you :) that means alot to me. I'm slowly getting better and getting new ideas on how to make things better :)

Thank you, that means alot :) sadly I'm not able to access this spot over the winter, I'm going to have to find some new places here soon

@@SkovianGoesOutdoors winter is the toughest time for us prospectors, especially when it’s raining.

Thank you :) I really got lucky when I found this spot

It's a beautiful spot :)

We need to! I need a buddy to pan with

@@SkovianGoesOutdoors you’ll have to link me a good gold pan 🤣🙏🏻 I’m serious btw it looks fun!

Thank you :) I found myself a nice spot

Ya it is Damon my brother!

The heat and I don't mix that well, I might be staying indoors for a while haha

Get a sawyer water filter and drink right out pf the rogue! Swimming will hydrate you just about as fast though.

I have considered it, the mosquitoes are brutal down near the water. But I have found an old air field not to far of a drive away that I've been wanting to camp at. . .might have to make a video about it :)

@@SkovianGoesOutdoors Too bad about those mosquitoes. I don't like them at all, so I totally understand. No worries, love your day trips! Appreciate your channel.

Thabk you :) there is only one mosquito repellant I've found that works well enough for me to try an overnight on the river, I just can't find it anywhere lol

I was thinking the same. I'd be camped out 1-2 wks at a time with a hot tent, solar batt bank and sniping/sluicing to high heaven. Lol

Luckily home base isn't that far away, I wish I could sluice or snipe, but the water is super deep and fast right away

Thank you :) Oregon really is a beautiful place, I'm glad it's my home state. We will have to get a group together and o dig some holes sometime

Thank you :)

Thank you :) I'm hoping I can add some beach mining or some urban prospecting in sometime soon :)

That would be perfect! I've been leaving some pretty dirty cracks behind me

Buy an extra battery. Also, I notice a lot of flower gold in your black sands. Pack out your black sands

@@SkovianGoesOutdoors you’d be surprised the pieces that stay on the bedrock. I wouldn’t be surprised if you doubled your gold in crevices

I go through my pans about 3 times just to be safe, but I really should be packing them home haha, I know I'm missing something still

People used to save their black sand tailings till they got 55 gal drum(s) of it. Some refiners would pull out the gold, silver, platinum, rare earths.😮 Don't know if anyone's still doing that tho.

I just count myself lucky I found this spot :)

Thank you! I'm glad you are here :)

Thank you, that means a lot to me :) I hope to see you on the river this year! I'm using the Xp pan, it's amazing!

thank ya sir appreciate it

Not yet! I've really wanted to try put sniping though, it looks like alot of fun!

I mostly pan on the South Umpqua and the Rogue. I've never tried panning up arround your area, but some other kinda close places near you that you could check out are Sharp's creek and Bryce Creek. When did you pick up panning as a hobby?

I started panning back in 2018 up on the Little North Fork below 3 Pools. Then didind do it for a few years because the fires closed down that area. I just recently got back into it this year and got a sluice box.@@SkovianGoesOutdoors

Sounds similar to me, I started Durring the lockdown and panned for a year, took a few off and just recently started back up :) I hope you find a real nice spot to work man, just keep poking arround

This is down on the Rogue. Southern Oregon and North Eastern Oregon are both really good places to look for Gold. Gold Panning is a really great hobby, I'm sure your nephew will love it :)

well so far hes been enjoyed fishing on the deshutes, and digging for thundereggs, so i am sure he will enjoy it. is there a campground you would suggest for us to start at? @@SkovianGoesOutdoors

I would suggest one of the public recreational gold panning areas (The Roseburg Fairgrounds, Cow Creek recreational area) and I think there are a few on the rogue aswell (gold nugget wayside) As for a campground? I wouldn't be positive on where would be a good place to point you. Maby somewhere closer to the coast? I've always been fond of honeybear campground between Port Orford and Gold Beach (never been gold panning on the coast though)

okay, thank you! if i remember to video the trip ill tag you in it! @@SkovianGoesOutdoors

You should film it! That would be cool to watch :)

I end up getting it all, I just don't film every piece I snuffer up (it's one of the hardest things to film) I usually end up going through my pan 2 or 3 times just to be safe :)

It's quite real my friend

It was a pretty Ausome day :)