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There's gold here at
the beach in Oregon.
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Pretty amazing.
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I've never seen anybody
mining on the beach.
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- Wanna see it work?
- Yeah. Turn it on.
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Look at that. Very nice.
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And now it's just a matter of
how much fine gold is in the sand.
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By the time it hits this ocean,
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- it's travelled a long way.
- It's been beaten up,
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- ground, it's turned into powder.
- -Yeah, yeah.
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Well, it's definitely the
prettiest backdrop I've had
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for panning out concentrates.
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What an amazing
opportunity for people to come
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enjoy the Oregon coast
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and bring your family out and find gold.
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It doesn't get any better than this.
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Gold is everywhere.
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My god.
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There's an estimated three trillion dollars
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still undiscovered in america.
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Woo!
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And I wanna help you...
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- Choose your weapon.
- Find it.
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- We got gold!
- California gold, baby!
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All you need is basic equipment...
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You can get started with $15.
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And the skill to decode the land.
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That's a spot right there.
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Yee-haw!
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I'm Dave turin.
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For the past 14 years,
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I've mined millions of dollars of gold.
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Yeah.
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And now, I wanna show
you where and how
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I've seen it all now. A vacuum cleaner?
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Everyday people are catching it.
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That's insane.
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So that you could be
the next one to hit it big.
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Boom, baby.
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Right here in america's backyard.
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Gold is america.
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It's shaped our nation,
and its allure today
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is as big as it was in the 1800s.
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There's so much gold left.
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Still people trying to
change their lives with gold.
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Whether you're a weekend warrior
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looking for a few extra bucks,
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or like these guys who've
hit the golden jackpot,
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you can find it too.
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And without breaking the bank.
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I wanna help people find some gold.
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This is gonna be a great adventure.
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I'm in my own backyard,
southern Oregon.
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People had been striking it
rich in this state for 150 years.
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Amassing an impressive
eleven billion dollars of gold.
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And that's not bad.
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I've mined in 14 different
states across the U.S.
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But here, there are
more places and ways
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to find gold than anywhere I know.
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So, let's go out and get some.
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This is beautiful. Wow.
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From beaches, to creeks, to mountains,
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I am going to show you where and how,
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with very little investment
and some ingenuity,
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you can join in southern
Oregon's modern-day gold rush.
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We're headed to meet a guy
who actually gets in the river
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and checks the cracks in
the bedrock, any crevices,
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and pulls the gold out.
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If you're looking to start
your gold prospecting journey,
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there's no better way to get your feet wet
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than in the shallow
creeks of the beaver state.
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First stop, white horse creek,
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where all you need to
do is go back to basics
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for your piece of the
American gold dream.
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- Hey, Chris.
- Hey, Dave.
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Pleasure meeting you.
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And miner Chris schekla
has created a unique
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and cheap way to do just that.
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Well, what do you got going here?
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This is a little hand held
suction device I made.
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There's a lot of bedrock
down on the creek,
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and I'm targeting bedrock cracks.
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And I use this to draw all the gravel.
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And then I put it in a gold pan, pan it out.
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This is just a little bigger one? What is...
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No, this is a viewer. Underwater viewer.
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So, after I clean the bedrock,
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I wanna make sure I got all my gold.,
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and then you just look straight down.
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- It has plexiglass on the bottom.
- I see.
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All homemade.
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It's awesome.
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You can reproduce
Chris' budget-busting tools
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with parts from your local store.
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But tools are worth nothing
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if you don't choose
the right spot to use 'em.
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Like, this bedrock right here...
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- Yeah.
- It's super solid and smooth,
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and gold's not gonna catch in it.
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- What about here?
- -Yeah, it's all fractured.
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Will you go into this, these cracks?
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- No, we're gonna pop that whole thing off.
- -Okay.
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What is shining right there?
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That's what I'm looking
at. Is that what you see?
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Come on.
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You see that? I don't
know. I'm just sayin'.
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- It looks like gold to me.
- It looks awfully suspicious from here.
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And that's crazy.
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Look at that beautiful little picker.
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- Right off the bedrock.
- Good job.
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You told me right there!
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Yeah. Clinker.
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- Holy cow!
- I like this place already.
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Chris has done his
homework and found a creek
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flowing from a known source of gold.
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The gold formed in
magma deep in the earth.
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As it Rose up through the mountains,
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it cooled, creating
veins of gold-rich quartz.
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Erosion by weather...
wore away the rock,
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releasing the gold from the quartz
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and washing it into the rivers and creeks.
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Where the heavy gold is
trapped tight in the bedrock.
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The bedrock is an
impenetrable layer of rock
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usually buried under layers of dirt.
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But in rivers like this,
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the flow has washed the dirt away,
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exposing the gold.
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My god. Yeah.
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There's bigger rivers
that are with better gold,
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- but it's all gravel, pretty much.
- Yeah. Okay.
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You know, or the bedrock is
right next to really swift water.
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And this just allows me
to really target bedrock
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because just about
everywhere's been worked by now
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- by someone.
- Yeah, true.
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And that's your best
chance to find virgin material.
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So here's why Chris has the spot.
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Get your notepad ready.
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He's got permission from the landowner.
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The water's just right,
not to deep or too fast.
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It's downstream from a
known source of placer gold.
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And, the rocks have excellent cracks
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for trapping the shiny stuff.
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The gold came over this
big piece, settled in here.
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So, what we're trying
to do is get this piece off
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and then there should be a bunch
of sand and gravel underneath here.
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Yeah.
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I wanna get eyes on it and see what's
down there and what we wanna target.
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Looks pretty good. Takes
the reflection off the water.
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It's awfully suspicious from up here.
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I used to go across the
creek to pick bedrock apart,
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and I constantly had that
gravel sitting down there.
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I could never get it completely clean.
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- Yeah.
- -So that's why I started using these
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- suction devices.
- I like it. It works really good.
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I mean, you're sucking that right up.
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Made that little one to begin with
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because it was, you know,
diy, something easy to do.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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And then I ended up getting
this to do more volume.
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How'd you get into this, Chris?
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About the time I was out of the military,
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these, gold shows
started popping up on TV.
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And it kind of sparked this interest.
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Did a little research,
went to my local river,
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and started finding flood gold,
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and it's been gold fever ever since.
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You were, Navy for how many years?
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- Seven years.
- Seven years.
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Navy seabee to be specific.
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Bulldozers, dump trucks, loaders.
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- Now you're talking my language.
- -Yeah.
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I figured
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I don't know if you know this
but they call me dozer Dave.
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Right.
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- And you were deployed?
- Three times.
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One time to Iraq.
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Well, I appreciate your service.
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You know, my son was army so...
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Right.
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I got a lot of respect for you guys that
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- I appreciate it.
- Went and did all that.
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Does this get you away
from all that, kinda?
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- I've been out for a while now.
- -Yeah.
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I run my own small
business and I'm a father,
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so, yeah, this is my time to decompress.
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Yeah.
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- Kind of nice out here, Chris.
- It is.
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Yeah, I've made a lot of
memories out here panning,
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- some solitude too.
- Take your mind off of stuff.
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You've got some nice pieces in there.
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That's good, Chris.
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Chris' homemade tools,
costing less than a tank of gas,
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has come up with the goods.
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I like Chris. I like his style.
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Very methodical.
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You know, for a one-man
crew, he moves some rock.
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When I started doing this, I
didn't know anything about it.
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It doesn't take a lot
of effort to figure it out.
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And if I can do it, anyone can.
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And I highly recommend getting out
here and seeing the flash in the pan
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and just enjoying the outdoors.
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I am happy. Learned something,
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- found some gold. It's a good day.
- Yeah.
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And the sun's out. It's bright.
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Crevicing is a great way to
find gold quickly and easily.
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But the bigger the river,
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the bigger the gold potential
for the everyday miner.
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I'm headed to the mighty rogue river,
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which snakes 215
miles through Oregon.
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Now, look at that river.
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It's moving fast and deep.
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But there's gold there for the taking,
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if you have the right kit.
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I gotta be honest. I've
never done this before.
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I've sniped, but I always
had, like, a snorkel.
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With the hookah, you've
got air supply to your mask,
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so you're constantly breathing fresh air,
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um, and it allows you to stay
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deeper and for longer periods of time.
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Sniping is searching for
gold in the bedrock of rivers.
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But hookah diving is more dangerous.
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So, I'm linking up with
expert Tony Brandt,
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who dives for gold when he's not busy
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with his day job of restoring classic cars.
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Nice car.
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This thing's a beauty. What year is this?
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1934. Packard 1108
twelve sedan limousine.
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- Yeah, original to '34.
- That is incredible.
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So, you're gonna take
me out sniping today?
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Absolutely.
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Now, you gotta tell me, what's a hookah?
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I can show you over here
if you wanna come see it?
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For a long time they've
had gas-powered ones,
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but they're big and they're heavy.
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And here recently they've started
coming out with these guys here.
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So, this runs off of just the battery?
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Battery powers, yup.
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- It's all waterproof and encased.
- -Okay.
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We've already hit all the shallow
stuff that can be snorkeled.
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So now, because there's
no more gold there, really,
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the hookah's where it comes into play.
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It gets us out there a little
further, gets us a little deeper.
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- All right, now you gotta show me...
- Yeah.
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- What's in that pan right there.
- Everything that's out
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of the pan is everything that I
found where we're headed today.
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- No way.
- Yeah.
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That was...
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Boy, that's a beautiful piece right there.
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You see what that is?
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- That's somebody's freaking tooth.
- I found that down there too.
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- That's a...
- Are you kidding me?
251
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- That's somebody's tooth?
- That's old school.
252
00:11:02,660 --> 00:11:04,276
- That's an old-school crown.
- Look at that!
253
00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:06,636
That's funny.
254
00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:10,136
For 150 years, the rogue
river has produced more gold
255
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than any other in southern Oregon.
256
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So, when you're looking for a spot,
257
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head for places where big
gold has been found in the past.
258
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The heavy gold drops in the
deepest and quickest part of the river.
259
00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,076
So, we need to take the risk seriously.
260
00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:28,036
- We're gonna get some gold?
- -Absolutely.
261
00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:29,336
- Hey, Mitch.
- This is Dave.
262
00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:30,776
Dave.
263
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Tony's pal Mitch is joining us
in case anything goes wrong.
264
00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:37,076
All right, Tony, I feel
like I'm going to battle.
265
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The flow here can be strong enough
266
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to fill an olympic swimming
pool in less than a second.
267
00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:44,976
So, it's crucial you're
properly weighted down.
268
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- And you can feel that?
- -Yeah.
269
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So, I got 55 lb. That's a lot of weight.
270
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It's gonna keep me on the bottom.
271
00:11:52,860 --> 00:11:54,636
And that way you can work, you know,
272
00:11:54,660 --> 00:11:57,460
without floating up all the
time, but yeah, it's heavy.
273
00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,276
So, it should be on. Go
ahead and give it a try
274
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and make sure it's
gonna give you ample air.
275
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Okay.
276
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A rechargeable compressor kit like Tony's
277
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will set you back around $650 bucks.
278
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It's slippery, be careful.
279
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But the key thing when you're attempting
280
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this dangerous type of prospecting,
281
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is doing it with experienced divers.
282
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All right?
283
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Give me your hand.
284
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- There we go.
- That worked well, didn't it?
285
00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,436
Coming up... Let's get it!
286
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I show you what it takes to hunt gold
287
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at the bottom of one of
Oregon's wildest rivers.
288
00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:41,236
- Well, how was that?
- -Well, we found some gold.
289
00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:42,930
Right on!
290
00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,036
I think the best way is we just go
straight down to the bottom right here.
291
00:12:47,060 --> 00:12:48,536
- We're just gonna lay down, pancake out...
- -Okay.
292
00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,541
And we'll just navigate
around from there.
293
00:12:50,565 --> 00:12:51,565
Okay.
294
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I'm in Oregon's rogue river,
295
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showing you one of the
many ways and places
296
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to get gold in the beaver state.
297
00:13:00,260 --> 00:13:01,836
On the hunt for big gold,
298
00:13:01,860 --> 00:13:05,530
I'm using a hookah system that
provides a constant air supply.
299
00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,976
It means we can reach the
bottom of this raging river,
300
00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,860
where the gold is most
likely caught on the bedrock.
301
00:13:16,460 --> 00:13:18,336
I'm starting to get used to it.
302
00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,136
But once you get used to it, you
can work quite a while down there.
303
00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,236
Those guys know what they're doing.
304
00:13:23,260 --> 00:13:24,730
So yeah, it's workin'.
305
00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:32,676
When you're reading the river,
306
00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:33,836
what are you lookin' for?
307
00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:36,276
- Bedrock has to be cracking apart.
- -Yup.
308
00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:38,555
It creates spots for that
gold to drop down into.
309
00:13:38,579 --> 00:13:38,936
Okay.
310
00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,036
Any big boulders down here
are gonna be good because...
311
00:13:41,060 --> 00:13:41,265
Yup.
312
00:13:41,289 --> 00:13:43,276
That's gonna act like a
riffle in your sluice box.
313
00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:45,136
And the gold's gonna
fall out right behind it.
314
00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,276
It's the same technique that
Chris was doing in the creeks.
315
00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:51,336
But this is the extreme version.
316
00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,536
And at some spots on the rogue river,
317
00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,976
hookah sniping doesn't require permit,
318
00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,776
just a good dose of courage.
319
00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,276
Dave's doing great. He's still down there.
320
00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:01,976
He's enjoying himself.
321
00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,230
He's doing good for a first-timer.
322
00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,876
Well, how was that?
323
00:14:13,900 --> 00:14:16,276
Well, we found some gold. Right on!
324
00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:18,276
- That wasn't a bad last piece?
- Pound it. Yeah.
325
00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:19,776
You found a pretty good piece there.
326
00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:20,800
Yeah.
327
00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,636
This is my favorite little spot, you know?
328
00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:25,976
It's a place where you get to forget about
329
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,076
- all your stresses.
- Yeah.
330
00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:31,176
I ran my business
full-time for about 10 years.
331
00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,276
And I was working sixteen
hours a day, seven days a week.
332
00:14:34,300 --> 00:14:36,276
My whole life is I've worked really hard,
333
00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:38,436
and I've been trying to slow
down the past few years.
334
00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:40,876
- Reset and rezero yourself.
- You know it... yeah.
335
00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:44,036
You're a lot younger than me. It
took me longer to figure that out.
336
00:14:44,060 --> 00:14:46,903
And now I'm like, "I
wanna do things that I enjoy."
337
00:14:46,927 --> 00:14:47,927
Yeah. Yeah.
338
00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,636
Let's see what we got!
339
00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:53,636
Some gold in there, Tony?
340
00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:54,976
The little stuff adds up.
341
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,676
It's good gold.
342
00:14:56,700 --> 00:15:00,100
It's just $10 of gold for less than an hour.
343
00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:03,376
But doing this every
weekend could bring in
344
00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,060
$8,000 a year in extra income.
345
00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:08,836
Even though I almost drowned
346
00:15:08,860 --> 00:15:10,436
no, no, I'm kidding.
347
00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:12,976
But this is fun. It's a great
experience and adventure,
348
00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,634
so I appreciate you
having me along for the ride.
349
00:15:14,658 --> 00:15:15,276
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
350
00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:15,728
That was fun.
351
00:15:15,752 --> 00:15:17,076
I'm glad you came out. I'm glad we did it.
352
00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:18,830
- Yeah.
- Absolutely.
353
00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,436
So far, I've shown you
two great techniques
354
00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:27,236
to find gold in rivers and streams.
355
00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:30,736
Whether it's gentle
crevicing or extreme sniping,
356
00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,976
southern Oregon's gold
is accessible to everyone.
357
00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,136
Now I'm gonna step things
up another level all together
358
00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,630
and go dredging.
359
00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,736
And since mining can
be a fun, family affair,
360
00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,976
I recruited someone special to help.
361
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,636
- Let's get some gold.
- Let's get some gold.
362
00:15:48,660 --> 00:15:52,176
My 14-year-old grandson
micaiah lives up the road
363
00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,876
and he's joining me for the day.
364
00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:55,236
Have you ever dredged before?
365
00:15:55,260 --> 00:15:56,476
I have not, no.
366
00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,436
Neither have I, so
we're both rookies at this.
367
00:15:59,460 --> 00:16:03,736
Micaiah has been joining me on
mining adventures since he was just four.
368
00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,536
And he's always up for learning
new ways to put gold in his pockets.
369
00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,836
He's a real chip off the old block.
370
00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:12,436
Being with my pawpaw out gold minin',
371
00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:15,236
it's just more fun than,
like, being at a family dinner.
372
00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:18,736
I can really just connect with
him on a more personal level.
373
00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,976
Watch out, little goats.
374
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,736
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
375
00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,136
Don't see that very often.
376
00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,236
We're in Jackson county to
learn the ways of the forest
377
00:16:29,260 --> 00:16:32,436
from one of Oregon's
top amateur dredgers.
378
00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:34,836
- Jeremy? I'm Dave.
- Yes, how you doing, Dave? Pleasure.
379
00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:37,336
Jeremy Martin's
working high in these hills
380
00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,576
on a creek that runs into the rogue river.
381
00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,776
Heading upstream and retracing
the journey the gold has taken
382
00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,430
can be a great way to
identify good locations to mine.
383
00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,464
Dredgin' spot's right down the hill there...
384
00:16:51,488 --> 00:16:51,976
All right.
385
00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,976
And actually I could use your help if...
386
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:55,282
Sure.
387
00:16:55,306 --> 00:16:57,536
You and micaiah wanna
grab one of these pontoons.
388
00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,019
And I'll grab the motor
and we'll head on down.
389
00:16:59,043 --> 00:16:59,436
All right.
390
00:16:59,460 --> 00:17:01,036
You got it?
391
00:17:01,060 --> 00:17:02,100
Easy.
392
00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,436
God! That's gotta be 300 lb, caiah!
393
00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:08,630
- Yeah.
- Nice.
394
00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:15,136
Wow, this is quite a spot. I love it, man.
395
00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:16,936
I really enjoy being out in the mountains.
396
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,476
I like that attitude.
397
00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:20,236
So the river actually comes straight,
398
00:17:20,260 --> 00:17:23,076
and it dead ends up
into this exposed bedrock.
399
00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:24,936
And it takes a short bend, so this,
400
00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,836
this is the inside corner here.
401
00:17:26,860 --> 00:17:30,136
Like Jeremy, you wanna
choose a section of the creek
402
00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,536
where the water is forced to slow down.
403
00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,136
Slower speed means less force,
404
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,560
which means anything heavy
like gold drops to the bottom.
405
00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:42,236
Jeremy's spot looks legit.
406
00:17:42,260 --> 00:17:43,576
I bet you there's a bunch of gold,
407
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,236
and I'm really excited to find it.
408
00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:46,636
Well, we'll start moving those big rocks.
409
00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:48,836
All right. Here it goes.
410
00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,176
It's one rock at a time.
411
00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,136
You can pick up a used
dredge for around $1,500 bucks.
412
00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,276
But dredging is strictly regulated.
413
00:17:57,300 --> 00:18:00,736
If you wanna claim a stretch
of river and hunt for gold,
414
00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,676
you'll need to contact your
local government authorities
415
00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:05,830
to make sure you
have the proper permits.
416
00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,760
Well, you know, this is a perfect
spot for us to go and get suited up.
417
00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,260
Yeah, let's put this in the
water. That'd be step one.
418
00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,836
- So, this is your suction.
- Yup.
419
00:18:24,860 --> 00:18:26,636
- The water goes in there.
- Okay. Goes in.
420
00:18:26,660 --> 00:18:28,236
- Shoots out there.
- Through there.
421
00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:31,391
And it comes out here
at high speeds -okay.
422
00:18:31,415 --> 00:18:31,836
Yup.
423
00:18:31,860 --> 00:18:35,836
And when it shoots out there,
it creates a suction on this tube.
424
00:18:35,860 --> 00:18:39,636
Dredges suck up gravel
by creating a vacuum.
425
00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:43,036
Using a pump, water is
sucked up through a hose.
426
00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:45,436
As it passes across the suction nozzle,
427
00:18:45,460 --> 00:18:46,936
it creates a vacuum,
428
00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,836
sucking up gold and
gravel from the riverbed.
429
00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:51,736
The material and water
430
00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,976
then flows over the gold-catching sluice.
431
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,730
Where the heavier gold's trapped
in the grooves known as riffles.
432
00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:07,730
- It's alive!
- Yeah!
433
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,536
Right now, I got Dave and micaiah
434
00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,376
cleaning up a section where
I pulled out some good rocks.
435
00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,436
They're doing great. And I love it.
436
00:19:28,460 --> 00:19:30,836
Somebody else is
moving rocks besides me.
437
00:19:30,860 --> 00:19:32,976
This is a win-win.
438
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,130
Dredges are a great
way to run a lot of material.
439
00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:38,176
The bigger the dredge,
440
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,830
the more material, and
the more chance of gold.
441
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,336
The box is clearing out, but I'm
seeing some black sand come through.
442
00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:53,830
I think we're good.
443
00:20:02,060 --> 00:20:04,976
After an hour of dredging,
let's see what we've got.
444
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,036
Well, if you wanna
get that side, get that...
445
00:20:08,060 --> 00:20:11,230
- Well, let's hope we find some gold.
- -I hope so.
446
00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:17,836
We just found some gold right now!
447
00:20:17,860 --> 00:20:19,360
Gotcha, pawpaw.
448
00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:23,136
When we pull it out, we'll take it up.
449
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,536
I've got some panning station up there
450
00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,800
- if you wanna guys, you wanna pan it out?
- Sounds good.
451
00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:34,636
- That's on some good claims right there.
- -Yeah.
452
00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:36,206
Well, I did a lot of research.
453
00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:40,630
You can stake a claim of land in
southern Oregon for as little as $230.
454
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,736
What's your plan do you think?
You gonna make a living at gold,
455
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:45,976
or you thinking about it?
456
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,976
- It's gonna be retirement for me.
- Nice.
457
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,036
If I can find a spot that
will pay me enough,
458
00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:52,260
I would switch over
professions in a heartbeat.
459
00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,236
I see one right there. It's really...
460
00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:57,476
We're seeing some gold,
boys. We're seeing some gold.
461
00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:01,360
My gosh. Holy cow.
462
00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:06,536
Nice day.
463
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,736
With gold like that, for
just one hour's work,
464
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:14,636
Jeremy could make a haul
of $5,000 a week in this spot.
465
00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:15,637
That's a picker.
466
00:21:15,661 --> 00:21:18,276
First day dredging and
to find that amount of gold,
467
00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:19,676
that's pretty amazing.
468
00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:22,076
You know what you're doing is pretty fun.
469
00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:24,836
- Micaiah, what do you think, buddy?
- That's awesome.
470
00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:28,136
Just being able to go down
there and do that for a little bit.
471
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,836
And come out with this, that's great.
472
00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:32,436
Jeremy's done all of his homework.
473
00:21:32,460 --> 00:21:34,976
And if you take care of the permitting,
474
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,476
if you claim these up,
475
00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,736
you can go find gold in the
streams in Oregon today.
476
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,776
- Micaiah, it was fun having you with me.
- -It was.
477
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,476
- Once again...
- thank you for letting me come down.
478
00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:46,736
Every year it seems like you
get a chance to go mining with us.
479
00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,230
Yeah. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.
480
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,236
Coming up...
481
00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:55,336
It's making all kinds of
noise, Dave. It's getting crazy.
482
00:21:55,360 --> 00:22:00,076
I show you where you can super
size your hunt for Oregon's gold.
483
00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:02,476
One of the first big nuggets
that came out of the creek
484
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:05,636
- was a 57 ounce nugget. One of many.
- What?
485
00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:06,930
My gosh.
486
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,076
- I'm in southern Oregon.
- A gold catcher's paradise.
487
00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:17,936
Where the places and
ways to find gold are endless.
488
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,336
The rivers here are quite
literally running with gold.
489
00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,776
But, if getting wet isn't your thing,
490
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,736
there's plenty to be
found on dry land too.
491
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,236
I'm going to meet pretty
well known metal detector.
492
00:22:30,260 --> 00:22:32,336
I'm not a metal detector guy.
493
00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,836
So for me to go out here
and metal detect and find gold,
494
00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:37,630
I'm really excited about that.
495
00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:41,636
Josh bohmker and his wife, Sarah,
496
00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,730
have been prospecting full
time for the past ten years.
497
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,076
When you're metal
detecting, does size matter?
498
00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,336
- Sometimes, yes.
- Okay.
499
00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:55,476
Not all the time though.
500
00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:58,776
After reading the rock, and
speaking to local experts,
501
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,830
Josh and Sarah claimed
this historic mine site.
502
00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:05,636
After I started exploring,
503
00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:08,436
I discovered that there's
a geologic anomaly here,
504
00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:10,936
- where it was a source gold situation.
- -'Kay.
505
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,936
So up above us here,
about, like 100 yards or so,
506
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,076
is where this bedrock ends.
507
00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:18,776
And there's a t intersection with a fault.
508
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,076
And, my guess is, at least,
509
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:24,376
that that was the source
where the gold was originally at.
510
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,536
And it flowed down the hill side.
511
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,130
Josh believes the gold source is
just up the mountain from his claim.
512
00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:34,176
The gold hasn't traveled far.
513
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,230
So it's retained its nugget form.
514
00:23:37,060 --> 00:23:39,536
And it's those nuggets
now making their way
515
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,830
down the hillside that you want to chase.
516
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:46,636
So why toss rocks? Is that
just to get closer to the nuggets?
517
00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:49,076
The nuggets in theory are going
to be sitting close to bedrock.
518
00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:49,701
Okay, yep.
519
00:23:49,725 --> 00:23:52,536
And so we're removing a
overburden, is what this is.
520
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,136
So we can hopefully get down
closer to be able to reach them.
521
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,736
- Okay.
- We've cleared off,
522
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,836
down to the mushy bedrock there.,
523
00:23:58,860 --> 00:24:01,315
and that's where we
found the last piece of gold.
524
00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:01,776
Really?
525
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,536
- The nails that we find...
- Yeah?
526
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,176
- They're square nails.
- Okay.
527
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,636
And square nails, as far as I understand,
528
00:24:07,660 --> 00:24:09,976
were discontinued around 1900.
529
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,795
You think this was actually
worked prior to 1900s?
530
00:24:13,819 --> 00:24:14,819
Yes.
531
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,336
Well, we've uncovered
some ground here.
532
00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:18,930
Might as well see what we found.
533
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:25,336
Metal detectors range in
price from $100 to $10,000.
534
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,176
And they're the perfect piece of
equipment for hunting nuggets,
535
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,260
hiding just below the surface.
536
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,536
Are you hitting something there?
537
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,736
Well, it's something. It's a target.
538
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,876
You wanna scrape some off there?
539
00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:40,847
So when we first heard it,
it was a much milder signal.
540
00:24:40,871 --> 00:24:41,236
Yeah.
541
00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:43,760
Um, and we're digging down to it.
542
00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:46,076
It's making all kinds of noise, Dave.
543
00:24:46,100 --> 00:24:48,336
It's getting crazy.
544
00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:49,776
Come on.
545
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,676
One of the first big nuggets that
came out of the creek down below here
546
00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,976
- was a 57 ounce nugget.
- What?
547
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:55,983
Not joking ya.
548
00:24:56,007 --> 00:24:58,776
57 ounce nugget came
out of this drainage?
549
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,776
- One of many.
- My gosh.
550
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,136
Found in 1858, and worth over 70 grand,
551
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,836
if Josh is trying to
manage my expectations,
552
00:25:07,860 --> 00:25:09,530
he's not doing a very good job.
553
00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:11,460
Still in there.
554
00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:16,136
There's something buried in here.
555
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,030
It's kind of the hunt now.
556
00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:23,336
- I think we got it.
- Yeah.
557
00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:25,660
It's right there.
558
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:27,730
It's on there.
559
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,476
Square nail.
560
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,276
- It is a bit of history though.
- It is. It really is.
561
00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:39,304
Some guy had to pack that
up here, probably late 1800s...
562
00:25:39,328 --> 00:25:39,636
Yep.
563
00:25:39,660 --> 00:25:42,336
- To build his family a house.
- Yeah.
564
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:43,959
And he dropped the
nail, so we could find it.
565
00:25:43,983 --> 00:25:44,536
Yeah, exactly.
566
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,036
It's been waiting for you, the whole time.
567
00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:47,630
Waiting for me to find.
568
00:25:53,060 --> 00:25:55,036
What keeps you going?
What's your motivation?
569
00:25:55,060 --> 00:25:58,636
Mining in general seems to
create a direction in our life.
570
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:01,636
And if you can find some
direction in whatever it may be,
571
00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:04,136
- that's... that's worth a lot right there.
- It is.
572
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,436
It's healthy for your mind
and your soul and your body.
573
00:26:07,460 --> 00:26:10,376
My father, he's third
generation prospector miner.
574
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,076
So, about ten years ago,
575
00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,576
I found myself, motivating myself
576
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,436
by looking towards not only my future,
577
00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:19,976
but looking towards my children's future.
578
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,876
I somehow managed to talk Sarah into
turning our lives into gold miner lives.
579
00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:26,276
Sarah, you think he was crazy?
580
00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:27,630
- Maybe a little.
- A little bit?
581
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,476
But you had kids?
582
00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,536
We had a kindergartener and a toddler.
583
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,936
And he decides to just
pack up and go gold mining?
584
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,076
- Sold our house.
- Sold your house? My gosh.
585
00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:41,636
- So you bought a rv?
- We had a school bus.
586
00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:43,176
- A school bus?
- Yeah.
587
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,076
- It was a great family adventure.
- -I wouldn't change it.
588
00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:47,976
- You're still with him.
- We're here today.
589
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,376
- Good.
- Exactly, yeah.
590
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,876
Giving up everything for
gold is a risk I know well.
591
00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:57,436
And it's that chance of hitting
that life-changing payday
592
00:26:57,460 --> 00:27:00,330
that'll keep you coming
back time and time again.
593
00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:03,336
What's the biggest nuggets
you guys have found?
594
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,876
So, about ten years ago, my
parents come up for a weekend, right?
595
00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:08,576
And my dad, he dreads for a little while.
596
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,136
And he's like, "I gotta take a break,
you know. Here, Josh. Take over."
597
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,876
So I hoped down on the hole, and I
see something wedged in the bedrock.
598
00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:17,236
- And he's what flopped out of there.
- My god.
599
00:27:17,260 --> 00:27:19,136
An unbelievable two ounce gold nugget.
600
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,860
Nice.
601
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,076
That is so cool. It's a great life.
602
00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:26,736
You know, even if you find
a nail, it's still a good day.
603
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,730
Yeah. I mean, it's a great day, exactly.
604
00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:33,236
Coming up
605
00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:37,160
I take you beyond the hills, into
the gold-rich mountains of Oregon.
606
00:27:37,860 --> 00:27:40,076
Visible gold right out of the source.
607
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:41,476
That really is a game changer.
608
00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:43,530
That means there's gold down below it.
609
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,136
Well, we're about as far
south in Oregon as you can get.
610
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,336
I'm showing you the
people, places, and ways
611
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:59,076
to find gold, right in my own backyard.
612
00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:04,136
And, if you ever need a little
inspiration and insider knowledge,
613
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,430
the local gold shop is the place to go.
614
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,936
- Are you Shelly?
- Yes, I am.
615
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,776
- I'm Dave. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
616
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,976
- I like your store.
- Well, thank you very much.
617
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,476
So have you seen, like, a
renewed excitement in gold?
618
00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:18,075
It's done really well.
There's gold all around here.
619
00:28:18,099 --> 00:28:18,436
Good.
620
00:28:18,460 --> 00:28:20,276
Yeah. More than they
want you to know about.
621
00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:21,536
- So...
- Yeah. I know, right.
622
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,976
- Would you wanna see some gold?
- You got gold here?
623
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,536
- Shh. Don't tell anybody.
- Okay. All right.
624
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,636
Pretty much what you're gonna
get in our area is gonna look like this.
625
00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:32,336
- Wow. That is beautiful gold.
- Yeah.
626
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:34,176
You gotta tell me where that came from.
627
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,436
- No.
- It's a secret?
628
00:28:35,460 --> 00:28:36,576
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Secret creek.
629
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,230
Can you
630
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,230
secret creek.
631
00:28:42,060 --> 00:28:44,636
Shelly isn't sharing her secret spot.
632
00:28:44,660 --> 00:28:47,076
But she'd put me on
the trail with a guy who is.
633
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:48,876
Look at the devastation.
634
00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:51,036
I mean, it just burnt this forest.
635
00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:53,360
Thousands and thousands of acres.
636
00:28:54,260 --> 00:28:55,730
Holy cow.
637
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,676
50 miles away, David bargelt's family
638
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,430
have been mining this remote
mountain location for three generations.
639
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,176
When you're hunting for Oregon gold,
640
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,336
a safe bet is to head for the mountains,
641
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,630
getting you closer to the source of gold.
642
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,836
- I'm Dave.
- My name's Dave too.
643
00:29:15,860 --> 00:29:18,476
- Hi, Dave. Nice to meet you.
- Welcome to frog pond mine.
644
00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:19,736
- This is beautiful.
- Yeah.
645
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,636
- How old is your cabin?
- It was built in the '20s.
646
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:27,136
My folks and my grandfather
purchased two hard rock claims in '58.
647
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,536
The gold is something I
depend on to make ends meet.
648
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,576
- My best year was ten ounces of gold.
- Wow.
649
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,976
David used to mine the gold
and rivers on his family's claim.
650
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,276
But recently, he's discovered
a new potential deposit of gold
651
00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:46,136
that's so unique, I've
never seen it before.
652
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,636
There's an ore body here that
runs north and south through here.
653
00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:51,976
And right here, it's 104 feet wide.
654
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,990
I've got a disseminated
quartz scene down
655
00:29:54,014 --> 00:29:56,176
here in the creek that
I've been working on.
656
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,876
An ore body is a gold
rich made of quartz.
657
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,436
Normally lying deep in the hard rock.
658
00:30:01,460 --> 00:30:06,536
But here, part of a quartz
bane is exposed at the surface.
659
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:11,076
That rusty colored dirt, that's
that disseminated quartz.
660
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:14,676
Now, naturally occurring
assets are dissolving the rock
661
00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:16,036
and releasing the gold.
662
00:30:16,060 --> 00:30:17,836
Meaning, we can easily dig it out
663
00:30:17,860 --> 00:30:20,660
and run it through a
simple gold catching sluice.
664
00:30:22,460 --> 00:30:24,176
Quite a bane structure.
665
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,476
You can see the different layers here.
666
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:30,976
Pretty rare that there's this much
acid that caused this stuff to dissolve.
667
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,376
I've never quite seen a bane structure
668
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,930
that the acids have taken out
everything and broken it down.
669
00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:40,836
Normally, accessing gold from quartz
670
00:30:40,860 --> 00:30:45,176
requires tunneling into hard
rock and dangerous explosives.
671
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,376
But it's also where you can claim
the biggest rewards in gold mining.
672
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,936
The gold down below
could be more concentrated.
673
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,776
If that was ten feet
lower, it'd be solid rock.
674
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,276
But because it's at the surface,
675
00:30:56,300 --> 00:30:58,976
mother nature has already broke it down.
676
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,830
And that's why we're using plaster
techniques to get the gold out.
677
00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:05,036
There's definitely potential.
678
00:31:05,060 --> 00:31:08,336
Down below here are some of
the richest creeks in Oregon history.
679
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:09,736
And we've witnessed it.
680
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,736
We dredged on a creek
that's just downstream.
681
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,930
There's gold in the streams.
Where did it come from?
682
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,230
Probably here.
683
00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,130
You wanna run, David?
684
00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:25,176
- I'm ready to quit.
- You're ready to quit? Okay.
685
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,576
- You see any gold?
- I see muddy water.
686
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,836
Muddy water?
687
00:31:28,860 --> 00:31:30,836
We're not mining from muddy water.
688
00:31:30,860 --> 00:31:33,136
Could we throw it in a bucket
and take it up to the fire?
689
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:34,360
Yeah, we could do that.
690
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:41,836
I really like your cabin.
691
00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:46,376
I like the fact that your dad,
your grandpa, mined here.
692
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,736
That's pretty cool to me. That's...
693
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,176
Yeah, we've got some history here.
694
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,876
It's kind of what it's all about, right?
695
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:55,136
Yeah. My dad and my
grandfather and my grandchildren,
696
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:56,436
all love this place.
697
00:31:56,460 --> 00:31:58,536
And I just would like to really
share it with other people.
698
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,036
- Yeah. What would your dad say now, like?
- My dad would be proud of me.
699
00:32:02,060 --> 00:32:03,936
- Yeah?
- Because I made a living of it...
700
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,836
- Yeah.
- You know, for ten years.
701
00:32:05,860 --> 00:32:07,736
- Phenomenal.
- I moved a lot of rock.
702
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,060
Yeah, yeah.
703
00:32:10,060 --> 00:32:11,830
All right. Well, let's see what we get.
704
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,860
Couple of pieces up here.
705
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:16,676
Heck yeah.
706
00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:18,336
I'm pretty happy with that.
707
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,276
Visible gold right out of the source.
708
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:21,776
- That's pretty good.
- Yeah.
709
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,260
The potential income from hard
rock mining could be millions.
710
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,136
But to maximize on a
spot so close to the source,
711
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,976
you need to dig deeper.
712
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,736
Have you ever thought
about looking for investors?
713
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,136
I thought about it, yeah.
714
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,316
'Cause to me, it takes a
drill program from here.
715
00:32:39,340 --> 00:32:39,776
Yeah.
716
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,736
You've proved there's gold there.
717
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,836
And if you could get a drilling permit,
718
00:32:44,860 --> 00:32:48,736
and start drilling, I really
think you got some options.
719
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,036
The fact that there's gold at the surface,
720
00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:52,336
that really is a game changer.
721
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,136
That means there's gold down below it.
722
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,376
We didn't process very much material.
723
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,476
A wheelbarrow load or two.
724
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:03,060
And we've got a dozen
little specs of gold there.
725
00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:05,636
That's interesting.
726
00:33:05,660 --> 00:33:08,476
You know, for Dave to
start a drilling program,
727
00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,776
it's hundreds of thousands of dollars.
728
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,776
But he can start building evidence to
prove his case that there's good gold here.
729
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,560
Then he might get an investor here.
730
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:21,636
Coming up
731
00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:25,836
I show you gold in a place
that's beyond your wildest dreams.
732
00:33:25,860 --> 00:33:29,136
Very nice. There's gold
here at the beach, in Oregon.
733
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,830
Pretty amazing. It doesn't
get any better than this.
734
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,436
The beginning of the
Oregon gold rush started here.
735
00:33:36,460 --> 00:33:40,836
There are more places to find gold
in Oregon than anywhere I know.
736
00:33:40,860 --> 00:33:42,930
But this is a new one for me.
737
00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:44,876
This is quite a building.
738
00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:47,276
- Original floor. Yeah.
- Original floor?
739
00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:50,930
The floor of this historic
building is over a century old.
740
00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:55,836
And after pulling up
some of the floorboards,
741
00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:57,836
store owner, Sandy Jackson,
742
00:33:57,860 --> 00:34:00,536
may have made a fascinating discovery.
743
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,336
We saved the dirt one here.
744
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,136
You did?
745
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,640
People would have dropped their gold.
746
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,160
Josh, we gotta pan it.
747
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:13,976
And I do have couple of
little, tiny pieces of gold.
748
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,330
That's fantastic.
749
00:34:19,700 --> 00:34:21,576
From its mountains to its rivers,
750
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:26,276
Oregon's rich with places
where you can find gold right now.
751
00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:30,730
But my home state has won extra
special spot that's blown me away.
752
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,376
There's gold, here at
the beach, in Oregon.
753
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,960
Pretty amazing. I love it.
754
00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:40,076
And it makes sense.
755
00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:42,976
The placer gold carried
in Oregon's rivers,
756
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,536
ultimately ends up
here at the pacific ocean,
757
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,330
where it's washed up on beaches.
758
00:34:48,460 --> 00:34:50,836
I've come to the most
famous one of them all.
759
00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:52,576
The incredible whiskey run,
760
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:57,236
where prospectors have been
hunting beach gold since the 1850s.
761
00:34:57,260 --> 00:35:01,136
You know, there was a town here with about
5,000 people, and they were on this beach,
762
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,260
maybe a 150 years ago, finding gold.
763
00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:07,336
As early as 1852,
764
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:12,030
gold was discovered by a group of
sailors on Oregon's wild coastline.
765
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,036
And now, historic rains
over the past couple of years
766
00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:19,530
have washed more gold onto the beach.
767
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,160
- Are you gannon?
- I am.
768
00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:25,136
Dave.
769
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,930
Gannon Smith has been hobby
hunting beach gold for years.
770
00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:32,536
With more than $2,000 recovered so far,
771
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,336
he's following in the
footsteps of his grandfather,
772
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,136
who mined whiskey run in the 1960s.
773
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,536
I've never seen anybody
mining on the beach.
774
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:42,836
Wat do you got going here, man?
775
00:35:42,860 --> 00:35:45,236
Anywhere in Oregon,
from the Eugene line down,
776
00:35:45,260 --> 00:35:48,276
we actually have a lot of
sand that has a lot of gold in it.
777
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:51,136
And what we're gonna do is,
we're gonna use a gold cube system
778
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,436
with a built-in classifier.
779
00:35:53,460 --> 00:35:57,630
Gannon's using a gold cube to separate
the fine gold from the grains of sand.
780
00:35:59,660 --> 00:36:02,236
A gold cube is a stack sluice system
781
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:06,130
that uses water and gravity to
push material through each tray.
782
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,076
As the heavier gold
is caught in the mats,
783
00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:14,136
the lighter sand washes
away at the bottom of the cube.
784
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,536
And I suspect a lot of the gold that
we get is actually gonna be trapped
785
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,836
- in those first two nugget traps.
- Right.
786
00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:23,976
But, he'll need a supply of
pipe water to make it work.
787
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,736
In Oregon, we can't run motors
on the beach to get our gold.
788
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,636
So what I'm having to do
is, I'm gonna take this piping
789
00:36:29,660 --> 00:36:32,236
- and I'm gonna pipe water down the creek.
- Nice.
790
00:36:32,260 --> 00:36:35,276
And what we're gonna actually
be doing is using a road cone.
791
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,076
- That's awesome.
- This works really well.
792
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:42,330
That is minor ingenuity
right there. I like it, buddy.
793
00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:45,136
Motorized pumps are illegal.
794
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,536
So gannon uses the power of gravity
795
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,630
and some hardware store
piping to create pressure.
796
00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:53,836
Yeah. We got good water.
797
00:36:53,860 --> 00:36:56,660
- Wanna see it work?
- Yeah. Turn it on.
798
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,736
- Look at that. Very nice.
- Yeah.
799
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:01,976
He's got it figured out, you know.
800
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,476
That drop is supplying plenty of water.
801
00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:07,236
He'll classify. Fine to find gold.
802
00:37:07,260 --> 00:37:10,576
And now it's just a matter of
how much fine gold is in the sand.
803
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,730
If you wanna start feeding this
thing, while I get more sand.
804
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:15,160
I can do that.
805
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,630
I am seeing gold on there already.
806
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,636
This top piece is just a
screen. It just classifies it.
807
00:37:27,660 --> 00:37:31,676
You don't want these
rocks blocking up your sluice.
808
00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:34,436
Your slack sand go
down through this screen.
809
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:37,036
And then it gets trapped
in these little grooves.
810
00:37:37,060 --> 00:37:40,076
It's just a handy little tool. You
can pack this in a backpack.
811
00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:41,730
And take it wherever you wanna go.
812
00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:46,976
A kit like this one is
perfect for catching fine gold.
813
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,830
And it doesn't come
any finer than beach gold.
814
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:53,276
This is the hardest gold you'll ever catch.
815
00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:54,836
It's traveled the farthest.
816
00:37:54,860 --> 00:37:58,876
This gold has moved
hundreds and hundreds of miles.
817
00:37:58,900 --> 00:38:02,076
And that tumbling action
and water washing over it,
818
00:38:02,100 --> 00:38:04,836
it breaks it into the smallest pieces.
819
00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:08,836
If you're searching for this
tiny gold, look for black sands.
820
00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:11,276
Which beach gold usually runs with.
821
00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:13,936
Also, search the back of the beach.
822
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,876
Often big storms push
black sand towards the dunes.
823
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:21,636
Concentrating it into
a beach mother load.
824
00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:26,836
People don't realize that the Oregon
coastline changes dramatically.
825
00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:29,236
So I live up at the border
of Oregon in Washington.
826
00:38:29,260 --> 00:38:31,336
And I go to a lot of the
beaches that are just
827
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,036
on the other side of the Columbia river.
828
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:33,411
Yeah.
829
00:38:33,435 --> 00:38:36,276
And for a number of years,
we were doing very well.
830
00:38:36,300 --> 00:38:40,076
I believe my best trip up there
was eight grams in two days.
831
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:42,736
- Wow. Nice.
- And a couple of years happened.
832
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,176
Big storms rolled in.
833
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,160
It is been completely buried.
834
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,536
So this is the last bucket?
835
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,060
Last bucket. And then we can
see what kind of gold we got.
836
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,476
Well, it's definitely the prettiest backdrop
837
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:07,536
I've had for panning out concentrates.
838
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:08,830
Pretty nice.
839
00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:12,136
Well, this is some tough stuff.
840
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,436
This is some of the hardest
gold I've ever panned.
841
00:39:14,460 --> 00:39:16,060
I'm telling ya. It's hard.
842
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,836
So tell me a little bit about your grandpa.
843
00:39:18,860 --> 00:39:20,436
He was a prospector out here?
844
00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:23,036
He worked the same sands that we did.
845
00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:25,736
Did you ever get an
opportunity to prospect with him?
846
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,436
- Only when I was a kid, unfortunately.
- Okay.
847
00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:31,136
He died before I got
back into gold mining.
848
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,436
Aw, that's too bad.
849
00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:35,330
But he would have definitely
enjoyed what we were doing today.
850
00:39:36,460 --> 00:39:37,876
What do you think?
851
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:39,336
- I think that's pretty amazing.
- Pretty good?
852
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,376
Yeah. There's a lot of
chunky gold in here, actually.
853
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,136
- There is.
- It's pretty good from here.
854
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,076
- It's pretty good for beach gold.
- It's pretty good size.
855
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:50,336
From north to south, there's
360 miles of Oregon coastline
856
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:51,960
that could hold gold.
857
00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:55,436
So next time you're
out here at the beach,
858
00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:57,636
instead of building sandcastles,
859
00:39:57,660 --> 00:40:01,330
why not build a family legacy
and start hunting for gold?
860
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,236
Well, gannon, this has
been a pleasure. It's been fun.
861
00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:07,636
It doesn't get any better than this.
862
00:40:07,660 --> 00:40:09,536
We got gold, we got a sunset.
863
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,236
- And we got some whiskey run whiskey.
- Get out of here.
864
00:40:13,260 --> 00:40:14,736
Cheers.
865
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,630
- To gold.
- To the gold and the sunset.
866
00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:22,860
That's got a bite.
867
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,636
From the smallest creeks...
868
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,530
Holy cow. I like this place already.
869
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:33,976
To raging rivers...
870
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,176
We found some gold. Right on!
871
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,636
And the wild beaches of the pacific coast
872
00:40:38,660 --> 00:40:40,536
I am seeing gold on there already.
873
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,976
There is no doubt that southern Oregon
874
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,836
has more opportunity to find
gold than anywhere else I know.
875
00:40:46,860 --> 00:40:49,636
There's a resurgence.
There's more people out here
876
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:55,076
panning and, you know, sniping, and
dredging than I've ever seen before.
877
00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:59,136
I think they found solace and
they found happiness out here,
878
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:00,830
chasing gold.
879
00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:06,930
Since filming, Chris' underwater
adventures continue to bring in the gold.
880
00:41:08,860 --> 00:41:10,136
Jeremy's dredging...
881
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:10,617
Nice.
882
00:41:10,641 --> 00:41:14,076
We got over a quarter
ounce in just a few hours.
883
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,636
Has gone from strength to strength.
884
00:41:16,660 --> 00:41:18,740
Well, I'm excited to see
what this next year brings.
885
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:23,960
And Josh continues to find Oregon gold.
886
00:41:24,460 --> 00:41:25,530
There it is.
887
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,930
Look at it. Nailed it!
888
00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:30,300
Way to go, guys.
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