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What's the most valuable
nugget you ever found?
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A piece of crystallized
gold sold for 2.5 million.
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Let's find one of those, Jim.
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All right. So let's go.
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We'll find it.
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There's no mistake,
there's a metal target there.
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Get rid of the grass.
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We're on something.
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My gosh.
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Are you kidding me?
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That is freaking amazing.
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In five minutes, we
found a gold specimen
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worth maybe 100 bucks.
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Gold is everywhere.
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My god.
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There's an estimated $3 trillion
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still undiscovered in america.
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Woo!
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And I wanna help you...
Choose your weapon.
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Find it.
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- California gold, baby.
- Yeah.
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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 a 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, 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 can 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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There's gold all
through these mountains.
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The original California gold rush
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started right here.
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This week,
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I'm in the backyard
of northern California,
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the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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It's here in 1849.
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A gold nugget this big
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was found in a stream at sutter's mill,
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sparking the 49er gold rush.
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In just five years,
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over 300,000 Americans
flooded to the west,
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looking to make their fortune.
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Since then, more
than $243 billion of gold
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has been found.
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This really is mother lode country.
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And today, the chance to strike it rich
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in the golden state is stronger than ever.
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Mother nature has produced
a record amount of snow,
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record amount of rainfall in California.
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It's flushing out new gold,
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and so people are finding gold
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where they thought it was all clean out.
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So I wanna show you
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how to find some of it for yourself,
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but let's start with where
all this gold comes from.
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Billions of years ago,
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gold was an element formed in magma,
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deep in the earth's core.
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It Rose up through cracks in
the Sierra Nevada mountains
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and it cooled to form
quartz veins rich with gold.
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Erosion caused by
weather, frees up the gold
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and releases it into valleys and rivers.
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And in the last five years,
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California has seen
unprecedented weather,
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meaning there's more minable gold
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than any other time in living history.
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So right now, there's gold out there,
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and anybody that's sitting
on their couch at home
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watching TV or something,
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they can get up and go find gold.
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I'm excited.
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To kick off my hunt for where and how
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everyday people are finding gold,
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I'm in placerville, El dorado county,
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10 miles from where the original
California gold rush started.
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Back in the 49er gold rush,
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the hardware store was where
everybody bought their supplies,
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and so if you wanted to find out
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where the gold was coming from
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or who was striking it rich,
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you'd go to the hardware store.
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And there's no place
with richer gold history
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than placerville hardware,
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which is run by my buddy, Albert.
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- Hey.
- You're here.
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- Yeah, I'm here.
- Yee-haw!
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There's one of those guys.
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I love it, man.
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This is gold rush country.
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- I mean it's...
- this is where it started.
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It's on your building. It's
been here for how many years?
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Since 1852.
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It's the second continuously
operating business
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- in all of California.
- No way.
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Yeah. I'm the third generation
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- keeping it alive.
- Family business.
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- I love it.
- I know.
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So you had all the supplies
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for the miners that were out here.
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Yup.
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I wonder how many gold
pans and picks and shovels
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were sold out of here.
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So many, studebaker
wheelbarrows, dynamite.
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- Yeah?
- All the good stuff, you know.
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Man.
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The real winners of
the California gold rush
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were the suppliers.
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For instance, the bavarian
immigrant Levi Strauss,
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who created unique
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hard-wearing denim
work pants called the 501.
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The Levi Strauss company
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still sell over six billion
pairs of jeans every year,
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and it's valued at over $5 billion.
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So what's going on in this town?
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You had these big fires around town.
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Main street was flooding.
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Those two kind of is
made for a little easy gold.
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A trio of natural disasters in the state
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has created the perfect
storm for gold miners.
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Wildfires destroyed seven
million acres of forest,
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then historic rain and snow
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sent 78 trillion gallons of water
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flooding down the damaged mountains,
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causing epic landslides
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and washing new gold into the rivers.
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I'm a sniper. I hop in the creeks
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and there's more gold in my spot like...
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It's like, wow.
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It's a good time right
now to find that gold.
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It's pretty amazing how
much has been found,
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but it's even more amazing
what hasn't been found.
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You gotta just give it a go.
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If you don't get out there and try it,
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you're never gonna find it.
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Well, I got something to show you here.
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- Well, there we go.
- There we go. Yeah.
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Now, we're talking about some gold.
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So is that gold you found?
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Yeah, yeah. That's gold
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right out of the creeks around here.
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- Wow.
- I found this in a day.
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Let me see that ring you got on.
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Ooh.
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And this is your gold?
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- That's all my gold.
- Local gold?
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Yeah, local gold.
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I can kind of identify,
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that's that one from that spot.
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- Yeah.
- You just don't forget.
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- Yeah.
- Isn't that cool?
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What's that over there?
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Good one, Dave. Good one.
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Yeah. I see how this is going.
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Taking that off the rest of the day.
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Have you seen my pet raccoon yet?
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No. Let's see the...
you got a pet raccoon?
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Yeah. We always have a pet raccoon
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at the hardware store.
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Anybody feed the raccoon this morning?
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Are you kidding me?
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See it right there?
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See that pet raccoon?
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Are you messing with me?
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Whoa!
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I had to do it. I had to do it.
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And it gets everybody.
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- It gets everybody.
- It's all good.
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- Well done.
- There's a pretty cool thing
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now that you don't need
any coffee this morning.
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- So this is...
- you wanna go snipe?
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- Yeah.
- I do.
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To the river we roll.
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So this is your secret spot?
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This is a secret spot.
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Don't get no better than this.
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The creek we're headed
to is on private property.
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And here's my top tip, always research
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who owns the land
that you're interested in,
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and make sure that
you get permission first.
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Now, you know I've never sniped,
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so you're gonna have
to teach me the ropes.
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- Once you see the gold.
- Yeah.
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You know what it looks like.
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Yeah, I know.
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That doesn't mean I know
how to get it out the river.
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Sniping is hunting for nuggets
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in shallow rivers, searching for gold,
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trapped in the fine cracks
and crevices on the bedrock.
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Okay. I guess I better get in the water.
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I think right down here's kind of an easier
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little pop head spot.
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That's how you get in.
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But that's how you get hurt.
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You got your snuffer bottle?
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Yeah. Right here.
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You got to fill it up with a little water.
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When it comes to equipment,
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sniping is really simple.
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All you need is a suction tool,
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a $2 Turkey baster will do,
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and a basic mask and snorkel.
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It's sniping, no motors,
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just your arm and your feet.
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All right. You show
me where we're starting.
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Okay. Yeah.
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Kind of see what I got going on.
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I'm just kind of fanning the ground...
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Is that... is that good?
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- That's a big one.
- That's a big one.
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That's nice, man.
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That's pretty awesome.
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One down, many more to go.
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You got to see this one, Dave.
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That's a spot right there.
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Found that little gold valley.
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That's a good one, Dave.
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That's a good one, man.
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We keep hitting it.
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Baby, that's a nice one right there.
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Let's go throw it in the
pan, see what we got.
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My gosh, look at that.
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Boom, baby.
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Look at that.
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Not a bad day at all right there.
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Woo. California gold, baby.
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Let's go.
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That's what I dream about right there.
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In just 30 minutes,
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we've sniped half an ounce of gold,
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which is worth over 800 bucks.
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A little better than minimum wage.
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If you did that every weekend,
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you could bring home
an extra 40 grand a year.
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If there's a guy sitting at home
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and thinks that he
can't do this, it's untrue.
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All you got to do is
go find a spot like this,
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enjoy the weather, enjoy the river.
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And you know what?
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You never know what you're gonna find.
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It might just change your life.
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- Thanks, man.
- I know.
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Anytime. Anytime.
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Next, I'll show you how rich you can get
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with just the metal detector.
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The piece of gold sold for $2.5 million.
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Prospecting is much more
than just walking the ground
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and putting a shovel in
the ground and panning.
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You gotta pick in as much
intelligence as you can.
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You put it together and
then you start, you know,
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figuring out the ground
and where the gold is.
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I'm Dave turin,
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and this week I'm scouring.
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California's golden backyard,
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the foothills of the
Sierra Nevada mountains.
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This is a spot where landslides occur.
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You can kind of see where all the rain,
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all the water, all the snow that melts
266
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just washed this canyon out.
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Showing you where and how
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everyday people are finding big gold.
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Holy cow.
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Now, that's a landslide right there.
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Whoa.
272
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It's taking it all the way down to bedrock.
273
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If there was any gold
in that dirt right there
274
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that was carried down from up above,
275
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where did it go?
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Went over the road,
straight down to the river.
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See if we're gonna dig up any gold here.
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Here's my prospecting tip.
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Always be careful,
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unstable ground like landslide areas
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can shift at any time.
282
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It's the first time I've ever panned
283
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at the base of the landslide.
284
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Pretty scary.
285
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That's a good little
piece of gold right there.
286
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And there's some fine.
287
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This proves that there's good evidence
288
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of gold in the hills.
289
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Really, all I'm doing is
piecing together the clues
290
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and figure out where the good gold is.
291
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If finding big gold takes detective work,
292
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then the next person I'm meeting,
293
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he must be Sherlock Holmes.
294
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I'm in the 49er gold rush
town of Plymouth, California
295
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to meet a gold hunting master
296
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whose nugget discoveries are legendary.
297
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Are you Jim?
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- Yup.
- Dave.
299
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I tracked down Jim eakin
after he made headlines
300
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unearthing a massive 19 ounce nugget,
301
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which he cashed in for a brand new
302
00:12:51,330 --> 00:12:54,330
top of the line pickup.
303
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How many years you been doing this?
304
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I've been coming out since I was
305
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four, three, four years old.
306
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No kidding.
307
00:13:02,430 --> 00:13:03,406
Let's go find some gold.
308
00:13:03,430 --> 00:13:04,660
I love it, man.
309
00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:08,836
I worked in the computer
industry for a little while
310
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and I love the job,
311
00:13:11,030 --> 00:13:12,836
but I just hated the commute traffic
312
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living in San Jose,
working in mountain view.
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This is freedom.
314
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It allows you to do what you want to do
315
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and have fun doing it.
316
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You're not tied to the
man telling you what to do.
317
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Jim traded in his desk
job for a metal detector
318
00:13:26,460 --> 00:13:28,536
and now spends his time searching
319
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where old timers used to mine.
320
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I don't know if you can
see that little thin line
321
00:13:32,660 --> 00:13:34,076
across there in the trees.
322
00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:35,536
That's an old water ditch.
323
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- Okay.
- 'Cause that's where
324
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the old timers were taking water
325
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to hydraulic mine and ground sluice.
326
00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:42,006
Well, when they were
putting that ditch in,
327
00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:44,406
they cut a quartz vein that had gold in it,
328
00:13:44,430 --> 00:13:45,736
so they started mining it right there.
329
00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,976
- No kidding.
- So before they found it,
330
00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,236
the quartz had eroded away.
331
00:13:50,260 --> 00:13:52,736
And that's how the gold
is down in these draws.
332
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Okay. What's the most valuable
333
00:13:54,260 --> 00:13:55,506
nugget you ever found?
334
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Piece of crystallized gold
335
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and the piece of gold sold for 2.5 million.
336
00:14:02,860 --> 00:14:04,736
- So...
- why did it sell for that much?
337
00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,306
Because it's crystallized gold,
338
00:14:06,330 --> 00:14:07,806
not just a gold nugget.
339
00:14:07,830 --> 00:14:08,806
You get a premium on 'em,
340
00:14:08,830 --> 00:14:10,270
it can go up to $1 million an ounce.
341
00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:16,106
Crystallized gold is
gold in its purest form,
342
00:14:16,130 --> 00:14:18,836
untouched since it
embedded in quartz rock
343
00:14:18,860 --> 00:14:20,436
millions of years ago.
344
00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:23,206
Once the surrounding quartz is removed,
345
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it leaves a uniquely textured nugget.
346
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It is so rare.
347
00:14:28,260 --> 00:14:31,906
It accounts for just
1% of the world's gold.
348
00:14:31,930 --> 00:14:33,160
Let's find one of those, Jim.
349
00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,660
I wanna learn from the master.
350
00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:51,006
I was wanting to see this
351
00:14:51,030 --> 00:14:52,076
- just real quick.
- Go. Go ahead.
352
00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:55,006
My normal search wing
is right in front of me.
353
00:14:55,030 --> 00:14:56,836
- It's not this.
- Yeah.
354
00:14:56,860 --> 00:14:59,160
I see people out all the time doing this.
355
00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:01,306
A foot above the ground
356
00:15:01,330 --> 00:15:03,406
for every inch you bring
the coil off the ground,
357
00:15:03,430 --> 00:15:04,736
that's one less inch you got penetration...
358
00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,306
- Yeah.
- Into the ground.
359
00:15:06,330 --> 00:15:07,630
- Yeah. Yeah. Yup.
- Okay.
360
00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,206
Metal detectors transmit
an electromagnetic field
361
00:15:12,230 --> 00:15:13,736
and any metal objects
362
00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,976
within that field become energized
363
00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,630
and it sends back a
signal to the detector.
364
00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:23,936
See, you can hear it.
365
00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,330
Here you go, Dave.
366
00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,536
- Hearing?
- Yeah. I hear it.
367
00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,860
I... I'm listening.
368
00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:31,200
Just hit.
369
00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:32,976
See that whole piece of wire?
370
00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,030
Stop.
371
00:15:34,660 --> 00:15:36,006
- That's it?
- That's it.
372
00:15:36,030 --> 00:15:37,236
Yeah. That's part of the game.
373
00:15:37,260 --> 00:15:39,430
- It's just the wire?
- -Just a piece of iron wire.
374
00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,976
It takes a strong arm
and a lot of Patience,
375
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,136
but you can pick up
an entry level detector
376
00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,506
starting at just a few hundred bucks
377
00:15:49,530 --> 00:15:51,430
and the payoff can be huge.
378
00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:58,006
There you go.
379
00:15:59,630 --> 00:16:00,906
- Yeah.
- There's no mistake
380
00:16:00,930 --> 00:16:02,636
there's a metal target there.
381
00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:05,230
First thing you wanna
do is get rid of the grass.
382
00:16:05,860 --> 00:16:09,160
So you do is take this.
383
00:16:11,060 --> 00:16:12,260
It's in that block.
384
00:16:13,060 --> 00:16:14,230
My gosh.
385
00:16:15,460 --> 00:16:17,836
- See the gold?
- Are you fricking kidding me?
386
00:16:17,860 --> 00:16:19,106
I see it now.
387
00:16:19,130 --> 00:16:20,730
I would've never found it.
388
00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:22,636
That is amazing.
389
00:16:22,660 --> 00:16:24,236
That's a crystallized piece of gold too.
390
00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:25,336
Wow.
391
00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,076
So, we came out here.
392
00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:30,236
In 55 minutes, we
found a gold specimen
393
00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:31,830
worth maybe 100 bucks.
394
00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,206
Pretty exciting.
395
00:16:34,230 --> 00:16:35,830
It's who you know and where you go.
396
00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:40,906
I got something to show you here.
397
00:16:40,930 --> 00:16:43,206
Whoa. I like this.
398
00:16:43,230 --> 00:16:45,806
Man, beautiful gold.
399
00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:47,236
So, how much do you
think this is all worth
400
00:16:47,260 --> 00:16:48,636
if I were to buy it?
401
00:16:48,660 --> 00:16:50,606
- Probably $30,000.
- Wow.
402
00:16:50,630 --> 00:16:54,136
This is one of twenty-nine
cases that I got.
403
00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,236
I only got one out of the bank vault
404
00:16:56,260 --> 00:16:58,206
- and to bring.
- You've got 29 cases
405
00:16:58,230 --> 00:16:59,460
- similar to this?
- Yes.
406
00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:01,636
My gosh. That is awesome.
407
00:17:01,660 --> 00:17:03,636
All in, Jim has found
408
00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:05,406
nearly three and a half million dollars'
409
00:17:05,430 --> 00:17:06,606
worth of gold.
410
00:17:06,630 --> 00:17:07,836
That's not bad for a guy
411
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,506
who doesn't own a single piece
412
00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:10,730
of heavy equipment.
413
00:17:11,460 --> 00:17:12,536
You probably got enough gold.
414
00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,736
You probably made enough money
415
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,806
that you don't have to
do this for a living, do you?
416
00:17:15,830 --> 00:17:17,606
- No.
- Why do you keep doing it?
417
00:17:17,630 --> 00:17:19,136
'Cause it's the hunt.
418
00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,036
- I know, right?
- It's the thrill of the hunt.
419
00:17:21,060 --> 00:17:22,236
- It's fun.
- Yeah.
420
00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:23,436
If I'm hunting gold, I'm happy.
421
00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:25,730
Yeah. I like that.
422
00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:28,336
Between detecting with Jim
423
00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:30,206
and sniping with Albert,
424
00:17:30,230 --> 00:17:32,136
it's clear that northern California
425
00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,930
is truly mother nature's atm.
426
00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:37,836
I tell you what, I don't think a guy
427
00:17:37,860 --> 00:17:40,136
that came out here
for the 49er gold rush,
428
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,536
they're that much
different than me or Jim.
429
00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,336
We do it for the love of gold.
430
00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,236
It's an amazing way to pay the bills.
431
00:17:47,260 --> 00:17:48,730
It really is.
432
00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,236
Next, I meet a couple
433
00:17:53,260 --> 00:17:55,236
rebuilding their life with gold...
434
00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:56,936
What do you do? You're broke.
435
00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:58,306
You've got really nowhere to go.
436
00:17:58,330 --> 00:18:00,130
One pan at a time.
437
00:18:00,660 --> 00:18:02,860
- My gosh.
- Yeah.
438
00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,436
Here we are. It's gold country
439
00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:13,236
in the heart of the California gold rush
440
00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:14,936
where it all started.
441
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,836
One hundred and seventy-five years
442
00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:19,836
after the first California gold strike,
443
00:18:19,860 --> 00:18:22,206
I'm on a mission to show you
444
00:18:22,230 --> 00:18:24,536
the new prospectors finding gold
445
00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,006
in america's backyard.
446
00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:29,736
So, I'm headed to a
place called happy camp.
447
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,306
They've got a very interesting story
448
00:18:32,330 --> 00:18:34,260
and I'm gonna see if I can find gold.
449
00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:37,306
North in the klamath mountains,
450
00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:40,830
happy camp is a small
town with a big history.
451
00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,036
When gold was discovered here in 1851,
452
00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:47,706
clashes between prospectors
453
00:18:47,730 --> 00:18:50,106
and the indigenous karuk tribe
454
00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:53,036
earned it the nickname murderer's bar.
455
00:18:53,060 --> 00:18:56,436
But over time and millions
of dollars' worth of gold,
456
00:18:56,460 --> 00:18:59,006
the two sides learned to coexist
457
00:18:59,030 --> 00:19:01,960
and the town was renamed happy camp.
458
00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:05,936
So, I'm gonna meet the
local prospecting club.
459
00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,736
It's called the new 49'ers.
460
00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,506
It's basically the same as the old 49'ers.
461
00:19:10,530 --> 00:19:12,436
They're out here searching for gold
462
00:19:12,460 --> 00:19:14,806
and they wanna change their lives.
463
00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:19,836
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
464
00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:21,306
- I'm Dave.
- Dickey.
465
00:19:21,330 --> 00:19:22,706
- Dickey, nice to meet you.
- I'm Dave.
466
00:19:22,730 --> 00:19:23,537
Hi, Dave.
467
00:19:23,561 --> 00:19:24,836
Is this your store?
468
00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:26,506
It is, but inventory is low
469
00:19:26,530 --> 00:19:28,206
because there's a lot of interest.
470
00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:29,636
Wow. How many members you got?
471
00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:30,537
A couple thousand.
472
00:19:30,561 --> 00:19:32,136
- Really?
- Yeah.
473
00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,236
Dave mccracken set up
474
00:19:33,260 --> 00:19:38,306
the new 49'ers prospecting club in 1986,
475
00:19:38,330 --> 00:19:41,506
providing access to 83
miles of klamath river claims
476
00:19:41,530 --> 00:19:44,136
to its members who, for many,
477
00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,230
gold is their only income.
478
00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:50,076
Are your members finding
more gold than ever before?
479
00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:51,976
Yeah. The river head, it's full of gold,
480
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,436
- but it's hard work.
- Yeah.
481
00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:54,806
Not allowed to have any motors
482
00:19:54,830 --> 00:19:56,406
- within 300 feet of the river.
- Okay.
483
00:19:56,430 --> 00:19:57,936
But you could shovel in high bank and
484
00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,030
yeah, with hand tools and...
485
00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,136
Early gold rushers used basic pans
486
00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,730
and hand-built sluices to recover gold.
487
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,436
Next was hydraulic mining
488
00:20:09,460 --> 00:20:11,406
where miners would blast hillsides
489
00:20:11,430 --> 00:20:13,136
with high pressure water hoses
490
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,736
to release the gold.
491
00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,436
And then came dredging,
492
00:20:16,460 --> 00:20:18,976
giant floating gold catching factories
493
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,436
that sucked up the gold
rich soil from the riverbeds.
494
00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:27,436
But because of historic
over mining, since 2009,
495
00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,436
all mechanically operated mining
496
00:20:29,460 --> 00:20:31,830
in California has been banned.
497
00:20:33,660 --> 00:20:34,976
I'd love to see
498
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,136
what's going on here in happy camp,
499
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,036
sign up as a new 49'er to go prospecting.
500
00:20:40,060 --> 00:20:42,406
- Yeah.
- Come on in.
501
00:20:42,430 --> 00:20:44,736
- Pia, this is Dave.
- Nice to meet you.
502
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,436
For just 100 bucks, a
membership gets you access
503
00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:49,606
to all the claims for a week
504
00:20:49,630 --> 00:20:52,106
and you can keep all
the gold that you find.
505
00:20:52,130 --> 00:20:53,736
- All right. Thanks, David.
- Yeah. Thank you.
506
00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:54,836
- Pleasure meeting you.
- I'm glad you're here.
507
00:20:54,860 --> 00:20:56,030
Yeah. Thank you.
508
00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:00,836
In recent years,
509
00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:03,436
happy camp has seen
some of the worst forest fires
510
00:21:03,460 --> 00:21:06,836
and flooding in California history.
511
00:21:06,860 --> 00:21:10,836
But from the disaster comes
the potential of new gold.
512
00:21:10,860 --> 00:21:13,136
You could see the trees
all the way to the top.
513
00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,736
They look like matchsticks,
514
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,836
and the underbrush
still hasn't grown back.
515
00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:18,936
And so for two and a half years,
516
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,930
gold's been traveling
down closer to the river.
517
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,306
Wherever there's big rocks,
518
00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:25,706
the gold settle around it.
519
00:21:25,730 --> 00:21:27,136
As you could see,
520
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,936
somebody's been in
here digging these out
521
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,236
and they've been in there
grabbing the sand, panning it.
522
00:21:31,260 --> 00:21:32,836
All these little things give you clues
523
00:21:32,860 --> 00:21:35,260
that there's gold in this creek.
524
00:21:40,460 --> 00:21:41,630
Hello.
525
00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,006
- I'm Dave.
- No way.
526
00:21:44,030 --> 00:21:44,906
How you doing?
527
00:21:44,930 --> 00:21:46,076
Hey, Dave.
528
00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,606
- Eric. Yeah.
- Nice to meet you.
529
00:21:48,630 --> 00:21:50,206
It's, kind of, hard work
you got going here.
530
00:21:50,230 --> 00:21:52,506
- All by hand?
- All by hand.
531
00:21:52,530 --> 00:21:53,536
Wow.
532
00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,476
I get to be the excavator
and the rock truck and
533
00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:58,136
you're the excavator and the rock truck?
534
00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,037
She's the wash plant.
535
00:21:59,061 --> 00:22:00,406
Okay.
536
00:22:00,430 --> 00:22:02,906
Eric and Betsy bought
a lifetime membership
537
00:22:02,930 --> 00:22:05,036
to the club for 1,500 bucks,
538
00:22:05,060 --> 00:22:09,436
which at today's price is
less than 1 ounce of gold.
539
00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:10,836
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
540
00:22:10,860 --> 00:22:11,837
Hope you don't mind the wet hand.
541
00:22:11,861 --> 00:22:13,206
I don't mind.
542
00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:15,660
And now they mine
full-time to pay the bills.
543
00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:17,976
What made you and
Betsy come out here
544
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,336
and start gold mining?
545
00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:22,106
Where do we begin, 2018?
546
00:22:22,130 --> 00:22:23,136
'18.
547
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,076
We bought a little sailboat.
548
00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:28,606
We set sail and we worked
our way down Mexico.
549
00:22:28,630 --> 00:22:30,936
And 10 days out, wind picked up.
550
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,036
That was really great.
551
00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:33,536
Not for long.
552
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,437
- Yeah.
- It kept going.
553
00:22:34,461 --> 00:22:35,506
And then it just kept going.
554
00:22:35,530 --> 00:22:36,636
And it kept going.
555
00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:40,036
We lost our boat and
absolutely everything
556
00:22:40,060 --> 00:22:43,406
we had worked for, saved for between us
557
00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:44,736
my gosh.
558
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,336
What do you do? You're broke.
559
00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,076
You've got really nowhere to go.
560
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,036
So, to the klamath river and...
561
00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:51,436
- And here we are.
- Start doing it again.
562
00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:53,076
- Yeah.
- Start all over again.
563
00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:54,136
- Yeah.
- All over, yeah.
564
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,106
In a rented car with
your suitcase apiece...
565
00:22:57,130 --> 00:22:59,206
- Yeah.
- -You know and work from there.
566
00:22:59,230 --> 00:23:00,037
Yeah.
567
00:23:00,061 --> 00:23:01,536
Much respect.
568
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,336
A lot of respect to you
guys 'cause most people
569
00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,206
would give up and quit and, you know,
570
00:23:06,230 --> 00:23:07,606
look for some assistance,
571
00:23:07,630 --> 00:23:09,106
and you guys are out here just doing it.
572
00:23:09,130 --> 00:23:10,076
Yeah.
573
00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:14,506
Maybe we'll get enough
and get another boat.
574
00:23:14,530 --> 00:23:17,436
Betsy and Eric use a
simple non-mechanized sluice
575
00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:19,406
to capture their gold,
576
00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:21,976
washing the dirt across
the small metal barriers
577
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,076
called riffles.
578
00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:26,636
The heavy gold and dirt
is caught in their grooves,
579
00:23:26,660 --> 00:23:30,236
creating what we
miners call concentrate.
580
00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:34,136
And it allows us to wash
it about a cubic yard a day.
581
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,406
But we're pretty choosy
about the material we run
582
00:23:36,430 --> 00:23:37,836
- because it's all done by hand.
- -Yeah.
583
00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:39,336
No sense in putting
something through there
584
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:40,530
that doesn't have gold in it.
585
00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:42,836
So, you're just trying to get in
586
00:23:42,860 --> 00:23:44,036
and around the rocks and stuff?
587
00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:46,136
- Yeah. So...
- The bigger rocks?
588
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,930
If you look over here,
this is what we're into.
589
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,636
Get down to the orange.
590
00:23:52,660 --> 00:23:54,136
We're mining from there on up.
591
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,306
It's flood gold.
592
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,336
Flood gold appears
when overflowing rivers
593
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,606
carry new materials from the hills.
594
00:24:02,630 --> 00:24:06,036
The heavier gold sinks
getting trapped by rocks.
595
00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:07,536
But the lighter, fine gold
596
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,136
moves along in the strong current
597
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,136
and gets deposited on the banks
598
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,160
when the water level drops.
599
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:17,306
The orange layer is the original bank line,
600
00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:19,736
meaning any material above it is new
601
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,030
and it should contain flood gold.
602
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,906
When you run a yard of dirt,
603
00:24:25,930 --> 00:24:27,406
how much gold do you get you think?
604
00:24:27,430 --> 00:24:29,336
Anywhere from $100 to $200 a yard.
605
00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,636
We're not raking in these huge cleanups,
606
00:24:31,660 --> 00:24:35,006
but our overhead is the same
as it would be our grocery bill.
607
00:24:35,030 --> 00:24:37,036
It's just physical labor
608
00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:39,336
and we're being paid out of the ground.
609
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:41,606
Yeah, this is, kind of,
your job, your business.
610
00:24:41,630 --> 00:24:43,706
It's on a small scale, but it's mining.
611
00:24:43,730 --> 00:24:45,106
- Right.
- You're doing great.
612
00:24:45,130 --> 00:24:46,536
Is there anything I could do to help?
613
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,730
- If I can dig...
- that would be great.
614
00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:52,736
This is old school mining for sure.
615
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:53,976
But the dog on it, they're doing it.
616
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,736
I got a lot of respect for
somebody that bounces back
617
00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,730
from such a devastating
tragedy in their life.
618
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,236
I think it's awesome.
619
00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:05,206
Another load of pay dirt.
620
00:25:05,230 --> 00:25:07,530
Well, the good news is it
keeps you in good shape.
621
00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:09,406
- You betcha.
- Right?
622
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,106
How many more years
before you get that boat?
623
00:25:13,130 --> 00:25:15,076
We're just looking at the ways we can,
624
00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:16,536
make it more...
625
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:17,836
- For now, still...
- more efficient.
626
00:25:17,860 --> 00:25:19,906
We need to have more gold coming in.
627
00:25:19,930 --> 00:25:23,236
But your own boss
and no one to answer to.
628
00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:26,236
Even a tough day is better than a day
629
00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:27,836
behind a desk, I would think.
630
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,706
That's true.
631
00:25:29,730 --> 00:25:31,336
Like it's your office.
632
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:35,130
Now we've sluiced the dirt
into a gold-rich concentrate.
633
00:25:35,860 --> 00:25:37,436
Haul that up to your gold room.
634
00:25:37,460 --> 00:25:40,136
My gold room.
635
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,136
I wanna understand how they process it
636
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,260
to capture the gold.
637
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,337
So, this is how it works.
638
00:25:46,361 --> 00:25:49,236
Feeding the wheel, a
little spoonful at a time.
639
00:25:49,260 --> 00:25:53,536
You rotate it at a nice, slow, even pace.
640
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:58,336
The wheel spins on the
$250 hand-cranked classifier
641
00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,536
that separates the heavier gold
642
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,436
from the worthless black sand
643
00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:04,906
and catches it in the fine grooves.
644
00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:07,006
And the gold will climb up.
645
00:26:07,030 --> 00:26:09,336
It's like, waiting for
the monkey to pop out.
646
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,006
Yeah.
647
00:26:11,030 --> 00:26:12,636
Your gold will end up in here?
648
00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:14,336
- Ends up in the cup.
- Okay.
649
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,536
This painfully slow process
650
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,336
is repeated several times
651
00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:21,336
until the gold is cleanly
separated from the sand.
652
00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:22,636
It's starting to show up in there?
653
00:26:22,660 --> 00:26:23,906
Yeah.
654
00:26:23,930 --> 00:26:26,306
Often taking them two days to process,
655
00:26:26,330 --> 00:26:28,736
five days' worth of concentrate.
656
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,306
But in this game, Patience pays off.
657
00:26:31,330 --> 00:26:32,760
- My gosh.
- Yeah.
658
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,036
After seven days' work,
659
00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,976
they've got about 1,000 bucks.
660
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,536
If you do the math,
that's $52,000 per year
661
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,406
with no overhead.
662
00:26:42,430 --> 00:26:45,206
But at any time, they
could hit a rich pocket.
663
00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:47,076
And that's every miner's dream.
664
00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:48,976
When you're getting that kind of gold,
665
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,106
it's just too easy to keep going.
666
00:26:52,130 --> 00:26:55,236
But feeding the wheel
little spoonful at a time,
667
00:26:55,260 --> 00:26:57,236
it's really slowing us down.
668
00:26:57,260 --> 00:26:59,336
Their little system's working,
669
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,236
but it's so much hard work.
670
00:27:01,260 --> 00:27:03,076
It takes so long to run it.
671
00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,236
And it'd be nice if they got another 20%.
672
00:27:05,260 --> 00:27:06,506
Maybe that is the difference
673
00:27:06,530 --> 00:27:08,436
between them getting
their new boat and not.
674
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,136
I've somewhat fallen in love with them.
675
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,960
So, my heart would
swell if I can help them.
676
00:27:19,830 --> 00:27:21,976
These little mining communities,
677
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,406
it's, kind of, almost like a family
678
00:27:24,430 --> 00:27:27,436
or brotherhood as
they help each other out.
679
00:27:27,460 --> 00:27:29,406
And if there's any way I can help people
680
00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:33,236
find more gold, I, kind of, embrace it.
681
00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:35,736
I'm in California's mother lode country
682
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,336
where yesterday I met Betsy and Eric
683
00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,536
who are trying to rebuild
their future with gold.
684
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,706
Feeding the wheel a
little spoonful at a time,
685
00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:46,436
really slowing us down.
686
00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:48,636
And I think I have something
687
00:27:48,660 --> 00:27:50,876
that will increase their gold haul.
688
00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:52,876
They're chasing flood gold
689
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:56,336
and it takes them a day
or two to do the cleanup.
690
00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:58,330
And this might just work.
691
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,306
What you got there?
692
00:28:01,330 --> 00:28:03,236
I got something that I
hope might help you guys.
693
00:28:03,260 --> 00:28:05,976
- Have you used a shaker table?
- No. Hey.
694
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,836
- See if... see if it works.
- My goodness.
695
00:28:07,860 --> 00:28:09,636
- That's fantastic.
- Wow.
696
00:28:09,660 --> 00:28:10,776
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
697
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:11,976
You're welcome.
698
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:17,336
Costing just $250, this
compact processing gadget
699
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,036
should speed things up.
700
00:28:19,060 --> 00:28:21,536
And it'll also catch more gold.
701
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,336
There we go, Dave.
702
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:24,606
This is gonna be great.
703
00:28:24,630 --> 00:28:26,336
As the wash concentrate
704
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,900
passes over the vibrating surface.
705
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,236
You'd teaspoon it on.
706
00:28:31,260 --> 00:28:33,806
And then, you keep
brushing your gold up.
707
00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:36,636
The gold is separated from
the worthless black sand
708
00:28:36,660 --> 00:28:38,630
and is collected up top.
709
00:28:40,030 --> 00:28:41,536
This is gonna be a real
game changer for us.
710
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:42,636
Good.
711
00:28:42,660 --> 00:28:44,706
I think we're both gonna be
712
00:28:44,730 --> 00:28:46,606
fighting over who gets to run it.
713
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:47,537
- Do I get a hug?
- Yes.
714
00:28:47,561 --> 00:28:48,736
- All right.
- Thank you so much.
715
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,330
You're welcome.
716
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,136
Happy camp really is filled
717
00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,136
with everyday miners, using basic tools
718
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,536
to make money in this new gold rush.
719
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,406
I'm here to see a brand-new miner.
720
00:29:04,430 --> 00:29:07,336
He's got some crazy contraption.
721
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:08,776
I'm gonna go see him.
722
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,230
Hopefully, I can help him out.
723
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,336
Anybody home?
724
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,976
- Hello.
- Hey, what's going on?
725
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,706
- Hey.
- I'm Dave.
726
00:29:18,730 --> 00:29:20,536
Hey, Dave. I'm Garrett.
727
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,436
Thirty-six-year-old Garrett Russell
728
00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:25,536
came to happy camp from
Chicago six months ago
729
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,606
to prospect for gold full time.
730
00:29:28,630 --> 00:29:29,976
So you're mining down here?
731
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,806
- Yeah.
- Are you doing some work?
732
00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:33,236
Should we go look... Take a look?
733
00:29:33,260 --> 00:29:34,237
Well, you won't tell
anyone, right? No, no.
734
00:29:34,261 --> 00:29:35,906
I won't tell anybody
where you're at, okay?
735
00:29:35,930 --> 00:29:37,306
- Okay.
- Let's go take a look.
736
00:29:37,330 --> 00:29:38,536
Okay. Let's go.
737
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,976
What do you got going here?
738
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,306
Garrett is mining the side of a hill
739
00:29:43,330 --> 00:29:46,006
that was washed
away by the recent rain,
740
00:29:46,030 --> 00:29:48,630
and he thinks it's packed full of gold.
741
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:52,436
So this is a water anchor for,
742
00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:53,437
like, a sailboat or something.
743
00:29:53,461 --> 00:29:55,076
Everything is just hodgepodged together
744
00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:57,136
'cause that's just how it is sometimes.
745
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,976
And using minimal equipment,
746
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,606
he's MacGyver-ed a
unique suction system
747
00:30:01,630 --> 00:30:02,930
to collect the gold.
748
00:30:03,460 --> 00:30:05,236
You don't have a pump?
749
00:30:05,260 --> 00:30:07,906
You can't use electricity or motorized,
750
00:30:07,930 --> 00:30:09,136
you just use gravity.
751
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,236
Gravity works really well.
752
00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:13,606
It creates water pressure.
753
00:30:13,630 --> 00:30:14,936
Okay.
754
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,030
That should be good.
755
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:24,536
I've never seen this setup.
756
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,236
Using gravity,
757
00:30:26,260 --> 00:30:29,006
the water enters the
pipe at a high pressure.
758
00:30:29,030 --> 00:30:32,606
As the pressurized water
passes across the nozzle,
759
00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:35,436
it should create a vacuum
that sucks up the soil
760
00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:36,830
and the gold.
761
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,936
And then, sends it to
the sluice box below
762
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,136
where it's caught by the
metal ridges known as riffles.
763
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,076
- Got your sluice box.
- Yup.
764
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,206
I'm trying to get it to
10 degrees for the drop,
765
00:30:49,230 --> 00:30:50,336
gotta level it up a little bit.
766
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:51,237
Yeah.
767
00:30:51,261 --> 00:30:52,406
Here, let me you out.
768
00:30:52,430 --> 00:30:53,436
Yeah. Thanks.
769
00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:56,136
The angle of the sluice box is key.
770
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,776
A couple of degrees off
and the gold will float off
771
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,536
the end and be lost.
772
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:01,706
There you go.
773
00:31:01,730 --> 00:31:03,006
I've been doing this a lot of years...
774
00:31:03,030 --> 00:31:05,706
- Yeah.
- But I always liked learning new stuff.
775
00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:09,306
I've never seen this
setup, so kinda interesting.
776
00:31:09,330 --> 00:31:10,636
How did you get started doing this?
777
00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:12,076
I used to work in corporate finance.
778
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:13,806
- No kidding.
- I was a senior financial analyst and
779
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:16,136
you were a senior financial?
780
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,876
Yup. And... You probably
made pretty good money.
781
00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:20,336
I was already at the time.
782
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,776
But you like this lifestyle?
783
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:22,836
- It's amazing.
- Yeah.
784
00:31:22,860 --> 00:31:23,837
I'm my own boss,
785
00:31:23,861 --> 00:31:25,536
I'm out in nature, and it's fantastic.
786
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,976
Before, I was in concrete jungle
787
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,706
and this was when,
788
00:31:29,730 --> 00:31:33,330
I was the manager of the
man-planning for that company.
789
00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:38,076
Now right there is a
senior financial analyst.
790
00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:39,236
- That's right.
- But what I'm looking at
791
00:31:39,260 --> 00:31:41,036
is a fellow gold miner.
792
00:31:41,060 --> 00:31:42,037
That's right. Yeah.
793
00:31:42,061 --> 00:31:43,736
- Welcome to the club, buddy.
- I am, yeah.
794
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,536
So far, are you making
any money at this?
795
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,936
It's about 100 bucks a
day depending on the spot.
796
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:51,536
I'm not living like I was in Chicago,
797
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,306
which is just fine, but I prefer this, too.
798
00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:55,936
And I'm frugal enough.
799
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,136
But you're also enjoying life.
800
00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:59,236
That's... And that's what's cool.
801
00:31:59,260 --> 00:32:00,306
You gotta enjoy life.
802
00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:01,036
Awesome.
803
00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:01,937
- All right.
- Yeah.
804
00:32:01,961 --> 00:32:03,036
Let's get this thing fired up.
805
00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:04,076
Yeah.
806
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:05,160
Let's go rock and roll.
807
00:32:17,030 --> 00:32:19,976
So are we seeing anything in the sluice?
808
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,230
- I got enough.
- -I don't think you're sucking much.
809
00:32:23,030 --> 00:32:24,936
So the sluice is working.
810
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,506
We didn't have any
material going through.
811
00:32:26,530 --> 00:32:29,606
So his nozzle thing is not sucking.
812
00:32:29,630 --> 00:32:30,507
Spraying enough water,
813
00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:32,960
but it's just not sucking the material out.
814
00:32:35,430 --> 00:32:36,636
What happened?
815
00:32:36,660 --> 00:32:38,506
I'm just gonna bring it closer.
816
00:32:38,530 --> 00:32:40,530
You wanna just hook it into here?
817
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,260
It's all part of the fun.
818
00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:48,876
Garrett's a really smart
guy but sometimes,
819
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:50,436
you overcomplicate things.
820
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:52,360
Okay. That's secure.
821
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:57,706
He either doesn't have
enough water pressure
822
00:32:57,730 --> 00:32:59,436
or enough water volume
823
00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:03,930
because I could shovel more in there.
824
00:33:05,460 --> 00:33:06,836
I'm just watching you.
825
00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:08,706
There's not a lot of material.
826
00:33:08,730 --> 00:33:10,606
Have you ever thought
of just shoveling it?
827
00:33:10,630 --> 00:33:13,706
Sometimes, I think
volume overtakes perfection.
828
00:33:13,730 --> 00:33:15,306
Because you know
what, at the end of the day,
829
00:33:15,330 --> 00:33:17,006
if you added two more buckets,
830
00:33:17,030 --> 00:33:19,506
you get the opportunity
for getting more gold.
831
00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:20,976
And those two more
buckets are probably, like,
832
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,606
10 more buckets by
how long it takes me.
833
00:33:23,630 --> 00:33:25,560
- Okay. I'll do this.
- Okay.
834
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,436
I know it...
835
00:33:28,460 --> 00:33:30,436
A lot of miners will just be, you know,
836
00:33:30,460 --> 00:33:33,206
shoveling and crawling
through everything they see,
837
00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:36,236
but I have a hard time
doing that 'cause for example,
838
00:33:36,260 --> 00:33:39,360
where this was, there was
a anthill there, an ant's nest.
839
00:33:40,030 --> 00:33:41,706
I wanted to start working on it
840
00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:43,936
and the queen ant
came out staring at me.
841
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,306
So I went and picked it up,
842
00:33:46,330 --> 00:33:49,776
I was like, "okay. You
know, I'm sorry, I get it."
843
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,976
And I set it up there
and it just went away.
844
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,776
So in the next few days,
they moved themselves.
845
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,406
I think it's important that
while we're getting gold
846
00:33:58,430 --> 00:34:02,506
to also care for those insects.
847
00:34:02,530 --> 00:34:03,806
Okay. All right.
848
00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:06,160
- Anyway.
- It's your deal.
849
00:34:06,930 --> 00:34:08,706
Save the ants?
850
00:34:08,730 --> 00:34:11,006
That's definitely a first for me.
851
00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:14,306
But ants can actually
be a good sign of gold.
852
00:34:14,330 --> 00:34:16,636
They like highly mineralized ground
853
00:34:16,660 --> 00:34:18,260
where gold is often found.
854
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,876
Is that true here?
855
00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:23,236
The proof will be in the pan.
856
00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:27,036
It's the most I've seen
in a few hours of running.
857
00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:30,206
It's probably around $100 worth of gold.
858
00:34:30,230 --> 00:34:33,436
By keeping things simple
and adjusting his system,
859
00:34:33,460 --> 00:34:34,806
in only three hours,
860
00:34:34,830 --> 00:34:37,906
Garrett has made what
he normally makes in a day.
861
00:34:37,930 --> 00:34:39,336
So this is your money bank,
862
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,636
this is your bank right here.
863
00:34:40,660 --> 00:34:42,236
And you can't fuss around,
864
00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:44,906
you just gotta put the
dirt into the sluice box.
865
00:34:44,930 --> 00:34:46,136
So there's gold here.
866
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,336
The idea is you gotta keep it in there.
867
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,036
You know, your advice
had been really helpful
868
00:34:50,060 --> 00:34:51,976
and with all your years of experience,
869
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,336
I know it will make a big impact.
870
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,536
Garrett, I think he's wasting a lot of time
871
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,876
on things that don't produce.
872
00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:00,936
We're here to find
gold and at some point,
873
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,836
I think it's important that you
just start shoveling the dirt, man.
874
00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:06,506
The nice part is he listens.
875
00:35:06,530 --> 00:35:09,336
If Garrett sticks to the game plan,
876
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,936
I guarantee he'll have gold.
877
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,336
- Thanks a lot, Dave.
- All right, buddy. Thanks.
878
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:14,976
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna head out.
879
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,306
Be careful on the hike up there.
880
00:35:16,330 --> 00:35:17,560
All right. I will.
881
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,336
Gold is here for the taking,
882
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,876
so how can you find
your own good ground?
883
00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:25,876
I'm going to show you next.
884
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:27,430
We got gold.
885
00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:33,306
I got one hang town fry, are you ready?
886
00:35:34,130 --> 00:35:36,160
It does have a distinct smell to it.
887
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,606
Here in placerville,
888
00:35:38,630 --> 00:35:40,536
there's a local dish dating back
889
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,406
to the first gold rush,
and I just gotta try it.
890
00:35:44,430 --> 00:35:46,336
And the way the story goes is that
891
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,936
there was a miner
upstream, he hit it rich,
892
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,336
came to town, and he says,
893
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,536
"I want the most
expensive meal you got."
894
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,136
They put oysters, bacon,
895
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,706
eggs, and cheese together,
896
00:35:57,730 --> 00:36:00,136
and that's the hang town fry.
897
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,536
I've never eaten oysters for breakfast.
898
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,000
This is new.
899
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,076
I feel like a miner that struck it rich.
900
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:12,630
I like it.
901
00:36:18,860 --> 00:36:20,536
So I'm up on one of the streams
902
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,506
that are feeding the river.
903
00:36:22,530 --> 00:36:24,930
I'm pretty damn
confident there's gold here.
904
00:36:26,060 --> 00:36:28,736
I'm Dave turin and over the past week,
905
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,776
I've scoured northern
California gold country.
906
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,876
Are you freaking kidding me?
907
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:35,706
To find the everyday people...
908
00:36:35,730 --> 00:36:37,136
Welcome to the club, buddy.
909
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,436
Digging for dollars.
910
00:36:38,460 --> 00:36:40,336
It's kinda hard work you got going here.
911
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:41,606
All by hand here.
912
00:36:41,630 --> 00:36:42,436
All by hand.
913
00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:43,336
Woo-hoo-hoo!
914
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:44,337
California gold, baby.
915
00:36:44,361 --> 00:36:45,536
Gold.
916
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,276
But now,
917
00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:49,706
I'm piecing together all the tips and tricks
918
00:36:49,730 --> 00:36:53,230
to show you how to
find your own gold spot.
919
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:57,236
This is kinda what I'm looking for.
920
00:36:57,260 --> 00:36:59,706
As you could see, the
fire was right above here,
921
00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:03,036
so as the snow and the
rain washes over that,
922
00:37:03,060 --> 00:37:04,706
soil becomes unstable,
923
00:37:04,730 --> 00:37:07,406
that bedrock could be carrying gold.
924
00:37:07,430 --> 00:37:08,706
I got all the elements.
925
00:37:08,730 --> 00:37:10,706
Now, all we gotta do is find the gold.
926
00:37:10,730 --> 00:37:14,906
And to stack the deck,
I'm calling in a ringer.
927
00:37:14,930 --> 00:37:16,636
I think we're in the right spot. Nice.
928
00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:17,706
Gotta be.
929
00:37:17,730 --> 00:37:19,106
That's right.
930
00:37:19,130 --> 00:37:22,530
Master sniper, Albert
and his buddy, Chris.
931
00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:25,337
I like it.
932
00:37:25,361 --> 00:37:27,536
Look at all the exposed bedrock.
933
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,236
This is perfect.
934
00:37:29,260 --> 00:37:31,736
And then, because of
the violence of the water,
935
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,506
big nuggets are gonna
fall right down there
936
00:37:33,530 --> 00:37:34,806
and they're not going anywhere.
937
00:37:34,830 --> 00:37:36,436
Mother nature at her finest.
938
00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:38,776
Yeah. Ready to get in that water.
939
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,606
I think what I'd like to do
is jump in with you guys
940
00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:42,406
and start sniping.
941
00:37:42,430 --> 00:37:44,076
- All right. Good. Nice.
- Put our wetsuits on.
942
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:45,360
Nice. Let's go do it.
943
00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:52,706
You look killer in that suit.
944
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:53,606
Dang.
945
00:37:53,630 --> 00:37:55,800
Nice one.
946
00:38:02,830 --> 00:38:05,036
Yeah. Easy right there.
947
00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:07,130
Yeah. What's that? After there.
948
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:08,806
Step one,
949
00:38:08,830 --> 00:38:11,630
shift the boulders that
could've trapped gold.
950
00:38:13,730 --> 00:38:15,560
Then fan the silt off the bedrock.
951
00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:23,000
And if I'm in the right spot, find nuggets.
952
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:28,806
We thought there
would be something there
953
00:38:28,830 --> 00:38:31,706
because it was real
deep, but nothing yet,
954
00:38:31,730 --> 00:38:33,736
so we're gonna keep moving upstream,
955
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,530
looking for a choke point.
956
00:38:36,860 --> 00:38:37,807
Hard work.
957
00:38:37,831 --> 00:38:39,460
These guys are animals, though.
958
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,160
Look at him.
959
00:38:54,930 --> 00:38:56,506
Man, is that what I think it is?
960
00:38:56,530 --> 00:38:58,036
We've got gold.
961
00:38:58,060 --> 00:38:59,536
I don't know how we're all gonna split it,
962
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:00,760
but we got gold.
963
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,330
Now, we could rock and roll.
964
00:39:05,230 --> 00:39:06,706
Nice one.
965
00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:12,230
We have about three of them right there.
966
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,736
See that?
967
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,236
Just pick it up.
968
00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:18,300
I don't think that thing will suck it up.
969
00:39:19,130 --> 00:39:19,937
Baby.
970
00:39:19,961 --> 00:39:21,636
We got a nice one right there.
971
00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,006
Good eyes, man.
972
00:39:23,030 --> 00:39:24,976
In less than 20 minutes,
973
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,136
we've picked up more
than $400 worth of gold.
974
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,976
Well done, boys.
975
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,536
- Nice.
- Hey. Not bad.
976
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:32,537
Nicely done.
977
00:39:32,561 --> 00:39:34,536
All right.
978
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,136
Turns out, nature's clues
979
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,800
did all point to a pot of gold.
980
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:40,606
This is a lot of fun.
981
00:39:40,630 --> 00:39:42,336
We're out here in the great outdoors
982
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,930
enjoying ourselves,
and we're getting gold.
983
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:47,436
Anybody can do this.
984
00:39:47,460 --> 00:39:49,060
Couldn't get much better than that.
985
00:39:51,860 --> 00:39:55,876
My time in California is
up, but wow, what a ride.
986
00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:58,406
On my quest to reveal how and where
987
00:39:58,430 --> 00:40:00,706
every day people are finding gold...
988
00:40:00,730 --> 00:40:02,906
Once you see the gold
you know what it looks like.
989
00:40:02,930 --> 00:40:04,436
My gosh.
990
00:40:04,460 --> 00:40:05,876
I've helped recover
991
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:08,336
close to three car
payments worth of gold.
992
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:09,337
On the day I found this one,
993
00:40:09,361 --> 00:40:10,876
I wound up with about a half a pound.
994
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:13,206
You don't need a bunch
of expensive machinery
995
00:40:13,230 --> 00:40:14,436
to get on the gold.
996
00:40:14,460 --> 00:40:15,706
I'm my own boss,
997
00:40:15,730 --> 00:40:17,536
I'm out in nature, and it's fantastic.
998
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,436
Just an eye for the land,
999
00:40:19,460 --> 00:40:21,006
a little bit of Patience,
1000
00:40:21,030 --> 00:40:23,000
and some good old-fashioned hard work.
1001
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,236
When you're getting that kind of gold,
1002
00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:28,830
it's just too easy to keep going.
1003
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,636
Four months later,
1004
00:40:32,660 --> 00:40:36,236
Jim's gold collection continues to grow
1005
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:38,706
and he recently found a
two-and-a-half-ounce nugget
1006
00:40:38,730 --> 00:40:41,200
worth $5,000.
1007
00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:44,536
It's been pretty, pretty dang good lately.
1008
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,736
I got quite a bit the other day.
1009
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,336
Albert's sniping holes
1010
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,876
have turned up another $3,000
1011
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:52,436
and still counting.
1012
00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:54,336
Thanks to the new shaker table,
1013
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,236
Betsy and Eric's gold count is up 20%.
1014
00:40:58,260 --> 00:41:00,636
And the little tip I gave my buddy Garrett
1015
00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:02,236
I found a spot,
1016
00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:03,836
we went up there and found some gold.
1017
00:41:03,860 --> 00:41:07,036
I drew you a map and
there's a snuffer bottle.
1018
00:41:07,060 --> 00:41:08,236
For me? Thanks.
1019
00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:09,336
- Yeah.
- Cool.
1020
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:10,836
Paid off big time.
1021
00:41:10,860 --> 00:41:13,336
I found about 6 ounces of gold.
1022
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,336
That's over $10,000.
1023
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,200
Way to go, Garrett.
1024
00:41:17,860 --> 00:41:20,906
It just goes to show, gold is everywhere.
1025
00:41:20,930 --> 00:41:22,906
So get out there and find it.
1026
00:41:22,930 --> 00:41:25,606
You never know, you
might just strike it rich.
1027
00:41:25,630 --> 00:41:27,936
And now, it's onto the next adventure
1028
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,130
in a backyard near you.
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