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Went panning and sluicing again today. Wanted to hit the OG pit and try the sluice box some more. Water flow is very very very very hard to control in this thing so this might be the last time I'll use it under these conditions. I'm definitely losing gold with it if it's not at perfect flow ...

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They’re pretty tall and pointy. You could fall pretty far! Also I think they might have snow and be just as deadly scary dangerous murder death kill as baldy. Nooooo, that’s not possible! Nothing is as dangerous as Baldy! That’s why it’s closed, because it makes sense!


Idk if you're being ...

Might have to close the eastern sierras too

Hello Mathew:
This is Joseph speaking. Congratulations on finding one of my favorite places, Havard branch. Next time you visit hike further up to the year round stream that flows from the slopes of Mt Harvard into Harvard branch. Hike up this tributary and you will find a US geological survey ...

daaaaang so straight down that ridge from a road?!

I have a couple ideas but I'm scared to say.

1. They took the truck apart completely then reassembled it at the mine.

2. Trestle

3. Offroad all the way

I love it all! I used to scour the old mrds website and make all these plans to visit these mines. I used to think that I had to get a Jeep to visit but now that I bike, my horizons have opened. One day.

Nice pics though! Amazes me to see all this

Great story. You are your family are good people. Its a little sad and also kind of endearing that Earl felt most at home in his mine.


I've been thinking about that for so many years man. It's interesting how differently some people perceive their situation and what's best for them. We all do ...

I went higher up in the canyon. Found many quartz veins along the fault but no gold in any of the banks right below all the faults. Big sad

I was hoping to get up to the Waterman area at the end of March... this is not giving me much hope the 2 will be open that far :cry:

Right now you can get to Three Points. Close enough?
Rumors passed on by me.


Not close enough for my purposes.... I have some silly ideas for a birthday ...

Earl Jay Buckley is a man who spent a decade or so living in an exploratory mine in Las Flores Canyon from around 2007 to 2017. Some of you may have referred to him as, “Christmas Man” since he decorated the entrance of his mine with Christmas tinsels and ornaments. I feel like others have passed by ...

hell yeah dude!

today I decided to venture up canyon to see if the gold flakes get bigger or more plenty. I hopped into a side canyon that intersects with some faults much higher up. To my surprise, there's still running water in this canyon even though it's been over a month since our last storm. I found a nice ...

From Sunday evening's 1 hour of sluicing. Generally surprised from what we can get from 1 hour of work!

Took my dad and brother gold prospecting at my spot yesterday! Even though I've been pulling out tons of gold and sending them pics, they still believe that I was just excited and was actually pulling out fool's gold. I guaranteed them that we'll pull out at least 5 flakes and they didn't agree ...

Welcome! "Gortexgandalf" is an outstanding username choice dude!

I used to bring our Unincorporated Coffee Roasters instant coffee to backpacking trips and boy has instant coffee come a long way! We tested our main espresso blend out with 3 different companies and found that "swift coffee" had the ...

I don't know much about where to find gold but I would bet that there is gold in Gold Canyon, just got a feeling.

Just look for the giant X on the ground marking the spot.


Shoot, we are not looking for 'minas de los padres' are we? This is gold canyon beds ,right?.


The Los Padres Mine ...

I don't know much about where to find gold but I would bet that there is gold in Gold Canyon, just got a feeling.


Funny enough, I tried to get into gold canyon yesterday but couldn't because of how wide the tujunga river was. Totally impassible. The trail on the south side of the river is ...

There is no gold in Ybarra Canyon btw. But there are some massive huecos in some giant granite wall with some beehives and some birds nests!

There's paydirt in the gabes and it's not in east fork. All shade thrown

HikeUp wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:24 pm Gold is approaching $5000 per ounce. I'd be selling!

I doubt I even have half a gram right now!

Thought I'd make my own thread for all my gold prospecting adventures.

I have gone back to my canyon about 5 times this last week to try different areas and methods. Finally used the slucebox for the first time and boy is it tricky to setup correctly! I ended up losing a ton of gold because of the ...

HikeUp wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 9:01 pm Honest question...do you have a legal right to this gold?

maybe. I'm not sure. But then I want to sell it before the government even knows I even had it!

Went back to the canyon today and ventured up river. Didn't find ANYTHING! Decided to go back to the open pits and found some gold. Brought my friend David with me today whos the whole reason why I got into gold panning.

Now I have a canyon (which is not east fork) where I can go back to and ...

dima wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 6:30 pm What? Seriously? Is that real? On ach?

Ya. A bunch of the road just past and before the 6000ft day use area got washed out.

IM RICH!!!!!!
Visited a remote canyon and found a pit with some tools that looked like they've been there for a decade. First bucket of material yielded my first ever pieces of gold! Will be back tomorrow

Fantastic article Sean!

Reviving this thread! I've always been one to pick up new hobbies and interests that revolve around being in nature so I naturally have come to gain interest in gold prospecting in the "gabes". Will be posting some findings soon!

AW~ wrote: Fri Jan 09, 2026 4:00 pm Yeah, I bet SAR is just waiting for someone to put a phone up that AI said...

I think this is your best post on this forum BY FAR