So I spent a summer in 96’ at my brothers place in Folsom, there are huge bucket dredge tailing piles everywhere in Folsom as I’m sure everyone knows, I spent several days climbing around those things with my VLF detector and it’s largest loop (White’s Gold Master V-Sat/11” Elliptical Loop) It was great exercise as I kicked down the best I could those big rocks and ran my loop over em .. but that’s about it. I’m sure a good PI machine like one of the Minelabs would have been much more appropriate with their depth .. but I just couldn’t afford those machines back then (or now) Do you know anyone personally who’s actually recovered gold from the big Folsom tailing piles? The only gold I’ve personally seen from that area in Folsom was from a guy at the Auburn Gold Show that summer who had several rounded fist size pieces of iron stained quartz loaded with visible gold stringers, they were according to him found with a White’s Goldmaster in the cow pasture next to the 50fwy up 1.75mi North from Folsom Blvd on what is now the Intel Corporation facility .. beautiful stuff .. ancient tertiary material I assume .. same stuff the bucket dredges were scooping out I assume. Thanks for the awesome channel 👍
Yeah Im always poking around tailing and mine site, the problem is the State Parks Dept... They don't mind garbage , tweakers, or homeless but God forbid you run a metal detector , your getting fined. Thats only in state parks property... However I found some places in city limits open to public were it looks promising.
Weld like, crecent roll like, whatever you call it they are distinctive and usually bare as all the soil was removed and deposited below by their trommel sluice box.
I was fortunate to see one in Alaska. yes they are enormous! and I still wonder how that monster got there! I never even thought to swing over the railings piles. mainly because that dredge was fascinating to poke around in for hours. Thanks for answering a long burning question I've had. 👍
Hi Prospector Jess ! I live in Weiser,Idaho on the Snake River But On the Oregon Border ! I have Been to Sumpter,, Oregon Several Times & I have Seen The Old Huge Sumpter Bucket Dredge ! I wonder though if the Tailings Piles have No Doubt been Prospected Heavily by Local Residents ? Thanks for Your Interesting Info About it Byron Scott !
Thanks give more ideas where to look.. Once was gated property and company moved to Georgia, new owners might let people in.. The property has thousands of feet of dredge tailings and a creek running through the property..
@@ProspectorJess to give you an insight of the property, My father in law at the time was the companies head chemist and safety Engineer. Fortunately the company had a bad habit of dumping chemicals in the creek. Back then, in the late 70's-79 my father in law and 2 of his chemists were told to take samples along the creek to check to see how bad the area was contaminated.. The ground water was being contaminated and spreading to the American River. During the sampling, they found gold sitting in the creek. According to my father in law, the chemicals were desolving everything and leaving Gold exposed.. They decided to keep their mouths shut.. After they smelted the gold into small pancake size patties, they each weighed out to little over a pound.. That's when Gold hit around $800 an ounce in 1980. I'm hoping to find a little if I can get access..
So I spent a summer in 96’ at my brothers place in Folsom, there are huge bucket dredge tailing piles everywhere in Folsom as I’m sure everyone knows, I spent several days climbing around those things with my VLF detector and it’s largest loop (White’s Gold Master V-Sat/11” Elliptical Loop) It was great exercise as I kicked down the best I could those big rocks and ran my loop over em .. but that’s about it. I’m sure a good PI machine like one of the Minelabs would have been much more appropriate with their depth .. but I just couldn’t afford those machines back then (or now) Do you know anyone personally who’s actually recovered gold from the big Folsom tailing piles? The only gold I’ve personally seen from that area in Folsom was from a guy at the Auburn Gold Show that summer who had several rounded fist size pieces of iron stained quartz loaded with visible gold stringers, they were according to him found with a White’s Goldmaster in the cow pasture next to the 50fwy up 1.75mi North from Folsom Blvd on what is now the Intel Corporation facility .. beautiful stuff .. ancient tertiary material I assume .. same stuff the bucket dredges were scooping out I assume. Thanks for the awesome channel 👍
Yeah Im always poking around tailing and mine site, the problem is the State Parks Dept... They don't mind garbage , tweakers, or homeless but God forbid you run a metal detector , your getting fined. Thats only in state parks property... However I found some places in city limits open to public were it looks promising.
Google earth would help. Look for the weld like shapes
Weld like, crecent roll like, whatever you call it they are distinctive and usually bare as all the soil was removed and deposited below by their trommel sluice box.
Is their any information on how efficient these dredges were. How small of fines were not being caught in their sluices?
Please how can I contact you
I was fortunate to see one in Alaska.
yes they are enormous! and I still wonder how that monster got there!
I never even thought to swing over the railings piles. mainly because that dredge was fascinating to poke around in for hours. Thanks for answering a long burning question I've had. 👍
Very cool, next time try the areas around those tailings piles (If you can)
Nice lesson....much appreciated, lots of that here in Alaska and in the Central Valley as I saw as a pilot.....Kurt.
Very cool! I bet the piles really stand our from the air.
Great video
Hi Prospector Jess ! I live in Weiser,Idaho on the Snake River But On the Oregon Border ! I have Been to Sumpter,, Oregon Several Times & I have Seen The Old Huge Sumpter Bucket Dredge ! I wonder though if the Tailings Piles have No Doubt been Prospected Heavily by Local Residents ? Thanks for Your Interesting Info About it Byron Scott !
Thanks give more ideas where to look..
Once was gated property and company moved to Georgia, new owners might let people in..
The property has thousands of feet of dredge tailings and a creek running through the property..
Be polite and mention detecting, often people clam up when you mention gold though.
@@ProspectorJess to give you an insight of the property,
My father in law at the time was the companies head chemist and safety Engineer.
Fortunately the company had a bad habit of dumping chemicals in the creek.
Back then, in the late 70's-79 my father in law and 2 of his chemists were told to take samples along the creek to check to see how bad the area was contaminated..
The ground water was being contaminated and spreading to the American River.
During the sampling, they found gold sitting in the creek.
According to my father in law, the chemicals were desolving everything and leaving Gold exposed..
They decided to keep their mouths shut..
After they smelted the gold into small pancake size patties, they each weighed out to little over a pound..
That's when Gold hit around $800 an ounce in 1980.
I'm hoping to find a little if I can get access..
Great info, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you
You're welcome