Where to Find Gold in California, Nevada, and Arizona - Guaranteed

To celebrate hitting 500,000 subscribers, I'm sharing some of my personal, tested gold panning and prospecting spots across three states — places I've been to myself and guarantee will produce gold. This covers 40+ years of hands-on prospecting experience, from tertiary channel placer deposits to hard rock load gold. 📍 CALIFORNIA East Fork San Gabriel Mountains (San Gabriel River) — old tertiary channel benches, horseshoe mine area, the Narrows for sniping/detecting Lytle Creek — old adit with free mill gold, Cajon Pass/Echo Pass bedrock Holcomb Valley — placer and lode, Gold Hill area Mother Lode Country (Mineral Bar, Yuba/American/Klamath rivers) Bear River near Colfax, Dutch Flat, Gold Run Kern River (bedrock exposure near the power plant) 29 Palms / Dale Mining District Barstow area — Coolgardie placers, Johannesburg/Randsburg, Summit Diggings, Red Rock Canyon Williams Well 📍 NEVADA Gold Canyon, outside Dayton (ancestral Yuba River channel) Rye Patch — chevron gold Sawtooth Mountains Dogtown, Oriental Wash, Tule Canyon El Dorado Canyon / Nelson — historic mining town, mine tours available Good Springs / Yellow Pine Mining District — Keystone Mine area Johnnie Mining District 📍 ARIZONA Gold Basin & Lost Basin — Greg's Hideout Road Music Mountains, Garnet Mountain / Red Lake Kingman, Oatman, Silver Creek Wash Mojave Mountains Wickenburg — Little Santa Mingo Wash, Antelope Wash, Gold Hill Bradshaw Mountains Prescott — Lynx Creek tributaries Tucson / Bisbee area The Lost Dutchman Mine (yes, I went there too — story inside) ⚠️ ALWAYS check current land status and claim status before digging. Claims open and close constantly — public land today can be privately claimed tomorrow. 🎁 Every month we give away 10 bags of rich paydirt from our own drift mine, plus a Gold Monster 1000 metal detector and King 140 dry washer w/ backpack and blower. Join for just $10/month: [Patreon link] 🤝 Shoutouts: Pharraoh's ( Allan )channel — knows the East Fork canyon better than anyone:    / @pharraoh   -That Prospector's Life — found that hidden tertiary channel:    / @thatprospectorslife   I Break for Bedrock (Adam) & Boulder Dash (Wade) — Bradshaw area experts & dry washer manufacturers:    / @ibrakeforbedrock   First Class Prospectors Club (Max Barry) — good claims near 29 Palms: https://firstclassminers.com/officers-2/ Got a favorite spot I missed? Drop it in the comments — this community helps each other find gold. #GoldPanning #GoldProspecting #Nevada #California #Arizona #Prospecting #GoldMining #TreasureHunting Chapters/Timestamps 0:00 500K Subscriber Thank You 1:06 California - East Fork San Gabriel Mountains 3:50 Lytle Creek 4:32 Cajon Pass 4:56 Holcomb Valley 5:33 Mother Lode Country (Mineral Bar) 7:32 Bear River, Dutch Flat & Gold Run 8:00 Kern River 8:17 29 Palms / Dale Mining District 8:53 Barstow, Johannesburg & Randsburg 9:20 Williams Well 9:42 Nevada - Gold Canyon (Dayton) 10:30 Rye Patch & Sawtooth Mountains 10:43 Dogtown & Oriental Wash 11:04 El Dorado Canyon / Nelson 11:57 Good Springs & Yellow Pine District 13:14 Johnnie Mining District 14:00 Arizona - Gold Basin & Lost Basin 15:45 Music Mountains 16:12 Kingman & Oatman 16:37 Wickenburg 16:57 Bradshaw Mountains 17:28 Prescott / Lynx Creek 17:46 Tucson & Bisbee 18:13 The Lost Dutchman Mine 19:04 Monthly Paydirt & Gear Giveaway #GoldPanning #GoldMining #Prospecting