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steve patterson has the story. reporter: it was the perfect storm. a winter of pounding rain and mountain snow. moving earth and uncovering new riches long buried. today in california it s a new gold rush. this year s a great year because the water has just moved so much new material. easy gold i call it. easy gold year. reporter: we met this collection of hardcore hobbyists at the heart of the original gold rush, placerville hardware, in business since 1852. you ve got every different kind of pan you could think of. reporter: the guys geared up let s go find some gold. reporter: to hit a few hidden hot spots where raging runoff might unearth paydirt. but as we quickly learned, there s no easy money. how long will you spend in there? all day if we can. reporter: it can be hours of backbreaking manual labor, deadlifting boulders in ice cold streams just for a shot at that golden ticket. but these guys are pros. this is gold that came right out of that

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