Last year I did trips to the Black Hills in South Dakota, and to northwest Montana, and in four days of panning, we got maybe 1.5 grams of gold. I love spending a day in the creek with my wife, digging through the gravel and sand, getting it down to the heavies, and then seeing that beautiful gold poking out of the black sand in my pan :) However, for me and many other prospectors, it's also about being outdoors, camping, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
If you're in it just to make money, unless you have plenty of time, you're probably better off just getting a second job and buying bullion. I've heard of guys heading off to their claim(s) in Alaska for the summer and coming back with $50,000-$70,000 worth of gold, and then there are guys like me who just go out to the GPAA claims a few times per year and are doing good if we get a single gram in a weekend. However, since you can't claim land for mining east of the Mississippi, all of the places you can prospect for gold will either be private property (usually pay to dig sites, but may allow heavier or motorized equipment, i.e., dredges, highbankers, etc.) or national/state forests/parks (panning only).Īs for how much you can find? That really depends on location, experience, equipment, and luck. Gold can be found in the eastern states, pretty much starting Virginia in the north, running all the way down through Georgia (and possibly Alabama).
For dedicated gold prospecting, you might want to try the GPAA forum at.
First, the treasurenet forum seems to be more dedicated to hunting coins and jewelry than to finding gold nuggets, but I've seen some good gold prospecting posts on there too.
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