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« on: February 27, 2011, 02:09:43 am »
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 Just wondering if anyone knows of a good creek that would be carrying gold in the Wallhala SC area? My friend is currently camping just south of there at Lake Hartwell and I have asked him to bring a bucket of creek sand/gravel back with him. However, I need to tell him where the best place to go would be for him to get it. I really wish I was out there with him, I'd just go pan for myself, but that's the breaks... Any help with this would really be appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 02:20:51 am »
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A random bucket of sand has as much chance of containing gold as the sand from the local playground - which might actually contain a gold ring or two. This is not meant to discourage you but to encourage you to do extra research yourself. I've seen you ask this question a number of times already and nobody can really answer your question and with good reason. Finding the right location is sometimes a lifelong search, not one that can be answered on a forum. The old saying among prospectors is, "You find gold where it is."

Join the GPAA. For $67.50 per year, you get a Miner's Guide of places to hunt gold where it has been found on claims managed by the GPAA on your behalf as a member. You also get a gold pan, a few other goodies and a monthly magazine that updates the Miner's Guide. Your membership card and a report at the end of your time there is all that is required to use claims where gold has been found. After you learn a bit about finding gold, you can start a search for it in places where it hasn't been reported found. Who knows? You might find the next big strike.

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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2011, 01:48:32 pm »
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If its in the Peidmont and has a lot of quarts rocks chances are good it has gold in it somewhere. Sometimes the gold is all the way down in the bed rock because its not being refreshed all that much with flood gold. Sometimes you get a speck or two in just about every shovel full from a gravel bar and every storm redistributes fresh flood gold. Gold gets harder to find in the mountains and is much more scarce. Just about all creeks seem to have a little color in that area if you look hard enough but only a few are worth working. Online search should give you some hits. Getting public access to creeks and rivers in the peidmont is hard because it is just about all private property plus State land and WMA lands all have strick regulations. You got to be a master at keeping out of sight and out of mind to enjoy this hobby anymore it seems. Some property owners are freindly if you give them a signed waver of liability and pay them for access or give them some of your gold though!

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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 07:28:56 pm »
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No offense, but people aren't just going to give you there secret spot. I worked hard for everything I know and all of my spots and I'm not gonna tell a stanger what rock to dig under. Make friends with locals. The only people that get secrets are the closest of friends. Joining a club is the best way to get a lot of access and make some friends that have the experience you seek. I would make friends with you, but I live in Washington.

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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 01:57:09 am »
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Thanks for the input. I'm not asking for anyone's secret spot, Just a good idea where my friend can get a random bucket of sand & gravel. This is mostly for my 12 yr old. He loves to do all the panning. I get to play with the sluice box Grin
  I appreciate the feedback and this forum. I hope to make friends with all of you one day. Distance has no limits when it comes to good friends Sean. Never know, I might just be out that way one day as my grandson lives in Coos Bay Oregon.
    Rich pans always to you fellow prospectors, Jim

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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 12:28:27 pm »
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Hey man, if you make it this direction I have a lot of toys to play with... make sure you bring a wetsuit! I have a friend that is very good at exploring new locations. What he does is basically crevice exposed bedrock. He has found at least 3 undiscovered/unrecorded placer deposits in Washington state. I have buckets and a shovel and a pan in my truck at ALL TIMES! I would tell your friend to opt for the dirt as near to exposed bedrock as possible.

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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 01:08:29 pm »
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Sean, Hey thanks for the offer. I might take you up on it someday and you, your friend and my son and I can go find some BIG GOLD. Cheesy Shocked We're going to spend a lot of time in Indiana this summer. My uncle lives near big pine creek which has good flakes, fines and the occasional nugget and also diamonds are being found now and then too. I also have a friend in western NC who has a creek somewhere NE of Murphy. Should be good gold there. So, planning to get there this summer and dredge with a contraption I'm building now. Here is what I have done of the sluice box so far. I have various sizes of expanded material to test out and still waiting for v mat to get here. It'll be a highbanker with a trommel to classify and dredge fed. Totally portable on mountain bike wheels, so I can wheel it along like a wheel barrow pump and all.
 Anyway, I'm blabbing. Thanks for your support and best of luck with the Washington gold. Great
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P.S. I stole this idea from a Canadian. lol

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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2011, 01:50:38 pm »
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Wow, I love it.  That set-up looks great for the small creeks where I find myself some times. I have noticed also, that here in WA that often times the shallower waters on the public areas where dredging is allowed have literally never been touched by a dredge! Most opt for the 4-5" dredge and those big horses can't get into those shallower areas.

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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2011, 02:15:58 pm »
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It's a sunny day today and I'm off work, so I'm out on the back porch working on my pump set up. I'll post a pic when I'm finished getting my chain on the sprockets. I'm using a centrifugal 1" old Sears pump that was originally electric 1/2hp, but the motor was shot. So I chained it up to a 50cc pocket bike engine that has a built in gen coil. hee hee hee. There is 12V DC for the trommel motor (windshield wiper motor). Haven't started on the trommel frame or drive, but I have a good idea how that is going together already.
                       Wish me luck on no knuckle busters today...lol

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You have some engineering genes in you. Keep us up to date with some pics.

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