etowah river hot spots?

[strickman]

anyone know any etowah river hotspots they can share?

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

I have been thinking about hitting the etowah, I doubt anyone is going to tell you where there hot spot is, at least not the type that i believe you are looking for. The etowah seems fierce enough that i bet it spread a lot of gold for long distances, it probably has a lot of exposed bed rock at the bottom of it also. If you are interested in going you can give me a shout and we'll toss some ideas.

[49erjohn]

stickman, we did really good near BLACKBURN PARK last summer. walk north to a few of the feeding creeks. be careful though - we had a group of 5 black guys watching us. GOOD LUCK!!! JOHN

[strickman]

thanks 49er ,can you dredge there?

[digrdug]

You can prospect on the etowah ,if you own land or are a member of the weekendgoldminers.com.The georgiagoldprospectorsassociation was one of the other clubs but they have gone private.That is a shame because that leaves only one club in Georgia open to the public.The w.e.g.m is a better club with better properties to prospect on and camp.There properties are 2 wheel drive friendly and there members are very nice and helpfull.The gold on all the properties is proven and was mined by some of the first settlers in the area.There are pictures of my gold that was dredged from the etowah on there website.i have found gold on all the weekendgoldminers claims,rivers and the bench deposites.One month of dues is cheaper then most places charge for a bucket of material or the camping for one day.

[strickman]

thanks for the info,i thought you could dredge as long as you had access to the river,once in the water you could dredge as long as you didn't get on land

[digrdug]

In georgia the mineral rights for the land owner is half of the river, unless they own both sides of the river.Then you can only use the river to float in not prospect.Be nice to look for gold in all the streams but greed has had its course with us small timers.see ya at the motherload

[strickman]

what about the 75 yds. each side of state road (bridge)? thats what i always understood,to be the law.

[digrdug]

I have only panned around state bridges.Now that iam a member of the weekendgoldminers there is no worries about prospecting on the wrong piece of property.They have great claims to prospect for gold and gemstones.My dredge has pulled out alot of nice nuggets from these properties,along with some other relices that the old timers left behind.They probably have the best chance in the southeast to find good nuggets.

[strickman]

i would like to join,right now i"m trying to get my dredge (s) ,fixed maybe (if) i can soon.

[treasureace14]

what about coopers furnace near the dam?

[strickman]

never tried there,can you dredge there?i would like to check it out,thanks treasure ace 13.

[treasureace14]

tell me when you wanna go i live 10 or 20 minutes away from it.

[strickman]

t.a. pm sent

[49erjohn]

strickman---did you hit the river? how did you do? JOHN

[strickman]

not the etowah,haven't had the time -working a lot of overtime lately.i did go in the west ga. area (i live in villa rica ,etowah is almost 2 hrs. away)but have some good leads closer to home. it's like when i had time my dredge wasn't running,now i got my dredge running no time.

[treasureace14]

im going up to blue ridge this weekend! :P
on the toccoa and on other river...
kayaking tubing canoeing and fly fishing.
i wish gold panning but sadly no