new to gold panning in ny

[monet2sky]

Just starting on this kick after doing the herkimer daimonds. Any suggestions for going with a sluice box or just panning for the afternoon.
There has to be some gold here, right?

[vision quest]

Dont know about sluice boxes but saw a show about the Herkimer Diamonds. Was it worth it ? Did you find any diamonds ? Was thinking about checking it out looks like it would be fun. Thanks....

[SgtM8411]

the gold in NY is called "alluvial" gold or "flour"gold because it is so fine. The only way to recover it would be chemically using mercury or a similar proccess. Vermont has a few streams where you can pan for small gold but i dont think you will have much luck in NY. I too have a sluice box and a few pans and never had any luck here. If you google it, you can find some info on gold panning locations in VT. Its only a few hour drive. Gool luck

[flyinguy]

lots of gold in NY. i have five gold crowns! my TH brother tells me if i die first he is taking them.

[submerged]

I cant believe some of the replies given here. First there is gold in NY and you can get it with a pan or a sluice even a dredge especially in up state NY. The gold is placer gold and mostly it was brought here from canada and above when the glaciers passed over the area and deposited the gold, it is in a layer that is called glacial till meaning the glacier that passed over the state tilled and ground up everything under it depositing and exposing gold. There are nuggets and they are small ones and you can pick them up with your fingers. The small gold is small flour to fine grain gold and it is easy to get. I have found gold in Dutchess county recently so there is gold here you have to get to the bedrock and definatly the cracks hold gold. Start reading and asking questions on these sites everyone is great here and will help you.

Good luck au hunting
Ed

http://www.au-prospecting.com/gold/portal.php

http://nysgoldsite.com/

[SgtM8411]

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