North Carolina Nugget Hunters/Snipers?

[starsplitter]

Greetings,

Currently living in NC. It has been some time since I've TH'd/prospected. I suppose I got a bit burned out on it all in Ecuador. I'd like to pick up again with panning, high banking, detecting. How is the gold detecting in NC? Thanks.

Star

Note: Cross posted

 

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[DaveSmith]

Hi Star, I live in western NC, close to the golden valley vein. I have panned and sluiced some in mainly one waterway close to me. All I found was placer gold, and not much of it. Now, I am no expert and only sluiced one summer and panned a few more. There is an old 1890's gold mine, Thermal City, located in Rutherford county that you can pay a fairly small amount to pan and sluice from their property. I have been panning there a couple of times several years ago and found a lot more than I did 7 or 8 miles away as the crow fly's. They take a front end loader and scoop up material from the side of the river, dump it and you pan from that. I am including a link to a map of gold veins in NC.

https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/593

Good Luck

 

[Buckshotnc]

Dave, sounds like you're pretty close to me at Treasure Valley, occasionally go down 226 to eat at Becky's, I have the old Lookadoo Gold Mine on my property.

 

[DaveSmith]

I'm about 20 miles wsw of Becky's. Maybe we can have lunch one day.

 

[Buckshotnc]

Yes, sounds good once this virus settles down some, sorry but just noticed your last post. I'm located very close to the Burke/McDowell/Rutherford border near Hwys 64 & 226 maybe you could come and visit my place Treasure Valley one day.