WISCONSIN GOLD LOCATIONS THREAD

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Sluiceguy42

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Plum Creek in Nugget Lake County Park
Gold was mined there in the late 1800s, I have found good gold there. Lots of garnets. The American Diamond Mining Co. sold stock for a diamond mine on Plum Creek saying it was "the new South Africa".
 

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Sluiceguy42

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And if nobody wants to post yet, I'll post another one.

ST. CROIX RIVER
The Dalles of the St. Croix River are known to have gold. Somebody found an third of an ounce Nugget in the river in the early 1900s. Placer Nuggets and dust are found in the crevices and bars.
 

Capt Nemo

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And now it's an off limits scenic waterway.

Lake Michigan beaches. Lots of black sand and a little gold. Found a BB sized nugget at one spot. Look for dark sand. 1-30 specks per bucket.

Marathon County. Dells of the Eau Claire river. No longer able to prospect on county owned land.

Portage County. Tomorrow/Wapaca River. A little gold if you look. 1 speck per bucket.

Door County. Beaches will yield magnetite. Haven't found gold yet.
 

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Tenderfoot
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I find a lot of black sand at the beach on Lake Michigan by me. The metal detector will give me some signals that are hard to pin point. And when I dig I find nothing. Could that possible be gold specs I'm picking up?
 

Capt Nemo

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I find a lot of black sand at the beach on Lake Michigan by me. The metal detector will give me some signals that are hard to pin point. And when I dig I find nothing. Could that possible be gold specs I'm picking up?

Probably you're hitting black sand and hot rocks within. Many small black pebbles will stick to a magnet. Most of the gold is not much bigger than the sand grains, so easily missed when dug.
 

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Tenderfoot
Aug 28, 2015
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Probably you're hitting black sand and hot rocks within. Many small black pebbles will stick to a magnet. Most of the gold is not much bigger than the sand grains, so easily missed when dug.

Sounds like I should try panning some
 

pgfhgs

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I have ran a blue bowl with 5 - 5 gallon buckets from the two rivers area and not a spec of gold and gave up we are in the wrong state buddy
 

Bumpstick

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It takes a lot of fly specs of gold to add up to what you can find in one ring.
I gave my prospecting gear away. I Hunt for nuggets with a detector now.
 

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Tenderfoot
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not surprised hard to find in Wisconsin. looks like I will have to plan a trip.....
 

TheRingFinder

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That's cheese your finding, not Gold!!! :laughing7: - Sorry, couldn't resist!!!
 

Capt Nemo

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I have ran a blue bowl with 5 - 5 gallon buckets from the two rivers area and not a spec of gold and gave up we are in the wrong state buddy

Try a little further (20 mi) south! That's where I found the nugget!
 

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Bumpstick

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Here is a pick of a little 3/4 oz. Nugget I dug up today.

the ring is for color comparison.

10-24-15-Nugget (2).JPG

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Capt Nemo

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Is it just the picture, or is that copper/gold halfbreed? Some of the areas look kinda coppery.

Nice nugget! Sure beats the BB I found!

Update on Door County, found 3 ~100's in a bucket of beach sand from there. Though that sand looked imported from Keewanee or Manitowoc counties. Lots of clay content and small stones.
 

Bumpstick

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Bumpstick

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WisconsinNuggets (2).JPG
Here is a picture of some nuggets an Illinois guy has found here in Wisconsin.
 

Bumpstick

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I was digging through last years junk bucket and found a grungy dirty heavy rock.
I soaked it in some Muriatic Acid and out popped this beauty. 8.45 grams
I bought a new Xtera 705 for this years hunting, but glad I kept the Gold Bug.

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