BadgerGold
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THINK THERE'S GOLD IN/AROUND DEVILS LAKE-BARABOO WI? I do
I have been trying to find a good location to prospect here in WI that is not TOO far away (I live in SE wisconsin by Milkwaukee) I have yet to find even a SPECK of gold. I mimicked Tom Massie when he was in Chicago, IL and looked for Lake Michigan beach gold the other day... tons of black sand but no gold, tried plenty of other creeks around here too...
Then the other day, I was looking at the Geological Survey map and one of the LARGEST areas of quartzite in the ENTIRE state of WI is at Devil's Lake state park in Baraboo Wisconsin. There's literally some of the rarest quartz specimens there with the only other specimens like it being in Brazil so I got to thinking, "Maybe there's gold there!?" Now, I was unable to find any substantial rivers/streams around there at least using Google satellite so I may not be able to sluice, but I am definitely gonna take a trip there this summer and do some panning around the lake as well as around all the rocky areas.
Please let me know if you think this spot may hold gold and/or if you live in WI and have panned around there...
Good luck out there!
-BG
I have been trying to find a good location to prospect here in WI that is not TOO far away (I live in SE wisconsin by Milkwaukee) I have yet to find even a SPECK of gold. I mimicked Tom Massie when he was in Chicago, IL and looked for Lake Michigan beach gold the other day... tons of black sand but no gold, tried plenty of other creeks around here too...
Then the other day, I was looking at the Geological Survey map and one of the LARGEST areas of quartzite in the ENTIRE state of WI is at Devil's Lake state park in Baraboo Wisconsin. There's literally some of the rarest quartz specimens there with the only other specimens like it being in Brazil so I got to thinking, "Maybe there's gold there!?" Now, I was unable to find any substantial rivers/streams around there at least using Google satellite so I may not be able to sluice, but I am definitely gonna take a trip there this summer and do some panning around the lake as well as around all the rocky areas.
Please let me know if you think this spot may hold gold and/or if you live in WI and have panned around there...
Good luck out there!
-BG
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