relichunters
Bronze Member
- #1
Thread Owner
Gold hunt in a river in Central Virginia (Louisa). Normal amount pulled out daily is flakes to marble size nuggets. Tredging machines would help. I recommend wearing waterproof boots as the some of the water has iron base in it. There is a natural spring down river.
March 28th Meet at 9am Leave at 9:30am Arrive at 10am, return around 5:00 pm.
Box lunches with drinks will be provided, also 2 rolls of toilet paper just in case, being as you will be about 3 miles from any bathroom.
Meeting Place: Pantops Shopping Center halfway between Subway and Hallmark (there is little to no vehicles there). To those coming I will provide directions and my cell phone number in a PM in case you are running late or get lost.
This river also produces various gemstones as well, so if you have no interest for gold, there is a half dozen gemstones worth some money. The river and bank is 100% county public property, however the woods is private property. Most places there is a fence anyways. But we will be parking on county public property in one of two parking areas at a bridge.
Added Bonus: There is two Large mine sites on location, they are long forgotten and not blocked off, you are allowed to check it out, it's in the middle of the woods very close to where we park. The original cables and all still exist, I detected like 3 signals and got a large raw chunk of Iron Ore and some mining tools. The mine entrance has fallen mostly, so you won't be able to get inside, but you can go into the pit of it. Bring your cameras it's worth a photo.
Rain/Bad Weather: If the weather is going to be bad, or too cold to go, I will notify everyone within 5 days of the event.
What to bring: Bring yourself, a detector, some friends or family, gold panning supplies if you have some.
March 28th Meet at 9am Leave at 9:30am Arrive at 10am, return around 5:00 pm.
Box lunches with drinks will be provided, also 2 rolls of toilet paper just in case, being as you will be about 3 miles from any bathroom.
Meeting Place: Pantops Shopping Center halfway between Subway and Hallmark (there is little to no vehicles there). To those coming I will provide directions and my cell phone number in a PM in case you are running late or get lost.
This river also produces various gemstones as well, so if you have no interest for gold, there is a half dozen gemstones worth some money. The river and bank is 100% county public property, however the woods is private property. Most places there is a fence anyways. But we will be parking on county public property in one of two parking areas at a bridge.
Added Bonus: There is two Large mine sites on location, they are long forgotten and not blocked off, you are allowed to check it out, it's in the middle of the woods very close to where we park. The original cables and all still exist, I detected like 3 signals and got a large raw chunk of Iron Ore and some mining tools. The mine entrance has fallen mostly, so you won't be able to get inside, but you can go into the pit of it. Bring your cameras it's worth a photo.
Rain/Bad Weather: If the weather is going to be bad, or too cold to go, I will notify everyone within 5 days of the event.
What to bring: Bring yourself, a detector, some friends or family, gold panning supplies if you have some.
