Gold panning near Newhall, CA or Santa Clarita, CA??

[CAdventures]

Does anyone have information on active family/couple friendly gold panning sites near to Newhall, CA. All potentially helpful details about this topic are welcomed. Thanks

 

[rodoconnor]

There are some spots right there in S.C. area. Mostly a guarded secret. Almost all drainages of the San Gabriels have gold, some more than others. Talk to Pat Keene @ Keene eng. in Nothridge. He can line you out. There is a club that has outings on the East Fork of the San Gabriel. Good luck

 

[mytimetoshine]

There is a cache of gold buried under the Costco in Santa Clarita

 

[rodoconnor]

There is a cache of gold buried under the Costco in Santa Clarita

Is this the safe from San Francisco Cny Flood?

 

[Seden]

Be sure to stay out of the San Francisquito Canyon Creek as they will cite you for just panning. A good example was a couple guy's that were caught panning under the bridge after the 2005 flood which washed away a good stretch of the road. I think these guy's were counting on that and figured they had the place all to themselves till the USFS showed up. Their fine was somewhere north of 1K according to one person I spoke with who lived above the Canyon back then. Also there is NO gold left in Bouquet Canyon Creek above Coarsegold Road. I KNOW the guy who's dad owns the property that has the small creek that fed the gold from the property into Bouquet. We dug down over a foot in that small creek on his property and didn't get a thing. Now before the Great Depression........

 

[rodoconnor]

I have a friend that had claims in San Fran. from the '40's to the 60's until the F.S. decided to take them. Extremely good claims.

 

[Hoser John]

YAHOO Randy chimed in. Great knowledge on SC and all brands of equipment-kudos-John

 

[zxtuner4lyfe]

Be sure to stay out of the San Francisquito Canyon Creek as they will cite you for just panning. A good example was a couple guy's that were caught panning under the bridge after the 2005 flood which washed away a good stretch of the road. I think these guy's were counting on that and figured they had the place all to themselves till the USFS showed up. Their fine was somewhere north of 1K according to one person I spoke with who lived above the Canyon back then. Also there is NO gold left in Bouquet Canyon Creek above Coarsegold Road. I KNOW the guy who's dad owns the property that has the small creek that fed the gold from the property into Bouquet. We dug down over a foot in that small creek on his property and didn't get a thing. Now before the Great Depression........

I find that very hard to believe the old timers got all the gold on coarsegold

 

[xracer550]

When I was doing construction work for the new houses off Golden Valley & Via Princessa all work was stopped for 2 weeks when the geologist found Gold in one of our plumbing ditches , We were just 1 canyon northeast of Placerita Canyon ( Oak of the Golden dream ) the gravel there had alot of fossil clams in it and taste like salt , Another place I won't tell where is the Gold Bowl , Lot's of gold but you can't do anything there except Hike & take pictures .

 

[zxtuner4lyfe]

When I was doing construction work for the new houses off Golden Valley & Via Princessa all work was stopped for 2 weeks when the geologist found Gold in one of our plumbing ditches , We were just 1 canyon northeast of Placerita Canyon ( Oak of the Golden dream ) the gravel there had alot of fossil clams in it and taste like salt , Another place I won't tell where is the Gold Bowl , Lot's of gold but you can't do anything there except Hike & take pictures .

Hell yeah that is too cool. We all know where the gold bowl is but it surrounded by private property so that is a no. I found gold yesterday in my sampling of bouquet but got my bags mixed up so ill have to go again. There is definitely still gold out here in scv. Just not much and its a boatload of work for no profitable gain. But it sure is fun to see some shiny after a long hike!

 

[DizzyDigger]

Hell yeah that is too cool. We all know where the gold bowl is but it surrounded by private property so that is a no.

In my teens a buddy and I used to sneak into a reservoir that was surrounded by
homes...fancy ones, too. Problem was that reservoir was full of some damn big
bass, and we just couldn't pass it up.

He finally got busted there by the local PD (and their helicopter), and had to pick
up garbage for a day to pay for his sins..

 

[zxtuner4lyfe]

In my teens a buddy and I used to sneak into a reservoir that was surrounded by
homes...fancy ones, too. Problem was that reservoir was full of some damn big
bass, and we just couldn't pass it up.

He finally got busted there by the local PD (and their helicopter), and had to pick
up garbage for a day to pay for his sins..

totally worth it. At this point, if it doesnt hurt anyone, then screw closed areas, ill go where I please. for the fish or the gold!

 

[DizzyDigger]

totally worth it. At this point, if it doesnt hurt anyone, then screw closed areas, ill go where I please. for the fish or the gold!

So long as you're not poaching someone else's claim, and understand the risks,
then go for it!