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[B|lker]

I visit Uwharrie National forest every year on the 4th for some quality gold panning.

Unfortunately all i managed as far as gold goes is this photo of the owner of a family panning location recovering the gold from the troughs the kids had been splashing around in.

I still have 1 and 1/2- 5 gal buckets of sand purchased there to go through so i`m keeping my hopes high.

I did spend 4 hours panning in one creek with nothing but 2 pieces of buck shot and nail to show for it.

When i arrived at the trailer i was staying at, i decided to go for a walk in the woods where i had found an arrowhead in 2006 and along with the other minerals just laying on top of the ground there it was my second arrowhead, so i decided to do some research on its origin and found out it`s quite old and from the the Town Creek Indians. MY OLDEST FINDS YET AND I LOVE THEM.
The arrowhead on the left is from 2006 visit the one on the right is from this year.

/Happy Independence Day/ All

The Town Creek Indian Mound, situated in Montgomery County on the Little River, was used as a ceremonial and political center as well as habitation site around 1200 A.D. The Creek Indian inhabitants represented a new cultural tradition in the area, which archaeologists named “Pee Dee” because of its location in the Pee Dee River Valley.

From what ive read the british ran the Indians out of the area and on to Oklahoma in the 1800`s for the gold.

 

[Roger Mn.]

Thanks for the story and the pics.It must have been fun.

 

[ModernMiner]

Bill,
Thanks for the great post & pictures. I always wondered about that "Pee Dee" name.
That gold panning is a tough gig, but a lot of fun. Maybe you'll find a nugget or two in the buckets that you still need to go through.
-Doug-