Please Help, Searching for Uwharrie Gold and Artifacts

[t120tr6r]

Hi, My name is Shane and I and taking The wife and little girl camping in the Uwharrie this weekend. I need help finding a good place to sluice, pan, camp maybe even find an arrowhead or artifact. I have been reasearching like crazy but there isnt a lot of info about eastern gold. I have been hunting for gold at the Low Water Bridge several times and always found color, but I would like to find a smaller stream where we can set up camp. It must be inside the park of coarse so I was thinking somewhere along Horsepen Creek or maybe Moccasin creek. I would appreciate any suggestions. My little girl has her heart set on finding an arrow point. She searches every rock pile, even at the home depot! If anyone could suggest a good place to look we would be very grateful. Thank you in advance and the best of luck to you all.

 

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[t120tr6r]

Thank you very much, I will check out both places. The one by 718 looks good. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks again.

 

[AU Seeker]

Be careful if you find any artifacts, I think it is against the rules and regulations to keep or hunt for any artifacts in the Uwharrie N. F., I believe that you're suppose to turn in any artifacts to the Ranger's Station, make a call before going to the Ranger's Station just so you will know for sure, I know that you CANNOT use a metal detector in the Uwharrie because of the artifacts that may be found using one, if any Ranger see you with a detector you will receive a citation and possibly have the detector confiscated, it is OK to have one in your car but don't take it out for any reason.

I just wanted you to be careful and not pull out an artifact in front of a Ranger without knowing if it was legal.

I've only been to Uwharrie a couple of times and didn't get to do any prospecting, but I was told by a few friends that Moccasin Creek had some color to be found.

Good luck and have a great time!!

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[Astrobouncer]

Try this link, it talks about that place in detail, listing mines and such.

http://49ermike.com/montgomery_nc.shtml

Also this one talks about artifacts.

http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/public/ecoaddress/riverbasins/yadkin.150dpi.pdf

More info about the mining:

http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/F08.mining.for.mystery.in.the.uwharries.pdf

Heres a video I found that might be from Uwharrie. I dont know if it is for sure, but it came up on my search.

http://www.golddredgervideo.com/prospecting/newyearsevesluceinghi.wmv

 

[SCBUZZ]

If you look through the forums here there are other posts on this topic from days gone by . You can get more info from them as well. GL and have fun.

 

[t120tr6r]

Wow, Thank you all for the info. I printed it all so we can read it on the way. We are off to the woods, Ill let you all know how it goes. Thanks again.