My mining guide should be arriving tomorrow, so I'm excited to see what may be nearby in Ohio or Pennsylvania. I'd love to make another trip out to California, but I'm not sure when I could get out that way again.

They do have gold in Ohio .But no claims for gpaa .As far as anything else I am not sure.

Here is a lot of information some of which I had in archives. Check on all of it before using.

Hope this helps

Walter Eason Claims Administrator, GPAA

 

Information a few years old now but Green Mountain National Forest in VT allowed Gold Panning. The same was true of Smugglers Notch and Camp Plymouth State Parks. White Mountain National Forest, NH also allowed gold panning and sluicing less than 3 foot long. no power or mechanized equipment allowed. New Hampshire also has a dredge permit on file at http://www2.des.state.nh....its_Query.aspx  and it was last updated on 11/9/2016, not sure where it would be used maybe on private or National Forest land.

Main: 38 M.R.S. §§ 480-Q(5)  

(l) Togus Stream in the Town of Chelsea and the Town of Randolph.

Still Looking for Gold in Pennsylvania. Where can it be in Western PA

I have heard of some gold in NY. Be careful, from what I read is that any gold found must be turned in to the state because they own all mineral rights.

I know a guy who find gold in Western PA. Research glacial moraines for PA. The gold should follow the glacial deposits.

We have a state park called Moraine State Park....But I am just not too sure how far south the glaciers traveled with the gold. I guess as long as there is rounded river rocks there is a great chance of finding gold.

HI Leo

It is not just how far they traveled, there were Ice Dams that prevailed when temperatures warmed, cooled, and warmed. This in many cases caused large dames of water behind ice dams which at some point would break and cover as much as several states with a flood of water. This means that the deposits cover more than just where the physical glacial systems were. 

Walter, that is a very interesting point and one I hadn't considered. It certainly makes sense that I would be finding flour gold so far north of the morraines, where I've been digging is maybe only a mile from Lake Ontario.

Jon, If New York state wants the 10 specs of gold I have been able to recover within the state, they can have it, I can't think of any reason the kings law would actually be used to take a small time prospectors gold (unless I found a nugget the size of a basketball). What, if I may ask, did you hear about New York gold? I'll take any information I can get. I have found the names of one or two creeks reading online, but the one i was able to get to I was unable to find any color. I've heard gold has been found as a byproduct from some gravel pits that classify out the sand to sell, but I haven't heard any names that I could go off of.

-Scott

Finding Alluvial Placer deposits is usually not that difficult. Go to the side of the mountain, one with pretty straight walls and look for conglomerates. Those layers of conglomerate rock were formed from washes and pressure. If you are lucky you can find a layer that leads down to an opening that is exposed to a near by water source and I would look there. to start my panning. You can also look for the convergence of multiple washes and sample there, if you find something then you know you have at least one wash that has a deposit.

But the fastest way to find gold in New York is like how other people do it. Go buy a gun, stick it in peoples faces, and tell them to hand over their Jewelry, and then run like hell. Just kidding of course.

I just think about the rock formations in New York and even though you have exposed Bedrock in some locations but the majority of the gold is much further North in Canada, or further South in the Carolinas or Georgia Mountains.

There is an area here in Colorado where you can just walk down the river, find conglomerate boulders and break pieces off and see gold flakes. There are also a few exposed quartz veins but to get permission to dig on those is very costly. Hopefully one day I will find one worth working but for now we just work the rivers.

Don't forget that all your gold you find is not the nice and bright shiny type, the majority is in your Black Sands most of the time, it's just hard work to separate those since they are so fine and covered in sulfites. I have been reading into methods of extracting and cleaning the fine gold from my black sands but these Tellurites are a bear and my experiments to date have produced more yield but not the amount of yields I would expect. Not to mention some of the ideas I have read only are extremely dangerous.

There is a river near by that has very little gold in it itself, but the banks of the river are full of it, problem is we are banned from digging into the banks. I think people still sneak down there at night and dig into the banks to fill up a few buckets of dirt to later work at home, I hate to see good dirt go to waste.

I see alot of bedrock in Central Park in New York City......and much has some really glittery mica I assume. i wonder if they would freak out if people started panning in the park.

Walter....that must have been one crazy sight to see back then when all this was going on.

Have you tried along the lake Ontario shoreline? There is gold in the sands along the south shore of lake Michigan, maybe the other lakes as well. Plenty of isolated shoreline west of Rochester. Might be worth a shot when the lake levels go back down.

I've been prospecting the finger lakes for many years. I find flower gold and often a nice picker. The gold is in almost any Creek or stream in this area. The only way I've had success is through a lot of hard work. The gold lies deep in bedrock cracks so getting it is a challenge but can be done with some simple crevice tools. Bexcuse of the state laws I always put what I find right back. Good luck. Try the Hightower area surrounding Naples.

  Hi all

 I too, am stuck in NY but I've heard of gold up in the nearby states of CN, MN, and VT. Actually the swift river in Maine is quite famous for gold and assorted characters lol . 

Of course you can buy books or check google.... btw warning ! I think it's still WINTER   in Maine until june  

 

Howdy Scott, I realize this is possibly your graduate year ... if so congrats !

As for NY gold , it is here. The outflow of the finger lakes I am told fine , wire , even ribbon gold has been found.

Hope you are still bugged by gold ! It is a great feeling to know you are the first human to see , touch , be aware of any Au that you discover !

Hi All,
This is Steve from Dayton Ohio. I am headed to Horseheads and curious of the name of some gold streams nearby. I pan here locally in the Little Miami, Little Beavercreek and Beavercreek. I find at least one mouse turd in every pan. I am happy to show anyone coming this way where the gold is here. I have been panning for 12 years and never get tired of it. LMK text if necessary 937-620-3565.

Hey Steve,
Im from Western Pa, Little Beaver that runs along the Ohio and Pa state line?