That's a lot for Texas

Great job Mike

Awesome!!!! Great pics.

New found respect for the Llano! Good Job Mike!

Is there anywhere near Dallas I can go to some gold? Llano is a bit far for me to go with out spending a little more time. All of the sites we have nearer to Dallas are mostly fossil or semiprecious stone areas. I would like to break in a gold rush nugget bucket. You know to give it a proper workout. Any suggestions. From John In Dallas

John - You may want to try K-River Campground on the Kiamichi River near Antlers OK. Most of the Kiamichi is private land access. K-River has new owners so I do not know if they still allow access to the river but the previous owner charged a minimal fee like $3 dollars for daily access. Go to KTUL website and search on gold prospecting or Kiamichi River for a video made by the Oklahoma GPAA that was made on the Kiamichi at K-River Campground. Gold is fine with occasional small specs and a rare picker if you dig down deep like 3 feet. Good Luck!

Thank you Gary. I do appreciate the direction. I was hoping for something a little close. I thought GPAA had Mentioned a place about an hour from Dallas last year. Some kind of camping place along a river. I saw pictures of it. It had a real nice gravel bar I wanted to dig into. I just cant remember the name of it. It was a pay to dig site. And welcomed GPAA members. Honestly just wanted to get out somewhere close. Just had an itch running out of time to scratch it. Had a couple of nice warm days with a beautiful blue sky. Thanks every one I have a lot to lear, and need all the help I can get. I think I will brig the bucket to Llano next week if it warms up a bit. wishing you all happy New year, and a whole lot of color in your pan

John - You can prospect in some of the small public streams around Dallas by slucing the limestone gravel or using a metal detector but the gold is beach gold deposited in limestone thousands of years ago when Texas was covered by a sea. The nodules, if unbroken, are something like miniture geodes and may also have some black sand but they are extremely rare. The placer type gold weathered from limestone that were ancient beaches is also very rare although I heard of people finding very small pieces. Also the gold does not appear to be very high quality and is about 50% vs 80% for most placer gold. So basically it is good practice with little or no results. I am only familiar with Collin County where my priority was fossil hunting and other areas around Dallas may be different.

Suggest you contact;
North Texas GPAA, GRANBURY, TX
John Hammons President
john.hammons56@gmail.com
For info on a camping area south of Granbury that has Brazos River Access.

Hi John my name is Robert I also live in Dallas have you tried Treasure Island down by Glen Rose seems to me I've looked around and that seems to be the best place

At Longs Fish Camp on the Llano River you can see all the fools gold gleaming everywhere. I am very much a rookie at this, but I cannot imagine trying to find real gold in a river full of Pyrite.....

treasure island camp ; I haven't been there .