One of the things I learned from the man that taught me to pan. He has been panning that area for over 40 years. He is head of the Woodstock gold panning club. He always said the old timers always told him the farther you are away from the lake the bigger the gold is. And I have found this to be true.
I heard that from an old timer on THIS creek as well. I can confirm true. It's just.... I cannot help but think there's some big chunks out in the creekbed where the lake is for most of the year. (This lake drains down every Dec-Feb)
Why don't you try getting a blue bowl for that really fine stuff Tammy Ray sells them up to Chris and gold mine and I'll tell you the truth it will help you on panning out that really fine flower gold that you're working with
Thanks for posting. Please can the background music, though. The stream is music enough. Your talking, the noise from the stream, and the background music, makes for a very poor audio. That music was horrible, as well. I don’t know why so many RU-vidrs seem to think background music is always needed.
What a surprise to find your video in my feed. I grew up around Sixes, before Bridgemill and all the development in the area. I can remember when Sixes Road was so narrow, tree limbs would cross over it making like a tunnel of sorts in some places. I used to notice tailings along the banks of Downing Creek when I'd go hiking to the lake. I knew there was gold mining back in the day, just thought it was all gone. I now live in the Sierra Nevada near the Sierra Buttes where the largest gold nugget in the US was discovered called the "Monumental" nugget which weighed in at 106 lbs! Wouldn't that be a nice find in your backyard panning excursions!
Most of it's still here in some form or fashon. I went down to Sixes Creek (mine) last weekend and there's still tons of evidence.. Tailings piles, pits, etc...
everyone has their own way to pan, but I think you can be more sure that the gold is at the bottom from the first few shakes. Even small flakes are heavier than the sand and dirt and rocks. Put some gold into different stuff that you usually pan and practice with it - and you'll find that alot of that shaking is unnecessary.
I know that creek. Follow it up to where I built a house on the 70s. House is cedar I owned the water fall on that creek. Used to pan there. Lots of quartz with gold on it on the property.
It's not a County regulation. This is a Corps of Engineers thing.... On PRIVATE property in the county you can use whatever you want. I am unsure about parks, etc but would think sluice box is OK but I wouldn't bring out a 3" dredge and start working, lol! You can NOT use anything but shovel and pan in close proximity to Allatoona and specifically on Corps of Engineers property.
@@HighPassGuy yes that is what I meant on core property. I know that on private property we can do what we want, I have panned that same spot. I have a few other questions about prospecting. Can you tell me who or what part of government.i need to ask?
I'm heading to the area for vacation soon so I watched your video for an idea of what is in the area, I might recommend a drop of jetdry to break surface tension of the water I have noticed even being heavy gold can float when it's tiny. as far as easier ways you seem pretty handy there are cheap effective thinks you can build to make separating a lot easier.
I've just started my gold journey, living in Northeast Georgia near Dahlonega. I enjoy your content and maybe I'll see you in a creek or on the airwaves. ~ N4YT
Every creek we have tried near there as yielded some color, even a few pickers now and then, try to get in some creeks just south of there it’s gets better!
Great video. I live in Woodstock. Took my six year old son panning yesterday in Helen. We paid $12 for a small bucket and found 10 picker pieces of gold. Would love for us to start getting into panning. Didn't know you could pan so close to home.
You're in the middle of it!! Try Blankets Creek. It's a popular spot. Park at the Mountain Bike trails and hike down to the creek and start panning! Downing Creek is another easy spot to take the kids.
I lived in Cherokee County my whole life and I know exactly where he is, grew up there exploring for decades and found my first Arrowhead not far away from there and found many more right where he's at, I've never gold panned but I am for the first time tomorrow in Cherokee County, found a huge blue clay deposit not far from there, I gotta video of it if y'all care to watch, It's called "I found a Motherlode of Blue Gold, GL&HH
Thanks for the comment! Everyone pans differently and I always have a ton of fines in my pans so I feel pretty good about my technique. When I get down to the last bit, it's always front to back.
I've been in the area panning for some time now too and found some decent gold. I'm still fairly new at prospecting but do u have issues in that area trying to get parking or u just walk the few miles to it?
There are 3 (if people park right) spots at this one. I've never had any problem squeezing in and that's only been a couple of times. It's usually just me as I usually go when its colder. Poison Ivy and bugs suck. This place is a 10 minute walk from the car if that. At other places, I'll hike in as far as an hour for that hidden good gold that no one else wants to make the hike for :)
That is awsome. If your ok with it I'd love to go there sometime to see what it's like....maybe learn some stuff if you have ideas. U can keep all the gold found but knowledge and information learned from someone else goes along way in my mind. If ur not game it's ok ...keep up the vids about gold prospecting 💪
The Gold-Claw Pans by Klint Washburn are upwards of 45 times faster than these now outdated Circular ones. I won't use anything else as it'll just waste my precious time.
I've been looking at those. I think they'd work great when I get into all the dang clay around here.. ..so you're happy with yours? Do you pan in GA or where there's mostly flour gold?
It's funny how one can pan on Army Corp property on Alatoona but not Lanier. Did you check your magnetic black sands to see if any gold was trapped in that also?
I leave the creek with a LOT of black sand. I don't clean-up too much onsite, it wastes too much time. If I see gold in the pan, the whole lot goes in the snuffer bottle. I do a slow thorough cleanup at home with Jet-Dri in the water. LOTS of fine gold!
Corps of Engineers property all around Lake Alatoona is one place.. Sixes mine in Bridgemill neighborhood. Downing creek (Park at Barnett Park and walk to creek). Lots of places. Research old gold bearing properties in GA and see what's still in a WMA, national forest, or other public land.
@@HighPassGuy thank you so much Patrick I have been finding gold in cobblestone rocks but I also what to find some good gold like what you have found. May god bless you with prosperity and health
@@coolclide7672 You're probably finding mica in cobblestone rocks. It's a common mis-identification. I'm not saying it's not pretty :) ..but it's probably not gold. Free mill gold in GA is quite rare to still find in rocks. I'd be happy to connect with you on a gold creek one day and show you some things.
Lord Styrofoam.. It's listed along with the website in the intro to the video.. www.lordstyrofoam.com and you can also find him on Soundcloud. We used to have an all-original band that got some airplay in Atlanta back in the late 90's, Deep Sea Swimmers.. Best songwriter I've ever worked with and a great friend!
I've had some pretty good days on that creek. These days, it's about tapped out. Have you checked out Dan Hurd Prospecting? He's got a great channel and is based in BC.. They find a LOT more gold up there.
@@blueberrtae2858 Sorry, not completely giving away my favorite spot! I had to work hard to find it. If you want it bad enough, I dropped enough clues in the video :)
Absolutely not. It's a $1k fine and they take your stuff. Gold panning in the south is but a hobby.. There's a few places that are private land but 99% is State, County, City or COE property where anything but pan and shovel are prohibited.
I know of nowhere in GA where that is legal except for private land. The fine for doing that on public land is $10k and they take all your gear. Look into the GPAA claims in GA, I see several videos where people do that on their property when they are members. Nowhere I go is this legal :( I kind of wish it was.. but then, if it was, there may be no gold left for anyone to find.
@@thegeorgiacreekwalker491 That panning makes no difference at all! There is so much fine gold there it is inexhaustable!! Take a look at his cleanup. See all that tiny black sand with the flake gold washed down off of it. We that is all gold as well, just super tiny! Most panners will throw that back. Your not going to run out of gold!! You just have to find out how to catch what you can't see!! 85% of gold is not visible to 20-20 vision. A dredge, sluice, or highbanker would be totally useless there. They absolutely will not catch that gold! It's too little for them. They only catch the 12% that is large enough to be visible. They won't even touch that stuff!!! But a good prospector could make 10 grams a day there perpetually!!! 20 more could as well!!! Fact: Not too far from there at the Briar Patch mine on the Etowah, the sand in the river, with an amalgum essay, figures 6 ounces to the ton!!! For river sand!!! That is 6 ounces for 70 #2 shovels of gravel!!! That creek would be just as good ;) And it all will fall through a100 mesh screen!!
shovel and pan, technically, that's all GA allows in public waters. Even a bucket and classifier can get you in trouble if someone is having a bad day.
Indeed! I want one of his shirts that say that so bad.. Him and Dan Hurd are big influences of mine. My 3 yr old frequently says "C'mon, let's goooo!".
There's a bit of a small gold belt up that way but Corps of Engineer jerks won't let you pan around Lanier.. No idea why. Crisson Gold Mine is a good commercial place. ..or search Allatoona Gold Panning on Google and you'll find directions to most of the popular gold creeks around here.
I go prospecting here in the motherlode of no. calif. I'm not laughing at your take, there are trips when i come home with no gold. it's the enjoyment of getting out in nature away from the "honey do's" lol. God bless
I'm quite envious of y'all out there. There are mines and areas left here with a ton of gold still in them... Seems like everyone just picked up and left.. Yeah, they went out west where there was actually a decent quantity of gold to be had! Lol! ...but you are right, it's all about getting out and enjoying nature and avoiding the "honey do's".
No offense but just pan it right. You don’t need magnets and all that. Just pan it like a man….leave a little bit of black sand as a separation line. Too much junk left in your pan.
So, you can't see why telling the internet about a place to pan for gold is a bad idea. It's not selfish - it's called "wanting to find a spot to pan the next time you go."
