Any New England prospectors?

[bigbore442001]

I was wondering if anyone goes north to the White Mountains in New Hampshire or the western hills in Maine for gold. I have been fooling around but never found any color.

I like to go during the summer time when camping out in the White Mountains. Being a national forest, they only allow panning. No sluices or dredges. So that complicates the matter.

So. Anyone else hit New England?

[Daveinthebush]

I know that in Upstate NY from Old Forge east to the Vermont border there are prospecting sites avaibable.  

In NH you can try along the Ammonoosuc river, Tunnel Brooke, Northern Coos County.

Carrol County: Ellis River near Jackson, Swift river near Conway.

Cheshire County: Indian Stream, Perry near Pittsburb, Dead Diamond and Swift Diamond between Errol and Dixsville.

Also in Grafton and Sullivan.

White Mountain National Forest and Mead Oxford Corporation Lands.  Mead allows up to a 4" dredge to be used last I knew.

[bigbore442001]

I'll have to look at the Mead Lands. I never thought of that situation. I have panned Tunnel Brook as well as parts of teh Ammonoosuc to no avail. I guess I'll have to do some looking around.

[Daveinthebush]

Remember that an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by another force.  In other words, the gold is going to go in a straight line unless it hits an inside bend, falls behind a riffle (like a rock), a waterfall, an outside bend or a some other force.  Try behind rocks.  Also look for bedrock, especially cracks that act like riffles.  trees freshly fallen by natural errosion you can try the roots. They sometimes grab a lot of gold.

Also search the internet for active areas in the past.  The hard part is not knowing where the river is today, but where was the bed 14,000 years ago when the gold was deposited.  One of the largest, recent discoveries in Canada  was such.

Good luck.