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As Seen On TV EASTERN GOLD PROSPECTING AND PANNING MAP SET Christmas gift. To read more about gold prospecting, gold history and counties in which gold has been found in each state click on the blue underlined words "CLICK HERE", as shown below. North Carolina Gold Prospecting, Gold Panning, Treasure Hunting and Rockhounding. NORTH CAROLINA Gold Prospecting Map- 300 gold sites - Three hundred North Carolina gold mines and prospecting sites are shown in 34 counties. A 17 pound gold nugget was found in 1799 by a 12 year old boy, Conrad Reed, in a creek on the Reed farm in North Carolina. The nugget was used as a doorstop for three years. You will enjoy visiting the Reed Gold Mine, the nation’s first, at Stanfield. It has gold displays, equipment, a film, gold panning and tours of the gold mine (704-721-4653). Also, see the North Carolina Minerals Museum at Spruce Pine and the Colburn Gem and Mineral Museum at Asheville. There are extensive national forests in North Carolina with beautiful streams
where you may pan for gold. The national forests are shown on your gold map.
Some other gold nuggets found in North Carolina were: 28 pounds, 25 pounds and 15 pounds. South Carolina Gold Prospecting, Gold Panning, Treasure Hunting and Rockhounding. There are gold mines and prospecting and panning sites near Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson, McCormick, Newberry, Greenwood, Camden, York, Rock Hill, Lancaster and Pageland. Treasure hunters using metal detectors like to "gold nugget shoot" in the gold
areas and "coin shoot" at the rural schools and churches shown on the
prospecting and panning maps. Visit
the Dahlonega Gold Museum. It has displays of Georgia gold nuggets and gold
coins minted at Dahlonega, plus a film and lectures about Georgia gold (706-864-2257). The Consolidated Gold Mine at Dahlonega
is open to visitors and gold panning may be done there. You
will also enjoy panning for gold and gemstones at "Gold 'n Gem Grubbin"
at Cleveland, Georgia. To request the set of gold maps of the Eastern States (Maps of NC, SC, GA, VA, AL), please go to the "Requesting Gold Maps" link, below. Gold Mining in: Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama California The next page is California Gold. [ HOME PAGE ] [ GOLD PROSPECTING ] [ GOLD PANNING ] [ EASTERN GOLD ] Tell a friend (Please try it. Send this page to yourself.) Copyright © MCMXCVI, MM, MMI, MMII, MMIII, MMIV, MMV, MMVI, MMVIII, MMVIIII Big Ten, Inc. All rights reserved. |