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.

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd

2 жыл бұрын

It is true. The small gold moves with water. Big gold does not move as easy*.

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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)

@terrynewman8070

2 жыл бұрын

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

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!

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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...

Omg a few miles?!? .. your living the dream sir. 😄

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

Excellent! I’ll be up there next month….Heavy pans my friend!!

Nice video, I explore abandoned mines in north Georgia. I think I need to explore some of these mines a little better and look for gold.

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 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.

@kendaugherty3828

6 ай бұрын

What creek is it?

Wow! nice pan! if you are finding that with a pan and classifier, you will find much more with a dredge! Good video! Gave you a sub!

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, how I wish I could use one and not get the $10,000 fine and possible jail..

@MrLachupakabra

2 жыл бұрын

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.

I know where you are! My uncle used to take me there all the time

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!

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.

You have a lot to learn

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 KZreadrs seem to think background music is always needed.

@kendaugherty3828

6 ай бұрын

The music is cheesey!

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.

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got some secret spots right where you guys are!!! We all ought to hollar at each other!!!

@SuperDawgFan1

2 жыл бұрын

sixes mine, Canton, go to the same creek he is in and it is public.

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?

@HighPassGuy

5 жыл бұрын

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!

Not everyone out here in the west is laughing nice job with the AU

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Do you know if we can use a portable sluice box in Cherokee County ?

@HighPassGuy

Жыл бұрын

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.

@forcedinduction5245

Жыл бұрын

@@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'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?

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@spencerhearn6152

2 жыл бұрын

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 💪

I know exactly where this is lol. I used to go camping here with some buddy’s

@sethgeorge4273

3 жыл бұрын

@Marco Hinderson me neither, that would just be rude 😂 I’ve never been, but I’d like to go try it sometime soon

@thegeorgiacreekwalker491

3 жыл бұрын

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

I know exactly where you’re at 💯👍

@blueberrtae2858

5 жыл бұрын

Where is that I was near by but couldn't find it

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 :)

@umusamircookingandbeautych4708

3 жыл бұрын

Can u tell me also I wanna come also please

@williamswilliams8164

3 жыл бұрын

Blankets crrek

I've been there many times, but I won't mention it by name. It has been hit hard enough. I have done a few videos there myself. Thanks for posting!

@thegeorgiacreekwalker491

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's been panned like crazy

@mitchdickson254

3 жыл бұрын

@@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!!

That's more gold I've seen than from other u tubers.

@HighPassGuy

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Use a small neodymium magnet. They are stronger

You need to get a desert fox gold wheel and a blue bole and when you use your magnet make sure you're concentrats are dry good luck

I live in Dacula, would love to do learn gold panning with my son....

@HighPassGuy

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@kurtdiegel7430

5 жыл бұрын

There is gold in Gwinnett kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4qAlZednsqefrA.html

Was this filmed in the 90s?

Try a Blue Bowl or Gold Cube.

Osio!... I subscribe from the Eldorado California

what band is playing in the background?

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

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!

better than I did

Needing a place to take my dredge... I’m near Canton.

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Do you need a permit to pan in Georgia? And if so , what kind of fees?

@reaj2010

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need a permit for panning in georgia but there is some land you can't do it on. Like state parks or private property without permission

@reaj2010

2 жыл бұрын

And there is some land you need a hunting or fishing license to be on at all

Take wooden off bells ferry Rd. Turn into lemon st. Dead end park... Your 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

@HighPassGuy

3 жыл бұрын

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".

From the famous words of Jeff Williams " and yeah your gunna get wet"

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

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!".

You need a 2 inch mini dredge. Is it legal there?

@HighPassGuy

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@owljones3389

3 жыл бұрын

@@HighPassGuy Are you sure panning on Corps property is legal?

@HighPassGuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@owljones3389 100% positive. Pan and shovel only and no digging into the bank.

use a pry bar and break up that bed rock at that waterfall

Mini clean up sluice blue bowl.

Hey buddy do you know where I can pan for gold in ga with my son without asking permissions

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@coolclide7672

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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?

Don't pan in a circle either side to side or front and back....

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Try putting a coffee filter over your magnet!

@blindsidets

6 ай бұрын

Now that is genius

He needs to watch more videos, I'd rate his ability a 3/10 overall.

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your judgement that I completely asked for.

No secret about that place I know where it is !!!

Super duper secretive lot of secrets?

WOW! I prospected that area years ago. Crazy to see the tree that has fallen and backed up the water where the crossing is. Whatever you do don’t dig in the bank- they will get yer ass!!!

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I know it!! A few weeks after I filmed this, we had a ton of rain and that log let go and a HUGE wave came crashing down the creek as I was panning. I barely got out of the way in time. It was like one of those crazy Utah canyon flash floods. It kicked up a bunch of gold!

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd

2 жыл бұрын

Patrick Dortch that’s wild! I can only imagine how picked clean the bedrock is now where the water starts to fall. Last time I was there the bedrock was so clean you could eat off it.

@HighPassGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd Really have to work for it now but there are several pockets buried deep.. You're gonna get wet. I pulled 3 grams out over a couple weeks off/on work last year. I worked an entire corner then reclaimed it by tossing all the boulders back in.. It took one week and a good rain to make it look like I had never been there.

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd

2 жыл бұрын

Patrick Dortch yah- it’s crazy how much power water REALLY has! So cool man. Thanks for brining me back. I graduated from Cherokee high and grew up in Cherokee county. We had a 209 acre horse farm behind the Walmart shopping center at hwy5 and 92. Use to ride my horse to the Dairy Queen lol Ride in the 4th parade every year. Now the farm is gone and developed. So fkn sad. We need to go prospecting together!!!

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd

2 жыл бұрын

Patrick Dortch listen I want to help. Buy a production pan and leave the classifier at home! Takes way way to much time to classify. A production pan will allow you to run a 5 gal bucket in under 5 minutes. Well worth the investment! Bring yer bucket and dump the black sands/ small shit out and take it home to pan down. Keep ALL black sands and get some mercury. THERE US A REASON THE OLD TIMERS USED COPPER SLICKPLATES COVERED IN MERCURY!!! Ga gold is so fine you can’t see most of it!!!!

🧐

Owl

Can you cash in gold you find in georgia?

@HighPassGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can.. There's just not that much of it..

@hoyt7710

3 жыл бұрын

@@HighPassGuy Ok. Thanks.

I though about Georgia panning. I keep getting the no color in Ohio.

Better with no music

college fund here I come

I know where this location is it’s not a secret location.

@HighPassGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Well, not "secret" secret...

Too far to ride my bike

Can anybody tell me the location so I can put it in my GPS?

Do not like bad sound in the background.

I think its pretty selfish people wont say where it is , the greed of people lol

@owljones3389

3 жыл бұрын

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."

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.