Dahlonega, GA - Chestatee River - 31 Oct 10 Last Video

About noon, and time to show you my diggins, gold found and last view of the Chestatee River, before my 3 hr drive back home. What fun prospecting!

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Sports

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• gold
• prospecting
• panning
• sluice
• dredge
• Georgia

[C0017A]

Ryanhenderson81,

Since you are not in a Congressionally designated Wilderness area, I can't see why removing material or concentrates to further process at home is a problem. What's a couple buckets of sand/gravel? What about mud on your boots, sand on your tools or water soaked into your clothes? As to going past the bridge, no idea. I try to stay on public lands/propertry with legal access. Maybe someone more familiar with that local area can chime in...

Randy C-17A

[C0017A]

Thanks for sharing! Good for all to know the local info....

Randy "C-17A"

[C0017A]

I live 3 1/2 hours away, and don't get up to the Dahlonega, GA, area but once or twice a year... THis portion of the Chestatee River is only about 3 miles South of Dahlonega, GA, on Hwy 19, at the public access area.

Chestateegold, can you help answer Princerasta1982's question about river flow levels?

Thanks, Randy C-17A triple w (dot) goldadventures (dot) biz

[C0017A]

Justmy10 cents,

Thanks for looking. That hard packed gravel on the bedrock was incredibly hard to break apart to hand pan out. Hard fun............in my outdoor gym!

Randy  C-17A

[ryanhenderson81]

I went there last year and filled up two 5 gallon buckets to take back to Florida to pan, and yes it's very back breaking to get past that bed rock! My question is .. Am I allowed to take dirt like I did , and how do I get a perment to go past the bridge?

[bigjimbob87]

they allow dredge . you can go past the bridge though

with a permit

[T2U2]

I live here in Dahlonega. Every river every stream every place where water flows around this area 5 or 6 miles from town center you WILL find gold or gold flake. Its very hard work, back breaking really. You need some big tools to really get something worth while even at 1600/oz as most gold buyers want more than a few flakes. It has to be smelted down. Good thing is gold here is THE purest in the world.

[wildirishman21]

Very good job! You are amazing, it's awesome how far you go!

[chestateegold]

@princerasta1982

its pretty low right now, about 1.5 feet. in october it was a little less, but not much. and yes, its in dahlonega

if you would like further info on the river height, just go to google and type in "chestatee river height" and its the first link. you can see the river height history over the past 4 months.

[princerasta1982]

im in jacksonville florida right now(Jan 11). do you know if the river is low like it was in october? how high will it get in feb and is that in dahlonega?

[chestateegold]

looks good to me. i like your choice in prospecting location too :)