Panning and gold detecting in fremont???, Was looking for a good place this weekend? Options

[Troy#1]

Hello everyone Iam new to this forum and gold prospecting in general but just bought a bunch of gear and live in canon city CO, was looking for a little help in the search of ether a good ghost town for my new ATgold or a good sluice area for this time year for my new Keene A52? Plan on joining the CP yearly once I recover from the 1300 spent on gear! Thanks in advance really like reading some of these posts.

[Woody]

Hi Troy,

The spot Caveman mentioned, “Point Bar”, will be the closest to your location. Good thing that you have that there because the next known gold producing location will be considerably further. There is gold up around Cripple Creek but it is limited to only a few drainages and is pretty much all claimed or being mined. There will be a fair amount of people at the Point Bar site every weekend as it is a well visited public spot. It’s a ways up the road from Cotopaxi, say 15/20 miles or so, and is kind of squirrelly getting in to. It is located near Wellsville but you have to go past the town, cross the river, and then back down CO Rd 7 a few miles to get to the site. Check your favorite internet map site prior to heading up there for best reference. Anyway, there should be someone up there that will help you get started and show you if you are doing it right or not.

Kudos to Caveman for posting that reg on Point Bar. I haven’t been up there in 20 years or so but did not know it was seasonal.

[Caveman]

Kudos to Caveman for posting that reg on Point Bar. I haven’t been up there in 20 years or so but did not know it was seasonal.

Thanks Woody! Paydirt is not the only thing you have to dig when you get into this....