Arkansas river open land, Looking for a spot and the Arkansas river Options

[Goldlane]

Welcome Goldlane!

I know the feeling of Gold fever! So do most of the members here.

If you are a annual or lifetime member (or become one), then you will get invites to areas and claims that can help satisfy the gold cravings.

I will be making invites to my gold claim near Salida probably by April or May (maybe sooner depending on when the snow melts).

If you want to see some pics of the gold from there, you can see them under the catagory "CP's Past Events" under the headline "Club Adventures with Dave S."

If you have the gold bug that bad and are not a paying member, then I strongly recommend that you get an annual membership to fully try out the club for at least a year.

If you come up to the claim I/we can really help you (hands on) to learn more about prospecting, goldpanning, etc...

The gold from my claim is the best gold my brother (Mike S.) and I have found so far. I only staked my claim last September and there was no claim at that spot before.

There are many opportunities in Colorado to find places that have not been mined, or are open to prospecting and mining currently. The info on this site and the knowledge of it's members can be very helpful for ya!

I hope to see ya out in the field this year and witness your gold fever first hand!

Sorry for the wait on my response. So I have been in contact with the county office and blm, and found some areas up there that are open and do not have active claims, so this summer I will be heading up for a trip. Also I wanted to share a little about my panning. I'm in southeast Colorado, on the Arkansas river and have found some very fine gold. This is from about 5 buckets through my stream sluice. This weekend I'm going to build my own high banker and will post pics of it. I think high banking will be the most effective way to get the most gold down here.

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[EMac]

Welcome to the forums, and good luck getting that color! It's warming up, so folks should be gearing up to get out if they're not already.

[Bryan K]

Welcome GoldLane,
There are some very decent spots on the Arkansas River. Still open to the public. I stumbled across a very healthy hot zone this last summer. If you look at my post Arkansas River clean up you will see pictures of my clean up after running my keene 52 for only 3 hours. We were out there two weekends ago, the water is still low, temp not bad and killed it yet again. You have to remember with that particular river the water is displaced differently during the flood season than a smaller stream. Smaller streams have easier pay channels to identify. With a large river like the Arkansas it goes from rapids to flats. The good gold settles on these flats before it even really has a chance to get stuck in a current and wrap a bend. Most of these flats are still very deep. The key is to find a flat that is accessible. Check the backside of large boulders on a flat for starters. Think like gold and test, test, test. If i was heavy. Where would I sink?

[johnnybravo300]

I've only been a few places on the arkansas but it's a nice river to work on and pretty as Colorado rivers go.
I see so many fisherman makes we wish I brought a pole sometimes, especially when the gold ain't biting. The fishermen do well there.

[Crusty]

If i was heavy. Where would I sink?

Some of us don't have to ask "if"