Cedarville California??

[MXT SNIPER]

I was wondering if there is any decent nugget detecting up around Cedarville Calif? I have a friend that may be moving up there to a ranch the family owns. I know the trout fishing is very decent there. And I think there are a couple ghost towns east of there a ways.

 

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[arizau]

Not too far North of there is Lake City and there are some lode claims near there according to Land Matters Maps. If there are old mine dumps and maybe camps on unclaimed land in that area they might be worth checking out for relics (follow the law) or maybe gold in the waste. There are also some claims SE of there in Nevada. Check LandMatters for them too.

Good luck.

 

[beekbuster]

good duck hunting and lots of geodes. arrowheads along the shore of the 'lake'. monster bucks too. there are lots of quartz mines, but not sure about gold

 

[MXT SNIPER]

Thanks for the info, pretty much what I already knew about the area. Trout fishing and ghost town coin hunting for me.

 

[Nevada Prospector]

Hey Sniper,
I'm from Cedarville, grew up there. I'm in Oregon now. Don't know of any gold in the Valley or the East side of the Warner Mtns. There is the old story about the Lost Holden Dick gold high in the South Warner Mountains but I don't know of anyone that's found it. I think that the closest gold is in Nevada. The Hog Ranch Gold mine (on the back road to Gerlach) by way of Long Valley, NV was micron gold and leach ponds. You couldn't find anything that small with a detector. I don't think that Modoc County is the place to find gold with a detector. --Jack

 

[huntsman53]

Below is a link with information and a map with the historic Gold mines in California. Your friend will have to do some research on where nice (larger) Gold was found and make sure that any location he goes to, is open to metal detecting and not claimed.

How the California gold rush began (and where it is today) ? Orange County Register


Frank