Gold in Ma. help ?

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Gold in Ma. help ?

This gold was found in the concentrates from 5 / 5 gal buckets of mat. run through my homemade sluice screened to 20 mesh.
lots of black sand removed at the head of the sluice with magnet. I spoke to a professor of geology from Greenfield collage who said I had the right idea as where to look and it was pretty. He also said he wouldn't say anything cause prospecting was against the law in Ma. Is this true? Some of the gold is so fine it looked like specs of sun in the pan. Pic's of my sluice and the gold. Should I keep my mouth shut and keep going or stop. I don't need trouble with the law? What do you guy's think? Any input appreciated thanks HH
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Re: Gold in Ma. help ?

I am no apologist for the People's Kommonwealth of Massachusetts, having been born there and lived there for the first 28 years of my life. I don't think there are any laws against prospecting in Massachusetts. This is through no benign intentions on the part of the Massachusetts General Court. I believe it is, rather, that no one east of Worcester believes there is any gold in the streams of Massachusetts. Believe me, if they thought there was, they would tax it, outlaw it, or both.

 

[ctjonb]

hey guys actually unless the person i emailed is unknowing, no we cannot here is a copy and paste of his reply,
however I am not sure if this applies to private land, I just got into it, at end of last year so if anyone else has any info please share with me so I don't get into trouble either far as I know ct pans only , vt and nh u need to get permits.
25 for res and 50 for non res ? in both states. Go figure that one out ?
there gonna charge you to play in the dirt lol that's too funny

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Good Morning,

Thank you for contacting DCR. These activities are not permitted in DCR Parks or Properties. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact DCR with any future questions or concerns.

Have a good afternoon,

Bill Hickey
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[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I have been trying to find what the law is in Mass, I wrote an email to the DCR asking about "hobby rock collecting" since if you cannot even pick up a rock then you have no chance of panning or sluicing. If I didn't have an LTC I would just do it, but with a Mass LTC you have to be squeeky clean as they can deny your 2nd Amendment rights for anything including the infamous "not a suitable person".