Very interesting! As a resident of Superior, Wisconsin I have always taken much interest in Douglas County and it's early copper mining history, in which I've made a few successful attempts of extracting native copper from abandoned mine shafts located throughout the copper range. An interesting story I dug up from the Douglas County historical records show that during the fur trade in the 1830s, a party of men were determined to locate a large abundance of silver and gold within Douglas County. Discovery of these valuable metals were reported by local natives and voyageurs. The natives at this time, always regarded such metals as a "Manitou" or "Spirit" and consequently great reluctance and secrecy has always been observed in disclosing the source of any of these "Manitous." It is stated that members from the American Fur Trading Company had worked a large outcropping of gold, north of Bellwood. A shaft was sunk on the vein and they had built a log house and had worked there on and off, for several years. The vein was covered up and "hid" when work stopped. Years later, another life may have been given to this Bellwood gold mine. An old lone prospector named "England" heard of this story and immediately began a still-hunt. He had a cabin near the "big spring" on the old Bayfield-Superior stagecoach road. He worked alone and showed some fine quartz. Finally, he was missing. His cabin indicated no abandonment, clothing and outfit were in regular order. Though a search was made, not a trace of him was ever found. Some say he was murdered for the gold he had hidden. A skeleton was found only a few years later in a clearing, but could not be identified. Hope you enjoyed this intriguing story and good luck on your future adventures!
I know from working with a guy who worked at one of the copper mines before it closed that there are large amounts of quarts up there. He told me once that one guy he knew from the mine made his chimney out of quarts stones. He said it was really cool how the light from the fire would show through the quarts to outside the house/cabin. He also stated that the electrical motors and pumps are still in the mines under water. They were told to cover the equipment with a heavy layer of cosmoline to keep them from rusting. This was a few decades ago so I'm sure water has done it's damage. But the gigantic amount of copper wiring is still there in the rusting machine bodies deep in the mines.
Love your videos. I live in Northern Minnesota and i like reading about the geological layout of the area. In that i have figured out that live less than a mile from where the Laurentian divide runs across just south of Bowstring Lake over to where the 3 basins come together by Hibbing. I actually have a theory that living this close to the divide greatly affects our weather, Ive watched many storms split or weaken suddenly before they hit my house. Hope you find some good places to hunt!
I just found you and am loving your videos! Your sense of humor keeps me smiling, and I really appreciate how you sneak in those educational nuggets while gold prospecting in Wisconsin. Keep up the great work!
Superior native, all of Douglas is that sandy loam you were finding under everything. People used to gold hunt the rivers on the north shore, it's clay and hard rock heavy with quarts opposed to the sandy loam. As for the copper mine, Weyerhauser Mine there were 4-5 little mines shoots around solon springs and the other towns they operated but only pulled up a few thousand pounds. Happy hunting
You should check out Lucious woods park, in Solon springs. There’s a little creek that runs into the upper St. Croix lake. A good spot to enter the park to find the creek easier would be the trailhead right behind the Solon springs town hall. They used to have two of the biggest white pines in the state before they were both blown over in a windstorm in the 90s. Anyway, it would be cool to see you prospect that little creek. Also, check out Amnicon Falls park, if you haven’t already. It’s breathtaking.
Thanks for the great videos. A lot of good info about geology for the area. I live in Northeast South Dakota in the town of Britton and there are hills east of town that I assume were formed by glaciers. Most of the land is flat farm land with the hills rising up to form an interesting geological feature.
Nemadji river. Think about it for a minute… if add the sum total of glaciations, the directions materials have worked back and forth over different lake levels etc… the nemadji is what I would look into. There isn’t a lot of access, and I’m not giving away my spot, but during real low water like now I promise it’s the place to look around here. I find a lot of gems among agates and others, and plenty of buildups of black sand.
The Middle river, which it looks like you were at the mouth of, might pick a tiny bit of gold up from the bedrock upstream. There was a mine for a few years near the south end of 22 road right near the river, in the town of Amnicon, back in the late 1800s, that was mostly going for copper, but I know had small amounts of gold in the assay reports.
@@GlacialGoldHunter we were rock hounding, and found plenty of stone with verdigris! Kids had a lot of fun. Sure you hope you strike some gold in future trips :D
The lake is definitely crystal clear on calm days but when the waves start crackin, it mixes up into that chocolate milk silty water. There is every mineral in the lake but its sooo fine it not a logical reasonably sorce to harvest gold. ❤THIMBLEBERRYS ❤
Love the videos! I live in MN and always wondered if gold can be found in the area, I feel like parts of the north shore would be decent with the high amount of exposed bedrock, good luck!!
Loved that 'nice' rock joke! The Red & BLUE ('continents') pulling apart - priceless. Ha Ha. I didn't just enjoy and learn, but sure appreciate your saving me so much work! I'm mid east Wisconsin near Lk Mich. Any reports as to AU on it's shores?
Great video. I live about 12 miles south of the Town of Superior very near Pattison State Park high on the old shoreline of Glacial Lake Superior where just below the topsoil of my yard is this powder-like sand. The Black River is not very far away, and copper nuggets were evidently found there by the Native American tribes. There is an old copper mine just a mile or so north of me that was active in the mid 1800's but closed down due to a financial crash at the time and never reopened. It's now in the middle of the woods somewhere but its actual location must still appear on old maps of the area.
@@GlacialGoldHunter The old mine area is somewhere to the NE of Pattison Park. I saw it on an old map once long ago, but I have never been there. I think it wasn't too far from Copper Creek.... OK, I found a map from "The Diggings" website for Douglas County that lists 30 old mines, the one I am referring to is called the Copper Creek Copper Site, turns out that it's only a mile or so from my house through the woods. Might try your luck panning Copper Creek itself south of the Baumgartner Road which intersects the creek. Hope that helps. Happy hunting. Cheers!
@@GlacialGoldHunter Yep, the mine is on public land. I've been to it a number of times, since it is right near a little waterfall. Mostly is just a vertical pit with water at the bottom, although I'm sure it goes a lot further down than is visible.
@@fatcat2546 It's been 60 years since I've seen that little waterfall, but I still remember how beautiful and untouched that spot appeared back then. I vaguely remember seeing that open waterfilled pit that I was told by a friend was an old copper mine. I imagine that very few people have been back there and perhaps that's a good thing to preserve its isolated, natural beauty.
There’s a creek on county rd M half way between highway 35 and 53 that my dad found a tiny piece of gold in while washing his hands. We had a cabin near it when I was growing up. He tells that story at literally every single chance he gets. Lol. I just went camping up on some logging road up there last weekend in Douglas county just out of superior actually, and a friend of mine brought her pan but she never did do any looking. Looks like we’ve both spent time at a lot of time same waters. You should the Namakagon river. The Brule river might be a nice one to check out too.
I enjoy the videos... saw the one from Minneapolis and this one from Duluth... Would the South Shore (Bayfield/ Apostle Islands) be a good place to check? (We're over near Little Sand Bay and the Sand River) Lots of Sand but I don't recall seeing much black sand... but I do find lots of quarts on the beaches. :) Anyway, I enjoy the videos and like your energy... keep it up.
Might be to cold to try but I would try the Souix river in Bayfield county. I know a long timea go they found a large copper nugget there, I think it was around 60 pounds. There is always the old tale of Chief Namakagon's lost silver mine.
That might have been me you saw on RUclips. I still have my gold videos up, but when I found out it was illegal, I stopped doing it. If you end up back in the douglas county area I would be glad to point out a few spots that had gold. Keep searching!
i was working a gravel pit up in salon springs, washing sand and rocks, i cleaned out the bottom of my sand screw, so basically all the concentrates, and found many pickers, and tons of flour gold. ya i know its in a gravel pit and not a creek, but if its in the gravels near creeks, its gotta be in the creeks. maybe try down that way.
@@GlacialGoldHunter I grew up in Hawthorne, and also lived in Solon Springs (graduated from high school there), Brule, Wentworth and Superior. I have friends in Poplar, and visit every year. My Mom died in 2023 in Superior. My grandparents ashes were spread on the Brule River years ago. You might be able to find some information on the copper mine that used to be just north of the town of Brule, just West of Oulu, by Waino.
Well hello new neighbor. That gravel pit has a lot of dredge tailings in the middle. From lake Superior. There's an old copper mine not far from where you were at tho. Anyways. Thanks!
Also I have a 80lb chunk of quartz with free gold specks inside and that black obsidian glass on it as well found in the same area by my father. I currently reside. Just south of you in Polk.
Funny enough, I've been to these spots too. I found no gold at the mouth of the Middle River on my last trip, about a month ago. Two years ago however I got a two inch copper nugget out of a washout from the Ounce River on Copper Mine road. In 2020, I almost got shot near there because some idiot has a shooting range in his back yard angled towards the roadway. I ignored the gunshots until I realized I could hear the bullets hitting leaves outside of my car. Ever since then I've been really careful in that area. There is a copper mine right near there with an adit drilled into a basalt ridge. The work was done around 1910 by Frederick Weyerheuser, who's interests were primarily in lumber. I've found some copper metal detecting in mine dumps near the workings, but only small amounts. The mine was not financially successful and only lasted for a few years. That nugget must have been a chance occurrence, because I've found nothing like it since.
That black sand is taconite tailings that's washed counterclockwise from Taconite Harbor and Silver Bay. When I was little there was not black sand around the Duluth/Superior area. You might find asbestiform particles in it as there was a big controversy about that years ago.
The iron isn't natural there. Its washed ashore from the mining operation across the lake and any gold deposits in it would have sifted out by the time it got there
I think you would have better luck in the rivers flowing out of Minnesota's iron range. Notable amounts of gold has been found there, but not nearly enough to be economically viable to harvest.
Go to eastern Rusk County…I know of more than one person that has found pea sized nuggets. Research the Flambeau mine in Ladysmith. It was alleged to be a copper mine….but the $$$ in gold, platinum and silver…well, you can come to your own conclusion. Happy panning!
Don't get caught panning in the St,Croix River it's classified as a National Scenic River way. You're not even allowed to use a metal detector within a half mile of the riverbanks.
@GlacialGoldHunter So just like metal detecting. Copy. Are there sections of the river that aren't in the park? I've never panned but I'm a lifelong WI resident. Just trying to get you to new areas like most others are.
You really went prospecting off moccasin Mike? Sorry to tell you man, but that’s all turnover from storms. Not gonna be much of anything in that sand. You might have luck with a stream that runs through sand deposits, but that’s not gonna be much better.
@GlacialGoldHunter The Flambeau Mine was a copper-gold open-pit mine in Rusk County, Wisconsin that operated from 1993-1997. It was the only metallic mine in Wisconsin to be permitted, constructed, operated, and reclaimed under the state's existing regulatory framework. Discovery and operation: The Flambeau Deposit was discovered in 1969. The mine was operated by a subsidiary of Kennecott Minerals. During its operation, the mine produced 334,000 ounces of gold, 181,000 tons of copper, and 3.3 million ounces of silver.
@ that wasn’t a gold mine in the way people think of gold mines. It was primarily a copper mine. The target minerals were sulfides. Gold is present but it’s not the kind you can pan. It needs to be chemically extracted.
@@GlacialGoldHunter if u walk pass the river on left side and go like quarter mile to half i recalled seeing black sand out there also but been like 10 or 11 years so terrian might be differnt now
It’s still a copper deposit. It’s a native copper deposit. The copper was brought by fluids after the volcanic flows have cooled. It filled the vesicles of the lava flows and that can be any size. From a boulder size to a grain of sand size.
If you’re make it out that way I would definitely be interested. I have a cousin getting married in Asheville next summer. I didn’t know the glaciers made it to NC though. That’s cool.
Very interesting! As a resident of Superior, Wisconsin I have always taken much interest in Douglas County and it's early copper mining history, in which I've made a few successful attempts of extracting native copper from abandoned mine shafts located throughout the copper range. An interesting story I dug up from the Douglas County historical records show that during the fur trade in the 1830s, a party of men were determined to locate a large abundance of silver and gold within Douglas County. Discovery of these valuable metals were reported by local natives and voyageurs. The natives at this time, always regarded such metals as a "Manitou" or "Spirit" and consequently great reluctance and secrecy has always been observed in disclosing the source of any of these "Manitous." It is stated that members from the American Fur Trading Company had worked a large outcropping of gold, north of Bellwood. A shaft was sunk on the vein and they had built a log house and had worked there on and off, for several years. The vein was covered up and "hid" when work stopped. Years later, another life may have been given to this Bellwood gold mine. An old lone prospector named "England" heard of this story and immediately began a still-hunt. He had a cabin near the "big spring" on the old Bayfield-Superior stagecoach road. He worked alone and showed some fine quartz. Finally, he was missing. His cabin indicated no abandonment, clothing and outfit were in regular order. Though a search was made, not a trace of him was ever found. Some say he was murdered for the gold he had hidden. A skeleton was found only a few years later in a clearing, but could not be identified. Hope you enjoyed this intriguing story and good luck on your future adventures!
Very cool. I plan on trying to find a copper mine to get some ore to crush and pan.
Oh hey, I'm from Superior! It's weird seeing it show up on youtube in my recommended videos. Good stuff!
RUclips knows. Its tracks everyone.
I know from working with a guy who worked at one of the copper mines before it closed that there are large amounts of quarts up there.
He told me once that one guy he knew from the mine made his chimney out of quarts stones.
He said it was really cool how the light from the fire would show through the quarts to outside the house/cabin.
He also stated that the electrical motors and pumps are still in the mines under water. They were told to cover the equipment with a heavy layer of cosmoline to keep them from rusting.
This was a few decades ago so I'm sure water has done it's damage. But the gigantic amount of copper wiring is still there in the rusting machine bodies deep in the mines.
So much history in those abandoned mines.
Love your videos. I live in Northern Minnesota and i like reading about the geological layout of the area. In that i have figured out that live less than a mile from where the Laurentian divide runs across just south of Bowstring Lake over to where the 3 basins come together by Hibbing. I actually have a theory that living this close to the divide greatly affects our weather, Ive watched many storms split or weaken suddenly before they hit my house. Hope you find some good places to hunt!
You are unlike most Prospectors Respect all the history and info you share while you look for gold Great video
I just found you and am loving your videos! Your sense of humor keeps me smiling, and I really appreciate how you sneak in those educational nuggets while gold prospecting in Wisconsin. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
Welcome to the area!!! My shop is in Superior. Enjoyed you video with some friends tonight. Usually we watch flour gold wizards
I love the flour gold wizard.
Superior native, all of Douglas is that sandy loam you were finding under everything. People used to gold hunt the rivers on the north shore, it's clay and hard rock heavy with quarts opposed to the sandy loam. As for the copper mine, Weyerhauser Mine there were 4-5 little mines shoots around solon springs and the other towns they operated but only pulled up a few thousand pounds. Happy hunting
I want to explore some of those copper mines.
Very good quality video. I like the informational input. Good luck on your new hunting grounds! Lots of heavy material it looks like!
Again, like your channel and your approach. Enjoy watching thanks 😊
You should check out Lucious woods park, in Solon springs. There’s a little creek that runs into the upper St. Croix lake. A good spot to enter the park to find the creek easier would be the trailhead right behind the Solon springs town hall.
They used to have two of the biggest white pines in the state before they were both blown over in a windstorm in the 90s. Anyway, it would be cool to see you prospect that little creek. Also, check out Amnicon Falls park, if you haven’t already. It’s breathtaking.
I keep that one in mind
Great day out there fam. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠
Thanks for the great videos. A lot of good info about geology for the area. I live in Northeast South Dakota in the town of Britton and there are hills east of town that I assume were formed by glaciers. Most of the land is flat farm land with the hills rising up to form an interesting geological feature.
Yep. The glaciers sculpted the land.
Nemadji river. Think about it for a minute… if add the sum total of glaciations, the directions materials have worked back and forth over different lake levels etc… the nemadji is what I would look into. There isn’t a lot of access, and I’m not giving away my spot, but during real low water like now I promise it’s the place to look around here. I find a lot of gems among agates and others, and plenty of buildups of black sand.
But you can confirm there is gold in Douglas county?
Your videos are always informative and entertaining! Keep them coming! You remind me of Ferris Bueller!
😆 I’ve actually never seen that movie. I’ll have to watch it.
The Middle river, which it looks like you were at the mouth of, might pick a tiny bit of gold up from the bedrock upstream. There was a mine for a few years near the south end of 22 road right near the river, in the town of Amnicon, back in the late 1800s, that was mostly going for copper, but I know had small amounts of gold in the assay reports.
I’ve been meaning to go copper prospecting.
So fun to see someone recording close to where I live. I know Copper Mine Road! Have done some rock hunting with my kiddos over there.
Find any copper?
@@GlacialGoldHunter we were rock hounding, and found plenty of stone with verdigris! Kids had a lot of fun. Sure you hope you strike some gold in future trips :D
The lake is definitely crystal clear on calm days but when the waves start crackin, it mixes up into that chocolate milk silty water. There is every mineral in the lake but its sooo fine it not a logical reasonably sorce to harvest gold. ❤THIMBLEBERRYS ❤
The lake has a lot to offer.
The rivers cutting through the clay feeding in to the lake that is turning it brown you can see that is the case from satellite images
@@travissimpson3199 yep and the waves slamming against the clay banks too, as seen from standing on the shore. It all contributes.
Nice job, newbie to the pan here in Michigan.looking also for the shiny ✨
Love the videos! I live in MN and always wondered if gold can be found in the area, I feel like parts of the north shore would be decent with the high amount of exposed bedrock, good luck!!
I tried around grand marais but didn’t have much luck.
Loved that 'nice' rock joke! The Red & BLUE ('continents') pulling apart - priceless. Ha Ha. I didn't just enjoy and learn, but sure appreciate your saving me so much work! I'm mid east Wisconsin near Lk Mich. Any reports as to AU on it's shores?
I have heard of some people finding gold on Lake Michigan. I’ve never looked there myself though.
Great video. I live about 12 miles south of the Town of Superior very near Pattison State Park high on the old shoreline of Glacial Lake Superior where just below the topsoil of my yard is this powder-like sand. The Black River is not very far away, and copper nuggets were evidently found there by the Native American tribes. There is an old copper mine just a mile or so north of me that was active in the mid 1800's but closed down due to a financial crash at the time and never reopened. It's now in the middle of the woods somewhere but its actual location must still appear on old maps of the area.
Very cool. Is that copper mine on public land? I’ve been wanting to get into one of those old copper mines to see if I could pan any copper.
@@GlacialGoldHunter The old mine area is somewhere to the NE of Pattison Park. I saw it on an old map once long ago, but I have never been there. I think it wasn't too far from Copper Creek.... OK, I found a map from "The Diggings" website for Douglas County that lists 30 old mines, the one I am referring to is called the Copper Creek Copper Site, turns out that it's only a mile or so from my house through the woods. Might try your luck panning Copper Creek itself south of the Baumgartner Road which intersects the creek. Hope that helps. Happy hunting. Cheers!
@@GlacialGoldHunter Yep, the mine is on public land. I've been to it a number of times, since it is right near a little waterfall. Mostly is just a vertical pit with water at the bottom, although I'm sure it goes a lot further down than is visible.
@@fatcat2546 It's been 60 years since I've seen that little waterfall, but I still remember how beautiful and untouched that spot appeared back then. I vaguely remember seeing that open waterfilled pit that I was told by a friend was an old copper mine. I imagine that very few people have been back there and perhaps that's a good thing to preserve its isolated, natural beauty.
There’s a creek on county rd M half way between highway 35 and 53 that my dad found a tiny piece of gold in while washing his hands. We had a cabin near it when I was growing up. He tells that story at literally every single chance he gets. Lol. I just went camping up on some logging road up there last weekend in Douglas county just out of superior actually, and a friend of mine brought her pan but she never did do any looking. Looks like we’ve both spent time at a lot of time same waters. You should the Namakagon river. The Brule river might be a nice one to check out too.
That’s cool. I’ve sure there are a lot of spots I still need to explore in Douglas county.
I enjoy the videos... saw the one from Minneapolis and this one from Duluth... Would the South Shore (Bayfield/ Apostle Islands) be a good place to check? (We're over near Little Sand Bay and the Sand River)
Lots of Sand but I don't recall seeing much black sand... but I do find lots of quarts on the beaches. :)
Anyway, I enjoy the videos and like your energy... keep it up.
You never know where gold is until you check, but most of the Lake Superior Gold they find is in the UP.
So glad you finally found a speck of gold!!!
I know you from MX Gym! I'm so stoked you showed up in my feed.
Hey! Glad you found the channel!
i love panning on lake soupier, seen a few people panning last week when i was on the 4 wheeler
What county are you in?
@@GlacialGoldHunter Douglas County Wisconsin near the brule. People love panning northeast more it seems. I was going to go try one day just for fun
@@NorthwoodsPeachTree I didn’t want to go in the Brule because it such a good trout stream.
@@NorthwoodsPeachTree I didn’t want to go in the Brule because it such a good trout stream.
@@GlacialGoldHunter yeah totally understand that. Ever try the Namekagon River just west of it? Might make a cool video
If you can figure out how to get there, I would look into the net rivers too. Gravel bends visible from aerials photos…
Holyoke area
The balsam creeks would be my next best guess, and the black hoof makes sense but that’s Minnesota and I think Laws are more challenging then
Haven’t made it that far west yet but I’ll keep looking.
Welcome to the 1 outa 50 club…..👍🏻
I’m a proud member 😆.
Fancy seeing you here :-)
Might be to cold to try but I would try the Souix river in Bayfield county. I know a long timea go they found a large copper nugget there, I think it was around 60 pounds. There is always the old tale of Chief Namakagon's lost silver mine.
I’ll have to do some exploring.
Sweet!! I'm in the southern part of Douglas county!
I still haven’t found gold in Douglas county. 😔
@GlacialGoldHunter darn! I'm guessing you've checked out Bayfield county?
That might have been me you saw on RUclips. I still have my gold videos up, but when I found out it was illegal, I stopped doing it.
If you end up back in the douglas county area I would be glad to point out a few spots that had gold.
Keep searching!
Oh I’m still up in Douglas county. I’d love to go to some spots with you if you are willing to share.
@@GlacialGoldHunter sure absolutely. I have my email address in my about me on my channel.
Sure I'll share. I have my email address in my about section on my RUclips channel.
i was working a gravel pit up in salon springs, washing sand and rocks, i cleaned out the bottom of my sand screw, so basically all the concentrates, and found many pickers, and tons of flour gold. ya i know its in a gravel pit and not a creek, but if its in the gravels near creeks, its gotta be in the creeks. maybe try down that way.
Oh wow. In Solon springs. That’s super close to me. I’ll have to spend more time looking. There aren’t many flowing streams in that sand county.
@@GlacialGoldHunter I grew up in Hawthorne, and also lived in Solon Springs (graduated from high school there), Brule, Wentworth and Superior. I have friends in Poplar, and visit every year. My Mom died in 2023 in Superior. My grandparents ashes were spread on the Brule River years ago. You might be able to find some information on the copper mine that used to be just north of the town of Brule, just West of Oulu, by Waino.
Well hello new neighbor. That gravel pit has a lot of dredge tailings in the middle. From lake Superior. There's an old copper mine not far from where you were at tho. Anyways. Thanks!
Guess I should have watched longer. Ha! Just heard ya talk about copper mines.
Yeah I’ll have to do more exploring. I’ll keep poking around and maybe head to Bayfield county.
Found several specks of gold in Polk county about 15 miles in from the st. Croix years ago when a ran a sluice for 2 or 3 hrs
Also I have a 80lb chunk of quartz with free gold specks inside and that black obsidian glass on it as well found in the same area by my father. I currently reside. Just south of you in Polk.
I haven’t looked in that county yet. It’s kind of weird how so far it seems like there is more gold father south.
I live here, it's beautiful ☺️
Funny enough, I've been to these spots too. I found no gold at the mouth of the Middle River on my last trip, about a month ago. Two years ago however I got a two inch copper nugget out of a washout from the Ounce River on Copper Mine road. In 2020, I almost got shot near there because some idiot has a shooting range in his back yard angled towards the roadway. I ignored the gunshots until I realized I could hear the bullets hitting leaves outside of my car. Ever since then I've been really careful in that area. There is a copper mine right near there with an adit drilled into a basalt ridge. The work was done around 1910 by Frederick Weyerheuser, who's interests were primarily in lumber. I've found some copper metal detecting in mine dumps near the workings, but only small amounts. The mine was not financially successful and only lasted for a few years. That nugget must have been a chance occurrence, because I've found nothing like it since.
That’s very cool. I’d like to explore some of the old copper mines in the area.
A lot more copper history than that in the area as well. Check the older maps on the wi historical society
That black sand is taconite tailings that's washed counterclockwise from Taconite Harbor and Silver Bay. When I was little there was not black sand around the Duluth/Superior area. You might find asbestiform particles in it as there was a big controversy about that years ago.
Interesting. I know there is natural black sand to be found but the tacinite tailings is something I didn’t consider.
I live in Southeast Wisconsin and I’ve heard that there’s gold in the lower kettle Moraine area around, Eagle Wisconsin
Grab a pan and get some gold!
I live in Elbert Lea Minnesota Any chance maybe there is gold here in Elbert Lea??
Oh yes there is a good chance. As long as the rivers aren’t just sand and mud. If you can find a gravel bar that would be a good place to look.
Brighton beach on the north end of duluth has lots of quartz veins
Some quarts has gold and some doesn’t. I’ll have to go check it out and see.
First location Dutchman's Creek?
It was not.
hey bud that looks nice out there and it looks like the clay you got there will dry wash and turn into gold
try getting your pick & shovel and make a pitt on some virgin grounds to get some nuggets on a dry day
Look for the color of clay like here @ 4:42
I’ll keep looking.
I was picking thimbles a month ago on Lake Michigan
Oh they are one of my favorites.
I live in Duluth! Good to know that I DO need a job because I get get rich panning for gold around here :(
😆 yep unless you get a billion views on RUclips. I don’t yet but maybe someday.
I so thought for sure you would score some Ontario placer gold, so sure aI would have bet on it.
Me too but that’s how it goes sometimes
Well Done.
As Tom Massie would say, where you find black sand, you don't always find gold. But where you find gold, you always find black sand.
Middle river?
Brule?
I didn’t want to touch the brule because it’s such a good trout stream.
Good eye.
The iron isn't natural there.
Its washed ashore from the mining operation across the lake and any gold deposits in it would have sifted out by the time it got there
Well they do find good amounts of gold in black sand in places on the lake.
I was rite there last week. Otherside of river though. Did well in the sands
Which one?
Looked like you were at brule river. North of town about 15
Weird, from Superior so it's a bit odd to see someone else take an interest in the area.
RUclips pushes videos to the region you live in it tracks everything.
I think you need a gold dog like Rigby.
I really do!
I think you would have better luck in the rivers flowing out of Minnesota's iron range.
Notable amounts of gold has been found there, but not nearly enough to be economically viable to harvest.
I have that a try. That video is in the editing line.
I've heard there is gold in the blue hills. Rusk County
Might be worth a drive.
Go to eastern Rusk County…I know of more than one person that has found pea sized nuggets. Research the Flambeau mine in Ladysmith. It was alleged to be a copper mine….but the $$$ in gold, platinum and silver…well, you can come to your own conclusion. Happy panning!
@@autumnwoodph looks like a 2 hour drive but might be worth a look.
Dude you look just like my HVAC guy, it's uncanny. lol
😆 maybe I have a long lost twin.
He looks exactly like one of my customers!!!
Don't get caught panning in the St,Croix River it's classified as a National Scenic River way. You're not even allowed to use a metal detector within a half mile of the riverbanks.
Oh shoot. I didn’t know that.
Check about the brule too, very protected for the fish!
Check out the flour gold wizard. He is up around you
you will have better luck nextime!
I hope so!
Lucas is one of my favorite people
😆 thanks Mike.
Iam up here go get some Duluth side brought clafafirer with will go though it when get back home will get it from the where waves take out shore edges
It’s worth a try.
Copper Falls State Park has an ancient fault running through it.
Can’t pan in a state park.
@GlacialGoldHunter So just like metal detecting. Copy. Are there sections of the river that aren't in the park?
I've never panned but I'm a lifelong WI resident. Just trying to get you to new areas like most others are.
@@GlacialGoldHunter the whole interior of the state was glacial lake Wisconsin too. The Wisconsin River may hold something for you.
Wow. I got ya back. I had to write your name down
Dang i thought he was taller than 500ft
Almost.
If you do not find richer pay dirt that could take many years. lol. Have fun with it.
I expect it will take a while.
I expect it will take a while.
I don't think you'll find gold in Douglas county, but what about st Louis county? That's on the Minnesota side.
I’ll give it a look.
You really went prospecting off moccasin Mike?
Sorry to tell you man, but that’s all turnover from storms. Not gonna be much of anything in that sand. You might have luck with a stream that runs through sand deposits, but that’s not gonna be much better.
I prospect anywhere. Don’t know what’s there until you look around.
Sawyer and Rusk county would be a better bet
You find gold there?
@GlacialGoldHunter The Flambeau Mine was a copper-gold open-pit mine in Rusk County, Wisconsin that operated from 1993-1997. It was the only metallic mine in Wisconsin to be permitted, constructed, operated, and reclaimed under the state's existing regulatory framework.
Discovery and operation:
The Flambeau Deposit was discovered in 1969.
The mine was operated by a subsidiary of Kennecott Minerals.
During its operation, the mine produced 334,000 ounces of gold, 181,000 tons of copper, and 3.3 million ounces of silver.
@ that wasn’t a gold mine in the way people think of gold mines. It was primarily a copper mine. The target minerals were sulfides. Gold is present but it’s not the kind you can pan. It needs to be chemically extracted.
@GlacialGoldHunter there is gold here, but it is a sugar gold. From what I've been told
💙💛
that black sand by shore is ash
Ash isn’t magnetic though. This is.
I might have to drive 30 miles north cause I never noticed it but did u try panning at the delta for Boris brule river ?
I did not. I might go check out the beach but I didn’t want to dig up the Brule River itself because it’s such a major trout stream.
@@GlacialGoldHunter if u walk pass the river on left side and go like quarter mile to half i recalled seeing black sand out there also but been like 10 or 11 years so terrian might be differnt now
on the delta part
The copper they found up their was 100+ feet underground and it was not a deposit it was massive boulder size pieces of pure copper
It’s still a copper deposit. It’s a native copper deposit. The copper was brought by fluids after the volcanic flows have cooled. It filled the vesicles of the lava flows and that can be any size. From a boulder size to a grain of sand size.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Now you know.
Yep. Worth while to know.
You can do it
I’ll try!
Ladysmith Wisconsin had thousands of ounces of gold taken out of crandon mine.
But was that in the form of sulfides?
@@GlacialGoldHunter no, soposed to be a compering. Look it up.
U should come by our gold mine in NC. There's good gold from glacier deposits. Keep up the good work. Contact me if interested
If you’re make it out that way I would definitely be interested. I have a cousin getting married in Asheville next summer. I didn’t know the glaciers made it to NC though. That’s cool.