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Southeast, North Carolina
Reed Gold Mine, Midland NC
Gold ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
The site of the first documented US gold find (1799), now a NC state historic site with fee gold panning April to October.
Commercial fee-dig locality.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Working dig site
follow the operator's rulesWatch footing and sun.
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