10 Pennsylvania Creeks that have GOLD!
10 Pennsylvania Creeks that have GOLD!
Here is a very abbreviated list of places known to have gold. This is not a Top 10. Just places in no specific order. This is a common question among new comers so I tried to scatter the creeks throughout the state. Feel free to comment below with a few creeks of your own.
Thank you !
I live in Chambersburg Pennsylvania
Nice! Thinking about heading up to Slippery Rock today to scrape out some cracks. Im building a mini hand suction pump to use up there. However it seems like every hardware store i go to is out of the Caps i need lol. Go figure.
Did you find any in the creek that you’re in right now?I live in raccoon township near raccoon creek. Have you ever tried there?
Are glacial erratics a good sign to look for? I live in western PA, there is a nice stream by my house that has tons of those house sized and smaller boulders. I wasn’t sure if there was gold in PA. I always wanted to try panning.
Thanks for the great video and thanks for the comments.
Where did you graduate from
ive found a small amount near conellsville pa working in a local creek ,plus in some of the old iron ore workings crushing the stone not much but its fun to look for ,alot of iron pyrite locked in stone also
Any time your finding gold is a fun time thanks for posting I work the northern susquehanna
I live minutes from hammer creek (#6 ) in lancaster county . Do you know which area of hammer creek is the best ? Asking cause there are splits in that creek . Any info on middle creek ? Tia
Please read up on pa prospecting.only state forrest can be prospected don’t attempt to take material from pa game lands
I’m from beaver county as well!! I was looking for places around here for panning
Thanks so much for making this video! I’m in Pittsburgh so this is helpful info!
Great work fam. Keep getting that au. Gold squad out!!!
Cool info on PA CREEKS! im into detecting but i enjoyed this video!
I know of at least 3 others
I live in Newcastle and have a local creek I go to get gold. A lot of fines but also some small pickers. I’m going out today
Geri Jones the state geologist said every creek in Pa. has some gold.
Peters creek is mostly private, but a Geological survey showed evidence of the early 1930’s when they used mercury to extract the gold from creeks. They found slag residues that looked like clumps of lead after they cooked off the mercury.
My high school science teacher used to sink a box in one of our local creeks and collect from it about once a year. He claimed he would harvest about an ounce of gold from it every year. He would leave it in the creek to do its job. He was a very interesting teacher and knew a lot of things that I had an interest including beekeeping. He actually had hives in our courtyard.
Anyway, he’s long passed and I remember the name of the creek. I was surprised by it. I’m guessing that you only mentioned the bigger creeks in our state that hold gold.
Some of the creeks in Northeastern Pa were a surprise for me when you mentioned they held gold. I used to fish the Tunkanhock with my father as a boy. Where dad built his summer home is basically coal country.
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the information for me to add to my knowledge of PA places to go. New sub!
Very useful information!! Thank you for sharing
dident know i had some one so close to me !!! im in Oakmont
Is there any possibility there are streams and creeks in Lower Bucks Co. Near N.E.Philadelphia that have gold ?
I live near Neshaminy Creek . It seems like there are parts of this creek that fits the characteristics of the top 9 creeks you mentioned. Thanks 😊
Dude, love your videos & have learned much. Thank you. My wife & I are from MD (Baltimore region), & want to spend a weekend prospecting/mining in the York/Lancaster area. I hear Peter’s & Hammer creeks are good options. Any recommendations where we can legally goof around, & perhaps strike some color? Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. Anything in Berks or Schuylkill Counties?
Thank for the info , im hoping to one day get into prospecting in pa
I live in Somerset and just started looking for gold! Thanks so much for the video! Anything about the youghegheny?
I found a little gold here in southwestern pa Redstone creek
I was wondering if you could give me anymore information about where to pan on Hammer creek I live about a mile from it.
just wanted to correct the age of the the Susquehanna River, 300 million years old and one of the oldest rivers in the world.
Aaaaaye I’m from beaver county too
I had a theory the other year about glacial till and where they could be drained out from and what mountains would have been a dam like effect. Hint susquehanna leaks out the mountains in Potter county.
Also….a book was written year ago with maps about gold in pa. Geri Jones the state geologist made it.
How deep are you digging down for test pans.. I think I’ve been wasting to much time digging deep..😒
Great info and video man! Thank you!
Any in York or Cumberland counties?
I think I found an ancient waterfall honey hole and definitely a gold vien through quarts but lol nobody believes me … Good ole bucks county american dreamers
Not one in tioga county :/ ive tried like 4 rivers and streams nothing yet.
Cough perry county cough.
I live in Walnutport Pennsylvania. And I’m just starting to get into this. I just love rocks. And I found some really shiny flaky gold rocks and even a silver one and I have no clue what they are so I’m on YouTube here checking and learning
Indy spots in Pennsylvania that you showed can you give me information on how to get to him or help if it cost anything you see I’m working on my bucket list panning for gold is one and next I would like to go horseback riding hope to hear back from you soon Kim and please keep the videos coming I enjoy them you make my day
I would suspect that 1000’s of streams and creeks in the state have not been explored for gold much or not at all .
I found some small flake up in crawford county…little sugar creek