Treasure Hunting Clubs and Organizations

One way to learn about treasure hunting worldwide as well as in or near your home town is to contact a treasure hunting organization in the area you are interested in.  

Treasure hunting includes gold mining, prospecting, and panning; metal detecting; locating diamonds and other gems; pirate treasure; and a whole lot more.  In this post I’m going to list some of the websites which offer state-by-state lists of clubs as well as other resources.  

MiningGold.com offers a huge free online directory of gold prospecting clubs and organizations throughout the United States and around the world. 

Another worldwide directory of gold panning, mining, and prospecting clubs can be found at ProspectingChannel.com. 

You’ll find a list of Metal Detecting Clubs in California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Washington at Goldbummin.com.   

The Prospecting and Mining Journal offers a wealth of mining agencies and resources, associations, organizations, and clubs, organized by state. 

While Kellyco sells metal detectors, they have a detailed list of treasure hunting clubs, organized by state. 

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Gold Prospectors Association of America

After reading about the Swift River gold in Maine,  you’re probably ready to check out the gold panning locations nearest to you.  You might want to consider a membership in the Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA).  While membership has a price, the GPAA website is free.   Let me tell you about the free stuff first.

Gold Prospectors Association of America logo 

You can sign up for their e-newsletter which will give you special offers, info on events, and much more.  Events?  There are Gold Shows all over the country.  Their website will tell you about them; plus they have a blog about them.

They produce a show called Gold Fever on the Outdoor Channel.  It’s really a great show, and appears every Saturday at noon (eastern standard time).  It also appears at 6:00am on Saturday.  The nice thing is that, under the Media tab of their site, they have a section that says “Watch Shows.”  You can actually watch several of their shows there online and with no commercials! 

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Panning for Gold in Maine: The Swift River

Swift River in MaineWhile there is gold to be found in California and Alaska, and many other states as well, did you know that MAINE is a great area to pan for gold?  The Swift River and its tributaries, near Byron (off of Route 17 between Rangeley and Rumford), is a popular gold panning area because large nuggets are often found there.  At the very least you’ll find flakes and small nuggets, and it all adds up; it’s all real gold.

The Swift River and its many feeder streams have produced more gold than all of the other (known) Maine gold regions combined.  And here is the really exciting thing about this area.  While gold still abounds here, no one has been able to locate the source of the gold, the “mother lode.”  Whoever finds it will become very wealthy!

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