heading to Indiana

[burnitup]

I am heading to Indiana towards the end of June, specifically Plainfield for a couple of days and petersburgh which is way down south in pike county.Anyone from around there know anything about the area or any likely spots .I am going to send my detector ahead of me and would like to play around with it while i am there.I get to go visit my wifes family and go detecting in a old area far away from Ca. so it should be fun. Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[Hart-IN]

I can't tell you where to hunt, but I hope you have a lot of fun anyway.

 

[jkasta]

Gold and diamonds did not form in Indiana, but were transported south from Canada by the glaciers. Rich gold deposits are found in Canada and these were scraped off by the glacial ice and moved to the end of the glacier. There the gold, while ground quite fine by the glacier, accumulated and is found today in streams and river beds that drain these deposits. Diamonds were believed to have come from Canadian deposits in much the same way, but until recent discoveries confirmed that diamond pipes actually exist in Canada, the source was unknown. source: Indiana Geol Survey

Gold found in such geologic environment is very fine FLOUR gold, no nuggets to detect with a MD.

Sluice panning most likely needed for recovery and MD'ing for identifying promising sluice locations. Overall probability of finding nuggets or any gold in any amount is very low as source rocks are not present - Sorry.

 

[Android]

Gold and diamonds did not form in Indiana, but were transported south from Canada by the glaciers. Rich gold deposits are found in Canada and these were scraped off by the glacial ice and moved to the end of the glacier. There the gold, while ground quite fine by the glacier, accumulated and is found today in streams and river beds that drain these deposits. Diamonds were believed to have come from Canadian deposits in much the same way, but until recent discoveries confirmed that diamond pipes actually exist in Canada, the source was unknown. source: Indiana Geol Survey

Gold found in such geologic environment is very fine FLOUR gold, no nuggets to detect with a MD.

Sluice panning most likely needed for recovery and MD'ing for identifying promising sluice locations. Overall probability of finding nuggets or any gold in any amount is very low as source rocks are not present - Sorry

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