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Hunting North Carolina Rock hounding Fishing North Carolina Gold panning Explore and discover your state. We find a lot of flood gold, flour gold, and if we’re lucky we find some chunky gold.

The genesis of mining gold in North Carolina We can trace the first instance of a documented gold discovery in the U.S. to 1799 when a young boy discovered a huge, 17-pound gold nugget during a ...

Western North Carolina is known for its hills full of hidden treasures. From rubies and sapphires to emeralds and gold, the region is stocked with gems, stones and minerals still waiting to be ...

A gold mine was running dry — but a North Carolina man held onto hope when he visited 129 years ago. Jacob Shinn’s optimism was rewarded when he hit something hard while digging on April 9, 1896.