Posted by FRED WALTER on December 1, 2009 at 10:22pm
to any one that is from kentucky or with in ear shot ... would you be able to help me out?,there is a friend of mine on you/tube that is from that state - that is a green pea when it comes to finding gold? and for that fact he does not know were to find it there ether?as fare as i know , there is glacer gold there but i have not looked up if there is bigger gold. i have also heared of semi gems in the gravel depending on location? is there any truth to that???please let me know thanks...fred
thanks kchacha, well that bites, but all the infor helps. hey you guys are famouse for shine too , i had plenty of it when i was duty stationed at knoxxs. good stuff and! you can run your car on it too.....lol
Hi Fred. I'm in Louisville, KY. Not much in the way of gold in KY. As Bill mentions, I suspect there are a few areas where the glaciers pushed South of the present Ohio River or there might be outwash areas, but for the most part KY is all South of the glaciation line. I have read of some small gold found in Eastern KY, such as in Estill County, which is probably some old stuff from deteriated mountains. Most of us prospectors in KY head North to IN or OH for glacial gold, South to TN, NC, GA, AL for Eastern gold, or out West!
There are some gemstones in the Bluegrass State, but I'm not real familiar with what or where those can be found. Lots of fossils can be found.
I wouldn't spend too much effort on the gold thing inKY although I do suspect that there be some to be found in north eastern Boone County as this pretty close to the southern part of Ohio and Indiana where decent gold has been recovered. I'm not sure of the gems but have heard of some crystals found in the eastern part of the state. I do know a couple of KY'ins here they will chime in I'm sure
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There are some gemstones in the Bluegrass State, but I'm not real familiar with what or where those can be found. Lots of fossils can be found.
Not blessed with gold in KY, just bourbon!! Keith