Welcome to the Alabama Prospecting page. 

Here you will find a treasure trove of information on gold and mineral hunting.

The gold region of Alabama is laced with gold-bearing streams where prospecting and panning for gold is done for outdoor recreation. Treasure hunters use metal detectors in hopes of finding a gold nugget and they metal detect for coins and jewelry at the rural churches and schools. They also detect Civil War relics. Rockhounds and mineral collectors search for garnets and black tourmaline gem stones. Numerous placers occur in the gold mining and prospecting region of the state.

Gold has been recorded to being found in the following counties:

Chilton    Clay    Clebourne    Coosa    Randolph    Talladega    Tallapoosa

The gold prospecting and mining sites in Alabama start in Chilton County between Montgomery and Birmingham and continue eastward to Lake Martin and Alexander City and northward to the Anniston/Heflin area. The gold sites then carry on across the Alabama state line into Georgia and thence on to northern Virginia. There are gold prospecting and mining locations along Lake Martin and northwest of Roanoke, Alabama and in Talladega National Forest.

Courtesy of  http://www.goldmaps.com/east/alabama_gold_mines.htm

Important Links for Gold in Alabama

http://forum.goldgrubbin.com/forum/

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http://www.alabamagoldcamp.com/

http://alabama.8m.com/

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