Blankets Creek Gold Panning Outing
Schedule
Sat, 28 May, 2022 at 10:00 am
Location
Blankets Creek Mtn Bike Trail | Canton, GA
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When - Saturday, May 28, 10:00 am. If inclement weather, outing is canceled. We usually stay 3-5 hours, but you can stay/depart anytime. What Creek - Blankets Creek. See http://sorbawoodstock.org/trails/ for the creek and trail map.
Where Park- Park in the SORBA Woodstock Mountain Bike Parking lot at 2261 Sixes Rd, Canton, GA.
Where Meet - Meet at the covered picnic table by the Trail Head of the SORBA Bike Trail near the rest rooms. We'll introduce ourselves, cover some basics and then walk to the creek, about a half mile.
Wear - Wear long pants (may be briars, ticks, chiggers & poison ivy) & tall rubber boots (get at Walmart, ACE Hardware) or waders (Dicks), or water shoes when warm weather.
Bring - Pan, classifier, sucker bottle, (get at Little River Marina Store on Bells Ferry Road), definitely a full-size, long-handle spade shovel (partly for safety reasons)(at Big Lots, Walmart, ACE Hardware), water, folding stool, mosquito lotion, and zip lock bags to waterproof your electronics/wallet. Travel light (backpack is handy (at most thrift stores).
Optional items - Snack, camera, cell, vial, eye dropper, crevice-ing tools, & lanyard to hold your sucker bottle.
Panning Equipment - Most of us use the Garrett Standard Gold Panning Kit that Little River Marina on Bells Ferry Road sells for about $30 as it has everything you need except boots and shovel. They also sell the what/where/how-to Recreational Gold Panning Guide. Also, drinks, snacks and mosquito repellent.
Pan Prepping - If you purchase a new pan it helps to wash it with “dish washer soap” to get the oil off that can “float” the gold out of your pan.
Panning Rules - This creek is on Army Corps property. They only allow gold prospecting in the stream bed with pans and shovels. They do have enforcement authority. For details see http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Portals/46/docs/recreation/OP-AL/Docs/Gold%20panningpolicy.pdf .
Who Else - Kids, friends, novices, observers, & pets are welcome.
RSVP – If you plan on coming, please let us know by emailing Steve Girdley at [email protected]
Coach Help - If you are an experienced gold panner and would be willing to help novice panners, please let Steve Girdley know.
ALSO – The Cherokee County Parks and Recreation has scheduled me to make a presentation about how and where to do “Recreational Gold Panning”. Will also do some practice panning in water tubs. This event is scheduled Saturday May 21 at 1:00 pm at the Woodstock William G Long Senior Center at 223 Arnold Mill Rd, Woodstock, GA. You can register to attend by opening an account at woodstockparksandrec.com. Then click on “Programs” and then click on “Recreation Programs” and then scroll down to “Discovering Gold Panning” May 21 to sign up.
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