Hi Dan, great to see you found your way here! There’s a list of all the local clubs in an article on my website. It might be worth joining the club down in Grand Junction in your case(?). I have a large, active group on Facebook which is also good (do both?). On Facebook, just search on the group name “Finding gold in colorado”. Oh, and get the book of course! There’s details on ways to do that on my website but if you are in Craig, just stop by the museum where you’ll find it on their shelves for sale 👍🏻 Be sure to say hi to Paul for me when you stop in.

Indeed I do know from chilly experience! Your preparedness with the propane heater saved the day 🙂

It’s very rare for dredging to be allowed at Open Space parks…which is what all of the sites I mention at the bottom of this post are HOWEVER one does: Clear Creek Open Space Park. Winter dredging is very productive because access to the center of the creek is so much better, a gram a day is very do-able. Enjoy and let us know how you do …maybe by adding a post on the Facebook group!