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In a river along the Georgia-South Carolina border, an apex predator with gold scales swam through the water. Its red eyes scanned the surrounding riverbed, but it wasn't the only one looking around.

Though Ohio isn’t a well-known hotspot for finding gold, the mineral is present in small amounts in the state’s rivers and streams. The Laurentide Glacier was a massive sheet of ice that ...

Next, head to the American River in California. This river, east of Sacramento, is where the California Gold Rush began. Over 750,000 pounds of gold were found by 49ers along the river.

The Fraser River has been a source of placer gold for more than 160 years and a meeting point for amateur treasure hunters ever since.

Arizona saw its first gold rush in 1858, too, at the Gila River near Yuma. Alaska’s gold rush, also known as the Klondike Gold Rush, started in 1896 in Canada’s Yukon territory.

“Finding gold is possible in any stream or river that crosses a gold-mineralized area,” the website continues, though it cautions that known placer deposits in Utah have been worked for over ...