Where To Look For Gold Finding a Gold Site. Whether you get your information from the Mines Department, the local farmer or from a prospecting club, it doesn't matter. When I first went out looking for gold I made sure I went to a spot that I knew people had found alluvial gold before. This means that I had a fair chance of being in the right place to start off with.
First stop is the local bookstore or library.
Find out what you can here, more often than not, the information found will be very general and not refer to specific locations. Next step is to find in specific information about the site you have chosen. My favourite stop is the Mines Department that can be found in your capital city. Get to know your way around and make friends with the counter staff who are usually very happy to help. The information that you get is very specific and accurate, unlike many of the gold tales often told.