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If you want to use battery or gas powered equipment, please check with the land owner first. All of these sites allow pans and sluices. The places I have highlighted here are ALL places where you don’t need to worry about federally registered mining claims or hostile private property owners. There are a surprising number of places in Colorado where you can dig for free (or for a token fee).

Hand-dredge creek