Is there gold in Florida?

Club 49 maps documented gold occurrences, old workings, claims and land status across Florida, drawn from USGS and BLM public records. It is free to use.

Do I need permission to dig in Florida?

A marker is a public record, never permission. Check land ownership, active claims and local rules before you dig anywhere.

Prospecting in Florida

What is on the map, and where the stories are

On the map for Florida

Layer	What it shows
Documented gold	USGS mineral records, old workings and placer ground
Claims & land status	BLM mining claims and who manages the surface
Water	Live USGS gauges and the months each creek runs lowest
Fossil ground	Published localities, colour-coded by whether you may collect
Legends	8 mapped for Florida

The legends of Florida

The 1715 Treasure Fleet and the Treasure Coast — TRUE: the 1715 fleet is documented and its gold still surfaces
The Atocha — TRUE FIND: recovered 1985, the richest shipwreck salvage in history
The 1733 Spanish Fleet of the Keys — Documented wrecks, several now public dive preserves
The Fountain of Youth — A 500-year-old legend rooted in a real landing and real springs
The Coral Castle — TRUE: a real one-man megalith, and a real unsolved how
The Skunk Ape — Swamp folklore, told as exactly that
Spook Hill — A real gravity-hill optical illusion wrapped in old legend
The Devil’s Chair, Cassadaga — A real chair in a real spiritualist town, wrapped in dare-legend

Before you dig

A marker is a public record, not permission. Check ownership, active claims and the local rules first — the map shows all three.

Open the map