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According to Gold Prospectors Association of America, panners don’t even have to go to California or Alaska to find gold as gold flakes wash up on shore from Lake Michigan , Chicago.There are also several parks in the United States such as Emerald Village in Little Switzerland, North Carolina where one can find not only gold but small gems, mica and pyrite also known as fool’s gold. An adjacent mine has emeralds, black tourmaline, aquamarine, garnet and golden beryl.