Ldma Vein Mountain, NC

Inviting atmosphere. The care taker is wonderful. He takes the time to make sure you understand everything and even will go to the camp site with you that you booked and helps you to settle in. Overall, it's a very inviting atmosphere.

As an LDMA member, first trip. Staff is very friendly. Personally I wouldn't recommend paying to have any dirt dropped off to work with unless you're good with catching very fine gold and dealing with hard spongy clay... 60.00 for a yard that might have had 18 very small colors in it (I only ran half of it). Found the same amount or better in the creek in about 30min. Camp sites are nice, pretty clean, good shade. Showers and restrooms are a good walk from the lower creek area but there are Porta-potties close by. Camping is super cheap for members. There is definitely gold here, it took me until the last day to find a good spot and I will definitely be back for it. - Every 5 gallon bucket worth of material from the creek had color in it.

As a GPAA member, my wife and I went to Vein Mountain LDMA with our local club with the intention of possibly purchasing an LDMA membership. Starting with our reservation, we never received a confirmation. One of our members is an LDMA member. We couldn't do much without him being present. About all we could do was highbank specified piles of dirt that had very little, very fine gold. The caretakers Brian and Vonda were very friendly. The overall camp seemed run down. The bath house was dirty, spider webs all over with eggs. You could tell by that it hadn't been cleaned in some time. Makes me wonder what is being done with the LDMA membership maintenance fees. I was very disappointed. I found the gold to be much better at nearby Lucky Strike and Thermal City. I will not be purchasing an LDMA membership. In my opinion, the GPAA and LDMA is being mismanaged. If you are not an LDMA member don't bother with this place. Your money would be better spent somewhere else.

My father and I love this place. It's always a blast and the fellow campers are respectful as well as friendly. We've made many friends and going back is highly likely. Have some fun and make some money!

Great improvements at this place, they have been working very hard and you will enjoy your stay Good people make a Great campground, they do need to add some equipment for those that don't have any to use, tractor and backhoe would be nice for moving dirt as well as for more work around the campgrounds!!! Come on CA and Brandon get with it here!

Inviting atmosphere. The care taker is wonderful. He takes the time to make sure you understand everything and even will go to the camp site with you that you booked and helps you to settle in. Overall, it's a very inviting atmosphere.