Placerville Hardware
Dealer: sells gear built by other companies
Calls itself the oldest hardware store west of the Mississippi, since 1854
Shop with a storefront
In Placerville, California.
What they sell: Metal detectors · Gold pans & classifiers · Picks, shovels & hand tools
Hardware store on Main Street in Placerville that traces its history to 1854 and has carried this name since 1907. Besides hardware, gifts and souvenirs it stocks gold pans and gold panning supplies and hand tools, and sells and rents metal detectors. It is on the dealer lists of Keene Engineering, Minelab, Nokta, Apex and Gold Magic.
Where to use your gear near Placerville
801 gold spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
3 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
Nearest open public land on our fossil and meteorite map: about 102 miles away.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
Clubs and places nearby
- Gold Country Treasure Seekers (Placerville)Club · 2 mi
- Northern California Mineralogical AssociationClub · 4 mi
- El Dorado County Mineral & Gem SocietyClub · 6 mi
- Coloma Resort (South Fork American River)Pay-to-dig · 7 mi
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ParkFree public dig · 7 mi
- Dave Moore Nature Area (BLM, South Fork American River)Free public dig · 9 mi
Other shops and gear makers nearby
- Pioneer Mining SuppliesShop · 19 mi
- The Hidden Gem Rock ShopShop · 21 mi
- 49er Detector SalesShop · 23 mi
- Big Valley Metal DetectorsOnline shop · 26 mi
Access
Storefront at 441 Main Street, Placerville. Open every day from 9 am, until 5 pm (6 pm on Saturday).