It was meant sarcastically. I live in Eastern Pennsylvania, about 10 minutes from the New Jersey border. Unless one of the local indian tribes buried gold, I’ll never find any. I’m usually happy if I find anything from a penny to a quarter.
I know it was sarcastic. Re NJ area. Try the Vincetown sands or other nearby fossil sites for re ancient “gold” - esp. Belemnitella (internal amber-like remains of a squid-like creature from hundreds of millions of years ago)
Northern Jersey has great minerals. I recall it being Franklin County.
“Gold” is what you like.