Anyone With Gold Fever? Panning that is?

[Carson]

So I started panning about a month ago. Believe it or not I have found an ounce so far. Most of it has came in the past two weeks. Beginners luck a bit but I have done a lot of research.

Wow! And your in South Carolina?

[Carson]

Grew up gold mining. Ran everything from a 1.5" to 8" suction dredges. I done metal detecting, drift mining, ground sluicing, hydraulic mining, River sniping, snorkeliing, etc. Suction dredging is now a thing of the past in California. Hard hard work but very fun. I don't do mining that much anymore but I miss it.

I used to see people set up on the Trinity River from one end to the other a long time ago. At least it seemed like that.

[klamath]

I used to see people set up on the Trinity River from one end to the other a long time ago. At least it seemed like that.

We are all gone now.

[Carson]

We are all gone now.

That's a bummer. It looked like everyone was having a good time.

[andrew1229649]

Through my brief adventures and reading I have learned a good bit. If you can find where the ancient creeks ran, they are loaded with gold around here. I moved around a ton of dirt and collected a whole ounce from it. Like I said the ancient creeks are full of the stuff just got to find out where they ran in gold bearing areas. Always remember "Gold is where it is found".

[TonySutton]

When I would visit my dad in NM we would often go up to federal land and pan for gold. All we ever found was a few flakes but I did it more for the relaxation than for actually finding gold. It was kind of like fishing to me. I would chill out with a pan while chatting with my dad about life.