panning

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12003731/Wildfires-rain-California-trigger-Gold-Rush-2-0-metal-goes-1-900-ounce.html It would be fun to go panning if I had the time (and lived reasonably close).

I just got done panning for gold near Hatchers Pass just northwest of Palmer Alaska and actually had some pretty good luck. We found 20 or 30 gold flakes in roughly half an hour. So not much as far as weight is concerned, but I have to admit that it was pretty exciting, especially since I...