hunting for gold

We'rein California gold country, we've gone panning for gold so often that the kids are sick of it!

Oh, Pat! What great fun this sounds like! Panning in a river in this area is likely to bring up gators or snakes! If I were there, I'd be compelled to try the adventure, at least every now and then, just in case...

Yes, I have been an avid gold prospector for almost 30 years. I remember the first time I realized I had VERY TINY pieces of gold in the bottom of my pan...Well, I had to yell!! I have worked in California, Colorado, Wyoming, but California is the only place I have ever found any nuggets. For now, I am living in Arizona, with a lot of DRY snad and rocks. As you can imagine, I am learning to use a DRYWASHER...

Oh my god....panning for gold sounds like so much fun! I don't live near any streams or rivers so unfortunately I can't go hunting for gold (unless I go to the lake but I doubt I would have much luck there). I hope you find more gold.

I spent a whole summer in the mountains of northern California one year, panning and dredging for gold. My boyfriend had come home one day and told me he was being married the following week. That same day his father was kicked out of his house. The father and I were friends so he said let's go pan gold and we went. There was nothing romantic, we were like father and daughter. We took our dogs, his was my dog's father. We had a very relaxing, healing summer and I really did not want to leave! We didn't find much gold but we met nice people and healed our hearts some.

In early 90's I live in a small village where the source of leaving of the populace were gold hunting. I feel pity those people coz they brought heavy sack mud to the river and washed their to have a point of gram of gold doing throughout the day for family needs. How hard that work was.

Wow, that does sound like fun. I would do it in a heartbeat. I want to go to the Crater of Diamonds and dig for diamonds, too. I think they do find some really nice stones there. Hubby feels lucky. We just need to coordinate our time and plan the trip. I would offer to come see you, but I think you live a little far away. I could run right next door to Colorado probably and pan for gold. I love this discussion, though because in my mind's eye I can see the whole scene and the sky is incredibly blue and the water is crisp and there are green hills around. Let us know when you go again .

I have never hunt for gold. It is lucky if one chance upon it. A one in a million chance of finding gold in any open area. The weather is too hot here and going out now is not comfortable.

Hi pat! That does sound like alot of fun! I would love it just for the reason of being able to be standing in the cool beautiful river! I don't play the lottery so I wouldn't be expecting much except for the fun of the "hunt"! I wish so much that I could be somewhere like that just to enjoy the beauty of nature! Sometimes I hate where I live because there isn't places that are easily accesible without a long drive to see the real beauty of NY! And it is worse because right now me and my boyfriend don't even have a car!

That sounds like a really exciting day out. I bet children love doing it. No chance of that around here. I used to love hunting for mushrooms early mornings with my dad, which is about the closest thing I can think of. The mushrooms didn't get saved in a jar though. We ate them with our breakfast.

I went panning for gold when I was in Denver when i was a lot younger. There is not really a place to do it around here in Dallas. I wish there was because I think my kids would love to do that! I also want to check out the diamond crater in Arkansas, I have heard that that is a cool place too.

hello pat, i had my share of the fun. when i was a "little younger", we used to go on a vacation in nabunturan (a mountainous area about 4 hours bus ride from where i live now) where we used to have a little vacation hut and a little creek runs below a hill. my aunt said she was able to get a few grams of gold while panning and so we did. we started at around 8 in the morning and it was already around 3pm when we stopped. you get to forget the time when you are doing it. i was rewarded with a little speck at the end of the day which i gave to my aunt and when we had it weighed (including all of what the other nieces got) it fetched about 3 grams. not a bad day right? its nice to remember the old days. ann

Sounds like something fun to do. I dont think theres any place where I live to do that. I think Id try it and then I wouldnt want to leave until I find something. I might be there for days and days haha! If you find something, what do you do after that?

Is it?? thats interesting and great. We rather hunt gold through banks, where we pay money and get pure gold coins and save it. Well you are lucky, by the way which place is that..may be we will make a trip to get the little chance..lol..anyways thats really interesting and sounds different.

Panning for gold sounds like so much fun; but there is no place to do it where I am from. Have you ever come up with anything more than just a shaving? Maybe a very small nugget? I once read or saw on a show that you are more likely to find small pieces of gold between or under rocks in the riverbed. Have you found this to be true? Just trying to get a plan in case I head west and can get to a river to do some panning. Thanks. Hopefully summer will get here soon and you will find some gold.

I love to try my hand at that!lol