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Placer river panning to be a nerd. I finally bought a panning set, a shovel, made some samiches and boiled eggs for lunch and I'm off in the AM to sit on the Fraser river 2hrs away. Never done this before but have been reading about it, watching videos, looks like a great way to waste a day. Spent a few hours navigating the placer claim database and holy smokes. Somemost claims have been owned by the same people for decades and the entire map is full to the brim of claim numbers.

Since I bought some bullion silver recently, I think I caught a bug for precious metals and I know there is still gold in them rivers. Just headed down to a placer reserve for the newbs but if I like it, I'll buy my own claim and get a sluice. That's the ticket.

*Placer* river panning to be a nerd. I finally bought a panning set, a shovel, made some samiches and boiled eggs for lunch and I'm off in the AM to sit on the Fraser river 2hrs away. Never done this before but have been reading about it, watching videos, looks like a great way to waste a day. Spent a few hours navigating the placer claim database and holy smokes. ~~Some~~most claims have been owned by the same people for decades and the entire map is full to the brim of claim numbers. Since I bought some bullion silver recently, I think I caught a bug for precious metals and I know there is still gold in them rivers. Just headed down to a placer reserve for the newbs but if I like it, I'll buy my own claim and get a sluice. That's the ticket.

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I'll be on the outskirts of a town. No worries. Deep woods claims tho..

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I hope you find some.

The slow moving shallow water on an open flat, right after a fast bend in the river.

Where the current slows the gold falls down to the bottom.

Also, the calm area where the water pools, right behind a big rock, or at the bottom of a water fall.

Also, the shore on either side of a find - rivers move sideways over time. Check the river banks. Sometimes you can find huge untouched deposits from where the river was 300 years ago.

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Good tips. I'm watching this right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B6qzjl0wmw. This guy is good, he also says to check the inside curve, never on the outside.

Look at the nuggets at the bottom.