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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 will not argue with you on this. I can't say that I see any special value in gold either. The rest of the world does though, and almost always have, so I will be content to go find it.

For me personally the joy is in the hunting and finding of it, not necessarily the having it.

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Yes I can see enjoying the search. I've always enjoyed that kind of game. I would say you guys should post your finds, but I suppose that's a bad idea.