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RE: Gold Prospecting in Pennsylvania - Panning for Gold.
This is an unusual hobby and you're right it would make a great conversation topic. You are very lucky to have the time to try all these things. Time is our most valuable commodity.
Did you find any gold no matter how tiny in the creek? I'm sure it's not something financially viable but it must be pretty exciting to find gold. It's like you are re-enacting a piece of history.
Thanks for this original post. Voted, followed and resteemed.
Thanks @recreator! It's hard to make time to do these things. REALLY hard. I haven't done any prospecting in well over a year. I'm hoping to get out there in about 2 or 3 months.
I did find some gold! I mean, specs of it. Literally specs. But I don't care that there were that tiny; not one bit. It was still pure gold, found in a creek I drove past my whole life, and I worked hard to find it. I was proud. :) Currency-wise it's worthless though. lol Not even worth a penny, it was so tiny. Hell, even the piece in the photo above from the pay dirt was probably worth only a dollar or so, by weight. The crazy rush and euphoria that hits when you see a flash of gold in the pan makes it worth while.
Yeah, i perfectly understand your motivation. It is just for the pure pleasure of doing it yourself. Now when you see it in an old movie, you can say "i did that, i know how it works!" :)