Dear Stackers,

If you fancy a nice outdoor camping holiday with a chance of finding some gold you should opt for a so called Gold Panning holiday.

I have been looking into this and to my surprise it is not only available in Alaska, California and Colorado as one would expect but there are opportunities to do this globally!

Check out this lovely panning/camping site in Tyndrum in Scotland called Pine Trees Leisure Park.

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The equipment is for sale at the camping site; as there is the obvious starter kit :

Some more info:
Gold Mining Tyndrum
History
The first discovery of gold in Tyndrum was in the 19th century. The mine lies at Cononish, just a few miles over the hill south of Tyndrum. The constructing of the mine first began in the 1980s, but as the price for gold was so low, the mine was forced to closed before it even became fully operational. The mine was supposed to reopen back in 2011 but as the prices for gold are low, the mine still remains closed.

So that is interesting! There is gold but never mined thoroughly due to the low price in the past.

Maybe this can be a group holiday with all SSG members including the metalmafia who can melt it to bars at the spot. We will also need some guns and/or some big dogs to keep nosy people away ofcourse.

Give it a thought!

Goldrooster