Just a wondering...

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Has anyone on HC ever done any gold panning? or prospecting?? I'm waiting for spring so I can get back at it again. I've been using a pan(plastic) for the last year but am making a sluice rocker box to use this year too. Went to an auction the other evening and got 3 boxes of 300 Win Mag once fired brass and one box of factory ammo..same caliber..wife got an original Hudson's Bay Co 4 point wool blanket in beautiful condition but I also got ta da..a pair of old gold pans. Cheap too. That gold panning is hard cold work..worse than trapping..in my opinion..but with gold at 1400 bucks or thereabout..it is worth it ..Most of what we find here is small flake and dust..I mean a third of an ounce per day is like 400 bucks