Gold panning

[grayghost]

I'm in the metal detecting business and mostly relic hunt (civil war) but I have taken a few trips out west to prospect. The best gold I have found was in ID a few years ago. The best place in our State is in the southeast, down to northern GA. Lots of ways to go about it. I would say get a good panning kit ($30), maybe a sluice ($75) and a metal detector. I'd highly recommend a Tesoro Lobo Super Trac. They have an outstanding lifetime warranty, are easy to use and unlike dedicated gold detectors, they have true discrimination so it can be used as an excellent coin, jewelry and relic detector. They are also priced about 5.5 times below what one of the big rigs cost. Patience and practice is what it takes to find gold. Luck doesn't hurt but once you get the hang of it, it's not a difficult hobby to master. One of my customers recently found a 3.1 oz nugget. Good hunting, grayghost