Just a wondering...

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Skeet;
I went panning for gold up in Alaska on our family vacation a couple of years ago.....it was one of those "touristy" outfits that gives you a bag of dirt and lets you pan. Found some flakes, but found the process and technique more interesting.
For a souvenier from that trip, I bought a metal gold pan.

For my birthday last year, my wife and daughter bought me a membership in the Gold miners club of America (or some such thing).......they supposedly had property in my home state (MI), but I never got there. I've heard that there is gold in every county in my state, but the hodgepodge of permits (even on public land) and trying to figure out who has mineral rights, claims, ect, is just too much of a hassle.
Would like to find a spot in my home state where I could go and maybe do a long weekend of hunting/fishing and some panning.
Also, if you haven't done it already, check out some of the videos on youtube.....there are some great ideas for sluice boxes, ect. on there.