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A repository for instructional and humble-brag posts regarding various hobbies I participate in. This will include metal detecting, goldpanning, rockhounding, and fossil collecting. Who knows what future hobbies I may take up but I’ll include them here as well, should they happen.
Panning for gold seems like a simple task on its surface; dig dirt, shake in water, collect yellow nuggets. And to some degree, that’s exactly what it is, though the yellow nuggets are always flakes and they’re far less plentiful than in your fantasies. Figuring out where to pan for gold, now that’s where things … Read more
Fans of Dan Hurd are familiar with his fondness for saying there is gold everywhere on the Fraser. He seemingly mentions it in every video he posts from one of his Fraser River claims. Considering the amount of gold in those same videos, he may be on to something. The BC government apparently concurs. Of … Read more
Ask Western Canadian gold panners what is the best public panning spot and I wager most would say Tranquille River. It may even be unanimous. It’s what I would say. Okay, that’s not entirely true. It’s what I would have said three summers ago. Now, I’m not so sure. Like all good things, salmon ends … Read more
Lytton, British Columbia is home to two public panning reserves. One is right in town and the other is six kilometers to the north. Both are on the Fraser River, which any fan of Dan Hurd knows, has gold everywhere. The reserve in town, known as Lytton Recreational Panning Reserve Site 2, encompasses a two … Read more
Two steps forward, one step back is the idiom that best describes our third season of metal detecting. Actually, two steps back is probably more accurate. Maybe even three steps. Point is our activity regressed in 2024. I’m honestly not sure why this happened. Life, I guess? Changing priorities. Changing interests. Whatever the reason, we … Read more