Not many people are into a hobby that pays them back. Most people have hobbies that end up costing them quite a bit of money. If you are into riding horses, you have to put out quite a bit of money to feed and keep the horses. If you are into riding motorcycles, need to put out lots of money for purchasing the motorcycles, maintenance, gas, an insurance. If you're into the hobby of panning for gold, you stand a chance of making a lot of money while enjoying something that you love to do.
Panning for gold can be quite relaxing but it can also be quite exciting. I promise that you'll never forget the first time you sift through a pan of sand and discover gold staring up at you from the bottom of the pan. Once this happens to you, you will be hooked and it will be hard to get you thinking about anything else. Many amateur gold prospectors say that once you have found a little bit of gold, you instantly catch "gold fever" and want to spend all of your time looking for more.
If you are new to gold panning or even if you've done it before I would recommend that you become a member of Gold Prospectors Association Of America. You can become a GPAA member for only $67.50 and this will include everything you need to start your hobby of gold panning. It will include the gold mining field guide, a DVD, a year subscription to the GPAA magazine, bumper stickers, hats, and much more.
For those people who are just getting started out in the hobby, you probably won't have very many ideas of where to start panning for gold. You can just pick any old part of a river and start looking but that won't be very productive and you could spend quite a lot of time looking in a place that isn't productive. A better solution would be to go to a web site called www.goldmapsonline.com and buy one of their maps. These maps show all the registered gold mining claims for your particular area. I'm sure that you are aware that you're not allowed to mine for gold on someone else's legal claim but there's nothing that says you can't mine for gold in areas near those claims. There is a huge benefit to knowing where people are already finding gold and these maps will reveal those exact locations to you. We live in Montana so we bought the Montana gold panning maps and they have helped us find some great spots.
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Fisher Deluxe Gold Prospecting Kit List Price: Sale Price: $48.88  |
DescriptionFisher Deluxe Gold Prospecting Kit Includes: -10 ½” Fisher Gold Pan -14” Fisher Gold Pan -Classifier – with 5/16” square holes -2 – 1oz Gold Vials – Shatterproof. -Snuffer Bottle -Top Hat Black Sand Magnet -Treasure Scoop -Panning Instruction Booklet -Drawstring Backpack |
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Stansport Adventure Seeker's Gold Panning Kit List Price: Sale Price: $20.64 |
DescriptionAdventure seekers and explorers will love this Gold Panning kit from Stansport Has everything you need to re-live the gold rush days of the Old West in a fun and educational kit. Includes one 10 1/2" gold pan, one 14" gold pan, 2 gold vials (1 oz and 1/2 oz containers), a heavy duty Prospector's rock pick made of forged steel with a tubular steel shank and stainless steel precision tweezers with a 1" magnifier... |
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How to Find Gold Fast: Tips Guide List Price: Sale Price: $4.08 |
DescriptionWould you like to solve the problem of how to find more gold fast and more consistently? This book solves that problem! In this guide you will learn proven tips and tricks to finding gold fast. These techniques work and improve your gold hunt overall... |
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Gold Pan Kit List Price: Sale Price: $25.45 |
DescriptionThe Garrett(r) Gold Pan Kit is a complete kit for fast and easy recovery of gold nuggets. |
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SE Blk Plastic Gold Mining Pan Clean Prospecting Panning 13- List Price: Sale Price: $1.34 |
DescriptionBrand new gold mining pan. This is a very sturdy, hard plastic pan with concentric ridges on one side, and funnel-shaped ridges on the other side (for pouring off the water.) This pan is sturdy but also very lightweight... |
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