Wayne is a wealth of information on that topic and has a great web site chat forum for it. Wish we had gold in these parts. There is some to be had in Maine, but in very small quanties from the Swift River. I've been out west a few times but not knowing enough about it produce the same results, nada. I did go to a campground in Oregon that had gold panning and did ok there for a rookie, but it was more the owners skills than mine. I have a friend in Hermiston, Oregon and he took me to a claim he and a club group work. He uses a battery operated unit, shaped like a spiral inside to get it out of the rivers. Think it was a desert fox or river fox, something like that. It was fun and you sure can't complain about the areas you go to to look for it.... I watch the videos on Waynes site and wish I could make it to some of those area, but they 3,000 miles away from me here in Connecticut. Nice part is, I still have the dream, not sure about time to complete it....Then again, who is.... Keep usposted on your quest and do take pictures and post them. Best of luck out there in retirement. I've been retired since 1989, and wonder where I ever found time to work with all their is to do.
George-CT
