Get a metal detector, there are gold nuggets all over the desert out west and they`re only a few inches deep, ask yourself this, why would you want to spend all day panning when you can find a big nugget in just a few hours? You wouldn`t believe the stuff you`ll find specially in europe, in augsburg germany i found a 3 carrot ruby ring that was 18k gold in my front yard, it was 8 inches deep in the ground, i gave it to my mother and as far as i know she still has it, it`s some kind of antique as well. Also i found some ancient chines coins with holes in them that were 10 inches down. As far as a good metal detector goes, you get what you pay for. The one i`m currently useing now when i go detecting is the White`s classic II.


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