I know this is a MD site but curious if anybody has ever tried gold panning? Seems like it would be kinda fun but maybe between having a hard time finding a legal place to go and investing in a lot of equipment it wouldn't be worth it? Wonder were it's legal to go? That Alaska gold rush show is kinda interesting but they better find a lot of gold for what it would cost to get all that equipment up there and operating costs would have to kill a guy i would think. Looks like on a small scale in some hilly streams in the US may be kinda interesting. Anybody try it on here? Probably pays 10 cents an hour but that would be better than my 5 cents an hour I make MD.....