One of my many hobbies is recreational gold prospecting and mining. I've been gold panning, metal detecting and sluicing on my vacations for many years. It's a lot of fun. It's great exercise. I get to do it in really scenic locations, outside in the fresh air and sunshine. I have even found some gold. This page links to accounts of my various adventures in pursuit of the shiny yellow stuff. More will be added in the future.

A tutorial on how to pan for gold. Its easy, its fun, and its GOLD! Grab your gold pan, your boots, a shovel and lets hit the streams and hopefully strike it rich.

How I built a recirculating sluice or highbanker. The evolution of the design from initial idea and crude prototypes, to a finished unit that works great in the field.

How I converted a cheap, used wet/dry vacuum into a gas-powered vacuum cleaner for use in gold prospecting/mining.