The best bet is to check out the GPAA's online tutorials about how to start panning for gold. These videos will teach you helpful hints like making sure you keep the pan in the water at a minimum ...

For tutorials on the fundamentals of how to gold pan, check out this resource on Finding Gold in Colorado, which includes a half-hour instructional video from Colorado gold pan master, Freddy Dodge.

What: Gold Prospectors of Colorado offers gold panning on claims along the Arkansas River and in Fairplay. Members can pan for gold on CPOC claims and take part in educational outings.

High gold prices, combined with increasing economic uncertainty, means that more families are including gold panning in their vacation plans.

There’s buried treasure in the rivers and streams of New Hampshire. 22 carat gold to be precise. While it’s very high quality, it’s also very low… ...

There’s panning in the creek at Lomax Placer Mine on Peak 8 and a sluicebox panning experience at the Washington Gold and Silver Mine in Illinois Gulch.