Thanks Michael, it's a fascinating hobby and it certainly gets you out into some amazing places.

Is there anywhere you can recommend trying? We will be visiting snowdon this summer camping with the kids!

I think they do gold panning tasters in Beddgelert www.syguncoppermine.co.uk/index.php

Thank you Steve , it was a cracking day out pal, all the best for 2022.

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures and all the best to you Daz for 2022 let's hope its a year for getting those nuggets

The first place appears to be full of the tailings or micro stuff they crushed and then was leached back into the river with the mercury. It's an interesting place in general and there will be more spots around there I am sure worth further visits Dave. I have heard that the other rivers are still frequented too and that things are a bit like as before

Nice one Rob, the pleasure was all mine and until the next time buddy .....

Thanks GS, all the best for 2022

Happy days Lewis, all the best for the new season. SEASON 2 !

Thank you for the great comments there , they are really appreciated. I was hoping to get up to Tyndrum last year but never got around to it. Hopefully I will this year. All the best for 2022...

High Pete, I loved it, a proper prospecting trip. Take care pal and see you soon.

Brilliant stuff. I bet you were well chuffed. It's a great feeling to see gold in the pan.

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures too right living the dream haha heading out tomorrow to see some juicy yellow droplets in me pan haha

That's great to hear and thank you for your kind words. It is one of the hobbies that gets you out and gives you a real sense of adventure

Thanks Geordie Gold Prospecting, the second place has a bit more potential I reckon and is worth a future visit. Al the best to you and for the new panning season

All the best Glenda. It was great to get out and meet up with people, and the few specs we found were the icing on the cake .

Thank you so much Scottish Gold Hunter. Here's to heavy pans to you on your next adventure. Take care buddy .

Thanks for that pal. On this video it was nice to not have to focus on finding the gold personally and that it was about us all prospecting the area. We ended up all getting similar results and probably chatting more than panning. All the best on your next adventures in 2022 Eddie.

Jason is a top bloke and he knows his stuff too , I am a big fan of his channel pal.

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures yeah he sent a jar of paydirt to Shane @ Klesh guitars. I was already following his channel AUR when I watched the review and I got really excited 😂

He told me about this . Big Thumbs up for the Welsh eh !

Hey don't mention it, We are all normal people going about our daily lives and sharing the adventure buddy.

Hello TBB and thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and acquired knowledge of your journey so far into this great hobby, it's truly gripping stuff ! There are a many more places I would like to prospect in the Lake District myself. Over the years I have walked up up literally every mountain there is in the area and looking back I now find myself having more questions than there are answers about many places I have visited. I find myself asking the question " Could there be any gold there ?".... An old friend of mine has told me stories about the silver mining in the Glenriding area where they used Cyanide to extract the silver form the ore for example and that there should be gold in this region too ( probably not commercially viable ) but as an enthusiast it's juicy stuff. People have also said that they have metal detected some of the old waste and spoil heaps around the mines in the area and found traces of gold, as the miners were not mining for it . It's all interesting stuff and there doesn't seem to be enough readily available information about gold occurrences in the Lake District like there is in other parts of the UK . Let me know how you get on tomorrow and if you need any advice on panning , sluicing etc, I would be happy to help, Regards Darren.

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Cheers Mate, well the knowledge you speak of is the right stuff, coming from the Old Shepherding farming Families that go back hundreds of years, what I was told by a farmer a few weeks ago was incredible really, about the Magna Carta, the Royal Gold Mines and the varying methods of keeping 2, maybe 3 concealed, 1 to be used and be the mine which all will see as the only Royal Gold mine in Britain which is in Wales as you know, all crown jewels and wedding jewellery, and gifts to other Royal Families or royal Favourites as they were called back in the day would use only the welsh gold , and it's 30% more expensive than the Gold Price at any time. I was told by a good mate who lives and works round here that Diana's ring had to be made from High Grade gold taken from the Royal mine of Kentmere, now i have no idea if there's any truth in that as he told me that about 8 year ago before I got into Geology etc, but the Farmer said that the Gold Mine for the Royals in 1600's to 1700's was exactly where I have been finding what I've been finding, but it was closed as in the entrance to the mine was blown to close it, and now it's a craggy outcrop with a sheepfold in front if it, but there are Journals in his House dating back to 1850's and his relatives used to use the river and the terraced like bit to the mountain near the foot of it, and found nuggets, as big as walnuts in their shells, and panning was productive even though they just had some fun finding it now and again. I believe him as he has no reasdon to make up such a story, but i'll check out everything tomorrow and ill let ya know. Oh and if you ever get the opportunity, have a look into the creation of the Grasberg Gold Mine, and on Google Earth, use thwe time feature to go right back to the 80's, and what it develop, it's incredible but it shares self similar fractality to very specific parts to Britain, which is what was figured out in the 1700's repetition in geological and topographical landscaping, identical in almost every way except for scale, reduced or upscaled by the Phi ratio, it's an amazing thing nature how it balances density in a unified coherence.

Thanks Dawn 👍

Ha ha thanks Andria, hope you are well. It was a great day out

Thanks PLJ, I was told how to say a lot of things by a farmer from the Llyn Peninsula and he told me to say it like that. Having said that friends from Bangor don't speak with his accent and they say things totally different. It took me years to try get Rhyd - Ddu somewhere near right . All the best to you for 2022 buddy, take care ...

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Good on you.👍.I was born in Cardiff 65 years ago and we were taught Welsh by an English education system that really did not care. Only a few decades earlier children were forcibly punished and humiliated for speaking Welsh in school. We would call it ethnic cleansing now but no one wants to remember it happened on your side of the border. Not that you had anything to do with it mind. I am now learning Welsh properly but I have always tried to pronounce Welsh words properly. I hate the way a lot of Welsh people don't care about their heritage. I think you appreciate Wales more than most in the South. Thank you for responding and I wish you well in your new endeavours. Blwyddyn newydd hapus.

@@plj471 Thanks you so much for you reply PLJ. I am passionate about the welsh language and welsh heritage being upheld. I do not understand why school children in the UK have to learn German and French when Welsh is a language spoken on our land in the UK and so many of us visit this great nation. Can I thank you once again for sharing thoughts. Regards Darren

You smashed it out of the park on that day buddy. Next time I will be ready with my crab stick special lol. All the best to you and the gang and have a great new year. Take care and hopefully see you soon.

Sure thing Sisyphus, the number crunching data gods can do as they wish

There is gold all over the UK jmy. England, Wales , Scotland and Ireland

Hi Chris and thank you so much for commenting. It is getting harder to find gold in the UK these days, there's plenty of it about for recreational panners but all the agencies and land owners are clamping down. Have fun mate and heavy pans to you and your friends.👍 Darren

CHEERS !

It's all about having a cracking day out prospecting, BG 123

Thanks Highland Gold Prospecting 👍

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Thank you for sharing a comment buddy, they are greatly appreciated. Are there any other locations in this area you would recommend a prospect

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures other than some caves on wigpool ...nothing really for gold panning think that's the only know place in forest for gold

Thought the missus was going to be a good help but she said she's not carrying any equipment just her sandwich and hold the dog haha,think I may leave her at home lol

Cheers Liam, the mild weather will keep your fingers that bit warmer lol. Best of luck

I couldn't possibly answer that question Liam. My Missus has found watching box sets to be her hobby on dark winter days but you need a quality butty in your backpack .

Haha its all good she's got the sluice in hand,certainly need a good sandwich when out in these cold waters,prospectors dinner always seems to get in the video haha,quiet out today thsts what we like 👍

Enjoy !

You need to research the Welsh gold belt around the Harlech dome my friend. It is very abundant in some areas

Thank you Jay, try this link out www.goldpanningsupplies.co.uk/product-page/caledonian-extreme-gold-snuffer

Yes , that's a good idea, thanks for the tip

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures no probs bro I'm like a mag pie when it comes to gold✌

It's not policed Jon but people may frown 🤭

The geology varies, there is Mudstone and also a lot of ancient volcanic activity around here. The gold travels up through the cracks in the bedrock where there was once enough heat to allow it to flow in the quartz veins.. It's called mesothermal.

There's a lot of gold there for sure, same up at the Tyndrum gold mine 👍😁

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures think i need to get on my electric bike and take a look before the herd arrive

Too right, happy adventures buddy 👍

Hello Max, how are you and thank you for contacting me. How can I help. Regards Darren.

@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Hey Darren, cheers for the reply. I'm wondering if you could help us find panning locations in the UK (based in SW london, so somewhere close would be great), and might be interested in a video collab? I'm a video game developer who's created a mining game and have an audience interested in this stuff - I want to create a short vlog style video where we venture into a river with some equipment to find some gold. I'm thinking about possibly paying cornwall a visit, but was wondering if you knew of anywhere closer to us. Cheers!

Sounds interesting pal, let me have a look at potential places for you pal. The English prospector will know places in Cornwall / Devon to pan too.

That's how the nuggets are found but it seems to be a big no no ? !

I have no interest in Bitcoin or any other digital currencies at all Barry. My passion is all about spending as much of my time being in the great outdoors where the rewards are far greater than you could ever imagine with regards to having a purpose and positive outlook on life. Best of luck with your crypto adventures buddy. I'm not sure where my next adventure will take me, but it will be an amazing and uplifting experience nevertheless and I couldn't put a price on that.