That's great progress! Panning for gold is hard work. I've found a few flakes before and it was very exciting but didn't pay for my fuel or my time by any means. Did it more for entertainment, I guess.

I've been buying just a little silver. Just getting started myself. I'm itching to buy some gold too. I'm reluctant to buy gold with today's prices though. Not to say it can't go much higher. Silver hasn't done much yet and I could see it starting to go up at some point.