When I was down south I would pan the odd time in the North Sask river and found some fly-poop-sized specks of gold, but it never really amounted to anything. I needed to be closer to the Rocky mountains lol.
The last thing I panned was some paydirt bought online because I live in Nunavut and 9 months of winter gets really frickin' boring. This way I could pan for gold inside! Plus I wanted to try and make a 3d printed gold sluice so that when I go back down south I can head to the Rockies and find even more of that gold I've been longing for!
RE: Digging for gold