Earthling1a t1_jd87641 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Reply to comment by ghguyrur7 in [m28] realizing I have no real life friends (Saco Biddeford, let’s grab a drink/bong rip and chat) by ghguyrur7

Gold panning (and lessons) is available in Byron on the Swift River up route 17. Not exactly in the Portland area, but great camping and hiking and scenery up there. And there's a lot more gold in them thar hills than anyone thinks there is.

ghguyrur7 OP t1_jd94j37 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 6:44 PM

I went to coos canyon with my family this past fall, I found an insane amount of garnets, I have a large mason jar full of just tiny garnets! The river is just large rocks, but if you dig them away you can find infinite tiny garnets and gold flakes!! I bought a pan and really want to go gold hunting this year!