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Yunooku Gold Mine Museum panning (Shimobe)

Gold ground Documented siteLicence or permit

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: licensed panning at the museum of the Sengoku-era Yunooku gold mines linked to the Takeda clan

Municipal museum with a well-reviewed indoor sand-tank gold panning experience

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