Searching for gold has a vibrant past, attracting history buffs and adventurers alike. Many prospectors, like Brooks, enjoy the hobby of gold panning for more than just the possibility of striking it rich. After decades of prospecting, he still finds joy in the hunt. “Once you see your first flake of gold pop out of the pan, it hooks you,” says Andy Brooks, president of the Central Valley Prospectors gold panning club based in Fresno, California. And still, two centuries later, prospectors search for gold in public areas across the American West. In 1852, the peak production year of the Gold Rush, $81 million worth of gold was discovered in California alone, coming to about $3.2 billion in today’s dollars. Millions of Americans have tried their luck at gold panning.
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