Bill Peabody shows novices how to separate gold from black sand suing water and a gold pan during the recent gold prospectors show in North Bend, Ore. Peabody has been prospecting as a hobby for 30 years. He started combing the ground for fossils in the Midwest. While he's never struck it rich, the idea keeps him going. "Maybe if I roll one more rock it'll be gold," he said. (AP Photo/The World, Benjamin Brayfield)

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Question: Have you ever panned for gold? Were you successful?