You need a permit to prospect at Wanlockhead available from the museum, Leadhills also needs a permit available from a chap who manages the estate, google Leadhills permit for info. Other places it all depends on the land and the river, Tyndrum there is no permit required as long as there is nothing done around the houses, stick to further up river or to the hill streams and avoid any fish spawning grounds between Oct-May, which includes the main Tyndrum and Wanlockhead rivers but the higher streams are still usually ok to do. Any other places in the UK would require research to see who owns the land/river making sure no rivers are protected etc and to get permission where required. Like anything though, if you're respectful to both the land and any people you see, tidy up behind you and leave the area as you found in (including filling in any holes), then there should be minimal problems. If you need any further info, there's a lot of helpful people over at UKGPA.com with some locals who are willing to meet new members. Hope this helps.
You can use manual suction pumps and sluices, suction dredges either petrol/electric powered or gravity dredges are not allowed and anyone seen using such is breaking Scottish environmental code as per their website rules & regs
All in all I would say that was a positive outcome. Good on ya fella.
The results photo are for the 2 days combined, still not too bad though but the next hole provides the piece of the trip
Good start,not much gold,but enough to continue.
It gets better on day 3 when I move to a new hole but any gold is better than an empty pan
what are the legal rules for being able to pan for gold in scotland
You need a permit to prospect at Wanlockhead available from the museum, Leadhills also needs a permit available from a chap who manages the estate, google Leadhills permit for info. Other places it all depends on the land and the river, Tyndrum there is no permit required as long as there is nothing done around the houses, stick to further up river or to the hill streams and avoid any fish spawning grounds between Oct-May, which includes the main Tyndrum and Wanlockhead rivers but the higher streams are still usually ok to do. Any other places in the UK would require research to see who owns the land/river making sure no rivers are protected etc and to get permission where required. Like anything though, if you're respectful to both the land and any people you see, tidy up behind you and leave the area as you found in (including filling in any holes), then there should be minimal problems. If you need any further info, there's a lot of helpful people over at UKGPA.com with some locals who are willing to meet new members. Hope this helps.
are you limited to using only a gold pan or can you use vacuum sluicing?
You can use manual suction pumps and sluices, suction dredges either petrol/electric powered or gravity dredges are not allowed and anyone seen using such is breaking Scottish environmental code as per their website rules & regs