Popular Post webfact Posted August 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 Thailand tourism latest! Tourists invited to go panning for gold! Picture: New TV A cultural expert in Bang Saphan, Prachuap Khiri Khan is advising tourists that there is gold in "them thar hills". Well, actually in the klong at Ron Tong district. Krissada Muatnoi told the media that his area is famous nationwide for its gold deposits with beliefs that they are sacred. Now he wants tourists to try their hand at panning for gold. You can rent the necessary equipment at a special center in the area for just 100 baht. Picture: New TV This includes items such as a shovel and a panning receptacle. The visitor center is also open from 9-5pm for 50 baht where you can discover all about the history of gold exploration in the Ron Thong Klong and how to pan for the gold. Krissada said it was a great time to go panning what with gold being at a high price. Picture: New TV You can also buy gold jewelry at the center. Thaivisa notes that the name of the sub-district also means to pan for gold. Source: New TV -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-08-13 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emdog Posted August 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 Send you wife out to pan, especially if she is already a "gold digger" 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PETERTHEEATER Posted August 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 hours ago, webfact said: This includes items such as a shovel and a panning receptacle. Tha shovel is to facilitate removal of the TAT BS mountain which is growing by the day. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 59 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said: Tha shovel is to facilitate removal of the TAT BS mountain which is growing by the day. And next week we will have the lake Mess Monster of Mabrachan Reservoir. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Marching bands, gold panning, what's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paiman Posted August 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 And then the tourists get arrested for panning without a work permit. Smart move, well thought of. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, SteveK said: Marching bands, gold panning, what's next? Accident investigation, even accident watching (as a sport !).... Prison visits ????... erm, I think that one has been already floated by someone with a a golden droplet of genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 The only one finding gold will be the one with the shovels and pans for rent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Is a Donkey included, must have a Donkey and a beard to be authentic. if there was any Gold at all in that Klong, i think you would not be able to move for Thai's trying their luck,especially the way things are today. regards Worgeordie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timendres Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 In stock markets, the people guaranteed to make money are the brokers. During the Gold Rush, the people guaranteed to make money were the ones who sold the picks and shovels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Burma Bill Posted August 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 Interesting, now tourist attraction! Villagers and other local Thai people have panned for gold for many years in the Wang River which flows through Wang Nua in the northern sector of Lampang Province, Lanna. Photo taken in 2012. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Paiman said: And then the tourists get arrested for panning without a work permit. Smart move, well thought of. Right, this is work for Thais only. Up next be your own Tour guide and pay for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceKadet Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Good luck with the local mafia that already staked claims... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I'm still eagerly awaiting Pattaya marching bands. A parade a few years back in rainy season and knee high flooding was comedy gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 no one is going to talk about his little nugget of gold that looks a little like the shape of thailand....except for the south a little it goes west and not east he is so proud holding it up in its amulet holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 My understanding is you pan for gold with a pan whats to rent ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 7 hours ago, webfact said: Now he wants tourists to try their hand at panning for gold. Can you keep the gold if you find any .. and makes a change from being directed to the gold shop in Big C .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I hope that kid in the middle is standing in a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Prison visits ????... That one was cancelled already, because since tourist are not allowed to enter Thailand, they decided to send the prisoners to the countries where the tourists live 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Panning for gold is a very successful activity in Thailand........Ask Kingsgate, they know everything about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 a metal detector is more efficient at finding gold nuggets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstav Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Sounds like it could be a fun way to spend a day out. Something different. Why all the cynicism? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) On 8/13/2020 at 7:29 PM, IAMHERE said: I hope that kid in the middle is standing in a hole. Double amputee after the motor bike accident Edited August 15, 2020 by Grumpy one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, nickstav said: Sounds like it could be a fun way to spend a day out. Something different. Why all the cynicism? Prison is high on the list to dampen the fun for farangs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvaviator Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 8/13/2020 at 5:15 PM, SteveK said: Marching bands, gold panning, what's next? Is it possible to walk along the old railway track ? Does this railway line exist today ? Or maybe do as they do in UK .. Turn it into a cycle route if no longer in use ????. Could have off road cycle race .. from the Burma border to BK ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenton Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Thai version of Levi Strauss & Co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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