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Over 170 years later, the Gold Rush still isn’t over for some Northern California residents. Gold was first discovered in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush and changing the course of the state and igniting the growth of the West Coast, according to the Library of Congress. All these years later, you can still find people panning for gold. “There’s clubs locally in the area,” Laura Fierro told Nexstar’s KTXL. “There’s prospector clubs that get together and do some panning and prospecting as well.” Fierro is involved with gold panning groups in the Sacramento area called River City Prospectors...

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Within an hour of downtown Los Angeles people are seeking that one sure commodity. "I'm here to find gold," said Kevin Brown. “I'm a studio lighting technician in Hollywood, between the writers strike that happened last year, and the Screen Actors Guild... whatever they want to call it. Lately I've had to turn to having to do it for extra cash.” Geologists estimate that during the gold rush of 1849 in California about 80-percent the gold was never found. Today with the price of gold soaring and the economy falling, the idea of panning, digging or diving for precious metal...