> The 65-year-old, who had denied the offences, claimed he had been showing an enforcement officer how to pan for gold.
Those enforcement officers are wasted on gold panning enforcement.
“Hey mate, I’m an enforcement officer. Are you panning for gold?”
“Of course not”
“That’s a shame. I was wondering how you pan for gold”
“No problem, I’ll show you”
“Magic! Mind if I film it?”
“Course not”
Sounds like the man is quite literally as dumb as a box of rocks.
Why is panning specifically illegal? I doubt people would be making fat stacks.
Is it to deter people making a mess of the area or ruining the river?
Feels like this isn’t something the authorities should be wasting time enforcing, if your house get’s burgled it’s a 3 week wait for them to send you a crime reference number & wish you the best of luck yet we have people actively trying to stop people from panning for <£20s worth of gold?
All this has done is made me want to look for gold on my Welsh holiday next week
TIL that ‘Snowdonia gold panning ban enforcement officer’ is a genuine job that exists..
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> The 65-year-old, who had denied the offences, claimed he had been showing an enforcement officer how to pan for gold.
Those enforcement officers are wasted on gold panning enforcement.
“Hey mate, I’m an enforcement officer. Are you panning for gold?”
“Of course not”
“That’s a shame. I was wondering how you pan for gold”
“No problem, I’ll show you”
“Magic! Mind if I film it?”
“Course not”
Sounds like the man is quite literally as dumb as a box of rocks.
Why is panning specifically illegal? I doubt people would be making fat stacks.
Is it to deter people making a mess of the area or ruining the river?
Feels like this isn’t something the authorities should be wasting time enforcing, if your house get’s burgled it’s a 3 week wait for them to send you a crime reference number & wish you the best of luck yet we have people actively trying to stop people from panning for <£20s worth of gold?
All this has done is made me want to look for gold on my Welsh holiday next week
TIL that ‘Snowdonia gold panning ban enforcement officer’ is a genuine job that exists..
I had no idea this was illegal