Gold panners from far and wide have descended on the Northern Territory town of Pine Creek to find tiny crumbs of the precious metal in a bucket full of sand.
In gold panning competition, a competitor enters the river with a bucket of sand.Competitors must be meticulous or incur penalties.When a piece of gold is discovered, a competitor then removes it from the pan and places it into a vial.
Once a panner believes they have found all the gold in their bucket of sand, they stop the clock.Paul Watkins, who competed in the event, said he had developed a nice little gold collection after 35 years of panning."The good thing is, you get to keep the gold you find.A gold nugget worth about $200 is given away at the championships every year.
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