Gold panning in rivers

[Heegrim]

I am disappointed we didn't get rivers in the new update but I am glad the devs are taking their time to do it right. 

When they are eventually added, they should generate small patches of sand/gravel with flecks of gold/silver/copper in them. These would have a much higher chance of finding those types of nuggets when panning. 

I know some new players struggle with finding enough copper for their first tools, so this would take some tedium out of panning for days to get those first 40 nugs.

Also, finding gold and silver really grinds my gears. I am drowning in quartz and I still haven't found enough to make a single lined lantern. This way we would have an alternative way to get it.

[LadyWYT]

I would appreciate this. Not that panning is ever going to be an exciting activity(nor does it really need to be), but I do think it would be more interesting to go out into the world looking for prime panning spots rather than cart everything back to base to pan in a puddle. Plus to my knowledge panning in rivers was oftentimes how prospectors found gold back in the olden days.

[Slam]

It’ll make early game black bronze more of a possibility, rather then getting lucky with surface deposit of both gold and silver.

[River Oak]

That'd be a nice way to make panning more engaging, and it's grounded in reality.