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Introduction to Baile an Or

Gold Panning at Baile an Or, Kildonan
Your North Scotland Geological Guide

Baile an Or is ideal for families and children, set in beautiful scenery, you can pan for gold. There is actually quite a lot of gold though they are tiny grains. However some people have collected enough gold to make a wedding ring and other jewelry.

Baile an Or - North Scotland
Last updated: [24/03/05]  last visited 2003
Gold Panning
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks
Fossils & Scottish Fossil Collecting in Baile an Or Your North Scotland Geological Guide & Geology Info.
(Baile an Or, Panning) - 2003

Location Information

Most people who are using the correct panning technique come away with at least a few flakes or granules of gold. Sometimes small nougats can be found.

(Highly Recommended for Families)

A fun day out for all the family. Please note that this location may not be suitable for small children since the river can be deep in places. Please keep an eye on children at all times.

   

Baile an Or is easy to find, and parking is next to the river.

Stream

Gold panning is done in the stream, so wellington boots are essential.
ACCESS
RIGHTS
Panning is only allowed in the stream at Baile an Or between the bridge and the waterfall.

There are limitations on the number of times you can visit in any given year.

You need to sign a paper and enter into the box at the billboard situated at Baile an Or.

Full Details on the board
displayed at Baile an Or

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

A UK Fossils & Discovering Fossils initiative (c) 2006

Buy the highest quality, strong plastic Gold Pans. Made by Estwing USA. These CLICK HERE

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.

Metal Detectors


We have a wide range of metal detectors and motion detectors.

Our metal detectors are of a very high quality and are british made by the Viking Company.

Why not take a metal detector when your fossil hunting! you never know what you may find.


We sell a wide range of compasses to both explorers, students to boat owners.

Some field compasses have build in clinometers so you can calculate the height of cliffs.

Our compasses are high quality. They are an essential part of the explorers kit.


All of our fossils are genuine and have been checked carefully, we only buy from reputable sources.

We have a wide range of fossils from low cost budget fossils to expensive stunning display pieces.

Our fossils are of a very high standard and they come from all over the world.



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