Description
This gold pan was used by a prospector named Carl Shilling to mine gold from the East Branch of the Swift River in Byron from the 1940s through the late 1970s.
Schilling was a hermit who lived along the river and made his living panning gold and doing odd jobs for local people. Originally from Germany, Carl immigrated to the United States during WWII. He was very suspicious of people and hid most of his gold so that no one would steal it.
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