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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017:  Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), is seen here gold panning with the Italian tradition "trulla" tool during the triathlon contest at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_125...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A pendant Californian gold nugget found by Richard Mason (71) aka Uncle Fuzz  and Joyce Mason (76), husband and wife from Placerville, California, is seen here around Uncle Fuzz's neck at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.  Mr and Ms Mason have a claim in California where they search for gold. Uncle Fuzz’s ancestor was one of the first gold miner in 1848 during the Gold Race. Uncle Fuzz is a  former accountant and Joyce is a former nurse who handled more than 10,000 babies in approx. 40 years of work. They've been gold panning since 1998.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_213...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Californian gold flakes found by Richard Mason (71) aka Uncle Fuzz  and Joyce Mason (76), husband and wife from Placerville, California, are seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.  Mr and Ms Mason have a claim in California where they search for gold. Uncle Fuzz’s ancestor was one of the first gold miner in 1848 during the Gold Race. Uncle Fuzz is a  former accountant and Joyce is a former nurse who handled more than 10,000 babies in approx. 40 years of work. They've been gold panning since 1998.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_212...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A Californian gold nugget found by Richard Mason (71) aka Uncle Fuzz  and Joyce Mason (76), husband and wife from Placerville, California, is seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.  Mr and Ms Mason have a claim in California where they search for gold. Uncle Fuzz’s ancestor was one of the first gold miner in 1848 during the Gold Race. Uncle Fuzz is a  former accountant and Joyce is a former nurse who handled more than 10,000 babies in approx. 40 years of work. They've been gold panning since 1998.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_211...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners participate at the Gold nugget race during the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_198...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: gold panners are seen here gold panning with the traditional Italian "Trulla" tool during the triathlon contest at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_125...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners are seen at their marks at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena for the triathlon gold panning contest in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_120...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A view of the trunk of gold panner James Linnett's 4x4 Land Rover Defender, where he stores gold panning tools, gold, food and clothes, here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017. Jamess Linnett,  from Swindon (UK), has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_104...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017:  Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), shows the gold flakes he found in Scotland, here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_101...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), gold pans on the Elmo River, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_035...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: (L-R) Richard Mason (71) aka Uncle Fuzz  and Joyce Mason (76), husband and wife from Placerville, California, pose for a portrait at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.  Mr and Ms Mason have a claim in California where they search for gold. Uncle Fuzz’s ancestor was one of the first gold miner in 1848 during the Gold Race. Uncle Fuzz is a  former accountant and Joyce is a former nurse who handled more than 10,000 babies in approx. 40 years of work. They've been gold panning since 1998.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_209...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners participate at the Gold nugget race during the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_199...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners participate at the Gold nugget race during the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_194...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Supporters and gold panners are seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_193...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Italian gold panner Giancarlo Rolando (63), aka Rolli, exults as he is declared the winner of the  Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_192...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Italian gold panner Giancarlo Rolando (63), aka Rolli, waits in line for the judging process during the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_189...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panning judge Remo Marchiori (59, left) checks the number of gold flakes found by a participant at the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_189...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold panner picks a gold flake he found during the finals of the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_182...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold panner is seen here gold panning with the italian tradition "trulla" tool during the finals of the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_169...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A voluntary at the Italian Gold Panning Championship carries the participants' jerseys at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_163...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panner Daniela Muckova (41) from Slovakia stores a gold flake she found in a glass phial during the triathlon contest atat the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_159...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners are seen here with their speed pans at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_147...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold panner is seen here gold panning with a tradition pan during the triathlon contest at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_140...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners are seen at their marks at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena for the triathlon gold panning contest in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
<br />
Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
<br />
Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_137...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Judge Bruno Martini (67) checks the number of gold flakes found by a participant at the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panning judge Remo Marchiori (59) checks the number of gold flakes found by a participant at the Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017:  Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), exults as he finishes the first round of triathlon contest at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: gold panners are seen here gold panning during the triathlon contest at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Richard Mason (71), aka Uncle Fuzz, from Placerville, California, is seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena as he wears his jersey in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017. Richard Mason (71) aka Uncle Fuzz  & Joyce Mason (76), husband and wife from Placerville, California. They have a claim there where they search for gold. Uncle Fuzz’s ancestor was one of the first gold miner in 1848 during the Gold Race. Uncle Fuzz is a  former accountant and Joyce is a former nurse who handled more than 10,000 babies in approx. 40 years of work.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017:  Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), shows a gold nugget he found in Scotland, here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners register at the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners register at the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners register at the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners (right) register at the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold flakes found by gold panners Marlise and Willi Luedi, a Swiss couple from Bern, are seen here in her pan on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Mr and Mrs Luedi have been gold panning for 27 years.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner Daniela Muckova (41) from Slovakia poses for a portrait on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Ms Muchova has been a gold panning hobbyist for one year.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners Pierre Guidé (53, left) and Giancarlo Rolando (63) watch gold panner Marlise Luedi (58) showing the the gold flakes she found in the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), poses for a portrait on the Elmo River, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A pendant gold nugget found by French gold panner Pierre Guidé (53) is seen here on his chest as he gold pans on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), gold pans on the Elmo River, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), gold pans on the Elmo River, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold flakes found by a gold panner are stored here in a glass phial in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner Bruno Martini (67, left), vice-president of the "Associazione Biellese Cercatori d'Oro" (Gold Panning Association of Biella) introduces gold panning to novices on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner James Linnett (34), from Swindon (UK), searches for a spot  on the Elmo River where where he will be gold panning, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. James Linnett has been a gold panning hobbyist for the past 4 years, mainly in Scotland. He’s passionate about geology and drove 12 hours from the UK in his Land Rover Defender to participate athe Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A Gold Panners walks by the Elmo River where where will be gold panning, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner Bruno Martini (67), vice-president of the "Associazione Biellese Cercatori d'Oro" (Gold Panning Association of Biella) shows a traditional wooden pan used for gold panning to novices in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: An entrance sign of  the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena is seen here by the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Arturo Ramella, President of the "Associazione Biellese Cercatori d'Oro" (Gold Panning Association of Biella) poses for a portrait here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_216...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Arturo Ramella, President of the "Associazione Biellese Cercatori d'Oro" (Gold Panning Association of Biella) is seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A pile of gravel where a gold nugget has been hidden for the Nugget Race contest, is seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners are seen here walking towards their marks at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena for the triathlon gold panning contest in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Supporters and gold panners are seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Supporters and gold panners are seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A road sign at the entrance of Zubiena saying "Capitale dell'Oro" (Gold Capital) is seen here  in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_110...jpg
  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Austrian gold panner Franz Schwarzmaier is seen here by his van at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_104...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners walk back from the Elmo River, where they've gold panning all morning, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_092...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: French gold panner Pierre Guidé (53) poses for a portrait on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: French gold panner Pierre Guidé is seen here gold panning on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_064...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold panners are seen here at work on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_063...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold flake is seen here in a sluice box used by the Swiss couple Marlise and Willi Luedi on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_061...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: (L-R) Willi Luedi (60), from Bern, Switzerland, and James Linnett (34), from the UK, are seen here gold panning on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Mr and Ms Luedi have been goldplanning for 27 years.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold flake found by gold panners Marlise and Willi Luedi, a Swiss couple from Bern, is seen here in her pan on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Mr and Mrs Luedi have been gold panning for 27 years.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panner Daniela Muckova (41) from Slovakia gold pans here on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Ms Muchova has been a gold panning hobbyist for one year.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_026...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold panner stores a gold flake he found in a glass phial on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_025...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A gold flake found by gold panner Liliana Claut is seen here in her pan on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_025...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Italian Gold Panner Liliana Claut (70) gold pans on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_022...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panners walk towards the Elmo River where they will be gold panning, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_008...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panners walk towards the Elmo River where they will be gold panning, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_008...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Gold Panners walk towards the Elmo River where they will be gold panning, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • VERMOGNO (ZUBIENA), ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: An information board is seen here at the Victimula Gold Panner's Arena in the Bessa Natural Reserve in Vermogno (Zubiena), Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Italian gold panner Giancarlo Rolando (63), aka Rolli, poses for a portrait on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Mr Rolando has been gold panning since 1987.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: French gold panner Pierre Guidé (53) is seen here walking by the  Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Golf panning beginner Giacomo Ghiardo (11, center) observes James Linnett (34), from the UK, gold panning on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: Giacomo Ghiardo (11) is seen here gold paning for the first time, on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
    CIPG_20170624_NYT_GoldPanners_M3_054...jpg
  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: (L-R) Marlise Luedi (58) & Willi Luedi (60), husband and wife from Bern, Switzerland, are seen here searching for gold as gold panner James Linnett walks by, here on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Mr and Ms Luedi have been goldplanning for 27 years.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: A view of the Elmo River, used as a gold panning spot, in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CERRIONE, ITALY - 24 JUNE 2017: (L-R) Marlise Luedi (58) & Willi Luedi (60), husband and wife from Bern, Switzerland, pose for a portrait on the Elmo River in Cerrione, Italy, on June 24th 2017. Mr and Ms Luedi have been goldplanning for 27 years.<br />
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Gold Panners from Italy, Switzerland, France, UK, US and Slovenia gathered in Vermogno (Zubiena) for the 36th Italian Gold Panning Championship.<br />
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Gold panning is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its cheap cost and the relatively simple and easy process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposit are scooped into a pan, where it is then gently agitated in water and the gold sinks to the bottom of the pan. Materials with a low specific gravity are allowed to spill out of the pan, whereas materials with a higher specific gravity sink to the bottom of the sediment during agitation and remain within the pan for examination and collection by the prospector.
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  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: (L-R) A bracelet from the Sicilian Lace collection in 18kt gold with lapis lazuli and peridot and diamonds; a necklace and bracelet made of 19th century coral from Sciacca (Southern Sicily) and yellow 18kt gold clamps with natural acquamarine from Brazil, are set up here on a table in the studio of jeweler Massimo Izzo in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
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Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
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  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: (L-R) A bracelet from the Sicilian Lace collection in 18kt gold with lapis lazuli and peridot and diamonds, and parts of jewels and stones of the Jewels of the Sea collection such as a peridot, an acquamarine from Brazil, a mandarin garnet and an 18kt gold ring next to a starfish coral, are set up here on the working table of jeweler Massimo Izzo in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
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Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_7...jpg
  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: Jeweler Massimo Izzo works on a 18kt gold ring with sea motifs and a coral starfish from Sardinia, here in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
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Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_7...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2015: Italian race walker Alex Schwazer, who won the Olympic 50km walk gold medal in 2008 and who retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences, trains in the park of the Natural Reserve of Aniene in Rome, Italy, on December 11th 2015.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2015: Italian race walker Alex Schwazer, who won the Olympic 50km walk gold medal in 2008 and who retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences, trains in the park of the Natural Reserve of Aniene in Rome, Italy, on December 11th 2015.
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. A worker of Il Forteto plays violin for Simone, Stefano Sarti's son, that turns 23 years old. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
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©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. The award winning Oro Antico - Riserva del Casaro is a pecorino aged over six months and produced with selected sheep's milk. It shows a hard and glossy crust, as it is greased with olive oil. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
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©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. The Sottoilnoce is a pecorino cheese aged under nut tree leaves. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. Bigio is a pecorino cheese set under ashes according to an old farmer's custom. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. The Il Forteto cheese factory. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. Boschetto cheese is covered with salt by a Il Forteto worker. The Boschetto is a fresh cheese from sheep and cow's milk with truffle. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. Bread is baked here at Il Forteto early in the morning. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20100109_CULTURE-Forteto__MG_64...jpg
  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. Mattei Pizzi is the last worker that arrived in Il Forteto. He is here welding a part of a farm tractor. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20100108_CULTURE-Forteto__MG_59...jpg
  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. Mattei Pizzi is the last worker that arrived in Il Forteto. He is here welding a part of a farm tractor. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20100108_CULTURE-Forteto__MG_59...jpg
  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. A worker of ll Forteto lade ricotta cheese into tubs. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20100108_CULTURE-Forteto__MG_56...jpg
  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. Workers of Il Forteto braid the mozzarella cheese after it has been melt by a machine. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 8 January, 2009. Vicchio, FI, Italy. A worker of Il Forteto grabs the mozzarella cheese to put in a machine that will melt it before being braid by other workers. The Agricultura Cooperativa "Il Forteto" is a lauded producer of traditional Italian cheeses, recognized world over for their pecorino, winning first place of all DOP cheese at Tuttofood International in Milan for their Pecorino Oro Antico, and a gold medal in the Hard DOP Cheese class at 2009's World Cheese Awards in Gran Canaria.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: A bracelet from the Sicilian Lace collection in 18kt gold with lapis lazuli and peridot and diamonds, is set up here next to its sketch on a table in the studio of jeweler Massimo Izzo, here  in his boutique in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
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Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
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  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: Jeweler Massimo Izzo places a  a necklace made of 19th century coral from Sciacca (Southern Sicily) and yellow 18kt gold clamps with natural acquamarine from Brazil in a display cabinet in his boutique in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016. This necklace is part of the Jewels of the Sea collection.<br />
<br />
Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_8...jpg
  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: Jeweler Massimo Izzo holds a bracelet from the Sicilian Lace collection in 18kt gold with lapis lazuli and peridot and diamonds, here in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
<br />
Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_8...jpg
  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: Jeweler Massimo Izzo holds a bracelet from the Sicilian Lace collection in 18kt gold with lapis lazuli and peridot and diamonds, here in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
<br />
Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_8...jpg
  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: Jeweler Massimo Izzo works on a 18kt gold ring with sea motifs and a coral starfish from Sardinia, here in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
<br />
Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_7...jpg
  • CATANIA, ITALY - 15 FEBRUARY 2016: Jeweler Massimo Izzo works on a 18kt gold ring with sea motifs and a coral starfish from Sardinia, here in his atelier in Siracusa, Italy, on February 15th 2016.<br />
<br />
Massimo Izzo is a designer and creator of high-end jewelry inspired by Sicily and the Mediterranean culture.
    CIPG_20160215_INYT_MassimoIzzo__M3_7...jpg
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