How much gold is in a bag?
Honest answer, with real numbers: gold was trading around £100 a gram (July 2026), so no paydirt bag at a sensible price holds anything close to a gram — anyone promising that is selling pyrite. The £99.99 Motherlode is seeded heavy with genuine natural gold, including pieces big enough to pick up with your fingers. Exact seeding varies bag to bag — we guarantee the gold is real and worth panning, and we'd rather under-promise than invent a weight.
Is the gold real?
Yes — natural gold, the real thing. Not brass filings, not "fool's gold" pyrite, not plated flake. It behaves in the pan exactly like the gold you'd work out of a Scottish burn, because it is the same material.
What's in the Motherlode bag?
Screened gravel and sand concentrate, seeded heavy with genuine natural gold and bigger pieces: chunky flake and proper pickers you can lift out with your fingers rather than a snuffer bottle. At this price the metal itself starts to matter. Only 10 exist in batch one.
When will my bag arrive?
Your bag ships within 1 week of ordering, tracked to your door anywhere in the UK — delivery is included in the price.
What kit do I need to pan it?
A gold pan and a washing-up bowl (or any big tub) of water — that's it. No classifier needed, the material is already screened. See our
equipment guide for pan options, and the panning guide you can download as soon as you order walks you through the technique.
Do I get to keep the gold? Don't I need a permit?
It's yours, completely. Permits, landowner permission and Crown rules apply to gold recovered from rivers in the wild — this gold is bought and paid for, so none of that applies. It's the one way to pan British-style gold with zero paperwork.
Is this a subscription?
No — it's a one-off payment for one bag. It doesn't touch your map access either: the
interactive map (£29.99 lifetime) is a separate thing entirely.
