Open Ground
The Lemmenjoki Goldfields
Legal Lapland panning · Lemmenjoki, Finnish Lapland
Open to digThe prize. Arctic river gold and nuggets
Where. Lemmenjoki, Finnish Lapland
Status. Open to dig
Where. Lemmenjoki, Finnish Lapland
Status. Open to dig
The account
Deep in Finnish Lapland, the Lemmenjoki river country is the legal heart of European gold panning, where nugget hunters still work the streams above the Arctic Circle.
Leads, where the trail points now
- What you can keep: Arctic river gold and nuggets. Confirm the site's current rules and any day fee before you go.
- Where: Lemmenjoki, Finnish Lapland. Search only the marked legal area, and bring the right pan, screen, or detector and a container for finds.
- Best practice: record anything notable, leave the ground as you found it, and check the latest access notices before you travel.
Open ground. You can legally search here and keep what you find, within the rules the site posts. Bring any day fee or licence it asks for.
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