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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
My best memory at Knotts was panning for Gold! I kept my little capsule of gold for years.
I also had a little horseshoe that the blacksmith at Knotts hammered my name into. B R U C E. (I loved that horseshoe!)
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Great maps! I loved Knott's as a kid, too. We went there lots more than Disneyland; because chicken dinner! (Just to be contrary, I remember ordering the hamburger more often than not.)
I kept my little plastic bottle of gold dust, too, but I couldn't find it when I went searching for it tonight. Maybe it's in my safety deposit box at the bank? Anyway, I did find a bunch of other things I got at Knott's over the years, including a little gold nugget (center, with a steel penny for scale).
Here's my loot from the Knott's rock shop: crystals of sulphur, amethyst, galena and ruby zinc (the latter three still in their original Knott's boxes). Also, in front, a tourmaline crystal, an
Elrathia kingii trilobite, a meteorite, and a
tektite.
Back to the gold nugget, my mother was absolutely
horrified when she found out I had spent $5 for that piece of gold. Gold was only $35 an ounce at the time, so to her, the price Knott's charged for this thing the size of a kid's little finger-nail that weighed only a few grains was "
highway robbery!" $5 then is almost $30 now, so my guess is that my gold investment from 45 years ago is maybe finally at the break-even point. (Maybe.) Whatever, I'll never sell it. The memories associated with it are worth far more than its monetary value. ^^