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 Description:   Ban Pa Ron of tambon Ron Thong in Bang Saphan welcomes visitors to experience the local way of life and try searching for gold as the locals do. Anyone can rent a large round wooden container called a liang to stir and filtrate gold from rocks and sediments taken from the water. They can take home the gold they find. A Liang is made of hard wood, such as makha. Long ago, the area had plenty of gold ore. Even recently, some people found 5 baht and 7 baht of natural gold in Klong Thong.

According to Nikhom Ratkhiri, a village headman of Ban Pa Ron, gold from Bang Saphan is 99.99% pure and can be sold right away to gold shops. The fame of this community began in the reign of King Borommakot of Ayutthaya Kingdom (1733-1758). It all started when some locals who came to search for wild products here found gold in the Phan Lam stream and informed King Borommakot. Gold prospectors later flocked to the stream, later renamed Klong Thong, meaning Stream of Gold, and a village for gold prospectors was set up. Gold weighing 3,200 baht was found here and presented to King Borommakot for decorating the tip of the pavilion enshrining the Buddha’s footprint in Saraburi. The late King Bhumibol Adulyadej also visited this community in 1977, and the locals presented him with gold weighing 9 baht found in the area. 
 
 Province   Prachuap Khiri Khan  Direction:      
 District   Bang Saphan    
 City   Ron Thong  Comments:    Official Web:    
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 Entry fee   100 THB     GPS :   11.30890 N 99.419408 E  
                     
                     
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