Beginner with Midas touch finds gold for engagement ring in the Highlands Mr Greenwood used a simple gold pan, trowel, shovel and rake to collect tiny specks of gold from rivers around the Highland Boundary Fault. Grant Logan, a goldsmith from Campbeltown, Argyll, used Mr Greenwood's collection to fashion the ring. "When John realised he was finding gold he contacted me to ask how much he would need to make a ring," said Mr Logan. I told him he'd need more and that gave him the incentive to keep going. Miss Shearer, 40, a physiotherapist, was aware that her partner was panning for gold but thought it was simply a new hobby. The ring used just under four grams. Mr Greenwood said: "I've actually got so much left over I am holding it back to make our wedding rings." Thirty-four grams of gold would be worth about £1,000 at current rates but for anyone inspired to pack their pans and head to the Highlands, experts said few would be as lucky as Mr Greenwood. Jeremy Harding of Wartski, the Mayfair jeweller responsible for making the Duchess of Cambridge's Welsh gold wedding band, said: "I would say it's highly unlikely - almost impossible - to find this quantity of gold in such a short time unless you are a skilled panner. Panning for gold is very difficult. Most nuggets are the size of a pinhead and when you're swirling a pan of water full of rocks and dirt it's very easy to swirl what little gold you had right back out again. A spokesman for the British Gold Panning Association said: "Panners can go 30 years and get just a fraction of this amount. He has been extremely lucky if he's found that much in that short a time. I should think the world and his aunty will be trying to find the spot where he did it. If I was him I'd keep quiet.