Brian Berkhahn Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Garrett Gravity pan for me.. I am kinda anxious to try the new oblong pan that they came out with, I understand they quit making the regular Garrett Gravity pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I like the Estwing pan, but I am as much trying to pan very fine gold dust. https://www.estwing.com/products/plastic-gold-pans Garret's gravity trap riffles clog up on me. Very interested in trying Minelabs pan. Good colour, curious to how well their riffles will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I used a Proline blue pan for years but now I love the estwing blue pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 On 3/13/2018 at 6:23 PM, Bryce said: I like the Estwing pan, but I am as much trying to pan very fine gold dust. https://www.estwing.com/products/plastic-gold-pans Garret's gravity trap riffles clog up on me. Very interested in trying Minelabs pan. Good colour, curious to how well their riffles will work. If you are panning very fine gold it is more technique than pan. Classify your materials and pan only small amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 3 hours ago, johnedoe said: If you are panning very fine gold it is more technique than pan. Classify your materials and pan only small amounts. I am classifiying my material through a roughly 1/4" classifier, however I'm panning glaciated ground with alot of persistant heavies. My technique is down pat, but a good pan with less aggressive riffles makes it fast. The turbo pan however is a gimic. Thankfully it was free. Now it's a depository for black sands sitting on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1/4 " is still not small enough to make fine gold recovery easy or efficient. The golden rule is... If everything in the pan is the same size, Gold rules. Here are some vids for fine gold recovery and cleanup. This is a link to a thread I put together on another site. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/panning-gold/459664-art-gold-panning.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Johndoe, I'm panning to prospect. The setup works well for my survey of the claim. Production is sluiced. Then yes, finer classification most definitely helps with recovery from the cons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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