Higher Producing, Well-known Gold Districts Vs. Lesser Known Smaller Producing Ones

[Hard Prospector]

11 hours ago, Jin said:

 

Is there a way to sample ground drypanning without water?

Yes,  I've had good luck dry panning with the Garret Super Sluice Pan,  I think the best pan for such a method.  When you get down to just a bit in the pan  bottom;

Run a Gold Bug 2 (max gain preferred) or Falcon MD20 over the pan contents, these detectors will sound off on the smallest specs    -OR-

Add just a little water from your canteen and swirl down looking for color. 

Done lots of sample dry panning and this works for me

[Gold Hound]

5 hours ago, Hard Prospector said:

Yes,  I've had good luck dry panning with the Garret Super Sluice Pan,  I think the best pan for such a method.  When you get down to just a bit in the pan  bottom;

I carry the small 10in Garret Super Sluice Pan for the same reason. The garret pans are easily the best pan wet or dry.

Most of the time I don't even have to pan as I usually find gold with the detector anyway. The 5 and 7k are that good that you can pretty much loam with them.