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I live approximately 50km north of Holzhausen(Greifenstein). Right now I am using a 15" pan and my small DIY sluice box that is built from some scrap aluminum sheet metal and contoured plates which I printed with a 3D resin printer. I just drew a few different types of riffles into the plates and hoped that it might work. One question I have is if the DIY sluice box can concentrate gold and heavy grains at all or if I made some mistakes with those contours etc. Last time I took two neodymium magnets and placed them at the end of the sluice box in order to see if there is magnetite or any magnetic ore present in the material and it didn't took long until the magnet was completely covered. Therefore I would like to ask if this could mean that I am looking at the right spot if there is magnetic sand is present or could it mean that I am doing something wrong with the sluice box due to the fact that the magnetic stuff wasn't collected inside the riffles? Or could it be that the magnet thing could give me a false reading about the whole prospecting situation?

Hello, I am new to the gold prospecting topic. Unfortunately there are almost no forums or websites with gold prospecting related content in Germany due to the fact that areas where it is possible to find gold are relatively rare compared to the USA. Actually I am looking to pan some gold in the creeks near my village. I am just trying to find a tiny bit of gold in order to proof if the old "tales" in my village about the gold which was found in the small creeks of the so called "blackcreeksystem" (part to the Eder river) nearby are true or not. Due to the fact that I haven't been lucky so far, I am now looking to get some tips about how to do it right and how to improve my DIY equipment.