sjmpainter Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Headed out Saturday for a quick trip to the river. Just a pan and my camera - Oh and by prospecting buddie. Any way I sampled three or four spots with little luck, finally come across a large boulder with a bit of flow material behind it and gave it a go. Did not expect much as it was loose and obviously resent, well to my surprise................. So the question is what would you consider a good sample Pan? FYI - I like the 14 inch GPAA pan green color, wide bottom and medium sized riffles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delnorter Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yes, that's a good pan of gold, sample or basic production. I'd get right after that spot, sample the immediate area and set up a sluice or better if practical. Keep us posted, I really enjoy prospecting with just a pan and simple tools. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU_Solitude Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 This is one pan of material or multiple pans from one spot? That is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughwater Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 4 hours ago, sjmpainter said: So the question is what would you consider a good sample Pan? It's a really good pan for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Great pan...especially if it is just one pan of material.... I have shoveled all day for less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I consider any gold at all in a pan sample to be a good thing and something with a tenth of what you are showing to be really good for a single pan sample. The amount you have I would have a sluice box or dredge on site asap. Many people as Paul has said would be happy to see that amount of gold running a sluice for a day, much less getting it in a single pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Stay on that paylayer. Sometimes going deeper is not the answer. Sometimes I hole punch a area like this. Then break out the Falcon MD20 probe and scan the cut banks. Find the layer that has the best pay and run it. Do lots of clean outs to know your still on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmpainter Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 I agree that has got to be the best sample I have got with a pan, not so much for the size of the gold but the amount of colors. Generally if I get 6-12 colors I would get serious about the spot. So much for lazy Saturday fun looks like I have to do some dredging! It's spring time and the snow melt is in full force so the river is a bit too much rite now but when things settle down I promise to do the dredge and will bring you folks along. Steve, get with the powers to be. We need a pan with built in detector - something like the falcon molded in and a ring of led lights around the rim to alert the presence of gold. That would actually be a cool pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughwater Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 13 hours ago, sjmpainter said: So the question is what would you consider a good sample Pan As to pans, is this not the official and only recommended pan by this website? https://youtu.be/9FjRQpTzCyQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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