Anyone know if there's a supplier of the garrett gravity trap pan in vic?
Garrett Gravity Trap Gold Pan?
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These guys are in Vic mate.
http://www.prospectingsupplies.com.au/products/328-10-garrett-gravity-trap-gold-pan.aspx
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The Gold shop in Ballarat sells Garrett products. They definately have the pan kits, so I'm sure they will sell individual sizes.
Good pans, but unless you want a small one for a specific reason I'd be investing in the prospector or super sluice... Not sure how long the super sluice (my preferred choice) has been around but the prospector is unchanged in 30 years.... The old man has a 30yo 14" and comparing it to a brand new one a couple years ago barring a slightly different looking type of plastic, there was production line imperfections in the exact same locations on both pans. An unchanged design has proven to be a top seller for many decades without the need for change
Good pans, but unless you want a small one for a specific reason I'd be investing in the prospector or super sluice... Not sure how long the super sluice (my preferred choice) has been around but the prospector is unchanged in 30 years.... The old man has a 30yo 14" and comparing it to a brand new one a couple years ago barring a slightly different looking type of plastic, there was production line imperfections in the exact same locations on both pans. An unchanged design has proven to be a top seller for many decades without the need for change
Cheers guys, was looking for the super sluice too, gravity trap seems very similar, any clue on the difference?
Like matty84 said gold shop in ballarat recently got another garrett shipment in ( apparently they were out of stock nation wide at one point) and should have heaps in stock i purchased the deluxe kit which came with both pans, classifier and a few other things, wasnt too expensive either considering the price of 1 supersluice alone.
Difference is the size and riffles, the prospector is 14" and has 3 relatively shallow riffles and the base is recessed (for lack of a better word) from the sides acting somewhat as a 4th riffle.the super sluice is 15" but can hold almost twice as much and process twice as fast in my opinion once comfortable with the size and weight of it loaded with dirt. It has only 2 riffles but they're about an inch deep and the base is much larger. Both are useful and require slightly different techniques and wouldn't want to be without either, though I'd say I reach for the super sluice about 90% of the time.
The package as stated is a worthy investment and gives you the option to use both and decide what's most comfortable in your hands.
The package as stated is a worthy investment and gives you the option to use both and decide what's most comfortable in your hands.
Bought the package just before christmas $ 110.00, it is an excellent buy , 3 pans, sieve, 2 bottles, tweezers with magnafying lense, book on how too. Great Outdoors Albury. It was the last one, they have new stock now. One pan is $ 28 -30.
Awesome guys cheers. I'd love to have some sturdy sieves as well.. the ol water tank leaf stopper has had its time..
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