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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Panning techniques and a few other questions?
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<blockquote data-quote="jaykraykray" data-source="post: 618177" data-attributes="member: 21568"><p>Hi Phil, I'm also a newbie, only got out a few times in Victoria before this latest lockdown but did get my first gold the day lockdown was announced and can't wait to get out again!</p><p></p><p>I pretty much just watched every YouTube how-to video I could find, and feel pretty good that I'm not totally messing up my pans. I found Dan Hurd to be the most educational, along with Two Toes and Jeff Williams. I really enjoy Dunky & Rav3n, Diggin' for Gold, and Vo-Gus Prospecting for showing what prospecting in central Victoria actually looks like.</p><p></p><p>For equipment, I also got the Minelab kit. Plus a couple small tools for digging crevices, a small shovel, a towel, waterproof boots, a big drinking water bottle, and a backpack. The towel is the one I really didn't think about and wished I had on the first trip.</p><p></p><p>The main thing I didn't expect was how many things in my pan looked like gold to me, until I actually found gold and just how different it looks/acts to stuff like mica and pyrite. In retrospect, I think it would have been worth getting a small bag of paydirt to pan at home just so I really knew what gold looks like in the pan. Videos aren't great at showing that, you need to see it for yourself.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaykraykray, post: 618177, member: 21568"] Hi Phil, I'm also a newbie, only got out a few times in Victoria before this latest lockdown but did get my first gold the day lockdown was announced and can't wait to get out again! I pretty much just watched every YouTube how-to video I could find, and feel pretty good that I'm not totally messing up my pans. I found Dan Hurd to be the most educational, along with Two Toes and Jeff Williams. I really enjoy Dunky & Rav3n, Diggin' for Gold, and Vo-Gus Prospecting for showing what prospecting in central Victoria actually looks like. For equipment, I also got the Minelab kit. Plus a couple small tools for digging crevices, a small shovel, a towel, waterproof boots, a big drinking water bottle, and a backpack. The towel is the one I really didn't think about and wished I had on the first trip. The main thing I didn't expect was how many things in my pan looked like gold to me, until I actually found gold and just how different it looks/acts to stuff like mica and pyrite. In retrospect, I think it would have been worth getting a small bag of paydirt to pan at home just so I really knew what gold looks like in the pan. Videos aren't great at showing that, you need to see it for yourself. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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