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<blockquote data-quote="Teemore" data-source="post: 520692" data-attributes="member: 1375"><p>The Minelab kit as well as the Garret kit provide everything you need to get into panning. Goldrat Highbankers also provide a range of pans and accessories to get you started, shop around at the specialist shops (Miners Den, Lucky Strike, E E Day or online) for the best deal.</p><p></p><p>The larger pan allows processing of more dirt (with panning/sluicing it's all about volume) but can get heavy with a good shovel load of dirt.</p><p></p><p>The smaller pan is most often used as a "finishing" pan once the potential pay has been reduced. Those proficient will just use the large pan all the way. The smaller pan, while not allowing the volume of the larger pans can be more user friendly over longer periods.</p><p></p><p>When checking out pans also consider a small "finishing" sluice (check out Goldrat Highbankers range), these help when you have a fair amount of original material reduced to potential gold holding "fines".</p><p></p><p>Get as much practise as you can (a few tiny slivers of painted lead) with whatever pan you use ...... become confident in your ability/equipment.</p><p></p><p>Gold is stupid (being 19times heavier than water helps) and will always settle to the bottom once washed off rocks or out of clay.</p><p></p><p>Check you "fines" carefully, a lot on newcomers expect to see "pickers" in every pan, the reality is that much of what you find will be tiny/very tiny but it will be gold and does add up over time.</p><p></p><p>Most of all enjoy what you do with family/friends.</p><p></p><p>Cheers T,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teemore, post: 520692, member: 1375"] The Minelab kit as well as the Garret kit provide everything you need to get into panning. Goldrat Highbankers also provide a range of pans and accessories to get you started, shop around at the specialist shops (Miners Den, Lucky Strike, E E Day or online) for the best deal. The larger pan allows processing of more dirt (with panning/sluicing it's all about volume) but can get heavy with a good shovel load of dirt. The smaller pan is most often used as a "finishing" pan once the potential pay has been reduced. Those proficient will just use the large pan all the way. The smaller pan, while not allowing the volume of the larger pans can be more user friendly over longer periods. When checking out pans also consider a small "finishing" sluice (check out Goldrat Highbankers range), these help when you have a fair amount of original material reduced to potential gold holding "fines". Get as much practise as you can (a few tiny slivers of painted lead) with whatever pan you use ...... become confident in your ability/equipment. Gold is stupid (being 19times heavier than water helps) and will always settle to the bottom once washed off rocks or out of clay. Check you "fines" carefully, a lot on newcomers expect to see "pickers" in every pan, the reality is that much of what you find will be tiny/very tiny but it will be gold and does add up over time. Most of all enjoy what you do with family/friends. Cheers T, [/QUOTE]
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