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How To pick a Gold Pan
The Gold Pan
Today you have a multitude of choices on pans. They come in a lot of different sizes, colors and options. If you're new to panning a 14 inch plastic pan is light, cheap and will last for years. Color doesn't matter much. Black shows gold better, blue and green show black sand better. I have a problem with these new and improved pans, they claim to have all kinds of neat features to trap the gold. Over the years I've seen a lot of pans come and go. You can Google the gold pan and look at the images to get an idea of all the pans out there. But it always comes back to the basic gold pan. The one improvements I've seen in gold pans is the plastic pan with the riffle. I prefer a riffle that covers approximately 1/3 pan and you want to look for a sharp undercut riffles.
You can get a pan in 6, 10, 12,14 or 18 inch. The 14 inch pan, I feel is the best all around size for general panning. The 10 inch pan with no riffles is great for cleanup, and when you go fishing or hiking and it takes very little room in your pack . The 18 inch pan weighs a ton when full, if your arms hold up you can process material faster. The 6 inch is good for putting your keys and change in. I even own a 4 inch, cant remember where I got it.
When looking for a pan you want a pan with a wide bottom. If the pan has a narrow bottom the gold has a hard time getting to the very bottom of the pan. It will hit the side and stop before it gets to the bottom. I have seen pans that were 14 inches at the top that only 5 inches across at the bottom. When you shake the pan to settle the gold, it settles until hits the sides. When you tip to wash, the gold shows up quickly because the gold never made it to the bottom. If you're not paying attention you may even wash your gold out of the pan.
If you want some gold pans we offer some in our EBay store you can find in the Contact tab.
So stayed tuned for our next adventure, we will keep you up to date with our most current information. You can always check our website, YouTube, or Facebook for the latest information. stay tuned and join me on our next adventure.
Today you have a multitude of choices on pans. They come in a lot of different sizes, colors and options. If you're new to panning a 14 inch plastic pan is light, cheap and will last for years. Color doesn't matter much. Black shows gold better, blue and green show black sand better. I have a problem with these new and improved pans, they claim to have all kinds of neat features to trap the gold. Over the years I've seen a lot of pans come and go. You can Google the gold pan and look at the images to get an idea of all the pans out there. But it always comes back to the basic gold pan. The one improvements I've seen in gold pans is the plastic pan with the riffle. I prefer a riffle that covers approximately 1/3 pan and you want to look for a sharp undercut riffles.
You can get a pan in 6, 10, 12,14 or 18 inch. The 14 inch pan, I feel is the best all around size for general panning. The 10 inch pan with no riffles is great for cleanup, and when you go fishing or hiking and it takes very little room in your pack . The 18 inch pan weighs a ton when full, if your arms hold up you can process material faster. The 6 inch is good for putting your keys and change in. I even own a 4 inch, cant remember where I got it.
When looking for a pan you want a pan with a wide bottom. If the pan has a narrow bottom the gold has a hard time getting to the very bottom of the pan. It will hit the side and stop before it gets to the bottom. I have seen pans that were 14 inches at the top that only 5 inches across at the bottom. When you shake the pan to settle the gold, it settles until hits the sides. When you tip to wash, the gold shows up quickly because the gold never made it to the bottom. If you're not paying attention you may even wash your gold out of the pan.
If you want some gold pans we offer some in our EBay store you can find in the Contact tab.
So stayed tuned for our next adventure, we will keep you up to date with our most current information. You can always check our website, YouTube, or Facebook for the latest information. stay tuned and join me on our next adventure.
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