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Post by Ric on Oct 19, 2014 12:03:49 GMT 10
Learning how to wash a pan of dirt is one of, if not the most important skill you will need if you are going to get into prospecting for Gold. I see so many people out there over the years who have all the fancy sluices and overpriced matting looking like it was designed by an aeronuatical engineer, BUT they have not learned the basics of washing a pan of dirt  So how about telling us all how YOU learnt to wash a pan  Cheers Ric |
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Post by Andy on Oct 19, 2014 17:38:54 GMT 10
I learnt the basics of panning from a gold prospecting book I bought in the late '80s. Can't remember which book now, but it had 2 pages of description & a few photos. After I got to start using the info in the early '90s, & watching a couple of others panning, I adopted ways to improve my technique.
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Post by mushmouse on Oct 20, 2014 22:29:11 GMT 10
Vaguely remember looking at step by step pictures in my fathers old Gold Gem and Treasure magazines. Didn't really put it into practise until many years later. Don't do much out in the field anymore except for spot checks once I got the HB and Sluice. Majority is done at home separating the heavies.
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Post by dreadnought on Oct 21, 2014 8:31:30 GMT 10
Same way a trumpet player gets to Carneigie Hall (according to my old teacher) practice.
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Post by shivan on Oct 21, 2014 9:31:24 GMT 10
Watched as many videos as i could and did as much reading about panning as i could find online, watched anyone i could see in the field then practice, practice, practice.
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Post by labrador on Oct 21, 2014 14:03:26 GMT 10
If I were going to Carnegie hall, I would use my garmen navigator, I am a self taught pan washer, and have watched a few others, so copied them, I have a long way to go and lots to learn as it takes me a long time to do each pan.
I think I am getting better and don't lose much gold, my worse night maire is right at the end, when the small specks start to float back to the pile of sand at the back of the pan.
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Post by jeffu on Oct 21, 2014 15:32:47 GMT 10
I am getting soooooo old that I don't remember who taught me to pan.  I do remember my brother-in-law taking me panning at Woolshed Fall, Beechworth in the early 1960's, that might be when it happened. Most of the learning has come from years of practical practice. Like Mushmouse, I don't do much panning in the field anymore. All my conc. is brought home and run through my finishing gear. |
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Post by tige on Oct 21, 2014 17:03:41 GMT 10
Hi guys When Im hibanking during the day and want to check how im going I place a second pan under the water with a rock and pan above that so I can pan quicker without worrying about loosing gold...then keep that material to check later.... usually nothing in it.. cheers Tim  |
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Post by danielkrupski on Oct 21, 2014 17:05:48 GMT 10
I read heaps on forums and watched hours of utube. To begin with practising at home I used small shavings of lead sinkers mixed with dirt and rocks. Counted how many I would put in the pan and when I got what I put in would make the shavings smaller and so on. Im sure every bodies technique is different just depends on what works for you and what pan.
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Post by Ric on Oct 25, 2014 9:15:25 GMT 10
I was first shown on a school excursion to Bathurst & Hill End about 1971.
There was a museum or old stamper and education centre half way up Conrod Straight on the Bathurst Race Track and we were shown how to wash a pan. Later in the day we were shown again by an old fella from Hill End who took us out to Tambaroora to pan for gold.
He took a bit of extra time with me because I mentioned family history and interest in the Araluen.
When I was older I read a couple of books that described panning. I'm not fast but also not slow and can cut down a test pan in about 2 or 3 minutes. I always double pan when doing my clean up but don't often find anything in the second pan.
Cheers
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Post by amonster on Oct 26, 2014 20:17:16 GMT 10
First ten or so pans I was sure I was doing it all wrong didn't find a speck
Then I started to learn where to dig and I found my first speck
Then with my river sluice I found my first picker
Now I'm off to get a detector,shall see how that goes ...
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Post by 360search on Oct 27, 2014 3:17:59 GMT 10
Well I practiced with small .1 lead sinkers in the back yard, when i first started out.
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Post by Ric on Oct 27, 2014 20:48:34 GMT 10
G'day 360search, Yep that is one method I still use to keep myself in form. I don't use sinkers but shave small pieces off sheet lead and cut them small. Some I flatten a bit and others I roll a fine file over to round them a bit. Spray paint with flouro marking paint and off I go. Ric |
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Post by Flying Scott on Oct 27, 2014 20:54:59 GMT 10
My first gold pan was the hubcap from a FC Holden. First professional advice using a real metal pan, was by an old timer that was working the creek at Omeo in the high country Victoria. He never lost the smallest flake. Over the years I have designed, modified, tried and tested many different gold pans, but always went back to the black plastic ones. Lightweight, very efficient, rust proof and don't make a noise when dropped Flying Scott |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 5:16:07 GMT 10
I learned how to pan using You Tube videos of GoldHog and others. Gold Fever & Gold Rush Series. But practice make the panner Near my hometown with plastic vases bottomcaps. Doin it better an better: Tools and pics.
And Sluicing @ Portugal |
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