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Post by Flying Scott on Jun 20, 2015 21:59:27 GMT 10
eyesight problem again . That should be "add" not ass
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nuggethill
God of the Goldfields
A 4 1/2 oz find at Kingower by a friend
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Post by nuggethill on Jun 21, 2015 10:24:48 GMT 10
Oh P.S. I use a Martin Marks winged keel gold pan to pan out the concentrate ,
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Post by oldpanner on Jun 25, 2015 0:14:59 GMT 10
Videos. Day trip to Glendon camp ground with a 3rd generation miner. Used the 15 flakes found that day and Lead shavings ( painted gold)to test my sluice and gold cube I made. Double pan but never any in the bottom pan so must be doing something right. Pan under the wash from the highbanker.
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Post by geoff on Jun 27, 2015 11:28:16 GMT 10
Sad to say totally self taught. Even use a one handed grip on the pan unless I am been ultra careful, which is not that often. A few people (mainly older) have commented on the style and generally not very praising it. As bad a method as any possible I admit, but believe it, or not, it works for me. I hope to brave the ice and get some yellow in a a couple of weeks. Have fun Geoff
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Post by mushmouse on Jun 27, 2015 23:53:33 GMT 10
Sad to say totally self taught. Even use a one handed grip on the pan unless I am been ultra careful, which is not that often. A few people (mainly older) have commented on the style and generally not very praising it. As bad a method as any possible I admit, but believe it, or not, it works for me. I hope to brave the ice and get some yellow in a a couple of weeks. Have fun Geoff If it works for you, is comfortable and does the job- thats all that matters Good luck on your trip. I braved it and went out today for a fix. Was it cold? Yep. Did I wish I was somewhere else? Nope.
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bonza
Gold Digger
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Post by bonza on Jun 28, 2015 15:36:39 GMT 10
best way to learn is to get an experienced prospector to show you. that's how I learnt.
I was lucky, as when I was a kid in the 60's we use to visit some relatives who lived out in the bush and nearby were old gold diggings. even then I was interested in gold prospecting and purchased a new steel gold dish that I spotted in an army disposal store in Elizabeth Street in Melbourne. the pan went with me during the next visit up into the bush, with the expectation that panning the old diggings that had a creek running through it, I would find lots of gold.
I remember naively having a cotton bag to put all my gold dust in, just like you see in the movies.
after spending the day there not finding any thing, an old timer who lived nearby seen what I was up to and he came over and showed me how to prepare a new pan by "burning" it to turn it a deep blue colour and then roughened it up with gravel so it wasn't slippery. after that he then showed me how to pan and importantly, where to dig into crevices and the like.
a few small specks were soon found and I was hooked. I occasionally go back to that same spot every now and then and still find a few colours.
turns out the old timer, who is now long deceased, was a world war one veteran who served at Gallipoli losing an eye in battle. during the depression in the 1930's he managed to scratch out a living panning in the local area as jobs were not to be found.
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Post by snowygold on Apr 5, 2016 11:02:42 GMT 10
How r u guys I learnt to pan watching Wal / Liz on u tube doing there thing , then just plenty of practice with small lead and solder, seem to be getting good colour in the pan, must be doing something right Cheers simon
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Post by parkie on May 7, 2016 10:57:41 GMT 10
Steel pan. Big flat bottom. Swish and swirl. Classify your ill gotten gains. When you get to the fine filament gold you know your on a winner. <grins>
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Post by aushunter on Oct 6, 2018 10:06:04 GMT 10
Self taught using a HQ Holden hub cap, got gold too, to long ago to remember
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Post by Rowdy on Oct 6, 2018 18:48:37 GMT 10
Aushunter, I think a lot of us have used an old hub cap at some point in our hunt for gold. the hub caps which have a rolled edge work very well to retain the gold but must be free from grease from the car that donated the cap. Rowdy
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Post by Flying Scott on Oct 6, 2018 21:08:23 GMT 10
I started with an FC Holden hub cap Flying Scott
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Post by cronicbadger on Oct 17, 2018 12:44:14 GMT 10
My first outing was with a cheap black plastic pan bought from Uralla tourist office while I was up there visiting relatives. It was a while back, around 1994 when you still had to buy a NSW Fossicking Licence (which I still have, even though they're no longer required). I went to the fossicking area and began to pan the sand from an inside bend, which I'd read from a book. I didn't know at the time that doing so with that type of sand was futile (gold sinks though the top layer!).
Fortunately, an old fellow who was apparently a regular panner there was nearby and wandered over. He explained how the gold drifted down the slopes of the banks during rain, and how it got caught in crevices during floods. Pointing to a boulder in the middle of the stream he said, "I'll show you".
He went over and scraped clean a long crack about a foot above the water level then panned the handful of dirt. It revealed an impressive line of fine gold.
Ahh! I see! Half the job of panning is to know what to put in the pan.
Eventually, by trial and error, over the next few days I started obtaining gold.
The lessons and learning never ends. For example, just a few years ago Geoff C at Nundle showed me how to use water-flow rather than manual agitation. It seems obvious now, but up until then I'd not thought of that.
I'm always learning. It pays to fix bad habits by listening to others and by being open to new ideas.
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Post by Rowdy on Oct 17, 2018 13:37:28 GMT 10
Hi cronicbadger, Could you elaborate a bit on using water flow to assist you, that bit went over my head. Rowdy
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Post by cronicbadger on Oct 19, 2018 5:19:31 GMT 10
Regarding the use of waterflow, it something went like this:
He was panning in a fast-flowing area of the river, clear and between one and two feet deep. The pan was held fully under the water at a 45 degree angle facing the flow in such a way that the sediments were agitated into a cloud. Every now and then he'd quickly dip the pan deeper so the lightest material was unshielded by the pan and swept away. He got some nice gold from just a few pans, and barely did any work to get it.
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Post by Rowdy on Oct 19, 2018 19:27:31 GMT 10
Thanks cronicbadger, That explains it pretty well. I'll have to attempt to try it next time I'm in the right spot. Rowdy
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