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Yellowstone River, Montana 1172 2
Started by usa1_59102@yahoo.com
Has anyone had any success panning for gold in the Yellowstone River I live a couple of blocks away from in in the Billings, MT area.
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by JOHN COLLINS  09 Jul 2019 09:33 PM |
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Panning for Gold on Butte Creek 1636 1
Started by smithsgold@aol.com
https://youtu.be/m_aw4coQ1eM Rain can't keep Me and Gary ( Two toes ) from heading out to Butte Creek to look for Gold. Umbrella Weather for sure !!!!! Ladybugs, deer and Gold !!!!!! a group of Ladybugs is called a Loveliness
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by BRANDON BARTON 06 Jun 2019 03:03 AM |
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Panning Banned in SD for 2019? 396 1
Started by Upnort
Heard from a disreputable source that even panning has been disallowed in the Black Hills due to a tree disease. No soil turning what so ever, exception would metal detecting. Planning to head to the Husker claim next month and need to confirm that panning is still allowed there. Read somewhere on this forum last year that 12v high bankers where allowed in the Black Hills, at least most places. Is that still true Thanks, couldn't find a specific subcategory to place this post. Byron
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by William Hall 04 Jun 2019 07:22 PM |
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looking for prospectors 403 1
Started by brandon.n.barton92@gmail.com
Looking for fellow prospectors in my area (Humboldt, Trinity and Siskiyou counties). Go out alone a lot to the claims in those areas and after a few encounters with bears it would be nice to have another set of eyes lol. Even if schedules can not line up to go as a group then it would be cool just to meet like minded people who have that gold fever. bnb.prospectinggmail.com instagram: doctorofdevils
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by robert murata 29 May 2019 03:30 PM |
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Taking samples 9948 3
Started by johnd_1953@centurylink.net
I was on the Spokane river in Liberty Lake Washington taking samples and I think I found a few flakes but they looked more copper ish for no better word. I am going out again and bring back enough to run in my clean up sluice. I found them in the roots of a stump above the high water line.
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by Charlie Bryce 18 May 2019 05:43 AM |
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5 Replies and 10006 Views
Gold Claw gold pan 10006 5
Started by duluthian25.zapp@gmail.com
Does anybody have any information about the Gold Claw gold pan
Looks interesting and simple. The videos I have seen look like it works great and fast. Not sure if the videos are staged a little bit.
Anybody have one or have first hand experience with one Can it be used effectively for dry panning
Very curious.
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by BRAD HATT 17 May 2019 12:42 PM |
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2 Replies and 50665 Views
Gold in Susansville Calif area 50665 2
Started by johnnytuinals
Wondering if anyone tried panning for gold in the Susansville Calif area off of the highway in the stream.....JT
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by John Sach 04 Sep 2018 06:48 PM |
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1 Replies and 5750 Views
Anyone else using the Gold Hog Flowpan? Tips? Tricks? 5750 1
Started by wa7nxi@yahoo.com
Been using the flow pan for a couple months now, it works really nice and is a great upgrade from my grizzly pan & nugget bucket I was previously using. It certainly moves a lot of material and no classifying is really nice. I visited several claims in AZ and CO with it last month (July '18) and had pretty good luck with it. In the dry AZ desert I used a flat rubbermaid storage tray that is about 2'x3' and 6 inches high or so and filled it with a few gallons of water and made my own portable...
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by Rhonda Kaupas 17 Aug 2018 11:50 AM |
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3 Replies and 36170 Views
Randy Panning in Ouray, Colorado - 25 May 14 36170 3
Started by C-17A
Hey GPAA Gold Prospectors....
Time for another Trip Report from Colorado. My super wonderful wife Dee wanted to drive about 3 1/2 hours to the Southwest from Buena Vista to Ridgeway, Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, to visit a long time girl friend flying into the state to visit her mother that lives in Ridgeway and stay/visit Ouray, Colorado, a high mountain mining/tourist town of about 1,000 people, about 10 miles further South.....so we did this past weekend.
I knew Ouray had some...
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by KENNETH WEATHINGTON 02 Jul 2018 09:02 PM |
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1st ever live claim dig yields GOLD!! 13321 2
Started by electronicswebring@yahoo.com
It may only be 20-50 mesh but I found gold!! Now I need to revisit the claim re sample the 6 spots and bag them separate!! But wooohooo! Gold! Now to figure out how to add a photo here!!
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by KENNETH WEATHINGTON 02 Jul 2018 08:44 PM |
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26 Replies and 70889 Views
Gold Pans 70889 26
Started by charlotte49er
Pans!
by charlotte49er on Apr.18, 2013, under Gold Prospecting
I don’t know how many times people have come up to me and said, “All you really need is a pan to find gold.” Technically that’s true. All you really need to find gold is a pan. At some time, even with machinery, you will probably pick up a gold pan. Maybe not at the start, but more than likely at the end.
However, gold is a numbers game. The more dirt you process, the more gold you will fin...
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by KENNETH WEATHINGTON 11 Apr 2018 08:55 PM |
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5 Replies and 34469 Views
Finish pan preferences? 34469 5
Started by duluthian25.zapp@gmail.com
I know practice makes perfect when it comes to panning. I am curious what pans you all prefer for finish panning (removing all black sands). Eventually I would like to get a spiral wheel to help but am looking for something to put in the backpack. Let me know what you think
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by ARTHUR WAUGH 26 Mar 2018 03:42 PM |
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1 Replies and 2183 Views
Panning 2183 1
Started by HOPSGUNSHOP
I'm from Texas and I'm here in Oxnard California working. I'll be here about three weeks. Looking for a place to pan on the weekends. Any suggestions
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by WALTER EASON 22 Jan 2018 10:49 AM |
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6 Replies and 103342 Views
Randy's Annual California Gold Trip -- 4 - 15 Sep 14 103342 6
Started by C-17A
Hey GPAA Gold Prospectors...
Just made it back safe and sound from my big annual family reunion/gold prospecting trip to Kalifornia.....have been going out for about 7 years now.....here's my big, Big, BIG Trip Report FYI:
Day 1: Thursday 4 Sep 14 -- Up early, over to Colorado Springs to catch an early flight to San Francisco. Took one big suitcase full of crevicing tools, gloves and my Falcon MD-20 metal detector. Arrived SFO on-time and my sister Susie picked me up no probl...
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by joseph Loyd 23 Apr 2017 11:49 AM |
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7 Replies and 17015 Views
Arkansas Group Colorado 17015 7
Started by jennielovescars@gmail.com
Hey ya'll. I wanted to know if anyone has ever been to the Arkansas Group in Colorado and if there is any gold and/or anything I should know about the claims or area. I will be visiting around late June and just wanted to see if this claim was worth poking around or not. This group is the only one I'm going to be near and I have never prospected in Colorado before so this will be a fun new adventure!
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by Anthony Reese 09 Apr 2017 06:16 PM |
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3 Replies and 9648 Views
Le Trap rectangular gold pan 9648 3
Started by Katra12
Been perusing gold pans. Had no idea there were so many variations.
Grew up with mom and dad using plain steel gold pans that were routinely quite rusty...
The rectangular pan looks interesting, especially the 'Le Trap' brand one. Any experience/opinions on these Worth investing in or not
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by Michael Zapp 06 Jan 2017 08:41 PM |
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15 Replies and 22903 Views
Pyramid Pro Pan 22903 15
Started by prospectorjack
If anyone is considering to buy the Pyramid Pro Pan do it. I know it seems to be a little pricey but let me tell you that it is worth it. I bought one last year and I have found it to be a necessary piece of equipment that I am glad to have in my arsenal of prospecting equipment. For processing material I can just about keep up with a sluice box. For catching gold, it catches the finest of gold, I would have to say that it loses none from what I can tell. It is easy to use. It is great for areas...
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by Mary McCarty 12 Jul 2016 12:11 PM |
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9 Replies and 15034 Views
Panning Paydirt with Iron Gravel 15034 9
Started by dmcelyea@gmail.com
I have a lot of dirt to pan and have classified it twice, I still have little pieces of iron in the black sand and it is making this very hard to pan. I have two more classifiers but don't know how small I can take it down to get these iron pieces out of there. This ground was just loaded with small gravel size iron. I bought one of those 5 different size classifiers that set on the bucket. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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by Ed Bragg 13 Jun 2016 05:26 PM |
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Specific Gravity 8491 1
Started by rockkingron@gmail.com
So what is the true specific gravity of gold, is it really 19.3 times heavier than water The answer is yes and no depending on what type or kind of gold we are talking about. For you see pure gold that is 99.9 fine is 19.3 times heavier than water and native gold ( unrefined ) with impurities on average runs 17.5 times heavier than water. Just thought some of you might like to be confused with a fact so often overlooked. Ron
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by WALTER EASON 11 Apr 2016 07:09 AM |
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3 Replies and 13282 Views
Panning around Weippe, ID 13282 3
Started by rabbit
Anyone know anything about the claims around Weippe
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by Vince Emery 07 Mar 2016 11:04 AM |
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5 Replies and 15959 Views
Tom Massie's panning video 15959 5
Started by akajam
In a YouTube video about Blueberry John and the bounce, Tom Massie mentions a video he made about lots of panning techniques - where can I get that video Julia
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by Julia McCormack 21 Jan 2016 10:05 AM |
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7 Replies and 13112 Views
Panning Basin? 13112 7
Started by ChrisRegentStewart
Being in Arizona, it seems like it'd be beneficial to have a basin to pan in, both to bring on-site up north for cleanups while camping, and for processing samples and whatnot at home. But a visit to the local hardware didn't turn up a suitable container. Any suggestions of specific products or a better store to look at than Lowes What do you use for your panning basin Main priority is something that my pan will fit well enough inside of that I can shake the pan around without banging up my kn...
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by LEO LORENZ 07 Nov 2015 12:47 PM |
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3 Replies and 9446 Views
Boots 9446 3
Started by RonSwanson
Please help. Does anyone know what brand of waders (knee high) that Tom Massey wears in some of his episodes of Gold Fever My knee high waders have a steel toe and it gives me fits with my metal detector....Plus they give me blisters - Tom seems to get around, in the episodes that he is wearing his knee high waders, very comfortably. They appear to be an all rubber boot.
Other than what Tom Massey wears, does anyone have a recommendation for 'Knee High Rubber...
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by Brad Lamb 16 Oct 2015 06:01 AM |
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Looking for Partners. 6714 2
Started by bierker
Hi Panners,
My name is Paul Bierker. I have just joined and hope to start panning for gold with my kids. I became interested in panning as it seems to be the most environmentally sound or minimally invasive type of gold extraction the earth offers. Professionally I am a jewelry designer so by nature I love gold. We cherish it and use it in almost everything. That being said. I try to be as sustainable as possible using mostly recycled gold refined to 24K and then hand mix my alloys in sma...
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by paul bierker 08 Sep 2015 11:56 AM |
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2 Replies and 15121 Views
Panning Fairplay, Colorado 15121 2
Started by ScottSn3@aol.com
Has anyone been to the public beach area in Fairplay, CO this summer I know you can only pan or sluice. What kind of gold is being found Any feedback would be great. Hope to try it out soon.
Scott
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by Scott Leidenberger 21 May 2015 07:28 PM |