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Taking samples 11596 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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Anyone else using the Gold Hog Flowpan? Tips? Tricks? 7360 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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Randy Panning in Ouray, Colorado - 25 May 14 39449 3
Started by randywitham@centurylink.net
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!! 14762 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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Started by goldrushguys@gmail.com
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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Panning 3316 1
Started by hoppsing@hotmail.com
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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Randy's Annual California Gold Trip -- 4 - 15 Sep 14 105299 6
Started by randywitham@centurylink.net
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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Le Trap rectangular gold pan 11060 3
Started by ompomelet@gmail.com
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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Pyramid Pro Pan 25241 15
Started by djdorval@hotmail.com
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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Panning Paydirt with Iron Gravel 16256 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 9408 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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Panning around Weippe, ID 14391 3
Started by rabbitt46@hotmail.com
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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Tom Massie's panning video 17135 5
Started by julia@mhleather.com
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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Panning Basin? 15706 7
Started by crythevictor@gmail.com
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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Boots 11104 3
Started by ronswanson@sio.midco.net
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. 7621 2
Started by bierker@aol.com
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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Panning Fairplay, Colorado 17104 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 |
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Gold Hog Pan 16569 5
Started by gonterent@gmail.com
Does anyone have any experience with this pan I am looking to get one since I can use it in the desert with very little water. Has anyone had any problems with big brother not letting you use it even though it is classified as a pan
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by ANDREW GONTER 19 Apr 2015 06:32 PM |