panning

Hi, My name is Bas. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm new to this site and relatively new to gold prospecting. I bought a sluice box a few weeks ago but have only got to try it out once. My brother and I have done a lot of panning around Salt Lake City but we have found minimal gold haha. I...

Hello everyone! Newbie to this awesome site. Found some great information here. I will try and contribute here too! :icon_thumright: Mainly will be searching the East Fork area and hope to meet some people in the hobby. Take care and be safe! Eric 8-)

I'm new to treasure net and live in north san diego county. Was wondering if you guys knew of any place within that range????

Ok, so i live in illinois, bad news ik... Almost no gold in illinois, even worse, im only 17 and cant travel... But recently I've caught gold fever and the idea of finding gold thrills me, i purchased a pan online and a few bags of paydirt (i know there are some people who dont like the idea but...

Hello all, I'm an active duty military member stationed in Long Beach, Calif. I'm really interested in going panning (never been before) in the region and through my research I found you can go to East Fork Rd. in Azusa Canyon. I actually rode up there a while back but there were so many...

does anyone know or has anyone ever panned and sluiced in the ruidoso area? so you need a permit?

I’m organizing a gold prospecting expedition to the Philippine Islands this summer for up to five people. The Philippines is estimated to have the second or third largest natural gold deposits in the world, and I have a number of promising, virgin sites on Luzon that can be suction dredged...

Well I tried out gold panning for the very first time yesterday and found some decent gold and a couple small "pickers" even. As you can see, the pieces are a little under 1/16 in size in the first vial but way under 1/16 in the second one but I did find two small "pickers" between 1/16 and 1/8...

I'm new to gold prospecting and just went on my first prospecting trip with my wife and kids and panned for gold at Lynx Creek for a few days. We found a little gold but I would really like to use my sluice for better results. Everywhere I looked it was either private property or there were...

Hey everyone been gone from this site for a while, Hope everyone is finding gold in your pans,sluices, high bankers, etc. Hope this info might help those like me that don't want to pay high prices for classifiers plus shipping, here is my solution hope this helps Buy 4" or 6 " PVC couplers and...

SO I decided to cut down on the amount of refined #100 sieve amalgamate that i have and try to cut down on the amount of panning by building a sluice box with a twist. Gold Cube the beginning of the box... seemed like the next jump in cutting down the amount of fill/muck i was having to pan...

SO I decided to cut down on the amount of refined #100 sieve amalgamate that i have and try to cut down on the amount of panning by building a sluice box with a twist. Gold Cube the beginning of the box... seemed like the next jump in cutting down the amount of fill/muck i was having to pan...

Before my vacation to Costa Rica 2 weeks ago, I heard that there were a few places people had found gold in a few rivers/streams. So wanting to find out for myself I packed my folding sluice box and gold pan. Well needless to say, after lots of talking to locals and scoping out a few locations...

Im new to panning. I have recently been digging a hole in a dry creek bed. I have dug thru about 1 foot of sand and 3 feet of thick grey dirt. After that I hit a layer hard packed gravel with a rust color dirt. But all I am panning out is a fine powder gold. I just bought a gold n sand hand...

Im new to panning. I have recently been digging a hole in a dry creek bed. I have dug thru about 1 foot of sand and 3 feet of thick grey dirt. After that I hit a layer hard packed gravel with a rust color dirt. But all I am panning out is a fine powder gold. I just bought a gold n sand hand...

Minelab establishes division to support small scale gold miners | Mining Australia Minelab has established a Gold Mining division to support artisanal small scale gold miners and prospectors around the world. The announcement was made at the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South...

the state is widening the tunnel at I 70 just before idaho springs. they have built a side road to bypass the hwy and are making an access rd to the main hwy so begin blasting. So probably alot of new material will be in the river there or near by. Might talk to Cdot to ask permission to be...

Female dredge team member wanted for upcoming reality show in Honduras Please see The wild west is back in new gold mining reality show | River Gold You need to be in good physical condition (cardio), relatively fearless and be open to rustic living conditions. Being natural and relaxed in...

Hey anyone on here know how to get/make a leather plunger for a hand dredge? I've been using a rubber ball smushed by a couple of washers and a nut to make the suction in mine but they don't last for very long and I can't always find the right size of ball to put in it. Pretty frustrating I was...

So yesterday I was looking around trying to find a new spot to prospect at the creek that I usually pan at when I came to a part where goes under the road and through 2 culvert pipes. Since the creek is dried up right now I decided to go through the pipe and look around. There wasn't any...

I am scouting the white river near Indianapolis and I have a sluice box that can pick up some good gold but I am wondering if I will even find gold at all?

I have a homemade sluice box but where I prospect, there is a lot of flour gold and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to make a flour gold recoverer?

I was wondering if anyone has tried panning in the white river, Indiana. If you have, have you had success?

OK, I had to poke a little fun at us prospectors. I filmed a little short up at San Gabriel East Fork. Found a little gold while showing the actor how to pan. :) Hope you like it.

I Found this Pan at an Estate Sale. Not sure if its Real or Faked. Seems to be one solid piece of metal, not sure what kind but it is magnetic. Im pretty sure it is not hand shaped because the edges are curved under and really nice and neat. I have my own theory about it if it is real (such as...

im not sure which metal detector will find me the small(and big) gold nuggets. i checked out the garrett at pro, the fisher gold bug, and the garrett scorpion gold stinger. tell me which you think is best for less than 600. thanks.

i was checking out some youtube videos and found that many people like the bazooka gold trap sluice box. i thought it looked very nice and easy to use. the price isnt really a problem for me either, so $200 is OK. so i need reviews from other people who have used this sluice. also, i would like...

Prescott is still being very generous. This is last weekends take. The one on the right is an unusually coarse chunk. Thanks for taking a gander. HHTA Neal S.

Just started getting into panning. Haven't really found anything. Anyone have any ideas where to go in northeast PA? Is there gold here? I know we have glacial deposits question is did they drop anything good here? Or is it just another thing we're not aloud to do here!!!!! Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, I'm from nw oklahoma woodward. My detecting buddy lives in Guthrie. Looking for to make some new friends to go detecting or prospecting with. Jarrod

Hey guys, just curious... do you prospect in a river or a stream and/or tributary? I am brand new at this and it seems like the very small stream has yealded 2 specs of flour gold but when i go to the "gold rich" river I find nothing. Do you guys have any pics of where you would normally...

Hey there everyone, just a quick question. I have been sluicing and panning and digging up what seems like the whole river( and tributaries) that is supposed to be the best gold bearing river in northern california but to no avail...I know I have my sluice box setup properly and have tried many...

Hey guys just a question...attached is a video of my new sluice box, this is the very first time that i had ever used one and I set it up per the instructions but after a few 5 gallon buckets worth of material...no gold. The river Im in is one of the cleanest rivers in the us and is known for...

hey guys, just another quick one. Say hypothetically I went panning and sluicing(30" sluice) and a really rich mineral river, every weekend for about 5 hours a day and each time you go out you get a few small flakes but the rest fine gold. How long do you think it would take to get 4 to 5 ounces...