Best gold pan?

[Gnpgoat]

Hello everyone. I am looking to try my hand at gold panning this year and I’m wondering what your opinions are on pans. Any brand or particular type of pan that works best?

 

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[dave wiseman]

For hard rock quartz gold vein sampling use a metal pan.

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Best large traditional style plastic gold pan is the Super Sluice by Garrett...tough and rigid...have several and not broken one yet.

I like that pan too. Nice strength and a wide bottom. Just wish I could get a black one.

 

[N-Lionberger]

For hard rock quartz gold vein sampling use a metal pan.

Whats the reasoning?

 

[dave wiseman]

The reasoning is that after you have your quartz rocks,dirt,clay in the pan and are rubbing the stuff round and round the contents will scratch a plastic/rubberized pan which at some point will trap very fine gold.Before you do the round and round rubbing you should scrub all the quartz rocks with a plastic brush as to reveal any species and remove colors from the quartz.Any colors out of a quartz vein are worth further sampling.

 

[Lemarquez]

For me, minelab kits and pans are best !

 

[N-Lionberger]

I like the dimensions of the Minelab pan but I find it a little flimsy, I was hoping it was from Oz but no luck it had made in china stamped on it.

 

[ThisOREthat]

Keep it simple

 

[KevinInColorado]

I like the dimensions of the Minelab pan but I find it a little flimsy, I was hoping it was from Oz but no luck it had made in china stamped on it.

100% agreed. The Proline Professional pan is the same shape but thicker plastic so it’s more rigid. As a result, that’s my everyday field pan.