Old_Festus
Jr. Member
Both my brother and I have been doing quite a bit of wet gold panning recently.
At first I though it was just me.... being bothered by broken off finger nails, painful finger tips and all sort of cuts/abrasions to my hands, from prying up sunken ricks and such. (My finger tips are kinda hurting just to type on the keyboard).
Then my brother happened to complain about the very same thing. Not that we don't believe in shovels when the job requires it...but sometimes you got to dig around and under rocks and such...occasionally sending a sharp piece of rock under your fingernails, etc.
So, being quite new to prospecting...how many guys/gals wear some sort of hand protection, when panning and such?
I was looking at various wet gloves online... that sell around $35 a pair, made of 3mm or 5mm kevlar, etc. I wondered if they are a good investment ....or if purchasing tough style diving/drudging gloves going to be a waste of money --- quickly get holes in them, etc
Any thought on this?...other than telling me to buy a shovel
At first I though it was just me.... being bothered by broken off finger nails, painful finger tips and all sort of cuts/abrasions to my hands, from prying up sunken ricks and such. (My finger tips are kinda hurting just to type on the keyboard).
Then my brother happened to complain about the very same thing. Not that we don't believe in shovels when the job requires it...but sometimes you got to dig around and under rocks and such...occasionally sending a sharp piece of rock under your fingernails, etc.
So, being quite new to prospecting...how many guys/gals wear some sort of hand protection, when panning and such?
I was looking at various wet gloves online... that sell around $35 a pair, made of 3mm or 5mm kevlar, etc. I wondered if they are a good investment ....or if purchasing tough style diving/drudging gloves going to be a waste of money --- quickly get holes in them, etc
Any thought on this?...other than telling me to buy a shovel