Hi Newbie from Cali here!

[Stephydee]

I know I probably will look like a fool for asking this and hope I don't but I was curious to know if it's possible to pan at home and if so how? I am a new found mineral explorer trying to find my niche.

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Most of us use a laundry tub or masonry tub or similar to pan at home. As a newbie, it's a smart way to practice and improve your panning technique. For everyone, it's smart to do your finish panning at home rather than at the creek. At home you have better control of lighting (the better to see your small gold) and can set up an efficient process for classifying the material and panning to get to clean gold.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Read this to learn more about finish processing your concentrates at home: http://findinggoldincolorado.com/finish-processing-your-concentrates-after-a-day-of-digging/

And this to learn better panning techniques in general: http://findinggoldincolorado.com/where-to-look-for-gold/

 

[bobw53]

You just need a pan/basin/tub to hold water.. Sometimes at home, I just use my Garrett Super Sluice pan as a basin for cleanup
when I'm panning with a 10"

Bus Bins from your local restaurant supply store are good also.. I have 9 or 10 of those (perfect size for washing your gold cube out into also),
they are usually light grey in color and hold almost 5 gallons of water.. Usually about $5 and they aren't really fragile, but you can break 'em if
you abuse them...

5 gallon water bowl over on the left. That's my panning area at the shop..

Figuring out what to pan in is pretty easy... The hard part is getting the dirt, that has some gold, that you can pan at home.

Masonry tubs are good, lowes or home depot has 'em.. The small one is cheap, though a bit large for counter top use, but works for a clean up
sluice/miller table pretty well. Those are pretty fragile.

Lately I've been using a 5 gallon water bowl from down at the Horse'n'Hound. Damn near indestructable, I run my gold cube in a 15 gallon water bowl,
they aren't "Cheap".. But you can't kill 'em even if you leave them out in the sun and run them over daily with a tank. I've got one that is about
12 years old, out in the sun the whole time, been chewed on by many dogs, squished, smashed, blown around the shop yard, and its still holds
water just fine.

 

[Capt Nemo]

I'll second the livestock tanks. I run a 30 gallon trough for the recirculating FB's, and also use it for panning. Check out Freeland Industries Inc. at Portage, WI.

 

[Prospector70]

This guys videos helped me out when I first started, give them a look also.
Good Luck! And welcome to TNet

 

[goldog]

That's my panning area at the shop..

Nice setup. But what's the black thing in the foreground?



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[Gravelwasher]

target practice

 

[russau]

Nice setup. But what's the black thing in the foreground?

Well that's a old what-cha-ma-call- it !

 

[bobw53]

Nice setup. But what's the black thing in the foreground?

Guy wanted a light one that would flip with a .22, Never heard back if it worked or not.