I ran my new old school pan today.

[Gold Rover]

I've not been on the site for awhile due to life getting in the way of prospecting for the past year. The Rover went down late in the summer, keeping me from getting into the good places and other things conspired to keep me out of the water. But today, during a January thaw here in Colorado, I took my new metal pan down to the river just to get some panning time and to test it against my Estwing plastic pan.

I loved everything about the metal pan except being able to see the fine gold, which is all there is near me. Working the metal pan was fast and efficient. I realize that the riffles in the modern pans have there plus side, but I really like the smooth pan a lot. I ended up panning to black sand in the metal pan, then finishing in the black plastic pan. The metal pan really gives you a good indicator of your panning technique.

I found a few flakes like I always do in this spot, so I guess that I wasn't dumping color back into the water.

At the end of the season I came into some decent gold outside of Leadville, so I'm fidgeting for the thaw and a chance to get my sluices up and running there.

 

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[KevinInColorado]

received this pan as a thank you gift recently from a guy I helped out. 12" steel but it'll never see the creek of course It's going on the wall at my mountain place [emoji2]

 

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[dashriprock]

That's a great looking pan Kevin! To receive it as a gift is pretty darn nice.

 

[Gold Rover]

What a kind reciprocation, Kevin. It's beautiful!

 

[N-Lionberger]

I let my steel pans get nice and rusty. The fines stick to it like nothing.

 

[Bluestar9]

One of the great things about the steel pans is you can put Neodymium disc magnets on the bottom or edge towards you, they grab the magnetics like crazy & get them out of the way.
They're cheap. Give it a try.

 

[johnedoe]

One of the great things about the steel pans is you can put Neodymium disc magnets on the bottom or edge towards you, they grab the magnetics like crazy & get them out of the way.
They're cheap. Give it a try.

Would you drop all your magnetics off the magnet into a bag and ship them to me?...

 

[Bluestar9]

Would you drop all your magnetics off the magnet into a bag and ship them to me?...

It'll cost you a whole bunch of BJ's ice cream from Florence.

 

[Gold Rover]

I let my steel pans get nice and rusty. The fines stick to it like nothing.

Mine is turning out that way. I never get it dry soon enough, or I forget to altogether. I use my metal pan quite a bit now. I was testing a new fluid bed the other day and forgot a shovel. The metal pan scooped enough to keep do the job.

 

[johnedoe]

It'll cost you a whole bunch of BJ's ice cream from Florence.

LOL..... how much and what flavor?....
And what part of the fine state of Jefferson do you hail from?