Pans? green vs black

[robgwv]

What are the pro's and con's? Is one better?

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Definitely a matter of preference...I am suspicious variations in people's eyesight lead to different preferences.

I love dark green plastic but have yet to find a pan shape in dark green that I like. Thus, I use a lighter green pan and a black one in combination.

 

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[ALewis]

green for me

 

[fishnfacts]

Being a green horn and never panned before I took everyone's opinions in to consideration when I ordered my pans and classifiers. I ordered them last Friday morning, received an e-mail they had shipped that afternoon and they arrived yesterday! Talk about service.
Anyways I got a Green Garrett 14 inch and Blue 10 inch for final clean up. I will be out this weekend to try them out and will take pictures and post back on how they preformed for someone just starting out. Oh, and I have to wear old man glasses now just to find the door so if they preform for me they will work for anybody. LOL
I will say that just holding them in my hands got me thrilled to embark on this new chapter in my life. I have been daydreaming reading all the posts here and already picturing that first little speck of yellow.
Everyone's comments and advice on Tnet is greatly appreciated and I look forward to the day when my knowledge , learned from all of you and the school of hard knocks can be passed along to another dreamer like me. I will probably be able to start out telling them what not to do first. LOL

 

[Aufisher]

 

[Aufisher]

 

[ALewis]

 

[goldenmojo]

I've been using green ever since I was a greenhorn.......

 

[GoldpannerDave]

I have green Garrett pans, black Keene pans, blue pans, other black pans, other green pans; some with narrow bottoms, some with wide bottoms. I also have an old metal iron pan near 20" in diameter. It is rusted and basically I use it as a safety pan.

I like my green, not too narrow bottom pan the best. I think I see the gold vs. the black sands better and all I ever get is fine stuff, so I want to be able to see it as best as I can. Just my 2 cents.

 

[goldog]

We still talking about PANS Dave?

 

[chlsbrns]

The further apart on a color wheel the greater the contrast.

Blue is opposite of yellow on a color wheel so a pan the shade of blue should be the easiest to see gold.

What are Contrasting Colors?

 

[Hoser John]

Most important is the size of the pans FLAT bottom. See Reeds pics,keene big green /proline blue or black don't matter to me but large bottom most important for initial panning be it fresh gravels or cons. Preclassification is as important,if not more,than any colors made. John

 

[Duckwalk]

Reed, who is frank and how do i order one of his pans?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Most important is the size of the pans FLAT bottom. See Reeds pics,keene big green /proline blue or black don't matter to me but large bottom most important for initial panning be it fresh gravels or cons. Preclassification is as important,if not more,than any colors made. John

Again, the master speaks, thanks John!... Listen close all.

 

[Reed Lukens]

Reed, who is frank and how do i order one of his pans?

Frank Sullivan owned Pioneer Mining Supplies in Auburn Ca. He sold it to his daughter Heather but he still owns the patent for the blue bowl and his gold pan. They are widely available from many dealers including Keene. Google "Pioneer Gold Pan" and it will give you tons of places to order from. Definitely get the blue finish pan over everything else :-)

 

[Herby D]

Back in the day I thought I had died and went to heaven when I found my first green pan.. mainly because of it's weight.. then I learned to appreciate it's color and have stuck with it ever since.. the old metal pan has served a great purpose though.. it has been the doggie dish for three generations of dogs...

 

[Herby D]

Most important is the size of the pans FLAT bottom. See Reeds pics,keene big green /proline blue or black don't matter to me but large bottom most important for initial panning be it fresh gravels or cons. Preclassification is as important,if not more,than any colors made. John

Amen !!!!

 

[chlsbrns]

Here is a comparison of many unique gold pans:

http://goldrushgang.com/gold-pans.pdf

 

[Duckwalk]

Here is a comparison of many unique gold pans:

http://goldrushgang.com/gold-pans.pdf

wow, good informative read!
has anyone here tried using one of the Dulang pans? seems like it would work well as long as you keep everything liquefied. Vigorous circular motions i would think drive the gold straight into the bottom of the "V" trapping it under the black sands and keeping it safe. id like to try it out some day.

 

[chlsbrns]

wow, good informative read!
has anyone here tried using one of the Dulang pans? seems like it would work well as long as you keep everything liquefied. Vigorous circular motions i would think drive the gold straight into the bottom of the "V" trapping it under the black sands and keeping it safe. id like to try it out some day.

The Dulang pans do work very well due to the fact that they have no flat bottom and come to a point. The problem with a large flat bottom is that you can not stratify very well. With a large bowl type pan that comes to a point the heavies are easily stratified and contained in the bottom cone. The batea pans also work well for the same reasons.

You can buy metal batea's from: Goldpans Expensive but will last forever and are great at keeping the gold in the pan. The grizzly option is also worth getting.

 

[ALewis]

Here is a comparison of many unique gold pans:

http://goldrushgang.com/gold-pans.pdf

Very Cool.....thanks for postin this