Gold Panning Equipment

How To Pan For Gold

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:54:57 +0000

How To Pan For Gold. This introduction on gold panning basics will teach you step by step on how to find color in the bottom of your pan. We assume you know what a gold pan is or you wouldn't be here, but some people might not realize the purpose behind the pan. To most they think that a prospector(someone who looks for gold) would sit all day on bent knees swishing the creek for "color" (miner term for gold). This usually is not the case, although it did happen for the lone miner who didn't want to attract much attention. Now adays with sophisticated methods of attracting gold the best use for panning is to find the gold by panning and then extracting dirt to pan later, or using a sluice, rocker box, or other faster method to extract larger gold.

So to get started we will talk about the methods. The trick to gold panning is to get a good swirling motion and letting a little dirt spill out the edge on each rotation. What happens is since gold is heavy it sinks to the bottom of the pan, but if you do it wrong your paydirt can lose gold out the top! Gently move your elbows, not your wrists, in elongated imaginary circles. Each time you swirl the water around once, let a little water and dirt spill out of the gold pan. Not too much. Keep the pan slightly tilted at an angle.

Below in the video tutorial, it will show you some more great tips and techniques to get you started and will allow you the ability to see a professional in action as they pan. Then read our section on learning how to pan with lead pellets.

gold panning demo

VINTAGE ASSOCIATED RC10 GOLD PAN MEGA DEAL 99 NR WOW
US $132.50

Gold Mining Belt Buckle Pick Pan Miner Donkey Stream
US $9.99

Vintage 12 MINERAL GOLD MINING PAN solid great patina
US $9.99

Gold Miner Belt Buckle Pack Mule Mining Pan Shovel Pick
US $9.99

VINTAGE 16 GOLD PAN MINING REAL DEALGREAT PATINA AU
US $19.50

Gold Pan Mining Panning Prospecting for Mineral Miners
US $7.99

Gold pan RC10 and old Novak ESC
US $31.50

Vintage RC10 Gold Pan Buggy Associated
US $51.98

old school scorpion 4 disc golf 14th annual gold pan
US $5.99

Vintage YELLOW GOLD LEAF PYREX CASSEROLE BOWL PAN DISH
US $12.95

1 Lb Gold Nugget Panning Paydirt Pan Your Own GOLD
US $29.99

Z400 925 STERLING SILVER 14krt gold 2tone cz FOR PAN
US $19.99

Team Associated RC10 Gold Pan Rolling Chassis Pre Owned
US $15.50

Associated RC10 RC 10 Gold Pan Tire lot Parts Bodies
US $26.00

GOLD MINING SLUICE DREDGE PAN PICK MILL PROSPECTING VTG
US $19.57

GOLD PAN SLUICE PICK HAMMER MINING NUGGET DUST BOOK VTG
US $18.57

Work quality wood gold pan preferred style in S America
US $45.00

1948 Coloma Cal Gold Cent 2 FDC Pan Mining ECV
US $9.75

Whitehead Hoagnite 1932 SmythCoVA gold glsalt pan
US $4.99

New Vintage Gold Pan California Tea Towels
US $2.99

Top Five Gold Metal Detectors

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:39:41 +0000

Gold Metal Detecting can be a rewarding sport and venture especially when you live in dry climates like Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Idaho, Nevada, and California. So when you can't pan for gold, there's always metal detecting. Here is a quick list of the gold detectors we have used and believe to be the best:

Garrett Gold Stinger
Fisher Gold Bug 2
White's GMT E-Series
Minelab GPX 4500
Fisher Gold Strike

Here are some listings of the best gold detectors we have in stock:

metal detector finds gold silver no res 1
US $22.27

WHITES NEW GMZ GOLD METAL DETECTOR WITH EXTRAS NEW
US $420.10

Whites Prizm II Metal Detector Coin Treasure Gold
US $251.00

METAL DETECTOR FINDS scrap gold silver
US $53.00

Gold Digger Metal detector
US $99.00

Gold Jewelry Coin Search Treasure Hunter Metal Detector
US $55.00

Gold Digger Metal detector find gold special meteorite
US $99.00

Whites Gold Master Metal Detector vintage museum piece
US $40.00

SunRay Gold Metal Detector Headphones
US $109.95

Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger Metal Detector
US $250.01

TESORO LOBO SUPERTRAQ METAL DETECTORGOLDRELICS COIN
US $639.20

FISHER GOLD BUG 2 METAL DETECTOR10COIL HEADPHONES
US $764.99

Minelab Eureka Gold Metal Detector Limited Supply
US $999.00

Fisher M Scope Gold Bug Metal Detector 19kHz
US $305.00

Bounty Hunter Treasure Gold Jewerly Coin Metal Detector
US $74.95

ACE 250 Garrett Metal Gold Detector Treasure NEW ACE250
US $212.45

Garrett Ultimate Hunter Predator II MeTaL Detector Gold
US $53.00

FALCON PLACER GOLD PROBE PINPOINTER DETECTOR MD 10C N
US $41.00

minelab gpx 4500 metal detector gold nuggets silver
US $2,950.00

RARE TERRY PIRATES GOLD ORE DETECTOR RING 1947
US $125.00

Paydirt Reviews

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:33:13 +0000

A question I often get is who has the best paydirt for sale online.

Now, I could individually review all of the gold paydirt on the internet because we sell most of that which is available on the market, but to say one is superior to others is a hard thing to do.

The reason is is because most of them provide different types of gold, and you aren't going to get rich with any of them. If you are buying pay dirt to make money or hit it big, stop now.

Paydirt is meant for the recreational gold panner who wants the thrill of gold mining without having to trek into the back country to get it. It is a fun, and often rewarding experience. People can and do find big nuggets in the paydirt, and I promise you're ticker will get going the firs time you see the "color" poke through the dirt.

So when looking for paydirt and seeking reviews go to some of the online forums, and check around for what others are thinking. You will immediately find out about scammers or cheaters. There are a few selling bunk paydirt, but those sellers eventually dry up like an old creek bed. If they seller has been around for a long time there's a reson for it.

Without further ado, I list a few of the best paydirt providers:

And for some of the best paydirt please choose from any of the fine products below:

1 Alaska alaskan Gold Panning Paydirt mining nugget
US $39.95

3 POUNDS GOLD PANNING PAYDIRTHB SLUICE CONCENTRATES
US $5.58

3 Pound Bag Of California Bedrock Gold Panning Paydirt
US $9.99

5 Pound Bag Of California Bedrock Gold Panning Paydirt
US $19.95

20 POUNDS OF CALIFORNIA BEDROCK GOLD PANNING PAYDIRT
US $24.95

Gold Dredge Mining Panning Paydirt Nuggets 30 lbs
US $24.99

DARE YOU NOT TO LK AT THIS GOLD PANNING PAYDIRT DEAL
US $24.01

2 lbs Montana gold nugget panning paydirt mining sluice
US $25.00

CONCENTRATED Gold Panning Paydirt 3LB 31 GRAM NUGGGET
US $29.99

20 lbs NATURAL GOLD NUGGET REAL AUTHENTIC PAYDIRT
US $24.99

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PAYDIRT PRO FOOTBALL GAME w 7172
US $69.99

Two Pounds Gold Panning Gravel Paydirt Idaho Basin
US $7.95

3 lbs Gold Vein Mountain Vein MT Paydirt nuggets picker
US $3.00

6 lbs Gold panning mining Vein MT Paydirt nugget picker
US $6.00

10 lbs Gold panning mining Paydirt nugget picker
US $10.00

12 lbs Gold panning mining Paydirt nugget picker
US $12.00

FREE NUGGET OREGON BRIGHT GOLD PANNING PAYDIRT
US $44.01

GOLD PAYDIRT PAYDIRT GOLD PANNING VIAL HOLDER
US $4.00

1995 SkyBox Premium Paydirt Gold Kerry Collins PD22
US $1.00

GOLD oregon beach black sand paydirt concentrates 5 lbs
US $24.95

What is Gold Panning?

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:21:44 +0000

Gold Panning is the process of extracting gold from the soil with the use of a tool that looks like a pan. The pan looks like an upside down lampshade that has been cut off 3/4 of the way to the top. Inside the pan are little ridges that catch the heavier particles in the sand(ie; the gold), to picked out by a miner by hand or tweezers later.

Gold panning has been around for a long time but is mostly known for its iconic role in the American Gold Rush days of the 1800's. This was a miner's first tool in discovering new claims along river and creek beds. If the miner found gold he either kept panning or used greater methods of extracting the gold from then on out.

Many newcomers to gold mining don't want to pan, they want to use things like dredges, sluices, and highbankers. What they don't realize that even after they use these more industrialized tools, eventually they will still need to pan the dirt, if for no other reason than to be more thorough of extracting gold.

A gold pan is an essential tool in the miner and recreational gold hunters tool kit.

Learning Beginning Panning Techniques With Lead Pellets

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:05:27 +0000

Here's a few tips on how to pan for gold for beginners. First, the equipment you are going to need is a gold pan, some dirt and water(preferably moving water in a ditch or creek,etc), and some lead bullets(such as pellets for a pellet gun). You can pick up a gold pan in our store. For dirt, get you some good bank dirt along a ditch, canal, lake or stream. If you don't have any of that nearby, most dirt will do; bank dirt just mirrors the real thing a little better.

First take the little pellets and smash them to thin disks with a hammer. These lead disks will simulate gold nuggets since lead has a similar density as gold they will stay at the bottom of the pan. Mix a few into your dirt and take a fist size full of wet dirt and put it in your pan.

Once you are ready, you need to get on the side of a moving water source or use a large mouth bucket filled with water.

The trick to gold panning is to get a good swirling motion. Gently move your elbows, not your wrists, in elongated imaginary circles. Each time you swirl the water around once, let a little water and dirt spill out of the gold pan. Not too much. Keep the pan slightly tilted at an angle.

Every so often break up the clump of dirt in your pan, and continue to swish. It's a careful process, and eventually you will get to the bottom of the pan. If you did it correctly you will see the little lead nuggets we made in the pan, sticking out from the dirt. Carefully remove the pellets and count how many there are to see if you lost any. If you did, get you another load of dirt and keep practicing until you master it.