what pan?

[NorCal 6er]

what pan do you use?

I like the GPAA green one.

[bigfish31]

They are tough, last for years.

[Goodyguy]

I use different pans depending on the type of material being panned. If I know the gold is going to be fine and in a lot of black sand then I use the pan with 5 traps.

If I get into some course gold and not much fines or black sand then I use the pan with only 3 traps.

Always sand out a new plastic pan before using it to prevent the gold from easily washing out. Newbies should always pan over a saftey pan in case of accidental gold wash out.

GG~

[Eu_citzen]

I guess I have a few pans...

Le Trap pan
Garrett 10"
Garrett 14"
Garrett 15"
Trinity Bowl
Estwing 12" Metal pan
Klondike special
Ferrari pan

[maui]

goodyguy, great advise, thanks much. 8) ron

[Goodinplenty]

Garrett, can't beat lifetime warranty.

[lastleg]

Something fell on my GPAA pan and it broke into 3 pieces.
Still haven't found the third piece so I went back to the Garrett
and just finished panning out 4 bags of concentrates from
Fairbanks, Alaska. Pretty good amount, need a scale. Got one
from Fever and it wouldn't work. I have some of the worst
luck. I bought a Compass in a yard sale and was sitting there
cleaning it up, BTW it worked great. All of a sudden a part of
the light fixture fell hitting the cable ruining it.
Hope you guys are finding lots of AU.

lastleg

[maui]

sounds like you had some really bad luck lately. now worries, now the good luck will state kicking in. take care. ron

[strickman]

i would like to see the trinity in action,i have tried many but not that one .i think it looks like it could be a great pan in the hands of someone that is familiar with it .but probably has a learning curve to it.

[treasure diver]

I like the Proline Pro. Deep riffles & more of them,mine is blue, shows the gold good & you don't lose the pan when you lay it down in the grass. For the new guys. Flatten some #9 shot & pan that until you don't lose any & you will keep any gold since it is heavier that lead.

[beaks]

it cant rain every day bud, it will get better.

Something fell on my GPAA pan and it broke into 3 pieces.
Still haven't found the third piece so I went back to the Garrett
and just finished panning out 4 bags of concentrates from
Fairbanks, Alaska. Pretty good amount, need a scale. Got one
from Fever and it wouldn't work. I have some of the worst
luck. I bought a Compass in a yard sale and was sitting there
cleaning it up, BTW it worked great. All of a sudden a part of
the light fixture fell hitting the cable ruining it.
Hope you guys are finding lots of AU.

lastleg

[lastleg]

Thanks guys:

What a great hobby. What a great country we live in. I am
presently cleaning up iron relics found detecting on both private
land and wilderness sites. I never would sell them, just preserve
for the next generation.

lastleg

[Tank69]

sheesh come on guys this is a super easy one to answer........any that has a thick golden bottom

[El Cooter]

I use Proline pans...




Cooter

[highdesertranger]

the first pan i used was a pie tin i was about 13 and i found a piece of gold. ahh so long ago. gave me the fever, never been able to cure it.
highdesertranger

[Gohot229]

I'm thinking a 'Trinity' pan. The one I have is the typical ridged in black. Black to distinguish any color in the pan as my stuff is mostly panning flour gold. It seems to be abundant where I'm at with every pan showing color.The point was made of highly visable pans and not looseing them in the weeds, good call. The right combo for me would be a classifier pan or two and a panning pan that suited me and the abillity to 'see' color in it. Another thing to think about is: my kit consists of a black 5 gallon plastic bucket, a plastic coffee can with lid, a sniffer bottle, a garden claw, and my pan, and of course a vial, all the stuff fits in the 5 gallon bucket except the pan. I'd like a pan that would barley squeeze into the 5 gallon bucket and then it would all be highly portable without giving clues while carrying around a bucket. All that becomes moot if I get a Desert Fox though as I'd be packing a sizeable amount of stuff mot to mention a heavy battery. I go alone, so transportability is an issue, as I use a cane.... can't get around that though, bad hip.

[golddigger14s]

Garrett and the hex pan (which is made but the same company that makes the trinity I hate so much).

[greydigger]

Saw some strange new pans at Salem Gold show.
1 was rectangular with a funny bottom.
1 was square and as deep as it was wide. Also had a plug in the center.

Grey

[keverett]

I just picked up a Garret Super Sluice pan.....man its got some deep riffles. But the sucker weighs a ton when its loaded full. It's a 15" pan and built sturdy. I also use some of the Keene (blue style with two sizes of riffles), and my good ole green GPAA gold catcher pan. Can never have too many!

[bedrock bubba]

I have round pans...Garrett the best. But since the 80's I really like my rectangular LeTrap pan!

It washes 99% of the Bsand out, just leaves gold to snuff up...real clean. Its faster than a round pan, too. Easier to use.
You use a back and forth tilting, and you can float it on the water while you do that...easy on the back. It has 5-6 riffles on one end, and
a square recovery bottom. It took me a while to get used to it, but MAN! A lot better recovery than the round pans!

I just can't believe so many on this board have not tried it. Someone makes an imitation LeTrap pan, for less cost. Anyone work with it?

Its a production/finishing pan, all in one! I NEVER have to carry Bsand cons home anymore!