EmptyPockets
Jr. Member
- Mar 16, 2013
- 80
- 61
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Gold & Pro Pointer & Whites Prism II
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
First off, I want to thank all of you for the excellent advice on getting started with gold panning and etc...
My brother and I went to the Treasure and Gold Expo in Turlock.
I have to say, we had a most excellent time! We spent a good 4 hours looking through the booths, watching demonstrations and trying out gold panning.
Sadly, we bought a bunch of stuff. A double edged sword! Now we are hooked! Now I'm hood too, even though the trip was for my brother.
What we bought:
1. A membership to the GPAA. The Mining book they put out was an excellent resource to go on claims and try our newly acquired prospecting skills.
2. A small sluice. The sluice was reasonably priced and my brother doesn't have to build one. It is rather small, about 8 inces by 30 ? Maybe.
3. Pans. Of course, gotta have a pan.
4. Miscellaneous stuff. Vials, funnel, suction thingy and a couple of other odds and ends.
5. Pay Dirt. We bought $10 worth and the sluice guy gave us free dirt! Really cool guy named Mike. Mike, you rock!
We went to Home Depot and got a black cement mixing basin. Headed home and started learning how to pan. Tomorrow we are going to set up the sluice and play around with it. While we were panning; we found the gold, but dumped it back in the basin for use tomorrow.
While we were panning, we both found it to be relaxing and we had quality time trying to find the gold. And gold we found!
We put a couple of flat pieces in our vial, but I found a cool tiny nugget! The nugget was so cool to look at. It was a tiny version of that 10 lb. nugget we want to find.
We had a wonderful time and am looking forward to a great new outdoor hobby!
-Joanne
My brother and I went to the Treasure and Gold Expo in Turlock.
I have to say, we had a most excellent time! We spent a good 4 hours looking through the booths, watching demonstrations and trying out gold panning.
Sadly, we bought a bunch of stuff. A double edged sword! Now we are hooked! Now I'm hood too, even though the trip was for my brother.
What we bought:
1. A membership to the GPAA. The Mining book they put out was an excellent resource to go on claims and try our newly acquired prospecting skills.
2. A small sluice. The sluice was reasonably priced and my brother doesn't have to build one. It is rather small, about 8 inces by 30 ? Maybe.
3. Pans. Of course, gotta have a pan.
4. Miscellaneous stuff. Vials, funnel, suction thingy and a couple of other odds and ends.
5. Pay Dirt. We bought $10 worth and the sluice guy gave us free dirt! Really cool guy named Mike. Mike, you rock!
We went to Home Depot and got a black cement mixing basin. Headed home and started learning how to pan. Tomorrow we are going to set up the sluice and play around with it. While we were panning; we found the gold, but dumped it back in the basin for use tomorrow.
While we were panning, we both found it to be relaxing and we had quality time trying to find the gold. And gold we found!
We put a couple of flat pieces in our vial, but I found a cool tiny nugget! The nugget was so cool to look at. It was a tiny version of that 10 lb. nugget we want to find.
We had a wonderful time and am looking forward to a great new outdoor hobby!
-Joanne
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