Gold pan evolution

[Oregon Viking]

The gold pan. They manufacture metal ones, it was the norm years ago. Then came plastic pans. Lighter, rust proof...
Today we have pans.. that don't look like pans!
The Gold claw.


The EZ pan. I hear this one works.


The Banjo pan.


The turbo pan.


The Gold grabber.


The Le trap.


The hex pan.



Piont is, I won a contest. Included was the new Garret Gravity sluice pan.. I like that pan!
But this one is like atta round.... An Offset, Acentric Design Delivers Improved Performance!


So I have the big ass super sluice pan, now they made it f'in crooked! WTF?

 

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[placertogo]

Actually, Garrett's new acentric design was predated by a few years by this pan made by Evco Plastics...The smooth "long" side actually has a series of fine concentric lines which aid in catching the finest of gold. A great pan, by the way.

 

[Goldwasher]

I like how you but them in order from dumbest at the top to useful at the bottom.

One thing I've noticed over the years.

The more you pay for a pan. The crappier it gets.

 

[Oregon Viking]

I like how you but them in order from dumbest at the top to useful at the bottom.

One thing I've noticed over the years.

The more you pay for a pan. The crappier it gets.

Thanks bro. I did not intend that! Actually I missed a few "pans"
The "burlap".. .. is best...seasoned with fish oil....

 

[Capt Nemo]

One thing I've noticed over the years.

The more you pay for a pan. The crappier it gets.

Except the Flow Pan! But that's more a sluice concentrator than a pan.

 

[enamel7]

The easy pan is my favorite pan to use when you can only pan or want to sample areas in a hurry. It catches everything and takes about 15 seconds to do a whole pan.

 

[Goldwasher]

Except the Flow Pan! But that's more a sluice concentrator than a pan.

I can process more material with a classifier and pan.

So, its been a no way for me. Started with the hog pan. Tried it hated it.

That made it even more "too expensive" for me

Sorry, Doc. Gold Hog is still rocks otherwise

 

[Goldwasher]

The easy pan is my favorite pan to use when you can only pan or want to sample areas in a hurry. It catches everything and takes about 15

Seconds to do a whole pan.

got two so I could send one to Delnorter.

I do llike how fast it is. That Back wards slope is cool nothing is getting past it.

Until I did want to finish down. The opposite saide wasn't shallow enough.

Then it got all kinds of wonky. Tryin to swirl.

I'm sure with more practice I would have came up with a technique.

But its just easier to go back to the Green Monster.

 

[dieselram94]

The gold claw is interesting. Has anyone actually tried one?

 

[OreCart]

Where is the garbage can lid? :-)

I did not have a pan last year, and while this was just for sampling, I used a garbage can lid for one of those smaller garbage cans. It works, but I would not use it to get any gold, but just to test the streams it worked okay.

 

[CGC Miner]

My old gold pan works pretty darn good!
My go to pan is this cheapie 14". I have somewhere around 8 different pans and this is the only one that goes with me everywhere. Well I actually carry 2 pans. Black cheap 14" and a big 17" proline for bigger test pan samples.
Funny thing is, I probably would not have bought the 14" but I found it years ago way above treeline and it has stuck with me ever since! It does its job well!

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[placertogo]

I still like my Hog Pan and it has gotten a lot of gold for me. I find it faster than a classifier and pan although I still have to put the Hog Pan concentrates in a regular pan for final panning.

 

[N-Lionberger]

I am of the belief that rocker boxes are an evolution of gold pans, though sluice like in appearance its concentrating action is closer in function to a pan.

 

[Rick-SAR]

Been using my Gold Claw both wet and dry. I like to go sampling up a dry creek (i live in AZ) and use the Gold Claw to dry pan hot spots - no need to blow concentrate. Wet it works great also. The commercials is right on saying it takes only 30 sec to pan 1/2 shovel full. New one has just been announced that can pan a 5 gal bucket in 45 sec. - same design only bigger. You don' have to classify before you pan. They also make a 9" mini they call a pocket pan - because you can carry it in a pocket that also works both wet and dry.

Been prospecting for over 65 years and still have my old medal pan. I don't take any pan except the Gold Claw now that I have one.

 

[slink]

Been using my Gold Claw both wet and dry. New one has just been announced that can pan a 5 gal bucket in 45 sec. - same design only bigger.

Sounds very painful ! At that speed even if its true that pan would be way too heavy for me.

 

[slink]

I love the garrett pans. I have to agree with the OP when I seen the new garrett pans I thought why. I guess if I ever need another pan I would try one but would rather not.

 

[arizau]

Sounds very painful ! At that speed even if its true that pan would be way too heavy for me.

Heavy, maybe not but still backbreaking. The only saving grace for the extra weight is that the pan is worked while being held under water. Archimedes principle comes into play and the weight of the pan and it's contents reduces by the equivalent weight of the water displaced when submerged. Water weighs a little more than eight pounds per gallon. A gallon of regular beach sand weighs somewhere around thirteen pounds per gallon but when suspended under water in a gold pan it would weigh about five pounds....Just a little science lesson for ya'll.

 

[Rick-SAR]

For me also. I have a hard enough time picking up 5 gal buckets at my age (81). The standard Gold Claw is about right for the output of my puffer and drop trap. So I have not reason to buy the bigger one.

 

[DaveVanP]

My first gold pan was the top part of a Boy Scout mess kit. Only about 8" in diameter, and the sides sloped up at a much sharper angle...but it worked great!

 

[KevinInColorado]

My first gold pan was the top part of a Boy Scout mess kit. Only about 8" in diameter, and the sides sloped up at a much sharper angle...but it worked great!

...and it didn’t cost 40 bucks (for a piece of plastic!) like a Goldclaw!