You just need a pan/basin/tub to hold water.. Sometimes at home, I just use my Garrett Super Sluice pan as a basin for cleanup
when I'm panning with a 10"
Bus Bins from your local restaurant supply store are good also.. I have 9 or 10 of those (perfect size for washing your gold cube out into also),
they are usually light grey in color and hold almost 5 gallons of water.. Usually about $5 and they aren't really fragile, but you can break 'em if
you abuse them...
5 gallon water bowl over on the left. That's my panning area at the shop..
Figuring out what to pan in is pretty easy... The hard part is getting the dirt, that has some gold, that you can pan at home.
Masonry tubs are good, lowes or home depot has 'em.. The small one is cheap, though a bit large for counter top use, but works for a clean up
sluice/miller table pretty well. Those are pretty fragile.
Lately I've been using a 5 gallon water bowl from down at the Horse'n'Hound. Damn near indestructable, I run my gold cube in a 15 gallon water bowl,
they aren't "Cheap".. But you can't kill 'em even if you leave them out in the sun and run them over daily with a tank. I've got one that is about
12 years old, out in the sun the whole time, been chewed on by many dogs, squished, smashed, blown around the shop yard, and its still holds
water just fine.
