Gold Panning

Gold Panning is the oldest and most useful method for recovering and prospecting gold due to its simplicity and economy at the moment of starting any adventure oriented to find gold. The original method employed just only a pan, but nowadays is very common to employ a strainer so that coarse particles can be separated from small particles. Gold panning has been used in gold mining and especially in alluvial gold areas. The main objective is to identify a potential free gold source, better fine gold in these potential areas. It would save a lot of costly evaluation.

In general, gold panning is used in the search for precious metals. Thus, a gold pan works very well on large concentrations of gold, silver, platinum, etc., as in places where the gold nuggets are waiting for someone. Obviously, it is possible that other metals different than gold can be recognized due to its low content in a certain place, precious metals are no only gold. The key in any case is on the patience and curiosity. It means that investigates must be done with more insistence. The study is very important. 

Practice gold panning can be a difficult task the first time, but the persistence and continuity are useful tools for improving the washing technique. Some times, the presence of an experienced person is a valuable help due to his experience and skills are more important than an open book or picture about the subject. Follow his advice on panning is an appropriate of learning the secrets of this old technique for prospecting gold.

Panning for gold is an option that can pay rewards and of course the possibility of obtaining precious metal. But as any other economic activity or hobby, results are strongly dependent on good observation and presentiment. Thus, the prospector does not know what his pan will obtain with each panning. Sometimes nothing, probably few metallic pieces of steel, or a nugget. The latter is the reward to the effort developed in a gold panning task.

After panning is always common to obtain at the bottom of the pan black sands which can contain gold particles masked by black particles. Many people don’t identify gold and discharge all and start with fresh material a new panning. Nevertheless, patience and carefully panning can shows few particles of gold, the process can be slow, but the gold will be concentrated and obtained. If this case, eyes and personal skills are the best tools for gold prospectors. Some guys are used to employ a small pan when are facing a situation like this. If you get a panning dish for froth flotation you can identify better fine gold particles.

With black sands is common to find magnetic particles. So, if you employ a magnet, you must be careful because gold particles could be trapped with the magnetic material and gold panning would be non-productive. Obviously no one wants to lose his time and work. One more time, experience and knowledge are important tools that gold prospectors must develop during each panning.