hi i'm shane from miner's den today we've got
minelab's pro gold panning kit and we're going to show you how to use it
okay we're ready for the first step we've got our classifier and 15 inch pan so we're just
going to put the classifier on top of the pan and throw a few shovelfuls of dirt in
now we're just going to agitate the classifier
to allow the smaller material to fall through into the pans
like that and we'll just discard the larger rocks
so we've classified our dirt got rid of the larger rocks now we're ready to start panning okay so
we're down at the dam with our classified dirt with our riffles facing away from me i just need
to submerge the pan in the water gold is a bit over 19 times heavier than water so when we mix
gold with water it'll go to the bottom of the pan fairly quickly just submerge the pan in the water
i'm just going to put my hand in there give it a good mix
like so now we just need to agitate it make sure the gold is on the bottom of
the pan we always keep water on top of the dirt and it's just a matter of shaking it
backwards and forwards like that not allowing any dirt to go over the edge of the pan as yet
just keeping the pan flat making sure all the gold is down on the bottom okay if there's any
gold in there it should be on the bottom of the pan by now now what we want to do is get that gold
in the bottom of the pan here right around the edge so i'm just going to tilt the pan forward now
we just need to agitate it i'm still allowing any dirt to go over the edge of the pan at this stage
now what we need to do is get rid of some of this lighter material
out of the pan a bit more agitation
i'm going to put the pad water and pull back and allow water to wash any lighter material
into the dam
can get a little sideways motion as well
always keeping water in the pan
get rid of some more overburden
ideally we want to get it down to about a tablespoon of
dirt and gravel back down to the corner
allowing some of the lighter stuff to go over the edge
a bit more water action
okay so we've got about a tablespoon of dirt or gravel left in the bottom of the pan here
so now i'm just going to submerge it in the water again just put a little bit of water in the pan
like so give it another little shake
now i'm just going to tilt the pan back towards me
and i'm just going to swirl the water around just gently to wash down the lighter stuff
down to the bottom and if there's any gold it should be stuck up in the top of the pan
and hopefully if there's any gold there it'll be stuck up the top here
and we've got a few colors in there just like that
that's it guys that's how i pan for gold
i'm shane from miners den bendigo and that's tonight's top tip