If you have ever washed a pan, then you also can learn how to pan for gold. Even if you have never gone panning for gold before, it is really very simple to figure out. There is a large amount of people who are resorting to gold mining prospecting, due to the state of our economy, and the need to increace their cash flow. I have put together a list of tips to help people that would like to pan for gold, but do not have any idea where to begin.
1. You may start by purchasing a prospecting pan. You can locate a prospecting pan at a local store close to a gold mining town, or you can go on the web and google prospecting pans. Prospecting pans come in a lot of shapes and sizes. They can almost always be found for around $19 or less. Do not try to use a pie pan, because they are definitely different from a gold mining pan. Doing so will be a waste of time.
2. Find the Gold Sweet Spot. Look in a creek close to where you live that has a bend in it, or very large rocks lying on the river bed. These spots will trap the gold a lot more. As the current recedes, it forces the gold nuggets to settle on the bottom. You may need to go wading, to get to the bilge, but these are the most opportunistic spots to discover your gold.
3. It is best to go panning for gold not long after it rains. The rapid currents will often stir things up, and force the gold to travel.
4. Fill your prospecting pan with concentrate collected from the stream bed, up to the top of the gold mining pan. Then, hold the pan slightly below the surface of the water, somewhere that the water is moving. begin moving the pan back and forth, but keep the pan close to level and moving the entire time. This forces the gold nuggets to settle on the bottom, and washes the dirt away. You can then lightly scrape off the rocks from the surface, being careful so you don't loose any flakes.
5. Continue the previous step until only a a little bit of dark sand is left in your prospecting pan, then remove the pan from the water.
6. Sort through the remaining concentrate keeping a watchful eye out for a shiny flake. These are your gold flakes.
7. Use tweezers to grab the gold flakes and store them in a small glass container.
8. Celebrate! You struck it rich!
Now that is How To Pan For Gold!
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