Looking at the pros and cons of the Hog Pan. Want a "pan" that can go through a lot of material next summer and thought this could be a great "pan" to have. Has anyone purchased or used the pan? Thanks guys.
http://www.goldhog.com/hogpan.htm
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Hey YukonBoy,
I almost bought one, but chose to buy the Pyramid Pro Pan instead. It's allot lighter, less expensive and guaranteed for life. I love it, and it works great.
www.fossickers.com
I just discovered that Fossickers & Aurora Mining Products joined hands. The link will re direct you to Snake River Products. But, the pan it there.
Thanks for the info. The Pyramid Pro Pan looks like the same idea for a 1/3 of the price. I did spend a couple of days last summer in AK using the pan. You can get through a lot of material for prospecting purposes. It does cut time instead of classifying material and then panning. I am in a new place this summer so prospecting will be a necessary evil for our success.
Bob
Howdy,
Yes I own one (I'm selling it :) ) and have used it. Like others have said this isn't a gold pan but a tool to move a larger amount of material. Like all of Doc's products it works as advertised but I would not use it were the material is compact i.e. clay otherwise, it works great.
Bob
The Hog Pan is a sampling tool. Not really made for prospecting in general, its more for going out to locations and finding those "sweet spots" then bring in the equipment. As anyone with any experience will tell you, sampling an area is NOT wasted time. You can run material for 8 hours and find nothing, thats wasted time, or sample for a few hours and just run material that you now KNOW has gold. This is the intent of the Hog Pan, and it works very well for that.
I've done it both ways. If I'm sampling quickly and moving, I sometimes take it out. If I'm working a spot, I leave it in.
I have one. As long as you're using it on river gravel it works great. You can sample much more material than with a pan alone.
It's not the best tool for beach sand.
first and foremost Please realize it aint a gold Pan