Hello everyone. I am new to the site, but my father and I have been prospecting for a couple of years now. I have been thinking of offering a panning class through our local community education service. I have been thinking that with the renewed interest in gold prospecting, that it might be an interesting way to pay for our own prospecting. I would like everyone's thoughts on the idea. I will probably need to buy some concentrates if I do offer the class, as our area may or my not have much gold. I would be interested in finding out who has the lowest price on possible gold bearing concentrates also. Well, that is my first blog post here. I hope that everyone reads this and gives me their input.
Thanks,
Dan
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I think you have a good idea, the more people we can get interested in prospecting, the better chance there is for the next generation to enjoy the benefits of what we do.
dan go for what you want to do in past years i have gave panning lesons to ove 500 boy scouts and 4 and 5 grade school kids it has been a thrill to teach them since cone are costly i use small pieces of lead that was painted gold it worked for what ut was intented for good luck and i hope you have as much fun doing it as i did and still do
This is how I got started. I believe the class was like $25 2 years ago offered via adult education. We showed up at the river at like 10am and the instructor showed his techniques showing us how to pan from 1 pan and catch everything in the 2nd. Then he handed us a small bag of concentrates and 2 tin pans. . Each person found anywhere from 8 to 11 small flakes of gold. Good class and again that is how I got started
good luck with the adventure and check around alot for cons you will find some ....and please let us know how it goes for you
I think it is a good idea, you will have to shop around for cons to get the best bang for you buck. You should probably test a few different sellers to see what you get.
People are generally interested. There is a guy who does highbank and dredge outings here. They charge a couple hundred bucks for a 4-6 hr day. Not sure if they get any bookings or not. It all begins and ends with the pan though. You would be surprised how many people figure out how to run a sluice and then ask how to handle the concentrates lol.